Newest Trustee to Participate in First Board Meeting

Release date: February 2, 2013

FRANKLIN, Ind. - The Franklin College Board of Trustees elected Dr. Scott Gudeman into its ranks, who will participate in his first board meeting this month.

Gudeman is a graduate of Indiana University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in political science, and Indiana University School of Medicine, where he earned a medical degree. While pursuing a path of specialization in orthopaedics, Gudeman completed his residency at Eastern Virginia Graduate School of Medicine and a sports medicine fellowship at the University of Cincinnati School of Medicine-Mercy Hospital. He currently works as an orthopedic surgeon for OrthoIndy. In his spare time, he enjoys serving as Franklin College's team physician and medical director. He also is team physician for Indian Creek High School and assists other area high school athletic programs in their sports medicine needs.

Gudeman and his wife, Nancy, are the parents of five children and reside in Greenwood, Ind.

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Founded in 1834, Franklin College is a residential four-year undergraduate liberal arts institution with a scenic, wooded campus located 20 minutes south of downtown Indianapolis. The college prepares men and women for challenging careers and fulfilling lives through the liberal arts, offering its approximately 1,000 students 28 majors, 36 minors and eight pre-professional programs. In 1842, the college began admitting women, becoming the first coeducational institution in Indiana and the seventh in the nation. Franklin College maintains a voluntary association with the American Baptist Churches USA. For more information, visit www.franklincollege.edu.