Rolland awarded Sachem Award

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Gov. Mitch Daniels has presented civic leader and former Lincoln National Corp. Chairman Ian Rolland of Fort Wayne with the 2012 Sachem Award, the state's highest honor.

Daniels said at a ceremony Wednesday at the State House that Rolland has led "the sort of life you'd like your kids to emulate. He has constantly searched for the right thing to do and then done it."

Rolland said he considered it a duty to give back.

"As you're leading your life you do things that seem right to you and it is nice when you can look back, put it all together and say 'you didn't do too bad,'" he said. "It is a responsibility of citizenship and your humanity that when you take a lot out of this world, you put something back to make this world a better place. If I have done that, then I am pleased."

The Sachem is given annually to recognize a lifetime of excellence and moral virtue that has brought credit and honor to Indiana. Previous recipients include college basketball coaching legend John Wooden, philanthropist Bill Cook, civic leader and former Major League pitcher Carl Erskine, and the Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, president emeritus of the University of Notre Dame.