Vice President Dan Quayle, left, and IUPUI Chancellor Gerald Bepko shake hands in 1991. Photo provided by IUPUI University Library, Special Collections and Archives
Hundreds of photos of Gerald “Jerry” Bepko, who served as IUPUI chancellor from 1986 to 2003, are preserved in IUPUI Special Collections and Archives. IUPUI Today searched the Image Collection and found pictures of campus groundbreakings, ceremonies honoring his achievements and candid moments during formal and informal events.
View print quality imageGerald Bepko speaks at an event for the law school, where he began his IU career as an associate professor. Photo provided by IUPUI University Library, Special Collections and Archives View print quality image
Photographers film Bepko in 1986, the year his tenure as IUPUI chancellor began. Photo provided by IUPUI University Library, Special Collections and Archives
View print quality imageGerald Bepko, center, is interviewed by CBS Sports as part of the network’s coverage of the 1987 Pan American Games. IUPUI venues, including the IU Natatorium and Michael A. Carroll Stadium, hosted many of the events. Photo provided by IUPUI University Library, Special Collections and Archives View print quality image
Bepko, center, participates in a groundbreaking ceremony for University Library in 1990. Photo provided by IUPUI University Library, Special Collections and Archives
Then Vice President Dan Quayle, left, and Gerald Bepko chat at an event in 1991. Photo provided by IUPUI University Library, Special Collections and Archives
View print quality imageBepko, left, and former Indiana Governor Evan Bayh shake hands at a campus event in 1997. Bayh would go on to serve in the U.S. Senate. Photo provided by IUPUI University Library, Special Collections and ArchivesView print quality image
Gerald Bepko spends time with kids at the campus child care center during the holiday season in the 1990s. Photo provided by IUPUI University Library, Special Collections and Archives
Gerald Bepko is awarded his second Sagamore of the Wabash, one of the state’s highest honors, in 2003. From left: Judy O’Bannon, Jean Bepko, Gerald Bepko and former Indiana Governor Frank O’Bannon. Photo provided by IUPUI University Library, Special Collections and Archives
Charles Bantz, left, and Gerald Bepko look at a bust of Bepko in 2003. Bantz succeeded Bepko as IUPUI chancellor. Photo provided by IUPUI University Library, Special Collections and Archives
IUPUI Chancellor Emeritus Gerald Bepko, left, is awarded the University Medal from former IU President Michael McRobbie in 2015. Photo by Liz Kaye, Indiana University
View print quality imageIUPUI Chancellor Emeritus Gerald Bepko mingles during the Chancellor’s Circle and Board of Advisors reception in 2018. Photo by Liz Kaye, Indiana University