List of Ohio University alumni

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Ohio University is a major public university located in the Midwestern United States in Athens, Ohio, situated on an 1,800-acre (7.3 km2) campus. Founded in 1804,[1][2][3] it is the oldest university in the Northwest Territory and ninth oldest public university in the United States. Ohio University has 210,000 living alumni, of whom approximately 105,000 stay in the state. Many have gone on to achieve success in a variety of fields, including athletics, journalism, and government.[4]

Politicians[]

Alumni Class year Notability References
Pete Abele 1948
(B. A.) 		Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Ohio's 10th congressional district (1963–1965); judge for Ohio Fourth District Court of Appeals (1966–1991) [5]
Ishaya Audu 1968 Minister of External Affairs of Nigeria (1979–1983), Nigerian Ambassador to the United Nations (1979–1983) [6]
Albert David Baumhart, Jr. 1931
(B. A., M. A.) 		Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Ohio's 13th congressional district (1941–1942, 1965–1971); director of the Republican National Committee (1953, 1954) [7]
Tim Bee Republican member of the Arizona State Senate for the 30th District (2001–2009); President of the Arizona State Senate (2007–2009)
Samuel Bigger 1829
(B. A.) 		Whig Party politician and Seventh Governor of Indiana (1840–1843) [8]
Dan Brady (B. A.) Democratic politician and member of the Ohio House of Representatives for the 17th District (1996–1998); member of the Ohio State Senate for the 23rd District (1999–2006)
Eric Brakey 2010
(B.F.A Theater) 		Republican politician and member of the Maine Senate for the 20th District (2014-current)
John Brough Left school early Democratic politician; 26th Governor of Ohio (1864-1865), ran as War Democrat running on fusion ticket with Republican nomination; member of the Ohio House of Representatives representing the Fairfield-Hocking district (1837–1844)
  • Benjamin Butterworth, US Representative[9]
  • John Carey, Ohio Representative[10]
  • Samuel S. Cox, U.S. Representative from Ohio (1857–1865), U.S. Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire (1885–1886) serving under President Grover Cleveland, and U.S. Representative from New York (1886–1889)[11]
  • Frank Cremeans, Ohio State Representative[12]
  • William P. Cutler, Representative from Ohio[13]
  • William H. Enochs, Representative from Ohio[14]
  • Thomas Ewing, member of U.S. Senate from Ohio (1831–1837 and 1850–1851); Secretary of the Treasury (1841) serving under Presidents William Henry Harrison and John Tyler; first Secretary of the Interior (1849–1850) serving under Presidents Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore[15]
  • Lorraine Fende, Representative from Ohio[16]
  • Lucien J. Fenton, Representative from Ohio[17]
  • Israel M. Foster, U.S. Representative from Ohio (1919–1925)[18]
  • Nancy Garland, Representative from Ohio[19]
  • James M. Gaylord, Representative from Ohio[20]
  • Philip Gordon, diplomat[21]
  • Kao Kim Hourn, Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Royal Government of Cambodia and President, University of Cambodia
  • Kamil Idris, Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization
  • Stephen Kappes, former Deputy Director of the CIA
  • Ibrahim Lame, Nigerian politician
  • Paul Leonard, Mayor of Dayton, Ohio and Lieutenant Governor of Ohio
  • Charles S. Lewis, Representative for Virginia[22]
  • Turner M. Marquette, Nebraska politician
  • George Wythe McCook, Ohio Attorney General
  • John W. McCormick, Representative for Ohio[23]
  • William E. McVey, Representative for Illinois
  • Robert Mecklenborg, Ohio Representative
  • Warren Miller, West Virginia Representative[24]
  • George Shiras Jr, Justice of the United States Supreme Court
  • Eliakim H. Moore, Representative from Ohio
  • John Murphy, Texas politician
  • Ken Nnamani, Nigerian senator
  • Don Pease, Ohio State Representative
  • Debbie Phillips, Representative for Ohio
  • Raymond Pryor, Representative from Ohio
  • Edward James Roye, former president of Liberia
  • Robin R. Sanders, Ambassador to Nigeria
  • Joe Schiavoni, Senator for Ohio
  • Wilson Shannon, 14th and 16th Governor of Ohio
  • William Sharon, US Senator for Nevada
  • Joe Sulzer, Mayor of Chillicothe, Ohio
  • George W. Summers, U.S. Representative from Virginia (1841–1845)
  • Lawrence Palmer Taylor, U.S. Ambassador
  • Cydnor B. Tompkins, Representative from Ohio
  • Emmett Tompkins, Representative from Ohio
  • Charles Townsend, Ohio Secretary of State
  • Carey A. Trimble, U.S. Representative from Ohio (1859–1863)
  • George Voinovich, member of U.S. Senate from Ohio (1999–2011); governor of Ohio (1991–1998); mayor of Cleveland, Ohio (1980–1989)
  • David Watson, Australian politician
  • , former state representative from Louisiana
  • Charlie Wilson, US Representative for Ohio's 6th congressional district (2007–2011)
  • Austin Eli Wing, Michigan delegate

