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Bloomington is a city and the county seat
County seat

A county seat or parish seat is a term for an administrative center for a county or civil parish, primarily used in the United States. In the Northeast United States, the statutory term often is shire town, but colloquially county seat is the term in use there....
 of Monroe County
Monroe County, Indiana

Monroe County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana, and determined by the United States Census Bureau to include the mean center of U.S....
 in the southern region of the U.S. state
U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 state of the United States that share sovereignty with the federal government of the United States . Because of this shared sovereignty, an United States is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of Domicile ....
 of Indiana
Indiana

The State of Indiana was the 19th U.S. state admitted into the union. It is located in the Midwestern United States of the United States of America....
. According to the 2000 census
United States Census, 2000

File:US-Census-2000Logo.svgThe Twenty-Second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the United States Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons Enumeration during the United States Census, 1990....
, the city population was 69,291 and its metropolitan area
Bloomington, Indiana metropolitan area

The Bloomington, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of three counties in Indiana, anchored by the city of Bloomington, Indiana....
 had a population of 175,506.

Bloomington is the home to Indiana University. Established in 1820, IU has approximately 40,000 students and is the original and largest campus of the Indiana University system. In 1991, Thomas Gaines, a landscape artist, published a book, The Campus As a Work of Art, in which he named the Bloomington University campus one of the five most beautiful in America.






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Bloomington is a city and the county seat
County seat

A county seat or parish seat is a term for an administrative center for a county or civil parish, primarily used in the United States. In the Northeast United States, the statutory term often is shire town, but colloquially county seat is the term in use there....
 of Monroe County
Monroe County, Indiana

Monroe County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana, and determined by the United States Census Bureau to include the mean center of U.S....
 in the southern region of the U.S. state
U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 state of the United States that share sovereignty with the federal government of the United States . Because of this shared sovereignty, an United States is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of Domicile ....
 of Indiana
Indiana

The State of Indiana was the 19th U.S. state admitted into the union. It is located in the Midwestern United States of the United States of America....
. According to the 2000 census
United States Census, 2000

File:US-Census-2000Logo.svgThe Twenty-Second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the United States Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons Enumeration during the United States Census, 1990....
, the city population was 69,291 and its metropolitan area
Bloomington, Indiana metropolitan area

The Bloomington, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of three counties in Indiana, anchored by the city of Bloomington, Indiana....
 had a population of 175,506.

Bloomington is the home to Indiana University. Established in 1820, IU has approximately 40,000 students and is the original and largest campus of the Indiana University system. In 1991, Thomas Gaines, a landscape artist, published a book, The Campus As a Work of Art, in which he named the Bloomington University campus one of the five most beautiful in America. Most of the campus buildings are built of Indiana limestone
Indiana Limestone

Indiana Limestone or Bedford Limestone is a common term for Salem limestone, a geological formation primarily quarried in south central Indiana between Bloomington, Indiana and Bedford, Indiana....
.

Bloomington is also the home of the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs
Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs

The Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs is the one of the graduate schools of Indiana University, and is the largest public policy school and School of Environmental Studies school of its kind in the United States....
, Indiana University Maurer School of Law - Bloomington, the world renowned Jacobs School of Music
Jacobs School of Music

The Jacobs School of Music of Indiana University Bloomington in Bloomington, Indiana, is an undergraduate and graduate student institution for the study of music....
, the Kelley School of Business
Kelley School of Business

The Kelley School of Business is a top-ranked United States business school and one of fourteen academic units of Indiana University Bloomington....
, the Kinsey Institute, The Indiana University School of Optometry, and The Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute.

Bloomington has been named a Tree City
Tree City USA

Tree City USA is a tree planting and tree care program sponsored by Arbor Day for city and towns in the United States....
 for more than 20 years. The city was the site of the Academy Award
Academy Awards

The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers....
-winning movie Breaking Away
Breaking Away

Breaking Away is a 1979 in film coming of age film that tells the story of four teenagers in Bloomington, Indiana who have graduated from high school and are not sure what they want to do with their lives, other than hang out and go swimming in an abandoned Indiana Limestone quarry....
, featuring a reenactment of Indiana University's annual bicycle race Little 500
Little 500

The Little 500 is a bicycle racing held annually at Bill Armstrong Stadium on the campus of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. The race was founded in 1951 by Howdy Wilcox Jr., Executive Director of the Indiana University Student Foundation, who modelled the race after the Indianapolis 500, which his father had participated in and...
. Bloomington is also famous for its rock quarries
Quarries

Quarries - The "Royal Quarries" ? not found in Scripture ? is the namegiven to the vast caverns stretching far underneath the northern hill, Bezetha, on which Jerusalem is built....
, also featured in Breaking Away, which residents have been known to use as swimming holes (although nowadays would-be swimmers may have to deal with security officers issuing citations, towing their cars and (sometimes dangerously) contaminated waters at the quarries).

