As you might expect, Northwestern’s board of trustees is mostly rich, old, white men. What these 52 men (and 18 women) lack in demographic diversity they make up for in fun facts. Take a look for yourself and get to know your trustees.

Emma Kumer / North by Northwestern

Frederick Waddell

NORTHERN TRUST CORP

Wadell is ranked the 15th most powerful person in Chicago by Chicago Magazine.

W. James McNerney, Jr.

BOEING

McNerney played college baseball with George H.W. Bush at Yale.

W. Rockwell Wirtz

RUSSEL REYNOLDS ASSOCIATES

Wirtz is the owner of the Chicago Blackhawks.

Charles Tribett III

WIRTZ CORP.

Tribett III started dating his wife at the age of 14.

Ivy Beth Lewis

FREELANCE EDITOR

Lewis homeschooled her three children from first to eighth grade while simultaneously managing a sheep and cattle ranch in New Zealand.

T. Bondurant French

ADAMS STREET PARTNERS, LLC

French’s secret to success is, “If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it.” This is something his mom used to say.

Mark Angelson

GOVERNMENT

Angelson served as Deputy Mayor of Chicago from 2011-12, where he made a salary of $1 a year.

Benjamin Slivka

WISSNER-SLIVKA FOUNDATION

Slivka taught himself computer programming on demo equipment in various Seattle retail stores.

Michael Ferro, Jr.

MERRICK VENTURES

Lupe Fiasco once asked Ferro to mentor him, and Ferro offered Fiasco a job the first time they met.

Christopher Combe

COMBE INC.

Combe’s company invented the popular acne medicine Clearasil.

Phebe Novakovic

GENERAL DYNAMICS

Novakovic is a former CIA agent.

Wendy Nelson

CARLSON RESIDOR

Nelson was a professional tennis player who was internationally ranked in both singles and doubles.

Jane DiRenzo Pigott

R3 GROUP LLC.

Pigott decided she wanted to be a lawyer after her parents took her to the Supreme Court and she saw no women serving as justices.