2009-10 Foundation Board of Directors

Officers

Thomas A. Orchard '75
Chair, Foundation Board of Directors
2002-2012
Thomas Orchard is senior vice president, Investments, for UBS Wealth Management in Columbus, a senior portfolio manager in the UBS Portfolio Management Program and a Certified Financial Planner (CFP). He received a bachelor's degree in business from BGSU in 1975. He is a member of the National Campaign Steering Committee, the College of Arts & Sciences Advocates Board and the BGSU Presidents Club. He is married to Martha Anne (Zink) Orchard, a 1973 BGSU graduate. They have one daughter and reside in Westerville, Ohio.

Patrick L. Ryan '74
Immediate Past Chair, Foundation Board of Directors
1999-2010
Patrick Ryan is president of The PDR Group, a private investment company, and president of The PDR Foundation, a private charitable foundation. He received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from BGSU in 1974 and an MBA from Indiana University in 1980. He also is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Ohio. He served on the Campaign Planning Task Force, and is currently a member, along with his wife, Debra (Scheetz) ’74 of the National Campaign Steering Committee. They established an endowed professorship in biology and are also members of the Presidents Club and Falcon Club. They reside in Wadsworth, Ohio.

Everett E. Gallagher '83
Chair Elect, Foundation Board of Directors
2002-2012
Everett Gallagher is vice president and treasurer for Abercrombie and Fitch in New Albany, Ohio. Former senior vice president, Enterprise Tax and Risk Management, for Wendy’s International, he was a also partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Columbus. As a student, he served as president of the Undergraduate Student Government. He graduated summa cum laude from BGSU with a bachelor’s degree in business in1983. He has an endowed scholarship fund in the College of Business Administration. Gallagher serves on the Financial Advisory Committee for the Columbus Foundation and on the Board of Directors for the Ohio Chamber of Commerce. He and his wife, Rebecca, reside in New Albany, Ohio.

Theresa Popp Braun '80, '85
Treasurer, Foundation Board of Directors
2004-2010
Theresa Braun is president of Belvedere Investments, LLC. She received a bachelor’s degree in education in 1980 and a master's degree in college student personnel in 1985, both from BGSU. She has served on the board of directors of the Christ Lutheran Children's Center and the Sylvania Metro Amateur Hockey League, was a trustee for Maumee Valley Country Day School and was the national co-chair of The Phillips Exeter Academy Annual Giving Parent Fund. She co-founded the BGSU Carolinas Alumni Chapter and has served on the BGSU Alumni Advisory Committee and BGSU Presidents Club Advisory Committee. She and her husband, Ray '80, are members of the BGSU Presidents Club and reside in Holland, Ohio, with their two children.

Members

John Bachey '70, '71
2009-2012
John Bachey is vice president of O-I, Inc., a Fortune 500 company that specializes in container glass products. Bachey received a bachelor’s degree in economics in 1970 and an MBA in 1971, both from BGSU. He serves as a member of the BGSU Foundation Board and on the Board of Directors of Central Catholic High School, St. Luke's Hospital and The Northwest Ohio Scholarship Foundation. He and his wife, Elaine ’70, are members of the Presidents Club and the 500 Club. They reside in Rossford, Ohio.

Peter G. Bahner ‘85
2007-2010
Peter G. Bahner is managing director for the State of Michigan for Prudential Financial. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in political science from BGSU in 1985. He also holds three graduate certificates from the American College. As members of the Presidents Club, he and his wife Donna established the Peter G. Bahner Scholarship Fund. They reside in Rochester Hills, Michigan, with their two children, Peter Louis and Alexandra.

David A. Bryan
2007-2010
David A. Bryan is a partner with the Toledo law firm of Wasserman, Bryan, Landry & Honold. Prior to starting his legal career, he taught in the Toledo Public Schools. He received his bachelor’s degree in 1969 from Muskingum College and his juris doctor degree from the University of Toledo in 1976. Bryan served on the BGSU Board of Trustees from 1992 to 2003 and has served on the Advocates Board for the College of Arts and Sciences. He is currently associated with the BGSU School of Art as the president of the Medici Circle. He has been an active volunteer with Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Northwest Ohio and received its HERO Award in the Business and Labor category. He also is a former director of Mid American National Bank and Trust Co., as well as the holding company for Sky Bank, Sky Financial Group Inc. He and his wife, Myrna, who are members of the BGSU Presidents Club, reside in Perrysburg, Ohio.