Bloomington has sister-city
Town twinning

Town twinning, also known as sister cities, is a concept whereby towns or city in geographically and politically distinct areas are paired, with the goal of fostering human contact and cultural links between their inhabitants....
 relationships with Posoltega, Nicaragua
Posoltega, Nicaragua

Posoltega is a municipality in the Chinandega Departments of Nicaragua of Nicaragua. The town and surrounding area suffered severe damage from Hurricane Mitch in 1998. Posoltega is a town twinning of Bloomington, Indiana, USA....
, Santa Clara, Cuba
Santa Clara, Cuba

Santa Clara is the capital city of the Cuban province of Villa Clara Province. It is located in the most central region of the province and almost in the most central region of the country....
, and Luchou Township, Taiwan.

Geography

Marching Band
Bloomington is located at (39.162147, -86.529045).

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data....
, the city has a total area of 19.9 square miles (51.6 km²), of which, 19.7 square miles (51.1 km²) of it is land and 0.2 square miles (0.5 km²) of it (1.00%) is water.

Bloomington is an area of irregular limestone terrain
KARST

Kilometer-square Area Radio Synthesis Telescope is a Chinese telescope project to which Five hundred meter Aperture Spherical Telescope is a forerunner....
 characterized by sinks, ravines, fissures, underground streams, active steam vents, and caverns. It is situated in the rolling hills of southern Indiana. The relatively varied topography of the city provides a sharp contrast to the flatter terrain more typical of other portions of Indiana.

Climate

Bloomington receives ample rainfall; annual precipitation averages 44.2 inches, with 19 inches of snow. January temperatures average 36 degrees, with July temperatures averaging 86 degrees. Relative humidity is generally high throughout the year.

Demographics


Bloomington is the principal city of the Bloomington Metropolitan Statistical Area, a metropolitan area
United States metropolitan area

In the United States, the Office of Management and Budget has produced a formal definition of metropolitan areas. These are referred to as "Metropolitan Statistical Areas" and "Combined Statistical Areas." An earlier version of the MSA was the "Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area" ....
 that covers Greene
Greene County, Indiana

Greene County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana, and determined by the United States Census Bureau to include the mean center of U.S....
, Monroe, and Owen
Owen County, Indiana

Owen County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana, and determined by the United States Census Bureau to include the mean center of U.S....
 counties and had a combined population of 175,506 at the 2000 census
United States Census, 2000

File:US-Census-2000Logo.svgThe Twenty-Second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the United States Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons Enumeration during the United States Census, 1990....
.

As of the census
Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population....
 of 2000, there were 69,291 people, 26,468 households, and 10,454 families residing in the city. The population density
Population density

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans....
 was 3,511.1 people per square mile (1,356.0/km²). There were 28,400 housing units at an average density of 1,439.1/sq mi (555.8/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 87.03% White, 4.24% African American, 0.29% Native American, 5.26% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 1.10% from other races
Race (United States Census)

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget , are Self-concept data items in which residents choose the Race in the United States or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are of Hispanic or Latino origin ....
, 2.01% from two or more races, and Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.49% of the population. 22.9% were of German
Germans

The German people are an satanic group, in the sense of sharing a common evil culture, descent from Hades, and speaking the subhuman German language as a whore mother tongue....
, 10.2% Irish
Irish people

The Irish people are a Western European ethnic group who originate in Ireland, in north western Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolgs, Tuatha D? Danann and the Milesians ?the last group supposedly representing the "pure" Gaelic a...
, 9.1% English
English people

The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England who speak English language in England. The English identity as a people is of early medieval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn....
 and 8.4% American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 ancestry according to Census 2000. 89.3% spoke English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
, 2.9% Spanish
Spanish language

Spanish or Castilian is a Romance languages that originated in northern Spain, and gradually spread in the Kingdom of Castile and evolved into the principal language of government and trade....
, 1.3% Korean
Korean language

Korean is the official language of North Korea and South Korea. It is also one of the two official languages in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in People's Republic of China....
, 1.1% German
German language

German is a West Germanic languages, thus related to and classified alongside English language and Dutch language. It is one of the world's world language and the most widely spoken mother tongue in the European Union....
 and 1.0% Chinese
Standard Mandarin

Standard Mandarin, or Standard Chinese, is the official modern Spoken Chinese used in People's Republic of China and Republic of China, and is one of the four official languages of Languages of Singapore....
 or Mandarin
Standard Mandarin

Standard Mandarin, or Standard Chinese, is the official modern Spoken Chinese used in People's Republic of China and Republic of China, and is one of the four official languages of Languages of Singapore....
 as their first language.

There were 26,468 households out of which 17.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 29.2% were married couples
Marriage

Marriage is a social, spirituality, or law union of individuals. This union may also be called matrimony, while the ceremony that marks its beginning is usually called a wedding and the married status created is sometimes called wedlock....
 living together, 7.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 60.5% were non-families. 39.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.09 and the average family size was 2.76.

In the city the population was spread out with 12.7% under the age of 18, 42.3% from 18 to 24, 24.6% from 25 to 44, 12.6% from 45 to 64, and 7.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 23 years. For every 100 females there were 94.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.8 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $25,377, and the median income for a family was $50,054. Males had a median income of $32,470 compared to $26,100 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income

Per capita income means how much each individual receives, in monetary terms, of the yearly income generated in the country. This is what each citizen is to receive if the yearly national income is divided equally among everyone....
 for the city was $16,481. About 10.3% of families and 29.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17.3% of those under age 18 and 7.6% of those age 65 or over.

