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Ohio State University The Ohio State University, commonly called Ohio State or OSU, is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio. A member of the University System of Ohio, it has been ranked by major institutional rankings among the best publ ...

people of whom have some significant affiliation with the school. Individuals listed may have only attended the university at one point and not necessarily have graduated. Currently there are nearly 500,000 living Ohio State alumni.

National and international award winners

Nobel laureates

Leon Cooper Leon N Cooper (born February 28, 1930) is an American physicist and Nobel Prize laureate who, with John Bardeen and John Robert Schrieffer, developed the BCS theory of superconductivity. His name is also associated with the Cooper pair and co-deve ...

, 1972 Nobel laureate in

Physics Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge which r ...

(Faculty 1957-1958) *

Paul Flory Paul John Flory (June 19, 1910 – September 9, 1985) was an American chemist and Nobel laureate who was known for his work in the field of polymers, or macromolecules. He was a leading pioneer in understanding the behavior of polymers in solu ...

, 1974 Nobel

laureate In English, the word laureate has come to signify eminence or association with literary awards or military glory. It is also used for recipients of the Nobel Prize, the Gandhi Peace Award, the Student Peace Prize, and for former music direc ...

Chemistry Chemistry is the science, scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a natural science that covers the Chemical element, elements that make up matter to the chemical compound, compounds made of atoms, molecules and ions ...

(Ph.D. 1934) *

William A. Fowler William Alfred Fowler ( ) was an American nuclear physicist, later astrophysicist, who, with Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, won the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physics. He is known for his theoretical and experimental research into nuclear reactions wit ...

, 1983 Nobel laureate in

(B.S. 1933) *

Kenneth G. Wilson Kenneth Geddes "Ken" Wilson (June 8, 1936 – June 15, 2013) was an American theoretical physicist and a pioneer in leveraging computers for studying particle physics. He was awarded the 1982 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on phase ...

, 1982 Nobel laureate in

(Faculty 1988-2008)

Pulitzer Prize winners

Walt Bogdanich Walt Bogdanich (born October 10, 1950) is an American investigative journalist and three-time recipient of the Pulitzer Prize. Life Bogdanich graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1975 with a degree in political science. He receiv ...

, Specialized Reporting 1988; National Reporting 2005; Investigative Reporting 2008 (M.A. 1976) * Paul H. Buck, History 1938 (B.A. 1921, M.A. 1922) *

Julia Keller Julia Keller is an American writer and former journalist. Her awards include the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing. Life Keller was born in Huntington, West Virginia and lived there throughout her early life. Her father was a mathematics professo ...

, Feature Writing 2005 (Ph.D) *

Judith Miller Judith Miller (born January 2, 1948) is an American journalist and commentator known for her coverage of Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) program both before and after the 2003 invasion, which was later discovered to have been based on ...

, Explanatory Reporting 2002 (attended briefly) *

Mary Oliver Mary Jane Oliver (September 10, 1935 – January 17, 2019) was an American poet who won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Her work is inspired by nature, rather than the human world, stemming from her lifelong passion for solitary ...

, Poetry 1984 (attended briefly) *

Jim Schaefer Jim Schaefer is an American journalist based in Detroit, Michigan, where he works as an investigative journalist for the ''Detroit Free Press''. Life and career Schaefer graduated from Ohio State University. He was an investigative producer for ...

, Local Reporting with the ''

Detroit Free Press The ''Detroit Free Press'' is the largest daily newspaper in Detroit, Michigan, US. The Sunday edition is titled the ''Sunday Free Press''. It is sometimes referred to as the Freep (reflected in the paper's web address, www.freep.com). It primari ...

'' 2009 * Diana Sugg, Best Reporting 2003 (M.A. 1992)

Academia

Michael F. Adams Michael Fred Adams (born March 25, 1948) is president emeritus of the University of Georgia in the Georgia (U.S. state), U.S. state of Georgia. Adams began his career in education as a faculty member at Ohio State University from 1973 to 1975. H ...

, former president,

University of Georgia , mottoeng = "To teach, to serve, and to inquire into the nature of things.""To serve" was later added to the motto without changing the seal; the Latin motto directly translates as "To teach and to inquire into the nature of things." , establ ...

(M.A. 1971, Ph.D. 1973) *

Omer Clyde Aderhold Omer Clyde "O.C." Aderhold (November 7, 1899 – July 4, 1969) was President of the University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens from 1950 until 1967. The son of a Lavonia, Georgia, farmer, he graduated from the University of Georgia with an agriculture ...

, former president, University of Georgia (Ph.D. 1938) *

Carol Anderson Carol Anderson (born June 17, 1959) is an American academic. She is the Charles Howard Candler professor of African American Studies at Emory University. Her research focuses on public policy with regard to race, justice, and equality. Educatio ...

, professor of African American Studies at

Emory University Emory University is a private research university in Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in 1836 as "Emory College" by the Methodist Episcopal Church and named in honor of Methodist bishop John Emory, Emory is the second-oldest private institution of ...

(Ph.D. 1995) *

Steve Ballard Steve Ballard is a former chancellor at East Carolina University. On June 1, 2004, Chancellor Ballard began his new job, becoming the tenth chief administrator at ECU. Early life and College Ballard spent his childhood in Galesburg, Illinois ...

Chancellor Chancellor ( la, cancellarius) is a title of various official positions in the governments of many nations. The original chancellors were the of Roman courts of justice—ushers, who sat at the or lattice work screens of a basilica or law cou ...

East Carolina University East Carolina University (ECU) is a public university, public research university in Greenville, North Carolina. It is the fourth largest university in North Carolina. Founded on March 8, 1907, as a Normal school, teacher training school, East ...

(Ph.D. 1976) *

Mahzarin Banaji Mahzarin Rustum Banaji FBA (born 1956) is an American psychologist of Indian origin at Harvard University, known for her work popularizing the concept of implicit bias in regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, and other factors. Educati ...

Richard Clarke Cabot Richard Clarke Cabot (May 21, 1868 – May 7, 1939) was an American physician who advanced clinical hematology, was an innovator in teaching methods, and was a pioneer in social work. Early life and education Richard Clarke Cabot was born May 21 ...

Professor of Social Ethics at

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...

(Ph.D.) *

John Bardo John William Bardo (October 28, 1948 – March 12, 2019) was an American educator, most recently serving as the 13th President of Wichita State University (WSU). Previously, Bardo served as a faculty member at Western Carolina University (WCU) ...

, educator, President of

Wichita State University Wichita State University (WSU) is a public research university in Wichita, Kansas, United States. It is governed by the Kansas Board of Regents. The university offers more than 60 undergraduate degree programs in more than 200 areas of study in ...

, Chancellor of

Western Carolina University Western Carolina University (WCU) is a public university in Cullowhee, North Carolina. It is part of the University of North Carolina system. The fifth oldest institution of the sixteen four-year universities in the UNC system, WCU was founded t ...

(Ph.D. 1973) *

James Bonk James Frederick Bonk (February 6, 1931 – March 15, 2013) was an American university professor noted for eschewing a research career in favor of teaching introductory chemistry courses for over 50 years, primarily at Duke University. He did, how ...

, longtime chemistry professor,

Duke University Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist James ...

(Ph.D. 1958) *

Douglas Brinkley Douglas Brinkley (born December 14, 1960) is an American author, Katherine Tsanoff Brown Chair in Humanities, and professor of history at Rice University. Brinkley is the history commentator for CNN, Presidential Historian for the New York Histori ...

, Director of the Theodore Roosevelt Center for American Civilization at

Tulane University Tulane University, officially the Tulane University of Louisiana, is a private university, private research university in New Orleans, Louisiana. Founded as the Medical College of Louisiana in 1834 by seven young medical doctors, it turned into ...

(B.A. 1982) *

Molly Corbett Broad Molly Corbett Broad (February 22, 1941 – January 2, 2023) was an American academic administrator who was president of the American Council on Education and the University of North Carolina. Early life and education Molly Corbett was born in ...

, President of the

University of North Carolina System The University of North Carolina is the multi-campus public university system for the state of North Carolina. Overseeing the state's 16 public universities and the NC School of Science and Mathematics, it is commonly referred to as the UNC Sys ...

(M.S. 1964) * Paul H. Buck,

historian A 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 stu ...

; former Provost of

; awarded 1938

Pulitzer Prize The Pulitzer Prize () is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine, online journalism, literature, and musical composition within the United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made h ...

in History (B.A. 1921) * Calvin Adam Buehler, professor and chair of the Chemistry Department at

University of Tennessee The University of Tennessee (officially The University of Tennessee, Knoxville; or UT Knoxville; UTK; or UT) is a public land-grant research university in Knoxville, Tennessee. Founded in 1794, two years before Tennessee became the 16th state, ...

(B.S. 1918, M.S. 1920, Ph.D. 1922) * Robert Buzzanco, professor and chair of the History Department at the

University of Houston The University of Houston (UH) is a Public university, public research university in Houston, Texas. Founded in 1927, UH is a member of the University of Houston System and the List of universities in Texas by enrollment, university in Texas ...

(Ph.D.) *

Tamal Dey Tamal Krishna Dey (born 1964) is an Indian mathematician and computer scientist specializing in computational geometry and computational topology. He is a professor at Purdue University. Education and career Dey graduated from Jadavpur Univers ...

, former professor and chair of the department of computer science and engineering at the

Neil W. Chamberlain Neil Cornelius Wolverton Chamberlain (May 18, 1915 – September 14, 2006) was an American economist who was the Armand G. Erpf Professor of Modern Corporations of the Graduate School of Business at Columbia University. Before that he was a profe ...

, economist and industrial relations scholar at Yale and Columbia Universities (Ph.D. 1942) *

Helen G. Edmonds Helen Grey Edmonds (December 3, 1911 – May 9, 1995) was an American historian, scholar, and civic leader. She was the first African-American woman to earn a doctorate from Ohio State University, to become a graduate school dean and the first to ...

, professor of history at

North Carolina Central University North Carolina Central University (NCCU or NC Central) is a public historically black university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by James E. Shepard in affiliation with the Chautauqua movement in 1909, it was supported by private funds from b ...

, first black woman to earn a Ph.D. at Ohio State (1946) * Perry A. Frey, professor of biochemistry at

University of Wisconsin–Madison A university () is an educational institution, institution of higher education, higher (or Tertiary education, tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several Discipline (academia), academic disciplines. Universities ty ...

(B.S. 1959) *

Harold J. Grimm Harold J. Grimm (1901–1983) 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 Profess ...

, Professor of History and an expert on the

Protestant Reformation The Reformation (alternatively named the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation) was a major movement within Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the Catholic Church and in ...

(PhD) * John R. Halstead, President of

SUNY-Brockport State University of New York Brockport (also known as SUNY Brockport or Brockport State, and previously The College at Brockport) is a public university in Brockport, New York. It is part of the State University of New York (SUNY). History C ...

(Ph.D. 1980) *

Judy Hample Judy Gayle Hample was an American academic administrator. She is the former chancellor of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education and the Florida Board of Regents. She served as president of the University of Mary Washington, the univer ...

, President of the University of Mary Washington (B.A.; M.A.; Ph.D.) *

Harlan Hatcher Harlan Henthorne Hatcher (September 9, 1898 – February 25, 1998) served as the eighth President of the University of Michigan from 1951 to 1967. Biography Harlan Henthorne Hatcher was born on September 9, 1898, in Ironton, Ohio. He received ...

, former president (1951–1968) of the

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

(B.A.; M.A.; Ph.D.) *

Sam Higginbottom Samuel Higginbottom (27 October 1874 – 11 June 1958) was an English-born Christian missionary in Allahabad (now Prayagraj), India, where he founded the Allahabad Agricultural Institute. Higginbottom was born in Manchester, England.

, missionary and founder of

Allahabad Agricultural Institute Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences (SHUATS), formerly Allahabad Agricultural Institute, is a government-aided Agricultural University in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. It operates as an autonomous Christian min ...

* Christopher Hirata, astrophysicist (Faculty) *

Charles F. Hockett Charles Francis Hockett (January 17, 1916 – November 3, 2000) was an American linguist who developed many influential ideas in American structuralism#Structuralism in linguistics, structuralist linguistics. He represents the post-Leonard Bloomfi ...

Linguist Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. It is called a scientific study because it entails a comprehensive, systematic, objective, and precise analysis of all aspects of language, particularly its nature and structure. Linguis ...

, professor at

Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to teach an ...

(B.A./M.A. 1936) * Philip G. Hoffman, former

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

of the

(1961–1977); first Chancellor of the

University of Houston System The University of Houston System is a public university system in Texas, comprising four separate and distinct universities. It also owns and holds broadcasting licenses to a public television station (KUHT) and a public radio station (KUHF). Th ...

(1977–1979) (Ph.D. 1948) * Michael Hogan, former history professor; former president of the University of Connecticut; former president of the University of Illinois * Jacquelyne Jackson, sociologist and academic (Ph.D., 1960) *

Donald Kagan Donald Kagan (; May 1, 1932August 6, 2021) was a Lithuanian-born American historian and classicist at Yale University specializing in ancient Greece, notable for his four-volume history of the Peloponnesian War. He formerly taught in the Depart ...

scholar A scholar is a person who pursues academic and intellectual activities, particularly academics who apply their intellectualism into expertise in an area of study. A scholar can also be an academic, who works as a professor, teacher, or researche ...

Sterling Professor Sterling Professor, the highest academic rank at Yale University, is awarded to a tenured faculty member considered the best in his or her field. It is akin to the rank of university professor at other universities. The appointment, made by the ...

of Classics and History at

Yale Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wor ...

(Ph.D., 1958) *

Ellyn Kaschak Ellyn Kaschak (born June 23, 1943), is an American clinical psychologisy, Professor of Psychology at San Jose State University. She is one of the founders of the field of feminist psychology, which she has practiced and taught since 1972. Her man ...

, Emeritus Professor of Psychology,

(Ph.D., 1974) *

David Kier David A. Kier was the ninth Principal Deputy Director of the National Reconnaissance Office (PDDNRO). He is a 1965 graduate of Washington & Jefferson College Washington & Jefferson College (W&J College or W&J) is a private liberal arts colle ...

, Professor of History, specializing in modern Germany and Russia (Ph.D.) * George Kohlrieser, Professor of Leadership and Organizational Behavior, Institute for Management Development IMD, Lausanne (Ph.D. 1988) *

T. V. Rajan Babu T.V. (Babu) RajanBabu is an organic chemist who holds the position of Distinguished Professor of Chemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences at the Ohio State University. His laboratory traditionally focuses on developing transition metal-cata ...

, Professor of chemistry at Ohio State University (Ph.D. 1979) *

Murray Krieger Murray Krieger (November 27, 1923 – August 5, 2000) was an American literary critic and theorist. He was a professor at the University of Minnesota, the University of Iowa from 1963, and then the University of California, Irvine. In 1999, t ...

, literary critic and theorist, professor at the

University of Iowa The University of Iowa (UI, U of I, UIowa, or simply Iowa) is a public university, public research university in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Founded in 1847, it is the oldest and largest university in the state. The University of Iowa is org ...

and the

University of California, Irvine The University of California, Irvine (UCI or UC Irvine) is a public land-grant research university in Irvine, California. One of the ten campuses of the University of California system, UCI offers 87 undergraduate degrees and 129 graduate and pr ...

(Ph.D. 1952) * Vijay Kumar, professor in the School of Engineering & Applied Sciences at the

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest-regarded universitie ...

