ABOUT THE COVER

Hundreds of students came out to say thanks to the donors of the Giant Steps Campaign. Meet a few who have benefited from your generosity.

1. Liam Krueger ’27 from Columbus, Indiana, intends to major in rhetoric. He is a member of Beta Theta Pi and involved with the Center for Innovation, Business, and Entrepreneurship (CIBE).

2. Preston Parker ’26 is a history major from Logansport, Indiana. He is a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon, the Malcolm X Institute of Black Studies (MXIBS), and the Glee Club. In addition, Parker is the comic artist for The Bachelor and a Writing Center consultant. Read about Parker’s immersion experience in the Baltics on page 50.

3. Max Rosa ’26, a rhetoric major with a passion for business, is a member of Phi Delta Theta, La Alianza, the MXIBS, and the football and track and field teams. He works as a server for Bon Appetit and at the MXIBS as a junior supervisor. Learn more about the Ridgewood, New York, native on page 42.

4. Don Silas ’24 is a chemistry major from Brookville, Indiana. He is a member of Delta Tau Delta and a Public Health Organization fellow. Silas has been part of the live broadcast team for all four years and is currently broadcast director. His work can be seen regularly on wabash.edu/live.

5. Jake Oostman ’25, from Crown Point, Indiana, is a member of Delta Tau Delta, the track and field team, and Sphinx Club. He is majoring in financial economics and enjoys fishing.

6. Elijah Greene ’25 is from Pine Village, Indiana, and a double major in biology and Classics. He will spend the spring semester studying in Greece. Greene is the photo editor for The Bachelor, and in his second year as a multimedia content creator for Communications and Marketing. Greene’s photography and writing can be seen throughout the pages of this and past editions of WM.

15. Quinn Sholar ’26, from Indianapolis, is double majoring in economics and art. He is a brother of Delta Tau Delta and is involved with the MXIBS, CIBE, SAAC, L.E.A.D, APPLE Team, Leadership Academy, Wabash Christian Men, Music Sharing Club, the football team, and the track and field team.

7. Logan Weilbaker ’25 is a theater and Classics double major. He is managing editor for The Bachelor and a writing fellow. The Scottsburg, Indiana, native is involved in Sons of Wabash and Scarlet Masque and played the lead, Nick Bottom, in the musical “Something Rotten!” Learn more about the entire cast in the next issue of WM.

8 . Hayden Kammer ’24, from Schererville, Indiana, is a psychology major. He is involved in theater (including a part in the recent musical “Something Rotten!”), Glee Club, Dork Club, the Newman Center, the Independent Men’s Association, and Scarlet Masque. Kammer is also a writer for The Bachelor.

14. Jacob Ramirez ’25 is a biology major from Alamo, Texas. He is a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon, where he serves as the philanthropy and alumni chairs. Ramirez is president of La Alianza, a Trippet Hall student manager, secretary of the Environmental Concerns Committee, and a member of Sons of Wabash.

13. Alex Ngaba ’24, from Indianapolis, is majoring in art. He is a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon, Sphinx Club, African Student Association, Outdoor Club, and former member of the Investment and Boxing clubs. Ngaba was featured on the cover of the Fall 2022 edition of WM.

12. Ayden Lutes ’26 is a chemistry and Spanish double major from Naperville, Illinois. He plays the trumpet in the jazz band, is an athletic training aide, and is a research assistant for Chemistry Professor Joe Scanlon ’03. He is also a member of the wrestling team, where he was one of seven wrestlers from the 2022–23 squad to receive Scholar All-America recognition from the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA). Read more about Lutes on page 42.

11. Evan Neukam ’25 is a financial economics major from Carmel, Indiana. He is a member of the baseball team, and Beta Theta Pi, where he is currently the treasurer. He is also involved with the CIBE, Student Senate, and Sphinx Club.

10. Thomas Joven ’24, a member of Phi Gamma Delta from Indianapolis, is majoring in physics. He is a member of the Sphinx Club and is planning to attend law school after Wabash.

9. Luke Fincher ’24 is majoring in history. The Logansport, Indiana, native is a member of Phi Gamma Delta, is president of the Glee Club, and is involved with the Newman Center and theater. Fincher most recently played Nigel Bottom in the theater department’s season opener, “Something Rotten!”

Dudley Miller Remembrance

I was saddened to read in the Spring edition of the passing of Dudley Miller ’78. My acquaintance with Dudley was brief, but because he and Wabash took a chance on me, the course of my life was forever changed.

I met Dudley in the fall of 1981 at a college fair in Springfield, Illinois. I stopped by the Wabash booth where Dudley was stationed, and he struck up a conversation. I had never heard of Wabash until that moment, and I certainly had not entertained the idea of attending a men’s college. But Dudley’s enthusiasm for Wabash and low-key manner struck me. I went home that evening and showed my parents the College’s informational material. I felt Wabash might be the college for me. Of course, a campus visit a few months later sold me and my parents on Wabash.

There was, however, a snag in our plans. The Enrollment Office was not sold on me! My high school record suggested I would not flourish taking Division I courses. I remember Dudley calling my parents and me to discuss the concerns and whether I could make it at Wabash. After receiving many letters of reference, Dudley and Wabash took a chance and accepted me. This was a lifealtering moment. How I managed to pass Dr. Cole’s introductory biology course is still a mystery.

I received an outstanding liberal arts education that prepared me for law school and a 34-year—and counting—legal career. I made lifelong friendships, traveled the world, and met and married the love of my life, Rasha. None would have happened without Dudley and Wabash. For these and many more blessings, I will be forever indebted.

I last saw Dudley on May 18, 1986, at Commencement. I remember that he made a point of finding me, shaking my hand, and congratulating me. He said I had done well. I will always remember his kindness and what he made possible for me and, undoubtedly, many other Wabash men.

Thank you, Dudley. Thank you, Wabash.

H. Allen Yow ’86

Study Camp

The Summer 2023 edition included two particularly interesting articles for me, “Detained,” the dangerous experience of my fellow classmate, Dick Rose, in East Germany, and “Senior Study Camps,” which brought me back to my own Turkey Run study camp.

We studied long and hard for senior comps and at the same time got to know several of our professors. Like Byron Trippet, I, too, remember this study camp as a high point in my total undergraduate experience.

Warren Howe ’54