Three Trustees named to CMU board, Wardrop starts immediately

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Gov. Jennifer Granholm appointed three new members to Central Michigan University’s Board of Trustees Wednesday.

Ronald C. Edmonds, vice president and controller of The Dow Chemical Co., will succeed Trustee Gail Torreano, and Kevin F. Kelley, director of senior and veterans services for Wayne County, will succeed Trustee Stephanie Comai. Both will begin in January 2011 and have terms that last through December 2018.

Granholm also appointed Robert F. Wardrop II, president and attorney with Wardrop & Wardrop P.C. in Grand Rapids, to succeed Jacqueline Garrett, who has resigned.

Steve Smith, director of public relations, said Garrett resigned in July 2009 for health reasons.

Wardrop will complete the remainder of Garrett’s term, which expires Dec. 31, 2014.

“It was wonderful,” Garrett said, reflecting on her time spent on the Board of Trustees. “It’s just something that I had to do.”

Wardrop’s new term will begin immediately.

“We certainly will contact (Wardrop) and invite him to the next meeting and all the subsequent meetings as well,” Comai said.

Comai said Granholm can reappoint current members of the board to a new term or hand positions to new people.

“It’s the governor’s prerogative,” Comai said. “(We) appreciate her appointments.”

The university is facing some tight budget times with decreasing state funding expected, she said.

“We have an outstanding new President (George Ross),” Comai said. “(We) will be in steady hands as he leads the university.”