Elon University: New board of
trustees members elected
Three new trustees were elected at Elon University, and a current
trustee was elected as trustee emeritus during the board of
trustee's spring meeting March 11-12. Details...
Jeanne Swanner Robertson, Burlington, and Mittie C.
Landi, Mebane will begin four-year terms on the board June 1,
2003.
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a nationally known professional speaker and humorist, Robertson
averages about 100 presentations to corporations and associations
around the world each year. She stresses how a sense of humor can
be an integral part of one’s strategy for success. Robertson has
been recognized by her peers with every top honor and designation
in her profession including the Certified Speaking Professional
designation in 1980 and induction into the Speaker Hall of Fame in
1981. The North Carolina Press Association named Robertson its
2001 North Carolinian of the Year for "her popularity on the
speaking circuit, her award-winning ways, and her representation
of North Carolina." A former Miss North Carolina and Miss
Congeniality in the Miss America pageant, she served as president
of the National Speakers Association in 1985. A 1967 graduate of
Auburn University and native of Graham, N.C., Robertson has
written three books on humor. Robertson and her husband Jerry are
long-time supporters of Elon's athletics programs and the Elon
Athletics Foundation and recently made a major gift to fund
construction of Dr. Alan and Norma White Field at the new Belk
Track complex. The Robertsons' son, Bailey "Beaver" Bowline, is a
1989 Elon graduate.
Landi, a 1996 Elon graduate, was first elected to the board last
November to fill the remainder of an unexpired term. She
previously served two terms on the Elon University Board of
Visitors beginning in 1988. Landi is an active community and
church volunteer and has served in many capacities at the Church
of the Holy Comforter in Burlington. She served as president of
the Episcopal Church Women for the Episcopal Diocese of North
Carolina and was also president of the Alamance County Service
League. She was president of the alumni association of St. Mary's
School in Raleigh and is also a board member of the Alamance
County Historical Museum. She and her husband John created the
Mittie C. Landi Endowed Scholarship for outstanding English majors
in 1997. They also helped fund construction of Rhodes Stadium.
Elected to the board of trustees as a youth trustee was Katie M.
Gosselin, an international studies and Spanish major from
Cheshire, Conn. Gosselin has held several leadership positions in
Elon student government, the North Carolina World Trade
Association and Alpha Omicron Pi sorority. She has presented
research at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research and
studied abroad in Ecuador, Costa Rica and Uruguay. She is a member
of Omicron Delta Kappa, the national leadership fraternity; Sigma
Iota Rho, the national international studies fraternity; Pi Sigma
Alpha, the national political science fraternity; and Order of
Omega, a national Greek organization. Gosselin will graduate in
May and begin her two-year term on the board June 1.
Trustee Edmund R. Gant, Burlington, N.C., was elected trustee
emeritus. Gant, who retired as chairman of Glen Raven, Inc. in
1995, has been an Elon trustee since 1993. He served as chairman
of the major gifts committee for the Campaign for the Elon Vision
and has been a generous donor and active supporter of the
University for many years.
Dan Anderson, Staff 3/12/2003
Elon University
Campus Box 2700
Elon, NC 27244 (800) 334-8448
E-mail: web@elon.edu
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