The following individuals were serving on the St. Olaf College Board of Regents in 2004, when the sale of the WCAL charitable trust assets was voted on "unanimously, with one abstention".
The abstention has been confirmed as that of Regent Addison (Tad) Piper, who had multiple documented conflicts of interest regarding the sale at the time of the vote. Despite these conflicts of interest, he was publicly identified by senior St. Olaf College administrators as being instrumental in the sale process itself.
According to the research that SaveWCAL has done, the St. Olaf College Board of Regents in 2004 were:
OFFICERS:
Chair, Jerrol (Jerry) Tostrud '60
Vice Chair, Bruce Nicholson '68
Secretary, Christopher Thomforde
Treasurer, Alan Norton
EX-OFFICIO / OBSERVERS / POSSIBLY NON-VOTING
Christopher Thomforde
President, St. Olaf College
Rebecca (Becky) Brown '80
President, St. Olaf Alumni Board
Corvallis, OR
Richard Zawistoski
ELCA Adviser / Observer
VOTING REGENTS
Nancy Anderson '74
Deputy Counsel General, Microsoft Corporation
Seattle, WA
John Benson P'93, P'96
Retired Executive Vice President, 3M Health Care Markets
St. Paul, MN
Thomas (Tom) Boldt '74
President, The Boldt Companies
Appleton, WI
Kathleen Althoff Brekken '71
Retired President/CEO, Midwest of Cannon Falls, Inc.
Cannon Falls, MN
Philip Brunelle
Artistic Director, VocalEssence
Minneapolis, MN
Barbara Peterson Burwell '76
Burwell Enterprises
Minneapolis, MN
Bishop George Carlson
Bishop, South Central Synod of Wisconsin (ELCA)
Madison, WI
William(B ill) Cowles Jr.
Retired General Manager, Frigoscandia Inc.
Northfield, MN
Reuben (Reub) Groehler '55
Retired Pastor, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)
Anoka, MN
Robert Hatch
Chairman/CEO, Cereal Ingredients, Inc., CII Laboratory Services, Inc.
Kansas City, MO
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William (Bill) Hoeft '79
President, Chairman of the Board, CEO, Ziegler, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
Ronald (Ron) Hunter '70
Assistant Vice President Chief Trademark Counsel, Cargill Inc.,
Minneapolis, MN
Ruth Hustad '55
Hustad Real Estate
Eden Prairie, MN
B. Kristine Olson Johnson '73
General Partner, Affinity Capital Management
Minneapolis, MN
Mark Johnson '82
Partner, Four 51, Inc.
Eden Prairie, MN
Marilyn Miller
Director of Congregational Ministries, Lutheran Human Relations
Milwaukee, WiI
Truxtun (Trux) Morrison P'89
Retired Chairman, ConAgra, International
Omaha, NE
Martha Arveson Nelson '73
Teacher, Talmud Torah of St. Paul
St. Paul, MN
Bruce Nicholson '68
President and CEO, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
Minneapolis, MN
Jaclyn Patrignani '02
Student, William Mitchell College of Law
Minneapolis, MN
Addison (Tad) Piper
Chairman, US Bancorp Piper Jaffray
Minneapolis, MN
Franklyn Prendergast
Professor of Pharmacology, Edmond & Marion Guggenheim Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
Larry Rasmussen '61
Retired Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics, Union
Theological Seminary
New York, NY
Walter (Joe) Ringer III
Vice Chairman and CEO, The Foley Companies
Minneapolis, MN
Bishop Peter Rogness
Bishop, St. Paul Area Synod (ELCA)
St. Paul, MN
O. Jay Tomson '58
Chair/Director, First Citizens National Bank
Mason City, IA
Jerrol (Jerry) Tostrud '60, P'87, P'89, P'91
Retired Executive Vice President, West Publishing Company
Eagan, MN
Mark Yost '86
President, Intrinsic Capital Partners, LLC
Chicago, IL
SENIOR REGENTS / REGENTS EMERITI
Dean Buntrock '55
Retired Executive, Waste Management Inc. (WMI)
Illinois
Martin Marty P'78, P'81
Professor Emeritus, University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Leonard Hoeft
Retired Executive
** It is not known if the Senior (Emeritii) Regents are voting members of the Regents. What is known is that Senior Regent Leonard Hoeft — one of St. Olaf College's most generous donors as well as one of the most generous donors to the WCAL charitable trust in the history of the station — was neither informed of the plan to sell the station and was neither informed of nor invited to the board meeting where and when the vote took place.
A listing of the current St. Olaf College Board of Regents can be found on the St. Olaf College web site.
