The Indianapolis Literary Club
MEMBERS
CURRENT MEMBERS
TWO-digit numbers immediately following members' names indicate their first year of membership in the Club.
AYERS, Randall, 14 BAKER, David L. 22 BEATTIE, SR., Thomas B., 12 BERANEK, JR., William, 13 BIRGE, Jonathan L., 68 BOLAND, Michael J., 18 BONNER, Robert J., 74BRISCOE, James R, 15 BRISCOE, William F.R., 14BROWN, James W., 21 BRUMBAUGH, Howard, 04 CALKINS, R. Ronald, 97 CARPENTER, Dan, 12 COLE, JR., John Elton, 11 COOK, J. David, 11 COONEY, John J., 96 COONS, Philip M., 14 CORRIDAN, James R., 07 CREVELING, JR., Howard F., 97 CURTIS, Donald E., 12 DALY, Walter J., 73 DOHERTY, William J., 97 EDENBERG, Howard J., 18 ENRIGHT, William G., 05 EVENBECK, Scott E., 87FADELY, James P., 85 FELDMAN, Richard D., 03FISHER, Thomas G., 98 FREDLAND, Richard A., 91 GEIB, George W., 72 GILDEA, Robert L., 76 GLASS, James A., 06 GNAT, Raymond E., 68 GORDNER, Fritz R., 18 GRAY, Ralph D., 82 GREEN, John, 19 (Honorary) GROTH, William, 19 GUNDERMAN, Richard B., 09GUNDERMAN, Richard B., 09 GUY, John, 17 HADLEY, JR., Frederic M., 68 HALVERSON, Paul R., 15 HAMMOND, Raymond, 22 HANLIN, George, 19 HANNIGAN, Michael J., 16 HARRIS, Barry S., 13 HARVEY, James E., 16 HEATH III, Hunter, 16 HELVESTON, Eugene M., 01HENTSCHEL, Gary, 12 HIATT, Thomas, 17 HIGGINS III, William R., 95 HINGTGEN, Joseph N., 02 HOLDEN, Robert W., 01 HOLLAND, Michael W., 12 HOYT, Giles R., 90 HUNTER, Antwain K. 16 HUSELAND, Stanley A., 85JANUARY, Alan F., 95 JAY, Stephen J., 98 KARDATZKE, Nyle, 16 KELLER, J. Scott, 16 KELLY, Jason M., 12 KING, Frederick M., 10 KIRKLIN, L. Daniel, 19 KRASEAN, Thomas K., 78 LAUSCH, Eugene W., 05 LEONARD, Jack E., 19 LILLY II, Jefferson D., 07 LINGENFELTER, JR., JAMES E., 13 LIPPERT, Douglas A., 00 LIPS, David A., 19 MADISON, James H., 16 (Honorary) MALEY, George H., 08 MARCUS, Morton J., 00 MASON, Thomas A., 91 MCGOFF, Kevin P., 11 MCKENZIE, Alan T., 11 MCKIERNAN, Philip B., 92 MCKINNEY, Kevin K., 00 MCKINNEY, Robert H., 00 MCTURNAN, Lee B., 85 MILLER, Marvin MOORE, Hugh L., 16 MULVANEY, Dallas E., 11 NACHMAN, Richard L. 10 PROSSER, Loring B., 14 RIGGS, William R., 06SCHIMMELPFENNIG, Hal E., 08 SCHMETZER, Alan D., 13 SCHNEIDER, William H., 14 SCISM, D. Reed, 98 SEASE, Gene E., 73 SELM, William L., 10 SHORE, John E. 22 SMITH, Christopher A., 16 SMITH, Stephen K., 15 STRAWBRIDGE, Robert A., 08 STUCKERT, David H., 14 SUMMERS, Veigh L. , 15 SWEENEY, John F., 95 TAYLOR, Gary, 00 TAYLOR, NOLAN, 21 TEMPERO, Richard M., 16 THOMAS, D. Paul, 18 TORKE, James W., 09 TOWNE, Stephen E., 99 TURNER, Richard C., 17 VANDERSTEL, David G., 92 WAKEFIELD, Dan, 13 (Honorary) WALLER, Bret, 91 WICKES, Jack, 20 WIEHE, Richard E., 09 WILHITE, Rick, 19 WILLIAMS, Charles H., 18 WINCKLER, Henry L., 08 YOUNG, David E., 09
CHARTER MEMBERS
William A. Bartlett George H. Chapman Hanford A. EdsonCharles Evans William P. Fishback Albert E. FletcherJonathan W Gordon Walter Q. GreshamJohn H. HollidayJohn D. HowlandLivingston HollandJ. Henry KappesTheophilus ParvinAlbert G. Porter Ebenezer Sharpe
Luther D. Waterman
PAST, DECEASED MEMBERS OF THE CLUB HAVE INCLUDED:
• Benjamin Harrison, U.S. President• Andy Jacobs, Jr., U.S. congressman from Indiana• James Whitcomb Riley, renowned poet• Booth Tarkington, famous novelist• W. Rowland Allen, a co-founder of the Indianapolis Civil Liberties Union• Edward S. Ames, pastor and professor at the University of Chicago• Walter S. Athearn, past president of Butler University• Howard G. Baetzhold, renowned Mark Twain scholar• Conrad Baker, Indiana governor• Harry E. Barnard, director of the American Chemical Society• Allen R. Benton, first chancellor of the University of Nebraska and later president of Butler University• Albert J. Beverage, United States senator• James B. Black, judge on the Indiana Court of Appeals• William C. Bobbs, co-owner of the book publishers Bobbs-Merrill • Roger D. Branigin, governor of Indiana• Harold F. Brigham, member of the executive board of the American Library Association• Earnest Bross, editor-in-chief of the Indianapolis Star• Demarchus C. Brown, Indiana State Librarian• Hilton U. Brown, acclaimed journalist and president the board of trustees of Butler University• Henry A. Buchtel, governor of Colorado• Amos W. Butler, penal expert and father of Indiana ornithology• Scot Butler, president of Butler University• George H. Chapman, brigadier general for the Union during the Civil War• Larry A. Conrad, author of 25th amendment to U.S. Constitution• John Merle Coulter, president of Indiana University• Joseph J. Daniels, noted covered bridge builder• Wylie J. Daniels, secretary-treasurer of a railroad• Edgar G. Davis, vice-president of Eli Lilly• George L. Denny, mayor of Indianapolis• Jacob P. Dunn, drafter of new Charter of Indianapolis• Lehman H. Dunning, renowned surgeon and gynecologist• William A. Dyer, Jr., general manager and president of Indianapolis News and Indianapolis Star• John B. Elam, law partner of President Benjamin Harrison• Clarence