Trustees: Development Report, Personnel Matters - 10/03/97

TRUSTEES ESTABLISH ENDOWED NAMED FUNDS, CONDUCT PERSONNEL MATTERS

     COLUMBUS -- The Ohio State University Board of Trustees
accepted an endowed named chair and 14 new endowed named funds
and conducted personnel matters during its meeting Friday (10/3).
Board accepts one endowed named chair, 14 endowed named funds

     Trustees heard a report from Jerry May, vice president for
development, on development efforts, including the establishment
of The Transportation Research Center Inc. Chair in Intelligent
Transportation Systems.  Gifts of $1.5 million were received from
Transportation Research Center Inc. to promote and support
education and research in intelligent transportation-related
technology in the College of Engineering.  The chairholder will
be expected to focus on developing new concepts and principles of
intelligent control and intelligent systems with applications to
surface vehicles, surface transportation systems and their safe
operation.

     May also reported the establishment of 14 new endowed named
funds with gifts totaling more than $1.3 million.

     -- The Thomas J. and Ann Y. Selby Cancer Research Endowment,
$149,445, to support cancer research at the Comprehensive Cancer
Center - the Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Research
Institute.

     -- The Ohio State University Department of Astronomy
Endowment Fund, $41,730, to further the education, research and
service mission of the Department of Astronomy.

     -- The Murphy Family Annual and Perennial Garden Endowment
Fund, $25,000, for the establishment and maintenance of annual or
perennial plantings at the Chadwick Arboretum.

     -- Lorraine A. Lange Graduate Fellowship Fund, $23,000, to
provide scholarships for individuals pursuing a Ph.D. in
elementary education.

     -- The James R. & Marlene C. Helt Family 4-H Fund, $16,957,
for support of 4-H leadership programs.

     -- The Margaret A. and Theodore A. Hendricks Study/Travel
Endowed Scholarship Fund, $15,120, for one or more study/travel
scholarships to students attending Ohio State