96-12-06 Trustees: Establish Chair, Create Funds

ACTIONS OF THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES

     COLUMBUS -- The Ohio State University Board of Trustees on 
Friday (12/6) created a new chair in medicine and 12 new named 
endowed funds.

     Trustees established The John H. and Mildred C. Lumley Chair 
in Medicine, created with gifts totaling $2.24 million, from the 
estate of the Lumleys.  The couple, who lived in Belleair, Fla.,  
both graduated from Ohio State in the 1920s.  Annual income from 
the endowment will provide salary and program support for a 
nationally eminent faculty member who researches heart disease, 
cancer and arthritis.

Board creates 12 named endowed funds

     Trustees accepted 12 new named endowed funds with gifts 
totaling $545,103:

     -- The Frank B. Kroeger Scholarship Fund, $100,000 for 
scholarships in the College of Engineering.

     -- The Kathryn L. Hopwood Scholarship Fund, $77,470 for 
scholarships to nontraditional women undergraduate students.

     -- The Stella R. Jenks Education Scholarship Fund, $33,404 
for students in the College of Education.

     -- The Katherine L. Hall Prize Fund, $26,500 for awards to 
outstanding female junior students majoring in humanities.

     -- The Phyllis J. Bailey Endowment Fund, $25,690 to support 
women athletes.

     -- The Millard M. Cummins Weights and Scale Collection 
Support Fund, $25,000 to support upkeep of the Cummins Collection 
of Weights and Scales in the College of Engineering.

     -- The Alumni Club of Lee County, Florida, Endowed 
Scholarship Fund, $23,638 for scholarships to students from area 
high schools.

     -- Terry Hemeyer/Jack O. Evans Scholarship Fund, $22,530 for 
scholarships in the School of Music.

     -- The Fields Faculty Award Fund, $20,634 for excellence in 
teaching and research by a faculty member in the College of 
Dentistry.

     -- The Cuyahoga County 4-H Endowment Fund, $15,236 to 
support the Cuyahoga County 4-H program.

     -- The Benua Foundation Undergraduate Scholarship Fund, 
$150,000 for scholarships in the Fisher College of Business.

     -- Helen H. Enlow Library Fund, $25,000 to support the 
library at the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center 
in Wooster.

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Contact: Jerry May, vice president for development, 614-292-2970


[Submitted by: Von Vargas  (vargas.12@osu.edu)
               
Fri, 6 Dec 1996 15:06:49 -0500 (EST)]
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