Council of Former Trustees

The Council of Former Trustees is made up of individuals who no longer serve in a formal capacity, but continue to have an active interest in the development and success of public higher education in the state of New Hampshire.

Also listed, for historical reference are all Trustees who have served the University System, including those Trustees who served as Chairman and other Officers.

USNH Trustees
Officers of the USNH Board of Trustees

USNH Trustees (Historical Listing)

A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  Y

*deceased

ASHOOH, Richard E. 2004-10
AMARA, Joseph P. (PSU Student Trustee) 2000-01
AZZI, Victor David 1984-88
BAILEY, Lillian K. 1981-87*
BALDWIN, Marilyn (Austin) 1980-83*
BARRETT, Madie (PSU President) 1983-84*
BATTLES, Nathan T. 1975-81*
BEAULIEU, Caroline R. (UNH Student Trustee) 1997-98
BECKWITH, Marion C. 1982-90*
BENSON, Erin (UNH Student Trustee) 1999-00
BENSON, Craig (Governor) 2003-05
BENSON, Nicholas C. (UNH Student Trustee) 2008-09
BERUBE, Dr. Norman C. 1963-70
BIRD, Dr. Harry H. 1989-99
BLALOCK, Richard 1963-67*
BONNER, Thomas N. (UNH President) 1971-73
BOURGEOIS, G. Albert 1989-92
BRICKETT, Ralph 1995-03*
BRIDLE, Alan (PSU Student Trustee) 1973-74*
BROWN, Vivian H. 1971-78*
BRUNELLE, Robert L. 1976-86
BUCHANAN, Creeley S. (Trustee Emeritus) 1983-97*
BUCKLEY, Frank T. 1963-72*
CARTER, Frank (UNH Student Trustee) 1975-76*
CHASE, Jere A. 1976-84*
CHICOINE, Michelle 1999-03
CHRISTO, Thomas, K. 1992-96
CLEVELAND, Cotton 1983-91
COHEN MILES, Jonathan M. (UNH Student Trustee) 1982-83
COLE, Stacey W. 1974-86
CONNELLY, BRYAN W. (PSU Student Trustee) 2005-06
CROSIER, JOHN D., SR. 1998-12*
CROTEAU, Ellen G. (KSC Student Trustee) 2000-01
CUNNINGHAM, Richard E. (KSC President) 1986-87*
CURTIS, Shawn G. (KSC Student Trustee) 1998-99
DALAND, Richard W. 1966-74*
DAVIS, John U. (KSC Student Trustee) 1983-84
DAVIS, Josiah A. 1985-92*
DAY, John W. 1975-81*
DECKER, Marshall N. 1973-75
DENSMORE, Edward D. (Ned) 1998-02
DEVINE, Maurice F. 1949-70*
DONOHUE, Nicholas C. (Comm. of Education) 2000- 05
DUDLEY, Dudley W. 1995-99
DUNFEY, William L. 1972-76*
DUNLAP, Philip S. 1969-79
EATON, Forrest M. 1963-67*
EDDINS, Kurt D. (UNH Student Trustee) 2010-12
FAIRCHILD, Thomas 1994-95*
FARNUM, Paul E. 1963-68*
FARRELL, William J. (USNH Chancellor) 1984-00
FISHER, Lewis J. 1968-70*
FITZGERALD, Suzanne M. (PSU Student Trustee) 1993-94
FORTIER, Susanne, M. 1991-95
FOSKITT, Jeremy J. (PSU Student Trustee) 2006-07
FOSTER, Robert H. 1975-79*
FREESE, George E. 1994-97*
FRENCH, J. Fred 1963-72*
FURLONG, Albert R. 1963-71*
GALLEN Hugh (Governor) 1979-83*
GAGNE, David L. (KSC Student Trustee) 1971-72
1991-95
GAZIANO, Joseph S. 1981-85*
GEORGOPOULOS, Louis J. 1988-00
GERMANA, Nicholas A. (KSC Student Trustee) 1995-96
GILES-GEE, Helen F. (KSC President) 2005-12
GILMAN, George T. 1967-75*
GREGG, Judd (Governor) 1988-93
GROSS, Marie F. (UNH Alumni) 2002-06
HAALAND, Gordon A. (UNH President) 1984-90
HAGER, Jane E. 1991-99
HALL (GUIMONT), Christine M. (UNH Student Trustee) 1985-86
HALL, Fred W. 1966-73
HAMEL, John R. (PSU Student Trustee) 1990-91
HAMLIN, Diane E. 1981-82
HANCOCK, Mary Louise 1979-87
HANDLER, Evelyn E. (UNH President) 1980-83
HANNA, George R. 1963-71
HARRINGTON, Hollis E. 1985-87
HART, Ann Weaver (UNH President) 2002-06
HATCH, A.T. (Jim) 1985-89*
HAYES, Hannah (KSC Student Trustee) 2010-11
HAYNES, Larry K. (PSU Alumni) 2007-11
HOLLOWAY, Paul J. 1972-88
HOLT, Robert D. (PSU Student Trustee) 1987-88
HORAN, Richard J. 1977-85*
HORTON, Mildred W. 1963-74*
HOUSEMAN, Robert T. (PSU Student Trustee) 1984-85
HOWLAND, Ray Jr. 1966-70
HUTCHINS, Chester C. 1963-70*
HYDE, Harold E. (PSU President) 1963-77*
JAMES, Marion E. 1990-94
JONES (Steiner), Martha (PSU Student Trustee) 1978-79
JORDAN, Chester L. 2003-05
JORDAN, Craig P. (UNH Student Trustee) 2005-06
KEEFE, Richard H. 1968-72*
KEOUGH, Bruce W. 1997-01
KING, John W. (Governor) 1963-69*
KHOURY, George J. 1992-98
KIDDER, William F. 1984-92*
KRAFT, Dorothy K. 1978-82
LAMB, Peter F. (UNH Alumni) 2003-11
LANE HUNTER, Allysha (KSC Student Trustee) 2003-04
LAWSON, John H. 2000-08
LEITZEL, Joan R. (UNH President) 1996-02
LESSARD, William T. (KSC Student Trustee) 1989-90*
LIETZ, Andrew E. 2001-08
LYNCH, John H. (Governor) 2005-13
MACDONALD, John T. 1986-89
MACKAY, Edward R. 2009-13
MALLAT,Jr., Robert L. (KSC Alumni) 1995-03

