List of Ohio State University people
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The Ohio State University, commonly referred to as Ohio State, is a public research university located in Columbus, Ohio. It was originally founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and is currently the third largest university campus in the United States...
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Nobel Laureates
- Paul FloryPaul FloryPaul John Flory was an American chemist and Nobel laureate who was known for his prodigious volume of work in the field of polymers, or macromolecules...
, 1974 NobelNobel PrizeThe Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
laureate in ChemistryNobel Prize in ChemistryThe Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of chemistry. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895, awarded for outstanding contributions in chemistry, physics, literature,...
(Ph.D. 1934) - Leon CooperLeon CooperLeon N Cooper is an American physicist and Nobel Prize laureate, who with John Bardeen and John Robert Schrieffer, developed the BCS theory of superconductivity...
, 1972 Nobel Prize in PhysicsNobel Prize in PhysicsThe Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895 and awarded since 1901; the others are the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Peace Prize, and... - William A. Fowler, 1983 Nobel laureate in PhysicsNobel Prize in PhysicsThe Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895 and awarded since 1901; the others are the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Peace Prize, and...
(B.S. 1933) - Kenneth G. WilsonKenneth G. WilsonKenneth Geddes Wilson is an American theoretical physicist and Nobel Prize winner.As an undergraduate at Harvard, he was a Putnam Fellow. He earned his PhD from Caltech in 1961, studying under Murray Gell-Mann....
, 1982 Nobel laureate in PhysicsNobel Prize in PhysicsThe Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895 and awarded since 1901; the others are the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Peace Prize, and...
Pulitzer Prize winners
- Paul H. Buck, History 1938
- Mary OliverMary OliverMary Oliver is an American poet who has won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. The New York Times described her as "far and away, this country's [America's] best-selling poet".-Early life:...
, Poetry 1984 - Walt BogdanichWalt BogdanichWalt Bogdanich is an American investigative journalist.-Life:Bogdanich graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1975 with a degree in political science...
, Specialized Reporting 1988 - Stephen Ohlemacher, Breaking News Reporting 1999
- Judith MillerJudith Miller (journalist)Judith Miller is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist, formerly of the New York Times Washington bureau. Her coverage of Iraq's alleged Weapons of Mass Destruction program both before and after the 2003 invasion generated much controversy...
, Explanatory Reporting 2002 - Diana K. Sugg, Beat Reporting 2003
- Nick Anderson, Editorial Cartooning 2005
- Walt BogdanichWalt BogdanichWalt Bogdanich is an American investigative journalist.-Life:Bogdanich graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1975 with a degree in political science...
, National Reporting 2005 - Julia KellerJulia KellerJulia Keller is an American writer. She won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing for her account of the deadly April 2004 Utica, Illinois tornado outbreak, which was published in the Chicago Tribune, where Keller works as cultural critic...
, Feature Writing 2005 - Walt BogdanichWalt BogdanichWalt Bogdanich is an American investigative journalist.-Life:Bogdanich graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1975 with a degree in political science...
, Investigative Reporting 2008 - Jim SchaeferJim SchaeferJim Schaefer is a journalist based in Detroit, Michigan, for The Detroit Free Press.He graduated from Ohio State University.He was an investigative producer for WXYZ-TV.He led an investigation into fentanyl....
, Local Reporting with the Detroit Free PressDetroit Free PressThe Detroit Free Press is the largest daily newspaper in Detroit, Michigan, USA. The Sunday edition is entitled the Sunday Free Press. It is sometimes informally referred to as the "Freep"...
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Academia
- Rajammal P.Devadas, Former Chancellor, Avinashilingam Deemed University for Women, Coimbatore, INDIA, M.A. (1948), M.Sc. (1950), Ph.D.,Hon D.H.L
- Michael F. AdamsMichael F. AdamsMichael F. Adams is the president of the University of Georgia in the U.S. state of Georgia.Adams began his career in education as faculty at Ohio State University 1973-1975. He later served as vice president for university affairs at Pepperdine University 1982-1988...
, PresidentPresidentA president is a leader of an organization, company, trade union, university, or country.Etymologically, a president is one who presides, who sits in leadership...
, University of GeorgiaUniversity of GeorgiaThe University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1785, it is the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning and is one of multiple schools to claim the title of the oldest public university in the United States...
(M.A. 1971, Ph.D. 1973) - Omer Clyde AderholdOmer Clyde AderholdOmer Clyde "O.C." Aderhold was President of the University of Georgia in Athens from 1950 until 1967.Aderhold was born in Lavonia, Georgia on November 7, 1899. He graduated from UGA in 1923 and received a master's degree, M.A. from UGA as well in 1930. He went on to receive his Ph.D...
, former President, University of Georgia (Ph.D. 1938) - Steve BallardSteve BallardSteve Ballard is the current chancellor at East Carolina University. On June 1, 2004, Chancellor Ballard began his new job, becoming the tenth chief administrator at East Carolina University.- Early life and College :...
, ChancellorChancellorChancellor is the title of various official positions in the governments of many nations. The original chancellors were the Cancellarii of Roman courts of justice—ushers who sat at the cancelli or lattice work screens of a basilica or law court, which separated the judge and counsel from the...
East Carolina UniversityEast Carolina UniversityEast Carolina University is a public, coeducational, engaged doctoral/research university located in Greenville, North Carolina, United States. Named East Carolina University by statute and commonly known as ECU or East Carolina, the university is the largest institution of higher learning in...
(Ph.D. 1976) - Mahzarin BanajiMahzarin BanajiMahzarin Rustum Banaji was born and raised in India, in the town of Secunderabad, where she attended St. Ann's High School. Her B.A. is from and her M.A. in Psychology from Osmania University in Hyderabad. In 1986, Banaji received a Ph.D. from Ohio State University, and was an NIH postdoctoral...
, Richard Clarke CabotRichard Clarke CabotRichard Clarke Cabot was an American physician who advanced clinical hematology, was an innovator in teaching methods, and was a pioneer in social work.-Family History:...
Professor of Social Ethics at Harvard UniversityHarvard UniversityHarvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
(Ph. D) - Douglas BrinkleyDouglas BrinkleyDouglas Brinkley is an American author, professor of history at Rice University and a fellow at the James Baker Institute for Public Policy. Brinkley is the history commentator for CBS News and a contributing editor to the magazine Vanity Fair...
, Director of the Theodore Roosevelt Center for American Civilization at Tulane UniversityTulane UniversityTulane University is a private, nonsectarian research university located in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States...
(B.A. 1982) - Molly Corbett BroadMolly Corbett BroadMolly Corbett Broad is an American educational administrator and the former president of the University of North Carolina.-Early life and education:Broad was born in Pennsylvania, the daughter of two public school teachers...
, President of the University of North Carolina System (M.S. 1964) - Paul H. Buck HistorianHistorianA historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
Former Provost of Harvard UniversityHarvard UniversityHarvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
, Awarded 1938 Pulitzer PrizePulitzer PrizeThe Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
in History (B.A. 1921) - Robert BuzzancoRobert BuzzancoRobert Buzzanco is a scholar of 20th century U.S. history and diplomatic history. He is also one of the America’s leading authorities on the Vietnam War and the dynamics that encompassed this time period. Buzzanco received his Ph.D. from The Ohio State University and currently sits as chair of the...
, professor and chair of the History Department at the University of HoustonUniversity of HoustonThe University of Houston is a state research university, and is the flagship institution of the University of Houston System. Founded in 1927, it is Texas's third-largest university with nearly 40,000 students. Its campus spans 667 acres in southeast Houston, and was known as University of...
(Ph.D.) - David G. Carter, chancellor of Connecticut State University SystemConnecticut State University SystemThe Connecticut State University System is a public university system in Connecticut. CSUS consists of four comprehensive universities with more than 36,500 students and 180,000 alumni. It is the largest university system in the state. The system dates back to the founding Central Connecticut...
and former president of Eastern Connecticut State UniversityEastern Connecticut State UniversityEastern Connecticut State University is a public, coeducational liberal arts university and is a member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges. Eastern is located in Willimantic, Connecticut on . Founded in 1889, it is the second-oldest campus in the Connecticut State University System...
(Ph.D.) - Samuel D. Cook, former President of Dillard UniversityDillard UniversityDillard University is a private, historically black liberal arts college in New Orleans, Louisiana. Founded in 1930 incorporating earlier institutions that went back to 1869, it is affiliated with the United Church of Christ and the United Methodist Church....
(1975–1997) first African-American professor at Duke UniversityDuke UniversityDuke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...
(M.A./Ph.D. 1954) - Phil DiStefano, chancellor University of Colorado, Boulder (B.A; Ph.D)
- Michael Devine, Director of the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and MuseumHarry S. Truman Presidential Library and MuseumThe Harry S Truman Library and Museum is dedicated to preserving papers, books, and other historical materials relating to the 33rd President of the United States Harry S Truman. It is located on a small hill facing U.S...
(Ph. D 1974) - Bill EllisBill EllisBill Ellis is a professor, author and researcher who contributes to the Journal of American Folklore .-Biography:William Ellis was born January 3, 1950 in Roanoke, VA and spent his childhood in Roanoke, as well as in Portsmouth, Ohio when his father was transferred to a section branch with the...
professor of English and American studiesAmerican studiesAmerican studies or American civilization is an interdisciplinary field dealing with the study of the United States. It traditionally incorporates the study of history, literature, and critical theory, but also includes fields as diverse as law, art, the media, film, religious studies, urban...
at Penn State HazletonPenn State HazletonPenn State Hazleton is a commonwealth campus of the Pennsylvania State University. It is located in Sugarloaf Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, near the junction of Interstates 80 and 81...
and an American folklorist. (MA, 1973; Ph.D, 1978) - Perry A. FreyPerry A. FreyPerry A. Frey is professor emeritus of biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1998. Research in his laboratory centered around the elucidation of enzymatic reaction mechanisms....
, professor of biochemistry at University of Wisconsin–MadisonUniversity of Wisconsin–MadisonThe University of Wisconsin–Madison is a public research university located in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1848, UW–Madison is the flagship campus of the University of Wisconsin System. It became a land-grant institution in 1866...
(B.S. 1959) - John W. Garland, President Central State UniversityCentral State UniversityCentral State University, commonly referred to as "C-State", is a historically black university located in Wilberforce, Ohio, United States. It is the only public HBCU in Ohio.-History:...
(J.D. 1974) - Harold J. GrimmHarold J. GrimmProfessor Harold J. Grimm was an academic, historian and writer and an expert on the Reformation.Born in Saginaw in Michigan in 1901, Grimm gained his PhD at Ohio State University. Grimm's numerous posts as an educator included Professor of History at Capital University, the Ohio State University...
, Professor of History and an expert on the Protestant ReformationProtestant ReformationThe Protestant Reformation was a 16th-century split within Western Christianity initiated by Martin Luther, John Calvin and other early Protestants. The efforts of the self-described "reformers", who objected to the doctrines, rituals and ecclesiastical structure of the Roman Catholic Church, led...
(PhD) - Mary Habeck, Board Member National Endowment for the HumanitiesNational Endowment for the HumanitiesThe National Endowment for the Humanities is an independent federal agency of the United States established by the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities. The NEH is located at...
, Professor Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International StudiesPaul H. Nitze School of Advanced International StudiesThe Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies , a division of Johns Hopkins University based in Washington, D.C., is one of the world's leading and most prestigious graduate schools devoted to the study of international affairs, economics, diplomacy, and policy research and...
at Johns Hopkins UniversityJohns Hopkins UniversityThe Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...
(B.A. 1986) - John R. HalsteadJohn R. HalsteadJohn R. Halstead, PhD was inaugurated on April 7, 2006 as SUNY Brockport's sixth president. He has a wife, Kathy, and daughter, Christine. - Education Background :* Post-Doctoral - Harvard University, 1990....
, President of SUNY-BrockportState University of New York at BrockportThe College at Brockport: State University of New York, also known as SUNY Brockport, Brockport State, College at Brockport, or the State University of New York at Brockport, is a four-year liberal arts college located in Brockport, Monroe County, New York, United States, near Rochester...
(Ph.D. 1980) - Judy HampleJudy HampleDr. Judy Gayle Hample is a former president of the University of Mary Washington. She was the university's first female president. Prior to this position, she was chancellor of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education and chancellor of the Florida Board of Regents...
, President of the University of Mary Washington (B.A.; M.A; Ph. D) - Harlan HatcherHarlan HatcherHarlan Henthorne Hatcher served as the eighth President of the University of Michigan from 1951 to 1967.-Biography:...
, former President (1951–1968) of the University of MichiganUniversity of MichiganThe University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
(B.A.; M.A; Ph. D) - Sam HigginbottomSam HigginbottomSam Higginbottom was an English-born Christian missionary in Allahabad, India, where he founded the Allahabad Agricultural Institute.-Early life:...
, missionary and founder of Allahabad Agricultural InstituteAllahabad Agricultural InstituteThe Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, formerly , is a university in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. This is one of the oldest agricultural institutes in South Asia.... - Charles F. HockettCharles F. HockettCharles Francis Hockett was an American linguist who developed many influential ideas in American structuralist linguistics. He represents the post-Bloomfieldian phase of structuralism often referred to as "distributionalism" or "taxonomic structuralism"...
, LinguistLinguisticsLinguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context....
, professor at Cornell UniversityCornell UniversityCornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
(B.A./M.A. 1936) - Philip G. Hoffman, Former President of the University of HoustonUniversity of HoustonThe University of Houston is a state research university, and is the flagship institution of the University of Houston System. Founded in 1927, it is Texas's third-largest university with nearly 40,000 students. Its campus spans 667 acres in southeast Houston, and was known as University of...
(1961–1977), and first Chancellor of the University of Houston SystemUniversity of Houston SystemThe University of Houston System is a state university system in Texas, encompassing four separate and distinct universities. It has two system centers, which operate as and distance learning course delivery sites for its universities...
(1977–1979) (Ph.D. 1948) - Michael HoganMichael Hogan (academic)Michael J. Hogan is an American academic who has served in the administrations or on the faculty of many American universities, wrote or edited numerous books, contributed as an adviser to the U. S. Department of State and several documentaries....
, former history professor, former president of the University of Connecticut, and current president of the University of Illinois - Donald KaganDonald KaganDonald Kagan is an American historian at Yale University specializing in ancient Greece, notable for his four-volume history of the Peloponnesian War. 1987-1988 Acting Director of Athletics, Yale University. He was Dean of Yale College from 1989–1992. He formerly taught in the Department of...
, Scholar Sterling ProfessorSterling ProfessorA Sterling Professorship is the highest academic rank at Yale University, awarded to a tenured faculty member considered one of the best in his or her field...
of Classics and History at YaleYALERapidMiner, formerly YALE , is an environment for machine learning, data mining, text mining, predictive analytics, and business analytics. It is used for research, education, training, rapid prototyping, application development, and industrial applications...
(Ph.D., 1958) - Murray KriegerMurray KriegerMurray Krieger was an American literary critic and theorist. He was a professor at the University of Iowa from 1963, and then the University of California, Irvine.He was born in Newark, New Jersey...
, an American literary critic and theorist, a professor at the University of IowaUniversity of IowaThe University of Iowa is a public state-supported research university located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It is the oldest public university in the state. The university is organized into eleven colleges granting undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees...
and the University of California, IrvineUniversity of California, IrvineThe University of California, Irvine , founded in 1965, is one of the ten campuses of the University of California, located in Irvine, California, USA...
(Ph.D. 1952) - Vijay KumarVijay Kumar (roboticist)Vijay Kumar is an Indian roboticist and professor in the School of Engineering & Applied Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania. Kumar is known for his research in the control and coordination of multi-robot formations.-Education:* B...
, professor in the School of Engineering & Applied Sciences at the University of PennsylvaniaUniversity of PennsylvaniaThe University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
(M.Sc. 1985; Ph.D. 1987) - Arthur LucasArthur Lucas (academic)For one of the two last men to be executed in Canada, please see Arthur LucasArthur Maurice Lucas FIBiol is an Australian academic who served as the 18th Principal of King's College London....
, Principal of King's College LondonKing's College LondonKing's College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London. King's has a claim to being the third oldest university in England, having been founded by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington in 1829, and...
(1993–2003) (Ph.D) - Amit P. ShethAmit ShethDr. Amit Sheth is a computer scientist at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. He is the Lexis Nexis Ohio Eminent Scholar for Advanced Data Management and Analysis....
, professor at Wright State UniversityWright State UniversityWright State University is a comprehensive public university with strong doctoral, research, and undergraduate programs, rated among the 260 Best National Universities listed in the annual "America's Best Colleges" rankings by U.S. News and World Report. Wright State is located in Fairborn, Ohio,...
and director of Kno.e.sis Center (M.S. 1983; Ph.D. 1985 ) - David Warren MaurerDavid MaurerDavid Warren Maurer was a professor of linguistics at the University of Louisville from 1937 to 1972, and an author of numerous studies of the language of the American underworld....
professor of linguistics at the University of LouisvilleUniversity of LouisvilleThe University of Louisville is a public university in Louisville, Kentucky. When founded in 1798, it was the first city-owned public university in the United States and one of the first universities chartered west of the Allegheny Mountains. The university is mandated by the Kentucky General...
and an author of numerous studies of the language of the American underworld (Ph.D.) - Raymond MikesellRaymond MikesellRaymond Frech Mikesell was an economics professor at the University of Oregon and was believed to be the last surviving economist from the Bretton Woods conference....
, EconomistEconomistAn economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
Participant in the Bretton Woods Conference (B.S. Ph.D.) - Allan R. Millett, former professor of history and current director of the National World War II MuseumNational World War II MuseumThe National World War II Museum, formerly known as the National D-Day Museum, is a museum located in the Central Business District of New Orleans, Louisiana, at the corner of Andrew Higgins Boulevard and Magazine Street. It focuses on the contribution made by the United States to victory by the...
in New Orleans, (B.A., PhD) - Harold Nestor, former President (1978–1995) of Columbus State Community CollegeColumbus State Community College]Columbus State Community College, commonly referred to as CSCC, was first established in Columbus, Ohio as Columbus Area Technician's School in 1963 and was renamed Columbus Technical Institute in 1965...
(B.S. 1960; M.A. 1966; Ph.D. 1970) - Richard Thacker MorrisRichard Thacker MorrisRichard Thacker Morris was a professor of Sociology at the University of California at Los Angeles. He was the author of The Two-Way Mirror: National Status in Foreign Students' Adjustment , as well as The White Reaction Study , an important work on urban race relations.-Academic career:Dr. Morris...
, Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Los AngelesUniversity of California, Los AngelesThe University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...
, chairman of the Sociology Department at UCLA, author (Ph.D. 1952) - Hasan Bülent Paksoy, Professor of History D.Phil Oxford
- Henry Panion, IIIHenry PanionHenry Panion, III is an American composer, arranger, conductor, educator, and Professor in the Department of Music at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He holds degrees in music education and music theory from Alabama A & M University and the Ohio State University, respectively...
an American composer, arranger, conductor, educator, and professor & chairman in the Department of Music at the University of Alabama at BirminghamUniversity of Alabama at BirminghamThe University of Alabama at Birmingham is a public university in Birmingham in the U.S. state of Alabama. Developing from an extension center established in 1936, the institution became an autonomous institution in 1969 and is today one of three institutions in the University of Alabama System...
(Ph.D.) - Calie PistoriusCalie PistoriusCarl Wilhelm Irene Pistorius is a South African academic who is currently the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hull, Kingston upon Hull, United Kingdom.-Education:...
, Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of PretoriaUniversity of PretoriaThe University of Pretoria is a multi campus public research university located in Pretoria, the administrative and de facto capital of South Africa...
in South Africa. (M.S. 1984; Ph.D. 1986) - Michael J. SaksMichael J. SaksMichael J. Saks is a professor of law at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University; he holds a secondary appointment in the department of psychology....
, professor of law & psychology at Arizona State UniversityArizona State UniversityArizona State University is a public research university located in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area of the State of Arizona...
, president of the American Psychology-Law SocietyAmerican Psychology-Law SocietyThe American Psychology-Law Society is an academic society for legal and forensic psychologists, as well as general psychologists who are interested in the application of psychology to the law. AP-LS serves as Division 41 of the American Psychological Association and publishes the academic journal...
and an editor of the scientific journalScientific journalIn academic publishing, a scientific journal is a periodical publication intended to further the progress of science, usually by reporting new research. There are thousands of scientific journals in publication, and many more have been published at various points in the past...
, Law and Human BehaviorLaw and Human BehaviorLaw and Human Behavior is a bimonthly academic journal published by the American Psychology-Law Society. It publishes original empirical papers, reviews and meta-analyses on how the law, legal system, and legal process relate to human behavior, particularly legal psychology and forensic...
(Ph.D., 1975) - Arthur M. Schlesinger, Sr.Arthur M. Schlesinger, Sr.Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Sr. was an American historian. His son, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. was also a noted historian.-Life and career:...
, Historian namesake of Schlesinger LibrarySchlesinger LibraryThe Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America is a research library at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University. According to Nancy F...
at Harvard UniversityHarvard UniversityHarvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
(B.A. 1910) - W. Ann ReynoldsW. Ann ReynoldsWynetka Ann Reynolds is a zoologist and university administrator who has served as provost of the Ohio State University , chancellor of the California State University system , chancellor of the City University of New York , and president of the University of Alabama at Birmingham...
, former President of the University of Alabama at BirminghamUniversity of Alabama at BirminghamThe University of Alabama at Birmingham is a public university in Birmingham in the U.S. state of Alabama. Developing from an extension center established in 1936, the institution became an autonomous institution in 1969 and is today one of three institutions in the University of Alabama System...
(1997–2003), a former Chancellor of the City University of New YorkCity University of New YorkThe City University of New York is the public university system of New York City, with its administrative offices in Yorkville in Manhattan. It is the largest urban university in the United States, consisting of 23 institutions: 11 senior colleges, six community colleges, the William E...
, in New York, New York (1990–1997), a former Chancellor of the California State UniversityCalifornia State UniversityThe California State University is a public university system in the state of California. It is one of three public higher education systems in the state, the other two being the University of California system and the California Community College system. It is incorporated as The Trustees of the...
system (1982–1990) and former Provost at the Ohio State UniversityOhio State UniversityThe Ohio State University, commonly referred to as Ohio State, is a public research university located in Columbus, Ohio. It was originally founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and is currently the third largest university campus in the United States...
(1979–1982), currently a director of Abbott LaboratoriesAbbott LaboratoriesAbbott Laboratories is an American-based global, diversified pharmaceuticals and health care products company. It has 90,000 employees and operates in over 130 countries. The company headquarters are in Abbott Park, North Chicago, Illinois. The company was founded by Chicago physician, Dr....
, Invitrogen CorporationInvitrogenInvitrogen Corporation was a large, multinational biotechnology company headquartered in Carlsbad, California. In November 2008, a merger between Applied Biosystems and Invitrogen was finalized...
, Humana Inc., and Owens CorningOwens CorningOwens Corning Corporation is the world's largest manufacturer of fiberglass and related products. It was formed in 1935 as a partnership between two major American glassworks, Corning Glass Works and Owens-Illinois. The company was spun off as a separate entity on November 1, 1938... - Gene SharpGene SharpGene Sharp is Professor Emeritus of political science at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. He is known for his extensive writings on nonviolent struggle, which have influenced numerous anti-government resistance movements around the world.-Biography:Sharp was born in Ohio, the son of an...
, Political Scientist, founder of the Albert Einstein InstitutionAlbert Einstein InstitutionThe Albert Einstein Institution is a non-profit organization that specializes in the study of the methods of non-violent resistance in conflicts and to explore its policy potential and communicate these findings through print and other media, translations, conferences, consultations, and workshops...
, whose writings on non-violent revolution have been credited with providing the intellectual underpinnings for democratic movements around the world. (B.A. 1949; M.A. 1951) - Barbara R. Snyder, President Case Western Reserve UniversityCase Western Reserve UniversityCase Western Reserve University is a private research university located in Cleveland, Ohio, USA...
(B.A.) - Sharon J. Washington Executive Director of the National Writing ProjectNational Writing ProjectThe National Writing Project is a United States professional development network that serves teachers of writing at all grade levels, primary through university, and in all subjects...
(B.A.; M.A. Ph. D) - John A. White, Chancellor of the University of ArkansasUniversity of ArkansasThe University of Arkansas is a public, co-educational, land-grant, space-grant, research university. It is classified by the Carnegie Foundation as a research university with very high research activity. It is the flagship campus of the University of Arkansas System and is located in...
(Ph. D) - Nancy L. Zimpher, Chancellor, State University of New YorkState University of New YorkThe State University of New York, abbreviated SUNY , is a system of public institutions of higher education in New York, United States. It is the largest comprehensive system of universities, colleges, and community colleges in the United States, with a total enrollment of 465,000 students, plus...
system (BA 1968; M.A. 1971; Ph.D. 1976)
Arts and literature
- Berenice AbbottBerenice AbbottBerenice Abbott , born Bernice Abbott, was an American photographer best known for her black-and-white photography of New York City architecture and urban design of the 1930s.-Youth:...
, photographer (briefly) - James AkinsJames Akins (tubist)James Akins is an American tubist, music professor, and both a player and maker of Native American Flutes.-Life and career:Akins studied the tuba with Ronald Bishop, Cleveland Orchestra; Arnold Jacobs, Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Robert Ryker, Montreal Symphony; Fredrick Schaufele Jr, Lakewood High...
, Principal Tubist, Columbus Symphony OrchestraColumbus Symphony OrchestraThe Columbus Symphony is an American symphony orchestra based in Columbus, Ohio. The oldest performing arts organization in the city, its home is the Ohio Theatre. The orchestra's current President and Chief Creative Officer is Roland Valliere...
(B.M. 1978; M.M. 1982) - John Backderf, a.k.a Derf, political and satirical writer/cartoonist
- Brian BassetBrian BassetBrian Basset is an American comic strip artist, with two daily strips, Adam At Home and Red and Rover. Previously, he worked as an editorial cartoonist for the Seattle Times....
, Seattle-based cartoonist and painter. Editorial cartoonist, The Seattle TimesThe Seattle TimesThe Seattle Times is a newspaper serving Seattle, Washington, US. It is the largest daily newspaper in the state of Washington. It has been, since the demise in 2009 of the printed version of the rival Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle's only major daily print newspaper.-History:The Seattle Times...
1978–1994, creator of the comic strip Adam@Home 1984–2009, creator of the comic strip Red and Rover 2000 – . (1975–1978) (attended but did not graduate) - George Wesley Bellows, painterPaintingPainting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
(1905) (attended but did not graduate) - Matthew BrandeburgMatthew BrandeburgMatthew Michael Brandeburg is an American author, columnist, and lecturer.- Writing :Brandeburg writes on the subjects of personal financial planning and general business management...
