On December 15, 2009, the board elected to close five elementary schools beginning with the 2010-2011 school year.
In 1982, the board elected him the museum's first full-time president and chief executive.
These local boards in turn elect the national board of directors.
Each year the Board elects one of its members to serve as chairman.
The board also elects a university president to serve as the chief executive officer of the university's administration.
Local boards, he said, should perhaps have only three seats elected district wide.
The library's board of trustees elected him during a special meeting yesterday.
The Board elects every year from among its members appropriate officers.
Although he had decided not to take the post, the society's board elected him president before accepting his resignation a few hours later.
In May 2012, the board elected to eliminate 3 teaching position through attrition.