Indiana University – Page 2 – Monroe County History Center

Remembrances of Drs. David Hervey and James D. Maxwell

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The clipping noted below, written by Agnes McCulloch Hanna, was published in an undated, unsourced Bloomington newspaper under a column called “Looking Back.” It was found in a scrapbook compiled by a man named Fred Lockwood. The scrapbook is held by the Monroe County History Center, Bloomington, Indiana. The item below was abbreviated from the […]

Beauty and the Billionaire

Throughout the years many beauties have graced the halls of Indiana University-Bloomington. Only one, however, caught the eye of Howard Hughes, once described as the world’s richest man, also an entrepreneur, movie producer and a consummate playboy. That beauty was Indiana native Sallilee Conlon, an 18-year-old IU freshman who studied opera in the School of […]