08-31-94 Trustees: Personnel Appointments

OHIO STATE NAMES ENDOWED CHAIR HOLDERS, DEPARTMENT HEADS

     COLUMBUS -- The Ohio State University Board of Trustees on
Wednesday (8/31) named professors to endowed chairs in business,
ophthalmology, chemical engineering, and medicine.  Trustees also
appointed chairpersons of several departments.

Five professors named to endowed chairs

     Jay B. Barney, professor in the Department of Management at
Texas A & M University, will hold The Bank One Chair for
Excellence in Corporate Strategy beginning Oct. 1.  Barney, of
Bryan, Texas, will be a professor in the Department of Management
and Human Resources in the Max M. Fisher College of Business.
     He joined Texas A&M in 1986 after six years at the
University of California at Los Angeles.  Barney teaches
organizational strategy and policy and conducts research on the
relationship between idiosyncratic firm skills and capabilities
and on sustained competitive advantage.  The senior editor of
Organization Science, he has bachelor's and master's degrees in
sociology from Brigham Young and Yale universities, respectively,
and a doctorate in administrative sciences and sociology from
Yale.
     The Bank One chair was established in 1986 to fund the work
of an internationally recognized scholar in the field of
corporate strategy.

     Frederick H. Davidorf, of JOHNSTOWN, will hold the Martha G.
and Milton Staub Chair for Research in Ophthalmology, beginning
Sept. 1.
     Davidorf, a faculty member since 1970, is an expert in
malignant melanoma of the eye. A specialist in vitreoretinal
diseases, he directs the Vitreoretina Service and chairs the
Medical Research Development Foundation.  Davidorf earned
bachelor's, master's and medical degrees from Ohio State.  He
served as an intern at Los Angeles County General Hospital,
conducted his residency at Ohio State's Department of
Ophthalmology where he was chief resident, and held a fellowship
at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary.
     Davidorf is the first holder of the Staub Chair, established
in 1982 by Martha G. and Milton Staub, a 1929 alumnus of Ohio
State, to support the work of a distinguished researcher in
ophthalmology.

     Trustees named Jacques L. Zakin of WORTHINGTON to The Helen
C. Kurtz Chair in Chemical Engineering, retroactive to July 1.
Zakin had been chairperson of the Department of Chemical
Engineering for 17 years.  A Fulbright Scholar, Zakin is leaving
this month for Haifa, Israel, where he will conduct research on
cationic surfactants.

     Zakin won the Hlavka Medal from the Czechoslovakian Academy
of Science in 1992 and was named Columbus Technical Council
Technical Person of the Year in 1987.  This year, he was chosen
Outstanding Engineering Educator of the Year by the Ohio Society
of Professional Engineers.  He has a doctorate in chemical
engineering from New York University.
     The chair was established in 1990 by Helen C. and Ralph W.
Kurtz to fund research on leading-edge, state-of-the-art chemical
engineering topics.  Kurtz earned a Bachelor of Mechanical
Engineering degree from Ohio State in 1923.

     M. Ronald Glaser was named associate vice president for
health sciences research and was appointed to The Gilbert and
Kathryn Mitchell Chair.
     Glaser's responsibilities will include matters related to
research in the health sciences, development of multidisciplinary
programs and increasing levels of resources for funding research
work, according to Edward F. Hayes, vice president for research.
     Glaser, associate dean of the College of Medicine since
1992, fomerly chaired the Department of Medical Microbiology and
Immunology.  A specialist in tumor virology and neuroimmunology,
Glaser has studied stress and mental health to caregivers of
people with Alzheimer's Disease, the impact of stress on the
immune endocrine axis and health, and chronic stress and vaccine
response in older adults.
     Glaser joined Ohio State in 1978 after teaching at Indiana
State and Pennsylvania State Universities.  He has a Bachelor's
degree in biology from the University of Bridgeport in
Connecticut, a master's degree in zoology from the University of
Rhode Island, and a doctorate in virology from the University of
Connecticut.
     Trustees established the Mitchell Chair in the College of
Medicine on Wednesday with gifts totaling $1,657,273.09.  The
fund for the chair was created in 1979 with bequests from Gilbert
and Kathryn Mitchell to support research in cancer, the heart,
kidney and the eyes.

