Wooster, Ohio
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Wooster is a city in the U.S. state
U.S. state
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 of Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...

 and the county seat
County seat
A county seat is an administrative center, or seat of government, for a county or civil parish. The term is primarily used in the United States....

 of Wayne County
Wayne County, Ohio
Wayne County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States, and is named for General "Mad" Anthony Wayne. As of the 2010 census, the population was 114,520. Its county seat is Wooster....

. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio approximately 50 mi (80.5 km) SSW of Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...

 and 35 mi (56.3 km) SW of Akron
Akron, Ohio
Akron , is the fifth largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Summit County. It is located in the Great Lakes region approximately south of Lake Erie along the Little Cuyahoga River. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 199,110. The Akron Metropolitan...

. Wooster is noted as the location of The College of Wooster
The College of Wooster
The College of Wooster is a private liberal arts college primarily known for its Independent study program. It has roughly 2,000 students and is located in Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio, United States . Founded in 1866 by the Presbyterian church as the University of Wooster, it was from its creation...

. Wooster was established in 1808 by John Bever, William Henry, and Joseph Larwill, and named after David Wooster
David Wooster
David Wooster was an American general who served in the French and Indian War and in the American Revolutionary War. He died of wounds sustained during the Battle of Ridgefield, Connecticut. Cities, schools, and public places were named after him...

, a general in the American Revolutionary War
American Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War , the American War of Independence, or simply the Revolutionary War, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies in North America, and ended in a global war between several European great powers.The war was the result of the...

. The population was 24,811 at the 2000 census and 26,119 at the 2010 Census. The city is the largest in Wayne County, and the center of the Wooster Micropolitan Statistical Area
United States micropolitan area
United States Micropolitan Statistical Areas , as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget, are urban areas in the United States based around a core city or town with a population of 10,000 to 49,999. The micropolitan area designation was created in 2003...

 (as defined by the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data...

). Wooster has the main branch and administrative offices of the Wayne County Public Library.

Wooster is the birthplace of the Compton brothers: Arthur Compton
Arthur Compton
Arthur Holly Compton was an American physicist and Nobel laureate in physics for his discovery of the Compton effect. He served as Chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis from 1945 to 1953.-Early years:...

, physics Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...

 winner and chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis is a private research university located in suburban St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1853, and named for George Washington, the university has students and faculty from all fifty U.S. states and more than 110 nations...

, Karl Taylor Compton
Karl Taylor Compton
Karl Taylor Compton was a prominent American physicist and president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1930 to 1948.- The early years :...

, physicist and president of MIT, and Wilson Martindale Compton
Wilson Martindale Compton
Wilson Martindale Compton was a long-time trade association executive for the timber industry and also the fifth president of the State College of Washington, now Washington State University.-Early life and education:...

, diplomat and president of Washington State University
Washington State University
Washington State University is a public research university based in Pullman, Washington, in the Palouse region of the Pacific Northwest. Founded in 1890, WSU is the state's original and largest land-grant university...

.

Geography and Geology

Wooster is located at 40°48′33"N 81°56′14"W (40.809301, -81.937258).

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data...

, the city has a total area of 14.4 square miles (37.3 km²), of which, 14.4 square miles (37.3 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square mile (0.1035995244 km²) of it (0.14%) is water. The city rests at 997 feet above sea level.

The local bedrock consists of the Cuyahoga Formation (shale) and the overlying Logan Formation
Logan Formation
The Logan Formation is the name given to a Lower Carboniferous siltstone, sandstone and conglomeratic unit exposed in east-central Ohio and parts of western West Virginia, USA.-Stratigraphy and paleoenvironment:...

 (sandstone and conglomerate), both Lower Carboniferous
Carboniferous
The Carboniferous is a geologic period and system that extends from the end of the Devonian Period, about 359.2 ± 2.5 Mya , to the beginning of the Permian Period, about 299.0 ± 0.8 Mya . The name is derived from the Latin word for coal, carbo. Carboniferous means "coal-bearing"...

 and rich in fossil
Fossil
Fossils are the preserved remains or traces of animals , plants, and other organisms from the remote past...

s.

