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Frederick W. Telling Elected to Board of Trustees of March of Dimes
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., JUNE 18, 2001 – Frederick W. Telling, Ph.D., vice president of Pfizer, Inc. in New York City and head of its Corporate Policy and Strategic Management function, has been elected to the national Board of Trustees of the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, it was announced today. He will serve on the Revenue Development Committee.
March of Dimes trustees, who serve as volunteers, represent the public in governing the Foundation and helping it realize its mission to prevent birth defects and infant mortality.
Dr. Telling has been a volunteer leader for the March of Dimes North Jersey Chapter since the early 1980s. He was elected to the chapter Board in 1998 and was named chairman in 2001. He has also chaired the Major Gifts Committee since its inception in 1998.
Dr. Telling holds an M.A. in industrial and labor relations and a Ph.D. in economics and public policy from Cornell University. He and his wife Barbara live in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, with their daughter Jennifer.
The March of Dimes is a national voluntary health agency whose mission is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects and infant mortality. Founded in 1938, the March of Dimes funds programs of research, community services, education, and advocacy to save babies.
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