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Ohio University was first conceived in the 1787 contract between the Board of Treasury of the United States and the Ohio Company of Associates, which set aside the College Lands to support a university, and subsequently approved by the territorial legislature in 1802 and the Ohio General Assembly in 1804, [1] [2] [3] opening for students in 1809. [4]
Hugh L. Nichols - Lt. Governor of Ohio 1911 to 1913 and Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Ohio 1913 to 1920 - Ohio Wesleyan University 1888 Charles S. Robb - Lt. Governor of Virginia 1978 to 1982; Governor of Virginia 1982 to 1986; U.S. Senator, Virginia 1989 to 2001 - Cornell University , University of Wisconsin–Madison 1961
The Ball brothers from left to right: George A. Ball, Lucius L. Ball, Frank C. Ball, Edmund B. Ball, and William C. Ball. The Ball brothers (Lucius, William, Edmund, Frank, and George) were five American industrialists and philanthropists who established a manufacturing business in New York and Indiana in the 1880s that was renamed the Ball Corporation in 1969.
This is a list of Georgia companies, current and former businesses whose headquarters are, or were, in the U.S. state of Georgia. Companies based in Georgia [ edit ]
And Thurmond’s own journey to understand the man who founded Georgia now ends with the written word. A book signing for Thurmond is planned in Athens from 3-4:30 p.m. Feb. 25 at the Athens ...
Evangelist preacher Bob Jones founded Bob Jones University in 1927. Bond University, Queensland, Australia Alan Bond: High-profile businessman Alan Bond founded Bond University in 1987. Booth University College, Winnipeg, Manitoba William and Catherine Booth: Namesakes were the founders of The Salvation Army, which established the college in 1982.
Lucas Glover (Clemson University): PGA Tour golfer; winner of the 2009 US Open [53] Lou Groza (Ohio State, 1943), NFL Hall of Famer [11] Joe B. Hall (Kentucky, 1948), former head basketball coach of the University of Kentucky Wildcats who were the 1978 National Champions [11]
The corporation even took the Foot Locker name in 2001 after converting some of the nation's last Woolworth stores to the brand in the late '90s. Wikimedia Commons 1975: Microsoft