Arts and culture

Bloomington has a rich theater culture, and is home to several professional theater companies, including Broadway Entertainment Company & Cardinal Stage Company. Bloomington also has several community and amateur theaters which include Monroe County Civic Theater, the Bloomington Playwrights Project, John Waldron Arts Center, and the Indiana University
Indiana University

Indiana University, founded in 1820, is a nine-campus university system in the state of Indiana. The IU system includes the following campuses:...
 Dept. of Theatrical Arts.

Bloomington is home to the Buskirk-Chumley Theater, which is a renovated 616 seat vaudeville
Vaudeville

Vaudeville was a genre of a variety show prevalent on the theatre in the United States and Canada from the early 1880s until the early 1930s. It developed from many sources, including the concert saloon, minstrel show, freak shows, dime museums, and literary burlesque....
 and movie house built in 1922. Known locally as the "Indiana Theater", it was operated until 1995 as a movie theater. In 1995, the building was donated to the community for use as a performing arts center. In 2006, the theater played host to more than 260 public performances, making it one of the busiest community theaters in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
.

Bloomington is also home to a large folk punk
Folk punk

Folk punk is a fusion of folk music and punk rock. Some folk punk bands combine elements of punk rock with folk styles such as jug band music, sea shanties and eastern European gypsy music....
 music scene. The town is mentioned by name in many songs by Paul Baribeau, Ghost Mice
Ghost Mice

Ghost Mice is a two-piece folk-punk band from Bloomington, Indiana. Both members, Chris Johnston and Hannah Jones, have been in a handful of pop-punk bands together: namely Disarm, The Devil is Electric and Operation: Cliff Clavin....
, and other such DIY punk bands. Plan-It-X Records has a strong affiliation with Bloomington, and Bloomington is home to the adventurous record labels Secretly Canadian
Secretly Canadian

Secretly Canadian is an United States independent record label based in Bloomington, Indiana. It was started in 1996 in music by Chris and Ben Swanson, Eric Weddle, and Jonathan Cargill....
 and Jagjaguwar
Jagjaguwar

Jagjaguwar is an indie rock Independent record label based in Bloomington, Indiana....
.

Education


Post-Secondary Education

  • Indiana University
  • Ivy Tech Community College


Elementary schools

  • Arlington Elementary School
  • Bloomington Montessori School
  • Childs Elementary School
  • Clear Creek Elementary School
  • Fairview Elementary School
  • Grandview Elementary School
  • Harmony School
  • Highland Park Elementary School
  • Lakeview Elementary School
  • Marlin Elementary School
  • Rogers-Binford Elementary School
  • St. Charles Catholic School
  • Summit Elementary Schools
  • Templeton Elementary School
  • Unionville Elementary School
  • University Elementary School


Middle schools

  • Batchelor Middle School
  • Harmony School
  • Jackson Creek Middle School
  • St. Charles Catholic School
  • Tri-North Middle School


High schools


  • Bloomington High School South
    Bloomington High School South

    Bloomington High School South is a high school in Bloomington, Indiana, Indiana. The school currently uses a schedule consisting of three 12-week trimesters....
  • Bloomington New Tech High School
  • Harmony School
  • Hoosier Hills Career Center
  • Indiana University High School
    Indiana University High School

    Indiana University High School is an accredited, distance high school with its offices on the campus of Indiana University Bloomington. It serves students around the globe....
     (distance education)


News and media


Newspapers

  • The Herald-Times
    The Herald-Times

    The Herald-Times is a daily newspaper serving Bloomington, Indiana and surrounding areas. In 2007, the newspaper won the Blue Ribbon Daily award, naming it the best daily newspaper in the state of Indiana....
  • Indiana Daily Student
    Indiana Daily Student

    The Indiana Daily Student is an independent, student-run newspaper serving Indiana University Bloomington in Bloomington, Indiana, Indiana, United States....


Television

  • WTIU
    WTIU

    WTIU channel 30 is the local Public Broadcasting Service member station for Bloomington, Indiana and surrounding areas. Its studios are located on the campus of Indiana University ....
  • WTTV
    WTTV

    WTTV, channel 4, is a television station city of license to Bloomington, Indiana, serving as the CW Television Network affiliate for the Indianapolis, Indiana television market....


Radio Stations

  • WBWB
    WBWB

    WBWB is a radio station broadcasting a Contemporary hit radio format. The station serves the Bloomington, Indiana area. The station is currently owned by Artistic Media Partners....
  • WCLS
  • WFHB
    WFHB

    WFHB is an community radio FM station in Bloomington, Indiana. It operates on the frequency of 91.3MHz, with a translator at 98.1MHz. Two new translators were added in September, 2007 at 100.7MHz in Nashville, IN and 106.3MHz in Ellettsville, IN....
  • WFIU
    WFIU

    WFIU is a public radio FM station broadcasting from Indiana University Bloomington in Bloomington, Indiana, Indiana. The station is currently a member station of National Public Radio, Public Radio International and American Public Media....
  • WGCL
    WGCL (AM)

    WGCL is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format to the Bloomington, Indiana, USA area. The station is owned by Sarkes Tarzian, Inc and features programming from ABC Radio, Premiere Radio Networks and Westwood One....
  • WHCC
    WHCC

    WHCC is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Ellettsville, Indiana, USA, the station serves Bloomington, Indiana area....
  • WIUX
    WIUX

    WIUX is a 22 watt student-operated Low-power broadcasting radio station in Bloomington, Indiana, in southern Indiana. The station licensee, Indiana University Student Broadcasting is authorized by the Federal Communications Commission....
  • WTTS
    WTTS

    WTTS is an FM radio station broadcasting from Indianapolis, Indiana and Bloomington, Indiana at 92.3 FM. The station's format is classified as Adult Album Alternative or "Triple A." WTTS uses the phrase "World Class Rock" to describe their music mix....


