TRUSTEES ACCEPT ENDOWED FUNDS, CONDUCT OTHER BUSINESS

   COLUMBUS -- The Ohio State University Board of Trustees on Friday (5/7) accepted named endowed funds, approved personnel appointments and conducted other business.

Trustees accept new named endowed funds

   The board heard a report from Jerry A. May, vice president for development, on fund-raising efforts, including establishment of The Ford Motor Company Designated Chair in Global Business Management. Discretionary funds of $75,000 annually, designated for support of the Max M. Fisher College of Business, will be used to promote and support the teaching, research and service activities of the chairholder.

   May also reported on the establishment of 26 new named endowed funds with gifts totaling almost $2 million.

   -- The Janet and Grace Souders Crist Lancaster Memorial Scholarship Fund, $60,000, providing scholarships for graduates from Lancaster high schools.

   -- School of Journalism and Communication Discretionary Endowment Fund, $50,000.

   -- Stark County 4-H Endowment Fund, $26,374.

   -- The Kalbouss Russian Culture Fund, $17,643, supporting promotion and education of Slavic and East European cultures, especially in the state of Ohio, and cultural interaction between the United States and cultures of Slavic and Eastern Europe.

   -- George & Mildred Wharton Endowment for Acarology Fund, $16,787, supporting the Acarology Laboratory in the Department of Entomology.

   -- Union County 4-H Endowment Fund, $16,565.

   -- West Michigan Alumni Scholarship Fund, $16,175, providing merit scholarships for graduates of high schools in the area served by the West Michigan Alumni Club.

   -- Jefferson County 4-H Endowment Fund, $16,038.

   -- The Lawrence J.R. Herson Fund, $15,491, providing program support for the Department of Political Science.

   -- Charles W. & Gwyenna L. Lifer 4-H Scholarship Fund, $15,000.

   -- The Mary E. Babcock Endowment Fund, $1.02 million, furnishing discretionary funds for the university president to provide resources for fund raising at Ohio State.

   -- The Ronald D. and Deborah F. Brooks Basketball Scholarship Fund, $101,100.

   -- Cardinal Health, Inc. Athletic Scholars Fund, $100,000.

   -- The Anne Hayes Memorial Scholarship for Academic Excellence Fund, $79,272, providing student awards in the College of Social Work.

   -- The "Remembering Jack" Endowment Fund, $70,715, providing income divided between the baseball team and the marching band to enhance student opportunities to perform and compete.

   -- The Gordon and Mary Flax Scholarship Fund, $50,018, providing scholarships divided between the College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and the College of Human Ecology.

   -- The Dr. and Mrs. Norman Browning Endowed Scholarship Fund, $49,520, providing women's scholarships at the Lima campus.

   -- The Frank C. Woodside III Fund for the Pro Bono Research Group at the College of Law, $45,000.

   -- Buckeye Hall of Fame Cafe Scholarship Fund, $40,000, supplementing grant-in-aid scholarship costs of varsity football student-athletes.

   -- Herman Schoen Memorial Cancer Endowment Research Fund, $27,700, supporting chemoprevention and bionutrition cancer research at the Comprehensive Cancer Center - The Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute.

   -- The Donald E. Yingst Scholarship and Student Development Fund in Food Science and Technology, $25,266.

   -- The John Marshall Adams Constitutional Law Award Fund, $25,000.

   -- The John P. McMahon Scholarship Fund, $25,000, providing scholarships in the College of Law.

   -- The Frederick J. Richardson Civil Engineering Scholarship Fund, $25,000.

   -- William S. & Barbara B. Weprin Scholarship Fund, $25,000, providing scholarships for student-athletes.

   -- WOSB-FM Endowment Fund, $25,000.

Appointments, reappointments

   Trustees appointed Anne Cairns Federlein, provost and vice president for academic affairs at the State University of New York, Oneonta, as president of the Ohio State Newark campus, effective July 1. Ohio State-Newark and Central Ohio Technical College share the same top administrator as well as a 176-acre campus, but are separate entities with distinct missions. COTC is a state-supported two-year technical college focused on associate degrees and is governed by its own board of trustees. OSU-Newark is a regional campus of The Ohio State University with a local board of trustees but ultimately reporting to The Ohio State University Board of Trustees, which has overall responsibility for all Ohio State campuses and programs.

   Under a new administrative structure, Federlein's title will be president of the Newark Campus. As president, Federlein will be responsible for the overall development of the Newark campus as a community resource. She will be the primary link between the campus and the Ohio Board of Regents and the OSU-Newark Board of Trustees.

   Federlein, 57, has a diverse background in education and business. She has been at SUNY-Oneonta since 1993 and vice president for academic affairs and provost there since 1995. A professor of education, she also was dean of the Division of Behavioral and Applied Science and the first director the Center for Social Responsibility and Community. She replaces Rafael Cortada, who is retiring as dean and director of Ohio State- Newark and president of COTC.