, Author (B.A. 2005) - Lois McMaster BujoldLois McMaster BujoldLois McMaster Bujold is an American author of science fiction and fantasy works. Bujold is one of the most acclaimed writers in her field, having won the prestigious Hugo Award for best novel four times, matching Robert A. Heinlein's record. Her novella The Mountains of Mourning won both the Hugo...
, Science Fiction Novelist (B.A. 1972) - Milton CaniffMilton CaniffMilton Arthur Paul Caniff was an American cartoonist famous for the Terry and the Pirates and Steve Canyon comic strips.-Biography:...
, cartoonistCartoonistA cartoonist is a person who specializes in drawing cartoons. This work is usually humorous, mainly created for entertainment, political commentary or advertising...
(1930) - Charles CsuriCharles CsuriCharles Csuri , aka Chuck Csuri, is a pioneer in the field of computer art and a former All American college football player.-Digital art:...
, ArtistArtistAn artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
influential artist and scholar; father of digital art and computer animation (BFA; MFA) - Tom Doyle, Sculptor 1994 lifetime achievement award from American Academy of Arts and Letters (BFA 1952; MFA 1953)
- Harlan EllisonHarlan EllisonHarlan Jay Ellison is an American writer. His principal genre is speculative fiction.His published works include over 1,700 short stories, novellas, screenplays, teleplays, essays, a wide range of criticism covering literature, film, television, and print media...
, Science fictionScience fictionScience fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
writer (attended but did not graduate; expelled) - Dorothy Canfield FisherDorothy Canfield FisherDorothy Canfield Fisher was an educational reformer, social activist, and best-selling American author in the early decades of the twentieth century. She was named by Eleanor Roosevelt as one of the ten most influential women in the United States...
Novelist and education activist (B.A. 1899) - Brian GageBrian GageBrian Gage is an American author of satire, fairy tales, and fiction. He was born and raised in Youngstown, Ohio.-Bibliography:*Snark, Inc...
American author of satire, fairy tales, and fiction. (B.S. 1996) - Jan GrooverJan GrooverJan Groover is an American photographer residing in Montpon-Menesterol, France, She is noted for her use of emerging color technologies...
, photographerPhotographyPhotography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
noted for her use of emerging colorColorColor or colour is the visual perceptual property corresponding in humans to the categories called red, green, blue and others. Color derives from the spectrum of light interacting in the eye with the spectral sensitivities of the light receptors...
technologies (M.A. 1970) - Virginia HamiltonVirginia HamiltonVirginia Esther Hamilton was an award-winning author of children's books. She wrote 41 books, including M. C. Higgins, the Great, for which she won the National Book Award in 1974 and the 1975 Newbery Medal....
, author (M.A. 1958) - Karen HarperKaren HarperKaren Harper is an historical fiction and contemporary fiction author. She is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author.-Writing career:...
, author (B.A. 1967, M.A. 1969) - Chester HimesChester HimesChester Bomar Himes was an American writer. His works include If He Hollers Let Him Go and a series of Harlem Detective novels...
, writer - Velina Hasu HoustonVelina Hasu HoustonVelina Hasu Houston, born Velina Avisa Hasu Houston, is an award winning American playwright, essayist, poet, author, editor, and screenwriter...
, playwright - Kermit HunterKermit HunterKermit Houston Hunter American playwright known primarily for writing outdoor historical dramas.Born in McDowell County, West Virginia in 1910, Hunter went on to Ohio State University where he graduated in 1931. After graduation, he held a number of jobs and joined the U.S. Army in 1940...
, Playwright (B.A. 1931) - John JakesJohn JakesJohn William Jakes is an American writer, best known for American historical fiction.-Early life and education:...
, author (M.A. 1954) - Kerry G. JohnsonKerry G. JohnsonKerry G. Johnson is an African-American graphic designer, caricaturist and humorous illustrator.He was born in Nashville, Tennessee on September 30, 1966...
, caricaturist and cartoonist (B.F.A 1989) - Adrienne KennedyAdrienne KennedyAdrienne Kennedy is an African-American playwright and was a key figure in the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and 1970s. She is best known for her first major play Funnyhouse of a Negro....
, Playwright, multiple Obie AwardObie AwardThe Obie Awards or Off-Broadway Theater Awards are annual awards given by The Village Voice newspaper to theatre artists and groups in New York City...
recipient, Guggenheim Fellow (B.A. 1953) - David Kier, novelist and historian
- Betina KrahnBetina KrahnBetina Krahn is a RITA Award winning and New York Times best-selling author of historical romance novels.-Early years:...
, author (B.S.) - Jerome LawrenceJerome LawrenceJerome Lawrence was an American playwright and author.-Life and career:Lawrence was born Jerome Lawrence Schwartz in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Sarah , a poet, and Samuel Schwartz, a printer. He worked for several small newspapers as a reporter/editor before moving into radio as a writer for CBS....
, playwright (B.A. 1937) - Samella LewisSamella LewisSamella Sanders Lewis is an African American artist , author, and former educator. Widely exhibited and collected as an artist herself, she is nevertheless perhaps even better known as a historian, critic, and collector of art, especially African-American art...
, artistArtistAn artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
, noted printmaker, art historian and scholar of African-American art, first African American woman to receive a doctorate in fine arts and art history. (M.A. 1948 Ph. D 1951) - Roy LichtensteinRoy LichtensteinRoy Lichtenstein was a prominent American pop artist. During the 1960s his paintings were exhibited at the Leo Castelli Gallery in New York City and along with Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, James Rosenquist and others he became a leading figure in the new art movement...
, artist (BFA, 1946; MFA, 1949; honorary doctorate, 1988) - Stephen MontagueStephen MontagueStephen Montague is a composer who grew up in West Virginia and Florida.-Education:After studying piano, conducting and composition at Florida State University B.M 1965 with Honors, M.M 1967, he received a doctorate in composition from Ohio State University in 1972...
, composerComposerA composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
and worldwide touring musician (2000 distinguished alumnus) (Ph.D. 1972) - Aimee NezhukumatathilAimee NezhukumatathilAimee Nezhukumatathil is an Asian American poet, best known for her jovial and accessible reading style and lush descriptions of exotic foods and landscapes...
, poet (B.A and M.F.A. 1996/2000) - Phil OchsPhil OchsPhilip David Ochs was an American protest singer and songwriter who was known for his sharp wit, sardonic humor, earnest humanism, political activism, insightful and alliterative lyrics, and haunting voice...
, 1960s folk singer, majored in journalism - Mary OliverMary OliverMary Oliver is an American poet who has won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. The New York Times described her as "far and away, this country's [America's] best-selling poet".-Early life:...
, 1984 Pulitzer PrizePulitzer PrizeThe Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
winner for poetry (attended but did not graduate) - Cynthia OzickCynthia OzickCynthia Ozick is an American short story writer, novelist, and essayist. She is the niece of the Hebraist Abraham Regelson.-Background:Cynthia Shoshana Ozick was born in New York City, the second of two children...
, author (M.A., 1950) - Paul PalnikPaul PalnikPaul Palnik is a Jewish-American artist, writer and educator.Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Palnik introduced kabbalistic, spiritual themes, into his cartoons in the 1980s-1990s His cartoons could be described as equal parts graphic design, drawing, poetry and literature. Palnik's images are pen and ink...
, cartoon artist and writer. (BFA, 1968; MA 1969) Numerous original drawings in the collection of The Ohio State University Libraries - Carla PetersonCarla PetersonCarla L. Peterson is a Professor of English at the University of Maryland, College Park. Her expertise includes nineteenth-century African American women writers and speakers in the northern US, African American novelists in the post-Reconstruction era, and gender and culture in historical...
,director Dance Theater Workshop, New York City (M.F.A. Art 1982) - Clayton RawsonClayton RawsonClayton Rawson was an American mystery writer, editor, and amateur magician. His four novels frequently invoke his great knowledge of stage magic and feature as their fictional detective The Great Merlini, a professional magician who runs a shop selling magic supplies...
, mystery writer (B.A. 1929) - Christopher RiesChristopher Ries-Biography:Ries was born in Columbus, Ohio and grew up on a farm. He attended The Ohio State University, where he earned a BFA in glass and ceramics...
, glass sculptor (BFA, 1975) - Frank SchmallegerFrank SchmallegerFrank Schmalleger is the director of the Justice Research Association. In 1974, he received a Ph.D. in sociology from Ohio State University. He is a professor emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke...
, professor and author (Ph.D., 1974) - Loren SingerLoren SingerLoren Adelson Singer was an American novelist, best-known for his 1970 political thriller, The Parallax View, which was made into a successful 1974 film, of the same name, starring Warren Beatty, Paula Prentiss, Hume Cronyn and William Daniels.Singer was born in Buffalo, New York on March 5, 1923...
, screenwriter and novelist (B.A., 1947) - Jeff SmithJeff Smith (cartoonist)Jeff Smith is an American cartoonist, best known as the creator of the self-published comic book series Bone. His current series, RASL, focuses on an art thief who hops through dimensional barriers, hiding out on various parallel worlds.-Early life and education:Jeff Smith was born in McKees...
, Eisner AwardEisner AwardThe Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, commonly shortened to the Eisner Awards, and sometimes referred to as the Oscar Awards of the Comics Industry, are prizes given for creative achievement in American comic books. The Eisner Awards were first conferred in 1988, created in response to the...
winning cartoonist, creator of the comic book series Bone (B.A.) - Samuel Steward, professor and author (see also Phil AndrosPhil AndrosSamuel Morris Steward , also known by the pen name Phil Andros, was a novelist and tattoo artist from Ohio, later based in Oakland, California.-Biography:...
) (Ph.D., 1934) - R. L. StineR. L. StineRobert Lawrence Stine , known as R. L. Stine, and Jovial Bob Stine, is an American writer. Stine, who is called the "Stephen King of children's literature," is the author of hundreds of horror fiction novels, including the books in the Fear Street, Goosebumps, Rotten School, Mostly Ghostly, and The...
, children's author of GoosebumpsGoosebumpsGoosebumps is a series of children's horror fiction novels written by American author R. L. Stine and first published by Scholastic Publishing. It is a collection of stories that feature semi-homogenous plot structures, with fictional children being involved in scary situations...
series (B.A., 1965) - Julia SuitsJulia SuitsJulia Suits is a contributing cartoonist for The New Yorker and other publications.Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Suits received a BFA in painting from Beloit College and an MFA from Ohio State...
, cartoonist for The New YorkerThe New YorkerThe New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons and poetry published by Condé Nast...
(M.F.A., Sculpture, 1982) - James ThurberJames ThurberJames Grover Thurber was an American author, cartoonist and celebrated wit. Thurber was best known for his cartoons and short stories published in The New Yorker magazine.-Life:...
, author and humorist (attended but did not graduate) - Jon WhitcombJon WhitcombJon Whitcomb was an American illustrator. He was well-known for his pictures of glamorous young women. He was born in Weatherford, Oklahoma and grew up in Manitowoc, Wisconsin...
American illustrator whose style became highly influential in mid century American magazines (B.A.)
Business
- Dan AmstutzDan AmstutzDaniel G. Amstutz was a U.S. government official and grain-trading industry executive who played a prominent role during negotiation of the Uruguay Round of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade rules on agriculture, and in the U.S. occupation of Iraq.- Early years :Amstutz was born November 8,...
, influential expert on agriculture trade with Goldman SachsGoldman SachsThe Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is an American multinational bulge bracket investment banking and securities firm that engages in global investment banking, securities, investment management, and other financial services primarily with institutional clients...
, as Ambassador and Chief Negotiator for Agriculture during the Uruguay RoundUruguay RoundThe Uruguay Round was the 8th round of Multilateral trade negotiations conducted within the framework of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade , spanning from 1986-1994 and embracing 123 countries as “contracting parties”. The Round transformed the GATT into the World Trade Organization...
General Agreement on Tariffs and TradeGeneral Agreement on Tariffs and TradeThe General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade was negotiated during the UN Conference on Trade and Employment and was the outcome of the failure of negotiating governments to create the International Trade Organization . GATT was signed in 1947 and lasted until 1993, when it was replaced by the World...
and later Executive Director of the International Wheat CouncilInternational Wheat CouncilThe International Wheat Council is an international organization established on March 23, 1949 at the initiative of the U.S. government for the purpose of egalitarian distribution of wheat to countries in a state of emergency. It was part of the Point Four Program announced by US President Harry...
in London, England. (B.S. 1954) - William “Mil” Batten, former CEO of J.C. PenneyJ.C. PenneyJ. C. Penney Company, Inc. is a chain of American mid-range department stores based in Plano, Texas, a suburb north of Dallas. The company operates 1,107 department stores in all 50 U.S. states and Puerto Rico. JCPenney also operates catalog sales merchant offices nationwide in many...
(1958–1974), former President of The New York Stock Exchange(1976–1984) (B.S. 1932) - Brian Besanceney (B.A. 1993), Senior Vice President, Public Affairs, Walt Disney World ResortWalt Disney World ResortWalt Disney World Resort , is the world's most-visited entertaimental resort. Located in Lake Buena Vista, Florida ; approximately southwest of Orlando, Florida, United States, the resort covers an area of and includes four theme parks, two water parks, 23 on-site themed resort hotels Walt...
- Ray Boshara, Director, Asset Building Program for the New America FoundationNew America FoundationThe New America Foundation is a non-profit public policy institute and think tank with offices in Washington, D.C. and Sacramento, CA. It was founded in 1999 by Ted Halstead, Sherle Schwenninger, Michael Lind and Walter Russell Mead....
, selected in 2002 by EsquireEsquire (magazine)Esquire is a men's magazine, published in the U.S. by the Hearst Corporation. Founded in 1932, it flourished during the Great Depression under the guidance of founder and editor Arnold Gingrich.-History:...
as one of "America's Best and Brightest" (B.A.) - Charles J. Bramlage President Valeant Pharmaceutical EuropeValeant Pharmaceuticals InternationalValeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. is a pharmaceutical company with activities spanning the drug discovery pipeline from target identification through clinical trials and commercialization. The focus of the company is on neurology, dermatology and infectious disease with several drugs in...
(B.S.) - Mary Elizabeth Deming Combe, Founder of Combe IncorporatedCombe IncorporatedCombe Incorporated, based in White Plains, New York, is a privately owned personal-care company founded in 1949 by Ivan Combe. Combe products are sold in 64 countries on six continents. Ivan Combe primarily promotes the brand names instead of the company name...
(B.A. 1938) - Christopher M. Connor, Chairman and CEO of Sherwin-Williams CompanySherwin-Williams CompanyThe Sherwin-Williams Company is an American Fortune 500 company in the general building materials industry. The company primarily engages in the manufacture, distribution, and sale of paints, coatings and related products to professional, industrial, commercial, and retail customers primarily in...
(B.S. 1978) - James C. Cotting, former Chairman and CEO of Navistar current Governor of the Chicago Stock ExchangeChicago Stock ExchangeThe Chicago Stock Exchange is a stock exchange in Chicago, Illinois, USA. The exchange is a national securities exchange and self-regulated organization, which operates under the oversight of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission . The Chicago Stock Exchange is the third most active stock...
(B.A. 1955) - Ralph S. Cunningham, former President and CEO of CitgoCitgoCITGO Petroleum Corporation is a United States-incorporated, Venezuela-owned refiner, transporter and marketer of transportation fuels, lubricants, petrochemicals and other industrial products. The company is owned by PDV America, Inc., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Petróleos de...
(B.S. 1964; M.S. 1966) - Harry R. Drackett, inventor of Windex (B.S. 1907)
- Emily E. DouglasEmily Elizabeth DouglasEmily Elizabeth Douglas is the founder and executive director of Grandma's Gifts Incorporated. She is from Powell, Ohio, and currently works for Battelle Memorial Institute with Battelle for Kids....
, Founder and CEO of Grandma's GiftsGrandma's GiftsGrandma's Gifts is an incorporated, non-profit organization started by Emily Elizabeth Douglas in 1993 at age 11, in memory of her grandmother. The organization provides goods and services to impoverished children and their families while focusing on Appalachian areas of the United States...
(M.L.H.R. 2007, M.B.A 2009) - Max M. Fisher, PhilanthropistPhilanthropistA philanthropist is someone who engages in philanthropy; that is, someone who donates his or her time, money, and/or reputation to charitable causes...
noted businessman and philanthropist; significant donor to and the namesake of the Fisher College of Business at Ohio State (B.S. 1930) - Mark R. Goldston, Chairman and CEO of NetzeroNetZeroNetZero is an Internet service provider based in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California. It is a subsidiary of United Online, owner of Juno Online Services and BlueLight Internet Services. The current chairman, president, and CEO of United Online is Mark Goldston.- History :NetZero launched in...
parent company United OnlineUnited OnlineUnited Online is a public company formed by the 2001 merger of NetZero and Juno Online Services. The company's range of products and services has evolved significantly since inception, primarily through a series of acquisitions that have included Classmates Online , MyPoints and FTD Group, Inc. ....
In 1986, at the age of 31, he became youngest President of a Fortune 500Fortune 500The Fortune 500 is an annual list compiled and published by Fortune magazine that ranks the top 500 U.S. closely held and public corporations as ranked by their gross revenue after adjustments made by Fortune to exclude the impact of excise taxes companies collect. The list includes publicly and...
company when he took over FabergeFabergéFabergé may refer to:*House of Fabergé, a Russian jewelry firm founded by Gustav Faberge in 1842*Fabergé workmaster, goldsmiths who produced jewelry for the House of Fabergé*Fabergé eggs, the most famous works of the House of Faberge...
. (B.S. 1977) - Steven Greer, Founder and CEO of The Healthcare Channel THEHCC.TV, (B.S., M.D.)
- Daniel Gressel, Economic advisor to Indonesia, Costa Rica, and Chile, President Teleos Asset Management an international hedge fundHedge fundA hedge fund is a private pool of capital actively managed by an investment adviser. Hedge funds are only open for investment to a limited number of accredited or qualified investors who meet criteria set by regulators. These investors can be institutions, such as pension funds, university...
(B.S. 1976) - Ray J. Groves long-time Chairman and CEO of Ernst & YoungErnst & YoungErnst & Young is one of the largest professional services networks in the world and one of the "Big Four" accountancy firms, along with Deloitte, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers ....
(B.S. 1957) - Paul F. IamsPaul F. IamsPaul Falknor Iams was the founder of the Iams Company which is known for its high-end line of pet foods.Iams graduated from the Ohio State University in 1937, and sold dog food during the Great Depression. He learned that not even severe economic hardship would stop owners from buying food to...
, founder of The Iams CompanyIamsIams is a brand name for dog food and cat food manufactured by Procter & Gamble . The company sells pet food for cats and dogs formulated for puppy/kitten, adult and mature. Its products are developed by nutritionists and veterinarians and can be found in three main formulas: ProActive Health,...
(B.S. 1937) - Robert David Irwin, President and CEO of Sterling CommerceSterling CommerceSterling Commerce, an IBM company, provides business-to-business commerce solutions that enable the sharing of information among people, business systems, and enterprise systems...
(B.S. 1982) - William IsaacWilliam IsaacWilliam Isaac was the Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation . He founded the regulatory consulting firm The Secura Group LLC which is now a part of FTI Consulting, Inc., a global consulting firm...
, former Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance CorporationFederal Deposit Insurance CorporationThe Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is a United States government corporation created by the Glass–Steagall Act of 1933. It provides deposit insurance, which guarantees the safety of deposits in member banks, currently up to $250,000 per depositor per bank. , the FDIC insures deposits at...
from 1981 to 1985 and current Chairman of consulting firm LECG’s Global Financial Services - John C. Jay, Creative DirectorCreative DirectorA creative director is a position often found within the graphic design, film, music, fashion, advertising, media or entertainment industries, but may be useful in other creative organizations such as web development and software development firms as well....
of Wieden + Kennedy (B.A.) - Vyomesh JoshiVyomesh JoshiVyomesh Joshi is the executive vice president of Hewlett-Packard Company's Imaging and Printing Group. He also serves as the executive sponsor for all HP operations and initiatives in India and is a member of HP’s Executive Council....
, Senior Vice President at Hewlett-Packard in charge of printer division (M.S. 1980) - Yang HuiyanYang HuiyanYang Huiyan is the majority shareholder of Country Garden Holdings and one of the wealthiest people in Mainland China, with an estimated net worth of $7.4 billion USD as of March 2009...
, Real Estate Developer, China's wealthiest woman with a 16.2 billion dollar net worth in 2007 (B.A.) - Dana T. Kuhn, C.F.A., Chief Credit Officer, National City Bank (B.A. 1982 M.B.A. 1988)
- Charles H. Kellstadt, former Chairman and CEO of Sears, Roebuck and Co., namesake of business school at Depaul UniversityDePaul UniversityDePaul University is a private institution of higher education and research in Chicago, Illinois. Founded by the Vincentians in 1898, the university takes its name from the 17th century French priest Saint Vincent de Paul...
(B.S. 1920) - Fred Lazarus, Jr.Fred Lazarus, Jr.Fred R. Lazarus, Jr. was the Jewish-American founder of Federated Department Stores . Born in Columbus, Ohio, Fred, the second of four brothers , grew up working in his family's store, F...
, the founder of Federated Department StoresFederated Department StoresMacy's, Inc. is a department store holding company and owner of Macy's and Bloomingdale's department stores. Macy's Inc.'s stores specialize mostly in retail clothing, jewelery, watches, dinnerware, and furniture.... - James F. Lincoln, former President of Lincoln Electric Company (attended until 1907)
- Tami Longaberger, CEO of The Longaberger CompanyThe Longaberger CompanyThe Longaberger Company is an American manufacturer of handcrafted maple wood baskets and offers other home and lifestyle products, including pottery, wrought iron, fabric accessories and specialty foods. It is one of the primary employers in the southeastern Ohio area near Dresden, Ohio. Started...
, (B.S. 1984) - Michael LaRocco, president and CEO of Fireman's Fund Insurance CompanyFireman's Fund Insurance CompanyFireman's Fund Insurance Company, based in Novato, Calif., provides personal and commercial property and casualty insurance products in the United States....
(B.S.1978) - William G. Lowrie, former President AmocoAmocoAmoco Corporation, originally Standard Oil Company , was a global chemical and oil company, founded in 1889 around a refinery located in Whiting, Indiana, United States....
(BSCheE, 1966) - George McKerrow Jr, Founder and CEO of LongHorn SteakhouseLongHorn SteakhouseLongHorn Steakhouse is a restaurant chain, with locations throughout the Eastern United States and in Puerto Rico. Most of its restaurants are in the Southern United States. It also has a few locations in the Midwest, Southwest, and Puerto Rico...
, CEO and co-founder of Ted's Montana GrillTed's Montana GrillTed's Montana Grill is an American restaurant chain specializing in bison. The company was founded by media entrepreneur and environmentalist Ted Turner and restaurateur George McKerrow Jr. with the help of corporate chef Chris Raucci as a for-profit effort to stop the extinction of the American...
restaurant chains (B.S.) - Gregory McLaughlinGregory McLaughlinGregory T. McLaughlin is currently serving as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Tiger Woods Corporation, which is composed of two tax-exempt organizations Tiger Woods Charity Event Corporation and Tiger Woods Foundation located in Irvine, California...
, President of the Tiger Woods Foundation (B.S. 1983) - Manu Mehta, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Metabyte Networks, Inc (B.S. 1980 M.S. 1982)
- Sean Menke, CEO and President of Frontier AirlinesFrontier AirlinesFrontier Airlines, Inc., is an American airline headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. The carrier, which is a subsidiary and operating brand of Republic Airways Holdings, operates flights to 83 destinations throughout the United States, Mexico, and Costa Rica and maintains hubs at...
(B.S.) - Susan MernitSusan MernitSusan Mernit is the CEO of Peoples Software Company, a Web 2.0 social media startup devoted to making it easier for people to connect with each other...
, NetscapeNetscapeNetscape Communications is a US computer services company, best known for Netscape Navigator, its web browser. When it was an independent company, its headquarters were in Mountain View, California...
and America Online executive (M.A.) - Keith Monda, retired president and COO of Coach, Inc. (B.S. 1968, M.A. 1971)
- Richard Morrow, former Chairman and CEO of AmocoAmocoAmoco Corporation, originally Standard Oil Company , was a global chemical and oil company, founded in 1889 around a refinery located in Whiting, Indiana, United States....
(B.S.) - Phuthuma NhlekoPhuthuma NhlekoPhuthuma Freedom Nhleko is the CEO of the MTN Group, which is an Africa-focused holding group involved primarily in the operation of GSM cellular telephone networks....
, CEO of MTN Group, South Africa's largest telecommunications company (B.S. 1983) - Lionel L. Nowell, Senior Vice President and Treasurer of PepsiCoPepsiCoPepsiCo Inc. is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Purchase, New York, United States, with interests in the manufacturing, marketing and distribution of grain-based snack foods, beverages, and other products. PepsiCo was formed in 1965 with the merger of the Pepsi-Cola Company...
and Director of Reynolds AmericanReynolds AmericanReynolds American, Inc. is the second-largest tobacco company in the United States. Its holdings include R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, American Snuff Company , Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company and Niconovum AB...
(B.S. 1977) - Edward E. Nusbaum, CEO and Executive Partner of Grant Thornton LLP (B.S.)
- James G. Oates, former President Leo Burnett WorldwideLeo Burnett WorldwideLeo Burnett Worldwide is an American advertising company, created in 1935 by Leo Burnett. The company was opened in Chicago in 1935. In 1950 the company started its two first major advertising projects, for Kellogg’s and P&G....
advertising agency (B.S. 1966) - James J. O'Brien, Chairman and CEO of Ashland Inc. (B.S. M.B.A.)
- Walden O'DellWalden O'DellWalden "Wally" O'Dell was chief executive officer and chairman of the board of Diebold, a US-based security and financial products company.He was an active fundraiser for George W...
, CEO of DieboldDieboldDiebold, Inc. is a United States-based security systems corporation that is engaged primarily in the sale, manufacture, installation and service of self-service transaction systems , electronic and physical security products , and software and integrated systems for global financial and... - John D. Ong, former CEO of BF Goodrich, current United States Ambassador to Norway (B.A. 1952, M.A. 1954)
- Edward J. Orton, Jr., Columbus philanthropistPhilanthropistA philanthropist is someone who engages in philanthropy; that is, someone who donates his or her time, money, and/or reputation to charitable causes...
, founded the "Standard Pyrometric Cone Company". - Alan PatricofAlan PatricofAlan Patricof is an American investor and one of the early pioneers of the venture capital and private equity industries. Patricof founded Apax Partners , which is today one of the largest private equity firms globally.-Career:Over the course of his 40-year career in...
, noted venture capitalist and founder of Apax PartnersApax PartnersApax Partners LLP is a global private equity and venture capital firm, headquartered in London. The company also operates out of eight other offices in New York, Hong Kong, Mumbai, Tel-Aviv, Madrid, Stockholm, Milan and Munich. The firm, including its various predecessors, have raised...
