Dr. William Nardini ’51, a well-respected professor who established the Department of Criminology at Indiana State University, died on Jan. 26, 2008, in Terre Haute, Ind. He was 78.
Nardini made his mark at Cornell as a three-time Midwest Conference wrestling champion and runner-up in the 1951 NAAU championships. Nardini served in Korea as a U.S. Army Sergeant, for which he was awarded the Purple Heart.
The professor was the cornerstone of the ISU criminology department, first helping to found it in 1972, then serving as its chair, and continuing to serve as a senior faculty member until 1992. Even after retirement he continued working as an adjunct professor until 2007.
He is survived by his wife, Mary Lois, former wife, Georgia Ann, eight children and stepchildren,
and four grandchildren.
