Last Sunday, Trudy and Brad Johnson ’71 threw a birthday party for the ubiquitous Jon Pactor ’71 (pictured above). Jon turned 60 on December 29, 2008. Of course, I must point out […]
Archives: December, 2008
Trying to make your 2008 year-end gift before the stroke of midnight? Go on-line. www.wabash.edu/alumni/egift. It’s secure. It’s simple. You get the cash back rewards, the airline miles, the bonus points. Wabash […]
This blog entry comes from Jay Fisher ’66, past president of our alumni board. I couldn’t say it any better… “This Christmas, my brother Jeff, Class of ’76, and his family were […]
Took this photo early one morning…the same day they put the Christmas decorations on the front sign. I arrived a little early, I guess. Bill Cook ’66, on campus for this year […]
Bob Quirk ’50 is the author of a couple of books he calls “Real American Stories”. They’re very interesting reads, covering a wide range of subjects from the the Civil War to […]
Tim Guiden ’82 stopped by last Thursday. He was in the area on business in his role as director of Admissions, Marketing, PR, and Alumni Relations (whew!) for St. Lawrence Seminary High […]
Pictured are John Goodrich ’67 and his family on the family Christmas card, 2008 edition. John’s classmate Phil Coons sent me the photo. John is, as you might believe, a Wally though […]
My friend Peter Pactor ’65, a legendary teacher at Nolan Catholic in Ft. Worth, Texas, recently underwent hip replacement surgery. As with virtually everyone whose had the surgery, he reports: ” I […]
The efforts of Kevin Chavous, Wabash class of 1978, made the Indianapolis Star recently. Kevin’s been a strong advocate for better public schools and sees natural competition as one of the driving […]
Fall, 2008. The common thought process, one that has stopped by my desk a time or 12, is too say let’s get this one behind us and move on to better times. […]
That’s Jim Dimos ’83 on the right – a partner in the Indianapolis law firm of Locke Reynolds. Locke Reynolds is poised to join forces with another well-known midwestern firm, Frost Brown […]
The new Kappa Sig house is really coming along and to me, looks like it will be ready to go next year. It’s built upon the past location of the house – […]
Bill Placher said, “Walking around this campus at night with a new fallen snow, I always fall in love with it all over again.” The bench is painted simply for Bill…red…no words […]
That’s student Bill Placher, left, giving his Commencement address at graduation in 1970. If you haven’t read his address, I heartily recommend you do that (click here). You’ll be astounded at the […]
Bill Placher ’70, superstar theologian, was magical in the classroom. I realize “magical” is not an “academic” word but it is the best descriptor I can think of – because his teaching […]