Illinois Wesleyan University Board of Trustees

Officers of the Board of Trustees

George A. Vinyard '71
(President)
Of Counsel
Reed Smith Sachnoff & Weaver Ltd.
Chicago, Illinois

Gilbert L. Dorsey '62
(First Vice President)
Retired Vice-Chairman
The Eureka Company
Bloomington, Illinois

Herbert A. Getz '77
(Second Vice President)
President
Aspen Creek Partners LLC
Naperville, Illinois

Susan D. Waring
(Secretary)
Executive Vice President & Chief Administrative Officer
State Farm Life Insurance
Bloomington, Illinois

Robert E. Field II '67
(Treasurer)
Attorney
Quinlan & Carroll
Chicago, Illinois

President of the University
Richard F. Wilson
Illinois Wesleyan University
Bloomington, Illinois

Members of the Board of Trustees

Richard S. Ames
President
Command Plastic Corporation
Tallmadge, Ohio

Patricia M. Armstrong '70
Senior Vice President and Director of Human Resources
Wells Fargo & Company
San Francisco, California

Victor E. Armstrong, Jr. '64
President
Armstrong Builders
Bloomington, Illinois

Jean S. Baird '80
Vice President of Operations
State Farm Insurance Companies
Columbia, Missouri

Phyllis Barker '73
Director of Volunteer Services
Little Brothers – Friends of the Elderly, Chicago Chapter
Chicago, Illinois

Thomas L. Brown '70
Partner
PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP
Chicago, Illinois

Willie G. Brown
(Executive Committee)
Senior Vice President
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Bloomington, Illinois

Cathy T. Carswell '65
(Executive Committee)
President
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Scarsdale, New York

Bishop Sharon Brown Christopher
(Executive Committee)
Bishop of the United Methodist Church
Illinois Great Rivers Conference
Springfield, Illinois

Michael A. Clark '76
Partner
Sidley, Austin LLP
Chicago, Illinois

Robert E. Evans '62
Chief Executive Officer
FMG Financial Services
Worcester, Massachusetts

Judith E. Favell '66
Chief Executive Officer
AdvoServ, Inc.
Mount Dora, Florida

Todd M. French '93
President
StringWorks
Dana Point, California

Dr. David W. Gaffron
Retired Pastor
Wesley United Methodist Church
Bloomington, Illinois

Thomas O. Hansen '82
Founder and Chairman
Tom O. Hansen Sales Associates
Orlando, Florida

John S. Horton '82
Partner
Intervale Capital
Phoenix, Arizona

Roger S. Joslin
Retired Vice Chairman of the Board and Treasurer
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Bloomington, Illinois

Dr. Rebie R. Kingston H'96
Former Director, Office of Guidance
Detroit Public Schools
West Bloomfield, Michigan

W. Thomas Lawrence '80
Tax Managing Partner
Ernst & Young LLP
Chicago, Illinois

Kathy Larey Lewton '70
Public Relations Counselor
Stamford, Connecticut

Thomas C. McKinney, Jr., M.D. '76
(Executive Committee)
Pediatrician
St. Louis Pediatric Association
Chesterfield, Missouri

Thomas J. Neis '70
Owner
Neis Insurance Company, Inc.
Crystal Lake, Illinois

Robert E. Page '58, H'86
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
REP Publishing Inc. & Page Ranch Resources Inc.
Rancho Santa Fe, California

David C. Petrick '67
Owner
Bretford Manufacturing
Franklin Park, Illinois

John W. Remo, M.D. '58
Diagnostic Radiologist
West Lafayette, Indiana

J. William Roberts '64
Managing Partner
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP
Springfield, Illinois

Ronald L. Ruecker, M.D. '66
Senior Physician
Internal Medicine Subspecialty Associates
Decatur, Illinois

Edward B. Rust, Jr. '72, H'94
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
State Farm Mutual Insurance Companies
Bloomington, Illinois

James A. Shirk
President
Beer Nuts, Inc.
Bloomington, Illinois

Myrtis L. Sullivan. M.D. '74
Associate Director of Family Health Services
State of Illinois
Chicago, Illinois

Carlina Tapia-Ruano '77
Attorney
Tapia-Ruano & Gunn PC
Chicago, Illinois

Michael L. Tipsord '81
Vice Chairman, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
State Farm Insurance Companies
Bloomington, Illinois

Steven J. Wannemacher '73
President
Heritage Enterprises, Inc.
Bloomington, Illinois

David G. Wilkins '74
General Counsel
Union Carbide
Freeland, Michigan

Honorary Trustees

The Earl of Buckinghamshire
London, England

Robert T. Fleming '45
Normal, Illinois

Dr. Kenji Tanaka H'91
Tokyo, Japan

Dawn K. Upshaw '82, H'95
Bronxville, New York


Emeritus Trustees

Flora Harris Armstrong '43
Bloomington, Illinois

Rex James Bates H'97
Sequim, Washington

Marvin D. Bower '45
Bloomington, Illinois

Helen Goldsworthy Campbell
Dunlap, Illinois

Melba Campbell '37
Boca Raton, Florida

Ronald B. Cate '54
Wildrose, Wisconsin

Dr. John E. Cribbet '40, H'71
Urbana, Illinois

Rev. David P. Dees '49
Bloomington, Illinois

Dr. Robert S. Eckley H '88
Bloomington, Illinois

William M. Goebel
Bloomington, Illinois

John Goldrick
Bloomington, Illinois

Craig C. Hart
Hudson, Illinois

E. Hugh Henning H'94
Bloomington, Illinois

J. Richard Hull '55
Sarasota, Florida

Rev. Dr. John E. Jordan '57
Urbana, Illinois

Parker Kemp
Bloomington, Illinois

Garry D. Kinder '55
Dallas, Texas

The Hon. John W. Maitland
Bloomington, Illinois

Dr. Robert E. Meeker '52
Tucson, Arizona

Davis U. Merwin H'91
Bloomington, Illinois

Dominick Monge '40
Fairfield, Illinois

Robert M. Reardon, M.D. H'02
Bloomington, Illinois

Sidney G. Smith, M.D. '60
Carbondale, Illinois

John C. Stutzman, M.D. '54
Normal, Illinois

Anne Colwell Tryon
Frankfort, Michigan

Martha Coolidge Wetzel '52
South Pasadena, California