He was also a longtime trustee of the Shelburne Museum.

The bride's father is also a former president and a longtime trustee of the Brooklyn Public Library.

Mr. Badillo is a longtime trustee of the university and has been vice chairman since 1997.

He is also a longtime trustee and former mayor of the village of Tuxedo Park.

Mrs. Whitman is a longtime trustee and a former president of the foundation, which has made grants to all three groups.

The board, according to Carolyn Alper, a longtime trustee, is "smitten" with him.

"Sure, she's going to get the job, if the trustees elect her," said Philip Johnson, the architect, who is a longtime trustee of the Modern.

That investigation has left the museum potentially vulnerable to future claims against a longtime trustee and prominent supporter.

Ms. Law, a longtime trustee, also left the museum $25 million: 60 percent of it is to go to operating costs, and 40 percent to acquisitions.

The bridegroom's father, a longtime trustee of the Brooklyn Public Library, was its president from 1985 through 1988.