HenryBundles, Jr. BA'47

died March 26, 2019, in Sarasota, Florida. He was co-founder of the Neal-Marshall Alumni Club, a Kappa Alpha Psi life member and president and founder of the Center for Leadership Development in Indianapolis.

Bundles is believed to have been the first black student to earn a degree from the IU School of Journalism.

After serving as a photographer and reporter in the Navy during World War II following graduation, he became a circulation manager and learned the business side of journalism while mentoring the young students who delivered papers.

He worked as the sales and advertising manager for the Madam C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company before serving as CEO of Summit Laboratories from 1962-1972.

As president and founder of the Center for Leadership Development in Indianapolis from 1977 to 2000, he prepared youth of color for futures in business and community leadership. When Bundles retired in 2000, the CLD had mentored more than 5,000 central Indiana students.

Bundles also served as director of the Indianapolis Convention and Visitors Association, was a founding director of Midwest National Bank and served as a festival director for the Indianapolis 500 and chairman of the Indianapolis Business Development Foundation.