This is a list of notable current and former faculty members, alumni, and non-graduating attendees of Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Indiana Presidents William Albert Jones (1869-1879) George Pliny Brown (1879-1885) William Wood Parsons (1885-1921), LL.D., DePauw University Linnaeus Neal Hines (1921-1933), M.A., Cornell University Ralph Noble Tirey (1934-1953), M.A., Indiana University Dr. Raleigh Warren Holmstedt (1953-1965), Ph.D., Columbia Teachers College, Columbia University Dr. Alan Carson Rankin (1965-1975), D.S.Sc., Syracuse University Dr. Richard George Landini (1975-1992), Ph.D., University of Florida Dr. John Moore (1992-2000), Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University Dr. Lloyd W. Benjamin III (2000-2008) Ph.D., University of North Carolina Dr. Daniel J. Bradley (2008–2018) Ph.D., Michigan State University Dr. Deborah J. Curtis (2018–present) Ph.D., Indiana State University Faculty William Ashbrook James Chesebro Robert Clouse Jeffrey S. Harper Kenneth T. Henson Leroy Lamis, sculptor Charles Nicol Edward A. Pease Michael Shelden, biographer Todd Whitaker Notable alumni Business Gerry Dick, host of Inside INdiana Business Tony George, founder and team owner, Indy Racing League Jim Lewis, President, Disney Vacation Club Bill Lister, Senior VP and GM, Roche Diagnostics Will Weng, journalist, New York Times Medicine H.R. Cox, bacteriologist, discovered Rocky Mountain spotted fever treatment and several typhus vaccines Jill Bolte Taylor, "The Singing Scientist", neuroanatomist, one of 2008 Time magazine's "100 Most Influential People" J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner, forensic psychologist, television personality Government Members of Congress (13) Birch Bayh, US Senator, Indiana (1963–1981); authored two Constitutional amendments John S. Benham, US Representative, Indiana 4th District (1919–1923) Thurman C. Crook, US Representative, Indiana 3rd District (1949–1951) Brad Ellsworth, US Representative, Indiana 8th District (2007–2011) Clarence C. Gilhams, US Representative, Indiana 12th District (1906–1909) Brian D. Kerns, US Representative, Indiana 7th District (2001–2003) William Larrabee, US Representative for Indiana 6th and 11th Districts (1931–1943) D. Bailey Merrill, US Representative, Indiana 8th District (1953–1955) John T. Myers, US Representative, Indiana 7th District (1967–1997) Edward A. Pease, US Representative, Indiana 7th District (1997–2001) Everett Sanders, US Representative, Indiana 5th District (1917–1925); Secretary to President Calvin Coolidge (1925–1929); Chairman, Republican National Committee (1932–1934) Albert Henry Vestal, US Representative, Indiana 8th District (1917–1932); Republican Whip (1923–1931) Fred Wampler, US Representative, Indiana 6th District (1959–1961) State political leaders John R. Gregg, Indiana House of Representatives, 1986–2002; Speaker of the House 1996-2002, Majority Leader 1990-1994 Bob Heaton, Indiana House of Representatives, 2010–Present Phillip Hinkle, Indiana House of Representatives, 2000-2012 Cary D. Landis, Florida Attorney General, (1931–1938) Carolene Mays, member