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.

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.

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

Current trustees

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Archived meeting minutes

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