, (B.S.) - Andy Paulsen, noted sports agent and co-creater of the George Foreman Grill.
- Jeff Rodeck, Chairman and CEO of Hyperion SolutionsHyperion SolutionsHyperion Solutions Corporation was a business performance management software company, located in Santa Clara, California, USA, which was acquired by Oracle Corporation in 2007...
prior to its acquisition by Oracle CorporationOracle CorporationOracle Corporation is an American multinational computer technology corporation that specializes in developing and marketing hardware systems and enterprise software products – particularly database management systems...
(B.S) - James E. Rohr, Chairman and CEO of PNC Financial Services Group (B.S. M.B.A)
- Robert R. Ruffolo, JrRobert R. Ruffolo, JrRobert R Ruffolo was President of Research and Development for Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, and corporate Senior Vice President of Wyeth from 2001 to 2008...
, Senior Vice President of WyethWyethWyeth, formerly one of the companies owned by American Home Products Corporation , was a pharmaceutical company. The company was based in Madison, New Jersey, USA...
and President of Wyeth Research (B.S. 1973; Ph. D 1976) - Mark Schmitz, Executive Vice President and CFO of GoodyearGoodyear Tire and Rubber CompanyThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company was founded in 1898 by Frank Seiberling. Goodyear manufactures tires for automobiles, commercial trucks, light trucks, SUVs, race cars, airplanes, farm equipment and heavy earth-mover machinery....
(B.A. M.B.A.) - Alex SchoenbaumAlex SchoenbaumAlex Schoenbaum was an American collegiate football player and businessman in the hospitality industry, eventually operating a chain of motels and over 1,000 restaurants...
founder of Shoney'sShoney'sShoney’s is a privately held restaurant chain that operates primarily in the Southeast, Midwest and Mid-Atlantic states and is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. It is named after Alex Schoenbaum, who was the owner of the original chain of Big Boy restaurants in the southeastern United States...
Restaurants (B.S. 1939) - Michael D. Scott, Senior Advisor, Patton Boggs, LLP (B.S. 1987)
- Deven SharmaDeven SharmaDeven Sharma was an executive, and the president of Standard & Poor's, a Division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, providing independent credit ratings, indices, risk evaluation, and investment research. Mr. Sharma joined Standard & Poor's in 2006 as executive vice president, Investment Service and...
, President Standard & Poor'sStandard & Poor'sStandard & Poor's is a United States-based financial services company. It is a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies that publishes financial research and analysis on stocks and bonds. It is well known for its stock-market indices, the US-based S&P 500, the Australian S&P/ASX 200, the Canadian...
(Ph. D) - Charlie Shin, Founder and CEO of Charley's Grilled SubsCharley's Grilled SubsCharley's Grilled Subs is a sandwich chain headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.The chain has 400 locations in 46 states and Puerto Rico in the United States and in 15 other countries, including Canada, Dubai, Germany, Guam, Italy, Iraq, Japan, Korea, Kuwait, Panama, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom,...
(B.A. 1986) - George SteinbrennerGeorge SteinbrennerGeorge Michael Steinbrenner III was an American businessman who was the principal owner and managing partner of Major League Baseball's New York Yankees. During Steinbrenner's 37-year ownership from 1973 to his death in July 2010, the longest in club history, the Yankees earned seven World Series...
, one-time head of American Shipbuilding Company, deceased owner of the New York YankeesNew York YankeesThe New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the The Bronx, New York. They compete in Major League Baseball in the American League's East Division...
, former OSUOhio State UniversityThe Ohio State University, commonly referred to as Ohio State, is a public research university located in Columbus, Ohio. It was originally founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and is currently the third largest university campus in the United States...
graduate assistant under Woody HayesWoody HayesWayne Woodrow "Woody" Hayes was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Denison University , Miami University , and Ohio State University , compiling a career college football record of 238–72–10.During his 28 seasons as the head coach of the Ohio...
, (M.A. 1955 in physical education) - Mark Wager, President and CEO of Empire BlueCross BlueShield, (B.S. 1972)
- Leslie Wexner, CEOChief executive officerA chief executive officer , managing director , Executive Director for non-profit organizations, or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer or administrator in charge of total management of an organization...
, chairman and founder of Limited BrandsLimited BrandsLimited Brands is an American apparel company based in Columbus, Ohio. In 2009 it reported 9.04 billion dollars in revenue for the last fiscal year.-History:...
corporation (B.S. 1959) - Mark WhitacreMark WhitacreMark Edward Whitacre came to public attention in 1995 when, as president of the BioProducts Division at Archer Daniels Midland , he was the highest-level corporate executive in U.S. history to become a Federal Bureau of Investigation whistleblower...
, COO of Cypress SystemsCypress SystemsCypress Systems, Inc. is a biotech company headquartered in Fresno, California and is best known for its research, in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute , regarding the use of selenium supplementation for the prevention of a variety of cancers. Cypress Systems, Inc...
(B.S. M.S. 1979) - Kenneth P. Wilcox, President and CEO of SVB Financial and Silicon Valley Bank (B.A. M.A. Ph. D)
- Gwen C. Wisler, President and CEO of The Coleman CompanyColeman CompanyColeman Company, Inc., is an American company that specializes in outdoor recreation products. Historically, Coleman is known for camping gear....
(B.S. 1981) - Don YanniasDon YanniasDon Yannias was appointed to be the Chief Executive Officer of Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. on 4 March 1997, after having become a director in January 1996...
, Chief Executive OfficerChief executive officerA chief executive officer , managing director , Executive Director for non-profit organizations, or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer or administrator in charge of total management of an organization...
of Encyclopædia Britannica Inc.Encyclopædia Britannica Inc.Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. is an American company best known for publishing the Encyclopædia Britannica, the world's oldest continuously-published encyclopedia.-History:...
(B.S., 1979 and M.B.A., 1981) - Kenny YapKenny YapKenny Yap, popularly known as “Kenny the Fish”, is the executive chairman of Qian Hu Corporation, an ornamental fish specialist company founded in Singapore....
, executive chairman of Qian Hu CorporationQian Hu CorporationQian Hu Corporation Limited is a Singapore-based ornamental fish service provider, with services ranging from the farming, importing, exporting and distribution of ornamental fish, to their specialty of breeding Dragon Fish . Qian Hu exports more than 500 species and varieties of ornamental fish...
. - Dave Herron, Director, Sterling Capital Management (B.S., 1995)
- Vyomesh JoshiVyomesh JoshiVyomesh Joshi is the executive vice president of Hewlett-Packard Company's Imaging and Printing Group. He also serves as the executive sponsor for all HP operations and initiatives in India and is a member of HP’s Executive Council....
, Executive Vice President, HP Imaging and Printing Group (M.S,Electrical Engineering) - Andy Wessendorf, Entrepreneur, Wessendorf Consulting (B.S., Management Information Systems)
Entertainment
- Lee AdamsLee AdamsLee Richard Adams is an American lyricist best known for his musical theatre collaboration with Charles Strouse.Born in Mansfield, Ohio, Adams received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Ohio State University and a Master's from Columbia University.Adams won Tony Awards in 1961 for Bye Bye Birdie...
, Songwriter Tony AwardTony AwardThe Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway...
winner and inductee into the Songwriters Hall of FameSongwriters Hall of FameThe Songwriters Hall of Fame is an arm of the National Academy of Popular Music. It was founded in 1969 by songwriter Johnny Mercer and music publishers Abe Olman and Howie Richmond. The goal is to create a museum but as of April, 2008, the means do not yet exist and so instead it is an online...
(B.A.) - Carole Black, President and CEO of Lifetime Entertainment ServicesLifetime Entertainment ServicesLifetime Entertainment Services was an American entertainment industry company, whose media properties were focused on women. Lifetime Entertainment Services was a joint venture of Hearst Corporation and The Walt Disney Company ....
(B.A. 1965) - Budd BoetticherBudd BoetticherOscar "Budd" Boetticher, Jr. was a film director during the classical period in Hollywood most famous for the series of low-budget Westerns he made in the late 1950s starring Randolph Scott.Known for their sparse style, dramatic rocky locations near Lone Pine, California, and recurring stories of...
, Film Director of classic Westerns, many starring Randolph ScottRandolph ScottRandolph Scott was an American film actor whose career spanned from 1928 to 1962. As a leading man for all but the first three years of his cinematic career, Scott appeared in a variety of genres, including social dramas, crime dramas, comedies, musicals , adventure tales, war films, and even a few... - Marc ButanMarc ButanMarc Butan is an American film producer who runs 2929 Productions, a production and financing arm of 2929 Entertainment formed in 2003.2929 Productions projects to date include Godsend starring Robert De Niro, Greg Kinnear and Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, Criminal starring John C...
, Movie Producer, as President of 2929 Productions, productions include Good Night and Good Luck and Akeelah and the BeeAkeelah and the BeeAkeelah and the Bee is a 2006 American drama film written and directed by Doug Atchison. It tells the story of Akeelah Anderson, portrayed by Keke Palmer, an 11-year-old girl who participates in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, her mother, portrayed by Angela Bassett, schoolmates, and also her...
(B.A.) - Margaret CarsonMargaret CarsonMargaret Carson was an American publicist who was highly influential within the classical music world. She was a publicist for many important artists during her lengthy career, most notably working closely for several decades with Leonard Bernstein...
– longtime publicist for Leonard Bernstein and Benny Goodman - Barbara DanielsBarbara DanielsBarbara Daniels is an English cricketer and former member of the England women's cricket team . She was born in 1964 and played 9 test matches and 55 one day internationals. She helped England win the World Cup in 1993....
, OperaOperaOpera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...
SopranoSopranoA soprano is a voice type with a vocal range from approximately middle C to "high A" in choral music, or to "soprano C" or higher in operatic music. In four-part chorale style harmony, the soprano takes the highest part, which usually encompasses the melody... - Dan Darling, Executive Vice-President, Turner Broadcasting SystemTurner Broadcasting SystemTurner Broadcasting System, Inc. is the Time Warner subsidiary managing the collection of cable networks and properties started and acquired by Robert Edward "Ted" Turner starting in the mid-1970s. The company has its headquarters in the CNN Center in Atlanta, Georgia. TBS, Inc...
(B.S.) - John DonkinJohn Donkin-Sources:* Article in DNB...
, Producer of 2007 Academy Award nominated Animated short No Time for Nuts (M.S. 1986) - Vince Doria, Vice presidentVice presidentA vice president is an officer in government or business who is below a president in rank. The name comes from the Latin vice meaning 'in place of'. In some countries, the vice president is called the deputy president...
of ESPN and director of SportsCenterSportsCenterSportsCenter is a daily sports news television show, and the flagship program of American cable network ESPN since the network launched on September 7, 1979. Originally broadcast only daily, SportsCenter is now shown up to twelve times a day, replaying the day's scores and highlights from major...
(1970) - Tim EastonTim EastonTim Easton is a Joshua Tree, California-based American guitarist and singer-songwriter playing rock and roll music.-Biography:Easton was raised in Akron, Ohio, forming the band Kosher Spears while at college. He travelled abroad for a time, busking in London, Paris, and Dublin, and on his return to...
, MusicianMusicianA musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
alt-country singer - Mark EitzelMark EitzelMark Eitzel is a musician, best known as a songwriter and lead singer of the San Francisco band American Music Club.-History:Eitzel spent his formative years in a military family living in Okinawa, Taiwan, Ohio and the United Kingdom. He moved to America in 1979.He started making music while he was...
, MusicianMusicianA musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
, member of The Naked SkinniesThe Naked SkinniesThe Naked Skinnies were a new wave band from Ohio that featured Mark Eitzel, guitar and vocals, Nancy Kangas, organ; John Hricko, bass and Greg Bonnell, drums.... - Ruby ElzyRuby ElzyRuby Elzy , was a pioneer African American operatic soprano.-Early life:Elzy was born in Pontotoc, Mississippi and educated at Rust College, the Ohio State University and the Juilliard School,...
, African AmericanAfrican AmericanAfrican Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...
operaOperaOpera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...
tic sopranoSopranoA soprano is a voice type with a vocal range from approximately middle C to "high A" in choral music, or to "soprano C" or higher in operatic music. In four-part chorale style harmony, the soprano takes the highest part, which usually encompasses the melody...
who created the role of Serena in George GershwinGeorge GershwinGeorge Gershwin was an American composer and pianist. Gershwin's compositions spanned both popular and classical genres, and his most popular melodies are widely known...
's folk opera Porgy and BessPorgy and BessPorgy and Bess is an opera, first performed in 1935, with music by George Gershwin, libretto by DuBose Heyward, and lyrics by Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward. It was based on DuBose Heyward's novel Porgy and subsequent play of the same title, which he co-wrote with his wife Dorothy Heyward... - Scott FranklinScott FranklinScott Franklin , is a Canadian rugby union player who plays rugby for the Prairie Wolf Pack in Canada, and for the Canadian national team. Franklin is a prop.- Career :...
, Film Producer, 2010 Academy Award Winner Best ActressBest ActressBest Actress is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards. It may refer to:-Film award:* Academy Award for Best Actress* Ariel Award for Best Actress...
and Nominated Best Picture "Black SwanBlack SwanThe Black Swan is a large waterbird, a species of swan, which breeds mainly in the southeast and southwest regions of Australia. The species was hunted to extinction in New Zealand, but later reintroduced. Within Australia they are nomadic, with erratic migration patterns dependent upon climatic...
" and 2008 Academy Award Nominated Best ActorBest ActorBest Actor may refer to:* Academy Award for Best Actor* BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role* Best Actor Award * Empire Award for Best Actor* Empire Award for Best British Actor* Filmfare Best Actor Award...
"The Wrestler" - Charles W. Fries, Film producerFilm producerA film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
and former Vice-President of Columbia PicturesColumbia PicturesColumbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an American film production and distribution company. Columbia Pictures now forms part of the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Sony. It is one of the leading film companies...
, originated the Movie of The Week format (B.A.) - Patricia HeatonPatricia HeatonPatricia Helen Heaton is an American actress, comedienne, producer and model, best known for portraying Debra Barone on the CBS sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond from 1996 to 2005, for which she won two Emmy Awards....
, Emmy AwardEmmy AwardAn Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
-winning actress on Everybody Loves RaymondEverybody Loves RaymondEverybody Loves Raymond is an American television sitcom that originally ran on CBS from September 13, 1996, to May 16, 2005. Many of the situations from the show are based on the real-life experiences of lead actor Ray Romano, creator/producer Phil Rosenthal and the show's writing staff...
(B.A., 1980) - Eileen HeckartEileen HeckartEileen Heckart was an American actress of stage, screen, and television.-Early life:Heckart was born Anna Eileen Heckart in Columbus, Ohio, the daughter of Esther and Leo Herbert. She was legally adopted by her grandfather, J.W. Heckart. Her family was of Irish and German descent...
, Academy AwardAcademy AwardsAn Academy Award, also known as an Oscar, is an accolade bestowed by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers...
, Emmy Award, and Golden Globe AwardGolden Globe AwardThe Golden Globe Award is an accolade bestowed by the 93 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign...
-winning actress (B.A., 1942) - Jim JinkinsJim JinkinsJames "Jim" Jinkins is an American animator and creator of the animated Doug television series which was later the basis for a feature film. Jinkins also created PB&J Otter. He is a 1975 graduate of Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee.-Background and Career:Jinkins was born on August 8,...
, animatorAnimatorAn animator is an artist who creates multiple images that give an illusion of movement called animation when displayed in rapid sequence; the images are called frames and key frames. Animators can work in a variety of fields including film, television, video games, and the internet. Usually, an...
and creator of the animated Doug television series - Melina KanakaredesMelina KanakaredesMelina Eleni Kanakaredes Constantinides is an American actress. She is widely known for two starring roles on U.S. prime-time television drama series; playing Detective Stella Bonasera in CSI: NY and portraying Dr...
, actress, star of Providence and CSI: NYCSI: NYCSI: NY is an American police procedural television series that premiered on September 22, 2004, on CBS. The show follows the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers as they unveil the circumstances behind mysterious and unusual deaths as well as other crimes...
(attended but did not graduate) - James C. KatzJames C. KatzJames C. Katz is a film historian and preservationist who has restored and reconstructed a number of classic films. Though he began his career as a film producer, he concentrated his attention on preserving existing films....
, Film Restoration Expert responsible for restoring the original prints of, among others, Rear WindowRear WindowRear Window is a 1954 American suspense film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, written by John Michael Hayes and based on Cornell Woolrich's 1942 short story "It Had to Be Murder"...
, Lawrence of ArabiaLawrence of Arabia (film)Lawrence of Arabia is a 1962 British film based on the life of T. E. Lawrence. It was directed by David Lean and produced by Sam Spiegel through his British company, Horizon Pictures, with the screenplay by Robert Bolt and Michael Wilson. The film stars Peter O'Toole in the title role. It is widely...
and My Fair LadyMy Fair Lady (film)My Fair Lady is a 1964 musical film adaptation of the Lerner and Loewe stage musical, of the same name, based on the 1938 film adaptation of the original stage play Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw. The ballroom scene and the ending were taken from the previous film adaptation , rather than from...
(B.A. 1960) - Diane Kesling, Opera Soprano, Soloist with the Metropolitan OperaMetropolitan OperaThe Metropolitan Opera is an opera company, located in New York City. Originally founded in 1880, the company gave its first performance on October 22, 1883. The company is operated by the non-profit Metropolitan Opera Association, with Peter Gelb as general manager...
(B.A. 1978) - Scott Kirby, Musician, New Orleans musician and noted interpreter of classic American particularly ragtime (B.A. 1988)
- George Monnett Kling (aka Saxon Kling) Broadway actor, playwright and member of the Washington Square Players.
- Fred LaddFred LaddFred Ladd , is an American television and film writer and producer. He is notable as one of the first to introduce Japanese animated cartoons to North America....
(né Laderman), ProducerTelevision producerThe primary role of a television Producer is to allow all aspects of video production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking...
, considered an industry trailblazer and the first to transform Japanese anime into an American commodity. (B.S. 1949) - Richard LewisRichard Lewis (comedian)-Early life:Lewis was born in Brooklyn, New York City and was raised in Englewood, New Jersey. His father worked as a caterer and his mother was an actress. Lewis is Jewish. He later attended Ohio State University and was a member of the Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity....
, comedianComedianA comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience, primarily by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy...
, actor, writer (B.S. (1969) - Aleen LeslieAleen LeslieAleen Leslie was a screenwriter, playwright and novelist. She died in 2010, three days before her 102nd birthday.-Writing credits:The movies she wrote or co-wrote include the following:...
, screenwriter. - Gary LeVoxGary LeVoxGary LeVox is the lead vocalist of American country trio Rascal Flatts. His stage name literally means "The Voice", a name he lifted from the studio-console label for his lead-vocal track....
, Lead singer of the Hit Country music group, Rascal FlattsRascal FlattsRascal Flatts is an American country music band that originated in Columbus, Ohio, United States of America. Since its inception, Rascal Flatts has been composed of three members: Gary LeVox , Jay DeMarcus and Joe Don Rooney... - Patrick MarkeyPatrick MarkeyPatrick Markey is an American film and television producer. He has also done production management and second unit directing work. He has worked with filmmakers such as Robert Redford and Sam Raimi. He is currently on the board of directors of the Dactyl Foundation.-Filmography:*DeepStar Six *L.A...
Producer of films including A River Runs Through ItA River Runs Through It (film)A River Runs Through It is an Academy Award winning 1992 American film directed by Robert Redford and starring Brad Pitt, Craig Sheffer, Tom Skerritt, Brenda Blethyn, and Emily Lloyd...
and White OleanderWhite Oleander (2002 film)White Oleander is a 2002 American drama film directed by Peter Kosminsky. The cast features Alison Lohman in the central role of Astrid Magnussen, and Michelle Pfeiffer as her temperamental mother Ingrid, alongside Renée Zellweger, Robin Wright Penn, Billy Connolly and Patrick Fugit in supporting...
(B.A.; M.A.) - Steve Martino, Director of the feature film version of Horton Hears a Who!Horton Hears a Who! (film)Horton Hears a Who!, also known as Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!, is a 2008 American CGI-animated comedy feature film based on the Dr. Seuss book of the same name. It is the fourth feature film from Blue Sky Studios, and the third feature film based on a Dr. Seuss book, following How the Grinch...
(B.A.; M.A.) - Vince MendozaVince MendozaVince Mendoza is a music arranger and composer.Mendoza was born in Connecticut and studied guitar as a child, influenced by classical music, soul and jazz. He then took up the trumpet, which he continued to play throughout his time at Ohio State University, where he played in the Jazz Ensemble and...
, Musician and ComposerComposerA composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
of Jazz (B.A. 1983) - Dean MillerDean Miller (broadcaster)Dean Miller, born Dean C. Stuhlmueller , was an American actor and broadcaster, perhaps best known for his role as the son-in-law in the CBS sitcom December Bride...
, actor (December BrideDecember BrideDecember Bride is an American sitcom that aired on the CBS television network from 1954 to 1959, adapted from the original CBS radio network series that aired from June 1952 through September 1953.-Overview:...
) and radioRadioRadio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
station executive - Ric OcasekRic OcasekRic Ocasek is an American musician and music producer. He is best known as lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist for the rock band, The Cars....
, Member of rock group The CarsThe CarsThe Cars are an American rock band that emerged from the early New Wave music scene in the late 1970s. The band consisted of lead singer and rhythm guitarist Ric Ocasek, lead singer and bassist Benjamin Orr, guitarist Elliot Easton, keyboardist Greg Hawkes and drummer David Robinson... - Phil OchsPhil OchsPhilip David Ochs was an American protest singer and songwriter who was known for his sharp wit, sardonic humor, earnest humanism, political activism, insightful and alliterative lyrics, and haunting voice...
, 1960s and '70s folk and protest singer and progressive activist (attended journalism school but did not graduate) - Members of the rock bandRock BandRock Band is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems, published by MTV Games and Electronic Arts. It is the first title in the Rock Band series. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions were released in the United States on November 20, 2007, while the PlayStation 2 version was...
Of a RevolutionOf a RevolutionO.A.R. is an American rock band composed of Marc Roberge , Chris Culos , Richard On , Benj Gershman , and Jerry DePizzo...
(OAR), Marc Roberge, Chris Culos, Richard On, Benj Gershman, and Jerry DePizzo. - Ron O'NealRon O'NealRon O'Neal was an American actor, director and screenwriter...
, actor of SuperflySuperfly (film)Super Fly is a 1972 film directed by Gordon Parks, Jr., starring Ron O'Neal as Youngblood Priest, a black cocaine dealer who is trying to quit the underworld drug business....
fame - Jean PetersJean PetersJean Peters was an American actress, known as a star of 20th Century Fox in the late 1940s and early 1950s and as the second wife of Howard Hughes...
, varsity cheerleader, winner of Miss Ohio State University, actress, second wife of Howard HughesHoward HughesHoward Robard Hughes, Jr. was an American business magnate, investor, aviator, engineer, film producer, director, and philanthropist. He was one of the wealthiest people in the world... - Ryan Quicksall, runner-up on Big Brother 9 (US)
- Jack RennerJack Renner (recording engineer)Jack L. Renner is an American classically trained musician and recording engineer, best known as chairman, CEO and chief recording engineer of the Telarc International Corporation....
, Founder and CEO of TELARCTelarc International CorporationTelarc International Corporation is an independent record label, based in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, and founded in 1977 by two classically trained musicians and former teachers, Jack Renner and Robert Woods...
Classical Records, nominated for 20 Grammy Awards winning nine (B.S.) - Gigi RiceGigi RiceGigi Rice is an American actress in movies and television shows.-Early life:She graduated from the Ohio State University, and majored in Theatre. Gigi Rice has enjoyed a career on television, gaining national attention when she was added to the cast of the The John Larroquette Show in 1993...
, actress (B.A. 1987) - Fred SilvermanFred SilvermanFred Silverman is an American television executive and producer. He worked as an executive at the CBS, ABC and NBC networks, and was responsible for bringing to television such programs as the series Scooby-Doo , All in the Family , The Waltons , and Charlie's Angels , as well as the...
, trendsetting 1970s television executive as President of ABCAmerican Broadcasting CompanyThe American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948... - Jonathan Mortimer Smith (a.k.a. Lil JonLil JonJonathan Mortimer Smith , better known by his stage name Lil Jon, is an American rapper, music producer, entrepreneur, and occasional disc jockey who was a member of the group Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz. Lil Jon formed the group in 1997, and the group released several albums between then and 2004...
), Music producer, Rapper - Larry SmithLarry Smith (puppeteer)Larry Smith is a puppeteer and producer of children's programming in the Cincinnati area since 1957. His most notable work was a popular afternoon puppet/cartoon show airing on WXIX Television....
, puppeteer and producer of children's programming in the Cincinnati area since 1957 - Richard StoltzmanRichard StoltzmanRichard Stoltzman is an American clarinetist. Born Richard Leslie Stoltzman in Omaha, Nebraska, he spent his early years in San Francisco, California and Cincinnati, Ohio, graduating from Woodward High School in 1960. Today, Stoltzman is part of the faculty list at the New England Conservatory...
, Musician, Avery Fisher PrizeAvery Fisher PrizeThe Avery Fisher Prize is an award given to American musicians for outstanding achievement in classical music. Founded by philanthropist Avery Fisher in 1974, it is regarded as one of the most significant awards for American instrumentalists. The award is decided by members of the Avery Fisher...
winning clarinetist, Sony Classical recording artist (B.A-Music/B.S.-Mathematics) - Bruce VilanchBruce VilanchBruce Vilanch is an American comedy writer, songwriter and actor. He is a six-time Emmy Award-winner Vilanch is best known to the public for his four-year stint on Hollywood Squares, as a celebrity participant; in the entertainment industry he is best known as head writer for the show...
, comedy writer (BFA, 1970) - Chris WedgeChris WedgeChris Wedge is an American film director, best known for the films Ice Age and Robots.-Early life and career:Wedge was born in Binghamton, New York. He attended Fayetteville-Manlius High School, graduating in 1975...
, DirectorFilm directorA film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
of computer animation films including Ice AgeIce Age (film)Ice Age is a 2002 American computer-animated film created by Blue Sky Studios and released by 20th Century Fox. It was directed by Carlos Saldanha and Chris Wedge from a story by Michael J. Wilson. The story follows three Paleolithical mammals attempting to return a lost human baby to its parents...
and RobotsRobots (film)Robots is a 2005 American computer-animated comedy film produced by Blue Sky Studios for 20th Century Fox, and was released theatrically on March 11, 2005. The story was created by Chris Wedge and William Joyce, a children's book author/illustrator. The two were trying to create a film version of...
(M.A.Computer Graphics) - Norma Jean WrightNorma Jean WrightNorma Jean Wright was the lead vocalist of the soul, R&B and disco group Chic, from 1977 to 1978. Before joining Chic in 1977, she sang in the female trio, the Topettes, and toured for a short time with The Spinners...
