OSU trustees accept funds, approve projects, personnel

COLUMBUS -- Two new named endowed chairs, each established with gifts of $1.5 million, were approved by The Ohio State University Board of Trustees on Friday (2/1). The chairs are part of the nearly $6.5 million in gifts donated to Ohio State during the month of December in support of research, instructional activities and service. Trustees also approved a named endowed professorship and 23 named endowed funds.

The board also accepted the report on the 284 research grants and contracts totaling more than $31 million received by the university from governmental, industrial and other agencies during November and December.

The Roy and Lois Chope Chair in Engineering is funded by a gift from the estate of Lois Chope in memory of her husband, H. Roy Chope, a 1948 graduate of Ohio State in electrical engineering. The gift will allow the dean of the College of Engineering to name a distinguished faculty member as chair holder. Preference will be given to electrical engineering faculty due to Roy Chope’s lifelong interest and professional accomplishments in that field.

The Sanford G. Price and Isabelle P. Barbee Chair in Teaching, Advising, and Learning is funded by a gift from William H. Price II of Cody, Wy., in memory of his father, Sanford G. Price, who graduated from Ohio State in 1919 with a degree in agriculture, and his aunt, Isabelle Price Barbee, a 1919 graduate in home economics, both of Woodville. The income will support the work of a distinguished faculty member focused on improving the quality of teaching and advising throughout the College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.

A professorship in the College of Medicine and Public Health will be supported by The Dr. Samuel T. and Lois Felts Mercer Professorship of Medicine and Pharmacology, established with $437,000 in previous gifts from Dr. Samuel, who received his medical degree from Ohio State in 1929, in memory of his wife. Wolfgang Sadee, currently professor of biopharmaceutical sciences and pharmaceutical chemistry at the University of California, San Francisco, has been named to the professorship.