(M.Sc. 1985; Ph.D. 1987) *

Arthur Lucas Arthur Lucas (December 18, 1907 - December 11, 1962), originally from the United States, U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, was one of the last two people to be executed in Canada, on 11 December 1962. Lucas had been convicted of the m ...

, Principal of

King's College London King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public research university located in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of King George IV and the Duke of Wellington. In 1836, King's ...

(1993–2003) (Ph.D.) * David Warren Maurer, professor of linguistics at the

University of Louisville The University of Louisville (UofL) is a public research university in Louisville, Kentucky. It is part of the Kentucky state university system. When founded in 1798, it was the first city-owned public university in the United States and one of ...

and an author of numerous studies of the language of the American underworld (Ph.D.) * Oliver McGee, former Chair of the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering & Geodetic Science at The Ohio State University (2001–2005) (B.S. 1981) *

Raymond Mikesell Raymond Frech Mikesell (1913 – September 12, 2006) was an economics professor at the University of Oregon and was believed to be the last surviving economist from the Bretton Woods conference. Mikesell was born in Eaton, Ohio. He received a bach ...

economist An economist is a professional and practitioner in the social sciences, social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy. Within this ...

; participant in the

Bretton Woods Conference The Bretton Woods Conference, formally known as the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference, was the gathering of 730 delegates from all 44 Allied nations at the Mount Washington Hotel, situated in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, Unite ...

(B.S. Ph.D.) *

Richard Thacker Morris Richard Thacker Morris (1917-1981) 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'' (1960), as well as ''The White Reaction ...

, Professor of Sociology at the

University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California St ...

, chairman of the Sociology Department at UCLA, author (Ph.D. 1952) * Henry Panion, III, composer, arranger, conductor, educator; professor and chairman in the Department of Music at the

University of Alabama at Birmingham The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is a Public university#United States, public List of research universities in the United States, research university in Birmingham, Alabama. Developed from an academic extension center established i ...

(Ph.D.) *

Calie Pistorius Carl Wilhelm Irene ("Calie") Pistorius (born 9 August 1958) is a South African academic who is a former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hull, Kingston upon Hull, United Kingdom. He announced, on 1 August 2016, that he would be stepping down ...

, Vice Chancellor and Principal of the

University of Pretoria The University of Pretoria ( af, Universiteit van Pretoria, nso, Yunibesithi ya Pretoria) is a multi-campus public university, public research university in Pretoria, the administrative and de facto capital of South Africa. The university was ...

in South Africa (M.S. 1984; Ph.D. 1986) * Wynetka Ann Reynolds, former president of the

(1997–2003); former Chancellor of the

City University of New York The City University of New York ( CUNY; , ) is the Public university, public university system of Education in New York City, New York City. It is the largest urban university system in the United States, comprising 25 campuses: eleven Upper divis ...

(1990–1997); former Chancellor of the

California State University The California State University (Cal State or CSU) is a public university system in California. With 23 campuses and eight off-campus centers enrolling 485,550 students with 55,909 faculty and staff, CSU is the largest four-year public univers ...

system (1982–1990); former Provost at the

(1979–1982); director of

Abbott Laboratories Abbott Laboratories is an American multinational medical devices and health care company with headquarters in Abbott Park, Illinois, United States. The company was founded by Chicago physician Wallace Calvin Abbott in 1888 to formulate known dr ...

, Invitrogen Corporation, Humana Inc., and

Owens Corning Owens Corning is an American company that develops and produces insulation, roofing, and fiberglass composites and related materials and products. It is the world's largest manufacturer of fiberglass composites. It was formed in 1935 as a partn ...

Michael J. Saks Michael 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 and psychology at

Arizona State University Arizona State University (Arizona State or ASU) is a public research university in the Phoenix metropolitan area. Founded in 1885 by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, ASU is one of the largest public universities by enrollment in the ...

; president of the

American Psychology-Law Society American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, pe ...

; editor of the

scientific journal In academic publishing, a scientific journal is a periodical publication intended to further the progress of science, usually by reporting new research. Content Articles in scientific journals are mostly written by active scientists such as s ...

Law and Human Behavior ''Law 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 behav ...

'' (Ph.D., 1975) *

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Sr. Arthur Meier Schlesinger Sr. (; February 27, 1888 – October 30, 1965) was an American historian who taught at Harvard University, pioneering social history and urban history. He was a Progressive Era intellectual who stressed material caus ...

, historian namesake of

Schlesinger Library The 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. Cott, the Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Foundation Director, ...

(B.A. 1910) *

Gene Sharp Gene Sharp (January 21, 1928 – January 28, 2018) was an American political scientist. He was the founder of the Albert Einstein Institution, a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the study of nonviolent action, and professor of pol ...

, political scientist; founder of the

Albert Einstein Institution The Albert Einstein Institution (AEI) is a non-profit organization specializing in the study of the methods of nonviolent resistance in conflict. It was founded by scholar Gene Sharp in 1983, and named after Albert Einstein. Until 2000, the in ...

; his writings on nonviolent revolution have been credited with providing the intellectual underpinnings for democratic movements around the world (B.A. 1949; M.A. 1951) * Amit P. Sheth, professor at

Wright State University Wright State University is a public research university in Fairborn, Ohio. Originally opened in 1964 as a branch campus of Miami University and Ohio State University, it became an independent institution in 1967 and was named in honor of aviation ...

and director of Kno.e.sis Center (M.S. 1983; Ph.D. 1985) *

Paul Torgersen Paul Ernest Torgersen (October 13, 1931 – March 29, 2015) was the 14th President of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Background Torgersen was born in Staten Island, New York. He earned a B.S. degree in industrial engineerin ...

, president of

Virginia Tech Virginia Tech (formally the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and informally VT, or VPI) is a Public university, public Land-grant college, land-grant research university with its main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia. It also ...

(M.S. 1956; Ph.D. 1959) *

Quentin D. Wheeler Quentin Duane Wheeler (born January 31, 1954) is an American entomologist, taxonomist, author and newspaper columnist, and is the founding director of the International Institute for Species Exploration. He was the fourth President of the Sta ...

, President,

State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry The State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) is a public research university in Syracuse, New York focused on the environment and natural resources. It is part of the State University of New York (SUNY) s ...

(BS 1976; MS 1977; PhD 1980) *

Nancy L. Zimpher Nancy L. Zimpher (born October 29, 1946) is an American educator, state university leader, and former Chancellor of the State University of New York (SUNY). Prior to her service at SUNY, Zimpher was a dean and professor of education at Ohio Stat ...

, Chancellor,

State University of New York The State University of New York (SUNY, , ) is a system of public colleges and universities in the State of New York. It is one of the largest comprehensive system of universities, colleges, and community colleges in the United States. Led by c ...

system (BA 1968; M.A. 1971; Ph.D. 1976)

Arts and literature

Berenice Abbott Berenice Alice Abbott (July 17, 1898 – December 9, 1991) was an American photographer best known for her portraits of between-the-wars 20th century cultural figures, New York City photographs of architecture and urban design of the 1930s, and ...

photographer A photographer (the Greek language, Greek φῶς (''phos''), meaning "light", and γραφή (''graphê''), meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light") is a person who makes photographs. Duties and types of photographe ...

(attended briefly) * James Akins, Principal Tubist,

Columbus Symphony Orchestra The Columbus Symphony Orchestra (CSO) 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 Executive Director is Denise Rehg. Ross ...

(B.M. 1978; M.M. 1982) *

John Backderf John Backderf (born October 31, 1959), also known as Derf or Derf Backderf, is an American cartoonist. He is most famous for his graphic novels, especially ''My Friend Dahmer'', the international bestseller which won an Angoulême Prize, and ear ...

, a.k.a. Derf, political and satirical writer, cartoonist *

Brian Basset Brian Basset is an American comic strip artist (''Red and Rover''). Previously, he worked as an editorial cartoonist for the Seattle Times from 1978 to 1994, as well as being the creator and artist behind the syndicated comic strip ''Adam'', l ...

, cartoonist and painter; editorial cartoonist for ''

The Seattle Times ''The Seattle Times'' is a daily newspaper serving Seattle, Washington, United States. It was founded in 1891 and has been owned by the Blethen family since 1896. ''The Seattle Times'' has the largest circulation of any newspaper in Washington (s ...

'' 1978–1994; creator of the comic strip ''

Adam@Home ''Adam@home'' (previously titled ''Adam'') is an American syndicated gag-a-day comic strip created by Brian Basset and currently drawn by Rob Harrell. Started in 1984, it follows the life of Adam Newman, a stay-at-home dad, as he juggles hi ...

'' 1984–2009, creator of the comic strip ''Red and Rover'' 2000– (1975–1978; attended but did not graduate) *

George Wesley Bellows George Wesley Bellows (August 12 or August 19, 1882 – January 8, 1925) was an American realist painter, known for his bold depictions of urban life in New York City. He became, according to the Columbus Museum of Art, "the most acclaimed Ameri ...

painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

(1905) (attended but did not graduate) *

Lois McMaster Bujold Lois McMaster Bujold ( ; born November 2, 1949) is an American speculative fiction writer. She is an acclaimed writer, having won the Hugo Award for best novel four times, matching Robert A. Heinlein's record (not counting his Retro Hugos). Her no ...

, science fiction novelist (attended but did not graduate) *

Ron Burch Ron Burch is an American writer whose work spans television, film, plays, short fiction and novels. His movies include '' Head over Heels'', '' Yours, Mine and Ours'' and ''Ferdinand''. He was the executive producer/showrunner (along with David Kid ...

, writer (BS; MA) *

Rosaria Butterfield Rosaria Champagne Butterfield (born 1962) is a writer, speaker, homemaker, and former tenured professor of English at Syracuse University. Career Butterfield, who earned her Ph.D. from Ohio State University in English Literature, served in the ...

, author (PhD 1992) *

Milton Caniff Milton Arthur Paul Caniff (; February 28, 1907 – April 3, 1988) was an People of the United States, American cartoonist famous for the ''Terry and the Pirates (comic strip), Terry and the Pirates'' and ''Steve Canyon'' comic strips. Biography ...

cartoonist A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comic book illustrators in that they produce both the literary and ...

(1930) *

Charles Csuri Charles Csuri (July 4, 1922 – February 27, 2022), better known as Chuck Csuri, was an American artist and computer art pioneer, described by the '' Smithsonian'' magazine as the "father of digital art and computer animation." Biography Digital ...

, artist and scholar; father of digital art and computer animation (BFA; MFA) *

Harlan Ellison Harlan Jay Ellison (May 27, 1934 – June 28, 2018) was an American writer, known for his prolific and influential work in New Wave speculative fiction and for his outspoken, combative personality. Robert Bloch, the author of '' Psycho'' ...

science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel unive ...

writer (attended but did not graduate; expelled) *

Dorothy Canfield Fisher Dorothy Canfield Fisher (February 17, 1879 – November 9, 1958) was an educational reformer, social activist, and best-selling American author in the early 20th century. She strongly supported women's rights, racial equality, and lifelong educat ...

, novelist and education activist (B.A. 1899) * Brian Gage, author of satire, fairy tales, and fiction (B.S. 1996) *

Jan Groover Jan Groover (April 24, 1943 – January 1, 2012) was an American photographer. She received numerous one-person shows, including at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, which holds some of her work in its permanent collection. Early life Groov ...

noted for her use of emerging color technologies (M.A. 1970) *

Virginia Hamilton Virginia Esther Hamilton (March 12, 1936 – February 19, 2002) was an American children's books author. She wrote 41 books, including '' M. C. Higgins, the Great'' (1974), for which she won the U.S. National Book Award in category Children's Bo ...

, author (M.A. 1958) *

Karen Harper Karen Harper (April 6, 1945 – April 13, 2020) was a historical fiction and contemporary fiction author. She was a ''New York Times'' and ''USA Today'' bestselling author. Personal life Harper was born in Toledo, Ohio, Toledo, Ohio, and graduat ...

, author (B.A. 1967, M.A. 1969) *

Chester Himes Chester Bomar Himes (July 29, 1909 – November 12, 1984) was an American writer. His works, some of which have been filmed, include ''If He Hollers Let Him Go'', published in 1945, and the Harlem Detective series of novels for which he is best ...

, "the black

Raymond Chandler Raymond Thornton Chandler (July 23, 1888 – March 26, 1959) was an American-British novelist and screenwriter. In 1932, at the age of forty-four, Chandler became a detective fiction writer after losing his job as an oil company executive durin ...

"; writer; of hard-boiled detective novels including ''

Cotton Comes to Harlem ''Cotton Comes to Harlem'' is a 1970 American neo-noir action comedy thriller film co-written and directed by Ossie Davis and starring Godfrey Cambridge, Raymond St. Jacques, and Redd Foxx. The film, later cited as an early example of the ...

'' (attended one year only) *

Velina Hasu Houston Velina Hasu Houston (born Velina Avisa Hasu Houston; May 5, 1957) is an American playwright, essayist, poet, author, editor and screenwriter who has had many works produced, presented and published. Her work draws from her experience of bei ...

, playwright *

Kermit Hunter Kermit Houston Hunter (3 October 1910 – 11 April 2001) was an American playwright known primarily for writing historical outdoor dramas. His many works include two dramas for Cherokee tribes, one for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in Nor ...

, playwright (B.A. 1931) *

John Jakes John William Jakes (born March 31, 1932) is an American writer, best known for American historical and speculative fiction. His Civil War trilogy, ''North and South'', has sold millions of copies worldwide. He is also the author of The Kent Famil ...

, author (M.A. 1954) *

Kerry G. Johnson Kerry G. Johnson is an African-American cartoonist, graphic designer, art director, caricaturist and children's book illustrator. He specializes in caricatures but has created cartoons, illustrations and news graphic work (maps, information gra ...

, caricaturist and cartoonist (B.F.A 1989) *

Adrienne Kennedy Adrienne Kennedy (born September 13, 1931) is an American playwright.Peterson, Jane T., and Suzanne Bennett. "Adrienne Kennedy". ''Women Playwrights of Diversity''. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1997. 201–205. She is best known for ''Funnyhou ...

, playwright, multiple

Obie Award The Obie Awards or Off-Broadway Theater Awards are annual awards originally given by ''The Village Voice'' newspaper to theatre artists and groups in New York City. In September 2014, the awards were jointly presented and administered with the A ...

recipient,

Guggenheim Fellow Guggenheim Fellowships are grants that have been awarded annually since by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the ar ...

(B.A. 1953) *

, novelist and historian *

Betina Krahn Betina Krahn (born Huntington, West Virginia) is a RITA Award winning and New York Times best-selling author of historical romance novels. Biography Early years Krahn, born Betina Maynard, is the second daughter of Dors Maynard and Regina Tr ...

, author (B.S.) *

Jerome Lawrence Jerome Lawrence (born Jerome Lawrence Schwartz; July 14, 1915 – February 29, 2004) was an American playwright and author. After graduating from the Ohio State University in 1937 and the University of California, Los Angeles in 1939, Lawrence pa ...

, playwright (B.A. 1937) *

Samella Lewis Samella Sanders Lewis (February 27, 1923 – May 27, 2022) was an American visual artist and art historian. She worked primarily as a printmaker and painter. She has been called the "Godmother of African American Art". She received Distinguished ...

artist An artist is a person engaged in an activity related to creating art, practicing the arts, or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse refers to a practitioner in the visual arts only. However, th ...

