Professor remembered for strides in education

He is described as charismatic, marvelous and optimistic. \nHe served in World War II, received degrees from Purdue University and IU, spent 24 years as a professor of education at IU and was a father of five. \nDonald Cullen Manlove, IU professor emeritus, died Feb. 12 in Indianapolis. He was 86 years old.\n"His greatest attribute, was that he had a great outlook on life," said Manlove's son, Kim Manlove, assistant dean of faculty at IUPUI. "He lived everyday to its fullest, always saw the richness of each day and that to me, me personally, is his greatest legacy." \nManlove spent much of his life as an educator in Indiana after first serving as a bomber pilot with the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. Kim Manlove said his father was shot down over what is now Croatia and always said the island was put there for a reason. \nAfter his time with the U.S. Army Air Corps, Manlove spent eight years as a high school teacher and another eight years as a senior high school principal before moving to Bloomington to become a professor of education. During his stint as a senior high school principal Manlove even served as principal to his oldest son, Larry.\n"We won't go into that, but he did hand me my high school diploma," Larry Manlove said of his high school days. \nWhile at IU, Manlove worked very hard to make significant strides to Indiana's education process, which his son Larry Manlove attributed to be some of his greatest accomplishments. Manlove served as the executive director of the Indiana State Committee of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, member of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Secondary School Principals and executive director of the National Study of School Evaluation. During his 24 years at IU he also worked as a consultant to schools in different parts of the United States, Mexico, Central America, England, Scotland, Germany, Italy, Finland and the former Soviet Union, according to The Indianapolis Star.\nOne of Manlove's closest work and travel partners was IU Professor Emeritus Vernon Pace. When Manlove stepped down as chairman of the Indiana State Committee of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, Pace took his place, but their work and friendship didn't stop there. Pace said the two worked closely for 25 years and traveled all across the United States together. \n"He was very instrumental in getting me to IU," Pace said. "I owe him a lot."\nAmong his other accomplishments, in 1978 Manlove was named as the first Senior Fulbright Lecturer to the Ministry of Education in the Soviet Union. \nManlove enjoyed poetry and performing, which Kim Manlove attributes to Manlove's father, who was a Chautauqua performer. Manlove wrote and/or edited more than 40 professional books and articles and published one book for the Indiana University Press, which was a collection of poetry by one of his favorite poets, James Whitcomb Riley. \nManlove is survived by his five children and their spouses and by numerous friends and colleagues, who said again and again they would truly miss this amazing person. \n"He was wonderful and marvelous man," Pace said. "We worked together so much it was like working with a brother. It was real sad for me to get the message that he had passed away. There will never be anyone like him. It was all a joy. It will always be a precious memory to me."\n-- Contact Senior Writer Katie Schoenbaechler at kmschoen@indiana.edu.