Open Forum on Presidential Search

                         NEWS ADVISORY:
             OPEN FORUM ON MONDAY SEEKS CAMPUS INPUT
             IN SEARCH FOR NEXT OHIO STATE PRESIDENT

     The Ohio State University Board of Trustees has begun the
search for the next president of the university.  As a method of
gathering campus participation in the search process, the
Trustees will host an open forum on Monday, Sept. 29, from noon
to 1:30 p.m. in the Conference Theater of the Ohio Union, 1739 N.
High St.

     Students, faculty and staff members, campus neighbors and
interested members of the public can sign up at the door to
speak.  Comments are limited to five minutes per person.

     A similar forum was held in downtown Columbus on Sept. 16
for civic and community leaders and the public.

     On Sept. 5, the Trustees appointed a 17-person search
committee and hired a national consulting firm to assist.  The
committee has defined the characteristics sought in the new
president, and has placed position announcements in numerous
publications.

     The trustees hope to announce the selection of a new
president by the end of March 1998.  President E. Gordon Gee has
announced his resignation, effective Jan. 1, to become the next
president of Brown University.

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Contact: Ruth Gerstner, University Communications,
         (614) 292-8424.


[Submitted by: Von Vargas  (vargas.12@osu.edu)
               
Thu, 25 Sep 1997 10:14:16 -0400 (EDT)]
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