Letterman to visit campus
Trustees announce Letterman Communication and Media Building
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President Jo Ann Gora referred to the building as the Letterman Communication and Media Building, but the official name has not yet been decided.
Letterman's mother, Dorothy Mengering was present at the meeting. Mengering said her son had been reluctant to accept the honor.
"I am so thrilled that David finally let you do this for him," Mengering said.
The naming was prompted by Letterman's significant contributions to the university. Letterman has supported three annual scholarships for telecommunication students since 1985, among other contributions.
"He has accepted the fact that this is really something we are doing for our students and he is an inspiration to our students," Gora said.
Gora was a major force behind the naming process, which has been in the works for more than a year.
"I was really so pleased to be able to sit down and spend an hour and half talking to Dave last September about all the changes at the university and the excitement at the university about the new communication building and our desire to honor him because of his continued generosity and because of the fact that he is a role model to our students," she said.
Letterman and his mother will visit Ball State at the official dedication at 4 p.m. Sept. 7.
The day will consist of tours of the new building as well as panel discussions and workshops.
Jeffrey Smulyan, chairman of the board of Emmis Communications Coropration, will be the keynote speaker at the dedication. Other speakers include Congressman Mike Pence; Andy Alexander, Cox Newspaper Washington bureau chief ; Jane Clark, Time Warner Global Marketing's vice president of insight and innovation; Dennis Ryerson, vice president and editor for The Indianapolis Star; and Michael Smith, executive director of Northwestern University's Media Management Center.
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John Martin
posted 7/30/07 @ 3:12 PM EST
I don't really mind this at all. Almost figured it would happen.
wilks45
posted 7/30/07 @ 4:13 PM EST
About time the most famous alum had his name placed on something on this campus.
This is great news! Hopefully he'll tape stuff for his show while he and his mom are here. (Continued…)
Kyle
posted 8/03/07 @ 12:38 PM EST
Go Letterman!
YUCK! Pence will be there? wtf?
CL on the DL
posted 8/07/07 @ 11:52 AM EST
Dave should do a speech at a football game!! I am sure TONS of folks would love to see him and that would be the best place!
Go DAve
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