School appoints three new members to Board of Trustees

MARIETTA - Life University&#39;s Board of Trustees have appointed three new members to its panel as the school continues its fight to regain accreditation. <br> <br> Following the June resignation of former trustee chairman Doctor Rebecca Ray, the board announced yesterday the appointment of Doctor Thomas Klapp, Doctor Robert De Bonis and Doctor Sharon Gorman, expanding the 12-member panel to 15. <br> <br> Board chairman Doctor Chuck Ribley said he believes the board will work effectively to support the reaccreditation process. <br> <br> Ribley said, ``I feel with the amount of work that is involved that we could use more trustees to help the institution be as prestigious as it can be. More minds make a better institution.&#39;&#39; <br> <br> Klapp, who graduated from Life in 1979, has practiced in Ann Arbor, Michigan, since 1980. He has served on two Council on Chiropractic Education visiting teams and currently serves as president of the Congress of Chiropractic State Associations. <br> <br> De Bonis, a graduate of New York Chiropractic College, has managed a New York-based chiropractic practice since 1978. He was also a founding member and officer of the New York State Chiropractic Council and has served on the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners. He is the current chair of the New York State Board for Chiropractic. <br> <br> Gorman, a 1984 Life graduate who currently manages three chiropractic offices in Pennsylvania, serves as a Pennsylvania representative to the Life University Alumni Association and is the Northeast Regional Director of the Chiropractic Fellowship of Pennsylvania.

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