WFU Board of Trustees elects members, officers

In its April 3-4 meeting, the Wake Forest University Board of Trustees elected new trustees and its 2003-2004 officers.

Murray C. Greason Jr. of Winston-Salem was elected board chairman. He is an attorney with Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice. L. Glenn Orr of Winston-Salem was elected vice chairman. Orr is president of the Orr Group.

The following people were elected as first-time members of the board: Martin Garcia of Tampa, managing director of Pinehill Capital Partners; Douglas F. Manchester of La Jolla, Calif., chairman and president of Manchester Resorts; and Andrew Schindler of Winston-Salem, chairman and chief executive officer of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings.

Ashlee A. Miller, a junior from Pittsburgh, Pa., was elected as a student trustee.

Current members re-elected to the board were: Marvin D. Gentry of King and Alice Kirby Horton of Hillsborough, manager of Pleasant Green Farm.

Former members re-elected to the board were: Ronald E. Deal of Hickory, chairman of Wesley Hall; James R. Helvey III of Winston-Salem, president of Helvey and Associates; Jeanette W. Hyde of Raleigh; Dee Hughes LeRoy of Charleston; and Adelaide A. Sink of Thonotosassa, Fla.