Joseph Eugene Kernan III was an American businessman and Democratic politician who served as the 48th governor of Indiana from 2003 to 2005. He previously served as the 47th lieutenant governor of Indiana from 1997 to 2003 under Frank O'Bannon and succeeded the governorship after O'Bannon's death. Kernan had also served nearly a year as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War.
Kernan played a key role in attracting the College Football Hall of Fame to South Bend
The construction of a new South Shore Line station took place during Kernan's tenure as South Bend mayor
South Street Station, the result of efforts to construct an intermodal transit center which began during Kernan's tenure
Mitchell Elias Daniels Jr. is an American academic administrator, businessman, author, and retired politician who served as the 49th governor of Indiana from 2005 to 2013. A Republican, he later served as president of Purdue University from 2013 until the end of 2022.
The Daniels family with President Ronald Reagan in 1987
Daniels with President George W. Bush and other advisers in the Roosevelt Room in 2001
Mitch Daniels visiting Camp Arifjan in Kuwait