IU Foundation President Curt Simic earned his degree at IU and went on to hold positions at several universities, including University of California at Berkeley and Yale University. He has been president of the foundation for 19 years.
What’s your favorite watch brand?\nI don’t pay enough attention.
What’s your favorite Nontraditional sport?\nSoccer.
Who’s your favorite IU athlete?\nSarah McKay, a center for the women’s basketball team who’s from Canada.
What’s your favorite Game show?\n“Jeopardy.”
What’s your favorite Sense?\nListening, because I like music.
White or wheat bread?\nWheat.
Peanut butter or jelly?\nJelly.
PC or Mac?\nPC.
New York City or Los Angeles?\nNew York City.
Hillary (Clinton) or Barack (Obama)?\nBarack.
Would you rather be a scuba diver or an astronaut?\nAstronaut.
Would you rather Run across the Great Wall of China or swim across the English Channel?\nRun. I was a marathoner for a while.
Would you rather Be the dentist for a shark or the dermatologist for a toad?\nI’d take the dermatology job.
Would you rather Have to memorize 5,000 digits of pi or the U.S. Constitution?\nU.S. Constitution.
Would you rather Challenge world record-holder Takeru Kobayashi to a hot-dog eating contest or D.J. White to a dunking contest?\nD.J.
Have you ever thought about using violence to settle an argument with a colleague?\nI’ve thought about it. I haven’t done it.
If you could be any character in “the Wizard of Oz,” who would you be?\nThe Tin Man.
