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Arizona State U. (Tempe): Appointed William R. Jenkins, former vice-president for communications at the FMC Corporation (Chicago), to be director of development communications.

Austin College (Sherman, Tex.): Appointed Sheri Altland, director of development at Arkansas Tech U. (Russellville), to be executive director of alumni and parent relations.

Bentley College (Waltham, Mass.): Appointed Paul G. Swindlehurst, director of alumni development for the College of Business Administration at Northeastern U. (Boston), to be executive director of development.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Houston: Appointed Bonnie Gray Abraham director of research and planning at the Coalition for the Homeless (Houston), to be director of fund development.

Boys Town of Southern California (Los Angeles): Appointed Suzanne Marx, vice-president of development at the Walt Disney Concert Hall (Los Angeles), based in San Francisco, to be development director.

Brown U. (Providence, R.I.): Appointed Leonard A. Schlesinger, a professor of business administration at the Harvard Business School (Cambridge, Mass.), to be senior vice-president for development, effective October 1. Mr. Schlesinger will also hold faculty appointments as professor of sociology and of public policy.

Chatfield College (St. Martin, Ohio): Appointed David Cave, development fellow at the Cincinnati Center for Developmental Disorders at Children’s Hospital Medical Center (Cincinnati), to be director of development and public relations.

City of Hope National Medical Center and Beckman Research Institute (Skokie, Ill.): Appointed Tom Foley, associate director of major gifts at the U. of Chicago, to be associate director of major gifts and gift and estate planning.

College of the Atlantic (Bar Harbor, Me.): Appointed Fran Day, chief executive officer of the Haskell Foundation (Lawrence, Kan.), to be director of development.

Delaware Valley College (Doylestown, Pa.): Appointed Tom Tenges, vice-president and corporate secretary at the Woodring-Roberts Corporation (Bethlehem, Pa.), to be executive director of institutional advancement.

D’Youville College (Buffalo, N.Y.): Appointed Stacy Ann Slagor, grant writer at Lucy Curley and Company (Buffalo), to be director of government grants.

Eastern Illinois U. (Charleston): Appointed Jacqueline Clapp, former manager of volunteer services at the Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center (Mattoon, Ill.), to be director of development for the College of Business and Applied Sciences.

Family Service America (Milwaukee): Appointed Thomas J. Harvey, a senior policy fellow at the Center of Concern (Washington) and president emeritus of Catholic Charities USA (Alexandria, Va.), to be senior vice-president of member services.

Family Services (Seattle): Appointed Jane Ewing, director of development, also to be chief operating officer.

Franklin College (Ind.): Appointed Diana Brobst, marketing-support specialist at the Conseco Fund Group (Indianapolis), to be director of alumni services.

Gadsden State Community College (Ala.): Appointed Brenda S. Crowe, an English instructor, to be dean of institutional advancement and community services.

Gettysburg College (Pa.): Appointed Mark A. Stuart, director of annual giving, to be assistant vice-president for campaigns and special projects.

Independent Sector (Washington): Appointed Susan Saxon- Harrold, program director at the Charities Aid Foundation (London), to be vice-president for research.

Kettering U. (Flint, Mich.): Appointed Nicholas T. Evans, director of development for the College of Nursing and College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions at Wayne State U. (Detroit), to be director of major gifts.

Lakeland Community College (Kirtland, Ohio): Appointed Wynette S. Barnard, acting vice-president for institutional advancement and strategic programs, to be vice-president.

Lupus Foundation of America (Rockville, Md.): Appointed Michael J. Nizankiewicz, executive director of the American Heart Association-Southwest Affiliate (Phoenix), to be chief executive officer.

Marymount U. (Arlington, Va.): Appointed Betsy Paull O’Connell, associate director of development and alumni relations at Sidwell Friends School (Washington), to be director of major-gift programs.

Memorial Hermann Foundation (Houston): Appointed Robert M. Rutledge III, president of the Siskin Memorial Foundation (Chattanooga, Tenn.), to be vice-president. M.H.F. raises funds for the Memorial Hermann Healthcare System.

