List of Ohio State University people

This is a list of encyclopedic people associated with the Ohio State University in the United States of America.

Notable Alumni

Please note that the names listed may have only attended the University at one point and not have necessarily graduated.

Nobel Laureates

Paul Flory, 1974 Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry (Ph.D., 1934)
William Fowler, 1983 Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics (B.S. 1933)

Academia

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Milton Caniff, Time, 1947

Michael F. Adams, President, University of Georgia (M.A. 1971 Ph. D 1973)
Omer Clyde Aderhold, former President, University of Georgia (Ph.D. 1938)
Stanley Baiman, Chairperson of the Accounting Department in the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (B.S. 1968)
Steve Ballard, Chancellor East Carolina University (Ph. D 1976)
Molly Corbett Broad, President of the University of North Carolina System (M.S. 1964)
John R. Brockhead President, SUNY-Brockport (Ph. D 1980)
Paul H. Buck Historian Former Provost of Harvard University, Awarded 1938 Pulitzer Prize in History (B.A. 1921)
Michael Devine, Director of the Harry S. Truman Presidential Museum & Library (Ph.D 1974)
John W. Garland, President Central State University (J.D. 1974)
Harlan H. Hatcher, former President (1951-1967) of the University of Michigan
Donald Kagan, Scholar Sterling Professor of Classics and History at Yale (Ph.D., 1958)
Calie Pistorius, Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Pretoria in South Africa. (M.S. 1984; Ph.D 1986)
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Sr., Historian namesake of Schlesinger Library at Harvard University (B.A. 1910)
Nancy L. Zimpher President, University of Cincinnati (BA 1968; MA 1971; PhD 1976)

Arts & Literature

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Artwork by Roy Lichtenstein, Time, 1968

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James Thurber, Time, 1951

Berenice Abbott, photographer (briefly)
George Wesley Bellows, painter (1905 (attended but did not graduate)
Milton Caniff, cartoonist (1930)
Charles Csuri, Artist influential artist and scholar; father of digital art and computer animation (BFA; MFA)
Tom Doyle, Sculptor 1994 lifetime achievement award from American Academy of Arts and Letters (BFA 1952; MFA 1953)
Harlan Ellison, Science fiction writer (attended but did not graduate; expelled)
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Novelist and education activist (B.A. 1899)
Velina Hasu Houston, playwright
Kermit Hunter, Playwright (B.A. 1931)
Jerome Lawrence, playwright (B.A. 1937)
Roy Lichtenstein, artist (BFA, 1946; MFA, 1949; honorary doctorate, 1988)
Mary Oliver, award-winning poet (attended but did not graduate)
Cynthia Ozick, author (M.A., 1950)
Paul Palnik, cartoon artist and writer. (BFA, 1968; MA 1969) Numerous original drawings in the collection of The Ohio State University Libraries
Clayton Rawson, Mystery Writer (B.A. 1929)
Frank Schmalleger, professor and author (Ph.D., 1974)
Clarence Shields, artist, BFA 1946
R. L. Stine, children's author of Goosebumps series (B.A., 1965)
James Thurber, author and humorist

