TRUSTEES ACCEPT ENDOWED FUNDS, APPROVE APPOINTMENTS

   COLUMBUS -- The Ohio State University Board of Trustees on Friday (6/4) accepted named endowed funds, approved several appointments and reappointments, and approved board committee assignments. The board also conducted other business.

Board accepts 16 new named endowed funds

   Trustees heard a report from Jerry A. May, vice president for development, on fund-raising efforts, including the establishment of 16 new named endowed funds with gifts totaling almost $950,000.

   -- The Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education Development Fund, $38,660, providing support for the College of Education.

   -- Donald G. Lux Scholarship in Technology Education, $25,000.

   -- Lawrence County 4-H Endowment Fund, $15,000.

   -- The Executive Committee Award for Outstanding Administrative, Clerical, and Secretarial Performance, $5,000, providing support for awards in the College of Humanities.

   -- The John D. Hathaway M.D. and Besse D. Hathaway Memorial Fund, $279,991, supporting medical scientist training in the College of Medicine and Public Health.

   -- The Ohio State University Foundation Unrestricted Endowment Fund, $157,808, providing resources for fund-raising at Ohio State.

   -- The Cardiology Recruitment and Development Fund, $150,563, supporting faculty recruitment in the Division of Cardiology.

   -- The Richard E. Durst University Scholars in Chemical Engineering Fund, $49,172, providing merit scholarships in chemical engineering.

   -- The Katherine Miles Durst University Scholars in Early Childhood Development Fund, $49,172, providing merit scholarships in early childhood development.

   -- Dominic J. Bagnoli, Jr., Scholarship Fund, $26,840, providing football scholarships with preference to student- athletes majoring in pre-med.

   -- The John R. Jacob University Scholar Fund, $26,500, providing merit scholarships, with preference for students from the Canton, Ohio, area.

   -- The William and Anne Altschule Professional Student Scholarship and Endowed Fund in Pharmacy, $25,000.

   -- The Lloyd Roberts Evans Endowed Scholarship in History, $25,000.

   -- Robert M. James and Donna B. James Scholarship Fund, $25,000, providing football scholarships, with preference given to wide receivers.

   -- The Smith Family Athletic Endowment Fund, $25,000, providing scholarships to varsity student-athletes.

   -- Langdon T. Williams Scholarship Fund, $25,000, providing athletics scholarships, with preference given to those majoring in chemical engineering.

Appointments, reappointments

   The board approved the appointment of Lee C. Tashjian, Jr. as vice president for university relations, effective July 1. Tashjian, 53, is vice president for communications and public affairs at Atlantic Richfield Co. He will be Ohio State's chief executive for public relations, communications and marketing, responsible for developing, implementing and coordinating the university's marketing and communications strategies.

   A native of Wilmington, Del., Tashjian is an Ohio State alumnus. In 1975, he was hired by International Harvester in Indianapolis as public relations manager for its truck division. After six years of increasing responsibility with IH, Tashjian moved to the DuPont Corp. in Wilmington, Del., where he spent the next 15 years, rising from public affairs consultant to vice president for public affairs and finally executive assistant to the president. In 1995, he left DuPont to become vice president for corporate relations at the Fluor Corp. in Irvine, Calif. After two years, he was recruited to Atlantic Richfield (ARCO) in Los Angeles.

   At Ohio State, Tashjian will manage a central staff of more than 40 people and will partner with communications offices across the university. He will coordinate internal and external institutional marketing and communications activities for the university, and will be responsible for positioning the university to its key audiences and informing its publics about the benefits Ohio State offers and the services it provides.

   Trustees approved several reappointments, all effective July 1, 1999, through June 30, 2003. They are:

   Keith W. Bedford of UPPER ARLINGTON was reappointed as chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science, effective July 1, 1999, through June 20, 2001.

   Other chairs and directors reappointed to terms effective July 1, 1999, through June 30, 2003, are:
-- Liang-Shih Fan of UPPER ARLINGTON, chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering.
-- Stuart H. Zweben of DUBLIN, chair of the Department of Computer and Information Science.
-- Yuan F. Zheng of UPPER ARLINGTON, chair of the Department of Electrical Engineering.
-- Steven Reiss, director of the Nisonger Center.