Michael A. Carroll '92
2009-2012
Michael A. Carroll is chief executive officer and president of Centro Properties Group US. Centro is one of the largest retail property specialists with a focus on the ownership and management of community and neighborhood shopping centers and malls in the United States. He received a bachelor’s degree in business administration in 1992 from BGSU and an MBA from the University of Toledo in 1994. Carroll and his wife, Alena, have established a scholarship at BGSU. They are the parents of two children and reside in New York City.

Carol A. Cartwright
University President
Carol A. Cartwright was appointed President at BGSU January 6, 2009. Her distinguished career includes innovative teaching, pioneering research and national leadership. From 1991 to 2006, she served as the 10th president of Kent State University. Upon her retirement in June 2006, she was awarded the title President Emeritus. She has held numerous leadership roles in various higher education associations. She currently serves on the boards of directors of the American Association of Colleges and Universities and National Public Radio and is a member of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics. She was named to the Ohio Women’s Hall of Fame and earned Distinguished Alumni Awards from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, where she earned her bachelor’s degree, and the University of Pittsburgh, where she earned master’s and doctoral degrees. Prior to her career at Kent State, she was vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of California at Davis and dean for undergraduate programs and a vice provost at the Pennsylvania State University.

Robert B. Clasen '66, '69
2009-2012
Robert B. Clasen is chairman and chief executive officer of Starz, LLC, which produces and distributes motion pictures and television programming worldwide on multiple platforms, including the Starz and Encore premium channels. He joined Starz Entertainment in September of 2003 as president of sales and marketing. He was promoted to president and chief operating officer in June of 2004, and to president and CEO in November of 2004. Clasen has held key positions in the media industry and has been nationally recognized for his outstanding leadership from a variety of organizations and publications. Television Week magazine selected him as one of the “12 to Watch” in the television industry for 2005. Clasen received a bachelor of science in education (1966) and a master of arts degree in counseling psychology (1969) from BGSU. He is a member of the Presidents Club and a former member of the BGSU Alumni Association Board of Directors, He lives in Denver with his wife, Liane, and his youngest son, Michael.

David J. Cox '70, '71
Chair, Finance Committee, Foundation Board of Directors
2007-2010
David J. Cox is a retired partner with Ernst & Young. He spent 35 years providing consulting services to the health care industry. He received a bachelor's degree in accounting in 1970 and an MBA in 1971, both from BGSU. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity, Interfraternity Council, Antaeans, Beta Alpha Psi and ROTC. He and his wife, Carol, who are members of the BGSU Presidents Club, established the Dave and Carol Cox Scholarship in Accounting. They reside in Tampa, Florida, where they raised their daughter, Nikki.

André A. Craig '79
2008-2011
André Craig is an attorney with Progressive Insurance Company, specializing in personal injury litigation. He has been with the auto insurance company for more than 16 years and currently manages 10 law practices for Progressive. He is a member of the Ohio State and Cleveland Bar Associations. Prior to joining Progressive Insurance Company, he was an assistant city prosecutor in Cleveland and served for three years on the city’s Task Force on Domestic Violence. He graduated in 1979 from BGSU with a bachelor’s degree in political science/pre-law, and received a juris doctor degree in 1982 from Case Western Reserve School of Law. He and his wife, Muriel, reside in Cleveland Heights, Ohio.

Marilyn Z. Fox '71
2008-2011
Marilyn Fox, along with husband Tom, are the former owners of J-F Enterprises Inc. of Perrysburg, Ohio. They sold the company in November 2006 to Armada Oil & Gas Company of Detroit, Michigan, a British Petroleum (BP) owned company. She earned a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from BGSU in 1971. Prior to her involvement with the company, she was a teacher for 18 years. Long-time supporters of BGSU, she and her husband, established the Barney’s Convenient Mart Fund and are members of Presidents Club and Falcon Club. She is executive director of the Mazie Foundation, which helps support Bethany House and other domestic violence shelters. She also supports Goodwill Industries of Greater Toledo. She is a member of the Center for Family Business at the University of Toledo, and serves on the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) Board of Directors and the Women's Entrepreneurial Network Board of Action Committee. Two of her children are BGSU graduates, and one son is currently a student and member of the BGSU Band. She and her husband, Tom, reside in Maumee, Ohio.