F. Elbert, choral director• Byron K. Elliott, justice on the Indiana Supreme Court• Charles P. Emerson, dean of the Indiana University School of Medicine (after whom the medical school building is named)• Daniel F. Evans, CEO of Indiana University Health• Louis B. Ewbank, justice on the Indiana Supreme Court• Charles W. Fairbanks, Vice President of the United States• James W. Fesler, vice president of the Indiana University Board of Trustees• Morris M. Feuerlicht, rabbi• Elisha C. Field, judge and railroad vice president• William P. Fishback, law partner of Benjamin Harrison and the subject of a poem by "James Whitcomb Riley" that bears his name• Albert E. Fletcher, president of the Art Association of Indianapolis• William B. Fletcher, founder of private hospital for mental disorders• E. Gilbert Forbes, famous radio and television journalist• William Forsyth, artist• William Dudley Foulk, president of the American Women Suffrage Association• Cleon H. Foust, dean of the Indiana University School of Law• Thomas French, winner of Pulitzer Prize• Jonathan W. Gordon, speaker of the Indiana General Assembly• Walter Q. Gresham, both U.S. Secretary of State and U.S. Secretary of the Treasury• Theodore B. Griffith, president of L.S. Ayers• John L. Griffiths, Consul General of the United States to Great Britain• Hugh H. Hanna, owner and president of Atlas Engine Works and appointed chairman of a commission on the gold standard and foreign policy by President Theodore Roosevelt• William F. Harvey, dean of the Indiana School of Law• Thomas A. Hendricks, governor of Indiana and Vice President of the United States• William E. Henry, state librarian• Maynard K. Hine, president of the American Dental Association• Cyrus C. Hines, law partner of Benjamin Harrison• John H. Holliday, founder of the Indianapolis News• Floyd D. Hopper, famous watercolorist• Samuel H. Hopper, founder of the Masters of Public Health program at Indiana University• Thomas C. Howe, president of Butler University• Harry V. Huffman, vice president and general counsel of Citizens Gas & Coke Utility• Harry T. Ice, attorney after whom the prominent law firm Ice Miller is named• John Hurty, physician, pharmacist, State Health Commissioner, and a State Legislator• William H. Insley, founder of company that made heavy construction equipment• Burris A. Jenkins, sports cartoonist• Calvin N. Kendall, president of the Indiana State Teachers Association• John W. Kern, United States senator• William A. Ketcham, commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic (1920-21)• Donald F. Lafuze, president of the Indiana Bar Association• George T. Lukemeyer, executive associate dean and medical director of Indiana University Hospitals• Thomas R. Marshall, Vice President of the United States• Frederick E. Matson, founder of Ice Miller law firm• Samuel Merrill, head of the publishing company that became Bobbs-Merrill• Hugh Thomas Miller, lieutenant governor of Indiana• William H. H. Miller, attorney general of the United States• Merrill Moores, member of U.S. House of Representatives• DeWitt S. Morgan, superintendent of Indianapolis Public Schools• Meredith Nicholson, best-selling author• Stephen C. Noland, editor of the Indianapolis News• Theophilus Parvin, president of the American Medical Association• Wilbur D. Peat, director of what became the Indianapolis Museum of Art• Robert B.F. Pierce, member of U.S. House of Representatives• Albert G. Porter, governor and member of U.S. House of Representatives• James W. Putnam, president of Butler University• George H. Rawls, professor of surgery and author of History of the Black Physician in Indianapolis• Thomas M. Scanlon, president of Indiana Bar Association• Duncan Schiedt, renowned photographer of jazz players and author on jazz• John G. Shanklin, Indiana Secretary of State• James H. Smart, president of Purdue University• Delavan Smith, owner and publisher of the Indianapolis News• Alpheus H. Snow, lawyer and renowned authority on international law• Horace Speed, first U.S. district attorney for Oklahoma Territory• Theodore C. Steele, famous impressionist painter• Karl J. Stipher, president of the 7th Circuit Bar Association• William G. Sullivan, vice president of American States Insurance Company• Joseph T. Taylor, dean of liberal arts at Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis• James Alexander Thom, bestselling author of historical fiction• Charles N. Thompson, Indiana state senator• Robert Van Sickle, professor of art at Indiana University• Guy A. Wainwright, president of Diamond Chain Company• Matthew E. Welsh, governor of Indiana• Clifton Wheeler, Impressionist painter• Charles R. Williams, reverend and president of Indiana Black Expo, Inc.• William N. Wishard, Jr., professor at Indiana University School of Medicine• William A. Woods, judge on the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals• Evans Woollen, famed midwest architect who designed Clowes Hall and the Federal Building in Indianapolis