   Trustees also reappointed Ferdinand A. Geiger of UPPER ARLINGTON as director of athletics and assistant vice president for student affairs, effective July 1, 1999, through June 30, 2004.

   The board appointed Gregory A. Caldeira of COLUMBUS (43201) as a Distinguished University Professor, effective today (6/4) (see separate news release).

   Several regional campus board appointments and reappointments were approved:

Trustee committee assignments

   The board approved several appointments to board committees and representatives to other university-affiliated boards and commissions. The appointments are as follows:

   Educational Affairs Committee: George A. Skestos, chair; Tamala Longaberger, vice chair; Daniel M. Slane and Allyson M. Lowe.

   Fiscal Affairs Committee: Zuheir Sofia, chair; David L. Brennan, vice chair; Robert M. Duncan and James F. Patterson.

   Student Affairs Committee: Longaberger, chair; Duncan, vice chair; Karen L. Hendricks and Jaclyn M. Nowakowski.

   Agricultural Affairs Committee: Hendricks, chair; Fred L. Dailey, vice chair, ex officio; Patterson and Nowakowski.

   Investments Committee: Brennan, chair; Slane, vice chair; Hendricks, John G. McCoy and Frank Wobst. McCoy and Wobst are members of The Ohio State University Foundation Board.

   Affiliated Entities Committee: Slane, chair; Duncan, vice chair; Sofia and Lowe.

   Outreach and Engagement Committee: Colley, chair; Longaberger, vice chair; Patterson and Lowe.

   Planning Committee: Duncan, chair; Patterson, vice chair; Slane, Sofia and Nowakowski.

   Government Relations Committee: Patterson, chair; Slane, vice chair; Skestos and Duncan.

   University Hospitals Board: Skestos, chair; and Sofia.

   The Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute: Sofia, chair; and Slane.

   University Managed Health Care System, Inc. Board of Directors: Duncan.

   Personnel Committee: Colley, chair; Skestos, vice chair; and Brennan.

   University Foundation Ex Officio Class of Directors: Longaberger, one-year term; Sofia, two-year term; and Patterson, three-year term.

   Ohio State University Affiliates, Inc.: Colley, one-year term; Skestos, two-year term; and Brennan, three-year term.

   Wexner Center Foundation Board: Leslie H. Wexner (2002), Longaberger (president's appointee).

   Inter-University Council: Slane.

   Research Foundation Board of Directors: Brennan.

   Science and Technology Campus Board of Directors: Skestos.

   Regional Campus Boards of Trustees: Lima -- Slane; Mansfield -- Patterson; Newark -- Longaberger; and Marion -- Duncan.

   Ad Hoc Committee on Capital Formation for Emerging Businesses (STC): Sofia, Slane and Hendricks.

Emeritus titles granted

   The board granted emeritus titles, effective July 1, 1999, unless otherwise noted, to:
-- Stanley P. Balcerzak of SUNBURY, professor emeritus of internal medicine.
-- John J. Kennedy of WESTERVILLE, professor emeritus of educational policy and leadership.
-- Ernest L. Mazzaferri of UPPER ARLINGTON, professor emeritus of internal medicine.
-- Marjorie A. Cambre, associate professor emeritus of educational policy and leadership, effective May 1, 1999.
-- Henry L. Marr of COLUMBUS (43205), associate professor emeritus of music.
-- Frederick D. Meyers of WHITEHALL, associate professor emeritus of civil and environmental engineering and geodetic science.

Resolutions in memoriam

   Trustees adopted resolutions in memoriam for:
-- John G. Boutselis, M.D., professor emeritus in the College of Medicine and Public Health, who died April 17.
-- Frederick Stecker, executive director emeritus of university relations, who died April 15.
-- Ralph J. Woodin, professor emeritus in the Department of Human and Community Resource Development, who died April 16.

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