MALLINGER, Kyle J.

2009-11/09
MAIOLA, Joel W. 2004-08
MARKING, Casper C. (USNH Chancellor) 1983-86
MARQUES, Colby R. (UNH Student Trustee) 2004-05
MARSTON, Charles H. 1986-94*
MARSTON, William H. 1991-99
MARTIN, JR, Eugene P. (PSU Student Trustee) 2008-09
MCAULIFFE, Steven J. 1986-94
McCONNELL, John W. (UNH President) 1963-71*
MCLANE-BRADLEY, Elisabeth 1979-84*
MERRILL, Amanda 1999-00
MERRILL, Lorraine Stuart 1997-05
MERRILL, Stephen E. (Governor) 1993-97
MILLER, Debra B. 2002-05
MILLS, Eugene S. (UNH President) 1974-79
MONTANA, Victor B. (CLL President) 1992-01
MOODY, John H. (KSC Alumni) 2003-11
MORIARITY, Joseph B. 1973-79*
MORRELL, Ruth T. 1984-89*
MORRIS, Michelle C. (KSC Student Trustee) 1986-87
MORSE, Richard A. 1971-85*
MORTON, Terry 1987-03*
MURDOCH, Joseph B. (UNH Alumni) 1997-03
NEWLAND, Matthew J. (UNH Student Trustee) 1991-92
Newman, J. Bonnie (UNH Interim President) 2006-07
NICHOLSON, Eddy G. 1983-85*
NITZSCHKE, Dale F. (UNH President) 1990-95
O'BRIEN, Donald G. 1989-97*
O'CONNELL, Dennis J. (UNH Student Trustee) 1988-89
O'NEIL, Dorothy 1975-79
OLSEN, Stanley C. 1980-93
OUELLETTE, John J. (KSC Student Trustee) 2006-08
PADIAN, Thomas L. (KSC Student Trustee) 1980-81*
PAIRE, Newell J. 1968-76
1979-86*
PALMER, Sean Y. (KSC Student Trustee) 1992-93
PATON, Thomas J. (TJ)  (UNH Student Trustee) 2001-02
PERKINS, Mildred 1967-71
PETERS, Erroll S. 1986-90
PETERSON, Anna B. (UNH Student Trustee) 2007-08
PETERSON, Walter R. 1996-08*
PINGREE, Hedley G. 1975-80
POULIOT, J. Herman 1979-83*
POULTON, Bruce R. (USNH Chancellor) 1975-80
QUIGLEY, Kristopher M (PSU Student Trustee) 2003-04
RAMSAY, Margaret 1971-79
REDFERN, Leo F. (KSC President) 1969-79*
RENO, Stephen J. (USNH Chancellor) 2000-09
ROBERTSON, Douglas L. 1964-67
ROBINSON, Francis E. 1974-78*
ROBINSON, Reid (KSC Student Trustee) 2004-05
ROCCO, Thomas M. (CLL President) 2001-04
ROCK, Alan D. 1971-79*
SANDERS,  Wilfred L. 1979-86
SATURLEY, John L. 1970-74
SAVAGE, Eugene A. (PSU Alumni) 1999-07*
SCAMMAN, Stella E. 1985-97
SCHOTANUS, Merle W. 1998-09
SHAHEEN, C. Jeanne (Governor) 1997-03
SHAINES, Stuart 1979-84
SNIERSON, Bernard I. 1963-75*
SPANOS, Charles V. 1967-75
SPRAGUE, Anne M. 2005-07
STAPLES, David B. 1987-91
STRUCKHOFF, Eugene C. 1963-67*
STURNICK, Judith A. (KSC President) 1987-89
SUNUNU, John H. (Governor) 1982-88
TAMPOSI, ElLIZABETH M. 2005-12
TAYLOR, Gretchen S. 1979-85*
TAYLOR, Stephen H. (Comm. of Agriculture) 1982-07
TENNEY, Roberta E.C. 1994-02