Lead singer of the late 70s disco band ChicChic (band)Chic was an African American disco and R&B band that was organized during 1976 by guitarist Nile Rodgers and bassist Bernard Edwards. It is known best for its commercially successful disco songs, including "Dance, Dance, Dance " , "Everybody Dance" , "Le Freak" , "I Want Your Love" , "Good Times"... - Dwight YoakamDwight YoakamDwight David Yoakam is an American singer-songwriter, actor and film director, most famous for his pioneering country music...
, Country musician, actor - Nar WilliamsNar Williams-Television:Nar Williams is the host of Science of the Movies, which airs on the Science Channel, and is a production of Discovery Communications...
, host of the Science Channel's 'Science of the Movies'
Journalism
- Nick Anderson, Editorial cartoonistEditorial cartoonistAn editorial cartoonist, also known as a political cartoonist, is an artist who draws editorial cartoons that contain some level of political or social commentary....
Louisville Courier-Journal, 2005 Pulitzer PrizePulitzer PrizeThe Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
recipient (B.A. 1990) - Walter Bogdanich, Investigative Reporter, New York Times, Three times (1988, 2005 and 2008) a recipient of the Pulitzer PrizePulitzer PrizeThe Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
- Ned BrooksNed BrooksNed Brooks was an American television and radio journalist who was moderator of NBC's Meet the Press on television from 1953 until 1965, and earlier on radio. Brooks is the second-longest tenured moderator of the program, after Tim Russert.Brooks was a graduate of Ohio State University where he...
, moderator, Meet the PressMeet the PressMeet the Press is a weekly American television news/interview program produced by NBC. It is the longest-running television series in American broadcasting history, despite bearing little resemblance to the original format of the program seen in its television debut on November 6, 1947. It has been... - Jack BuckJack BuckJohn Francis "Jack" Buck was an American sportscaster, best known for his work announcing Major League Baseball games of the St. Louis Cardinals. Buck received the Ford C. Frick Award from the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1987, and is honored with a star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame...
, Hall of Fame announcer for the St. Louis Cardinals, NFL football announcer journalistJournalistA journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A... - Jennie Buckner, former managing editor of the Charlotte Observer, currently Batten Professor of Public Policy at Davidson University (B.A. 1969)
- Christine ChubbuckChristine ChubbuckChristine Chubbuck was an American television news reporter who committed suicide during a live television broadcast.-Early life and education:...
, television reporter who committed suicide on live television in 1974 - Paul DelaneyPaul DelaneyPaul Delaney is an Irish retired sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Roscrea in Tipperary, and was a member of the Tipperary senior inter-county team in the late 80's and early 90's. Delaney won an All-Ireland winners' medal in 1991 and five Munster winners' medals in 1987, 1988,...
, long-time correspondent, bureau chief and editor with the New York Times currently Professor at Syracuse UniversitySyracuse UniversitySyracuse University is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York, United States. Its roots can be traced back to Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1832, which also later founded Genesee College...
(B.A. 1956) - Len Downie, Jr.Leonard Downie, Jr.Leonard "Len" Downie, Jr. , was the executive editor of The Washington Post. He held the position for seventeen years, starting September 1, 1991, after serving as managing editor for seven years. Downie announced his retirement as executive editor on Monday, June 23, 2008 which took effect on...
, JournalistJournalistA journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
Executive Editor, Washington Post (B.A. 1964, M.A. 1965) - Hugh FullertonHugh Fullertonthumb|Hugh Fullerton III was an influential American sportswriter of the first half of the 20th century. He was one of the founders of the Baseball Writers Association of America. He is best remembered for his role in uncovering the 1919 "Black Sox" Scandal...
– influential sportswriter, uncovered "Black Sox ScandalBlack Sox ScandalThe Black Sox Scandal took place around and during the play of the American baseball 1919 World Series. Eight members of the Chicago White Sox were banned for life from baseball for intentionally losing games, which allowed the Cincinnati Reds to win the World Series...
" - Lou Heldman, Publisher of the Wichita Eagle (B.A. 1972)
- Julia KellerJulia KellerJulia Keller is an American writer. She won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing for her account of the deadly April 2004 Utica, Illinois tornado outbreak, which was published in the Chicago Tribune, where Keller works as cultural critic...
, Columnist Chicago TribuneChicago TribuneThe Chicago Tribune is a major daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, and the flagship publication of the Tribune Company. Formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" , it remains the most read daily newspaper of the Chicago metropolitan area and the Great Lakes region and is...
, 2005 Pulitzer PrizePulitzer PrizeThe Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
recipient (Ph.D. 1995) - W.M. Kiplinger, among first two journalismJournalismJournalism is the practice of investigation and reporting of events, issues and trends to a broad audience in a timely fashion. Though there are many variations of journalism, the ideal is to inform the intended audience. Along with covering organizations and institutions such as government and...
graduates and founder of Kiplinger'sKiplinger's Personal FinanceKiplinger's Personal Finance is a magazine that has been continuously published, on a monthly basis, from 1947 to the present day. It was the nation's first personal finance magazine, and claims to deliver "sound, unbiased advice in clear, concise language"... - Brian LehrerBrian LehrerBrian Lehrer is a radio talk show host on New York City's public radio station WNYC. His daily two-hour 2007 Peabody Award-winning program, The Brian Lehrer Show, features interviews with newsmakers and experts about current events and social issues...
, Radio Host of The Brian Lehrer Show on New York's WNYC (M.A.) - Bernie Lincicome, Sports Columnist with the Rocky Mountain NewsRocky Mountain NewsThe Rocky Mountain News was a daily newspaper published in Denver, Colorado, United States from April 23, 1859, until February 27, 2009. It was owned by the E. W. Scripps Company from 1926 until its closing. As of March 2006, the Monday-Friday circulation was 255,427...
(B.A. 1963) - Joel MeyerowitzJoel MeyerowitzJoel Meyerowitz is a street photographer who began photographing in color in 1962 and was an early advocate of the use of color during a time when there was significant resistance to the idea of color photography as serious art...
, Photojournalist, Guggenheim Fellow chronicler of the aftermath of the World Trade Center attack (B.A. 1959) - Judith MillerJudith Miller (journalist)Judith Miller is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist, formerly of the New York Times Washington bureau. Her coverage of Iraq's alleged Weapons of Mass Destruction program both before and after the 2003 invasion generated much controversy...
, former New York Times reporter, 2002 Pulitzer PrizePulitzer PrizeThe Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
for Explanatory Reporting - Jerry Mitchell, Investigative Reporter for The Clarion-LedgerThe Clarion-LedgerThe Clarion-Ledger is the Pulitzer Prize winning daily newspaper of Jackson, Mississippi. It is the second oldest company in the state of Mississippi and is one of only a few newspapers in the nation that continues to circulate statewide...
whose reporting helped lead to the conviction of Byron De La BeckwithByron De La BeckwithByron De La Beckwith, Jr. was an American white supremacist and Klansman from Greenwood, Mississippi who was convicted in the 1994 state trial of assassinating the civil rights leader Medgar Evers on June 12, 1963....
, youngest recipient of John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism (M.A.) - Erin MoriartyErin MoriartyErin F. Moriarty is an American television news reporter and correspondent.Moriarty attended Upper Arlington High School in Columbus, Ohio, and is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Ohio State University...
, CBS news correspondent and nine time Emmy Award recipient (B.S. 1973; J.D. 1977) - Rand Morrison, Executive Producer of CBS News Sunday MorningCBS News Sunday MorningCBS News Sunday Morning is an American television news magazine program created by Robert Northshield and original host Charles Kuralt. The program has aired continuously since January 28, 1979 on the CBS Television Network, airing in the Eastern US on Sunday from 9:00 to 10:30 a.m...
, Peabody AwardPeabody AwardThe George Foster Peabody Awards recognize distinguished and meritorious public service by radio and television stations, networks, producing organizations and individuals. In 1939, the National Association of Broadcasters formed a committee to recognize outstanding achievement in radio broadcasting...
winner and six time Emmy Award recipient (B.A. 1972) - Stephen Ohlemacher Reporter for The Plain Dealer shared the 1999 Pulitzer PrizePulitzer PrizeThe Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
for Breaking News while at the Hartford Courant (B.A. 1989) - Mark PrendergastMark PrendergastMark Prendergast is a Scottish film and television actor best known for his role as Anton in the Scottish feature film Running in Traffic. He is currently starring in the STV production /comedy.-External links:**-References:...
, editor The New York TimesThe New York TimesThe New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
(B.A.) - Barbara Reynolds, Nationally syndicated columnist, Professor of Journalism at Howard UniversityHoward UniversityHoward University is a federally chartered, non-profit, private, coeducational, nonsectarian, historically black university located in Washington, D.C., United States...
(B.A. 1967) - Frank StantonFrank StantonFrank Nicholas Stanton was an American broadcasting executive who served as the president of CBS between 1946 and 1971 and then vice chairman until 1973. He also served as the chairman of the Rand Corporation from 1961 until 1967.Along with William S. Paley, Stanton is credited with the...
, Longtime President of CBS - Bill StewartBill Stewart (journalism)Bill Stewart was a reporter for ABC news in the US who was summarily shot by Nicaraguan government forces while reporting in Managua in 1979.Stewart was originally from West Virginia, and was a 1963 graduate of The Ohio State University...
, Reporter, Foreign Correspondent for ABC summarily executed by NicaraguanNicaraguanNicaraguans are people inhabiting in, originating or having significant heritage from Nicaragua. Most Nicaraguans live in Nicaragua, although there is also a significant Nicaraguan diaspora, particularly in Costa Rica and the United States with smaller communities in other countries around the world...
government forces (B.A. 1963) - Diana K. Sugg, Reporter, Baltimore Sun, 2003 Pulitzer PrizePulitzer PrizeThe Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
Recipient (M.A.) - Michael Vivio, Publisher of the Austin American-StatesmanAustin American-StatesmanThe Austin American-Statesman is the major daily newspaper for Austin, the capital city of Texas. It is an award-winning publication owned by Cox Enterprises. The Newspaper places focus on issues affecting Austin and the Central Texas region....
(B.A.) - Earl Wilson (columnist)Earl Wilson (columnist)Earl Wilson , born Harvey Earl Wilson, was an American journalist, gossip columnist and author, perhaps best known for his nationally syndicated column, It Happened Last Night....
, New York PostNew York PostThe New York Post is the 13th-oldest newspaper published in the United States and is generally acknowledged as the oldest to have been published continuously as a daily, although – as is the case with most other papers – its publication has been periodically interrupted by labor actions...
(B.S. 1931)
Law
- Brent Benjamin Justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court (B.A.; J.D.)
- Claude M. HiltonClaude M. HiltonClaude M. Hilton is a United States federal judge.Born in Scott County, Virginia, Hilton received a B.S. from Ohio State University in 1963 and a J.D. from American University, Washington College of Law in 1966. He was an assistant commonwealth's attorney of Arlington, Virginia from 1967 to 1968...
, United States District CourtUnited States district courtThe United States district courts are the general trial courts of the United States federal court system. Both civil and criminal cases are filed in the district court, which is a court of law, equity, and admiralty. There is a United States bankruptcy court associated with each United States...
judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, judge on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. (B.S. 1963) - John M. Matthias, Former (1954–1970) Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court (B.A. 1928)
- Colleen McMahonColleen McMahonColleen McMahon is a United States federal judge.Born in Columbus, Ohio, McMahon received a B.A. from Ohio State University in 1973 and a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1976. She was in private practice in New York from 1976–1979 and from 1980 to 1995. She was a Speechwriter / special assistant...
, United States Judge for the Southern District of New York (B.A. 1973) - Thomas J. MoyerThomas J. MoyerThomas Joseph Moyer was an American jurist and the chief justice of the Ohio Supreme Court from 1987 to 2010. A member of the Republican Party, he died suddenly on April 2, 2010, at age 70.-Pre-Supreme Court:...
, Chief JusticeChief JusticeThe Chief Justice in many countries is the name for the presiding member of a Supreme Court in Commonwealth or other countries with an Anglo-Saxon justice system based on English common law, such as the Supreme Court of Canada, the Constitutional Court of South Africa, the Court of Final Appeal of...
of the Ohio Supreme Court (B.A. 1961 J.D. 1964) - Paul PfeiferPaul PfeiferPaul E. Pfeifer is an American politician of the Ohio Republican party. He served in both houses of the Ohio General Assembly and is currently an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio....
, Current Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court (B.A. 1963 J.D. 1966) - C. William O'NeillC. William O'NeillC. William O'Neill was a Republican politician from Ohio. He was born in Marietta, Ohio. He was the 59th Governor of Ohio. He graduated from both Marietta College and The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law...
, One-term governor of Ohio, Chief Justice of Ohio Supreme Court (JD 1942) - Carter G. Phillips, Managing Partner of the Washington DC office of Sidley Austin LLP, named by The National Law JournalThe National Law JournalThe National Law Journal, a U.S. periodical founded in 1978, reports legal information of national importance to attorneys, including federal circuit court decisions, verdicts, practitioners' columns, coverage of legislative issues and legal news for the business and private sectors.The...
as on of America's 100 Most Influential Lawyers, has argued over forty cases before the United States Supreme Court (B.S. 1973) - Brian SandovalBrian SandovalBrian Edward Sandoval is an American politician. He is the 29th and current Governor of the U.S. state of Nevada since January 3, 2011. Sandoval is a former judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada...
, Former Nevada Attorney General, Current United States District Court Judge (J.D. 1989) - Evelyn Lundberg StrattonEvelyn Lundberg StrattonEvelyn Lundberg Stratton is an American jurist. She is currently a justice on the Ohio Supreme Court.- Background and education :Evelyn Lundberg Stratton was born to missionary parents in Bangkok, Thailand on February 25, 1953...
, Current Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court (J.D. 1978) - Jeffrey SuttonJeffrey SuttonJeffrey S. Sutton is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.- Early life :Sutton received his B.A. from Williams College in 1983...
, federal appeals court judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth CircuitUnited States Court of Appeals for the Sixth CircuitThe United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:* Eastern District of Kentucky* Western District of Kentucky...
(J.D. 1990) - Daniel J. Venters, Justice of the Kentucky Supreme CourtKentucky Supreme CourtThe Kentucky Supreme Court was created by a 1975 constitutional amendment and is the state supreme court of the commonwealth of Kentucky. Prior to that the Kentucky Court of Appeals was the only appellate court in Kentucky...
(B.A. 1972)
Current United States Senators
- Sherrod BrownSherrod BrownSherrod Campbell Brown is the senior United States Senator from Ohio and a member of the Democratic Party. Before his election to the U.S. Senate, he was a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Ohio's 13th congressional district from 1993 to 2007...
, United States Senator from Ohio (M.A., 1981) - Thomas R. CarperThomas R. CarperThomas Richard "Tom" Carper is the senior United States Senator from Delaware and a member of the Democratic Party. He was previously the 71st Governor of Delaware and a United States Representative....
, United States Senator from DelawareDelawareDelaware is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland, and to the north by Pennsylvania...
(B.A., 1968)
Current United States Congressmen
- Dave HobsonDave HobsonDavid Lee Hobson is an American politician of the Republican Party who served as a U.S. representative from the seventh congressional district of Ohio.Hobson was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and graduated from Withrow High School in 1954...
, Ohio's 7th congressional districtOhio's 7th congressional districtOhio's 7th congressional district is currently represented by Steve Austria. This district includes the cities of Springfield, Circleville, and Lancaster as well as some of the southern suburbs of Columbus and nearby counties.-List of representatives:...
, (J.D. 1963) - James JordanJim Jordan (Ohio politician)James Daniel "Jim" Jordan is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2007. He is a member of the Republican Party...
, Ohio's 4th congressional districtOhio's 4th congressional districtOhio's 4th congressional district is currently represented by Republican Jim Jordan.The district includes the counties of Allen, Auglaize, Champaign, Hancock, Hardin, Logan, Marion, Morrow, Richland, Shelby, and part of Wyandot. The largest cities in the district include Findlay, Lima, Mansfield,...
(B.A.; M.A.) - Ron KleinRon KleinRonald "Ron" Klein is a lawyer and former member of the United States House of Representatives for . He is a member of the Democratic Party. He previously served in the Florida House of Representatives and the Florida Senate. He is currently employed by the law firm Holland & Knight.-Early life,...
, Florida's 22nd congressional districtFlorida's 22nd congressional districtFlorida's 22nd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Florida. Based in South Florida, the district encompasses the coastline from northern...
(B.A. 1979) - Steve StiversSteve StiversSteve Stivers is the U.S. Representative for He is a member of the Republican Party. Stivers previously served in the Ohio Senate, representing the 16th district...
, Ohio's 15th congressional districtOhio's 15th congressional districtThe 15th congressional district of Ohio is currently represented by Republican Steve Stivers.Union County and Madison County are entirely within the district's boundaries as is approximately half of Franklin County...
(B.A. 1989) - Bob GibbsBob GibbsBob Gibbs is the U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life and education:Gibbs was born on June 14, 1954 in Peru, Indiana. His family moved to Cleveland in the 1960s, and Gibbs graduated from Bay Village Senior High School...
, Ohio's 18th congressional districtOhio's 18th congressional districtThe 18th congressional district of Ohio is currently represented by Republican Bob Gibbs. The district ranges around the eastern part of Ohio, taking in a collection of small cities and rural areas. The district voted for the majority party in the House of Representatives in every election since...
(J.D., 1986) - Pat TiberiPat TiberiPatrick Joseph "Pat" Tiberi is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party...
, Ohio's 12th congressional districtOhio's 12th congressional districtOhio's 12th congressional district is currently represented by Republican Representative Patrick J. Tiberi. This district includes the heavily African-American part of Ohio's capital city, Columbus, Ohio along with its northern suburbs, including Westerville, Ohio.Historically it has been a safe...
(B.A., 1985)
Diplomats and international politicians
- Ljubica Z. Acevska, DiplomatDiplomatA diplomat is a person appointed by a state to conduct diplomacy with another state or international organization. The main functions of diplomats revolve around the representation and protection of the interests and nationals of the sending state, as well as the promotion of information and...
Ambassador of the Republic of MacedoniaRepublic of MacedoniaMacedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...
to the United States. (B.A. 1980) - Kofi Konadu Apraku, Economist, GhanaGhanaGhana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south...
ian Parliamentarian, Leading Contender in upcoming Ghana presidential elections (Ph. D 1983) - Amadou Lamine BaAmadou Lamine BaAmadou Lamine Ba was the ambassador of Senegal to the United States and was appointed to the position on October 17, 2002. His offices were at the Embassy of Senegal in Washington, D.C. Ba is a member of the African Diplomatic Corps , a group of 53 ambassadors that represent African countries in...
, Diplomat SenegalSenegalSenegal , officially the Republic of Senegal , is a country in western Africa. It owes its name to the Sénégal River that borders it to the east and north...
Ambassador to the United States (B.S. M.S. Ph. D) - Chester CrockerChester CrockerChester Arthur Crocker is an American diplomat who served as Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs from 1981 to 1989 in the Reagan administration. Crocker, architect of the U.S...
, Diplomat Former Undersecretary of State for African Affairs; author of United Nations' Namibian Peace Plan; Nobel Peace Prize nominee (B.A. 1963) - Grant DevineGrant DevineDonald Grant Devine was the 11th Premier of Saskatchewan from May 8, 1982 to November 1, 1991.- Early life :Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, he received a B.Sc. in Agriculture degree specializing in Agricultural Economics in 1967 from the University of Saskatchewan, an M.Sc. specializing in...
, former Progressive ConservativeProgressive Conservative Party of SaskatchewanThe Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan is a right-of-centre political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Prior to 1942, it was known as the Conservative Party of Saskatchewan. Members are commonly known as Tories....
PremierPremier (Canada)In Canada, a premier is the head of government of a province or territory. There are currently ten provincial premiers and three territorial premiers in Canada....
of the Canadian province of SaskatchewanSaskatchewanSaskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....
(Ph. D 1976) - Alan Fiers, Key figure in the Iran-Contra AffairIran-Contra AffairThe Iran–Contra affair , also referred to as Irangate, Contragate or Iran-Contra-Gate, was a political scandal in the United States that came to light in November 1986. During the Reagan administration, senior Reagan administration officials and President Reagan secretly facilitated the sale of...
as head of the Central Intelligence AgencyCentral Intelligence AgencyThe Central Intelligence Agency is a civilian intelligence agency of the United States government. It is an executive agency and reports directly to the Director of National Intelligence, responsible for providing national security intelligence assessment to senior United States policymakers...
's Central American Task Force from 1984–1988 (B.A.) - Cheikh Tidiane GadioCheikh Tidiane GadioCheikh Tidiane Gadio is a Senegalese diplomat who served in the government of Senegal as Minister of Foreign Affairs from April 2000 to October 2009.-Diplomatic and political career:...
SenegalSenegalSenegal , officially the Republic of Senegal , is a country in western Africa. It owes its name to the Sénégal River that borders it to the east and north...
Minister of Foreign Affairs (Ph. D) - Stephen KappesStephen KappesStephen R. Kappes was the Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency , until his resignation on April 14, 2010. He had served in the CIA since 1981, with a two-year hiatus. A career clandestine operations professional, Mr...
, Current Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence AgencyCentral Intelligence AgencyThe Central Intelligence Agency is a civilian intelligence agency of the United States government. It is an executive agency and reports directly to the Director of National Intelligence, responsible for providing national security intelligence assessment to senior United States policymakers...
. - Foy D. KohlerFoy D. KohlerFoy David Kohler was an American diplomat and career Foreign Service Officer who was Ambassador to the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis.- Early life :...
, Diplomat, Former United States Ambassador to the Soviet UnionSoviet UnionThe Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
(B.A.) - Armin Meyer, Diplomat, former Ambassador to Lebanon, Iran and Japan (M.S.)
- Andrew McIntoshAndrew McIntosh, Baron McIntosh of HaringeyAndrew Robert McIntosh, Baron McIntosh of Haringey PC was a British Labour politician and last elected Principal of the Working Men's College....
, British Labour PartyLabour Party (UK)The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
Politician, Whip and culture spokesman of the House of LordsHouse of LordsThe House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster.... - Jayaprakash NarayanJayaprakash NarayanJayaprakash Narayan , widely known as JP Narayan, Jayaprakash, or Loknayak, was an Indian independence activist and political leader, remembered especially for leading the opposition to Indira Gandhi in the 1970s and for giving a call for peaceful Total Revolution...
, Indian freedom fighter, social reformer, politician - Ken NnamaniKen NnamaniKenneth Ugwu Nnamani is a former Nigerian senator who represented the People's Democratic Party in Enugu State. He became a senator in 2003, and was president of the Senate of Nigeria from 2005 to 2007.-Background:...
, Senate President, Nigeria (B.A. M.B.A.) - Paul A. RussoPaul A. RussoPaul A. Russo is an American diplomat. He was Ambassador of the United States to Barbados, Dominica, St Lucia, Antigua, St. Vincent, and St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla from 1986 to 1988, under Ronald Reagan.-Biography:...
, Ambassador of the United States to BarbadosBarbadosBarbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...
, DominicaDominicaDominica , officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island nation in the Lesser Antilles region of the Caribbean Sea, south-southeast of Guadeloupe and northwest of Martinique. Its size is and the highest point in the country is Morne Diablotins, which has an elevation of . The Commonwealth...
, St Lucia, AntiguaAntiguaAntigua , also known as Waladli, is an island in the West Indies, in the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean region, the main island of the country of Antigua and Barbuda. Antigua means "ancient" in Spanish and was named by Christopher Columbus after an icon in Seville Cathedral, Santa Maria de la...
, St. VincentSaint Vincent (island)Saint Vincent is a volcanic island in the Caribbean. It is the largest island of the chain called Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. It is located in the Caribbean Sea, between Saint Lucia and Grenada. It is composed of partially submerged volcanic mountains...
, and St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla from 1986 to 1988. - Duvvuri SubbaraoDuvvuri SubbaraoDuvvuri Subbarao is an Indian economist, central banker, and civil servant. He is the 22nd and current Governor of Reserve Bank of India, serving under Prime Minister Manmohan Singh....
, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (B.S; M.S 1978) - Roberto Sánchez VilellaRoberto Sánchez VilellaRoberto Sánchez Vilella was the second Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico from 1965 to 1969. He was born in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico...
, Second elected GovernorGovernorA governor is a governing official, usually the executive of a non-sovereign level of government, ranking under the head of state...
of Puerto RicoPuerto RicoPuerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
(B.S. 1934) - Makarim Wibisono, Diplomat Permanent Envoy of Indonesia to the United NationsUnited NationsThe United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
, Chairperson of the 61st Commission on Human RightsUnited Nations Commission on Human RightsThe United Nations Commission on Human Rights was a functional commission within the overall framework of the United Nations from 1946 until it was replaced by the United Nations Human Rights Council in 2006...
(Ph. D) - Milton A. WolfMilton A. WolfMilton Albert Wolf was an American real estate developer from Cleveland, Ohio.He was a Jewish community leader, a Democratic Party contributor, and served as U.S. Ambassador to Austria from 1977 to 1980...
, Diplomat former United States AmbassadorAmbassadorAn ambassador is the highest ranking diplomat who represents a nation and is usually accredited to a foreign sovereign or government, or to an international organization....
to Austria (B.A. 1948) - Joseph WuJoseph WuJoseph Wu Chao-hsieh was formerly the chief representative of the Republic of China to the United States as the head of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Washington, D.C....
, Former Chairman of the Mainland Affairs CouncilMainland Affairs CouncilThe Mainland Affairs Council is a cabinet-level administrative agency under the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China. The MAC is responsible for the planning, development, and implementation of policies between the Free Area of the Republic of China, commonly known as Taiwan, and the People's...
, first and only non-KMT-affiliated Representative to the United States of the Republic of ChinaRepublic of ChinaThe Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan , is a unitary sovereign state located in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China currently governs the island of Taiwan , which forms over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other minor...
(Ph.D. 1989)
State politicians
- John KasichJohn KasichJohn Richard Kasich is the 69th and current Governor of Ohio. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing from 1983 to 2001...
, GovernorGovernorA governor is a governing official, usually the executive of a non-sovereign level of government, ranking under the head of state...
and former Congressman from Central Ohio, B.A. 1974 - Robert S. KissRobert S. KissRobert S. Kiss is a Democratic politician from West Virginia. He was the 54th Speaker of the House for the West Virginia House of Delegates, a position which he has held since 1997 until 2007...
, SpeakerSpeaker (politics)The term speaker is a title often given to the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body. The speaker's official role is to moderate debate, make rulings on procedure, announce the results of votes, and the like. The speaker decides who may speak and has the...
, West VirginiaWest VirginiaWest Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east...
