Connecticut College Board of Trustees Gains Six New Members, Approves Budget.

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NEW LONDON, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 25, 2004

Six new trustees were elected to the Connecticut College Board of Trustees at its quarterly meeting May 28-29.

"This is an outstanding group of new trustees, who bring to the college broad experience in a variety of fields and enterprises, including the performing arts, business, environmental studies and education," said Connecticut College President Norman Fainstein.

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

-- Ted Chapin of New York, a 1972 graduate of the college. Chapin

is president and executive producer of The Rodgers &

Hammerstein Organization, which controls performance rights to

the Rodgers and Hammerstein music. His 2003 book, Everything

Was Possible: The Birth of the Musical Follies, is based on

his experience as a production assistant on Broadway shows;

-- Christopher Clouet, New London Superintendent of Schools, was

elected to a one-year term as the college's municipal trustee,

a position reserved under the college's bylaws for an elected

or appointed official in the City of New London.

-- Linda J. Lear of Bethesda, Md., a 1962 graduate of the

college. Lear is a research professor of environmental history

at George Washington University and the author of several

books, including Rachel Carson: Witness of Nature, a biography

of the renowned environmentalist.

-- Ted Romanow of Weston, Mass., a 1976 graduate of the college.

He is president of Romanow Container, a manufacturer of

corrugated and solid fiber boxes. He served as a board member

of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts for 10 years.

-- Franklin Tuitt of Randolph, Mass., a 1987 graduate of the

college. Tuitt earned a doctorate in education at Harvard

University and is now a Cabot Post-doctoral Research Fellow at

Harvard's Bok Center for Teaching and Learning. He is

co-editor and contributing author of the book Race in Higher

Education: Rethinking Pedagogy in Diverse Classrooms.

-- James Paul Rogers of Sag Harbor, N.Y., a member of the Class

of 2004. Rogers was elected to a three-year term as a Young

Alumni Trustee. During his four years at CC, Rogers held

several leadership positions, including housefellow; news

editor of the student newspaper The Voice; and co-founding

editor of Expose, an academic journal.

Two current trustees, Ann Werner Johnson of New York City and Dale Chakarian Turza of Bethesda, Md., were re-elected to the Board for additional four-year terms. Johnson, a 1968 graduate, is president of Ann Johnson Interiors Inc., a residential interior design firm. Turza is a partner with the law firm of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP in Washington, D.C.

In other business, the Trustees unanimously approved a $91.9 million balanced operating budget for 2004-05, an increase of 3.7 percent over last year. The budget includes increased funding for financial aid, restoration and renovation of campus buildings and faculty salaries as well as larger allocations for study away programs and student internships.