Lehmann Becomes President; Gannon Chosen President-Elect

ARLINGTON, Va.— At the close of the 1998 CAS Annual Meeting held in Toronto, Canada, this month, Steven G. Lehmann will officially succeed Mavis A. Walters as CAS president. Current CAS Board Director Alice H. Gannon will assume the responsibilities of CAS president-elect.

CAS Fellows voted in October to elect Gannon as CAS president-elect. A CAS Fellow since 1984, Gannon is vice president with United Services Automobile Association in San Antonio, Texas. Gannon was CAS Vice President-Programs and Communications from 1992-1995. She has served on the CAS Board of Directors since 1997 and the Long Range Planning Committee since 1995. Gannon has also served on the Program Planning Committee, both as chair and vice chair, and the Examination Committee. She is currently liaison representative to the Society of Actuaries' Planning Committee.

Also elected to the CAS Board of Directors were four new directors: Charles A. Bryan, John J. Kollar, Gail M. Ross, and Michael L. Toothman. The new directors will serve three-year terms. They succeed Regina M. Berens, David R. Chernick, C.K. "Stan" Khury, and David L. Miller. As the most recent past president, Walters will serve as chairperson for the CAS Board of Directors during 1999.

The number of Fellows voting this year was 883, or 47 percent of the total number of Fellows. Valid ballots cast last year totaled 782 or 47.1 percent of the total number of Fellows eligible to vote. Members of the CAS Nominating Committee for the 1998 CAS elections were chairperson Allan M. Kaufman, Robert A. Anker, Irene K. Bass, Albert J. Beer, and David P. Flynn.