HERITAGE COLLEGE PLATFORM PARTY
Nanette Lacuesta, M.D.
Jane Balbo, D.O. (’07)
Faculty Chair, Heritage College
System Program Director, Student Outreach,
OhioHealth
Darlene Berryman, Ph.D., R.D., L.D.
Associate Dean, Research and Innovation,
Heritage College Beth A. Longenecker, D.O. (’91)
William J. Burke, D.O. (’88) Tom Mihaljevic, M.D.
Robert A. Cain, D.O. (’88) Charles D. Milligan, D.O.
Kendalle Cobb, M.D. Robin D. Muhammad, Ph.D.
Incoming Dean, Heritage College, Athens
Dean, Heritage College, Dublin
CEO and President, Cleveland Clinic
Associate Dean, Clinical Education, Heritage College
President, Ohio Osteopathic Association
Physician Director, Cleveland Clinic Physician
Diversity Scholars Program
Chair, Faculty Senate, Ohio University
M. Duane Nellis, Ph.D.
Chaden Djalali, Ph.D.
President, Ohio University
Executive Vice President and Provost, Ohio University
David R. Scholl, Ph.D.
Jody M. Gerome, D.O. (’05)
Chair, Ohio University Board of Trustees
Associate Dean, Curriculum, Heritage College
John D. Schriner, Ph.D.
Jennifer L. Gwilym, D.O. (’03)
Associate Dean, Admissions & Student Affairs,
Heritage College
President, Heritage College Society of Alumni
and Friends
Gigi Secuban, Ed.D.
Kenneth H. Johnson, D.O.
Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion,
Ohio University
Chief Medical Affairs Officer, Ohio University, and
Executive Dean, Heritage College
Eileen Sheil, M.P.A.
Robert S. Juhasz, D.O.
Member, Ohio University Board of Trustees
Member, Heritage College Advisory Board, and Past
President, American Osteopathic Association
Philip A. (Duke) Starr, III, D.O. (’95)
Executive Assistant Dean, Heritage College
Gregory Hill, D.O. (’86)
Susan H. Williams, Ph.D.
Past President, Heritage College Society of Alumni
and Friends
Interim Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs,
Heritage College
Isaac J. Kirstein, D.O.
James B. Young, M.D.
Dean, Heritage College, Cleveland
Chief Academic Officer, Cleveland Clinic
Nicole J. Zell, J.D.
Class of 2019 President, Heritage College, Cleveland
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.
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