Tuck Dean named to General Mills board
Minneapolis-based retail food giant General Mills enhanced its relationship with Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business recently when it elected the school's dean, Paul Danos, to its 13-member board of directors. Danos will join Stephen Demeritt '65 Tu'66, the board's vice chairman, and Christina Shea Tu'77, the president of the General Mills Foundation, to advise the company at formal meetings five to six times a year. Danos, who also serves on the boards of BJ's Wholesale Club and the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, said he is excited for the opportunity to participate in a corporation as distinguished as General Mills. "I think it's really kind of an exciting prospect to be involved with a company whose brand is so well-known and whose products are used in so many households," Danos said. General Mills, best known for its cereal brands that include Cheerios, also markets Haagen-Dazs ice cream, Yoplait yogurt and Betty Crocker and Pillsbury baked goods. Given the company's products, which are bought and consumed by much of the nation, Danos indicated he felt a strong sense of duty in his prominent new position. "It's a big responsibility, I think, to make it [General Mills' product] as healthful as possible and affordable as possible, as it affects the lives of a lot of people," Danos said. Danos' association with the Tuck School, whose alumni are influential in the General Mills organization, was instrumental in his election to the Board. "Tuck has always had several people in the management of the corporation, so Tuck has a relationship," Danos said.