The Osteopathic Heritage Foundations contributed $10 million toward construction of the $34.5 million ARC, which opened on May 8, 2010. The revolutionary learning and research facility represents a historic partnership with the College of Osteopathic Medicine (OU-COM) and the Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ College of Engineering and Technology.

“The center positions Ohio University as a premiere institution for academics and collaborative bio-medical and engineering research. The Osteopathic Heritage Foundations are proud to have played a role in the visioning, planning and completion of this exceptional facility,” said Richard A. Vincent, President and CEO, Osteopathic Heritage Foundations. Read Vincent’s remarks from the May 8, 2010 opening.


Foundation President and CEO Richard Vincent cuts the ribbon during the opening of the Academic & Research Center at OU with (left to right) Foundation Directors Mark Seckinger, Dr. Tom Anderson, Rick Oremus, Rick Vincent, Dr. George Faerber, Dr. Ruth Purdy, and Jane W. Cunningham.

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