Trustees: Theodore Celeste Is New Chair

THEODORE CELESTE ELECTED CHAIR OF TRUSTEES

COLUMBUS -- Theodore S. Celeste, a Columbus businessman, was 
elected chair of The Ohio State University Board of Trustees on 
Friday (5/1).  He succeeds Alex Shumate, whose nine-year term as 
a trustee ends on May 13.  Celeste is completing his eighth year 
as a trustee.

Gov. George V. Voinovich soon will appoint a new trustee to 
replace Shumate and a new student trustee to replace Mark 
Berkman, who is completing his two-year term as a student 
trustee.

As chair, Celeste will lead the board of a university with
an annual budget of $1.6 billion.  Ohio State has about 55,000
undergraduate, graduate and professional students, including more
than 48,000 on the Columbus campus.

Celeste is president of Celeste & Associates, a residential 
real estate company in Grandview Heights.  He formerly was 
chairman and president of Advanced Interactive Video Inc.  He is 
a member of the Columbus Board of Realtors, the National 
Association of Realtors and First Community Church in Marble 
Cliff.  He earned his bachelor