[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 33 (Wednesday, March 22, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S1586]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO HERMAN WELLS

  Mr. LUGAR. Mr. President, a beloved gentleman, Herman Wells, the 
former president of Indiana University, has passed away. We are 
thoughtful about Herman Wells in our State of Indiana, as are all 
Americans who were touched by this remarkable man.
  I have mentioned the legion of Hoosiers who have talked about the 
profound and inspirational influence of Herman Wells on Indiana 
University and on individual student lives. Herman Wells made a big 
difference in my life. He chaired the Indiana Rhodes Scholar Selection 
Committee in 1953, which included, at the same time, President Fred 
Hovde of Purdue and Byron Trippett, the president of Wabash. This 
committee sent me to the scholarship finals in Chicago, where 
ultimately I was successful.
  During the past 46 years, I visited frequently with President Wells 
about that selection committee, about our first meeting. He wrote about 
it in his memoirs. He has been extraordinarily supportive throughout 
that period of time in all of my aspirations.
  I thank President Wells for all the opportunities we had to work 
together for Indiana University and for my State. I thank him for the 
extraordinary vision he had for this country. I counted on his counsel 
and his generous enthusiasm. I will miss him very much, as will all 
Hoosiers.




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