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'This is a '''list of Ohio State University people'''. 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=High Points|url=https://www.osu.edu/highpoints/alumni/|website=The Ohio State University|accessdate=18 July 2015}}</ref> <!-- DO NOT ADD PEOPLE TO THIS LIST WITHOUT A VERIFIABLE CITATION. Additions without a citation are subject to removal. If a citation link is broken, please replace it with one that works. --> ==National and international award winners== ===Nobel Laureates=== * [[Paul Flory]], 1974 [[Nobel Prize|Nobel]] [[Nobel laureate|laureate]] in [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] (Ph.D. 1934) * [[William A. Fowler]], 1983 Nobel laureate in [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] (B.S. 1933) * [[Kenneth G. Wilson]], 1982 Nobel laureate in [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] (Faculty) * [[Leon Cooper]], 1972 Nobel laureate in [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] (Faculty) ===Pulitzer Prize winners=== * [[Nick Anderson (cartoonist)|Nick Anderson]], Editorial Cartooning 2005 * [[Walt Bogdanich]], Specialized Reporting 1988; National Reporting 2005; Investigative Reporting 2008 * [[Paul H. Buck]], History 1938 * [[Julia Keller]], Feature Writing 2005 * [[Judith Miller (journalist)|Judith Miller]], Explanatory Reporting 2002 * [[Mary Oliver]], Poetry 1984 * [[Jim Schaefer]], Local Reporting with the ''[[Detroit Free Press]]'' 2009<ref name="The 2009 Pulitzer Prize Winners">{{cite web|url=http://www.pulitzer.org/biography/2009-Local-Reporting-Group1|title=The 2009 Pulitzer Prize Winners|publisher=The Pulitzer Prize|accessdate=March 22, 2010}}</ref> ===Academia=== * [[Michael F. Adams]], [[President]], [[University of Georgia]] (M.A. 1971, Ph.D. 1973) * [[Omer Clyde Aderhold]], former President, University of Georgia (Ph.D. 1938) * [[Carol Anderson]], professor of African American Studies at [[Emory University]] (Ph.D. 1995) * [[Steve Ballard]], [[Chancellor]] [[East Carolina University]] (Ph.D. 1976) * [[Mahzarin Banaji]], [[Richard Clarke Cabot]] Professor of Social Ethics at [[Harvard University]] (Ph.D.) * [[John Bardo]] (Ph.D. 1973), 13th [[president of Wichita State University]] * [[James Bonk]], longtime chemistry professor, [[Duke University]] (Ph.D. 1958) * [[Douglas Brinkley]], Director of the Theodore Roosevelt Center for American Civilization at [[Tulane University]] (B.A. 1982) * [[Molly Corbett Broad]], President of the [[University of North Carolina System]] (M.S. 1964) * [[Paul H. Buck]], [[historian]]; former Provost of [[Harvard University]]; awarded 1938 [[Pulitzer Prize]] in History (B.A. 1921) * [[Calvin Adam Buehler]], professor and chair of the Chemistry Department at [[University of Tennessee]] (B.S. 1918, M.S. 1920, Ph.D. 1922) * [[Robert Buzzanco]], professor and chair of the History Department at the [[University of Houston]] (Ph.D.) * [[Neil W. Chamberlain]], economist and industrial relations scholar at Yale and Columbia Universities (Ph.D. 1942) * [[Helen G. Edmonds]], professor of history at [[North Carolina Central University]], first black woman to earn a Ph.D. at Ohio State (1946) * [[Perry A. Frey]], professor of biochemistry at [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]] (B.S. 1959) * [[Harold J. Grimm]], Professor of History and an expert on the [[Protestant Reformation]] (PhD) * [[John R. Halstead]], President of [[State University of New York at Brockport|SUNY-Brockport]] (Ph.D. 1980) * [[Judy Hample]], President of the University of Mary Washington (B.A.; M.A.; Ph.D.) * [[Harlan Hatcher]], former President (1951–1968) of the [[University of Michigan]] (B.A.; M.A.; Ph.D.) * [[Sam Higginbottom]], missionary and founder of [[Allahabad Agricultural Institute]] * [[Charles F. Hockett]], [[Linguistics|Linguist]], professor at [[Cornell University]] (B.A./M.A. 1936) * [[Philip G. Hoffman]], former [[List of Presidents of the University of Houston|President]] of the [[University of Houston]] (1961–1977); first Chancellor of the [[University of Houston System]] (1977–1979) (Ph.D. 1948) * [[Michael Hogan (academic)|Michael Hogan]], former history professor; former president of the University of Connecticut; former president of the University of Illinois * [[Donald Kagan]], [[scholar]], [[Sterling Professor]] of Classics and History at [[Yale]] (Ph.D., 1958) * [[Ellyn Kaschak]], Emeritus Professor of Psychology, [[Ohio State University]] (Ph.D., 1974) * [[David Kier]], 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) * [[Murray Krieger]], literary critic and theorist, professor at the [[University of Iowa]] and the [[University of California, Irvine]] (Ph.D. 1952) * [[Vijay Kumar (roboticist)|Vijay Kumar]], professor in the School of Engineering & Applied Sciences at the [[University of Pennsylvania]] (M.Sc. 1985; Ph.D. 1987) * [[Arthur Lucas (academic)|Arthur Lucas]], Principal of [[King's College London]] (1993–2003) (Ph.D.) * [[David W. Maurer|David Warren Maurer]], professor of linguistics at the [[University of Louisville]] 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]], [[economist]]; participant in the [[Bretton Woods Conference]] (B.S. Ph.D.) * [[Richard Thacker Morris]], Professor of Sociology at the [[University of California, Los Angeles]], chairman of the Sociology Department at UCLA, author (Ph.D. 1952) * [[Hasan Bülent Paksoy]], Professor of History; D.Phil. Oxford * [[Henry Panion|Henry Panion, III]], composer, arranger, conductor, educator; professor and chairman in the Department of Music at the [[University of Alabama at Birmingham]] (Ph.D.) * [[Calie Pistorius]], Vice Chancellor and Principal of the [[University of Pretoria]] in South Africa (M.S. 1984; Ph.D. 1986) * [[W. Ann Reynolds|Wynetka Ann Reynolds]], former President of the [[University of Alabama at Birmingham]] (1997–2003); former Chancellor of the [[City University of New York]] (1990–1997); former Chancellor of the [[California State University]] system (1982–1990); former Provost at the [[Ohio State University]] (1979–1982); director of [[Abbott Laboratories]], [[Invitrogen|Invitrogen Corporation]], [[Humana Inc.]], and [[Owens Corning]] * [[Michael J. Saks]], professor of law and psychology at [[Arizona State University]]; president of the [[American Psychology-Law Society]]; editor of the [[scientific journal]] ''[[Law and Human Behavior]]'' (Ph.D., 1975) * [[Arthur M. Schlesinger, Sr.]], Historian namesake of [[Schlesinger Library]] at [[Harvard University]] (B.A. 1910) * [[Gene Sharp]], political scientist; founder of the [[Albert Einstein Institution]]; 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 Sheth|Amit P. Sheth]], professor at [[Wright State University]] and director of Kno.e.sis Center (M.S. 1983; Ph.D. 1985 ) * [[Quentin D. Wheeler]], President, [[State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry]] (BS 1976; MS 1977; PhD 1980) * [[Nancy L. Zimpher]], Chancellor, [[State University of New York]] system (BA 1968; M.A. 1971; Ph.D. 1976) ===Arts and literature=== * [[Berenice Abbott]], [[photographer]] (attended briefly) * [[James Akins (tubist)|James Akins]], Principal Tubist, [[Columbus Symphony Orchestra]] (B.M. 1978; M.M. 1982) * [[John Backderf]], a.k.a. Derf, political and satirical writer, cartoonist * [[Brian Basset]], cartoonist and painter; editorial cartoonist for ''[[The Seattle Times]]'' 1978–1994; creator of the comic strip ''[[Adam@Home]]'' 1984–2009, creator of the comic strip ''Red and Rover'' 2000– (1975–1978; attended but did not graduate) * [[George Wesley Bellows]], [[Painting|painter]] (1905) (attended but did not graduate) * [[Lois McMaster Bujold]], science fiction novelist (attended but did not graduate) * [[Ron Burch]], writer (BS; MA) * [[Rosaria Butterfield]], author (PhD 1992) * [[Milton Caniff]], [[cartoonist]] (1930) * [[Charles Csuri]], artist and scholar; father of digital art and computer animation (BFA; MFA) * [[Harlan Ellison]], [[science fiction]] writer (attended but did not graduate; expelled) * [[Dorothy Canfield Fisher]], novelist and education activist (B.A. 1899) * [[Brian Gage]], author of satire, fairy tales, and fiction (B.S. 1996) * [[Jan Groover]], [[photography|photographer]] noted for her use of emerging color technologies (M.A. 1970)<ref>[http://www.clevelandart.org/exhibit/legacy/bios/bios-gh.html Artist Biographies] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121204154943/http://www.clevelandart.org/exhibit/legacy/bios/bios-gh.html |date=2012-12-04 }}, [[The Cleveland Museum of Art]]. Accessed December 13, 2007.</ref> * [[Virginia Hamilton]], author (M.A. 1958) * [[Karen Harper]], author (B.A. 1967, M.A. 1969) * [[Chester Himes]], "the black [[Raymond Chandler]]"; writer; of hard-boiled detective novels including ''[[Cotton Comes to Harlem]]'' (attended one year only) * [[Velina Hasu Houston]], playwright * [[Kermit Hunter]], playwright (B.A. 1931) * [[John Jakes]], author (M.A. 1954) * [[Kerry G. Johnson]], caricaturist and cartoonist (B.F.A 1989) * [[Adrienne Kennedy]], playwright, multiple [[Obie Award]] recipient, [[Guggenheim Fellow]] (B.A. 1953) * [[David Kier]], novelist and historian * [[Betina Krahn]], author (B.S.) * [[Jerome Lawrence]], playwright (B.A. 1937) * [[Samella Lewis]], [[artist]], printmaker, art historian and scholar of [[African-American]] art, first African-American woman to receive a doctorate in fine arts and art history (M.A. 1948 Ph.D. 1951) * [[Roy Lichtenstein]], artist (BFA, 1946; MFA, 1949; honorary doctorate, 1988) * [[Rick Mills]], art educator, glass artist (BFA, 1980) * [[Stephen Montague]], [[composer]] and worldwide touring musician (2000 distinguished alumnus) (Ph.D. 1972) * [[Aimee Nezhukumatathil]], poet (B.A. and M.F.A. 1996/2000) * [[Phil Ochs]], 1960s and 70s folk singer, [[List of peace activists|anti-war activist]]; majored in journalism * [[Cynthia Ozick]], author (M.A., 1950) * [[Paul Palnik]], cartoon artist and writer; some original drawings are in the collection of the Ohio State University Libraries (BFA, 1968; MA 1969) * [[Joseph W. Papin]], reportorial artist, illustrator, courtroom artist, editorial artist (B.A. 1955) * [[Clayton Rawson]], mystery writer (B.A. 1929) * [[Christopher Ries]], glass [[sculptor]] (BFA, 1975) * [[Frank Schmalleger]], professor and author (Ph.D., 1974) * [[Loren Singer]], screenwriter and novelist (B.A., 1947) * [[Jeff Smith (cartoonist)|Jeff Smith]], [[Eisner Award]]-winning cartoonist; creator of the comic book series ''Bone'' (B.A.) * [[Samuel Steward]], professor and author (see also [[Phil Andros]]) (Ph.D., 1934) * [[R. L. Stine]], children's author of ''[[Goosebumps]]'' series (B.A., 1965) * [[Julia Suits]], cartoonist for ''[[The New Yorker]]'' (M.F.A., Sculpture, 1982) * [[Graeme Sullivan]], artist, author, art theorist, and educator (M.A. and Ph.D. 1984) * [[James Thurber]], author and [[humorist]] (attended but did not graduate) * [[Jon Whitcomb]], illustrator whose style became highly influential in mid-century American magazines (B.A.) ===Business=== * [[David J. Adelman]], chief executive for on-campus university housing company Campus Apartments (B.A. 1994) * [[Dan Amstutz]], influential expert on agriculture trade with [[Goldman Sachs]], as Ambassador and Chief Negotiator for Agriculture during the [[Uruguay Round]] [[General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade]] and later Executive Director of the [[International Wheat Council]] in [[London, England]]. (B.S. 1954) * [[Brett Buerck|Brett T. Buerck]], CEO of Majority Strategies, one of [[Inc. (magazine)|Inc']]<nowiki/>s 500 fastest growing companies in 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.inc.com/profile/majority-strategies|title=Majority Strategies: Number 461 on the 2015 Inc. 5000|website=Inc.com|access-date=2016-07-09}}</ref> and one of ''Silicon Review''{{'}}s 50 Most Innovative Companies in 2016<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thesiliconreview.com/magazines/majority-strategies-a-leader-in-the-political-advertising-industry/|title=Majority Strategies: A Leader in the Political Advertising Industry|website=The Silicon Review|language=en-US|access-date=2016-07-09}}</ref> * [[Emily Elizabeth Douglas|Emily E. Douglas]], founder and CEO of [[Grandma's Gifts]] (M.L.H.R. 2007, M.B.A. 2009) * [[Max M. Fisher]], [[philanthropist]] and businessman; significant donor to and the namesake of the Fisher College of Business at Ohio State (B.S. 1930) * [[Mark Frissora]], CEO of [[Caesars Entertainment Corporation|Caesars Entertainment]], former CEO of [[The Hertz Corporation]] and [[Tenneco]] (B.A. 1977) * [[Yang Huiyan]], real estate developer; China's wealthiest woman, with a $16.2 billion net worth in 2007 (B.A.) * [[Paul F. Iams]], founder of [[Iams]] (B.S. 1937) * [[William Isaac]], former Chairman of the [[Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation]] from 1981 to 1985 and current Chairman of consulting firm LECG's Global Financial Services * [[Vyomesh Joshi]], Executive Vice President, HP Imaging and Printing Group (M.S. Electrical Engineering 1980) * [[Fred Lazarus, Jr.]], founder of [[Federated Department Stores]] * [[John C. Lincoln]], 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]], developer of [[Marina del Rey]] * [[Susan Mernit]], [[Netscape]] and [[America Online]] executive (M.A.) * [[Phuthuma Nhleko]], CEO of MTN Group, South Africa's largest telecommunications company (B.S. 1983) * [[Walden O'Dell]], CEO of [[Diebold]] * [[Edward J. Orton, Jr.]], Columbus [[philanthropist]], founded the Standard Pyrometric Cone Company * [[Bhavesh Patel]], [[Chief executive officer|CEO]] of [[LyondellBasell]] (B.S. in Chemical Engineering) * [[Alan Patricof]], venture capitalist and founder of [[Apax Partners]] (B.S.) * [[James E. Rohr]], Chairman and CEO of [[PNC Financial Services Group]] (B.S. M.B.A.) * [[Frederick Gale Ruffner, Jr.]], founder and former owner of [[Gale Research]], reference work publisher sold for $66 million to [[International Thomson]] in 1985 (B.A., 1950) * [[Robert R. Ruffolo, Jr]], Senior Vice President of [[Wyeth]] and President of Wyeth Research (B.S. 1973; Ph.D. 1976) * [[Alex Schoenbaum]], founder of [[Shoney's]] Restaurants (B.S. 1939) * [[Deven Sharma]], President, [[Standard & Poor's]] (Ph.D.) * [[George Steinbrenner]], one-time head of [[Cleveland]]'s [[American Shipbuilding Company]]; former owner of the [[New York Yankees]], former [[Ohio State University|OSU]] graduate assistant under [[Woody Hayes]]; deceased (M.A. 1955 in physical education) * [[Leslie Wexner]], [[Chief executive officer|CEO]], chairman and founder of [[Limited Brands]] corporation (B.S. 1959) * [[Mark Whitacre]], COO of [[Cypress Systems]] (B.S. M.S. 1979) * [[Don Yannias]], [[Chief Executive Officer]] of [[Encyclopædia Britannica Inc.]] (B.S., 1979 and M.B.A., 1981) * [[Kenny Yap]], executive chairman of [[Qian Hu Corporation]] ===Entertainment=== * [[Lee Adams]], songwriter; [[Tony Award]] winner; 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 classic Westerns, many starring [[Randolph Scott]] * [[Marc Butan]], movie producer, as president of 2929 Productions, productions include ''[[Good Night, and Good Luck]]'' and ''[[Akeelah and the Bee]]'' (B.A.) * [[Margaret Carson]], longtime publicist for Leonard Bernstein and Benny Goodman * [[Kim Deal]], [[musician]], member of [[The Breeders]], formerly of [[The Pixies]] and [[The Amps]] * [[John Donkin]], producer of 2007 Academy Award-nominated [[animated short]] ''No Time for Nuts'' (M.S. 1986) * [[Tim Easton]], [[musician]] [[alt-country]] singer * [[Mark Eitzel]], [[musician]], member of [[The Naked Skinnies]] * [[Ruby Elzy]], [[opera]]tic [[soprano]] who created the role of Serena in [[George Gershwin]]'s folk opera ''[[Porgy and Bess]]'' (B.S. 1930) * [[Dudley Fisher]], nationally syndicated cartoonist most known for the ''[[Right Around Home]]'' strip. (Did not graduate.) * Scott Franklin, film producer of 2010 [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]-nominated ''[[Black Swan (film)|Black Swan]]'' and 2008 ''[[The Wrestler (2008 film)|The Wrestler]]'' * [[Charles W. Fries]], [[film 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 Awards|Academy Award]], Emmy Award, and [[Golden Globe Award]]-winning actress (B.A., 1942) * [[Pee Wee Hunt]], [[jazz]] trombonist, who had a number one hit with the "[[Twelfth Street Rag]]" in 1948 * [[Jim Jinkins]], [[animator]] and creator of the animated ''Doug'' [[television series]] * [[Tyler Joseph]], lead singer/songwriter of the indie-pop duo [[Twenty One Pilots]] * [[Melina Kanakaredes]], actress, star of ''[[Providence (television)|Providence]]'' and ''[[CSI: NY]]'' (attended but did not graduate) * [[James C. Katz]], film restoration expert responsible for restoring the original prints of ''[[Rear Window]]'', ''[[Lawrence of Arabia (film)|Lawrence of Arabia]]'' and ''[[My Fair Lady (film)|My Fair Lady]]'' (B.A. 1960) * [[Reuben Klamer]], creator of [[Milton-Bradley]]'s [[The Game of Life]], the Art Linkletter Spin-A-Hoop, Gaylord the Walking Dog, Busy Blocks, and [[Fisher-Price]]'s training roller skates * [[Fred Ladd]] (né Laderman), [[Television producer|producer]], considered an industry trailblazer and the first to transform Japanese anime into an American commodity (B.S. 1949)<ref name="Fred Laderman is 'trailblazer'.">{{cite news|url=http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040522/NEWS08/405220309/-1/NEWS|title='Kid from Toledo' still animated after decades of illustrious work|last=Mah|first=Joe|date=May 22, 2004|publisher=Toledo Blade|accessdate=June 13, 2009}}</ref> * [[Richard Lewis (comedian)|Richard Lewis]], [[comedian]], actor, writer (B.S. 1969) * [[Aleen Leslie]], screenwriter * [[Gary LeVox]], lead singer of the country music group [[Rascal Flatts]] * [[Patrick Markey]], producer of films including ''[[A River Runs Through It (film)|A River Runs Through It]]'' and ''[[White Oleander (2002 film)|White Oleander]]'' (B.A.; M.A.) * [[Vince Mendoza]], musician and [[composer]] of jazz (B.A. 1983) * [[Dean Miller (broadcaster)|Dean Miller]], actor (''[[December Bride]]'') and [[radio]] station executive * [[Ric Ocasek]], member of rock group [[The Cars]] * [[Phil Ochs]], 1960s and 70s folk and protest singer and progressive activist (attended journalism school but did not graduate) * [[Of a Revolution]], rock band of members [[Marc Roberge]], [[Chris Culos]], [[Richard On]], [[Benj Gershman]], and [[Jerry DePizzo]] * [[Ron O'Neal]], actor, ''[[Superfly (film)|Superfly]]'' * [[Ross Patterson]], actor and screenwriter (B.A. 1999) * [[Coyote Peterson]], [[List of YouTubers|Youtuber]] and wildlife educator at his channel ''Brave Wilderness'' * [[Jean Peters]], varsity cheerleader, Miss Ohio State University, actress, second wife of [[Howard Hughes]] * [[Jack Renner (recording engineer)|Jack Renner]], founder and CEO of [[Telarc International Corporation|TELARC]] Classical Records; nominated for 20 [[Grammy Awards]], winning nine (B.S.) * [[Gigi Rice]], actress (B.A. 1987) * [[Kristen Ruhlin]], actress, ''[[Human Giant]]'', ''[[She Wants Me]]'', ''[[The Girl in the Park]]'' * [[Ed Sabol]], Film Maker, Producer, Multiple [[Emmy Award]] Winner, Member of the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]]. Co-Founder of [[NFL Films]] which helped revolutionize sports film photography and documentary film making. * [[Fred Silverman]], trendsetting 1970s television executive as president of [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] * [[Randy Skinner]], director, choreographer, performer (B.S. in Education, 1974) * [[Larry Smith (puppeteer)|Larry Smith]], puppeteer and producer of children's programming in the Cincinnati area since 1957 * [[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]], [[Film director|director]] of computer animation films including ''[[Ice Age (2002 film)|Ice Age]]'' and ''[[Robots (2005 film)|Robots]]'' (M.A. Computer Graphics) * [[Nar Williams]], host of the Science Channel's ''Science of the Movies'' * [[Norma Jean Wright]], lead singer of the late 70s disco band [[Chic (band)|Chic]] * [[Dwight Yoakam]], country musician, actor ===Journalism=== * [[Les Biederman]], sports writer, columnist and editor for ''[[The Pittsburgh Press]]'' (B.A. 1930) * [[Ned Brooks]], moderator, ''[[Meet the Press]]'' * [[Jack Buck]], Hall of Fame announcer for the St. Louis Cardinals, NFL football announcer, [[journalist]] * [[Christine Chubbuck]], television reporter who committed suicide on live television in 1974 * [[Leonard Downie, Jr.|Len Downie, Jr.]], journalist, [[Executive Editor]], ''[[Washington Post]]'' (B.A. 1964, M.A. 1965) * [[Hugh Fullerton]], sportswriter, uncovered the [[Black Sox Scandal]] * [[Julia Keller]], columnist for ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''; 2005 [[Pulitzer Prize]] recipient (Ph.D. 1995) * [[W.M. Kiplinger]], among first two [[journalism]] graduates; founder of ''[[Kiplinger's Personal Finance|Kiplinger's]]'' * [[Brian Lehrer]], radio host of ''The Brian Lehrer Show'' on New York's WNYC (M.A.) * [[Dave Malkoff]], Weather Channel correspondent and six-time Emmy Award recipient * [[Joel Meyerowitz]], photojournalist, [[Guggenheim Fellow]] chronicler of the aftermath of the World Trade Center attack (B.A. 1959) * [[Judith Miller (journalist)|Judith Miller]], former ''New York Times'' reporter, 2002 [[Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting]] * [[Jerry Mitchell (investigative reporter)|Jerry Mitchell]], investigative reporter for ''[[The Clarion-Ledger]]'' whose reporting helped lead to the conviction of [[Byron De La Beckwith]], 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]], first woman and first [[African American]] to anchor a television news program in Colorado (B.A. 1968) * Richard Sillman, nation's youngest (among the first) cable TV Director (B.A. 1988)<ref>{{cite web|title=Technological milestones of the electronic age|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ddWvXulV5WYC&pg=PA340&lpg=PA340&dq=richard+sillman+cable&hl=en#v=onepage&q=richard%20sillman%20cable&f=false|accessdate=June 22, 2016}}</ref> * [[Frank Stanton (executive)|Frank Stanton]], longtime President of CBS, 1946–73 * [[Bill Stewart (journalism)|Bill Stewart]], [[reporter]], foreign correspondent for ABC executed by [[Nicaraguan]] government forces (B.A. 1963) * [[David Teeuwen]] ( 1970 – 2015), managing editor of [[USA Today]] where he helped pioneer [[digital news]] * [[Earl Wilson (columnist)|Earl Wilson]], ''[[New York Post]]'' (B.S. 1931) ===Law=== * [[Brent Benjamin]], Chief Justice of the [[West Virginia Supreme Court]] (B.A., J.D.)<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.courtswv.gov/supreme-court/current-justices/justice-benjamin.html|title= Justice Brent D. Benjamin|publisher= West Virginia Judiciary|accessdate= June 23, 2014}}</ref> * [[John W. Grabiel]], Republican gubernatorial nominee in [[Arkansas]] in 1922 and 1924, attorney in [[Fayetteville, Arkansas|Fayetteville]], Arkansas (1900)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/dallas-t-dallas-tabor-herndon/centennial-history-of-arkansas-nre/page-100-centennial-history-of-arkansas-nre.shtml|title=John W. Grabiel|publisher=ebooksread.com|accessdate=August 23, 2012}}</ref> * [[Claude M. Hilton]], [[United States District Court]] judge for the [[U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia|Eastern District of Virginia]], judge on the [[Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court]]. (B.S. 1963)<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=1051|title= Biographical Directory of Federal Judges Hilton, Claude M. |publisher= Federal Judicial Center|accessdate= June 23, 2014}}</ref> * [[Colleen McMahon]], United States Judge for the [[Southern District of New York]] (B.A. 1973)<ref>{{cite web|url= https://polisci.osu.edu/alumni/where-are-they|title= Where Are They Now?