NCAA President Myles Brand will receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree during the honors convocation at Indiana University, Bloomington, on Sunday.

Brand served as president of the institution from 1994 until he became the NCAA’s fourth chief executive officer January 1, 2003.

“It is an enormous honor for me, and for Indiana University, to confer this degree upon Myles Brand, who has done so much to transform higher education in Indiana and across the nation,” said Indiana President Michael McRobbie. “His strategic vision was responsible for the creation of the school of informatics, the establishment of the Clarian Health System and dramatic increases in private-sector support and research funding at Indiana. At the NCAA, he has been a forceful advocate for academic excellence, fiscal responsibility and accountability.”

During his time as the 16th president of Indiana, Brand doubled research funding and increased the size of both the endowment and the number of endowed chairs and professors.

McRobbie called Brand and wife Peg “valued members of the Indiana University community.”

The honors convocation ceremony is part of the annual Founders Day celebration.