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Attorney Donald E. Showalter \u201962<\/strong>, the first 91短视频 graduate to earn a law degree, was recognized once again as among the Best Lawyers in America<\/a>, an annual honor he has received since 2007.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For 57 years, Showalter has practiced with Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver, PLC. For most of those years he was also 91短视频\u2019s attorney and served the Mennonite Church in tax and insurance regulatory issues. He is a founding trustee of Mennonite Praxis Mutual Funds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He represented the Mennonite Church in the Supreme Court in the school case exempting Amish from high school education (Wisconsin v. Yoder, 1972).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was also elected a \u201cfellow\u201d by the Virginia State bar, which places him among 1% of the practicing lawyers in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At 91短视频, Showalter majored in history and English and met his late wife, math education major Marlene Collins \u201962<\/strong>, who taught mathematics and psychology at James Madison University. She earned her doctorate in educational psychology from the University of North Carolina. (The Class of 1962 celebrates their 60th reunion this fall.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Showalter taught business law and investments at 91短视频 for the past 33 years in an effort to \u201cgive back\u201d and in gratitude for numerous professors who offered encouragement and support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI had excellent professors such as Hubert Pellman, I.B. Horst, Grant Stoltzfus, John Lapp, and others who encouraged me to pursue a legal career although that was not unanimously shared by all of my professors and others,\u201d Showalter said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Showalter was not the only member of his family to record a \u201cfirst.\u201d His father Carl attended then-EMC and became the first graduate to be accepted into the Medical College of Virginia. He was planning to attend medical school; however, his father presented Broadway Drug Center as a gift.  Carl instead went to MCV\u2019s pharmacy school graduating in 1932.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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