The Questions
What is the most significant achievement of the 20th century in your profession or field of study?

or

What event of the 20th century has had the most significant impact on your vocation or field of study?


What life lesson have you taken away from your chosen vocation or avocation?


What is the greatest misconception the public has about your chosen vocation or profession?


Who were the mentors with the most significant impact on your life?

 

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Magazine
Fall/Winter 1999

50 on 100
Fifty Wabash alumni on the events of the past 100 years that shaped their work, our lives.

Wabash Magazine asked a diverse and distinguished group of 50 alumni:

What event of the 20th century has had the most significant impact on your vocation or field of study?

or

What is the most significant achievement of the 20th century in your profession or field of study?

Click on any of the alumni listed in the column at right to see their answers.

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Alumni Respondents

 

Bill Acton '62
journalist

Robert Allen
'57
former Chairman, AT&T

Russell Ames '34
writer, scholar

John Bachmann '60
Managing Principal,
Edward Jones, investment banker

Austin Brooks
Professor of Biology
Wabash College

Rich Calacci '91
account executive, CBS-TV Sports Marketing

Dick Cherry '49
former legislator,
teacher, former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

Todd Clark '85
economist,
Federal Reserve Bank

Tim Conlon '61
communications
consultant

Tom Creigh '33
chairman emeritus,
KN Energy, Inc.

Dr. Jim Cumming'61
pediatrician

Dr. David Cushman '61
research biochemist

Tom Denari '85
Young & Larimore Advertising

Richard Elson '69

documentary filmmaker

Greg Estell '85
manufacturer, vice president, Accurate Specialties

Stephen Fox
U.S. Embassy, Tokyo

Charles Goering '51
philanthropist, retired president, Erlanger Lumber

Tom Halverson '87
investment banker

Will Hays, Jr. '37
author, attorney

Cloyce Hedge '71
conservationist

Stan Huntsman '54

Olympic and college coach

Chris Hutson '80
playwright, consultant for Goldman Sachs

Eric Johnson '76
musician and composer

Hon. George Jones ’55
U.S. Foreign Service, U.S. Ambassador to Guyana

Harrison Jones'78
photographer

Ray Jovanovich '84
fund manager, Senior Director
INDOCAM Asset Management, Hong Kong

Sam Kazdan '71

communications consultant

Dr. Marion Kirtley '32
physician

Rev. Pierce Klemmt '72
Rector, Christ Church Episcopal Church, Alexandria, VA

Bob Knowling '77
CEO, Covad Communications

Marc Lorber '88
television producer, writer

Tom Martella '71
international development consultant

Phil Mikesell '63
Professor of Political Science, Wabash College

Capt. Alex Miller '71
Deputy Director of Cryptology, United States Navy

Dr. Stephen Miller '64
archaeologist, Professor of Classics, University of California at Berkeley

Rev. Mark Miller-McLemore '75
Dean, Vanderbilt University

Rev. Frank Mullen '53
former director of development, Yale Divinity School

Peter Pactor '65
headmaster, Arlington Classics Academy

Tim Padgett '84
Miami Bureau Chief
Time Magazine

Dean Reynolds '70
correspondent,
ABC News

Richard Ristine '41
attorney, former lieutenant governor of Indiana

Clay Robbins '79
President,
Lilly Endowment

Dr. Stephen Rogers '69
geneticist, recipient of 1999 National Medal of Technology

Rev. Mel Schoonover '51
founder, South Florida Center for Theological Studies

Bernard Schulz '87

musician and composer

Dr. Donald Shelbourne '72
orthopedic surgeon, team doctor for NFL's Indianapolis Colts

Dr. Emory Simmons '41

mycologist, former head of mycology for U.S. Army Natick Research Laboratory

Ted Steeg '52
filmmaker, videographer for George Bush Presidential Library

Cyril Welter '72
environmental planner

Dr. Dennis Whigham '66
ecologist,
Smithsonian Institute

Fred Wilson '69
retailer, CEO LVMH Specialty Retail Concepts

Gerald Wood '66
Professor of English,
Carson-Newman College, TN