Equine Center Groundbreaking

GROUNDBREAKING SEPT. 17 FOR EQUINE TRAUMA TREATMENT CENTER

     COLUMBUS -- Groundbreaking ceremonies for the 40,000-square-
foot, $6,9 million Equine Trauma, Intensive Care and Research
Center at The Ohio State University have been scheduled for Sept.
17, said Glen Hoffsis, dean of the College of Veterinary
Medicine.

     Hoffsis also announced that Daniel M. Galbreath has agreed
to chair the fund-raising campaign for equipment for the new
center, which will be at the leading edge of equine medicine.
Galbreath, a businessman and real estate developer, is an owner
and breeder of thoroughbred race horses.

     "This is a very exciting time in the life of the College of
Veterinary Medicine," Hoffsis said.  "The new equine center will
be one of the finest of its kind in the nation.  It will allow
our faculty to continue research into the causes and treatment of
equine while providing improved services to clients worldwide.
It will also provide an outstanding facility for our students to
broaden and deepen their knowledge.

     "We are extremely fortunate to have a person of Dan
Galbreath's stature heading our campaign," Hoffsis said.  "He is
highly regarded in the equine industry, and his love of and
commitment to Ohio State is well known."

     The groundbreaking ceremonies will begin at 9 a.m. at the
site of the new center, just west of the existing veterinary
hospital on Coffey Road.  University President E. Gordon Gee and
others will offer remarks, and there will be a ceremonial
breaking of the ground with two horses and a plow.  Tours of the
hospital and presentations on current college research and
programs will follow.

     The center is scheduled to open in 1996.  It will include:

     =FE A modern research facility where faculty can develop,
       implement and teach medical and surgical procedures.

     =FE Two state-of-the-art surgery rooms.

     =FE 14 intensive care stalls with capabilities for
       continuous monitoring of patients.

     =FE 19 stalls for patients and horses used in teaching
       and research.

     =FE A facility for the placement of a high-speed treadmill to
       investigate exercise and performance of patient and
       research horses.

     =FE An second-floor observation area which will allow clients,
       students and faculty to observe surgery.
     The center received a major boost earlier this year with the
receipt of a $1.4 million gift from an anonymous donor.
Catherine W. Kohn, head of the college's equine section, noted
that this gift and others, as well as state building funds, allow
for construction of the new center.  Additional private funding
is being sought to fully equip the center.

     Hoffsis said the center is needed to support and protect the
$6 billion equine industry in Ohio.  Currently, 1,200 ill or
injured horses are hospitalized each year at Ohio State, and a
similar number are treated on an outpatient basis.

     Ohio State's equine faculty members are recognized
nationally and internationally for their expertise and
advancement in equine orthopedics, exercise science, neurology,
anesthesia, respiratory disease, residency training and industry
support.

     "Since we are the only veterinary college in Ohio, Hoffsis
said, "it is vital that we provide a modern facility for state-
of-the-art research and service."

     Galbreath received a master's degree in business
administration from Ohio State in 1952.  He is chairman and chief
executive officer of The Galbreath Co., a national and
international real estate development, management and leasing
firm.

     He is a member of The Ohio State University Foundation Board
of Directors and served a nine-year term on the university's
Board of Trustees, ending in May 1987.  He presently serves as a
Foundation Board representative on the trustees' Investment
Committee and as a member of the university's Presidents Council.

     Among those expected to attend the groundbreaking are Edward
L. Bowen, president of Grayson Jockey Club Research Foundation
Inc., and John Y. Hamilton, executive director of the
Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association.
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Contact: Glen Hoffsis, dean, or Larry Rummell, director of
         development, at the College of Veterinary Medicine,
         (614) 292-1171.


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