Youngstown State University Trustee Charles B. Cushwa III passed away on Saturday, December 6. Cushwa was appointed to the trustees in 1998; his term would have expired in 2007.
F.W. "Bill" Knecht, YSU trustee and CEO and chairman of Wendell August Forge, has passed away after battling cancer. Knecht's term was scheduled to expire in 2008.
The chair of the Youngstown State University Board of Trustees, Larry E. Esterly, dies unexpectedly. The 66 year old Esterly has been associated with YSU for nearly 50 years.