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24 notable alumni U.S. News #208

Notable Alumni of Ohio Northern University

Notable alumni of Ohio Northern University include Mike DeWine (Governor of Ohio and former US senator), Bob Peterson (Pixar animator, screenwriter, director and voice actor) and Joseph Banks Rhine (Founder of parapsychology and Duke's parapsychology lab).

Alumni list

Politics and law

Business

  • Benjamin Franklin Fairless 1890–1962

    Steel executive and president of U.S. Steel

Science and academia

  • Joseph Banks Rhine 1895–1980

    Founder of parapsychology and Duke's parapsychology lab

    Also attended: College of Wooster

  • George Washington Crile 1864–1943

    Surgeon and co-founder of Cleveland Clinic

    Also attended: Case Western Reserve University

  • Cassius Jackson Keyser 1862–1947

    Mathematician with pronounced philosophical inclinations

    Attended until 1883

    Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York

  • Benjamin Finkel 1865–1947

    Mathematician, founder of American Mathematical Monthly

    Attended until 1884

    Also attended: University of Pennsylvania

  • Walter Curran Mendenhall 1871–1957

    Fifth director of the US Geological Survey

  • Karl B. McEachron 1889–1954

    Electrical engineer in high-voltage engineering

    Also attended: Purdue University-Main Campus

Arts and media

  • Bob Peterson 1961–

    Pixar animator, screenwriter, director and voice actor

    Also attended: Purdue University-Main Campus

  • James C. Holland 1853–1919

    Architect in Kansas

Sports

  • George Killian 1924–2017

    Former president of FISU and FIBA

    Also attended: University at Buffalo

  • Jason Trusnik 1984–

    Former NFL linebacker

  • Jamal Robertson 1977–

    Former NFL and CFL running back

  • Buck Rodgers 1938–

    Former MLB catcher, coach and manager

    Also attended: Ohio Wesleyan University

  • C. V. Money 1901–1977

    College football, basketball, and baseball coach

Other fields

  • Jesse E. Moorland 1863–1940

    Minister, civic leader and book collector

    Also attended: Howard University

  • George Rappleyea 1894–1966

    Engineer and architect of the Scopes trial

From Wikidata “educated at” records (including people who attended without graduating), ordered by the number of Wikipedia language editions. Degrees and years follow Wikidata and are left out where it has none.

Alumni network

Colleges that share the most alumni with Ohio Northern University (people who attended both).