FRANK HALE, Jr.
(1927-2011)
He served in higher education for six decades, opening the way for thousands of minority students to obtain collegiate and graduate degrees. The Ohio State University Board of Trustees voted him Vice Provost and Professor Emeritus, naming in his honor the Frank W. Hale, Jr. Black Cultural Center on October 11, 1989, designating the building in which it is housed as Hale Hall. Hale is the first black person to have a building named after him on The Ohio State University campus.