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Purdue Center Sites > Center for Families > About > Founders

Founders & Visionary Leaders

Lorene BUrkhart

Founding donor of the Center for Families in 1994

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Cheryl Altinkemer

Making Ideas a Reality

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Donald Felker

Dean of the School of Consumer and Family Sciences, 1987 to 1992

DOUGLAS POWELL

Head of the Department of Human Development and Family Studies, 1991 to 2002

Ann C Hancook

Connecting Academia to Hoosier Families

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Susan J Kontos

Founding director of the Center for Families in 1994

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1200 Mitch Daniels Blvd.
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