Alumni

“Rich Swirsky was sworn in as the new Ward 1 member of Akron City Council last month, but he said he began serving constituents before he took the oath of office,” reports the Akron West Side Ledger. The concept of service is just something that’s important to him, Swirsky explained. […]

The Associated Press reported that Ohio University alum James Walter Strobel ’55, former President of Mississippi University for Women, died in a car accident in Florida. Strobel majored in Plant Biology and earned his degree from the College of Arts & Sciences. MUW made the announcement in a news release […]

Before Marie Antoinette’s famous date with the guillotine in 1793, her head was the envy of French society, thanks to hairdresser Leonard Autié. Were those 30-pound elaborate wigs part of the frivolity and follies that would help make her the last queen of France? Leonard Autié is the subject of a […]

By Jennifer Bowie Ohio University alumnus A. Allen Middleman has established a new scholarship to support Geological Sciences students. Middleman, who earned his master’s of science in geology from OHIO in 1976, has committed more than $100,000 to The Ohio University Foundation to create the Travis C. Middleman Scholarship. “I […]

Ohio University alum Sean L. Tolentino ’02M, an environmental specialist with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, has been selected as an Honored Lifetime Member of the Covington Who’s Who Executive and Professional Registry, the Lancaster Eagle Gazette reported Dec. 19. Tolentino earned an M.A. in Political Sciences from the College […]

“A new poll released by FreedomOhio shows dramatic shifts over the past 10 years in Ohioans’ attitudes toward same sex marriage,” reports WOUB’s Tom Hudson on Dec. 20. Ohio University alum Ian James ’89, co-founder of Freedom to Marry Ohio,  earned a B.A. in Political Science from the Ohio University […]

Ohio University alum Dr. Stacia Gordon ’04, who earned a B.S, in Geology from the College of Arts & Sciences, received international accolades for geological research. Patrick Harris, University of Nevada, Reno, reports that Stacia Gordon, an assistant professor at the University of Nevada, Reno, has been selected for a […]