Demographics

As of the census
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

of 2000, there were 24,811 people, 10,040 households, and 6,174 families residing in the city. The population density
Population density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...

 was 1,726.1 people per square mile (666.6/km²). There were 10,674 housing units at an average density of 742.6 per square mile (286.8/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 92.59% White, 3.82% African American, 0.26% Native American, 1.54% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.36% from other races
Race (United States Census)
Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...

, and 1.42% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.07% of the population.

There were 10,040 households out of which 28.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.9% were married couples
Marriage
Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...

 living together, 11.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.5% were non-families. 32.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.28 and the average family size was 2.88.

In the city the population was spread out with 22.0% under the age of 18, 14.9% from 18 to 24, 25.9% from 25 to 44, 22.4% from 45 to 64, and 14.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 91.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.3 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $37,400, and the median income for a family was $47,118. Males had a median income of $34,021 versus $23,608 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
Per capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...

 for the city was $21,505. About 7.8% of families and 10.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.5% of those under age 18 and 8.0% of those age 65 or over.

Government

Mayor and council

The city is governed by an elected mayor. On January17
2008 former Councilman Bob Breneman (R) was sworn in as Mayor.

There is a seven-member City Council: Mark Cavin (D-1st Ward), Barbara Knapic (R-2nd Ward), David Silvestri (R-3rd Ward), Jeff Steiner (R-4th Ward), and at-large members Jon Ulbright (D), Jon Ansel (R) and Mike Buytendyk (R). Meetings are presided over by the City Council president who is elected at-large and only votes to break a tie. Silvestri, the council president pro tempore, is acting president after incumbent Jeff Griffin, a former councilman, took a job as president of the Wooster Area Chamber of Commerce.

Elected representatives

As of 2009, the city is represented in the Ohio House of Representatives by Ron Amstutz
Ron Amstutz
Ron Amstutz is a Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 3rd District since 2009. Prior to his current time in the House, he served in the Ohio Senate, representing the 22nd District from 2001 to 2008, and an early stint in the same House seat from 1981 to 2000...

 (R); in the Ohio Senate by Larry Obhof
Larry Obhof
Larry Obhof is a member of the Ohio Senate, serving the 22nd district since 2011.-Life and career:Obhof was born on November 26, 1977 in Ashtabula, Ohio. He received a bachelor's degree from the Ohio State University and a law degree from Yale Law School...

 (R); and in the U.S. House of Representatives by Jim Renacci
Jim Renacci
James B. "Jim" Renacci is the U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Republican Party. He is an Ohio entrepreneur and former mayor of Wadsworth, Ohio.-Early life and education:...

 (R).

Newspapers

The city has a daily newspaper, The Daily Record, published by Dix Communications/Wooster Republican Printing Co., and a weekly paper, The Wooster Weekly News, published by Graphic Publications Inc. In addition, the Akron Beacon Journal
Akron Beacon Journal
The Akron Beacon Journal is a four-time Pulitzer Prize-winning morning newspaper in Akron, Ohio, United States, and published by Black Press Ltd.. It is the sole daily newspaper in Akron and is distributed throughout Northeast Ohio. The paper places a strong emphasis on local news and business...

occasionally covers the city and Wayne County.

Magazines

The city has an interactive city magazine, WoosterGrapevine.com that is a locally owned member of the national Grapevine Communities. It includes local news, events, classifieds, arcades, photos, videos, and so much more.

Major Industries

Wooster is the Headquarters of several industrial entities. Buehler Food Markets Inc.
Buehler Food Markets Inc.
Buehler's Fresh Foods, also known as Buehler's, is a grocery store chain founded in 1929 in New Philadelphia, Ohio, USA by Ed and Helen Buehler...

