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Mark Caress received his BA from Indiana University in 1948 and stayed involved with the university for many years thereafter earning an advanced degree, as a teacher, and as president of the Indiana University Alumni Association. He went on to a career in baking, serving as a bank president for 20 years. Caress discusses the differences between undergraduate and graduate life, Indiana University presidents, the campus atmosphere after World War II, and what he sees in the future for Indiana University.

Robert Lucas received his BA from Indiana University in 1943. After serving during World War II, he returned to Bloomington in 1946 in order to attend law school. Lucas discusses what life was like on campus after World War II. He then details his continued involvement with the University and what the groups to which he belonged accomplished during his tenure. Lucas was Union Board President, on the board of trustees, a member of the Higher Education Commission and the Indiana University Foundation, and the President of the Indiana University Alumni Association.