{"id":10914,"date":"2021-04-29T14:15:07","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T18:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/?p=10914"},"modified":"2022-07-25T15:31:12","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T19:31:12","slug":"robert-grand-78-presented-with-iupuis-spirit-of-philanthropy-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/2021\/04\/29\/robert-grand-78-presented-with-iupuis-spirit-of-philanthropy-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Grand &#8217;78 presented with IUPUI\u2019s Spirit of Philanthropy Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Robert &#8217;78 and Melody Grand were recently presented with the IUPUI Spirit of Philanthropy Award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/Bob-and-Melody-Grand_crop2.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/Bob-and-Melody-Grand_crop2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10915\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/Bob-and-Melody-Grand_crop2.jpg 330w, https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/Bob-and-Melody-Grand_crop2-300x184.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Melody and Robert &#8217;78 Grand<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Grands were recognized for having loyally supported the IU Robert H. McKinney School of Law and demonstrating the value of giving back to one\u2019s alma mater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bob is a member of the law school\u2019s Board of Visitors, according to a news release. The couple\u2019s recent gifts have focused on an endowed chair and a memorial scholarship, created to recognize the excellence of the faculty and to help students who face financial challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bob graduated from Wabash College in 1978, where he majored in economics and was a member of Beta Theta Pi. He graduated from Indiana University Bloomington in 1978 with a degree in biological sciences and from IU McKinney Law in 1982.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bob is the firm managing partner of Barnes &amp; Thornburg and concentrates his practice in the areas of public finance and governmental regulation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert &#8217;78 and Melody Grand were recently presented with the IUPUI Spirit of Philanthropy Award. The Grands were recognized for having loyally supported the IU Robert H. McKinney School of Law and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":177,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"w_featured_image_url":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/Bob-and-Melody-Grand_crop2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/177"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10914"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10916,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10914\/revisions\/10916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}