(a) The Board of Directors of the State Museum of Natural History shall consist of the following: The Commissioners of Education, Energy and Environmental Protection, Economic and Community Development and Agriculture, or their designees, and not more than eleven members appointed by the president of The University of Connecticut, of which seven shall be professors, at least one from each of the following fields: Anthropology or archaeology, geology, vertebrate biology, invertebrate biology, botany, systematic biology and any other field the president deems appropriate. The terms of one-third of the initial appointments shall expire one year after the date of such appointment; the terms of one-third shall expire two years after the date of such appointment and the terms of one-third shall expire three years after the date of such appointment. The president shall appoint members to succeed members whose terms expire. Such members shall serve for a term of three years. Members shall be eligible for reappointment.

(b) The board shall annually elect a chairman and other officers.