Edd Buhl to chair Defiance College board

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DEFIANCE — Van Wert business and civic leader Edward Buhl is the new chair of the Defiance College Board of Trustees. He began his two-year term as chair in July.

Buhl, senior vice president and secretary of Central Mutual Insurance Companies, is an alumnus of Defiance College, graduating in 1973. He has served on the Defiance College Board of Trustees since 1995.

Buhl is a member of the Board of Directors for Central Mutual, All America Insurance Companies, and the Van Wert Federal Savings and Loan. He is a member of the Society of CPCU, past president of the United Way of Van Wert County, and a past president of the Van Wert Area Chamber of Commerce.

Buhl and his wife, Tavie, are the parents of two sons, Brett and Blake. Brett and wife, Ashley, have a daughter, Kennedy.

Defiance College, chartered in 1850, is an independent, liberal arts institution in Northwest Ohio offering more than 40 undergraduate programs of study as well as graduate programs in education and business. Defiance College has received national recognition for its educational experience of service and engagement. The college website is www.defiance.edu.