97-05-27 Commencement Honors for Six SIX RECEIVE SPECIAL COMMENCEMENT HONORS AT OHIO STATE COLUMBUS -- Six professionals in the fields of journalism, psychology, ecology, business, higher education and politics will be recognized with special honors during The Ohio State University’s spring quarter commencement June 13 in Ohio Stadium. Honorary doctorates will be presented to journalist Bob Greene, scientist Eugene P. Odum, psychologist Walter Mischel and businessman Erie Sauder. The Distinguished Service Award will be presented to Dorothy S. Teater and posthumously to Madison H. Scott. Bob Greene, Doctor of Journalism A native of Bexley, Bob Greene is a syndicated columnist for the Chicago Tribune and the author of the national best-selling book, Hang Time: Days and Dreams with Michael Jordan. A veteran reporter, columnist and broadcast journalist, Greene has been called a “virtuoso of the things that bring journalism alive.” He has reported on topics ranging from presidential election campaigns to nationwide rock and roll tours; from cattle drives in New Mexico to murder cases on the streets of Chicago. Greene conducted headline-making interviews with Patricia Hearst while she was in prison, Richard Nixon after he resigned the presidency, and mass murderer Richard Speck. After earning a journalism degree from Northwestern University in 1969, Green began his career with the Chicago Sun- Times as a reporter from 1969 to 1971. He began writing his columns in 1971, and was syndicated by the Tribune Co. in 1978. His column now appears in more than 200 newspapers in the United States, Canada and Japan. For nine years, his American Beat column in Esquire Magazine was the magazines’ lead column. In 1981 he began his career as a broadcast journalist as a contributing correspondent for ABC News Nightline. The author of 17 books, Greene won the National Headliner Award for Best Newspaper Columnist in the United States in 1977 and the Peter Lisagor Award for Public Service Journalism in 1981. He was named Illinois Journalist of the Year in 1995. Eugene P. Odum, Doctor of Science Eugene P. Odum, professor and director emeritus of the Institute of Ecology at the University of Georgia in Athens, has been a leading force in the field of ecosystems and is internationally recognized in the scientific community. Odum received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of North Carolina, and his doctoral degree from the University of Illinois. He joined the University of Georgia faculty as an instructor in the zoology department in 1940, becoming a full professor in 1954. During his tenure at the university, Odum was responsible for the establishment of the Marine Institute at Sapelo Island and the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory. He was also the instructor-in-charge of the Marine Ecology Summer Training Program at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Mass. Odum is the author of Fundamentals of Ecology, Ecology, and Basic Ecology, three widely used textbooks that have been translated into numerous foreign languages. He has written more than 200 scientific journal articles. A member of the National Academy of Sciences and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Odum was named Georgia’s Scientist of the Year in 1968, and awarded the Royal Swedish Academy of Science’s Crafoord Prize in 1987. Walter Mischel, Doctor of Science Walter Mischel, the Niven Professor of Humane Letters at Columbia University, is acknowledged by his peers as the preeminent psychologist in the field of personality research. His 1968 monograph, Personality and Assessment, challenged long- held beliefs in personality psychology and sparked new debate. A native of Vienna, Austria, Mischel moved to New York as a young boy when his family fled the Nazis. He earned his bachelor’s degree from New York University and his master’s degree from the College of the City of New York. He earned his doctoral degree in psychology in 1956 from The Ohio State University. After graduation, Mischel joined the faculty of the University of Colorado, followed by a four-year stint as assistant professor of social relations at Harvard University. In 1962, he joined the Stanford University faculty, becoming professor of psychology in 1966 and serving two terms as department chair. In 1983, he joined Columbia University as professor of psychology, serving as department chair from 1988 to 1991. He was named Niven Professor in 1994. Mischel has written seven books, including his popular textbook, Introduction to Personality, now in its fifth edition. He has received numerous awards, including the American Psychological Association (APA) Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award and the APA Distinguished Scientist Award. Erie Sauder, Doctor of Humane Letters Erie Sauder, the retired founder of Sauder Woodworking Co. and the originator of the ready-to-assemble furniture industry, has spent his entire 93 years in the northwest Ohio Mennonite community of Archbold, the site of his company. Founded in 1934, the Sauder Woodworking Co. is the largest distributor of ready- to-assemble furniture in the nation. Sauder founded the 80-acre Sauder Farm and Craft Village in Archbold to preserve the lifestyle of the pioneers who settled the Great Black Swamp area of northwest Ohio. He was a founder of the Mennonite Economic Development Association, through which Mennonite volunteers enabled Soviet and German World War II refugees to develop the wasteland of Chaco, Paraguay, into habitable and profitable land. Despite having finished his schooling in the eighth grade, Sauder is a strong advocate of higher education, and has served as a trustee of Defiance College and an overseer of Goshen College. A longtime benefactor of Ohio State, he has supported 4-H in its career exploration and work ethic programs. He holds honorary doctorates from Defiance College and North Technical College. Madison H. Scott, Distinguished Service Award During his lifetime, Madison H. Scott was a valued member of The Ohio State University community. Prior to attending Ohio State, from which he received a bachelor’s degree in political science in 1958, Scott served six years active duty in the U.S. Army. Following his graduation, he served in the Army Reserves and as a civilian staff member for the Army, before coming to Ohio State as an employee in 1968. His first assignment was as director of equal employment opportunity in the Office of Administrative Operations. Scott was named vice president for personnel services in 1975, a post he held until 1990. He was named executive assistant to the president in 1990 and retired from the university in 1993 as vice president emeritus. From 1979 to 1993, he served as secretary to The Ohio State University Board of Trustees. He was a member of two university presidential search committees in 1971 and 1981, serving as secretary of the 1981 committee that recommended the appointment of Edward H. Jennings. Upon his retirement from Ohio State, he spent two years as executive assistant to the president of Texas Southern University. He died in June 1996. Throughout his career, Scott was dedicated to helping minority students advance through educational opportunities. He was the recipient of the Columbus Bar Association’s Liberty Bell Award, the Ohio State Department of Political Science Distinguished Alumnus Award, and the Black Alumni Society’s Distinguished Alumni Award. Dorothy S. Teater, Distinguished Service Award The first woman elected to the Franklin County Board of Commissioners, Dorothy S. Teater earned her master’s degree in family resource management from Ohio State in 1954. She was the first woman elected president of the Board of Commissioners and is now serving her fourth term as commissioner. She has kept close ties to the College of Human Ecology, serving as chair of the Corporate Gift Committee for the College’s building fund 1989-1992 campaign; chair of the 1990-91 University Annual Fund; and is currently co-chair of the College’s Campaign Committee for the “Affirm Thy Friendship” Campaign. Teater earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Kentucky. She joined Ohio State’s Cooperative Extension Service as a housing and furnishing specialist in 1967. She was named program administrator for consumer affairs in the Department of Community Services, City of Columbus, in 1974. From 1980 to 1985, she served as consumer affairs administrator for Bank One of Columbus, NA. She was elected to Columbus City Council in 1979 on her first run for public office. She has served on the Board of Commissioners since 1984 and has been elected board president four times. Her tenure in public office has been marked by efforts to improve the community through strengthening community- based organizations. In 1988, she was instrumental in creating and providing leadership for the Juvenile Delinquency Task Force, a collaboration of agencies providing children’s services. # Contact: Tracy Turner, University Communications, (614)688-3682. 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