Sue Loughlin | CNHI News Indiana Jul 30, 2021 Cynthia Shepard Perry Indiana State University trustees on Friday approved the honorary naming of part of Fifth Street on campus after Cynthia Shepard Perry, a Terre Haute native and ISU graduate selected by three U.S. presidents to represent the nation on the international level. Perry, 92, served as the U.S. ambassador to Sierra Leone and Burundi. She now lives in Houston, Texas. The honorary naming means that Fifth Street from Cherry Street north to Tippecanoe Street will be known as “Ambassador Cynthia Shepard Perry Way.” "I'm really, really truly honored that my hometown has thought to do this for me," Perry said in a phone interview Friday. "I'm sure this doesn't happen to many people."