|publisher=The Ohio State University|accessdate= June 23, 2014}}</ref> * [[Thomas J. Moyer]], [[Chief Justice]] of the [[Ohio Supreme Court]] (B.A. 1961 J.D. 1964)<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/SCO/formerjustices/moyer/|title= Chief Justice Thomas J. Moyer|publisher= The Supreme Court of Ohio and The Ohio Judicial System|accessdate= June 23, 2014}}</ref> * [[Paul Pfeifer]], current Justice of the [[Ohio Supreme Court]] (B.A. 1963 J.D. 1966)<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/SCO/justices/pfeifer/info.asp/|title= Senior Associate Justice Paul E. Pfeifer |publisher= The Supreme Court of Ohio and The Ohio Judicial System|accessdate= June 23, 2014}}</ref> * [[C. William O'Neill]], one-term governor of Ohio, Chief Justice of Ohio Supreme Court (JD 1942)<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.sconet.state.oh.us/SCO/formerjustices/bios/oneill.asp|title= C. william o'neil |publisher= The Supreme Court of Ohio and The Ohio Judicial System|accessdate= June 23, 2014}}</ref> * [[Brian Sandoval]], 29th [[Governor of Nevada]], former Nevada Attorney General; former United States District Court Judge (J.D. 1989)<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.ohiostatealumni.org/volunteer/celebratingalumni/Pages/100BuckeyesSandoval.aspx|title=100 Buckeyes: Brian Sandoval|publisher= The Ohio State University Alumni Association|accessdate= June 23, 2014}}</ref> * [[Evelyn Lundberg Stratton]], current Justice of the [[Ohio Supreme Court]] (J.D. 1978)<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.ohiostatealumni.org/volunteer/celebratingalumni/Pages/100BuckeyesSandoval.aspxhttp://moritzlaw.osu.edu/news/allrise/2013/02/following-her-calling-retired-ohio-supreme-court-justice-evelyn-lundberg-stratton-79-prepares-for-next-chapter-in-advocacy/|title=Following her calling: Retired Ohio Supreme Court Justice Evelyn Lundberg Stratton ’79 prepares for next chapter in advocacy|publisher= The Ohio State University|accessdate= June 23, 2014}}</ref> * [[Jeffrey Sutton]], federal appeals court judge on the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit]] (J.D. 1990)<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=3010&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na|title= Biographical Directory of Federal Judges Sutton, Jeffrey S. |publisher= Federal Judicial Center|accessdate= June 23, 2014}}</ref> ===Politics, diplomacy and military=== * [[Rutherford B. Hayes]], [[American Civil War|Civil War]] [[general]], two-time [[Ohio Governor]], and later American [[President]] who is given credit, while governor, for turning the early Ohio State Agricultural & Mechanical school into the comprehensive [[Ohio State University]]{{Citation needed|date = January 2014}} ====Current United States Senators==== * [[Sherrod Brown]], [[United States Senator]] from Ohio (M.A., 1981)<ref>{{cite web|title=Sherrod Brown|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=b000944|publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate=January 2, 2014}}</ref> * [[Thomas R. Carper]], United States Senator from [[Delaware]] (B.A., 1968)<ref>{{cite web|title=Thomas R. Carper|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=c000174|publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate=January 2, 2014}}</ref> ====Current United States Congressmen==== * [[Bob Gibbs]], [[Ohio's 7th congressional district]] (A.A.S., 1974)<ref>{{cite web|title=Bob Gibbs|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000563|publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate=January 2, 2014}}</ref> * [[Jim Jordan (Ohio politician)|James Jordan]], [[Ohio's 4th congressional district]] (B.A.; M.A.)<ref>{{cite web|title=Jim Jordan|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=j000289|publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate=January 2, 2014}}</ref> * [[Ron Klein]], [[Florida's 22nd congressional district]] (B.A. 1979)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ron Klein|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=k000366|publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate=January 2, 2014}}</ref> * [[Alan Lowenthal]], [[California's 47th congressional district]] (M.S. Ph.D.)<ref>{{cite web|title=Alan Lowenthal|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000579|publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate=January 2, 2014}}</ref> * [[Steve Stivers]], [[Ohio's 15th congressional district]] (B.A. 1989)<ref>{{cite web|title=Steve Stivers|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001187|publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate=January 2, 2014}}</ref> * [[Pat Tiberi]], [[Ohio's 12th congressional district]] (B.A., 1985)<ref>{{cite web|title=Pat Tiberi|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=t000462|publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate=January 2, 2014}}</ref> ====Diplomats and international politicians==== * [[Ljubica Acevska]], diplomat, [[Macedonian Ambassador to the United States]] (B.A.) * [[Amadou Lamine Ba]], diplomat, [[Senegal]] Ambassador to the United States (B.S. M.S. Ph.D.) * [[Chester Crocker]], diplomat; former Undersecretary of State for African Affairs; author of United Nations' Namibian Peace Plan (B.A. 1963) * [[Grant Devine]], former [[Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan|Progressive Conservative]] [[Premier (Canada)|Premier]] of the Canadian province of [[Saskatchewan]] (Ph.D. 1976) * [[Alan Fiers]], key figure in the [[Iran-Contra Affair]] as head of the [[Central Intelligence Agency]]'s Central American Task Force from 1984 to 1988 (B.A.) * [[Cheikh Tidiane Gadio]], [[Senegal]] Minister of Foreign Affairs (Ph.D.) * [[Stephen Kappes]], Deputy Director of the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] * [[Foy D. Kohler]], diplomat, former United States Ambassador to the [[Soviet Union]] (B.A.) * [[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<ref name="Otesol">{{cite web|title=Welcome to the 2012 Ohio TESOL Conference in Conjunction with the Lau Resource Center|url=http://www.ohiotesolmoodle.org/2012/conference/Ohio_TESOL_Lau_Conference_Program_2012.pdf|publisher=Ohio TESOL|accessdate=9 July 2014}}</ref> * [[Jayaprakash Narayan]], Indian freedom fighter, social reformer, politician * [[Stephen Oru|Dr Stephen Oru]], Minister of the [[Federal Republic of Nigeria]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Dr Oru, Ohio State University Alumni|url=http://faculty.ndhu.edu.tw/~ritachu/alumni/index.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Federal Executive Council (FEC) Members|url=http://www.nigeria.gov.ng/2012-10-29-11-07-53/federal-executive-council}}</ref> * [[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 * [[Duvvuri Subbarao]], Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (B.S.; M.S. 1978) * [[Roberto Sánchez Vilella]], second elected [[Governor]] of [[Puerto Rico]] (B.S. 1934) * [[Milton A. Wolf]], diplomat, former United States [[Ambassador]] to Austria (B.A. 1948) * [[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) ====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 [[suburb]]an [[Austin, Texas|Austin]], [[Texas]] (B.A. [[Political Science]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/122924/tony-dale#.UzdJGstOUfg|title=Tony Dale's Biography|publisher=votesmart.com|accessdate=March 29, 2014}}</ref> * [[Grace Towns Hamilton]], first African American woman elected to the [[Georgia General Assembly]] (Masters in Psychology 1929)<ref>{{cite book|last=Graham|first=Lawrence Otis|title=Our Kind of People: Inside America's Black Upper Class|year=1999|publisher=Harper Perennial|isbn=978-0-06-098438-0|page=339}}</ref> * [[John Kasich]], [[Governor]] and former [[Congressman]] from Central Ohio (B.A. 1974)<ref>{{cite web|url= https://polisci.osu.edu/alumni/where-are-they|title=Where Are They Now? |publisher= The Ohio State University |accessdate= June 23, 2014}}</ref> * [[Robert S. Kiss]], [[Speaker (politics)|Speaker]], [[West Virginia]] Legislature (B.A. J.D.) * [[Ron Klein]], [[Minority Leader]], [[Florida Senate]] (B.A. 1979) =====Ohio Senate===== * [[Jim Hughes (politician)|Jim Hughes]], [[Ohio Senate]], from the 16th district<ref>{{cite web|title=Jim Hughes|url=http://www.ohiosenate.gov/hughes/biography|publisher=The Ohio Senate.|accessdate=January 2, 2014}}</ref> * [[Kris Jordan]], Ohio Senate from the 19th district<ref>{{cite web|title=Kris Jordan|url=http://www.ohiosenate.gov/jordan/biography|publisher=The Ohio Senate.|accessdate=January 2, 2014}}</ref> * [[Frank LaRose]], Ohio Senate from the 27th district<ref>{{cite web|title=Frank LaRose|url=http://www.ohiosenate.gov/larose/biography|publisher=The Ohio Senate.|accessdate=January 2, 2014}}</ref> * [[Tom Niehaus]], 93rd President of the Ohio Senate from the 14th district<ref>{{cite web|title=Tom Niehaus|url=http://highlandcountypress.com/Main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=20&ArticleID=6315|publisher=Cameco Communications|accessdate=January 2, 2014}}</ref> * [[Larry Obhof]], Ohio Senate from the 22nd district<ref>{{cite web|title=Larry Obhof|url=http://www.ohiosenate.gov/obhof/biography|publisher=The Ohio Senate|accessdate=January 2, 2014}}</ref> * [[Robert Shaw (Ohio politician)|Robert Shaw]], Ohio Senate from the 16th District, 1967–1972{{Citation needed|date = January 2014}} * [[Mark Wagoner]], Ohio Senate from the 2nd district{{Citation needed|date = January 2014}} =====Ohio House of Representatives===== * [[William G. Batchelder]], Ohio House of Representative from the 69th district<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.ohiohouse.gov/william-g-batchelder/biography|title=William G. Batchelder - House District 69|publisher= The Ohio House of Representatives |accessdate= June 23, 2014}}</ref> * [[Andrew Brenner]], [[Ohio House of Representatives|Ohio House of Representative]] from the 2nd district<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.ohiohouse.gov/andrew-brenner/biography|title=Andrew Brenner - House District 67 |publisher= The Ohio House of Representatives |accessdate= June 23, 2014}}</ref> * [[John Patrick Carney]], Ohio House of Representative from the 22nd district<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ohiohouse.gov/john-patrick-carney/biography |archive-url=https://archive.is/20140623203144/http://www.ohiohouse.gov/john-patrick-carney/biography |dead-url=yes |archive-date=June 23, 2014 |title=John Patrick Carney - House District 22 |publisher=The Ohio House of Representatives |accessdate=June 23, 2014 }}</ref> * [[Kathleen Clyde]], Ohio House of Representative from the 68th district<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.ohiohouse.gov/kathleen-clyde/biography|title=Kathleen Clyde - House District 75 |publisher= The Ohio House of Representatives |accessdate= June 23, 2014}}</ref> * [[Mike Duffey]], Ohio House of Representative from the 21st district<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.ohiohouse.gov/mike-duffey/biography|title=Mike Duffey - House District 21|publisher= The Ohio House of Representatives |accessdate= June 23, 2014}}</ref> * [[Bill Hayes (politician)|Bill Hayes]], Ohio House of Representative from the 91st district<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.sconet.state.oh.us/SCO/formerjustices/bios/oneill.asp|title= William Hayes' Biography|publisher= Project VoteSmart|accessdate= June 23, 2014}}</ref> * [[Brian Hill (Ohio politician)|Brian Hill]], Ohio House of Representative from the 94th district<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.ohiohouse.gov/brian-hill/biography|title=Brian Hill - House District 97|publisher= The Ohio House of Representatives |accessdate= June 23, 2014}}</ref> * [[Clayton Luckie]], Ohio House of Representative from the 39th district<ref>{{cite web|url= http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/60066/clayton-luckie#.U6iSqfldV-g|title=Clayton Luckie's Biography|publisher= Project VoteSmart|accessdate= June 23, 2014}}</ref> * [[Bob Peterson (Ohio politician)|Bob Peterson]], Ohio House of Representative from the 85th district<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.ohiosenate.gov/peterson/biography|title=Senator Bob Peterson - Senate District 17|publisher= The Ohio House of Representatives |accessdate= June 23, 2014}}</ref> * [[Dan Ramos]], Ohio House of Representative from the 56th district<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.ohiohouse.gov/dan-ramos/biography|title=Dan Ramos - House District 56|publisher= The Ohio House of Representatives |accessdate= June 23, 2014}}</ref> * [[Stephen Slesnick]], Ohio House of Representative from the 52nd district<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.ohiohouse.gov/stephen-slesnick/biography|title=Stephen Slesnick - House District 49|publisher= The Ohio House of Representatives |accessdate= June 23, 2014}}</ref> * [[Peter Stautberg]], Ohio House of Representative from the 34th district<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.ohiohouse.gov/peter-stautberg/biography|title=Peter Stautberg - House District 27|publisher= The Ohio House of Representatives |accessdate= June 23, 2014}}</ref> * [[Gerald Stebelton]], Ohio House of Representative from the 5th district<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.ohiohouse.gov/gerald-l-stebelton/biography|title=Peter Stautberg - House District 27Gerald L. Stebelton - House District 77|publisher= The Ohio House of Representatives |accessdate= June 23, 2014}}</ref> * [[Fred Strahorn]], Ohio House of Representative from the 39th district<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.ohiohouse.gov/fred-strahorn/biography|title=Fred Strahorn - House District 39|publisher= The Ohio House of Representatives |accessdate= June 23, 2014}}</ref> ====Former politicians==== * [[Chester Hardy Aldrich]], one-term Governor of Nebraska and former Justice of the [[Nebraska Supreme Court]] (B.A. 1888)<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_nebraska/col2-content/main-content-list/title_aldrich_chester.html|title= Nebraska Governor Chester Hardy Aldrich|publisher= National Governors Association|accessdate= September 16, 2012}}</ref> * [[Laurie Calvin Battle]], former Professor at [[Ohio State University]]; U.S. Representative from [[Alabama]] (M.A. 1939)<ref>{{cite web|title=Laurie Calvin Battle|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=b000242|publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate=21 July 2014}}</ref> * [[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)<ref>{{cite web|title=John