Volume CXXXIII, Number 11 November 30, 2001 f

Six new members join Board of Trustees
ERIC CHAMBERS
STAFF WRITER

At its spring 2001 meeting, the College Board of Trustees chose six new members to serve for five-year terms. It also named various trustees to administrative positions on the Board and granted emeritus status to six retiring Trustees.

The six new members are Michael S. Cary '71, Michael M. Crow, Stephen F. Gormley '72, Alvin D. Hall '74, Lisa A. McElaney '77, and Sheldon M. Stone '74.

Cary is headmaster and trustee of Lawrenceville School in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. He holds both an MA in teaching from Brown University and an MA in religious studies from Yale University. In 1994, he won the Bowdoin Distinguished Education Award. He also served as president of the Bowdoin Alumni Council.

Crow is the executive vice provost and professor of science policy at Columbia University, as well as an author. He is an alumnus of Iowa State University and earned his Ph.D. in public administration from Syracuse University.

After majoring in government at Bowdoin, Gormley earned his MBA at Columbia University. As well as serving as chairman of the board of Duro Communications and General Systems Solutions, he is the co-founder and current managing partner of Great Hill Partners, which provides equity financing and guidance to media and communications businesses. He also served on the Bowdoin Special Gifts committee.

Currently president of Alvin D. Hall Associates, Alvin Hall is responsible for creating and implementing marketing campaigns and investment-training seminars. He earned his MA in American Literature from the University of North Carolina. In addition to being a prolific author on financial-planning strategies, he hosts his own television show on BBC Television, Investing for All with Alan Hall.

McElaney earned her MFA degree at Columbia University. She now works as both a teacher and a filmmaker, producing videos about family health issues-her work has earned her many awards. She is also the president and executive producer of Vida Health in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Stone is currently a principal at Oaktree Capital Management in Los Angeles, providing investment strategies to businesses. He majored in government at Bowdoin, and earned his MBA from Columbia University. He has served as a BASIC representative, as well as a member of the Class of 1974 25th Reunion Special Gifts Committee.

At the spring meeting, the Board of Trustees also re-elected D. Ellen Shuman '76 as a vice-chair. In addition, it named as Anne W. Springer '81 as Secretary of the Board and David R. Treadwell Jr. '64 as assistant secretary of the Board.

The Board also granted six retiring members emeritus status. Although emeritus members no longer vote at Trustee meetings, they are still very active in Trustee affairs. The six retiring members are Walter E. Bartlett '53, Thomas Clark Casey '51, William Harris Hazen '52, Robert H. Millar '62, Carolyn Walch Slayman H'85, and Leslie Walker '85. Millar was also elected Secretary of the Trustees Emeritus.

Currently, there are forty-nine trustees on the Board, including President of the College Barry Mills. Working in various committees, the Board of Trustees is responsible for acting as the chief policy-making body for the College. These policies include governance, financial management (including budget approvals and ground maintenance), financial development, presidential selection and assessment, communication among both college and community members, academic affairs, and student life.

"Choosing trustees is a cumulative process," said Secretary of the College Richard Mersereau. "Names are not picked from a hat. They may be picked from any source, but more often they are chosen through relations with former alums and parents." The names usually "come about because people like myself, the President, Bill Torrey [Vice-President for Planning and Development], and others are always on the lookout."

Once names are collected, the Trustees' Affairs Commission, which is responsible for the control of administrative affairs of trustee members, selects electees. The Commission aims to create a sense of "balance in as many ways as possible," according to Mersereau by choosing electees among a wide variety of professions and backgrounds. Mersereau added, "We do this to ensure excellence across the boards and excellence divided as many ways as possible," said Mersereau.

Information on individual trustees taken from Bowdoin Magazine.