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Ted Grossnickle has been elected to the board of directors of the Giving Institute, formerly the American Association of Fundraising Counsel. The Institute promotes the need for professional and ethical standards of practice, and promotes the creation of laws governing philanthropy. Grossnickle is the senior consultant and founder of Johnson, Grossnickle and Associates in Greenwood, IN.
74 Two Wabash alumni, Ben Park ’74 and National Association of Wabash Men Board of Directors Greg Castanias ’87 President Greg Estell ’85 Vice President Greg Redding ’88 Recorder Scott Medsker ’03 Ross Dillard ’07 Class Agent Representatives Dan Susie ’68 Keith Veal ’92 Regional Association Representatives Tom Runge ’71 Alumni Director Mark Dewart ’87 Past President
Board Members Term Expires May 2012 Kip Chase ’03 Terry Hamilton ’89 Brad Johnson ’71 Mike Rapier ’87 Rick Strasser ’02 Term Expires May 2013 Brad Maxwell ’83 Scott Benedict ’98 Scott Himsel ’85 Jim Kerr ’92 Khurram Tahir ’01 Term Expires May 2014 Rick Cavanaugh ’76 Art Howe ’82 Scott Smalstig ’88 Kenyatta Brame ’92 Pat East ’00 Faculty Representative Dan Rogers Student Representative Tyler Wade ’12
Marc Overhage ’79, are included on the Indiana Business Journal’s 2011 September list of “Who’s Who in Health Care and Benefits,” which cites individuals who are influential in various ways on health care’s future. Currently Chief Medical Informatics Officer for Siemens Healthcare, Overhage was founding CEO of the Indiana Health Information Exchange and director of medical informatics at the Regenstrief Institute Inc., and a Sam Regenstrief professor of medical informatics at the Indiana University School of Medicine. Park is founder and president of American Health Network, a health care system of physician practices and medical initiatives in Indiana and Ohio. Michael Medler was recently named to a threemember panel overseeing the transition of the Department of Toxicology from the Indiana University School of Medicine to the State of Indiana. Mike was a trooper with the Indiana State Police from 1976 to 2005 and retired as a lieutenant colonel and the leader of the criminal investigations, gaming, and laboratory division of the Bureau of Criminal Investigations.
77 Bob Einterz has been named Indiana University’s first Donald E. Brown Professor in Global Health. Einterz is the associate dean for global health, director of the IU Center for Global Health, and professor of clinical medicine at the IU School of Medicine.
Sheets is senior vice president of RushShelby Energy in Manilla, IN, and is responsible for the electric cooperative’s communications programs.
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Curt Schmitt’s hand-crafted wood furniture was showcased at the New Harmony (IN) Gallery of Contemporary Art exhibit, Natural Elements, this summer. Curt uses wood’s natural color and grain in his furniture creations. Read more about Curt’s furniture at www.curtschmittcabinetry.com
83 Stephen Kent writes, “In January I was appointed to a three-year term as head of the school of psychological science at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia. The school has over 3,000 undergraduate and 100 postgraduate students and approximately 50 staff on three campuses. If anyone is ever in the neighborhood, let me know; we have a guest room that was recently used by Jon Bultemeyer ’83.
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George Patton moderated a panel discus-sion during the Justice at Stake summer meeting held in June. The panel, “Litigation Strategy: Do Judicial Elections warrant Different Treatment?” dealt with the challenges to campaign regulations. Patton is with the law firm of Bose McKinney & Evans, LLP, in Washington, D.C.
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Michael Reding, pastor of St. Bartholomew Catholic Faith Community in Wayzata, MN, was named to the Benilde-St. Margaret’s board of directors. Reding will serve as the representative of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. Benilde-St. Margaret is a Catholic, coeducational, college preparatory school serving grades 7 through 12 in St. Louis Park, MN.
78 Bob Grand was included in the Indianapolis 87 Our condolences to Greg Castanias on the Business Journal’s annual “Who’s Who in Law” for 2011.
79 Jay Kasey has been named Ohio State University's new senior vice president for administration and planning. Michael Kiser became Colby College’s first vice president for communications. He moved to Colby from Virginia Tech, where he had been director of development communications and an adjunct faculty member teaching advanced media writing. Chong Ng was named Business Development Director for Futurestep’s Asia region. Futurestep provides recruitment process outsourcing as a component of its global strategic talent acquisition solutions. Based in Hong Kong, Chong will focus on China, Singapore, Malaysia, and Hong Kong. David Sheets has earned the designation of “Master Cooperative Communicator” by the Cooperative Communicators Association (CCA).
loss of his father, Jesse Castanias, on July 16.
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Booth Jameson was named Director of Federal Affairs for the American Chemistry Council, located in Washington, D.C.
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Mike Crowder announces the arrival of his son, Cooper Joseph, born May 23. Erik Dafforn has been named the new president of Intrapromote, LLC, a boutique search and social media marketing agency, co-founded in 1999 by his pledge brother, John Lustina. Jeff Insko ran the Chicago Marathon October 9 and clocked a 4:22.14.
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Todd Rokita, Republican U.S. representative from Indiana, was featured in the “What I Know” column of the July 2011 edition of Indianapolis Monthly magazine. The article included comments from a conversation with Evan West ’99, Senior Editor of Indianapolis