Purdue News

July 9, 1999 Purdue trustees re-elect officers WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- The Purdue University Board of Trustees today (Friday, 7/9) re-elected Indianapolis businessman J. Timothy McGinley to a two-year term as chairman of the board and W. Wayne Townsend, a farmer from Hartford City and former state legislator, as vice chairman. Both trustees joined the board in 1989 and were first elected officers in 1993. McGinley, 59, is the managing partner and principal owner of House Investments, a real estate investment company. He received a Purdue degree in chemical engineering in 1963 and a master's degree in business administration from Harvard University in 1965. As a member of the Boilermaker basketball team, he earned All-Big Ten honors and was recognized as the Purdue athlete with the highest scholastic average. Townsend, 73, is a hog producer who farms 2,200 acres in Blackford and Grant counties. He is a 1951 graduate of Purdue's School of Agriculture. He served in the Indiana House of Representatives in 1959-61 and 1963-66 and in the Indiana Senate from 1971 to 1987, and he was the Democrats' 1984 nominee for governor. The trustees also re-elected the following officers: Treasurer -- Kenneth P. Burns, Purdue executive vice president and treasurer. Secretary -- Doris A. Pearson. Assistant treasurer and assistant secretary -- James S. Almond, Purdue vice president for business services and assistant treasurer. Legal counsel -- Thomas L. Ryan, partner in Stuart & Branigin, Lafayette. Assistant legal counsel -- Anthony S. Benton, partner in Stuart & Branigin. Sources: J. Timothy McGinley, (317) 580-2535 W. Wayne Townsend, (765) 348-1528 Writer: Frank Koontz, (765) 494-2080; fkoontz@purdue.edu Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; purduenews@purdue.edu NOTE TO JOURNALISTS: Black-and-white photographs of J. Timothy McGinley and Wayne Townsend are available from Purdue News Service, (765) 494-2096, and at the PurdueNews ftp site. To the Purdue News and Photos Page