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10/25/99

SLU BOARD ELECTS NEW TRUSTEE

CANTON -- The St. Lawrence University Board of Trustees, at 
its fall meeting on October 9, elected Janet Hatfield Legro, 
of Charlottesville, Virginia, as a trustee, for a term that 
will begin on July 1, 2000. A 1985 graduate of St. Lawrence, 
Legro is the minister of Mt. Olivet United Church of Christ 
in Charlottesville. 
	She earned the master of divinity degree from Harvard 
University in 1989 and has been at the Mt. Olivet United Church 
of Christ since 1998. Legro majored in government and religious 
studies at St. Lawrence, and while a student was a member of 
Delta Delta Delta sorority, the ski team and the government 
honorary society. As an alumna, she has been a planning chair 
for Reunion, as well as a career advisor. In 1988, Legro served 
as interim chaplain at St. Lawrence, while Chaplain Ted Linn 
was on sabbatical leave.
	The Board also approved releasing $300,000 to the Village 
of Canton to be used for improving parking downtown. The funds 
are part of an agreement between the University and the village 
that included the discontinuance of Leigh Street, so that that 
property may be used by the University in its renovation and 
upgrade of athletics and recreation facilities. In addition, 
the Board of Trustees approved releasing an additional $40,000 
to the village, to be used for improvements to Maple Street, 
which runs parallel to Leigh Street, in anticipation of 
increased traffic on Maple Street. 
	Both of these items have been considered and approved 
by village officials.
	
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