Trustee Actions

TRUSTEES APPOINT PROFESSORS, ACT ON OTHER MATTERS

     COLUMBUS -- John P. Schoessler, associate dean of the
College of Optometry, and Paul A. Weber, chairperson of the
Department of Ophthalmology, were named to endowed faculty posts
Friday (12/3) by The Ohio State University Board of Trustees.

     Schoessler, of WESTERVILLE, was named to The E.F. Wildermuth
Foundation Professorship in Optometry beginning July 1.  He will
be the first to hold the position, which was established with
gifts from the Wildermuth Foundation of Columbus.  The foundation
was established by E.F. Wildermuth, a 1910 alumnus of Ohio State
who established several eyeglass manufacturing and retailing
businesses.

     A faculty member since 1968, Schoessler formerly served as
assistant dean.  His teaching and research work involves looking
at the effects of long-term contact lens wear on the corneal
tissue.  He has received awards from the National Eye Institute
to study the effects of contact lens wear on the corneal
endothelium.

     Schoessler is a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry
and a member of the Association for Research in Vision and
Ophthalmology.  He is a recipient of the Herbert G. Mote
Distinguished Faculty Award.

     Schoessler has four degrees from Ohio State:  a Bachelor of
Science, Doctor of Optometry, Master of Science, and Doctor of
Philosophy in psychological optics.

     Weber, of UPPER ARLINGTON, holds The Irene D. Hirsch Chair
in Ophthalmology, which was created with gifts from the estate of
Hirsch, a 1926 alumna of Ohio State.  Trustees made Weber's
appointment retroactive to Oct. 1.

     A faculty member since 1978, Weber was the first recipient
of the Makley-Battles Resident Teaching Award.  He also holds the
American Academy of Ophthalmology Honor Award and the College of
Medicine Med II Class Teaching Award.  He is a member of the Ohio
Society for The Prevention of Blindness and the Ohio Lions Eye
Research Foundation Medical Advisory Board.  From 1990 to 1993,
Weber was principal investigator for a glaucoma laser trial
follow-up study sponsored by the National Eye Institute.

     Weber is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology
and the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.  He
received his bachelor's degree from Ohio State and his medical
degree from Northwestern University.  He served his internship at
Riverside Methodist Hospital and his residency at Ohio State in
ophthalmology.

TRUSTEES DISCUSS CREATING NEWARK CAMPUS BOARD OF TRUSTEES

     The board's Educational Affairs Committee discussed a
proposal to establish a local board of trustees to replace the
Ohio State University-Newark Citizens Council at the Newark
Campus and heard an update on the status of the search for a new
dean and director for the campus.  The proposed board would
include one university trustee, nine area citizens, and the
provost or an associate provost who would serve as an ex-officio
member.  University trustees would make the appointments.  No
action was taken.

BOARD ESTABLISHES 11 ENDOWED FUNDS

     Trustees approved 11 new named endowed funds:

     =FE The Adda Alderman Price Memorial & Cancer Endowment Fund,
$574,777.40.
     =FE The C. Vernon Price Memorial Medical Endowment Fund,
$574,777.40.
     =FE The Cancer Research Advancement Endowment Fund, $170,947.
     =FE The Hugh Edgar Kline-Wayne County 4-H Program Fund,
$168,967.34.
     =FE The Milk Marketing Inc. Agriculture and Human Ecology Fund
for scholarship and program support in the colleges of
Agriculture and Human Ecology, $145,000.
     =FE The Milk Marketing Inc. 4-H Fund, $55,000.
     =FE The College of Dentistry High Ability Scholarship Fund,
$45,453.95.
     =FE The College of Dentistry Student Research Fund,
$45,453.95.
     =FE The Food Service and Technology Building Fund, $15,300.
     =FE The Transportation Research Center of Ohio Investment
Endowment Fund, excess funds from the Transportation Research
Center.
     =FE The Dairy and Nutrition Council Endowment for Education in
Nutrition, program support in the College of Medicine, $25,000.


RESEARCH CONTRACTS APPROVED

     The board approved 154 research contracts totaling $15
million.  Contracts singled out for mention included:

     =FE Research and development of new high temperature Nb
aluminides will be conducted to assess their component
applications, funded with $1.01 million by the U.S. Department of
the Navy.  The work will be conducted by a team of researchers
=66rom Ohio State and technologists from General Electric Co.'s
Aircraft Engine Group.  H. L. Fraser of the Department of
Materials Science and Engineering is principal investigator.

