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Department of Veterans Services | Veterans Hall of Fame - Class of 1994
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Ashland County
United States Army Veteran
Civil War
• First volunteer from Ohio to serve in the Union Forces
• Involved with educational reform as an agent for the State Teachers Association before
he volunteered
• Was president of Kenyon College
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Hamilton County
United States Marine Corps Veteran
World War II, Korean War and Vietnam War
• Career of 27 years in the Marine Corps
• Commandant for the Department of Ohio, Marine Corps League
• National Commandant of the Marine Corps League
• General Chairman of Hamilton County Veterans Day Committee
• Coordinator of the Youth Physical Fitness Program, State of Ohio
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Wayne County
United States Army Veteran
World War II
• Commander, VFW Post 1801
• Supervisor, Canton District, State Parole Office
• Primary focus has been veterans, all veterans, for the past 50 years
• Specialist in the Employability Development and Placement Service of the
Human Resource Center
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Franklin County
United States Army Veteran
World War I
• First superintendent of the Ohio State Highway Patrol - personally assembling the Patrol, creating its all-volunteer Auxiliary force of American Legion veterans and establishing the ideals and principles which continue to guide the course of the Highway Patrol
• Displayed military service ribbons on Patrol uniform and encouraged others to do the same
• Founder of the Indian Hill Rangers in Hamilton County
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Greene County
United States Army Veteran
Korean War (Prisoner of War)
• Prisoner of war for 33 months and 4 days - captured by Chinese while serving in Korea - awarded 10 battle stars
• President, National Korean War ex-Prisoners of War Association, Inc.
• National Director, Korean War Veterans Association
• Instrumental in upgrading Beavercreek Police Department to a full-time department
• Instrumental in obtaining full-time medical and emergency services
• President, Greene County Veterans Service Commission
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Hamilton County
United States Army Veteran
Civil War
• Was serving in the Ohio Senate when Civil War started
• First Governor elected in Ohio following the War (1866-1868) - refused re-nomination in 1867
• Served as President Grant's Secretary of Interior
• Dean of Cincinnati Law School
• President of University of Cincinnati
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Fairfield County
United States Army Veteran
World War II (Prisoner of War)
• Prisoner of War of Corregidor and Bataan
• While imprisoned, she worked as a nurse for 3400 imprisoned men and women and
600 children
• Only female prisoner of war from Ohio
• Works with veterans, especially American ex-Prisoners of War
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Summit County
United States Army Veteran
Civil War
• Served in Civil War as assistant surgeon
• Inaugurated the rubber industry in Akron, forming Goodrich, Tew & Co.
• Became president of the B. F. Goodrich Co.
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Columbiana County
United States Army Veteran
Vietnam War
• Appointed by Governor Rhodes to lead Ohio delegation to Washington in 1982 for National Salute to Vietnam Veterans
• Veterans of Foreign Wars National Young Veteran of the Year
• Chairman, VFW State of Ohio MIA/POW Committee
• First Vietnam veteran to serve on Columbiana County Veterans Service Commission
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Franklin County
United States Navy Veteran
World War II
• Renowned football coach at The Ohio State University
• Made four trips to Vietnam to visit and entertain
• "Teacher, scholar, molder of young men, a patriot, a community activist,
and an humanitarian"
• Historian
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Jefferson County
United States Army Veteran
World War II
• One of founders of Great Lakes Veteran Group which encompasses 7 states
• Instrumental in changing laws in Title 38 USC governing veterans rights
• Instrumental in providing van to transport veterans to VAMC in Pittsburgh – 1500 veterans transported in 1993
• Testified before Senate committee on VA Health Care Program
• Volunteer veterans representative in Jefferson County
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Franklin County
United States Army Veteran
World War II
• Keynote speaker to Worldwide Strategic Mobility Conference
• Held many community positions with Columbus Symphony Orchestra, Franklin University, The Ohio State University, Columbus Chamber of Commerce, Rotary Club and the Boy Scouts of America
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Hamilton County
United States Army Veteran
Civil War
• 47th Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court
• Prior to the War, he served as a judge in Hamilton County, was elected to the Ohio Senate, and was appointed U.S. Attorney for Southern Ohio
• In 1877, he served as counsel to the Hayes-Tilden electoral commission and was appointed to the U.S. Senate
• Nominated to the Supreme Court of the United States by President Hayes
• Re-nominated by President Garfield, and confirmed by the U.S. Senate
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Scioto County
