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 Ohio Northern University  (University)   | |
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| Formation | 1871 |
| Founder | Henry Solomon Lehr |
| Headquarters | Ohio |
| 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
- Anthony A. Alaimo, jurist
- Frank T. Bow, jurist and politician who was honored by naming the Frank T. Bow Federal Building in Canton, Ohio.
- James Cloyd Bowman, a children's book author who received a Newbery Honor in 1938 for Pecos Bill: The Greatest Cowboy of All Time.
- Benjamin Brafman, a prominent criminal defense attorney based in New York.[1][2]
- William J. Brown, former Ohio Attorney General (1971–1983).[3]
- 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.
- George Washington Crile, founder of the Cleveland Clinic and inventor of the system for blood transfusion.
- Robert R. Cupp, former Ohio Supreme Court Justice.
- Mike DeWine, a politician who currently serves as the Governor of Ohio. Served as a U.S. Senator from Ohio between 1995 and 2007,[4] and was the Ohio Attorney General from 2011 to 2019.
- Simeon Davison Fess, a Republican politician a former president of Antioch College.
- George Getty, American lawyer, father of industrialist J. Paul Getty and patriarch of the Getty family.
- John W. Grabiel, Arkansas Republican gubernatorial nominee in 1922 and 1924; Ohio native, attorney in Fayetteville, Arkansas, until his death in 1928[5]
- Stephanie L. Haines, United States Federal Judge
- Stacey Hairston, former Cleveland Browns player.
- Thomas Hutson, doctor and medical researcher.
- Robert Franklin Jones, served as Allen County (Ohio) prosecuting attorney, 1935–1939. Elected in 1938 to the 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.
- J.E. Keeny, studied music at Ohio Northern. Served as president of Louisiana Tech University, 1908-1926[6]
- George E. Killian, a sports administrator and a president of the International University Sports Federation.
- Cassius Jackson Keyser, a mathematician.
- Carla F. Kim, Associate Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School and Principal Investigator at the Stem Cell Program at Boston Children's Hospital
- George Lonz, vintner who operated the Lonz Winery on Middle Bass Island, one of the largest wineries following prohibition.[7]
- Cheryl L. Mason — Chairman of the Board of Veterans' Appeals, US Department of Veterans’ Affairs (first woman appointed to the position)
- Clay Mathile, former owner of Iams pet food.
- Harry McNeal, Major League baseball player
- Bill Peterson, former head football coach at Florida State, Rice University, and with the Houston Oilers.
- Bob Peterson, story artist, animator and voice actor.
- Tom Reed, United States Congressman from New York
- Joseph Banks Rhine, founder of the parapsychology lab at Duke University
- Nate Riles, Retired CFL player
- Jamal Robertson, Retired NFL football player.
- Ralph L. Ropp (Class of 1923), president of Louisiana Tech University from 1949 to 1962
- Baldemar Velasquez, is president of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee, AFL-CIO.
- Jason Trusnik, Retired NFL football player. Owner of Pro Sports Performance in Strongsville, OH
- Steve Vagedes, former Arena Football League player
- Jim Wilson (Los Angeles), city council member, studied pharmacy
An Alumnus on Wikispooks
| Person | Born | Summary | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mike DeWine | 5 January 1947 | Lawyer Deep state operative | In 2006, Sibel Edmonds named Mike DeWine as one of her "Dirty Dozen" |
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References
- ↑ http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/crimelaw/features/1984/
- ↑ http://content.usatoday.com/community/tags/topic.aspx?req=tag&tag=Benjamin+Brafman
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20080519214041/http://www.ag.state.oh.us/about/past_ags/william_j_brown.asp
- ↑ http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mike_DeWine
- ↑ http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/dallas-t-dallas-tabor-herndon/centennial-history-of-arkansas-nre/page-100-centennial-history-of-arkansas-nre.shtml
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20101201234813/http://www.lahistory.org/site28.php
- ↑ http://www.middlebass2.org/island_history_people_Lonz.shtml
