Trustees

Interim Penn State President Rodney Erickson on Thursday afternoon released through the alumni newswire email service a plea, "… to be patient, to avoid speculation and to refrain from passing judgment until the facts are known. " Mr. Erickson should have passed that sound advice to the Board of Trustees before it appeased the "holier than thou" character assassins who demanded a nationally known figure as a scapegoat. It is obvious that at Penn State, loyalty is a one-way street and that the board is comprised of cowards who crushed Coach Joe Paterno's heart, soul and personal honor.

Eleanor E. Jaeger, a homemaker and former department store sales associate who was a longtime active church member, died Sunday of complications from a broken hip at the Knollwood Nursing Home in Millersville. The Annapolis resident was 99. The daughter of a roofer and a homemaker, Eleanor Esther Plumhoff was born in Baltimore and raised on Maple Avenue in Overlea. She was an Eastern High School graduate and married John Roedel Jaeger Jr., a research chemist, in 1936. He died in 1967.

The Harford County Public Library Board of Trustees is searching for three candidates to be considered for appointment to the board beginning July 2013. The new trustees will represent the Bel Air, Jarrettsville and North County areas. An application form and additional information may be obtained from any Harford County Public Library branch, the HCPL website ( http://www.HCPLonline.org or by calling 410-838-3749. Completed applications together with a resume must be returned by Friday, March 1, 2013 to Office of the Director, Harford County Public Library, 1221-A Brass Mill Road, Belcamp, Maryland 21017.

My wife and I are lifelong Columbians. Three months ago, our first child, Elijah, was born. I am writing in support of the Inner Arbor Plan not for myself, but because it will be an amazing place for our son to learn and grow. For the first time, Columbians of all ages enthusiastically supported a Columbia Association project. The CA board listened, and voted 8-2 in favor of instituting an independent Inner Arbor Trust to design and implement the plan. Developing the Trust was insightful, as it should not be under the CA board's purview to micromanage the establishment of this focal point.

Judith Claibourne Ensor, associate judge for the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, has been elected president of the Board of Trustees of St. Paul's School for Girls. Ensor will oversee the governance of SPSG and lead the school's strategic planning efforts. An alumna of the school, she has been a supporter since graduating in 1979. "I am tremendously thankful for the incredible education I received at St. Paul's School for Girls," she said. "To this day I credit SPSG not only with completely preparing me for college and law school, but with helping me to develop important practical life skills as well as a life-long love of learning.

William Donald Schaefer wanted three people - a friend, an aide and a lawyer - to lead the charitable foundation created in his name. Two of the three apparently have other plans. Years before his death in April, Schaefer designated Gene Raynor, his friend of 50 years; Lainy LeBow-Sachs, a longtime aide; and Zelig Robinson, his personal and campaign attorney, to serve as trustees for the William Donald Schaefer Foundation. The foundation, intended to make grants for neighborhood projects, charities and nonprofits, is just getting down to business now that it stands to inherit an estimated $1.3 million from the former Baltimore mayor, governor and comptroller's estate.

Three new members have been appointed to the Harford County Public Library Board of Trustees and to the Harford County Public Library Foundation. Alex M. Allman, Bruce M. Smith and student representative Cara Reilly were appointed to the trustees board by Harford County Executive David Craig and confirmed unanimously by the Harford County Council at the June 7 meeting, Library Director Mary Hastler said. "We are fortunate to have these new members join our board of trustees," Hastler said in a news release announcing the appointments.

Listings are accepted on a space-available basis. Deadline is 5 p.m. Thursday prior to date of publication at the latest. To submit volunteer items, mail to Volunteers, Patuxent Publishing Co. Editorial, 501 N. Calvert St., Baltimore, MD 21278; email hccalendar@patuxent.com ; fax 410-332-6336; or call 410-332-6497. Howard County Library Board of Trustees - Seeking applicants for two board positions: one representing County Council District 5 (Western Howard County)

Amid signs that the sale of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers may be heading for a resolution -- or one-year suspension -- a top team official met last night with Peter Angelos in Baltimore.Steve Story, one of three trustees who is operating the team, met with Angelos in an unannounced negotiating session, according to a source familiar with the talks, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.Neither Angelos nor a team spokesman was available for comment late last night. Angelos, the managing partner of the Orioles, is negotiating to buy the Buccaneers and move them to Baltimore.

Jayne Miller , WBAL-TV's chief investigative reporter, might be taking on a new role shortly as a member of the board of trustees of Penn State University. The troubled school is expected to publish a ballot online later today with a slate on nominees for the board that runs the school, and Miller will likely be on it. The 1976 journalism graduate has been nominated by 50 Penn State alumni. "I really would like to do it," Miller said Wednesday morning when asked in a telephone interview whether or not she will serve on the board if alma mater calls.

