George Blakey
George T. Blakey was a professor of history at IU East.
He owned his own bookshop, The Old Bookshop, in downtown Richmond, Indiana.
Dr. Blakey started teaching at the Eastern Indiana Center of Earlham College and Indiana University in 1967. Before January 1975, Dr. Blakey taught IUE classes at Earlham College. He earned his B.A. at Berea College, his M.A. at Vanderbilt University in Tennessee, and his Ph.D. at IU Bloomington. Dr. Blakey taught courses on United States History and Hoosier Heritage at IU East. He was the first IUE faculty member to receive The President's Award for teaching excellence from Bloomington in 1981, and he received the Chancellor's Medallion in 2001. Blakey retired in 2001 and was later inducted into the Indiana University President's Circle in Bloomington in 2017. Over the course of his life, Blakey donated $100,000 to IUE.
Learn more about George's time here at IU East with his oral history.
Select publications, achievements, and awards:
- "The Old World and the New (Immigration into Indiana)", Traces Magazine of Indiana and Midwestern History, Winter 1999
- "Stalking the Elusive Hoosier's Nest (The search for a poem and two paintings which established Indiana's identity)", Traces Magazine of Indiana and Midwestern History, Summer 1999
- Research on Federal Writer's Project (WPA) in Indiana during Fall sabbatical 1999
- Directed Richmond's Bicentennial celebration and researched Indiana culture in 1975-76
- First faculty member on campus to receive a campus teaching award in 1977
- Established Library Research Award for Presentation and Oral Presentation Winners
- Supports the George T. Blakey U.S. History Essay Prize for undergraduate students
- "Creating a Hoosier Self-Portrait: The Federal Writers' Project in Indiana, 1935-1942" by George T. Blakey (book)
