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Alumni re-elect Breckenridge as trustee
June 30, 2000
NOTE: Following is an announcement from Indiana University. If you need further assistance, contact J T. Forbes, IU assistant vice president for public affairs and government relations, at 812-855-3911 or forbesjt@indiana.edu
Indiana University announced that Trustee Cora Breckenridge of Elkhart, Ind., has been re-elected to serve on the nine-member IU Board of Trustees. Breckenridge was first elected a trustee in 1997. IU alumni were mailed ballots in early May and were asked to return them completed by June 30.
In gaining re-election, Breckenridge earned more votes than IU alumni Arthur "Art" A. Angotti of Indianapolis; Raymond W. "Nick" Nicholson of Evansville, Ind.; and Michael D. Shumate of Aspen, Colo.
A total of 41,776 ballots were returned. Of those, 1,499 were declared void.
The vote totals are as follows: Breckenridge, 14,071; Nicholson, 10,663; Angotti, 9,703; and Shumate, 5,840.
Breckenridge's second term begins July 1, 2000, and expires June 30, 2003.
Profile of Trustee Cora Smith Breckenridge
Occupation: Retired speech/language pathologist, Elkhart Schools
Birth date: June 24, 1937
Residence: Elkhart, Indiana
Academic degrees: B.S. 1959, Indiana University (speech and hearing therapy); M.S. 1963, Indiana
University (education)
IU-related activities:
Vice president, Pleiades honorary; senior class secretary; board member, YWCA; member, Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, Student Foundation, Protestant Student Council, Speech and Hearing Club, and Mortar Board honorary
Other relevant activities:
• Elected by Indiana University alumni in 1997 and 2000. Present term ends June 30, 2003
• Speech and language pathologist, Elkhart (Indiana) Community Schools, 1974-98
• Elected a member of the National Board of Directors of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) on February 18, 2000. Indiana NAACP membership chairman, 1978-present; secretary, Elkhart County Branch NAACP, 1984-present. President, Elkhart NAACP Women, 1994-present. Former president, Elkhart County NAACP
• Indiana Speech and Hearing Association (Ethical Practices Committee, 1970; Membership Committee, 1974-76; Honors Committee, 1998-99; Chair, Recruitment Diversity Committee, 1997); Member, Elkhart Community Schools Public Relations Committee; Member, Elkhart County and Indiana Retired Teachers Association. Former president, Elkhart County Speech and Hearing Association