Allen A. Green
2008-2011
Allen Green is the owner of A.A. Green Realty Inc. in Bowling Green, Ohio. He also owns Allen A. Green Builder & Developer Inc., and Park View Mobile Homes Inc. in Bowling Green, Ohio. He was a teacher from 1968-1976 in Bowling Green, Paulding and North Baltimore, Ohio. After teaching high school science and vocational agriculture for seven years Green started his real estate career. He founded A. A. Green Realty, Inc. in 1975. He earned a bachelor’s degree in agricultural education in 1964 from Ohio State University. He is a member of the Presidents Club and Falcon Club. Two of his children, Michelle Green Remeis ’92, and Steven ’90 are BGSU alumni. Green has been active in the BGSU community for many years. In addition to his long-standing commitment to Falcon Club and Falcon athletics, Green and his family have recently established four new scholarships. He serves on the Board of Directors for the Bowling Green Community Foundation and the Maumee Valley Country Day School. He and his wife, Mary, reside in Bowling Green, Ohio.

Dorothy Hansen ’62, ’69
2007-2010
Dorothy “Dottie” Hansen has been associated with BGSU since 1958 when she came to the University to major in music. She earned a bachelor of music education degree in 1962 and a master's degree in music in 1969. She and her husband, DuWayne, a former faculty member in the College of Musical Arts and chair of the Department of Music Education, are members of the College Dean’s Council and the Arts Advocates Board. In 2001 they created the Hansen Musical Arts Series, which brings to campus important people in the musical arts. The programs are open to BGSU students and faculty and the greater Bowling Green community. The Hansens reside in Akron, Ohio.

Peggie J. Hollingsworth '71
2009-2012
Peggie J. Hollingsworth-Smith is an emerita member of the research faculty at the University of Michigan. She serves as an associate broker at Edward Surovell Realtors firm in Ann Arbor, Mich., and is active in community affairs. She received her master’s degree in molecular biology from Bowling Green State University (BGSU) and her Ph.D. in toxicology from the University of Michigan (UM). She was the second woman and the only African American woman ever to serve as chair of the UM Faculty Senate. Hollingsworth is the author of numerous articles, book chapters and proceedings abstracts. She is a former member of the BGSU Alumni Association Board of Directors and received the Accomplished Graduate Award from the BGSU Graduate College in 1994 in addition to many other awards.

Kathryn Hoops '80
2004-2010
Kathryn Hoops is vice president and director of Tax, Internal Audit and Risk Management for HCR ManorCare Inc. in Toledo, Ohio. Previously, she was managing partner of the Toledo office of Arthur Andersen, the firm she joined upon receiving her bachelor’s degree in accounting in 1980 from BGSU. She is a member of the American Institute of CPAs, Tax Executives Institute and the Institute of Internal Auditors. She also serves as a director on the boards of Signature Bank, N.A. and North American Science Associates Inc. Hoops is a past director of the BGSU Alumni Association. She and her husband, Tony, have three children and reside in Perrysburg Township, Ohio.

Don D. Irwin ’58
2007-2010
Don D. Irwin spent a 33-year career in oil and gas exploration and retired in 1998 as vice president and chief geologist of Texaco International Exploration. He graduated from Bowling Green with a bachelor's degree in geology (1958) followed by a master's degree in geology from the University of Nebraska. He then served several years as an Air Force officer and is a Vietnam veteran. Irwin received BGSU's Accomplished Graduate Award in 1998, and the Distinguished Alumni Award from BG's Geology Department in 2003. Mr. Irwin served on the BGSU Alumni Association Board of Directors from 2003-06. He and his wife Frederica are Presidents Club members and have created the Don and Frederica (Lay) Irwin Scholarship for students studying to be science teachers and the Don and Frederica Irwin Alumni Laureate Scholarship. They reside in Arden, North Carolina.

Bernard L. Karr '69
2008-2011
Bernard Karr has been with the law firm of McDonald Hopkins LLC since January 1978 and is the department manager for the firm's estate planning and probate practice. He received his bachelor's degree in education from BGSU in 1969 and his juris doctor degree with honors from The Ohio State University College of Law in 1973. He received his LL.M. in taxation degree from New York University School of Law in 1978. A Fellow of the American College of Trust & Estate Council, he is listed in Best Lawyers in America, Ohio Super Lawyers, Swathmore's Who's Who and Northern Ohio Live's Ohio's Top Lawyers. Karr is a director of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland and a director of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Cleveland, as well as chairman of the Fred E. Scholl Charitable Foundation. He and his wife, Nancy (Fett) Karr, a 1970 BGSU graduate, reside in Shaker Heights, Ohio.

