Notable alumni
Berenice Abbott, photographer (briefly) George Wesley Bellows, painter (1905 (attended but did non graduate) Jack Buck, longtime voice of the St. Louis Cardinals, NFL football announcer journalist Thomas Carper, United States Senator (1968) Milton Caniff, cartoonist (1930) Maurice Clarett, controversial college football player world health organization sued a NFL challenging its age restrctions (attended but did non graduate) Dan Crippen, former Director of the Congressional Budget Office Chester Crocker, Diplomat Former Undersecretary of State for African Affairs; author of United Nations' Namibian Peace Project; Nobel Peace Prize nominee Charles Csuri, Artist influential artist & scholar; considered a father of computer graphics Nancy Currie, astronaut (1980) Jeffrey Dahmer, serial killer (attended but did non graduate) Vince Doria, VP of ESPN and director of SportsCenter (1970) Harlan Ellison, Science fiction writer (attended but did non graduate) Max M. Fisher, Philanthopist noted businessman and philanthopist; funded the Fisher School of Business at Ohio State Judah Folkman, Scientist Harvard medical researcher; noted cancer researcher William Fowler, Nobel Prize Laureate Joey Galloway, NFL wide receiver Eddie George, Heisman Trophy winner, NFL football player Terry Glenn, National Football League wide receiver Archie Griffin, only 2-period Heisman Trophy winner, current president of The Ohio State University Alumni Association John Havlicek, NBA basketball star, Basketball Hall of Famer Woody Hayes, Ohio State football coach and pedagog, M.The. Eileen Heckart, actress (1942) Kirk Herbstreit, ESPN sports analyst and previous OSU quarterback Patricia Heaton, actress on Everybody Loves Raymond Charles F. Hockett, linguist Les Horvath, Heisman Trophy winner (1943) Velina Hasu Houston, playwright David A. Huffman, computer scientist (1944) Paul F. Iams, founder of [http://www.iams.com/ The Iams Company] Donald Kagan, classical scholar (Ph.D., 1958) Melina Kanakaredes, actress, star of Providence and CSI: NY (attended but did non graduate) Clark Kellogg, basketball star, TV sports analyst Charles Kettering, electrical engineer, invented electric starter for automobiles W.M. Kiplinger, among first two journalism graduates and founder of Kiplinger's George Monnett Kling (aka Saxon Kling) Broadway actor, playwright & member of the Wa Square Players. Maurice Koblentz, former State Commissioner of Prisons (Ohio) & skillful within Penal Reform Issues. Bobby Knight, basketball coach Dante Lavelli, Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee (1945) Jerome Lawrence, playwright Robert Henry Lawrence, Jr. (Ph.D. around Chemistry, 1965) First African-Our contries Astronaut known as by NASA Curtis LeMay, United States Air Force general (WWII and Cold War) Richard Lewis, comedian, actor, writer Roy Lichtenstein, artist (BA 1946 (MFA 1949, honorary doctorate 1988) Jerry Lucas, NBA basketball star, Basketball Hall of Famer Geoffrey Miller, United States Army Major General Erin Moriarty, CBS news correspondent (and commencement speaker Spring Quarter 2004) Jack Nicklaus, often considered a greatest golfer of all period (attended however did non graduate) Phil Ochs, protest singer (attended but did non graduate) Of a Revolution, better known as "OAR", rock/reggae band Mary Oliver, award-winning poet (attended but did non graduate) Jesse Owens, winner of four Olympic gold medals around 1936 Mike Oxley, United States Congressman and Chair of House Committee in Fiscal Services Paul Palnik, cartoon artist & writer. BFA.1968. MA.1969. Many original drawings in the collection of The Ohio State University Libraries. Roy Plunkett, inventor of teflon (Ph.D., 1936) Deborah Pryce, United States Congressman and Chair of House Republican Conference Clayton Rawson, mystery writer Gigi Rice, actress Larry Sanger, co-founder of Wikipedia (Ph.D., 2000) Arthur M. Schlesinger, Sr., historian Frank Schmalleger, professor & creator (Ph.D., 1974) Fred Silverman, television executive J. K. Simmons, actor Katie Smith, basketball player Frank Stanton, Longtime President of CBS; considered the father of television news R. L. Stine, children's author Nick Swisher, baseball player of Moneyball fame Jack Tatum, football player for the Oakland Raiders, author James Thurber, author and humorist Bruce Vilanch, comedy writer (attended but did non graduate) George Voinovich, United States Senator Leslie Wexner, CEO and chairman of the Limited Brands corporation Dwight Yoakam, country music singer-songwriter and actor (attended) Paul Warfield, NFL football player