Awards

IU Indianapolis Spirit of Philanthropy Award - 2014

About Joe Rinard

Joe Rinard completed his DDS at the IU School of Dentistry in 1955 and is a member of the Omicron Kappa Upsilon National Dental Honor Society. He worked as a student with the world-renowned dental materials professor Dr. Ralph Phillips and considers it a privilege to support the dental materials program and the building project at the school. He attributes his philanthropic nature to Dr. Robert Cooper, head of the biology department during his undergraduate studies at Ball State University. Rinard’s philanthropy also benefits Ball State, where a new greenhouse featuring one of the largest collegiate collections of orchids anywhere is being constructed in honor of his late wife, Alice Rinard. The couple also established the Dr. Joe R. and Alice Pursley Rinard Scholarship for students in the Ball State Speech Pathology and Audiology.