Emeriti

The George Washington University Board of Trustees may elect former trustees who have demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to the university through their distinctive and meritorious service as trustees emeriti, which is a lifetime recognition.

Chair Emeriti

• Grace Speights, 2019-2026
• Nelson A. Carbonell, Jr., 2013-2019
• W. Russell Ramsey, 2007-2013
• Charles T. Manatt, 2001-2007 *
• Sheldon S. Cohen, 2000-2001 *
• John D. Zeglis, 1995-2000
• Oliver T. Carr, Jr., 1988-1995
• Everett Hollis Bellows, 1985-1988 *
• Glen Anderson Wilkinson, 1978-1985 *
• Charles Emory Phillips, 1972-1978 *
• Edward Karrick Morris, 1965-1972 *
• Newell Windom Ellison, 1959-1965 *
• Robert Vedder Fleming, 1937-1959 *
• John Bell Larner, 1910-1931*
• Henry Brown Floyd Macfarland, 1907-1910 *
• Wayne Mac Veagh, 1902-1907 *
• Samuel Harrison Greene, 1899-1902 *  

* denotes deceased

Trustees Emeriti

• Richard Blackburn, JD '67
• Nancy Broyhill, BA '65
• Henry "Ric" Duques, BBA '65, MBA '69
• Emilio Fernandez, MS '76
• I. Allan From, BBA '72
• David Gladstone
• Gary Granoff, BBA '69, JD '73
• Mark V. Hughes, BA '69, MS '77
• Raymond J. Oglethorpe, MS '69
• The Honorable B. J. Penn, MS '80
• Linda D. Rabbitt, MA '72
• Sharon Percy Rockefeller
• Mark R. Shenkman, M.B.A.' 67
• Lydia W. Thomas
• The Honorable Mark R. Warner, BA '77, HON '03
• J. McDonald Williams, JD '66