, printmaker, art historian and scholar of

African-American African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an Race and ethnicity in the United States, ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American ...

art, first African-American woman to receive a doctorate in fine arts and art history (M.A. 1948 Ph.D. 1951) *

Roy Lichtenstein Roy Fox Lichtenstein (; October 27, 1923 – September 29, 1997) was an American pop artist. During the 1960s, along with Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, and James Rosenquist among others, he became a leading figure in the new art movement. Hi ...

, artist (BFA, 1946; MFA, 1949; honorary doctorate, 1988) * Rick Mills, art educator, glass artist (BFA, 1980) *

Stephen Montague Stephen Rowley Montague (born March 10, 1943 in Syracuse, New York) is an American composer, pianist and conductor who grew up in Idaho, New Mexico, West Virginia and Florida. Musical Statement ''"I write music to engage an audience, to seduce ...

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

and worldwide touring musician (2000 distinguished alumnus) (Ph.D. 1972) *

Aimee Nezhukumatathil Aimee Nezhukumatathil (; Malayalam Abugida: നേഴുകുമറ്റത്തിൽ; ; born in 1974 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American poet and essayist. Nezhukumatathil draws upon her Filipina and Malayali Indian background to give her ...

, poet (B.A. and M.F.A. 1996/2000) *

Phil Ochs Philip David Ochs (; December 19, 1940 – April 9, 1976) was an American songwriter and protest singer (or, as he preferred, a topical singer). Ochs was known for his sharp wit, sardonic humor, political activism, often alliterative lyrics, and ...

, 1960s and 70s folk singer,

anti-war activist An anti-war movement (also ''antiwar'') is a social movement, usually in opposition to a particular nation's decision to start or carry on an armed conflict, unconditional of a maybe-existing just cause. The term anti-war can also refer to ...

; majored in journalism *

Cynthia Ozick Cynthia Ozick (born April 17, 1928) is an American short story writer, novelist, and essayist. Biography Cynthia Ozick was born in New York City, the second of two children. She moved to the Bronx with her Belarusian-Jewish parents from Hlusk, ...

, author (M.A., 1950) *

Paul Palnik Paul Palnik (March 28, 1946 – August 13, 2021)was an American artist, writer and educator. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and resided in Columbus, Ohio. Palnik included kabbalistic spiritual themes in his cartoons from the 1970s onward. His ...

, cartoon artist and writer; some original drawings are in the collection of the Ohio State University Libraries (BFA, 1968; MA 1969) *

Joseph W. Papin Joseph W. Papin, (September 7, 1931 – March 9, 1992) also known as Joe Papin was a reportorial artist, illustrator, courtroom sketch artist, and political cartoonist. Personal life Papin was born September 7, 1931, in Saint Louis, Misso ...

, reportorial artist, illustrator, courtroom artist, editorial artist (B.A. 1955) *

Clayton Rawson Clayton Rawson (August 15, 1906 – March 1, 1971) 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 pr ...

, mystery writer (B.A. 1929) *

Christopher Ries Christopher Ries (born 1952) is an American glass artist and sculptor. Ries is noted for applying classical sculptural reduction to cold optical crystal rather than using traditional hot techniques such as blowing or molding. He refined his ski ...

, glass

sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

(BFA, 1975) *

Frank Schmalleger Frank Schmalleger (born August 28, 1947) is a Distinguished Emeritus, Professor Emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. He holds degrees from the University of Notre Dame and Ohio State University, The Ohio State University, hav ...

, professor and author (Ph.D., 1974) *

Loren Singer Loren Adelson Singer (March 5, 1923, – December 19, 2009) was an American novelist, known best for his 1970 political thriller ''The Parallax View'', which was made as a successful 1974 movie, of the same name.Grimes, William"Loren Singer ...

, screenwriter and novelist (B.A., 1947) * Jeff Smith,

Eisner Award The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, commonly shortened to the Eisner Awards, are prizes given for creative achievement in American comic books, sometimes referred to as the comics industry's equivalent of the Academy Awards. They are named in ...

-winning cartoonist; creator of the comic book series ''Bone'' (B.A.) *

Maggie Smith Dame Margaret Natalie Smith (born 28 December 1934) is an English actress. With an extensive career on screen and stage beginning in the mid-1950s, Smith has appeared in more than sixty films and seventy plays. She is one of the few performer ...

, poet, freelance writer, and editor (MFA) *

Samuel Steward Samuel Morris Steward (July 23, 1909 – December 31, 1993), also known as Phil Andros, Phil Sparrow, and many other pseudonyms, was a poet, novelist, and university professor who left the world of academia to become a tattoo artist and po ...

, professor and author (see also

Phil Andros Samuel Morris Steward (July 23, 1909 – December 31, 1993), also known as Phil Andros, Phil Sparrow, and many other pseudonyms, was a poet, novelist, and university professor who left the world of academia to become a tattoo artist and po ...

) (Ph.D., 1934) *

R. L. Stine Robert Lawrence Stine (; born October 8, 1943), sometimes known as Jovial Bob Stine and Eric Affabee, is an American novelist, short story writer, television producer, screenwriter, and executive editor. Stine has been referred to as the "St ...

, children's author of ''

Goosebumps ''Goosebumps'' is a series of children's horror fiction novels by American author R. L. Stine, published by Scholastic Publishing. The protagonists in these stories are tweens or young teens who find themselves in scary circumstances usually i ...

'' series (B.A., 1965) *

Julia Suits Julia 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 University. Her editorial portraits, syndicated ...

, cartoonist for ''

The New Yorker ''The New Yorker'' is an American weekly magazine featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry. Founded as a weekly in 1925, the magazine is published 47 times annually, with five of these issues ...

'' (M.F.A., Sculpture, 1982) *

Graeme Sullivan Graeme Sullivan is an Australian artist, author, art theorist, and educator. He has contributed work to numerous exhibitions and events and is known for his international "Streetworks" project that plants public art in unusual urban locales. He ...

, artist, author, art theorist, and educator (M.A. and Ph.D. 1984) *

James Thurber James Grover Thurber (December 8, 1894 – November 2, 1961) was an American cartoonist, writer, humorist, journalist and playwright. He was best known for his cartoons and short stories, published mainly in ''The New Yorker'' and collected in ...

, author and

humorist A humorist (American) or humourist (British spelling) is an intellectual who uses humor, or wit, in writing or public speaking, but is not an artist who seeks only to elicit laughs. Humorists are distinct from comedians, who are show business e ...

(attended but did not graduate *

Jon Whitcomb Jon Whitcomb (1906–1988) was an American illustrator. He was well known for his pictures of glamorous young women. He was born in Weatherford, Oklahoma, Weatherford, Oklahoma and grew up in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, Manitowoc, Wisconsin. He attended ...

, illustrator whose style became highly influential in mid-century American magazines (B.A.)

Business

Dan Amstutz Daniel Gordon Amstutz (November 8, 1932 – March 20, 2006) was an American government official and business executive who played a prominent role during negotiation of the Uruguay Round of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade rules on agricultu ...

, influential expert on agriculture trade with

Goldman Sachs Goldman Sachs () is an American multinational investment bank and financial services company. Founded in 1869, Goldman Sachs is headquartered at 200 West Street in Lower Manhattan, with regional headquarters in London, Warsaw, Bangalore, H ...

, as Ambassador and Chief Negotiator for Agriculture during the

Uruguay Round The Uruguay Round was the 8th round of multilateral trade negotiations (MTN) conducted within the framework of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), spanning from 1986 to 1993 and embracing 123 countries as "contracting parties". The R ...

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is a legal agreement between many countries, whose overall purpose was to promote international trade by reducing or eliminating trade barriers such as tariffs or quotas. According to its pre ...

and later Executive Director of the

International Wheat Council The International Grains Council (IGC) is an intergovernmental organization which oversees the Grains Trade Convention and seeks to promote cooperation in the global grain trade. It’s tasked with enhancing market stability and world food se ...

London, England London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major s ...

(B.S. 1954) * Emily E. Douglas, founder and CEO of Grandma's Gifts (M.L.H.R. 2007, M.B.A. 2009) *

Max M. Fisher Max Martin Fisher (July 15, 1908 – March 3, 2005) was an American businessman and philanthropist. He was a benefactor/alumnus of the Fisher College of Business at Ohio State University. He spent much of his life raising money for philanthropic ...

philanthropist Philanthropy is a form of altruism that consists of "private initiatives, for the Public good (economics), public good, focusing on quality of life". Philanthropy contrasts with business initiatives, which are private initiatives for private goo ...

and businessman; significant donor to and the namesake of the Fisher College of Business at Ohio State (B.S. 1930) *

Mark Frissora Mark Paul Frissora (born August 1955) is an American business executive. He has been the CEO and president of The Hertz Corporation, and was the CEO and president of Caesars Entertainment Corporation, Caesars Entertainment until 2019. Prior to ...

, former CEO of

Caesars Entertainment Caesars Entertainment, Inc., formerly Eldorado Resorts, Inc., is an American hotel and casino entertainment company founded and based in Reno, Nevada that operates more than 50 properties. Eldorado Resorts acquired Caesars Entertainment Corpora ...

, former CEO of

The Hertz Corporation The Hertz Corporation is an American car rental company based in Estero, Florida. The company operates its namesake Hertz brand, along with the brands Dollar Rent A Car, Firefly Car Rental and Thrifty Car Rental. It is one of the three big rent ...

and

Tenneco Tenneco (formerly Tenneco Automotive and originally Tennessee Gas Transmission Company) is an American automotive components original equipment manufacturer and an aftermarket ride control and emissions products manufacturer. It is a Fortune 50 ...

(B.A. 1977) *

Yang Huiyan Yang Huiyan (; born 1981) is a Chinese-born Cypriot billionaire businesswoman and property developer. She is the majority shareholder of Country Garden Holdings, a stake largely transferred to her by her father Yang Guoqiang in 2007. She was p ...

, real estate developer; China's wealthiest woman, with a $16.2 billion net worth in 2007 (B.A.) * Paul F. Iams, founder of

Iams Iams () is an American brand of dog food and cat food manufactured by Spectrum Brands in Europe and Mars, Incorporated worldwide. The food is formulated for the puppy/kitten, adult and mature stages of life. Iams products are developed by nutr ...

(B.S. 1937) * William M. Isaac, board member & chairman,

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is one of two agencies that supply deposit insurance to depositors in American depository institutions, the other being the National Credit Union Administration, which regulates and insures cred ...

from 1978 through 1985, and current Co-Chairman & CEO The Isaac-Milstein Group (J.D., summa cum laude,1969) * Vyomesh Joshi, Executive Vice President, HP Imaging and Printing Group (M.S. Electrical Engineering 1980) * Fred Lazarus, Jr., founder of

Federated Department Stores Macy's, Inc. (originally Federated Department Stores, Inc.) is an American conglomerate holding company. Upon its establishment, Federated held ownership of the regional department store chains Abraham & Straus, Lazarus, Filene's, and Shillito ...

John C. Lincoln John C. Lincoln (July 17, 1866 – May 24, 1959) was an American inventor, entrepreneur, philanthropist and in 1924, the Vice-Presidential candidate under the Commonwealth Land Party ticket. He held 55 patents on several electrical devices, found ...

, inventor, entrepreneur, philanthropist and in 1924, the Vice-Presidential candidate under the Commonwealth Land Party ticket. He held 55 patents on several electrical devices, founded the Lincoln Electric Co., invested in the construction of the Camelback Inn, presided over he Bagdad Mine and funded two hospitals in Phoenix, one which bears his name. *

Abraham M. Lurie Abraham M. Lurie (1923 – June 29, 2010) was an American real estate developer who was behind the development of much of Marina del Rey.Marina del Rey Marina del Rey (Spanish for "Marina of the King") is an unincorporated seaside community in Los Angeles County, California, with an eponymous harbor that is a major boating and water recreation destination of the greater Los Angeles area. The p ...

Robert E. Murray Robert Edward Murray (January 13, 1940October 25, 2020) was an American mining engineer and businessman. He founded and was the chief executive officer of Murray Energy, a mining corporation based in St. Clairsville, Ohio, until it filed for ba ...

, founder and CEO of Murray Energy Corporation, one of the largest coal mine operators in the world *

Phuthuma Nhleko Freedom Phuthuma Nhleko (born 7 April 1960) is a South African businessman, formerly chief executive and executive chairman of MTN Group, a South African multinational mobile telecommunications company primarily focused on Africa. Career Nhle ...

, CEO of MTN Group, South Africa's largest telecommunications company (B.S. 1983) *

Walden O'Dell Walden "Wally" O'Dell is the former chief executive officer and former chairman of the board of Diebold, a US-based security and financial products company. He was an active fundraiser for George W. Bush's re-election campaign and wrote in a fund ...

, CEO of

Diebold Diebold Nixdorf is an American multinational financial and retail technology company that specializes in the sale, manufacture, installation and service of self-service transaction systems (such as ATMs and currency processing systems), point- ...

* Edward J. Orton, Jr., Columbus

, founded the Standard Pyrometric Cone Company *

Alan Patricof Alan Patricof (born 22 October 1934) is an American investor, one of the early pioneers of the venture capital and private equity industries. He founded Apax Partners (based on a play on Patricof's name: Alan Patricof Associates Cross (x) Border) ...

, venture capitalist and founder of

Apax Partners Apax Partners LLP is a British private equity firm, headquartered in London, England. The company also operates out of six other offices in New York, Hong Kong, Mumbai, Tel Aviv, Munich and Shanghai. As of December 2017, the firm, including its ...

(B.S.) *

James E. Rohr James E. Rohr (born October 18, 1948) is former Chairman of PNC Financial Services Group (commonly known as PNC Bank) and former CEO. Rohr served as CEO from May 2000 to April 2013 and as Chairman from May 2001 to April 2014, both times taking ove ...

, Chairman and CEO of

PNC Financial Services Group The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (stylized as PNC) is an American bank holding company and financial services corporation based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Its banking subsidiary, PNC Bank, operates in 27 states and the District of ...

(B.S. M.B.A.) * Frederick Gale Ruffner, Jr., founder and former owner of

Gale Research Gale is a global provider of research and digital learning resources. The company is based in Farmington Hills, Michigan, west of Detroit. It has been a division of Cengage since 2007. The company, formerly known as Gale Research and the Gale G ...

, reference work publisher sold for $66 million to

International Thomson International Thomson Organization (ITO) was a holding company for interests in publishing, travel, and natural resources, that existed from 1978 to 1989. It was formed as a reorganisation of the Thomson Organization, which had been founded by Roy ...

in 1985 (B.A., 1950) * Robert R. Ruffolo, Jr, Senior Vice President of

Wyeth Wyeth, LLC was an American pharmaceutical company. The company was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1860 as ''John Wyeth and Brother''. It was later known, in the early 1930s, as American Home Products, before being renamed to Wyeth in ...

and President of Wyeth Research (B.S. 1973; Ph.D. 1976) *

Alex Schoenbaum Alex Schoenbaum (August 8, 1915 – December 6, 1996) was an American collegiate football player and businessman in the hospitality industry, eventually operating a chain of restaurants and later, motels. He is best remembered for developing t ...

, founder of

Shoney's Shoney's is an American restaurant chain headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. It operates restaurants in 17 states, primarily in the Southern United States, South with additional locations in the Midwest and lower Mid-Atlantic states. Founder ...

Restaurants (B.S. 1939) * Deven Sharma, President,

Standard & Poor's S&P Global Ratings (previously Standard & Poor's and informally known as S&P) is an American credit rating agency (CRA) and a division of S&P Global that publishes financial research and analysis on stocks, bonds, and commodities. S&P is con ...