Named Endowed Funds

The Richard P. and Marie R. Bremer Medical Research Fund, $1,000,000, established with gifts from the Bremer Foundation of YOUNGSTOWN in honor of the late Richard and Marie Bremer to support basic and clinical medical research in the College of Medicine and Public Health
The Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute Endowment Fund, $500,000, established with gifts from The William H. Davis, Dorothy M. Davis and William C. Davis Foundation to support cardiovascular, lung and related disease research
The Longaberger Foundation Medical Research Fund, $250,000, established with a gift from The Longaberger Foundation of NEWARK to support research at the University Medical Center, mainly in the Manuel Tzagournis Medical Research Facility
The Seth Bonder Fellowship Endowment Fund, $250,000, established with a gift from Bonder (Ph.D. 1965) to support graduate fellowships in the Department of Industrial, Welding and Systems Engineering
The Archie Griffin Endowment Fund for Olympic Sports, $235,212, established with gifts from The Archie Griffin Scholarship Fund to supplement scholarship costs for student athletes who are members of Olympic varsity sports teams
The Samuel B. Erskine Scholarship Fund, $215,745, established with a gift from Maxine Marquand Erskine of ATHENS to fund scholarships for students in the Moritz College of Law
The Richard P. and Marie R. Bremer Nursing Endowment Fund, $100,000, established with gifts from the Bremer Foundation of YOUNGSTOWN to support research, scholarships, fellowships or other education programs in the College of Nursing
The Isabel Hatton Simmons Student Leadership and Professionalization Fund, $65,690, established with a gift from Simmons (B.S.Journalism 1931) of COLUMBUS, to provide assistance to students in the College of Pharmacy for travel to professional meetings and field trips
The Willis E. “Bill” Rector Endowed Scholarship Fund in Geological Sciences, $35,640, established with gifts from Jane Rector (B.S. Occupational Therapy 1957) from AZLE, TEXAS; Mr. And Mrs. Andrew Rector of AZLE, TEXAS; Mr. and Mrs. John G. Gremmels of FORT WORTH, TEXAS; Linda Rector (M.S. 1986) of HOUSTON, TEXAS; James Wilkes of FORT WORTH, TEXAS; and additional family members, fellow professionals and friends to provide a scholarship in the Department of Geological Sciences
Mager Family Scholarship Fund, $30,000, established with gifts from Richard D. Mager (B.S.I.E. 1972) of WESTERN SPRINGS, ILL., and other family members to support scholarships for engineering undergraduates
The Chloie McGlinchay Heart and Cancer Research Fund, $28,970, established with a gift from the estate of Chloie McGlinchay (B.S. Ed 1921) to support basic and clinical research in the areas of cancer and heart disease in the College of Medicine and Public Health
The Bruce L. Lipton, M.D. Scholarship Fund in Medicine, $28,870, established with gifts from The Ohio State University Alumni Club of Mahoning County, family, classmates, colleagues and friends in memory of Dr. Lipton (B.S. 1958, M.D. 1962) of LIBERTY TOWNSHIP to support scholarships for first-year medical students from Trumbull, Mahoning or Columbiana counties in Ohio.
The Ruth Weimer Mount Fellowship Fund, $28,201, established with gifts from family, friends and colleagues of Mrs. Mount to provide support to a graduate student in the area of student affairs/higher education
The Samuel S. and Grace Hook Johnston Memorial Chemical Engineering Scholarship Fund, $28,005, established with a gift from the estate of Grace Hook Johnston, widow of Samuel Johnston (B.Ch.E. 1932) of STEUBENVILLE, to support undergraduates in the Department of Chemical Engineering
The Ottawa County Alumni Scholarship Fund, $25,500, established with members and friends of the Ottawa County Alumni Club to provide merit scholarships to graduates of the county’s high schools.
The N. L. and Barbara McCaslin Undergraduate Student Organization Support Fund, $25,025, established with gifts from N. L. McCaslin, former chair and professor emeritus in the Department of Human and Community Resource Development, of COLUMBUS; and friends, family, colleagues and students to help support undergraduate student organization activities in the Department of Human and Community Resource Development
The Cardiac Rehabilitation P.A.C.E.R. Endowment Fund, $25,000, established with gifts in memory of the late Saundra Rhodes Jacob (B.S.Ed 1967) of COLUMBUS and contributions from other cardiac patients and their family and friends to provide awards to cardiac rehabilitation patients in the Center for Wellness and Prevention at the University Medical Center
The September 11 Memorial Fund at Fisher College, $25,000, established with funds allocated from the college’s current resources and other gifts directed to the fund, in memory of Kris R. Hughes (B.S.Bus.Adm. 1995), Peter E. Mardikian (B.S.Bus.Adm. 1995) and Mary Alice Wahlstrom (B.S.Bus.Adm. 1945) and any other business alumni, as yet unknown, who died in the tragic events of Sept. 11. The fund will support student programs in the Fisher College.
The Nancy E. Fitzgivens Endowed Scholarship Fund, $25,000, established with a gift from The Annie E. Casey Foundation in Baltimore, Md., to support an in-state student in the Master of Social Work program
Geography Faculty Fellow Fund, $25,000, established with gifts from alumni, faculty and friends of the Department of Geography to support a two-year designation as a Geography Faculty Fellow
The Richard and Margaret Hines Fund for the Promotion of Gender Equity in the Study of Medicine, $25,000, established with gifts from an anonymous donor in honor of the Hineses to provide scholarships to students in the College of Medicine and Public Health
The Dennis A. and Rolene Oliver Nabors Athletic Scholarship Fund, $25,000, established with gifts from Dennis (D.D.S.1961) and Rolene (B.S., Physical Therapy 1958) Nabors of CINCINNATI to provide scholarship support for a student-athlete on the men’s tennis team
The Evelyn E. Walter Endowment Fund, $25,000, established with a gift from the Evelyn E. Walter Foundation of MARION for scholarship support at The Ohio State University at Marion

Change in name and description of named endowed fund

The Richard and Margaret Knowlton Scholarship Fund is now the Dick and Peggy Knowlton Scholarship Fund. The annual income will help support financially needy students from Logan and Clark counties.

