Thomas K. Tiemann, Jefferson Pilot Professor of Economics, has been named a trustee of Eden Theological Seminary in St. Louis, Mo.
Eden Seminary is affiliated with The United Church of Christ (UCC), the same church with which Elon is historically related.
Tiemann has also been named to the trustees’ Finance Committee and will participate in his first meeting as a trustee in late January 2011 in St. Louis. He is a member of United Church of Chapel Hill, a UCC congregation.