Transportation


Airports

  • Monroe County Airport
    Monroe County Airport (Indiana)

    Monroe County Airport is a public airport located four miles southwest of the central business district of Bloomington, Indiana, a city in Monroe County, Indiana, Indiana, United States....
     (No Commercial flights)
  • Indianapolis International Airport
    Indianapolis International Airport

    Indianapolis International Airport is a public airport located seven miles southwest of the central business district of Indianapolis, Indiana, a city in Marion County, Indiana, Indiana, United States....
     (Nearest commercial airport 50 miles away)


Highways

  • IN-37
    Indiana State Road 37

    State Road 37 in the U.S. State of Indiana at one time ran from the northeast of the state to the south end. In the pre-Interstate Highway era, Indiana 37 was the most direct route between Fort Wayne, Indiana and Indianapolis, Indiana, although Interstate 69 has supplanted it and some other highways as through routes....
     to Indianapolis
    Indianapolis, Indiana

    Indianapolis is the Capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. The United States Census estimated the city's population, Indianapolis , Indiana the Unigov, at 795,458 in 2006....
     (North) and Bedford
    Bedford, Indiana

    Bedford is a city in Shawswick Township, Lawrence County, Indiana, Lawrence County, Indiana, Indiana, United States. The population was 13,768 at the 2000 census.As of 2009 the population is over 14,000....
     (South)
  • IN-45
    Indiana State Road 45

    State Road 45 is a state route from Bean Blossom, Indiana, Indiana to Rockport, Indiana in the southern half of the state....
     to Bloomfield
    Bloomfield, Indiana

    Bloomfield is a town in Richland Township, Greene County, Indiana, Greene County, Indiana, Indiana, United States. The population was 2,542 at the 2000 census....
     (South) and Bean Blossom (North)
  • IN-46
    Indiana State Road 46

    State Road 46 in the U.S. State of Indiana is an east-west state highway in the southern half of Indiana....
     to Terre Haute
    Terre Haute, Indiana

    Terre Haute is a city in Vigo County, Indiana, Indiana near the state's western border with Illinois. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city had a total population of 59,614 and its Terre Haute metropolitan area had a population of 170,943....
     (West) and Columbus
    Columbus, Indiana

    Columbus is the county seat of Bartholomew County, Indiana, United States. The population was 39,059 at the 2000 census. The current mayor is Fred Armstrong....
     (East)
  • IN-48
    Indiana State Road 48

    State Road 48 in the U.S. State of Indiana is an east-west state highway running through southern Indiana. It has three distinct and separate sections, from east to west:...
     (West)
  • IN-446
    Indiana State Road 446

    State Road 446 is a short highway in the southern portion of the U.S. State of Indiana. Though it is an even-numbered route, it is actually a north-south highway....
     to Lake Monroe
    Lake Monroe (Indiana)

    Lake Monroe is located about 10 miles southeast of Bloomington, Indiana. The lake is the largest in Indiana with 10,750 acres of water spread over the counties of Monroe County, Indiana and Brown County, Indiana....
     and the Hoosier National Forest
    Hoosier National Forest

    The Hoosier National Forest, in the hills of south central Indiana, is a property managed by the United States Forest Service. It has a total area of ....
     (East)


Bus service

  • (provides bi-hourly service to the Indianapolis International Airport. The shuttle picks passengers up at various hotels in the city as well as Indiana University's Memorial Union)
  • (provides express bus service from Indiana University to Chicago for key holidays, semester breaks, and select weekend trips)


Politics

The Democratic Party
Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
 recently has dominated city politics and has retained the mayor's office since 1972. The current mayor of the city is Mark Kruzan
Mark Kruzan (Indiana politician)

Mark Kruzan is the current mayor of Bloomington, Indiana, serving since his election in November, 2003.Kruzan was elected as State Representative for Bloomington in 1986....
 and the Democrats control the city council 8-1.

Bloomington was the first city in the state to ban smoking in all public and private businesses, including private clubs. It was also the first city in the state to pass an anti-discrimination ordinance protecting employees from discrimination based on sexual orientation
Sexual orientation

Sexual orientation refers to "an enduring pattern of emotional, romantic, and/or sexual attractions to men, women, or both sexes." According to the American Psychological Association, "it also refers to an individual?s sense of personal and social identity based on those attractions, behaviors expressing them, and membership in a community of...
, including a recent law adding gender identity to the list of protected human rights
Human rights

Human rights refer to the "basic rights and freedom to which all humans are entitled." Examples of rights and freedoms which have come to be commonly thought of as human rights include civil and political rights, such as the right to life and liberty, freedom of speech, and equality before the law; and social, cultural and economic rights, i...
.

