Trustees of Elon University elected new officers and members at their spring meeting, held April 15-16 on campus. In addition, several trustees were honored for their years of outstanding service.
Dr. James B. Powell, Burlington, N.C. was elected chair of the board; Dr. William N. P. Herbert, a 1968 Elon alumnus from Charlottesville, Va., is vice chair; and Barbara Bass, a 1961 Elon alumnus from South Boston, Va., is secretary.
Newly elected to the board is Bob E. McKinnon, a 1962 Elon alumnus from Charlotte, N.C. McKinnon was a member of the Board of Trustees from 1995 to 2001 and has served Elon in a variety of other capacities. He was Distinguished Alumnus of the Year in 1993, was president of the Alumni Association and a member of Elon’s Board of Visitors. He has been a generous supporter of the university, served as national chair of the Campaign for the Elon Vision and made major gifts to name McKinnon Hall in Moseley Center and McKinnon Field in Rhodes Stadium. He is currently chair and CEO of McKinnon-Land-Moran, LLC. His term will begin with the fall 2005 board meeting.
Named to a two-year term as Youth Trustee is Darris R. Means, a spring 2005 graduate in sociology from Spartanburg, S.C. Means is a Social Science Scholar and member of Elon’s Service Learning Community. He is a member of both Phi Kappa Phi and Pi Sigma honor societies, was active in the Student Government Association and was junior class president and senior class vice president. He plans to pursue a doctorate in sociology next fall.
| The Rev. G. Melvin Palmer, Greensboro, N.C., who has been a trustee since 1973, was elected trustee emeritus. At an April 15 trustee dinner, Palmer was presented with an Elon University chair by chairman Zac Walker, and received a crystal phoenix from fellow trustee and UCC minister Rev. Cally Rogers-Witte. |  |
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Also honored at the dinner for outstanding service was trustee Dr. Thomas E. Powell III, who has served as board secretary for 30 years. Powell remains a member of the board of trustees but is stepping down as secretary. |
Edmund R. Gant, Burlington, N.C., was formally recognized for his election as trustee emeritus, and outgoing youth trustee Katie Marie Gosselin ’03 was thanked for her service on the board.
In a special recognition, past chairs of the board received crystal gavels in honor of their service. Trustees pictured below (L-R) are Gail McMichael Drew, Durham, N.C., Rev. Mel Palmer, Noel Allen ’69, Raleigh, Wallace Chandler ’49, Richmond, Va., and Zac Walker ’60, Greensboro.
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