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Dryden;804670; said:
Man, I see Sherman was already mentioned, but nobody dropped the name of the other famous person from my home town.

David Graf (Eugene Tackleberry)

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0333701/

One of the few cast members to appear in every single Police Academy movie.
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And one of the more notable graduates of the Otterbein Theatre program.
 
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Taosman;804471; said:
Thurber on Columbus...
"I have lived in the East for nearly thirty years now, but many of my books prove that I am never very far away from Ohio in my thoughts, and that the clocks that strike in my dreams are often the clocks of Columbus."

"Columbus is a town in which almost anything is likely to happen, and in which almost everything has."
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Ditto
 
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Taosman;804407; said:
Thurber cartoons from The New Yorker.........
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Thurber was a dog lover and his dog cartoons were famous.
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My memory is a bit sketchy on this. I stayed for a short time in between apartments in a friends rented house on South Campus back in the 1970s. Can't remember what street. But we started to pull the wall paper off of the attic walls so that we could paint that bedroom and there were a bunch of Thurber originals sketched on the walls. Some idiot had covered them over. The people from Ohio State came over and removed the rest of the wall paper and then took out the walls and replaced them with new walls.

The drawings looked a lot like these. I have some treasured Thurber books that are more than fifty years old. Whenever I really miss Columbus or lose a rudder, so to speak, an afternoon with those kinda sorts things out.
 
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John L Clem
"The Drummer Boy of Shiloh"


Born at Newark, Ohio, in 1851 as John Joseph Klem, he ran away from home at age nine to become a Union Army drummer boy. He attempted to enlist in May 1861 in the 3rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, but was rejected on account of his age and small size. He then tried to join the 22nd Michigan, which also refused him. He tagged along anyway, and the 22nd eventually adopted him as mascot and drummer boy. Officers chipped in to pay him the regular soldier?s wage of $13 a month, and finally allowed him to enlist two years later.

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Hope I'm not "LoKy"-ing this by reposting :)

John Herschel Glenn Jr. (born July 18, 1921, in Cambridge, Ohio) is an American astronaut, Marine Corps fighter pilot, ordained Presbyterian elder, corporate executive, and politician. He was the third American to fly in space and the first American to orbit the Earth aboard Friendship 7. He is the oldest person to have entered orbit, having flown into space in 1998 aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery mission STS-95 at age 77. He also served as a United States Senator (D-Ohio) (1974 ? 1999).
 
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Doris Mary Ann von Kappelhoff, known as Doris Day (born April 3, 1924 Cincinnati, OH), is an American singer, actress, and animal welfare advocate. A vivacious blonde with a wholesome image, she was one of the most prolific actresses of the 1950s and 1960s. Able to sing, dance, and play comedy and dramatic roles, she has been an all-round star whose personality has permeated many popular and diverse movies.
 
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buckiprof;804781; said:
JO - The middle part of what you quoted was me simply being a smart ass.

On p. 6, post #86, PrincessPeach listed my relative. Maybe that can explain the connections I was vaguely hinting at.
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You're related to Armstrong, eh? Cool. How closely?

I will say, though, I was kind of hoping it was Manson.

Of course, I apparently forgot the sarcasm font when I included Manson as "Great." My bad... :biggrin:
 
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William Rainey Harper (July 26, 1856 - January 10, 1906) was a noted academic who helped to organize the University of Chicago, and served as its first President.

Born on July 26, 1856 in New Concord, Ohio1, William Rainey Harper established himself as one of America's leading academics of the late 19th and early 20th Centuries.

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Very early in life, Harper displayed skills years ahead of other children his age and was labeled a prodigy. By the age of eight, Harper began preparing for college level courses; at the age of ten he enrolled in Muskingum College in his native New Concord, Ohio; and at the age of fourteen he graduated from Muskingum. In 1872, Harper enrolled in Yale University to begin his post graduate studies, which he completed in 1876. Throughout his academic life, Harper wrote numerous texts. A strong supporter of life long learning, Harper was also involved with the Chautauqua Institute and its programming.
 
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Fred R. Taylor (born December 3, 1924 in Zanesville, Ohio, United States - died January 6, 2002 in Columbus, Ohio) was a college men's basketball coach for The Ohio State University from 1959 to 1976.

After briefly playing professional baseball for the Washington Senators from 1950-1952, Taylor returned to Ohio State as assistant basketball coach in 1958, becoming head coach the following year.
During his 18 years at Ohio State, the Buckeyes won the 1960 NCAA championship, were finalists in 1961 and 1962 and claimed a third place finish in 1968. The last time he coached the Buckeyes to an NCAA tournament appearance was in 1971, where OSU upset previously unbeaten Marquette in the Mideast regional semifinal round. However, Western Kentucky beat OSU in the Mideast regional round to advance to the Final Four. In his five NCAA tournament appearances, Taylor's teams went 14-4 and also won or shared seven Big Ten titles.
Taylor finished his career with an overall record of 297-158 and was named Coach of the Year by the USBWA and UPI in 1961 and 1962. A talented recruiter, Taylor coached six All-Americans as well as Hall of Famers Jerry Lucas, John Havlicek and Bobby Knight.
Taylor served as President of the National Association of Basketball Coaches in 1972, was a member of the U.S. Olympic Basketball Committee from 1964 to 1972

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Taylor_(basketball_coach)

http://www.hoophall.com/halloffamers/bhof-fred-taylor.html
 
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