, Wooster Brush, Tricor Industrial, and Wooster Motor Ways have corporate headquarters located in Wooster. Rubbermaid
Rubbermaid
Rubbermaid is an American manufacturer and distributor of many household items. It is a subsidiary of Newell Rubbermaid. It is most well known for producing food storage containers and trash cans...

 made its corporate headquarters in Wooster until the end of 2003. LuK, the German maker of dual clutch transmission
Dual clutch transmission
A dual clutch transmission, commonly abbreviated to DCT , is a differing type of semi-automatic or automated manual automotive transmission. It utilises two separate clutches for odd and even gear sets...

s has its North America headquarters in Wooster. Other large commercial operations in Wooster are Frito-Lay
Frito-Lay
Frito-Lay North America is the division of PepsiCo that manufactures, markets and sells corn chips, potato chips and other snack foods. The primary snack food brands produced under the Frito-Lay name include Fritos corn chips, Cheetos cheese-flavored snacks, Doritos and Tostitos tortilla chips,...

, Akron Brass, CACI
CACI
CACI International Inc is a professional services and information technology company headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. CACI is a member of the Fortune 1000 Largest Companies and the Russell 2000 index. The company has approximately 13,700 employees in over 120 offices in the U.S. and...

 and BorgWarner
BorgWarner
BorgWarner Inc. is a United States-based worldwide automotive industry components and parts supplier. It is primarily known for its powertrain products, which include manual and automatic transmissions and transmission components, , turbochargers, engine valve timing system...

.

For its size, Wooster is also dedicated to the "industry of education." It has The College of Wooster
The College of Wooster
The College of Wooster is a private liberal arts college primarily known for its Independent study program. It has roughly 2,000 students and is located in Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio, United States . Founded in 1866 by the Presbyterian church as the University of Wooster, it was from its creation...

, and two subsidiaries of The Ohio State University
Ohio State University
The Ohio State University, commonly referred to as Ohio State, is a public research university located in Columbus, Ohio. It was originally founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and is currently the third largest university campus in the United States...

: the Agricultural Technical Institute
Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute
The Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute , located in Wooster, Ohio, is an associate degree-granting program within the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences of Ohio State University. The curriculum includes general and basic studies, applied and technical...

 (ATI); and the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center is the research institution of the Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences. The center is home to research projects ranging from plant and animal sciences to human ecology and medicine, and includes branches...

 (OARDC), a teaching and research facility dedicated to agricultural science.

In addition to these industries, Wooster remains an agricultural center for Ohio. The OARDC enriches the local farms with knowledge and expertise, which is proudly displayed at the annual Wayne County Fair
Fair
A fair or fayre is a gathering of people to display or trade produce or other goods, to parade or display animals and often to enjoy associated carnival or funfair entertainment. It is normally of the essence of a fair that it is temporary; some last only an afternoon while others may ten weeks. ...

, held each September (see also Fair
Agricultural show
An agricultural show is a public event showcasing the equipment, animals, sports and recreation associated with agriculture and animal husbandry. The largest comprise a livestock show , a trade fair, competitions, and entertainment...

). Students in Wooster and surrounding rural communities continue to enroll in youth farming programs such as 4-H
4-H
4-H in the United States is a youth organization administered by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture of the United States Department of Agriculture , with the mission of "engaging youth to reach their fullest potential while advancing the field of youth development." The name represents...

 and National FFA Organization
National FFA Organization
The National FFA Organization is an American youth organization known as a Career and Technical Student Organization, based on middle and high school classes that promote and support agricultural education...

. Many traditional Amish
Amish
The Amish , sometimes referred to as Amish Mennonites, are a group of Christian church fellowships that form a subgroup of the Mennonite churches...

 farmers come to Wooster by horse-and-buggy
Horse and buggy
A horse and buggy or horse and carriage refers to a light, simple, two-person carriage of the late 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries, drawn usually by one or sometimes by two horses...

 for commerce as well.

The overlap of strong education and advanced manufacturing has led to number of small innovative firms being founded in Wooster in recent years including Quasar Energy Group, ExpenseWire, ABSMaterials and 3i-ingrediants.

Wooster also has a local food community including Local Roots, a collective year round farmer's market for locally produced goods. At present, there are over 150 local farmers and producers. Local Roots has garnered national attention for its innovative efforts.

The Wayne County Airport (BJJ) also serves as an air access point for many of the businesses throughout the city, as well.

Culture/Entertainment

The arts

Wooster, and the greater Wayne County community, is served by the Wayne Center for the Arts, which displays artwork by local artists, offers instructional courses, and stages performances.