Legislature (B.A. J.D.) - Ron KleinRon KleinRonald "Ron" Klein is a lawyer and former member of the United States House of Representatives for . He is a member of the Democratic Party. He previously served in the Florida House of Representatives and the Florida Senate. He is currently employed by the law firm Holland & Knight.-Early life,...
, Minority LeaderMinority leaderIn U.S. politics, the minority leader is the floor leader of the second largest caucus in a legislative body. Given the two-party nature of the U.S. system, the minority leader is almost inevitably either a Republican or a Democrat, with their counterpart being of the opposite party. The position...
, Florida SenateFlorida SenateThe Florida Senate is the upper house of the Florida Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Florida. The Senate is composed of 40 members representing an equal number of districts, with each district having an average population of 470,032....
(B.A. 1979) - Javier Rivera AquinoJavier Rivera AquinoJavier Rivera Aquino, an agronomist and farmer is the Secretary of Agriculture of Puerto Rico, appointed by Governor Luis Fortuño and sworn in by Secretary of State Kenneth McClintock on January 2, 2009....
, Member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives and current Secretary of the Puerto Rico Department of AgriculturePuerto Rico Department of AgricultureThe Puerto Rico Department of Agriculture is one of the few Cabinet-level government agencies explicitly created by the Constitution of Puerto Rico as the Department of "Agriculture and Commerce", most of the commerce at the time of its enactment being agriculture-based...
(B.S. 1996)
Former politicians
- Chester Hardy Aldrich, One-term Governor of Nebraska and former Justice of the Nebraska Supreme CourtNebraska Supreme CourtThe Nebraska Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of Nebraska. The Court consists of a Chief Justice and six Associate Justices. Each Justice is initially appointed by the Governor of Nebraska; using the Missouri Plan, each Justice is then subject to a retention vote for additional...
(B.A. 1888) - Laurie Calvin Battle, former Professor Ohio State UniversityOhio State UniversityThe Ohio State University, commonly referred to as Ohio State, is a public research university located in Columbus, Ohio. It was originally founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and is currently the third largest university campus in the United States...
and U.S. Representative from AlabamaAlabamaAlabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...
(M.A. 1939) - John W. BrickerJohn W. BrickerJohn William Bricker was a United States Senator and the 54th Governor of Ohio. A member of the Republican Party, he was the Republican nominee for Vice President in 1944.-Early life:...
, Three-term Governor of Ohio, Republican Vice-Presidential nominee in 1944, Two-term United States Senator from Ohio, Co-founder of Bricker & Eckler law firm (B.A. 1916; J.D. 1920), associated with the Bricker AmendmentBricker AmendmentThe Bricker Amendment is the collective name of a series of proposed amendments to the United States Constitution considered by the United States Senate in the 1950s. These amendments would have placed restrictions on the scope and ratification of treaties and executive agreements entered into by...
, a series of proposed changes to the US Constitution that would have limited the US president's ability to make treaties and executive agreements - Dan CrippenDan CrippenDan Crippen is the executive director of the National Governors Association. He is a former Director of the Congressional Budget Office and Assistant to the President for Ronald Reagan. Crippen most recently served on NASA's Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel. He graduated from the University of...
, former Director of the Congressional Budget OfficeCongressional Budget OfficeThe Congressional Budget Office is a federal agency within the legislative branch of the United States government that provides economic data to Congress....
(M.A. 1976 Ph.D. 1981) - William M. McCulloch, twelve term former Congressman from Ohio (J.D. 1925)
- James H. McGee, longest serving mayorMayorIn many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
of Dayton, OhioDayton, OhioDayton is the 6th largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County, the fifth most populous county in the state. The population was 141,527 at the 2010 census. The Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 841,502 in the 2010 census...
(J.D.) - Howard MetzenbaumHoward MetzenbaumHoward Morton Metzenbaum was an American politician who served for almost 20 years as a Democratic member of the U.S. Senate from Ohio . He also served in the Ohio House of Representatives and Senate from 1943 to 1951.-Early life:Metzenbaum was born in Cleveland, to a poor Jewish family, the son...
, former United States Senator (B.A., 1939; J.D., 1941) - William H. Natcher fifteen term former Congressman from KentuckyKentuckyThe Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth...
, noted for never taking political contributions (J.D. 1933) - Mike OxleyMike OxleyMichael Garver "Mike" Oxley is an American politician of the Republican party who served as a U.S. representative from the 4th congressional district of Ohio....
, Former U.S. Representative from Ohio's 4th district (J.D. 1969) - Deborah PryceDeborah PryceDeborah D. Pryce is an American politician from Ohio and former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for Ohio's 15th congressional district, which includes the western half of Columbus and the surrounding suburbs.She is divorced from Randy Walker and now lives in Upper...
, Former Congresswoman of Ohio's 15th congressional districtOhio's 15th congressional districtThe 15th congressional district of Ohio is currently represented by Republican Steve Stivers.Union County and Madison County are entirely within the district's boundaries as is approximately half of Franklin County...
(B.A. 1973) - James A. RhodesJim RhodesJames Allen Rhodes was an American Republican politician from Ohio, and one of only five US state governors to serve four four-year terms in office. As governor in 1970, he decided to send National Guard troops onto the Kent State University campus, resulting in the shooting of students on May 4...
, former four term (non-consecutive) Governor of Ohio; former Mayor, Columbus, OhioColumbus, OhioColumbus is the capital of and the largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio. The broader metropolitan area encompasses several counties and is the third largest in Ohio behind those of Cleveland and Cincinnati. Columbus is the third largest city in the American Midwest, and the fifteenth largest city...
; former Auditor of State of Ohio (attended but did not graduate) - William B. SaxbeWilliam B. SaxbeWilliam Bart "Bill" Saxbe was an American politician affiliated with the Republican Party, who served as a U.S. Senator from Ohio, as U.S. Attorney General under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald R. Ford, and as United States Ambassador to India.At the time of his death, Saxbe was the...
, United States Senator from Ohio, United States Attorney General, United States Ambassador to India (BA 1940; JD 1948) - Michael D. Scott, former Senior Adviser to the Chairman, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, former Senior Advisor, U.S. Department of the Treasury and former Member of the Board of Directors, National Cooperative Bank (B.S. 1987)
- John M. VorysJohn M. VorysJohn Martin Vorys was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.-Early life:Born in Lancaster, Ohio, Vorys attended the public schools in Lancaster and Columbus, Ohio. During the First World War served overseas as a pilot in the famous "Yale Unit" of the United States Naval Air Service, retiring to...
, nine term former Congressman from Ohio, 1951 delegate to the United Nations (J.D. 1923) - George VoinovichGeorge VoinovichGeorge Victor Voinovich is a former United States Senator from the state of Ohio, and a member of the Republican Party. Previously, he served as the 65th Governor of Ohio from 1991 to 1998, and as the 54th mayor of Cleveland from 1980 to 1989.-Personal life:Born in Cleveland, Ohio, his father was...
,Former United States Senator from Ohio, and former Governor of Ohio (J.D.) - Michael R. WhiteMichael R. WhiteMichael Reed White is an American politician of the Democratic party and was the 55th and longest-serving mayor of Cleveland, Ohio encompassing three four-year terms, from 1990 to 2002...
, longest serving Mayor of ClevelandCleveland, OhioCleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...
(B.A. 1973; MPA 1974) - Chalmers P. Wylie, thirteen term former Congressman from Ohio (B.A.)
Military
- Harold Brown, Squadron Commander with the Tuskegee AirmenTuskegee AirmenThe Tuskegee Airmen is the popular name of a group of African American pilots who fought in World War II. Formally, they were the 332nd Fighter Group and the 477th Bombardment Group of the U.S. Army Air Corps....
(B.S.; M.S.; Ph. D) - Jesse L. BrownJesse L. BrownJesse LeRoy Brown was the first African American naval aviator in the United States Navy, and the first naval officer killed in the Korean War....
, First African American Navy pilot, received Navy Distinguished Flying Cross - Clovis E. ByersClovis E. ByersLieutenant General Clovis E. Byers was an American soldier and General in the first half of the 20th century. He is best known for his role as Chief of Staff of the Eighth Army in the South West Pacific Area during World War II and in the Occupation of Japan. He was wounded while leading American...
, Chief of Staff, Eighth US Army. - Robert L. EichelbergerRobert L. EichelbergerRobert Lawrence Eichelberger was a general in the United States Army, who commanded the US Eighth Army in the South West Pacific Area during World War II. His Army was among the very first to engage the Japanese in the Pacific Theater of Operations.-Pre-World War II service:Eichelberger was born...
, Superintendent of West Point; Commander of the Eighth US Army in the South West Pacific theater in World War IIWorld War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. - Curtis LeMayCurtis LeMayCurtis Emerson LeMay was a general in the United States Air Force and the vice presidential running mate of American Independent Party candidate George Wallace in 1968....
, United States Air ForceUnited States Air ForceThe United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...
general (World War II and Cold WarCold WarThe Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States...
) (B.S. 1928) - Geoffrey Miller, United States ArmyUnited States ArmyThe United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...
Major GeneralMajor GeneralMajor general or major-general is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. A major general is a high-ranking officer, normally subordinate to the rank of lieutenant general and senior to the ranks of brigadier and brigadier general...
(B.A.) - Robert R. ScottRobert R. ScottRobert Raymond Scott was a United States Navy sailor who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the attack on Pearl Harbor.-Biography:...
, Awarded the Congressional Medal of HonorMedal of HonorThe Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. It is bestowed by the President, in the name of Congress, upon members of the United States Armed Forces who distinguish themselves through "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his or her...
in World War II, In 1943, the destroyer escortDestroyer escortA destroyer escort is the classification for a smaller, lightly armed warship designed to be used to escort convoys of merchant marine ships, primarily of the United States Merchant Marine in World War II. It is employed primarily for anti-submarine warfare, but also provides some protection...
USS ScottUSS Scott (DE-214)USS Scott , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Machinist's Mate First Class Robert R. Scott USS Scott (DE-214), a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Machinist's Mate First Class Robert R. Scott USS Scott (DE-214), a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of...
(DE-214) was named in his honor, also the namesake for Ohio State's Scott House dormitory. - Douglas M. WebsterDouglas M. WebsterDouglas M. Webster, a lieutenant junior grade and a U.S. Navy aviator, was the sole victim of a 1965 Broken Arrow in the Pacific Ocean, that went unacknowledged by the Pentagon until 1981...
, First Lieutenant JG, U.S. Navy, lost in the Pacific Ocean December 5, 1965, when his A-4 SkyhawkA-4 SkyhawkThe Douglas A-4 Skyhawk is a carrier-capable ground-attack aircraft designed for the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps. The delta winged, single-engined Skyhawk was designed and produced by Douglas Aircraft Company, and later McDonnell Douglas. It was originally designated the A4D...
armed with a B43 nuclear bombB43 nuclear bombThe B43 was a United States air-dropped variable yield nuclear weapon used by a wide variety of fighter bomber and bomber aircraft.The B43 was developed from 1956 by Los Alamos National Laboratory, entering production in 1959. It entered service in April 1961. Total production was 2,000 weapons,...
, rolled off the elevator of the USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14) in a Broken Arrow not acknowledged by the PentagonThe PentagonThe Pentagon is the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, located in Arlington County, Virginia. As a symbol of the U.S. military, "the Pentagon" is often used metonymically to refer to the Department of Defense rather than the building itself.Designed by the American architect...
until 1981.
Science, engineering & architecture
- Homer Burton AdkinsHomer Burton AdkinsDr. Homer Burton Adkins, Ph.D. was an American chemist who studied the hydrogenation of organic compounds.-Life and work:...
, organic chemist who developed the Adkins catalystAdkins catalystCopper chromite is a complex inorganic composition Cu2Cr2O5, but often containing barium oxide that is used to catalyse certain reactions in organic synthesis. It was first described in 1908. A variety of composition are recognized including Cr2CuO4·CuO·BaCrO4 and Cr2Cu2O5...
(Ph.D. 1918) - P. Chungmoo Auh, president of the Korean Institute of Energy Research (B.S. 1967; M.S. 1970; Ph. D 1975)
- Arthur Avril, Founder and Chairman of Sakrete (B.S. 1926)
- Mahzarin Rustum BanajiMahzarin BanajiMahzarin Rustum Banaji was born and raised in India, in the town of Secunderabad, where she attended St. Ann's High School. Her B.A. is from and her M.A. in Psychology from Osmania University in Hyderabad. In 1986, Banaji received a Ph.D. from Ohio State University, and was an NIH postdoctoral...
, Psychologist and Professor of Psychology at Harvard University (M.A. 1982, Ph.D. 1986) - Charles BassettCharles BassettCharles Arthur "Art" Bassett, II was an American engineer and United States Air Force officer. He was selected as a NASA astronaut in 1963 and assigned to Gemini 9 but died in an airplane crash during training for his first spaceflight.-Early life and education:Bassett was born in Dayton, Ohio,...
, astronaut - Sidney van den BerghSidney van den BerghSidney Van den Bergh, OC, FRS is a retired Canadian astronomer.Born in the Netherlands, son of businessman and politician Sidney James van den Bergh and grandson of Unilever co-founder Samuel van den Bergh, he showed an interest in science from an early age, learning to read with books on astronomy...
, Noted Canadian AstronomerAstronomerAn astronomer is a scientist who studies celestial bodies such as planets, stars and galaxies.Historically, astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky, while astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena and the differences between them using...
who served as President of the Canadian Astronomical SocietyCanadian Astronomical SocietyThe Canadian Astronomical Society is a Canadian society of professional astronomers, founded in 1971 and incorporated in 1983. The society is devoted to the promotion and advancement of knowledge of the universe through research and education, and its membership is open to people with a...
and as Vice-President of the International Astronomical UnionInternational Astronomical UnionThe International Astronomical Union IAU is a collection of professional astronomers, at the Ph.D. level and beyond, active in professional research and education in astronomy...
. The asteroid, 4230 van den Bergh, is named in his honour (M.S.) - Hendrik Wade BodeHendrik Wade BodeHendrik Wade Bode , was an American engineer, researcher, inventor, author and scientist], of Dutch ancestry. As a pioneer of modern control theory and electronic telecommunications he revolutionized both the content and methodology of his chosen fields of research.He made important contributions...
, noted scientist and engineerEngineerAn engineer is a professional practitioner of engineering, concerned with applying scientific knowledge, mathematics and ingenuity to develop solutions for technical problems. Engineers design materials, structures, machines and systems while considering the limitations imposed by practicality,...
with numerous civilian and military contributions (B.S. 1924, M.S. 1926) - Friedrich Bohm, Chairman of NBBJ (M.S. 1969)
- Thomas D. BrockThomas D. BrockThomas Dale Brock is an American microbiologist known for his discovery of hyperthermophiles living in hot springs at Yellowstone National Park....
, microbiologist who discovered hyperthermophileHyperthermophileA hyperthermophile is an organism that thrives in extremely hot environments— from 60 degrees C upwards. An optimal temperature for the existence of hyperthermophiles is above 80°C . Hyperthermophiles are a subset of extremophiles, micro-organisms within the domain Archaea, although some bacteria...
s living in hot springsGeothermal areas of YellowstoneThe geothermal areas of Yellowstone include several geyser basins in Yellowstone National Park as well as other geothermal features such as hot springs, mud pots, and fumaroles...
at Yellowstone National ParkYellowstone National ParkYellowstone National Park, established by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1, 1872, is a national park located primarily in the U.S. state of Wyoming, although it also extends into Montana and Idaho... - Robert S. Chau Intel Senior Fellow; Director, Transistor Research and Nanotechnology Intel Corporation (BS 1984; MS 1986, PhD 1989 )
- Nancy J. CurrieNancy J. CurrieNancy Jane Sherlock Currie is an engineer, United States Army officer and a NASA astronaut.-Background:Currie was born December 29, 1958, in Wilmington, Delaware, but considers Troy, Ohio, to be her hometown...
, astronautAstronautAn astronaut or cosmonaut is a person trained by a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft....
on STS-57STS-57STS-57 was a Shuttle-Spacehab mission of that launched 21 June 1993 from Kennedy Space Center, Florida.-Crew:-Mission parameters:**Mass:**Orbiter landing with payload: **Payload: *Perigee: *Apogee:...
, STS-70STS-70STS-70 was the 21st flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery, and the last of 7 shuttle missions to carry a Tracking and Data Relay Satellite . This was the first shuttle mission controlled from the new Mission Control Center room at the Johnson Space Center in Houston...
, STS-88STS-88-Mission parameters:*Weight*Liftoff: *Landing: *Perigee: *Apogee: *Orbital Period: 92.4min-Launch attempts:-Mission highlights:Node 1, named Unity, was the first space station hardware delivered by the space shuttle. It has two Pressurized Mating Adapters , one attached to either end...
, STS-109STS-109STS-109 was a Space Shuttle mission that launched from the Kennedy Space Center on 1 March 2002. It was the 108th mission of the Space Shuttle program, the 27th flight of the orbiter Columbia and the fourth servicing of the Hubble Space Telescope...
(B.A. 1980) - Agnes Meyer DriscollAgnes Meyer DriscollAgnes Meyer Driscoll was, known as Miss Aggie or Madame X, an Americancryptanalyst during both World War I and World War II.-Early years:...
, Cryptanalyst deciphered Japanese Naval Codes before and during World War II (B.A. 1911) - Jewell James EbersJewell James EbersJewell James Ebers was an American electrical engineer who is remembered for the mathematical model of the bipolar junction transistor that he published with John L. Moll in 1954. The Ebers-Moll model of the transistor views the transistor as a pair of diodes, and the model is a fusion of the...
, transistor engineer (MS 1947, PhD 1950) - Judah FolkmanJudah FolkmanMoses Judah Folkman was an American medical scientist best known for his research on tumor angiogenesis, the process by which a tumor attracts blood vessels to nourish itself and sustain its existence...
, ScientistScientistA scientist in a broad sense is one engaging in a systematic activity to acquire knowledge. In a more restricted sense, a scientist is an individual who uses the scientific method. The person may be an expert in one or more areas of science. This article focuses on the more restricted use of the word...
Harvard medical researcher; noted cancer researcher (B.S. 1953) - Matthew Ganz, President of Phantom Works Boeing'sBoeingThe Boeing Company is an American multinational aerospace and defense corporation, founded in 1916 by William E. Boeing in Seattle, Washington. Boeing has expanded over the years, merging with McDonnell Douglas in 1997. Boeing Corporate headquarters has been in Chicago, Illinois since 2001...
advanced research and development unit (B.S.; M.S.; Ph. D) - Melvin De GrooteMelvin De GrooteMelvin De Groote was one of America's great inventors. At the time of his death he held 925 patents, making him the ninth most prolific inventor in history. Time magazine's millennium issue recognized him as second only to Thomas Edison in this regard, although since this article was published,...
, prolific chemist, with 2nd most patents in the US next to Edison - Henry J. HatchHenry J. HatchLieutenant General Henry J. Hatch served as Chief of Engineers for the United States Army from June 17, 1988-June 4, 1992.The son of an artillery officer, Henry J. Hatch was born on August 31, 1935, in Pensacola, Florida...
, EngineerEngineerAn engineer is a professional practitioner of engineering, concerned with applying scientific knowledge, mathematics and ingenuity to develop solutions for technical problems. Engineers design materials, structures, machines and systems while considering the limitations imposed by practicality,...
, Lt. General former Army Chief of EngineersChief of EngineersThe Chief of Engineers commands the US Army Corps of Engineers. As a staff officer at The Pentagon, the Chief advises the Army on engineering matters and serves as the Army's topographer and the proponent for real estate and other related engineering programs....
(M.S.) - David A. HuffmanDavid A. HuffmanDavid Albert Huffman was a pioneer in computer science. He is well-known for his Huffman coding. David Huffman died at the age of 74 after a 10-month battle with cancer.-Education:...
, computer scientistComputer scientistA computer scientist is a scientist who has acquired knowledge of computer science, the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and their application in computer systems....
(B.S. 1944, M.S. 1949). - Charles KetteringCharles KetteringCharles Franklin Kettering was an American inventor, engineer, businessman, and the holder of 186 patents. He was a founder of Delco, and was head of research for General Motors for 27 years from 1920 to 1947. Among his most widely used automotive inventions were the electrical starting motor and...
, Electrical Engineer, Founder of Delco, Vice -President of Research for General MotorsGeneral MotorsGeneral Motors Company , commonly known as GM, formerly incorporated as General Motors Corporation, is an American multinational automotive corporation headquartered in Detroit, Michigan and the world's second-largest automaker in 2010...
, invented electric starter for automobiles, Co-founder (along with Alfred Sloan) of Sloan-Kettering Cancer CenterMemorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer CenterMemorial Sloan–Kettering Cancer Center is a cancer treatment and research institution founded in 1884 as the New York Cancer Hospital...
in 1945 (B.S. 1904) - Benjamin G. LammeBenjamin G. LammeBenjamin Garver Lamme was an electrical engineer and chief engineer at Westinghouse, where he was responsible for the design of electrical power machines...
, Engineer longtime head of engineering at Westinghouse, pioneered the design of rotary converters, developed direct current railway motors and produced the first commercially successful induction motor. (B.S. 1888) - Robert Henry Lawrence, Jr.Robert Henry Lawrence, Jr.Robert Henry Lawrence, Jr. was a United States Air Force officer and the first African-American astronaut.-Early years:...
(Ph.D. in Chemistry, 1965) First African-American Astronaut named by NASA - Richard M. LinnehanRichard M. LinnehanRichard Michael Linnehan is an American veterinarian and a NASA astronaut.-Personal:Linnehan was born September 19, 1957, in Lowell, Massachusetts, and was raised by his paternal grandparents, Henry and Mae Linnehan. He grew up in the state of New Hampshire. He is single and enjoys various sports,...
AstronautAstronautAn astronaut or cosmonaut is a person trained by a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft....
(DVM 1985) - John L. MollJohn L. MollJohn Louis Moll was an American electrical engineer, notable for his contributions to solid-state physics....
, Engineer, Pioneer in the use of silicon transistors at Bell LabsBell LabsBell Laboratories is the research and development subsidiary of the French-owned Alcatel-Lucent and previously of the American Telephone & Telegraph Company , half-owned through its Western Electric manufacturing subsidiary.Bell Laboratories operates its...
, Stanford UniversityStanford UniversityThe Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
and Hewlett-PackardHewlett-PackardHewlett-Packard Company or HP is an American multinational information technology corporation headquartered in Palo Alto, California, USA that provides products, technologies, softwares, solutions and services to consumers, small- and medium-sized businesses and large enterprises, including...
(B.S. 1943, Ph. D 1952) - Ruth Ella MooreRuth Ella MooreRuth Ella Moore was an American scientist who worked in the field of bacteriology. The main focus of her research was on blood grouping and enterobacteriaceae...
, Scientist, first African American woman to receive a doctorate degree in bacteriology (B.S. 1926, M.A. 1927, Ph.D. 1933) - Russell C. NewhouseRussell C. NewhouseRussell Conwell Newhouse made many contributions to the advancement of aviation in a distinguished career running from the late 1920s into the 1970s. He was the Director of the Radar Laboratory for the Bell Telephone Laboratoriesfrom 1958 to 1968....
, Engineer, Pioneer in development of radio altimeter for aircraft Bell LabsBell LabsBell Laboratories is the research and development subsidiary of the French-owned Alcatel-Lucent and previously of the American Telephone & Telegraph Company , half-owned through its Western Electric manufacturing subsidiary.Bell Laboratories operates its...
(B.S. EE 1929) - Arthur M. Pappas, Chairman, North Carolina Biotechnology CenterNorth Carolina Biotechnology CenterThe North Carolina Biotechnology Center is a private, non-profit organization located in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Founded in 1984 by the North Carolina General Assembly, it was the first state-sponsored biotechnology initiative in the nation, merging the interests of the academic...
(B.S.) - Roy Plunkett, inventor of teflonPolytetrafluoroethylenePolytetrafluoroethylene is a synthetic fluoropolymer of tetrafluoroethylene that finds numerous applications. PTFE is most well known by the DuPont brand name Teflon....
(Ph.D. 1936) - Douglas PrasherDouglas PrasherDouglas C. Prasher is an American molecular biologist. He is known for his work to clone and sequence the gene for green fluorescent protein and for his proposal to use GFP as a tracer molecule.-Career:...
, discoverer of green fluorescent proteinGreen fluorescent proteinThe green fluorescent protein is a protein composed of 238 amino acid residues that exhibits bright green fluorescence when exposed to blue light. Although many other marine organisms have similar green fluorescent proteins, GFP traditionally refers to the protein first isolated from the...
(GFP) gene (Ph.D. 1979) - Wallace Clement SabineWallace Clement SabineWallace Clement Sabine was an American physicist who founded the field of architectural acoustics. He graduated from Ohio State University in 1886 at the age of 18 before joining Harvard University for graduate study and remaining as a faculty member...
ArchitectArchitectAn architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
, Harvard Professor, Founder of the field of modern architectural acoustics Acoustical Architect of Boston's Symphony HallSymphony Hall, BostonSymphony Hall is a concert hall located at 301 Massachusetts Avenue in Boston, Massachusetts. Designed by McKim, Mead and White, it was built in 1900 for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, which continues to make the hall its home. The hall was designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 1999...
(B.S. 1886) - Larry SangerLarry SangerLawrence Mark "Larry" Sanger is an American philosopher, co-founder of Wikipedia, and the founder of Citizendium....
, co-founder of WikipediaWikipediaWikipedia is a free, web-based, collaborative, multilingual encyclopedia project supported by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. Its 20 million articles have been written collaboratively by volunteers around the world. Almost all of its articles can be edited by anyone with access to the site,...
(Ph.D., 2000) - Ronald M. SegaRonald M. SegaRonald "Ron" Michael Sega is professor of systems engineering at Colorado State University and vice president for applied research for the Colorado State University Research Foundation . From August 2005 to August 2007, he served as Under Secretary of the Air Force...
, AstronautAstronautAn astronaut or cosmonaut is a person trained by a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft....
(M.S. 1975) - Claude SteeleClaude SteeleClaude Mason Steele is an American social psychologist and currently the I. James Quillen Dean for the School of Education at Stanford University, as well as Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychology at Stanford...
, Psychologist and Professor of Psychology at Stanford University (Ph.D. 1971) - Jeff Swanagen, Executive Director of The Georgia AquariumGeorgia AquariumThe Georgia Aquarium, located in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, at Pemberton Place, is the world's largest aquarium with more than of marine and fresh water housing more than 120,000 animals of 500 different species...
- Howard Dwight SmithHoward Dwight SmithHoward Dwight Smith was an architect most known for his designs of the Ohio Stadium for which he was awarded the American Institute of Architects Gold Medal for Public Building Design....
, ArchitectureArchitectureArchitecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...
