The Division I Board of Directors and the Division I Management Council have added one new member apiece. Tulane University President Scott Cowen has joined the Board, representing Conference USA, while Ohio University Athletics Director Thomas Boeh has been appointed to the Division I Management Council as a Mid-American Conference representative.

Cowen

Cowen, who replaces retired University of Cincinnati President Joseph Steger on the Board of Directors, is Tulane's 14th president. In addition to his position as CEO, Cowen also holds a joint appointment as the Seymour S Goodman Memorial Professor of Business in Tulane's A.B. Freeman School of Business and Professor of Economics in the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Cowen came to Tulane in 1998 from Case Western Reserve University, where he was a member of the faculty for 23 years.

Since Cowen's arrival at Tulane, the university has realized a 50 percent increase in undergraduate applications, all-time highs in student enrollment and quality, a doubling of total private giving to the university and a record level of research awards. The university has implemented a number of academic and research program initiatives and significantly increased its community outreach.

Cowen holds several leadership positions in national academic and professional associations. He is on the boards of the American Council on Education and the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities. He also is past-president of the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business. Cowen is the co-author of four books and has published more than 60 articles in academic and professional journals on issues dealing with corporate governance, strategic planning and the development of financial management systems.

A recipient of several honors and awards, including the Torch of Learning from Hebrew University and the Torch of Liberty from the Anti-Defamation League, Cowen is also the only academic inductee into the School of Business Hall of Fame at the University of Connecticut. He was also named the George Washington University Distinguished Alumni Scholar for 1998-99.

Cowen received his bachelor of science degree from Connecticut and his master's and doctoral degrees in business administration from George Washington.

Boeh, who attended the Council's October 20-21 meeting in Indianapolis, replaces former Mid-American Conference staff member Stephanie McDonald, who accepted a new position.

Boeh's term on the Council extends through January 2005, though he can be reappointed at that time.

Boeh took the athletics director position at Ohio in July 1995. During the six years of Boeh's administration, Ohio athletics has achieved excellence on and off the field. Ohio places among the nation's leading public institutions in Division I-A student-athlete graduation rates, with a ranking as high as third in 1998. In addition, the Bobcats received the 1999 Mid-American Conference Sportsmanship Trophy.

Ohio's athletics facilities also have undergone major renovation. The school's "Victory with Honor" campaign has resulted in improvements to 32 facilities used by student-athletes.

Boeh recently received the General Robert R. Neyland Athletics Director Award for his achievements at Ohio.

Before coming to Ohio, Boeh served in a variety of roles at Northwestern University; the University of Maine, Orono; the University of Illinois, Champaign; and his alma mater, Loras College.

He received his undergraduate degree from Loras in 1981 and a master of science degree from Illinois in 1988.

He recently was named to a three-year term on the Mid-American Conference Executive Council. He also serves as the chair of the MAC Marketing and Broadcasting Committee and a member of the MAC Finance and Membership Committee.