{"id":1240,"date":"2012-02-26T15:51:27","date_gmt":"2012-02-26T20:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.wabash.edu\/fyi\/?p=1240"},"modified":"2012-02-26T15:51:27","modified_gmt":"2012-02-26T20:51:27","slug":"wally-at-the-wheel-big-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/fyi\/2012\/02\/26\/wally-at-the-wheel-big-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Wally at The Wheel Big Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Howard W. Hewitt<\/em> &#8211; The third annual spring alumni symposium was the biggest yet! Wally at The Wheel drew more than 150 to dinner and a car show Friday night in Knowling Fieldhouse.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the afternoon Wabash faculty and alumni presented 45-minute talks on issues, history, and the culture of the automobile in society. If you weren&#8217;t able to make it and would like to here the symposium talks, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL764BFEF210E3BA83\"><strong>click here<\/strong><\/a> for the Wally At The Wheel playlist on our Wabash College YouTube page.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/fyi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/02\/IMG_4431.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1241\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/fyi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/02\/IMG_4431.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" \/><\/a>Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wabash.edu\/photo_album\/home.cfm?photo_album_id=3158\"><strong>here <\/strong><\/a>to see more on the day-long symposiums. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wabash.edu\/photo_album\/home.cfm?photo_album_id=3156\"><strong>Here <\/strong><\/a>are some Kim Johnson photographs of the cars featured in the evening car show. And <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wabash.edu\/photo_album\/home.cfm?photo_album_id=3157\"><strong>here <\/strong><\/a>are some Tom Runge photos from the car show.<\/p>\n<p>The day was capped by the much-anticipated car show and remarks by General Motors Vice President of Finance and Treasurer, Jim Davin &#8217;85. Davlin titled his talk, <em>Visionaries Wanted: Reshaping the Auto Industry for a Sustainable Future.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Davlin, a member of the Wabash College Board of Trustees, took to the podium with a 2012 Chevy Volt and 2012 V8 Camero on his right and a beautiful 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air on his left.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/fyi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/02\/IMG_4425.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1242\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/fyi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/02\/IMG_4425.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Davlin&#8217;s multi-media presentation included television commercials which help paint the future of General Motors. He spent time talking about the key leaders throughout the company&#8217;s history and how they shaped the auto industry as we know it today.<\/p>\n<p>Bringing Wabash into the equation, Devlin noted several Wabash graduates who have also played a key role in the auto industry.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I like the skills students at Wabash and other liberal arts colleges learn,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Those graduates will be the differentiators of the auto industry of the future. I hope some of them will join me in the years to come.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Below is a Wabash College video looking at some of the cars and conversation with their owners.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/youtu.be\/TEUTYXSTonU<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Howard W. Hewitt &#8211; The third annual spring alumni symposium was the biggest yet! 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