4 Honored at Commencement

FOUR RECEIVE SPECIAL COMMENCEMENT HONORS AT OHIO STATE

     COLUMBUS -- The achievements of a social activist, 
professor, business executive, and a philanthropist were 
recognized with special honors during The Ohio State University's 
winter quarter commencement ceremonies March 15 in St. John 
Arena.

     An honorary doctorate was presented to the Rev. Leon H. 
Sullivan, businessman and civil rights leader.

     The Distinguished Service Award was presented to Charles L. 
Babcock, Ohio State professor emeritus of classics, Sheila A. 
Castellarin, vice president for communications and consumer 
affairs of Columbia Gas Distribution, and to Anne G. Hayes, 
philanthropist.

Leon H. Sullivan, Doctor Of Humane Letters

     The Rev. Leon H. Sullivan, pastor emeritus of Zion Baptist 
Church in Philadelphia, Pa., initiated the Sullivan Principles in 
1977, a code of conduct widely acknowledged to be one of the most 
effective efforts to end discrimination against Blacks in the 
workplace in apartheid South Africa. 

     Sullivan is the founder of Opportunities Industrialization 
Centers (OIC) of America, which has trained more than 1.5 million 
and placed more than 800,000 in the workforce.  He later founded 
OIC International.  In 1989, in its 20th year, OIC International 
had 17 training centers in Africa, with 12 countries having 
graduated more than 20,000 trainees. 

     A former director of General Motors Corp., Sullivan is also 
the founder of Progress Investment Associated, which built and 
manages the largest shopping center constructed, owned and 
operated by African Americans.

     In 1991, Sullivan was honored with the Presidential Medal of 
Freedom for his service to the poor and needy of America and 
Africa.

     Sullivan was educated at West Virginia State College, Union 
Theological Seminary and Columbia University, and has received 
some 30 honorary degrees.  

Charles L. Babcock, Distinguished Service Award

     Charles L. Babcock, professor emeritus of classics, has 
served The Ohio State University with distinction as a faculty 
member for more than three decades.

     A native of California, Babcock earned his undergraduate and 
graduate degrees in Latin and his doctorate in classics, all from 
the University of California at Berkeley.  He did post-doctoral 
work in Italy as a Fulbright Scholar in Classics and was a Fellow 
at the American Academy in Rome from 1953 to 1955 before joining 
the faculty of Cornell University as an instructor in classics.  
He joined the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania in 1957, 
becoming assistant dean of the College of Arts and Sciences in 
1960 and vice dean in 1962.

     He joined the Ohio State faculty as professor and department 
chair of classics in 1966. He was named dean of the newly formed 
College of Humanities in 1968, serving in that capacity until 
1970.  He again served as department chair from 1980-88.  

     His administrative talent and his contributions to the 
university were recognized in 1989 when he was honored with the 
first College of Humanities Exemplary Faculty Award, now known as 
the Babcock Award.  He has served as president of the Vergilian 
Society of America and the Classical Association of the Midwest 
and South, and as director of the American Philological 
Association.

Sheila A. Castellarin, Distinguished Service Award

     Sheila A. Castellarin, vice president for communications and 
consumer affairs of Columbia Gas Distribution Companies, is an 
active participant in The Ohio State University Alumni 
Association and has maintained close ties to the College of Human 
Ecology.

     Castellarin joined Columbia Gas in 1958 following graduation 
from Ohio State with a Bachelor of Science in Home Economics 
degree. She was named vice president in 1981 and has charge of 
external and internal communications and consumer affairs 
programs throughout Ohio, Kentucky, Maryland, Pennsylvania and 
Virginia.

     A member of the American Gas Association (AGA), she served 
as chair of the association's advertising committee and past 
chair of the Eastern Gas Council and Home Service Committees.  
She received the AGA Consumer Information Award in 1973, 1976 and 
1988.

     Castellarin has served both as board member and treasurer of 
the Alumni Association and is a past president and treasurer and 
current member of the Ohio State Mortar Board Alumnae.  She 
served a six-year term on the Ohio State Alumni Advisory Council 
and as alumni representative to the university's Advisory 
Committee on Women.

Anne G. Hayes, Distinguished Service Award

     Anne G. Hayes, has been a cherished member of the Ohio State 
community since she arrived on campus in 1951 with her husband, 
Coach Woody Hayes.  Throughout Woody Hayes' 28 years as Ohio 
State's head football coach, Mrs. Hayes shared her husband's 
commitment to the athletic program.  She opened her home and 
heart to hundreds of student athletes and became an excellent 
recruiter for Ohio State.

     Mrs. Hayes donated the coach's personal papers and 
memorabilia to the University Archives and established the Wayne 
Woodrow "Woody" Hayes Naval ROTC Leadership Award Fund in 1990.  
She played a leadership role in current fundraising for the Wayne 
Woodrow Hayes Chair in National Securities Studies, which will 
bring  an internationally known scholar on national security to 
Ohio State.

     She also serves the Cancer Society, United Way of Franklin 
County, Buckeye Boys Ranch, Mortar Board and medical research on 
the heart, diabetes and endocrinology.

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Contact:  Tracy Turner, University Communications, (614)688-3682.


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