Belmont Abbey Adds To Board of Trustees Eight New Members Include Alumni and Business Elite
Belmont, N.C. (October 5, 2006) -- Belmont Abbey College today announced eight new additions to its board of trustees, including a mix of alumni and business leaders from around the country, that will join the full board of 38 members for the first time at today’s quarterly meeting. They are (in alpha order):
- Sharon Folk ‘68, President and Chairperson of the Board of National Business Forms Inc. in Greenville , Tenn.
- Charles Grace , retired President of Cummins Atlantic Inc. in Charlotte , N.C. He received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letter from the College in 1986.
- Br. James Liguori, President of Iona College in New Rochelle , N.Y.
- Dr. Charles Meakin, III , Medical Director of Caromont Cancer Center in Gastonia , N.C.
- James Miller, Jr. , Chairman of Fidelity Southern Corp. in Atlanta . He previously served on the Finance Committee as a non-trustee member.
- Charles Pol ’78 , President, BT Americas, a global information technology and networked services provider
- Richard Salem ‘69 , Founder and CEO of Enable America Inc., a not-for-profit organization that assists people with disabilities.
- D. Harding Stowe , President and CEO of R.L. Stowe Mills Inc. in Belmont , N.C.
“We’re blessed to have the support of such accomplished business professionals -- exactly the type of participation we’re seeking from both alumni and friends of the college,” said Belmont Abbey College President Dr. Bill Thierfelder . “Their talent, wisdom and commitment will certainly enable us to achieve our vision of excellence and virtue so that in all things God may be glorified,” he added.
Continuously ranked one of the best comprehensive colleges in the southeast by U.S. News & World Report and The Princeton Review, Belmont Abbey College is located just 10 miles west of Charlotte , N.C, the largest city in the Carolinas . Steeped in its 130-year Catholic Benedictine heritage, this outstanding liberal arts college is home to more than 1,100 students and the first ever four-year program in motorsports business management.
Media Contact:
Colleen Brannan
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colleenbrannan@bac.edu
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