The College of Wooster is home to the Ohio Light Opera
Ohio Light Opera
The Ohio Light Opera is a professional opera company based in Wooster, Ohio that performs the light opera repertory, including Gilbert and Sullivan, American, British and continental operettas, and other musical theatre works, especially of the late 19th and early 20th centuries...

, a professional opera company that performs the light opera repertory, including Gilbert and Sullivan, and American, British, and continental operettas of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Music

The Wooster Symphony Orchestra, founded in 1915, is a joint venture between the Wooster community and the College of Wooster. The Symphony is the second oldest continually performing in the state.

Sports

For the 2007-2008 season, Wooster was granted a team in the Mid-Atlantic Hockey League
Mid-Atlantic Hockey League
The Mid-Atlantic Hockey League was a minor professional ice hockey league in the Mid-Atlantic and Great Lakes regions of the United States. The league began play in November 2007...

 called the Wooster Warriors. The MAHL suspended operations of February 2008, and the Warriors subsequently relocated to Trenton, Michigan
Trenton, Michigan
Trenton is a small city in Wayne County in the southeast portion of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 18,853...

.

Wooster was the home to the Wooster Korn Kings
Wooster Korn Kings
The Wooster Korn Kings were a professional hockey team based in Wooster, Ohio. The Korn Kings were a member of the All American Hockey League and played their home games at Alice Noble Ice Arena in Wooster, OH...

, which was a minor league professional ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 team that was a member of the All American Hockey League. The team's home arena was Alice Noble Ice Arena
Alice Noble Ice Arena
Alice Noble Ice Arena is a 900 seat multi-purpose arena in Wooster, Ohio. The 900 seat ice arena features an official NHL size ice sheet measuring 200' x 85'. The arena also features five team locker rooms, concessions, pro shop, and meeting rooms. The arena offers club hockey, high school hockey,...

.
Club Sport Began play League Venue League championships Championship years
Wooster Oilers
Wooster Oilers
The Wooster Oilers are a Tier III junior hockey team ice hockey in the Great Lakes Junior Hockey League. The team plays home games at the Alice Noble Ice Arena in Wooster, Ohio.-History:...

ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

2006 Great Lakes Junior Hockey League
Great Lakes Junior Hockey League
The Great Lakes Junior Hockey League , an American Tier III Junior B ice hockey league. The league has 12 teams located in the Great Lakes region of the Midwestern United States.-History:...

Alice Noble Ice Arena
Alice Noble Ice Arena
Alice Noble Ice Arena is a 900 seat multi-purpose arena in Wooster, Ohio. The 900 seat ice arena features an official NHL size ice sheet measuring 200' x 85'. The arena also features five team locker rooms, concessions, pro shop, and meeting rooms. The arena offers club hockey, high school hockey,...

1 2009–2010

Parks

Wooster has several parks in town and nearby with hiking trails, playgrounds, and picnic areas. Wooster Memorial Park, locally known as Spangler Park, offers 7 miles of hiking trails through woods, ravines, and open fields along the Rathburn Run. Christmas Run Park has playgrounds and pavilions, as well as a picnic area. Schellin Park offers a skate park as well as playground and picnic facilities.

Sister cities

The town of Collepietro
Collepietro
Collepietro is a comune and town in the Province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of Italy...

 in the Province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzi region of Italy, is officially recognized as a Sister City of Wooster.

Points of interest

  • Wooster City School District
    Wooster City School District
    Wooster City School District is a public school district serving students in the city of Wooster, Ohio, United States. The school district enrolls 3,955 students as of the 2007-2008 academic year.-Elementary schools:...

  • The College of Wooster
    The College of Wooster
    The College of Wooster is a private liberal arts college primarily known for its Independent study program. It has roughly 2,000 students and is located in Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio, United States . Founded in 1866 by the Presbyterian church as the University of Wooster, it was from its creation...

  • Secrest Arboretum
    Secrest Arboretum
    Secrest Arboretum is an arboretum located on the campus of the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center , at the intersection of Pine Road and Green Drive, Wooster, Ohio...

  • Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
    Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
    Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center is the research institution of the Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences. The center is home to research projects ranging from plant and animal sciences to human ecology and medicine, and includes branches...

