NCSU Libraries Focus Online

Volume 26 number 2 - Winter 2006

Friends of the Library News--Two New Board Members

By Anne Schnatter, Friends of the Library

Robert Bashford has been reappointed to the Board of Directors for a second five-year term, ending in 2010. Bashford graduated from NC State with a major in premedicine and received his medical degree from UNC–Chapel Hill. He has been named one of North Carolina’s top doctors, practicing and teaching psychiatry and teaching OB-GYN residents at UNC–Chapel Hill. His long-standing commitment to NC State has made him a valuable asset to the Friends of the Library Board of Directors.

Erich Bumgardner graduated from NC State in 1983 with a B.S. in economics. He served as the assistant vice president, credit administrator, and loan review officer for First Union National Bank of North Carolina from 1984 to 1989. Since 1989, he has been a partner at Credit Risk Management, a company that provides financial review and compliance services to small banking institutions. Bumgardner is the son of Carl Bumgardner, a faculty member in the Department of Chemistry at NC State. Erich Bumgardner, a native of Raleigh, has many ties to the local community, which make him a valuable asset on the board.