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The Wabash College community is mourning the loss of one of its most influential teachers and scholars.

William Carl Placher, American Philosophy and religion educator.

William C. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, December 6 at p. A reception will follow in the Sparks Center. Pursuant to Dr. Placher's wishes, in lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to Wabash College. As a student, faculty member, leader, and role model for students, faculty, and all of us who love Wabash, Bill Placher was our teacher and will remain an exemplar of the best imagination of the mind, heart, and spirit of the College.

In sympathetically engaging a wide range of secular and theological views, and in trying to understand those views before deciding whether to reject or learn from them, he was Missing: mahatma gandhi.

John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota. He earned his master's degree in philosophy from Yale University in and completed his Ph. He began teaching as an instructor while pursuing his graduate degrees during the and academic years, and was named an assistant professor in He rose to full professor in and became the LaFollette Distinguished Professor in the Humanities in For decades, Wabash upperclassmen gave the following advice to prospective students and freshmen planning their careers at Wabash: "Make sure to take a course with Placher.

In , the American Academy of Religion named him the best teacher in the country, honoring him with the Excellence in Teaching Award. In , the Indiana Humanities Council honored him with the Indiana Humanities Award for his teaching, scholarship, and collegiality. Early members of that church helped found Wabash College years ago.