Leo F. SCHWERIN

SCHWERIN

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 11/23/2006 at 23:01:02

Leo F. Schwerin

The Board of Trustees of The Ohio State University expresses its sorrow upon the death on May 17, 2000, of Leo F. Schwerin, Associate Director Emeritus of The Ohio State University Research Foundation. Leo Schwerin was a native of Iowa, born on July 26, 1915. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Physics and Math from Iowa Wesleyan College in 1938, and his Master of Education degree in 1941 from Colorado Northern University. He spent the first five years of his career in Rowan, Iowa, as a high school principal where he also coached baseball and basketball. Mr. Schwerin then taught basic radio for the Signal Corps at Camp Evans, New Jersey, for a short time before coming to Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio, as the assistant chief of the Antenna Lab where he worked for 14 years. He later attended the Lay School of Theology and spent seven years as the director of stewardship and congregation life for the Ohio United Lutheran Church. Leo Schwerin held the position of contracts officer at The Ohio State University Research Foundation from 1962 until he retired in 1982. He had the honor of being the first staff member from the Research Foundation to achieve emeritus status. As a research administrator for the Research Foundation, Leo Schwerin negotiated and administered contracts for the Electroscience Lab and other Air Force and NASA research efforts. He was a dedicated staff person who continued to attend Electroscience Lab functions after his retirement from the Research Foundation. For thirty years, he was an active member of the National Contract Managers Association and was leader of NCMA's National Small Business Group. Over the years, he served the local chapter of NCMA as Treasurer, Secretary, and Fellows Chair, as well as photographer for all chapter meetings and events and contributed much to the photographic history of the local chapter of NCMA.

An avid traveler, he enjoyed hiking and traveling in Alaska, Canada, and Newfoundland. He married his wife, Frances, in 1941 and they were married for over 50 years until her death in 1993. Leo Schwerin was a charter member of Resurrection Lutheran Church and an active member of the Advent Lutheran Church. He was former director of stewardship for the United Lutheran Churches of America and a fifty-year member of the Lutheran Lay Ministry. He was an avid OSU Buckeye sports fan who for many years attended as many OSU football and basketball games as possible.

On behalf of the University community, the Board of Trustees expresses to the family of Leo F. Schwerin its deepest sympathy and sense of understanding of their loss. It was directed that this resolution be inscribed upon the minutes of the Board of Trustees and that a copy be provided to his family as an expression of the Board's heartfelt sympathy.

Source: http://trustees.osu.edu/Minutes/2000July.html