   The board appointed Michael J. Hogan, chair of the Department of History, as interim dean of the College of Humanities, effective July 1, 1999, through June 30, 2000. Hogan, 55, of UPPER ARLINGTON, has been chair of the Department of History since 1993. He came to Ohio State in 1986 as a professor of history. A Ph.D. graduate of the University of Iowa, he taught at Miami University for nine years before joining the Ohio State faculty. He succeeds Kermit Hall, who is resigning as dean of the college in mid-July to become vice chancellor and provost at North Carolina State University.

   Oded Shenkar, a professor in the Department of Management and Human Resources, was appointed to the Ford Motor Company Designated Chair in Global Business Management, effective today (5/7). The chair was established today (5/7), and the chairholder will report annually to the Ford Motor Co. on the goals, objectives and plans for the chair in the upcoming academic year.

   Trustees also appointed Bradford T. Stokes of WORTHINGTON to the Ray W. Poppleton Research Chair in the College of Medicine and Public Health, effective through June 30, 2003. Stokes is associate dean for research and graduate education in the college, and is a professor of physiology and surgery. The chair was established with gifts of $2.17 million from the estate of alumna Ethel V. Poppleton. The Ray W. Poppleton Memorial Fund was established in 1982; the chair was established in March for a position in either orthopaedics or a field related to diseases of the spinal cord.

   The board also appointed the following chairs/directors:

   -- Ronald L. St. Pierre of WESTERVILLE, vice dean of the College of Medicine and Public Health and associate vice president for health sciences and academic affairs, as interim director of the School of Public Health, effective through June 30, 2000.

   -- Gary W. Mullins of GALLOWAY, professor of natural resources, as director of the School of Natural Resources, effective through June 30, 2003.

   -- James Kinder, chair of the Department of Animal Sciences, effective June 15, 1999, through June 30, 2003.

   -- Leila J. Rupp of COLUMBUS (43214), professor of history, as acting chair of the Department of History, effective July 1, 1999, through Sept. 30, 2000.

   -- Anna A. Grotans, assistant professor of Germanic languages and literatures, as acting director of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, effective Oct. 1, 1999, through Sept. 30, 2000.

   Three people were reappointed to three-year terms on the Ohio State University-Marion Board: David F. Bacon of UPPER SANDUSKY, Ronald E. Laipply of MARION and Elaine Merchant of MARION.

Emeritus titles

Trustees granted emeritus titles to:

   -- James G. Burch of COLUMBUS (43229), professor emeritus of orthodontics, retroactive to April 1, 1999.

   -- Inez Cardozo-Freeman of NEWARK, professor emeritus, Division of Comparative Studies in the College of Humanities, Newark campus, effective Oct. 1, 1999.

   -- Michael O. Garraway of WORTHINGTON, professor emeritus of plant pathology, effective July 1, 1999.

   -- David R. Lamb of WORTHINGTON, professor emeritus, School of Physical Activity and Educational Services, effective Oct. 1, 1999.

   -- Annemarie Sommer of DUBLIN, professor emeritus of pediatrics, effective May 1, 1999.

   -- Stanley H. Blostein of PICKERINGTON, associate professor emeritus of social work, effective Sept. 1, 1999.

   -- Edwin T. Boyer of DUBLIN, associate professor emeritus of civil and environmental engineering and geodetic science, effective May 1, 1999.

   -- Robert F. Schwartz of WORTHINGTON, associate professor emeritus of art, effective July 1, 1999.

   -- Sharon S. Brock, assistant professor emeritus, School of Journalism and Communication, effective July 1, 1999.

Resolutions in memoriam

   Trustees adopted resolutions in memoriam for:

-- Chester E. Ball, assistant professor emeritus in the College of the Arts, who died March 8.
-- Kathleen E. Kendrick, professor in the Department of Microbiology, who died March 2.
-- Gordon L. Nelson, professor emeritus in the Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, who died March 24.

Miscellaneous business

   In other business, trustees:

   -- Authorized the university to hire architects and engineers and request construction bids for the estimated $500,000 renovation project for the Jay Cooke Castle on Gibraltar Island.

   -- Awarded contracts for a $1.18 million Americans with Disabilities Act compliance project. The project will provide a wheelchair-accessible elevator to all levels of Converse and Cockins halls, a wheelchair-accessible entrance to Cockins Hall, and exterior handrails at all building entrances and other exterior ramps and steps at more than 100 locations.

   -- Amended the Rules of the University Faculty, changing the configuration of membership on the Council on Academic Affairs. The council will have 16 members instead of 15, including 10 regular faculty -- four appointed by the president, and of the remaining six (rather than the previous five), at least two must be University Senate members selected by Faculty Council.

   -- Granted a 25-year renewal of an easement to Columbia Gas of Ohio for a 4-inch gas line and regulating station from a location on Kenny Road near Ackerman Road to the Service Building Annex, 2578 Kenny Road.

   -- Approved 218 contracts totaling $13.26 million for research projects funded in March.

   -- Approved appointments and reappointments of investment managers.

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