Vice President Edward Hayes Will Be Missed

OHIO STATE VICE PRESIDENT EDWARD HAYES WILL BE MISSED 

COLUMBUS -- Edward F. Hayes, vice president for research at 
The Ohio State University and president of The Ohio State 
University Research Foundation, passed away suddenly this morning 
at his Upper Arlington home.  Dr. Hayes was 56.

Dr. Hayes was an internationally distinguished scientist who 
had previously served in top management of both the National 
Science Foundation and the Executive Office of the President for 
the U.S. Office of Management and Budget.  He joined Ohio State 
in July 1991 from Rice University, where he had been a faculty 
member, first as an assistant professor, and had later returned 
as its vice president for graduate studies, research and 
information systems.

In his seven years as the university's chief research 
officer, Ohio State's sponsored research support increased by 
more than 40 percent, from $145 million to more than $205 million 
this past fiscal year.  Dr. Hayes also served as professor of 
chemistry at Ohio State, and was an active researcher whose 
funding supported undergraduate, graduate and post-doctoral 
students.  He was co-author of more than 70 publications on 
various topics, including scattering theory, reaction dynamics 
and parallel computing.

"This shocking loss will be felt throughout the 
international communities of science and higher education, and is 
a great personal loss to all of us who knew Ed well and worked 
with him," said Ohio State Interim President Richard Sisson.  "He 
was a scholar in the truest sense, a man of deep thoughtfulness, 
great intellectual acuity and kindly strength.  Teaching was a 
passionate commitment as was his exemplary regard for students.  
I am proud to have called him my friend."

Calling Dr. Hayes "a practical visionary," Alex Shumate, 
chairman of Ohio State's Board of Trustees, said that Dr. Hayes 
"was spearheading the university's partnerships with government 
and industry to enhance the economy of Ohio."  Shumate added, "Ed 
has been instrumental in all we have been doing to bring more 
sponsored research to Ohio State and to transfer applied research 
and technology to the marketplace.  We will miss him 
tremendously."

According to Ted Celeste, vice chair of the Board of 
Trustees, who worked closely with Dr. Hayes developing research 
priorities, "Ed's lifelong dedication to the integration of 
research and education accounts for several wonderful programs 
here at Ohio State.  His role at the university, and in working 
to improve the technological base of our state, cannot be 
overestimated."

A native of Baltimore, Dr. Hayes earned a bachelor's degree 
in chemistry from the University of Rochester in 1963 and 
master's and Ph.D. degrees in chemistry from The Johns Hopkins 
University in 1965 and 1966.

After a postdoctoral fellowship at Princeton University, he 
joined the faculty at Rice as an assistant professor in 1968.  He 
was named a full professor in 1973.  In 1975, he was named 
program director for quantum chemistry with the National Science 
Foundation.  He subsequently served the NSF as head of the 
Physical Chemistry and Dynamics section, and twice directed the 
Chemistry Division.  NSF, at one time, released him to the 
President's Executive Office to oversee budget authority for 
several federal agencies.

Dr. Hayes was a member of the American Chemical Society and 
a Fellow of both the American Physical Society and the American 
Association for the Advancement of Science.

In 1992-93, he served as a member of the National Science 
Foundation Blue Ribbon Advisory Panel on High Performance 
Computing.  In 1995, he chaired the NSF Task Force on the Future 
of the NSF Supercomputer Centers Program.  In addition to serving 
as a member of the National Science Foundation Computational 
Science and Engineering Advisory Committee, he was also a member 
of the NSF Mathematical and Physical Sciences Advisory Committee, 
the Theoretical Division Advisory Committee at Los Alamos 
National Laboratory, and the Molecular Science Computing Facility 
Advisory Committee at the Pacific Northwest Laboratory.  He was 
honored with the NSF Distinguished Service Award and the 
Meritorious Executive Award in the Senior Executive Service of 
the U.S. Government.

Dr. Hayes is survived by his wife of 33 years, Ann; his 
parents, Frank and Dorothy Hayes; children, Elizabeth Ann, Emily, 
and Frank, and their families; sisters, Barbara Kitchen and 
Patricia Caldwell; and mother-in-law, Dorothy Shaw Burt.

Calling hours will be held Sunday at Schoedinger Northwest 
Chapel, 1740 Zollinger Rd., between 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m.  A 
prayer service will be held at 7:30 p.m.  The funeral will be 
held Monday at 11 a.m. at the St. Thomas More Newman Center, 64 
W. Lane Ave.

In lieu of flowers, the family wishes contributions to be 
sent to either the Newman Center or to the Edward F. Hayes 
Memorial Fund, c/o The Ohio State University Foundation, 2400 
Olentangy River Road, Columbus, OH 43210.

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Contacts: Malcolm Baroway, executive director, University 
Communications, (614) 292-6895, or Ruth Gerstner, director of 
news services, (614) 292-8424.