(Ph.D.) *

George Steinbrenner George Michael Steinbrenner III (July 4, 1930July 13, 2010) was an American businessman who was the principal owner and managing partner of Major League Baseball's New York Yankees from 1973 until his death in 2010. He was the longest-serving own ...

, one-time head of

Cleveland Cleveland ( ), officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located in the northeastern part of the state, it is situated along the southern shore of Lake Erie, across the U.S. ...

American Shipbuilding Company The American Ship Building Company was the dominant shipbuilder on the Great Lakes before the World War II, Second World War. It started as Cleveland Shipbuilding in Cleveland, Ohio in 1888 and opened the yard in Lorain, Ohio in 1898. It changed ...

; former owner of the

New York Yankees The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the Boroughs of New York City, New York City borough of the Bronx. The Yankees compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Amer ...

, former OSU graduate assistant under

Woody Hayes Wayne Woodrow Hayes (February 14, 1913 – March 12, 1987) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Denison University (1946–1948), Miami University in Oxford, Ohio (1949–1950), and Ohio State University (1951 ...

; deceased (M.A. 1955 in physical education) *

Leslie Wexner Leslie Herbert Wexner (born September 8, 1937) is an American billionaire businessman, the founder and chairman emeritus of Bath & Body Works, Inc. (formerly Limited Brands). Wexner grew a business empire after starting The Limited, a clothing re ...

CEO A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especially ...

, chairman and founder of

Limited Brands Bath & Body Works, Inc. (formerly known as L Brands, Inc., Limited Brands, Inc. and The Limited, Inc.) is an American specialty retail company based in Columbus, Ohio. It owns Bath & Body Works, posted $11.9 billion in revenue in 2021, and was ...

corporation (B.S. 1959) *

Mark Whitacre Mark Edward Whitacre is an American business executive who came to public attention in 1995 when, as president of the Decatur, Illinois-based BioProducts Division at Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), he became the highest-level corporate executive i ...

, COO of Cypress Systems (B.S. M.S. 1979) * Kenny Yap, executive chairman of Qian Hu Corporation

Entertainment

Lee Adams Lee Richard Adams (born August 14, 1924) is an American lyricist best known for his musical theatre collaboration with Charles Strouse. Biography Born in Mansfield, Ohio, Adams is the son of Dr. Leopold Adams, originally of Stamford, Connecticu ...

, songwriter;

Tony Award The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Award, recognizes excellence in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual cer ...

winner; inductee into the

Songwriters Hall of Fame The Songwriters Hall of Fame (SHOF) is an American institution founded in 1969 by songwriter Johnny Mercer, music publisher/songwriter Abe Olman, and publisher/executive Howie Richmond to honor those whose work, represent, and maintain, the her ...

(B.A.) *

Carole Black Carole Federle Black, born , is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Lifetime Entertainment Services, a multimedia brand for women, including Lifetime Network, Lifetime Movie Network, Lifetime Real Women Network, Lifetime Online and ...

, President and CEO of

Lifetime Entertainment Services Lifetime Entertainment Services (LES) is an American entertainment industry company, whose media properties are focused on women. Lifetime Entertainment Services is a subsidiary of A&E Networks, a joint venture of Hearst Communications (50%) ...

(B.A. 1965) *

Budd Boetticher Oscar "Budd" Boetticher Jr. ( ; July 29, 1916 – November 29, 2001) was an American film director. He is best remembered for a series of low-budget Westerns he made in the late 1950s starring Randolph Scott. Early life Boetticher was born in ...

, film director of classic Westerns, many starring

Randolph Scott George Randolph Scott (January 23, 1898 – March 2, 1987) was an American film actor whose career spanned the years 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 ...

Marc Butan Marc Butan is an American film producer and CEO at MadRiver Pictures, a Santa Monica, California-based motion picture production company. During his career, he has served as co-president at Sierra/Affinity, president at Panorama Media, president ...

, film producer and founder of MadRiver Pictures (B.A. 1992) * Ross Butler, actor, ''

13 Reasons Why ''13 Reasons Why'' is an American teen drama television series developed for Netflix by Brian Yorkey and based on the 2007 novel ''Thirteen Reasons Why'' by author Jay Asher. The series revolves around high school student Clay Jensen (Dylan Mi ...

'' *

Don Handfield Don Handfield is an American filmmaker, author, and producer. Education and acting career Handfield studied theater and film at Ohio State University, graduating with a degree in journalism in 1993. His first job in media after college was as a ...

, film producer, writer, co-creator of ''

Knightfall "Knightfall" is a 1993–1994 Batman story arc published by DC Comics. It consists of a trilogy of storylines that ran from 1993 to 1994, consisting of "Knightfall", "Knightquest", and "KnightsEnd".On the comic book covers, only the third part ...

'' on History Channel and producer of ''

The Founder ''The Founder'' is a 2016 American biographical drama film directed by John Lee Hancock and written by Robert Siegel. Starring Michael Keaton as businessman Ray Kroc, the film portrays the story of his creation of the McDonald's fast-food resta ...

'' (B.A.) *

Margaret Carson Margaret Carson (July 11, 1911 – October 11, 2007) 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 ...

, longtime publicist for Leonard Bernstein and Benny Goodman *

Kim Deal Kimberley Ann Deal (born June 10, 1961) is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She was the bassist and the co-vocalist in the alternative rock band Pixies, before forming the Breeders in 1989. Deal joined Pixies in January ...

musician A musician is a person who composes, conducts, or performs music. According to the United States Employment Service, "musician" is a general term used to designate one who follows music as a profession. Musicians include songwriters who wri ...

, member of

The Breeders The Breeders are an American alternative rock band based in Dayton, Ohio, consisting of members Kim Deal (rhythm guitar, lead vocals), her twin sister Kelley Deal (lead guitar, vocals), Josephine Wiggs (bass guitar, vocals) and Jim Macpherson ...

, formerly of

The Pixies Pixies is an American alternative rock band formed in 1986, in Boston, Massachusetts. Until 2013, the band consisted of Black Francis (vocals, rhythm guitar, songwriter), Joey Santiago (lead guitar), Kim Deal (bass, vocals) and David Lovering ...

and

The Amps The Amps were an American alternative rock band formed by Kim Deal in 1995, while her band the Breeders went on hiatus. The group consisted of Deal, on lead vocals and rhythm guitar; Luis Lerma on bass; Nate Farley on lead guitar; and Jim Macphe ...

John Donkin John Donkin (1802–1854) was a British engineer. He was a son of Bryan Donkin and worked in this father's company in Bermondsey, primarily on paper-making equipment. He married Caroline Hawes, granddaughter of William Hawes, notable as founder ...

, producer of 2007 Academy Award-nominated

animated short Animation is a method by which still figures are manipulated to appear as moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Today, most anima ...

''No Time for Nuts'' (M.S. 1986) * Tim Easton,

alt-country Alternative country, or alternative country rock (sometimes alt-country, insurgent country, Americana, or y'allternative), is a loosely defined subgenre of country music and/or country rock that includes acts that differ significantly in style f ...

singer *

Mark Eitzel Mark Eitzel (born January 30, 1959) is an American musician, best known as a songwriter and lead singer of the San Francisco band American Music Club. Biography Eitzel spent his formative years in a military family living in Okinawa, Taiwan, Ohi ...

, member of The Naked Skinnies *

Ruby Elzy Ruby Pearl Elzy (February 20, 1908 – June 26, 1943) was an American operatic soprano. She appeared on stage and in films. She recorded on albums before her death in her 30s from surgery to remove a benign tumor. Family and early life Elzy ...

, break-through African American

opera Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a librett ...

tic

soprano A soprano () is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types. The soprano's vocal range (using scientific pitch notation) is from approximately middle C (C4) = 261 Hz to "high A" (A5) = 880&n ...

who created the role of Serena in

George Gershwin George Gershwin (; born Jacob Gershwine; September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned popular, jazz and classical genres. Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions ' ...

's folk opera ''

Porgy and Bess ''Porgy and Bess'' () is an English-language opera by American composer George Gershwin, with a libretto written by author DuBose Heyward and lyricist Ira Gershwin. It was adapted from Dorothy Heyward and DuBose Heyward's play '' Porgy'', itse ...

'' (B.S. 1930) *

Dudley Fisher Dudley Tyng Fisher Jr. (April 27, 1890 – July 10, 1951) was a syndicated newspaper cartoonist, best known for his character Myrtle who was introduced in his Sunday page, '' Right Around Home'', distributed by King Features Syndicate under vari ...

, nationally syndicated cartoonist most known for the ''

Right Around Home ''Right Around Home'' was a comic strip by Dudley Fisher that was distributed by King Features Syndicate from January 16, 1938 to May 2, 1965. Fisher drew a suburban setting with a focus on one family in that neighborhood, but what made his S ...

'' strip. (Did not graduate.) * Charles W. Fries,

film producer A film producer is a person who oversees film production. Either employed by a production company or working independently, producers plan and coordinate various aspects of film production, such as selecting the script, coordinating writing, di ...

and former vice-president of

Columbia Pictures Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an American film production studio that is a member of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment, which is one of the Big Five studios and a subsidiary of the mu ...

, originated the Movie of The Week format (B.A.) *

Alan Freed Albert James "Alan" Freed (December 15, 1921 – January 20, 1965) was an American disc jockey. He also produced and promoted large traveling concerts with various acts, helping to spread the importance of rock and roll music throughout Nor ...

, disc jockey, widely credited for coining the term "Rock and Roll" *

Patricia Heaton Patricia Helen Heaton (born March 4, 1958) is an American actress and comedian. She is best known for her work on sitcoms, having played Debra Barone on ''Everybody Loves Raymond'' (1996–2005) as well as Frances "Frankie" Heck on '' The Middl ...

Emmy Award The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the calendar year, each with the ...

-winning actress on ''

Everybody Loves Raymond ''Everybody Loves Raymond'' is an American sitcom television series created by Philip Rosenthal that aired on CBS from September 13, 1996, to May 16, 2005, with a total of 210 episodes spanning nine seasons. It was produced by Where's Lunch and ...

'' (B.A., 1980) *

Eileen Heckart Anna Eileen Heckart ( Herbert; March 29, 1919 – December 31, 2001) was an American stage and screen actress whose career spanned nearly 60 years. Early life Heckart was born Anna Eileen Herbert in Columbus, Ohio. The daughter of Esther (), w ...

Academy Award The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...

, Emmy Award, and

Golden Globe Award The Golden Globe Awards are accolades bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association beginning in January 1944, recognizing excellence in both American and international film and television. Beginning in 2022, there are 105 members of t ...

-winning actress (B.A., 1942) *

Pee Wee Hunt Walter Gerhardt "Pee Wee" Hunt (May 10, 1907 – June 22, 1979) was an American jazz trombonist, vocalist, and bandleader. Hunt was born in Mount Healthy, Ohio. He developed a musical interest at an early age, as his mother, Sadie, played the ban ...

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...

trombonist, who had a number one hit with the "

Twelfth Street Rag "Twelfth Street Rag" is a ragtime musical composition published by Euday L. Bowman in 1914. Background A friend of Euday Bowman known as "Raggedy Ed" declared his intention to open a pawn shop on 12th Street in Kansas City while the two were wa ...

" in 1948 *

Toni-Leslie James Toni-Leslie James is an American costume designer for stage, television and film. James was awarded The Irene Sharaff Young Masters Award and the 2009 Obie Award for Sustained Excellence in Costume Design. She received a BFA in costume design from ...

Costume Designer A costume designer is a person who designs costumes for a film, stage production or television show. The role of the costume designer is to create the characters' outfits or costumes and balance the scenes with texture and colour, etc. The costume ...

.(BFA 1979) *

Jim Jinkins James Jinkins (born August 8, 1953) is an American animator, cartoonist, and children's author. He is best known as the creator of the animated '' Doug'' television series which was later the basis for a feature film. Jinkins also created ''PB&J O ...

animator An animator is an artist who creates multiple images, known as frames, which give an illusion of movement called animation when displayed in rapid sequence. Animators can work in a variety of fields including film, television, and video gam ...

and creator of the animated ''Doug''

television series A television show – or simply TV show – is any content produced for viewing on a television set which can be broadcast via over-the-air, satellite television, satellite, or cable television, cable, excluding breaking news, television adverti ...

Tyler Joseph Tyler Robert Joseph (born December 1, 1988) is an American singer, rapper, musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as the frontman for the musical duo Twenty One Pilots, alongside bandmate Josh Dun. He has been nominated for ...

, musician and lead singer of the alternative rock duo

Twenty One Pilots Twenty One Pilots (stylized in Letter case, all lowercase or as twenty øne piløts) are an American musical duo from Columbus, Ohio. Initially a band, the group was formed in 2009 by lead vocalist Tyler Joseph along with Nick Thomas and Chris ...

Melina Kanakaredes Melina Eleni Kanakaredes Constantinides ( el, Μελίνα Ελένη Κανακαρίδη Κωνσταντινίδη; born April 23, 1967) is an American actress. She is widely known for her roles in U.S. primetime television dramas as Dr. Sydn ...

, actress, star of ''

Providence Providence often refers to: * Providentia, the divine personification of foresight in ancient Roman religion * Divine providence, divinely ordained events and outcomes in Christianity * Providence, Rhode Island, the capital of Rhode Island in the ...

'' and ''

CSI: NY ''CSI: NY'' (''Crime Scene Investigation: New York'', stylized as ''CSI: NY/Crime Scene Investigation'') is an American police procedural television series that ran on CBS from September 22, 2004, to February 22, 2013, for a total of nine seaso ...

'' (attended but did not graduate) *

James C. Katz James C. Katz is an American 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. His film p ...

, film restoration expert responsible for restoring the original prints of ''

Rear Window ''Rear Window'' is a 1954 American mystery thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and written by John Michael Hayes based on Cornell Woolrich's 1942 short story "It Had to Be Murder". Originally released by Paramount Pictures, the film st ...

'', ''

Lawrence of Arabia Thomas Edward Lawrence (16 August 1888 – 19 May 1935) was a British archaeologist, army officer, diplomat, and writer who became renowned for his role in the Arab Revolt (1916–1918) and the Sinai and Palestine Campaign (1915–1918 ...

'' and ''

My Fair Lady ''My Fair Lady'' is a musical based on George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play ''Pygmalion'', with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. The story concerns Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flower girl who takes speech lessons f ...

'' (B.A. 1960) *

Reuben Klamer Reuben Klamer (June 20, 1922 – September 14, 2021) was an American designer, developer, inventor, entrepreneur, and sales and marketing executive, best known for creating and designing the modern version of classic Milton Bradley (now Hasbro) ...

, creator of Milton-Bradley's

The Game of Life ''The Game of Life'', also known simply as ''Life'', is a board game Board games are tabletop games that typically use . These pieces are moved or placed on a pre-marked board (playing surface) and often include elements of table, card, rol ...

, the Art Linkletter Spin-A-Hoop, Gaylord the Walking Dog, Busy Blocks, and

Fisher-Price Fisher-Price is an American company that produces educational toys for infants, toddlers and preschoolers, headquartered in East Aurora, New York, East Aurora, New York (state), New York. The company was founded in 1930 during the Great Depressio ...

's training roller skates *

Fred Ladd Fred Laderman (February 19, 1927 – August 3, 2021),''Tol ...

(né Laderman),

producer Producer or producers may refer to: Occupations *Producer (agriculture), a farm operator *A stakeholder of economic production *Film producer, supervises the making of films **Executive producer, contributes to a film's budget and usually does not ...

