Four elected to Vanderbilt Board of Trust

The Vanderbilt Board of Trust elected four new members during its spring meeting April 26-28. They are Claiborne P. Deming, Edith Carell Johnson, Douglas W. Shorenstein and graduating senior Andrew Wilson.

Deming, president and CEO of Murphy Oil Corporation, in El Dorado, Ark., received his bachelor’s and law degrees from Tulane University. He is the former chairman of the American Petroleum Institute and is a founding member of the El Dorado Education Foundation, a non-profit organization that recognizes excellence with financial incentives for teachers. The father of four children, including 2006 Vanderbilt graduate Claiborne Jr., he is a member of the Vanderbilt Parents Leadership Committee.

Johnson received her bachelor’s degree from Centenary College and law degree from Wake Forest University. Her Nashville community involvement includes co-chairing the $44 million Capital Campaign for Harpeth Hall School, membership on the Board of the Nashville Zoo and the McNeilly Center for Children and membership in the Tennessee Bar Association. She is a recipient of the Spirit of Giving Award from United Way of Nashville. At Vanderbilt, she is a member of the Carell Scholarship committee, the Canby Robinson Society and the National Commodore Club. She is a former member of the Peabody Roundtable.

Shorenstein, chairman and CEO of Shorenstein Properties, LLC, in San Francisco, received his undergraduate degree from University of California, Berkeley, and law degree from the University of California, Hastings College of Law. His memberships include the boards of the Urban School of San Francisco, the Bay Area council, the Yale School of Management and the Joan Shorenstein Center at Harvard. One of his three children, Brandon, is a member of Vanderbilt’s Peabody College Class of 2008.

Wilson, a neuroscience and mathematics double major from Dallas, Texas, was elected as the Young Alumni Trustee. A participant in the College of Arts and Science Scholar program and the honors program in neuroscience, he has been involved in DoreWays orientation program, most recently serving as student director. He has been a member of the Committee on Leadership Training and served as a VUceptor his senior year. A member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, he served as Interfraternity Council treasurer his sophomore year and vice president his junior year. He has participated in Alternative Spring Break and served on the executive board. His community involvement activities have also included Vanderbuddies, Vanderbilt Students Volunteer for Science and Dance Marathon.

Wilson was chosen for board membership by junior and senior classes as well as members of the most recent graduating class. Vanderbilt set a national precedent in 1968 when the Board of Trust voted to elect a graduating senior to its membership each year.

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