Case announces election of five new trustees

For immediate release: October 28, 2003
For more information, contact Laura M. Massie 216-368-4442 or laura.massie@case.edu.

CLEVELAND—The Case Western Reserve University Board of Trustees announced the election of five new trustees, all of whom are Case alumni.

"The five distinguished alumni who have joined the board are committed to helping Case become the most powerful learning environment in the world," said Case President Edward M. Hundert, M.D. "The face of our board is changing. Our trustees are electing more alumni, people with a broader geographic reach, and leaders in various stages of their lives and careers. I am looking forward to working with these dedicated alumni as trustees, and will rely heavily upon their guidance and support."

For example, the median age of board members in September 2001 was 69. Today's median age, 59, is 10 years younger. In addition, 76 percent of today's board members are Case alumni, compared to 53 percent in 2001.

"The changes in the makeup of our board are moving us closer to our goal of creating a board that more closely resembles the university itself," Hundert said.

The newest members of the Case Board of Trustees are:

James Bildner - Bildner received his J.D. from Case in 1979 after receiving an A.B. in psychology from Dartmouth College. He is president and chief executive officer of Tier Technologies in Boston. His trustee experience includes Lesley University, the Wang Center, the Board of Visitors of the Tucker Foundation, Dartmouth College, and the Board of Overseers at Boston Children's Hospital and Medical Center. In addition, he continues to teach at the Case School of Law.

Thalia Dorwick - Dorwick, a Pennsylvania native, received her B.A. in 1966 from Flora Stone Mather College and her Ph.D. in 1973 in romance languages. She will soon retire as the vice president and editor-in-chief of humanities, social sciences, foreign language, and English as a second language at McGraw-Hill Publishing in San Francisco. Dorwick co-chaired Case's College of Arts and Sciences Visiting Committee, and is a member of the Case College of Arts and Sciences Leadership Advisory Council, the Schubert Center Advisory Committee, and the Case Magazine Advisory Board.

Gregory Eastwood, M.D. - Eastwood, from the Detroit area, attended Albion College and received his M.D. degree from Western Reserve University School of Medicine. For the past decade, Eastwood has been the president of Upstate Medical University of the State University of New York (SUNY) in Syracuse, N.Y. At SUNY, he is responsible for the University Hospital, four professional colleges (medicine, nursing, health professions, and graduate studies), and a clinical campus in Binghamton, N.Y. He has authored more than 120 articles and conducts research in a variety of areas. He was a member of the visiting committee for the Case School of Medicine from 1999-2002.

Samir Jadallah - Jadallah attended the Case Institute of Technology. In 1987, he left the school to join Microsoft. Currently, he serves as general partner, managing director of operations, and a member of the board of directors at Mohr, Davidow Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm in Menlo Park, Calif. As a Case student, Jadallah received the President's Leadership Award.

Ted Schroeder - Schroeder, a native of Dayton, Ohio, received his B.S. summa cum laude in mathematics from the Case Institute of Technology in 1980 and an M.S. in computer engineering in 1983. In 2001, he co-founded FreeHand Systems, a world leader in the development, manufacture, and marketing of electronic accessories to the music industry, as well as a leading Internet-based provider of sheet music and digital files. Now living in Los Altos, Calif., Schroeder and his wife, Janine, have endowed two chairs in the School of Engineering.

New chairman to assume leadership role in May

Frank Linsalata, a 1963 graduate of the Case Institute of Technology and a member of the Case board since 1999, will replace Charles Bolton as chairman in spring 2004. Linsalata currently serves as the board's vice chairman and is the president of Linsalata Capital Partners. Linsalata played a major role on the Presidential Search Committee that recruited Hundert as president of the university, and has been a longstanding supporter of Case.

Since October 2002, Case has named nine honorary trustees: Ted Castele, Allen H. Ford, Elaine G. Hadden, George Humphrey II, Patrick Parker, Lucia S. Nash, Richard Pogue, Ward Smith, and Joseph Thomas. These trustees have offered the university a combined total of nearly two centuries of service.

About Case Western Reserve University

Case is among the nation's leading research institutions. Founded in 1826 and shaped by the unique merger of the Case Institute of Technology and Western Reserve University, Case is distinguished by its strengths in education, research, and service. Located in Cleveland, Case offers nationally recognized programs in the Arts and Sciences, Dentistry, Engineering, Law, Management, Medicine, Nursing, and Social Sciences. http://www.case.edu.

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