Ohio StadiumOhio StadiumOhio Stadium is the home of the Ohio State Buckeyes football team and is located on the campus of The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. The stadium was added to the National Register of Historic Places by the National Park Service on March 22, 1974...
architect, (B.S 1907) - Esther S. Takeuchi, Bioengineering Chief Scientist at Greatbatch, Inventor of the microbatteries that made implantable defibrillators possible. (Ph.D.)
Others
- Damon E. AllenDamon E. AllenDamon Earl Allen, Sr., was an optometrist from Campbellsville in central Kentucky, who as a three-term president of the Kentucky Optometric Association led the campaign to procure passage in the Kentucky State Legislature of a bill permitting optometrists to prescribe medication for their...
(1921–2009), three-time president of the Kentucky Optometric Association who led the lobbying campaign to permit optometrists to prescribe medication to their patients - Ted A. Beattie, President and CEO of Chicago's Shedd AquariumShedd AquariumThe John G. Shedd Aquarium is an indoor public aquarium in Chicago, Illinois in the United States that opened on May 30, 1930. The aquarium contains over 25,000 fish, and was for some time the largest indoor aquarium in the world with of water. The Shedd Aquarium was the first inland aquarium with...
(B.S. 1971; M.S. 1973) - Jeffrey DahmerJeffrey DahmerJeffrey Lionel Dahmer was an American serial killer and sex offender. Dahmer murdered 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991, with the majority of the murders occurring between 1987 and 1991. His murders involved rape, dismemberment, necrophilia and cannibalism...
, serial killer (never graduated) - Paul EbertPaul EbertPaul Allen Ebert was a director of the American College of Surgeons and athlete. He had been Chairman of the Departments of Surgery at both Cornell University Medical College and the University of California San Francisco Medical Center, as well as the President of the American College of...
, noted pediatric heart surgeon, former director of the American College of SurgeonsAmerican College of SurgeonsThe American College of Surgeons is an educational association of surgeons created in 1913 to improve the quality of care for the surgical patient by setting high standards for surgical education and practice.-Membership:...
, he had been Chairman of the Departments of Surgery at both Cornell UniversityCornell UniversityCornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
Medical College and the University of California San Francisco Medical CenterUCSF Medical CenterThe University of California, San Francisco Medical Center is a world renowned hospital in research and a teaching hospital in San Francisco, California. It is one of the leading hospitals in the United States and with the UCSF School of Medicine has been the site of various breakthroughs in all...
. (B.S. M.D) - Ammon HennacyAmmon HennacyAmmon Ashford Hennacy was an Irish American pacifist, Christian anarchist, social activist, member of the Catholic Worker Movement and a Wobbly...
, social critic and reformer - Stephanie HightowerStephanie HightowerStephanie Hightower is the current president of USA Track & Field . She was elected to a four year term as president in December 2008.Hightower was a collegiate track star at The Ohio State University...
, President of USA Track & Field - Daniel Katz, founder and Executive Director of the Rainforest AllianceRainforest AllianceThe Rainforest Alliance is a non-governmental organization with the published aims of working to conserve biodiversity and ensure sustainable livelihoods by transforming land-use practices, business practices and consumer behavior. It is based in New York City, and has offices throughout the...
(B.A. 1984) - Maurice Koblentz, former State Commissioner of Prisons (Ohio) and expert in Penal Reform Issues.
- Bill KrausBill KrausWilliam James "Bill" Kraus was an American gay rights and AIDS activist and congressional aide who served as a liaison between the San Francisco gay community and Congress in the 1980s....
, Activist, gay rights and AIDS activist. Former Congressional Aide who served as a liaison between the San Francisco gay community and congress in the 1980s - Jerrie MockJerrie MockGeraldine "Jerrie" Fredritz Mock was the first woman to fly solo around the world. The trip ended April 17, 1964 and took 29 days, 21 stopovers and almost 22,860 miles...
, Aviator, First woman to successfully fly solo around the world (B.S.) - Keo NakamaKeo NakamaKeo Nakama was an American swimmer.Nakama was born in the town of Puʻunene, Hawaii on the island of Maui. His swimming career included a world record 20:29 in the mile swim, Big Ten Conference titles at Ohio State, and numerous national and international victories...
, athlete first person to verifiably swim an open water Hawaiian channel, OSU swimming record holder,1943, 1944 - John Niederhuber, Director of the National Cancer InstituteNational Cancer InstituteThe National Cancer Institute is part of the National Institutes of Health , which is one of 11 agencies that are part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The NCI coordinates the U.S...
(M.D. 1964) - Jim ReederJim ReederJames Bartlett Reeder was an Ohio State University All American who was a member of the 1943 Big Ten championship baseball team. Reeder was named a charter member of the California State University Hall of Fame at the same time as tennis great, Billie Jean King...
, coach; California State University Hall of Fame -Charter Member; Namesake for the baseball field at California State University, Los Angeles - Mike SextonMike SextonMichael Richard Sexton is an American professional poker player and commentator. He is a member of the Poker Hall of Fame.-Early years:...
, Professional Poker Player and Main Host of the World Poker Tour - Faye WattletonFaye WattletonFaye Wattleton is the first African-American and youngest President ever elected to Planned Parenthood . Currently, she serves as the President of the Center for the Advancement of Women, and also serves on the board of trustees at Columbia University...
, Activist, Former President Planned ParenthoodPlanned ParenthoodPlanned Parenthood Federation of America , commonly shortened to Planned Parenthood, is the U.S. affiliate of the International Planned Parenthood Federation and one of its larger members. PPFA is a non-profit organization providing reproductive health and maternal and child health services. The...
of America, Co-founder Center for the Advancement of Women (BS 1964)
Olympic medalists
Ohio State has produced over 200 Olympic athletes including the following medalists- David AlbrittonDave AlbrittonDave Albritton had a long career that spanned three decades and numerous titles and was one of the first high jumpers to use the straddle technique. He was born in Danville, Alabama....
, Track and FieldTrack and fieldTrack and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
1936 Summer Olympics1936 Summer OlympicsThe 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany. Berlin won the bid to host the Games over Barcelona, Spain on April 26, 1931, at the 29th IOC Session in Barcelona...
Silver Medal - Miller Anderson, DivingDivingDiving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, sometimes while performing acrobatics. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games. In addition, unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational pastime.Diving is one...
1948 Summer Olympics1948 Summer OlympicsThe 1948 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in London, England, United Kingdom. After a 12-year hiatus because of World War II, these were the first Summer Olympics since the 1936 Games in Berlin...
Silver Medal; 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games Silver Medal - Greg BakerGreg BakerGregory Baker is an American television and film, actor and musician. He is perhaps best known for his recurring roles as Elliott, a producer on the show Sports Night, Mr...
, Tae Kwon Do 1988 Summer Olympics1988 Summer OlympicsThe 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an all international multi-sport events celebrated from September 17 to October 2, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the second summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia and the first since the 1964 Summer Olympics...
Bronze Medal - Aldis Imants Berzins, VolleyballVolleyballVolleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
1984 Summer Olympics1984 Summer OlympicsThe 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984...
Gold Medal - Raj BhavsarRaj BhavsarRaj Bhavsar is an American artistic gymnast of Indian descent. He was a member of the 2001 and 2003 World Champion U.S. team. He earned a bronze medal as a member of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team, becoming the third Indian-American ever to medal at the Olympics, after Mohini Bhardwaj and Alexi Grewal...
, Gymnastics 2008 Summer Olympics2008 Summer OlympicsThe 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
Bronze Medal - Tessa BonhommeTessa BonhommeTessa Bonhomme is an Olympic Gold Medalist and member of the Canadian national women's hockey team. She was also a member and co-captain of the Ohio State Buckeyes women's ice hockey team in the NCAA....
, Canada Women's Ice Hockey 2010 Winter Olympics2010 Winter OlympicsThe 2010 Winter Olympics, officially the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics, were a major international multi-sport event held from February 12–28, 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the suburbs of Richmond, West Vancouver and the University...
Gold Medal - Juan BotellaJuan BotellaJuan Botella Medina is a former Mexican diver.He competed for Mexico at the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy where he won the bronze medal in the men's springboard event.-References:*Sports-Reference...
, Mexico Diving 1960 Summer Olympics1960 Summer OlympicsThe 1960 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held from August 25 to September 11, 1960 in Rome, Italy...
Bronze Medal - Nathan Brooks, BoxingBoxingBoxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
1952 Summer Olympics1952 Summer OlympicsThe 1952 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Helsinki, Finland in 1952. Helsinki had been earlier given the 1940 Summer Olympics, which were cancelled due to World War II...
Gold Medal - Jennifer ChandlerJennifer ChandlerJennifer Kay Chandler was a diver from the United States and Olympic champion. She represented US at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, where she received a gold medal....
, Diving 1976 Summer Olympics1976 Summer OlympicsThe 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12, 1970, at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam, over the bids of Moscow and...
Gold Medal - Lisa ChessonLisa ChessonLisa Chesson is an American ice hockey defenseman. She was named to the United States women’s ice hockey team for the 2010 Winter Olympics....
, Women's Ice Hockey 2010 Winter Olympics Silver Medal - Mary Ellen ClarkMary Ellen ClarkMary Ellen Clark is an American diver who won Olympic bronze medals in diving at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics.-Background:...
, Diving 1992 Summer Olympics1992 Summer OlympicsThe 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...
Bronze Medal; 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games Bronze Medal - Bob ClotworthyBob ClotworthyRobert Lynn Clotworthy was a diver from the United States, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1952...
, Diving 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games Bronze Medal; 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games Gold Medal - Gerald Cole, Track and Field 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games Silver Medal
- Glenn Davis, Track and Field 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games Gold Medal; 1960 Rome Olympic Games Two Gold Medals
- Diane DixonDiane DixonDiane Lynn Dixon is an American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.She competed for the United States in the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea in the 4 x 400 metres where she won the Silver medal with her team mates Denean Howard, Valerie Brisco-Hooks and Florence Griffith...
, Track and Field 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games Silver Medal; 1988 Seoul Olympic Games Silver Medal - Jack GeorgeJack GeorgeJohn Edwin George, Jr. was an American professional basketball player. He was born in the Pittsburgh suburb of Swissvale, Pennsylvania....
, SwimmingSwimming (sport)Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
1952 Helsinki Olympic Games Bronze Medal - James George Weightlifting 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games Bronze Medal; 1960 Rome Olympic Games Silver Medal
- Peter GeorgePeter George (weightlifter)Peter George is an American weightlifter and Olympic champion of Macedonian descent. He won a gold medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki....
, Weightlifting 1948 London Olympic Games Silver Medal; 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games Gold Medal; 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games Silver Medal - Thomas Gompf, Diving 1964 Summer Olympics1964 Summer OlympicsThe 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan in 1964. Tokyo had been awarded with the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honor was subsequently passed to Helsinki because of Japan's...
Bronze Medal - Joe Greene, Track and Field 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games Bronze Medal; 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games Bronze Medal
- Sam Hall, Diving 1960 Rome Olympic Games Silver Medal
- Paul HammPaul HammPaul Elbert Hamm is an American artistic gymnast. He is a World Champion gymnast and three-time Olympic medalist. He won the all-around competition at the 2004 Olympic Games.-Career:...
, GymnasticsGymnasticsGymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique with each country having its own national governing body...
2004 Athens Olympic Games2004 Summer OlympicsThe 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
Gold Medal, Two Silver Medals - Morgan HammMorgan HammMorgan Carl Hamm is an American artistic gymnast. He represented the United States at the 2000 Summer Olympics and at the 2004 Summer Olympics. At the 2004 Olympics, he won the silver medal in the team competition. He was a member of the silver-medal winning team at the 2003 World Artistic...
, Gymnastics 2004 Athens Olympic Games Silver Medal - Bruce HarlanBruce HarlanBruce Harlan was a diver from the United States and Olympic champion. He represented his native country at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, where he received one gold medal and one silver medal....
, Diving 1948 London Olympic Games Gold Medal; Silver Medal - Donald Harper, Diving 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games Silver Medal
- John W. Higgins, Swimming 1936 Berlin Olympic Games Bronze Medal
- Bill Hoskett, BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
1968 Summer Olympics1968 Summer OlympicsThe 1968 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Mexico City, Mexico in October 1968. The 1968 Games were the first Olympic Games hosted by a developing country, and the first Games hosted by a Spanish-speaking country...
Gold Medal - Karen JosephsonKaren JosephsonKaren Josephson is an American competitor in synchronized swimming and Olympic champion.She won gold medal in Duet with Sarah Josephson at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, and received a silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.- References :*...
, Synchronized SwimmingSynchronized swimmingSynchronized swImming is a hybrid form of swimming, dance and gymnastics, consisting of swimmers performing a synchronized routine of elaborate moves in the water, accompanied by music....
, 1988 Seoul Olympic Games Silver Medal 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games Gold Medal - Sarah JosephsonSarah JosephsonSarah Gay Josephson is an American competitor in synchronized swimming and Olympic champion.She won gold medal in Duet with her twin sister Karen Josephson at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, and received a silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.Josephson now runs a video...
, Synchronized Swimming 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games Silver Medal; 1988 Seoul Olympic Games Silver Medal 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games Gold Medal - Becky Jasontek, Synchronized Swimming 2004 Athens Olympic Games Bronze Medal
- Ryan KeslerRyan KeslerRyan James Kesler is an American professional ice hockey center for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League . He serves as an alternate captain for the Canucks during home games. Selected in the first round, 23rd overall by the Vancouver Canucks in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft, Kesler has...
, Men's Ice Hockey, 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, Silver Medal - Ford Hiroshi KonnoFord KonnoFord Hiroshi Konno is a former freestyle swimmer from the United States, who swam at McKinley High School and the Ohio State University....
, Swimming 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games Two Gold Medals, Silver Medal; 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games Silver Medal - Emma LaaksonenEmma LaaksonenEmma Laaksonen is a Finnish female ice hockey defenseman. She played on the women's ice hockey team for Finland at the 1998 Winter Olympics, winning a bronze medal. She was the youngest woman on the team . Laaksonen played for the Ohio State women's ice hockey team from the 2000-01 to 2003-04...
, Finland Women's Hockey, 1998 Winter Olympics1998 Winter OlympicsThe 1998 Winter Olympics, officially the XVIII Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 7 to 22 February 1998 in Nagano, Japan. Seventy-two nations and 2,176 participans contested in seven sports and 72 events at 15 venues. The games saw the introduction of Women's ice...
Bronze Medal; 2010 Winter Olympics Bronze Medal - Jerry LucasJerry LucasJerry Ray Lucas was a basketball player from the 1950s to the 1970s, and is now a memory education expert. In 1996, the NBA's 50th anniversary, he was named one of the 50 greatest players in National Basketball Association history...
, Basketball 1960 Rome Olympic Games Gold Medal - Kelly McCormickKelly McCormickKelly Anne McCormick is a retired female diver from the United States. She twice competed for her native country at the Summer Olympics, winning a silver and a bronze medal in the Women's 3m Springboard event.McCormick also claimed gold in the same event at the 1987 Pan American Games...
Diving 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games Bronze Medal; 1988 Seoul Olympic Games Silver Medal - Jesse OwensJesse OwensJames Cleveland "Jesse" Owens was an American track and field athlete who specialized in the sprints and the long jump. He participated in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, where he achieved international fame by winning four gold medals: one each in the 100 meters, the 200 meters, the...
, Track and Field 1936 Berlin Olympic Games Four Gold Medals - Yoshinobu OyakawaYoshinobu OyakawaYoshinobu "Yoshi" Oyakawa was a backstroke swimmer from the United States, who won the 100m Backstroke at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. He is considered to be the last of the great "straight-arm-pull" backstrokers....
, Swimming 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games Gold Medal - Jerry PageJerry PageJerry Louis Page was an American boxer who won the light welterweight gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics...
, Boxing 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games Gold Medal - Lea Ann ParsleyLea Ann ParsleyLea Ann Parsley is a retired American skeleton racer from Granville, Ohio. She was the first female skeleton athlete to win a world cup medal for the United States and earned a silver medal in the women's skeleton event, a first in Olympic history, during the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Winter Games...
, Skeleton (sport)Skeleton (sport)Skeleton is a fast winter sliding sport in which an individual person rides a small sled down a frozen track while lying face down, during which athletes experience forces up to 5g. It originated in St. Moritz, Switzerland as a spin-off from the popular British sport of Cresta Sledding...
, 2002 Winter Olympics2002 Winter OlympicsThe 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event that was celebrated in February 2002 in and around Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Approximately 2,400 athletes from 77 nations participated in 78 events in fifteen disciplines, held throughout...
Silver Medal - Michael ReddMichael ReddMichael Wesley Redd is an American professional basketball player who currently is a free agent. He has most recently played for the Milwaukee Bucks of the NBA. He was born in Columbus, Ohio, where he attended West High School. He also was a member of the U.S...
, BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, 2008 Beijing Olympic Games Gold Medal - Butch ReynoldsButch ReynoldsHarry "Butch" Reynolds is an American former track and field athlete who competed in the 400 meter dash. He held the world record for the event for eleven years with his personal best time of 43.29 seconds set in 1988. That year he was the silver medalist at the 1988 Seoul Olympics and a...
, Track and Field 1988 Seoul Olympic Games Gold Medal, Silver Medal - Jason Rodgers, Fencing, 2008 Summer Olympics2008 Summer OlympicsThe 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
Silver Medal - Gordy Sheer, Luge, 1998 Winter Olympics1998 Winter OlympicsThe 1998 Winter Olympics, officially the XVIII Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 7 to 22 February 1998 in Nagano, Japan. Seventy-two nations and 2,176 participans contested in seven sports and 72 events at 15 venues. The games saw the introduction of Women's ice...
Silver Medal - George SimpsonGeorge Simpson (athlete)George Sidney Simpson was an American athlete and silver medalist at the 1932 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Simpson was the first to run 100 yards in 9.4 seconds, but because he used starting blocks, the record was never ratified. He won the 220 yards in both NCAA and AAU in 1930...
, Track and Field, 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games Silver Medal - William Smith, Swimming 1948 London Olympic Games Two Gold Medals
- Katie SmithKatie SmithKatherine May "Katie" Smith is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA. Her primary position is shooting guard, although she sometimes plays small forward or point guard. She is the all time leading scorer in women's professional basketball, having notched over 7000 points in both...
, Basketball 2000 Summer Olympics2000 Summer OlympicsThe Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
Gold Medal; 2004 Athens Olympic Games Gold Medal; 2008 Beijing Olympic Games Gold Medal and WNBAWomen's National Basketball AssociationThe Women's National Basketball Association is a women's professional basketball league in the United States. It currently is composed of twelve teams. The league was founded on April 24, 1996 as the women's counterpart to the National Basketball Association...
player - Harry Dwight Steele, WrestlingWrestlingWrestling is a form of grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position...
1924 Summer Olympics1924 Summer OlympicsThe 1924 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VIII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1924 in Paris, France...
Gold Medal - Jack TaylorJack Taylor (swimmer)Jack George Neil Taylor was an American swimmer. Taylor won a bronze medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. Taylor attended Ohio State and was in the United States Navy.-References:* , from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2009-10-23....
, Swimming 1952 Summer Olympics1952 Summer OlympicsThe 1952 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Helsinki, Finland in 1952. Helsinki had been earlier given the 1940 Summer Olympics, which were cancelled due to World War II...
Bronze Medal - Hanna ThompsonHanna ThompsonHanna Thompson is an American foil fencer who is a member of the 2008 Olympics U.S. Women's foil team.-Competition Record:* 2008 - Member of the U.S. Olympic Team, Beijing, China...
, Fencing 2008 Summer Olympics2008 Summer OlympicsThe 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
Silver Medal - Minttu TuominenMinttu TuominenMinttu Tuominen is a hockey player, member of the Finland women's national ice hockey team. She play forward position.-Finland:...
, Finland Women's Ice Hockey 2010 Winter Olympics Bronze Medal - Bryan VolpenheinBryan VolpenheinBryan Volpenhein , is an American rower. He is a three-time Olympian, having participated in the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics....
, RowingSport rowingRowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...
2004 Summer Olympics2004 Summer OlympicsThe 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
Gold Medal; 2008 Summer Olympics2008 Summer OlympicsThe 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
Bronze Medal - Mark Robert Waldie, Volleyball 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games Gold Medal
- Malden WhitfieldMal WhitfieldMalvin "Mal" Greston Whitfield is a former American athlete, a double winner of 800 m at the Olympic Games...
, Track and Field 1948 London Olympic Games Two Gold Medals, Bronze Medal; 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games Gold Medal; Silver Medal - Blaine WilsonBlaine WilsonBlaine Carew Wilson is an American gymnast from Columbus, Ohio.Wilson won his first World Championships medal at the 2003 Worlds when he helped the team to a silver-medal finish. Months later, at the 2004 Visa American Cup, Wilson tore his left biceps tendon, and vowed to return for the 2004...
, Gymnastics, 2004 Athens Olympic Games Silver Medal - Debbie Wilson, Diving 1976 Summer Olympics1976 Summer OlympicsThe 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12, 1970, at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam, over the bids of Moscow and...
Bronze Medal
Basketball
As of the 2006 season, 16 Ohio State basketball players have been named first-team All American on 23 occasions, including 5 two-time All Americans and 1 three-time All American.- Mike Conley, Jr.Mike Conley, Jr.Michael Alex "Mike" Conley, Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association.Conley is the son of Olympic gold and silver medalist triple jumper Mike Conley, Sr...
, 4th overall selection in the 2007 NBA Draft2007 NBA DraftThe 2007 NBA Draft was held on June 28, 2007 at the WaMu Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. It was broadcast on television in 115 countries. In this draft, National Basketball Association teams took turns selecting amateur U.S... - John HavlicekJohn HavlicekJohn J. "Hondo" Havlicek is a retired American professional basketball player who competed for 16 seasons with the Boston Celtics, winning eight NBA titles, half of them coming in his first four seasons....
, NBANational Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
star, Basketball Hall of FameBasketball Hall of FameThe Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, located in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States, honors exceptional basketball players, coaches, referees, executives, and other major contributors to the game of basketball worldwide... - Othello HunterOthello HunterTegba Othello Hunter is an American professional basketball player. He was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.A 6'8", 225-pound power forward, Hunter played high school basketball at Richard J. Reynolds High School in his hometown of Winston-Salem...
, NBA Player for the Atlanta HawksAtlanta HawksThe Atlanta Hawks are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are part of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association .-The first years:... - Jim JacksonJim Jackson (basketball)James Arthur "Jim" Jackson is an American retired professional basketball player. Over his 14 NBA seasons, Jackson was on the active roster of 12 different teams, tying the league record. He is currently a basketball analyst on the Big Ten Network.-High school and college career:Jackson was a 6'6"...
, former NBANational Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
player - Chris JentChris JentChris Jent is a retired American professional basketball player and former coach in the NBA. He is currently an assistant coach at his alma mater, Ohio State.Jent was born in Orange, California and grew up in Sparta, New Jersey...
, former NBANational Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
player and current Ohio State assistant coach - Neil JohnstonNeil JohnstonDonald Neil Johnston was an American Hall of Fame basketball player at the center position who played 8 years in the NBA from 1951 to 1959....
, NBANational Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
player and coach, Basketball Hall of FameBasketball Hall of FameThe Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, located in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States, honors exceptional basketball players, coaches, referees, executives, and other major contributors to the game of basketball worldwide... - Roger JorgensenRoger JorgensenRoger Kennedy Jorgensen was an American professional basketball player. He was the brother of former NBA player Noble Jorgensen....
, BAABasketball Association of AmericaThe Basketball Association of America was a professional basketball league in North America, founded in 1946. The league merged with the National Basketball League in 1949, forming the National Basketball Association ...
player - Clark KelloggClark KelloggClark Clifton Kellogg, Jr. is the VP of player relations for the Indiana Pacers as well as the lead college basketball analyst for CBS Sports and former player in the National Basketball Association.-High School:...
, former NBANational Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
player, TVTelevisionTelevision is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
sports analyst - Bobby KnightBobby Knight-Indiana:When Indiana University was seeking a new coach in 1971, they turned to Knight. Knight was given the nickname "The General" by former University of Detroit and Detroit Pistons coach-turned-broadcaster Dick Vitale....
, coach at Texas Tech UniversityTexas Tech UniversityTexas Tech University, often referred to as Texas Tech or TTU, is a public research university in Lubbock, Texas, United States. Established on February 10, 1923, and originally known as Texas Technological College, it is the leading institution of the Texas Tech University System and has the...
, Basketball Hall of FameBasketball Hall of FameThe Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, located in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States, honors exceptional basketball players, coaches, referees, executives, and other major contributors to the game of basketball worldwide...
(B.A., 1962) - Ron LewisRon Lewis (basketball)Ron Lewis is an American professional basketball player for Hapoel Holon from the Ligat HaAl and formerly for The Ohio State University and the Bowling Green Falcons.-College career:...
Top Israeli Basketball Player for Ironi NahariyaIroni NahariyaIroni Nahariya is a professional basketball club based in Nahariya in northern Israel. The team plays in Liga Leumit, the Second division in Israeli basketball.-History:...
from the Israeli Super League - Jerry LucasJerry LucasJerry Ray Lucas was a basketball player from the 1950s to the 1970s, and is now a memory education expert. In 1996, the NBA's 50th anniversary, he was named one of the 50 greatest players in National Basketball Association history...
(1958–1962), NBANational Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
star, Basketball Hall of FameBasketball Hall of FameThe Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, located in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States, honors exceptional basketball players, coaches, referees, executives, and other major contributors to the game of basketball worldwide... - B. J. MullensB. J. MullensByron James "B. J." Mullens is an American professional basketball player. He was drafted 24th overall by the Dallas Mavericks and immediately traded to the Thunder in the 2009 NBA Draft....
(2008–2009), 24th draft pick in the 2009 NBA Draft. - Greg OdenGreg OdenGregory Wayne Oden, Jr. is an American basketball player at the center position. Oden is a member of the Portland Trail Blazers of the NBA....
(2006–2007), First Team All-American, 2007, selected with the number one pick of the 2007 NBA Draft by the Portland Trail BlazersPortland Trail BlazersThe Portland Trail Blazers, commonly known as the Blazers, are an American professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon. They play in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association . The Trail Blazers originally played their home games in the... - Scoonie PennScoonie PennJames "Scoonie" Donell Penn is an American professional basketball player. He plays at the point guard position. His height is 5 ft 11 in and he weighs 180 pounds.-Amateur career:...
, EuroleagueEuroleagueEuroleague Basketball, commonly known as the Euroleague, is the highest level tier and most important professional club basketball competition in Europe, with teams from up to 18 different countries, members of FIBA Europe. For sponsorship reasons, for five seasons starting with 2010–2011, it is...
player - Michael ReddMichael ReddMichael Wesley Redd is an American professional basketball player who currently is a free agent. He has most recently played for the Milwaukee Bucks of the NBA. He was born in Columbus, Ohio, where he attended West High School. He also was a member of the U.S...