, considered an industry trailblazer and the first to transform Japanese anime into an American commodity (B.S. 1949) *

Richard Lewis Richard, Rich, Richie, Rick, Ricky or Dick Lewis may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Richard Field Lewis Jr. (1907–1957), American radio network owner * Dick "Rocko" Lewis (Richard Henry Lewis III, 1908–1966), American entertainer * Rich ...

comedian A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing Amusement is the state of experiencing humorous and entertaining events or situations while the person or a ...

, actor, writer (B.S. 1969) *

Aleen Leslie Aleen Leslie (née Wetstein; February 5, 1908 – February 2, 2010) was a screenwriter, playwright, and novelist. She died in 2010, three days before her 102nd birthday. At that time, she was the oldest member of the Writers Guild of American-We ...

, screenwriter *

Gary LeVox Gary LeVox (born Gary Wayne Vernon Jr., July 10, 1970) is an American singer and songwriter. He is known for being the lead vocalist of the contemporary country music band Rascal Flatts, and his stage name was taken from the studio-console label ...

, lead singer of the country music group

Rascal Flatts Rascal Flatts is an American country music band founded in 1999. The band members were Gary LeVox (lead vocals), Jay DeMarcus (bass guitar, background vocals), and Joe Don Rooney (lead guitar, background vocals). DeMarcus is LeVox's second cousi ...

Patrick Markey Patrick 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 th ...

, producer of films including '' A River Runs Through It'' and ''

White Oleander ''White Oleander'' is a 1999 novel by American author Janet Fitch. It is a coming-of-age story about a child (Astrid) who is separated from her mother (Ingrid) and placed in a series of foster homes. It deals with themes of motherhood. The book w ...

'' (B.A.; M.A.) *

Vince Mendoza Vince Mendoza (born November 17, 1961) is an American composer, music arranger and conductor, and six-time Grammy Award winner. He debuted as a solo artist in 1989, and is known for his work conducting the Metropole Orkest and WDR Big Band Kö ...

, musician and

of jazz (B.A. 1983) *

Ric Ocasek Richard Theodore Otcasek (March 23, 1944 – September 15, 2019), known as Ric Ocasek, was an American singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer. He was the primary co-lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, songwriter, and frontman for the rock ...

, member of rock group

The Cars The Cars were an American rock band formed in Boston in 1976. Emerging from the new wave scene in the late 1970s, they consisted of Ric Ocasek ( rhythm guitar), Benjamin Orr (bass guitar), Elliot Easton (lead guitar), Greg Hawkes (keyboards), ...

, 1960s and 70s folk and protest singer and progressive activist (attended journalism school but did not graduate) *

Of a Revolution O.A.R. (short for Of A Revolution) is an American rock band, founded in 1996 in Rockville, Maryland. The band consists of lead vocalist/guitarist Marc Roberge, drummer Chris Culos, guitarist Richard On, bassist Benj Gershman, saxophonist/guitar ...

, rock band of members

Marc Roberge O.A.R. (short for Of A Revolution) is an American rock band, founded in 1996 in Rockville, Maryland. The band consists of lead vocalist/guitarist Marc Roberge, drummer Chris Culos, guitarist Richard On, bassist Benj Gershman, saxophonist/guitari ...

, Chris Culos,

Richard On O.A.R. (short for Of A Revolution) is an American rock band, founded in 1996 in Rockville, Maryland. The band consists of lead vocalist/guitarist Marc Roberge, drummer Chris Culos, guitarist Richard On, bassist Benj Gershman, saxophonist/guitar ...

, Benj Gershman, and

Jerry DePizzo O.A.R. (short for Of A Revolution) is an American rock band, founded in 1996 in Rockville, Maryland. The band consists of lead vocalist/guitarist Marc Roberge, drummer Chris Culos, guitarist Richard On, bassist Benj Gershman, saxophonist/guitari ...

Ron O'Neal Ron O'Neal (September 1, 1937 – January 14, 2004) was an American actor, director and screenwriter, who rose to fame in his role as Youngblood Priest, a New York cocaine dealer, in the blaxploitation film '' Super Fly'' (1972) and its seq ...

, actor, '' Superfly'' *

Ross Patterson Ross Patterson is an American actor and author. He has appeared in over 20 films, including the comedies ''The New Guy'' (2002), ''Accepted'', and '' The Darwin Awards'' (both 2006). Ross has also written, starred in, and produced six films: ''7 ...

, actor and screenwriter (B.A. 1999) *

Coyote Peterson Nathaniel "Coyote" Peterson (born September 1, 1981) is an American YouTuber, wildlife educator, and host of Animal Planet's series ''Coyote Peterson: Brave the Wild''. He is best known for his YouTube channel Brave Wilderness, which focuses on d ...

Youtuber A YouTuber is an online personality and/or influencer who produces videos on the video-sharing platform YouTube, typically posting to their personal YouTube channel. The term was first used in the English language in 2006. Influence Influent ...

and wildlife educator at his channel ''Brave Wilderness'' *

Jean Peters Elizabeth Jean Peters (October 15, 1926 – October 13, 2000) was an American film actress. She is known as a star of 20th Century Fox in the late 1940s and early 1950s, and as the second wife of Howard Hughes. Although possibly best remembered f ...

, varsity cheerleader, Miss Ohio State University, actress, second wife of

Howard Hughes Howard Robard Hughes Jr. (December 24, 1905 – April 5, 1976) was an American business magnate, record-setting pilot, engineer, film producer, and philanthropist, known during his lifetime as one of the most influential and richest people in th ...

* Jack Renner, founder and CEO of

TELARC Telarc International Corporation is an American audiophile independent record label founded in 1977 by two classically trained musicians and former teachers, Jack Renner and Robert Woods. Based in Cleveland, Ohio, the label has had a long associ ...

Classical Records; nominated for 20

Grammy Awards The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most pres ...

, winning nine (B.S.) *

Gigi Rice Georgeanne Marie Rice is an American actress. Biography Rice graduated from The Ohio State University, with a bachelor of fine arts in musical theatre. Following her graduation, Rice served as an apprentice at Burt Reynolds's Maltz Jupiter The ...

, actress (B.A. 1987) *

Kristen Ruhlin Kristen Ruhlin is an American actress. She is known for her roles in ''The Girl in the Park'', ''One Life to Live'', ''Human Giant'', and '' She Wants Me''. Personal Ruhlin grew up in Charleston, West Virginia and graduated from Charleston Catho ...

, actress, ''

Human Giant ''Human Giant'' is a sketch comedy show, starring writer/performers Aziz Ansari, Rob Huebel, and Paul Scheer, and directed primarily by Jason Woliner. The show ran for two seasons on MTV. In interviews, the group has mentioned that they were offe ...

'', ''

She Wants Me ''She Wants Me'' is a 2012 comedy film written and directed by Rob Margolies and starring Josh Gad and Kristen Ruhlin. Plot Sam is a writer working on a feature film. His girlfriend Sammy has been promised the lead role, but the producers want ...

'', ''

The Girl in the Park ''The Girl in the Park'' is a 2007 drama film, the first directed by David Auburn, screenwriter of '' Proof'' (2005) and '' The Lake House'' (2006). It stars Sigourney Weaver, Kate Bosworth and Keri Russell. Plot Since the disappearance of her ...

'' *

Ed Sabol Edwin Milton Sabol (September 11, 1916 – February 9, 2015) was an American filmmaker and the founder (with his son Steve Sabol, among others) of NFL Films. He was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2011 as a contributor due to his wo ...

, filmmaker, producer, multiple

winner, member of the

Pro Football Hall of Fame The Pro Football Hall of Fame is the hall of fame for professional American football, located in Canton, Ohio. Opened on September 7, , the Hall of Fame enshrines exceptional figures in the sport of professional football, including players, coach ...

, co-founder of

NFL Films NFL Productions, LLC, doing business as NFL Films, is the film and television production company of the National Football League. It produces commercials, television programs, feature films, and documentaries for and about the NFL, as well as ot ...

Fred Silverman Fred Silverman (September 13, 1937 – January 30, 2020) was an American television executive and producer. He worked as an executive at all of the Big Three television networks, and was responsible for bringing to television such programs as '' ...

, trendsetting 1970s television executive as president of

ABC ABC are the first three letters of the Latin script known as the alphabet. ABC or abc may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Broadcasting * American Broadcasting Company, a commercial U.S. TV broadcaster ** Disney–ABC Television ...

Randy Skinner Randy Skinner is an American dancer, director and choreographer, primarily for the stage. He has been nominated four times for Tony Awards, three times for Drama Desk Awards, and four times for Outer Critics Circle Awards for choreography. Ear ...

, director, choreographer, performer (B.S. in Education, 1974) * Larry Smith, puppeteer and producer of children's programming in the Cincinnati area since 1957 *

Richard Stoltzman Richard Leslie Stoltzman (born July 12, 1942) is an American clarinetist. Born 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 ...

, musician,

Avery Fisher Prize The 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. Th ...

-winning clarinetist, Sony Classical recording artist (B.A. Music / B.S. Mathematics) *

Bruce Vilanch Bruce Gerald Vilanch (born November 23, 1948) is an American comedy writer, songwriter and actor. He is a two-time Emmy Award-winner. Vilanch is best known to the public for his four-year stint on ''Hollywood Squares'', as a celebrity participan ...

, comedy writer (BFA, 1970) *

Chris Wedge John Christian Wedge (born March 20, 1957) is an American animator, designer, film director, voice actor, film producer, screenwriter, and cartoonist. He is known for directing the films ''Ice Age'' (2002), ''Robots'' (2005), '' Epic'' (2013), a ...

director Director may refer to: Literature * ''Director'' (magazine), a British magazine * ''The Director'' (novel), a 1971 novel by Henry Denker * ''The Director'' (play), a 2000 play by Nancy Hasty Music * Director (band), an Irish rock band * ''Di ...

of computer animation films including ''

Ice Age An ice age is a long period of reduction in the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence or expansion of continental and polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers. Earth's climate alternates between ice ages and gree ...

'' and ''

Robots "\n\n\n\n\nThe robots exclusion standard, also known as the robots exclusion protocol or simply robots.txt, is a standard used by websites to indicate to visiting web crawlers and other web robots which portions of the site they are allowed to visi ...

'' (M.A. Computer Graphics) * Nar Williams, host of the Science Channel's ''Science of the Movies'' *

Norma Jean Wright Norma Jean Wright (born July 15, 1956) is an American singer and was the lead vocalist of the American group Chic, a soul, R&B and disco band, from 1977 to 1978.Hogan, EdNorma Jean Wright Biography, Allmusic, retrieved 2011-08-08 Early life Norm ...

, lead singer of the late 70s disco band

Chic Chic (; ), meaning "stylish" or "smart", is an element of fashion. It was originally a French word. Pronounced Chick. Etymology ''Chic'' is a French word, established in English since at least the 1870s. Early references in English dictiona ...

Dwight Yoakam Dwight David Yoakam (born October 23, 1956) is an American singer-songwriter, actor, and film director. He first achieved mainstream attention in 1986 with the release of his debut album '' Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc.''. Yoakam had considerab ...

, country musician, actor

Journalism

Andrew Anglin Andrew Barret Anglin (born July 27, 1984) is an American neo-Nazi and conspiracy theorist, and editor of the website ''The Daily Stormer''. Through this website, Anglin uses elements of Nazism combined with Internet memes originating from 4c ...

, founder of

white supremacist White supremacy or white supremacism is the belief that white people are superior to those of other Race (human classification), races and thus should dominate them. The belief favors the maintenance and defense of any Power (social and polit ...

news and commentary website ''

The Daily Stormer ''The Daily Stormer'' is an American far-right, neo-Nazi, white supremacist, misogynist, Islamophobic, antisemitic, and Holocaust denial commentary and message board website that advocates for a second genocide of Jews. It is part of the alt ...

'' *

Les Biederman Lester John Biederman "Verna Hocker Becomes Bride"
''The Harrisburg Telegraph''. Wednesday, ...

, sports writer, columnist and editor for ''

The Pittsburgh Press ''The Pittsburgh Press'' (formerly ''The Pittsburg Press'' and originally ''The Evening Penny Press'') was a major afternoon daily newspaper published in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1884 to 1992. At one time, the ''Press'' was the second larg ...

'' (B.A. 1930) *

Ned Brooks Ned Brooks (died April 13, 1969) 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 ...

, moderator, ''

Meet the Press ''Meet the Press'' is a weekly American television news/interview program broadcast on NBC. It is the longest-running program on American television, though the current format bears little resemblance to the debut episode on November 6, 1947. ' ...

'' *

Jack Buck John Francis "Jack" Buck (August 21, 1924 – June 18, 2002) was an American sportscaster, best known for his work announcing Major League Baseball games of the St. Louis Cardinals. His play-by-play work earned him recognition from numerous hall ...

, Hall of Fame announcer for the St. Louis Cardinals, NFL football announcer,

journalist A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalism ...

Christine Chubbuck Christine "Chris" Chubbuck (August 24, 1944 – July 15, 1974) was an American television news reporter who worked for stations WTOG and WXLT-TV in Sarasota, Florida. She was the first person to die by suicide on a live television broadcast ...

, television reporter who committed suicide on live television in 1974 * Len Downie, Jr., journalist,

Executive Editor Executive (Exe (disambiguation), exe., Exec (disambiguation), exec., execu.) may refer to: Role or title * Executive, a senior management role in an organization ** Chief executive officer (CEO), one of the highest-ranking corporate officers (exec ...

, ''

Washington Post ''The Washington Post'' (also known as the ''Post'' and, informally, ''WaPo'') is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C. It is the most widely circulated newspaper within the Washington metropolitan area and has a large nati ...

'' (B.A. 1964, M.A. 1965) *

Hugh Fullerton Hugh Stuart Fullerton III (10 September 1873 – 27 December 1945) was an American sportswriter in 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 ...

, sportswriter, uncovered the

Black Sox Scandal The Black Sox Scandal was a Major League Baseball game-fixing scandal in which eight members of the Chicago White Sox were accused of throwing the 1919 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for money from a gambling syndicate led ...

, columnist for ''

Chicago Tribune The ''Chicago Tribune'' is a daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, owned by Tribune Publishing. Founded in 1847, and formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" (a slogan for which WGN radio and television ar ...

''; 2005

recipient (Ph.D. 1995) *

W.M. Kiplinger Willard Monroe Kiplinger (January 8, 1891 – August 6, 1967) was best known as the founder of Kiplinger, a publishing company located in Washington, D.C. Kiplinger was born in the Bellefontaine, Ohio, to parents Clarence E. and Cora Miller Kipli ...

, among first two

journalism Journalism is the production and distribution of reports on the interaction of events, facts, ideas, and people that are the "news of the day" and that informs society to at least some degree. The word, a noun, applies to the occupation (profes ...

graduates; founder of '' Kiplinger's'' *

Brian Lehrer Brian Lehrer (born October 5, 1952) is an American radio talk show host on New York City's public radio station WNYC. His daily two-hour 2007 Peabody Award-winning program,

, radio host of ''The Brian Lehrer Show'' on New York's WNYC (M.A.) *

Dave Malkoff Dave Malkoff (born March 1, 1976) is an American television journalist working for The Weather Channel. He has covered some of the most destructive hurricanes in US history. Dave has hosted more than a dozen documentaries that air on the networ ...

, Weather Channel correspondent and six-time Emmy Award recipient *

Joel Meyerowitz Joel Meyerowitz (born March 6, 1938) is an American street, portrait and landscape photographer. He 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 ...

