Tickets for the dinner, which will begin at 5:45 p.m. on Cardinal Court, are priced at $35 each for adults and $10 for children 10 and under and can be ordered online. Please note there are no actual printed tickets, but your name will be placed on a list of attendees. For more information, call 765.494.3248.
The induction ceremony will follow at 7 p.m. in Mackey Arena. There is no admission charge to attend just the induction ceremony.
The Class of 2015 was announced in January, consisting of eight former student-athletes and an administrator, all highly-accomplished and wonderfully-decorated. In February, an additional individual was selected for induction - Mike Birck as an honorary.
The Boilermakers selected for induction are ...
~ Mike Birck, honorary
~ Brian Cardinal, basketball, 1997-2000
~ Yvonne Netterville Carter, track and field, 1983-86
~ John Charles, football, 1964-66
~ Katie Douglas, basketball, 1998-2001
~ Andrea Hillsey, softball, 2002-05
~ Vilmos Kovacs, swimming, 1996-99
~ Taylor Stubblefield, football, 2001-04
~ Howard "Howie" Williams, basketball, 1946-50
~ Robert Woodworth, administration, 1928-64
These Boilermaker greats will join the 134 former Boilermakers who have been inducted into the Hall of Fame since 1994, when the selection process was initiated.
Eight of the 10 inductees are expected to attend. Williams and Woodworth are being honored posthumously and will be represented by family members.
The Purdue football team will play its annual spring game that day, beginning at 1 p.m. at Ross-Ade Stadium.
Mike Birck is a former Purdue baseball player (lettering in 1959 and 1960) who is being inducted as an honorary because he went on to serve on the university's Board of Trustees for 14 years (1999 to 2013), playing significant roles in two major fund-raising campaigns (Vision 21 and Campaign for Purdue), which combined to provide a huge improvement in the university's infrastructure. He also was a major participant financially, providing much of the funding for the Birck Nanotechnology Center and Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex, along with a significant gift to the Mackey Complex project for which he served on the leadership steering committee. Birck came to Purdue from Missoula, Mont., and earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering (1960) and subsequently a master's in the same discipline from New York University (1962). He went on to serve as president and CEO of Tellabs, Inc., in Chicago for more than 25 years, winning numerous awards both at Purdue and in the Chicago area, including induction into the Chicago Business Hall of Fame. He was director of the Economics Club of Chicago and was actively involved with the United Way/Crusade of Mercy in Chicago while also serving on the board for the Lincoln Foundation for Business Excellence and the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry. He was previously honored by Purdue as a Distinguished Engineering Alumnus in 1991 and was given an honorary doctorate of engineering in 1995.