Stories from Sunday, May 21, 2017

Called "the model DePauw graduate" Sunday by University President Mark McCoy, 1983 DPU alumnus Jim Alling sent 561 university graduates out into the world with a taste of his business philosophy. Current CEO of TOMS, Alling has also served as president of Starbucks USA and Starbucks International and as chief operating officer of T-Mobile USA. ...

What didn't happen at Sunday's 178th DePauw University commencement was certainly an element of the pomp and circumstance of the proceedings. First of all, after a soggy week and damp dawn with early-on predictions of a 90 percent chance of rain for the 10:30 a.m. ceremony, nary a drop fell once the 561 members of the Class of 2017 began their processional toward Holton Quadrangle...