Four named to Bradley Board of Trustees

Peoria, Illinois . . . February 5, 2003 . . . Four alumni recently were elected to serve on the Bradley University Board of Trustees. Carl M. Birkelbach, Robin L. Kelly, Judson C. Mitchell, and Larry D. Richman were each appointed to a 6-year term on the Board.

Mr. Birkelbach is the chief Executive Officer of Birkelbach Management Corporation in Chicago, and since 1974, has been the host of The Stock Market Observer television program. He graduated in 1962 with a Bachelor of Science degree in business management and administration. He has served on the Foster College of Business Administration's National Council of Advisors, is an active member of the Chicago Alumni Network Council, and has been a member of the Bradley Council since 1997. He was recognized with the Lydia Moss Bradley Award in 2000.

Ms. Kelly is director of Community Relations for the Village of Matteson, Illinois and, in November, was elected to represent District 38 in the Illinois General Assembly. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology in 1978 and a master of arts in counseling in 1982. She serves on the Black Alumni Scholarship Committee and has been a member of the Bradley Council since 1997.

Mr. Mitchell is Vice President for Human Resources at DePaul University in Chicago. He is a member of the College and University Personnel Association and the Society for Human Resource Management. He is a football official with the Gateway Athletic Conference. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in sociology in 1966 and the Master of Public Administration degree from Governors State University in 1990. He was a founding member of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity at Bradley.

Mr. Richman is Executive Vice President of Commercial Banking at LaSalle Bank in Chicago. He has served on the Bradley Council since 1997 and is a member of the Foster College of Business Administration's National Council of Advisors. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing in 1974, and MBA from Indiana University in 1976, and a graduate degree in credit and financial management from Stanford University in 1988.