Ezra Cornell
EZRA CORNELL (BS '70 Cornell) is life trustee on the Board of Trustees as the eldest lineal descendant of the founder of Cornell University. He became a trustee in 1969 at age 21.
Mr. Cornell is chairman of the Trustee-Community Communications Committee and a member of the Alumni Affairs and Development, Buildings and Properties, and Governmental Relations Committees. He also serves on the Trustee Task Force on Residential Communities and on the committee that oversees the Cornell Business and Technology Park. In the past he has served on the Audit and Executive Committees. He is a former member of the Advisory Councils for the Colleges of Agriculture and Life Sciences and Human Ecology. He has been general area chairman of the Cornell University Fund, and a house advisor to Sigma Phi fraternity. He is the campus trustee delegate to the New York State Council of Governing Boards, Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities.
Mr. Cornell is vice president and resident manager of Smith Barney in Ithaca and a director of the Guthrie Medical Center.