W. Bricker|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=b000820|publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate=21 July 2014}}</ref> * [[Dan Crippen]], former Director of the [[Congressional Budget Office]] (M.A. 1976, Ph.D. 1981)<ref>{{cite web|title=Dan Crippen|url=http://www.nga.org/cms/home/about/nga-expert-profiles/col2-content/office-of-the-executive-director/content-reference-crippen@/dan-crippen.html|publisher=National Governors Association|accessdate=21 July 2014}}</ref> * [[Israel Moore Foster]], U.S. Representative from Ohio<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000306|title=FOSTER, Israel Moore, (1873–1950)|publisher= Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate= December 21, 2012 }}</ref> * [[Richard A. Heyman]], 1957, (c. 1935-1994), Mayor of [[Key West Florida]], one of the first openly gay politicians in the US<ref>{{cite news|title=Richard A. Heyman Dies at 59; One of First Openly Gay Mayors|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/17/obituaries/richard-a-heyman-dies-at-59-one-of-first-openly-gay-mayors.html|accessdate=August 21, 2016|work=The New York Times|date=September 17, 1994}}</ref> * [[Dave Hobson]], [[Ohio's 7th congressional district]], (J.D. 1963)<ref>{{cite web|title=Dave Hobson|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=h000666|publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate=January 2, 2014}}</ref> * [[William M. McCulloch]], twelve-term former [[Congressman]] from Ohio (J.D. 1925)<ref>{{cite web|title=William M. McCulloch|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000393|publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate=21 July 2014}}</ref> * [[James H. McGee]], longest serving [[mayor]] of [[Dayton, Ohio]] (J.D.){{citation needed|date=July 2014}} * [[Oliver McGee]], former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Technology Policy (1999–2001) (B.S. 1981){{citation needed|date=July 2014}} * [[Howard Metzenbaum]], former United States Senator (B.A., 1939; J.D., 1941)<ref>{{cite web|title=Howard Metzenbaum|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=m000678|publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate=21 July 2014}}</ref> * [[William H. Natcher]], fifteen-term former Congressman from [[Kentucky]], noted for never taking political contributions (J.D. 1933)<ref>{{cite web|title=William H. Natcher|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000009|publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate=21 July 2014}}</ref> * [[Mike Oxley]], former U.S. Representative from Ohio's 4th district (J.D. 1969)<ref>{{cite web|title=Mike Oxley|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000163|publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate=21 July 2014}}</ref> * [[Deborah Pryce]], former Congresswoman of [[Ohio's 15th congressional district]] (B.A. 1973)<ref>{{cite web|title=Deborah Pryce|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=p000555|publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate=21 July 2014}}</ref> * [[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)<ref>{{cite web|title=James A. Rhodes|url=http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_ohio/col2-content/main-content-list/title_rhodes_james.html|publisher=National Governors Association|accessdate=21 July 2014}}</ref> * [[William B. Saxbe]], United States Senator from Ohio, United States Attorney General, United States Ambassador to India (BA 1940; JD 1948)<ref>{{cite web|title=William B. Saxbe|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=s000096|publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate=21 July 2014}}</ref> * [[Robert M. Switzer]], former United States Representative from Ohio<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001124|title= SWITZER, Robert Mauck, (1863–1952)|publisher= Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate= December 21, 2012 }}</ref> * [[George Voinovich]], former United States Senator from Ohio; former Governor of Ohio (J.D.)<ref>{{cite web|title=George Voinovich|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=v000126|publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate=21 July 2014}}</ref> * [[John M. Vorys]], nine-term former Congressman from Ohio, 1951 delegate to the United Nations (J.D. 1923)<ref>{{cite web|title=John M. Vorys|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000119|publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate=21 July 2014}}</ref> * [[Michael R. White]], longest-serving Mayor of [[Cleveland, Ohio|Cleveland]] (B.A. 1973, MPA 1974){{citation needed|date=July 2014}} * [[Chalmers P. Wylie]], thirteen-term former Congressman from Ohio (B.A.)<ref>{{cite web|title=Chalmers P. Wylie|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000781|publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate=21 July 2014}}</ref> ====Military==== * [[Jesse L. Brown]], first African American Navy pilot, received Navy Distinguished Flying Cross * [[Clovis E. Byers]], Chief of Staff, [[Eighth United States Army]] * [[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]] * [[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]] (B.A.) * [[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<ref>{{cite web|url=http://a4skyhawk.org/3e/va56/webster-memorial.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2010-05-08 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724212248/http://a4skyhawk.org/3e/va56/webster-memorial.htm |archivedate=2011-07-24 |df= }}</ref> ===Science, engineering and architecture=== * [[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 * [[Hendrik Wade Bode]], scientist and [[engineer]] with numerous civilian and military contributions (B.S. 1924, M.S. 1926) * [[Thomas D. Brock]], microbiologist who discovered [[hyperthermophile]]s living in [[Geothermal areas of Yellowstone|hot springs]] at [[Yellowstone National Park]] * [[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 * [[Henry J. Hatch]], engineer, [[Lt. General]], former Army [[Chief of Engineers]] (M.S.) * [[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 and 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 * [[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]], scientist, first African American woman to receive a doctorate degree in bacteriology (B.S. 1926, M.A. 1927, Ph.D. 1933) * [[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) * [[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) * [[Ronald M. Sega]], astronaut (M.S. 1975) * [[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 1991-1992 * [[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.) * Quentin D. Wheeler, entomologist and taxonomist, President of ESF (B.S. 1976; M.S. 1977; Ph.D. 1980) * Christopher Williams, physicist, Fellow at Stanford University (B.S. 2008) ===Others=== * [[Damon E. Allen]] (1921–2009), three-time president of the Kentucky Optometric Association who led the lobbying campaign to permit [[optometrist]]s to prescribe medication to their patients * [[Robert Bales]], former United States Army soldier responsible for the [[Kandahar massacre]] (left 1996, didn't graduate) * [[Jeffrey Dahmer]], serial killer and cannibal * [[Paul Ebert]], pediatric heart surgeon; former director of the [[American College of Surgeons]]; former chairman of the Departments of Surgery at both [[Cornell University]] 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 * [[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]] * [[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 * [[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)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-ann-shaw-20150512-story.html|title=Ann Shaw dies at 93; civic leader in Los Angeles for five decades|website=latimes.com|access-date=2016-03-26}}</ref> * [[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) ===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<ref>{{cite web|title=Dave Albritton|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/al/dave-albritton-1.html|publisher=Sports Reference LLC.|accessdate=December 31, 2013}}</ref> * [[Miller Anderson (diver)|Miller Anderson]], [[diving]] [[1948 Summer Olympics]] silver medal; 1952 [[Helsinki Olympic Games]] silver medal<ref>{{cite web|title=Miller Anderson|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/an/miller-anderson-1.html|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=December 31, 2013}}</ref> * [[Aldis Berzins]], [[volleyball]] [[1984 Summer Olympics]] gold medal<ref>{{cite web|title=Aldis Berzins|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/aldis-berzins-1.html|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=December 31, 2013}}</ref> * [[Raj Bhavsar]], gymnastics [[2008 Summer Olympics]] bronze medal<ref>{{cite web|title=Raj Bhavsar|url=http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/m-gym/spec-rel/081101aab.html|publisher=Ohio State University|accessdate=December 31, 2013}}</ref> * [[Tessa Bonhomme]], Canada [[women's ice hockey]] [[2010 Winter Olympics]] gold medal<ref>{{cite web|title=Tessa Bonhomme|url=http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/w-hockey/spec-rel/041108aaa.html|publisher=Ohio State Buckeyes|accessdate=December 31, 2013}}</ref> * [[Juan Botella]], Mexico, diving [[1960 Summer Olympics]] bronze medal<ref>{{cite web|title=Juan Botella|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/juan-botella-1.html|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=December 31, 2013}}</ref> * [[Nathan Brooks]], [[boxing]] [[1952 Summer Olympics]] gold medal<ref>{{cite web|title=Nathan Brooks |url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=BROOKNAT01 |publisher=databaseSports.com |accessdate=December 31, 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130323001023/http://databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=BROOKNAT01 |archivedate=March 23, 2013 |df= }}</ref> * [[Jennifer Chandler]], diving [[1976 Summer Olympics]] gold medal<ref>{{cite web|title=Jennifer Chandler|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/jennifer-chandler-1.html|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=December 31, 2013}}</ref> * [[Lisa Chesson]], women's ice hockey 2010 Winter Olympics silver medal<ref>{{cite web|title=Lisa Chesson|url=http://i.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=2316/bio/index.html|publisher=NBC Universal|accessdate=December 31, 2013}}</ref> * [[Mary Ellen Clark]], diving [[1992 Summer Olympics]] bronze medal; 1996 [[Atlanta Olympic Games]] bronze medal<ref>{{cite web|title=Mary Ellen Clark|url=http://athletics.mtholyoke.edu/sports/wswimdive/coaches/clark_mary_ellen|publisher=Mount Holyoke College|accessdate=December 31, 2013}}</ref> * [[Bob Clotworthy]], diving 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games bronze medal; 1956 [[Melbourne Olympic Games]] gold medal<ref>{{cite web|title=Bob Clotworthy |url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=CLOTWBOB01 |publisher=databaseSports.com |accessdate=December 31, 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130323173431/http://databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=CLOTWBOB01 |archivedate=March 23, 2013 |df= }}</ref> * [[Gerald Cole]], track and field 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games silver medal<ref>{{cite web|title=Gerald Cole|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/co/gene-cole-1.html|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=December 31, 2013}}</ref> * [[Glenn Davis (athlete)|Glenn Davis]], track and field 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games gold medal; 1960 Rome Olympic Games two gold medals<ref>{{cite web|title=Glenn Davis|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/da/glenn-davis-1.html|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=December 31, 2013}}</ref> * [[Diane Dixon]], track and field 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games silver medal; 1988 Seoul Olympic Games silver medal<ref>{{cite web|title=Diane Dixon|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/di/diane-dixon-1.html|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=19 July 2014}}</ref> * [[James George (weightlifter)|James George]], [[Olympic weightlifting|weightlifting]] 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games bronze medal; 1960 Rome Olympic Games silver medal<ref>{{cite web|title=James George|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ge/jim-george-1.html|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=19 July 2014}}</ref> * [[Peter George (weightlifter)|Peter George]], weightlifting 1948 London Olympic Games silver medal; 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games gold Medal; 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games silver medal<ref>{{cite web|title=Peter