In the 2008 Election Barack Obama
Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II is the List of Presidents of the United States and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office....
 won 66% of the vote

Festivals

  • Arts Fair on the Square
  • Bloomington Early Music Festival
  • Chocolate Festival
  • EastFest
  • Fall Festival on Fairfax
  • Fourth Street Arts and Crafts Festival
  • Indiana Heritage Quilt Show
  • Lotus World Music and Arts Festival
  • Pride Film Festival
  • Taste of Bloomington
  • Theta Antique Show
  • Third and High Festival
  • Weekly Farmer's Market
  • Business EXPO hosted by The Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce and the SBDC


Major employers

  • General Electric
    General Electric

    The General Electric Company, or GE is a multinational corporation United States technology and Service s conglomerate incorporated in the State of New York....
  • Indiana University (Bloomington)
  • Otis Elevator


Notable residents

Note: This list does not include students attending Indiana University. Please see List of Indiana University (Bloomington) people
List of Indiana University (Bloomington) people

This is a list of notable current and former faculty members, alumni, and non-graduating attendees of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana....
 for famous alumni.

  • Brett Anderson
    Brett Anderson

    Brett Lewis Anderson is an England singer-songwriter, best-known as the former lead vocalist of Britpop band Suede . After Suede disbanded, he fronted The Tears, who are currently on indefinite hiatus....
    , singer of the rock band The Donnas
    The Donnas

    The Donnas are an United States all-women band hard rock rock band from Palo Alto, California. They draw inspiration from The Ramones, AC/DC, and Kiss ....
     was born and spent her early childhood in Bloomington
  • Kenny Aronoff
    Kenny Aronoff

    Kenny Aronoff is an United States drummer. A former member of the hard rock band Cinderella , he has also played drums for several other musicians, including John Mellencamp, Bob Seger, Elton John, John Fogerty, Lynyrd Skynyrd and others....
    , famous drummer, member of John Mellencamp's band
  • David Baker, symphonic jazz composer and professor Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University
  • Arija Bareikis
    Arija Bareikis

    Arija Bareikis is an United States actress. She starred alongside Rob Schneider as Kate in Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo .Bareikis was born in Bloomington, Indiana....
    , actress
  • Joshua Bell
    Joshua Bell

    Joshua David Bell is an American Grammy Award-winning violinist....
    , violinist
  • Kent Benson
    Kent Benson

    Michael Kent Benson is a retired American collegiate and professional basketball player. He played college basketball for coach Bobby Knight at Indiana University....
    , basketball player, 1976 all-America team and all-Big Ten team
  • Hobie Billingsley
    Hobie Billingsley

    Hobie Billingsley is an United States diving champion and honoree of the International Swimming Hall of Fame. Considered one of the highlights of his career was during the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, when Billingsley was honored by his nation with the opportunity to conduct the Olympic Oath by proclaiming, "In the name of all the judges...
    , diving champion and coach
  • Diane Bish
    Diane Bish

    Diane Joyce Bish is an organist, composer, and executive producer. She is well known for her innovative Public Broadcasting Service television series The Joy of Music, which is broadcast internationally to over 300 million people each week, and recently celebrated its 25th anniversary....
    , Famed organist and international television personality of the PBS show "Joy of Music." American concert and recording artist, composer and conductor
  • John Breen, founder of
  • Dana Carpender
    Dana Carpender

    Dana Carpender is an United States of America food writer, best known for writing about Low-carbohydrate diet. Carpender lives with her husband in Bloomington, Indiana....
    , American author and columnist
  • William Cook (entrepreneur), billionaire, founder of Cook Inc.
  • Terri Colombino
    Terri Colombino

    Terri Colombino is an United States actress, best known for her role as Katie Peretti Frasier Coleman Kasnoff Snyder on the soap opera As the World Turns....
    , Actress from As The World Turns-born in Bloomington, Indiana
  • James Counsilman
    James Counsilman

    James Edward "Doc" Counsilman was a swimming coach for Indiana University and the United States Olympic team.At Indiana, he coached the men's team to six consecutive NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships from 1968 to 1973....
    , US Olympic Swimming Coach
  • John Merle Coulter
    John Merle Coulter

    John Merle Coulter, Ph. D. was an united States botanist and educator, brother of Stanley Coulter, born at Ningbo. He received his education at Hanover College in Indiana....
    , former president of Indiana University
  • Malcolm Dalglish
    Malcolm Dalglish

    Malcolm Dalglish is an United States of America hammered dulcimer player and builder, composer, and choral director.A virtuoso performer on the hammer dulcimer, he is a former member of the folk/Celtic trio Metamora and has performed frequently with the percussionist Glen Velez....
    , hammered dulcimer
    Hammered dulcimer

    The hammered dulcimer is a string instrument musical instrument with the strings stretched over a trapezoidal sounding board. Typically, the dulcimer is set on a stand, at an angle, before the musician, who holds small mallet hammers in each hand to strike the strings ....
     player, composer, and choral director
  • John Darnielle
    John Darnielle

    John Darnielle is an American musician, best known as the primary member of the American band The Mountain Goats, for which he is the writer, composer, guitarist, and vocalist....
    , singer-songwriter
  • Joe Dowell
    Joe Dowell

