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Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson, a 1983 cum laude graduate of IU McKinney, will be inducted into the Indiana Academy at its 48th annual dinner celebration on October 15.

Judge Magnus-Stinson is Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. Prior to her appointment in 2010, she served as a federal magistrate from 2007-2010. Before this, she was a judge in the Marion Superior Court from 1995-2007. She served as counsel to then-Governor Evan Bayh from 1991-1995, and practiced law at LewisWagner from 1983-1990.

In addition to serving on the IU McKinney Board of Visitors for over 20 years, Judge Magnus-Stinson has served as a Trustee of Butler University since 2013, where she also graduated cum laude. Prior to her trustee appointment, she served as a member of the Board of Visitors of the Butler College of Education and received Butler University’s Robert Todd Duncan Alumni Achievement Award, which recognizes personal and/or professional achievement that brings honor and distinction to the University, as well as individual attainment and contributions for the betterment of society.

Judge Magnus-Stinson serves the federal judicial system on several national and regional committees and is active in the Indianapolis Bar Association, which has honored her with the Antoinette Dakin Leach Award and the Paul H. Buchanan Award of Excellence. She previously served on the Wishard Memorial Foundation Board of Directors and as Past President of Big Sisters of Central Indiana.

The Indiana Academy honors people who have demonstrated exceptional leadership in philanthropy, business, public service, advancement of the sciences, the arts, literature, culture, and scholarship in connection with Indiana’s independent non-profit colleges and universities.