George|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ge/pete-george-1.html|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=19 July 2014}}</ref> * [[Joe Greene (athlete)|Joe Greene]], track and field 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games bronze medal; 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games bronze medal<ref>{{cite web|title=Joe Greene|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gr/joe-greene-1.html|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=19 July 2014}}</ref> * [[Sam Hall (diver)|Sam Hall]], diving 1960 Rome Olympic Games silver medal<ref>{{cite web|title=Sam Hall|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/sam-hall-1.html|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=19 July 2014}}</ref> * [[Morgan Hamm]], gymnastics 2004 Athens Olympic Games silver medal<ref>{{cite web|title=Morgan Hamm|url=http://www.teamusa.org/Athletes/HA/Morgan-Hamm|publisher=2014 United States Olympic Committee|accessdate=19 July 2014}}</ref> * [[Paul Hamm]], gymnastics 2004 [[2004 Summer Olympics|Athens Olympic Games]] gold medal, two silver medals{{citation needed|date=July 2014}} * [[Bruce Harlan]], diving 1948 London Olympic Games gold medal, silver medal<ref>{{cite web|title=Bruce Harlan|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/bruce-harlan-1.html|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=19 July 2014}}</ref> * [[Donald Harper]], diving 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games silver medal<ref>{{cite web|title=Donald Harper|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/don-harper-1.html|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=19 July 2014}}</ref> * [[Bill Hosket, Sr.]], [[basketball]] Big Ten Conference championship in 1933<ref>{{cite web|title=Bill Hosket, Sr|url=http://ohiobasketballhalloffame.com/?p=252|publisher=Ohiobasketballhalloffame.com|accessdate=19 July 2014}}</ref> * [[Bill Hosket, Jr.]], basketball [[1968 Summer Olympics]] gold medal<ref>{{cite web|title=Bill Hosket, Jr|url=http://ohiobasketballhalloffame.com/?p=250|publisher=Ohiobasketballhalloffame.com|accessdate=19 July 2014}}</ref> * [[Karen Josephson]], [[synchronized swimming]], 1988 Seoul Olympic Games silver medal; 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games gold medal<ref>{{cite web|title=Karen Josephson|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/jo/karen-josephson-1.html|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=19 July 2014}}</ref> * [[Sarah Josephson]], synchronized swimming1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games silver medal; 1988 Seoul Olympic Games silver medal; 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games gold medal<ref>{{cite web|title=Sarah Josephson|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/jo/sarah-josephson-1.html|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=19 July 2014}}</ref> * [[Ryan Kesler]], men's ice hockey, 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, silver medal<ref>{{cite web|title=Ryan Kesler|url=http://olympics.usahockey.com/page/show/871257-ryan-kesler|publisher=2013 USA HOCKEY/ SPORT NGIN.|accessdate=19 July 2014}}</ref> * [[Ford Konno|Ford Hiroshi Konno]], swimming 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games two gold medals, silver medal; 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games silver medal<ref>{{cite web|title=Ford Konno|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ko/ford-konno-1.html|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=19 July 2014}}</ref> * [[Emma Laaksonen]], Finland women's hockey, [[1998 Winter Olympics]] bronze medal; 2010 Winter Olympics bronze medal<ref>{{cite web|title=Emma Laaksonen|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/emma-laaksonen-1.html|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=19 July 2014}}</ref> * [[Jerry Lucas]], basketball 1960 Rome Olympic Games gold medal<ref>{{cite web|title=Jerry Lucas|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lu/jerry-lucas-1.html|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=19 July 2014}}</ref> * [[Kelly McCormick]], diving 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games bronze medal; 1988 Seoul Olympic Games silver medal<ref>{{cite web|title=Kelly McCormick|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mc/kelly-mccormick-1.html|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=19 July 2014}}</ref> * [[Jesse Owens]], track and field 1936 Berlin Olympic Games four gold medals<ref>{{cite web|title=Jesse Owens|url=http://www.biography.com/people/jesse-owens-9431142|publisher=biography.com|accessdate=19 July 2014}}</ref> * [[Yoshi Oyakawa]], swimming 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games gold medal<ref>{{cite web|title=Yoshi Oyakawa|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/oy/yoshi-oyakawa-1.html|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=19 July 2014}}</ref> * [[Jerry Page]], boxing 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games gold medal<ref>{{cite web|title=Jerry Page|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/jerry-page-1.html|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=19 July 2014}}</ref> * [[Lea Ann Parsley]], [[skeleton (sport)|skeleton]], [[2002 Winter Olympics]] silver medal<ref>{{cite web|title=Lea Ann Parsley|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/lea-ann-parsley-1.html|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=21 July 2014}}</ref> * [[Michael Redd]], basketball 2008 Beijing Olympic Games gold medal<ref>{{cite web|title=Michael Redd|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/re/michael-redd-1.html|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=21 July 2014}}</ref> * [[Butch Reynolds]], track and field 1988 Seoul Olympic Games gold medal, silver medal<ref>{{cite web|title=Butch Reynolds|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/re/butch-reynolds-1.html|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=21 July 2014}}</ref> * [[Jason Rogers (fencer)|Jason Rodgers]], Fencing, [[2008 Summer Olympics]] silver medal<ref>{{cite web|title=Jason Rogers|url=http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/saint-kitts-and-nevis/jason-rogers-235896|publisher=1996-2014 International Association of Athletics Federations - IAAF|accessdate=21 July 2014}}</ref> * [[Gordy Sheer]], luge, [[1998 Winter Olympics]] silver medal<ref>{{cite web|title=Gordy Sheer|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sh/gordy-sheer-1.html|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=21 July 2014}}</ref> * [[George Simpson (athlete)|George Simpson]], track and field, 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games silver medal<ref>{{cite web|title=George Simpson|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1932/ATH/mens-100-metres.html|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=21 July 2014}}</ref> * [[Bill Smith (swimmer)|Bill Smith]], swimming 1948 London Olympic Games two gold medals<ref>{{cite web|title=Bill Smith|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sm/bill-smith-2.html|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=21 July 2014}}</ref> * [[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<ref>{{cite web|title=Katie Smith|url=http://www.thebuckeyebattlecry.com/2013/01/the-buckeye-legend-in-womens-sports-katie-smith/|publisher=thebuckeyebattlecry.com|accessdate=21 July 2014}}</ref> * [[Jack Taylor (swimmer)|Jack Taylor]], swimming [[1952 Summer Olympics]] bronze medal<ref>{{cite web|title=Jack Taylor|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ta/jack-taylor-2.html|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=21 July 2014}}</ref> * [[Hanna Thompson]], fencing [[2008 Summer Olympics]] silver medal<ref>{{cite web|title=Hanna Thompson|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/th/hanna-thompson-1.html|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=21 July 2014}}</ref> * [[Minttu Tuominen]], Finland [[women's ice hockey]] 2010 Winter Olympics bronze medal<ref>{{cite web|title=Minttu Tuominen|url=http://www.sochi2014.com/en/athlete-minnamari-tuominen|publisher=2014 Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi|accessdate=21 July 2014}}</ref> * [[Bryan Volpenhein]], [[sport rowing|rowing]] [[2004 Summer Olympics]] gold medal; [[2008 Summer Olympics]] bronze medal<ref>{{cite web|title=Bryan Volpenhein|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/vo/bryan-volpenhein-1.html|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=21 July 2014}}</ref> * [[Marc Waldie]], volleyball 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games gold medal<ref>{{cite web|title=Marc Waldie|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wa/marc-waldie-1.html|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=21 July 2014}}</ref> * [[Mal Whitfield|Malden Whitfield]], track and field 1948 London Olympic Games two gold medals, bronze medal; 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games gold medal; silver medal<ref>{{cite web|title=Mal Whitfield|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wh/mal-whitfield-1.html|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=21 July 2014}}</ref> * [[Blaine Wilson]], gymnastics 2004 Athens Olympic Games silver medal<ref>{{cite web|title=Blaine Wilson|url=https://usagym.org/pages/athletes/athleteListDetail.html?id=318410|publisher=usagym.org|accessdate=21 July 2014}}</ref> ====Basketball==== ''As of the 2006 season, 16 Ohio State basketball players have been named first-team [[All-America]]n on 23 occasions, including five two-time and one three-time All-American.''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hickoksports.com/history/mbaskallams.shtml |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2010-06-30 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101225110418/http://hickoksports.com/history/mbaskallams.shtml |archivedate=2010-12-25 |df= }}</ref> * [[William Buford]], former basketball player at Ohio State<ref>{{cite web|title=William Buford|url=http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/buford_william00.html|publisher=Ohio State Buckeyes Men's Basketball|accessdate=December 24, 2013}}</ref> * [[Mike Conley, Jr.]], 4th overall selection in the [[2007 NBA Draft]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Mike Conley, Jr.|url=http://www.nba.com/playerfile/mike_conley|publisher=Pro-Basketball-Reference. Com|accessdate=December 24, 2013}}</ref> * [[Daequan Cook]], NBA player for the [[Houston Rockets]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Daequan Cook|url=http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/c/cookda02.html|publisher=Pro-Basketball-Reference. Com|accessdate=December 24, 2013}}</ref> * [[Aaron Craft]], professional basketball player for [[AS Monaco]]. * [[Jon Diebler]], player for the [[Panionios B.C.]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Jon Diebler|url=http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/6432/jon-diebler|publisher=ESPN Internet Ventures.|accessdate=December 24, 2013}}</ref> * [[John Havlicek]], [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] star, [[Basketball Hall of Fame]]<ref>{{cite web|title=John Havlicek|url=http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/h/havlijo01.html|publisher=Pro-Basketball-Reference. Com|accessdate=December 24, 2013}}</ref> * [[Othello Hunter]], NBA player for the [[Atlanta Hawks]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Othello Hunter|url=http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/h/hunteot01.html|publisher=Pro-Basketball-Reference. Com|accessdate=December 24, 2013}}</ref> * [[Jim Jackson (basketball)|Jim Jackson]], former NBA player<ref>{{cite web|title=Jim Jackson|url=http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/j/jacksji01.html|publisher=Pro-Basketball-Reference. Com|accessdate=December 24, 2013}}</ref> * [[Chris Jent]], former NBA player and current Ohio State assistant coach<ref>{{cite web|title=Chris Jent|url=http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/j/jentch01.html|publisher=Pro-Basketball-Reference. Com|accessdate=December 24, 2013}}</ref> * [[Neil Johnston]], NBA player and coach, Basketball Hall of Fame<ref>{{cite web|title=Neil Johnston|url=http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/j/johnsne01.html|publisher=Pro-Basketball-Reference. Com|accessdate=December 24, 2013}}</ref> * [[Roger Jorgensen]], [[Basketball Association of America|BAA]] player<ref>{{cite web|title=Roger Jorgensen|url=http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/j/jorgero01.html|publisher=Pro-Basketball-Reference. Com|accessdate=December 24, 2013}}</ref> * [[Clark Kellogg]], former NBA player, [[television|TV]] sports analyst<ref>{{cite web|title=Clark Kellogg|url=http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/k/kellocl01.html|publisher=Pro-Basketball-Reference. Com|accessdate=December 24, 2013}}</ref> * [[Bobby Knight]], coach at [[Texas Tech University]], Basketball Hall of Fame (B.A. 1962)<ref>{{cite web|title=Bobby Knight|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/coaches/bob-knight-1.html|publisher=Sports Reference LLC.