Trustees

The Lawrence University Board of Trustees is the governing body of the college. As of the winter 2013 meeting the board includes 27 members. The current board chair is Terry Franke '68.

The Lawrence University Board of Trustees meets three times during the academic year in the fall, winter and spring. 

Officers of the Corporation

  • J. Terrence Franke, chair
  • William O. Hochkammer, vice chair
  • Susan Stillman Kane, secretary
  • Brian Riste, treasurer

Committees of the Board of Trustees

Trustees

Kurt H. Albertine '75
Professor, University of Utah School of Medicine

Edith G. Andrew

Robert A. Anker '64
Retired

Jill Beck (ex-officio)
President

Peter R. Betzer '64
CEO Business Development Group
St. Petersburg Downtown Partnership, Inc.

Retired Professor of Marine Science
University of South Florida

David C. Blowers '82
President and CEO, Personal Financial Services - East Region, The Northern Trust Company

Renee Goral Boldt '85
Community Volunteer

Robert C. Buchanan '62
Retired

Louis B. Butler, Jr. '73
Partner, Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan LLP

Michael P. Cisler '78

Joanna L. de Plas '94
Supervisory Manager (foreign financial institution), Federal Reserve Bank of New York

John H. Ellerman '58
Retired

Susan Feith
Vice Chair, Mead Witter Foundation, Inc.

J. Terrence Franke '68
Senior Consultant, Productive Strategies, Inc.

William O. Hochkammer '66
Attorney/Partner, Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn, LLP

Lan Huang '93
CEO, Beyond ML Groups, Inc.

Susan Stillman Kane '72
Community Volunteer

David N. Knapp '89
Senior Vice President & Managing Director, The Northern Trust Company

Peter M. Musser '78
Principal, Rainier Investment Management

Scott D. Myers '79
Executive Director, World Sport Chicago

Overton B. Parrish, Jr. '55
President and Chief Executive Officer, Phoenix Health Care, Inc.

Dwight A. Peterson '55
Retired Vice President and Treasurer, 3M Company

Charles D. Saunders '84
CFA, NorthRoad Capital Management LLC

Robert J. Schaupp '51
President, P & S Investment Company, Inc.

Dale R. Schuh '70
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Sentry Insurance

Charlot Nelson Singleton '67
Educator, Menlo Park City School District

KK Tse '81
Independent Director

Stephanie H. Vrabec '80
Associate Instructor Environmental Science, University of Wisconsin Colleges-Fox Valley

Emeriti Trustees

Oscar C. Boldt
Chairman/Contractor, The Boldt Group, Inc.

Margaret Carroll '61
Retired

James D. Ericson
Chairman, Northwestern Mutual

James L. Fetterly '58
Of Counsel, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, LLP

Richard L. Gunderson
Retired

Fred Herbolzheimer, Jr.
Retired Senior Vice President and Director, Hammermill Paper Company
Retired President, Thilmany Pulp & Paper Company

Catheryn E. Hoehn '64
Counseling Consultant, Troy High School

Margaret Banta Humleker '41
Former Director, Banta Company
Former Board Member, Banta Coporation Foundation

J. Thomas Hurvis '60
President/CEO, Old World Industries, Inc.

Harold E. Jordan '72

Kim Hiett Jordan '58

Thomas C. Kayser '58
Attorney/Partner, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P.

Marjorie Harkins Kiewit '43
Retired

Herbert V. Kohler, Jr.
Chairman & CEO, Kohler Company

Donald S. Koskinen '50
Retired

Harry M. Jansen Kraemer, Jr. '77
Executive Partner, Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC

Lewis C. Lofgren
Chief Executive Officer, ADE, Inc.

John A. Luke, Jr. '71
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, MeadWestvaco Corporation

George W. Mead II
Chairman, Mead Witter Foundation, Inc.

Marion Chester Read
Retired

Jeffrey D. Riester '70
Attorney, Manager Appleton Office, Godfrey & Kahn, S.C.

Nancy Scarff
Trustee, Stephen Edward Scarff Memorial Foundation

Mary B. Sensenbrenner

Mowry Smith
Retired

Cynthia Stiehl '89
Singer

Priscilla Peterson Weaver '69
Attorney, Shepherdess, Mayer Brown