Lawyers[]

Alumni Class year Notability References
Joseph Benham 1815 Member of first graduating class in 1815; U.S Attorney for District of Ohio; University of Cincinnati law professor [25]
  • Yvette McGee Brown, first African-American woman justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio
  • David Crane, prosecutor
  • Timothy Sylvester Hogan, Ohio Attorney General
  • Robert E. Holmes, Ohio Supreme Court Justice
  • Thomas A. Jones, Ohio Supreme Court Justice
  • Menis E. Ketchum, West Virginia Supreme Court Justice
  • Chauncey N. Olds, Ohio Attorney General
  • William O'Neill, Ohio jurist
  • Thomas M. Rose, judge
  • Charles Taylor Sherman, lawyer
  • George Shiras, Jr., Justice, United States Supreme Court, 1892–1903
  • Oliver Perry Shiras, judge
  • Ty Votaw, lawyer for the golf industry

Military[]

  • Robert Arter, US Army Lieutenant General
  • Gene Boyer, former White House helicopter pilot
  • Edward Lyon Buchwalter, Union Civil War captain
  • Paul K. Carlton, US Air Force general
  • Charles Champion Gilbert, Union officer during the American Civil War
  • Frank Goettge, US Marine Corps commander killed in World War II
  • Richard Griffith, brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War
  • Thomas O. Osborn, Union Civil War commander
  • Abner Read, Union Navy officer during the American Civil War
  • Severin Louis Rombach, awarded the Navy Cross
  • William Sooy Smith, Union General during the American Civil War
  • Lawrence S. Thomas, III, National Guard general
  • Lloyd Thomas, naval aviator and recipient of the Navy Cross
  • ,Aviator Combat Commander B Troop 2/17th Cavalry]

Religious leaders[]

  • Edward Raymond Ames, Bishop
  • Judy Cannato, Catholic author
  • Thomas K. Chadwick, Chaplain of the U.S. Coast Guard
  • Earl Cranston, pastor; later became a trustee
  • Joel Hunter, pastor
  • David Hastings Moore, pastor and military commander
  • Alex Haas, pastor

Journalists[]

  • Wesley Lowery, reporter for The Washington Post
  • Ruth-Marion Baruch, photojournalist
  • Jessica Beinecke, Voice of America
  • Thom Brennaman, Cincinnati Reds announcer, FOX Sports
  • Karen T. Borchers, photojournalist
  • Walter Brasch, social issues journalist
  • , News Anchor for WCMH-TV
  • Howie Chizek, public address announcer, radio talk show host
  • A. Craig Copetas, writer, Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg News
  • Laurie David, activist and writer for The Huffington Post
  • Michel du Cille, Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist
  • Paul Fusco, photojournalist
  • Marty Griffin, investigative journalist
  • Lauren Kelsey Hall, journalist and 2004 Miss Ohio USA
  • Leon Harris, news anchor, CNN and WJLA
  • Donal Henahan, Pulitzer Prize-winning critic
  • Adam Hochberg, radio correspondent – NPR
  • Chris Hondros, Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist
  • John Kaplan, Pulitzer Prize–winning photo-journalist, Life Magazine
  • Peter King, head NFL writer for Sports Illustrated
  • June Kronholz, former Wall Street Journal reporter
  • Allie LaForce, Miss Teen USA, broadcast journalist
  • Bob Lamey, sportscaster
  • Dwight Lauderdale, TV anchor
  • Matt Lauer, journalist known for hosting the Today.
  • Joe Mahr, investigative journalist
  • Jay Mariotti, sports columnist and TV personality, ESPN
  • Frank Marzullo, meteorologist for WXIX
  • Dan McDowell, host on Sportsradio 1310/96.7 The Ticket in Dallas, Texas
  • Clarence Page, Pulitzer prize-winning Chicago Tribune columnist
  • I. C. Rapoport, photojournalist
  • Martha Rial, photojournalist
  • Will Richardson, blogger
  • Clemencia Rodriguez, communications scholar
  • Cornelius Ryan (honorary), journalist
  • Martin Savidge, former NBC and CNN anchor
  • Charles Scripps (honorary), grandson of E. W. Scripps
  • Vernon Sykes, Ohio Representative
  • Mark Tatge, Forbes magazine editor
  • Brian Unger, actor and commentator
  • Carr Van Anda, managing editor of The New York Times