|accessdate=December 24, 2013}}</ref> * [[Kosta Koufos]], NBA player for the [[Denver Nuggets]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Kosta Koufos|url=http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/k/koufoko01.html|publisher=Pro-Basketball-Reference. Com|accessdate=December 24, 2013}}</ref> * [[Ron Lewis (basketball)|Ron Lewis]], basketball player for [[Ironi Nahariya]] from the [[Israeli Super League]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Ron Lewis|url=http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/090804aac.html|publisher=Ohio State Buckeyes Men's Basketball|accessdate=December 24, 2013}}</ref> * [[Jerry Lucas]] (1958–1962), [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] star, Basketball Hall of Fame<ref>{{cite web|title=Jerry Lucas|url=http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/l/lucasje01.html|publisher=Pro-Basketball-Reference. Com|accessdate=December 24, 2013}}</ref> * [[Mark Minor]], former NBA player<ref>{{cite web|title=Mark Minor NBA statistics|url=http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/minorma01.html|work=basketball-reference.com|accessdate=June 16, 2012}}</ref> * [[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)<ref>{{cite web|title=Greg Oden|url=http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/o/odengr01.html|publisher=Pro-Basketball-Reference. Com|accessdate=December 24, 2013}}</ref> * [[Scoonie Penn]], [[Euroleague]] player<ref>{{cite web|title=Scoonie Penn|url=http://www.ohiochristian.edu/trailblazers/mens-basketball/news/scoonie-penn-speak-ocu-basketball-camp-july-26th|publisher=ohiochristian.edu|accessdate=December 24, 2013}}</ref> * [[Michael Redd]], NBA player for the [[Milwaukee Bucks]] (1997–2000)<ref>{{cite web|title=Michael Redd|url=http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/reddmi01.html|publisher=Pro-Basketball-Reference. Com|accessdate=December 24, 2013}}</ref> * [[Arnie Risen]], four-time NBA all-star, Basketball Hall of Fame<ref>{{cite web|title=Arnie Risen|url=http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/risenar01.html|publisher=Pro-Basketball-Reference. Com|accessdate=December 24, 2013}}</ref> * [[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]]<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/laquinton_ross_765262.html |title=LaQuinton Ross Bio :: The Ohio State University Official Athletic Site The Ohio State University Official Athletic Site :: Men's Basketball |website=Ohiostatebuckeyes.com |date=2016-12-03 |accessdate=2016-12-08}}</ref> * [[D'Angelo Russell]], no. 2 pick in [[2015 NBA Draft]] by [[Los Angeles Lakers]], NBA player for [[Brooklyn Nets]]. * [[Brad Sellers]], former NBA player<ref>{{cite web|title=Brad Sellers|url=http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/s/sellebr01.html|publisher=Pro-Basketball-Reference. Com|accessdate=December 24, 2013}}</ref> * [[Jim Smith (basketball, born 1958)|Jim Smith]], former NBA player<ref>{{cite web|title=Jim Smith|url=http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/s/smithji01.html|publisher=Pro-Basketball-Reference. Com|accessdate=December 24, 2013}}</ref> * [[Jared Sullinger]], NBA player for the [[Boston Celtics]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Jared Sullinger|url=http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/s/sullija01.html|publisher=Pro-Basketball-Reference. Com|accessdate=December 24, 2013}}</ref> * [[Fred R. Taylor]], long-time former OSU head basketball coach, Basketball Hall of Fame<ref>{{cite web|title=Fred R. Taylor|url=http://ohiobasketballhalloffame.com/?p=268|publisher=OHBBallHallofFame|accessdate=December 24, 2013}}</ref> * [[Evan Turner]], NCAA Player of the Year, NBA Player for the [[Boston Celtics]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Evan Turner|url=http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/t/turneev01.html|publisher=Pro-Basketball-Reference. Com|accessdate=December 24, 2013}}</ref> * [[Trevor Thompson (basketball)|Trevor Thompson]], current free agent. * [[Bob Weltlich]], former [[University of Texas]] coach, author of the novel ''[[Crooked Zebra]]''<ref>{{cite web|title=Bob Weltlich|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/coaches/bob-weltlich-1.html|publisher=Sports Reference LLC.|accessdate=December 24, 2013}}</ref> * [[Herb Williams]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Herb Williams|url=http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/enwiki/w/willihe01.html|publisher=Pro-Basketball-Reference. Com|accessdate=December 24, 2013}}</ref> ====Baseball==== * [[Steve Arlin]], [[MLB]] pitcher (1969–1974)<ref>{{cite web|title=Steve Arlin|url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/arlinst01.shtml|publisher=Pro-Baseball-Reference.com|accessdate=December 26, 2013}}</ref> * [[Barry Bonnell]], MLB outfielder (1977–1986)<ref>{{cite web|title=Barry Bonnell|url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bonneba01.shtml|publisher=Pro-Baseball-Reference.com|accessdate=December 26, 2013}}</ref> * [[Chuck Brinkman]], MLB catcher (1969–1974)<ref>{{cite web|title=Chuck Brinkman|url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brinkch01.shtml|publisher=Pro-Baseball-Reference.com|accessdate=December 26, 2013}}</ref> * [[Dave Burba]], MLB pitcher (1990–2004)<ref>{{cite web|title=Dave Burba|url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/burbada01.shtml|publisher=Pro-Baseball-Reference.com|accessdate=December 26, 2013}}</ref> * [[Galen Cisco]], MLB pitcher (1961–1969)<ref>{{cite web|title=Galen Cisco|url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/ciscoga01.shtml|publisher=Pro-Baseball-Reference.com|accessdate=December 26, 2013}}</ref> * [[Rollin Cook]], MLB pitcher (1915)<ref>{{cite web|title=Rollin Cook|url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cookro01.shtml|publisher=Pro-Baseball-Reference.com|accessdate=December 26, 2013}}</ref> * [[John Dagenhard]], MLB pitcher (1943)<ref>{{cite web|title=John Dagenhard|url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cookro01.shtml|publisher=Pro-Baseball-Reference.com|accessdate=December 26, 2013}}</ref> * [[Mark Dempsey (baseball)|Mark Dempsey]], MLB pitcher (1982)<ref>{{cite web|title=Mark Dempsey|url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dempsma01.shtml|publisher=Pro-Baseball-Reference.com|accessdate=December 26, 2013}}</ref> * [[Johnny Edwards (baseball player)|Johnny Edwards]], MLB catcher<ref>{{cite web|title=Johnny Edwards|url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/edwarjo01.shtml|publisher=Pro-Baseball-Reference.com|accessdate=December 26, 2013}}</ref> * [[Brad Goldberg]], MLB pitcher<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp?player_id=643329#/career/R/pitching/2016/ALL |title=Brad Goldberg Stats, Highlights, Bio &#124; MiLB.com Stats &#124; The Official Site of Minor League Baseball |website=Milb.com |date= |accessdate=2016-12-08}}</ref> * [[Frank Howard (baseball)|Frank Howard]], MLB outfielder<ref>{{cite web|title=Frank Howard|url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/howarfr01.shtml|publisher=Pro-Baseball-Reference.com|accessdate=December 26, 2013}}</ref> * [[Cory Luebke]], MLB pitcher (2010–present)<ref>{{cite web|title=Cory Luebke|url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/luebkco01.shtml|publisher=Pro-Baseball-Reference.com|accessdate=December 26, 2013}}</ref> * [[Jim Reeder]], lettered in three varsity sports at OSU; [[World War II]] prevented him from playing [[Major League Baseball]]; upon his death in January 1972, [[California State University at Los Angeles]] renamed their baseball field the James B. Reeder Memorial Field to honor their long-time head coach who helped design the field; he never had a losing season as Cal State's head coach (B.S. 1948) * [[George Steinbrenner]], [[New York Yankees]] owner<ref>{{cite web|title=George Steinbrenner|url=http://espn.go.com/classic/biography/s/Steinbrenner_George.html|publisher=Espn.go.com|accessdate=December 26, 2013}}</ref> * [[Nick Swisher]], MLB outfielder, World Series Champion 2009 New York Yankees<ref>{{cite web|title=Nick Swisher|url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/swishni01.shtml|publisher=Pro-Baseball-Reference.com|accessdate=December 26, 2013}}</ref> ====Football==== ''As of the 2003 season, 121 Ohio State football players have been named first-team [[All-America]]n on 163 occasions, including 28 two-time and seven three-time All-Americans.''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ohiostatebuckeyes.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/osu-m-footbl-allam.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2006-05-30 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061025170333/http://ohiostatebuckeyes.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/osu-m-footbl-allam.html |archivedate=2006-10-25 |df= }}</ref> * [[Eli Apple]], NFL cornerback for the [[New York Giants]]. * [[Brian Baschnagel]], wide receiver for the [[Chicago Bears]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Brian Baschnagel|url=http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BascBr00.htm|publisher=Pro-Football-Reference.com|accessdate=December 26, 2013}}</ref> * [[Joey Bosa]], No. 3 pick in [[2016 NFL Draft]], NFL player for the [[Los Angeles Chargers]]. * [[Paul Brown]], coach, member of the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]], and namesake of [[Paul Brown Stadium]] (M.A. 1940)<ref>{{cite web|title=Paul Brown|url=http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/member.aspx?PLAYER_ID=34|publisher=Pro Football Hall of Fame|accessdate=December 26, 2013}}</ref> * [[Earle Bruce]], [[College Football Hall of Fame]] coach<ref>{{cite web|title=Earle Bruce|url=http://www.thebuckeyebattlecry.com/2012/06/earle-bruce-a-buckeye-legend/|publisher=thebuckeyebattlecry.com|accessdate=December 26, 2013}}</ref> * [[Cris Carter]], former NFL wide receiver, Pro Football Hall of Fame member<ref>{{cite web|title=Cris Carter|url=http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/CartCr00.htm|publisher=Pro-Football-Reference.com|accessdate=December 26, 2013}}</ref> * [[Howard "Hopalong" Cassady]], [[Heisman Trophy]] winner 1955<ref>{{cite web|title=Howard "Hopalong" Cassady|url=http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/CassHo00.htm|publisher=Pro-Football-Reference.com|accessdate=December 26, 2013}}</ref> * [[Frank Clair]], [[Canadian Football Hall of Fame]] coach<ref>{{cite web|title=Frank Clair|url=http://cfhof.ca/hof-builder-details/?id=12|publisher=Canadian Football Hall of Fame|accessdate=December 26, 2013}}</ref> * [[Joe Cooper (linebacker)|Joe Cooper]], Calgary Stampeders player<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.justsportsstats.com/footballstatsindex.php?player_id=coopejoe002 | title=Joe Cooper | publisher=Just Sports Stats | accessdate=2 August 2014}}</ref> * [[Tom Cousineau]], former linebacker, [[Montreal Alouettes]], [[Cleveland Browns]] first pick of the 1979 NFL Draft<ref>{{cite web|title=Tom Cousineau|url=http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/CousTo20.htm|publisher=Pro-Football-Reference.com|accessdate=December 26, 2013}}</ref> * [[Mike Doss]], NFL [[Defensive back|safety]] for the [[Minnesota Vikings]], three-time All-American<ref>{{cite web|title=Mike Doss|url=http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/D/DossMi20.htm|publisher=Pro-Football-Reference.com|accessdate=December 26, 2013}}</ref> * [[Nate Ebner]], NFL safety for the [[New England Patriots]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://espn.go.com/blog/boston/new-england-patriots/post/_/id/4737867/football-journey-nate-ebner |title=Football journey: Nate Ebner - New England Patriots Blog- ESPN |website=Espn.go.com |date=2013-01-05 |accessdate=2016-12-08}}</ref> * [[Byron Eby]], American football player<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.profootballarchives.com/eby000200.