OUTSTANDING ALUMNI AWARDED DURING HOMECOMING BANQUET

Indiana Wesleyan University

Four graduates of Indiana Wesleyan University, three of them with Grant County connections, were honored as Outstanding Alumni at IWU's 2006 Homecoming banquet. Honored were:

James Luttrull Jr.: 1978 IWU graduate, who is the Grant County Prosecuting Attorney and also teaches in the Criminal Justice Department at IWU. He is recognized nationally as a leading advocate in the fight against child abuse.

Dr. Steve DeNeff: 1981 IWU graduate, who is senior pastor of College Wesleyan Church in Marion. DeNeff also has a master's degree from IWU and teaches part-time at the university.

Allen Pope: 1975 IWU graduate, who is the Director of the Medicaid Fraud Unit for Indiana Attorney General Steve Carter. Pope formerly practiced law in Marion and was a deputy Grant County Prosecutor.

Michael P. Cliff: Graduated from IWU in 1992, is the principal of High Point Christian Academy in High Point, N.C.