INDIANAPOLIS (September 21, 2017) – The Greater Indianapolis Progress Committee (GIPC) is pleased to announce that Andre B. Lacy, former CEO and current Chairman of the Board of LDI, Ltd. (formerly Lacy Diversified Industries), will receive the 2017 Charles L. Whistler Award.
The annual award recognizes individuals who, outside the regular duties of their chosen professions, have brought together the public and private sectors for civic improvement in Indianapolis.
“Andre Lacy has devoted much of his remarkable life to making Indianapolis a more prosperous and interesting place to live,” said Jeff Gaither, GIPC board chair and managing partner of Bose, McKinney and Evans. “He is a terrific addition to GIPC’s list of outstanding men and women who have received this extraordinary award and established a culture of private-public collaboration so vital to this city’s success.”
“The Whistler Award serves as an annual reminder of the people and institutions that have helped to shape the very fabric of our community,” said Mayor Joe Hogsett. “Year after year, these awardees embody the vision, talent, and energy of Charles Whistler, the honor’s namesake, and carry on our community’s legacy of innovation and civic pride. It is an honor to celebrate the contributions of Andre B. Lacy this year, highlighting the influential ways he has contributed to our city’s landscape.”
Through board service at Indianapolis Public Schools, Central Indiana Corporate Partnership, United Way of Central Indiana, and numerous other organizations, as well as his advisory work with the Butler University School of Business, Mr. Lacy has demonstrated his unwavering commitment to our community. A key supporter of the Indianapolis Cultural Trail and Indianapolis Downtown, Inc., and a guiding force for the Indiana State Fair, Mr. Lacy has played an essential role in shaping today’s Indianapolis.
Join us on Tuesday, November 14, 2017 at Ivy Tech Community College Culinary & Conference Center, beginning at 7:30 a.m., where Mayor Joe Hogsett will present Andre B. Lacy with the 2017 Charles L. Whistler Award. Thank you to our Title Sponsor Faegre Baker Daniels. To purchase tickets or tables, visit www.indygipc.org. Questions? Contact info@indygipc.org.
About the Charles L. Whistler Award:
Charles L. Whistler understood working for the future. To ensure Whistler’s legacy lives on, GIPC instituted The Charles L. Whistler Award – the most prestigious award given annually to a community volunteer. The Charles L. Whistler Award continues to honor the legacy of Whistler, a lawyer and community leader in the grand tradition, who gave his time and extraordinary abilities to the Indianapolis community without asking for power or position in return. At the time of his death in 1981, he was a senior partner at Faegre Baker Daniels and chair of both the GIPC’s Urban Growth and Revitalization Task Force and the White River State Park Citizen’s Advisory Committee.
Mr. Lacy’s name will be added to a limestone and granite monument containing past award recipients’ names and located in the Charles L. Whistler Memorial Plaza at the City Market in downtown Indianapolis.
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