Daniel Keller
2009-2012
Daniel Keller is president of Kellco Investment LTD, a private investment company specializing in venture capital and private equity investments. He retired from Cedar Fair, L.P., where he was vice president and general manager for Cedar Point in Sandusky. He previously served in the same capacity at Cedar Point’s Kansas City, Mo., amusement park. Keller received a bachelor’s degree in accounting (1972) and a master’s degree in business administration (1979), both from BGSU. He is a member of the Presidents Club and a former member of the BGSU Alumni Association Board of Directors. He is active on numerous boards of directors and community organizations. He and his wife, Laura (Chuhay) Keller ’72, ’77, reside in Huron, Ohio. They have three sons.

Michael E. Kuhlin '68
Chair, Stewardship Committee, Foundation Board of Directors
2006-2012
Michael E. Kuhlin retired from SBC/Ameritech in Chicago, where he was senior director for corporate relations. Since retiring, he has been a consultant to companies for marketing and communications, and to nonprofits for fund-raising initiatives. Kuhlin received a bachelor’s degree in journalism/public relations from BGSU in 1968. As a student, he was a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity and Omicron Delta Kappa. He received the BGSU Distinguished Service Award and was Outstanding Greek Man. Following graduation, he worked at BGSU for three years in the Office of the Dean of Students and the Office of Career Planning & Placement Services. He and his wife, Sara, are members of the BGSU Presidents Club and reside in Owensboro, Kentucky.

Marcia Sloan Latta '83, '93, CFRE
Interim president, BGSU Foundation Inc.
Marcia Sloan Latta most recently served as campaign director for “Building Dreams: The Centennial Campaign for BGSU,” the University’s recent $120 million campaign, resulting in more than $146.5 million raised. During her tenure she has been responsible for leading a team that has more than tripled the amount raised annually. She has received numerous awards from CASE, Women In Communications, and was recognized as one of Northwest Ohio’s Top 20 Leaders Under the Age of 40 in 1999. In 2002 she presented in Moscow, Russia at IREX’s symposium for university presidents from the former Soviet bloc countries. Latta is a faculty chair for CASE, and frequent presenter for AFP, AGB, and for many non-profit boards.

J. Michael McGuire '82
2004-2010
J. Michael McGuire is the managing partner of the four offices that comprise Grant Thornton’s Carolinas Practice (Charlotte, Raleigh and Greensboro, N.C. and Columbia, S.C.). He has spent the last 26 years serving the needs of rapidly growing businesses throughout the Carolinas. McGuire is a frequent speaker on topics such as entrepreneurship and leadership. He received his bachelor’s degree in accounting and management information systems from BGSU in 1982. McGuire is active within the Charlotte community, currently serving on the University of North Carolina at Charlotte Business Advisory Council (BAC) a board member of the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce as well as the North Carolina Chamber. He is also on the Board of Directors for the United Way of Central Carolinas, Brain Tumor Fund for the Carolinas, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Foundation, UNC-Charlotte-Belk College of Business Advisory Board and is the chairman of the board for Athletes United for Youth. He and his wife, Melissa, reside in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Bruce K. Misamore '72, '73
Chair, Investment Committee, Foundation Board of Directors
2006-2012
Bruce K. Misamore is the former chief financial officer at the then-largest Russian oil company, YUKOS Oil Company in Moscow. Before YUKOS, he was senior vice president of finance and treasurer for PennzEnergy Company and vice president and treasurer of Pennzoil Company. He also was a financial manager at Marathon Oil Company for many years. From 1972-74, Misamore was a graduate assistant and instructor of finance at BGSU. He earned his bachelor's degree in finance in 1972 and an MBA in 1973, both from BGSU. He was recognized as one of Toledo's 10 Outstanding Young Men in 1975 and was listed in the 1978 edition of Outstanding Young Men of America. He is a member of Financial Executives International, the BGSU National Campaign Steering Committee, BGSU's Presidents Club and the Dean's Council of the College of Business Administration. In 2004, he was recognized as an Accomplished Graduate of the BGSU College of Business Administration. He and his wife, Janet, reside in Houston, Texas.

