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'''Ohio Northern University''' ('''Ohio Northern''' or '''ONU''') is a [[Private university|private]] [[United Methodist Church]]–affiliated university in [[Ada, Ohio]]. Founded by [[Henry Solomon Lehr]] in 1871, ONU is accredited by the [[Higher Learning Commission]]. It offers over 60 programs to choose from across five colleges: arts & sciences, [[James F. Dicke College of Business Administration|business]], engineering, pharmacy, and [[Claude W. Pettit College of Law|law]]. It is one of only four universities in Ohio to have both a pharmacy school and a law school, along with the [[Ohio State University]], [[University of Cincinnati]], and [[University of Toledo]].
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==Notable alumni==
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* [[Anthony A. Alaimo]], [[jurist]]
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* [[Frank T. Bow]], [[jurist]] and [[politician]] who was honored by naming the Frank T. Bow Federal Building in [[Canton, Ohio]].
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* [[James Cloyd Bowman]], a children's book author who received a [[Newbery Honor]] in 1938 for ''Pecos Bill: The Greatest Cowboy of All Time''.
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* [[Benjamin Brafman]], a prominent criminal defense attorney based in New York.<ref>http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/crimelaw/features/1984/</ref><ref>http://content.usatoday.com/community/tags/topic.aspx?req=tag&tag=Benjamin+Brafman</ref>
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* [[William J. Brown (Ohio)|William J. Brown]], former [[Ohio Attorney General]] (1971–1983).<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20080519214041/http://www.ag.state.oh.us/about/past_ags/william_j_brown.asp </ref>
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* [[Anthony J. Celebrezze]], Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare under the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, the 49th Mayor of Cleveland, and a Sixth Circuit Appellate Judge. 
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* [[George Washington Crile]], founder of the Cleveland Clinic and inventor of the system for blood transfusion.
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* [[Robert R. Cupp]], former Ohio Supreme Court Justice.
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* [[Mike DeWine]], a [[politician]] who currently serves as the Governor of [[Ohio]]. Was a [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] from [[Ohio]] between 1995 and 2007,<ref>http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mike_DeWine</ref> and was the [[Ohio Attorney General]] from 2011 to 2019.
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* [[Simeon Davison Fess]], a [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] politician a former president of [[Antioch College]].
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* [[George Getty]], American lawyer, father of industrialist [[J. Paul Getty]] and patriarch of the [[Getty family]].
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* [[John W. Grabiel]], Arkansas Republican gubernatorial nominee in 1922 and 1924; Ohio native, attorney in [[Fayetteville, Arkansas|Fayetteville]], Arkansas, until his death in 1928<ref>http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/dallas-t-dallas-tabor-herndon/centennial-history-of-arkansas-nre/page-100-centennial-history-of-arkansas-nre.shtml</ref>
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* [[Stephanie L. Haines]], United States Federal Judge
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* [[Stacey Hairston]], former Cleveland Browns player.
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* [[Thomas Hutson]], doctor and medical researcher.
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* [[Robert Franklin Jones]], served as Allen County (Ohio) prosecuting attorney, 1935–1939. Elected in 1938 to the [[76th United States Congress|Seventy-sixth]] U.S. Congress, and elected for three subsequent terms to Congress, serving from 1939 to 1947. Appointed commissioner of the [[Federal Communications Commission]], serving from 1947 to 1952.
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* J.E. Keeny, studied music at Ohio Northern. Was president of [[Louisiana Tech University]], 1908-1926<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20101201234813/http://www.lahistory.org/site28.php</ref>
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* [[George E. Killian]], a sports administrator and a president of the [[International University Sports Federation]].
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* [[Cassius Jackson Keyser]], a [[mathematician]].
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* [[Carla F. Kim]], Associate Professor of Genetics at [[Harvard Medical School]] and Principal Investigator at the Stem Cell Program at [[Boston Children's Hospital]]
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* George Lonz, vintner who operated the Lonz Winery on [[Middle Bass Island]], one of the largest wineries following prohibition.<ref>http://www.middlebass2.org/island_history_people_Lonz.shtml</ref>
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* [[Cheryl L. Mason]] — [[Chairman of the Board of Veterans' Appeals]], US Department of Veterans’ Affairs (first woman appointed to the position)
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* [[Clay Mathile]], former owner of [[Iams]] pet food.
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* [[Harry McNeal]], Major League baseball player
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* [[Bill Peterson]], former head football coach at Florida State, Rice University, and with the Houston Oilers.
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* [[Bob Peterson (animator)|Bob Peterson]], story artist, animator and voice actor.
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* [[Tom Reed (politician)|Tom Reed]], United States Congressman from [[New York (state)|New York]]
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* [[Joseph Banks Rhine]], founder of the [[parapsychology]] lab at [[Duke University]]
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* [[Nate Riles]], Retired [[Canadian Football League|CFL]] player
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* [[Jamal Robertson]], Retired NFL football player.
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* [[Ralph L. Ropp]] (Class of 1923), president of Louisiana Tech University from 1949 to 1962
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* [[Baldemar Velasquez]], is president of the [[Farm Labor Organizing Committee]], [[AFL-CIO]].
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* [[Jason Trusnik]], Retired NFL football player. Owner of Pro Sports Performance in Strongsville, OH
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* [[Steve Vagedes]], former [[Arena Football League]] player
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* [[Jim Wilson (Los Angeles)]], city council member, studied pharmacy
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Small Midwestern private university

Ohio Northern University (Ohio Northern or ONU) is a private United Methodist Church–affiliated university in Ada, Ohio. Founded by Henry Solomon Lehr in 1871, ONU is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. It offers over 60 programs to choose from across five colleges: arts & sciences, business, engineering, pharmacy, and law. It is one of only four universities in Ohio to have both a pharmacy school and a law school, along with the Ohio State University, University of Cincinnati, and University of Toledo.

Notable alumni


 

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References

  1. ↑ http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/crimelaw/features/1984/
  2. ↑ http://content.usatoday.com/community/tags/topic.aspx?req=tag&tag=Benjamin+Brafman
  3. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20080519214041/http://www.ag.state.oh.us/about/past_ags/william_j_brown.asp
  4. ↑ http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mike_DeWine
  5. ↑ http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/dallas-t-dallas-tabor-herndon/centennial-history-of-arkansas-nre/page-100-centennial-history-of-arkansas-nre.shtml
  6. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20101201234813/http://www.lahistory.org/site28.php
  7. ↑ http://www.middlebass2.org/island_history_people_Lonz.shtml
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