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The Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges                      
250 E. Broad St., Suite 1700
Columbus, Ohio 43215-3722

For more information contact Lynne Briggs or Cheryl Kight at
614-469-1950 or briggs@ofic.org, kight@ofic.org

THE OHIO FOUNDATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES PRESENTS E. KEITH HUBBARD WITH LIFE TRUSTEE AWARD

The Board of Trustees of The Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges (OFIC) unanimously elected E. Keith Hubbard a Life Trustee in recognition of his long and distinguished service to the board and to Ohio independent higher education.  Ed
Hartzell, Principal, The MG International Group LLC, and current Chairman of the OFIC Board, presented the Life Trustee Award at OFIC’s Annual Meeting on April 21 at the Hyatt on Capitol Square in Columbus.  New trustee Tom Hubbard accepted the award on behalf of his father. 

The Life Trustee designation is reserved for OFIC trustees who have distinguished themselves by a high level of commitment to the organization over an extended period of time.  During the 60 years since OFIC’s founding, the Life Trustee honor has been conferred upon only nine other individuals.

Keith Hubbard, Chairman of The Hubbard Company in Defiance, has served OFIC as a trustee since 1986.  Generous in his service to OFIC’s mission, Mr. Hubbard has served on the board’s Personnel, Marketing and Campaign committees and has been the Regional Campaign Chair in the Defiance area since 1998.  He was named OFIC’s Volunteer of the Year in 1993, and at the Foundation’s 2005 Evening of Excellence he was presented with the OFIC Lifetime Achievement Award. The Hubbard Company has been a donor to OFIC for 47 years. 

OFIC is the primary corporate and foundation solicitation organization for 34 independent Ohio colleges and universities and operates one of the largest, most comprehensive and diverse scholarship management services in the state.  OFIC member colleges collectively enroll 98,000 students and award one-third of all bachelor’s degrees in the state. For 60 years OFIC has worked to highlight the leadership, value and excellence of independent higher education and has provided unrestricted operating funds and scholarship commitments through funds raised in annual solicitations of businesses and foundations, thereby assuring continuation of excellence in private higher education. OFIC is governed by a Board of Trustees comprised of Ohio’s corporate leaders, as well as presidents of the 34 member colleges.

The member colleges are:  Ashland University, Baldwin-Wallace College, Bluffton University, Capital University, Cedarville University, University of Dayton, Defiance College, Denison University, The University of Findlay, Franciscan University of Steubenville, Franklin University, Heidelberg University, Hiram College, John Carroll University, Kenyon College, Lake Erie College, Lourdes College, Malone University, Marietta College, Mount Union College, Mount Vernon Nazarene University, Muskingum University, Notre Dame College, Oberlin College, Ohio Dominican University, Ohio Northern University, Ohio Wesleyan University, Otterbein College, Urbana University, Ursuline College, Walsh University, Wilmington College, Wittenberg University and The College of Wooster.

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