BICENTENNIAL: Four who made a difference: Media
Ardath Burkhart, John H. Holliday, Eugene C. Pulliam and Jeff Smulyan have played significant roles in Indianapolis media.
Bill Beck / Special to IBJ
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BICENTENNIAL: Indianapolis sees evolution from print to broadcast to digital
A long line of newspapers, radio, television icons came and went in Indianapolis.
BICENTENNIAL: Four who made a difference: Not-for-profit
Herman C. Krannert, Allison Melangton, Henry J. Richardson and May Wright Sewall have played significant roles in Indianapolis not-for-profits.
BICENTENNIAL: Central location turned Indy into not-for-profit hub
Indianapolis has served as headquarters for state and national not-for-profit, performing arts, women’s, and trade and professional organizations for nearly two centuries.
BICENTENNIAL: Four who made a difference: Technology
Dr. Donald E. Brown, Angie Hicks, Scott A. Jones and W. Scott Webber made significant contributions to Indianapolis technology history.
BICENTENNIAL: Technology startups proliferated into sprawling Indy industry
Sales of companies seeded the Indianapolis area with a cycle of reinvestment.
BICENTENNIAL: Four who made a difference: Office Products/Services
Harry Alpert, Robert W. Poorman Jr., Oscar K. Van Ausdall and Samuel Merrill played significant roles in Indianapolis office products and services.
BICENTENNIAL: Four who made a difference: Finance & Professional Services
Stephen C. Hilbert, Dr. Amelia R. Keller, Eli Lilly and Dr. William N. Wishard made significant contributions to Indianapolis financial and professional services.
BICENTENNIAL: Technology revolutionizes office experience in Indianapolis
Rapid-fire changes altered how people work and communicate.
BICENTENNIAL: Health care offerings in Indianapolis proliferated with growth
Eli Lilly, device makers joined burgeoning hospital systems to build expansive health care system.
BICENTENNIAL: Finance, professional services blended well in Indianapolis
Change has marked city’s law firms and major financial institutions.
BICENTENNIAL: Four who made a difference: Professional & Financial Services
Robert Lee Brokenburr, Otto N. Frenzel, Calvin Fletcher and Benjamin Harrison played significant roles in Indianapolis professional and financial services history.
BICENTENNIAL: Four who made a difference: Education
Ora Ellis Butz, Nebraska Cropsey, Paul D. “Tony” Hinkle and Thomas Carr Howe made significant contributions to Indianapolis education.
BICENTENNIAL: Strong leadership caused education to flourish in Indianapolis
Public, private institutions grew with an expanding city.
BICENTENNIAL: Four who made a difference: Residential Real Estate
Eugene B. Glick, Charles P. Morgan, Thomas Moses and Robert V. Welch made significant contributions to Indianapolis residential real estate.
BICENTENNIAL: Indianapolis housing pushed outward from humble pioneer origins
“From tiny acorns grow mighty oaks” might be an apt metaphor for the growth of housing in the Indianapolis metropolitan area.
BICENTENNIAL: Four who made a difference: Manufacturing
Carl Fisher, William G. Mays, Edna Balz Lacy and W.B. Stokely Jr. made significant contributions in Indianapolis manufacturing.
BICENTENNIAL: Manufacturing prominence extends into second century in Indiana
Location advantages grounded the state as leader in making things.
BICENTENNIAL: Hospitality manifested in confabs, eateries in Indianapolis
The city became center for food and huge gatherings.
BICENTENNIAL: Four who made a difference: Construction, Design, Engineering
Robert C. Hunt, Hugh J. McGowan, Adolph Scherrer, Bernard Vonnegut made significant contributions to construction, design and engineering in Indianapolis.