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John Vincent Barnett was born in Lapel, Indiana, in 1912. He left Indiana University in 1933, but without a degree. He briefly describes student life in the early days of the Great Depression and his career after leaving Indiana University. Further, he describes his activities with the Indiana University Alumni Association, his son's education at the Indiana University School of Law, and challenges for Indiana University leadership in the nineteen nineties.

Byron K. Elliott was born in Indianapolis in 1899. He attended Shortridge High School there and then went to Bloomington to attend Indiana University. He went to law school at Harvard University, then returned to Indiana, where he was chief deputy prosecutor in Marion County before he was elected to the Indiana Superior. Elliott then went on to work for the American Life Convention, a life insurance association, and then went to the John Hancock Life Insurance Company. Elliott also describes his work with the Indiana University Foundation and reflects on the changes in the university since his student days from 1917 to 1920.