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Three new members join Board of Trustees
Three distinguished professionals have joined
the Tusculum College Board of Trustees.
Dr. Gene Hall ’73, Dr. Donald Henard, and Dr.
Angelo Volpe were approved as trustees during a
meeting of the board on May 21. The three new
members will begin serving on the Board of Trustees
in October.
Dr. Hall and Dr. Volpe have extensive experience
in higher education. Dr. Henard, an orthopedic
surgeon, also has ties to the College, as his father,
the late Dr. Hal Henard, was a 1930 graduate
of TC.
Dr. Gene Hall ’73
Hall is a professor of chemistry and chemical biology
at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey.
Dr. Hall has taught at Rutgers since 1979,
spending nine years of that time as a visiting scientist
in the Nuclear Physics Laboratory. He has
been a research member of the Laboratory for Surface
Modification at Rutgers since 1979, and for
the past 15 years has been an affiliated member of
the Environmental and Occupational Health Science
Institute, University of Medicine and Dentistry
of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical
School at Rutgers. He has also served in several
faculty leadership positions at the university.
Dr. Hall earned his doctorate in radioanalytical
chemistry at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
State University. He is a grant reviewer for the National
Science Foundation Chemical Instrumentation
program and reviews manuscripts for several
peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Hall has also organized
several conferences and national and international
meetings, and lectured often at scientific societies,
universities and colleges, and at international and
national scientific conferences.
Dr. Donald Henard
Dr. Henard followed his father, a highly popular
Greeneville physician, into the medical field.
He attended the University of Tennessee College
of Medicine, earning his M.D. in 1966 and his master
of science in orthopedic surgery in 1971. Dr.
Henard spent 26 years in private practice in Memphis
and served from 1999-2001 as an orthopedic
consultant for the Church Health Center of Memphis.
He is currently a consultant for Laughlin Memorial
Hospital in Greeneville.
Dr. Henard has also taught orthopedic surgery
courses at the University of Tennessee College of
Medicine in Memphis and the University of Iowa
College of Medicine. He has many professional
publications to his credit and serves in several
community and professional organizations. He
has also served as the state chairman of the Orthopedic
Research and Education Foundation, as
chairman of the Emergency Department and Intensive
Care Unit, Saint Francis Hospital; and cochairman
of the Grievance Committee of the
Memphis and Shelby County Medical Society. He
has been appointed to the medical staffs of a variety
of noted Tennessee hospitals, and holds numerous
society memberships in the medical field.
Dr. Angelo Volpe
Dr. Angelo Volpe, a native of New York City, is
president emeritus of Tennessee Technological
University in Cookeville, where he was also active
as a professor of chemistry. In the 1980s, Dr.
Volpe served four years as vice chancellor for Academic
Affairs and professor of chemistry at East
Carolina University. Prior to serving in that position,
he was dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
at East Carolina as well as chair and professor
of chemistry. Dr. Volpe also taught chemistry
at the Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey
during the 1960s and 1970s, and served for a
year as acting head of the Chemistry Department
there.
Dr. Volpe, who received his doctorate from the
University of Maryland, was a research chemist
in the U.S. Naval Ordnance Laboratory in the
1960s. He is a member of numerous professional
organizations and has received many honors and
awards, including ratings of “Outstanding” in
evaluations of performance at Tennessee Tech and
East Carolina, honorary degrees and recognition
for his support of civic activity, agriculture, and
education. Dr. Volpe is the author or co-author of
27 publications and has given many oral presentations
at professional conferences.
The Board of Trustees, whose members include
alumni, businessmen, professionals, clergy, and
others with an interest in Tusculum, formally
meets three times a year. As part of their responsibilities,
Board members serve on committees that
focus on the College's various Departments and
activities.
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