The Bull Dog Alumni Association has rescheduled its Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and reception to Friday, Nov. 1 prior to the Columbus North High School football game.
Maureen Grady, Class of 1957, and John Burnett, Class of 1974, are the honorees for the Bull Dog Alumni Association’s 10th Hall of Fame induction ceremony this year.
Grady, a nun, spent 20 years in middle-eastern war zones as chief operating officer for Catholic Near East Welfare helping restore social services and infrastructure in Lebanon and Syria. During her career she’s also spent time providing emergency and relief services for war victims in Thailand and the Philippines.
She earned a nursing diploma at Holy Cross School of Nursing and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Loyola University. She has an M.A. in pastoral care and counseling and doctor of ministry at Christian Theology Seminary in Indianapolis. She also was a visiting professor in Saint Mary’s College at Notre Dame, specializing in teaching therapeutic communication from 2011 to 2023.
Burnett serves as CEO Emeritus of the Community Education Coalition (CEC) and is co-founder of CEC’s CivicLab.
Burnett is a member of the dean’s council at the IU School of Art, Architecture and Design and the Columbus Capital Foundation, and has received various individual honors including the IU President’s Medal of Excellence, IU’s Bicentennial Medal and the school’s Partner in Philanthropy Keystone Award.
To be eligible for induction, one must have attended Columbus North (or before 1973, Columbus High School) and have been graduates for a minimum of 20 years at the time of their nomination. Grady and Burnett were nominated by peers, community residents, Columbus North faculty and their fellow alumni.
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