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Ted Brown
Anthony P. Lubrano
Bill Oldsey
Alice Pope

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TRUSTEES BRING SUIT AGAINST ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

April 14, 2015-- Penn State Trustees Edward (Ted) B. Brown III, Anthony P.
Lubrano, William F. Oldsey, and Alice W. Pope today filed suit in Centre County
against the Penn State Alumni Association ("PSAA") asking that their names be
placed on the ballot for the 2015 PSAA Council election.

With heavy hearts but with moral certainty we take this action" the Trustees
said.

"The willful violation of its own bylaws by the leadership of the PSAA to keep our
names off the ballot forces us to bring suit against the alumni association of the
university we love and serve."

"We made this decision in the knowledge that we must fight on every front to
prevent Penn State from becoming the playground of a self-appointing
oligarchy. The current Board of Trustees leadership, not content to minimize the
alumni of this great university in the board room, have now reached into the
workings of the PSAA to expand their power."

"The effort of this small, insular group to create a seat on the Board of Trustees
for the outgoing President of the PSAA, in order to pad its majority, will not be
accomplished without honest men and woman standing in opposition."

"Let us remember that the PSAA is organized under the university and as such is
not a wholly independent organization. The Executive Director of the PSAA works
at the direction of the university administration and yet claims autonomy."

"At every turn, the alumni are being stripped of their collective voice in our great
school. Neither the Executive Board nor the President of the PSAA are selected in
a direct, open election. All power within the PSAA has devolved to them. Now
they boldly propose new bylaws that will snatch the remaining alumni voice and
silence it. These new bylaws will tolerate no discussion or dissension. PSAA
volunteers and alumni who give generously of their time, energy, and resources
deserve far better governance than this."
"Interestingly, the PSAA appears to admit it has broken its bylaws, in actuality and
in spirit, and substituted an arbitrary and capricious system to select candidates
to appear on the ballot. Otherwise, why would the PSAA propose an entire set of
bylaws to apply only to the May 2015 PSAA Council election?"
"What do the leaders of the PSAA fear? In the end, this matter can be resolved
quickly by placing our names on the ballot and allowing the nearly 180,000
members of the PSAA to choose for themselves who they want to represent them
on Council."