sentences:  His father, David Demaree Banta (1833-1896), was a trustee of Indiana University in Bloomington and was the first dean of its School of Law.Through this connection, the company also won orders for university catalogs and yearbooks, textbooks, and magazines.Banta served as alderman (1890–1891), and mayor (1892, 1895, 1902–1903) of Menasha, and served on the boards of several local companies.