TRUSTEES ACCEPT DEVELOPMENT REPORT, APPROVE APPOINTMENTS

	COLUMBUS -- The Ohio State University Board of Trustees on 
Friday (5/1) approved the naming of the new campus home for the 
Alumni Association, accepted nine new named endowed funds, 
renamed an administrative office and approved appointments.

Alumni House named

	The board approved naming the new campus home of The Ohio 
State University Alumni Association Inc. The Longaberger Alumni 
House.  The naming reflects a $5 million commitment the 
Longaberger Foundation made to support several areas of the 
university, $2 million of which is designated for construction of 
the new alumni house.

Board accepts nine new named endowed funds

	Trustees heard a report from Jerry May, vice president for 
development, on fund-raising efforts.  May reported the 
establishment of nine new named endowed funds with gifts totaling 
more than $292,000:

	-- The Hanshumaker Family Fund, $113,270, to provide program 
support and/or scholarships in the Division of Music Education.

	-- The International Study Abroad Fund, $17,042, to provide 
study-abroad scholarships for students majoring in international 
studies.

	-- The Jutta and Peter Neckermann Study Abroad Scholarship 
Fund, $15,050, to provide scholarships for study abroad in 
Germany.

	-- The James R. Miller Agriculture Scholarship Fund, 
$15,000, to provide scholarships in the College of Food, 
Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences.

	-- The James V. Warren, M.D. Medical Humanities Fund, 
$15,000, to provide program support for the Health Sciences 
Library.

	-- The Lee S. Eagle Athletic Scholarship Fund, $50,000.

	-- The Charles and Nancy Sheley Athletic Scholarship Fund, 
$25,409.

	-- The Dennis A. and Rolene Oliver Nabors, Jr. Scholarship 
Fund, $25,006, for Department of Athletics scholarships.

	-- The Detroit Alumni Scholars Fund, $16,266, to provide 
merit scholarships for graduates of Detroit-area high schools.

Office renamed

	Trustees approved changing the name of the Office of 
Technology Transfer to the Office for Technology Licensing, 
effective immediately.  The office was created in 1991 to 
identify, secure, protect and license university-created 
intellectual property.  Because other university units and 
functions of Ohio State are involved in the broad activities of 
transferring technology, the name was changed to better reflect 
the office’s primary technology licensing function.

Appointments

	Trustees appointed Barbara A. Hanawalt to the King George 
III Professorship in British History, effective Jan. 1, 1999.
	
	A renowned historian specializing in medieval England, 
Hanawalt comes to Ohio State from the University of Minnesota, 
where she has taught since 1987 and where she directed the Center 
for Medieval Studies from 1991 to 1997.  She also is a fellow of 
the National Humanities Center, Research Triangle Park, N.C., and 
a fellow of the Royal Historical Society.  At Minnesota she was 
named a Scholar of the College, and she currently holds a 
research fellowship from the National Endowment for the 
Humanities.

	She is the author of numerous publications about life in 
England during the 14th and 15th centuries, specializing in 
studies of women’s roles, crime and social conflict. 

	Hanawalt earned her bachelor’s degree at Douglass College in 
1963, and her master’s and doctorate at the University of 
Michigan in 1964 and 1970.  She taught at San Fernando Valley 
State College, the University of Southern California and the 
University of Oregon before joining the faculty at Indiana 
University in 1974 as an assistant professor.  She was promoted 
to associate professor in 1978 and full professor in 1984.

	The board appointed Douglas A. Rund as interim director of 
the Department of Family Medicine, through June 30, 1999.  Rund, 
professor of emergency and family medicine, currently is chair of 
the Department of Emergency Medicine.

	Ralph E.J. Boerner of UPPER ARLINGTON was appointed chair of 
the Department of Zoology, effective July 1, 1998, through June 
30, 2002.  Boerner, professor of plant biology and natural 
resources, has been chair of the Department of Plant Biology 
since 1990.  He joined the Ohio State faculty in 1980.

Reappointments

	Trustees reappointed two principal administrative officials:

	John M. Cassady of WORTHINGTON as dean of the College of 
Pharmacy, effective July 1, 1998, through June 30, 2003.

	Tony Tripodi as dean of the College of Social Work, 
effective July 1, 1999, through June 30, 2002.

	The board also reappointed Robert Houk, Hayward Richardson 
and John S. Roby to three-year terms on the Ohio State 
University-Mansfield Campus Board.

Emeritus title granted

	Trustees granted an emeritus title to:

	-- Ralph K. Jordan of DELAWARE, assistant professor emeritus 
in the Ohio State University Extension, effective May 1.


Resolutions in memoriam

	The board adopted resolutions in memoriam for:

	-- Samuel A. Corson, professor emeritus of psychiatry, who 
died Jan. 20.

	-- Justina Dyck Epp, assistant professor emeritus of Slavic 
and East European languages and literatures, who died March 15.

	-- Paul E. Fertig, professor emeritus of accounting and 
management and information systems, who died March 7.

	-- Edward F. Hayes, vice president for research, who died 
March 20.

	-- Thomas R. Sweet, professor emeritus of chemistry, who 
died March 3.

	-- Dale B. Wade, clinical associate professor of dentistry, 
who died Feb. 16.

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Contact:  Emily Caldwell, University Communications, 292-8309