Board of Trustees

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Serving WMU since 1964

Western Michigan University respects and celebrates the contributions of our fiduciary leaders and their distinguished role in transforming our institution. The first Board was established in 1964 and has continued to endow generations of passion driven commitment to overseeing WMU’s success as a world class educational institution. 

All past Board members are featured below in chronological order as they were appointed. 

Board of Trustees
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5219 USA
(269) 387-2360

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Dwight L. Stocker

Term Served: 1964-1967. Kalamazoo, MI
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Alfred B. Connable

Term Served: 1964-1967. Kalamazoo, MI
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Dorothy U. Dalton

Term Served: 1964-1971.
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Phillip N. Watterson

Term Served: 1964-1974.
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John R. Dykema

Term Served: 1964-1980. Egelston, MI
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Julius Franks, Jr.

Term Served: 1964-1982. Macon, GA
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Mildred L. Johnson

Term Served: 1964-1982. Muskegon, MI
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Fred W. Adams

Term Served: 1964-1987. Grosse Pointe, MI
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Charles H. Ludlow

Term Served: 1967-1987. Detroit, MI
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Robert Caine

Term Served: 1968-1984. Hickory Corners, MI
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Maury E. Reed

Term Served: 1972-1989.
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J. Michael Kemp

Term Served: 1975-1982. St. Charles, IL
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Alfred L. Edwards

Term Served: 1981-1997. Ann Arbor, MI
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Gayl F. Werme

Term Served: 1982-1984. Keene, NH
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Carol Waszkiewicz

Term Served: 1983-1990. Kalamazoo, MI
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Geneva J. Williams

Term Served: 1983-1990. Neptune, NJ
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Barry L. Howard

Term Served: 1985-1989.
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Winifred D. Fraser

Term Served: 1985-1992. Northfield, MI
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James S. Brady

Term Served: 1987-1995. Grand Rapids, MI
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Richard Y. St. John

Term Served: 1987-2002. Kalamazoo, MI
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Lana L. Boldi

Term Served: 1989-1996. Kentwood, MI
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George A. Franklin

Term Served: 1989-2001.
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Roy S. Roberts

Term Served: 1991-1993. Magnolia, AR
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Richard G. Haworth

Term Served: 1991-2001. Holland, MI
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Joan H. Krause

Term Served: 1993-2001.
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Lori B. Waddles

Term Served: 1993-2001. Detroit, MI
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Richard F. Chormann

Term Served: 1995-2002.
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William W. Carmody

Term Served: 1995-2000.
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Daniel W. Pero

Term Served: 1997, 2001-2009. Diamondale, MI
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Birgit L. Klohs

Term Served: 1997-2005. Koblenz, Germany
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Vernice B. Anthony

Term Served: 2001-2005. Detroit, MI
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Peter L. Aseritis

Term Served: 2001-2006. Williamsburg, MI
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Sarah L. DeNooyer

Term Served: 2001-2009. Kalamazoo, MI
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James P. Holden

Term Served: 2002-2006.
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Kenneth M. Miller

Term Served: 2002-2018. Kalamazoo, MI
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William Martin

Term Served: 2004-2012.
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Dennis W. Archer

Term Served: 2005-2012. Detroit, MI
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Larry F. Tolbert

Term Served: 2005-2012. Kalamazoo, MI
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Jeanne Carlson

Term Served: 2007-2014. Novi, MI
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William D. Johnston

Term Served: 2007-2022. Portage, MI
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James F. Hettinger

Term Served: 2009- 2016. Fennville, MI
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Dana Debel

Term Served: 2011-2017. Ann Arbor, MI
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Ronald Hall Sr.

Term Served: 2012-2016. Detroit, MI
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Michelle Crumm

Term Served: 2014- 2016. Ann Arbor, MI
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Mary Asmonga-Knapp

Term Served: 2009-2016. Battle Creek, MI
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James B. Bolger

Term Served: 2014- 2020. Whitehall, MI
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Jeffrey Rinvelt

Term Served: 2015-2022. Ann Arbor, MI
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William Pickard

Term Served: 2016-2018. La Grange, GA
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Ron Kitchens

Term Served: 2016-2021. Portage, MI
Shani Penn

Shani Penn

Term Served: 2016-2023. Detroit, MI
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David B. Behen

Term Served: 2018-2020. Ann Arbor, MI
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Betty Kocher

Served as Secretary to the WMU Board of Trustees for 35 years. (1980-2015)