Trustees Name Equine Center; Other Business

ACTIONS OF THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES

COLUMBUS -- The Ohio State University Board of Trustees 
on Friday (10/6) named an equine center for a former trustee 
and awarded contracts for renovating a library and 
greenhouse.  The board also created an endowed chair in 
cancer research, approved research contracts, and conducted 
other business.

Equine Center named for Dan Galbreath

Trustees named Ohio State's new equine center as "The 
Daniel M. Galbreath Equine Trauma, Intensive Care and 
Research Center" to reflect the many contributions of 
Galbreath to the university, College of Veterinary Medicine, 
the equine industry, and the community.

The equine center is being built next to the Veterinary 
Hospital on Vernon Tharp Street on the agriculture campus.  
The 40,000-foot facility will house a modern research 
center, two state-of-the-art surgery rooms, intensive care 
units, and a high-speed treadmill.

Galbreath, who died Sept. 3, chaired the college's 
fund-raising campaign for the $6.9-million equine center.  
He also served Ohio State as a member of the Board of 
Trustees, the university's foundation and hospitals boards, 
and the Fisher College of Business's Pace Setters Club.

He bred thoroughbred racehorses that were winners at 
the Kentucky Derby, Belmont Stakes, and the English Derby.  
In addition, Galbreath was a director of Churchill Downs and 
a member of various breeders and conservation societies.

Contracts awarded for library, greenhouse projects

Trustees awarded contracts for renovating the Health 
Science Library and Howlett Hall Greenhouse.  They also 
authorized university officials to employ architects and 
engineers and request construction bids for renovating a 
dentistry clinic in Postle Hall.

The renovation of the Prior Health Science Library 
includes removing a mechanical book storage and retrieval 
device, installing another floor in the two-story area, 
moving the circulation desk, and enclosing the first floor.

The project has involved renovating the Jesse Owens 
Recreation Center South to temporarily house books and 
materials during the renovation of the Prior Library.  That 
work was completed in August.

The $8.5 million project is being funded by the state, 
the university, and the Academy of Medicine.  Estimated 
completion date for the Prior renovation is September 1996.

The $2.78 million general contract for the Prior 
Library renovation went to Newberg International Corp. of 
Cleves, Ohio.  Other contractors were Radico Inc., Farber 
Corp., and Eastmoor Electrical Contractors, all of Columbus.  
Contractors for the Owens Center were Williamson Builders, 
Plain City; J.A. Guy Inc., Dublin; and Fetter Electrical 
Contractors of Newark.

Ohio State will also renovate the Howlett Hall 
Greenhouse, including the polyhouse and headhouse.  The work 
includes a new pesticide storage area, new floors, and 
improved cooling, electrical, water, and computer systems.  
The $1.2 million project is being funded by the state and 
the Department of Horticulture and Crop Sciences.  The 
project is to be completed by February 1996.

Contracts were awarded to M & P Construction Co. of 
Blacklick, J. A. Croson Co. of Columbus, Farber Corp., and 
Fetter Electrical Contractors.

The Postle Hall project involves reconfiguring about 
4,000 square feet of existing clinical space on the first 
floor to support the activities of the College of 
Dentistry's programs in pediatric dentistry, orthodontics, 
and graduate orthodontics.  The college is funding the 
project, which is estimated to cost $350,000, including 
$280,000 for construction.

Board creates Marakas Nationwide chair in cancer research

Trustees established a new endowed faculty chair in the 
Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Research Institute.  The 
John L. Marakas Nationwide Insurance Enterprise Foundation 
Chair in Cancer Research will support cancer research 
activities.

The chair was established with $1.25 million, a gift 
from the Nationwide Insurance Enterprise Foundation in honor 
of John L. Marakas, retired president and board member of 
the Nationwide Life and Financial Horizons Life insurance 
companies.  Marakas was president of Nationwide Corp., a 
financial services holding company, from 1972 until 1990.

Trustees also established 12 new named endowed funds:

-- The Samuel B. Sneath Memorial Scholarship Fund, 
$253,595, College of Medicine.

-- Student Organization Support Endowment Fund, 
$110,000, Office of Student Affairs.

-- The Gwen H. Kagey Endowed Scholarship Fund, 
$105,000, Department of Black Studies.

-- The Bank One Fund for Student Excellence and 
Leadership, $100,000 for scholarships for students in the 
Master of Business Administration degree program in the Max 
M. Fisher College of Business.

-- The William Form and Joan Huber Graduate Fellowship 
Fund in the Department of Sociology, $50,000.