, photojournalist,

chronicler of the aftermath of the World Trade Center attack (B.A. 1959) *

, former ''New York Times'' reporter, 2002

Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting The Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting has been presented since 1998, for a distinguished example of explanatory reporting that illuminates a significant and complex subject, demonstrating mastery of the subject, lucid writing and clear pr ...

Jerry Mitchell Jerry Mitchell is an American theatre director and choreographer. Early life and education Born in Paw Paw, Michigan, Mitchell later moved to St. Louis where he pursued his acting, dancing and directing career in theatre. Although he did not g ...

, investigative reporter for ''

The Clarion-Ledger ''The Clarion Ledger'' is an American daily newspaper in Jackson, Mississippi. It is the second-oldest company in the state of Mississippi, and is one of the few newspapers in the nation that continues to circulate statewide. It is an operating d ...

'' whose reporting helped lead to the conviction of

Byron De La Beckwith Byron De La Beckwith Jr. (November 9, 1920 – January 21, 2001) was an American murderer, white supremacist and member of the Ku Klux Klan from Greenwood, Mississippi. He murdered the civil rights leader Medgar Evers on June 12, 1963. Two trial ...

, youngest recipient of John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism (M.A.) * Erin Moriarty, CBS news correspondent and nine-time Emmy Award recipient (B.S. 1973; J.D. 1977) *

Reynelda Muse Reynelda Muse (born 1946) is a former American television news anchor. In 1969 she became the first woman and first African American television news anchor in Colorado, co-anchoring a newscast at KOA-TV (later renamed KCNC-TV) in Denver. In 1980 ...

, first woman and first

African American African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of ens ...

to anchor a television news program in Colorado (B.A. 1968) * Frank Stanton, longtime President of CBS, 1946–73 * Bill Stewart,

reporter A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalism ...

, foreign correspondent for ABC executed by

Nicaraguan Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest country in Central America, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Managua is the countr ...

government forces (B.A. 1963) * David Teeuwen ( 1970 – 2015), managing editor of

USA Today ''USA Today'' (stylized in all uppercase) is an American daily middle-market newspaper and news broadcasting company. Founded by Al Neuharth on September 15, 1982, the newspaper operates from Gannett's corporate headquarters in Tysons, Virgini ...

where he helped pioneer

digital news Digital News was a trade publication that focused on products from Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC). History They published independently from 1986 thru 1992. At that point, they were acquired and merged with '' Digital Review'' with the new ...

* Earl Wilson, ''

New York Post The ''New York Post'' (''NY Post'') is a conservative daily tabloid newspaper published in New York City. The ''Post'' also operates NYPost.com, the celebrity gossip site PageSix.com, and the entertainment site Decider.com. It was established ...

'' (B.S. 1931)

Law

Brent Benjamin Brent D. Benjamin is an American attorney who previously served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia. In 2004, he was the first Republican elected to the West Virginia Supreme Court in more than 80 years, defeating incumb ...

, Chief Justice of the

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(B.A., J.D.) *

John W. Grabiel John Willington Grabiel (March 17, 1867 – April 13, 1928) was an attorney in Fayetteville, Arkansas, who was the Republican gubernatorial nominee in 1922 and 1924. Background Grabiel was one of nine children born to John Grabiel (1815 ...

, Republican gubernatorial nominee in

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in 1922 and 1924, attorney in Fayetteville, Arkansas (1900) *

Claude M. Hilton Claude Meredith Hilton (born December 8, 1940) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Education and career Born in Scott County, Virginia, Hilton spent his earliest child ...

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judge for the

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, judge on the

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(B.S. 1963) *

Colleen McMahon Colleen McMahon (born July 18, 1951) is a Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Education and career Born in Columbus, Ohio, McMahon received a Bachelor of Arts degree fr ...

, United States Judge for the

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(B.A. 1973) * Thomas J. Moyer, Chief Justice of the

Ohio Supreme Court The Ohio Supreme Court, Officially known as The Supreme Court of the State of Ohio is the highest court in the U.S. state of Ohio, with final authority over interpretations of Ohio law and the Ohio Constitution. The court has seven members, a ...

(B.A. 1961 J.D. 1964) *

Paul Pfeifer Paul E. Pfeifer (born October 15, 1942) is an American jurist. He served in both houses of the Ohio General Assembly as a member of the Ohio Republican party and was most recently an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio. Pfeifer wa ...

, current Justice of the

(B.A. 1963 J.D. 1966) *

C. William O'Neill C. William O'Neill The Supr ...

, one-term governor of Ohio, Chief Justice of Ohio Supreme Court (JD 1942) *

Brian Sandoval Brian Edward Sandoval (; born August 5, 1963) is an American politician, academic administrator, and former federal judge who served as the 29th Governor of Nevada from 2011 to 2019. A graduate of the University of Nevada, Reno, Sandoval began ...

, 29th

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, former Nevada Attorney General; former United States District Court Judge (J.D. 1989) *

Evelyn Lundberg Stratton Evelyn Lundberg Stratton (born February 25, 1953) is an American jurist. She was a justice of the Ohio Supreme Court and is now an attorney with Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease. Background and education Evelyn Lundberg Stratton was born to mi ...

, current Justice of the

(J.D. 1978) *

Jeffrey Sutton Jeffrey Stuart Sutton (born October 31, 1960) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as the chief circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Early life and career Sutton received a Bachelor of Arts degree in history fr ...

, federal appeals court judge on the

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(J.D. 1990)

Politics, diplomacy and military

Rutherford B. Hayes Rutherford Birchard Hayes (; October 4, 1822 – January 17, 1893) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 19th president of the United States from 1877 to 1881, after serving in the U.S. House of Representatives and as governor ...

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, two-time Ohio Governor, and later

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who is given credit, while governor, for turning the early Ohio State Agricultural & Mechanical school into the comprehensive

Current United States senators

Sherrod Brown Sherrod Campbell Brown (; born November 9, 1952) is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Ohio, a seat which he has held since 2007. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the U.S. representative for Ohio's ...

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from Ohio (M.A., 1981) * Thomas R. Carper, United States Senator from

Delaware Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent Del ...

(B.A., 1968) *

J.D. Vance James David Vance (born James Donald Bowman, August 2, 1984) is an American venture capitalist, author, and politician who is a United States senator-elect from Ohio, elected in 2022. A member of the Republican Party, he came to prominence with ...

from Ohio

Current United States representatives

Troy Balderson William Troy Balderson (born January 16, 1962) is an American politician and businessman serving as the U.S. representative from Ohio's 12th congressional district since 2018. He served as an Ohio state senator representing the 20th district fro ...

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(B.A. 1984) *

Bob Gibbs Robert Brian Gibbs (born June 14, 1954) is an American farmer and politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 2011 to 2023. He is a member of the Republican Party. On April 6, 2022, Gibbs announced he was not seeking reelection. ...

Ohio's 7th congressional district Ohio's 7th congressional district is represented by Bob Gibbs. It is currently located in the northeastern section of the state, including the city of Canton. It was redrawn in 2012, following the 2010 United States Census, and was previously ...

(A.A.S., 1974) * James Jordan,

Ohio's 4th congressional district Ohio's 4th congressional district spans sections of the central part of the state. It is currently represented by Republican Jim Jordan, the current chair of the House Judiciary Committee, who has represented the district since 2007. Areas repr ...

(B.A.; M.A.) - Assistant wrestling coach, 1987-1995 *

Ron Klein Ronald Jason Klein ( ; born July 10, 1957) is an American politician and lawyer who is a former member of the United States House of Representatives for . He is a member of the Democratic Party and chairs the Jewish Democratic Council of Amer ...

Florida's 22nd congressional district Florida's 22nd congressional district is a U.S. congressional district in Southeast Florida. It encompasses the coastline of Broward County to southern Palm Beach County. The district includes Boca Raton, Fort Lauderdale, Coral Springs and par ...

(B.A. 1979) *

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(M.S. Ph.D.)

Diplomats

* Ljubica Acevska, diplomat,

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(B.A.) * Amadou Lamine Ba, diplomat,

Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 � ...

Ambassador to the United States (B.S. M.S. Ph.D.) *

Chester Crocker Chester Arthur Crocker (born October 29, 1941) is an American diplomat and scholar who served as Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs from June 9, 1981, to April 21, 1989, in the Reagan administration. Crocker, architect of the U.S. p ...

, diplomat; former Undersecretary of State for African Affairs; author of United Nations' Namibian Peace Plan (B.A. 1963) *

Alan Fiers Alan Dale Fiers Jr. (born 15 April 1939) is an American former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer, who served as President Ronald Reagan's chief of the CIA's Central American Task Force from October 1984 until his retirement in 1988. Fiers ...

, key figure in the Iran-Contra Affair as head of the

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's Central American Task Force from 1984 to 1988 (B.A.) * Cheikh Tidiane Gadio,

Minister of Foreign Affairs (Ph.D.) * Stephen Kappes, Deputy Director of the

* Foy D. Kohler, diplomat, former United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union (B.A.) * Paul A. Russo, Ambassadors of the United States, Ambassador of the United States to Barbados, Dominica, St Lucia, Antigua, Saint Vincent (island), St. Vincent, and St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla, 1986-1988 * Roberto Sánchez Vilella, second elected Governor of Puerto Rico (B.S. 1934) * Dat Tran, acting United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs under Joe Biden * Milton A. Wolf, diplomat, former United States Ambassador to Austria (B.A. 1948)

Non-American Politicians and Officials

* Grant Devine, former Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan, Progressive Conservative Premier (Canada), Premier of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan (Ph.D. 1976) * Joseph Wu, former Chairman of the Mainland Affairs Council; first and only non-KMT-affiliated Representative to the United States of the Republic of China (Ph.D. 1989) * Andrew McIntosh, Baron McIntosh of Haringey, Andrew McIntosh, British Labour Party (UK), Labour Party Politician, Whip and culture spokesman of the House of Lords * Abdinur Sheikh Mohamed, Somali educator and politician; former Minister of Education, Higher Education and Culture of Somalia * Jayaprakash Narayan, Indian freedom fighter, social reformer, politician * Stephen Oru, Dr Stephen Oru, Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria * Duvvuri Subbarao, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (B.S.; M.S. 1978) * Narongsak Osottanakorn, Former Governor of Chiang Rai Province in Thailand, responsible for managing the Tham Luang cave rescue.

State politicians

* Javier Rivera Aquino, member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives; Secretary of the Puerto Rico Department of Agriculture (B.S. 1996) * Tony Dale, Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from suburban Austin, Texas, Austin, Texas (B.A. Political Science) * Grace Towns Hamilton, first African American woman elected to the Georgia General Assembly (Masters in Psychology 1929) * John Kasich, Governor and former Congressman from Central Ohio (B.A. 1974) * Robert S. Kiss, Speaker (politics), Speaker, West Virginia Legislature (B.A. J.D.) *

, Minority Leader, Florida Senate (B.A. 1979)

=Ohio Senate

= * Jim Hughes (politician), Jim Hughes, Ohio Senate, from the 16th district * Kris Jordan, Ohio Senate from the 19th district * Frank LaRose, Ohio Senate from the 27th district * Tom Niehaus, 93rd President of the Ohio Senate from the 14th district * Larry Obhof, 95th President of the Ohio Senate from the 22nd district * Robert Shaw (Ohio politician), Robert Shaw, Ohio Senate from the 16th District, 1967–1972 * Mark Wagoner, Ohio Senate from the 2nd district

=Ohio House of Representatives

= * William G. Batchelder, Ohio House of Representative from the 69th district * Andrew Brenner, Ohio House of Representatives, Ohio House of Representative from the 2nd district * John Patrick Carney, Ohio House of Representative from the 22nd district * Kathleen Clyde, Ohio House of Representative from the 68th district * Mike Duffey, Ohio House of Representative from the 21st district * Bill Hayes (politician), Bill Hayes, Ohio House of Representative from the 91st district * Brian Hill (Ohio politician), Brian Hill, Ohio House of Representative from the 94th district * Clayton Luckie, Ohio House of Representative from the 39th district * Bob Peterson (Ohio politician), Bob Peterson, Ohio House of Representative from the 85th district * Larry Price (politician), Larry Price, Ohio House of Representative from the 26 District * Dan Ramos, Ohio House of Representative from the 56th district * Stephen Slesnick, Ohio House of Representative from the 52nd district * Peter Stautberg, Ohio House of Representative from the 34th district * Gerald Stebelton, Ohio House of Representative from the 5th district * Fred Strahorn, Ohio House of Representative from the 39th district

Former politicians

* Chester Hardy Aldrich, one-term Governor of Nebraska and former Justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court (B.A. 1888) * Laurie Calvin Battle, former professor at

; U.S. Representative from Alabama (M.A. 1939) * John W. Bricker, 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; associated with the Bricker Amendment, a series of proposed changes to the US Constitution that would have limited the US president's ability to make treaties and executive agreements (B.A. 1916; J.D. 1920) * Dan Crippen, former Director of the Congressional Budget Office (M.A. 1976, Ph.D. 1981) * Israel Moore Foster, U.S. Representative from Ohio * Richard A. Heyman (c. 1935-1994), Mayor of Key West Florida, one of the first openly gay politicians in the US (1957) * Dave Hobson,

, (J.D. 1963) * William M. McCulloch, twelve-term former Congressman from Ohio (J.D. 1925) * James H. McGee, longest serving mayor of Dayton, Ohio (J.D.) * Oliver McGee, former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Technology Policy (1999–2001) (B.S. 1981) * Howard Metzenbaum, former United States Senator (B.A., 1939; J.D., 1941) * William H. Natcher, fifteen-term former Congressman from Kentucky, noted for never taking political contributions (J.D. 1933) * Mike Oxley, former U.S. Representative from Ohio's 4th district (J.D. 1969) * Deborah Pryce, former Congresswoman of Ohio's 15th congressional district (B.A. 1973) * Jim Rhodes, James A. Rhodes, former four-term (non-consecutive) List of Governors of Ohio, Governor of Ohio; former List of mayors of Columbus, Ohio, Mayor of Columbus, Ohio; former Ohio State Auditor (attended but did not graduate) * William B. Saxbe, United States Senator from Ohio, United States Attorney General, United States Ambassador to India (BA 1940; JD 1948) * Robert M. Switzer, former United States Representative from Ohio * Steve Stivers, Ohio's 15th congressional district (B.A. 1989) * George Voinovich, former United States Senator from Ohio; former Governor of Ohio (J.D.) * John M. Vorys, nine-term former Congressman from Ohio, 1951 delegate to the United Nations (J.D. 1923) * Michael R. White (politician), Michael R. White, longest-serving Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, Cleveland (B.A. 1973, MPA 1974) * Chalmers P. Wylie, thirteen-term former Congressman from Ohio (B.A.) * Pat Tiberi,

(B.A., 1985)

Military

* Jesse L. Brown, first African American Navy pilot, received Navy Distinguished Flying Cross * Clovis E. Byers, Chief of Staff, Eighth United States Army * Walter J. Davis Jr., United States Navy Vice Admiral (United States), Vice Admiral (B.S.) * Robert L. Eichelberger, Superintendent of the United States Military Academy; Commander of the Eighth United States Army in the South West Pacific theater in World War II * Stanley H. Ford, United States Army General (Bachelor of Philosophy 1898) * Curtis LeMay, United States Air Force general (World War II and Cold War) (B.S. 1928) * Geoffrey Miller (MG), Geoffrey Miller, United States Army Major general (United States), major general (B.A.) * John M. Murray, United States Army, General (United States), general * Robert W. Parker (general), Robert W. Parker, United States Air Force general * Robert R. Scott, awarded the Medal of Honor in World War II; namesake of destroyer escort USS Scott (DE-214), USS ''Scott'' (DE-214) and OSU's Scott House dormitory * Douglas M. Webster, Lieutenant Junior Grade, U.S. Navy; lost in the Pacific Ocean December 5, 1965, when his A-4 Skyhawk, armed with a B43 nuclear bomb, rolled off the elevator of the USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14), USS ''Ticonderoga'' (CVA-14) in a Broken Arrow incident, Broken Arrow not acknowledged by the The Pentagon, Pentagon until 1981

