News Article

The Gonzaga University Board of Trustees, at its December meeting, re-elected the following officers to one-year terms in 2007: Mike Patterson, Seattle, chair, third term; Don Nelles, Bellevue, Wash., vice chair, third term; Harry Sladich, Spokane, secretary, 17th term; and Mike Casey, Spokane, assistant secretary, seventh term.

Rev. Paul A. Locatelli , S.J., Santa Clara, Calif., the president of Santa Clara University since 1988, was elected to his first four-year term on the Board. The following individuals were elected to their third four-year term on the Board: Rev. Joseph Koterski, S.J., Bronx, N.Y.; Shannon McCambridge, Seattle; Philip McCarthey, Salt Lake City; and Patterson. Elected to a second four-year term were John Stone, Spokane, and Alvin J. Wolff, Scottsdale, Ariz. Thomas Tilford, Spokane, was elected to the position of Trustee Emeritus. Revs. Robert Lyons, S.J., Spokane, and William Hayes, S.J., Portland, Ore., completed their Board terms. The Board of Trustees is Gonzaga’s policy-making body.

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