97-03-20 Slane Named Trustee

SLANE TO JOIN OHIO STATE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

     COLUMBUS -- Daniel M. Slane, a shopping center developer and 
attorney, will become the newest member of the Ohio State Board 
of Trustees.

     Gov. George V. Voinovich recently named Slane to a nine-year 
term beginning May 14. He will succeed Leslie H. Wexner, whose 
term will expire.

     Slane, 54, is founder and owner of The Slane Co., which 
develops, owns and operates 88 shopping centers and other 
commercial developments in 11 states.  Headquartered in Columbus, 
the company has offices in Harrisburg, Pa., and Portland, Ore.

     He also is of counsel with the Columbus law firm Grieser, 
Schafer, Blumenstiel & Slane Co., L.P.A., of which he is a former 
partner.

     As a trustee, Slane said he will use his experience in 
business, finance and real estate construction to help further 
the work of Campus Partners, the organization working to 
revitalize the neighborhood just east of the Ohio State campus.

     "We are delighted with Gov. Voinovich's appointment of Dan 
Slane to the university's Board of Trustees," said President E. 
Gordon Gee. "In addition to his considerable business acumen and 
community involvement, Mr. Slane brings with him a long 
association with the university, having earned two Ohio State 
degrees.

     "He joins a strong, effective Board that has high 
aspirations and expectations for this university," Gee said.

     Slane came to Ohio State from New York on a wrestling 
scholarship and earned his B.S. degree in business administration 
in 1964 and his J.D. degree in 1967.  He then served two years as 
a captain in the U.S. Army before receiving his M.A. degree in 
international law in 1970 from the University of Amsterdam in the 
Netherlands.  In the 1970s, Slane also served one year as an 
assistant prosecuting attorney for Franklin County and two years 
as a White House staff assistant to President Gerald Ford.

     "Being named to the Ohio State Board of Trustees is a 
privilege and honor," Slane said. "I come from a very poor 
background, and this university did many things for me. It is 
extremely gratifying to me to be able to give something back."

     Since 1990 Slane has served as chairman of the Ohio Building 
Authority, which finances, constructs and manages state 
buildings.  He has also chaired the State Board of Building 
Appeals, which examines state building code variances, since 
1991.  He sits on the board of directors of the Ohio Capital 
Corp., which is developing $30 million worth of government-
subsidized apartment projects in Ohio.

     In addition, Slane is a trustee of Hiram College, a liberal 
arts college in Hiram, Ohio, and a director of The Campus, a for-
profit hospital group with facilities in Columbus and Cleveland.

     Slane and his wife, Lee, live in Blendon Township near 
Westerville.  Their daughter, Julie, is a law student at Michigan 
State University.

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Contact:         William J. Napier, Ohio State Board of Trustees, 
                 (614) 292-2424


[Submitted by: Von Vargas  (vargas.12@osu.edu)
               
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