The Cranbrook Board of Trustees was created in 1927 as the main authority of the Cranbrook Foundation, which was a trust and administrative entity established by George Gough and Ellen Scripps Booth to endow and support the following Cranbrook institutions: Brookside School (1922); Cranbrook School (1927); Christ Church Cranbrook (1928); Cranbrook Institute of Science (1930); Kingswood School (1931); and Cranbrook Academy of Art (1932). In the 1970s, a massive reorganization of Cranbrook occurred, culminating in the creation of the Cranbrook Educational Community (CEC). Under the terms of the agreement creating the CEC, the Cranbrook Foundation ceased to exist and all assets, those pertaining to both the institutions and to the Foundation, were transferred to a new Community trust. The Articles of Incorporation of the CEC called for the Community to be comprised of three divisions--Cranbrook Academy of Art, Cranbrook Institute of Science, and Cranbrook Schools--each headed by a chief officer who, in consultation with a divisional board of governors, would report to the administrative officer of the CEC, the President. In turn, the President would report to the highest authority at Cranbrook, the Board of Trustees of the Cranbrook Educational Community. Christ Church Cranbrook was excluded from the new organization, as it was felt by both the members of the Vestry and the officers of Cranbrook that separation was best for both the CEC and the church. Although the CEC was incorporated under these terms in 1973, differences in the interpretation of this model continued to cloud issues relative to the governing authority of Cranbrook for years.