Personnel actions

Monika K. Aring has been named director of the Center for Education and Training for Employment in the College of Education, effective Jan. 1, 2002. Prior to her appointment, Aring was director of the Center for Workforce Development, Education Development Center, Newton, Mass. She is a graduate of Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, where she received a Master’s in Public Administration in 1989.
E. Christopher Ellison of POWELL has been named associate vice president for health sciences clinical affairs and vice dean for clinical affairs in the Office of Health Sciences, College of Medicine and Public Health, effective Feb. 1, 2002. He holds concurrent appointments as chair of the Department of Surgery, associate dean for surgical services and holder of The Robert M. Zollinger Chair in Surgery.
Wolfgang Sadee has been named to the Dr. Samuel T. and Lois Felts Mercer Professorship of Medicine and Pharmacology and director of the newly established pharmacogenomics program and chair in the Department of Pharmacology, effective April 1, 2002, through March 31, 2006. Sadee, who received his doctorate in pharmacy from the Freie University in Berlin in 1968, is currently professor of biopharmaceutical sciences and pharmaceutical chemistry at the University of California, San Francisco, School of Pharmacy.
Glenn S. Daehn of UPPER ARLINGTON has been reappointed to the Dr. Mars G. Fontana Professorship in Metallurgical Engineering in the College of Engineering, effective Oct. 1, 2001, through June 30,2002.
Sherri M. Geldin of BEXLEY has been reappointed executive director of the Wexner Center for the Arts, effective Jan. 1, 2002, through June 30, 2005.
Christopher C. Kaeding of POWELL has been appointed interim chair of the Department of Orthopaedics, effective Jan. 1, 2002, through Dec. 31, 2002.
Valerie B. Lee of WHITEHALL has been appointed chair of the Department of English, effective Oct. 1, 2002, through June 30, 2006.
Charles C. Capen of WESTERVILLE has been reappointed chair of the Department of Veterinary Biosciences, effective Jan. 1, 2002, through Dec. 31, 2002.

Trustees also ratified the medical staff appointments to The Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute, approved Jan. 15, 2002, by The James Cancer Hospital Board.

Resolutions in memoriam

Wesley D. Anderson, professor emeritus in the Department of Veterinary Biosciences, who died Oct. 2, 2001
J. Osborn Fuller, professor emeritus in the Department of Geological Sciences, who died Oct. 26, 2001
Jean D. Hansford, senior campus planner in the Office of Facilities Planning and Development, who died Jan. 10, 2002
Patricia M. Meyer, professor emeritus in the Department of Psychology, who died Oct. 22, 2001
Richard S. Ray, professor emeritus in the Department of Veterinary Clinical Services, who died Nov. 5, 2001
Walter G. Venzke, professor emeritus in the Department of Veterinary Biosciences, who died Sept. 18, 2001

New degree programs approved

Trustees approved proposals to establish a Ph.D, program in the Department of Women’s Studies and a Master of Occupational Therapy in the School of Allied Medical Professions.

Facilities named

Trustees approved the naming of the Ohio Stadium athletic facilities offices as the J. Michael Dolan Athletics Facilities Offices in recognition of the 33 years of service to the university by Michael Dolan, retiring assistant athletic director for facilities. Trustees waived the administrative code requirement that three years must elapse between the time a person has retired from the university and the naming of a facility in his/her honor.

Trustees also approved the naming of three Alumnae Scholarship houses at 211 W. 11th Ave., 225 W. 10th Ave. and 231 W. 10th Avenue as Fechko Alumnae Scholarship House, Hanley Alumnae Scholarship House and Pomerene Alumnae Scholarship House respectively in honor of three women most responsible for the success of the cooperative housing program for academically gifted women students over the years.

Construction projects authorized

Trustees authorized the employment of architects and engineering firms and the request of construction bids for several projects receiving state capital funding. Authorization to employ architects or engineers was granted for the following projects:

Renovation and retrofit of the Wexner Center for the Arts to correct building envelope and system problems, improve public circulation, and enhance security. Total cost is $10 million, with funding provided by university and state funds.
Development of plans and specifications for a 15-bay aircraft T-hangar, a 12-bay aircraft T-hangar with attached aircraft wash bay and restrooms, an aircraft community hangar with attached office suites, and an airport maintenance storage building, all at Don Scott Field. Also included is the demolition of an existing aircraft T-hangar and associated site resurfacing. Total project cost is $7.9 million, with funding provided by university bond proceeds with debt service paid by the College of Engineering.
Construction of a new training and development center at the OARDC Piketon facilities to provide technology training and a business incubator center. Total cost is $3.09 million, with funding provided by government grants and future capital appropriation.
Upgrades and renovations to Wiseman Hall to expand facilities for the University Lab Animal Resources. Total cost is $1.8 million, with funding provided by a National Institute grant, College of Medicine and the Office of Research.
Upgrade to the north tunnel steamline running from the McCracken Power Plant/Neil Avenue junction northeast to West 19th Avenue to meet future demands in that area. Total cost is $1.4 million, to be financed with state funds.
Renovations in Mathematics Building and Cockins Hall to house the program in Biomathematical Science. Total cost is $570,346, with funding provided by a National Science Foundation grant, Board of Regents grant, and the College of Mathematics and Physical Sciences.
Resurfacing the main entrance roadway and heavily used parking lots at the Mansfield Regional Campus. Estimated project cost is $370,575 with financing provided by state funds and the North Central Technical College.
Renovation of office space for the University Treasurer’s staff located on the ground floor of the Riverwatch Tower. Estimated project cost is $327,000 with funding provided by the Office of Business and Finance.