(1997–2000), NBA player for the Milwaukee BucksMilwaukee BucksThe Milwaukee Bucks are a professional basketball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. They are part of the Central Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association . The team was founded in 1968 as an expansion team, and currently plays at the Bradley Center.... - Arnie RisenArnie RisenArnold D. Risen is a retired American basketball player.A 6'9" center from the Ohio State University, he led the Buckeyes to two straight Final Four appearances....
, four-time NBANational Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
all-star, Basketball Hall of FameBasketball Hall of FameThe Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, located in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States, honors exceptional basketball players, coaches, referees, executives, and other major contributors to the game of basketball worldwide... - Brad SellersBrad SellersBradley Donn Sellers is a retired American professional basketball player. A 7'0" power forward/center from the University of Wisconsin and Ohio State University, he was selected by the Chicago Bulls in the first round of the 1986 NBA Draft.Sellers was a controversial selection among the Bulls'...
, former NBANational Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
player - Fred R. Taylor, long-time former OSU head basketball coach, Basketball Hall of FameBasketball Hall of FameThe Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, located in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States, honors exceptional basketball players, coaches, referees, executives, and other major contributors to the game of basketball worldwide...
- Bob Weltlich, former University of Texas coach, author of the novel Crooked ZebraCrooked ZebraCrooked Zebra is a 2004 novel by former University of Texas college basketball coach Bob Weltlich.-Plot:Jim Stanton, the narrator, tells the tale of Bob Girard, a former college basketball player who now runs a popular basketball camp for children in South Florida.Chad Payne, an eleven year old...
- Herb WilliamsHerb WilliamsHerbert L. Williams is a retired American basketball player in the National Basketball Association for eighteen seasons from 1981 to 1999. Williams served as the interim head coach of the NBA's New York Knicks...
- Kosta KoufosKosta KoufosKonstantine Demetrios "Kosta" Koufos is a Greek-American professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets. He was selected by the Utah Jazz with the 23rd overall pick in the 2008 NBA Draft...
, NBA player for the Denver NuggetsDenver NuggetsThe Denver Nuggets are a professional basketball team based in Denver, Colorado. They play in the National Basketball Association . They were founded as the Denver Rockets in 1967 as a charter franchise of the American Basketball Association, and became one of that league's more successful teams... - Daequan CookDaequan CookDaequan Cook is an American basketball player and currently a shooting guard for the NBA's Oklahoma City Thunder....
,nba player Oklahoma City ThunderOklahoma City ThunderThe Oklahoma City Thunder are a professional basketball franchise based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. They play in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association ; their home court is at Chesapeake Energy Arena.... - Evan TurnerEvan TurnerEvan Marcel Turner , nicknamed The Villain, is an American basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers. Turner was drafted 2nd overall by the 76ers in the 2010 NBA draft. Turner plays the point guard, shooting guard and small forward positions. Turner is a first-team 2010 NCAA Men's Basketball...
,NCAA Player of the Year, NBA Player for the Philadelphia 76ersPhiladelphia 76ersThe Philadelphia 76ers are a professional basketball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They play in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association . Originally known as the Syracuse Nationals, they are one of the oldest franchises in the NBA...
Baseball
- Steve ArlinSteve ArlinSteven Ralph Arlin is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. In six major league seasons, Arlin pitched for the San Diego Padres and Cleveland Indians .-College Star:...
, MLB pitcher (1969–1974) - Barry BonnellBarry BonnellRobert Barry Bonnell , is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball.He was a star athlete at Milford High School near Cincinnati, Ohio, where he played both varsity baseball and basketball on championship teams...
, MLB outfielder (1977–1986) - Chuck BrinkmanChuck BrinkmanCharles Ernest Brinkman is a former professional baseball player. He played all or part of six seasons in Major League Baseball, from 1969 until 1974, for the Chicago White Sox and Pittsburgh Pirates, primarily as a catcher....
, MLB catcher (1969–1974) - Dave BurbaDave BurbaDavid Allen Burba is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Seattle Mariners, San Francisco Giants, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers, and Milwaukee Brewers from 1990 to 2004. In his 15-year major league career, Burba's record was 115-87, with 1,398 strikeouts,...
, MLB pitcher (1990–2004) - Galen CiscoGalen CiscoGalen Bernard Cisco is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for three different teams between and . Listed at 6' 0", 200 lb., Cisco batted and threw right-handed...
, MLB pitcher (1961–1969) - Rollin CookRollin CookRollin Edward Cook was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the St. Louis Browns in .-External links:*...
, MLB pitcher (1915) - John DagenhardJohn Dagenhardthumb|right|250px|tombstone at Magnolia CemeteryJohn Douglas Dagenhard was a Major League Baseball pitcher. The 6'2", 195 lb. right-hander appeared in two games for the Boston Braves at the end of the 1943 season...
, MLB pitcher (1943) - Mark Dempsey, MLB pitcher (1982)
- Johnny EdwardsJohnny Edwards (baseball player)John Alban Edwards was a former professional baseball catcher known for his excellent defensive skills. He played in the Major Leagues for the Cincinnati Reds , St...
, MLB catcher - Frank Howard, MLB outfielder
- Jim ReederJim ReederJames Bartlett Reeder was an Ohio State University All American who was a member of the 1943 Big Ten championship baseball team. Reeder was named a charter member of the California State University Hall of Fame at the same time as tennis great, Billie Jean King...
, lettered in 3 varsity sports at OSU; B.S. 1948. The outbreak of World War IIWorld War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
prevented him from playing Major League BaseballMajor League BaseballMajor League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
; upon his death in January 1972, California State University at Los Angeles renamed their baseball field the James B. Reeder Memorial Field to honor their long-time head coach who helped design the field. He never had a losing season as Cal State's head coach. - George SteinbrennerGeorge SteinbrennerGeorge Michael Steinbrenner III was an American businessman who was the principal owner and managing partner of Major League Baseball's New York Yankees. During Steinbrenner's 37-year ownership from 1973 to his death in July 2010, the longest in club history, the Yankees earned seven World Series...
, N.Y. YankeesNew York YankeesThe New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the The Bronx, New York. They compete in Major League Baseball in the American League's East Division...
owner - Nick SwisherNick SwisherNicholas Thompson "Nick" Swisher is an outfielder for the New York Yankees. Swisher is a switch hitter who throws left-handed....
, MLB outfielder World Series Champion 2009 New York Yankees - Cory LuebkeCory LuebkeCory Robert Luebke is a professional baseball player for the San Diego Padres. He attended the Marion Local High School and The Ohio State University. He was pick number 63 in the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft. ....
, MLB pitcher (2010–present)
Football
As of the 2003 season, 121 Ohio State football players have been named first-team All American on 163 occasions, including 28 two-time All Americans and 7 three-time All Americans.- Brian BaschnagelBrian BaschnagelBrian Dale Baschnagel is a former American football player. He played wide receiver for the Chicago Bears.-Early life:...
, wide receiver for the Chicago BearsChicago BearsThe Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League... - Gary BerryGary Berry-Career:Berry was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the fourth round of the 2000 NFL Draft and played that season with the team. He played at the collegiate level at the Ohio State University.-References:...
, NFL defensive backDefensive backIn American football and Canadian football, defensive backs are the players on the defensive team who take positions somewhat back from the line of scrimmage; they are distinguished from the defensive line players and linebackers, who take positions directly behind or close to the line of...
for the Green Bay PackersGreen Bay PackersThe Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions... - Paul BrownPaul BrownPaul Eugene Brown was a coach in American football and a major figure in the development of the National Football League...
, famous coach, member of the Pro Football Hall of FamePro Football Hall of FameThe Pro Football Hall of Fame is the hall of fame of professional football in the United States with an emphasis on the National Football League . It opened in Canton, Ohio, on September 7, 1963, with 17 charter inductees...
, and namesake of Paul Brown StadiumPaul Brown StadiumPaul Brown Stadium is an American sports stadium located in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is the home venue of the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League. It opened on August 19, 2000. The stadium was named after Bengals' founder Paul Brown. The stadium is located on approximately of land and...
(M.A. 1940) - Earle BruceEarle BruceEarle Bruce is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at the University of Tampa , Iowa State University , Ohio State University , the University of Northern Iowa , and Colorado State University , compiling a career college football record of 154–90–2...
, College Football Hall of FameCollege Football Hall of FameThe College Football Hall of Fame is a hall of fame and museum devoted to college football. Located in South Bend, Indiana, it is connected to a convention center and situated in the city's renovated downtown district, two miles south of the University of Notre Dame campus. It is slated to move...
coach - Cris CarterCris CarterCristopher D. Carter is a former American football player in the National Football League. He played wide receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles , the Minnesota Vikings and the Miami Dolphins ....
, former NFL wide receiver - Howard "Hopalong" Cassady, Heisman TrophyHeisman TrophyThe Heisman Memorial Trophy Award , is awarded annually to the player deemed the most outstanding player in collegiate football. It was created in 1935 as the Downtown Athletic Club trophy and renamed in 1936 following the death of the Club's athletic director, John Heisman The Heisman Memorial...
Winner 1955 - Frank ClairFrank ClairFrank James Clair was a coach in the Canadian Football League, nicknamed "the Professor" for his ability to recognize and develop talent. Clair is the 3rd all-time winningest head coach in the CFL with 147 wins and the winningest head coach in the post-season with 27 vistories...
, Canadian Football Hall of FameCanadian Football Hall of FameThe Canadian Football Hall of Fame is a not-for-profit corporation, located in Hamilton, Ontario, that celebrates great achievements in Canadian football. It is an open to the public institution. It includes displays about the Canadian Football League, Canadian university football and Canadian...
coach - Tom CousineauTom CousineauTom Cousineau is a former American Football linebacker who played three seasons in the Canadian Football League with the Montreal Alouettes from 1979 to 1981, and six seasons in the National Football League with the Cleveland Browns and the San Francisco 49ers from 1982 to 1987...
, former linebacker Montreal AlouettesMontreal AlouettesThe Montreal Alouettes are a Canadian Football League team based in Montreal, Quebec.The current franchise named the Alouettes moved to Montreal from Baltimore, Maryland, in 1996 where they had been known as the Baltimore Stallions...
, Cleveland BrownsCleveland BrownsThe Cleveland Browns are a professional football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are currently members of the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
First pick of the 1979 NFL Draft - Ray DiPierroRay DiPierroRay DiPierro is a former guard in the National Football League.-Career:DiPierro played with the Green Bay Packers for two seasons. He played at the collegiate level at Ohio State University.-References:...
, NFL guard for the Green Bay PackersGreen Bay PackersThe Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions... - Mike DossMike DossMichael Allen Doss is an American football safety who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts in the second round of the 2003 NFL Draft...
, NFL SafetyDefensive backIn American football and Canadian football, defensive backs are the players on the defensive team who take positions somewhat back from the line of scrimmage; they are distinguished from the defensive line players and linebackers, who take positions directly behind or close to the line of...
for the Minnesota VikingsMinnesota VikingsThe Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings joined the National Football League as an expansion team in 1960...
Three Time All American - Wes FeslerWes FeslerWesley Eugene "Wes" Fesler was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach of football and basketball. He was three-sport athlete at Ohio State University and a consensus first-team selection to the College Football All-America Team three straight years...
, three-time All American end and noted coach - Jake GaitherJake GaitherAlonzo Smith "Jake" Gaither was the head football coach at Florida A&M University for 25 years, and amassed one of the best winning records of any college football coach....
, head coach at Florida A&M - Eddie GeorgeEddie GeorgeEdward Nathan "Eddie" George, Jr. is a former American football running back in the National Football League. He played for the Tennessee Titans both in Tennessee and in Houston when the franchise was known as the Houston Oilers, and spent his final season with the Dallas Cowboys...
, Heisman TrophyHeisman TrophyThe Heisman Memorial Trophy Award , is awarded annually to the player deemed the most outstanding player in collegiate football. It was created in 1935 as the Downtown Athletic Club trophy and renamed in 1936 following the death of the Club's athletic director, John Heisman The Heisman Memorial...
winner 1995, former NFL football player - John FrankJohn FrankJohn G. Frank was an American football player who played tight end in the NFL from 1984 to 1988 and earned two Super Bowl rings.-High school & college:He attended Mt...
, NFL tight end - Sid GillmanSid GillmanSidney "Sid" Gillman was an American football player, coach, executive, and innovator. Gillman's insistence on stretching the football field by throwing deep downfield passes, instead of short passes to running backs or wide receivers at the sides of the line of scrimmage, was instrumental in...
, NFL coach and Pro Football Hall of Fame - Ted Ginn, Jr.Ted Ginn, Jr.-College career:OSU track coach Russ Rogers recruited Ginn to run track, believing that he could qualify for the 2008 Olympics. However, his track career was put on hold in order to focus on football. Ginn was recruited as a defensive back by Ohio State....
, NFL wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ersSan Francisco 49ersThe San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference and... - Terry GlennTerry GlennTerry Tyree Glenn is a retired American football wide receiver. He was drafted by the New England Patriots seventh overall in the 1996 NFL Draft...
, NFL wide receiver for the Dallas CowboysDallas CowboysThe Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football franchise which plays in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League . They are headquartered in Valley Ranch in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas...
1995 Biletnikoff Award Winner - Randy GradisharRandy GradisharRandy Charles Gradishar is a former college and professional American football linebacker who played in the 1970s and 1980s. Randy Gradishar is currently the Director of Corporate Communications for the Phil Long Dealerships in Colorado...
, NFL linebacker, College Football Hall of FameCollege Football Hall of FameThe College Football Hall of Fame is a hall of fame and museum devoted to college football. Located in South Bend, Indiana, it is connected to a convention center and situated in the city's renovated downtown district, two miles south of the University of Notre Dame campus. It is slated to move...
member - Archie GriffinArchie GriffinArchie Mason Griffin is a former American football running back. Griffin played seven seasons in the NFL with the Cincinnati Bengals. He is college football's only two-time Heisman Trophy winner...
, only two-time (1974 & 1975) Heisman TrophyHeisman TrophyThe Heisman Memorial Trophy Award , is awarded annually to the player deemed the most outstanding player in collegiate football. It was created in 1935 as the Downtown Athletic Club trophy and renamed in 1936 following the death of the Club's athletic director, John Heisman The Heisman Memorial...
winner, current president of The Ohio State University Alumni Association - Lou GrozaLou GrozaLouis Roy Groza was an American football placekicker and offensive tackle who played his entire career for the Cleveland Browns....
, famous footballAmerican footballAmerican football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
kicker and Pro Football Hall of Famer, Lou Groza AwardLou Groza AwardThe Lou Groza Award is presented annually to the top college football placekicker in the United States by the Palm Beach County Sports Commission. The award is named after former Ohio State Buckeyes and Cleveland Browns player Lou Groza.-Winners:...
namesake - Chic HarleyChic HarleyCharles William "Chic" Harley was one of the outstanding American football players of the first half of the 20th century and the player who first brought the Ohio State University football program to national attention. Harley was Ohio State's first consensus first-team All-America selection and...
, three-time All American running back. - A.J. Hawk, NFL linebacker for the Green Bay PackersGreen Bay PackersThe Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions...
2005 Lombardi AwardLombardi AwardThe Rotary Lombardi Award is awarded annually to the best college football lineman or linebacker. The Lombardi Award program was approved by the Rotary Club in Houston in 1970 shortly after the death of Vince Lombardi. The committee outlined the criteria for eligibility for the award, which...
Recipient - Woody HayesWoody HayesWayne Woodrow "Woody" Hayes was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Denison University , Miami University , and Ohio State University , compiling a career college football record of 238–72–10.During his 28 seasons as the head coach of the Ohio...
, Ohio State football coach and educator, M.A. - Kirk HerbstreitKirk HerbstreitKirk Herbstreit is an Emmy Award-winning analyst for ESPN's College GameDay, a television program covering college football and a provider of color commentary during college football games on ESPN and ABC. He appears annually as a commentator in EA Sports' NCAA Football. He was a quarterback on...
, ESPN sports analyst and former OSU quarterback - John HicksJohn HicksSir John Richard Hicks was a British economist and one of the most important and influential economists of the twentieth century. The most familiar of his many contributions in the field of economics were his statement of consumer demand theory in microeconomics, and the IS/LM model , which...
, 1973 winner of Outland TrophyOutland TrophyThe Outland Trophy is awarded to the best United States college football interior lineman by the Football Writers Association of America. It is named after John H. Outland. One of only a few players ever to be named All-America at two positions, Outland garnered consensus All-America honors in...
and Lombardi AwardLombardi AwardThe Rotary Lombardi Award is awarded annually to the best college football lineman or linebacker. The Lombardi Award program was approved by the Rotary Club in Houston in 1970 shortly after the death of Vince Lombardi. The committee outlined the criteria for eligibility for the award, which... - Santonio HolmesSantonio HolmesSantonio Holmes Jr. is an American football wide receiver for the New York Jets of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the first round of the 2006 NFL Draft after playing college football at Ohio State...
, NFL Wide Receiver for the New York JetsNew York JetsThe New York Jets are a professional football team headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, representing the New York metropolitan area. The team is a member of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
, Super Bowl XLIIISuper Bowl XLIIISuper Bowl XLIII was an American football game pitting the American Football Conference champion Pittsburgh Steelers against the National Football Conference champion Arizona Cardinals to decide the National Football League champion for the 2008 season. The game was played on February 1, 2009,...
MVP - Les HorvathLes HorvathLeslie "Les" Horvath was the 1944 Heisman Trophy winner, who played quarterback and halfback for the Ohio State University.- Early life :He was born in South Bend, Indiana, and raised in the Cleveland, Ohio area....
, Heisman TrophyHeisman TrophyThe Heisman Memorial Trophy Award , is awarded annually to the player deemed the most outstanding player in collegiate football. It was created in 1935 as the Downtown Athletic Club trophy and renamed in 1936 following the death of the Club's athletic director, John Heisman The Heisman Memorial...
winner 1943. - Vic JanowiczVic JanowiczVictor Felix "Vic" Janowicz was an American football halfback in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. He played college football at Ohio State University and was drafted in the seventh round of the 1952 NFL Draft...
, Heisman TrophyHeisman TrophyThe Heisman Memorial Trophy Award , is awarded annually to the player deemed the most outstanding player in collegiate football. It was created in 1935 as the Downtown Athletic Club trophy and renamed in 1936 following the death of the Club's athletic director, John Heisman The Heisman Memorial...
winner 1950. - Pete JohnsonPete Johnson (American football)Pete Johnson is a former college and professional American football running back. He spent 8 seasons in the NFL, primarily with the Cincinnati Bengals. Before his NFL career, Johnson played for the Ohio State Buckeyes.-College career:Johnson played fullback for Ohio State from 1973 through 1976...
, NFL running back - Dante LavelliDante LavelliDante Bert Joseph "Gluefingers" Lavelli was an American football end who played for the Cleveland Browns in the All-America Football Conference and National Football League from 1946 to 1956...
, Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee (1945) - James LaurinaitisJames Laurinaitis-St. Louis Rams:Laurinaitis was drafted in the 2nd round 35th overall by the St. Louis Rams. On July 29, 2009, he signed a four-year, $5.1 million contract. The deal contained $3.3 million guaranteed...
, St. Louis RamsSt. Louis RamsThe St. Louis Rams are a professional American football team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are currently members of the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Rams have won three NFL Championships .The Rams began playing in 1936 in Cleveland,...
middle linebacker. - Dick LeBeauDick LeBeauCharles Richard “Dick” LeBeau is a National Football League Hall of Fame defensive back. He is currently the Pittsburgh Steelers defensive coordinator and is considered to be one of the greatest defensive coordinators of all time. He spent 14 years in the NFL as a player with the Detroit Lions and...
, Pittsburgh SteelersPittsburgh SteelersThe Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team currently belongs to the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Founded in , the Steelers are the oldest franchise in the AFC...
defensive coordinatorDefensive coordinatorA defensive coordinator typically refers to a coach on a gridiron football team who is in charge of the defense. Generally, along with his offensive counterpart, he represents the second level of command structure after the head coach... - Dick LoganDick LoganDick Logan is a former guard in the National Football League.-Career:Logan was drafted in the eleventh round of the 1952 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Browns and played two seasons with the Green Bay Packers. He played at the collegiate level at Ohio State University.-References:...
, NFL guard for the Green Bay PackersGreen Bay PackersThe Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions... - Urban MeyerUrban MeyerUrban Frank Meyer, III is an American football coach and former player. He is head football coach at Ohio State University, having been hired for the position in November 2011...
, Current Head Coach of Ohio State Football(M.A. 1988) - Orlando PaceOrlando PaceOrlando Lamar Pace is an American football offensive tackle who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the St. Louis Rams first overall in the 1997 NFL Draft. He played college football at Ohio State. Pace has started all 16 games eight times and blocked for three straight NFL MVPs...
, NFL offensive lineman Chicago BearsChicago BearsThe Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
, winner of 1995 Outland TrophyOutland TrophyThe Outland Trophy is awarded to the best United States college football interior lineman by the Football Writers Association of America. It is named after John H. Outland. One of only a few players ever to be named All-America at two positions, Outland garnered consensus All-America honors in...
and the 1994 and 1995 Lombardi AwardLombardi AwardThe Rotary Lombardi Award is awarded annually to the best college football lineman or linebacker. The Lombardi Award program was approved by the Rotary Club in Houston in 1970 shortly after the death of Vince Lombardi. The committee outlined the criteria for eligibility for the award, which...
, First pick of the 1996 NFL Draft - Jim ParkerJim Parker (American football)James Thomas "Jim" Parker was a college and professional American football player in the 1950s and '60s. He is a member of the College and Professional Football Halls of Fame.-College career:...
, Offensive tackle for the Baltimore ColtsHistory of the Indianapolis ColtsThe Indianapolis Colts are a professional football team based in Indianapolis, Indiana. They play in the AFC South division of the National Football League. They have won 3 NFL championships and 2 Super Bowls....
and Pro Football Hall of Fame - Steve RuzichSteve RuzichSteve Ruzich is a former guard in the National Football League. He was drafted in the fourteenth round of the 1952 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Browns and would play three seasons with the Green Bay Packers.-References:...
, NFL guard for the Green Bay PackersGreen Bay PackersThe Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions... - Glenn E. "Bo" Schembechler, Former football coach of the Michigan WolverinesMichigan WolverinesThe Michigan Wolverines comprise 27 varsity sports teams at the University of Michigan. These teams compete in the NCAA's Division I and in the Big Ten Conference in all sports except men's ice hockey which competes in the NCAA D1 Central Collegiate Hockey Association, and women's water polo, which...
(Master's 1952) - Tom SkladanyTom SkladanyThomas Edward Skladany was an American football punter with a six-year career in the National Football League from 1978 to 1983. Skladany was a three-time All-American at The Ohio State University—. He was selected to the Pro Bowl after the 1981 season.Simmons....
, three time All American punter and former American professional football player Detroit LionsDetroit LionsThe Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and...
and later Philadelphia EaglesPhiladelphia EaglesThe Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League... - Troy SmithTroy SmithTroy James Smith is an American football quarterback for the Omaha Nighthawks of the United Football League. He was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens of the NFL in the fifth round of the 2007 NFL Draft. He played college football at Ohio State.Smith has also played for the San Francisco 49ers. He...
, 2006 Heisman TrophyHeisman TrophyThe Heisman Memorial Trophy Award , is awarded annually to the player deemed the most outstanding player in collegiate football. It was created in 1935 as the Downtown Athletic Club trophy and renamed in 1936 following the death of the Club's athletic director, John Heisman The Heisman Memorial...
winner, [Former NFL Player] - Chris SpielmanChris SpielmanCharles Christopher "Chris" Spielman is a former American football player and is currently an analyst for ESPN's coverage of college football games.-Football career:...
, former NFL linebacker with the Detroit LionsDetroit LionsThe Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and...
, Buffalo BillsBuffalo BillsThe Buffalo Bills are a professional football team based in Buffalo, New York. They are currently members of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
and Cleveland BrownsCleveland BrownsThe Cleveland Browns are a professional football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are currently members of the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
1987 Lombardi AwardLombardi AwardThe Rotary Lombardi Award is awarded annually to the best college football lineman or linebacker. The Lombardi Award program was approved by the Rotary Club in Houston in 1970 shortly after the death of Vince Lombardi. The committee outlined the criteria for eligibility for the award, which...
Recipient - Shawn SpringsShawn SpringsShawn Springs is an American football cornerback who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks third overall in the 1997 NFL Draft. He played college football at Ohio State....
, NFL cornerbackCornerbackA cornerback is a member of the defensive backfield or secondary in American and Canadian football. Cornerbacks cover receivers, to defend against pass offenses and make tackles. Other members of the defensive backfield include the safeties and occasionally linebackers. The cornerback position...
for the New England PatriotsNew England PatriotsThe New England Patriots, commonly called the "Pats", are a professional football team based in the Greater Boston area, playing their home games in the town of Foxborough, Massachusetts at Gillette Stadium. The team is part of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National... - Jim StillwagonJim StillwagonJim Stillwagon is a former all star American college football player and Canadian Football League player.Stillwagon was a three-year starter with the Ohio State Buckeyes. He was a consensus All-America selection as a junior and senior, and won the Outland Trophy and was the first-ever winner of...
, noted Canadian Football LeagueCanadian Football LeagueThe Canadian Football League or CFL is a professional sports league located in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football, a form of gridiron football closely related to American football....
player, 1970 winner of Outland TrophyOutland TrophyThe Outland Trophy is awarded to the best United States college football interior lineman by the Football Writers Association of America. It is named after John H. Outland. One of only a few players ever to be named All-America at two positions, Outland garnered consensus All-America honors in...
and Lombardi AwardLombardi AwardThe Rotary Lombardi Award is awarded annually to the best college football lineman or linebacker. The Lombardi Award program was approved by the Rotary Club in Houston in 1970 shortly after the death of Vince Lombardi. The committee outlined the criteria for eligibility for the award, which... - Don SutherinDon SutherinDonald Paul "Suds" Sutherin is a former Canadian Football League and National Football League defensive back and placekicker...
, Canadian Football Hall of FameCanadian Football Hall of FameThe Canadian Football Hall of Fame is a not-for-profit corporation, located in Hamilton, Ontario, that celebrates great achievements in Canadian football. It is an open to the public institution. It includes displays about the Canadian Football League, Canadian university football and Canadian...
defensive backDefensive backIn American football and Canadian football, defensive backs are the players on the defensive team who take positions somewhat back from the line of scrimmage; they are distinguished from the defensive line players and linebackers, who take positions directly behind or close to the line of... - Jack TatumJack TatumJohn David Tatum was an American football defensive back who played ten seasons from 1971 through 1980 for the Oakland Raiders and Houston Oilers in the National Football League...
