On September 4, 2014, Gene Tempel received the IUPUI Chancellor's Medallion from Chancellor Charles R. Bantz at Tempel's retirement celebration. Dr. Tempel has been a guiding force in philanthropy at IUPUI, Indiana University, and across the nation. He has been affiliated with the Indiana University Foundation since 1983 and served as its president from 2008 to 2012. He also served as founding dean of the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, the world's first such school, in 2012.
