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Indiana Academy Selects Boren

05.22.2008

Mrs. LaRita Boren Longtime Taylor University Board of Trustees member LaRita Boren is one of five Hoosiers selected for induction into The Indiana Academy during its annual symposium on Monday, June 2, 2008, in Indianapolis.

This year's honorees, the thirty-eighth group so selected, will be recognized by the Independent Colleges of Indiana for their lifetime of achievement and contributions to the cultural, scientific, literary, civic, religious, and educational development of Indiana.

Mrs. Boren is executive director of Avis Industrial Corporation and its subsidiary companies, as well as director of the Boren Foundation and member of the Taylor University board of trustees. She is also a Grant County civic, philanthropic, and environmental leader, providing jobs and supporting K-12 and higher education.

An avid supporter of the arts, Mrs. Boren serves on the Heartland Truly Moving Pictures board and collects, preserves and lends her collection of Hoosier and Western art to various exhibitions.

"All of us in the Taylor University community congratulate LaRita Boren on this recognition," said Dr. Eugene B. Habecker, Taylor president. "She and her husband Leland have had a tremendous impact in the lives of people-inside the State of Indiana and beyond-through various employment opportunities, their sacrificial giving to Taylor University and other colleges and universities, their work with a number of charitable foundations and leadership provided to our Board of Trustees. LaRita's passion for college students continually challenges and humbles all of us. It is a privilege to serve with her."

Modeled after the French Academy, The Indiana Academy was established in 1970 by the Independent Colleges of Indiana to further the development of public service, higher education, the arts and sciences, literature, and the general culture of the state through the recognition of individual leadership, achievement, and philanthropy. While supported by many over the years, the inspiration and driving force for The Indiana Academy was Indianapolis attorney and civic leader Kurt Pantzer, president of The Academy from 1971 to 1977.

Additional inductees include:

  • David A. Haist, Spencerville, executive vice-president and CEO for Do it Best Corp.
  • E. Henry "Ned" Lamkin, Jr., M.D., Indianapolis, president and CEO of the Indiana Employers Quality Health Alliance and fellow of the American College of Physicians
  • Frank H. Levinson, Syracuse, founder and managing director of Small World Group
  • Philip A. Newbold, South Bend, president and CEO of memorial Hospital of South Bend

The program of The Indiana Academy is maintained through the support of the Tony and Mary Fendrich Hulman Endowment Fund and donations from members of The Academy.

Independent Colleges of Indiana, Inc. (ICI) is a nonprofit corporation that represents the state's 31 nonprofit, accredited, undergraduate degree-granting institutions of higher education. ICI member institutions enroll more than 83,000 students (approximately 23 percent of all students statewide) and annually produce more than 30percent of all bachelor's degrees in Indiana.

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About Taylor University: Founded in 1846, Taylor University is an interdenominational liberal arts university of evangelical faith located in Upland, Ind. The 2010 U.S. News and World Report survey America's Best Colleges ranked Taylor the number one Baccalaureate College in the Midwest. It marked Taylor's third straight top ranking following ten straight years of being ranked in the region's Top Three.
 
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