inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 2014. Ervin Inniger (Berne HS '63) - member of Indiana University's 1967 Big Ten Championship basketball team; played for the ABA's Minnesota Muskies and Miami Floridians; all-time winningest coach for the North Dakota State University Men's Basketball team (1978–92). Peter Luginbill - early founder and settler of Berne. Donald Neuen (Berne HS '52) - former Professor and Director of Choral Conducting & Choral Studies at UCLA's Herb Alpert School of Music. Dr. Richard R. Schrock - (born in Berne in 1945). Winner of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in the area of olefin metathesis, an organic synthesis technique. Formerly Professor of Chemistry at MIT (1975-2018) and currently the Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at the University of California, Riverside. Son of Noah J. Schrock (1911-1980) and Martha A. Habegger (1913-2008). Jerome "Jerry" Steiner (Berne HS '36) - played basketball at Butler University for Tony Hinkle where he held the All-Time Scoring Record and was Team Captain his Senior Year (1940) when he was named Butler's 3rd All-American. Played professional basketball for the Indianapolis Kautskys, and the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons. Inducted into the Butler University Hall of Fame (1993) and Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame (1982). Dr. Ernie Steury (Berne HS '48) - missionary doctor who established the Tenwek Hospital in Kenya. References External links City website Berne Chamber of Commerce Muensterberg Plaza and Clock Tower Pine Lake Waterpark Swiss Heritage Society Berne Public Library Swiss American Historical Society Adams Memorial Hospital Ceylon Covered Bridge Cities in Indiana Cities in Adams County, Indiana Populated places established in 1852 Swiss-American culture in Indiana 1852 establishments in Indiana