Ohio State names 11 to Mansfield campus board

                                                  7-8-94

OHIO STATE NAMES 11 TO MANSFIELD CAMPUS BOARD OF TRUSTEES

     COLUMBUS -- The Ohio State University Board of Trustees
Friday (7/8) appointed 11 members to serve as the first
board of trustees of the Mansfield regional campus.

     The board was established on June 3 to replace the Ohio
State University-Mansfield Citizens Council.  The trustees
will advise the dean and director concerning local
educational needs, participate in strategic planning for the
campus and review campus operating and capital budgets.

     The board also will assume the roles of the Citizens
Council members in developing support for the campus within
the community and among government agencies.

     "These individuals are leaders in their communities and
have outstanding records of service to the university," said
Ohio State President E. Gordon Gee, who recommended their
appointments.  "They will provide a superb beginning for the
new board."

     "I am pleased that Mansfield is the first regional
campus in Ohio to have its own board of trustees," said John
Riedl, dean and director.  "The fact that such eminent
community leaders are willing to give their time and energy
to this campus is a very good sign for the future of higher
education in this region."

     Appointed to three-year terms were:

     -- Jeffrey Molyet, attorney and past chairperson of the
OSU-Mansfield Citizen Council.

     -- Lydia Reid, mayor of Mansfield.

     -- Paige Squires, human resource development manager of
FSC Educational Inc. and secretary of the OSU-Mansfield
Citizen Council.

     Appointed to two-year terms were:

     -- Evelyn McDonald, corporate officer of Midland
Service Agency, president of the Galion Board of Education,
member of the Pioneer Joint Vocational School Board of
Education, and vice chairperson of the OSU-Mansfield Citizen
Council.

     -- James Meyer, president of Mansfield General
Hospital.

     -- Rush Stumbo, chairman of community service for
General Motors Corp.'s Mansfield plant.

     Appointed to one-year terms were:

     -- Gary Feagin, agent for State Farm Insurance.

     -- Robert Houk, former public printer of the United
States in the Bush Administration, and a past chairperson of
the OSU-Mansfield Citizen Council.

     -- John Roby, president of Roby, Foster, Miller, Earick
Inc. and Concerned Insurance Agents of Ohio and chairperson
of the OSU-Mansfield Citizens Council.

     Also appointed were:

     -- Larry Douglas Stephens, a senior in the College of
Business and the Mansfield campus representative to
Undergraduate Student Government.  He will serve a one-year
term as a non-voting student member.

     -- James F. Patterson of Chesterland, owner of
Patterson Fruit Farm.  He will serve a three-year term as
the representative from The Ohio State University Board of
Trustees.

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[Submitted by: STERRETT  (sterrett@ccgate.ucomm.ohio-state.edu)
               
Fri, 08 Jul 1994 13:38:10 -0500 (EST)]
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