Science, engineering, and architecture

*Amy Acton, director of Ohio Department of Health during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ohio, COVID-19 pandemic (Masters in Public Health, MPH) *Homer Burton Adkins, organic chemist who developed the Adkins catalyst (Ph.D. 1918) * Mahzarin Banaji, Mahzarin Rustum Banaji, psychologist and Professor of Psychology at Harvard University (M.A. 1982, Ph.D. 1986) * Charles Bassett, astronaut * Grace Marie Bareis, mathematician * Margaret W. "Hap" Brennecke, NASA metallurgist who contributed to the Saturn rocket program * James M. Bobbitt, chemist and professor at the University of Connecticut (Ph.D. 1955) * Hendrik Wade Bode, scientist and engineer with numerous civilian and military contributions (B.S. 1924, M.S. 1926) * Thomas D. Brock, microbiologist who discovered hyperthermophiles living in Geothermal areas of Yellowstone, hot springs at Yellowstone National Park * Chris Calori, founder of Calori & Vanden-Eynden environmental graphic design firm (M.A. 1980) * Marie Skodak Crissey, developmental and educational psychologist, served as president of two divisions of the American Psychological Association (Undergraduate education; Masters of clinical psychology, 1931) * Nancy J. Currie, astronaut on STS-57, STS-70, STS-88, STS-109 (B.A. 1980) * Melvin De Groote, prolific chemist, with the second most patents in the US, next to Edison * Agnes Meyer Driscoll, cryptanalyst deciphered Japanese Naval Codes before and during World War II (B.A. 1911) * Jewell James Ebers, transistor engineer (MS 1947, PhD 1950) * Bertha Lamme Feicht, first female engineering graduate; first female engineer to be hired by Westinghouse Electric Corporation (1886), Westinghouse (B.S. 1893) * Judah Folkman, scientist; Harvard medical researcher; cancer researcher (B.S. 1953) * Gerard Fowke, geologist and archeologist * Barbara A. Given, nursing professor and psychosocial oncologist * Erica Glasper, American behavioral neuroscientist (M.A. Psychology) * Henry J. Hatch, engineer, Lt. General, former Army Chief of Engineers (M.S.) * Henry W. Hofstetter, past president of the American Optometric Association and a member of the National Optometry Hall of Fame (M.S. 1940, Ph.D. 1942) * Rod Holt, developed the unique method of power supply for Apple Inc.'s 1977 Apple II * David A. Huffman, computer scientist (B.S. 1944, M.S. 1949) * Christina Hulbe, Antarctic researcher, glaciologist (MSc 1994) * Cheryl Johnson (B.S. Chemistry, 1968), later attended law school; has served since 1999 on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in Austin, Texas, Austin, Texas * Charles Kettering, electrical engineer; founder of Delco; Vice President of Research for General Motors; invented electric starter for automobiles; co-founder (with Alfred Sloan) of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in 1945 (B.S. 1904) * Benjamin G. Lamme, engineer; longtime head of engineering at Westinghouse Electric Corporation (1886), Westinghouse; pioneered the design of rotary converters; developed direct current railway motors; produced the first commercially successful induction motor (B.S. 1888) * Robert Henry Lawrence, Jr., first African-American NASA astronaut (Ph.D. Chemistry 1965) * Richard M. Linnehan, astronaut (DVM 1985) * Nigel Lockyer, Director of Fermilab since September 2013 (Ph.D. 1980) * Ralph D. Mershon, engineer, inventor, and benefactor
Redonda G Miller, MD, MBA
first female president of The Johns Hopkins Hospital * John L. Moll, engineer, pioneer in the use of silicon transistors at Bell Labs, Stanford University and Hewlett-Packard (B.S. 1943, Ph.D. 1952) * Ruth Ella Moore, bacteriologist, microbiologist, academician, professor and department head at Howard University, first African American woman to receive a doctorate degree in bacteriology (B.S. 1926, M.A. 1927, Ph.D. 1933), and fashion designer * Russell C. Newhouse, engineer, pioneer in development of radio altimeter for aircraft, Bell Labs (B.S. EE 1929) * Julie Palais, Antarctic researcher, glaciologist (M.S., Ph.D.) * Roy Plunkett, inventor of Polytetrafluoroethylene, teflon (Ph.D. 1936) * Douglas Prasher, discoverer of green fluorescent protein (GFP) gene (Ph.D. 1979) * Karl Probst, engineer, inventor of the Jeep (B.S. 1906) * Frederick Patterson, the first African-American to manufacture cars with C.R. Patterson and Sons. He developed the Patterson-Greenfield car and was in direct competition with Henry Ford's Model T. * Wallace Clement Sabine, architect; Harvard professor; founder of the field of modern architectural acoustics; acoustical architect of Boston's Symphony Hall, Boston, Symphony Hall (B.S. 1886) * Wolfram Samlowski, oncologist * Larry Sanger, co-founder of Wikipedia (Ph.D., 2000) * R. Tom Sawyer, inventor of the first successful gas turbine locomotive and assisted with the development of the diesel locomotive (B.S. 1923, M.S. 1930) * Betty Schmoll, founder of Hospice of Dayton, one of the first hospice programs in the United States (M.S. 1978) * Ronald M. Sega, astronaut (M.S. 1975) * Robert Slocum, botanist and biologist (M.S. 1977) * Howard Dwight Smith, Ohio Stadium architect (B.S. 1907) * T. Somasekaram, Thamotharam Somasekaram, Sri Lankan Tamil people, Sri Lankan Tamil geographer, Surveyor General of Sri Lanka from 1991 to 1992 * Claude Steele, psychologist and Professor of Psychology at Stanford University (Ph.D. 1971) * Esther S. Takeuchi, bioengineer; Chief Scientist at Greatbatch; inventor of the microbatteries that made implantable defibrillators possible (Ph.D.) * Sidney van den Bergh, Canadian astronomer who served as President of the Canadian Astronomical Society and as Vice President of the International Astronomical Union; namesake of asteroid 4230 van den Bergh (M.S.) * David Vanden-Eynden, founder of Calori & Vanden-Eynden environmental graphic design firm * Charles E. Waring, physical chemist and long-time professor at the University of Connecticut (M.S. 1934, Ph.D. 1936) *

, entomologist and taxonomist, President of ESF (B.S. 1976; M.S. 1977; Ph.D. 1980)

Others

* Robert Bales, former United States Army soldier responsible for the Kandahar massacre (left 1996, didn't graduate) * Jeffrey Dahmer, serial killer and cannibal (Left after one quarter with a 0.45/4.00 GPA) * Paul Ebert, pediatric heart surgeon; former director of the American College of Surgeons; former chairman of the Departments of Surgery at both

Medical College and the UCSF Medical Center, University of California San Francisco Medical Center (B.S. M.D) * Ray Evans (cartoonist), Ray Evans editorial cartoonist *Mantaro Hashimoto, linguist and sinologist * Wilson A. Head, sociologist, activist in race relations, peace and the abolition of prisons (doctoral degree in Sociology, Adult Education, and Social Psychology, 1958) * Ammon Hennacy, social critic and reformer * Stephanie Hightower, President of USA Track & Field * Joe Kenda, Colorado Springs Police Department homicide detective, host of Investigation Discovery documentary series ''Homicide Hunter'' (M.A. 1970) * Bill Kraus, gay rights and AIDS activist; former Congressional aide who served as a liaison between the San Francisco gay community and congress in the 1980s * Judith McCulloh, folklorist, ethnomusicologist, and university press editor (M.A.) * Roger McMurrin, conductor and Presbyterian pastor * Jerrie Mock, aviator, first woman to successfully fly solo around the world (B.S.) * Dillon S. Myer, director of War Relocation Authority during World War II and commissioner of Bureau of Indian Affairs (1914) * Keo Nakama, Sportsperson, athlete; first person to verifiably swim an open water Hawaiian channel; OSU swimming record holder, 1943, 1944 * Jim Reeder, coach; California State University Hall of Fame Charter Member; namesake for the baseball field at California State University, Los Angeles * Ann Shaw (social worker), Ann Shaw (1921–2015), civic leader and social worker based in Los Angeles, California (M.S. Speech, 1944) * Mike Sexton, professional poker player; host of the World Poker Tour * Disappearance of Brian Shaffer, Brian Shaffer, undergraduate alumnus and medical student who disappeared from a Columbus bar in 2006 * Faye Wattleton, activist; former president of Planned Parenthood of America; co-founder of Center for the Advancement of Women (B.S. 1964) * Tim Phillips (swimmer), Sportsperson, athlete; World Champion swimmer

Athletics

Olympic medalists

''Ohio State has produced over 200 Olympic athletes, including the following medalists.'' * Dave Albritton, David Albritton, track and field 1936 Summer Olympics silver medal * Miller Anderson (diver), Miller Anderson, Diving (sport), diving 1948 Summer Olympics silver medal; 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games silver medal * Aldis Berzins, volleyball 1984 Summer Olympics gold medal * Raj Bhavsar, gymnastics 2008 Summer Olympics bronze medal * Tessa Bonhomme, Canada women's ice hockey 2010 Winter Olympics gold medal * Juan Botella, Mexico, diving 1960 Summer Olympics bronze medal * Nathan Brooks, boxing 1952 Summer Olympics gold medal * Jennifer Chandler, diving 1976 Summer Olympics gold medal * Lisa Chesson, women's ice hockey 2010 Winter Olympics silver medal * Mary Ellen Clark, diving 1992 Summer Olympics bronze medal; 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games bronze medal * Bob Clotworthy, 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 (athlete), Glenn Davis, track and field 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games gold medal; 1960 Rome Olympic Games two gold medals * Diane Dixon, track and field 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games silver medal; 1988 Seoul Olympic Games silver medal * James George (weightlifter), James George, Olympic weightlifting, weightlifting 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games bronze medal; 1960 Rome Olympic Games silver medal * Peter George (weightlifter), Peter George, weightlifting 1948 London Olympic Games silver medal; 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games gold Medal; 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games silver medal * Joe Greene (athlete), Joe Greene, track and field 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games bronze medal; 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games bronze medal * Sam Hall (diver), Sam Hall, diving 1960 Rome Olympic Games silver medal * Morgan Hamm, gymnastics 2004 Athens Olympic Games silver medal * Paul Hamm, gymnastics 2004 2004 Summer Olympics, Athens Olympic Games gold medal, two silver medals * Bruce Harlan, diving 1948 London Olympic Games gold medal, silver medal * Donald Harper, diving 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games silver medal * Bill Hosket, Sr., basketball Big Ten Conference championship in 1933 * Bill Hosket, Jr., basketball 1968 Summer Olympics gold medal * Karen Josephson, synchronized swimming, 1988 Seoul Olympic Games silver medal; 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games gold medal * Sarah Josephson, synchronized swimming1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games silver medal; 1988 Seoul Olympic Games silver medal; 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games gold medal * Ryan Kesler, men's ice hockey, 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, silver medal * Ford Konno, Ford Hiroshi Konno, swimming 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games two gold medals, silver medal; 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games silver medal * Emma Laaksonen, Finland women's hockey, 1998 Winter Olympics bronze medal; 2010 Winter Olympics bronze medal * Jerry Lucas, basketball 1960 Rome Olympic Games gold medal * Kelly McCormick, diving 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games bronze medal; 1988 Seoul Olympic Games silver medal * Jesse Owens, track and field 1936 Berlin Olympic Games four gold medals * Yoshi Oyakawa, swimming 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games gold medal * Jerry Page, boxing 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games gold medal * Lea Ann Parsley, skeleton (sport), skeleton, 2002 Winter Olympics silver medal * Michael Redd, basketball 2008 Beijing Olympic Games gold medal * Butch Reynolds, track and field 1988 Seoul Olympic Games gold medal, silver medal * Jason Rogers (fencer), Jason Rodgers, Fencing, 2008 Summer Olympics silver medal * Gordy Sheer, luge, 1998 Winter Olympics silver medal * George Simpson (sprinter), George Simpson, track and field, 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games silver medal * Bill Smith (swimmer), Bill Smith, swimming 1948 London Olympic Games two gold medals * Katie Smith, Women's National Basketball Association, WNBA player; basketball 2000 Summer Olympics gold medal; 2004 Athens Olympic Games gold medal; 2008 Beijing Olympic Games gold medal * Natalie Spooner, Canada women's ice hockey 2014 Winter Olympics gold medal, 2018 Winter Olympics silver medal * Jack Taylor (American swimmer), Jack Taylor, swimming 1952 Summer Olympics bronze medal * Hanna Thompson, fencing 2008 Summer Olympics silver medal * Minttu Tuominen, Finland women's ice hockey 2010 Winter Olympics bronze medal * Bryan Volpenhein, sport rowing, rowing 2004 Summer Olympics gold medal; 2008 Summer Olympics bronze medal * Marc Waldie, volleyball 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games gold medal * Mal Whitfield, Malden Whitfield, track and field 1948 London Olympic Games two gold medals, bronze medal; 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games gold medal; silver medal * Blaine Wilson, gymnastics 2004 Athens Olympic Games silver medal

Baseball

* Steve Arlin, MLB pitcher (1969–1974) * Barry Bonnell, MLB outfielder (1977–1986) * Chuck Brinkman, MLB catcher (1969–1974) * Dave Burba, MLB pitcher (1990–2004) * Galen Cisco, MLB pitcher (1961–1969) * Rollin Cook, MLB pitcher (1915) * John Dagenhard, MLB pitcher (1943) * Mark Dempsey (baseball), Mark Dempsey, MLB pitcher (1982) * Johnny Edwards (baseball player), Johnny Edwards, MLB catcher * Brad Goldberg, MLB pitcher * Frank Howard (baseball), Frank Howard, MLB outfielder * Cory Luebke, MLB pitcher (2010–present) * Jim Reeder, lettered in three varsity sports at OSU; World War II prevented him from playing Major League Baseball; upon his death California State University at Los Angeles renamed their baseball field the James B. Reeder Memorial Field to honor their long-time head coach; he never had a losing season as Cal State's head coach (B.S. 1948) *Moe Savransky (born 1929), MLB pitcher (1954) *

owner * Nick Swisher, MLB outfielder, World Series Champion 2009 New York Yankees

