TRUSTEES ACCEPT ENDOWED FUNDS, APPROVE APPOINTMENTS

   COLUMBUS -- The Ohio State University Board of Trustees on Friday accepted endowed funds, approved appointments, named internal spaces across campus and conducted other business.

Trustees accept four named endowed funds

   The board heard a report from Jerry A. May, vice president for development, on fund-raising efforts, including the establishment of The Klotz Chair in Cancer Research. Gifts of $3.24 million were received from the estate of Marion N. Rowley of Glendale, Calif., in honor of alumna Dorothy E. Klotz and in memory of her sister Kathleen Wellenreiter Klotz, also an Ohio State graduate. The income will provide salary support for a chair position in cancer research in the College of Medicine and Public Health and the Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute.

   May also reported on the establishment of three other funds with gifts totaling more than $1.8 million:
-- The John W. Wolfe Chair in Cancer Research, $1.69 million; the fund was established in 1996, and the funding level has been reached to establish the chair in the Comprehensive Cancer Center - the Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute.
-- Jacob E. Davis Professorship in Law, $151,000.
-- Wilbur A. Gould Food Industries Center Adult Education Fund, $25,000.

Appointments

   The board approved appointments to chairs and professorships, all effective today (10/1). They are:

   -- Greg M. Allenby of WORTHINGTON to the Helen C. Kurtz Chair in Marketing, effective through Sept. 30, 2004. Allenby has held the W. Arthur Cullman Designated Professorship in Marketing. The Kurtz chair was established in 1996 in the Max M. Fisher College of Business, supporting an internationally recognized scholar in marketing, with research and teaching focused preferably on advertising, retailing and promotions strategies.

   -- David Goldberger of WORTHINGTON to the Isadore and Ida Topper Professorship in Law. This professorship was established in 1987 with a bequest from Isadore Topper, a 1927 law graduate, and his wife, Ida. It supports a distinguished scholar and teacher in the college who teaches in the areas of constitutional or administrative law. Goldberger, who joined the college in 1980, teaches the civil law practicum, constitutional law and the First Amendment.

   -- James E. Meeks of UPPER ARLINGTON to the Jacob E. Davis Professorship in Law. Meeks, former dean of the College of Law, previously held the President's Club Professorship in Law. The Davis professorship was established today (10/1) with gifts from Jacob E. Davis II, supporting a distinguished scholar in the college. Meeks teaches in the areas of torts, antitrust, regulated industries, and law and economics, and his research interests lie in the interface of regulatory control of public utilities and antitrust law.

   -- John B. Quigley Jr. to the President's Club Professorship in Law. This professorship was established in 1979 with gifts from alumni and friends who joined the President's Club and designated their gifts be spent at the direction of the law dean; the income supports a distinguished teacher and scholar in the college. Quigley has been at Ohio State since 1971; he teaches in the areas of international, comparative and criminal law, human rights, and inter-ethnic and other conflicts.

   -- Gregory M. Travalio of DUBLIN to the Lawrence D. Stanley Professorship in Law. This professorship was established in 1986 with gifts from Mrs. Lawrence Stanley in memory of her husband, a Columbus corporate lawyer. The income supports the work of a distinguished teacher and scholar who teaches business law in the college. Travalio joined the Ohio State law faculty in 1978. He teaches and writes in the areas of contracts, commercial and consumer law, and law and economics.

   Trustees also appointed three members to the Engineering Experiment Station Advisory Council for three-year terms, effective through Sept. 30, 2002. They are:

   -- Mauro Ferrari, director of the Biomedical Engineering Center and professor of internal medicine and mechanical engineering; Dhabaleswar K. Panda of GAHANNA, assistant professor of computer and information science; and K. Cheena Srinivasan of DUBLIN, associate dean for research in the College of Engineering and professor of mechanical engineering.

Internal spaces named

   Trustees approved naming the following internal university spaces to honor those whose contributions supported the construction, equipping or furnishing of the facilities:

Project: Fisher College of Business, Fisher Hall
-- The Limited Inc. Department of Finance and Management and Human Resources Suite in Memory of John K. Pfahl (Room 700)
-- Raymond J. Groves Department of Accounting and MIS Suite (Room 400)

Project: Fisher College of Business, Gerlach Hall
-- William M. Batten Student Investment Laboratory (Room 265)
-- Mary P. Wheeler Classroom in Memory of Tom L. Wheeler Jr. (Room 208)

Project: Fisher College of Business, Pfahl Hall
-- John G. McCoy Classroom (Room 202)
-- John Shepherd Classroom (Room 302)
-- Wade Barghausen Classroom (Room 330)
-- George M. George Breakout Room (Room 210)
-- Ralph Hazelbaker Breakout Room (Room 216)
-- William Killgallon Reception Area (2nd level)
-- David Cheses Lobby (3rd level)
-- The Edwards Foundation Office (Room 110 G)
-- Midmark Corporation Office (Room 110 H)
-- Cloud Cray Office #1 (Room 110 E)
-- Cloud Cray Office #2 (Room 110 F)
-- Charles L. Richards Office #3 (Room 110 C)

Project: Fisher College of Business, Resource Building
-- Ashland Inc. Decision Conferencing Laboratory (4th level)

Project: College of the Arts, Hopkins Hall
-- Fergus Gilmore Memorial Computer Studio (Room 182)

Project: College of Human Ecology, Campbell Hall
-- The Michelle Lynn Dauterman Computer Laboratory (Room 247)

Project: College of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, McPherson Laboratory
-- The Major Robert H. Lawrence Lecture Hall (Room 1000)

Miscellaneous business

   In other business, trustees:

   -- Presented a student recognition award to Teniell Trolian and Shane Hankins, student co-chairs of the Community Commitment event held during Welcome Week 1999. Nearly 1,200 participants volunteered at more than 50 Columbus-area agences during Community Commitment. Trolian is a senior from SARASOTA, Fla., majoring in sociology with a minor in general business. She is president of Delta Zeta sorority, an honors student and the recipient of two Presidential Leadership Citations. Hankins, of MOUNT LIBERTY, is a senior honors student and Presidential Scholar majoring in history and political science. He is a member of Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society, and is an intern in the Office of Housing and Community Partnerships at the Ohio Department of Development.

   -- Amended the Bylaws of the Board and Rules of the University Faculty to reflect title changes and the delineation of responsibilities in accordance with the restructuring of the central university administration approved in December 1998.

   -- Granted an emeritus title, effective today (10/1), to Richard H. Reuning, professor emeritus, College of Pharmacy.

   -- Adopted a resolution in memoriam for Lawrence A. Best, professor emeritus in Ohio State University Extension, who died Aug. 11.

   -- Adopted an expression of appreciation to David G. Rummel, a two-time alumnus of Ohio State, for his contributions of leadership and service to the university. Rummel served for four years as the inaugural chair of the Ohio State Advocates Steering Committee.

   -- Approved 231 contracts totaling $21.7 million for research projects funded in August.

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