Business

William “Mil” Batten, former CEO of JC Penney Co.(1958-1974), former President of The New York Stock Exchange(1976-1984) (B.S. 1932)
Ray Boshara, Director, Asset Building Program for the New America Foundation, selected in 2002 by Esquire as one of "America's Best and Brightest" (B.A.)
James C. Cotting, former Chairman and CEO of Navistar current Governor of the Chicago Stock Exchange (B.A. 1955)
Harry R. Drackett, inventor of Windex (B.S. 1907)
Max M. Fisher, Philanthropist noted businessman and philanthropist; funded the Fisher School of Business at Ohio State (B.S. 1930)
Mark R. Goldston, Chairman and CEO of Netzero parent company United Online In 1986, at the age of 31, he became youngest President of a Fortune 500 company when he took over Faberge. (B.S. 1977)
Daniel Gressel, Economic advisor to Indonesia, Costa Rica, and Chile, President Teleos Asset Management an international hedge fund (B.S. 1976)
Paul F. Iams, founder of The Iams Company (B.S. 1937)
Charles H. Kellstadt, former Chairman and CEO of Sears, Roebuck and Co., namesake of business school at Depaul University (B.S. 1920)
Fred Lazarus, Jr., the founder of Federated Department Stores
William G. Lowrie, former President Amoco (BSCheE, 1966)
Manu Mehta, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Metabyte Networks, Inc (B.S. 1980 M.S. 1982)
Susan Mernit, Netscape and America Online executive (M.A.)
James G. Oates, former President Leo Burnett Worldwide advertising agency (B.S. 1966)
James J. O'Brien, Chairman and CEO of Ashland Inc. (B.S. M.B.A.)
Walden O'Dell, CEO of Diebold
John D. Ong, former CEO of BF Goodrich, current United States Ambassador to Norway (B.A. 1952, M.A. 1954)
Edward J. Orton, Jr., Columbus philanthropist, founded the "Standard Pyrometric Cone Company".
Robert R. Ruffolo, Jr, Senior Vice President of Wyeth and President of Wyeth Research (B.S. 1973; Ph. D 1976)
Leslie Wexner, CEO & chairman, Limited Brands corporation (B.S. 1959)
Kenneth P. Wilcox, President and CEO of SVB Financial and Silicon Valley Bank (B.A. M.A. Ph. D)

Entertainment

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Fred Silverman, Time, 1977

Lee Adams, Songwriter Tony Award winner and inductee into the Songwriters Hall of Fame (B.A.)
Carole Black, President and CEO of Lifetime Entertainment Services (B.A. 1965)
Budd Boetticher, Film Director of Western
David J. Brock, Film Director
Barbara Daniels, Opera Soprano
Dan Darling, Executive Vice-President, Turner Broadcasting System (B.S.)
Vince Doria, VP of ESPN and director of SportsCenter (1970)
Tim Easton, Musician alt-country singer
Charles W. Fries, Producer and former Vice-President of Columbia Pictures, originated the Movie of The Week format (B.A.)
Patricia Heaton, Emmy Award-winning actress on Everybody Loves Raymond (B.A., 1980)
Eileen Heckart, Academy Award, Emmy Award, and Golden Globe Award-winning actress (B.A., 1942)
Melina Kanakaredes, actress, star of Providence and CSI: NY (attended but did not graduate)
Diane Kesling, Opera Soprano, Soloist with the Metropolitan Opera (B.A. 1978)
Scott Kirby, Musician, New Orleans musician and noted interpreter of classic American particularly ragtime (B.A. 1988)
George Monnett Kling (aka Saxon Kling) Broadway actor, playwright and member of the Washington Square Players.
Fred Laderman, Producer, considered an industry trailblazer and the first to transform Japanese anime into an American commodity. (B.S. 1949)
Richard Lewis, comedian, actor, writer (B.S. (1969)
Vince Mendoza, Musician and Composer of Jazz (B.A. 1983)
Carman Moore, Composer of Operatic and Classical Music (B.A.)
Phil Ochs, protest singer (attended but did not graduate)
Ron O'Neal, actor of Superfly fame
Jack Renner, Founder and CEO of TELARC Classical Records
Gigi Rice, actress (B.A. 1987)
Fred Silverman, television executive
J. K. Simmons, actor
Richard Stoltzman, Musician, Avery Fisher Prize winning clarinetist, Sony Classical recording artist (B.A-Music/B.S.-Mathematics)
Bruce Vilanch, comedy writer (BFA, 1970)
Chris Wedge, Director of computer animation films including Ice Age and Robots (M.A.Computer Graphics)

