Lawrence Today magazine, Spring 2004
Three alumni began terms on the Lawrence University Board of Trustees at
its January meeting.
Robert A. Anker, ’64, Carmel, Ind., is the retired
chairman and chief executive officer of American States Insurance Company
and the immediate past
president of the American Academy of Actuaries. Former president and board
chair of the Casualty Actuarial Society, he also is a delegate to the International
Actuarial Association and president and board chair of the Actuarial Foundation.
In civic activities, he is chair-elect of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
and a trustee of the Indianapolis Art Center and the Indiana Endowment for
the Arts.
Susan Stillman Kane, ’72, Swampscott, Mass., serves
on the board of directors of the Citizens’ Scholarship Foundation (CSFM)
of Marblehead, Inc., an affiliate of the national organization, Dollars for
Scholars. In 2001 she received
the Pederson Award for distinguished service to CSFM, and in 2003 she was named
to the national honor roll of Dollars for Scholars. She also is secretary of
The Beach Club and currently is serving a three-year term as a member of the
Swampscott Town Meeting.
Jeffrey C. Ballowe, ’77, Santa Fe, New Mexico, retired
in 1997 as president of the interactive media and development group at
Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, where he was in charge of Internet publications,
ZDNet,
ZDTV, and
all development at the company. Founder and director of the Electronic
Literature Organization, a nonprofit group that promotes and facilitates
the writing, publishing, and reading of literature in electronic media, he
also serves
as a director
of VerticalNet, Inc., and
Onvia.com, Inc., and is a member of the advisory board of the Internet Capital
Group.
