11-6-98

TRUSTEES HEAR CAMPAIGN UPDATE, ACCEPT ENDOWED FUNDS

	COLUMBUS -- The Ohio State University Board of Trustees on 
Friday (11/6) heard an update on the university’s “Affirm Thy 
Friendship” fund-raising campaign, accepted endowed funds and 
conducted other business.

Campaign features new initiatives

	The $1 billion “Affirm Thy Friendship” fund-raising campaign 
already has had a strong impact on academic programs at Ohio 
State, and new initiatives have been identified that touch on 
academic areas across the university. 

	Among the new campaign initiatives are a Mathematics and 
Statistics Learning Center, the John Glenn Institute for Public 
Service and Public Policy, the Frank W. Hale Jr. Black Cultural 
Center, and the Center for Emerging Technologies at Ohio State-
Newark, said Thekla “Teckie” R. Shackelford, Ohio State 
University Foundation Board chair.  

	Shackelford also noted that the university Medical Center 
has received a $6.3 million gift from United States Surgical 
Corp., which will support another campaign initiative, the Center 
of Excellence in Minimally Invasive Surgery.

	As of Sept. 30, the campaign total stood at $804.2 million, 
reaching 80 percent of the $1 billion goal in 70 percent of the 
five-year time period, said Jerry A. May, vice president for 
development.

	Based on 1996-97 figures, Ohio State ranks seventh in total 
private support to public universities, 19th in total private 
support to both public and private schools, and 10th in endowment 
for public institutions, May said.

	Ray Groves, vice chair of the foundation board, updated 
trustees on campaign milestones, noting that the “Affirm Thy 
Friendship” campaign has funded 57 new endowed chairs and 
professorships, 330 new endowed scholarships and fellowships, and 
188 new endowed research and program funds.  He also said project 
funding is completed for the Longaberger Alumni House, the Austin 
Knowlton School of Architecture, Bill Davis Stadium and Galbreath 
Equine Center.

	“It’s these kinds of things that allow us to attract so many 
top people who make a difference,” Groves said.
		
Trustees accept six named endowed funds

	The board also heard a report from May on fund-raising 
efforts, including the establishment of the Borden Foundation 
Endowment for Children.  Gifts of $302,508 were received from the 
Borden Foundation of Columbus to support children’s programs at 
the Comprehensive Cancer Center - Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital 
and Research Institute.

	May reported on the establishment of five other funds with 
gifts totaling more than $117,000.

	-- The Fred D Augsburger Mechanical Engineering Scholarship 
Fund, $27,500.

	-- The Huff Family Scholarship Fund, $25,000, providing 
scholarships in the Department of Athletics.

	-- The H. Gordon Hullfish Memorial Scholarship Fund, 
$25,000, providing assistance for doctoral candidates in the 
College of Education.

	-- The Up On The Roof Cancer Genetics Endowment Fund, 
$25,000, supporting cancer genetics research at the Comprehensive 
Cancer Center - Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Research 
Institute.

	-- The Summit County Alumni Scholars Fund, $15,155, 
providing scholarships for Summit County high school graduates.

Appointments

	Trustees appointed Yang Liu, formerly of the New York 
University Medical Center Department of Pathology, to the Ralph 
W. and Helen Kurtz Chair in Pathology, retroactive to Sept. 1.  
The Kurtz Chair in Pathology was established in 1996 by Helen 
Kurtz of Tampa, Fla., and the estate of Ralph Kurtz to support 
advancement of basic and clinical research in pathology in the 
College of Medicine and Public Health.

	Thomas M. Francis of LIMA was reappointed to a three-year 
term on The Ohio State University-Lima Board, retroactive to July 
1.

	The board also approved the appointment of David P. Lauer of 
DUBLIN as a general public member of the University Hospitals 
Board, effective through April 30, 2000.

Resolution in memoriam

	Trustees adopted a resolution in memoriam for Gordon J. 
Ryder, professor emeritus in the Department of Agronomy (now the 
Department of Horticulture and Crop Science), who died Sept. 14.

Emeritus titles granted

	The board granted emeritus titles to:

	-- Margaret G. Hermann of WORTHINGTON, professor emeritus of 
political science, retroactive to Oct. 1.
	-- William F. Lyon of MARENGO, professor emeritus of 
entomology, retroactive to Aug. 1.
	-- Larry C. Ault of SHELBY, associate professor emeritus in 
Ohio State University Extension, retroactive to Oct. 1.
	-- Henry M. Bartholomew of LOGAN, associate professor 
emeritus in Ohio State University Extension, retroactive to Oct. 
1.
	-- Keith Devoe, Jr. of UPPER ARLINGTON, clinical professor 
emeritus of obstetrics and gynecology, effective Nov. 1.

Miscellaneous business

	In other business, trustees:

	-- Presented a student recognition award to Lynn Burks of 
COLUMBUS (43202), a senior majoring in business administration, 
international business and French.  Burks was honored for her 
work at East High School, where she mentors students and assists 
in their preparations for proficiency exams.  She also was 
recognized for her work as a conversation partner for a Korean 
graduate student.  Burks is a student staff assistant in the 
Office of Ethnic Student Services, and completed an internship as 
a marketing assistant.  She has worked as a systems integrity 
analyst to the Student Loan Marketing Association in Virginia and 
as a consultant in several Ohio businesses.

	-- Authorized the university to loan Campus Partners up to 
$2.01 million from non-General Fund sources, plus an amount to 
cover usual closing costs, for the purchase of the Newport 
Theatre.

	-- Authorized University Hospitals to spend $1.5 million to 
fund costs associated with the winding down of the Ohio Health 
Alliance’s Medicare Extra program at the end of 1998.  Medicare 
Extra was a demonstration project of the university and Ohio 
Health (the parent of Riverside/Grant Hospitals) for the federal 
government’s Health Care Financing Administration.

	-- Approved 209 contracts totaling $21.2 million for 
research projects funded in September.

	-- Accepted 68 waivers of competitive bidding requirements 
for purchases totaling $26.4 million.

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Contact:  Jerry May, vice president for development, 
	  (614) 292-2970
	  Emily Caldwell, University Communications, 
	  (614) 292-8309