Qwest executive elected to head Notre Dame's board of trustees

Published: 2007-03-20

NOTRE DAME, Ind. (CNS) -- Richard C. Notebaert, chairman and CEO of Qwest Communications International, has been elected chairman of the University of Notre Dame's board of trustees. His three-year term begins July 1. Notebaert, a member of the Notre Dame board since 1997, will succeed Patrick F. McCartan, senior partner of Jones Day international law firm, who has served on the board for 18 years, the last seven as chairman. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin, Notebaert also has served as a fellow of the university and will continue to do so. The fellows -- six lay members and six priests of the Congregation of Holy Cross -- are the university's ultimate governing body. They elect trustees, adopt and amend bylaws and are specifically charged with maintaining Notre Dame's Catholic character.

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