Alumni voters elect Belanger an IU trustee

Belanger received 7,111 of 28,308 valid votes cast through mailed ballots. All candidates earned degrees from IU, and every degree-holder from the university had the opportunity to vote in the elections.

Belanger graduated from IU Bloomington in May 2000 with a bachelor of science degree in finance from IU's Kelley School of Business. While at IU, he was president and treasurer of Pi Kappa Phi social fraternity and president of the Order of Omega honorary society. He rode twice in the annual Little 500 bicycle race and was a member of Blue Key honor society. He is a financial analyst for Procter & Gamble and its Iams Co. subsidiary. Other candidates and their vote totals were:

John A. Nash of Columbus, 4,996; Ray Richardson of Greenfield, 4,378; Raymond Nicholson of Evansville, 3,714; Bill Riley of Edinburgh, 2,655; Robert Cummins of Naperville, Ill., 2,107; David Welker of Roanoke, 1,834; and C. Duane O'Neal of Greenwood, 1,513. A total of 192 ballots were voided.

IU has nine trustees, of whom three are elected by the alumni. The other two alumni trustees are Cora Smith Breckenridge of Elkhart, who was first elected in 1997 and whose present term ends in 2003, and Susan Hays Talbot, who was first elected in 2001 and whose present term ends in 2004.

The remaining trustees are appointed by the governor, including two trustees up for reappointment by Gov. Frank O'Bannon: Frederick F. Eichhorn Jr. of Bloomington and Patrick A. Shoulders of Evansville.

IU Board of Trustees Office Web site: http://www.indiana.edu/~trustees/
IU Alumni Association Web site: http://www.alumni.indiana.edu/