Ohio State Presents Reese Medal to Dan L. Heinlen

Dan L. Heinlen, president/CEO emeritus of The Ohio State University Alumni Association, Inc., was selected to receive the Everett D. Reese Medal, The Ohio State University's highest honor in recognition of exceptional service in private philanthropy. Heinlen was honored on December 10, 2003, at a retirement celebration held at The Blackwell Inn.

Established in 1984, the Reese Medal was named in honor of the late Everett D. “Ev” Reese, who exemplified the type of volunteer for whom this award was created. Ev, who earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from Ohio State in 1919, was a founding member of The Presidents Club in 1963 and served as chair of its executive committee for 15 years. A banking executive, philanthropist, and former Ohio State instructor in commerce, he received an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Ohio State in 1971. A member of The Presidents Cabinet (now known as The Orton Society), he helped to create one of the university's first endowed faculty chairs, the Everett D. Reese Chair in Banking and Monetary Economics. Along with Seward D. Schooler, he initiated the Schooler-Reese University Lecture Series, which has brought a number of prominent national and international speakers to the university.

“Ev Reese established a standard by which future generations of volunteers at Ohio State are measured. His legacy lives on through people like Dan Heinlen,” said James Schroeder, vice president for development and president of The Ohio State University Foundation. “Dan's dedicated involvement and personal investment in fund-raising efforts on behalf of Ohio State have greatly enhanced our philanthropic support. I am delighted that we are able to recognize him with this prestigious award.”

A 1960 Ohio State graduate, Heinlen joined the staff of the Alumni Association in 1965. He has led the organization and served as publisher of the Ohio State Alumni Magazine since August 1973 and has also served as secretary of the association's Board of Directors, the Alumni Advisory Council, and the Ohio State Student Loan Foundation, Inc. He is an ex-officio member of The Ohio State University Foundation Board and its
nominating committee, as well as the University Trustees' Government Affairs and Outreach and Engagement committees. Heinlen sat on the Academy for Distinguished Teaching's Executive Council and chaired the 2002 Ohio presidents' Inter-University Council Alumni Advocacy Planning Taskforce.

Heinlen was the first non-faculty member to assume the presidency of The Ohio State University Faculty Club Board of Control and took part in the university's last three Presidential Search Committees. He has served as chair of the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education; as founding member and past president of the Council of Alumni Association Executives; and as president of the Alumni Directors of Ohio's State Universities. He is listed in the 1990-2001 editions of Who's Who in the
Midwest, in the fourth and fifth editions of Who's Who in American Education, and in the six most recent editions of Who's Who in America.

Presently, Heinlen is secretary of Kit Kat, an essay and discussion group; a frequent consultant to alumni associations across North America; and a board member of the River Road Hotel Corporation and the Capital Club. After retiring from the Alumni Association in December 2003 after 38 years of service, he plans to continue consulting work. He and his wife, Gelene, have three grown daughters and a grandson.

Past recipients of the Reese Medal:
Betty F. Schoenbaum, Jeanne Bonnet & John G. McCoy, Thekla Reese
Shackelford, Howard E. LeFevre, Josephine S. Failer, Arthur E. Shepard,
James E. Chapman, Edward Jennings, Gay B. Hadley, John H. Herrick, Shirley
Brooks-Jones, George L. Smith, Seward D. Schooler, Melvin L. Schottenstein,
John B. (Bernie) Gerlach Sr., Beatrice J. Cleveland, Ralph E. Kent, and John
W. Berry Sr.

Contact for more information:
Roger Addleman, director, Development Communications, The Ohio State
University, (614) 292-3647 or addleman.1@osu.edu.