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 CLAIR, John C., 23
COLE, JR., John Elton, 11 COOK, J. David, 11 COONEY, John J., 96 COONS, Philip M., 14 CORRIDAN, James R., 07 EALY, Steven D., 24
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., 09GUY, 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., 12KING, 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 SCISCOE, Marc W., 24
SCISM, D. Reed, 98 SEASE, Gene E., 73 SELM, William L., 10 SHORE, John E. 22 SMITH, Christopher A., 16 SMITH, Stephen K., 15 SPOELSTRA, David, 24
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 WALLER, Bret, 91 WANGENSTEEN, Kjell M., 24
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. Fletcher
William B. FletcherJonathan W Gordon Walter Q. GreshamJohn H. HollidayJohn D. HowlandLivingston HollandJ. Henry KappesTheophilus ParvinAlbert G. Porter Ebenezer Sharpe
Luther D. Waterman
DECEASED MEMBERS OF THE CLUB HAVE INCLUDED:
Benjamin Harrison, U.S. PresidentAndy Jacobs, Jr., U.S. congressman from IndianaJames Whitcomb Riley, renowned poetBooth Tarkington, famous novelistW. Rowland Allen, a co-founder of the Indianapolis Civil Liberties UnionEdward S. Ames, pastor and professor at the University of ChicagoWalter S. Athearn, past president of Butler UniversityHoward G. Baetzhold, renowned Mark Twain scholarConrad Baker, Indiana governorHarry E. Barnard, director of the American Chemical SocietyAllen R. Benton, first chancellor of the University of Nebraska and later president of Butler UniversityAlbert J. Beverage, United States senatorJames B. Black, judge on the Indiana Court of AppealsWilliam C. Bobbs, co-owner of the book publishers Bobbs-Merrill Roger D. Branigin, governor of IndianaHarold F. Brigham, member of the executive board of the American Library AssociationEarnest Bross, editor-in-chief of the Indianapolis StarDemarchus C. Brown, Indiana State LibrarianHilton U. Brown, acclaimed journalist and president the board of trustees of Butler UniversityHenry A. Buchtel, governor of ColoradoAmos W. Butler, penal expert and father of Indiana ornithologyScot Butler, president of Butler UniversityGeorge H. Chapman, brigadier general for the Union during the Civil WarLarry A. Conrad, author of 25th amendment to U.S. ConstitutionJohn Merle Coulter, president of Indiana UniversityJoseph J. Daniels, noted covered bridge builderWylie J. Daniels, secretary-treasurer of a railroadEdgar G. Davis, vice-president of Eli LillyGeorge L. Denny, mayor of IndianapolisJacob P. Dunn, drafter of new Charter of IndianapolisLehman H. Dunning, renowned surgeon and gynecologistWilliam A. Dyer, Jr., general manager and president of Indianapolis News and Indianapolis StarJohn B. Elam, law partner of President Benjamin HarrisonClarence F. Elbert, choral directorByron K. Elliott, justice on the Indiana Supreme CourtCharles 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 HealthLouis B. Ewbank, justice on the Indiana Supreme CourtCharles W. Fairbanks, Vice President of the United StatesJames W. Fesler, vice president of the Indiana University Board of TrusteesMorris M. Feuerlicht, rabbiElisha C. Field, judge and railroad vice presidentWilliam P. Fishback, law partner of Benjamin Harrison and the subject of a poem by "James Whitcomb Riley" that bears his nameAlbert E. Fletcher, president of the Art Association of IndianapolisWilliam B. Fletcher, founder of private hospital for mental disordersE. Gilbert Forbes, famous radio and television journalistWilliam Forsyth, artistWilliam Dudley Foulk, president of the American Women Suffrage AssociationCleon H. Foust, dean of the Indiana University School of LawThomas French, winner of Pulitzer PrizeJonathan W. Gordon, speaker of the Indiana General AssemblyWalter Q. Gresham, both U.S. Secretary of State and U.S. Secretary of the TreasuryTheodore B. Griffith, president of L.S. AyersJohn L. Griffiths, Consul General of the United States to Great BritainHugh H. Hanna, owner of Atlas Engine Works and appointed chairman of a commission on the gold standard and foreign policy by President Theodore RooseveltWilliam F. Harvey, dean of the Indiana School of LawThomas A. Hendricks, governor of Indiana and Vice President of the United StatesWilliam E. Henry, state librarianMaynard K. Hine, president of the American Dental AssociationCyrus C. Hines, law partner of Benjamin HarrisonJohn H. Holliday, founder of the Indianapolis NewsFloyd D. Hopper, famous watercoloristSamuel H. Hopper, founder of the Masters of Public Health program at Indiana UniversityThomas C. Howe, president of Butler UniversityHarry V. Huffman, vice president and general counsel of Citizens Gas & Coke UtilityHarry T. Ice, attorney after whom the prominent law firm Ice Miller is namedJohn Hurty, physician, pharmacist, State Health Commissioner, and a State LegislatorWilliam H. Insley, founder of company that made heavy construction equipmentBurris A. Jenkins, sports cartoonistCalvin N. Kendall, president of the Indiana State Teachers AssociationJohn W. Kern, United States senatorWilliam A. Ketcham, commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic (1920-21)Donald F. Lafuze, president of the Indiana Bar AssociationGeorge T. Lukemeyer, executive associate dean and medical director of Indiana University HospitalsThomas R. Marshall, Vice President of the United StatesFrederick E. Matson, founder of Ice Miller law firmSamuel Merrill, head of the publishing company that became Bobbs-MerrillHugh Thomas Miller, lieutenant governor of IndianaWilliam H. H. Miller, attorney general of the United StatesMerrill Moores, member of U.S. House of RepresentativesDeWitt S. Morgan, superintendent of Indianapolis Public SchoolsMeredith Nicholson, best-selling authorStephen C. Noland, editor of the Indianapolis NewsTheophilus Parvin, president of the American Medical AssociationWilbur D. Peat, director of what became the Indianapolis Museum of ArtRobert B.F. Pierce, member of U.S. House of RepresentativesAlbert G. Porter, governor and member of U.S. House of RepresentativesJames W. Putnam, president of Butler UniversityGeorge H. Rawls, professor of surgery and author of History of the Black Physician in IndianapolisThomas M. Scanlon, president of Indiana Bar AssociationDuncan Schiedt, renowned photographer of jazz players and author on jazzJohn G. Shanklin, Indiana Secretary of StateJames H. Smart, president of Purdue UniversityDelavan Smith, owner and publisher of the Indianapolis NewsAlpheus H. Snow, lawyer and renowned authority on international lawHorace Speed, first U.S. district attorney for Oklahoma TerritoryTheodore C. Steele, famous impressionist painterKarl J. Stipher, president of the 7th Circuit Bar AssociationWilliam G. Sullivan, vice president of American States Insurance CompanyJoseph T. Taylor, dean of liberal arts at Indiana University-Purdue University at IndianapolisJames Alexander Thom, bestselling author of historical fictionCharles N. Thompson, Indiana state senatorRobert Van Sickle, professor of art at Indiana UniversityGuy A. Wainwright, president of Diamond Chain CompanyMatthew E. Welsh, governor of IndianaClifton Wheeler, Impressionist painterCharles R. Williams, reverend and president of Indiana Black Expo, Inc.William N. Wishard, Jr., professor at Indiana University School of MedicineWilliam A. Woods, judge on the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of AppealsEvans Woollen, famed midwest architect who designed Clowes Hall and the Federal Building in Indianapolis