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23 unusual facts about Ohio State University


Andrew McIntosh, Baron McIntosh of Haringey

McIntosh was educated at Haberdasher Aske's Hampstead School, the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe, Jesus College, Oxford and Ohio State University.

Arthur G. James

He attended Ohio State University (OSU), eventually earning three degrees: a bachelor’s in 1934, a master’s in surgery and a medical degree, both in 1937.

Center for Interdisciplinary Law and Policy Studies

The Center for Interdisciplinary Law and Policy Studies (CILPS) at the Ohio State University's Moritz College of Law is committed to the promotion of interdisciplinary research, teaching, and public outreach designed to shed light on the nature and operation of law and legal institutions, as well as the impacts of law on society and culture.

Clara D. Bloomfield

Dr. Bloomfield is married to Dr. Albert de la Chapelle, a geneticist and professor in the Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology and Medical Genetics at The Ohio State University and discoverer of XX male syndrome.

Columbus State

Ohio State University, a state university in Columbus, Ohio is sometimes referred to as "Columbus State"

Dan Ramos

A lifetime Lorain resident and graduate of Lorain Admiral King High School, Ramos went on to study political science at the Ohio State University.

Dorothy Sloop

This song is now the official rock song of the U.S. state of Ohio, and it is performed often by the marching band of The Ohio State University and at Progressive Field where the professional baseball team the Cleveland Indians play.

Eleanor Jorden

Jorden taught Japanese at many educational institutions, including Cornell University, Bryn Mawr College, Johns Hopkins University, Williams College, the University of Hawaii, International Christian University in Tokyo and Ohio State University.

Frank Crumit

After briefly attending an Indiana military academy, he entered Ohio University and later Ohio State University.

Henry Thew Stevenson

He attended Woodward High School before gaining degrees from Ohio State University, Harvard University.

Interactive C

Interactive C is used by The Ohio State University to program MIT Handy Boards in its Fundamentals of Engineering for Honors Program.

Jim Koplik

Born in New Rochelle, New York, Koplik launched his career in the late 1960s when he was a student at Ohio State University and promoted a show for the band Steppenwolf.

Mershon Center for International Security Studies

The Mershon Center is an academic think tank at the Ohio State University in the United States.

Mobius project

Mobius was created by Shannon Hastings, Stephen Langella, and Scott Oster, all of whom were computer science researchers at The Ohio State University.

Ohio State University, Marion Campus

Ohio State Marion athletes compete against other colleges in Ohio and the surrounding states, such as Clark State Community College, the University of Akron's regional campus Wayne College, the Kent State University regional campuses, the University of Findlay, and OSU sister campuses in Lima, Mansfield, and Newark.

Renaldo Rapheal Christians

After graduating from the Worthington Christian High School he studied philosophy at the Ohio State University.

Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital

The Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital is part of the Wexner Medical Center, which dates back to 1834.

The Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital is located at The Ohio State University in Columbus,Ohio.

Stephen Slesnick

A lifelong resident of Canton, after graduating from Ohio State University Slesnick became Slesnick Iron & Metal Company's vice president.

The Stadium Scholarship Program

In exchange for a break on rent, the young men did all the chores in the no-frills dorm, except cooking, while they attended classes at the Ohio State University.

The Towers

The Towers (Ohio State), twin towers used a dormitories on the main campus of The Ohio State University

Wexner Medical Center at Ohio State University

The Ohio State University College of Medicine is the medical school at The Ohio State University and is located in Columbus.

The Wexner Medical Center at Ohio State University, formerly called The Ohio State University Medical Center (OSUMC) Citation needed—this statement is inconsistent with the medical center's website, is a multidisciplinary academic medical center located in Columbus, Ohio, United States, on the main campus of The Ohio State University (OSU).


1950 Rose Bowl

The 1950 Rose Bowl was a college football bowl game played between Ohio State University and University of California at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.

Arnold Kanter

He has served on the faculty of both Ohio State University and the University of Michigan and also worked for several years in the 1980s at the RAND Corporation.

Bantu Mwaura

Bantu undertook his PhD in Performance Studies at the New York University and also had a Masters degree in Theatre Studies from Leeds University (UK) and another Masters in African-American and African Studies from the Ohio State University (US).

Blaine Wilson

Wilson competed in college for Ohio State University, where he was coached by 1976 bronze-medal winner Peter Kormann.

Bradie James

He was the sixth middle/inside linebacker taken, behind Nick Barnett of Oregon State, Kawika Mitchell of South Florida, Gerald Hayes of Pittsburgh, Cie Grant of Ohio State, and Angelo Crowell of Virginia.

Bromwich Terrace

It was named after David H. Bromwich of the Polar Meteorology Group, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State University, who carried out climatological investigations of Antarctica for over 20 years beginning about 1978.

Carl Pelini

Pelini then spent two years out of coaching while finishing his third degree, a Master's in Education, from Ohio State University in 1993, and then promptly returned to the coaching ranks as the Defensive Coordinator for Blue Valley High School in Overland Park, Kansas for the 1993 and 1994 seasons.

D'Angelo Bluff

The bluff was visited on December 5, 1962 by a geological party of the Ohio State University Institute of Polar Studies, led by George Doumani, and was named by him for CWO John D'Angelo, US Army, a helicopter pilot who landed the party on this bluff.

Dan Amstutz

Pennsylvania was home during his early years and in 1946 the family moved to Columbus, Ohio, where Dan graduated from Columbus North High School in 1950 and the Ohio State University in 1954.

