Findlay, Ohio, May 8, 2003 — The University of Findlay Board of Trustees named Don R. Carter to serve as a trustee during their board meeting on April 25.

In addition, Linda Peck, D.V.M., was named the faculty representative to the board, and Kyle Stone and Anne Hohenbrink were named student representatives to the board.

Don R. Carter is a retired executive vice president, having served in that capacity with Burle Industries from 1987-92. From 1987-95, he was a member of the board of directors of Burle Industries.

Previously, Carter was division vice president for tube products for GE from 1986-87 and served in such capacities as designer engineer, engineering manager, marketing manager, director of tube operations and division vice president with RCA from 1956-86.

Carter received his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1960. In 1986, he earned his master’s degree in physics from Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pa. Later, he took technical courses at MIT and attended executive programs at the Kellogg School at Northwestern University. He also participated in the Columbia University Managing the Enterprise program.

He is past chair of the Pequea Township Zoning Hearing Board and is currently a member of the board of directors of the JP McCaskey High School Alumni. He is also a member of the First Church of God of Lancaster, Pa.

Linda M. Peck, D.V.M., is director of pre-veterinary studies and professor of animal science and biology at The University of Findlay.

She started with then Findlay College as a part-time instructor in 1980. She joined the faculty at Findlay in 1986 and was named director of the pre-veterinary medicine program in 1988.

She started her professional career as an associate veterinarian for Findlay Animal Clinic, now Findlay Animal Hospital, after graduating from The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1979. She worked as a mixed practitioner, working on both large and small animals and was the first female veterinarian in Hancock County. Currently, she practices at Findlay Animal Care Center, Inc.

While at UF, Peck has served on numerous committees, including Faculty Affairs, Student Conduct and Discipline and Student Academic Standards. She is currently on Faculty Senate, where she served as chairperson from 1997-98. She was also the faculty co-chair for the Working Together for Tomorrow capital campaign at UF.

Professionally, Peck is a member of the Hancock, Ohio and American Veterinary Medical Associations. She was given a Meritorious Service Award from OVMA in 1994 for her work on its public relations committee.

For her teaching abilities, Peck was awarded the Sears-Roebuck Foundation Teaching Excellence and Campus Leadership Award in 1991 and was named an Outstanding Educator by the Findlay •Hancock County Chamber of Commerce in 1994.

Locally, Peck has been involved with 4-H programs and the Hancock County Humane Society. The Findlay Jaycees honored her with the Distinguished Service Award for her work in animal bite prevention for school children. She has been active with St. Michaels Catholic Church, St. Michaels School, St. Wendelin High School, Findlay Light Opera Company and Findlay Zonta Club.

Kyle Stone is a junior at The University of Findlay, majoring in law and the liberal arts/public administration. He plans to graduate in May 2005.

A 2001 graduate of McKinley Senior High School in Canton, Stone served on the executive board of his student council in high school.

Active on the UF campus, Stone is a resident assistant, a member of the Black Student Union, founder of the UF Gospel Choir and is active in Campus Compact.

He has worked as a testing monitor in the Office of Disability Services at UF. Previously, Stone worked for Burlington Coat Factory in his hometown of Canton.

Anne Hohenbrink is currently a student in The University of Findlay’s master of arts in liberal studies program. She graduated magna cum laude with her bachelor’s degree in children’s book illustration with a minor in business administration from UF in 2002.

Currently, Hohenbrink works as a graduate assistant at UF. She has previous work experience at the Shannon Theatre in Bluffton, the Bluffton News, Stratton Greenhouses, Inc., in Bluffton, the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles Regional Service Center in Toledo and the Southwest Family YMCA in Maumee.

In addition, she has served as a 4-H adviser and has volunteered for the HOSTS Mentoring program at Washington Intermediate School in Findlay.

Hohenbrink resides in Columbus Grove.

Also at the board meeting, sabbatical leave was approved for the following: Louis Stulman, professor of religion, and Gwynne Rife, associate professor of biology, for the fall of 2003; John Malacos, associate professor of psychology, for the spring of 2004; and Barry Mickey, professor of social work, for 2003-2004.