Posted on Sep 1, 1995


Three join the Board of Trustees

Three individuals have been elected to the College's Board of Trustees:

Mary Ann Shirley MacLean, of Mattawa, Ill., a member of the Illinois State Board of Education;

Philip R. Beuth '54, recently-retired president of early morning and late night entertainment for Capital Cities/ABC Television in New York City;

Benjamin R. Jacobson '67, president of Jacobson & Co., a New York City investment banking firm.

On the Illinois state board, MacLean is chair of the Assessment Committee, vice chair of the Operations Committee, and a representative on the Joint Education Committee. She is a member of the President's Fellows Advisory Committee of the Newberry Library in Chicago, a governing member of the Chicago Symphony Orchestral Association, and vice chair of the Illinois State Museum.

Beuth serves on the boards of the U.S. Committee for UNICEF and DIFFA-the Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS. He has received numerous awards and citations from civic and industry groups, and this year the College awarded him an Eliphalet Nott Medal, which recognizes the perseverance of alumni who have attained great distinction in their fields.

Jacobson is on the boards of the Greater New York City YMCA, Phoenix House (a drug rehabilitation facility), the Graduate School of Business at New York University, and several businesses. He also is an adjunct professor at the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia.


Alumni Trustee position to open

Bill Curtin '82, who won a special Alumni Council run-off election to complete the term of Rex Moon '44, is eligible to serve a new four-year term that would expire in June, 2000.

The Trustee Nominating Committee of the Alumni Council, chaired by Susie Danziger '84, may renominate Curtin as its candidate or it may select up to three candidates to run in an alumni body election.

Any graduate of the College under the age of sixty-seven may elect to run as a petition candidate. To do so, a petition must be obtained from the Alumni Office and signed by fifty alumni.
The petition must be returned to the Alumni Office along with:

  • a recent five-by-seven, black and white, head and shoulders photograph; 
  • a brief biography; 
  • a statement as to why the candidate wishes to serve as a trustee.

The material must be received in the Alumni Office by Feb. 1, 1996. Petition candidates will automatically appear on the election ballot, if duly certified.


1995 Alumni Directory for sale

The 1995 Alumni Directory is available for $35.50, which includes shipping and handling. The 392-page directory lists all graduates of the College in alphabetical order, by class, by geographic location, and by fraternity/sorority affiliation.

Please make your check payable to Union College and mail to the Alumni Office, Union College, 807 Union Street, Schenectady, N.Y. 12308.