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(WORCESTER, MA)&emdash; Joan Freedman, Christina Hobbs and Edward Landau were elected to three-year terms and William Cavanaugh to a two-year term on the EcoTarium Board of Trustees during the museum's annual meeting on April 29, 2003.
William Cavanaugh of Worcester is the owner of C.C. Lowell, an art supply business located in Worcester. He earned his MBA from the University of Michigan and a BS from Lehigh University.
Christina T. Hobbs of Westwood is an active community volunteer who involved with the New England Wildflower Society, the Noanett Garden Club and the Boston Committee of the Garden Club of America. She holds an AB from Vassar and a master's in education from Simmons College.
Joan Freedman of Worcester is retired from the Worcester Public Schools. She holds an MA in counseling psychology from Assumption College and a BA in psychology from Wellesley College. She is active in the educational community, including involvement with Worcester's Flagg Street School, Wellesley College, and the Clark University Holocaust and Genocide Studies Center.
Dr. Edward Landau of Westborough is a retired physician who has been active as an EcoTarium corporator. He is a member of the museum's Program, Collections and Playground Committees. He earned his MD from Harvard Medical School and a BA from Dartmouth. Ed also serves as trustee of the Conway School of Landscape Design where he earned a master's in landscape design.
Returning to the board for a three-tear term are Thomas J. Bartholomew, Gail Morgan, Joaquim S.S. Ribeiro, Robert M. Siff, Michael P. Tsotsis, and Mark R. Wetzel. Dr. Arthur Pappas and James Harrington were also re-elected to the board for one-year terms. The board also elected longtime board member Stephen B. Loring as honorary trustee. The museum announced that its summer camp will be named Loring Summer Discovery Camp in his honor.
Officers for the board of trustees are: Mary Melville, President; Bartholomew and Ribeiro, Vice Presidents; Morgan, Secretary; and David F. Dalton, Treasurer.
In addition, 15 new members were elected to the museum's Board of Corporators. They include Whitney Beals of Southborough, associate director of land protection, New England Forestry Foundation, Inc.; John Bennett of Princeton, vice president, FLEXcon; James Buonomo of Shrewsbury, executive vice president, Nypro, Inc.; Kirk Davis of Hopkinton, president and publisher, Holden Landmark, Inc.; Dr. Timothy Downs of Worcester, assistant professor, Clark University; James M. Hunt of Worcester, associate professor, Babson College; Kevin Kearney of Worcester, associate professor and director of service learning, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Studies.
Also, James Kenary III of Worcester, financial specialist, Solomon Smith Barney; Mary-Louise Martinez of Boylston, astrophysicist, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore; Mark McDonough of Manchester-by-the-Sea, president, AstroDataBank, Manchester; Edward J. Robbins of Jefferson, retired; J. Kevin Schmidt of Shrewsbury, vice president, Saint-Gobain Abrasives; Dr. Greenfield Sluder of Sudbury, professor, the University of Massachusetts Medical School; James Umphrey of Shrewsbury, Kelleher & Sadowsky; and Dr. Madeline Vargas of Worcester, associate professor, Holy Cross. Re-elected to the corporation for a five-year term were Richard B. Hardy, Frances F. Jacobson, Joan Sadowsky, Elizabeth Traynor.
EcoTarium is an indoor-outdoor museum dedicated to exploring the natural world. The museum offers three floors of exhibits, wildlife habitats, nature trails, ponds, an award-winning meadow, a planetarium, and a narrow-gauge railroad. The museum is located at 222 Harrington Way in Worcester, Mass., is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sundays 12 to 5 p.m. Open selected Monday holidays and Mondays during school vacation weeks. Admission is $7 for adults and $5 for seniors, college students and children ages 3-16. Located just off the Mass Pike, the EcoTarium is a 45-minute drive from Boston. Free parking is available. Visit the EcoTarium on the web at www.ecotarium.org. Information number: (508) 929-2700.