9-2-98

TRUSTEES ACCEPT ENDOWED FUNDS, APPROVE APPOINTMENTS

COLUMBUS -- The Ohio State University Board of Trustees on Wednesday (9/2) accepted endowed funds, named internal spaces in recognition of donors to the university and approved several appointments. The board also conducted other business.

Trustees accept 18 new named endowed funds

The board heard a report from Jerry May, vice president for development, on fund-raising efforts, including the establishment of the Dave Longaberger Endowed Chair in Urology. Gifts of $1.5 million from The Longaberger Foundation in Newark, Ohio, were used to establish the chair position. The funds will provide salary and program support for the work of a distinguished urologist whose focus will include the advancement of medical knowledge through research and treatment in urological diseases, with preference given to urologists with interest in oncology.

May also reported on establishment of an endowed professorship, The Richard W. Trott ’61 Distinguished Visiting Professorship. The Richard W. Trott Professorship Fund was established in 1991 with gifts from Trott’s estate, his family, friends and colleagues in tribute to his memory. The fund has now reached the level required, $500,042. It has been renamed and designated to support a visiting professor in the Knowlton School of Architecture. Trott was co- designer of the Wexner Center for the Arts.

May reported on the establishment of 16 other named endowed funds with gifts totaling more than $2.2 million.

-- The Harold Richard Scheufler and Eleanor Louise Scheufler Fund, $1.41 million, supporting research in the Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Research Institute.

-- Frederick W. Peters Stadium Scholarship Dorm Fund, $92,940.

-- David and Michele Meeker Scholarship in Music, $25,109.

-- Dr. Irving B. and Jeanne Tapper Scholarship Fund, $25,000, providing scholarships in the College of Dentistry.

-- Hardin County Alumni Scholarship Endowment Fund, $20,000, providing scholarships for graduates of a Hardin County, Ohio, high school.

-- The Greater Cincinnati Alumni Scholarship Endowment Fund, $18,858, providing scholarships to graduates from a Greater Cincinnati high school.

-- The Mechanical Engineering Alumni Society Scholarship Fund, $18,331, providing scholarships in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

-- The Suguru Furuichi Memorial Scholarship Fund, $15,000, providing scholarships to Ohio State students from Japan.

-- The William G. and Ernestine R. Lowrie Endowment Fund for Chemical Engineering Excellence, $199,929.

-- The Franklin W. Marquis and Mary Lee Marquis Scholarship Fund, $150,000, providing scholarships in the College of Engineering.

-- The Warren Brown Endowed Scholarship Fund, $100,000, providing scholarships for Marion campus students.

-- The Gudis Family Endowed Scholarship Fund in the Max M. Fisher College of Business, $100,000.

-- Fashion Group International of Columbus Endowment for Cancer Rehabilitation Services, $31,000, supporting services at the Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Research Institute.

-- The Medical Class of 1957 Scholarship Fund, $28,019, providing scholarships in the College of Medicine and Public Health.

-- The Walter E. Mitchell, Jr., Fund, $25,269, supporting the planetarium and astronomy education at Ohio State.

-- The Merrill I. and Michael H. Baumgardner Endowment Fund, $25,000, an unrestricted gift to the university.

Naming of internal spaces

Trustees also approved naming the following internal university spaces to honor those whose contributions supported the construction, equipping or furnishing of the facilities. The donors will be appropriately recognized within the spaces. The named spaces and the donors are:

Project: The Success Center -- The Jim and Karen Davidson Conference Room ($25,000) -- The David Adamkin Conference Room ($25,000) -- The State Auto Insurance Academic Mall ($50,000) -- The Douglas and Elizabeth Cole Conference Room ($25,000)

Project: Longaberger Alumni House -- The Ralph and Barbara Rockow Board Room ($250,000) -- The Ruth and John Mount Leadership Suite ($200,000)

Project: Parks Hall -- The Jack L. Beal and College of Pharmacy Alumni Society Student Lounge

Project: Dulles Hall -- The Robert H. Bremner Seminar Room (344 Dulles)