Hiroko Nakamoto '54, '92
2004-2010
Hiroko Nakamoto is founder/owner and president/CEO of Hiroko Nakamoto Inc. of Tokyo, Japan. She is also the company’s lead interior designer and decorator. She earned her bachelor’s degree in fine art from BGSU in 1954 and studied interior design at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, N.Y., as well as in San Francisco, Paris, Italy, Egypt and Beirut. BGSU also awarded her an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts in 1992 and the Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1973. She authored a book in 1970 called My Japan. She has established the Hiroko Nakamoto Japanese Studies Scholarship and the Japanese Tea Room on campus. Nakamoto resides in Tokyo, Japan, and Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

George Edwin Phillips '61
2004-2010
Ed Phillips is chairman of the board for Phillips Companies, which includes Phillips Sand & Gravel, Phillips Ready Mix and DRECO. He served as corporation president from 1961-2001. He received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from BGSU in 1961. He has been active in numerous professional, fraternal and community organizations, including past president of the Ohio Ready Mixed Concrete Association and Greene County YMCA. He also is a past member of the BGSU Alumni Association Board of Directors, and is a member of the Presidents Club, Falcon Club and Varsity BG Club. A member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity, Phillips was inducted into Omicron Delta Kappa, the national honorary fraternity, and was named a BGSU Silver Letterman’s Award winner by the BGSU Athletic Department. He and his wife, Diane (Kitzerow) Phillips, who attended BGSU for one year, reside in Beavercreek, Ohio. They have four children and 12 grandchildren.

Geoffrey Radbill '68
Chair, Development Committee, Foundation Board of Directors
2005-2011
Geoffrey Radbill retired in 2004 as senior vice president of AXA-Equitable, where he was the chief operating officer for Retail Distribution. He earned a bachelor's degree in finance from BGSU in 1968. In addition to his involvement with the BGSU Foundation, he is a member of the finance department's advisory board, active as an executive-in-residence for the finance and management departments, a member of BGSU’s Presidents Club Advisory Council and a volunteer with the Office of Admissions working to increase freshman enrollment from the New York City metropolitan area. Radbill was honored as a BGSU Accomplished Graduate in 2006. He is also active in fund-raising and client service consulting for the New York City Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. He and his wife, Linda, live in Long Beach, New York, and New York City.

Gerald I. Rader '54
2004-2010
Gerald Rader retired in 1986 from Marathon Oil Co., Findlay, Ohio, where he was responsible for worldwide tax compliance and planning. He received a bachelor’s degree in accounting from BGSU in 1954. He is involved in the Findlay community, including past president of Findlay Exchange Club; a member of Findlay Country Club; president and treasurer of Faith Presbyterian Church and past Falcon Club Advisory Board member. He spends his summers in Northern Michigan where he is a member of Indian River Golf Club and continues to be very active in the financial matters of the Club. He and his wife, Nancy (Metcalf) Rader, a 1955 BGSU graduate, reside in Findlay, Ohio. They have three children, two of whom are also BGSU graduates.

Hugh S. Smith, Jr. '53
2008-2011
Hugh Smith is chairman of the executive committee of the UCLA Center On Aging. He received his bachelor’s degree in business administration from BGSU in 1953 and graduated in 1965 from Pacific Coast Banking School, University Of Washington. He served in the United States Air Force from 1954-1958, where he was discharged as a captain. He organized Western Bank in Los Angeles and served as chairman of the board and chief executive officer from 1973 to 1996. Western Bank was sold in 1996 and he served as chairman of the successor bank holding company until he retired in 1999. Smith and his wife, Barbara, reside in Los Angeles, California, where he enjoys golfing, skiing and spending time with their six grandchildren.

Jacien Steele '77
2005-2012
Jacien Steele is a partner with Deloitte Tax LLP. He currently serves as a senior lead tax partner for a number of significant corporate tax clients in the southeast as well as serving as advisory tax partner to four of the firm’s largest clients nationally. He has held prior leadership roles as the national managing partner for Strategic Client Tax Services and the Americas tax leader for the Global Strategic Client practice. He is a member of the American Institute of CPAs and the Georgia and Ohio Societies of CPAs. He is a member of the BGSU Presidents Club and has served on the Dean's Advisory Council to the College of Business Administration. He earned his bachelor's degree in business administration in 1977, majoring in accounting and finance. His civic activities include serving as the past chairman of the board of CHRIS Kids and as a board member of The Sheltering Arms of Atlanta. He is a graduate of Leadership Atlanta and a member of the Alexis de Tocqueville Society of the United Way and the Board of Governors of the 191 Club. He and his wife, Laura, and their two children reside in Atlanta.

