Herman B Wells - Positions, Appointments and Awards

Positions, Appointments and Awards

Wells held the following positions while with Indiana University:

• Instructor of Economics, 1930–1933
• Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, 1933–1935
• Dean, School of Business Administration, 1935–1937
• Professor of Administration, School of Business Administration, 1935–1937
• Acting President, 1937–1938
• President, 1938–1962
• University Chancellor, 1962–2000
• University Chancellor and Interim President, 1968
• Chairman, Indiana University Foundation Board, 1969–1972
• Chairman of the Executive Committee, Indiana University Foundation, 1972–1975
• Vice Chairman and Chairman of the Executive Committee, Indiana University Foundation, 1975–1988
• Vice Chairman, Indiana University Foundation, 1988–1995
• First Vice Chairman, Indiana University Foundation, 1988–1995
• Professor Emeritus of Business Administration, 1972–2000

Appointments throughout Wells' career include:

• Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
• American Council on Education
• Association of Land Grant Colleges and Universities
• National Association of State Universities
• Special adviser on liberated areas for the U.S. Department of State and a minister of the Allied missions
• U.S. delegate to the 12th General Assembly of the United Nations
• Head of the U.S. delegation to Bangkok for the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization Preparatory Commission on University Problems
• Adviser to the Ministry of Pakistan, 1959
• Vice chairman, National Commission on Humanities, 1964–1965
• Member, President's Committee on U.S.-Soviet Trade Relations, 1965
• Director, Indiana Judicial Study Commission 1965-1968
• Member, President's Special Committee on Overseas Voluntary Activities
• Board of Directors, Lilly Endowment, 1972–2000

Awards throughout Wells' career include:

• One of "America's Ten Outstanding Young Men of 1939"
• Gold Medal Award, International Benjamin Franklin Society, 1959
• Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1960
• Thailand Government Award of Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant in 1962
• Thailand Knight Commander (Second Class) of the Most Noble Order of the Crown in 1968
• B'nai B'rith Great American Traditions Award
• The first Excellence in Education Lifetime Achievement Award from the Sons of the American Revolution
• Lifetime Achievement Award of the Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce
• Six time recipient of Sagamore of the Wabash designations
• Indiana University's "Man of the Century"
• Named a "Hoosier Millennium Treasure" by Indiana Governor Frank O'Bannon in 1998
• Named an Indiana Living Legend by the Indiana Historical Society

in 1999

• Kappa Kappa Psi, National Honorary Band Service Fraternity Distinguished Service to Music Medal for Alumni Achievement.
• Received 26 honorary degrees