Ashland University - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

  • Jeffrey A. Byrd -Vice President,Aleris Operating System (AOS)
  • Carl Benscoter '77—Vice President, Iscopia Software
  • Dwier Brown '80—Actor; Field of Dreams, The Thorn Birds
  • Len Cannon (given name Blair Mintz) '79—TV news anchor, now at KHOU-TV, Houston
  • Gil Dodds '41—Set the American record for the mile in 1942 and in 1943 was honored with the Sullivan Award.
  • Gary Kutsmeda '75-Chairman of the NCHC from 1993 to 2004
  • Bayard Elfvin '03—US National soccer team goalkeeper
  • Thomas Gill 1908—Was credited in a 1930 Chicago Tribune article as one of seven men who participated in the discovery of Pluto.
  • Bon-Moo Koo '72 – Chairman & CEO of LG Group
  • Peter Linneman '73—Albert Sussman Professor of Real Estate, Finance and Public Policy, Wharton School of Business
  • Robin Meade '91 – CNN news anchor, 1992 Miss Ohio
  • Madalyn Murray O'Hair—Founder of American Atheists
  • Ray Novotny '30—NFL player, Portsmouth Spartans, Cleveland Indians and Brooklyn Dodgers
  • Max Kuentz-Chairman, Larry Hiner School of Broadcasting
  • Jerry Ruyan '68—Chairman and CEO, Hemagen Diagnostics
  • Tim Richmond (attended one year) – NASCAR driver
  • Myron J. Smith, Jr.—author
  • Dolph Santorine '81—Founder, HighSchoolSports.net
  • Dwight Schar '64—Chairman, President and CEO Northern Virginia/Ryan Homes
  • John Telich – WJW (Cleveland, OH) sports anchor
  • J. Garber Drushal—the eighth President of The College of Wooster
  • Ru-Lin,Xiong—Chinese singer
  • Mike Wright (attended one year) — Defensive end for the New England Patriots

Melissa Bradley '84, Miss Ohio (1984) Jack Brandenburg '74, State Senator(Michigan) Tim Seder '97-Kicker, Dallas Cowboys Jeris Pendleton '11, Defensive Lineman, Jacksonville Jaguars Jeg Coughlin Jr. '93, American Motorsports Driver John Denman '77-CFO, J.M. Smuckers Co. Tom VanMeter '65, State Senator-Ohio (1973-82)

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