Connecticut College Board of Trustees Gains Four New Members.

NEW LONDON, Conn. -- Four new trustees were named to the Connecticut College Board of Trustees at its quarterly meeting May 20.

New trustees named to the Board, effective July 1, include:

--Laura J. Allen of Brookline, Mass., a 1981 graduate of the college. Allen is senior vice president and portfolio manager at Essex Investment Management Company LLC. Prior to joining Essex in 2002, Allen was a senior vice president and portfolio manager at Boston Private Bank and Trust Co. Previously, she worked for John Hancock Advisors Inc and served 17 years as an analyst and portfolio manager at Wellington Management Co.

--Patricia L. Eames of Delmar, N.Y., a member of the Class of 2006. Eames was elected to a three-year term as a Young Alumni Trustee. During her four years at Connecticut College, Eames served on the Student Government Association as both a house senator and chair of academic affairs. A scholar in the Toor Cummings Center for International Studies and the Liberal Arts, Eames completed a summer internship in Siena, Italy and founded the college's Italian Club. Eames majored in sociology-based human relations and Italian.

--Zoe Klein of New York, N.Y., a 1999 graduate of the college. Klein is an event and promotions consultant for various publishing and music organizations. Previously, she worked at More and Seventeen magazines. Klein is Vice President/Secretary of the Ruth & Seymour Klein Foundation, which funds initiatives in healthcare, community and the arts.

--Lynda Batter Munro of Bethany, Conn., a 1976 graduate of the college and parent of a current student. Munro is president-elect of the Alumni Association Board of Directors, which carries the position as an ex-officio trustee. Munro is a judge of the Superior Court of the State of Connecticut. She is presently on the Connecticut Bar Association Task Force on the Future of the Legal Profession.

Ranked among the most selective private liberal arts colleges in the nation, Connecticut College enrolls 1,900 men and women from 42 states and 41 countries. The college is known for putting the liberal arts into action through interdisciplinary studies, international programs, funded internships, student-faculty research and service learning. The college is located at 270 Mohegan Ave, New London, about two hours by car from Boston and New York. For more information, visit www.connecticutcollege.edu.