Alumni Association will honor Ohio State graduates

                                                       10-12-94

OHIO STATE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION HONORS DISTINGUISHED GRADUATES

     COLUMBUS -- Max Fisher, the alumnus who recently gave $20
million to The Ohio State University College of Business, and
John Tatgenhorst, the man whose gift of music to the university
has earned him the nickname of "Mr. Sloopy," will be among 14
graduates honored Oct. 21 during Ohio State's annual homecoming
activities.

     Fisher and Tatgenhorst will be recognized for their service
to the community, to the university, and for exceptional
professional achievement with two of the 1994 Alumni Awards being
given by The Ohio State University Alumni Association, Inc.

     The 1994 Alumni Awards will be given in six categories:
     -- the Alumni Medalist Award for extraordinary distinction
and honor in a field of specialization and exceptional service to
humankind;
     -- the Professional Achievement Award for distinguished
career accomplishment and outstanding contribution to a
profession;
     -- the Alumni Citizenship Award for distinguished volunteer
service beyond the call of business or professional duty;
     -- the Josephine Sitterle Failer Award for volunteer service
to students of a campus of Ohio State;
     -- the William Oxley Thompson Award for superior career
achievement by young alumni;
     -- the Ralph Davenport Mershon Award for service to Ohio
State.

     The Alumni Medalist Award will be presented to Max M. Fisher
'30, '71, Franklin, Mich., member of the boards of directors,
Comerica, Inc. (Detroit) and Sotheby's (London).  Fisher is being
honored as an outstanding industrialist, diplomat, and
philanthropist.  His business career centered around Aurora
Gasoline, for which he was chair until 1959, when it merged with
Marathon Oil.  He was successfully involved in real estate
activities, such as the Irvine Ranch in southern California.  As
a diplomat, Fisher has counseled and advised Israel's heads of
state since Golda Meir and has been a confidant and advisor to
U.S. Presidents Nixon, Ford, Reagan, Bush.  He has been involved
in many civic activities and has been awarded 11 honorary
degrees.  His current civic commitments include the Detroit
Renaissance and the United Jewish Appeal.  In November 1993,
Fisher's $20 million gift to the Ohio State's College of Business
(now renamed the Max M. Fisher College of Business) paved the way
for a new multi-building academic complex and enhanced programs.

     Austin E. Knowlton '31, Delaware, Ohio, owner and chairman
of the board of The Knowlton Company, will receive the
Professional Achievement Award.  His firm was responsible for
constructing many buildings on university and college campuses
around Ohio.  A noted sportsman, he breeds thoroughbred horses
and is an owner, director, and chairman of the board of the
Cincinnati Bengals.

     Recipients of this year's Josephine Sitterle Failer Award
will be Steven M. Carter '81, '83, Columbus, systems mamager of
the State of Ohio Department of Youth Services and a longtime
alumni volunteer with the Ohio Unions' student activities, and
Carl D. Smallwood, '77, '80, Columbus, Ohio, partner, Vorys,
Sater, Seymour and Pease, who is being honored for his
outstanding contributions to law students at Ohio State.

     The Alumni Citizenship Award will be given to Richard N.
Adams, '60, '64, '72, Troy, Ohio, Miami County commissioner and
past superintendent of the Upper Valley Joint Vocational School
District in Piqua, Ohio, for his extensive community work
throughout Miami County; Thomas J. Eyerman, '63, Chicago, Ill.,
the head of  Delphi Associates Limited (Chicago), for his work as
a trustee, officer or member of civic, cultural, religious, and
professional organizations, including the Chicago Symphony, the
American Architectural Foundation, and the Committee for Economic
Development in Washington, D.C.; Robert P. Liggett, '64, '68,
Circleville, Ohio, optometrist, for his service to the community
through the Circleville City School Board, Pickaway-Ross
Vocational School, and organizations such as Kiwanis, Boy Scouts,
and the Circleville Chamber of Commerce; and the late John K.
Pfahl, '49, '53, Columbus, Ohio, who was honored at a special
ceremony earlier this year for his 30 years of service as a
volunteer and a leader, a donor to many causes, and a counselor
and advisor to the University and the community.

     Receiving the William Oxley Thompson Award this year will be
Mary Beth Foltz Arensberg '81, '93, Worthington, Ohio, manager of
nutrition services, Ross Laboratories, who is the author of
scientific and professional articles, workbooks, and programs, as
well as a spokesperson and presenter for Ross; Yvette McGee
Brown, '85, Gahanna, Ohio, Franklin County Domestic Relations and
Juvenile Court judge, who has the distinction of being the
youngest elected judge in Ohio and the first African-American
woman to serve on the Franklin County Common Pleas Court; and
Kristine Noel Kunkle-Wilson, '90, Upper Arlington, Ohio, founder
and president of Languages Unlimited, Inc., a firm specializing
in providing foreign language, cross-cultural training, and
assistance programs for Columbus-area businesses and families
relocating into Ohio.

     The Ralph Davenport Mershon Award will be presented to
Richard L. Furry, '60, Rocky River, Ohio, retired president of
Day-Glo Color Corp., a member of the 1959-60 NCAA championship
basketball team, and a tireless volunteer in serving Ohio State
through the Alumni Association, Alumni Club of Cleveland, and the
Presidents and Buckeye clubs; William Goldman, '34, Auburn, N.Y.,
attorney, who has energetically recruited central New York state
high school students for Ohio State and has been an avid
supporter of Buckeye athletics; and John J. Tatgenhorst, '70,
Wilmette, Ill., composer and conductor, the man who arranged
"Hang on Sloopy" and other songs for the Ohio State Marching Band
and who has actively supported Ohio State as a member of the
Board of Directors of the Alumni Association and Board of
Governors of the Alumni Club of Chicago.

     The annual Alumni Awards are sponsored by The Ohio State
University Alumni Association, Inc., one of the largest alumni
organizations of its kind with nearly 110,000 dues-paying
members.  For more than 80 years, the association has been
dedicated to developing and nurturing lifelong relationships
between the association, the university, and its alumni and
friends.

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Contact: Linda Crossley, (614) 292-3811, fax (614) 292-7697.


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