Student trustees are denoted with an asterisk (*). Charter trustees are denoted with a double asterisk (**) next to their name or dates during which they held this role.
Former Trustees
Today's trustees build on the work of generations of volunteer leaders who have guided the university since before its founding. Former board members are listed below, followed by their place of residence and dates of service.
Name | City | Years of Service |
|---|---|---|
Joshua H.B. Kerner* | Avon Lake | 2023-2025 |
Taylor A. Schwein* | Columbus | 2022-2024 |
Tanner R. Hunt* | Westerville | 2021-2023 |
Carly G. Sobol* | Dayton | 2020-2022 |
Anand Shah* | Centerville | 2019-2021 |
Lewis Von Thaer | Bexley | 2018-2025 |
Janice M. Bonsu* | Pickerington | 2018-2020 |
Alan A. Stockmeister | Jackson | 2017-2025 |
H. Jordan Moseley* | Albany | 2017-2019 |
Dr. Hiroyuki Fujita | Pepper Pike | 2016-2024 |
Dr. Lydia A. Lancaster* | Columbus | 2016-2018 |
James D. Klingbeil** | San Francisco, CA | 2015-2024 |
Halie M. Vilagi* | Columbus | 2015-2017 |
Alex R. Fischer | Columbus | 2014-2023 |
Abigail S. Wexner | New Albany | 2014-2023 |
Alan VanderMolen** | Chicago, IL | 2014-2017 |
Dr. Steven M. Loborec* | Columbus | 2014-2016 |
Erin P. Hoeflinger | Springboro | 2013-2022 |
Brent R. Porteus | Coshocton | 2013-2022 |
Stacie E. Seger* | Fort Loramie | 2013-2015 |
Cheryl L. Krueger | New Albany | 2012-2021 |
Michael J. Gasser | Columbus | 2012-2019 |
Benjamin T. Reinke* | Bowling Green | 2012-2014 |
Timothy P. Smucker | North Lawrence | 2011-2020 |
Corbett A. Price** | New York, NY | 2011-2017 |
Evann K. Heidersbach* | Grafton | 2011-2013 |
Clark C. Kellogg | Westerville | 2010-2019 |
Dr. Jeffrey Wadsworth | Upper Arlington | 2010-2018 |
Brandon N. Mitchell* | Atlanta, GA | 2010-2012 |
William G. “Jerry” Jurgensen | Columbus | 2009-2018 |
Dr. Janet B. Reid | Cincinnati | 2009-2018 |
Alexis L. Swain* | Huron | 2009-2011 |
Linda S. Kass | Bexley | 2008-2017 |
Jason W. Marion* | Batavia | 2008-2010 |
Hon. Algenon L. Marbley | Columbus | 2007-2015 |
Ronald A. Ratner | Cleveland | 2007-2015 |
Debra J. Van Camp* | Lancaster | 2007-2009 |
Alan W. Brass | Toledo | 2006-2014 |
John “Jack” C. Fisher | Columbus | 2006-2013 |
Christopher Alvarez-Breckenridge* | Blacklick | 2006-2008 |
Thekla Shackelford | Gahanna | 2006-2007 |
Dr. G. Gilbert Cloyd | Cincinnati | 2005-2009, 2009-2015** |
Robert H. Schottenstein | Gahanna | 2005-2014 |
Amb. John D. Ong | Hudson | 2005-2010 |
Yoonhee P. Ha* | Proctorville | 2005-2007 |
Brian K. Hicks | Dublin | 2004-2013 |
Chad A. Endsley* | Coshocton | 2004-2006 |
Walden W. O’Dell | Upper Arlington | 2003-2012 |
Emily M. Quick* | Reynoldsburg | 2003-2005 |
Douglas G. Borror | Dublin | 2002-2011 |
Paula A. Habib* | Columbus | 2002-2004 |
Hon. Jo Ann Davidson | Reynoldsburg | 2001-2010 |
Joseph A. Shultz* | DeGraff | 2001-2003 |
Dimon R. McFerson | Powell | 2000-2009 |
Kevin R. Filiatraut* | Columbus | 2000-2002 |
Karen Hendricks | Maineville | 1999-2008 |
Jaclyn M. Nowakowski* | Broadview Heights | 1999-2001 |
Hon. Robert M. Duncan | Columbus | 1998-2007 |
Allyson M. Lowe* | Columbus | 1998-2000 |
Daniel M. Slane | Columbus | 1997-2006 |
Soraya Rofagha* | Delaware | 1997-1999 |
Tamala Longaberger | Zanesville | 1996-2005 |
Mark E. Berkman* | Bexley | 1996-1998 |
Zuheir Sofia | Bexley | 1995-2004 |
Holly A. Smith* | North Canton | 1995-1997 |