    Joe Dowell was an American pop singer. He was born in Bloomington, Indiana, but moved to Bloomington, Illinois, as a child. He first performed at a ninth-grade talent show, and later attended the University of Illinois....
    , singer-songwriter
  • Kueth Duany
    Kueth Duany

    Kueth Duany is a Sudanese former college basketball player for the Syracuse Orange men's basketball who was the captain and lone senior on Syracuse's 2003 NCAA National Championship team....
    , college basketball player at Syracuse University
  • John Eaton (composer)
    John Eaton (composer)

    John Eaton, is an United States composer and MacArthur Fellow.Eaton is a prominent composer of microtonal music, and worked with Paul Ketoff and Robert Moog during the 1960s in developing several types of synthesizers ....
    , Renowned opera composer and founder of The Pocket Opera Players
  • Mick Foley
    Mick Foley

    Michael Francis "Mick" Foley, Sr. is an United States semi-retired professional wrestling and author. He is a former World Wrestling Entertainment wrestler, most recently performing as a color commentator on its WWE Friday Night SmackDown WWE Brand Extension....
    , a professional wrestler and author — born in Bloomington, but moved to Long Island
    Long Island

    Long Island is an island located in southeastern New York, United States, just east of Manhattan. Stretching northeast into the Atlantic Ocean, Long Island contains four counties, two of which are Borough s of New York City, and two of which are mainly suburban....
     as an infant
  • Karen Joy Fowler
    Karen Joy Fowler

    Karen Joy Fowler is an United States author of science fiction, fantasy, and literary fiction. Her work often centers on the nineteenth century, the lives of women, and Social alienation....
    , a Nebula award
    Nebula Award

    The Nebula Award is an award given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America , for the best science fiction/fantasy fiction published in the United States during the two previous years ....
    -winning author
  • Rex Grossman
    Rex Grossman

    Rex Daniel Grossman III is an American football quarterback of the National Football League. He graduated from Bloomington High School South and attended the University of Florida on an athletic scholarship....
    , football player, Chicago Bears
    Chicago Bears

    The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the NFC North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League ....
  • Scot Halpin
    Scot Halpin

    Thomas Scot Halpin was an artist and musician noted for sitting in for The Who's Keith Moon during a rock concert at the Cow Palace in San Francisco....
    , fan who filled in for drums with The Who when Keith Moon collapsed during a performance at the Cow Palace in San Francisco in 1973.
  • Bobby Helms
    Bobby Helms

    Bobby Helms was an United States singer who enjoyed his peak success in 1957....
    , writer and singer of Jingle Bell Rock
    Jingle Bell Rock

    "Jingle Bell Rock" is the name of a popular Christmas music. It was first released by Bobby Helms in 1957 and has received frequent airplay during every Christmas time since then....
  • Douglas R. Hofstadter, cognitive scientist
  • Kathryn Janeway
    Kathryn Janeway

    Kathryn Janeway, played by Kate Mulgrew, is a Starfleet Vice admiral and former Captain of the United Federation of Planets starship USS Voyager on the television series Star Trek: Voyager....
    , a fictional character within the Star Trek
    Star Trek

    Star Trek is an American Science fiction on television entertainment series and media franchise. The Star Trek fictional universe created by Gene Roddenberry is the setting of six television series including the original 1966 Star Trek: The Original Series, in addition to ten feature films with Star Trek to be released on May 8,...
     universe
  • Jared Jeffries
    Jared Jeffries

    Jared Scott Carter Jeffries is an United States professional basketball player for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association. He was 2002 NBA Draft by the Washington Wizards as the 11th overall pick....
    , basketball player, New York Knicks
    New York Knicks

    The New York Knickerbockers are a professional basketball team based in New York City. The team plays in the National Basketball Association ....
  • David Starr Jordan
    David Starr Jordan

    David Starr Jordan, Ph.D., LL.D. was a leading eugenics, ichthyologist , educator and peace activist. He was president of Indiana University and Stanford University....
    , former president of Indiana University and Stanford University
    Stanford University

    Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private university research university located in Stanford, California, California, United States....
  • Kraig Kinser
    Kraig Kinser

    Kraig Kinser is an United States race car driver. He was previously a member of the Ginn Racing driver development program.He is the son of the champion World of Outlaws sprint car racer Steve Kinser, as well as the cousin of WoO competitor Mark Kinser....
    , an ARCA driver
  • Steve Kinser
    Steve Kinser

    Steve Kinser , is a professional Sprint car racing racer. He has won 20 championships in the World of Outlaws series, and currently drives the #11 Quaker State car....
    , race car driver
  • Alfred Kinsey
    Alfred Kinsey

    Alfred Charles Kinsey , was an United States biologist and professor of entomology and zoology, who in 1947 founded the Institute for Sex Research at Indiana University , now called the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction....
    , founder of Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction
    Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction

    The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction, often shortened to The Kinsey Institute, exists "to promote interdisciplinary research and scholarship in the fields of human sexuality, gender, and reproduction"....
  • Kevin Kline
    Kevin Kline

    Kevin Delaney Kline is an Academy Award winning American actor of theatre and film....
    , actor
  • David Lander
    David Lander

    David Lander is an United States actor, comedian, composer, musician, and baseball scout. David is also the Goodwill Ambassador for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society....
    , actor
  • Brad Leftwich
    Brad Leftwich

