Otis D. Coston
Rector of the Board of Trustees, 2002-2006
Otis D. Coston Jr. graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a bachelor of science degree in 1956 and from Harvard Business School with an MBA degree in 1961. He has served as a trustee of the University of Richmond since 1991.
Coston and his wife, Jacquelyn W. Coston, a member of the University’s Board of Associates, have made significant contributions to the University through their exemplary volunteer service and philanthropic support. They established the Coston Family Chair in Leadership and Ethics in 1990, initiated the Leadership Forum in the Jepson School of Leadership Studies in 1992, named the Coston Video Conferencing Classroom in the E. Claiborne Robins School of Business in 1999 and established the Coston Family Fellow in Molecular Biology in 2002.
Mr. Coston, of McLean, Virginia, is chairman of the board and president of Stonemark Corporation, a real estate development firm which he helped found in 1964.
Coston is a trustee of the George Mason University Foundation and has served the United Methodist Family Services agency for more than 20 years, including as its president. In 1999, Coston became the first chair of the Guardian Foundation with the responsibility of raising funds for Charterhouse School, which was established by the UMFS in 1979 to serve the special needs of at-risk students.
The Costons’ two children, JoAnna and Paul, graduated from the University in 1989 and 1981, respectively.