IU Health and Daniel F. Evans, Jr. Health Law Scholarship
The IU Health and Daniel F. Evans, Jr. Health Law Scholarship provides generous funding for students pursuing a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree at IU McKinney School of Law through the Hall Center for Law and Health. The scholarships are available for highly-qualified students who have a demonstrated interested in studying and practicing health law.
The scholarship fund was established by Daniel F. Evans, Jr., '76, described by Hall Center Executive Director Nicolas Terry as “one of the finest health lawyers of his generation.” A longtime leader of IU Health, Mr. Evans now teaches at IU McKinney and is an active participant in the Hall Center’s health law and policy programming.
Daniel F. Evans, Jr.
President Emeritus of Indiana University Health; Executive-in-Residence, Office of the Dean, Indiana University School of Medicine; Adjunct Professor of Medicine, IU School of Medicine; Adjunct Professor of Law, IU McKinney School of Law.
Dan Evans is nationally recognized as a successful health care executive, healthy policy expert and community leader. During his 13 years as president and CEO of Indiana University Health, one of the nation’s largest academic health centers, Evans’s vision led the health system’s expansion from three hospitals in downtown Indianapolis to a unified statewide health system of nearly 20 hospitals treating more than 2.5 million patients a year. Throughout Evans’s tenure, IU Health was consistently included in the prestigious U.S. News & World Report Annual Best Hospitals rankings, which also recognized IU Health as the No. 1 hospital in the State of Indiana. Evans is well known in federal and state public policy communities as an advocate for health and wellness programs and high-quality, accessible health care. Drawing from an accomplished career as a health care executive, Evans provides insight into issues such as integrated health systems, academic health centers, payer-provider convergence issues, population health, value-based payments and digital health. Prior to joining Indiana University Health, he was a partner at the law firm of Faegre Baker Daniels LLP where he now serves as Senior Director. Evans has been a member of and/or chaired innumerable corporate boards and community organizations.
