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The award, a certificate, recognizes outstanding service to Purdue. Recipients are "men and women whose commitment and service to the university go well beyond the call of duty, and whose strength and vision have greatly benefited the institution."
Schilling was legal counsel to Purdue's Board of Trustees from 1950 to 1977. Upon his retirement, the board designated him legal counsel to the Board of Trustees emeritus.
Purdue President Steven C. Beering presented Schilling the award for his knowledge and understanding of university legal affairs during a period of unprecedented growth in the complexity of litigation and legal matters affecting higher education.
The griffin, a fabled beast with the body and hind legs of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle, has been associated with Purdue since the late 1800s, when it first appeared on the university's seal. The current seal, designed in 1968, has a stylized griffin head and wings, with the griffin's head rising from behind a three-part shield that signifies Purdue's missions of education, research and service.
Schilling received his bachelor's degree from Indiana University in 1940, his J.D. degree from the University of Michigan Law School in 1943, and a master's in photography from Purdue in 1977. He grew up in Detroit and Hinsdale, Ill., and lived in Lafayette, Ind., from 1945 to 1978. He now lives in Glen Harbor, Mich. , and Stuart, Fla.
CONTACT: Beering, (317) 494-9708; home, (317) 743-9933
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