Barber Takes Reins as Chairman of the Board Board Welcomes New Members

NEWS AROUND CAMPUS Barber Takes Reins as Chairman of the Board

Davis & Elkins College alumnus and retired General “I learned, first-hand, the real benefit of an intimate campus experience Electric Company executive Mark Barber ’75 has and the personal rewards that come from a liberal arts education,” Barber been elected to serve his alma mater as chair of the added. “Thanks to a talented faculty, my four years at D&E helped prepare Board of Trustees. He succeeds alumnus Bill Nuttall and inspire me for a very successful career and a rewarding life journey that ’70 whose term expired. literally took me around the world. I want to ensure that others have the “Vision, commitment and passion are the best words same opportunity I had … for many years to come.” to describe Mr. Barber and the gifts and graces he Barber was as a senior executive at General Electric Company and a mem-

Mark Barber ’75 brings to the leadership of the Board of Trustees at ber of its Corporate Treasury senior leadership team for 27 years. He served Davis & Elkins College,” said D&E President Chris as Deputy Treasurer – Global Relations based in London from 2013 until A. Wood. “Working collaboratively with me and the other leadership of his retirement in 2015. Before joining GE, Barber advanced his corporate the College, Mark shares and affirms my conviction that D&E’s best days treasury career at Ford Motor Company and The Prudential Insurance are ahead. It is imperative that the Chair of the Board of Trustees and the Company of America. President of the College are aligned and united on a vision and a strategic Barber was an active member of the American Financial Services Associadirection for the institution. D&E is fortunate to have Mark assume this tion (AFSA), the Washington-based trade association for the U.S. consumer pivotal role and I am grateful for his continuing exemplary service to his credit industry, throughout his career. He served as chair of its Financial Realma mater.” lations Committee in 1997 and was recognized with AFSA’s Distinguished Barber was elected to the Board of Trustees in 2013 and has served on the Service Award in 2003. Business and Finance, and Development committees and the Investment In his local community, Barber served on the Executive Board of the ConSubcommittee, as well as vice chair of the Board. necticut Yankee Council of the Boy Scouts of America and as committee “I am proud and honored to serve as chair of the Board of Trustees of my chair and assistant scoutmaster of his sons’ Scout troop. He received the alma mater and to join with our other distinguished trustees as we guide and Council’s Distinguished Citizen Award in 2006. support Davis & Elkins College through this most exciting and challenging In addition to serving D&E on the Board of Trustees, Barber delivered the time,” Barber said. “Our mission is clear, and I look forward to working even McDonnell Chair in Business and Economics in honor of Dr. Gloria M. more closely with President Wood as we deliver on our commitment to stuPayne Lecture in 2013.dents, promote the value of a D&E education and strive to further enhance our campus environment. Barber and his wife, Lynn, are residents of Bonita Springs, Florida.

Board of Trustees Appoints New Members

The Davis & Elkins College Board of Trustees has An Elkins native, Ochsendorf is the Class of 1942 Proelected two new members, Barry Greene ’83 and Dr. fessor of Architecture and Engineering at Massachusetts John Ochsendorf. Institute of Technology (MIT), where he has taught Greene, an executive with New York Blood Center Inc. since 2002. He recently completed a three-year term as (NYBC), has served the College as a member of the the 23rd Director of the American Academy in Rome National Alumni Council. He is the 1993 recipient of the (AAR). His work with AAR began when he was awardOutstanding Young Alumnus Award. ed the Rome Prize Fellowship in Historic Preservation

Barry Greene ‘83 for a project on the study of masonry vaulting. The study As vice president and chief administrative officer for resulted in Ochsendorf writing the monograph “GuastavMedical and Science at NYBC, Greene provides leadership to ensure the ino Vaulting: The Art of Structural Tile” (Princeton organization’s growth and efficiency. Prior to being appointed vice president, he Architectural Press, 2010). The work led to “Palaces for the People: Guastavino was the executive director of Sponsored Programs for NYBC. and America’s Great Public Spaces,” a traveling exhibit curated by Ochsendorf Throughout his career, Greene has been a part of team management for and sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities. programs involving external funding and oversight. He also has extensive In 2008, he was named a MacArthur Fellow for his pioneering work using comparexperience working with federal regulations and guidelines governing grants ative cultural and historical studies to explore pre-industrial engineering traditions.and contracts. Ochsendorf’s father, Gene Ochsendorf, previously worked for the D&E VeterPrior to his work with NYBC, Greene was a manager at Ernst & Young’s Health ans Upward Bound Program and his mother, Nancy Howland, graduated from Science Global Investigation & Dispute Advisory practice; assistant director of D&E in 2000 with a degree in psychology. In 2017, Ochsendorf delivered the research administration/director of post award for The Research Foundation of commencement address and received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree.The State University of New York (SUNY) at Downstate Medical Center and a water volunteer for Peace Corp Kenya. Ochsendorf earned his Ph.D. in engineering from Cambridge University, his Master of Science in engineering from Princeton University and his Bachelor He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in health care administration from D&E of Science in engineering from Cornell University. He also is a 1992 graduate of and an Executive Masters of Public Administration from Baruch College of Elkins High School. The City University of New York.

Dr. John Ochsendorf