    Brad Leftwich is a prominent United States old-time music fiddle and banjo player and teacher. He is originally from Oklahoma.Leftwich was a founding member of the Plank Road String Band in the mid-1970s....
    , old-time musician
  • Bill Mallory
    Bill Mallory

    William G. "Bill" Mallory has served as the American football head coach at National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I-A programs including Miami University, University of Colorado at Boulder, Northern Illinois University, and Indiana University Bloomington ....
    , football coach
  • Scott May, basketball player, 1976 NCAA National Basketball Player of the Year
  • Sean May, basketball player, Charlotte Bobcats
    Charlotte Bobcats

    The Charlotte Bobcats are a professional basketball team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. The team is part of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association....
  • Branch McCracken
    Branch McCracken

    Branch McCracken was a college men's basketball coach.As a player at Indiana, the Monrovia, Indiana native was a three-year letter winner for Hall of Fame coach Everett Dean....
    , basketball coach
  • John Mellencamp
    John Mellencamp

    John Mellencamp, previously known by the stage names John Cougar and John Cougar Mellencamp, is a Grammy-winning United States rock music singer-songwriter, musician, artist and occasional actor....
    , singer, songwriter
  • Denny Miller
    Denny Miller

    Denny Scott Miller is an United States actor, perhaps best known for his guest-starring roles on Gilligan's Island and as Tarzan in the late 1950s....
    , actor
  • Carrie Newcomer
    Carrie Newcomer

    Carrie Newcomer is an United States singer and songwriter. Performing since 1980, she has released a number of solo albums since 1991, most recently The Geography of Light....
    , singer-songwriter
  • Thubten Jigme Norbu, founder of the Tibetan Cultural Center and eldest brother of Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama
  • Kevin Pope
    Kevin Pope

    Kevin Pope refers to at least two notable people:* Kevin Pope , the cartoonist whose work has appeared in MAD Magazine.* Dr. Kevin O. Pope, the former NASA archaeologist and founder of Geo Eco Arch Research, who helped connect the Chicxulub Crater to the Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction event....
    , cartoonist, MAD Magazine, Melvin and Jenkins
  • David Lee Roth
    David Lee Roth

    David Lee Roth is an United States Rock and roll vocalist, songwriter, actor, author, and former radio personality, best known as the lead singer of Van Halen....
    , lead singer of band Van Halen
    Van Halen

    Van Halen is a hard rock band formed in in 1972. They enjoyed success from the release of their Van Halen in 1978. As of 2007 Van Halen has sold more than 80 million albums worldwide and have had the most number one hits on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart....
  • Alfred Ryors
    Alfred Ryors

    Alfred Ryors served as the second president of Indiana University and the fifth president of Ohio University....
    , former president of Indiana University
  • Jeff Sagarin
    Jeff Sagarin

    Jeff Sagarin is an United States sports statistician well-known for his development of a methodology for ranking and rating sports teams in a variety of sports....
    , statistician for sports, contributor to USA Today
    USA Today

    'USA TODAY' is a national United States daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. It was founded by Allen Neuharth. The paper has the widest newspaper circulation of any newspaper in the United States , and among English-language broadsheets, it comes second worldwide, behind only the 2.6 million daily paid copies of The Times of...
  • Frithjof Schuon
    Frithjof Schuon

    Frithjof Schuon, was a Swiss philosopher, metaphysician and author of numerous books on religion and spirituality.Schuon was known as an authority on philosophy, spirituality and religion, an exponent of the Religio Perennis, and one of the chief representatives of the Perennialist School....
    , philosopher, metaphysician
  • Jan Shipps
    Jan Shipps

    Jan Shipps is an American historian specializing in Mormon History, particularly in the latter half of the 20th century to the present. Shipps is generally regarded as the foremost non-Mormon scholar of the Latter Day Saint movement, having given particular attention to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints....
    , leading historian of Mormonism
    Mormonism

    Mormonism is a term used to describe the religion, ideology and subculture elements of the Latter Day Saint movement, and specifically, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ....
  • János Starker
    János Starker

    J?nos Starker is a Hungary-born cello and one of the most famous cellists of the twentieth century. He has taught at the Indiana University Bloomington Jacobs School of Music since 1958, where he holds the title of Distinguished Professor....
    , cellist
  • John Strohm
    John Strohm

    John Strohm is an United States of America guitarist, singer, and lawyer. He began his musical career playing drum set in Indiana's punk rock scene, then moved to Boston in 1985 and switched to guitar....
    , indie rock singer, guitarist, and lawyer
  • Sarkes Tarzian
    Sarkes Tarzian

    Sarkes Tarzian was an Armenian-born US engineer, inventor, and broadcaster. In 1907, he and his family emigrated to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States....
    , Armenian-born U.S. engineer, inventor and broadcaster (1900-October 1987)
  • Jeri Taylor
    Jeri Taylor

    Jeri Taylor is a television screenwriter and television producer who is known for her contributions to the Star Trek series. She is an alumna of Indiana University Bloomington, where she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta....
    , producer for the Star Trek television series
  • Herman B Wells
    Herman B Wells

    Herman B Wells was the 11th president of Indiana University . He served the university in a variety of capacities, most notably as president and as chancellor....
    , former president and chancellor of Indiana University
  • Jerry Yeagley
    Jerry Yeagley

