UT Board of Trustees appoints two national board members

4/16/2018
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    Birdel Jackson

  • The University of Toledo Board of Trustees selected Roy V. Armes and Birdel F. Jackson III as national trustees.

    Roy Armes
    Roy Armes

    They will serve two-year terms as volunteers without voting privileges.

    Mr. Armes is a former president and chief executive officer of Cooper Tire & Rubber Company and a 1975 graduate of UT's College of Engineering.

    Birdel Jackson
    Birdel Jackson

    Mr. Jackson is a professional engineer who did engineering work for Olympic venues when Atlanta hosted the games. He is a 1968 graduate of UT's College of Engineering.

    Last year, the board named Christine Brennan, a USA Today columnist who grew up in the Toledo area, as its first national board member.