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119055210/http://www.profootballarchives.com/eby000200.html |dead-url=yes |archive-date=January 19, 2015 |title=BYRON EBY |publisher=profootballarchives.com |accessdate=August 29, 2015 }}</ref> * [[Wes Fesler]], three-time All-American end; coach<ref>{{cite web|title=Wes Fesler|url=http://www.footballfoundation.org/Programs/CollegeFootballHallofFame/SearchDetail.aspx?id=20042|publisher=THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL FOUNDATION AND COLLEGE HALL OF FAME|accessdate=December 26, 2013}}</ref> * [[John E. Frank|John Frank]], NFL tight end<ref>{{cite web|title=John E. Frank|url=http://www.nfl.com/player/eddiegeorge/2500787/careerstats|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|accessdate=December 29, 2013}}</ref> * [[Jake Gaither]], head coach at Florida A&M * [[Eddie George]], Heisman Trophy winner 1995, former NFL football player<ref>{{cite web|title=Eddie George|url=http://www.nfl.com/player/eddiegeorge/2500787/profile|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|accessdate=December 29, 2013}}</ref> * [[Sid Gillman]], NFL coach and Pro Football Hall of Fame<ref>{{cite web|title=Sid Gillman|url=http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/member.aspx?player_id=76|publisher=Pro Football Hall of Fame|accessdate=December 29, 2013}}</ref> * [[Ted Ginn, Jr.]], NFL wide receiver for the [[Carolina Panthers]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Ted Ginn, Jr|url=http://www.nfl.com/player/tedginn/2507166/careerstats|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|accessdate=December 29, 2013}}</ref> * [[Terry Glenn]], NFL wide receiver for the [[Dallas Cowboys]]; 1995 [[Biletnikoff Award]] winner<ref>{{cite web|title=Terry Glenn|url=http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/G/GlenTe00.htm|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|accessdate=December 29, 2013}}</ref> * [[Randy Gradishar]], NFL linebacker, College Football Hall of Fame member<ref>{{cite web|title=Randy Gradishar|url=http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/G/GradRa00.htm|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|accessdate=December 29, 2013}}</ref> * [[Archie Griffin]], only two-time Heisman Trophy winner (1974, 1975); current president of the Ohio State University Alumni Association<ref>{{cite web|title=Archie Griffin|url=http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/G/GrifAr00.htm|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|accessdate=December 29, 2013}}</ref> * [[Lou Groza]], [[American football|football]] kicker and Pro Football Hall of Famer, [[Lou Groza Award]] namesake<ref>{{cite web|title=Lou Groza|url=http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/G/GrozLo20.htm|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|accessdate=December 29, 2013}}</ref> * [[Chic Harley]], three-time All-American running back<ref>{{cite web|title=Chic Harley|url=http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/H/HarlCh20.htm|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|accessdate=December 29, 2013}}</ref> * [[A. J. Hawk]], NFL linebacker for the [[Green Bay Packers]] 2005 [[Lombardi Award]] recipient<ref>{{cite web|title=A. J. Hawk|url=http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/H/HawkA.20.htm|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|accessdate=December 29, 2013}}</ref> * [[Woody Hayes]], Ohio State football coach and educator (M.A.)<ref>{{cite web|title=Woody Hayes|url=http://www.footballfoundation.org/Programs/CollegeFootballHallofFame/SearchDetail.aspx?id=60002|publisher=The National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame, inc|accessdate=December 29, 2013}}</ref> * [[Kirk Herbstreit]], ESPN sports analyst and former OSU quarterback * [[John Hicks (American football)|John Hicks]], 1973 winner of [[Outland Trophy]] and [[Lombardi Award]]<ref>{{cite web|title=John Hicks|url=http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/H/HickJo20.htm|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|accessdate=December 29, 2013}}</ref> * [[Les Horvath]], Heisman Trophy winner 1943<ref>{{cite web|title=Les Horvath|url=http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/H/HorvLe20.htm|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|accessdate=December 29, 2013}}</ref> * [[Cardale Jones]], NFL quarterback for the [[Los Angeles Chargers]]. * [[Vic Janowicz]], Heisman Trophy winner 1950<ref>{{cite web|title=Vic Janowicz|url=http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/J/JanoVi20.htm|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|accessdate=December 29, 2013}}</ref> * [[Pete Johnson (American Football)|Pete Johnson]], NFL running back<ref>{{cite web|title=Pete Johnson|url=http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/J/JohnPe00.htm|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|accessdate=December 29, 2013}}</ref> * [[Dante Lavelli]], Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee (1945)<ref>{{cite web|title=Dante Lavelli|url=http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/L/LaveDa00.htm|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|accessdate=December 29, 2013}}</ref> * [[Dick LeBeau]], [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] [[defensive coordinator]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Dick LeBeau|url=http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/L/LeBeDi00.htm|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|accessdate=December 30, 2013}}</ref> Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee (2010) * [[Dick Logan]], NFL guard for the [[Green Bay Packers]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Dick Logan|url=http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/L/LogaDi20.htm|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|accessdate=December 30, 2013}}</ref> * [[Nick Mangold]], NFL [[Center (American football)|center]] for the NY Jets, two-time pro bowler<ref>{{cite web|title=Nick Mangold|url=http://www.nfl.com/player/nickmangold/2495891/profile|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|accessdate=December 31, 2013}}</ref> * [[Urban Meyer]], head coach of Ohio State Football (M.A. 1988)<ref>{{cite web|title=Urban Meyer |url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=1608 |publisher=College Football Data Warehouse |accessdate=December 30, 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230231934/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=1608 |archivedate=December 30, 2013 |df= }}</ref> * [[Braxton Miller]], wide receiver for [[Houston Texans]]. * [[Mike Nugent]], NFL [[placekicker]] for the Cincinnati Bengals<ref>{{cite web|title=Mike Nugent|url=http://www.nfl.com/player/mikenugent/2506386/careerstats|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|accessdate=December 31, 2013}}</ref> * [[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<ref>{{cite web|title=Orlando Pace|url=http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/P/PaceOr00.htm|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|accessdate=December 30, 2013}}</ref> * [[Jim Parker (American football)|Jim Parker]], [[offensive tackle]] for the [[History of the Indianapolis Colts|Baltimore Colts]] and Pro Football Hall of Fame<ref>{{cite web|title=Jim Parker|url=http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/P/ParkJi00.htm|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|accessdate=December 30, 2013}}</ref> * [[Dwight Peabody]], NFL end<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.profootballarchives.com/peab00200.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417025713/http://www.profootballarchives.com/peab00200.html |dead-url=yes |archive-date=April 17, 2015 |title=DWIGHT PEABODY |publisher=profootballarchives.com |accessdate=April 16, 2015 }}</ref> * [[Pete Perini]], NFL fullback<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.profootballarchives.com/peri00400.html |title=PETE PERINI |publisher=profootballarchives.com |accessdate=November 7, 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909234829/http://www.profootballarchives.com/peri00400.html |archivedate=September 9, 2015 |df= }}</ref> * [[Ev Rowan]], NFL end<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.profootballarchives.com/rowa00200.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909110324/http://www.profootballarchives.com/rowa00200.html |dead-url=yes |archive-date=September 9, 2015 |title=EV ROWAN |publisher=profootballarchives.com |accessdate=August 17, 2015 }}</ref> * [[Steve Ruzich]], NFL guard for the [[Green Bay Packers]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Steve Ruzich|url=http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/R/RuziSt20.htm|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|accessdate=December 30, 2013}}</ref> * [[Glenn E. "Bo" Schembechler]], former football coach of the [[Michigan Wolverines]] (Master's 1952)<ref>{{cite web|title=Glenn E. "Bo" Schembechler|url=http://bentley.umich.edu/athdept/football/coaches/gschemb.htm|publisher=The Regents of the University of Michigan|accessdate=December 30, 2013}}</ref> * [[Tom Skladany]], three-time All-American punter and former professional football player, [[Detroit Lions]], [[Philadelphia Eagles]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Tom Skladany|url=http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/SklaTo20.htm|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|accessdate=December 30, 2013}}</ref> * [[Troy Smith]], 2006 Heisman Trophy winner, former NFL Player<ref>{{cite web|title=Troy Smith|url=http://www.49ers.com/team/roster/Troy-Smith/2b6c2c32-4350-431e-a38f-a4d146a440ef|publisher=Forty Niners Football Company|accessdate=December 30, 2013}}</ref> * [[Chris Spielman]], former NFL linebacker with the [[Detroit Lions]], [[Buffalo Bills]] and [[Cleveland Browns]]; 1987 Lombardi Award recipient<ref>{{cite web|title=Chris Spielman|url=http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/SpieCh00.htm|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|accessdate=December 30, 2013}}</ref> * [[Shawn Springs]], NFL [[cornerback]] for the [[New England Patriots]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Shawn Springs|url=http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/SpriSh00.htm|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|accessdate=December 30, 2013}}</ref> * [[Jim Stillwagon]], [[Canadian Football League]] player, 1970 winner of Outland Trophy and Lombardi Award<ref>{{cite web|title=Jim Stillwagon|url=http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Jim-Stillwagon/21679612|publisher=Zoom Information, Inc.|accessdate=December 30, 2013}}</ref> * [[Don Sutherin]], Canadian Football Hall of Fame [[defensive back]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Don Sutherin|url=http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/SuthDo20.htm|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|accessdate=December 31, 2013}}</ref> * [[Jack Tatum]], [[American football|football]] player for the [[Oakland Raiders]], author<ref>{{cite web|title=Jack Tatum|url=http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/T/TatuJa00.htm|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|accessdate=December 31, 2013}}</ref> * [[Paul Warfield]], Pro Football Hall of Fame [[wide receiver]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Paul Warfield|url=http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/enwiki/w/WarfPa00.htm|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|accessdate=December 31, 2013}}</ref> * [[Dan Wilkinson]], NFL Defensive Lineman, first pick of the 1994 NFL draft<ref>{{cite web|title=Dan Wilkinson|url=http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/enwiki/w/WilkDa22.htm|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|accessdate=December 31, 2013}}</ref> * [[Joe Williams (back)|Joe Williams]], American football player<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.profootballarchives.com/will18000.html |title=JOE WILLIAMS |publisher=profootballarchives.com |accessdate=October 9, 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909184140/http://www.profootballarchives.com/will18000.html |archivedate=September 9, 2015 |df= }}</ref> * [[Bill Willis]], Pro Football Hall of Famer; first African-American pro football player<ref>{{cite web|title=Bill Willis|url=http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/enwiki/w/WillBi00.htm|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|accessdate=December 31, 2013}}</ref> * [[Antoine Winfield]], NFL cornerback for the [[Minnesota Vikings]]; 1998 [[Jim Thorpe Award]] winner<ref>{{cite web|title=Antoine Winfield|url=http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/enwiki/w/WinfAn20.htm|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|accessdate=December 31, 2013}}</ref> ''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==== * [[John Cook (golfer)|John Cook]]<ref>{{cite web|title=John Cook|url=http://www.pgatour.com/players/player.01219.john-cook.html|publisher=1995-2014 PGA TOUR, Inc|accessdate=22 July 2014}}</ref> * [[Rosie Jones]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Rosie Jones|url=http://www.lpga.com/golf/players/j/rosie-jones.aspx|publisher=lpga.com|accessdate=22 July 2014}}</ref> * [[Meg Mallon]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Meg