97-09-05 Trustees: Presidential Search Committee Appointed

PRESIDENTIAL SEARCH COMMITTEE APPOINTED, CONSULTANT HIRED

     COLUMBUS -- The Ohio State University Board of Trustees on
Friday (9/5) appointed 17 persons to serve on a Presidential
Search Committee to recommend a replacement for President E.
Gordon Gee, whose resignation is effective at the end of 1997.

     The committee is chaired by Alex Shumate, chair of the Board
of Trustees.  He will give updates on the committee’s work to the
board at each regularly scheduled board meeting until the search
is concluded.

     The trustees charged the committee with planning and
directing “all aspects of a comprehensive and expeditious search
for a new president including, but not limited to, developing a
list of candidates and verifying their qualifications,
availability and interest in the position; and making a
recommendation of one or more candidates to the Board during the
first quarter of 1998.”

     The following persons comprise the committee:

     -- Four members of the Board of Trustees -- Alex Shumate,
chair, Tamala Longaberger, James F. Patterson, George A. Skestos.

     -- Five members of the faculty -- Bruce E. Bursten,
professor of chemistry; David O. Frantz, professor of English;
Jane M. Fraser, associate professor of industrial, systems and
welding engineering; Alan J. Randall, professor of agricultural
economics; Sally V. Rudmann, associate professor of allied
medical professions.

     -- One vice president -- Jerry A. May, vice president for
development.

     -- Two students -- John Carney, president of Undergraduate
Student Government; Clara Cuellar, a doctoral candidate in sports
management.

     -- Two deans -- Kermit L. Hall, dean of the College of
Humanities; Bernadine P. Healy, dean of the College of Medicine
and Public Health.

     -- One representative of the Alumni Association -- Dan L.
Heinlen, president and CEO of The Ohio State University Alumni
Association.

     -- Two non-teaching staff members -- Jeri Kozobarich,
director of development for the College of Education; Jack D.
Miner, fiscal officer for the Department of Physics.

     William J. Napier, secretary of the Board of Trustees, will
serve as search committee coordinator.

     Trustees also awarded a contract to Korn/Ferry
International, a professional search consulting firm, to assist
the committee.  R. William Funk, managing director, will work
with the Ohio State committee.

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Contact: William Napier, (614) 292-2424.


[Submitted by: Von Vargas  (vargas.12@osu.edu)
               
Fri, 5 Sep 1997 16:10:43 -0400 (EDT)]
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