Ohio State University Tribute to Ed Hayes:
Edward F. Hayes, vice president for research at
The Ohio State University and president of The Ohio State
University Research Foundation, passed away suddenly this morning
at his Upper Arlington home. Dr. Hayes was 56.
Dr. Hayes was an internationally distinguished scientist who
had previously served in top management of both the National
Science Foundation and the Executive Office of the President for
the U.S. Office of Management and Budget. He joined Ohio State
in July 1991 from Rice University, where he had been a faculty
member, first as an assistant professor, and had later returned
as its vice president for graduate studies, research and
information systems.
In his seven years as the university's chief research
officer, Ohio State's sponsored research support increased by
more than 40 percent, from $145 million to more than $205 million
this past fiscal year. Dr. Hayes also served as professor of
chemistry at Ohio State, and was an active researcher whose
funding supported undergraduate, graduate and post-doctoral
students. He was co-author of more than 70 publications on
various topics, including scattering theory, reaction dynamics
and parallel computing.
"This shocking loss will be felt throughout the
international communities of science and higher education, and is
a great personal loss to all of us who knew Ed well and worked
with him," said Ohio State Interim President Richard Sisson. "He
was a scholar in the truest sense, a man of deep thoughtfulness,
great intellectual acuity and kindly strength. Teaching was a
passionate commitment as was his exemplary regard for students.
I am proud to have called him my friend."
Calling Dr. Hayes "a practical visionary," Alex Shumate,
chairman of Ohio State's Board of Trustees, said that Dr. Hayes
"was spearheading the university's partnerships with government
and industry to enhance the economy of Ohio." Shumate added, "Ed
has been instrumental in all we have been doing to bring more
sponsored research to Ohio State and to transfer applied research
and technology to the marketplace. We will miss him
tremendously."
According to Ted Celeste, vice chair of the Board of
Trustees, who worked closely with Dr. Hayes developing research
priorities, "Ed's lifelong dedication to the integration of
research and education accounts for several wonderful programs
here at Ohio State. His role at the university, and in working
to improve the technological base of our state, cannot be
overestimated."
A native of Baltimore, Dr. Hayes earned a bachelor's degree
in chemistry from the University of Rochester in 1963 and
master's and Ph.D. degrees in chemistry from The Johns Hopkins
University in 1965 and 1966.
After a postdoctoral fellowship at Princeton University, he
joined the faculty at Rice as an assistant professor in 1968. He
was named a full professor in 1973. In 1975, he was named
program director for quantum chemistry with the National Science
Foundation. He subsequently served the NSF as head of the
Physical Chemistry and Dynamics section, and twice directed the
Chemistry Division. NSF, at one time, released him to the
President's Executive Office to oversee budget authority for
several federal agencies.
Dr. Hayes was a member of the American Chemical Society and
a Fellow of both the American Physical Society and the American
Association for the Advancement of Science.
In 1992-93, he served as a member of the National Science
Foundation Blue Ribbon Advisory Panel on High Performance
Computing. In 1995, he chaired the NSF Task Force on the Future
of the NSF Supercomputer Centers Program. In addition to serving
as a member of the National Science Foundation Computational
Science and Engineering Advisory Committee, he was also a member
of the NSF Mathematical and Physical Sciences Advisory Committee,
the Theoretical Division Advisory Committee at Los Alamos
National Laboratory, and the Molecular Science Computing Facility
Advisory Committee at the Pacific Northwest Laboratory. He was
honored with the NSF Distinguished Service Award and the
Meritorious Executive Award in the Senior Executive Service of
the U.S. Government.
Dr. Hayes is survived by his wife of 33 years, Ann; his
parents, Frank and Dorothy Hayes; children, Elizabeth Ann, Emily,
and Frank, and their families; sisters, Barbara Kitchen and
Patricia Caldwell; and mother-in-law, Dorothy Shaw Burt.
In lieu of flowers, the family wishes contributions to be
sent to either the Newman Center or to the Edward F. Hayes
Memorial Fund, c/o The Ohio State University Foundation, 2400
Olentangy River Road, Columbus, OH 43210.
Text courtesy of Ohio State University.
Access Online | Posted 8-11-1998
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