With Purdue First Lady Kei Hui leading the charge, the Purdue for Life Foundation is pleased to announce a new affinity network—the Purdue Alumni Medical Network. Our goal is to build a network of alumni and friends working in the health-care field—including veterinary medicine—and enhance their connections to Purdue and to each other. We will provide them with opportunities to mentor current students and engage in philanthropy.
Dr. Hui has extensive experience in the health-care field and is currently a practicing physician and physician advisor. She brings enthusiasm for both medical expertise and alumni engagement to her role at Purdue.
With Purdue First Lady YingKei Hui leading the charge, the Purdue for Life Foundation is pleased to announce a new affinity network—the Purdue Alumni Medical Network. Our goal is to build a network of alumni and friends working in the medical field—including veterinary medicine—and enhance their connections to Purdue and to each other. We will provide them with opportunities to mentor current students and engage in philanthropy.
Hui has extensive experience in the medical field and is currently a practicing physician and physician advisor. She brings enthusiasm for both the medical field and alumni engagement to her role at Purdue.
Purdue Alumni Medical Network
With Purdue First Lady Kei Hui leading the charge, the Purdue for Life Foundation is pleased to announce a new affinity network—the Purdue Alumni Medical Network. Our goal is to build a network of alumni and friends working in the health-care field—including veterinary medicine—and enhance their connections to Purdue and to each other. We will provide them with opportunities to mentor current students and engage in philanthropy.
Dr. Hui has extensive experience in the health-care field and is currently a practicing physician and physician advisor. She brings enthusiasm for both medical expertise and alumni engagement to her role at Purdue.
“I’m excited for a wide range of Boilermaker health-care professionals to gather around our passions for the Purdue community. I hope that this network offers space for our alumni and friends to build relationships and learn from one another.”
At our launch event, we enjoyed networking and listening to featured speakers—including Dr. Hui—as they introduced the network.
You can check out our photos and video from the event.
At our November 1 kickoff meeting, Dr. Hui and interim launch committee members introduced themselves. Attendees also discovered different volunteer opportunities.
You can check out a recording and presentation slides from the meeting.
In fall 2024, we are planning a symposium for Purdue alumni and friends who work in the medical field—more details to come!
In fall 2024, we are planning a symposium for Purdue alumni and friends who work in the medical field—more details to come!
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Patsy earned a bachelor’s degree in food and nutrition in business from Purdue in 1969, in addition to an MBA in food marketing from Michigan State University in 1970. She retired from Kraft Foods in 2006 after 36 years in corporate food marketing and marketing communications management.
A community volunteer, Patsy serves on the Women’s Fund of Central Indiana Advisory Board and the Purdue College of Health and Human Sciences Dean’s Leadership Council, in addition to the President’s Council Advisory Board. She is a former member of the Health and Human Sciences Alumni Board. Patsy held several offices from 2006 through 2013, including president and treasurer. She serves her community’s Discover Indianapolis Club in Fishers, holding several leadership roles for over 10 years.
Patsy has received several honors, including the Purdue University Nutrition Science Department Hall of Fame recipient in 2009 and the Purdue University College of Health and Human Sciences Distinguished Alumni Award in 2016. She also received the college’s Gold and Black Award in 2016, an honor reserved for donors who have moved the college forward by committing exceptional financial resources.
In addition to endowing two scholarships, the Patsy J. Mellott Scholarship and Patsy J. Mellott HHS Scholarship, she established the Patsy J. Mellott Teaching Innovation Award in the College of Health and Human Sciences in 2013. In 2015, she endowed the Patsy J. Mellott Women’s Tennis Coach Performance Award. She is a lead donor in the Christine M. Ladisch Faculty Leadership Award and the Purdue Women’s Network Virginia C. Meredith Scholarship for the College of Health and Human Sciences.