The Eastern Michigan University Foundation Board of Trustees
has elected new officers for 2008-09. All serve as volunteers.
The new officers are:
Daniel Arbour, chair, EMU class of 1977, president and
CEO, National Archive Publishing Co.
William Morris, past chair, EMU class of 1964, president,
Monroe County Industrial Development Corp.
James Greene, vice chair, partner, Dykema
Gossett.
Maureen Thomas, vice chair, EMU class of 1981, legal,
risk management and operating consultant, Building Materials
Holding Corp.
Dave Mamuscia, treasurer, EMU classes
of 1967 and 1971, chief financial officer, consulting actuary,
Mercer H&B.
Newly elected trustees include:
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Chrzanowski |
Joseph A. Chrzanowski is executive director of dealer
network planning and investments for General Motors Corp.
Chrzanowski received his bachelor's degree in accounting
as well as his master's degree in finance from EMU, the
latter while working full-time for GM. He was appointed
finance director at the Buick Motor Division in 1992 and
has served as information officer for Sales, Service & Marketing
for North America since 1994 before moving to his current
position in 2004. He has given generously to the College
of Business, where he remains actively involved on the
Dean's Advisory Board and as a member of Alpha Kappa Psi
Professional Business Fraternity. He resides in Rochester.
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Cogar |
George L. Cogar, originally from Saline, Mich., earned
a bachelor's degree with honors in 1974 and a master's
degree in guidance and counseling from EMU in 1977. A U.S.
Marine Corps veteran, Cogar formerly was a supervisory
psychologist for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and
is currently a clinical faculty member in the Department
of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Medical University
of South Carolina in Charleston, S.C. He has made a $1
million bequest to EMU. Cogar obtained his doctorate from
the University of Michigan and did post-doctoral study
in clinical psychology and neuropsychological assessment.
Later positions included founder and general partner of
Behavioral Associates of the Carolinas, and partner and
director of Behavioral Medicine at the Carolina Spine Institute.
He resides in Charleston, S.C.
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Kurtz |
Richard D. Kurtz is chairman of the board
and CEO of Advanced Photonix, Inc., based in California.
Previously, he served as vice president of sales and marketing
for Filtertek, Inc., before joining Quantum Compliance
Systems, Inc. He received an undergraduate degree in economics
from Michigan State University before attending EMU, where
he received a master's degree in business administration
in 1981. Kurtz was actively involved on campus and was
a member of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity. He resides in Ann
Arbor.
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McClory |
Daniel J. McClory is a managing director
of Hunter Wise Financial Group, LLC, in Irvine, Calif. He
has, for the past decade, provided U.S.-European-Asian corporate
finance and advisory services. He has made a $1 million pledge
to the men's and women's track and cross country programs,
the largest gift in EMU athletics' history. McClory is a
member of the Corporate Finance Faculty of the Institute
of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales. He received
a bachelor's degree in English language at Eastern Michigan
University in 1981, and a master's degree in language and
international trade at EMU in 1982. In 1992, he was the recipient
of the Outstanding Young Alumnus Award. While attending EMU,
McClory was an Eastern Echo reporter, a men's indoor and
outdoor track letter winner, a founding member of the University
Ambassadors Society, and a three-time captain and four-year
letter winner of the school's NCAA Division I varsity cross
country team. He resides in Laguna Niguel, Calif.
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Surovell |
Edward Surovell is founder and owner
of Edward Surovell Realtors. He received his bachelor's
degree from Columbia University in New York before coming
to Ann Arbor as a graduate student in 1968. In 1982, he
opened his own real estate firm, which has grown to a renowned
company with eleven offices throughout southeastern Michigan,
employing over 250 people. Surovell has given generously
to EMU. He also serves on the EMU College of Business Merlanti Ethics Board
and resides in Ann Arbor.
Former trustees Morris, Harold Schimmelpfenneg and Paul
Tucker, Jr., were all granted emeritus
status.
University representatives for the EMU Foundation Board of Trustees for 2008-09
are: Susan Martin, EMU president; and Jaclynn
C. Tracy, department head of EMU's
Leadership & Counseling Department. James F. Stapleton represents
the EMU Board of Regents; Professor Russell Larson will represent
the EMU Faculty Council; Emeritus Professor
Thomas Gwaltney will represent the emeritus faculty; and Adam
Slingwein, EMU's
student body president, is the student representative.
The EMU Foundation is a private, nonprofit corporation that increases private
support and manages endowment assets for the benefit of Eastern Michigan University.
For more information. go to www.emufoundation.org.
