Board Of Trust

When Martha R. Ingram steps down June 30 after 12 years as chairman of Vanderbilt’s Board of Trust, she will leave behind a diverse and lasting legacy – including the hiring of two chancellors and the development of a residential college system at Vanderbilt, of which the newly named Martha Rivers Ingram Commons was the crucial first phase. Read More

The Vanderbilt Board of Trust has named the university’s living-learning community for first-year students for Martha R. Ingram. Read More

Thirteen incoming first-year students have been chosen as the newest members of the Ingram Scholarship program. Read More

A look back at 2010, in no particular order. Read More

Watch award-winning author and filmmaker M.K. Asante deliver Vanderbilt’s annual Walter R. Murray Jr. Lecture. Hailed by the Philadelphia Inquirer as “a rare, remarkable talent that brings to mind the great artists of the Harlem Renaissance,” Asante is the author of three celebrated books and films. Murray was the first… Read More

Frederick Rentschler Frederick B. Rentschler, a member of the Vanderbilt University Board of Trust who ran companies including Northwest Airlines and Hunt-Wesson during his career, died July 6 in Scottsdale, Ariz. He was 70. A memorial was set for 11 a.m. July 17 at St. Patrick’s Church… Read More