     The board named Bradford T. Stokes of WORTHINGTON as
associate dean for research in the College of Medicine,
retroactive to Aug. 1.  As associate dean, Stokes will be
responsible for approximately $52 million in research programs in
the College of Medicine, Children's Hospital, and the Office of
Health Services.  He also will be in charge of interdisciplinary
graduate education programs.
     A professor of physiology and surgery, Stokes studies
neurotransplantation and neuroimmune aspects of degenerative
nervous system diseases.  He directs the Spinal Cord Injury
Research Center, which conducts research on the plasticity and
reorganization of the spinal cord after injury.  The center has
been funded since 1973 by the National Institute of Neurological
Disorders and Stroke, one of the National Institutes of Health.
     Stokes joined Ohio State in 1973.  He has a Bachelor of Arts
degree in chemistry and zoology from the University of
Massachusetts and a doctorate in physiology from the University
of Rochester.

Board appoints chairpersons in Agriculture, Engineering, Medicine

     Trustees named four chairpersons and a director to posts in
the restructured College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental
Sciences and the Agricultural Technical Institute (ATI).  Serving
terms through June 1998 are:

     =FE Steven M. Neal of SMITHVILLE, chairperson of the
Agricultural Technologies Division at ATI, Wooster.  A specialist
in swine nutrition and genetics, Neal has a bachelor's degree in
agriculture and a master's degree in animal science from Ohio
State, and a doctorate in animal science from the University of
Nebraska at Lincoln.  He joined Ohio State in 1988.  The
associate professor teaches livestock production and conducts
research in swine production and population genetics as it
relates to livestock.  The division includes engineering and
animal industries technologies, and crops production.

     =FE Richard J. Niklas of HARTVILLE, chairperson of the Arts
and Science and Business Technologies Division at ATI.  A faculty
member since 1981, Niklas has been coordinator of the food
marketing program.  A specialist in food marketing and retailing,
Niklas teaches business management courses at ATI.  He has a
bachelor's degree from Kent State University and a Master of
Business Administration degree from Michigan State University.
The restructured division encompasses the former Agricultural
Business and General Studies Division, and beginning in 1995,
will include many courses offered in a new Associate of Science
degree program for students intending to transfer to the Columbus
campus.

     =FE David L. Zartman of WORTHINGTON, chairperson of the
Department of Animal Science, which combines the former
departments of animal, poultry and dairy sciences.  Zartman's
specialties include genetics, animal breeding, physiology,
statistical design, and immunology.  He has a bachelor's degree
in agriculture and dairy husbandry from New Mexico State
University and master's and doctoral degrees in dairy science and
genetics from Ohio State.  Zartman taught at New Mexico State
before joining Ohio State as chairperson of the Department of
Dairy Science in 1984.

     =FE Frederick P. Miller of HILLIARD, chairperson of the School
of Natural Resources, which now includes soils science.  Miller
came to Ohio State as chairperson of the Department of Agronomy
in 1986 after heading a similar department at the University of
Arkansas.  He also has taught at the University of Maryland.  A
past president of the Soil Science Society of America, Miller
specializes in land use, soil behavior and management, and
institution building.  He has three degrees from Ohio State: a
bachelor's in conservation and ecology, a master's in soil
chemistry, and a doctorate in soil classification, genesis, and
mineralogy.  He is a Fellow of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science.

     =FE Luther Waters Jr., of DUBLIN, chairperson of the new
Department of Plant Sciences, which includes the former
Department of Horticulture and agronomic crops faculty from the
former Department of Agronomy.  Waters joined Ohio State as chair
of Horticulture in 1990 after serving as a faculty member and
extension specialist in vegetables and director of the Center for
Alternative Plant and Animal Products at the University of
Minnesota.  His research work has included postharvest handling
of vegetable crops, asparagus culture and physiology, and stand
establishment of vegetable crops.  He has a bachelor's degree in
agricultural education from Clemson University, an associate's
degree in business administration from Hillsborough Community
College, a master's degree in horticulture from Clemson
University, and a doctorate in horticulture from Oregon State
University.

     The board also appointed three new chairpersons in the
College of Engineering.  They are:

     =FE Liang-Shih Fan, of UPPER ARLINGTON, Department of Chemical
Engineering.  A faculty member since 1978, Fan has served for
four years as technical leader of the Multiphase Flow Research
Program organized by the Midwest Universities Energy Consortium
and Argonne National Laboratory.  He is an expert in fluidization
and multiphase flow, powder technology, particulates, and
multiphase reaction engineering.  Fan has received several
teaching and research awards, including the Distinguished
Research Award from Ohio State and the Purkyne Medal from the
Czech Academy of Science.  He has a bachelor's degree from
National Taiwan University, master's and doctoral degrees in
chemical engineering from West Virginia University, and a
master's degree in statistics from Kansas State University.