Journalism

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Frank Stanton Time 1950

Nick Anderson, Editorial Cartoonist Louisville Courier-Journal, 2005 Pulitzer Prize recipient (B.A. 1990)
Walter Bogdanich, Investigative Reporter, New York Times, 2005 Pulitzer Prize recipient
Ned Brooks, moderator, Meet the Press
Jack Buck, longtime voice of the St. Louis Cardinals, NFL football announcer journalist
Paul Delaney, long-time correspondant, bureau chief and editor with the New York Times currently Professor at Syracuse University (B.A. 1956)
Len Downie Jr., Journalist Executive Editor, Washington Post
Julia Keller, Columnist Chicago Tribune, 2005 Pulitzer Prize recipient (Ph. D 1995)
W.M. Kiplinger, among first two journalism graduates and founder of Kiplinger's
Brian Lehrer, Radio Host of The Brian Lehrer Show on New York's WNYC (M.A.)
Erin Moriarty, CBS news correspondent (and commencement speaker Spring Quarter 2004) (B.S. 1973; J.D. 1977)
Barbara Reynolds, Nationally syndicated columnist, Professor of Journalism at Howard University (B.A. 1967)
Frank Stanton, Longtime President of CBS; considered the father of television news
Bill Stewart, Reporter, Foreign Correspondent for ABC summarily executed by Nicaraguan government forces (B.A. 1963)
Diana K. Sugg, Reporter, Baltimore Sun, 2003 Pulitzer Prize Recipient (M.A.)

Politics, Diplomacy & Military

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Bricker from the Buckeye State, Time, 1943

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SAC Commander Curtis LeMay, Time, 1950

Current United States Senators

Thomas R. Carper, United States Senator from Delaware (B.A., 1968)
George Voinovich, United States Senator from Ohio (J.D.)

Current United States Congressmen

Sherrod Brown, 13th Congressional District of Ohio (M.A., 1981)
Dave Hobson, 7th Congressional District of Ohio, (J.D. 1963)
Bob Ney, 18th Congressional District of Ohio. (B.S., 1976)
Mike Oxley, 4th Congressional District of Ohio, Chair of House Committee on Financial Services (J.D. 1969)
Deborah Pryce, 15th Congressional District of Ohio, Chair of House Republican Conference (B.A. 1973)
Pat Tiberi, 12th Congressional District of Ohio (B.A., 1985)

Ljubica Z. Acevska, Diplomat Ambassador of the Republic of Macedonia to the United States. (B.A. 1980)
Amadou L. Ba, Diplomat Senegal Ambassador to the United States (B.S. M.S. Ph. D)
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 (B.A. 1916; J.D. 1920)
Dan Crippen, former Director of the Congressional Budget Office (M.A. 1976 Ph. D 1981)
Chester Crocker, Diplomat Former Undersecretary of State for African Affairs; author of United Nations' Namibian Peace Plan; Nobel Peace Prize nominee (B.A. 1963)
Claude M. Hilton, United States District Court judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, judge on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. (B.S. 1963)
John Kasich, former United States Congressman and anchor of 'The Heartland with John Kasich' (B.A., 1974)
Robert S. Kiss, Speaker, West Virginia Legislature (B.A. J.D.)
Curtis LeMay, United States Air Force general (WWII and Cold War) (B.S. 1928)
James McGee, longest serving mayor of Dayton, Ohio (J.D.)
Andrew McIntosh, British Labour Party Politician, Whip and culture spokesman of the House of Lords
Colleen McMahon, United States Judge for the Southern District of New York (B.A. 1973)
Howard Metzenbaum, former United States Senator (B.A., 1939; J.D., 1941)
Geoffrey Miller, United States Army Major General (B.A.)
Thomas J. Moyer, Current Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court (B.A. 1961 J.D. 1964)
William H. Natcher fifteen term former Congressman noted for never taking political contributions (J.D. 1933)
C. William O'Neill, (JD '42) One-term governor of Ohio, Chief Justice of Ohio Supreme Court
Paul Pfeifer, Current Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court (B.A. 1963 J.D. 1966)
Cotter Phillips, Managing Partner of the Washington DC office of Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, named by The National Law Journal as on of America's 100 Most Influential Lawyers, has argued over forty cases before the United States Supreme Court (B.S. 1973)
James A. Rhodes, former four term (non-consecutive) Governor of Ohio; former Mayor, Columbus, Ohio; former Auditor of State of Ohio (attended but did not graduate)
Brian Sandoval, Former Nevada Attorney General, Current United States District Court Judge (J.D. 1989)
William B. Saxbe, United States Senator from Ohio, United States Attorney General, United States Ambassador to India (BA 1940; JD 1948)
Robert R. Scott, Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in World War II, In 1943, the destroyer escort USS Scott (DE-214) was named in his honor, also the namesake for Ohio State's Scott House dormitory.
Evelyn L. Stratton, Current Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court (J.D. 1978)
Jeffrey Sutton, federal appeals court judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (J.D. 1990)
Roberto Sánchez Vilella, Second elected Governor of Puerto Rico (B.S. 1934)
Makarim Wibisono, Diplomat Permanent Envoy of Indonesia to the United Nations, Chairperson of the 61st Commission on Human Rights (Ph.D)
Milton A. Wolf, Diplomat former United States Ambassador to Austria (B.A. 1948)
Chalmers P. Wylie, thirteen term former Congressman from Ohio (B.A.)

