WILLIAM M. OSBORN, AGE 88, DIED WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26. BILL WAS THE SON OF EUGENE FIELD OSBORN AND HELEN MILLS OSBORN, AND THE WIDOWER OF PATRICIA COSTELLO OSBORN WHO DIED IN 2005. HE HEADED THE LAW FIRM OF OSBORN, HINER, & LISHER BEFORE HIS RETIREMENT IN 1992. HE WAS GRADUATED FROM BUTLER UNIVERSITY CUM LAUDE AND THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW SCHOOL WHERE HE WAS A REGENTS’ SCHOLAR.
HE HAD BEEN CHAIRMAN OF THE INDIANAPOLIS BAR ASSOCIATION LEGAL ETHICS COMMITTEE, CHAIRMAN OF THE INDIANA STATE BAR LEGAL ETHICS COMMITTEE, AND CHAIRMAN OF THE INDIANA STATE BAR ASSOCIATION TASK FORCE, WHICH DRAFTED THE 1987 RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT. HE HAD ALSO BEEN A MEMBER OF THE DEFENSE RESEARCH INSTITUTE.
HE WAS A MEMBER AND FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE BRENDONWOOD COUNTRY CLUB, SIGMA NU FRATERNITY, AND SCOTTISH RITE.
HE WAS THE AUTHOR OF A HISTORY BOOK ENTITLED THE WILD FRONTIER: ATROCITIES IN THE AMERICAN-INDIAN WAR, PUBLISHED BY RANDOM HOUSE. HE ENJOYED READING, MUSIC, THE SCIENCE OF IDENTIFYING TREES, GOLF AND SPENDING TIME IN LONGBOAT KEY, FLORIDA. HE WAS THE BRENDWOOD GOLF CLUB CHAMPION IN FOUR DECADES.
BILL IS SURVIVED BY HIS DAUGHTER, AMY PATRICIA OSBORN.
