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October 20, 2000 Purdue unveils golf course designer's portrait WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University unveiled a portrait of golf course designer Pete Dye Thursday (10/19) during an informal ceremony at the Dye Clubhouse in the Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex. Dye, who designed the Kampen Course for Purdue, attended the ceremony. The life-sized portrait was commissioned with funds from the Walter E. and Mary C. Beyer Fund. The trust, established after the death of artist W. Earl Beyer, provides money each year for an Indiana college or university to commission a portrait of a significant person to the institution. Purdue is the 26th recipient of the trust. Susan Doster, a 1984 Purdue graduate living in Brooklyn, created the portrait. The painting will be on permanent display in the Dye Clubhouse. Dye was the 1995 recipient of the Donald Ross Award from the American Society of Golf Course Architects and was named Golf World magazine's Architect of the Year in 1994. He designed Crooked Stick Golf Club, his home course, in Carmel, Ind.; Harbor Town, in Hilton Head, S.C.; the Ocean Course in Kiawah, S.C.; and lent his expertise in the renovation of the Kampen Course of Purdue's Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex. The Kampen Course incorporates Dye's drainage and irrigation designs and wetlands areas that help recycle and purify water that falls on the course. The course additionally is a living laboratory, combining turfgrass research and environmental studies. In the course of construction, Dye has worked closely with students, a reflection of his lifelong interest in higher education. He established the Pete Dye Foundation in Indianapolis for scholarships and has sponsored scholarships for turfgrass research students at Purdue and elsewhere. CONTACT: Devon Brouse, director of golf operations, (765) 494-2290. To the Purdue News and Photos Page