  • Ohio Light Opera
    Ohio Light Opera
    The Ohio Light Opera is a professional opera company based in Wooster, Ohio that performs the light opera repertory, including Gilbert and Sullivan, American, British and continental operettas, and other musical theatre works, especially of the late 19th and early 20th centuries...

  • Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute
    Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute
    The Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute , located in Wooster, Ohio, is an associate degree-granting program within the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences of Ohio State University. The curriculum includes general and basic studies, applied and technical...

  • Wayne County Public Library
  • Wayne County Fair

Notable natives

The following individuals were born in, raised in, lived in, or currently live in Wooster, Ohio.
  • Jon Belmont
    Jon Belmont
    Jon Belmont is an American radio newscaster. For twenty years, he was a correspondent for ABC News Radio in New York City. He is now the morning anchor for AP Radio News in Washington, D.C. - References :...

    , 1952- . Radio Newscaster, ABC New York, and Associated Press Washington D.C.
  • US Representative George Bliss
    George Bliss (Congressman)
    George Bliss was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio.Bliss was born in Jericho, Vermont. He attended Granville College. Moved to Ohio in 1832, studied law with David Kellogg Cartter, was admitted to the bar in 1841 and became Cartter's law partner in Akron, Ohio.Bliss...

    , 1813-1868. Attorney, Judge, Politician.
  • Vince Cellini
    Vince Cellini
    Vincent Robert Cellini is a long-time sports broadcaster for radio and television. Most recently, he was an anchor and program host for The Golf Channel. It was reported that his contract was not renewed for 2010.-Early life and career:...

    , 1959- . Broadcaster, Sports Journalist.
  • Dean Chance
    Dean Chance
    Wilmer Dean Chance is a former American Major League Baseball pitcher. Over the right hander's 11-year major league career, he would play for the Los Angeles Angels, Minnesota Twins, Cleveland Indians, New York Mets, and Detroit Tigers...

    , 1941- . Major League Baseball Player, Cy Young award winner.
  • Dr. William Estabrook Chancellor
    William Estabrook Chancellor
    William Estabrook Chancellor was an American academic and writer. An opponent of the Republican presidential candidate Warren G...

    , 1867-1963. Author, Professor of History.
  • Martha Chase
    Martha Chase
    Martha Cowles Chase , also known as Martha C. Epstein, was an American geneticist famously known for being a member of the 1952 team which experimentally showed that DNA rather than protein is the genetic material of life. She was greatly respected as a geneticist. Chase was born in 1927 in...

    . 1927-2003. Biologist, Geneticist, Professor.
  • Ginger Clark
    Ginger Clark
    Harvey Daniel “Ginger” Clark was a Major League Baseball pitcher for a very brief time during the season. The right-hander was born in Wooster, Ohio....

    , 1879-1943. Major League Baseball Player.
  • Arthur Compton
    Arthur Compton
    Arthur Holly Compton was an American physicist and Nobel laureate in physics for his discovery of the Compton effect. He served as Chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis from 1945 to 1953.-Early years:...

    . 1892-1962. Physicist, Nobel Laureate.
  • Karl Compton. 1887-1954. Physicist.
  • Hal Dean
    Hal Dean
    Hal Stone Dean was a left guard for the Los Angeles Rams in the National Football League, playing three seasons from 1947 to 1949.-Early life:...

    , 1922-2011. Professional Football Player.
  • John Dean
    John Dean
    John Wesley Dean III is an American lawyer who served as White House Counsel to United States President Richard Nixon from July 1970 until April 1973. In this position, he became deeply involved in events leading up to the Watergate burglaries and the subsequent Watergate scandal cover-up...

    , 1938- . Attorney, Politician, Banker. White House Counsel to Richard Nixon
    Richard Nixon
    Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. The only president to resign the office, Nixon had previously served as a US representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 under...

     during the Watergate scandal
    Watergate scandal
    The Watergate scandal was a political scandal during the 1970s in the United States resulting from the break-in of the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., and the Nixon administration's attempted cover-up of its involvement...

