The Cornell University Board of Trustees on May 24 unanimously elected two new at-large trustees, two new trustee fellows and re-elected two at-large members and four fellows. Board members also welcomed two alumni-elected trustees, one faculty-elected trustee, one student-elected trustee and two trustees appointed by New York Gov. George Pataki.

In addition, the board unanimously re-elected Stephen H. Weiss as chair of the board and Ronald P. Lynch, Harold Tanner and Carol C. Tatkon as vice chairs, all for one-year terms beginning July 1. Elected as at-large members of the 64-person board to four-year terms beginning July 1 were Paul F. Cole, Ann S. Bowers, Ronald P. Lynch, Edwin H. Morgens and Dr. Samuel O. Thier.

Cole is secretary-treasurer of the New York State AFL/CIO; Bowers is co-founder and human resources consultant for Enterprise 2000 of Palo Alto, Calif.; Lynch is managing partner of Lord, Abbett & Co., an investment firm in New York City; Morgens is chairman of Morgens, Waterfall, Vintiadis, a financial services firm in New York City; Dr. Thier is president of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.

Elected as trustee fellows for four-year terms beginning July 1 were Richard A. Aubrecht, vice chairman, director and vice president of Moog Inc., of Orchard Park, N.Y.; Laura J. Clark, vice president of J.P. Morgan & Co. in Chicago; Michael W. N. Chiu, chairman and president of Prima Hotels and Prima Donna Development Co. of Los Altos Hills, Calif.; Joseph H. Holland, an attorney and commissioner of the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal; and Roger J. Weiss, a founding partner and senior managing principal of the investment firm of Weiss, Peck & Greer.

Robert J. Appel, general partner at Neuberger & Berman, a securities brokerage in New York City, was elected a trustee fellow to complete a two-year term July 1 through June 30, 1998. Fellows are fully participating board members except that they don't cast a ballot on those matters requiring a formal vote.

Elected by the alumni body as trustees were Elizabeth G. Armstrong, a 1968 graduate of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and Robert T. Blakely, a 1963 graduate of the College of Engineering who got his MBA from Cornell in 1965. Armstrong is director of Medical Education at Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Mass. Blakely is senior vice president and chief financial officer of Tenneco Inc., of Greenwich, Conn.

S. Kay Obendorf, professor of textiles and apparel, recently was elected by university faculty members to a four-year term as faculty trustee beginning July 1.

Julie Y. Chon, a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences majoring in government with a concentration in international relations, will become a student-elected member of the board effective the same date.

Pataki, who as governor is a trustee, appointed Jerold R. Ruderman to the board on Dec. 12, 1995, and James A. Ortenzio on Oct. 11, 1995, for terms expiring June 30, 1997 and 1998 respectively. Ruderman is an attorney with Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker in White Plains, N.Y. Ortenzio is chief executive officer of the Greater New York Meat Institute of New York City.