Elected to fill vacancies on the board are Chuck Boesenberg, Jeff McCreary and Scott Jones. Boesenberg and McCreary are Rose-Hulman alumni.

Boesenberg is president and chief executive officer for NetIQ, which is headquartered in San Jose, Calif. NetIQ is a leading provider of e-business infrastructure management and intelligence solutions. A 30-year veteran in the technology industry, his career includes creating strategic initiatives that accelerated sales or acquisitions for Apple Computer, IBM, Magellan, MIPS, and Integrated Systems.

As a senior vice president at Apple, Boesenberg managed United States sales and marketing organizations consisting of over 2,000 employees. U.S. sales at Apple more than doubled to over $2.8 billion in less than two years of his leadership. Boesenberg graduated from Rose-Hulman in 1970 with a degree in mechanical engineering.

McCreary serves as senior vice president and manager of Worldwide Semiconductor Sales and Marketing for Texas Instruments in Dallas, Texas. McCreary, a 1979 Rose-Hulman electrical engineering graduate, directs a sales and marketing organization of nearly 1,000 people of which half are located outside the United States. He led the sales and account management efforts that have helped build the world's largest digital signal processing and analog business. He has directed the development and implementation of the industry's first large-scale database to track design opportunities and engagements at customers.

Jones was a pioneer in the development of voice-messaging technology developed by Boston Technology, which he co-founded and chaired in 1986. He is currently chairman, chief executive officer and president of Escient Technologies in Indianapolis, Ind. Escient Technologies is a high technology management company that channels promising new technologies into strategic positions in the marketplace. Its five affiliate companies offer high-tech products and services for home entertainment, data storage and the internet.