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Ohio Wesleyan University (abbrevriated OWU) is a private liberal arts college in Delaware, Ohio, United States. It was founded in 1842 by Methodist leaders and Central Ohio residents, and is a member of the Ohio Five – a consortium of Ohio liberal arts colleges.
The Campaign for Wesleyan goes into its public phase with a goal of $100 million. 2001; The women's soccer team wins the NCAA Division III national championship. 2003; The Campaign for Wesleyan surpasses its $100-million goal by $10 million. The $33 million Science Center is built. 2004; Mark Huddleston becomes Ohio Wesleyan's fifteenth president.
This is a table of notable people affiliated with Ohio Wesleyan University, including graduates, former students, and former professors. Some noted current faculty are also listed in the main University article. Individuals are sorted by category and alphabetized within each category.
Ohio Wesleyan University owns the Perkins Observatory, which is located south of the city of Delaware. The observatory housed the 69-inch Perkins Telescope , which in 1931—the year of its completion—was the third-largest telescope in the world only after the 100-inch at Mt. Wilson, California , and the 72-inch at Victoria, B.C. , Canada.
The president of Ohio Wesleyan University is the institution's chief administrator and ex officio chair of the Board of Trustees. [1] He is appointed by and is responsible to the other members of the Board, who delegate to him the day-to-day running of the university. [ 1 ]
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The Ohio Wesleyan University Library is the library system of Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio. It comprises five individual libraries and is the second largest academic library in Ohio among liberal arts colleges, ranked by number of volumes held. [ 1 ]
Branch Rickey, a 1903 graduate of Ohio Wesleyan, is regarded as a significant figure in the history of professional baseball for breaking the sport's racial barrier. [14] A racial incident early in Rickey's life when he was as a baseball coach for Ohio Wesleyan in 1910 would play an important role in his decision thirty years later.