     =FE Yuan F. Zheng, of UPPER ARLINGTON, Department of
Electrical Engineering.  Zheng, a professor, has been acting
chairperson since October.  He earned his master's and doctoral
degrees at Ohio State, then joined Clemson University where he
received national recognition for his design of a biped walking
robot named CURBi.  He came to Ohio State in 1989, two years
after receiving the Presidential Young Investigator Award.
Zheng's teaching and research interests are in computer systems,
multimanipulator coordination, mobile robots, and non-contact
sensors for precise measurement of sculptured surfaces.

     =FE Gerald M. Gregorek, of WORTHINGTON, an as-yet unnamed
department combining departments of Aviation, Aeronautical and
Astronautical Engineering, and Engineering Mechanics.  Gregorek
had chaired the Department of Aeronautical and Astronautical
Engineering since 1991.  He is the recipient of the Malina Medal
=66rom the International Astronautical Federation and the
Distinguished Service Award from the Universities Space Research
Association.  He has taught applied aerodynamics, experimental
methods, and flight vehicle design, and designed airfoils and
wind tunnels.  A faculty member since 1960, he has three degrees
=66rom Ohio State:  a Bachelor of Aeronautical Engineering, a
Master of Science in aerodynamics, and a doctorate in fluid
mechanics.

     They will serve through June 1998.  Fan's and Zheng's
appointments are retroactive to July 1.  Gregorek's term begins
Thursday (9/1).

     Trustees named Caroline C. Whitacre, as chairperson of
Medical Microbiology and Immunology through July 31, 1998.  The
appointment is retroactive to Aug. 1.  Whitacre came to Ohio
State in 1981 from Northwestern University.  She has a bachelor's
degree in microbiology and a doctorate in medical microbiology
=66rom Ohio State.  The winner of several college teaching awards,
she became interim chair of the department in 1992.  A member of
the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Whitacre
has studied genetic resistance in and suppression of experimental
autoimmune encephalomyelitis and various topics in the field of
human immunodeficinecy virus.

     The board appointed Lucy R. Sibley of POWELL as acting
chairperson of the Department of Family Resource Management
through June 1995 and Charles C. Capen of WESTERVILLE as interim
chairperson of an as-yet unnamed department in the College of
Veterinary Medicine.  The department will combine former
departments of Veterinary Pathobiology, Anatomy and Cellular
Biology, and Physiology and Pharmacology.

     Frank C. De Lucia of WORTHINGTON was reappointed chairperson
of the Department of Physics, through September 1998.  The
appointments are retroactive to July 1.

EMERITUS TITLES AWARDED

     Trustees awarded emeritus titles to the following retired
faculty members (retroactive to July 1 unless noted otherwise):

     =FE Elsie J. Alberty, of UPPER ARLINGTON, Department of
Educational Policy and Leadership, professor emeritus.
     =FE Wesley D. Anderson, of DELAWARE, Department of Veterinary
Anatomy and Cellular Biology, professor emeritus.
     =FE Philip Heit, of BLACKLICK, School of Health, Physical
Education, and Recreation, professor emeritus.
     =FE Henry L. Hunker, of COLUMBUS (43214), Department of
Geography and School of Public Policy and Management, professor
emeritus.
     =FE John H. Kessel, of COLUMBUS (43214), Department of
Political Science, professor emeritus.
     =FE Robert R. Monaghan, of COLUMBUS (43202), Department of
Communication, professor emeritus.
     =FE Laurel W. Richardson, of WORTHINGTON, Department of
Sociology, professor emeritus.
     =FE Roger C. Rudduck, of COLUMBUS (43230), Department of
Electrical Engineering, professor emeritus.
     =FE Arne E. Slettebak, of WORTHINGTON, Department of
Astronomy, professor emeritus.
     =FE Phyllis J. Bailey, of UPPER ARLINGTON, School of Health,
Physical Education, and Recreation, associate professor emeritus.
     =FE Gisela J. Hinkle, of UPPER ARLINGTON, Department of
Sociology, associate professor emeritus.
     =FE Gerard L. Ervin, Department of Slavic and East European
Languages and Literatures, associate professor emeritus.
     =FE Joseph E. Scott, of UPPER ARLINGTON, Department of
Sociology, associate professor emeritus.
     =FE Charles Simonian, of UPPER ARLINGTON, School of Health,
Physical Education and Recreation, associate professor emeritus.

     The board also appointed six doctors to the Arthur G. James
Cancer Hospital and Research Institute, renewed appointments for
two other physicians; and made several dozen attending, limited
and courtesy appointments to the medical staff of the University
Medical Center.
                               =20
                                #
                               =20
Contact:  Tom Spring, University Communications, (614) 292-8309,
spring.1@osu.edu


[Submitted by: REIDV  (reidv@ccgate.ucomm.ohio-state.edu)
               
Wed, 31 Aug 1994 13:33:03 -0500 (EST)]
All documents are the responsibility of their originator.