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1994
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Miscellaneous Trustees# Actions
ACTIONS OF THE OHIO STATE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ON JUNE 3
COLUMBUS -- The Ohio State University Board of Trustees met
Friday (6/3) and acted on the following matters:
Personnel Appointments
Kermit L. Hall was named dean of the College of Humanities
and professor of history beginning July 1. He is dean of the
Henry Kendall College of Arts and Sciences at the University of
Tulsa.
Hall has a doctorate in history from the University of
Minnesota, an M.S.L. degree from Yale University, an M.A. degree
=66rom Syracuse University, and a B.A. degree from the University
of Akron. He also has served on the faculties of the University
of Florida and Wayne State and Vanderbilt universities.
A member of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Assassination
Records Review Board, Hall is the author of five books on the
history of law, the courts, and public life. He was editor-in-
chief of the award-winning book The Oxford Companion to the
Supreme Court.
He will travel abroad this summer to explain the American
constitutional system to leaders of Lithuania and Poland, under
sponsorship of the U.S. Information Agency.
The College of Humanities is composed of 12 departments, six
centers, and the Division of Comparative Studies in Humanities.
As of Autumn 1993, the college had 322 faculty and 1,633
undergraduate majors and 888 graduate students. David O. Frantz,
professor of English, has been serving as acting dean the past
year.
Trustees named William S. Pease as chairperson of the
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation for a four-
year term starting July 1. Pease, an associate professor from
UPPER ARLINGTON, has been serving as vice chairperson under Paul
Kaplan, who will return to the faculty as professor.
Pease also serves as director of the Electrodiagnostic
Laboratory, associate medical director of the Gait Analysis
Laboratory, and associate professor of biomedical engineering.
He has a medical degree from the University of Cincinnati
and a degree in engineering from Vanderbilt University. Pease
held a residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation at Ohio
State, then joined the faculty in 1984. He specializes in
general rehabilitation and electromyography, the study of muscles
and nerves.
The board also named Douglas A. Rund of WORTHINGTON as
acting chairperson of the Department of Family Medicine through
June 1995.
Several other faculty members were reappointed to academic
leadership posts. They included:
=FE Gary L. Floyd of UPPER ARLINGTON, dean of the College of
Biological Sciences, through June 1999.
=FE Charles F. Hermann of WORTHINGTON, director of the Mershon
Center, through June 1996.
=FE Kenneth Lee of COLUMBUS (43221), chairperson, Department
of Food Science and Technology, through June 1998.
=FE William L. Hayton of COLUMBUS (43235), chairperson,
Division of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, through
June 1998.
=FE Dennis R. Feller of UPPER ARLINGTON, chairperson, Division
of Pharmacology, through June 1998.
=FE Richard H. Reuning of UPPER ARLINGTON, chairperson,
Division of Pharmacy Practice, through June 1998.
Trustees granted emeritus titles to:
=FE Isaiah Shavitt of GRANDVIEW, professor emeritus,
Department of Chemistry, effective July 1.
=FE Eugene P. Schram of UPPER ARLINGTON, associate professor
emeritus, Department of Chemistry, effective July 1.
=FE Jack M. Fugate of GERMAN VILLAGE, Department of Optometry,
assistant professor emeritus, retroactive to April 1.
In other personnel matters, the board:
=FE Granted promotions, tenure or both to more than 130
faculty members.
=FE Reappointed 17 people to the faculty of the College of
Medicine.
=FE Appointed two doctors to the honorary staff and 12 doctors
to the regular staff of the Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and
Research Institute and reappointed four doctors to the staff.
=FE Granted medical staff privileges to five doctors at The
Ohio State University Medical Center.
Resolutions in memoriam
The board adopted resolutions in memoriam for Elizabeth R.
Aplin, professor emeritus in the Department of Pediatrics, who
died April 4; Carl Ernest Venard, professor emeritus in the
Department of Entomology, who died April 4; William W. Wharton,
assistant professor emeritus in the Ohio State University
Extension and former animal science extension specialist, who
died April 4; and Harvey D. Wright, instructor emeritus in the
Department of Ophthalmology, who died Feb. 16.
Master of Arts degree
The board renamed the Master of Liberal Studies degree as
the Master of Arts in Comparative Studies. The change was made
to better describe the nature of the degree and provide greater
continuity with the academic program of the Division of
Comparative Studies in the College of Humanities. The degree is
the only one of its kind in Ohio, according to trustees. The
University Senate approved the change on May 7.
Early Retirement Incentive Program expansion
Trustees voted to open the Early Retirement Incentive
Program to all qualified faculty who filed applications during
the enrollment period for the program. In addition, the
termination date for the program was extended two months, to
April 30, 1995, to allow for retirements through June 30, 1995.
The university originally had limited participation to no
more than 300 faculty members who met certain retirement
criteria, said Edward Ray, senior vice provost. When more
faculty wanted to take part, administrators asked the college
deans if including the additional faculty would harm educational
programs, he said.
"Without exception, they supported lifting the cap," Ray
said, adding that the total participation is now expected to be
about 350 faculty members.
