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Trio to be honored with Alumni Association awards
Three individuals with connections to the College of Liberal Arts and
Sciences will be honored during Iowa State's 2007 Distinguished Awards
Ceremony. The event will be held Friday, April 20, at 3:15 p.m. in The
Rotunda of the Parks Library.
LAS alumni David Campbell (pyschology) and Ted Kooser (English) will receive
the Distinguished Alumni Award, which is the highest honor given to alumni
by Iowa State. The award honors alumni who are nationally and/or internationally
recognized for preeminent contributions to their professions or for their
life's work.
Simon Estes is among the recipients of the Honorary Alumni Award. This
is the highest honor given by Iowa State to individuals who are not graduates
of Iowa State and who have made significant contributions to Iowa State's
welfare, reputation, prestige and pursuit of excellence.
David Campbell
David Campbell has long been internationally known for his work in two
domains - career assessment and organizational leadership. He has become
one of the world's most adroit test developers, culminating in 1974 in
the Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory, which has become one of the most
widely used career surveys. He is currently the first Smith Richardson
Senior Fellow at the Center for Creative Leadership after a highly successful
career at the University of Minnesota.
Ted Kooser
In the past couple of years, Ted Kooser has been named first as the U.S.
Poet Laureate, the first poet laureate chosen from the Great Plains, and
then as the winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for his book
Delights & Shadows. He has authored 10 collections of poetry and prose
and is the recipient of numerous poetry and non-fiction awards. As the
U.S. Poet Laureate, he created a new public service, the “American Life
in Poetry” project. A former vice president of Lincoln Benefit Life, he
is a visiting professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Simon Estes
World-renowned opera star and Iowa native Simon Estes joined the Department
of Music's faculty as the F. Wendell Miller Distinguished Artist in Residence
in September 2000. Since then, he has performed on numerous occasions
with Iowa State music groups while working with student musicians and
helping with fund raising activities for the department, the College of
Liberal Arts and Sciences and Iowa State including special performances
at ISU's President's Concert before alumni and friends in Chicago, Minneapolis
and Omaha. Estes' professional career includes more than 75 leading roles
with the great opera companies of the world.
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David Campbell
Ted Kooser
Around LAS
March 26 to April 8, 2007
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