
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.
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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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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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William Martin
Term Served: 2004-2012.
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Kenneth M. Miller
Term Served: 2002-2018. Kalamazoo, MI
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Jeanne Carlson
Term Served: 2007-2014. Novi, 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: -2016. Battle Creek, MI
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James B. Bolger
Term Served: 2014- 2020. Whitehall, 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
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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)