Trustees: Restructuring, Endowments, Miscellaneous

ACTIONS OF THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES

     NEWARK -- The Ohio State University Board of Trustees
meeting on the Newark campus Friday (4/7) approved the
restructuring of the College of Human Ecology, moved the
Department of Geodetic Science and Surveying, established new
levels for endowed and current use funds and established nine new
named endowed funds.  Trustees also elected officers for the
coming year, appointed five people to the University Hospitals
Board, and conducted other business.

COLLEGE OF HUMAN ECOLOGY
RESTRUCTURING APPROVED

     Trustees approved the restructuring of the College of Human
Ecology.  The move merges the departments of Family Resource
Management and Textiles and Clothing and the departments of Home
Economics Education and Family Relations and Human Development.
New names for both new merged departments will be chosen later.
The Department of Human Nutrition and Food Management will not
change.

     The restructuring involved a self-examination and included a
broad consultation with faculty, staff and students, and with
external constituencies.  The measure was approved by the Council
on Academic Affairs and by the University Senate.

     The restructuring is expected to strengthen both graduate
and undergraduate programs, offer new collaborative research
opportunities, and improve efficiency.

     The consolidation of Human Development and Family Relations
with Home Economics Education puts together faculty who study
development from infancy to old age with faculty who have
concentrated on educational programs for children and
adolescents.

     The consolidation of the other two departments meets the
theme of conducting research and preparing professionals for
industries that provide consumer goods and services.

     The college is the only one of its kind in Ohio; it offers
the most comprehensive human ecology-oriented program in the
state.

GEODETIC SCIENCE AND SURVEYING
NOW IN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

     The board also transfered the Department of Geodetic Science
and Surveying from the College of Mathematical and Physical
Sciences to the College of Engineering.

     According to a subcommittee report to the Council on
Academic Affairs, Geodetic Science and Surveying was at one time
a division within the Department of Geology and its early
strength in geodesy led to it being placed in Mathematical and
Physical Sciences.  Most undergraduate students, however, study
surveying and receive degrees in engineering.

     The move is expected to facilitate research and development
programs as many faculty in the Department of Civil Engineering
have research programs related to geodesy and surveying.  In
addition, the department does work related to engineering.
Examples are photogrammetry and mapping, land information
science, mapping of the human body through magnetic resonance
imaging, and intelligent highway systems.

     The move was endorsed by faculty in the department and in
the College of Engineering, and was approved by the Council on
Academic Affairs and the University Senate.

NEW LEVELS ESTABLISHED
FOR ENDOWED, CURRENT USE FUNDS

     In preparation for a major comprehensive fund-raising
campaign to begin later this year, trustees adopted new minimum
funding levels for named endowed funds and current use funds.
The new levels will become effective on July 1.

     The new rates are:
     -- Named endowed chair, $1.5 million.
     -- Named endowed professorship, $750,000.
     -- Non-endowed designated chairs and professorships for
specific periods of time will require annual gifts at a level
equal to the annual income generated by the respective endowed
fund.
     -- Named endowed distinguished visitor, $500,000.
     -- Named endowed faculty award, $250,000.
     -- Named dean's leadership fund, $100,000.

     New minimum funding levels for named student funds include:
     -- Named scholarships, $100,000 for endowments, $5,000 per
year for four years for current use.
     -- Named graduate fellowships, $250,000 for endowments,
$12,500 per year for current use.
     -- University Scholars, $25,000 endowed.
     -- Medalist Scholars, $75,000 endowed, $4,000 per year for
four years for current use.
     -- Distinguished Scholars, $150,000 endowed or $7,500 per
year for four years.
     -- Presidential Scholars, $250,000 endowed, or $10,000 per
year for four years.

     The minimum level for a named endowed fund will be $25,000.

     Trustees also adopted guidelines for counting contributions
to the upcoming fund-raising campaign.

     Gifts to be counted include:

     -- Receipts of cash, securities, gifts-in-kind and
irrevocable trusts that are received between July 1, 1993 and
June 30, 2000.
     -- All gift receipts and all pledge commitments received in
writing between July 1, 1991 and July 1, 1993 for the Max M.
Fisher College of Business, the Alumni House Campaign, Food
Science and Technology Building Fund, Baseball Stadium Fund,
Equine Trauma Center, and selected campaign-related endowed gifts
of $50,000 or more.
     -- All pledge commitments received in writing between July
1, 1993 and June 30, 2000.

     Revocable planned gift agreements acquired July 1, 1993 to
June 30, 2000 will be reported at face value and at net present
value.  Revocable planned gifts will not be counted toward
identified campaign priority projects unless cash is realized
from the commitment prior to June 30, 2000.

