<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-07-21/magazine/fall-1996/trustees-merit-special-status.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>Trustees Merit Special Status</title><excerpt>Honoring decades of dedicated service, the board of trustees has named three members as trustees emeriti: Bruce Bare, who has served for 49 years; Peter Geddes, a member for 36 years; and Roy Johnston, with 32 years on the board. Bruce Bare provided leadership as both chair and vice chair of the board, working closely with Ruth Kerr during Westmont’s first difficult decades. A Chartered Life Underwriter, he led the New England Mutual Life Agency in Los Angeles, one of the largest insurance firms in the nation. Westmont awarded him an honorary doctorate in 1971. He and his wife, Adaline, are the parents of one Westmont alum and the grandparents of two more.</excerpt><author/><image>
            
            
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