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Remembering Chancellor Emeritus Bepko

September 08, 2023

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.

Black and white photo of Gerald Bepko standing behind a podium, flanked by two people sitting, and a banner behind him View print quality image
Gerald 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 
Black and white photo of Gerald Bepko walking behind floor to ceiling windows 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

Gerald Bepko, center, is interviewed by CBS Sports as part of the network's coverage of the 1987 Pan American Games. IUPUI venues, i... View print quality image
Gerald 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 
Five men hold up shovels during a groundbreaking ceremony 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

Dan Quayle, left, and Gerald Bepko shake hands View print quality image

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

Gerald Bepko, left, and Evan Bayh shake hands View print quality image
Bepko, 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 Archives
Gerald Bepko sits at a table near a crowd of children View 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, right, stands next to a person dressed as a vampire View print quality image

Bepko gets in the Halloween spirit in October 2002. Photo provided by IUPUI University Library, Special Collections and Archives

From left: Judy O'Bannon, Jean Bepko, Jerry Bepko and Frank O'Bannon. View print quality image

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 View print quality image

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

Gerald Bepko, left, is awarded the University Medal from Michael McRobbie View print quality image

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

Gerald Bepko stands in conversation among three people View print quality image
IUPUI Chancellor Emeritus Gerald Bepko mingles during the Chancellor’s Circle and Board of Advisors reception in 2018. Photo by Liz Kaye, Indiana University