The Honorary Board of Regents

CHAIRMAN: WILLIAM J. CROWE, JR.

ADMIRAL, U.S. NAVY (RET.), AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED KINGDOM (1994-1997)

CHAIRMAN, JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF (1985-1989)

MAYA ANGELOU

Z. Smith Reynolds Professor of American Studies, Wake Forest University

ELAINE L. CHAO

Distinguished Fellow, The Heritage Foundation President and CEO, United Way (1992-1996)

Director, Peace Corps (1991-1992)

JOAN GANZ COONEY

Chairman, Children's Television Workshop

WALTER CRONKITE

Anchor, CBS News (Ret.)

MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN

Founder and President, Childrens' Defense Fund

HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR.

Director, W.E.B. DuBois Institute for Afro-American Research,

W.E.B. DuBois Professor of The Humanities, Harvard University

HON. DANIEL GOLDIN

VARTAN GREGORIAN

President, Carnegie Corporation, New York

President, Brown University (1989-1997)

PETER R. KANN

Chairman and CEO, Dow Jones & Company

Publisher, The Wall Street Journal

JAMES V. KIMSEY

Founding CEO and Chairman Emeritus, America Online, Inc.

WENDY KOPP

Founder and President, Teach for America

HON. FEDERICO F. PENA

Managing Director, Vestar Capital Partners,

Secretary of Energy (1997-1998),

Secretary of Transportation (1993-1997)

COLIN POWELL

General, U.S. Army (Ret.)

Chairman, America's Promise

Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff (1989-1993)

HAROLD T. SHAPIRO

President, Princeton University

WILLIAM C. STEERE, JR.

Chairman of the Board and Chiefs Executive Officer, Pfizer, Inc.

STEPHEN JOEL TRACHTENBERG

President, The George Washington University

BOB WOODWARD

Assistant Managing Editor, The Washington Post