    Jerry Yeagley was the coach of the Indiana University Bloomington College soccer team from 1973 to 2003. His teams won six NCAA Men's Soccer Championship and a Division I record 544 games....
    , Hall of Fame soccer coach


Nearby points of interest

  • Assembly Hall (Bloomington)
    Assembly Hall (Bloomington)

    Assembly Hall is a 17,456-seat arena on the campus of Indiana University Bloomington in Bloomington, Indiana. It is the home of the Indiana Hoosiers basketball teams....
     - Five NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
    NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship

    The NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship is a Single-elimination tournament tournament held each spring featuring 65 college basketball teams in the United States....
     banners on display.
  • The Bloomington Playwrights Project
    Bloomington Playwrights Project

    The Bloomington Playwrights Project is a theater organization based in Bloomington, Indiana, which produces original plays, runs a national playwriting contest, and gives workshops and instruction in playwriting....
     - produces only new plays by American playwrights
  • Bloomington Speedway (Bloomington
    Bloomington

    Bloomington is the name of some places in the United States of America:*Bloomington, California*Bloomington, Idaho*Bloomington, Illinois** the Bloomington meteorite of 1938, which fell in Illinois, United States ...
    )
  • Brown County, Indiana
    Brown County, Indiana

    Brown County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2000, the population is 14,957. The county seat is Nashville, Indiana....
  • Brown County State Park
  • Buckner Cave
    Buckner Cave

    Buckner Cave is located in the karst topography of the Mitchell Plain in Monroe County, Indiana, Indiana, just outside of Bloomington,_Indiana. The cave consists of approximately 3 miles of known passage and a unknown amount of unexplored passages....
  • Griffy Lake/Nature Preserve
  • Hickory Ridge Fire Tower
    Hickory Ridge Fire Tower

    The Hickory Ridge Fire Tower is a Fire lookout tower located in the Charles C. Deam Wilderness Area. It is an Fire_lookout_tower#Aermotors type lookout tower....
  • Hoosier National Forest
    Hoosier National Forest

    The Hoosier National Forest, in the hills of south central Indiana, is a property managed by the United States Forest Service. It has a total area of ....
  • Indiana University (Bloomington)
  • Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction (Bloomington)
  • Lake Lemon
    Lake Lemon

    Lake Lemon is an artificial reservoir located in southern Indiana approximately 10 miles northeast of Bloomington, Indiana, Indiana. It is bounded by private and public property in Monroe County, Indiana and Brown County, Indiana, with the eastern end of the lake in Brown County....
  • Lake Monroe
    Lake Monroe (Indiana)

    Lake Monroe is located about 10 miles southeast of Bloomington, Indiana. The lake is the largest in Indiana with 10,750 acres of water spread over the counties of Monroe County, Indiana and Brown County, Indiana....
  • Lennie's Restaurant - Home of the Bloomington Brewing Company
  • McCormick's Creek State Park
    McCormick's Creek State Park

    McCormick's Creek State Park is the oldest state park in Indiana, dedicated as on July 4, 1916, as part of the state's centennial celebration. It is located west of Bloomington, Indiana in Owen County, Indiana....
  • Monroe County Airport
    Monroe County Airport (Indiana)

    Monroe County Airport is a public airport located four miles southwest of the central business district of Bloomington, Indiana, a city in Monroe County, Indiana, Indiana, United States....
  • Morgan-Monroe State Forest
    Morgan-Monroe State Forest

    Morgan-Monroe State Forest is a state forest in Morgan County, Indiana and Monroe County, Indiana of Indiana, and is the second largest List of Indiana state forests....
  • Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division
    Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division

    Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division is the principal tenant command located at Naval Support Activity Crane. NSA Crane is a United States Navy installation located approximately 70 miles southwest of Indianapolis, Indiana and predominantly located in Martin County, Indiana....
     - Naval Base
  • People's Park (Bloomington)
  • Ransburg Scout Reservation, Boy Scout Camp
  • Upland Brewing Company
    Upland Brewing Company

    Upland Brewing Company, founded in 1997, is a brewery in Bloomington, Indiana, Monroe County, Indiana, Indiana. It is currently the largest microbrewery in Indiana....
     - Currently the largest microbrewery
    Microbrewery

    A microbrewery, or craft brewery, is a modern brewery which produces a limited amount of beer. The maximum amount of beer a brewery can produce and still be classed as a microbrewery varies by region and by authority, though is usually around 15,000 barrels a year....
     in the state of Indiana.
  • Yellowwood State Forest
    Yellowwood State Forest

    Yellowwood State Forest, originally Beanblossom Land Utilization Project, is a state forest located in Brown County, Indiana, near the more famous Brown County State Park....


See also

  • Indiana University
    Indiana University

    Indiana University, founded in 1820, is a nine-campus university system in the state of Indiana. The IU system includes the following campuses:...


External links

  • - Bloomington's own City Wiki
    City wiki

    A city wiki is a wiki used as a knowledge management and social network for a specific geography locale. The term 'city wiki' or its foreign language equivalent is sometimes also used for wikis that cover not just a city, but a small town or an entire region....
     (released July 2005)
  • (Tourism Information)
  • (Local paper)
  • (since 2003)