     =FE Ohio State will team up with the Ohio departments of
Development, Natural Resources and Transportation, the Ohio
Environmental Protection Agency and the Public Utilities
Commission of Ohio to generate digital line graph files for 700
7.5-minute quadrangle maps that will cover the state.  The U.S.
Geological Survey (USGS) is providing $365,040 for the work.  The
money is part of an expected $4.6 million over four years.  Ohio
State's Center for Mapping, led by J.D. Bossler and R. Ramirez,
will obtain films from USGS, scan them for information and
perform other work.

     =FE A team of faculty, students, industrial partners,
government labs and professional societies will conduct a
combined research-curriculum development program to enhance U.S.
competitiveness in intelligent systems and control.  K.M. Passino
and S. Yurkovich of the Department of Electrical Engineering are
heading the project, with $153,000 in funding from the National
Science Foundation.

     =FE The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and
Kidney Diseases is providing $123,794 to C.A. Buffington of the
Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences for a project to
establish Feline Urologic Syndrome in female cats as a model of
interstitial cystitis, a painful, debilitating disease that
usually affects women.  According to the contract report, a
significant impediment to understanding the causes of the
cystitis is the lack of a naturally-occurring animal model of the
disease.  However, cats with Feline Urologic Syndrome meet nearly
all the objective criteria for diagnosis of interstitial
cystitis.


BOARD RENAMES COLLEGE OF BUSINESS FOR MAX FISHER

     Trustees voted to name the College of Business as the Max M.
Fisher College of Business.  Fisher, a 1930 graduate of the
college, recently committed $20 million in support of a new
complex of buildings that will replace the existing college's
facilities in Hagerty and Page halls.

     In addition, the main administration building of the new
complex is to be called Max M. Fisher Hall.

     In other actions, trustees:

     =FE Received a summary of project activity in the University
Architect's Office in 1993.  Janet Pichette, vice president for
business and administration, and Jill Morelli, university
architect, reported that this year's activities included 217
capital improvement projects studied, designed, constructed or
completed.  Costs of the projects, both actual and estimated,
total $570.5 million.  Twenty-eight projects totaling $71.8
million were completed in 1993, and included the $23.6 million
math tower/library/classroom complex, the $19.6 million Law
Building addition and renovation, and the $10.3 million
renovation of Derby Hall.

     =FE Appointed 27 doctors and reappointed 10 to the medical
staff of University Hospitals.

     =FE Approved resolutions in memoriam for Wilbur H. Bruner,
associate professor emeritus in Ohio State University Extension,
who died Oct. 30 at age 88; Lewis C. Chadwick, professor emeritus
in the Department of Horticulture, who died Oct. 3 at age 91; Roy
Bernard McCauley Jr., professor emeritus in the Department of
Welding Engineering, who died June 25; Oscar E. Share, professor
emeritus in Ohio State University Extension, who died Oct. 30 at
age 77; and Norman H. Shilliday, county agent emeritus in Ohio
State University Extension, who died Nov. 3, at age 92.

     =FE Amended the Medical Staff Bylaws of University Hospitals
concerning membership qualifications, re-appointment, due process
hearing procedures, delineation of clinical privileges and staff
administration.  Under the revised rules, licensed psychologists
will be added to medical staff membership.

     =FE Amended the Rules of the University Faculty to revise the
hearing procedures for complaints against faculty members.
According to Nancy M. Rudd, associate provost, the new rules
require investigation at the college level of all complaints with
appeals permitted to be made to the provost.  In addition,
sanctions were broadened to include restrictions of access to
university property or services, reassignments, and temporary pay
cuts.  Complaints may be filed by any faculty member, student,
post-doctoral fellow or post-professional fellow.  In addition,
complaints regarding discrimination or sexual harassment may be
filed by any university employee.

     =FE Heard a report from Bob Moser, vice president for
agricultural administration, on a plan to restructure the College
of Agriculture from 11 to eight units to shift resources from
administration to program and better position the college to
address needs of the agricultural industry in the 21st century.

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          (614) 292-8309.



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