Board of Trustees
Bevan Morris, Prime Minister of the Global Country of World Peace • B.A., M.A., Psychology and Philosophy, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University (England) • M.S.C.I., D.S.C.I., Maharishi European Research University • Doctor of World Peace, Maharishi University of World Peace • International President of Maharishi Vedic Universities • President and Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Maharishi University of Management, U.S.A. • President of the Maharishi Global Development Fund • President of the Maharishi World Peace Fund • Chairman of the Board of Directors of Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment • Fairfield, Iowa
Jeffrey Abramson is a partner in The Tower Companies, a family-owned, award winning real estate development company in the Washington, DC area committed to the principles of socially responsible and environmentally sensitive commercial, residential and retail development. He is the builder of the first US Green Building Council/LEEDS certified rental apartments. The awards received by his company include the Green Power Leadership Award from the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy, and a TOBY Award for Office Building of the Year in the Green Building Category. He lives in Potomac, Maryland.
Vincent Argiro, BA, Biology, Yale University • Ph.D., Neural Sciences, Washington University, St. Louis • Named 2005 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year for Minnesota and the Dakotas in the Life Sciences business category • Founder, former Chief Technology Officer, and former member of the board of directors of Vital Images, Inc. (retired) • Professor of cell biology and neuroscience and associate chair of the department of physiology at Maharishi University of Management, 1984–89.
Ramani Ayer, B. Tech., Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology • M.A., Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Drexel University • Board member of the American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters/Insurance Institute of America, Insurance Information Institute, The Financial Services Roundtable, Hartford Hospital; Trustee of the Mark Twain House in Hartford, Connecticut • Chairman and CEO of the Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. • Hartford, Connecticut
Rogers Badgett, Raja of Atlanta • Entrepreneur. Developer and founder of The Raj Ayurveda Health Spa • Member of the City Council of Maharishi Vedic City
Marsh Belden, Trust Manager, McBel Trust, Canton, Ohio, and major financial supporter of the University. He is the grandnephew of former First Lady Ida Saxton McKinley. In 1999 he donated $1.5 million to restore McKinley’s house in Canton, Ohio. The building now houses the First Ladies Library, the only facility dedicated to the life and work of presidential spouses.
Yogi Bhardwaj, B.S., M.S., Science, GNU University, Punjab, India • M. Engineering, Northwestern University • Doctorate of Business Honorarius, City University, California • President, National Petroleum Inc. • Chicago, Illinois and Kenosha, Wisconsin
Robert Brown From 1992 to 2001, Mr. Brown was the president and CEO of ZD Market Intelligence, a division of Ziff-Davis, a $1.3 billion integrated media and marketing firm for technology companies • Prior to ZDMI, Mr. Brown was the founder and president of a consulting group, and from 1984 to 1988, he was the president of Quadram Corporation, where he grew the company from $30 million to over $65 million in three years • Mr. Brown is an alumnus of Lehigh University and the Harvard Business School
Bruce Currivan, B.S., Electrical Engineering, Cornell University • M.S.E. in Electrical Engineering, Princeton University • Director of Systems Analysis at Broadcom. He lives in Irvine, California.
Bob Daniels, Member of Maharishi University of Management founding administrative staff • Former trustee of Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment • Owner and Manager of Farris Properties LLC • Nationally recognized advisor to thousands of home service professionals • B.S. in Finance, California State Polytechnic University.
Michael Dillbeck, Raja of Illinois • B.A., Benedictine College • M.S., Ph.D., Purdue University • Champaign, Illinois
Susan Levin Dillbeck, B.A., University of Illinois • M.A., Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley • Champaign, Illinois
Michael Dimick, B.S.C.I., Maharishi European Research University • M.B.A., Maharishi International University • Businessman • Boise, Idaho
Josephine Bain Fauerso, B.S., Education, University of California at Berkeley • M.Ed., Maharishi International University • Educator, Businesswoman • San Antonio, Texas
Fred Gratzon, B.A., Art, Rutgers University • M.S.C.I., Maharishi European Research University • Doctorate of Maharishi Master Management, Maharishi European Research University • Fairfield, Iowa • Author and Entrepreneur
John Hagelin, Minister of Science and Technology, Global Country of World Peace • President, US Peace Government • A.B. summa cum laude, Dartmouth College, • A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University • Doctorate of World Peace, Maharishi University of World Peace • Director of the Institute of Science, Technology and Public Policy • Professor of Physics, Maharishi University of Management • Fairfield, Iowa
Dr. Christopher Hartnett, B.A., Interdisciplinary Studies, Maharishi University of Management • Doctorate of Business Management, Maharishi European Research University; Doctorate of World Peace, Maharishi University of World Peace • Chairman of Global Central Bank, Global Country of World Peace • Boone, North Carolina.
Bruce Hauptman, B.S.C.I., Maharishi European Research University • Founder and CEO of B. Hauptman & Associates, LLC; Board of Directors of Transilica, Inc., Lakshmi Technologies, LLC; General Partner of the Gamelan Capital Fund, L.P. • Fairfield, Iowa.
Vernon Katz, B.A., Ph.D., Oxford University, England • Doctorate of World Peace, Maharishi University of World Peace • Adjunct Professor of the Science of Creative Intelligence and Philosophy, Maharishi University of Management • Writer • London, England
Joni Steele Kimberlin, Philanthropist • Supporter of nature and arts organizations • She lives in Greenwich, Connecticut.
Carolyn Gaylord King, B.A., Southern Arkansas University • M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan • Senior Researcher, Maharishi University of Management Research Institute • Professor, Department of Physiology and Health • Fairfield, Iowa
Arthur “Bud” Liebler, Principal at Liebler MacDonald Communication Strategists and Formerly Senior Vice President of Marketing and Senior VP of Communications at Chrysler Corp., which became Daimler-Chrysler in 1998. He lives in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
David Lynch, Doctor Honorarius, The Royal College of Art, England • Film Director • Los Angeles, California
Ted McLaughlin, B.A., Accounting, University of Dayton • Businessman / private investor • Fairfield, Iowa
Leonard A. Oppenheim, B.A., Columbia College; JD, New York University Law School; Partner at the law firm of Geiger and Oppenheim; Managing Director at Banc of America Securities LLC. Currently a private investor, in Fairfield, IA.
Ravi Patel, M.D. • Bakersfield/UCLA Comprehensive Blood and Cancer Center • Chief, Division of Hematology/Oncology Kern Medical Center • He lives in Bakersfield, California.
Steve Rubin, Chairman, United Fuels International • major financial supporter of the University. He lives in Boone, North Carolina.
Petra Stanley, homemaker, former model, artist, private investor, trade and business school (Germany). She lives in Fairfield, IA and Germany.
Tom Stanley, Raja of Denver • B.S.C.I., Maharishi European Research University • Financial Consultant, Fairfield Investment Corporation • Fairfield, Iowa
David Verrill, Doctorate of World Peace, Maharishi University of World Peace • Treasurer and Corporate Secretary, Maharishi Global Administration Through Natural Law — U.S. • Fairfield, Iowa
Keith Wallace, B.S., Physics, Ph.D., Physiology, University of California at Los Angeles • Doctorate of World Peace, Maharishi University of World Peace • Professor of Physiology and Director of Research (International), Maharishi University of Management • Fairfield, Iowa
Robert G. Wynne, Raja of Vedic America • B.A., Stanford University, 1971 • S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1973 • Doctor of Philosophy in Public Administration, Maharishi European Research University, 2002 • Doctor of Laws in Public Administration, Maharishi University of Management • Mayor of Maharishi Vedic City, Iowa
