FULLNAME: Larry L. Graham CITYSTATEZIP: Stevens Point, WI 54481 EDUCATION: B.S.Ch.E., Northwestern University, 1964. M.S.Ch.E., University of Toledo, 1968. Ph.D., Institute of Paper Chemistry, 1975. OCCUPATION: 1964-69, Corporate Research, Owens-Illinois, Toledo, Ohio. 1974-2003, Professor, Paper Science and Engineering Department, U.W.S.P. serving as Department Chair and Paper Science Foundation Director for the last seventeen years. INVOLVEMENT: Avid listener for forty years, WPRA member, attendee at events. WHYSERVE: Public radio is important in our household. REPRESENTATION: As a retiree I have the time for these activities. FUNDRAISING: I am unaware of any endowment for WPR. I am a beleiver in endowments. I believe that many would be more willing to use a WPR endowment as a place for legacy or memorial gifts than for annual appeals. Gifts to an endowment keep on giving. I would like to see WPR have an endowment opportunity. FEEDBACK: Of course I have my own thoughts on programming and am willing and eager to share my thoughts as well as hear those of others. RESPONSIBILITY: As Director of the UWSP Paper Science Foundation I managed the financial affair s of that Foundation. During seventeen years I increased its assets ten-fold. My record there speaks for my ability in this area. AFFILIATIONS: I am currently President of the Aldo Leopold Audubon Society (central Wisconsin Audubon chapter). REGION: Central

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