, footballAmerican footballAmerican football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
player for the Oakland RaidersOakland RaidersThe Oakland Raiders are a professional American football team based in Oakland, California. They currently play in the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
, author - Paul WarfieldPaul WarfieldPaul Dryden Warfield is a former professional American football wide receiver in the 1960s and 1970s known for his speed, fluid moves, grace, jumping ability and hands.- Football career :...
, Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receiverWide receiverA wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football, and is the key player in most of the passing plays. Only players in the backfield or the ends on the line are eligible to catch a forward pass. The two players who begin play at the ends of the offensive line are eligible... - Dan WilkinsonDan WilkinsonDan "Big Daddy" Wilkinson is a former defensive tackle who played 13 seasons for the Cincinnati Bengals, Washington Redskins, Detroit Lions, and Miami Dolphins of the National Football League. He was drafted 1st overall in the 1994 NFL Draft...
, NFL Defensive Lineman, First pick of the 1994 NFL draft - Bill WillisBill WillisWilliam Karnet Willis was one of the dominant American football players of the 1940s and 1950s, and is an inductee in the College and Professional Football Halls of Fame. Willis was one of the first African American football players to play professional football...
, Pro Football Hall of Famer and first African-American pro football player - Antoine WinfieldAntoine WinfieldAntoine Winfield is an American football cornerback in the NFL. He played college football at The Ohio State University, winning the Jim Thorpe Award as the nation's top defensive back in 1998. Winfield was selected by the Buffalo Bills in the first round of the 1999 NFL Draft. Since 2004, he...
, NFL cornerback for the Minnesota VikingsMinnesota VikingsThe Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings joined the National Football League as an expansion team in 1960...
1998 Jim Thorpe AwardJim Thorpe AwardThe Jim Thorpe Award, named in memory of multi-sport legend Jim Thorpe, has been awarded to the top defensive back in college football since 1986...
winner - Nick MangoldNick Mangold-New York Jets:Replacing Kevin Mawae at center, Mangold had a good rookie season, allowing only 0.5 sacks, committed only 3 penalties and made all the line calls. Mangold was considered to be the best prospect at center in the last 15 years according to NFL draft expert Mike Mayock...
, NFL centerCenter (American football)Center is a position in American football and Canadian football . The center is the innermost lineman of the offensive line on a football team's offense...
for the NY Jets, 2-time pro bowler - Mike NugentMike NugentMike Nugent is an American football placekicker for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League. He was drafted by the New York Jets in the second round of the 2005 NFL Draft...
, NFL placekickerPlacekickerPlacekicker, or simply kicker , is the title of the player in American and Canadian football who is responsible for the kicking duties of field goals, extra points...
for the Cincinnati Bengals - Anthony GonzalezAnthony GonzalezAnthony E. Gonzalez is an American football wide receiver for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Colts in the first round of the 2007 NFL Draft. He played college football at Ohio State.-Early years:Gonzalez attended St...
, NFL Wide ReceiverWide receiverA wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football, and is the key player in most of the passing plays. Only players in the backfield or the ends on the line are eligible to catch a forward pass. The two players who begin play at the ends of the offensive line are eligible...
for the Indianapolis Colts
For a more complete list of Ohio State University alumni in the NFL see: Buckeyes in the NFL
Golf
- John CookJohn Cook (golfer)John Neuman Cook is an American professional golfer, who has played on the PGA Tour and currently plays on the Champions Tour....
- Rosie JonesRosie JonesRosie Jones is an American professional golfer, with 13 LPGA Tour career victories and nearly $8.4 million in tournament earnings.-Amateur career:Jones was born in Santa Ana, California...
- Meg Mallon
- Jack NicklausJack NicklausJack William Nicklaus , nicknamed "The Golden Bear", is an American professional golfer. He won 18 career major championships on the PGA Tour over a span of 25 years and is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional golfers of all time. In addition to his 18 Majors, he was runner-up a...
(attended) - Joey SindelarJoey SindelarJoseph Paul Sindelar is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the Champions Tour.Sindelar was born in Fort Knox, Kentucky while his father was serving in the Army, but has lived in New York for most of his life...
- Chris SmithChris Smith (golfer)Christopher McClain Smith is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the Nationwide Tour.Smith was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. He attended Ohio State University, where he was a four-time All-Conference selection in the Big Ten from 1988 to 1991, and an All-America selection as a...
- Tom WeiskopfTom WeiskopfThomas Daniel Weiskopf is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour. His most successful decade was the 1970s, and he won 16 PGA Tour titles between 1968 and 1982. After winding down his tournament career, Weiskopf has become a noted golf course...
Hockey
- Tom AskeyTom AskeyTom Askey is an American professional ice hockey goaltender. He was drafted by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim as their eighth-round pick, #186 overall, in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft.-Playing career:...
, retired goaltender for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and various European pro teams. - Mike BalesMike BalesMichael Raymond Bales is a Canadian professional ice hockey player. A goaltender, he has played for the Boston Bruins and Ottawa Senators in the National Hockey League. He attended the Ohio State University, lettering with the Buckeyes from 1990 to 1992, and was drafted by Boston in the fifth...
, NHLNational Hockey LeagueThe National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
ice hockeyIce hockeyIce hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
goalie, currently playing for the Straubing TigersStraubing TigersThe Straubing Tigers are a professional men's ice hockey team in the German Ice Hockey League . They play out of Straubing, Germany, and they play their home games at Eisstadion am Pulverturm, which can hold 5,800 spectators....
(DEL). - Mathieu Beaudoin current NHL hockey player with Phoenix CoyotesPhoenix CoyotesThe Phoenix Coyotes are a professional ice hockey team based in Glendale, Arizona. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . They play their home games at Jobing.com Arena....
. - Sean Collins current NHL hockey player for the Washington CapitalsWashington CapitalsThe Washington Capitals are a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . Since their founding in 1974, "The Caps" have won one conference championship to reach the 1998 Stanley Cup...
. - Corey ElkinsCorey ElkinsCorey Elkins is an ice hockey center for the HC Pardubice of the Czech Extraliga.-Career statistics:- External links :...
, current NHL hockey player/left wing with Los Angeles KingsLos Angeles KingsThe Los Angeles Kings are a professional ice hockey team based in Los Angeles, California. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League...
. - Tom FritscheTom FritscheTom "Buzz" Fritsche is an American ice hockey forward currently playing for the Tulsa Oilers of the Central Hockey League. Tom is the younger brother of Dan Fritsche who plays for the Genève-Servette HC of the Swiss National League A.-Playing career:Fritsche was drafted 47th overall in the 2005...
, 1st round draft choice, currently with the Lake Erie MonstersLake Erie MonstersThe Lake Erie Monsters are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They began play in the 2007–08 AHL season at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio...
(AHLAmerican Hockey LeagueThe American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League...
). - Nate GueninNate GueninNathaniel Lawrence Guenin is an American professional ice hockey defenseman who currently plays for the Anaheim Ducks organization of the National Hockey League .-Playing career:...
, current NHL player with the Columbus Blue JacketsColumbus Blue JacketsThe Columbus Blue Jackets are a professional ice hockey team based in Columbus, Ohio, United States. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League...
. - Ryan KeslerRyan KeslerRyan James Kesler is an American professional ice hockey center for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League . He serves as an alternate captain for the Canucks during home games. Selected in the first round, 23rd overall by the Vancouver Canucks in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft, Kesler has...
, current NHL hockey player with the Vancouver CanucksVancouver CanucksThe Vancouver Canucks are a professional ice hockey team based in Vancouver, :British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The Canucks play their home games at Rogers Arena, formerly known as General Motors Place,...
. - Jamie MacounJamie MacounJamie Neil Macoun is a retired professional ice hockey defenceman who played parts of seventeen seasons in the National Hockey League....
, longtime veteran ice hockey defencemanDefenceman (ice hockey)Defence in ice hockey is a player position whose primary responsibility is to prevent the opposing team from scoring...
in the NHL. - Jeff MadillJeff MadillJeff Madill is a retired ice hockey right winger. He was drafted by the New Jersey Devils in the 1987 NHL Supplemental Draft....
, retired NHL player with the New Jersey DevilsNew Jersey DevilsThe New Jersey Devils are a professional ice hockey team based in Newark, New Jersey, United States. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...
. - Bill McKenzieBill McKenzieWilliam Ian McKenzie is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played for the Detroit Red Wings, Kansas City Scouts, and Colorado Rockies in the National Hockey League .-Awards:...
, retired NHL goaltender. - Éric MelocheEric MelocheÉric Meloche is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who currently plays for the Straubing Tigers of the German Deutsche Eishockey Liga . He is the son of former player Gilles Meloche.-Playing career:...
, current professional hockey player with the Straubing TigersStraubing TigersThe Straubing Tigers are a professional men's ice hockey team in the German Ice Hockey League . They play out of Straubing, Germany, and they play their home games at Eisstadion am Pulverturm, which can hold 5,800 spectators....
(DEL). - Kevin MontgomeryKevin Montgomery (ice hockey)Kevin Montgomery is an American ice hockey player who currently plays for the Oklahoma City Barons of the American Hockey League while under contract to the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League.-Playing career:...
current NHL draft choice, currently with the Lake Erie MonstersLake Erie MonstersThe Lake Erie Monsters are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They began play in the 2007–08 AHL season at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio...
(AHLAmerican Hockey LeagueThe American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League...
). - Rod PelleyRod PelleyRod Pelley is a Canadian ice hockey centre who currently plays for the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League.-Playing career:He scored his first NHL goal on November 8, 2007 against Martin Biron of the Philadelphia Flyers...
, currently playing for the New Jersey DevilsNew Jersey DevilsThe New Jersey Devils are a professional ice hockey team based in Newark, New Jersey, United States. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...
in the NHL. - Dave SteckelDave SteckelDavid Steckel is an American professional ice hockey center currently playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs in the National Hockey League.-Playing career:...
, current ice hockey player in the NHL for the New Jersey DevilsNew Jersey DevilsThe New Jersey Devils are a professional ice hockey team based in Newark, New Jersey, United States. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...
. - Tyson StrachanTyson StrachanTyson Strachan is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman for the Florida Panthers. He was drafted by the Carolina Hurricanes in the fifth round, 137th overall, in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft.-Playing career:...
, current NHL player/defenseman with the St. Louis Blues. - R.J. Umberger, current ice hockey player/center in the NHL for the Columbus Blue JacketsColumbus Blue JacketsThe Columbus Blue Jackets are a professional ice hockey team based in Columbus, Ohio, United States. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League...
. - Jim WitherspoonJim WitherspoonJames Witherspoon is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman that played for the Los Angeles Kings in the National Hockey League .-External links:...
, retired NHL player/defenseman with the Los Angeles KingsLos Angeles KingsThe Los Angeles Kings are a professional ice hockey team based in Los Angeles, California. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League...
. - JB Bittner, retired AHL player/ now coaches at Ohio State. Captain of the 2004 CCHA Championship team.
- Zac DalpeZac DalpeZac Dalpe is a Canadian ice hockey centre who currently plays for the Charlotte Checkers of the American Hockey League. Dalpe played in his first NHL game on October 7, 2010, after impressing the Hurricanes during training camp and surviving several rounds of cuts. Dalpe recorded an assist in the...
, current NHL hockey player with the Carolina HurricanesCarolina HurricanesThe Carolina Hurricanes are a professional ice hockey team based in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League , and play their home games at the 18,680-seat RBC Center...
Soccer
- Ray BurseRay BurseRay Burse, Jr. is an American soccer player who currently plays for the Puerto Rico Islanders in the North American Soccer League.-College and Amateur:...
, Goal Keeper Puerto Rico IslandersPuerto Rico IslandersPuerto Rico Islanders is a Puerto Rican professional football team based in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Founded in 2003, the team plays in the North American Soccer League , the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid.... - Dustin KirbyDustin KirbyDustin Kirby is an American football defender who last played for Real Salt Lake.-Youth:Born and raised in the suburbs of Cleveland, Kirby played on the Impact team of the from 1994 through 2003...
, Real Salt LakeReal Salt LakeReal Salt Lake is an American professional soccer club based in Sandy, Utah, a suburb of Salt Lake City. The team competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. They currently play their home games at Rio Tinto Stadium. Real Salt Lake won... - Roger EspinozaRoger EspinozaRoger Espinoza is a Honduran footballer who currently plays for Sporting Kansas City in Major League Soccer.-Youth and College:Espinoza moved from his native Honduras to Denver, Colorado when he was 12 years old...
, Sporting Kansas City - Eric BrunnerEric BrunnerEric Brunner is an American soccer player who currently plays for Portland Timbers in Major League Soccer.-College and Amateur:...
, Columbus CrewColumbus CrewThe Columbus Crew is an American professional soccer club based in Columbus, Ohio which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada... - Kyle VerisKyle VerisKyle Veris is an American soccer player currently playing for Pittsburgh Riverhounds in the USL Professional Division.-Youth and College:...
, MLS LA Galaxy and Top European Clubs
National Academy of Sciences Members
- Malcolm Chisolm, ChemistryChemistryChemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
- Carlo Croce, MedicineMedicineMedicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
GeneticsGeneticsGenetics , a discipline of biology, is the science of genes, heredity, and variation in living organisms....
Researcher - Albert de la Chapelle, Medicine Genetics Researcher
- David Denlinger, BiologyBiologyBiology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy. Biology is a vast subject containing many subdivisions, topics, and disciplines...
- Avner FriedmanAvner FriedmanAvner Friedman is Distinguished Professor of Mathematics and Physical Sciences at Ohio State University. His primary field of research is partial differential equations, with interests in stochastic processes, mathematical modeling, free boundary problems, and control theory.Friedman received his...
, MathematicsMathematicsMathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity... - Bernadine HealyBernadine HealyBernadine Patricia Healy was an American physician, cardiologist, academic and a former head of the National Institutes of Health . She was a professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins University, professor and dean of the College of Medicine and Public Health at the Ohio State University, and served...
, Cardiologist, a former head of the National Institutes of HealthNational Institutes of HealthThe National Institutes of Health are an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and are the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and health-related research. Its science and engineering counterpart is the National Science Foundation...
(NIH) and the American Red CrossAmerican Red CrossThe American Red Cross , also known as the American National Red Cross, is a volunteer-led, humanitarian organization that provides emergency assistance, disaster relief and education inside the United States. It is the designated U.S... - Tina M. Henkin, MicrobiologyMicrobiologyMicrobiology is the study of microorganisms, which are defined as any microscopic organism that comprises either a single cell , cell clusters or no cell at all . This includes eukaryotes, such as fungi and protists, and prokaryotes...
- Ellen Mosely-Thompson, Environmental Sciences
- Leo PaquetteLeo PaquetteLeo Armand Paquette is an American organic chemist. He received his Ph.D. in 1959 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has been a Professor of Chemistry at the Ohio State University since 1969. He is the author of over 1000 papers and has also edited works such as the Encyclopedia...
, Chemistry - Linda Saif, Biology
- Lonnie G. ThompsonLonnie ThompsonLonnie Thompson , is an American paleoclimatologist and Distinguished University Professor in the School of Earth Sciences at The Ohio State University. He has achieved global recognition for his drilling and analysis of ice cores from mountain glaciers and ice caps in the tropical and sub-tropical...
, GeologyGeologyGeology is the science comprising the study of solid Earth, the rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which it evolves. Geology gives insight into the history of the Earth, as it provides the primary evidence for plate tectonics, the evolutionary history of life, and past climates...
Tyler PrizeTyler Prize for Environmental AchievementThe Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement is an award for environmental science, environmental health and energy. Tyler Laureates receive a $200,000 annual prize and a gold medallion...
winning glaciologist (M.S. 1971 Ph.D. 1976) - Kenneth G. WilsonKenneth G. WilsonKenneth Geddes Wilson is an American theoretical physicist and Nobel Prize winner.As an undergraduate at Harvard, he was a Putnam Fellow. He earned his PhD from Caltech in 1961, studying under Murray Gell-Mann....
, PhysicsPhysicsPhysics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
1982 Nobel Laureate
National Academy of Engineering Members
- Meyer J. Benzakein, Aerospace EngineeringAerospace engineeringAerospace engineering is the primary branch of engineering concerned with the design, construction and science of aircraft and spacecraft. It is divided into two major and overlapping branches: aeronautical engineering and astronautical engineering...
- Jose B. Cruz, Jr.Jose B. Cruz, Jr.Jose B. Cruz, Jr. is a noted control theorist and a Distinguished Professor of Engineering in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ohio State University. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the recipient of Richard E...
, Electrical EngineeringElectrical engineeringElectrical engineering is a field of engineering that generally deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism. The field first became an identifiable occupation in the late nineteenth century after commercialization of the electric telegraph and electrical... - Liang-Shih Fan, Chemical EngineeringChemical engineeringChemical engineering is the branch of engineering that deals with physical science , and life sciences with mathematics and economics, to the process of converting raw materials or chemicals into more useful or valuable forms...
- Robert E. Fenton, Electrical Engineering
- W. S. Winston Ho, Chemical Engineering
- Robert G. Kouyoumjian, Electrical Engineering
- William S. Marras, Industrial and Systems Engineering
- Robert A. Rapp, Materials Engineering
- Paul G. Shewmon, Materials Engineering
- Robert H. Wagoner, Materials Engineering
- James C. Williams, Materials Engineering
Institute of Medicine of The National Academies Members
- Clara D. BloomfieldClara D. BloomfieldClara D. Bloomfield, MD , is an American physician and cancer researcher. Her work has focused on the genetic changes that are present in certain types of blood cancers, and how those can be utilized to improve treatment for the affected patients.-Education:Dr. Bloomfield earned her B.A...
- Charles C. Capen
- Janice K. Kiecolt-Glaser
- Michael D. Lairmor
- Milap Nahata
Arts, humanities & social sciences
- Kevin Boyle, HistoryHistoryHistory is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
, 2004 National Book AwardNational Book AwardThe National Book Awards are a set of American literary awards. Started in 1950, the Awards are presented annually to American authors for literature published in the current year. In 1989 the National Book Foundation, a nonprofit organization which now oversees and manages the National Book...
winner and Pulitzer PrizePulitzer PrizeThe Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
finalist for Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights and Murder in the Jazz Age. - Henri ColeHenri ColeHenri Cole is an award-winning American poet.-Biography:Henri Cole was born in Fukuoka, Japan, to an American father and French mother, and raised in Virginia, United States. His father, a North Carolinian, enlisted in the service after graduating from high school and, while stationed in...
, English noted contemporary American Poet whose awards include a Guggenheim FellowshipGuggenheim FellowshipGuggenheim Fellowships are American grants that have been awarded annually since 1925 by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts." Each year, the foundation makes...
and a Pulitzer PrizePulitzer PrizeThe Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
finalist - Charles CsuriCharles CsuriCharles Csuri , aka Chuck Csuri, is a pioneer in the field of computer art and a former All American college football player.-Digital art:...
, ArtArtArt is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....
Computer GraphicsComputer graphicsComputer graphics are graphics created using computers and, more generally, the representation and manipulation of image data by a computer with help from specialized software and hardware....
influential artist and scholar; father of digital art and computer animation (BFA 1946; MFA 1948) - Ann Hamilton, ArtArtArt is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....
Sculptor, 1993 MacArthur Fellow, 2008 Heinz AwardHeinz AwardThe Heinz Award is an award currently given annually to ten honorees by the Heinz Family Foundation. The Heinz Awards recognize outstanding individuals for their contributions in the five areas of: Arts and Humanities, the Environment, the Human Condition, Public Policy, and Technology, the Economy...
Recipient - Lee Martin, English, 2006 Pulitzer Prize finalist for the novel The Bright Forever.
- Bebe MillerBebe MillerBebe Miller is an American choreographer, dancer and director.-Biography:Daughter of an elementary school teacher and a ship steward, Bebe Miller was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1950. She was raised in a public housing project in the Red Hook Nieghborhood...
, DanceDanceDance is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting....
, Guggenheim Fellow, Founder Bebe Miller Dance Company (M.A. 1975) - John MuellerJohn MuellerJohn E. Mueller is a political scientist in the field of international relations as well as a scholar of the history of dance. He is recognized for his ideas concerning "the banality of ethnic war" and the theory that major world conflicts are quickly becoming obsolete.-Career:He received his A.B...
, Political SciencePolitical sciencePolitical Science is a social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, government and politics. Aristotle defined it as the study of the state. It deals extensively with the theory and practice of politics, and the analysis of political systems and political behavior...
, Guggenheim Fellow, holds the Wayne Woodrow Hayes Chair in National Security Studies, winner of Georgetown University'sGeorgetown UniversityGeorgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States...
Lepgold Prize for the best book on international relations for The Remnants of War - Thomas Postlewait, TheatreTheatreTheatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
, the only scholar in his field to be invited to contribute both to the Cambridge History of American Theatre and the Cambridge History of British History - Alexander WendtAlexander WendtAlexander Wendt is one of the core social constructivist scholars in the field of international relations. Wendt and scholars such as Nicholas Onuf, Peter J...
, Political Science, Ralph D. Mershon Professor of International Security Recently named the third most influential scholar of international relations by Foreign Policy MagazineForeign PolicyForeign Policy is a bimonthly American magazine founded in 1970 by Samuel P. Huntington and Warren Demian Manshel.Originally, the magazine was a quarterly...
Others
- Frank DeLucia, PhysicsPhysicsPhysics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
and 1992 winner of Max-Planck Prize - Harvey FriedmanHarvey FriedmanHarvey Friedman is a mathematical logician at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. He is noted especially for his work on reverse mathematics, a project intended to derive the axioms of mathematics from the theorems considered to be necessary...
, MathematicsMathematicsMathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
, noted logician - Eric Herbst, Physics and 1993 winner of Max-Planck Prize
- William J. MitschWilliam J. MitschWilliam Mitsch, born March 29, 1947 in Wheeling, West Virginia USA, is an ecosystem ecologist and ecological engineer who was co-laureate of the 2004 Stockholm Water Prize in August 2004 as a result of a career in wetland ecology and restoration, ecological engineering, and ecological...
, Environmental ScienceEnvironmental scienceEnvironmental science is an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physical and biological sciences, to the study of the environment, and the solution of environmental problems...
awarded 2004 Stockholm Water Prize for wetlands research
Presidents of The Ohio State University
| President | Life | Term |
|---|---|---|
| E. Gordon Gee | born 1944-02-02 | 2007-10-01– |
| Joseph A. Alutto Joseph A. Alutto Joseph Anthony Alutto is Executive Vice President and Provost of Ohio State University located in Columbus, Ohio. He was formerly the Interim President, and the Dean of Ohio State's Max M. Fisher College of Business.... (interim acting) |
born 1942 | 2007-07-01–2007-09-30 |
| Karen A. Holbrook | born 1942-12-06 | 2002-10-01–2007-06-30 |
| Edward H. Jennings Edward Harrington Jennings Edward Harrington Jennings was the 10th President of the The Ohio State University from September 1, 1981 to August 31, 1990 and also the acting president from July 1, 2002 until October 1, 2002 after Bill Kirwan left the office... (interim acting) |
born 1937-02-18 | 2002-07-01–2002-09-30 |
| William E. Kirwan William English Kirwan William English "Brit" Kirwan is currently the third Chancellor of the University System of Maryland . Prior to that, Kirwan was the 26th President of the University of Maryland, College Park and the 12th President of Ohio State University... |
born 1938-04-14 | 1998-07-01–2002-06-30 |
| John R. Sisson John Richard Sisson John "Richard" Sisson was the acting President of The Ohio State University from December 15, 1997 to June 30, 1998 after Elwood Gordon Gee left the office.... (interim acting) |
born 1936-10-16 | 1997-12-15–1998-06-30 |
| E. Gordon Gee | born 1944-02-02 | 1990-09-01–1998-01-02 |
| Edward H. Jennings | born 1937-02-18 | 1981-09-01–1990-08-31 |
| Harold L. Enarson Harold Leroy Enarson Harold Leroy Enarson was the 9th President of The Ohio State University . Prior to joining Ohio State, he served as the first President of Cleveland State University, from 1966 to 1972.... |
1919-05-24–2006-07-31 | 1972-09-01–1981-08-31 |
| Novice G. Fawcett Novice Gail Fawcett Novice Gail Fawcett , born in Gambier, Ohio, was the 8th President of The Ohio State University. He received a Bachelor of science from Kenyon College in 1931 and a Master's degree from Ohio State in 1937. He worked toward, but never completed a Ph.D... |
1909-03-29–1998-06-19 | 1956-08-01–1972-08-31 |
| Howard L. Bevis Howard Landis Bevis Howard Landis Bevis was the 7th President of The Ohio State University. Bevis received a bachelors degree from the University of Cincinnati in 1908, a degree from University of Cincinnati College of Law in 1910 and a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1920... |
1885-11-19–1968-04-24 | 1940-02-01–1956-06-30 |
| William McPherson William McPherson, OSU William McPherson was the acting President of The Ohio State University from July 1, 1938 to March 1, 1940. A chemistry laboratory at Ohio State is named for him.-Further reading:**... (acting) |
1864-07-02–1951-10-02 | 1938-07-01–1940-01-31 |
| George W. Rightmire George Washington Rightmire George Washington Rightmire , born in Lawrence County, Ohio, was the sixth President of The Ohio State University. He graduated from Ohio State in 1895 and taught in the Columbus Public Schools for seven years. From 1904 to 1919 he studied and practiced intellectual property law in Columbus, Ohio... |
1868-11-15–1952-12-23 | 1925-11-06–1938-07-01 |
| William Oxley Thompson William Oxley Thompson William Oxley Thompson, D.D. , born in Cambridge, Ohio, was the fifth President of The Ohio State University. Thompson was educated at Muskingum College and Western Theological Seminary. An ordained minister, Thompson spent the first half of his career in Presbyterian ministry... |
1855-11-05–1933-12-09 | 1899-07-01–1925-11-05 |
| James H. Canfield James Hulme Canfield James Hulme Canfield , born in Delaware, Ohio, the son of Rev. E. H. and Martha Canfield, was the fourth President of The Ohio State University. He was raised in New York City. Canfield attended Williams College and read law in Jackson, Michigan, before briefly practicing in St. Joseph, Michigan... |
1847-03-18–1909-03-29 | 1895-07-01–1899-06-30 |
| William H. Scott | 1840-09-01–1937-01-11 | 1883-06-20–1895-06-30 |
| Walter Q. Scott Walter Quincy Scott Walter Quincy Scott , born in Dayton, Ohio, was the second President of The Ohio State University.After serving in the American Civil War, Scott attended Lafayette College and Union Theological Seminary. An ordained Presbyterian ministar, Scott led Arch Street Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia,... |
1845-12-19–1917-05-09 | 1881-06-21–1883-06-20 |
| Edward Orton, Sr. Edward Orton, Sr. Edward Francis Baxter Orton, Sr. , a Harvard educated geologist, was the first President of The Ohio State University.... |
1829-03-09–1899-10-16 | 1873-09-17–1881-06-21 |