William Schoonmaker - Library Board of Trustees Candidate

The Town of Durham New Hampshire

WILLIAM B. SCHOONMAKER - Library Board of Trustees
24 Mill Road
Occupation:  Architect

Education:
Amherst College, 1971 (B. Arts) and University of Washington, 1974 (M. Arch)

Occupation:  Architect

Years as Durham Resident:  28 (1984 to present)

Previous Service on Governmental/Community/Civic Boards, Commissions, Committees, or Organizations:
ORCSD Long range Planning Committee
ORCSD High school Space Needs Study Committee
Chair of the Durham MainStreet Program
Member (March ’97 to March ’98) and Chair (March ’98 to ’02) of the Durham Historic District Commission
Trustee and Chair of the Durham Public Library (March ’99 to March 05)
Currently an alternate to the Durham Public Library Board of Trustees
Regional challenge master for Destination Imagination (1997 to present)
Member of Midnight Oil Design, a pro bono guerilla urban design team

Reason for Interest in Running for Elected Office:
Having served on the new DPL Building Committee, the Fund Raising Committee and currently serving as an alternate trustee (current one-year term up in March), I am running for one of the open trustee positions to be able to continue to serve the Town and the Library.  With completion of the new Library this year, I’m anxious to help establish effective policies and assist the library staff and the public with the transition from the library’s current location in the Mill Road Plaza to the new facility on Madbury Road.