Gregory D. Thatch '71
2008-2011
Greg Thatch ’71 is an attorney in private practice at the Gregory D. Thatch Law Office in Sacramento, California. He was previously a lecturer in business law at California State University-Sacramento from 1974-84, where he also served as executive assistant to the President from 1974-1977. Thatch started his law practice in 1977 and now also maintains an office in Washington, D.C. He earned a bachelor’s degree in social studies education in 1971 from BGSU and a juris doctor degree in 1974 from Case Western Reserve University. He is a member of the Sacramento County Bar Association, the State Bar of California, the State Bar of the District of Columbia and the American Bar Association. He is a Presidents Club member, Falcon Club member and served on the Alumni Association Board from 2000-04. As a student, he was very active, including Undergraduate Student Government President in 1969 and a member of Omicron Delta Kappa, Lambda Alpha, Moot Court Board and Sigma Alpha Epsilon. He is very active in his local community and served as chairman (1992-1998), member (1990-2001), and director (2002-present) for the Community Colleges Foundation Board of Directors. He also was a past president and member of the Los Rios Foundation. He currently is a member of the advisory board of the University of Southern California School of Public Administration. He served as director of the California Community Colleges Foundation and helped take its endowment from $1 million to $100 million. He also sits on the advisory board of the Salvation Army and is a member of the Urban Land Institute in Washington, D.C. He resides in Carmichael, California.

Ellen Bowen Thompson
2008-2011
Ellen Bowen Thompson, received her bachelor’s degree in education in 1954, and her husband, Robert Thompson ’55, were the owners of Thompson-McCully, an asphalt paving company in Michigan before they sold it in 1999 to an Irish firm. At that time, they shared the profits with 550 of their company employees and gained national recognition for their generosity. In addition to providing for their employees, the Thompsons have been sharing their gifts to give opportunities to others. Among their gifts to BGSU was the leadership gift for the renovated Bowen-Thompson Student Union. They also serve as honorary chairmen for Building Dreams: The Centennial Campaign for BGSU and are members of the University’s National Campaign Steering Committee. In 2006, the Thompsons each were awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters degree from BGSU. They reside in Plymouth, Michigan.

Michael R. Weger '67
2006-2012
Michael Weger is president of The Weger Group and owns the Willow Creek Golf and Sports Center in Lake Orion, Michigan, north of Detroit. Previously he spent 11 years in the NFL where he was an All-Pro defensive back with the Detroit Lions (1967-75) and then with the Houston Oilers (1976-77). He earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration in 1967 from BGSU before being drafted by the Lions. As a student, he was a member of Varsity Club, A Cappella Choir, Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges and a letter winner in both football and track. In football he earned first team Mid-American Conference and Division I All American honors as a defensive back. Weger made a significant gift to the Sebo Athletic Center. He was inducted into the BGSU Athletic Hall of Fame in 1972 for football. He and his wife, Meg, and daughter live in Oxford, Michigan.

R. Max Williamson '60
Chair, Nominating Committee, Foundation Board of Directors
2005-2011
Max Williamson is the retired chairman of the board for Scottsdale Insurance Company. He served as president and chief operating officers of the company from 1995 to 2004 and has been in the insurance industry for more than 40 years. Williamson, a former president and member of the BGSU Alumni Association Board, earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration from BGSU in 1960. He also served on the boards of the Griffith Foundation for Insurance Education, Derek Hughes/NAPSLO Educational Foundation and the National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices. Williamson received the Vincent Donahue Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Association of Managing General Agents and the Spirit of Life Award from the California Insurance Council for City of Hope. He and his wife, Elizabeth, live in Scottsdale, Arizona, and Dublin, Ohio.

Emeritus Directors

Ashel Bryan '46, '86

Carroll Cheek '47, '89

William J. Lloyd, Sr. ‘48

Robert Ludwig '55

Harold McMaster (deceased)

Larry L. Miles '56

George Mylander '58, '70, '03

Ruth Frost Parker

William J. Primrose, Jr. '42

Charles Shanklin '51 (deceased)