Mallon|url=http://www.lpga.com/golf/players/m/meg-mallon/bio.aspx|publisher=lpga.com|accessdate=22 July 2014}}</ref> * [[Jack Nicklaus]] (attended)<ref>{{cite web|title=Jack Nicklaus|url=http://www.pgatour.com/players/player.01869.jack-nicklaus.html|publisher=1995-2014 PGA TOUR, Inc|accessdate=22 July 2014}}</ref> * [[Joey Sindelar]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Joey Sindelar|url=http://www.pgatour.com/players/player.02101.joey-sindelar.html|publisher=1995-2014 PGA TOUR, Inc|accessdate=22 July 2014}}</ref> * [[Chris Smith (golfer)|Chris Smith]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Chris Smith|url=http://www.pgatour.com/players/player.02106.html|publisher=1995-2014 PGA TOUR, Inc|accessdate=22 July 2014}}</ref> * [[Tom Weiskopf]]{{citation needed|date=July 2014}} ====Hockey==== * [[Tom Askey]], retired goaltender for the [[Mighty Ducks of Anaheim]] and various European pro teams<ref>{{cite web|title=Tom Askey|url=http://www.hockey-reference.com/players/a/askeyto01.html|publisher=Pro-Hockey-Reference.com|accessdate=22 July 2014}}</ref> * [[Mike Bales]], [[National Hockey League|NHL]] [[ice hockey]] goalie, currently playing for the [[Straubing Tigers]] ([[Deutsche Eishockey Liga|DEL]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Mike Bales|url=http://www.hockey-reference.com/players/b/balesmi01.html|publisher=Pro-Hockey-Reference.com|accessdate=22 July 2014}}</ref> * [[Mathieu Beaudoin]], current NHL player with [[Phoenix Coyotes]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Mathieu Beaudoin|url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=75411|publisher=1998-2011 hockeyDB.com|accessdate=22 July 2014}}</ref> * [[Sean Collins (ice hockey b. Oct. 1983)|Sean Collins]], current NHL player for the [[New York Rangers]]{{citation needed|date=July 2014}} * [[Zac Dalpe]], current NHL player with the [[Rochester Americans]] ([[American Hockey League|AHL]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Zac Dalpe|url=http://www.hockey-reference.com/players/d/dalpeza01.html|publisher=Pro-Hockey-Reference.com|accessdate=22 July 2014}} </ref> * [[Ryan Dzingel]] current player with the [[Ottawa Senators]]. * [[Corey Elkins]], current player/left wing with [[HIFK]] ([[Liiga]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Corey Elkins|url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=73743|publisher=1998-2011 hockeyDB.com|accessdate=22 July 2014}}</ref> * [[Nate Guenin]], current NHL player with the [[Colorado Avalanche]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Nate Guenin|url=http://www.hockey-reference.com/players/g/guenina01.html|publisher=Pro-Hockey-Reference.com|accessdate=22 July 2014}}</ref> * [[Ryan Kesler]], current NHL player with the [[Anaheim Ducks]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Ryan Kesler|url=http://www.hockey-reference.com/players/k/keslery01.html|publisher=Pro-Hockey-Reference.com|accessdate=22 July 2014}}</ref> * [[Jamie Macoun]], longtime veteran [[Defenceman (ice hockey)|defenceman]] in the NHL<ref>{{cite web|title=Jamie Macoun|url=http://www.hockey-reference.com/players/m/macouja01.html|publisher=Pro-Hockey-Reference.com|accessdate=22 July 2014}}</ref> * [[Jeff Madill]], retired NHL player with the [[New Jersey Devils]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Jeff Madill|url=http://www.hockey-reference.com/players/m/madilje01.html|publisher=Pro-Hockey-Reference.com|accessdate=22 July 2014}}</ref> * [[Bill McKenzie (ice hockey)|Bill McKenzie]], retired NHL goaltender<ref>{{cite web|title=Bill McKenzie|url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=3594|publisher=1998-2011 hockeyDB.com|accessdate=22 July 2014}}</ref> * [[Éric Meloche]], former professional player, [[Philadelphia Flyers]] and the [[Pittsburgh Penguins]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Éric Meloche|url=http://www.hockey-reference.com/players/m/melocer01.html|publisher=Pro-Hockey-Reference.com|accessdate=22 July 2014}}</ref> * Kevin Montgomery, NHL draft choice, currently with the [[HC ’05 Banská Bystrica]] ([[Slovak Extraliga]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Kevin Montgomery|url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=91867|publisher=1998-2011 hockeyDB.com.|accessdate=22 July 2014}}</ref> * [[Rod Pelley]], currently playing for the [[Albany Devils]] (AHL)<ref>{{cite web|title=Rod Pelley|url=http://www.hockey-reference.com/players/p/pellero02.html|publisher=Pro-Hockey-Reference.com|accessdate=22 July 2014}}</ref> * [[Dave Steckel]], current player for the [[Norfolk Admirals (AHL)|Norfolk Admirals]] (AHL)<ref>{{cite web|title=Dave Steckel|url=http://www.hockey-reference.com/players/s/steckda01.html|publisher=Pro-Hockey-Reference.com|accessdate=22 July 2014}}</ref> * [[Tyson Strachan]], current NHL player/defenseman with the [[Buffalo Sabres]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Tyson Strachan|url=http://www.hockey-reference.com/players/s/stracty01.html|publisher=Pro-Hockey-Reference.com|accessdate=22 July 2014}}</ref> * [[R.J. Umberger]], current player/center in the NHL for the Philadelphia Flyers<ref>{{cite web|title=R.J. Umberger|url=http://www.hockey-reference.com/players/u/umberrj01.html|publisher=Pro-Hockey-Reference.com|accessdate=22 July 2014}}</ref> * [[Jim Witherspoon]], retired NHL player/defenseman with the [[Los Angeles Kings]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Jim Witherspoon|url=http://www.hockey-reference.com/players/enwiki/w/witheji01.html|publisher=Pro-Hockey-Reference.com|accessdate=22 July 2014}}</ref> ====Rowing==== * [[Erden Eruç]], first solo human-powered circumnavigator of the Earth with multiple Guinness world records for ocean rowing<ref name=gwr1>{{cite web|title=Guinness World Records – First Person to Row Three Oceans|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/first-person-to-row-three-oceans/|publisher=Guinness World Records|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319014518/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/first-person-to-row-three-oceans/|archivedate=19 March 2016|accessdate=8 December 2013|deadurl=no}}</ref><ref name=gwr2>{{cite web|title=Guinness World Records – First solo circumnavigation of the globe using human power|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/108422-first-solo-circumnavigation-of-the-globe-using-human-power|publisher=Guinness World Records|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319015308/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/108422-first-solo-circumnavigation-of-the-globe-using-human-power|archivedate=19 March 2016|accessdate=16 January 2016|deadurl=no}}</ref><ref name=gwr3>{{cite web|title=Guinness World Records – First row across the Indian Ocean (mainland Australia to mainland Africa)|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/430684-first-row-across-the-indian-ocean-australia-to-mozambique|publisher=Guinness World Records|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161017012325/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/430684-first-row-across-the-indian-ocean-australia-to-mozambique|archivedate=17 October 2016|accessdate=16 October 2016|deadurl=no}}</ref> ==== 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<ref name=snook-murderer>{{cite web|url=http://vet.osu.edu/education/dr-james-howard-snook |title=Dr. James Howard Snook &#124; College of Veterinary Medicine |website=Vet.osu.edu |date= |accessdate=2016-12-08}}</ref> ====Soccer==== * Art Bouzounis, Bishop Hartley, Westerville South, USA Midwest Regional U-17 (1990–92){{citation needed|date=July 2014}} * [[Eric Brunner]], [[Houston Dynamo]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Eric Brunner|url=http://www.mlssoccer.com/players/eric-brunner|publisher=mlssoccer.com|accessdate=22 July 2014}}</ref> * [[Ray Burse]], goalkeeper, [[Puerto Rico Islanders]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Ray Burse|url=http://www.mlssoccer.com/players/ray-burse|publisher=mlssoccer.com|accessdate=22 July 2014}}</ref> * [[Roger Espinoza]], [[Sporting Kansas City]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Roger Espinoza|url=http://www.mlssoccer.com/players/roger-espinoza|publisher=mlssoccer.com|accessdate=22 July 2014}}</ref> * [[Dustin Kirby]], [[Real Salt Lake]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Dustin Kirby|url=http://clevelandsocceracademy.com/impact/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=103|publisher=2014 Impact - Cleveland Soccer Academy|accessdate=22 July 2014}}</ref> * [[Kyle Veris]], [[LA Galaxy]] and top European clubs<ref>{{cite web|title=Kyle Veris|url=http://m.mlssoccer.com/news/article/la-galaxy-sign-2006-mls-superdraft-picks-forward-marc-burch-and-defender-kyle-veris|publisher=mlssoccer.com|accessdate=22 July 2014}}</ref> ====Wrestling==== * [[Mark Coleman]], NCAA Champion wrestler (190&nbsp;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<ref>{{cite web|title=Mark Coleman UFC Bio|url=http://www.ufc.com/fighter/Mark-Coleman|accessdate=2014-01-01}}</ref> * [[Lance Palmer]], four-time Ohio State wrestling champ, four-time All-American wrestler; professional [[Mixed martial arts|MMA]] fighter for the [[World Series of Fighting|WSOF]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nmnathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1057246 |title=Lance Palmer Biography - The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site |website=Nmnathletics.com |date=2007-06-29 |accessdate=2016-12-08}}</ref> * [[Kevin Randleman]], two-time NCAA Champion (1992 & 1993) and runner-up wrestler (1991); former [[UFC]] Heavyweight Champion<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.kevinrandleman.com/ |title=Official Website for Kevin Randleman - MMA Fighter |website=Kevinrandleman.com |date= |accessdate=2016-12-08}}</ref> * [[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 ==Notable current faculty== ===National Academy of Sciences members=== * [[Carlo M. Croce|Carlo Croce]], medicine and genetics * [[Avner Friedman]], mathematics * [[Bernadine Healy]], cardiology, former head of the [[National Institutes of Health]] and the [[American Red Cross]] * [[Leo Paquette]], chemistry * [[Lonnie Thompson|Lonnie G. Thompson]], geology, [[Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement|Tyler Prize]]-winning glaciologist (M.S. 1971 Ph.D. 1976) * [[Kenneth G. Wilson]], physics, 1982 Nobel Laureate ===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 [[Pulitzer Prize]] 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 [[Pulitzer Prize]] finalist * [[Charles Csuri]], art and computer graphics, influential artist and scholar; father of digital art and computer animation (BFA 1946; MFA 1948) * [[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 * [[Tony Mendoza (photographer)|Tony Mendoza]], photography * [[Bebe Miller]], dance; [[Guggenheim Fellow]]; founder of Bebe Miller Dance Company (M.A. 1975) * [[John Mueller]], political science; [[Guggenheim Fellow]]; 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 === Math and physical sciences === * [[George Billman]], physiology * [[Harvey Friedman]], mathematics and logic * [[William J. Mitsch]], environmental science, awarded 2004 Stockholm Water Prize for wetlands research * [[Terry Wilson (scientist)|Terry Jean Wilson]], geologist, Antarctic researcher ==Notable former faculty members== '''Arts and Humanities''' * [[John C. Rule]], Professor of History, 1958–1995 * [[Stephen V. Tracy]], Professor of Greek & Latin, 1971-2002; creator and first director of the [https://epigraphy.osu.edu/ Center for Epigraphic and Paleographic Studies] at [[Ohio State University|The Ohio State University]] Mathematics * [[Thyrsa Frazier Svager]], Professor, 1954-1987, Provost, 1987-1993 ==Presidents of the Ohio State University== {{main article|List of Presidents of Ohio State University}} The first president of Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College is [[Edward Orton, Sr.]] who served from 1829 to 1899. 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 1990-1998 and returning in 2007-2013. [[Michael V. Drake]], former chancellor of the [[University of California, Irvine]], assumed the role of university president on June 30, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2014/06/30/ohio-state-presidents-first-week-to-be-packed-with-meetings.html|title=Ohio State president’s first week to be packed with meetings |publisher=Dispatch.com |date=July 1, 2014 |accessdate=July 6, 2014}}</ref> Drake also serves as the first African American President of the university. ==References== {{Reflist|30em}} [[Category:Ohio State University people| ]] [[Category:Lists of people by university or college in the United States|Ohio State]] [[Category:Lists of people by university or college in Ohio|Ohio State University]]'