James F. Patterson | Chesterland | 1994-2003 |
Thomas C. Smith* | Chester Hill | 1994-1996 |
David L. Brennan | Akron | 1993-2002 |
Amira N. Ailabouni* | Columbus | 1993-1995 |
George A. Skestos | Bexley | 1992-2001 |
Hiawatha N. Francisco Jr.* | Columbus | 1992-1994 |
Michael F. Colley | Columbus | 1991-2000 |
Kristin Cusack* | Columbus | 1991-1993 |
Hon. Theodore S. Celeste | Columbus | 1990-1999 |
David A. Tonnies* | Lake Milton | 1990-1992 |
Alex Shumate | Gahanna | 1989-1998, 2006-2020 |
Sophia L. Paige* | Columbus | 1989-1991 |
Laurel A. Davis* | Tipp City | 1989-1990 |
Leslie H. Wexner | New Albany | 1988-1997, 2005-2012 |
Hon. Milton A. Wolf | Shaker Heights | 1987-1996 |
Deborah E. Casto | Columbus | 1985-1994 |
John J. Barone | Maumee | 1984-1993 |
Hamilton J. Teaford | Columbus | 1983-1992 |
Shirley Dunlap Bowser | Williamsport | 1982-1991 |
John W. Berry | Dayton | 1981-1990 |
Leonard J. Immke | Columbus | 1979-1989 |
Edmund C. Redman | Columbus | 1979-1988 |
Daniel M. Galbreath | Columbus | 1978-1987 |
John F. Havens | Delaware | 1977-1986 |
Donald “James” Hilliker | Bellefontaine | 1975-1985 |
Dr. John D. Jacob | Columbus | 1975-1984 |
Warren J. Smith | Columbus | 1975-1983 |
John W. Kessler | Columbus | 1974, 1986-1995 |
Chester Devenow | Toledo | 1973-1982 |
Patricia D. James | Cleveland | 1972-1981 |
Dr. Howard D. Sirak | Columbus | 1971-1980 |
John L. Gushman | Lancaster | 1970-1978 |
Robert S. Dorsey | Cincinnati | 1970-1972 |
M. Merle Harrod | Wapakoneta | 1969-1978 |
Frederick R. Eckley | Cleveland | 1969-1973 |
Jack Gibbs | Columbus | 1969-1970 |
John H. Dunlap | Williamsport | 1968-1977 |
William C. Safford | Cincinnati | 1967-1976 |
Don M. Hilliker | Bellefontaine | 1967-1975 |
James W. Shocknessy | Columbus | 1965-1974 |
Dr. Bertram D. Thomas | Columbus | 1965-1969 |
Mervin B. France | Cleveland | 1964-1969 |
John G. Ketterer | Canton | 1963-1971 |
Frederick E. Jones | Columbus | 1963-1970 |
Jacob E. Davis | Cincinnati | 1961-1967 |
Stanley C. Allyn | Dayton | 1959-1968 |
Alan B. Loop | Toledo | 1959-1966 |
Smith L. Rairdon | Toledo | 1958-1965 |
Thomas F. Patton | Cleveland | 1957-1964 |
Robert N. Gorman | Cincinnati | 1951-1961 |
Robert F. Black | Cleveland | 1951-1958 |
Hon. James W. Huffman | Columbus | 1951-1957 |
Forrest G. Ketner | Columbus | 1949-1963 |
Hon. John W. Bricker | Columbus | 1948-1969 |
Donald C. Power | Columbus | 1944-1951 |
Warner M. Pomerene | Coshocton | 1943-1951 |
James F. Lincoln | Cleveland | 1943-1949 |
Leo L. Rummell | Columbus | 1939-1945 |
Gen. Carlton S. Dargusch | Columbus | 1938-1959, 1963-1965 |
Hon. Lockwood Thompson | Cleveland | 1938-1942, 1946-1951 |
Dr. Clinton J. Altmaier | Marion | 1937-1944 |
Dr. Burrell Russell | New Philadelphia | 1936-1943 |
M. Edith Campbell | Cincinnati | 1933-1941 |
Newton D. Baker | Cleveland | 1932-1937 |
Hon. Herbert S. Atkinson | Columbus | 1925-1948 |
Harry A. Caton | Coshocton | 1925-1939 |
Alma Wacker Paterson | Columbus | 1924-1933 |
Egbert H. Mack | Sandusky | 1922-1932 |
Lawrence E. Laybourne | Springfield | 1921-1938 |
Thomas C. Mendenhall | Ravenna | 1919-1924 |
Charles F. Kettering | Dayton | 1917-1925, 1941-1958 |
John Kaiser | Marietta | 1915-1936 |
John F. Cunningham | Cleveland | 1915-1922 |
Benjamin F. McCann | Dayton | 1913-1924 |
Julius F. Stone | Columbus | 1909-1917, 1925-1937 |
Walter J. Sears | Chillicothe | 1907-1914 |
Oscar E. Bradfute | Cedarville | 1905-1925 |
