Trustees: Appointments + Misc. Business

BATTE HOLDS VANBUREN  
PROFESSORSHIP IN FARM MANAGEMENT 

     The board named Marvin T. Batte, associate professor of 
agricultural economics, to the Fred VanBuren Professorship in 
Farm Management, retroactive to Oct. 1 and continuing through 
September 1998. 

     Batte has taught agricultural economics at Ohio State since 
1980.  He received his Bachelor of Science degree in agriculture 
from Eastern Kentucky University and his Master of Science degree 
in agricultural economics from the University of Kentucky.  He 
earned his doctoral degree in agricultural economics from the 
University of Illinois. 

     The VanBuren Professorship was established in November 1985 
with a bequest from the estate of Fred VanBuren to support the 
work of professors in the area of farm management. 
 
 
MARRAS NAMED TO NCR CHAIR 
 
     Trustees appointed William S. Marras, professor of 
industrial and systems engineering, to the NCR Designated Chair 
in Biodynamics retroactive to Oct. 1 and continuing through June 
1996. 

     Marras received his Bachelor of Science degree in systems 
engineering, Master of Science degree in industrial engineering, 
and doctoral degree from Wright State University.  He has taught 
at Ohio State since 1982. 

     The NCR Designated Chair in Biodynamics was established in 
April 1992 by NCR Corp. to provide support for a faculty member 
in industrial and systems engineering. 
 
 
CHAIRS, OTHER FACULTY APPOINTED 
 
     The board appointed Georg Heimdal, associate professor of 
art, as chair of the Department of Art retroactive to Oct. 1 and 
continuing through June 1996.  He will replace current chair 
Robert Shay, who retired June 30. 

     A member of the faculty since 1980, Heimdal earned his 
bachelor's degree from San Francisco State University and his 
Master of Arts degree from the University of California at Davis. 
He earned his Master of Fine Arts degree from Washington State 
University.  His work has been featured in numerous one-person 
shows and group exhibitions.  It is included in the collections 
of the Columbus Metropolitan Library, Huntington Bank, the 
Columbus Museum of Art, McDonald's Corporation of Columbus, and 
the Eastern Washington State Historical Society. 

     Trustees appointed James W. Hutchens, chair of the 
Department of Art at Appalachian State University, as chair of 
the Department of Art Education beginning Jan. 1 and continuing 
through December 1999. 

     Hutchens earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Western 
Carolina University, his Master of Visual Arts degree at Georgia 
State University and his doctoral degree from Florida State 
University.  
 
     In other personnel actions, the board: 

     -- Reappointed Glenn S. Daehn, associate professor of 
material science and engineering, to the Dr. Mars G. Fontana 
Professorship in Metallurgical Engineering, retroactive to Oct. 1 
and continuing through June 1996. 

     -- Appointed Howard W. Sprecher as acting chair of the 
Department of Medical Biochemistry, retroactive to July 1 and 
continuing through June 1996. 

     -- Appointed Reuben Ahroni as acting chair of the Department 
of Near Eastern, Judaic and Hellenic Languages and Literatures, 
retroactive to Oct. 1 and continuing through September 1996. 

     -- Appointed Beverly M. Gordon as acting chair of the 
Department of Educational Policy and Leadership, retroactive to 
Oct. 1 and continuing through June 1996. 
 
EMERITUS TITLES GRANTED 
 
     Trustees granted emeritus titles to: 

     -- Robert Shay, professor emeritus, Department of Art, 
retroactive to July 1. 

     -- Judith A. Wessel, assistant professor emeritus, 
Department of Family Resource Management, retroactive to June 1. 

     -- Frederic J. Cadora, chairperson and professor emeritus, 
Department of Near Eastern, Judaic and Hellenic Languages and 
Literatures. 
 
PROCESS TO SELECT STUDENT TRUSTEES AMENDED 
 
     Trustees amended the student trustee selection process to 
reflect the following changes: 

     -- Student government presidents will meet in November to 
determine the format, application deadline and other dates 
pertaining to the student trustee selection process. 

     -- Each student government will appoint up to three members 
to serve on the student trustee selection committee and the vice 
president for student affairs will appoint one faculty member and 
one administrator who will serve as non-voting members. 

     -- The committee will review all applications and select a 
group for interviews. After conducting interviews and 
evaluations, the committee will nominate a slate of  five 
students to the governor by March 1.  The governor annually 
appoints one student to a two-year term that begins May 14. 
 