The move will save the university between $8.4 million and
$11.7 million a year, he said. That represents an additional
savings of about $1 million a year over the projections under the
300-person cap. The savings are realized when new faculty
members are hired at entry-level salaries lower than those held
by the exiting senior faculty members.
Licensing income redistribution
Trustees approved a change in the distribution of income
received through the University Licensing Program. Since 1981,
all proceeds (currently grossing about $1.5 million per year)
have gone to student scholarships, with $750,000 allocated to
general fund scholarships and the remainder to the the Name and
Seal Endowed Student Scholarship Fund.
Under the new arrangement, the first $750,000 will be used
for general fund scholarships, and the remaining proceeds after
expenses will be divided among the Department of Athletics, the
Name and Seal Scholarship Endowment, the Office of Student
Affairs and University Libraries. This distribution recognizes
the contribution of Athletics to the sale of commercial products
and also supports a wider range of student services, said Janet
Pichette, vice president for business and administration.
Student health insurance
The board approved renewal of the student health insurance
plan with Central Benefits Mutual Insurance Co. In keeping with
increasing medical costs, the student premiums will be higher.
But, rates will be pegged closer to the actual cost of claims in
four separate groups: student alone, student and spouse, student
and children, student with spouse and children. The 1994-95
rates will be $170 per quarter for single students, $468 for
student and spouse, $508 for student and children, and $805 for a
student with spouse and children. These rates reflect actual
incurred claims experience in the past year, said Mary Daniels,
assistant vice president for student affairs.
She said approximately 15,400 students elect to purchase
health insurance through the plan each quarter. Single students
represent 94 percent of the health insurance enrollment. In the
past, the cost of claims for coverage that includes a spouse has
been four and one-half times greater than for a single student,
she said. The difference is largely because of maternity
benefits, but premium rates have not adequately reflected the
difference. "In the past, single student coverage has subsidized
insurance costs of coverage for couples or families. We are
beginning to realign that, so that the rates more adequately
reflect the cost of claims incurred by each group," Daniels said.
In accordance with federal law, the student health plan will
provide up to $10,000 in medical evacuation costs for
international students whose educational costs are paid by their
own governments or industry. The policy covers the cost of
transporting the students or their dependents home for medical
reasons.
Research Contracts
The trustees accepted 144 research contracts totaling
$10,129,255.43. Singled out for special mention were:
=FE $239,644 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood
Institute to study the dynamics of flow-dependent arterial
permeability. Morton H. Friedman of the Biomedical Engineering
Center is the principal investigator of the study, which will
contribute to the understanding of atherosclerosis.
=FE $174,076 from the Research Corp. of the University of
Hawaii to conduct an experiment combining satellite communication
and supercomputing technologies with medical imaging to deliver
medical expertise and services to remote areas. Principal
investigator is Wayne E. Carlson of the Advanced Computing Center
for the Arts and Design.
=FE $149,094 from the National Institute of Allergy and
Infectious Diseases to define the oral tolerance in relapsing
autoimmune encephalomyelitis. The principal investigator is
Caroline C. Whitacre of the Department of Medical Microbiology
and Immunology.
=FE $36,227 from the National Science Foundation to
reconstruct earth's volcanic history from high-resolution polar
ice cores. The investigators are Ellen Mosley-Thompson of the
Byrd Polar Research Center and Department of Geography and Lonnie
G. Thompson of the Department of Geological Sciences.
Endowed funds
The board established four new named endowed funds:
=FE The Robert E. Kibbey Memorial Scholarship Fund to benefit
minority students, $100,000.
=FE The Dennis E. Clark/Columbus Life Underwriters Chair in
Surgical Oncology Research Fund, to provide funds for a chair in
cancer research at The Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and
Research Institute, $22,076.56.
=FE Lorain County 4-H Endowment Fund, $19,475.
=FE Thomas M. Ludwick Scholarship Fund in dairy science,
$15,000.
Construction, real estate, easements
In other actions, trustees:
=FE Amended the Code of Student Conduct to make the language
in the section on sexual harassment consistent with the
university's sexual harassment policy.
=FE Authorized officials to seek construction bids for
renovating two rooms in Koffolt Laboratory, and approved
contracts for adding 1,000 parking spaces on West Campus to Miles
McClellan and Standard Electric, both of Columbus. McClellan's
general contract is for $1,587,000 and Standards' contract is for
$183,450.
=FE Voted to buy an old house and land at 253-255 W. 10th Ave.
=66rom the estate of Mrs. Carryl Titus at a price not to exceed
$80,000. Immediate plans are to use the site for green space and
parking.
=FE Granted easements to Columbus Southern Power at the
Piketon Research and Extension Center and to Ohio Edison Co. at
the Marion Regional Campus.
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Contact: Tom Spring, University Communications,
(614) 292-8309.
[Submitted by: GERSTNER (gerstner@ccgate.ucomm.ohio-state.edu)
Fri, 03 Jun 1994 16:42:43 -0500 (EST)]
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