Re-elected Trustees
The board re-elected Arthur Black ’91; David Brown ’79; Michele Cyr ’76, P’12; Jeff Emerson ’70, P’10; Gregory Kerr ’79; John McQuillan ’87 and Paula Wardynski ’79 trustees, each for a five-year term, effective July 1, 2015.
Emeritus Status
In recognition of devoted service to º¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿ÊÒ, retiring faculty and staff members, and others who are leaving the College, were elected to emeritus status.
President Barry Mills, who is stepping down after fourteen years in office, was elected President of the College Emeritus. Peter Small ’64, P’97, P’99, elected overseer in 1988 and a trustee in 1996, was elected Trustee Emeritus. Cristle Collins Judd, who is leaving the college after 10 years, was elected Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Music Emerita.
Three faculty members are retiring after lengthy tenures at the College.
Carey Phillips, who is retiring after 30 years at º¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿ÊÒ, was elected Professor of Biology Emeritus. Paul Schaffner, who first came to the College in 1977, has been elected Associate Professor of Psychology Emeritus, and William C. Watterson, who joined the faculty in 1976, Edward Little Professor of the English Language and Literature Emeritus.
The board also honored two departing staff members. Richard H. F. Lindemann, who came to º¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿ÊÒ in 1999, was elected Director of the George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives Emeritus. Trustees also honored Richard Mersereau, a member of the Class of 1969, and who has worked at the College in various capacities since that time, most recently as Senior Leadership Gifts Officer and Special Advisor to the President for College Relations, by electing him Secretary of the College Emeritus.
New Role
Vice President for Development & Alumni Relations Elizabeth “Eli” Orlic has been elected Secretary of the College.
All of the board’s elections are effective July 1, 2015.
