Patrick Rooney Chosen to Lead the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University

INDIANAPOLIS, June 3, 2009 — Patrick M. Rooney, Ph.D., has been selected as the next executive director of the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University following a nationwide search, Charles R. Bantz, Chancellor of Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), announced today.

“Patrick Rooney is the ideal person to lead the Center on Philanthropy into the future,” Bantz said. “In this exciting era of new ideas and new directions in philanthropy, Patrick’s leadership, research expertise, and passion for improving philanthropy will enable the Center to play a leading international role in philanthropy’s future.”