Merv Yoder '75, M.D., will be honored with induction into the Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges Hall of Excellence. He is the director of the Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research at Indiana University School of Medicine and Riley Hospital for Children. Inductees are chosen by a committee of OFIC presidential and corporate trustees based on the criteria of professional achievement; impact on society through service, leadership, scholarship, minority affairs, sciences, research, arts or elected office; and service to alma mater, all of which exemplify the value of a liberal arts education.Some well-known inductees to the OFIC Hall of Excellence are Hugh Downs, Senator John H. Glenn, Coretta Scott King, and Dr. Norman Vincent Peale. Malone graduates inducted in previous years include missionary and educator Meredythe Scheflen and United States Ambassador David Rawson.
