CRAWFORDSVILLE, IN — Randall T. Shepard, Chief Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court, received the prestigious David Peck Medal for Eminence in the Law from the Pre-Law Society at Wabash College. Shepard received the award during the recent 29th annual Peck Banquet.
Shepard of Evansville, Ind. was appointed to the Court by Indiana Governor Robert D. Orr in 1985 at the age of 38. On March 5, 1987, he was appointed Chief Justice of Indiana. A seventh generation Hoosier, he graduated from Princeton University cum laude and from the Yale Law School. Shepard was Judge of the Vanderburgh Superior Court from 1980 until his appointment. He earlier served as executive assistant to Mayor Russell Lloyd of Evansville and as special assistant to the Under Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation. Shepard was also chairman of Indiana's State Student Assistance Commission and chairman of the Board of Advisors and trustee, National Trust for Historic Preservation.
The Peck Medal is given annually to an outstanding practitioner of the law in honor of the late Judge David W. Peck, a Wabash alumnus, who rose to become the Chief Judge of New York State's highest court.
The Peck Medal for Promise in the Law, given annually to a Wabash College senior who plans to attend law school, was presented to Nicholas L. White of Petoskey, Mich.
Located in Crawfordsville, Indiana and founded in 1832, Wabash College is a private liberal arts college which teaches men to think critically, act responsibly, lead effectively, and live humanely. Wabash traditionally ranks among the finest undergraduate colleges in America by U.S. News and World Report and is featured in Loren Pope's book Colleges That Change Lives.