Dave Albritton

Both were born in Alabama, Albritton in Danville and Owens in nearby Oakville; both attended East Technical High School in Cleveland, Ohio; both attended the Ohio State University; both were members of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity; both competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Elsie Janis

Janis maintained her private home, ElJan, on the east side of High Street in Columbus, Ohio, across the street from what was Ohio State University's "Ohio Field", the precursor to Ohio Stadium.

Erwin Kreyszig

Prior to joining Carleton University in 1984, he held positions at Stanford University (1954/55), the University of Ottawa (1955/56), Ohio State University (1956–60, professor 1957) and he completed his habilitation at the University of Mainz.

Fates of Nations

The Fates of Nations: A Biological Theory of History is a 1980 book by Paul Colinvaux, professor of ecology at Ohio State University.

George Cheroke

Cheroke grew up in Ohio and attended Ohio State University, where he was a standout on the school's football team as a sophomore in 1941 under head coach Paul Brown.

Grant Devine

Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, he received a B.Sc. in Agriculture degree specializing in Agricultural Economics in 1967 from the University of Saskatchewan, an M.Sc. specializing in Agricultural Economics in 1969 from the University of Alberta, an M.B.A. from the University of Alberta in 1970, and a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from Ohio State University in 1976.

J. Garber Drushal

Born in Lost Creek, Kentucky, Drushal obtained his B.A. degree from Ashland College now known as Ashland University and his Ph. D. in Speech from The Ohio State University.

Jimenez Lai

Lai previously held the LeFevre Fellowship at the Knowlton School of Architecture at the Ohio State University in 2007 and the Howarth-Wright Fellowship at Taliesin (studio)/Taliesin West.

John Mueller

He currently is the Woody Hayes Chair of National Security Studies at the Mershon Center for International Security Studies and a professor of both political science and dance at The Ohio State University.

Joseph Dellapenna

He has also held senior Fulbright lectureships at National Chengchi University in the Republic of China (Taiwan) (1978–79) and at Jilin University in the People’s Republic of China (1987–88), and was a Fulbright senior researcher with the Directory General of Natural Resources of the Republic of Portugal (1990), as well as visiting professor at Detroit College of Law, Widener University, and the Ohio State University.

Joseph Wu

He served as a teacher and research assistant in the political science department of Ohio State University in the United States, and as deputy director of the Institute of International Relations of National Chengchi University in Taiwan.

JumpTV

Among them are the Arena Football League, the University of Colorado, Arkansas State University and Ohio State University.

Justus F. Lehmann

After 2 years as assistant professor and associate director of PM&R at Ohio State University, he was recruited to the University of Washington in 1957 to be professor and the founding chair of the Department of PM&R there.

Laurence H. Snyder

Snyder taught at four academic institutions, all state universities: North Carolina State College (1924-1930) as professor of biology, Ohio State University (1930-1947) as professor of genetics and later chairman of the Department of Zoology and Entomology, the University of Oklahoma (1947-1958) as Dean of the graduate college and professor of medicine, and the University of Hawaii (1958-1963) as President and later professor and professor emeritus.

Marty Golubitsky

Martin Golubitsky is an American Distinguished professor of mathematics at Ohio State University and Mathematical Biosciences Institute director.

Miracle Recreation Equipment Company

Orders came in from other large schools such as the University of Michigan and Ohio State.

Mosley-Thompson Cirques

They were named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1994 after glaciologist Ellen Stone Mosley-Thompson of the Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State University, who for many years from 1974 onwards analyzed ice samples from Antarctica and conducted field research at the South Pole, at Siple Station, and at Plateau Remote Camp.

Mount Askin

Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Rosemary A. Askin, geologist, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State University, who, 1970–2000, worked in such diverse parts of Antarctica as Antarctic Peninsula, South Shetland Islands, Victoria Land and the Transantarctic Mountains, including the general vicinity of this mountain.

Nancilea Foster

Foster also came from a sporting family, where her sister Holly Jo was a successful Big Ten diver at Ohio State University, and her father Olen Underwood, a retired state administrative judge, played for the New York Giants, Houston Oilers, and Denver Broncos in the National Football League (NFL).

OpenFabrics Alliance

Consulting members include the Ethernet Alliance, the InfiniBand Trade Association, Lamprey Networks, Ohio State University, and the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory.

Padmore Enyonam Agbemabiese

Dr. Padmore Enyonam Agbemabiese (born 1965, Abor, Volta Region, Ghana) is a Ghanaian poet and scholar currently lecturing in the Department of African American and African Studies at Ohio State University.

Pamela Shoemaker

She was previously the director of the School of Journalism at Ohio State University and earlier was on the faculty of the Department of Journalism at The University of Texas at Austin.

PAST Foundation

The adult field schools have partnered with the Ohio State University, California State Parks, the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Oklahoma Historical Society, Indiana University, and East Carolina University providing participants with rigorous field experience and the partners with published reports and searchable databases.

Tom Nyuma

He was a member of the Kissi ethnic group and an alum of Ohio State Universitytitle=Assassination Attempt on APC Presidential Candidate Ernest Koroma....

William J. Mitsch

Before October 2012 he was Distinguished Professor of Environment and Natural Resources at The Ohio State University and Director of the University’s Wilma H. Schiermeier Olentangy River Wetland Research Park.

2. creation of the Olentangy River Wetland Research Park, a unique 20-hectare (50-acre) wetland research laboratory and now Ramsar Wetland of International Importance at The Ohio State University,