Trustees Elect Kessler as Chair

JOHN W. KESSLER TO CHAIR OHIO STATE TRUSTEES

     COLUMBUS -- John W. Kessler, chairman of The New Albany
Company and a 1958 graduate of The Ohio State University College
of Business, was today (5/6) elected chairman of the university's
Board of Trustees.

     He will serve through May 1995.

     Kessler succeeds Deborah Casto who has completed her nine-
year term on the board.  Gov. George V. Voinovich will soon
appoint a new trustee to replace Casto on the board.

     Cited as "the consummate civic leader, a man of great energy
and insight," by Ohio State President E. Gordon Gee, Kessler this
past year chaired the board's Educational Affairs Committee.  He
also chairs the board of the university's Arthur G. James Cancer
Hospital and Research Institute and is an ex-officio member of
the board of The Ohio State University Foundation.

     Kessler said that since his appointment as trustee in 1986,
"I have been privileged to play some small role in Ohio State's
steady movement into the ranks of the world's finest teaching and
research universities."

     His goal as chair, he said, will be to "help maintain the
trajectory and momentum of this great institution whose strength
and course will influence the well-being of our city, our state,
and our nation."

     One of his immediate concerns is the quality of life for
Ohio State students living near campus.  "I will continue to
facilitate the city/university/business alliance that is focusing
on the redefinition and redevelopment of the university area," he
said.

     Gee noted that Kessler will preside over a board that will
vote on many restructuring recommendations now under
consideration.  "This will be a watershed year in the history of
Ohio State and we are most fortunate to have Jack Kessler as
chair of our trustees at this time,"  Gee said.

     Kessler also chairs the Ohio Arts Facilities Commission and
is a member of the Columbus Metropolitan Airport Authority.  He
is a member of the Capitol South Redevelopment Corporation, past
chair of the Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce, and current
member of its Senior Council.  Other former chairmanships include
The Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus School For Girls, Santa Fe
Opera National Advisory Board, and Spoleto Festival U.S.A.

     Trustees elected Milton A. Wolf of Cleveland as vice chair
of the board and made the following appointments:

     Educational Affairs Committee -- George A. Skestos, chair;
David L. Brennan, vice chair; new trustee.

     Investments Committee -- Wolf, chair; Michael F. Colley,
vice chair; Theodore S. Celeste.

     Standing Committee on Agricultural Affairs -- Celeste,
chair; Fred L. Dailey, vice chair, ex officio; Brennan.

     Student Affairs Committee -- Amira N. Ailabouni, chair; new
trustee, vice chair; Thomas C. Smith.

     Fiscal Affairs Committee -- Alex Shumate, chair; Colley,
vice chair; Skestos; Brennan.

     Personnel Committee -- Kessler, chair; Wolf, vice chair;
Leslie H. Wexner.

     Inter-University Council -- new trustee.

     Research Foundation Board of Directors -- Celeste.

     University Hospitals Board -- Celeste, Skestos.

     The Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Research Institute
Board -- Shumate, chair; Brennan.

     The Ohio State University Affiliates Inc. -- Kessler (one-
year term), Wolf (two-year term), Wexner (three-year term).

     The Ohio State University Foundation Ex Officio Class of
Directors -- Kessler (one-year term), Shumate (two-year term),
member to be announced (three-year term).

     Wexner Center Foundation Board -- Wexner (two-year term).

     University Managed Health Care System Inc. Board of
Directors -- Celeste.

     Committee on Planning (serves as Trustees' interface with
University's Planning Committee) -- Colley, chair; Skestos, vice
chair; Shumate.

     University Master Plan Committee -- Wexner.
                                   
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[Submitted by: GERSTNER  (gerstner@ccgate.ucomm.ohio-state.edu)
               
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