The panelists who select the members of Stanford's Board of Trustees must have taken the old adage to heart: If you want something done, ask a busy person. The four alumni trustees who began five-year terms March 1 keep hectic professional schedules but remain as committed to volunteerism as they were in their student days. Cory Booker and David Laney are new to the board, while interim members Mari J. Baker and William Halter are now starting full terms.
Booker, '91, MA '92 (sociology), was a 1994 Rhodes Scholar and received his law degree from Yale last year. He is a staff attorney at the Urban Justice Center in New York, a consultant to the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice and a member of the Newark Advocates for Children. At Stanford, Booker played var- sity football and was active in community service.
Laney, '71, managing partner of the Dallas-based law firm Jenkens & Gilchrist, is the commissioner of transportation for Texas and director of the Texas Turnpike Authority. He spent two years with Volunteers in Asia and received his law degree from Southern Metho- dist University in 1977. Laney has played a significant role in Stanford fund-raising.
Baker, '85, is senior vice president of the consumer division at Intuit. She is a member of Stanford's commission on technology in teaching and learning. As an undergraduate, she was coordinator of the campus Newman Center, a social service organization.
Halter graduated Phi Beta Kappa in economics and political science in 1983 and was a Rhodes Scholar. He co-founded the Stanford Partners mentoring program and helped establish Stanford-in-Washington (see page 18). Halter was chief economist for the Senate finance committee from 1989 to 1991 and is currently the senior adviser at the Office of Management and Budget in the Clinton administration.
