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HERITAGE COLLEGE PLATFORM PARTY Brandon M. Arehart Timothy D. Law Sr., D.O. (’94), M.B.A. Class of 2018 President, Heritage College, Dublin President, Heritage College Society of Alumni and Friends Jane Balbo, D.O. (’07) Joseph P. McLaughlin, Ph.D. Faculty Chair, Heritage College Chair, Faculty Senate, Ohio University Darlene Berryman, Ph.D., R.D., L.D. Associate Dean, Research and Innovation, Heritage College David R. Moore, Ph.D. William J. Burke, D.O. (’88) M. Duane Nellis, Ph.D. Dean, Heritage College, Dublin President, Ohio University Robert A. Cain, D.O. (’88) Patrick O’Conner, Ph.D. Associate Dean, Clinical Education, Heritage College Interim Associate Dean, Academic Affairs, Heritage College Secretary to the Board of Trustees, Ohio University Wayne R. Carlsen, D.O. Vice Dean, Heritage College Nagesh Rao, Ph.D. Jennifer J. Hauler, D.O. (‘01) Special Advisor, Inclusion and Faculty Affairs, Heritage College President, Ohio Osteopathic Association Elizabeth Sayrs, Ph.D. Gregory Hill, D.O. (’86) Interim Executive Vice President and Provost, Ohio University Past President, Heritage College Society of Alumni and Friends David R. Scholl, Ph.D. Kenneth H. Johnson, D.O. Vice Chair, Board of Trustees, Ohio University Chief Medical Affairs Officer, Ohio University, and Executive Dean, Heritage College John D. Schriner, Ph.D. Robert S. Juhasz, D.O. Associate Dean, Admissions & Student Affairs, Heritage College Past President, American Osteopathic Association Phillip A. (Duke) Starr, III, D.O. (‘95) Isaac J. Kirstein, D.O. Interim Executive Assistant Dean, Heritage College Dean, Heritage College, Cleveland Richard A. Vincent, M.B.A. Chief Executive Emeritus, Osteopathic Heritage Foundations PROFILE OF THE UNIVERSITY Ohio University’s origins can be traced to an ordinance of Congress on July 13, 1787, “for the government of the territory of the United States northwest of the river Ohio.” The ordinance proclaimed: “Religion, morality, and knowledge, being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged.” This principle was applied to the Ohio Company’s land purchase agreement, which provided for lands to be set aside for a university. Chartered first by the Ohio Company in 1799, and then by the State of Ohio on February 18, 1804, Ohio University became Ohio’s first university and the first in the Old Northwest Territory. From a modest beginning early in the 19th century, the university has steadily grown in numbers and programs. Today the Athens campus enrolls over 20,000 students with another 15,000 on regional campuses or in other off-campus programs. Students come from all 50 states and more than 100 countries. Ohio University is a state-assisted institution. Less than half of its instructional and general budget comes from state funds. State subsidy and student fees are supplemented by income from private support and endowments. • 6 •