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Moms Association elects officers, directors during Moms Weekend 4/21/2000

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Mary Jo Farrell, McHenry, has been elected president of the Mothers Association at the University of Illinois.

Farrell is the mother of Tom, a junior in the UI College of Fine and Applied Arts.

Other newly elected Mothers Association officers include (EDITORS: See list.).

The election was held during the annual Moms Weekend in April at the UI. The tradition began in 1921; the UI generally is thought to have been the first university in the nation to designate a weekend honoring students’ mothers.

The association, established in 1923, works to promote a stronger relationship between the university and the citizens of Illinois.

2000-2001 MOTHERS ASSOCIATION OFFICERS

BELLEVILLE – Linda Beys, treasurer

BLOOMINGTON – Susan Hurliman, board member

CHARLESTON – Joyce Lawrence, board member

CHICAGO – Maria Ciesla, board member

DOWNERS GROVE – Suzy Gray, secretary

DUNLAP – Wendy Clary, second vice president; Peggy Murphy, board member

GREENUP – Lynn Carrell, board member

LANSING – Paula Zelanik, board member

MACOMB – Kathy Perone, board member

MATTESON – Michelle Speaks, board member

MATTOON – Merrie Henderson, board member

NILES – Carmie Frey, board member

NORTH CHICAGO – Hai Nguyen, board member

OAKLAND – Roxanne Frey, third vice president

OREANA – Pam Wentworth, board member

SPRINGFIELD – Sena Nelson, board member

TAYLOR RIDGE – Marcia Winter, first vice president

WEST UNION – Barbara Richards, board member

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