"We are hopeful that our applicants will be the kind of people who like to work with people, and who can be taught the methodologies of problem-solving, the formulation of administrative judgments and the establishment of policies in the broad area of health management."
--Dr. Samuel H. Hopper, Professor and Founder of the MHA Program at IU
On June 6, 1969, the Indiana University Trustees met and approved a Master Degree in Health Administration, a two-year academic program in the IU School of Medicine and the Graduate School of Business at IUPUI. Trustees agreed that the degree would meet an unmet need for business-oriented administrators in the field of health. For the past 50 years, the program existed in the IU School of Medicine, the O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs and now its home, at the IU Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health.
Thanks to the generous contributions of Ascension St. Vincent, Community Health Network, Indiana University Health, Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman, P.C., Blue & Company, the Indiana Hospital Association and Franciscan Health, a 50th Anniversary Celebration will be hosted by the Fairbanks School of Public Health on October 25 at the Mavris Arts and Events Center.
Highlighted below are alumni who have helped make this event possible through leadership, friendship and a belief that the next generation of students will sustain and preserve the legacy of the MHA program.
- John Botsko, MHA 1982
- Mike Chittenden, MHA 1977
- Bain Farris, MHA 1975
- Charise Frazier, MHA 2001
- Robert Hamilton, MHA 1978
- Sara Johnson, MHA 1988
- Doug Leonard, MHA 1979
- Mela Miroff, MHA 2002
- Mark Moore, MHA 1977
- Dane Nutty, MHA 2012
- Sam Odle, MHA 1978
- Annette Seabrook, MHA 2009
- Ken Stella, MHA 1974
- Bill Thompson, MHA 1983
- Elizabeth Walker, MHA 1999
To learn more, contact Crystal Jones, Dean's Office of Advancement at crmjones@iu.edu or 317-274-5144.