96-02-29 Research Park Board to Meet March 1

RESEARCH PARK BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO HOLD INAUGURAL MEETING FRIDAY

     COLUMBUS -- The Board of Directors of The Ohio State 
University Research Park Corporation will hold its first meeting 
on Friday, March 1, at the Research Park offices, 1929 Kenny 
Road, beginning at 8 a.m.

     The agenda for this organizational meeting includes a review 
of the strategic plan for the first phase of the park, which
includes the university buildings along Kinnear Road.  The board
will also elect officers and discuss the incorporation of the
organization.

     The nine-member board includes three representatives of Ohio 
State: President E. Gordon Gee, Vice President for Research 
Edward Hayes, and university Trustee Ted Celeste; and six members 
representing the community: Ron Brooks of Bank One, Nancy Kramer 
of ReSource Marketing, State Rep. Priscilla Mead, Ohio State
Vice President for Agricultural Administration Bob Moser, Dick 
Royer of Kohr, Royer, Griffith, and Scott Whitlock of Vorys, 
Sater, Seymour and Pease.

     The Research Park Corporation is being jointly funded by the 
university, the city of Columbus and the state of Ohio, each of 
which has allocated $50,000 for the first three months of 
operation.

     The not-for-profit corporation seeks to greatly enhance the 
university's current research park, which has been in operation 
for more than a decade.  It is planned to be the anchor of a 
"research corridor" along State Route 315, and will facilitate 
technology transfer from university-based research to the 
business sector and increase economic development for the city 
and state.  It will also provide opportunities for students to 
gain practical experience and for faculty to consult, as well as 
bring into the university more research grants and contracts from 
industry.
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Contact: John Hall, associate vice president for research,
         (614) 292-1582.


[Submitted by: Von Reid-Vargas (ereid@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu)
               
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