EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Founded 1859 as Valparaiso Male and Female College, renamed 1873 to Northern Indiana Normal School and Business Institute after a brief closure, Valparaiso College in 1900, and Valparaiso University in 1906.

Location:
Valparaiso, IN

Founding Date:
1859

Mascot:
Crusader

Enrollment:
3000

Official Website:
http://www.valpo.edu/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
G. Allen Andreas	Business	22-Jun-1943		CEO of Archer Daniels Midland, 1999-2006
Frederick M. Bernthal	Administrator	10-Jan-1943		President, Universities Research Association
Gordon Browning	Politician	22-Nov-1889	23-May-1976	Twice Governor of Tennessee
Steve Buyer	Politician	26-Nov-1958		Congressman, Indiana 4th
William E. Dannemeyer	Politician	22-Sep-1929		Congressman from California, 1979-93
Donald V. Fites	Business	1934		CEO of Caterpillar, 1990-99
Stephen A. Furbacher	Business	c. 1948		President and COO of Dynegy, 2005-07
Erle Stanley Gardner	Novelist	17-Jul-1889	11-Mar-1970	Creator of Perry Mason
Scott Garrett	Business	c. 1950		CEO of Beckman Coulter
George W. Norris	Politician	11-Jul-1861	2-Sep-1944	US Senator from Nebraska, 1913-43
Robert D. Rucker	Judge	c. 1952		Justice, Indiana Supreme Court
Mark A. Schulz	Business	c. 1952		Former Ford International EVP
Kathi P. Seifert	Business	c. 1949		Former EVP Personal Care, Kimberly-Clark
Kurt M. Senske	Business	c. 1959		Lutheran Social Services of the South
Lowell Thomas	Journalist	6-Apr-1892	29-Aug-1981	With Lawrence in Arabia

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Otis R. Bowen	Politician	26-Feb-1918		Governor of Indiana, 1973-81
Harley W. Snyder	Business	c. 1933		Indiana real estate developer

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