Science, Engineering & Architecture

Arthur Avril, Founder and Chairman of Sakrete (B.S. 1926)
Charles Bassett, astronaut
Sidney van den Bergh, Noted Canadian Astronomer who served as President of the Canadian Astronomical Society and as Vice-President of the International Astronomical Union. The asteroid, 4230 van den Bergh, is named in his honour (M.S.)
Hendrik Wade Bode, noted scientist and engineer with numerous civilian and military contributions (B.S. 1924 M.S. 1926)
Robert S. Chau Intel Senior Fellow; Director, Transistor Research and Nanotechnology Intel Corporation (BS 1984; MS 1986; PhD 1989 )
Nancy Currie, astronaut (B.A. 1980)
Agnes Meyer Driscoll, Cryptanalyst deciphered Japanese Naval Codes before and during the Second World War (B.A. 1911)
Judah Folkman, Scientist Harvard medical researcher; noted cancer researcher (B.S. 1953)
Henry J. Hatch, Engineer, Lt. General former Army Chief of Engineers (M.S.)
David A. Huffman, computer scientist 1944.
Charles Kettering, Electrical Engineer, Founder of Delphi Auto Parts, Vice -President of Research for General Motors, invented electric starter for automobiles, Co-founder (along with Alfred Sloan) of Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in 1945 (B.S. 1904)
Robert Henry Lawrence, Jr. (Ph.D. in Chemistry, 1965) First African-American Astronaut named by NASA
Richard M. Linnehan Astronaut (DVM 1985)
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)
Roy Plunkett, inventor of teflon (Ph.D., 1936)
Wallace Clement Sabine Architect, Harvard Professor, Founder of the field of modern architectural acoustics Acoustical Architect of Boston's Symphony Hall (B.S. 1886)
Larry Sanger, co-founder of Wikipedia (Ph.D., 2000)
Ronald M. Sega, Astronaut (M.S. 1975)
Howard Dwight Smith, Architecture Ohio Stadium architect, (B.S 1907)

Others

Ammon Hennacy, social critic and reformer
Charles F. Hockett, Linguist (Joint B.A./M.A. 1936)
Maurice Koblentz, former State Commissioner of Prisons (Ohio) and expert in Penal Reform Issues.
Faye Wattleton, Activist, Former President Planned Parenthood of America, Co-founder Center for the Advancement of Women (BS 1964)

Athletics

Olympic Medalists

Ohio State has produced over 100 Olympic athletes including the following medalists

