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tewards of the College, Trustees and Honorary Trustees serve Wells College selflessly. As described in the College’s original Charter of 1868, the Board of Trustees appoints its own members, oversees real property holdings, selects the President who is also a member of the Board, establishes degrees to be awarded and assumes overall fiduciary responsibility for the College. While these duties have remained thus for nearly 150 years, the work of the Board—and expectations of Board membership—have evolved. The Board now includes the President of the Wells College Association of Alumnae and Alumni ex officio, three Trustees nominated by the Association membership, and two Collegiate Trustees put forward by the Senior Class. All serve as full voting members of the Board with the best interests of the College in mind, and none as representative of a particular constituency. Honorary Trustees are so named and appointed for their extraordinary contributions to the well-being of the College. Together, Board members lead by example as they give generously of their time, expertise and resources to the College. Trustees’ leadership and dedication sets the tone for volunteer and philanthropic commitment. For their exemplary service to Wells as they are called upon to lead, time and again, the College community is profoundly grateful.
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New Members of the Wells College Board of Trustees Stephen T. Golding is the vice president for finance and administration at Ohio University, treasurer of the Ohio University Foundation and managing partner for The 1782 Group higher education consultants. He has previously served as executive vice president for finance and administration at Cornell University, principle advisor to the governor’s Task Force on Diversifying the New York State Economy, and chief financial officer for the University of Colorado System, the University of Pennsylvania and Wells College. Kevin A. Wilson ’12 is the Collegiate Trustee for the Class of 2012. He majored in history at Wells, spent his senior year as the Student Affairs Committee representative to the Board of Trustees and received the College’s History/Political Science Prize. Kevin spent the summer as a staff assistant for the office of New York State Congressman Richard Hanna following an internship he completed during the spring semester. Nancy Wenner Witmer ’61 earned her degree from Wells in mathematical and physical sciences and went on to be a computer programmer and homemaker. She has supported and remained connected to the College over the years, participating in numerous Reunions, volunteer retreat weekends, WCA meetings, and alumnae/i events as well as serving as the 40th Reunion Fund Chair for her class. Nancy has also volunteered in her own community of Webster, N.Y., working with the PTA, Webster Arboretum Association, Webster Community Chest and her church.
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Ann Harden Babcock ’45 earned her degree in art history at Wells and went on to study at the New York School for Interior Decorating. She has been a long-time supporter of Wells, serving for nine years with the Board of Trustees and lending her expertise to the Pettibone House Restoration Committee, the Strategic Planning and Nucleus Fund Committees and the Science Campaign Committee. Ann further demonstrated her leadership and commitment to higher education as president of Harden Furniture’s Harden Foundation, which provides scholarships for the company’s employees. Katherine “kay” Gerwig Bailey ’52 received a bachelor’s in biological and chemical science at Wells and went on to earn a master’s in library science from Case Western Reserve University. She served with the Wells Board of Trustees from 1987 to 1996 and was a Class Officer from 1987 to 1990. Kay was a laboratory assistant with the Rockefeller Institute and spent 20 years volunteering in her own community with the Cleveland Museum of Art and Cleveland Natural History Museum. Kay’s husband John T. Bailey studied English literature at Harvard and went on to positions as an executive with the New York Times and CEO of Edward Howard and Company, Ohio’s largest public relations firm. He was a Wells Trustee from 1973 to 1982, spending five years as vice chair. Jack has also served on the boards of Chautauqua Institution and the Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art. The Baileys’ service carries on the legacy of Kay’s mother Henrietta Titzel Campbell, Wells College Class of 1912, who was also a Wells Trustee and endowed the Campbell Visiting Scholarship. Margery Leinroth Gotshall ’45 earned her Wells degree in sociology and went on to an extraordinary amount of volunteer work assisting Meals on Wheels, tutoring elementary students, giving tours with Historic Bethlehem and supporting the American Association of University Women (AAUW). She has been especially active with AAUW, organizing,
fund-raising and serving as president of the local chapter. Marge has remained engaged with the Wells community as a Class Secretary, Chair of the Annual Fund for her class, Chair of the Sycamore Fund, member of the Minerva Committee and host of several alumnae/i events in her area. Suzanne N. Grey ’72 earned her degree in philosophy at Wells and went on to a remarkable professional career that included time as vice president of strategic alliances for Bayer Health Care; senior vice president of marketing and strategy for Bowne & Co., Inc.; and vice president of corporate integration at CA Technologies. Sue was appointed to the Wells Board of Trustees in 2001 and served as Chair,Vice Chair and member of the executive committee. She has also been board president of St. Luke’s LifeWorks and volunteered at the Waveny Care Center in Connecticut. Frank P. Reiche has been a practicing attorney for more than 50 years. He has lent his expertise to the New Jersey Tax Policy Committee, the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, the Federal Election Commission, the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, and members of Congress regarding campaign finance law. Frank is the former national chairman of planned giving for Williams College and is a member of Wells’ National Planned Giving Committee. He studied law at New York University Law School and Columbia University Law School after earning degrees from George Washington University and Williams College. Henry F. Wood Jr. graduated from Harvard in 1953 and married Carolyn Bunn Wood ’52, who also served as an honorary trustee for many years. Over the course of his career, Hank spent time as vice president and manager of the Paris office for J. Walter Thompson Co., managing director for Lord & Taylor, marketing executive for New York Telephone Co., and telecommunications executive with AT&T. Now retired, he is a member of Trinity Episcopal Church and Grand Harbor Golf and Beach Club in Vero Beach, Fla., and Short Hills Club in New Jersey.
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