Educators, researchers, scientists[]

  • Andrew Alford (honorary), inventor
  • Pat Arrowsmith, author and activist
  • Christopher Bassford, military historian
  • Monroe Berkowitz, professor of economics
  • Robert Biscup, orthopedic surgeon
  • John Bardo, educator, President of Wichita State University, Chancellor of Western Carolina University.
  • William C. Byham, psychologist
  • Joseph Carter Corbin, educator
  • Deborah Duchon, anthropologist and educator
  • Wanda Kirkbride Farr, botanist
  • Kevin Finnegan, educator and 2016 Golden Apple Foundation Puri Family Outstanding Principal of the Year and 2017 Those Who Excel Illinois Excellence in Administration winner
  • John Freshwater, educator
  • Emma Gamboa Alvarado, educator
  • William Nicholas Hailmann, educator
  • Deanna Hammond, linguist
  • Mujaddid Ahmad Ijaz, experimental physicist
  • E. Elizabeth Johnson, New Testament Scholar
  • Michael Krasny, talk show host
  • Frank Kusch, historian
  • , geographer
  • , History Professor, OSU.
  • W. Timothy Liu, meteorologist
  • John L. Locke, biolinguist
  • Alan MacEachren, geographer
  • Harold M. Manasevit, materials scientist
  • Roderick J. McDavis, OU president
  • Jody Miller, criminologist
  • Jerri Nielsen, Antarctic physician
  • Donald Edward Osterbrock (honorary), astronomer
  • Greg Panos, writer, educator and futurist
  • Irwin G. Priest, physicist
  • Robert J. Wood, US astronaut
  • David Rall (honorary), cancer specialist
  • Sir Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, structural biologist, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry (2009), President of the Royal Society (2015- )
  • Harold E. Robinson, botanist
  • John A. Roush, president of Centre College
  • William Henry Scott, seventh president of Ohio University (1872–1883); third president of the Ohio State University (1883–1895)
  • David J. Skal, cultural historian
  • William Starling Sullivant, bryologist
  • Leo Suryadinata, sinologist
  • Marie Tharp, geologist
  • Huynh Sanh Thong, translator
  • Warren Throckmorton, professor
  • John Vandenbergh, zoology professor
  • Hans-Ulrich Wehler, historian
  • Jonathan Reed Winkler, professor of history

Entertainers and artists[]

