Daniel Slane to head Board of Trustees

COLUMBUS -- Daniel M. Slane, founder and co-owner of The Slane Company, Ltd., was named chair of The Ohio State University Board of Trustees on Friday (5/6). He succeeds Tami Longaberger, whose nine-year term as trustee, the final year as chair, ends on May 13. Slane, a resident of Westerville, has been a member of the board since 1997 and currently serves as vice chairman.

The Slane Company develops, owns and operates 88 shopping centers and commercial buildings in 12 states. The company also owns waste-treatment facilities in Europe, an interstate rail transportation company between the east coast and Ohio, a telecommunication company, a wood products company and a synthetic coal manufacturing company. Headquartered in Columbus, the company has offices in New York City; Cleveland; North Bergen, N.J.; Birmingham, England; and Shanghai and Fuzhou, China.
From 1990 until 1998, Slane served as vice chairman and chairman of the Ohio Building Authority, which finances, constructs, and manages state buildings. From 1991 until 1999, he chaired the State Board of Building Appeals, which grants variances to the Ohio Basic Building Code. He also sits on the board of directors of Ohio Capital Corporation, which has developed over a half-billion dollars of government-subsidized housing projects in Ohio.

Slane earned a bachelor of science in business administration degree in 1964 and his J.D. degree in 1967, both from The Ohio State University. He served two years as a captain in the U.S. Army before receiving his M.A. degree in international law in 1970 from the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands.

He served one year as an assistant prosecuting attorney for Franklin County and two years as a White House staff assistant to President Gerald R. Ford. In addition, Slane served on the board of trustees of Hiram College from 1996 to 2001.

Robert M. Duncan of Columbus, a trustee
since 1998, was elected vice chairman. He is a former judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court, justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio, judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, and judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. He was secretary of the Board of Trustees at Ohio State from 1993 until his retirement in June 1996. Before that, he was the university’s vice president for legal affairs and general counsel from 1992 to 1995.

Trustees also re-elected David O. Frantz as secretary and James L. Nichols as treasurer.

Committee appointments approved
The board approved the following appointments of board members to board committees and as representatives to other university –affiliated boards

Academic and Student Affairs Committee:*
Douglas G. Borror, Chair
Robert M. Duncan, Vice Chair
Walden W. O’Dell
New Trustee
New Student Trustee

Fiscal Affairs Committee:*
Jo Ann Davidson, Chair
Karen L. Hendricks, Vice Chair
Dimon R. McFerson
Brian K. Hicks
Chad A. Endsley

Facilities Planning (AdHoc)
(Subcommittee of Fiscal Affairs)
Daniel M. Slane, Chair
Douglas G. Borror, Vice Chair
Walden W. O’Dell
Brian K. Hicks

Investments Committee:*
Dimon R. McFerson, Chair
Jo Ann Davidson, Vice Chair
Walden W. O’Dell
New Trustee
Ex Officio:
John Gerlach, Jr. (Foundation Board)
Audit Committee:*
Karen L. Hendricks, Chair
Dimon R. McFerson, Vice Chair
New Trustee
Chad Endsley
James Gilmour (Public Member, 2/29/08)
Agricultural Affairs Committee:*
Walden W. O’Dell, Chair
Fred L. Dailey, Vice Chair, Ex Officio
New Trustee
Chad A. Endsley
New Student Trustee

Governance Committee:
Daniel M. Slane, Chair
Robert M. Duncan, Vice Chair
Karen L. Hendricks

Government Relations Advisory Council:
Daniel M. Slane, Chair
Jo Ann Davidson, Vice Chair
Douglas G. Borror
Brian K. Hicks
Chad A. Endsley
David L. Brennan
Thomas Hoaglin
Rich Hillis
Stephen C. Landerman

The Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital
& Richard J. Solove Research Inst. Board:
Daniel M. Slane, Chair
Karen L. Hendricks

University Hospitals Board:
Brian K. Hicks
Daniel M. Slane

Campus Partners Board:
Douglas G. Borror (2006)

Research Foundation Board of Directors:
Karen L. Hendricks

University Foundation Board
Ex Officio Class of Directors:
Douglas G. Borror (2006)
Karen L. Hendricks (2007)
New Trustee (2008)

Wexner Center Foundation Board:
Leslie H. Wexner (12/05)
Brian K. Hicks+

Ohio State University Affiliates, Inc. and
Affiliated Entities Committee:
Daniel M. Slane (2006)
Robert M. Duncan (2007)
Karen L. Hendricks (2008)

Science and Technology Campus Board:
New Trustee

Regional Campus Trustee Liaison:
New Trustee

University Managed Health Care System, Board of Directors
Karen L. Hendricks

Self-Insurance Trust Board:
Dimon R. McFerson (2006)

Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital Board:
Dimon R. McFerson
Daniel M. Slane

*Board Chair, Ex Officio member of all standing committees
+President’s appointee