Mr. Clark is also a Cornell trustee.

In 1995, in a footnote to that troublesome period, a Cornell trustee, Thomas W. Jones - a senior executive in the Travelers Group - established the James A. Perkins Prize for Intrerracial Understanding and Harmony at Cornell.

Tanner has served as a Cornell trustee since 1982, including as vice chairman of the board and Chairman from 1997-2002.

When Governor Frank S. Black went on a fishing trip with a Cornell trustee and discussed Col. Fox's proposal, the suggestion was made that Cornell would be well-suited to implement the demonstration forest.

In 1972, the Cornell trustees appointed Dr. Palm as the first Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor, a chair named after one of the university's distinguished horticulturists.

A businessman and 1960 Cornell graduate, Mr. Schwartz is also a Cornell trustee and has also endowed the directorship of the university's art museum, a professorship in the social sciences and an auditorium.

Himself later a Cornell trustee, William Sage also funded the construction of Percy Field, Cornell's original football field, as well as the stone arch bridge over Cascadilla Gorge.

Alfred Smith Barnes, a publisher and Cornell trustee, funded the construction of the building next to Sage Chapel on what was then called Central Avenue (now Ho Plaza).

Harold Uris was a Cornell trustee from 1967 to 1972, and was an influential member of Cornell's Buildings and Properties Committee.

In the same year, her duties expanded when Cornell trustees authorized the establishment of a School of Home Economics.