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Don B. Earnhart attended Indiana University as an undergraduate, graduating in 1949. He then went to work as an accountant for the Inland Container Corporation, owned by the Krannert family. The Krannerts planned to give money to Indiana University after their deaths and Mr. Earnhart became the administrative trustee of the Krannert Charitable Trust, which gave millions of dollars to the university. Earnhart also remained directly involved in the university himself, serving as director and treasurer of the Indiana University Foundation. In addition to this, he discusses university funding and the changes that have taken place on campus.

Thomas Forbes in an Indiana native who received his BA from Indiana University in the nineteen eighties. He served as the student body president and discusses the work he did in this capacity and the changes that he witnessed during the Ehrlich administration. He spends the bulk of his interview discussing cultural diversity, the Center on Philanthropy, and the different campuses of Indiana University.