艾伦C. 兰金 Distinguished Senior Award recognizes outstanding men and women of the senior class who have contributed to the betterment of Indiana State 

大学. Award recipients demonstrate dedicated leadership on campus and in community organizations. They show the desire and commitment to improving ISU and continue to live up to the ideals and values of Indiana State 大学. Indiana State students with a 3.25 grade point average and more than 94 credit hours are eligible for the Alan C. 兰金 Distinguished Senior Award. The Signature 事件 Committee, made up of Indiana State 大学 校友会 Board of Director members, reviews the nominations and selects 15 finalists to be invited to the Outstanding Junior and Senior 奖 every spring. Two males and two females from each class are selected to receive these prestigious awards and are notified during the Outstanding Junior and Senior 奖.

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艾伦·卡森·兰金, Indiana State 大学's seventh president, 12月19日出生, 1914, 在Hoisington, 菅直人. His father was a college professor; his mother was a school teacher; and his grandfather was a college president.

兰金 earned bachelor's degrees in political science and education from 菅直人sas State College-Fort Hays. He also earned his master's in political science and a doctor of Social Science degree, both at Syracuse 大学.

After World War II, he worked at various universities in different roles.

In 1964, a colleague of 兰金's nominated him for the presidency of Indiana State 大学, and he began the duties of that office on July 1, 1965. His tenure spanned the greatest period of growth in ISU's history - and a turbulent time for colleges and universities across the country. During 兰金's term as president, ISU-Evansville began operation; doctoral programs in selected areas were approved; the School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation was established; Married Student Housing units were constructed; Mill, terry Rhoads, 海恩斯, and Holmstedt Halls were completed as was Cunningham Memorial 图书馆; Condit house was designated the residence of the president of the university; Memorial Stadium was acquired; the university awarded its first Ph.D. degree; and Hulman中心 was completed.

Some of 兰金's other successes included bringing the Contemporary Music Festival to ISU in addition to a satellite site of the Indiana 大学 School of Medicine known as the Terre Haute Center for Medical Education (a two-year residency program). Indiana Special Olympics originated during his tenure, and Hoosier Boys and Girls State Summer Conventions relocated to ISU.