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13 unusual facts about Miami University


Ayad Rahim

:• Adeed Dawisha – native of Iraq and professor of political science at Miami University discussed the identity of Iraq, its status and chances for survival.

Bergen Evans

He received a bachelor of arts degree in 1924 from Miami University.

Bryn Chapman

Chapman completed her undergraduate degree in Vocal Performance at the Jacobs School of Music in Bloomington, Indiana, and continued on to pursue a masters degree at Miami University in Ohio.

Cathy J. Cohen

She received her BA from Miami University; Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 1993 and began her academic career at Yale University where she received tenure.

Dave Strasser

His father was an all-state sprinter and football player who was recruited by Miami University and other NCAA Division I schools.

Dele Jegede

He taught at Spelman College, Atlanta as Visiting Fulbright Scholar (1987-1988), when he curated the exhibition, Art By Metamorphosis. He was Professor and Chair of the Department of Art (2005-2010) and Professor of Art (since 2010) at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.

Gerard Toal

His current book is Bosnia Remade: Ethnic Cleansing and Its Reversal, co-authored with Dr Carl Dahlman (Professor of Geography at Miami University in Ohio).

James Reiss

He is Emeritus Professor of English and Founding Editor of Miami University Press at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, where his students, among others, were Rita Dove and Adrienne Miller.

John E. Dolibois

He graduated from Miami University and served in the United States Army during World War II where he was an interrogator during the Nuremberg Trials and became acquainted with many of the most significant Nazi war criminals.

Libre Clothing

The four co-founders were all students at the Page Center for Entrepreneurship at Miami University when they started the business.

Marilyn Gaston

Despite being both poor and black in her time, she followed her dream of becoming a doctor and, after studying zoology at Miami University, and eventually went on to study at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in 1960.

R. C. Johnson

Prior to that, he was Athletic Director for the RedHawks of Miami University, after serving as AD at Eastern Illinois University.

The New Aesthetics

Alan Pocaro's formal involvement in the New Aesthetics as a movement began in 2010 through correspondence with Paraskos and was cemented through a joint teaching session Paraskos and Pocaro held in early 2011, via internet video link, of students at Miami University.


24524 Kevinhawkins

Hawkins attended GlenOak High School in Canton, Ohio and currently attends Miami University in Oxford, OH majoring in Zoology and Latin American Studies.

American Journal of Business

It is currently sponsored by 10 universities accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, including Ball State University, Bowling Green State University, Central Michigan University, Cleveland State University, Miami University, Northern Illinois University, Ohio University, the University of Toledo, the University of Akron, and Western Michigan University.

Chester J. Roberts

During this time Roberts served as head football coach at Bethany College in Bethany, West Virginia (1914), Miami University in Oxford, Ohio (1915), and Platteville Normal College, now the University of Wisconsin–Platteville (1917), compiling a career college football record of 11–10.

Chicago Maroons

The tune was adapted from Miami University's "Marching Song" written in 1908 by Raymond H. Burke, a University of Chicago graduate who joined Miami's faculty in 1906.

Conrad Dobler

Champion golfer and philanthropist Phil Mickelson heard of the Dobler family situation on ESPN and volunteered to pay for Holli and Stephen's college education at Miami University in Ohio and the University of Kansas in Lawrence, respectively.

George Rider

He is a charter member of Miami University's Hall of Fame along with coaching legends including Walter Alston, Earl Blaik, Paul Brown, Weeb Ewbank, Ara Parseghian and John Pont.

Joe Galat

After a tour as an assistant coach in the NCAA at Yale University, Miami University, University of Kentucky and for the NFL’s New York Giants and Houston Oilers, the Painesville native was hired as Head Coach and General Manager of the Montreal Alouettes in the Canadian Football League by then owner George Allen.

Marshall University

Marshall's biggest rivalries, out of conference, are with Ohio University, Miami University and West Virginia University, while East Carolina University and University of Central Florida have been the biggest rivals in Conference USA.

Michael Grepp

Upon graduating from Solon High School he went on to study Architecture at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, eventually pursuing music alongside such notable acts as Kate Voegele, Powerspace, and Look Afraid.

Mike Mallory

Mallory is the son of Bill Mallory, who has served as the head football coach at Miami University, the University of Colorado at Boulder, Northern Illinois University, and Indiana University.

Nelly Drell

She studied at Miami University from 2000 to 2001 where she received her bachelor’s degree and from 2001 to 2003 at the New York Academy of Art where she gained a master’s degree in painting.

Scott Sauerbeck

After attending Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, Sauerbeck was drafted by the New York Mets in the 23rd round of the 1994 amateur draft.

Tom Dandelet

From 1931 to 1934, Dandelet coached at Marshall, where he compiled an 18–16–2 record despite being underfunded and out-manned often in the Buckeye Conference, which included the University of Cincinnati, Ohio University, the University of Dayton, Miami University and Ohio Wesleyan University.

West College Corner, Indiana

It owes its name to the Ohio town, which was in the northwestern corner of the "College Township", the survey township designated by the Ohio General Assembly as the site of the state college that became Miami University.