United States Army Veteran
World War II
• Ten-term Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives
• Long-standing supporter of veterans issues
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Franklin County
United States Army Air Corps Veteran
World War II
• Graduate of the all-black combat pilot training program at Tuskegee Army Airfield
• Tuskegee Airman and highly decorated fighter pilot
• Recognized by Mayor Rhodes and Governor Lausche for extraordinary record in air combat
• Worked for Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority in many capacities, providing housing and rent subsidies for low-income families
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Guernsey County
United States Navy Veteran
World War II
• Devoted advocate for veterans rights
• Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (serving prominently the veterans
affairs committee)
• For his service to veterans, he was awarded membership in most veterans organizations
• Veterans Nursing Home at the Ohio Veterans Home named after him
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Cuyahoga County
United States Air Force Veteran
• Distinguished Graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy
• Top Graduate of the Pilot Instructor Training Course
• Officer of the Year in the Department of Physics, U. S. Air Force Academy
• Reserve Officer of the Year (IMA:), Air Force Space Command
• Holds aeronautical rating of Command Pilot and rank of Lt. Colonel
• Mission Specialist on the first joint U.S./Russian Space Shuttle Mission
• Has logged 199 hours in space
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Franklin County
United States Air Force Veteran
• Received Arts and Sciences Award of Scholarship, The Ohio State University
• Distinguished Graduate of the Army Air Defense Artillery Officer Basic Course
• Honor Graduate of the Army Aviation Officer Advanced Course
• Neuropathology research assistant at The Ohio State University College of Medicine
• Designated as a standardization instructor pilot for all phases of rotary wing flight
• Completed Aviation Officer Advanced Course
• Completed the Fixed Wing Multi-Engine Qualification Course
• Has logged 2,800 flying hours in various rotary wing and fixed wing aircraft
• Has 239 hours of space flight
• Served as a mission specialist on flight in 1995
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Erie County
United States Navy Veteran - World War II
United States Army Veteran - Korean War
• Received the National Silver Helmet, AMVET of the year award
• National Commander of AMVETS
• Responsible for installation of carillon at Ohio Veterans Home
• Served on several boards - employment of the handicapped, President's employment committee and the Orphans Scholarship Board
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Lucas County
United States Army Veteran
Civil War
• Before the War, he helped build the Wabash and Erie Canal, and the Toledo, Wabash and Western Railroad from Defiance to Fort Wayne
• Elected to the Ohio General Assembly
• Public Printer in Washington, D.C. In 1865, he was assigned the command of the State of Georgia
• Collector of internal revenue in New Orleans
• Editor of the Northern Ohio Democrat
• Elected to the Ohio Senate and served as Chief of Police in Toledo
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Wayne County
United States Army Air Corps Veteran
World War II
• Department Commander of Ohio for the American Legion
• President of Buckeye Boys State
• Chairman of Buckeye Boys State Hall of Fame
• Served in many other capacities with the American Legion
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Franklin County
United States Army Veteran
• Founding member of Vietnam Veterans of America in Ohio
• National President of VVA - first female veteran to lead a national veterans organization - served two terms
• Staff of Department of Veterans Affairs in Washington
• Active on many veteran committees
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Franklin County
United States Army Veteran
Vietnam War
• Tireless worker against covert discrimination against veterans on the college campus
• Advocate for veterans for more than ten years
• Co-inventor of a cancer-detection method patented by The Ohio State University and being commercially developed by OSU
• Chosen by the National Academy of Science to give testimony on the U.S. Army Operational Perspective in Vietnam
• Member of many veterans organizations
• Very active in the Agent Orange field
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Erie County
United States Army Veteran
Korean War
• Past Commander-in-Chief of Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States
• Involved with youth, civic, professional and veterans' affairs
• President of Sandusky Chamber of Commerce
• Involved with Salvation Army, United Fund, Erie County Health Planning Committee, Sandusky City Board of Health, Erie County Veterans Service Commission
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Licking County
United States Army Veteran
Civil War
• 46th Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
• Elected to Ohio House of Representatives and became Speaker
• Served at Shiloh and Vicksburg and with General Sherman
• Practiced law in the South
• President Grant appointed him to the Fifth Circuit Court from Georgia
• President Hayes nominated him to the Supreme Court of the United States
• Confirmed by the U.S. Senate
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