96-06-06 Trustees: Student Recognition Award Given to Eric Barrett

ERIC BARRETT RECEIVES STUDENT RECOGNITION AWARD

     COLUMBUS -- Eric Barrett of VINCENT, Ohio, a graduating 
senior majoring in animal sciences, has won the Ohio State 
University Board of Trustees Student Recognition Award. The award 
was presented during the June 6 meeting of the board.

     Barrett was honored for his leadership role at Ohio State. 
He was the 1994-95 recipient of the Edward S. "Beanie" Drake 
Student Leader Award and Scholarship, and serves on the board of 
directors of the scholarship committee. 

     A member of the Ohio State 1995 Homecoming Court, Barrett 
has served as the president of the Alpha Tau Zeta Fraternity, a 
national agriculture fraternity. He was a member of the Bucket 
and Dipper Junior Honor Society, the SPHINX Senior Honorary and 
treasurer of Phalanx, an organization in the College of Food, 
Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, which introduces Ohio 
teenagers to the extensive opportunities for an agriculture 
education that are available at Ohio State.	

     Barrett is the son of Mona and Jim Barrett, Route 1, Box 
241.  He plans to attend graduate school autumn quarter at Ohio 
State.
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Contact: Tracy Turner, University Communications, (614) 688-3682.


[Submitted by: Von Reid-Vargas (ereid@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu)
               
Thu, 6 Jun 1996 16:36:56 -0400]
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