-- The Duane C. Brown Program Fund in Geomatics, 
$50,000, Department of Geodetic Science and Surveying.

-- The Johnie Christian Scholarship Fund, $25,000, 
College of Education.

-- The Anna Sborowitz Scholarship Fund, $20,000, for 
scholarships benefiting mobility impaired students.

-- The Michelle Lynn Dauterman Fund, $16,689 for the 
establishment of a computer-aided design laboratory in the 
College of Human Ecology.

-- The Todd David Harris Memorial Scholarship Fund, 
$15,500, College of Engineering.

-- The Korean Studies Fund, $15,000, College of 
Humanities.

-- The Clifton J. Latiolais Endowed Fund in Health-
Systems Pharmacy, $15,000.

Research projects funded

Trustees accepted 180 research contracts totaling 
$11.9 million for projects funded in August.  Singled out 
for special mention were:

-- A project to eradicate or contain brown tree snakes, 
and to prevent their spread to Pacific islands.  The brown 
tree snake, a native of Indonesia, New Guinea, the Solomon 
Islands, and Australia, was introduced to Guam at the end of 
World War II and has eliminated most of the island's native 
vertebrates and forest birds, caused more than 1,000 power 
outages, preyed on poultry, killed pets and bitten children.  
The snakes have since been discovered on Hawaii, the 
Northern Mariana Islands, and the continental United States.  
Jonathan R. Bart of the Department of Zoology is heading the 
project, funded at $250,000 by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service.

-- A project to develop easy-to-use evaluation tools 
for use by parts designers and die casters.  The tools, in 
the form of computer programs, would help create part 
designs which are less susceptible to flow- and 
solidification-related defects.  R. Allen Miller of the 
Department of Industrial, Welding and Systems Engineering is 
heading the project, with $173,132 from the U.S. Department 
of Energy.

-- Purifying and cloning canine oncofetal protein 55 
for use as a test to detect cancer in dogs.  The project 
leaders are Paul C. Stromberg and Thomas J. Rosol of the 
Department of Veterinary Biosciences and Dorothy E. Schumm 
of the Department of Medical Biochemistry.  Protyde Corp. is 
providing $147,101.

-- A look at the feasibility of using simulated 
satellite data to count and classify vehicles on highways 
near Columbus.  The objective is to prepare for a federally 
funded project that would develop the infrastructure 
required to conduct a satellite demonstration project in 
Ohio.  The Ohio Department of Transportation is providing 
$68,032 for the feasibility project, which is headed by Mark 
R. McCord and Carolyn J. Merry of the Department of Civil, 
Environmental, and Graphics Engineering, and John D. Bossler 
of the Center for Mapping.

University Women's Club celebrates century Of service

Trustees passed a resolution recognizing the 100th 
anniversary of the University Women's Club.  The club was 
founded in 1895 by Flavia Canfield, wife of President James 
H. Canfield.

Over the years, the club has furnished members with 
organized opportunities to participate in social, cultural, 
recreational and intellectual activities and has conducted 
service projects for educational and philanthropic purposes.

Members have provided extensive volunteer services to 
many Ohio State programs, including the medical center, 
student orientation, and numerous student organizations, and 
to community groups and agencies in times of need.

Trustees noted that the club has assumed leadership in 
promoting the interests and the welfare of women and of 
women students.  It also contributed monies for 
scholarships, grants, and student emergency loan funds over 
the past century.  The University Women's Club has given 
$207,200 in proceeds from the Buckeye Bargains Thrift Shop 
during the last 28 years.

In other matters, trustees:

-- Authorized the sale of the Patient Satisfaction 
Measurement System to Healthcare Research Systems, a firm 
organized by Stephen Strasser, associate professor of health 
services management and policy.  The sale is for fair market 
value, to be enhanced by a share of the profits, if any, 
realized upon subsequent sale of the system to a third 
party.  The Patient Satisfaction Measurement System measures 
and evaluates health care patient satisfaction and medical 
provider satisfaction.  Strasser played a major role in the 
design, development and marketing of the system, and is 
seeking to grow and expand the system as a private 
enterprise.

-- Presented the first Student Affairs Committee 
Student Recognition Award to Tamara Renee Carter of 
COLUMBUS.  Carter is is a fifth year senior majoring in 
agriculture.  She was honored for her work in coordinating 
the Orientation Welcome Leader program during undergraduate 
student move-in and for many other activities.

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Contact:  Tom Spring, (614) 292-8309, or Tracy Turner, 
         (614) 688-3682.


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