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Revision as of 04:27, 24 September 2003
The Ohio State University is one of the largest state universities in the United States, consisting of the main campus in Columbus, Ohio, and branch campuses located in Lima, Mansfield, Marion, and Newark. The university was founded in 1870 following its establishment under Abraham Lincoln's Land-Grant Act.
The Columbus campus is currently the second largest single campus in the USA, after The University of Texas at Austin; in 2002 there were 48,477 students enrolled at the the Columbus campus. The university is noted especially for its linguistics department and colleges of business, education, and engineering. The medical school is home to the James Cancer Hospital, a leading cancer research institute. The university also holds the honor of being the best public university in the state of Ohio as compiled by the U.S. News and World Report magazine in their annual college rankings special issue.
The school's sports teams are called the "Buckeyes" (after the state tree, the Buckeye), and participate in the NCAA's Division I-A and the Big Ten Conference. Their football team won the 2002 college football national championship at the 2003 Fiesta Bowl.
Notable Ph.D.s of Ohio State University
Other Famous Ohio State University Alumni
- Milton Caniff, cartoonist
- William Fowler, Nobel Laureate
- Eddie George, Heisman award winner, NFL football player
- Archie Griffin, only two-time Heisman award winner
- John Havlicek, NBA basketball star
- Kirk Herbstreit, ESPN sports analyst
- Woody Hayes, legendary college football coach
- Patricia Heaton, actress on Everybody Loves Raymond
- Clark Kellogg, basketball star, TV sports analyst
- Bobby Knight, basketball coach
- Richard Lewis, comedian, actor, writer
- Jerry Lucas, NBA basketball star
- Jack Nicklaus, greatest golfer of all-time
- Jesse Owens, Olympic gold medalist in 1936
- R. L. Stine, children's author
- James Thurber, author
- Leslie Wexner, CEO of The Limited corporation
- Dwight Yoakam, country musician