Trustees


 
The Furman University Board of Trustees is composed of 36 members plus 10 members elected to emeritus status. The group meets three times a year and provides leadership and guidance to Furman while shaping its goals, policies and practices. Trustee members are elected to serve three-year terms and are eligible to serve two successive terms. Trustees cannot succeed themselves until one year has passed.
 
Trustees Emeriti

 

University trustees play a vital role at Furman by helping to shape policy, set goals and craft strategic initiatives. The board meets three times per year, and its 36 members are among the university’s most ardent and devoted supporters.

In 1997, the board approved the title of trustee emeritus to recognize board members whose devotion, length of service and leadership has been extraordinary. Trustees Emeriti are special ambassadors and liaisons for Furman and have a profound influence on the university. Tom Hartness, who served as trustee for four decades, was the first to be elected Trustee Emeritus.

Minor Mickel, who served as the first female board chair and held the position during the separation from the South Carolina Baptist Convention, athletics and music benefactor Bill Timmons, and the great-great-great grandson of the university founder Richard Furman, Alester G. Furman III, are past trustees emeriti.

In 2009–10 there are nine Trustees Emeriti: Lloyd E. Batson, Hardy S. Clemons, Sarah Belk Gambrell, Max M. Heller, Ralph S. Hendricks, Emilyn Childs Sanders, Elizabeth Peace Stall, Mary Peace Sterling, and Charles Townes.
Trustees Emeriti Profiles

Lloyd E. Batson

 

Hardy S. Clemons

 

Sarah Belk Gambrell

  

Max M. Heller

 

Ralph S. Hendricks

 

Emilyn Childs Sanders

 

Elizabeth Peace Stall

 

Mary Peace Sterling

 

Charles Townes

 

All Trustee Profiles

Robert H. Buckman

Alfred G. Childers

C. Jordan Clark

Merl F. Code

Richard Cullen

Aubrey C. Daniels

W. Randy Eaddy

David G. Ellison

Larry D. Estridge

Angela L. Walker Franklin

P. Edwin Good, Jr.

George C. (Jack) Guynn

Sean P. Hartness

David L. Hauser

Francie M. Heller

Gordon R. Herring

Robert Hill

C. Dan Joyner


Carl F. Kohrt

John M. (Mike) McConnell

Kathleen Crum McKinney

Patrick W. McKinney

James Michael Ney

Celeste Hunt Patrick

Linton B. (Buddy) Puckett

Dudley C. Reynolds

Richard W. Riley

Leighan Roberts Rinker

R. Todd Ruppert

Frank R. Shaw

Stewart Spinks

Peace Sterling Sullivan

Lizanne Thomas

William Richardson Timmons III

Baxter Wynn

Executive Officers

David Emory Shi

Mary Lou Merkt

Nancy Spitler

Bill Berg

Tom Kazee

Connie Carson

Mike Gatchell


Staff Assistants

Cindy Alexander

Rebecca Looper

 



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