The Board of Trustees of Northwestern University establishes policies for the governance of the University and is responsible for general oversight of the management of the institution. The major responsibilities of the Board include:

1) advancement of the University;
2) protection and enhancement of assets;
3) preservation of institutional integrity;
4) Board/President relations; and
5) functioning of the Board.

Questions concerning the University's Board of Trustees should be directed to the Office of the Vice President for Administration and Planning.

Charter, National and Alumni Trustees
Life Trustees

Chair: Patrick G. Ryan
Vice Chair: John A. Canning Jr.
Vice Chair: Thomas Z. Hayward Jr.
Vice Chair: William A. Osborn
Vice Chair: David B. Weinberg
Secretary: J. Douglas Gray
Treasurer of General Funds: Lee M. Mitchell
Treasurer of Endowment and Trust Funds: John A. Canning Jr.

Trustees

	William F. Aldinger		Warren L. Batts Retired Chairman and CEO Premark International Inc.
	Lee Phillip Bell CBS-TVC Bell-Phillip Television Productions Inc.		Patricia Buehler Blankenship
	Charles M. Bliss Retired Chairman of the Board Harris Trust & Savings Bank		Duane L. Burnham Retired Chairman and CEO Abbott Laboratories
	Donald C. Clark Chairman Emeritus Household International		George A. Cohon Founder McDonald's Resteraunts of Canada Limited and McDonald's Russia
	Franklin A. Cole Chairman Croesus Corporation		Philip M. Condit Retired Chairman and CEO Boeing Company
	Stanton R. Cook Retired Chairman Tribune Company		John W. Croghan Chairman Rail-Splitter Capital Management LLC
	Lester Crown Chairman Henry Crown and Company		William L. Davis Retired Chairman, President, and CEO R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company
	Raymond F. Farley Retired President and CEO S.C. Johnson & Son Inc.		W. James Farrell Retired Chairman and CEO Illinois Tool Works Inc.
	William E. Fay Jr.		Barbara Gaines Artistic Director Chicago Shakespeare Theater
	James Garland Jr. Retired Senior Vice President Smith Barney		Lavern Gaynor
	Herbert W. Gullquist Senior Adviser Lazard Asset Management		J. Ira Harris Chairman J.I. Harris and Associates
	George E. Johnson		James R. Kackley Retired CFO Anderson Worldwide
	Morris A. Kaplan		James L. Ketelsen
	William S. Kirsch Global Head of Private Equity Group Paul Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP		Martin J. Koldyke Retired Chairman Frontenac Company
	Harry M. Jansen Kraemer Jr. Former Chairman and CEO Baxter International Inc.		Duane R. Kullberg Former CEO (1980-1989) Arthur Anderson & Co. SC
	Alan M. Leventhal Chairman and CEO Beacon Capital Partners LLC		Frank W. Luerssen Retired Chairman Inland Steel Industries Inc.
	Robert A. Lurie Chairman Lurie Company		Martha Grimes Mabie
	John W. Madigan Retired Chairman Tribune Company		Garry K. Marshall Henderson Productions
	Arthur C. Martinez Retired Chairman and CEO Sears, Roebuck and Co.		James R. McManus Chairman and CEO Beachside Capital Partners Inc.
	Michael A. Miles		Newton N. Minow Senior Counsel Sidley Austin LLP
	Leo F. Mullin Senior Adviser Goldman Sachs Capital Partners		James J. O'Connor Retired Chairman and CEO Commonwealth Edison Company
	Dale Park Jr. Attorney at Law Park & Park LLP		Harry J. Pearce Bowman and Brooke
	Jerry K. Pearlman Retired Chairman and CEO Zenith Electronics Corporation		Donald S. Perkins
	Bryan S. Reid		Jerry M. Reinsdorf Chairman Chicago White Sox and Chicago Bulls
	Don H. Reuben Law Offices of Don. H. Reuben Reuben, Raucher & Blum		John M. Richman
	John W. Rowe Chairman, President, and CEO Excelon Corporation		John S. Runnells II Runnells-Pierce Ranch
	James P. Schadt Retired Chairman and CEO Reader's Digest Association Inc.		Charles E. Schroeder Chairman Emeritus Miami Corporation
	John B. Schwemm Retired Chairman and CEO R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company		Arthur R. Seder Jr.
	Harold B. Smith Chairman of the Executive Committee Illinois Tool Works Inc.		William D. Smithburg Retired CEO Quaker Oats Company
	Judith A. Sprieser Former CEO Transora		Edward F. Swift
	Thomas C. Theobald		Richard L. Thomas Retired Chairman First Chicago NBD Corporation
	Howard J. Trienens Partner Sidley Austin LLP		Betty A. Van Gorkom
	John R. Walter Retired President and COO AT&T Corporation		Lawrence A. Weinbach Partner Yankee Hill Capital Management LLC
	Judd A. Weinberg Chairman of the Executive Committee Judd Enterprises Inc.		William J. White Retired Chairman and CEO Bell & Howell Company
	Stephen M. Wolf Chairman R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company		Blaine J. Yarrington