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The Ohio State University Board of Trustees
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Alex Shumate was appointed to the board of trustees in May 2006. He previously served on the board from 1989-1998 and was chairman of the board from 1997-98. Mr. Shumate is managing partner of the Columbus Office of the international law firm of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. and the partner-in-charge of the firm’s Legislative Counseling and Administrative Law Practice Group. He is consistently selected by his peers for inclusion in the annual Best Lawyers in America and as an Ohio Super Lawyer.
Mr. Shumate serves as a director of Nationwide Financial Services, the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company and Cincinnati Bell, Inc. He is president of The Limited Brands Foundation Board, secretary of The Columbus Partnership, and director of The John Glenn Institute and the Columbus Downtown Development Corporation. He previously served as the chair of the Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce, the Columbus Urban League Board, The Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute Board, and The Capital Club.
He received his B.A. from Ohio Wesleyan University and his J.D. from the University of Akron. Before joining Squire, Sanders he served as chief counsel and deputy chief of staff to the Governor of the State of Ohio and as assistant attorney general, State of Ohio.
Mr. Shumate has been honored by organizations including the Columbus Bar Association, the United Negro College Fund, the NAACP, the Ohio General Assembly, Capital University School of Law, and The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. In 2007, he received the Columbus Award, the most prestigious award given by the Columbus Chamber, for outstanding business and community leadership. In 2003, he was named Humanitarian of the Year by the American Red Cross.
He is also the recipient of The Ohio State University Distinguished Service Award, the John B. Gerlach, Sr. Development Volunteer Award from The Ohio State University Foundation, the Jewish National Fund Tree of Life Award, the Robert S. Crane Trusteeship Award from Leadership Columbus, the Outstanding Alumni Award from the University of Akron School of Law, and was named a Distinguished Alumnus by Ohio Wesleyan University.
Mr. Shumate resides in Gahanna with his wife Renee and he has two sons, John Alexander and Aaron Michael.
Term: 5/26/2006-5/13/2012
06/2007
