Living Legends

Every year, IHS is proud to recognize extraordinary Hoosiers for their contributions in Indiana and nationwide at our Living Legends Gala. Here is a list of Indiana's Living Legends:

2011

David Anspaugh, Angelo Pizzo, Bill Polian, Joyce Sommers

2010

Drs. William and Rose Mays, Maestro Raymond Leppard and Judge Sarah Evans Barker

2009

Anita DeFrantz, Bobby “Slick” Leonard, P.E. MacAllister, and Melvin and Herbert Simon

2008

Birch Bayh, Scott Jones, David T. Wong, Barbara Baekgaard and Patricia Miller

2007

Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds, Anton H. “Tony” George, Sandi Patty and Randall Tobias

2006

William and Gayle Cook, Pete and Alice Dye, Bill and Gloria Gaither, Jim and Jackie Morris

2005

S. Henry Bundles, Christel De Haan, Crystal Gayle, Dr. Harvey Feigenbaum, Lee Hamilton

2004

Mari Evans, Council Richard Ford, George McGinnis, Judy O’Bannon, Dr. Charles Webb

2003

Robert Indiana, Alan Nolan, William Raspberry, Ned Rorem, Chris Schenkel, Twyla Tharp, Dr. Joseph Walther, Reid Williamson

2002

Gene B. Glick, Michael Graves, Rev. Fr. Boniface Hardin, Margaret Ringenberg, Brian Lamb, Robert Wise

2001

David Baker, Dr. Otis Bowen, Jim Davis, Dr. Lawrence Einhorn, Father Theodore Hesburgh, Jane Owen, the J. Irwin Miller Family

2000

Joshua Bell

1999

Larry Bird, Carl Erskine, Bobby Knight, David Letterman, Ruth Lilly,  Sen. Richard Lugar, John Mellencamp, Jane Pauley, Oscar Robertson, Kurt Vonnegut, Herman B Wells, David Wolf, John Wooden