  • Abyss, professional wrestler
  • Jamie Alcroft, comedian and voice actor
  • Nujoom AlGhanem, poet and film director
  • Ed Allen, novelist
  • Krista Allen, actress
  • Richard Dean Anderson, actor, MacGyver
  • Alison Aune, artist
  • Alfred Bartles, composer and musician
  • Ruth-Marion Baruch, photographer
  • Cary Bates, comic book writer, DC Comics' The Flash
  • Dustin Bates, singer, Starset
  • Kathleen Battle (honorary), soprano
  • Walter Benton, poet and writer
  • Jill Bialosky, poet and novelist
  • Joe Bonomo essayist and music writer
  • Michael Buckley, author
  • Brandy Burre, actress
  • Beth Campbell, artist
  • Nancy Cartwright, voice of Bart and several other characters on The Simpsons
  • E.E. Charlton-Trujillo, filmmaker and novelist
  • Howie Chizek, WNIR radio host
  • Eric Coble, playwright
  • David Collins, television producer
  • Chuck Cooper, Tony Award-winning actor
  • Cleo Coyle, author
  • Bill Cratty, dancer
  • Frank Crumit, singer, composer, and vaudeville star; did not graduate
  • James Dalessandro, author
  • Bernadette Sanou Dao, author
  • Stan Denski, writer and critic
  • Jim Dine, pop artist
  • Joe Dolce, singer-songwriter, poet, and essayist
  • Thomas F. Duffy, actor and musician
  • Jonathan Edwards, folk artist, singer and songwriter
  • Joe Eszterhas, screenwriter, author
  • Jonathan Freeman, actor
  • Nancy Galbraith, composer
  • John Gallaher, poet
  • Matthew Glave, film and television actor
  • Patricia Goedicke, poet
  • Peter Allen Golden, author and historian
  • Shari Goldhagen, fiction author
  • David Hansen, actor
  • Karen Harper, bestselling author
  • Patti Harrison, actress and comedian
  • William Heyen, poet and literary critic
  • Sarah Hider, Miss Ohio 2015
  • Jenny Holzer, conceptual artist
  • David Hostetler, sculptor; later taught at OU
  • Brooke Hyland, dancer, star of reality show Dance Moms.
  • Ronald Jones, artist and critic
  • Charlotte Kasl, psychologist and author
  • Sammy Kaye, celebrated bandleader
  • Carol Kendall, children's author
  • Garry Kennedy, conceptual artist
  • Katrina Kittle, author
  • Edward Lachman, Academy Award-nominated cinematographer
  • Ray Lawrence, record producer
  • Chihchun Chi-sun Lee, composer
  • John Lefelhocz, conceptual artist
  • Herman Leonard portrait photographer
  • Don Lundstrom, sculptor
  • Mike Major, artist and sculptor
  • Dave Malloy, musical theater composer
  • Jimmy Malone WMJI radio host, stand-up comedian
  • John Martin (honorary), dance critic
  • Keith McDermott, actor and writer
  • Scott McPherson, playwright
  • Paul Miller, director
  • Mary Murphy, accredited dance judge; judge and choreographer on the Fox dance competition-reality show So You Think You Can Dance
  • Amy Newman, poet
  • Paul Newman, actor, philanthropist, auto race driver (did not graduate)
  • Luke Null, comedian
  • Ed O'Neill, actor
  • Scott Owens, poet
  • Piper Perabo, actress
  • Stu Pflaum, Grammy-nominated music publisher
  • Susan Elizabeth Phillips, romance novel writer
  • Anthony Piccione, poet
  • Gloria Plevin, artist
  • Stanley Plumly, poet
  • Meredith Post, designer
  • Eugenia Price, historical author
  • Imad Rahman, writer
  • Bin Ramke, poet
  • Red Wanting Blue, band led by Scott Terry
  • Tony Rizzo, radio host on ESPN Cleveland, WKNR
  • Todd Rohal, filmmaker
  • John Sant'Ambrogio, cellist
  • Jill Santoriello, author and composer
  • Frank Sargeant, author
  • Laurie Lea Schaefer, Miss America 1972
  • Dennis Shere, author
  • Sxip Shirey, composer/musician
  • David Smith, sculptor
  • Chuck Stewart, jazz photographer
  • Walter Tevis, novelist, author of The Hustler, The Color of Money, The Man Who Fell to Earth
  • Betty Thomas, actress
  • Amy Toscani, sculptor
  • David True, painter (BFA in 1966 and MFA in 1967)[26]
  • William Henry Venable, author and educator
  • Valerie Waugaman, IFBB professional
  • Roger Welch, artist[27]
  • Randall Winston, TV producer
  • Kō Yamada, photographer
  • Jane Corner Young, composer
  • Maya Lin, artist
  • Ronny Yu, director
  • Tobin Sprout, Musician and previous member of indie rock band Guided by Voices
  • , TikTok Star "Tonesterpaints"

Professional athletes, coaches, and administrators[]

Business leaders[]

  • Roger Ailes, former President, Fox News
  • Richard H. Brown, BSC ’69 and HON ’96, former chairman and CEO, Electronic Data Systems
  • William C. Byham, BS ’58, MS ’60, author of Zapp! The Lightning of Empowerment
  • Daniel Carp, CEO of Eastman Kodak Company
  • Franklin R. Carpenter, mining specialist
  • Michael C. Finnegan, investment banker
  • Stephen H. Fuller, professor at the Harvard Business School and vice president of General Motors, founding president of the Asian Institute of Management.[29]
  • John W. Galbreath, contractor
  • Keith Houk, CEO of PSA Airways
  • Matthew Rubel, CEO of Payless ShoeSource
  • Nelson Story, entrepreneur
  • Ty M. Votaw, commissioner of LPGA
  • Robert D. Walter, BSME '67 and HON '97, chief executive officer, Cardinal Health
  • Charles Xiaolin Wang, financier and entrepreneur
  • Ahmad Nizam Salleh - Chairman of Petronas

References[]

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