Bob Rohrman perhaps best known for some of the strangest new and used car commercials one could ever see has passed away. He was 87 years old. Mr. Rohrman was born in Lafayette and attended high school at Lafayette Jeff. He’s been a huge benefactor of Jeff throughout his life and the same can be said for Purdue.
Though the big headline donation is the $15 million he gave in December of 2019 to obtain the naming rights for the field at Ross-Ade but Rohrman has been donating to Purdue for many years. Anyone who has ever attended a Purdue football game has likely seen Bob Rohrman, or a member of his family/business accept a commemorative game ball for all the work he’s done for Purdue athletics.