96-06-06 Trustees: Trustees Create Pathology Chair, Approve Research Contracts

OHIO STATE CREATES PATHOLOGY CHAIR, APPROVES RESEARCH CONTRACTS

     COLUMBUS -- The Ohio State University Board of Trustees 
Thursday (6/6) established The Ralph W. and Helen Kurtz Chair in 
Pathology with gifts totaling $1.5 million and The Ralph W. and 
Helen Kurtz Research Fund with gifts of $1.1 million.

     The Kurtz Chair in Pathology was established by Helen Kurtz 
of Tampa, Fla., and the estate of Ralph Kurtz to support 
advancement of basic and clinical research in pathology in the 
College of Medicine.

     The Kurtz Research Fund was established to support the Kurtz 
Chair in Pathology, the Helen C. Kurtz Chair in Neurology and the 
Ralph W. Kurtz Chair in Hormonology with such items as scientific 
supplies, equipment, salaries for research personnel, and 
activities required for quality medical research and education.

     Trustees also established several new named endowed funds 
with gifts to The Ohio State University Endowment Fund and The 
Ohio State University Foundation:

     -- The Howard D. Winbigler Memorial Fund in the College of 
Engineering, $963,188.

     -- The Wayne Woodrow Hayes Professorship Fund in National 
Securities Studies, $352,317.

     -- The Helen M. and Milton O. Lee Fellowships Fund, 
$100,000, in the College of Biological Sciences.

     -- The Pharmacia & Upjohn Endowed Fund in the Pharmaceutical 
Sciences, $60,000, to support education and research initiatives 
and graduate student fellowships in the College of Pharmacy.

     -- The William B. and Marcia H. Howell Scholarship Fund, 
$51,450.

     -- The Gardner Family Cancer Research Endowment Fund, 
$50,000.

     -- The Kroger Food and Drug Scholarship Fund in Pharmacy, 
$30,000.

     -- Anne J. Turner Colorectal Cancer Research Endowment Fund, 
$25,093.

     -- Hocking County 4-H Endowment Fund, $23,575.

     -- The Mabel M. Sarbaugh 4-H Scholarship Fund, $22,500, in 
the College of Human Ecology.

     -- Glendine Huggins Wadlington Memorial Fund, $18,951, to 
benefit the Ohio 4-H Support Fund and provide scholarships to 
students in the College of Education, $18,951.

     -- The Stadium Scholarship Dormitory Founder's Endowment 
Fund, $15,264.

     -- The Keith Wilson Cancer Research Fund, $15,113.

Research contracts approved

     Trustees approved 179 research contracts totaling $12.4 
million.  Singled out for special mention were:

     -- A 21-month program to provide heat-transfer, aerodynamic 
and performance measurements for the first two stages of a 
Westinghouse multistage turbine and to provide data to aid in 
understanding the impact of airfoil clocking on the aerodynamic 
performance and heat transfer of the turbine.  Michael G. Dunn 
and Reza S. Abhari of the Department of Aerospace Engineering, 
Applied Mechanics and Aviation are conducting the project, funded 
with $644,000 from Westinghouse Electric Corp.

     -- A study of genetic and biochemical factors that influence 
the function of the pentose phosphate pathway, a metabolic scheme 
required for the metabolism of virtually all living organisms, 
and a study of structure-function relationships of certain 
enzymes.  F. Robert Tabita of the Department of Microbiology is 
conducting the project with $267,174 in funds from the National 
Institute of General Medical Sciences.  The money is part of a 
four-year funding commitment totaling more than $1.1 million.

     -- A study to examine the role of environmental compounds 
which mimic estrogen or estrogen factors in the cytosol of 
mammary cells.  The study will include an assessment of molecular 
measures of dioxin exposure and quantification of the breast 
cancer risk in humans associated with proximity to the trash 
burning power plant in Columbus.  George E. Milo of the Center 
for Molecular Environmental Health and Randall E. Harris of the 
Department of Preventive Medicine were awarded $250,000 from the 
Ohio Water Development Authority.

     -- A project to retrieve ice cores from the tropical Dasuopu 
and Chongduipu glaciers in the south central Himalayas in China 
to conduct a paleoclimate study of monsoon variability.  Heading 
the project are Lonnie G. Thompson of the Byrd Polar Research 
Center and the Department of Geological Sciences and Ellen M. 
Thompson of the Department of Geography.  The National Science 
Foundation is providing $232,442, the first of a three-year, 
$716,947 funding commitment.

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Contact:  Jerry May, vice president for development, (614) 292-
2970, or Edward Hayes, vice president for research, (614) 292-
1582.


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