THAYER, Gordon O. 1976-80*
THEO-STEELMAN, Virginia T. 1973-77
THOMSON, Meldrim (Governor) 1972-77*
TOBER, Susan S. 1994-95
TOWNSEND, Howard 1972-82
TRABUCCO (Child), Deborah A. (KSC Student Trustee) 1976-78
TRACY, Lyonel B. (Comm. of Education) 2005-09
TUFTS, J. Arthur 1963-65
TWOMEY, Elizabeth M. 1994-00
USCINSKI, Joseph A. (PSU Student Trustee) 1994-95
VANDERZANDEN, Edwinna C. 2001-09
VAN UMMERSEN, Clair A. (USNH Chancellor) 1986-92
VLACICH, Michael A. (UNH Student Trustee) 1994-95
WAGNER, Jean A. 1963-66
WALKER, Frederick C. 1968-76*
WEEKS, Edna B. 1971-73
WEEKS, John F. 1992-00
WEEKS, Norman S. 1966-73*
WEEKS, Sinclair 1963-70*
WELDON, James P. 1975-79
1983-89*
WENTRUP, Hans A. (PSU Student Trustee) 1996-97
WHARTON, Donald P. (PSU President) 1993-06
WHITE, Jean T. 1988-92
WILLIAMS, Kenneth B. 1987-91
WILLIAMSON, Dean P. 1963-68*
WILSON, Ian G. (UNH Student Trustee) 1979-80
WOOD, Charles Jr. (PSU Student Trustee) 1972-73
WOODWARD, Beverly P. 1987-91
YAKOVAKIS, James S. 1986-94
YAROSEWICK, Stanley J. (KSC President) 1994-05
YOUNG, Lloyd (KSC President) 1963-64*
YOUNG, Sherilyn B. 1991-98

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Officers of the USNH Board of Trustees

1960's|1970's|1980's|1990's|2000's

1963-64-64-65
Forest M. Eaton, Chair
Dean P.  Williamson, Vice Chair
J. Arthur Tufts, Secretary

1965-66
Forest M. Eaton, Chair
Dean P. Williamson, Vice Chair
Norman S. Weeks, Acting Secretary

1966-67
Dean P. Williamson, Chair
Fred W. Hall, Vice Chair
Norman S. Weeks, Secretary

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1968-69-70-71-72
Fred W. Hall, Chair
Richard W. Daland, Vice Chair
Norman S. Weeks, Secretary

1972-73
Mildred M. Horton, Chair
Philip S. Dunlap, Vice Chair

1973-74
Philip S. Dunlap, Chair
Bernard I. Snierson, Vice Chair
Margaret R. Ramsay, Secretary

1974-75
Philip S. Dunlap, Chair
Richard A. Morse, Vice Chair/Legal Advisor
Fred C. Walker, Secretary

1975-76
Philip S. Dunlap, Chair
Richard A. Morse, Vice Chair
Fred C. Walker, Secretary
Hedley G. Pingree, Legal Advisor

1976-77
Philip S. Dunlap, Chair
Richard A. Morse, Vice Chair
John W. Day, Secretary
Wilfred L. Sanders, Legal Advisor

1977-78-79
Richard A. Morse, Chair
Paul J. Holloway, Vice Chair
John W. Day, Secretary
Hedley G. Pingree, Legal Advisor

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1979-80-81
Richard A. Morse, Chair
Paul J. Holloway, Vice Chair
John W. Day, Secretary
Wilfred L. Sanders, Legal Advisor