Mercer U. (Macon, Ga.): Appointed Allen S. London, associate director of undergraduate admission, to be director of development for the School of Engineering.

National Council of Nonprofit Associations (Washington): Ann Mitchell Sackey, executive director, has announced her resignation, effective December 31. She plans to take a three-month sabbatical and attend law school.

National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum (Chicago): Appointed Suzanne Devane, president of HD Resources (Chicago), to be vice-president of development and marketing, and Kay Tibbs, office manager at Professional Security (Chicago), to be director of administration.

Northwest Georgia Girl Scout Council (Atlanta): Appointed Harriet Paulk Hessam, interim executive director, to be chief executive officer.

Northwestern College (Orange City, Iowa): Appointed Jennie Smith, a recent graduate of the college, to be director of annual funds.

Ohio Northern U. (Ada): Donald L. Mays, vice-president for development, has announced his retirement, effective August 31.

Peace College (Raleigh, N.C.): Appointed David R. Cooper, director of development at the Kennedy Krieger Institute (Baltimore), to be vice-president for alumnae and development.

San Jose Museum of Art (Cal.): Appointed Trudy Taliaferro, major-accounts representative at Minolta (San Francisco), to be audience-development manager.

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Southwest State U. (Marshall, Minn.): Appointed Prudence Precourt, vice-chancellor for development and university relations at U. of North Carolina at Pembroke, to be vice-president for advancement.

St. Olaf College (Northfield, Minn.): Appointed David L. Neuger, a consultant in Minneapolis, to be senior director of communications.

Thomas Edison State College (Trenton, N.J.): Appointed Donna M. Wilson, corporate-services representative, to be corporate-marketing manager.

U. of Miami (Coral Gables, Fla.): Appointed Michael Rierson, associate dean for external affairs in the business school at U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, to be vice-president for university advancement.

U. of New Orleans: Appointed Will Peneguy, assistant general manager of the Louisiana Superdome (New Orleans), to be associate vice-chancellor for university relations and campus services.

Vermont Law School (Royalton): Appointed Peter L. Miller, former assistant director of public affairs at Colby-Sawyer College (New London, N.H.), to be director of media relations.

Visual Arts Organization/Artist Community (Charlotte, N.C.): Appointed Peter Richards, former director of arts programs at the Exploratorium (San Francisco), to be creative director.

Volunteers of America (Alexandria, Va.): Appointed David M. Levite, a capital-campaign consultant at Brakeley, John Price Jones (Stamford, Conn.), to be director of development for major gifts.

Western U. of Health Sciences (Pomona, Cal.): Appointed Pete DeLozier, former public-affairs officer for the Bureau of Land Management of the U.S. Department of the Interior (Riverside, Cal.), to be director of public relations.

GRANT MAKERS

Berks County Community Foundation (Reading, Pa.): Appointed Frances A. Aitken, an accountant based in Reading, to be chief financial officer and director of donor services; Patricia C. Giles, program manager, to be director of grant-making services and chief program officer; and Melissa S. Hahn, communications assistant at the United Way of Warren County (Washington, N.J.) and a recent graduate of Susquehanna U. (Selinsgrove, Pa.), to be manager of communications.

Heinrich Boll Foundation (Berlin): Appointed Sascha Muller-Kraenner, former director for international affairs at the Deutscher Naturschutzring (Bonn), to be director of the foundation’s new Washington office. The foundation is an independent affiliate of the German Green Party; the Washington office will focus primarily on international environmental policy.

Edna McConnell Clark Foundation (New York): Appointed David Hunter, chief executive officer of the Southwest Connecticut Mental Health System (Bridgeport), to be director of assessment, and Pamela Stevens, a program officer at the DeWitt Wallace-Reader’s Digest Fund (New York), to be program director for youth development.

The Clorox Company (Oakland, Cal.): Appointed Joel T. Mackey, executive director of the East Bay Habitat for Humanity (Oakland), to be education and community programs manager.

