COLUMBUS — Some of the men who say they’re survivors of decades-old sexual misconduct by now-deceased Ohio State team doctor Richard Strauss are pleading again for trustees to change how the university has responded to their claims.
Three of them told trustees Thursday that OSU has said the right things but its actions haven’t lived up to its words.
OSU has apologized for not stopping Strauss and has reached nearly $58 million in settlements with 232 survivors.
But unsettled lawsuits by more accusers were dismissed after the school successfully argued the legal window for such claims had passed.
Several plaintiffs from those cases protested outside the meeting.
Trustees approve $15 million in gifts
The board approved $15 million in pledges to the Wexner Medical Center, including a $10.15 million pledge from the Jay & Jeanie Schottenstein Family Foundation to create the Jeffrey Schottenstein Program for Resilience, which will support the College of Medicine and address the mental health crisis facing young adults on campus.
The Robert F. Wolfe and Edgar T. Wolfe Foundation made a $5 million grant to endow a chair for the chief clinical officer position at the Wexner Medical Center.