[David Kelly]

I had the opportunity to speak with Mrs. O'Bannon on several occasions and I was around several times when Libby spoke with Mr. O'Bannon. They were people that everybody would love to be around with. Everytime you saw them or spoke to them, you felt like it was the only 2 of you around. They made every moment special and personal. Mr. O'Bannon's biggest initiative in the state of Indiana was education and technology. He was up with technology in many ways. He even took a picture of President Bush and himself when the President visited Indiana last week to tour the devastating second round of flood damage of the year.


The O'Bannon's were very supportive of FIRST and the vision of FIRST. The past 2 years IndianaFIRST shared a booth with the First family at the Indiana State Fair in their Indiana 2016 initiative program for 3 days. At this year's State Fair the O'Bannon's dueled it out in the booth driving 2 of the robots that on one of the days.


Mr. O'Bannon will be missed very much and our thoughts and prayers go out to Mrs. O'Bannon, their family and the Governor's staff.