The HAI-Life
Distinguished Service Award

First presented in 1982, the prestigious HAI-Life Award for Distinguished Service continues to recognize those whose achievements have served to promote and advance the cause of education.  Past recipients include:

Esther* and Lipot* Frankovitz
Gisela* and Zoltan* Weisz
Simona and Hart Hasten
Barbara and Marc Freeman
Eileen and Irwin Prince
Anna Ruth and Mark Hasten
Thelma Kulwin*
Esther Prince*
Libby* and David* Fogle
Governor Robert  D. Orr*
Laurel and Roger Grass
Stephen B. Leapman, M.D.
Jerry Stern
Abraham, David and Gabriel Farahan
Shirley and Carl Cohen
Sylvia and Michael Blain
Professor Elie Wiesel
Senator Evan Bayh
David A. Wolf, M.D.
Esther and Joe Epstein
Shirley and Gerald Kurlander, M.D.
Marilyn and Maurice* Schankerman, ED.D.
Jeffrey Smulyan
Ellen and Harry Nadler
Governor Frank* and First Lady Judy O’Bannon
The Jewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis, & Federation Presidents 1972-2002
Judy Leapman
Gigi Marks Felsher
Terry Schildcrout
David and Nonie Vonnegut-Gabovitch
Peter Weisz
Sally and Jack Cotlar, M.D.
Caryn Vogel, M.D and Richard Bentley, Ph.D.