Celeste Lab Naming Ceremony is Friday

                          NEWS ADVISORY:
           CEREMONY FRIDAY TO NAME CELESTE CHEMISTRY BUILDING

A ceremony will be held Friday (Dec. 1) to commemorate the 
naming of the Chemistry Building at The Ohio State University for 
former Ohio Gov. Richard F. Celeste.  The program, which begins 
at 2 p.m. on the second floor of the Richard F. Celeste  
Laboratory of Chemistry, 120 W. 18th Ave., features remarks by 
Governor Celeste; Milton Wolf, chairman of the university's Board 
of Trustees; Ohio State President E. Gordon Gee; and faculty and 
students of the Department of Chemistry.  It will be followed at 
3 p.m. by demonstrations in various laboratories in the building.

The building, finished in 1986, was named the Richard F. 
Celeste Laboratory of Chemistry by the Ohio State University 
Board of Trustees on April 7, 1995, in recognition of Governor 
Celeste's 20 years of public service to the citizens of Ohio as a 
legislator, lieutenant governor and governor.  Celeste served two 
terms as governor, from 1983-1991.  Throughout his tenure, he 
worked to strengthen partnerships among education, industry and 
government.  His leadership was instrumental in the establishment 
of the Ohio Supercomputer Center, the Thomas Edison Program and 
the Selective Excellence Program (Eminent Scholars and Academic 
Challenge grants).

The Celeste Laboratory is a state-of-the-art facility 
serving 3,200 students in 130 sections of chemistry each quarter.  
The $16.4 million, 97,900-square-foot structure replaced the 
"Sawtooth" portion of MacPherson Laboratory.  The Celeste 
building has 18 labs on three upper floors, 12 for general 
chemistry and six for organic chemistry, as well as laser 
research labs in the basement.  The facility has a special lab 
for waste disposal and an improved ventilation system to filter 
out noxious fumes.

Reporters are invited to attend the ceremony and the tours.
Governor Celeste, President Gee, Board Chairman Wolf and the 
other speakers will be available for brief interviews at the 
conclusion of the formal program, at approximately 2:45 p.m.

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Contact: Ruth Gerstner, University Communications, 292-8424.


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