Charles Harrell

Charles E. Harrell passed away at the age of 101 at peace on the afternoon of March 14, 2012, at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis, IN. He was born in Bloomington, IN on January 16, 1911, the son of Stacey O. Harrell and Ada (Torrence) Harrell. He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, and his wife of 62 years Margaret (Campbell) Harrell. He is survived by on daughter, Jackie (James) Morris of Indianapolis; three grandchildren, Tim (Barb) Morris of Greenwich, CT, Todd (Shannon) Morris of Indianapolis, and Jennifer (Pat) Schaefer of Indianapolis; and eight great grandchildren, Zoe, Phoebe, Alexis, J.T., Riley, Kennedy, P.J., and Charlie. Charlie received the A.B. degree in 1933 from Indiana University and the LL.B. degree in 1936. A month before graduation, he began work in the University?s Registrars Office and he rose to the position of Registrar and Director of Admissions and became a national leader in his profession. He served on many boards and commissions and was elected national president of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Secretary of the Board of Trustees from 1977 to 1981. He was honored by receiving the E. Ross Bartley Award fo...[more]

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he distinguished academic administration, and The Zora G. Clevenger Award for significant contributions to the Athletic Department. He received the University?s highest distinction The Distinguished Alumni Service Award in 1988. His contributions to his community were marked by service on the Board of Directors of the United Way and Chairman of its successful fund drive in 1967. He was an ardent and successful golfer having won the Bloomington Country Club Championship several times, The Herald Times Bloomington City Championship in 1947, the Indiana State Seniors Championship in 1975, and shot his at least once each season for twenty-one consecutive years. He also contributed in golf leadership serving on the boards of five senior gold associations and as the president of two. He was a member of the Bloomington Gold Hall of Fame. Charlie was a thirty-second degree Mason, a member of the Bloomington Country Club, the YMCA, the First United Methodist Church, the Bloomington Rotary Club, the Varsity Club, and Sigma Chi. He was a wonderful Hoosier gentleman who was dearly loved by so many friends and his family. He lived a full, caring, sharing, giving life and touched the lives of many I.U. students. He dearly loved his family, especially his daughter Jackie, Indiana University, his life-long hometown of Bloomington, IN, and Sigma Chi. The family expresses its deep gratitude to his many caregivers (especially Mary Broomfield, Travail Perry, and Dan Harvey); his doctor, Dr. Michael Busk, and the other doctors and nurses who gave him loving care. Services will be private with his family. You are invited to visit the website www.leppertmortuary.com where you may share a personal memory of Charlie, sign the guest book or make a memorial gift to the Indiana University Foundation, P.O. Box 500, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47401.