    .
  • Edward Fenwick
    Edward Fenwick
    Bishop Edward Dominic Fenwick, O.P. was born on the Patuxent river, Maryland to Colonel Ignatius Fenwick and Sarah Taney...

    , 1768-1832. Priest, College Founder, Missionary.
  • Charles Follis
    Charles Follis
    Charles W. Follis, a.k.a "The Black Cyclone," was the first African-American professional football player. He played for the Shelby Blues of the "Ohio League" from 1902 to 1906. On September 16, 1904, Follis signed a contract with Shelby making him the first African-American contracted to play...

    . 1879-1910. First African-American to play professional football.
  • Elizebeth Friedman
    Elizebeth Friedman
    Elizebeth Smith Friedman was a cryptanalyst and author, and a pioneer in U.S. cryptography. The special spelling of her name is attributed to her mother, who disliked the prospect of Elizebeth ever being called "Eliza." She has been dubbed "America's first female cryptanalyst".Although she is...

    , 1892-1980. Cryptographer, Student of Languages and Literature.
  • Hollis Frampton
    Hollis Frampton
    Hollis Frampton was an American avant-garde filmmaker, photographer, writer/theoretician, and pioneer of digital art.-Early years:Frampton was born March 11, 1936 in Wooster, Ohio...

    , 1936-1984. Avant-garde filmmaker, photographer, writer/theoretician, and pioneer of digital art.
  • William H. Gass
    William H. Gass
    William Howard Gass is an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, critic, and former philosophy professor. He has written two novels, three collections of short stories, a collection of novellas, and seven volumes of essays, three of which have won National Book Critics Circle Award...

    , 1924- . Author, Educator.
  • Stanley Gault
    Stanley Gault
    Stanley C. Gault spent 31 years with General Electric before being named Chairman of the Board and CEO of Rubbermaid from 1981-1991. He became CEO and Chairman of The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company from 1991-1996. Since 1985, he has been a director at Avon Products, Inc...

    , 1926 - . CEO and Board Chairman, Rubbermaid, Inc.; CEO and Board Chairman, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company.
  • Richard Gibbs
    Richard Gibbs
    Richard “Ribbs” Gibbs is an American film composer and music producer whose credits include the films Sweet Hearts Dance, Dr...

    , Musician.
  • Guy Hecker
    Guy Hecker
    Guy Jackson Hecker was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball. He was born in Youngsville, Pennsylvania. His debut game took place on May 2, 1882. His final game took place on September 30, 1890. During his career he played for the Louisville Eclipse and Pittsburgh Pirates...

    , 1856-1938. Major League Baseball Player.
  • Duncan Jones
    Duncan Jones
    Duncan Zowie Haywood Jones , also known as Zowie Bowie is an English film director, best known for directing the science fiction films Moon and Source Code .-Childhood and family life:...

    , Movie Director, Son of Hall of Fame Rock Musician David Bowie
    David Bowie
    David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...

    .
  • Jack Lengyel
    Jack Lengyel
    Jack Lengyel is a software executive and former American football coach, lacrosse coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at the College of Wooster from 1966 to 1970 and at Marshall University from 1971 until 1974, compiling a career college football...

    , Software Executive, Football Coach.
  • Roscoe C. McCulloch
    Roscoe C. McCulloch
    Roscoe Conkling McCulloch was a Republican politician from Ohio who served in the United States House of Representatives and U.S. Senate....

    , 1880-1958. Attorney, Policitian.
  • John McSweeney
    John McSweeney
    John McSweeney is a musician and recording artist who has achieved relative popularity in Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. His album sales have netted him a Double Platinum, a Double Gold, and a Gold certifications....

    , 1890–1969, U.S. Representative (1923–1929), Attorney.
  • George Morgan
    George Morgan (singer)
    George Thomas Morgan was a mid-20th century American country music singer. He is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame and a former member of the Grand Ole Opry.-Biography:...

    , 1924-1975. Country Music Performer.
  • Bill Musselman
    Bill Musselman
    William Clifford Musselman was an American basketball coach in the NCAA, the ABA, the WBA, the CBA, and the NBA. He was a fiercely intense coach who once was quoted as saying "defeat is worse than death, because you have to live with defeat."-Early life:Musselman was the second of five children....

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