John K. Thorndike Elected to Bowdoin College Board of Trustees

BRUNSWICK, ME (05/23/2011)(readMedia)-- John K. Thorndike, of Brookline, Mass., has been elected to the Bowdoin College Board of Trustees. Thorndike, a member of the Bowdoin College Class of 2002, was one of seven trustees elected for a term of five years, effective July 1, 2011.

Thorndike is Deputy CIO of The Investment Fund for Foundations (TIFF), a cooperative-style investment organization with a mission of improving the investment returns of endowed charities. TIFF has 756 non-profit members with $8.6 billion in assets.

Thorndike focuses on selecting and monitoring external managers and internally managed investments for the marketable investments program. In 2008, he completed the Program for Leadership Development at Harvard Business School.

Thorndike worked as a financial analyst in Bowdoin's investment office during 2003-2004 and has served with the Bowdoin Career Advisory Network.

The other newly elected trustees include Stewart Bainum Jr., Gregory B. Bowes '83, Tasha vanderLinde Irving '82, George A. Khaldun '73, Kathleen K. Phillips '99 and Karen Natalie Walker '84.

About Bowdoin College

Bowdoin College is a highly selective liberal arts college located in Brunswick, Maine, about 25 miles north of Portland. One of the oldest colleges in the nation, it received its charter in 1794. Bowdoin enrolls approximately 1,750 students from across the country and around the world.

Notable alumni include 14th U.S. President Franklin Pierce (class of 1824), writers Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (both 1825), African-American newspaper editor John Brown Russwurm (1826), Civil War hero Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (1852), Arctic explorer Robert E. Peary (1877), former Senate Majority Leader and architect of the Ireland peace accord George J. Mitchell (1954), former U.S. Defense Secretary William Cohen (1962), and Olympic gold medalist Joan Benoit Samuelson (1979).

Online version at: http://www.bowdoin.edu/news/archives/1bowdoincampus/008520.shtml