1981-82
Richard A. Morse, Chair
Paul J. Holloway, Vice Chair
Elisabeth McLane-Bradley, Secretary
Wilfred L. Sanders, Legal Advisor

1982-83-84-85
Richard A. Morse, Chair
Wilfred L. Sanders, Vice Chair/Legal Advisor
Elisabeth McLane-Bradley, Secretary

1985-86
Paul J. Holloway, Chair
Cotton M. Cleveland, Vice Chair
Mary Louise Hancock, Secretary
Wilfred L. Sanders, Legal Advisor

1986-87
Paul J. Holloway, Chair
Cotton M. Cleveland, Vice Chair
Mary Louise Hancock, Secretary
James S. Yakovakis, Legal Advisor

1987-88
Paul J. Holloway, Chair
Cotton M. Cleveland, Vice Chair
James S. Yakovakis, Secretary Pro Tem/Legal Advisor

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1988-89-90
Cotton M. Cleveland, Chair
James  S. Yakovakis, Vice Chair
Stella E. Scamman, Secretary
Steven J. McAuliffe, Legal Advisor

1990-91-92
James S. Yakovakis, Chair
Steven J. McAuliffe, Vice Chair/Legal Advisor
Stella E. Scamman, Secretary
Creeley S. Buchanan, Treasurer

1992-93
James S. Yakovakis, Chair
Steven J. McAuliffe, Vice Chair
Stella E. Scamman, Secretary
Sherilyn B. Young, Legal Advisor
Creeley S. Buchanan, Treasurer

1993-94
Donald G. O'Brien, Chair
Harry H. Bird, Vice Chair
Marion E. James, Secretary
Sherilyn B. Young, Legal Advisor
Creeley S. Buchanan, Treasurer

1994-95
Donald G. O'Brien, Chair
Harry H. Bird, Vice Chair
Susanne M. Fortier, Secretary
Sherilyn B. Young, Legal Advisor
Creeley S. Buchanan, Treasurer

1995-96
Harry H. Bird, Chair
Sherilyn B. Young, Vice Chair
Stella E. Scamman, Secretary
Creeley S. Buchanan, Treasurer

1996-97
Harry H. Bird, Chair
Sherilyn B. Young, Vice Chair
Stella E. Scamman, Secretary
Jane E. Hager, Treasurer

1997-98
Harry H. Bird, Chair
Robert L. Mallat, Jr., Vice Chair
Roberta Tenney, Secretary
Jane Hager, Treasurer
Sherilyn B. Young, Legal Advisor

1998-99
Harry H. Bird, Chair
Roberta Tenney, Vice Chair
Lorraine Stuart Merrill, Secretary
Jane Hager, Treasurer
Sherilyn B. Young, Legal Advisor

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1999-01
Bruce W. Keough, Chair
Robert L. Mallat, Jr., Vice Chair
Lorraine Stuart Merrill, Secretary

2001-2002
John H. Lynch, Chair
Robert L. Mallat, Jr., Vice Chair
Lorraine Stuart Merrill, Secretary

2002-2003
John H. Lynch, Chair
Robert L. Mallat, Jr., Vice Chair
Lorraine Stuart Merrill, Secretary

2003-2004
John H. Lynch, Chair
Andrew E. Lietz, Vice-Chair
Lorraine Stuart Merrill, Secretary

2004-2005
Andrew E. Lietz, Chair
Edward C. Dupont, Vice Chair
Lorraine Stuart Merrill, Secretary

2005-2006
Andrew E. Lietz, Chair
Edward C. Dupont, Vice Chair
Edwinna C. Vanderzanden, Secretary

2006-2007
Andrew E. Lietz, Chair
Edward C. Dupont, Vice Chair
Edwinna C. Vanderzanden, Secretary

2007-2008
Andrew E. Lietz, Chair
Edward C. Dupont, Vice Chair
Edwinna C. Vanderzanden, Secretary

2008-2009
Edward C. Dupont, Chair
George Epstein, Vice Chair
Edwinna C. Vanderzanden, Secretary

2009-2010
Edward C. Dupont, Chair
George Epstein, Vice Chair
Peter F. Lamb, Secretary

2010-2011
Edward C. Dupont, Chair
George Epstein, Vice Chair
Peter F. Lamb, Secretary

2011-2012
Edward C. Dupont, Chair
Richard E. Galway, Vice Chair
Elizabeth K. Hoadley, Secretary
William F. J. Ardinger, Liaison to the General Counsel

2012-2013
Richard E. Galway, Chair
Pamela Diamantis, Vice Chair
Elizabeth K. Hoadley, Secretary
William F. J. Ardinger, Liaison to the General Counsel