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Amir Pasic

Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie and Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Chancellor and IU Executive Vice President Charles R. Bantz have announced the appointment of Amir Pasic as the dean of the IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. Pasic’s appointment is subject to approval by the IU Board of Trustees and he is expected to begin his new position on Jan. 20, 2015. Lilly Family School Founding Dean Gene Tempel will continue to lead the school until Pasic’s arrival.

IU Indianapolis Chancellor Charles Bantz, Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy Founding Dean Gene Tempel and Indiana University President Michael McRobbie.

The dean's position at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy is being endowed in honor of the school's founding dean, Gene Tempel. The endowment is a gift from several donors, including Bill and Irene Lilly McCutchen, Jim and Maureen Hackett, Bob Hartsook, an anonymous donor and others. The gift was announced during the school's "Celebration of Leadership" dinner honoring Tempel in Indianapolis on Thursday night.

Emmett Carson

Emmett D. Carson, Ph.D., CEO and president of Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF) and nationally recognized philanthropy leader, has been selected as the first person to serve in the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Chair on Community Foundations at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, school officials announced today. He will be appointed visiting holder for the new chair, which is dedicated to understanding and strengthening community foundations. Carson will continue to serve as CEO and president of SVCF during his appointment.

At an estimated $335.17 billion, total charitable giving from U.S. individuals, corporations, foundations and bequests in 2013 approached the peak seen before the worst of the Great Recession, adjusted for inflation, according to research released today by Giving USA Foundation and its research partner, the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. When measured in current dollars, 2013 marked the fourth straight year of increased giving. As reported in Giving USA 2014: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2013, total giving has increased 22.0 percent since the official end of the recession in 2009 (12.3 percent when adjusted for inflation).

Megan Springate

Megan E. Springate, a doctoral candidate at the University of Maryland, College Park, is the recipient of the 2014 Women's Philanthropy Institute (WPI) Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, WPI officials announced today. The award will help Springate complete her dissertation on women's holiday houses, which were founded in turn of the 20th century America to provide working women affordable and healthy vacations from urban factory life.

Jean Case, CEO, Case Foundation

Jean Case, CEO of the Case Foundation, will be the keynote speaker for the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy's school-wide graduation ceremony on Sunday, May 11. Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie will present Case with an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Indiana University during Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IU Indianapolis) commencement ceremonies that day.