97-05-02 Trustees: Alex Shumate is new Chair

ALEX SHUMATE ELECTED TO CHAIR BOARD OF TRUSTEES

     COLUMBUS -- Alex Shumate, a partner in the international law
firm of Squire, Sanders and Dempsey and managing partner of the
firm’s Columbus office, was elected chair of The Ohio State
University Board of Trustees on Friday (5/2).  He succeeds Leslie
H. Wexner, whose nine-term as a trustee ends on May 13.  Shumate
is completing his eighth year as a trustee.

     As chair, Shumate will lead the board of a university with
an annual budget of $1.5 billion and the largest single-campus
enrollment in the country.  Ohio State has about 55,000
undergraduate, graduate and professional students, including more
than 48,000 on the Columbus campus.

     Shumate is vice-chair of the Greater Columbus Chamber of
Commerce and vice-chair of the Governing Committee of the
Columbus Foundation.  He is director of Banc One Corp.; Bank One,
Columbus, NA; and Intimate Brands Inc.  His legal practice
focuses on business regulatory, legislative counseling and public
law matters.

     The board elected Theodore S. Celeste, a Columbus
businessman, as vice chair.  Celeste is president of Celeste &
Allerdyce Real Estate Inc., a real estate brokerage firm in
Grandview Heights  He formerly was chairman and president of
Advanced Interactive Video Inc.  He is a member of the Columbus
Board of Realtors, the National Association of Realtors and First
Community Church in Marble Cliff.

     Re-elected were William J. Napier as secretary and James L.
Nichols as treasurer.  And joining the board next month as new
appointees of Gov. George V. Voinovich are Daniel M. Slane, a
Franklin County businessman, and Soraya Rofagha of Powell.  Slane
will replace Wexner on the board and Rofagha will replace Holly
A. Smith as the undergraduate student trustee.

     The board also approved several appointments to board
committees and representatives to other university-affiliated
boards and commissions.  The appointments are as follows:

     Educational Affairs Committee: George A. Skestos, chair;
Michael F. Colley, vice chair; Zuheir Sofia and Mark E. Berkman.

     Student Affairs Committee: Tamala Longaberger Kaido, chair;
Berkman, vice chair; Slane and Rofagha.

     Fiscal Affairs Committee: Celeste, chair; David L. Brennan,
vice chair; James F. Patterson and Longaberger Kaido.

     Investments Committee: Brennan, chair; Patterson, vice
chair; Skestos, John G. McCoy and Frank Wobst.  McCoy and Wobst
are members of The Ohio State University Foundation Board.

     Agricultural Affairs Committee: Patterson, chair; Fred L.
Dailey, vice chair, ex officio; and Slane.

     Affiliated Entities Committee: Shumate, chair; Skestos, vice
chair; Celeste and Sofia.

     University Hospitals Board: Skestos and Sofia.

     The Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Research Institute
Board: Sofia, chair; and Celeste.

     University Managed Health Care System, Inc., Board of
Directors: Patterson.

     Personnel Committee: Shumate, chair; Celeste, vice chair;
and Colley.

     University Foundation Ex Officio Class of Directors:
Celeste, one-year term; Brennan, two-year term; and Longaberger
Kaido, three-year term.

     Ohio State University Affiliates, Inc.: Shumate, one-year
term; Celeste, two-year term; and Colley, three-year term.

     Wexner Center Foundation Board: Shumate and Longaberger
Kaido.

     Inter-University Council: Slane.

     Research Foundation Board of Directors: Brennan.

     OSU Research Park, Inc., Board of Directors: Celeste.

     Regional Campus Boards of Trustees: Lima -- Slane, until
2000; Mansfield -- Patterson, until 2000; Marion -- Sofia, until
2000; and Newark -- Longaberger Kaido, until 1999.


[Submitted by: Von Vargas  (vargas.12@osu.edu)
               
Fri, 2 May 1997 16:49:56 -0400 (EDT)]
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