HALL OF FAME 2006

DR. ROBERT LINDNER

Dr. Robert Lindner, former Chairman of the Board and founding partner of United Dairy Farmers Incorporated, made a significant contribution to the Judson College athletic department with his major gift towards the construction of the Robert D. Lindner Fitness Center which was completed in 1990. In the summer of 1988, Lindner contacted President Harm Weber and Executive Vice President James Didier and invited them to meet with him in Cincinnati, Ohio. Lindner, a very disciplined runner and one committed to the values of both spiritual and physical fitness, pleasantly surprised Weber and Didier by announcing his intention to provide a major gift for the construction of a new fitness facility. The fitness center came at an opportune time for the college as the old gym was antiquated and extremely limiting in space. Today, the $4.1 million dollar building is one of the best facilities in small college athletics and gives the Judson student athletes a facility to be proud of. We are honored to recognize Lindner's commitment to excellence in the enhancement of the stature of the Judson College Athletics program.