Robert J. Welsh Jr. is president and chief executive officer of Welsh Oil, Inc., in Merrillville, Indiana. A 1956 graduate of Notre Dame, he was a member of the Notre Dame Law School Advisory Council from 1987 to 1990 before transferring to the Advisory Council for the College of Business Administration, on which he served until his election to the University’s Board of Trustees in 1991. Among his business affiliations are directorships of NBD Indiana, Inc., NIPSCO Industries, Inc., Northern Indiana Public Service Company, and Lakeshore Hospital Systems, where he serves as chairman of the Finance Committee. He also served on the Board of Regents of Saint Mary’s College for eight years, several of which were in the capacity of vice chair of the board and treasurer of the college. He was also a recipient of their “President’s Medal.” Bob’s wife, Kathleen, is an alumna of Saint Mary’s College. Bob and Kathleen live in Valparaiso, Indiana, and have four daughters, all of whom attended Saint Mary’s College: Anne, Kathleen, Suzanne (a 1989 graduate of the Notre Dame Law School) and Mary Carol, and a son, Daniel.