Community Foundation for Greater New Haven (Conn.): Appointed Angel Fernandez-Chavero, former director of planning and fund distribution at the United Way of Greater New Haven, to be a program officer, focusing on community-based economic development; Susan Godshall, assistant secretary of Yale U. (New Haven), to be a program officer, focusing on economic development and the arts; Kenn Harris, consortium-development manager at the Healthy Start Initiative (Boston), to be director of the New Haven Healthy Start Project; and Amos Lee Smith, community-relations manager at Oxford Health Plans (Trumbull, Conn.), to be a program officer, focusing on health.

El Pomar Foundation (Colorado Springs): Appointed Theophilus D. Gregory, athletic director at the U. of Colorado at Colorado Springs, to be director of outreach programs.

W. K. Kellogg Foundation (Battle Creek, Mich.): Appointed James E. McHale, executive assistant to the president and chief executive officer, to be assistant vice-president.

Leeway Foundation (Philadelphia): Appointed June Washikita O’Neill, executive assistant to the director at the Settlement Music School (Philadelphia), to be executive director, and River Trappler, program associate, to be program coordinator. The foundation makes grants to support women and the arts.

Marin Community Foundation (Larkspur, Cal.): Appointed Thomas Peters, director of the Marin County Health and Human Services Department (San Rafael, Cal.), to be president and chief executive officer. He succeeds Stephen M. Dobbs, who resigned in January to pursue a career in publishing and higher education.

UPS Foundation (Atlanta): Appointed Evern Cooper, associate director, to be executive director. She succeeds Gary Lee, Jr., who is retiring.

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

The Advertising Council (New York): Elected Gregory Coleman, senior vice-president and worldwide publisher at Reader’s Digest (Pleasantville, N.Y.), to be chairman.

American Library Association (Chicago): Elected Ann K. Symons, librarian at the Juneau-Douglas High School (Alaska), to be president.

Association of Junior Leagues International (New York): Elected Clotilde Perez-Bode Dedecker, a long-time member of the Junior League of Buffalo (N.Y.) and former chair of the Mayoral Council on Hispanic Issues (Buffalo), to be president of the Board of Directors.

The Consultants Consortium (Silver Spring, Md.): Elected David A. H. Roethel, president of Peachtree Promotions (Silver Spring), to be president. The Consultants Consortium is an association of Washington-area independent consultants who serve non-profit groups.

Charles A. Dana Foundation (New York): Elected LaSalle D. Leffall, Jr., professor of surgery at the Howard U. College of Medicine (Washington), to the Board of Directors.

Defenders of Wildlife (Washington): Elected Alan R. Pilkington, chairman of DDB Needham, Chicago, to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

Jacksonville Community Foundation (Fla.): Elected C. B. McIntosh, a pediatrician and a member of several Jacksonville-area non-profit boards, to be a trustee.

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation (Kansas City, Mo.): Elected Dianne Cleaver, director of community development at the Truman Medical Center (Kansas City), and Michael Morrissey, managing partner of Ernst

Minneapolis Foundation: Elected Burton Cohen, president of MSP Communications (Minneapolis); Richard McFarland, vice-chairman of the Dain Rauscher Corporation (Minneapolis); and Karen Sesin, vice-president and investment officer at Waycrosse (Minnetonka, Minn.), to be trustees.

The Nexus Contemporary Art Center (Atlanta): Elected Kevin Saunders, a partner in the law firm of Ferguson

San Jose Museum of Art (Cal.): Elected George Cole, a partner at Jackson, Tufts, Cole

United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County (N.C.): Elected Karl G. Hudson III, president of Hudson Belk (Raleigh), to be chairman of the Board of Directors.

United Way International (Alexandria, Va.): Elected Arthur P. Bellis, partner in Bellis Enterprises (Boca Raton, Fla.), to be chairman of the board.

CONSULTANTS AND OTHERS

Development Advisors (Fort Wayne, Ind.): Zis Milentis, vice-president of development at the Indiana Institute of Technology (Fort Wayne), has formed and serves as president for this new consulting firm.

Gilbert, Segall and Young (New York): Appointed Daniel L. Kurtz and Sarah E. Paul, partners at Lankenau Kovner Kurtz