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Also Known As Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College
Date 1870 - present
Areas Of Involvement land-grant universities • public education
Notable Alumni Roy Lichtenstein • Arthur M. Schlesinger • J.D. Vance • Paul J. Flory • Archie Griffin • Joe Burrow • Jim Jordan • John Kasich • Nick Bosa • Walter Mischel • Sherrod Brown • John Bowen • Bob Knight • R.L. Stine • Tom Carper • John W. Bricker • Cynthia Ozick • Mary Oliver • Frank Stanton • John Havlicek • Fred Silverman • William Fowler • Willard Harrison Bennett • Phil Ochs

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