David Albritton, Track and Field 1936 Berlin Olympic Games Silver Medal
Miller Anderson, Diving 1948 London Olympic Games Silver Medal; 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games Silver Medal
Greg Baker, Tae Kwon Do 1988 Seoul Olympic Games Bronze Medal
Aldis Imants Berzins, Volleyball 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games Gold Medal
Juan Botella, Mexico Diving 1960 Rome Olympic Games Bronze Medal
Nathan Brooks, Boxing 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games Gold Medal
Jennifer Kay Chandler, Diving 1976 Montreal Olympic Games Gold Medal
Mary Ellen Clark, Diving 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games Bronze Medal; 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games Bronze Medal
Robert 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 Ashby 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
Jack George, Swimming 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games Bronze Medal
James D. George Weightlifting 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games Bronze Medal; 1960 Rome Olympic Games Silver Medal
Peter T. George, Weightlifting 1948 London Olympic Games Silver Medal; 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games Gold Medal; 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games Silver Medal
Thomas Eugene Gompf, Diving 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games Bronze Medal
Joe Greene, Track and Field 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games Bronze Medal; 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games Bronze Medal
Sam Wesley Hall, Diving 1960 Rome Olympic Games Silver Medal
Bruce Harlan, Diving 1948 London Olympic Games Gold Medal; Silver Medal
Donald Harper, Diving 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games Silver Medal
Bill Hoskett, Basketball 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games Gold Medal
Karen Josephson, Synchronized Swimming, 1988 Seoul Olympic Games Silver Medal 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games Gold Medal
Sara Josephson, Synchronized Swimming 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games Silver Medal; 1988 Seoul Olympic Games Silver Medal 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games Gold Medal
Becky Jasontek, Synchronized Swimming 2004 Athens Olympic Games Bronze Medal
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 Nagano Winter Olympic Games 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
Yoshinobu Oyakawa, Swimming 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games Gold Medal
Jerry Page, Boxing 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games Gold Medal
Lea Ann Parsley, Skeleton, 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Games Silver Medal
Butch Reynolds, Track and Field 1988 Seoul Olympic Games Gold Medal, Silver Medal
Gordy Sheer, Luge, 1998 Nagano Winter Olympic Games Silver Medal
George Simpson, Track and Field, 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games Silver Medal
Bill Smith, Swimming 1948 London Olympic Games Two Gold Medals
Katie Smith, Basketball 2000 Sydney Olympic Games Gold Medal; 2004 Athens Olympic Games Gold Medal
Harry Dwight Steele, Wrestling 1924 Paris Olympic Games Gold Medal
Neil Taylor, Swimming 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games Bronze Medal
Bryan Volpenhein, Rowing 2004 Athens Olympic Games Gold Medal
Mark Robert Waldie, Volleyball 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games Gold Medal
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
Debbie Wilson, Diving 1976 Montreal Olympic Games Silver Medal

Basketball

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Sportsman of The Year Jerry Lucas Sports Illustrated 1962

John Havlicek, NBA star, Basketball Hall of Fame
Neil Johnston, NBA player and coach, Basketball Hall of Fame
Clark Kellogg, former NBA star, TV sports analyst
Bobby Knight, coach at Texas Tech University Basketball Hall of Fame (B.A., 1962)
Jerry Lucas, NBA star, Basketball Hall of Fame
Michael Redd, NBA player for the Milwaukee Bucks
Arnie Risen, four time NBA all-star Basketball Hall of Fame
Katie Smith, WNBA player
Fred R. Taylor, long time former OSU head basketball coach, Basketball Hall of Fame

Baseball

Frank Howard
George Steinbrenner, owner of New York Yankees (attended for graduate work)
Nick Swisher, baseball player of Moneyball fame

Football

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"Hopolong" Cassady Sports Illustrated 1955

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Archie Griffin Sports Illustrated 1974

As of the 2003 season, 121 Ohio State football players have been named All American on 163 occassions, including 28 two-time All Americans and 7 three-time All Americans.[1]