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Orlo Austin

Orlo Austin. Director - 1981 to 2004 Office of Student Financial Aid University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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Orlo Austin

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  1. Orlo Austin Director - 1981 to 2004 Office of Student Financial AidUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign “When we cast our bread upon the waters, we can presume that someone downstream whose face we will never know will benefit from our action, as we who are downstream from another will profit from that grantor’s gift.” -- Maya Angelou

  2. Born in LeRoy, MN Country School, Jr. High school, High School - LeRoy, MN Undergraduate studiesMankato State UniversityMankato, MN(now, Minnesota State University) Taught high schoolSocial StudiesCoached 3 sports(football, basketball, baseball)Sleepy Eye, MN Married Cheryl in 1964 Worked on“Johnson’s War on Poverty” • Counselor, Student Counseling Bureau, 1968-1972, University of Minnesota • Masters Degree 1972 University of Minnesota • Asst. Director, Financial Aid, 1982 - 1981 Univeristy of Minnesota U of Mn President Malcom Moosduring turbulent 70’sMinneapolis, MN PhD 1988 - University of MN

  3. Arrived in Champaign, IL in 1981 Home Sweet Home

  4. Orlo’s campus activities… • UIUC Student Affairs Representative on Committee of Administrative Associate Deans • Human Resource Management System Steering Committee • Advisory Committee on Campus Priorities • Campus Advisory Committee for Administrative Data Processing • Chair, Outstanding Student Affairs Staff Committee • Student Affairs Development Committee • Task Force for Recruiting National Hispanic Scholars and National Achievement Scholars • Campus Committee on Financial Aid to Students (CCFAS) • Campus Administrative Information Technology Committee

  5. In service to others… "Some men are born for the public. Nature by fitting them for the service of the human race on a broad scale, has stamped them with the evidences of her destination and their duty." -Thomas Jefferson to James Monroe, 1803.

  6. Working to make life better… Indiana Coalition

  7. MASFAA…

  8. MASFAA 1986 - Indianapolis President, MASFAA - 1985-86

  9. MASFAA 1987 Charleston, WV

  10. Financial Aid for Students… Higher Education License Plates (H.E.L.P.) Scholarships “ For many years, Orlo Austin has been considered by students to be one of the most popular administrators on campus…always up to date on how financial aid is awarded, on what state and federal agencies award funds and on semester deadlines for applying for financial assistance.” Jonathan Baldwin Turner (JBT) Agricultural Merit Scholarship Awards

  11. In 1991-92, Orlo went to Washington, D.C. to serve as an Administrative Fellow on Senator Paul Simon’s staff to assist with the Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. Senator Paul Simon (IL) and Senator Dave Durenberger (MN) were the Senate sponsors of the legislation that created the Direct Loan Program. Later, college students scored a true victory, as the Direct Student Loan Program emerged from the proceedings without any limits on who can participate in the program.

  12. “Mr. Austin Goes to Washington”“Inside Illinois” April 2, 1992 Orlo describes his experience: “a rare and very exciting opportunity” to work side-by-side with the Senator and his staff … “I worked with Sen. Simon and Sen. Durenberger’s staff members on proposed changes in the [Higher Education] act, including a direct loan program.”

  13. Congressional RecordFebruary 21, 1992“To Orlo -- with gratitude, Paul Simon 3-5-92”

  14. “Orlo is one of the best political organizers that I have seen. When it became clear that the higher education community needed more information about the proposals being considered by Congress, he drafted letters and fact sheets, and took the initiative to make hundreds of contacts across the country, by phone, fax and mail. And he always followed up with those who had questions or needed more information…and didn’t stop working until the job was finished.” Letter to Stan Ikenberry from Sen. Paul SimonFebruary 18, 1992Ikenberry wasPresident of the University of Illinoisat the time.

  15. Orlo’s D.C. office asthe Administrative Fellow

  16. In the News… News Gazette, 1991 Chicago Sun-Times, November 10, 1999 Inside Illinois, April 2, 1992

  17. Direct Loan Coalition… Back row: Tom Betts (Federal Relations contact)Front row: Orlo, Tally Hart (OH State), Sen. Ted Kennedy, Pam Fowler (U of MI), Phyllis Schoeder (Valparaiso), Phyllis Hooyman (Hope College)

  18. COSUAACoalition of State University Aid Administrators First Poobah Award - 1993-1995 “…to avail the state of those talents, sown as liberally among the poor as among the rich, which perish without use if not sought for and cultivated.”--Thomas Jefferson

  19. COSUAA Dillon, Griswold, Brugel, Fooks, Sparks (back), Curtice, Austin

  20. Professional contributions… • Member, National Direct Student Loan Executive Council - 2002, 2003 • President, ILASFAA - 2002-03 • Chair, COSUAA - 1993-94, 1994-95, 1995-96 • ACT Midwest Advisory Council - 1990-91 • Vice President, ILASFAA - 1990-91, 1991-92 • President, MASFAA - 1985-86 • Member, Executive Committee, NASFAA - 1985-86 • National Advisory Council, ACT Financial Aid Division, 1983-84, 1985-86 • Member, National Council, NASFAA - 1984-85 • Past Chair, Legislative Committee, ILASFAA • President, Minnesota Association of Financial Aid Administrators, 1980-81 • Chair, Workshop for State Presidents, MASFAA - 1980 • Member, Financial Aid Advisory Committee to MN Higher Education Advisory Board, 1978-81

  21. - President A quote used while Orlo was President of ILASFAA-“When we cast our bread upon the waters, we can presume that someone downstream whose face we will never know will benefit from our action, as we who are downstream from another will profit from that grantor’s gift.”Maya Angelou

  22. ILASFAA 2000…

  23. NASFAA Conferences Congressman Terry Bruce Washington, D.C.

  24. MASFAA

  25. Financial Aid Colleagues

  26. Recipient of many awards…

  27. The many faces of ORLO

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