Category: Redbird Legacy

Dr. Fred Gletten ’71 came to Illinois State in the 1960s on a football scholarship. A letter-winner and cocaptain of the football team, he enrolled with plans of becoming a teacher. That changed when he met David Brusick, M.S. ’65, Ph.D. ’70. A graduate student at the time, Brusick became a mentor and friend who

Members of the Hieronymus-Schrader family hold more than an Illinois State legacy dating back to 1979. They also have a history going back three decades at the student-run newspaper, the Daily Vidette. Kent Hieronymus ’79, M.A. ’87, was the first to attend ISU, enrolling with plans to become a Spanish teacher. He met his wife,

When Estella Hensley ’34, ’71, attended Illinois State in the 1930s, she never predicted a legacy in the making. She earned a teaching certificate with her mother’s persuasion and began her career in a Central Illinois country school. For nearly 10 years she taught first through eighth grades, and did so much more.

When a family has three children in college at once, getting everyone together can be an absolute headache—unless you are a legacy family like the McAvoys. For Ted ’64 and Marilyn, visiting Michelle ’87, Scott ’89, and Jeffrey ’90 just took one short trip from their hometown of Geneseo to campus. “When we would go

The Goodwin family ties are made stronger by the fact 17 relatives share an Illinois State experience. Recreation management graduate Dan Goodwin ’07 is part of the second generation to attend the University. Now a graduate student in Kinesiology and Recreation, Dan is continuing an ISU tradition that started with his late father, Tom Goodwin