NINE ENDOWED FUNDS
ESTABLISHED

     The board established The C. William Swank Chair in Rural
and Urban Policy Fund in the College of Food, Agricultural, and
Environmental Sciences, with gifts totaling $200,000.  Swank
recently announced his retirement as executive vice president of
the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation.

     In addition, trustees created the Nationwide Insurance
Enterprise Foundation Undergraduate Honors Program Endowment for
scholarships in the Fisher College of Business, with gifts
totaling $200,000.

     Other new named endowed funds are:

     -- The Robert R. Wieland Scholarship Fund in the College of
Law, $51,063.
     -- The William Richard Lipold Fund for university general
support, $20,000.
     -- The College of Pharmacy Alumni Association Scholarship
Fund in Pharmacy, $15,250.
     -- Northern Ohio Golf Association Scholarship Fund for
students majoring in turfgrass management at the Agricultural
Technical Institute, $15,250.
     -- James J. Conn, M.D., and Virginia Starbuck Conn Fund for
construction and renovation of alumnae scholarship houses,
$15,000.
     -- The College of Veterinary Medicine Enrichment Fund,
$15,000.
     -- Ernest Karam Book Awards Endowment Fund in the College of
Law, $10,000.

TRUSTEES ELECT OFFICERS,
APPOINT HOSPITAL BOARD MEMBERS

     Trustees elected Milton Wolf of Cleveland as chairman of the
board of trustees, and Leslie Wexner of Columbus as vice chairman
for the coming year.

     In addition, trustees appointed three new members and
reappointed two others to the University Hospitals Board, all for
three-year terms, beginning May 1.

     The new members are Robert E. H. Rabold, Sally Soter and
Merom Brachman.  Reappointed were Shirley D. Bowser and Donald
Shackelford.

RESOLUTIONS IN MEMORIAM

     The board adopted resolutions in memoriam for:
     -- Emil Bozler, professor emeritus in the Department of
Physiology, who died March 7.
     -- Arthur Z. Kovesdy, clinical instructor in the College of
Optometry, who died Feb. 20.
     -- Mylin H. Ross, dean of men emeritus, who died Feb. 1.
     -- Rolf Soellner, professor emeritus in the Department of
English, who died Feb. 14.

MISCELLANEOUS ACTIONS

     In other actions, the board:

     -- Amended the Bylaws of the Medical Staff to create a new
category of staff called "community affiliate physician" to
attract additional primary care physicians. These physicians will
enjoy full clinical privileges and be fully responsible to meet
current standards of care, but will not participate directly in
teaching.  No faculty appointment is required for them.  The
primary care physicians are needed to support the expansion of
university affiliate health plans.

     -- Heard a report on the Newark campus by Dean Rafael
Cortada.  Among other things, Cortada noted efforts are being
made to crosslist equivalent courses offered by The Ohio State
University-Newark and Central Ohio Technical College to avoid
duplicative course offerings and to articulate the transfer of
coursework from the technical college to Ohio State.

     -- Heard a report on efforts to develop and improve distance
learning on the regional campuses.  John Riedl, dean of the
Mansfield campus; Violet Meek, dean of the Lima campus; and
Dominic Dottavio, dean of the Marion campus, spoke about efforts
to link their communities with their campuses and to link their
campuses with the resources of the entire university.

     -- Named the Chemistry Building, 120 W. 18th Ave., as the
Richard F. Celeste Laboratory of Chemistry in honor of the former
governor.

     -- Named 100 Mendenhall Lab, 125 S. Oval Mall, as the
Charles H. Summerson Auditorium, to reflect the work of the
professor emeritus from COLUMBUS (43214) in overseeing the
renovation of the building.  Summerson coordinated the project as
the representative for the Department of Geological Sciences.

     -- Heard a report from Laura Arnold, president of the
Student Bar Association, who requested that the law diplomas drop
the words "in the year of our Lord" which fails, she said, to
take into account the diversity of religious beliefs among the
graduates.  She also asked that the size of the diploma be
increased to make it more "commensurate with the stature of The
Ohio State University College of Law."  President E. Gordon Gee
noted that such changes, if made, should apply to all Ohio State
diplomas, and he asked Provost Richard Sisson to set up a
committee to evaluate the diplomas.  Trustee Leslie H. Wexner
volunteered to serve on the committee.

     -- Amended the Rules of the University Faculty to allow the
chair of the Faculty Council to be a non-voting member of the
University Senate if she or he is not an elected member of the
Senate and to provide for the election of the chair by the
council.

     -- Heard a report from Treasurer James Nichols about risk
management activities during the past year.


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