Frank E. Pomerene | Coshocton | 1905-1919 |
Frank A. Derthick | Mantua | 1904-1909 |
Hon. George K. Nash | Columbus | 1904-1904 |
Guy W. Mallon | Cincinnati | 1903-1917 |
Hon. Myron T. Herrick | Cleveland | 1902-1904 |
Oscar T. Corson | Columbus | 1899-1913 |
J. Paul Jones | Columbus | 1898-1905 |
J. McLain Smith | Dayton | 1897-1905 |
Hon. Joseph H. Outhwaite | Columbus | 1896-1898 |
Hon. James E. Campbell | Hamilton | 1895-1896 |
John T. Mack | Sandusky | 1893-1914 |
William I. Chamberlain | Hudson | 1892-1899 |
Ross J. Alexander | Bridgeport | 1891-1895 |
John B. Schueller | Columbus | 1890-1897 |
Charles C. Miller | Ottawa | 1890-1892 |
David Meade Massie | Chillicothe | 1888-1907 |
Joseph H. Brigham | Delta | 1888-1891 |
Hon. Rutherford B. Hayes | Fremont | 1887-1893 |
Henry J. Booth | Columbus | 1885-1890 |
Peter H. Clark | Cincinnati | 1884-1887 |
Thomas A. Cowgill | Kennard | 1882-1890 |
Lucius B. Wing | Newark | 1881-1902 |
Thomas J. Godfrey | Celina | 1878-1903 |
James H. Anderson | Columbus | 1878-1885 |
T. Ewing Miller | Columbus | 1878-1884 |
Alston Ellis | Hamilton | 1878-1882 |
Stephen Johnston | Piqua | 1878 - 1881 |
Seth H. Ellis | Springboro | 1878-1887 |
James B. Jamison | Cadiz | 1878-1886 |
Dr. Worthy S. Streator | Cleveland | 1877-1879 |
Alfred Gaither | Cincinnati | 1877-1878 |
Herman Hoover | Chillicothe | 1877-1878 |
Charles Kinsinger | Cincinnati | 1877-1878 |
Thomas Mickey | Shelby | 1877-1878 |
D.W. Caldwell | Zanesville | 1877-1878 |
A.B. Cornell | Youngstown | 1877-1878 |
A.C. Deuel | Urbana | 1877-1878 |
E.P. Ensign | Willoughby | 1877-1878 |
Charles W. Horr | Wellington | 1877-1878 |
R.P. Finley | Xenia | 1877-1878 |
Albert W. Glazier | Belpre | 1877-1878 |
J.P. Schneider | St. Marys | 1877-1878 |
David Sinton | Cincinnati | 1877 |
William Larwill | Bucyrus | 1874-1878 |
Hon. Alexander Waddle | South Charleston | 1873-1876 |
Stillman Witt | Cleveland | 1873-1875 |
Dr. Cyrus Falconer | Hamilton | 1871-1872, 1877-1878 |
Dr. Henry S. Conklin | Sidney | 1871-1876 |
Hon. Henry B. Perkins | Warren | 1870-1874, 1886-1888 |
Hon. Warren P. Noble | Tiffin | 1870-1878 |
Hon. John C. Jamison | Cadiz | 1870-1874, 1877 |
Hon. Daniel Keller | Lancaster | 1870-1876 |
Cornelius Aultman | Canton | 1870-1876 |
Hon. Marvin M. Munson | Granville | 1870-1876 |
James W. Ross | Perrysburg | 1870-1876 |
Hon. Norton S. Townshend | Avon | 1870-1873 |
Hon. Aaron F. Perry | Cincinnati | 1870-1874 |
Hon. Valentine B. Horton | Pomeroy | 1870-1874 |
Hon. William Sawyer | St. Marys | 1870-1874 |
Hon. Joseph F. Wright | Cincinnati | 1870-1874 |
John R. Buchtel | Akron | 1870-1872 |
Richard C. Anderson | Dayton | 1870 |
Hon. Ralph Leete | Ironton | 1870-1875, 1877-1881 |
Joseph Sullivant | Columbus | 1870-1878 |
James M. Trimble | Hillsboro | 1870-1874 |
Hon. Thomas C. Jones | Delaware | 1866-1867, 1870-1874, 1877-1878 |
William B. McClung | Troy | 1866-1867, 1870-1871 |
Hon. Jacob D. Cox | Cincinnati | 1866-1867 |
Mortimer D. Leggett | Zanesville | 1866-1867 |
Lewis Miller | Summit County | 1866-1867 |
A.L. Perrill | Pickaway County | 1866-1867 |
L.Q. Rawson | Sandusky County | 1866-1867 |
Board history
Since its creation, the Board of Trustees has ensured the university serves the best interests of the state, its people and society at large. While this purpose has remined constant, the board itself has undergone continual change.