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Also Known As	Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College
Date	1870 - present
Areas Of Involvement	land-grant universities • public education
Notable Alumni	Roy Lichtenstein • Arthur M. Schlesinger • Paul J. Flory • John Kasich • Walter Mischel • Tom Carper • Sherrod Brown • John Bowen • Bob Knight • John W. Bricker • Frank Stanton • Cynthia Ozick • R.L. Stine • John Havlicek • Mary Oliver • Jim Jordan • Joe Burrow • Nick Bosa • J.D. Vance • William Fowler • Phil Ochs • Willard Harrison Bennett • Fred Silverman • Archie Griffin

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