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Vote NowTo be counted, all votes for Overseers and Harvard Alumni Association elected directors must be returned by noon on May 30. Results of...

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To be counted, all votes for Overseers and Harvard Alumni Association elected directors must be returned by noon on May 30. Results of the election will be announced on Commencement Day, June 5.

For Overseer (six-year term, five to be elected):

Michael Cronin '75, M.B.A. '77. Weston, Mass. Managing partner, Weston Presidio Capital.

Roger Ferguson '73, J.D. '77, Ph.D. '81. Washington, D.C. Vice chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

Merrick Garland '74, J.D. '77. Washington, D.C. Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Carl Pforzheimer '58, M.B.A. '63. Scarsdale, N.Y. Investment banker, managing partner, Carl H. Pforzheimer & Co.

Earl "Rusty" Powell, Ph.D '74. Alexandria, Va. Director, National Gallery of Art.

Joan Steitz, Ph.D '67. Branford, Conn. Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and Sterling professor of molecular biophysics and biochemistry, Yale.

Leah Zell Wanger '71, Ph.D '79. Chicago. Lead portfolio manager, Acorn International Fund; head of International Equities, Liberty Acorn International Fund.

Pauline Yu '70. Pacific Palisades, Calif. Dean of humanities and professor of East Asia languages and cultures, UCLA.

For HAA Director (three-year term, six to be elected):

Alexander Aldrich '80. Montpelier, Vt. Executive director, Vermont Arts Council.

Joseph Azelby '84. Cresskill, N.J. Real-estate CEO and managing director, J.P. Morgan Fleming Asset Management (New York City).

Thomas Castro '76. Houston. President, El Dorado Communications Inc.

Mark Chandler '78. Palo Alto. Vice president of legal services and general counsel, Cisco Systems Inc.

Susan Fales-Hill '84. New York City. Writer, television producer.

Marilyn Holifield, J.D. '72. Miami. Attorney and partner, Holland & Knight LLP.

Alan Khazei '83, J.D. '87. Jamaica Plain, Mass. CEO, City Year Inc.

Quintin Primo III, M.B.A. '79. Barrington Hills, Ill. Cochairman, Capri Capital.

Andrea Silbert '86, M.B.A.-M.P.A. '92. West Harwich, Mass. Executive director, Center for Women & Enterprise.                

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