The board accepted the award of contract for the renovation of areas in Vivian Hall to temporarily house a portion of the Knowlton School of Architecture. Total project cost is $305,000 with estimated completion date of February 2002. Architect of record is Philip Markwood of Columbus and general contractor is Childers Corporation of Columbus.

New graduate dorms on the way

Vice President for Student Affairs Bill Hall updated trustees on plans for the first new student housing construction on campus since 1967. The four-building project at Neil Avenue and West 10th Avenue will house 504 graduate and professional students in 203 apartments. Groundbreaking will take place in February with completion set for Fall 2003.

Property purchase authorized

Trustees authorized the purchase the Campus View Village Apartments, 929 Sharon Valley Road in Newark, for the development of student housing at the Newark Regional Campus. The property will be purchased from the Newark Campus Development Fund, an Ohio non-profit corporation, for $2,937,500 plus closing costs.

Campus Partners to receive additional funding

Trustees authorized further investment in Campus Partners for Community Urban Redevelopment Inc. by releasing the remaining $1.6 million of the previously identified $25 million set-aside in endowment funds. The funds are needed to purchase additional real estate and to complete remaining activities in the Gateway Redevelopment Area.

2000-01 university audit accepted

Trustees accepted the report of the Deloitte & Touche audit for Ohio State for 2000-01, including the report on the audit of the university’s financial statements and the summary of significant internal control recommendations to management.

Amendments accepted

Trustees approved several revisions to The Ohio State University Airport Rules made by the College of Engineering and the Department of Aeronautical Engineering and Aviation to ensure the safety of airport operations, regulate the use of airport facilities and promote the efficient operation of the airport.
Trustees approved several amendments to the Rules of the University Faculty

Student receives Recognition Award

Weston Tucker of TOLEDO, a senior majoring in finance in the Fisher College of Business, received the board’s Student Recognition Award. He was selected for Pacesetters, which recognizes only the top 2% of business students and is on the executive board of the Mitte Scholars. He has served as a tutor at Columbus’ Indianola Middle School and as a student fellow with the AT&T Educational Alliance.

Quality of student experience reviewed

Trustees heard a report on the progress of initiatives to improve the quality of life for graduate and professional students at the university. Susan Huntington, dean of The Ohio State University Graduate School and J. Briggs Cormier, president of the Council of Graduate Students (CGS) updated the trustees on implementation of recommendations made in the Graduate Quality of University Experience (G-QUE) report. A G-QUE implementation committee including faculty, students and administrators will oversee five areas: human resources and student finances; graduate student professional development; campus climate/quality of life; academic, interdisciplinary and organizational issues; and data and tracking progress.

Todd Armen, president of the Inter-Professional Council, told trustees that steps are currently being taken to implement the Inter-Professional Council Quality of the University Experience (I-QUE) report, released two years ago. Recommendations include increasing clinical experiences for professional students; improving diversity in professional colleges; supporting the growth of professional students; better defining professional students; improving the structure and appearance of the IPC college facilities; and improving access and security in the IPC colleges.

Outreach efforts outlined

Trustees heard a report on the impact of the university’s outreach and engagement efforts on economic development across the state. Vice President for University Outreach Bobby Moser said considerable time has been spent over the last several months to determine how Ohio State can enhance its already substantial impact on economic development in the state.

Three brief presentations by Hamish Fraser, Ohio Eminent Scholar, professor of materials science and engineering, and director of the Center for Accelerated Maturation of Materials; Carol Newcomb, executive director, executive education at the Fisher College of Business; and Ken Lee, professor and chair of Food Science and Technology in the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences and interim director of the Food Industry Center gave trustees a clear picture of how Ohio State-based research and programs can be applied to specific businesses and industries, and thus have impact on the state’s economy.