Official Proceedings of the One Thousand Three Hundred and Seventy-Eighth Meeting of the Board of Trustees, Columbus, Ohio, December 6, 2001

This item is the meeting minutes of the Board of Trustees of The Ohio State University held on Thursday, December 6, 2001, at the Ohio State University Fisher College of Business, Columbus, Ohio. Topics discussed at the meeting included the president's report, presentation on research - driver for the academic plan, consent agenda, amendments to the University Hospitals Board bylaws, transfer of office and programs, amendments to the rules of the University faculty, degrees and certificates - Autumn quarter commencement, personnel actions, resolution in memoriam, report of research contracts and grants, the University development report, authorization for designated officials to buy, sell, assign and transfer securities, to deposit or withdraw funds from bank accounts and to designate depositories, employment of architects/engineers, request for construction bids and report of award of contracts, FY 2001-02 first quarter budget report, and the campus partners - release of additional funding