Newly elected Board of Curators officers to begin terms Jan. 1

Posted to On Campus by Josh Barone at 3:51 p.m., Dec. 27, 2008

A Dec. 26 news release announced Bo Fraser of Columbia was elected to a one-year terms as chairman of the University of Missouri Board of Curators. Judy Haggard of Kennett, Mo., will serve as vice chairwoman.

The board of curators, which is the governing body of the University of Missouri system, elected the new officers during the Dec. 12 board meeting in St. Louis. Fraser and Haggard will begin their one-year terms Jan. 1.

Fraser, who currently serves as vice chairman of the board, will succeed Cheryl Walker of St. Louis. Walker and fellow curators Don Walsworth and Marion Cairns have board terms that expire Dec. 31.

Fraser is currently chairman of the Executive Committee while also serving on Compensation and Human Resources Committee and the Finance and Audit Committee. He was the chairman and CEO of Boone County National Bank for more than 20 year. He is also working to build a Catholic high school in Columbia.

Haggard, an MU graduate, is currently the chairwoman of the Academic and Student Affairs Committee. She works as a family nurse practitioner at the SEMO Health Network in Kennett.