BOARD ACCEPTS FOUR NEW NAMED ENDOWED FUNDS 
 
     Trustees established four new named endowed funds with gifts 
totaling $436,861: 

     -- The Joseph D. Blickle Educational Development Fund, 
$391,856 in educational program support for students in the 
College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. 

     -- The John P. Apel Memorial Scholarship Fund in Civil 
Engineering, $15,005. 

     -- The Ohio State Floriculture/Landscape Horticulture Alumni 
Association Fellowship Endowment Fund, $15,000 for undergraduate 
student stipends to fund faculty directed work experiences in the 
Department of Horticulture/Agronomy. 

     -- The Van Wert County 4-H Endowment Fund, $15,000. 
 
TRUSTEES APPROVE RESEARCH CONTRACTS AND GRANTS 
 
     The board accepted 220 research contracts and grants 
totaling $15,389,850.  Singled out for special mention were: 

     -- The acquisition of a 300kV FEG atomic resolution 
analytical transmission electron microscope.  Hamish L. Fraser, 
professor of materials science and engineering, and Michael J. 
Mills, associate professor of materials science and engineering, 
received $436,000 from the Office of Naval Research. 

     -- A first-phase study of new chemopreventive agents to 
characterize the toxicity of the compounds and to identify the 
maximum and minimum safe doses.  Kenneth Chan, professor of 
pharmacy; William Hayton, chair of the Division of Pharmaceutics; 
Mark Morse, assistant professor of preventive medicine, and Gary 
Stoner, professor of preventive medicine, received $418,883 from 
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. 

     -- The application of site-specific agricultural management 
practices to nutrient and pesticide application.  Thomas L. Krill 
of Ohio State University Extension received $250,000 from the 
Environmental Protection Agency. 

     -- An evaluation of the Ohio Department of Education's Adult 
Basic Literacy Education Program to provide information for staff 
to use in program improvement and development activities.  
Emmalou Norland, associate professor of educational studies, is 
heading the evaluation, funded with $250,000 from the Ohio 
Division of Vocational and Adult Education. 
 
MEDICAL PLAN SAVES MONEY; PATIENTS EXPRESS SATISFACTION 

     Ohio State is saving big money on its employee medical 
benefit plans, and faculty and staff remain happy with the 
services, reported Linda Tom, vice president for human resources. 

     PrimeCare, a managed-care plan exclusively using the 
University Medical Center, was established in 1994 as the 
university's primary sponsored medical plan and now covers 51 
percent of university employees. Through a partnership between 
the university and the University Medical Center, PrimeCare will 
use a budgeted plan of payment and a different philosophy of 
delivering health care services, Tom said. 

     PrimeCare's delivery method is anticipated to substantially 
limit increases in costs.  Further, the sponsored plan concept 
indexes employer contributions for all employee medical plan 
options at the same level as PrimeCare.  As a result, five-year 
projections yield a total university savings of $30 million, with 
primary savings from a reduction in avoidable hospital days. 

     Ohio State has implemented quality measures with the 
PrimeCare plan to ensure continued value for faculty and staff, 
Tom said.  Each physician's services will be tracked, benchmarked 
with national standards, and reported back to physicians and the 
university. A 24-hour Personal Nurse Adviser hotline will 
increase communication and patient knowledge, and customer 
satisfaction will be measured annually. 

     A recent member survey showed a high level of satisfaction 
overall, but also indicated areas for improvement, including 
facility locations, patient education and access to specialists, 
Tom noted. 
 
RESOLUTIONS IN MEMORIAM ADOPTED 
 
     The board adopted resolutions in memoriam for: 
 
     -- H. Richard Blackwell, professor emeritus in the College 
of Optometry, who died Sept. 20. 

     -- John T. Davis, professor emeritus in the Department of 
Classics, who died Sept. 22. 

     -- Carl R. Reese, professor emeritus in the Department of 
Zoology, who died Aug. 29. 

     -- Mabel Spray, professor emeritus of Ohio State University 
Extension, who died Sept. 4. 

     -- Robert G. Whiteus, assistant dean and professor emeritus 
in the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, who died Sept. 
26. 

     -- Shimson Zimering, associate professor emeritus in the 
Department of Mathematics, who died Sept. 6. 


[Submitted by: Carolyn Glover (cglover@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu)
               
Fri, 03 Nov 1995 16:20:31 -0500]
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