Press Date: 09/02/2009

Grant Medical Center Development Board Adds New Members

COLUMBUS, OH - Richard Terapak, Robert "Skip" Weiler, Jr. and Kenneth R. Frazier have been appointed to the Grant Medical Center Hospital Development Board. 

Grant's development board, composed of committed, volunteer ambassadors from the community devotes it's time to furthering the hospital's philanthropic mission. The board partners with hospital leadership and the OhioHealth Foundation to solicit and steward gifts from individuals, corporations and grant-making organizations. 

Frazier is the vice president for Safety & Health with American Electric Power.  He holds a bachelor of science degree in business administration and has served on the West Virginia State Community and Technical College Power Plant Technology Program Advisory Board, the West Virginia Minority Business Development Board, the Riverside High School Finance Academy Board and has served as second vice president of the Longview Lions Club. He lives in Westerville (43082).

Terapak is a managing partner of Porter Wright Morris & Arthur and has chaired the firm's Heath Care Practice Group since 1997.  He holds a juris doctorate and bachelor of arts degree, both from The Ohio State University. He lives in Columbus (43209).

Weiler is a third generation president of The Robert Weiler Company.  Since 1985, he has specialized in the brokerage and development of residential, commercial, industrial and institutional properties. Active in professional and community organizations, Weiler is a former president of the Columbus Board of Realtors; he presided two terms as president of the largest Big Brothers Big Sisters chapter in the world; and served as president for a number of other organizations. He lives in Westerville (43082).

About OhioHealth

Grant Medical Center, named by U.S. News & World Report as one of America's Best Hospitals for Orthopedics, is a member of OhioHealth. Named by FORTUNE Magazine as one of the "100 Best Companies to Work For" in 2007, 2008 and 2009, OhioHealth is a nationally recognized, not-for-profit, charitable, healthcare organization serving and supported by the community. Based in Columbus, Ohio, it is a family of 17 hospitals, 23 health and surgery centers, home-health providers, medical equipment and health service suppliers throughout a 40-county area. OhioHealth hospitals in central Ohio are Riverside Methodist Hospital, Grant Medical Center, Doctors Hospital, Grady Memorial Hospital and Dublin Methodist Hospital. For more information, please visit our Web site at www.ohiohealth.com. 

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Note to Editors: Kenneth Frazier and Robert "Skip Weiler, Jr. are both residents of Westerville (43082). Richard Terapak lives in the city of Columbus (43209).