97-10-03 Trustees: Development Report, Personnel Matters

TRUSTEES ESTABLISH ENDOWED NAMED FUNDS, CONDUCT PERSONNEL MATTERS

     COLUMBUS -- The Ohio State University Board of Trustees
accepted an endowed named chair and 14 new endowed named funds
and conducted personnel matters during its meeting Friday (10/3).
Board accepts one endowed named chair, 14 endowed named funds

     Trustees heard a report from Jerry May, vice president for
development, on development efforts, including the establishment
of The Transportation Research Center Inc. Chair in Intelligent
Transportation Systems.  Gifts of $1.5 million were received from
Transportation Research Center Inc. to promote and support
education and research in intelligent transportation-related
technology in the College of Engineering.  The chairholder will
be expected to focus on developing new concepts and principles of
intelligent control and intelligent systems with applications to
surface vehicles, surface transportation systems and their safe
operation.

     May also reported the establishment of 14 new endowed named
funds with gifts totaling more than $1.3 million.

     -- The Thomas J. and Ann Y. Selby Cancer Research Endowment,
$149,445, to support cancer research at the Comprehensive Cancer
Center - the Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Research
Institute.

     -- The Ohio State University Department of Astronomy
Endowment Fund, $41,730, to further the education, research and
service mission of the Department of Astronomy.

     -- The Murphy Family Annual and Perennial Garden Endowment
Fund, $25,000, for the establishment and maintenance of annual or
perennial plantings at the Chadwick Arboretum.

     -- Lorraine A. Lange Graduate Fellowship Fund, $23,000, to
provide scholarships for individuals pursuing a Ph.D. in
elementary education.

     -- The James R. & Marlene C. Helt Family 4-H Fund, $16,957,
for support of 4-H leadership programs.

     -- The Margaret A. and Theodore A. Hendricks Study/Travel
Endowed Scholarship Fund, $15,120, for one or more study/travel
scholarships to students attending Ohio State’s Marion campus.

     -- The de Guzman Endowment Fund for International Education,
$15,000, to assist international students from any country at
Ohio State and/or students participating in study abroad in any
country.

     -- The Meigs County 4-H Endowment Fund, $15,000, to support
the Meigs County 4-H Program.

     -- The Joseph M. Ryan, M.D., Chair Fund in Cardiovascular
Medicine, $753,158, to support a chair position in the Division
of Cardiology.

     -- The Medical Research Facility Grant Fund, $139,741, to
support researchers in the Medical Research Facility, with
selection made through a grant application process.

     -- William J. Belford Cancer Research Endowment Fund,
$50,000, to support human cancer genetics research at the
Comprehensive Cancer Center - The Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital
and Research Institute.

     -- David A. Rismiller Faculty Fellowship Fund, $44,953, to
fund activities in support of the faculty of the Fisher College
of Business.

     -- The Paul and Nancy Wherry Endowed Fund in the History of
Pharmacy, $25,200, to support educational and research
initiatives in the History of Pharmacy at the College of
Pharmacy.

     -- The Virginia S. Hull Endowment Fund for Study Abroad,
$25,000, to support undergraduate study abroad to Spain,
Portugal, France and Italy.

Appointments, reappointments, change in title

     Mark W. Shanda of COLUMBUS (43214) was appointed interim
chair of the Department of Theatre through Dec. 31.

     Trustees reappointed Robert P. Leone to the Berry Chair of
New Technologies in Marketing from Jan. 1, 1998 through Dec. 31,
2002.

     Patrick S. Osmer of UPPER ARLINGTON was reappointed chair of
the Department of Astronomy through Sept. 30, 2001.    

     The board also approved a change in title for Hagop Mekhjian
of UPPER ARLINGTON from assistant vice president for health
sciences to associate vice president in the Office of Health
Sciences.

Resolutions in memoriam

     The board adopted resolutions in memoriam for:
    
     -- Robert Percival Bullock, professor emeritus and past
chair of the graduate program in the Department of Sociology.

     -- Frederick Grimm, associate professor emeritus in Ohio
State University Extension.

     -- Ruth Weimer Mount, former assistant dean of women,
associate dean of women, director of women’s housing, associate
dean of student relations, and the university’s first dean of
students.

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Contact:  Emily Caldwell, University Communications, 292-8309


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