One Brick Higher Recipients
| Name | position |
| Joe Braun | senior information systems analyst, Human Resource Services |
| Walter Colburn | building services coordinator |
| France A. Córdova | 11th President of Purdue University |
| Teresa Taber Doughty | associate professor of special education |
| Jeanmarie Dunham | administrative assistant to the director, Purdue Student Health Center |
| Zenephia Evans | director of multicultural programs and associate director of the Science Diversity Office in the College of Science |
| Dennis Feldman | director of contract and licensing administration, ITaP |
| James J. Foster | administrator for diversity education, Housing and Food Services |
| Solomon "Sol" Gartenhaus | Professor of physics and secretary of faculties |
| Emily Gurry | student who started a tutoring program at the Purdue Village |
| Donna Hall | facility and program service supervisor, Black Cultural Center |
| Eddie Hands | senior mantenance worker, Ford Dining Court |
| Tony Hawkins | associate vice president for student affairs |
| Robert Heitert | general manager, Owen Hall |
| Jackie Jimerson | director of multicultural programs, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences |
| Martin C. Jischke | 10th President of Purdue University |
| Julia Johnstone | student and cancer survivor |
| Greg Kapp | director of development services, Office of Advancement |
| Christine Ladisch | dean, College of Health and Human Sciences |
| Christopher Maxwell | senior research and planning analyst, Office of Institutional Research |
| Marilyn McFatridge | coordinator of sports events, Intercollegiate Athletics |
| David R. McKinnis | director, Technical Assistance Program |
| Office staff | Office of the Vice President for Research |
| Mark Pagano | dean, Continuing Education and Conferences |
| Joseph F. Pekny | professor of chemical engineering; director of the e-Enterprise Center at Discovery Park |
| Barbara A. Petty | assistant to the director, Veterinary Teaching Hospital |
| Purdue Dance Marathon | Student organization benefitting Riley Hospital for Children |
| Teri Reed-Rhoads | associate professor and assistant dean of undergraduate education in the College of Engineering |
| Victor Rodwell | Professor of biochemistry, minorities program director |
| William Schilling | evening crew chief, Building Services |
| Mark Sharp | director, Hook Telecommunications Center (Pharmacy) |
| Ted Schellenberger | senior producer, Broadcast Services |
| Southern Indiana Relief volunteers | International Students and Scholars |
| Gretchen Brennan Steele | master of fine arts student, Department of English |
| Susan Tharp | county extension director and consumer and family sciences educator in Clinton County |
| Marilyn Timmons | account clerk, Office of Enrollment Management and Admissions and Office of the Registrar |
| Tom Turpin | professor of entomology |
| Jeffrey L. Valley | maintenance mechanic and building deputy, Forney Hall |
| Kay M. Vierk | loan collector, University Collections Office |
| Judy Ware | administrative assistant and schedule deputy, Department of English |
| Nancy Wolfe | secretary, Office of the Dean of Students, Student Organizations and Activities |
| Connie Worthington | office manager, HORIZONS |
| Joel Zarate | refuse recycling coordinator, Physical Facilities |
One Brick Higher
In 1894, the newly built Heavilon Hall – which was then the home of Purdue engineering – was dedicated. The building featured a tower, which symbolized academic excellence. Tragically, four days after the dedication a fire destroyed this new campus landmark.
Purdue President James A. Smart rallied spirits on campus by declaring that Heavilon Hall and its tower would be rebuilt "one brick higher."
And it was rebuilt. The new building was completed the following year, and featured a tower with a clock and four bells that served as a campus landmark for 60 years.
In the Fifties, Heavilon Hall was torn down and the current structure was built. The bells were placed in storage until 1995 when the Purdue Bell Tower was completed. So the bells that ring today are from the hall that was built "one brick higher."