Martin Charles Jischke[1] (JIS-key) (born August 7, 1941)[2] is an American higher-education administrator and advocate who was the tenth president of Purdue University.
He was the founding president of the Global Consortium of Higher Education and Research for Agriculture, and is also on the boards of directors of the Association of American Universities and the American Council on Competitiveness.
Jischke was a member the faculty of the University of Oklahoma's School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering for 17 years, and also served as director of the school. During his time at the university, he was the principal advisor to 21 thesis students. He served as Chair of the Faculty Senate during the 1974–75 academic year,[7] dean of the College of Engineering from 1981 to 1986, and in 1985 Dr. Jischke was named the university's interim president.
In 1986 Jischke was named chancellor of the University of Missouri–Rolla. Success in that role led him to the presidency of Iowa State University in 1991. He raised money for scholarships. The Martin C. Jischke Honors Building at Iowa State is named after him.[8]
Awards
Jischke is a recipient of the American Society for Engineering Education Centennial Medallion[9] and the Illinois Institute of Technology Professional Achievement Award. He also received the Ukraine Medal of Merit from Ukraine's president for outstanding service by a foreign national. The Illinois Institute of Technology and the National Agricultural University of Ukraine have both awarded him honorary doctoral degrees.[10]
He is an honorary member of Mortar Board National College Senior Honor Society, having been tapped by the Barbara Cook chapter at Purdue University in 2006.
In 2013, Jischke's alma mater, Illinois Institute of Technology, awarded him with its annual Alumni Medal, the alumni association's highest honor.[11]
Purdue University
Purdue's Martin C. Jischke Hall of Biomedical Engineering opened in 2006 and was named for Jischke in 2008.[12]
On August 14, 2000, Jischke became the tenth president of Purdue University, succeeding Steven C. Beering, who stepped down after 17 years as Purdue's president.
On August 4, 2006, Jischke announced he would be stepping down from the president's post at the end of the 2006–07 fiscal year.[3] He stated he would be taking a year off from public life at that time.[14]
On May 7, 2007, the Purdue University Board of Trustees announced the appointment of France A. Córdova to succeed Jischke as the university's 11th president effective July 16, 2007.
On May 12, 2007, Jischke was awarded an honorary doctorate degree from Purdue University's College of Engineering.[15] In June 2007, Jischke was awarded the university's first Neil Armstrong Medal of Excellence by Armstrong himself, along with the Sagamore of the Wabash, the highest honor from the governor of Indiana.[16]
^Collins, Lew (Spring 2006). "Letter from the President". IIT Magazine. Retrieved August 20, 2018. Martin, who grew up in Chicago as the son of a grocer