TRUSTEES ACCEPT ENDOWED FUNDS, APPROVE APPOINTMENTS

   PUT-IN-BAY, Ohio -- The Ohio State University Board of Trustees, meeting at F.T. Stone Laboratory on Gibraltar Island, on Friday (7/2) accepted named endowed funds, approved appointments and reappointments, and conducted other business.

Trustees accept nine named endowed funds

   The board heard a report from Jerry A. May, vice president for development, on fund-raising efforts, including establishment of The Edgar C. Hendrickson Fund. Gifts of $1.78 million from the estate of alumnus Edgar C. Hendrickson will support teaching and research in the College of Engineering.

   May also reported on the establishment of eight other new endowed funds with gifts totaling more than $400,000.

   -- The Austin J. and Jessie Wilson Endowment Fund, $15,615, supporting the College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.

   -- The Edward P.J. Corbett Fund, $103,504, supporting graduate students in the Department of English.

   -- The Joan N. Huber Social and Behavioral Sciences Faculty Fellowship Fund, $100,000, supporting faculty research in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences.

   -- The Harold I. Richard Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics Scholarship Fund, $79,995, providing scholarships for undergraduate students in the College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.

   -- The Lynda and Stephen Nacht Endowed Scholarship in Education, $50,000.

   -- The Robert Godfrey Arend Family Athletic Scholarship Fund, $32,906, supplementing grant-in-aid scholarship costs of a punter or place-kicker on the football team.

   -- The Bob Gano Scholarship Endowment Fund, $25,000, supporting students in the Department of Animal Sciences.

   -- Tanakadate Aikitu Prize Fund, $25,000, supporting students in the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures.

Appointments, reappointments

   The board appointed David A. Hirshleifer to the Ralph W. Kurtz Chair in Finance, effective July 1. Hirshleifer previously was the Merwin H. Waterman Collegiate Professor of Finance in the School of Business Administration at the University of Michigan.

   Trustees approved the appointment of Timothy S. Knowles as vice provost for minority affairs, effective Aug. 1. Knowles currently is vice president for student and campus support at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tenn.

   The appointment of Nancy H. Rogers of UPPER ARLINGTON to vice provost for academic administration, effective July 1, also was approved. Rogers is the Joseph S. Platt - Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur Professor in the College of Law.

   Trustees reappointed Daryl L. Siedentop of WESTERVILLE as interim dean of the College of Education, effective through June 30, 2000.

   The following chairs and directors were appointed:
-- Christian K. Zacher of COLUMBUS (43201), director of the Institute for Collaborative Research and Public Humanities, effective through June 30, 2003.
-- Mary Jo Welker of NEW ALBANY, chair of the Department of Family Medicine, effective through June 30, 2003.
-- David G. Horn of BEXLEY, acting chair of the Division of Comparative Studies in the Humanities, effective through June 30, 2000.
-- Kwame Osei of COLUMBUS (43232), interim chair of the Department of Internal Medicine, effective through June 30, 2000.
-- E. Christopher Ellison of POWELL, interim chair of the Department of Surgery, effective through June 30, 2000.
-- Bruce E. Bursten of UPPER ARLINGTON, chair of the Department of Chemistry, effective through June 30, 2003.
-- E. Scott Bair of DUBLIN, chair of the Department of Geological Sciences, effective through June 30, 2003.
-- Susan K. Roth of UPPER ARLINGTON, chair of the Department of Industrial, Interior and Visual Communication Design, effective through June 30, 2003.

   The following chairs and directors were reappointed:
-- Michael B. Howie of UPPER ARLINGTON, interim chair of the Department of Anesthesiology, effective through June 30, 2000.
-- George A. Marzluf of COLUMBUS (43202), interim chair of the Department of Biochemistry, effective through June 30, 2000.
-- Robert M. DePhilip of WESTERVILLE, interim chair of the Department of Anatomy and Medical Education, effective through June 30, 2000.
-- Thomas L. Bean of WORTHINGTON, interim chair of the Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, effective through June 30, 2000.
-- Jack A. Rall of UPPER ARLINGTON, interim chair of the Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, effective through June 30, 2000.
-- Robert A. Bornstein of WORTHINGTON, interim chair of the Department of Psychiatry, effective through June 30, 2000.
-- Richard M. Bednarski, director of the Veterinary Hospital, effective through June 30, 2000.
-- Mark D. Fullerton, chair of the Department of History of Art, effective through June 30, 2003.
-- Thomas N. Hansen of NEW ALBANY, chair of the Department of Pediatrics, effective through June 30, 2003.
-- Frank E. Poirier of WORTHINGTON, chair of the Department of Anthropology, effective July 1, 2000, through June 30, 2001.
-- W. Michael Sherman of UPPER ARLINGTON, director of the School of Physical Activity and Educational Services, effective July 1, 2000, through June 30, 2001.
-- Robert J. Tierney, director of the School of Teaching and Learning, effective July 1, 2000, through June 30, 2001.

Emeritus titles granted

   Trustees granted emeritus titles, effective July 1, to:

-- Joseph A. Lipsky, professor emeritus, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology.
-- Morris H. Reisbick, professor emeritus, College of Dentistry.
-- Patricia M. Schwirian of UPPER ARLINGTON, professor emeritus, Department of Adult Health and Illness.
-- Karla L. Roehrig, associate professor emeritus, Department of Food Science and Technology.

Resolutions in memoriam

   The board adopted resolutions in memoriam for:

-- Paul Gene Althouse, associate professor emeritus in the College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, who died April 12.
-- Donald P. Anderson, dean and professor emeritus in the College of Education, who died May 16.
-- Gangadharrao S. Maddala, university eminent scholar and professor in the Department of Economics, who died June 4.
-- Arne E. Slettebak, professor emeritus in the Department of Astronomy, who died May 20.
-- Harry Tayama, professor emeritus in the Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, who died May 11.

Miscellaneous business

   In other business, trustees:

   -- Reviewed President William E. Kirwan's performance during his first year and deemed it "exceptional." He was given $16,000 in annual deferred compensation in lieu of a raise to his regular salary, which is $275,000.

   -- Approved 160 grants totaling $11.9 million for research projects funded in May.

   -- Approved the continuation of computer laboratory fees in the Fisher College of Business, the College of Engineering, and the School of Public Policy and Management, all at 1998-99 levels.

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