Butler University - Carillon / Drift Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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President of the Board of Directors Mr. James Irving Holcomb, who has been presi- dent of the Board of Directors of Butler University since 1955, serves also as chairman of the Univer- sity ' s Executive Committee. He has rendered great service to Butler as an invaluable leader and as a generous benefactor. Among his contributions to the beauty and prog- ress of Butler University are the botanical gardens, known throughout the Midwest, which, with their accompanying lake and garden house, bear his name, and in the designing of which Mr. Holcomb was instrumental. In addition, Mr. Holcomb de- signed the J. I. Holcomb Observatory and Planetar- ium, containing the ninth largest telescope in the United States, as his gift to Butler University at the time of its centennial celebration. These manifesta- tions of their donor ' s very active interest in the University have been and will continue to be appre- ciated by those associated with and living near But- ler for their scientific and aesthetic value. A man of v ersatile interests and abilities, Mr. Holcomb has held a number of distinguished posi- tions in the fields of business, art, and civic endeavor as well as education. He is a veteran Indiana manu- facturer, was a founder and is now Chairman of the Board both of the J. I. Holcomb Manufacturing Company and of the Holcomb Hoke Manufacturing Company, and is a director of the American Fletcher National Bank and Trust Company. Mr. Holcomb was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree by Butler University in 1945. 19

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sue pribble, editor