Martin C. Jischke

Jischke was born in Chicago, the son of a grocer,{{cite magazine |url=https://magazine.iit.edu/spring-2006/letter-president |title=Letter from the President |first=Lew |last=Collins |magazine=IIT Magazine |date=Spring 2006 |access-date=August 20, 2018 |quote=Martin, who grew up in Chicago as the son of a grocer }} and graduated from Proviso High School in Maywood, Illinois, a suburb on Chicago's west side. In 1963 he earned his bachelor's degree in physics with honors from Illinois Institute of Technology, where he currently serves on the board of trustees. While at Illinois Institute of Technology he became a member of Delta Tau Delta International Fraternity.The Rainbow, vol. 130, no. 2, p. 20 He received his master's and doctoral degrees in aeronautics and astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1968.{{cite thesis |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/302390571/ |title=Application of the method of parametric differentiation to radiation gas dynamics |date=1968 |publisher=Massachusetts Institute of Technology |type=Ph.D. |last=Jischke |first=Martin Charles |via=ProQuest |url-access=subscription |oclc=23986157}} He married his wife, Patricia "Patty" Fowler Jischke in 1970. They have two children, Charles, a photographer living in West Lafayette, Indiana and Marian, an engineer living in Indianapolis.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}

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Jischke, a specialist in fluid dynamics, has expertise in heat transfer, fluid mechanics, aerodynamics and high-speed aircraft and spacecraft. He is co-editor of one book and the author or co-author of 31 journal publications and 21 major technical reports. He has given more than 50 major technical presentations and lectures, and has held research fellowships with NASA and the Donald W. Douglas Laboratory. He has received research grants from the National Science Foundation, U.S. Air Force, NASA, National Institutes of Health, National Severe Storms Laboratory and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. He served as a White House fellow and special assistant to the U.S. Secretary of Transportation from 1975 to 1976. Jischke is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. In 2006, Jischke was appointed to the President's Council on Science and Technology|Council of Advisers on Science and Technology.

Jischke was a member the faculty of the University of Oklahoma's School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering for 17 years, and also served as director of the school. During his time at the university, he was the principal advisor to 21 thesis students. He served as Chair of the Faculty Senate during the 1974–75 academic year,{{cite web |url=http://facultysenate.ou.edu/fschairs.htm |title=Chairs of the University of Oklahoma Faculty Senate (Norman) |access-date=August 20, 2018 |publisher=The University of Oklahoma Faculty Senate (Norman Campus) }} dean of the College of Engineering from 1981 to 1986, and in 1985 Dr. Jischke was named the university's interim president.

In 1986 Jischke was named chancellor of the University of Missouri–Rolla. Success in that role led him to the presidency of Iowa State University in 1991. He raised money for scholarships. The Martin C. Jischke Honors Building at Iowa State is named after him.{{cite web |title=Martin C. Jischke Honors Building |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926025317/http://www.honors.iastate.edu/HonorsWebPage/About/jischke.php |archive-date=September 26, 2012 |url=http://www.honors.iastate.edu/HonorsWebPage/About/jischke.php |publisher=Iowa State University }}

Jischke is a recipient of the American Society for Engineering Education Centennial Medallion{{cite news |url=https://www.purdue.edu/uns/x/2007a/070608JischkeDrive.html |title=Street on campus named after Jischke |date=June 8, 2007 |website=Perdue University |first=Kim |last=Medaris |access-date=July 17, 2024}} and the Illinois Institute of Technology Professional Achievement Award. He also received the Ukraine Medal of Merit from Ukraine's president for outstanding service by a foreign national. The Illinois Institute of Technology and the National Agricultural University of Ukraine have both awarded him honorary doctoral degrees.{{cite web |url=https://honorsandawards.iu.edu/awards/honoree/904.html |title=University Honors & Awards: Martin Jischke |website=Indiana University |access-date=July 17, 2024}}

He is an honorary member of Mortar Board National College Senior Honor Society, having been tapped by the Barbara Cook chapter at Purdue University in 2006.

In 2013, Jischke's alma mater, Illinois Institute of Technology, awarded him with its annual Alumni Medal, the alumni association's highest honor.{{cite web |url=https://iit.edu/news/iittoday/?p=13628 |title=Martin C. Jischke (PHYS '63) to be honored by IIT with Alumni Medal |date=April 19, 2013 |publisher=Illinois Institute of Technology |access-date=August 20, 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180821093753/https://iit.edu/news/iittoday/?p=13628 |archive-date=August 21, 2018 }}

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On August 14, 2000, Jischke became the tenth president of Purdue University, succeeding Steven C. Beering, who stepped down after 17 years as Purdue's president.

In October 2004, Jischke testified before the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on the value of international students, their decline in U.S. university enrollment since the September 11 attacks, and recommendations for visa policy reform.{{cite web |url=https://www.aau.edu/sites/default/files/AAU%20Files/Key%20Issues/Innovation%20%26%20Competitiveness/JischkeTest_10-06-04.pdf |first=Martin C. |last=Jischke |publisher=Association of American Universities |date=October 6, 2004 |access-date=August 21, 2018 |title=Testimony of Martin C. Jischke, President, Purdue University }}

On August 4, 2006, Jischke announced he would be stepping down from the president's post at the end of the 2006–07 fiscal year. He stated he would be taking a year off from public life at that time.http://jconline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060805/NEWS0501/608050345{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

On May 7, 2007, the Purdue University Board of Trustees announced the appointment of France A. Córdova to succeed Jischke as the university's 11th president effective July 16, 2007.

On May 12, 2007, Jischke was awarded an honorary doctorate degree from Purdue University's College of Engineering.http://www.jconline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070512/NEWS0901/70512005{{dead link|date=August 2018|fix-attempted=yes}} In June 2007, Jischke was awarded the university's first Neil Armstrong Medal of Excellence by Armstrong himself, along with the Sagamore of the Wabash, the highest honor from the governor of Indiana.{{cite news |url=https://www.purdue.edu/uns/x/2007a/070612JischkeGifts.html |title=Neil Armstrong presents Jischke with award; scholarship fund progress announced |date=June 12, 2007 |access-date=August 20, 2018 |work=Purdue News Service |publisher=Purdue University |first=Kim |last=Medaris }}

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• [https://tobiascenter.iu.edu/research/oral-history/audio-transcripts/jischke-martin.html Oral history interview 2007] – Indiana University
• [http://earchives.lib.purdue.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/oralhist/id/109/rec/94 Oral history interview 2006] – Purdue University
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