A researcher, a businessman, a former prime minister, two scientists and two ex-Ohio State administrators will be recognized during Ohio State's winter quarter commencement March 19 in St. John Arena. Researcher Richard Klausner will address the 1,400 graduates and their families who are expected to attend the 9:30 a.m. ceremony.

Richard Klausner, Doctor of Science: Klausner is known as one of the 20 most cited scientists in biology and biomedical research. His research includes the molecular basis of iron metabolism in humans, the mechanisms of gene regulation, and receptor biology.

Klausner began working at the National Institutes of Health in 1979 as a research associate. From 1984 to 1997, he was chief of the Cell Biology and Metabolism Branch of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

Lee Yung Dug, Doctor of Education: Dug was a leader in the movement to reform secondary education in Korea. Now professor emeritus of education at Seoul National University, he earned his master's and doctorate from OSU.

He joined the education faculty at Seoul National University in 1959, remaining there until his 1991 retirement. In 1994, he served as prime minister of the Republic of Korea.

Chung-Hsin Chung, Doctor of Science: Chung is retired professor of botany and ecology and founder of the Institute of Spartina and Tidal Land Development at Nanjing University in China. He taught for nearly 40 years, and carried out research in plant geography and advanced ecology.

Chung received his master's and doctorate in botany from Ohio State in 1932 and 1935, respectively.

Eugene P. Odum, Doctor of Science: Odum's pioneering work in the field of ecosystem ecology spans four decades and is recognized throughout the international scientific community.

At the University of Georgia, he is the Callaway Professor Emeritus of Ecology and Zoology, and director emeritus of the Institute of Ecology.

Gay B. Hadley, Distinguished Service Award: Hadley retired from Ohio State in 1995 after 13 years in both administrative and academic positions. At retirement, she was assistant vice president for human resources.

Hadley worked to raise the status of women, minorities, and non-traditional students on campus. She developed Ohio State's first orientation program for women re-entering higher education, and created Continuing Education's BRIDGE Program to provide support to University staff pursuing college classwork.

Vern R. Cahill, Distinguished Service Award: Cahill was named professor emeritus of animal sciences in 1988 after 50 years of service in the College of Agriculture. He worked part-time in the Department of Animal Sciences' Meat Laboratory as an undergraduate. He received his bachelor's degree from OSU in 1941, followed by a master's and doctorate in 1942 and 1955, respectively.

Cahill was named an assistant professor at Ohio State in 1955, and became a full professor in 1961. He has long been sought after for his expertise in meat processing.

Kermit Hall, dean of humanities and executive dean of the College of the Arts and Sciences at Ohio State, has been selected to be the next chief academic officer at North Carolina State University in Raleigh. NC State announced March 4 that Hall will be recommended to its boards for approval as provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs.

Hall, 54, who holds appointments in history and law, has been at Ohio State since 1994. He is expected to begin his new job July 6.

Outside academe, Hall may be best known for his role on the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Review Board, a five-member panel that reviewed 4 million secret records. The board, appointed by President Clinton in 1994, revealed nothing to indicate that Lee Harvey Oswald didn't act alone.

Kermit Hall

Hall and other board members and congressional sponsors of the Kennedy assassination review board recently won the national James Madison Award from the Coalition on Government Information. The award honors those who have championed and promoted public access to government information.

Peter Swire, professor of law at Ohio State, has been named to the newly created position of chief counselor for privacy in the White House Office of Management and Budget. Swire will coordinate privacy policy on public- and private-sector use of personal information, as well as serve as a point of contact for privacy agencies in other countries.

He will be on half-time leave from his Ohio State position until May 1, when he begins a full-time leave.

Swire, who joined Ohio State in 1996, is an internationally recognized expert on computer privacy issues, such as the uses and limits of cryptography, financial privacy, and the protection of personal information in electronic data transfer.

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