Dubois County Commissioners have announced that Greg Schnarr will take over as the county attorney at the beginning of January. Greg previously served in an elected seat on the Jasper Common Council, and was a member of the City of Jasper Utility Service Board’s wastewater subcommittee. In January, he will also take over as the attorney for the Dubois County Contractual Library Board and Jasper Public Library Board when their current attorney retires.

Following his 2000 graduation from Wabash, Greg received his J.D. degree from the IU School of Law, and has worked as an attorney at Rahman Law Office in Ferdinand for 14 years.

The Herald

Bob Grand ’78 will be presented with the 2018 Hoosier of the Year award by the Indiana Society of Chicago at their annual gala on Saturday, December 1, 2018. Bob is firm managing partner of Barnes & Thornburg LLP and is resident in the firm’s Indianapolis office. Formerly managing partner of the Indianapolis office, he is a member of the Government Services and Finance Department.

The Best Lawyers in America has recognized Bob every year since 2005. In the 2016 edition of Best Lawyers in America, he was listed as a “Lawyer of the Year” for his work in government relations practice and municipal law. Bob has also been recognized on the Indiana Super Lawyers list.

Indiana Society of Chicago

Inside Indiana Business

Condé Nast has named John Deschner managing director of Condé’s new CNX group, the area that will now oversee all advertising and branding work for outside clients. John spent nearly all of his career working in advertising, most recently as chief innovation officer and managing director at TBWA/Chiat/Day LA, where he oversaw the growth of their content and digital capabilities, and worked with clients ranging from QuickBooks and Airbnb to the Grammys.

“John is an innovative leader in the industry and has extensive experience building and expanding content and digital businesses at some of the most successful agencies in the industry,” said Pamela Drucker Mann, chief revenue and marketing officer of Condé Nast, to whom he will report. “Pairing John’s expertise with the new global network of editorial talent and influence available through CNX, immediately puts Condé Nast at the forefront of the creative agency business.”

Congratulations, John!

Conde Nast

John Gastineau ’73, has published his second novel, Fourth Person No More, a police procedural and courtroom drama set in rural Indiana.  John is also the author of The Judge’s Brief, published in 2017.

Purdue University President Mitch Daniels and Purdue Research Foundation President Brian Edelman have jointly appointed David Broecker as the foundation’s chief innovation and collaboration officer.

David has a long history of industry and entrepreneurial experience at Fortune 500 and startup medical device and biotechnology companies in Indianapolis and the Boston area. He will oversee strategic innovation and collaboration initiatives at the Purdue Research Foundation, a private, nonprofit foundation established in 1930 to advance the mission of Purdue University. He will continue to serve as chief executive officer and chairman for Zorion Medical, an Indianapolis-based medical device startup he founded.

Following his 1983 graduation from Wabash, David earned a graduate degree in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MBA from the University of Chicago, and has served on the Wabash College Board of Trustees since 2009.

You can read more at Inside Indiana Business.

Todd Spurgeon of New Albany advanced to the office of president-elect of the Indiana State Bar Association for 2017-18 at the association’s annual meeting in Indianapolis.  His term will expire in October, after which he will become the association’s president.  As president, he will represent the single largest legal organization in the state.

A partner at Kightlinger & Gray LLP in New Albany, Todd is a member of the Floyd County, Indiana State and American bar associations; the American Board of Trial Advocates; Defense Research Institute; Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana; and the Sherman Minton American Inn of Court.

Following his 1996 graduation from Wabash, Todd earned his law degree from the Indiana University Mauer School of Law.

The Tribune

Holland & Knight has announced that Ben Robinson has joined as a partner in their Orlando Office, where he will focus his practice on high-stakes construction litigation, complex business litigation, white collar crime and healthcare litigation.

Ben has also served in the federal judiciary, where he was deputy rules officer and counsel to the Judicial Conference of the U.S. Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure. In that role, he worked closely on procedural, legislative and litigation policy matters with federal judges, prominent lawyers, state chief justices, and high-level Justice Department officials and federal public defender organizations.

Following his 2001 graduation from Wabash, Ben received a J.D. from the University of Florida Levin College of Law.

Holland & Knight

State Senator Phil Boots presented a Sagamore of the Wabash award to Jack Wyatt. Presented on behalf of Gov. Eric Holcomb, the award is one of the highest honors bestowed by the governor.

“Well, this is very momentous,” Jack said. “It feels like I’ve been caught. This is not anything I ever expected. I’m just shocked.”

Jack was recognized for his many years of service to his community, including involvement in both the Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts. In 1961, he became Scoutmaster of Troup 342 at First Christian Church and over the next 25 years, Troop 342’s enrollment grew to 88 boys and produced 55 Eagle scouts. He was instrumental in establishing the James E. Boggs Explorer Camp to be used by the youth of Montgomery County. Jack is an active member of the local Vanity Theater; Vice President and President of the Indiana Association of Life Underwriters; the Crawfordsville Boys Club Board of Directors; chapter advisor for the Wabash College Beta Theta Pi fraternity; the Alumni Advisory Committee at Wabash College; has served for 25 years on the Indiana State Committee for Employer Support of the National Guard and Reserve; as Commissioner of the Crawfordsville Police Department; Board of Directors of Lincoln Federal Bank; the Board of Directors and President on the Montgomery County Tourism Board; served as a member of the Board of Zoning Appeals; Board Member of the Montgomery County Community Foundation; the Board of the Montgomery County Cultural Foundation. He is a member and former President of the Montgomery County Kiwanis Club and has served as a Deacon and Elder at Wabash Avenue Presbyterian Church. A few of his many awards and honors include: The Distinguished Service Medal from the State of Indiana; the Silver Beaver Award for Adult Leadership in Scouting; ESGR Lifetime Achievement Award, and a Lifetime Achievement Award in Scouting.

Congratulations, Jack!

The Paper

The Western History Association’s Autry Public History Prize is awarded annually to media exhibits, public programs, or written works that contribute to a broader public reflection and appreciation of the past or served as a model of professional public history practice in the history of the North American West. This year, the award was given to the creators of the “Utah Drawn: An Exhibition of Rare Maps” exhibit, including Travis Ross ’06.

“This exhibit began with the desire to build a public history and art exhibit around a core collection of rare maps assembled by the local businessman Steve Boulay. On their own, Steve’s collection told a visually compelling story about the cartographic history of western North America, but especially of the region that became Utah”, says Ross. “Utah Drawn uses the familiar and visually-interesting form of the map––which purports merely to tell the truth––to explore all the ways that ostensible facts like place names and special relationships are actually perspectives determined by political control, economic interests, and cultural assumptions.”

Following his 2006 graduation from Wabash, Travis earned a PhD in History from the University of Utah. Travis is currently a lecturer at Yale University.

University of Utah

Wabash College graduates Bryce Chitwood ’08 and Erik Kile ’16 recently spent two weeks in Washington state at Joint Base Lewis-McChord completing the final phase of Office Candidate School.  Both men are now 2^nd Lieutenants with the Army National Guard – Chitwood in Oklahoma and Kile in Indiana.

Congratulations, gentlemen, and thank you for your service!