Project: Vernal G. Riffe Building -- The Albert H. Soloway Floor (6th Floor Research Laboratories)

Project: Center for Education and Economic Development -- ATI at Wooster -- J.M. Smucker Company Seminar Room ($75,000) -- The Andersons Seminar Room ($125,000) -- Mary E. Basford Conference Room ($50,000) -- A.W. Yenne Conference Room ($50,000)

Appointments, reappointments

Trustees appointed Michael S. Beattie of UPPER ARLINGTON, professor in the Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, to the Doctor John D. and E. Olive Brumbaugh Chair in Brain Research and Training, effective through June 30, 2002. His research areas include neural development, plasticity and regeneration; spinal cord injury and recovery of function; cellular basis for neural growth and cell death; spinal cord reflexes; and neuroanatomy, neurophysiology and behavioral neuroscience. The chair was established on June 4, 1993, with gifts from the estate of alumnus John D. Brumbaugh.

Trustees also appointed Christian K. Zacher of COLUMBUS (43201), professor of English, as director of the Division of Comparative Studies in the Humanities, effective Oct. 1, 1998, through Sept. 30, 2002. Zacher, a faculty member since 1968, is the author of Curiosity and Pilgrimage: The Literature of Discovery in Fourteenth- Century England, and co-editor of Critical Studies of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and The Idea of Medieval Literature.

The board reappointed Daniel L. Jensen of UPPER ARLINGTON to the Deloitte and Touche Accounting Professorship in the Department of Accounting and Management Information Systems, effective Oct. 1, 1999, through Sept. 30, 2004.

Trustees also reappointed Albert J. Davis of UPPER ARLINGTON as chair of the Department of Human Development and Family Science, effective through June 30, 2002.

Emeritus titles

The board granted emeritus titles to:

-- David L. Boggs of WESTERVILLE, professor emeritus of physical activity and educational services, effective July 1, 1998. -- Ira W. Deep of WORTHINGTON, professor emeritus of plant pathology, effective Aug. 1, 1998. -- Richard F. Hamilton of UPPER ARLINGTON, professor emeritus of sociology, effective Aug. 1, 1998. -- Mervin E. Muller of UPPER ARLINGTON, professor emeritus of computer and information science, effective July 1, 1998.

Resolutions in memoriam Trustees adopted resolutions in memoriam for:

-- Eleanor Webster Bulatkin-Pardo, professor emeritus in the Department of French and Italian, who died April 25. -- Francis W. Dalrymple, assistant professor emeritus in the Ohio State University Extension, who died Aug. 13. -- John E. Moore, professor emeritus in the Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics, who died April 24. -- Margaret Oldfather, professor emeritus in the University Libraries, who died June 5. -- Esco Sarkkinen, assistant professor emeritus in the School of Physical Activity and Educational Services. -- William B. Toran, professor emeritus in the School of Journalism and Communication, who died July 14. -- Robert Young, professor emeritus in the Department of Family Medicine, who died Feb. 14.

Miscellaneous business

In other business, trustees:

-- Approved naming the building at 1670 Upham Drive the Neuroscience Facility. Previously named the Neuropsychiatric Facility, the building is being renamed to reflect that a large part of the structure is used for other functions, and that the need for inpatient psychiatric services has diminished since construction of the building.

-- Presented a student recognition award to Matthew Woessner of COLUMBUS (43235). A doctoral student in the Department of Political Science, Woessner was honored for his work in the development, implementation and analysis of the Graduate Quality of University Experience (G-QUE) Survey and Report at Ohio State. Woessner is a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles, where he was awarded departmental honors for research in the field of American political science.

-- Approved 456 contracts totaling $41 million for research projects funded in July.

-- Accepted 80 waivers of competitive bidding requirements for purchases totaling $41.2 million.

-- Authorized the university to provide capital up to $1.8 million from University Hospitals funds toward further implementation of Medicare Extra.

-- Approved several amendments to the Medical Staff Rules and Regulations concerning a variety of policies and procedures.

Contact: Emily Caldwell, University Communications, (614) 292-8309