The Nominating Committee of the Alumni Council has placed in nomination two alumni for the position of alumni trustee, with terms to begin at Commencement 2001.

Nominated for a second three-year term is Anne Ruggles Gere '66. Gere lives in Kirkwood, Mo., and is professor of English and education at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. As trustee, she serves on the Executive, Educational Policy, Planning and Student Affairs committees and is chair of the Honorary Degree Committee. She previously served as an overseer from 1996 to 1998 and is an admissions volunteer.

Nominated for a first term as alumni trustee is Joanne Weddell Magyar '71. Magyar, a resident of Stamford, Conn., is managing optician at Rye Eye Care in Rye, N.Y. She serves on the board of the New York Optometric Center in New York City, a philanthropic organization allied with the State University of New York College of Optometry. She currently serves as an overseer for the College, served on the presidential search committee in 1999, chaired the Alumni Council in 1997-99, served on the Alumni Council Admissions, Communications and Student Affairs committees and is an admissions alumni interviewer and an active volunteer for the Colby Clubs of New York and Fairfield County and has served on her class Reunion Gift Committee. Magyar received a Colby Brick Award in 2000 for her service to the College. She and her husband, Stephen Magyar '71, are the parents of Elizabeth '98 and Paul Magyar '00.

In accordance with the by-laws of the Alumni Association, other nominations may be made by petition to the executive secretary of the Alumni Council with the signatures of one percent of the members of the association on or before February 15, 2001. In the event that no nominations are submitted by petition, the above candidates will be declared elected by the chair of the Alumni Council.