Daniel Slane, Soraya Rofagha Named Trustees

SLANE, ROFAGHA TO JOIN OHIO STATE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

COLUMBUS -- Daniel M. Slane, an attorney and shopping center developer,
will become the newest member of the Ohio State Board of Trustees.

Gov. George V. Voinovich today (3/13) named Slane, a Franklin County
Republican, to a nine-year term beginning May 14. He will succeed Leslie H.
Wexner, whose term will expire. Voinovich also appointed Soraya Rofagha of
POWELL to a two-year term as a student trustee.

Slane is founder and owner of The Slane Co., which develops, owns and
operates 88 shopping centers and other commercial developments in 11 states.

He also is of counsel with the law firm Grieser, Schafer, Blumenstiel &
Slane Co., L.P.A.

"We are delighted with Governor Voinovich's appointment of Dan Slane to the
university's Board of Trustees," said President E. Gordon Gee. "In addition
to his considerable business acumen and community involvement, Mr. Slane
brings with him a long association with the university, having earned two
Ohio State degrees.

"He joins a strong, effective Board that has high aspirations and
expectations for this university," Gee said.

Slane received his B.S. degree in business administration in 1964 and J.D.
degree in 1967 from The Ohio State University. He also received his M.A.
degree in international law in 1970 from the University of Amsterdam in the
Netherlands. He is a life member of the Ohio State University Alumni
Association.

Slane serves as Chairman of the Ohio Building Authority, which manages
state buildings, and the State Board of Building Appeals, which examines
state building code variances. He also sits on the Board of Directors of the
Ohio Capital Corp., which is developing government-subsidized apartment
projects in Ohio.

In addition, Slane serves on the Board of Trustees of Hiram College, a
liberal arts college in Hiram, Ohio, and was elected to the Board of
Directors of The Campus, a group with hospitals in Columbus and Cleveland.

Rofagha, who will replace Holly A. Smith in May, is working toward a B.A.
degree in chemistry and political science. She is a student research
assistant in a chemistry laboratory.

"Soraya Rofagha is an active undergraduate who cares deeply about the
quality of the educational experience," Gee said. "She has already exhibited
those leadership qualities that have served our student trustees so well."

Rofagha is a member of the American Medical Student Organization and the
Iranian Cultural Society of Central Ohio.

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Contact:William J. Napier, Ohio State Board of Trustees,
(614) 292-2424

Written by: David Bhaerman, University Communications, 
(614) 292-8422


[Submitted by: Ruth Gerstner  (gerstner.2@osu.edu)
               
Thu, 13 Mar 1997 17:19:46 -0500]
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