Basketball

* William Buford, former basketball player at Ohio State * Mike Conley, Jr., 4th overall selection in the 2007 NBA Draft of the Memphis Grizzlies, NBA player for the Utah Jazz * Daequan Cook, NBA player for the Houston Rockets * Aaron Craft, professional basketball player for AS Monaco * Jon Diebler, player for the Panionios B.C. * John Havlicek, National Basketball Association, NBA star, Basketball Hall of Fame * Othello Hunter, NBA player for the Atlanta Hawks and in the Israeli Basketball Premier League * Jim Jackson (basketball), Jim Jackson, former NBA player * Chris Jent, former NBA player and current Ohio State assistant coach * Neil Johnston, NBA player and coach, Basketball Hall of Fame * Roger Jorgensen, Basketball Association of America, BAA player * Clark Kellogg, former NBA player, television, TV sports analyst * Bobby Knight, coach at Texas Tech University, Basketball Hall of Fame (B.A. 1962) * Kosta Koufos, NBA player for the Sacramento Kings * Ron Lewis (basketball), Ron Lewis, basketball player for Ironi Nahariya from the Israeli Super League * Jerry Lucas (1958–1962), National Basketball Association, NBA star, Basketball Hall of Fame * Mark Minor, former NBA player * Kelsey Mitchell (basketball), Kelsey Mitchell, first Team All-American, 2016, 2nd Team All-American, 2015, 2017, 2018, WNBA player for the Indiana Fever, selected 2nd overall * B. J. Mullens, 24th draft pick in the 2009 NBA Draft (2008–2009) * Greg Oden, first Team All-American, 2007, selected with the number one pick of the 2007 NBA Draft by the Portland Trail Blazers (2006–2007) * Scoonie Penn, Euroleague player * Michael Redd, NBA player for the Milwaukee Bucks (1997–2000) * Arnie Risen, four-time NBA all-star, Basketball Hall of Fame * Evan Ravenel, current free agent. * LaQuinton Ross (born 1991), American basketball player for Hapoel Eilat B.C., Hapoel Eilat of the Israeli Basketball Premier League * D'Angelo Russell, 2nd overall pick in 2015 NBA Draft by Los Angeles Lakers, NBA player for the Minnesota Timberwolves * Brad Sellers, former NBA player * Jim Smith (basketball, born 1958), Jim Smith, former NBA player * Jared Sullinger, former NBA player * Fred R. Taylor, long-time former OSU head basketball coach, Basketball Hall of Fame * Evan Turner, NCAA Player of the Year, former NBA player * Trevor Thompson (basketball), Trevor Thompson, current free agent * Bob Weltlich, former University of Texas coach, author of the novel ''Crooked Zebra'' * Herb Williams * Daequan Cook (born 1987), basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League * Jon Diebler (born 1988), basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League *Lenzelle Smith Jr. (born 1991), basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League *Kaleb Wesson (born 1999), basketball player for Maccabi Rishon LeZion (basketball), Maccabi Rishon LeZion of the Israeli Basketball Premier League

Football

* Eli Apple, NFL cornerback for the New York Giants * Brian Baschnagel, wide receiver for the Chicago Bears * Joey Bosa, NFL defensive end for the Los Angeles Chargers * Nick Bosa, NFL defensive end for the San Francisco 49ers * Paul Brown, coach, member of the

, and namesake of Cleveland Browns (M.A. 1940) * Earle Bruce, College Football Hall of Fame coach * Connie Carberg, first female NFL scout * Cris Carter, former NFL wide receiver, Pro Football Hall of Fame member * Howard "Hopalong" Cassady, Heisman Trophy winner 1955 * Frank Clair, Canadian Football Hall of Fame coach * Joe Cooper (linebacker), Joe Cooper, Calgary Stampeders player * Tom Cousineau, former linebacker, Montreal Alouettes, Cleveland Browns first pick of the 1979 NFL Draft * Mike Doss, NFL Defensive back, safety for the Minnesota Vikings, three-time All-American * Nate Ebner, NFL safety for the New England Patriots and rugby Olympian * Byron Eby, American football, football player * Quinn Ewers, first student-athlete to make more than $1 million from Name, Image and Likeness, endorsements * Wes Fesler, three-time All-American end; coach * John E. Frank, NFL tight end * Jake Gaither, head coach at Florida A&M * Eddie George, Heisman Trophy winner 1995, former NFL football player * Sid Gillman, NFL coach and Pro Football Hall of Fame * Ted Ginn Jr., NFL wide receiver for the Carolina Panthers * Terry Glenn, NFL wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys; 1995 Biletnikoff Award winner * Randy Gradishar, NFL linebacker, College Football Hall of Fame member * Archie Griffin, only two-time Heisman Trophy winner (1974, 1975); current president of the Ohio State University Alumni Association * Lou Groza, football kicker and Pro Football Hall of Famer, Lou Groza Award namesake * Chic Harley, three-time All-American running back * Dwayne Haskins, NFL quarterback for the Washington Redskins, 2018 Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year, 2019 Rose Bowl MVP * A. J. Hawk, NFL linebacker for the Green Bay Packers, 2005 Lombardi Award recipient *

, Ohio State football coach and educator (M.A.) * Kirk Herbstreit, ESPN sports analyst and former OSU quarterback * John Hicks (American football), John Hicks, 1973 winner of Outland Trophy and Lombardi Award * Les Horvath, Heisman Trophy winner 1943 * Cardale Jones, NFL quarterback for the Los Angeles Chargers * Vic Janowicz, Heisman Trophy winner 1950 * Pete Johnson (American football), Pete Johnson, NFL running back * Dante Lavelli, Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee (1945) * Dick LeBeau, Pittsburgh Steelers defensive coordinator Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee (2010) * Dick Logan (American football player), Dick Logan, NFL guard for the Green Bay Packers * Nick Mangold, former NFL Center (American football), center for the New York Jets, 2-time pro bowler * Terry McLaurin, NFL wide receiver for the Washington Redskins * Urban Meyer, head coach of Ohio State Football (M.A. 1988) * Braxton Miller, wide receiver for Houston Texans * Mike Nugent, NFL placekicker for the Cincinnati Bengals * Orlando Pace, NFL offensive lineman Chicago Bears; winner of 1995 Outland Trophy and the 1994 and 1995 Lombardi Award; first pick of the 1996 NFL Draft * Jim Parker (American football), Jim Parker, offensive tackle for the History of the Indianapolis Colts, Baltimore Colts and Pro Football Hall of Fame * Dwight Peabody, NFL end * Pete Perini, NFL fullback * Ev Rowan, NFL end * Steve Ruzich, NFL guard for the Green Bay Packers * Glenn E. "Bo" Schembechler, former football coach of the Michigan Wolverines (Master's 1952) * Tom Skladany, three-time All-American punter and former professional football player, Detroit Lions, Philadelphia Eagles * Troy Smith, 2006 Heisman Trophy winner, former NFL Player * Chris Spielman, former NFL linebacker with the Detroit Lions, Buffalo Bills and Cleveland Browns; 1987 Lombardi Award recipient * Shawn Springs, NFL cornerback for the New England Patriots * Jim Stillwagon, Canadian Football League player, 1970 winner of Outland Trophy and Lombardi Award * Don Sutherin, Canadian Football Hall of Fame defensive back * Jack Tatum, football player for the Oakland Raiders, author * Paul Warfield, Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receiver * Dan Wilkinson, NFL Defensive Lineman, first pick of the 1994 NFL draft * Joe Williams (back), Joe Williams, football player * Bill Willis, Pro Football Hall of Famer; first African-American pro football player * Antoine Winfield Sr., Antoine Winfield, NFL cornerback for the Minnesota Vikings; 1998 Jim Thorpe Award winner * Terrelle Pryor, an NFL wide receiver. Drafted in the 3rd round of the 2011 NFL Draft as a quarterback. * The Replacements (film), Shane Falco, All-American quarterback ''For a more complete list of Ohio State University alumni in the NFL see: Ohio State Buckeyes football#Buckeyes in the NFL, Buckeyes in the NFL''

Golf

* Ryan Armour, PGA Tour *John Cook (golfer), John Cook, PGA Champions Tour * Bo Hoag, PGA Tour *Rosie Jones (golfer), Rosie Jones, retired LPGA Tour * Meg Mallon, retired LPGA Tour *Jerry McGee, retired PGA and Champions Tour *Gary Nicklaus, professional golfer * Jack Nicklaus, retired professional golfer, holds the record for most Major Championships (18) * Joey Sindelar, PGA Champions Tour * Chris Smith (golfer), Chris Smith, former PGA Tour * Rod Spittle, former PGA Champions Tour * Tom Weiskopf, retired PGA and Champions Tour

Hockey

* Tom Askey, retired goaltender for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and various European pro teams * Mike Bales, National Hockey League, NHL ice hockey goalie, currently playing for the Straubing Tigers (Deutsche Eishockey Liga, DEL) * Mathieu Beaudoin, current NHL player with Phoenix Coyotes * Sean Collins (ice hockey b. Oct. 1983), Sean Collins, current NHL player for the New York Rangers * Zac Dalpe, current NHL player with the Rochester Americans (American Hockey League, AHL) * Ryan Dzingel, current player with the Ottawa Senators * Corey Elkins, current player/left wing with HIFK (Liiga) * Nate Guenin, current NHL player with the Colorado Avalanche * Ryan Kesler, current NHL player with the Anaheim Ducks * Tanner Laczynski, current NHL player with the Philadelphia Flyers * Jamie Macoun, longtime veteran Defenceman (ice hockey), defenceman in the NHL * Jeff Madill, retired NHL player with the New Jersey Devils * Bill McKenzie (ice hockey), Bill McKenzie, retired NHL goaltender * Éric Meloche, former professional player, Philadelphia Flyers and the Pittsburgh Penguins * Rod Pelley, currently playing for the Albany Devils (AHL) * Dave Steckel, current player for the Norfolk Admirals (AHL), Norfolk Admirals (AHL) * Tyson Strachan, current NHL player/defenseman with the Buffalo Sabres * R.J. Umberger, current player/center in the NHL for the Philadelphia Flyers * Jim Witherspoon, retired NHL player/defenseman with the Los Angeles Kings

Rowing

* Erden Eruç, first solo human-powered circumnavigator of the Earth with multiple Guinness world records for ocean rowing

Shooting (pistol)

* James Howard Snook, gold medal at the 1920 Summer Olympics at Antwerp; 1908 graduate from OSU College of Veterinary Medicine; also served on faculty; inventor of the "snook hook" surgical instrument; executed in February 1930 for murder

Soccer

* Eric Brunner, Houston Dynamo * Ray Burse, goalkeeper, Puerto Rico Islanders * Roger Espinoza, Sporting Kansas City * Dustin Kirby, Real Salt Lake * Kyle Veris, LA Galaxy and top European clubs

Swimming

* Ernest W. Maglischo, swimming coach for 38 years, coach of the year, and author.Swimming Fastest on Amazon
product page.

Wrestling

* Mark Coleman, NCAA Champion wrestler (190 lbs); silver medalist at the 1991 FILA Wrestling World Championships; retired professional mixed martial artist; former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion; UFC Hall of Fame member * Lance Palmer, four-time Ohio State wrestling champ, four-time All-American wrestler; professional Mixed Martial Artist, former World Series of Fighting, WSOF Champion * Kevin Randleman, two-time NCAA Champion (1992 & 1993) and runner-up wrestler (1991); former Ultimate Fighting Championship, UFC Heavyweight Champion * Logan Stieber, five time HS Champion wrestler, four time NCAA Champion wrestler * Kyle Snyder (wrestler), Kyle Snyder two time NCAA Champion wrestler, World Champion, Olympic Champion * Jim Jordan (American politician)#Ohio State University abuse scandal, Jim Jordan - assistant coach 1987-1995 (elected to Ohio congress in 1994, US congress in 2006) * Ohio State University#Sexual harassment handling, Richard Strauss - team doctor, committed suicide in 2005, age 67

Notable current faculty

National Academy of Sciences members

* Carlo M. Croce, Carlo Croce, medicine and genetics * Avner Friedman, mathematics * Leo Paquette, chemistry * Duane W. Roller, Professor Emeritus of Ancient history, Classics * Lonnie Thompson, Lonnie G. Thompson, geology, Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, Tyler Prize-winning glaciologist (M.S. 1971 Ph.D. 1976)

National Academy of Engineering members

* Jose B. Cruz, Jr., electrical engineering

Institute of Medicine of the National Academies Members

* Clara D. Bloomfield

Arts, humanities, and social sciences

* Kevin Boyle (historian), Kevin Boyle, National Book Award winner and

finalist for ''Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights and Murder in the Jazz Age'' (History, 2004) * Henri Cole, poetry, awards include a Guggenheim Fellowship and a

finalist *

, art and computer graphics, influential artist and scholar; father of digital art and computer animation (BFA 1946; MFA 1948) * Tim Griffin (curator), Tim Griffin, art history, former curator-in-chief of The Kitchen (performance venue), The Kitchen and editor-in-chief of ''ArtForum International'' * Ann Hamilton (artist), Ann Hamilton, sculpture; 1993 MacArthur Fellow; 2008 Heinz Award recipient * Trevon Logan, Hazel C. Youngberg Trustees Distinguished Professor in the Department of Economics * Lea McGee, professor emeritus of early literacy * Tony Mendoza (photographer), Tony Mendoza, photography * Bebe Miller, dance;

; founder of Bebe Miller Dance Company (M.A. 1975) * John Mueller, political science;

; holds the Wayne Woodrow Hayes Chair in National Security Studies; winner of Georgetown University, Georgetown University's Lepgold Prize for the best book on international relations for ''The Remnants of War'' * Geoffrey Parker (historian), Geoffrey Parker, Andreas Dorpalen Professor of history * Alexander Wendt, political science; Ralph D. Mershon Professor of International Security; named the third most influential scholar of international relations by ''Foreign Policy'' magazine *E. J. Westlake, Chair of Theatre, Film, and Media Arts, Fulbright scholar, winner of the Oregon Book Award, and former editor of ''Theatre Journal''.

Math and physical sciences

* George Billman, physiology * Paul R. Berger, electrical and computer engineering, award IEEE Fellow (2011), Outstanding Engineering Educator for State of Ohio (2014) and Fulbright-Nokia Distinguished Chair in Information and Communications Technologies (2020). * Bharat Bhushan (academic), Bharat Bhushan, Ohio Eminent Scholar and the Howard D. Winbigler Professor, College of Engineering * Rick Freuler, professor and coordinator of the Fundamentals of Engineering for Honors program * Harvey Friedman, mathematics and logic * :de:Charles Chidume, Charles Chidume, mathematician and university professor (1984 PhD) * Maryam Lustberg, breast oncologist * William J. Mitsch, environmental science, awarded 2004 Stockholm Water Prize for wetlands research * William Pease (professor), William Pease, medicine * Altaf Wani, radiology * Terry Wilson (scientist), Terry Jean Wilson, geologist, Antarctic researcher * David W. Wood, chemical and biomolecular engineering

School of Physical Activity and Educational Services

* Gwendolyn Cartledge Professor

Notable former faculty members

Arts and humanities * Edgar S. Furniss Jr., Mershon Professor of Political Science and the first Director of the Mershon Center for International Security Studies, 1960-1966 * John C. Rule, Professor of History, 1958–1995 * Thyrsa Frazier Svager, professor, 1954-1987; Provost, 1987-1993 * Stephen V. Tracy, Professor of Greek & Latin, 1971-2002; creator and first director of the Center for Epigraphic and Paleographic Studies National Academy of Science Members *Bernadine Healy, cardiology, former head of the National Institutes of Health and the American Red Cross, 1995-1999 *

, physics, 1982-2008, Nobel laureate

Presidents of the Ohio State University

The first president of Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College is Edward Orton, Sr., who served from 1873 to 1881. During Orton's term, the university became Ohio State University, in 1878. Karen A. Holbrook took office in 2002 and was the first female president. E. Gordon Gee is the only president who served two terms, after from serving from 1990 to 1998 and returning in 2007-2013. Michael V. Drake took office in 2014 and was the first African American President of the university before leaving in 2020 to become the president of the University of California. Kristina M. Johnson, previously the Chancellor of the

, began her term as university president on August 24, 2020.

References

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