Ohio: Dimon Mcpherson

Each appointment replaced an outgoing member with similar experience.

Jerry Jurgensen of Columbus, who was the chief executive officer of Nationwide for nine years, replaced Dimon McPherson, who retired as Nationwide CEO in 2000. Jurgensen also had served as executive vice president of Bank One Corp. in Chicago.

McPherson, of Powell, served nine years on the OSU board.

Strickland also appointed Janet Reid of Cincinnati. She is the principal partner of Global Lead Management Consulting and also worked as a research chemist for 10 years at Procter & Gamble Co. She is past chairwoman of the Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce.

Reid replaces G. Gilbert Cloyd on the OSU board, a former veterinarian who is chief technology officer at Procter & Gamble.