The Harford County Public Library Board of Trustees is seeking a student liaison representative as an ex-officio member of the board. The student liaison is chosen in cooperation with public and private high schools in Harford County and applicants should be in their junior year and will serve during their senior year. Student applications must be submitted by Friday, March 15. The role of student liaison is to obtain input on library services, policies and materials collections from their peers, to encourage teens to consider librarianship as a career, to encourage use of library services by teens and to gain practical experience in the operations of their government.

The Harford County Public Library Board of Trustees is searching for three candidates to be considered for appointment to the board beginning July 2013. The new trustees will represent the Bel Air, Jarrettsville and North County areas. An application form and additional information may be obtained from any Harford County Public Library branch, the HCPL website ( http://www.HCPLonline.org or by calling 410-838-3749. Completed applications together with a resume must be returned by Friday, March 1, 2013 to Office of the Director, Harford County Public Library, 1221-A Brass Mill Road, Belcamp, Maryland 21017.

Arthur Fong Kaff of Bel Air has been appointed to the Harford County Board of Education to fill the vacancy caused by the sudden death in September of the board's president, Dr. Leonard Wheeler. Gov. Martin O'Malley announced the appointment Kaff on Thursday, along with the appointment of Jan Stinchcomb of Abingdon to a seat on the Harford Community College Board of Trustees. According to background information supplied by the governor's office, Kaff is a lawyer who serves as an attorney advisor in the Ethics, Legislation and Government Information Practices Branch in the Office of the Judge Advocate General Headquarters for the Department of the Army.

Paul W. Wirtz, former deputy director of facilities engineering at Aberdeen Proving Ground and longtime comptroller and trustee of the Baltimore Streetcar Museum, died Nov. 4 from multiple organ failure at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. The former Roland Park resident was 91. "Paul was a very erudite guy and very learned. He was a world traveler until he became ill," said Andrew S. Blumberg, a member for many years of the Baltimore Streetcar Museum, where he is director of public relations.

The federal agency that oversees bankruptcy cases is objecting to proposed bonuses for RG Steel executives that could add up to more than $20 million. The U.S. Trustee Program said in court papers that the request by the Sparrows Point steelmaker, to be split between 10 "key members of the management team," doesn't qualify as an expense that should be given priority. One of the agency's trustees wrote the proposed bonus plan doesn't offer an incentive for the executives to up their performances — only encourage them not to leave before assets are auctioned off. The bonuses could work out to an average of just over $2 million per employee.

Rebecca Groves "Becky" Smith, a former educator and social worker who had been a trustee at what is now McDaniel College for more than three decades, died Thursday of heart failure at William Hill Manor in Easton. She was 95. The former Rebecca Groves, the daughter of a farmer and a homemaker, was born and raised in Kennedyville. After graduating from Chestertown High School in 1933, she earned a bachelor's degree in history and English and certification in secondary education in 1937 from what was then Western Maryland College.

Carroll County commissioners assured the trustees of Carroll Community College yesterday that they would support all efforts to get equitable state money for the school.Trustee Chairwoman Barbara Charnock has sent letters to the Carroll legislative delegation asking them to support putting another $3.3 million into the state budget for Carroll and eight other community colleges that are getting less than what they consider to be their share of the state formula.Carroll County would receive $889,000 of that $3.3 million.

It was a scene without precedent in Baltimore: trustees of the Enoch Pratt Free Library chasing after motorists outside library headquarters on Cathedral Street, urging them to tell the mayor how important the Pratt is to them."

Richard Paul Sullivan , a former chairman and CEO of Easco Corp. who had been active in Republican state politics and civic affairs, died Sunday of cancer at his Owings Mills home. The longtime Guilford resident was 79. Mr. Sullivan, whose father was president of the American Girl Shoe Co. and whose mother was a homemaker, was born and raised in Newton, Mass. After graduating in 1950 from St. Sebastian's School in Milton, Mass., he earned a bachelor's degree in 1954 in marine engineering from the Massachusetts Maritime Academy.

Richard D. Norling of Darlington and Cordell E. Hunter Sr. of Havre de Grace were appointed to the Harford Community College Board of Trustees by Gov. Martin O'Malley this week. O'Malley also reappointed the board chairman Bryan E. Kelly and board members Doris Carey and John Haggerty. Richard Norling is the statestat Director for the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and the former chair of the Harford County Trial Courts Judicial Nominating Commission. He also formerly served as chair of the Budget Advisory Board to the Harford County Council in 2000-2002.