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. 

  • Dwight L. Stocker

    Term Served: 1964-1967. Kalamazoo, MI

  • Alfred B. Connable

    Term Served: 1964-1967. Kalamazoo, MI

  • Dorothy U. Dalton

    Term Served: 1964-1971.

  • Phillip N. Watterson

    Term Served: 1964-1974.

  • John R. Dykema

    Term Served: 1964-1980. Egelston, MI

  • Julius Franks, Jr.

    Term Served: 1964-1982. Macon, GA

  • Mildred L. Johnson

    Term Served: 1964-1982. Muskegon, MI

  • Fred W. Adams

    Term Served: 1964-1987. Grosse Pointe, MI

  • Charles H. Ludlow

    Term Served: 1967-1987. Detroit, MI

  • Robert Caine

    Term Served: 1968-1984. Hickory Corners, MI

  • Maury E. Reed

    Term Served: 1972-1989.

  • J. Michael Kemp

    Term Served: 1975-1982. St. Charles, IL

  • Alfred L. Edwards

    Term Served: 1981-1997. Ann Arbor, MI

  • Gayl F. Werme

    Term Served: 1982-1984. Keene, NH

  • Carol Waszkiewicz

    Term Served: 1983-1990. Kalamazoo, MI

  • Geneva J. Williams

    Term Served: 1983-1990. Neptune, NJ

  • Barry L. Howard

    Term Served: 1985-1989.

  • Winifred D. Fraser

    Term Served: 1985-1992. Northfield, MI

  • James S. Brady

    Term Served: 1987-1995. Grand Rapids, MI

  • Richard Y. St. John

    Term Served: 1987-2002. Kalamazoo, MI

  • Lana L. Boldi

    Term Served: 1989-1996. Kentwood, MI

  • George A. Franklin

    Term Served: 1989-2001.

  • Roy S. Roberts

    Term Served: 1991-1993. Magnolia, AR

  • Richard G. Haworth

    Term Served: 1991-2001. Holland, MI

  • Joan H. Krause

    Term Served: 1993-2001.

  • Lori B. Waddles

    Term Served: 1993-2001. Detroit, MI

  • Richard F. Chormann

    Term Served: 1995-2002.

  • William W. Carmody

    Term Served: 1995-2000.

  • Daniel W. Pero

    Term Served: 1997, 2001-2009. Diamondale, MI

  • Birgit L. Klohs

    Term Served: 1997-2005. Koblenz, Germany

  • Vernice B. Anthony

    Term Served: 2001-2005. Detroit, MI

  • Peter L. Aseritis

    Term Served: 2001-2006. Williamsburg, MI

  • Sarah L. DeNooyer

    Term Served: 2001-2009. Kalamazoo, MI

  • James P. Holden

    Term Served: 2002-2006.

  • Dennis W. Archer

    Term Served: 2005-2012. Detroit, MI

  • Larry F. Tolbert

    Term Served: 2005-2012. Kalamazoo, MI

  • William Martin

    Term Served: 2004-2012.

  • Kenneth M. Miller

    Term Served: 2002-2018. Kalamazoo, MI

  • Jeanne Carlson

    Term Served: 2007-2014. Novi, MI

  • James F. Hettinger

    Term Served: 2009- 2016. Fennville, MI

  • Dana Debel

    Term Served: 2011-2017. Ann Arbor, MI

  • Ronald Hall Sr.

    Term Served: 2012-2016. Detroit, MI

  • Michelle Crumm

    Term Served: 2014- 2016. Ann Arbor, MI

  • Mary Asmonga-Knapp

    Term Served: -2016. Battle Creek, MI

  • James B. Bolger

    Term Served: 2014- 2020. Whitehall, MI

  • William Pickard

    Term Served: 2016-2018. La Grange, GA

  • Ron Kitchens

    Term Served: 2016-2021. Portage, MI

  • David B. Behen

    Term Served: 2018-2020. Ann Arbor, MI

  • Betty Kocher

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