150 Years of Ohio State: Research and Creative Expression Innovators
The Ohio State University is celebrating its first 150 years of excellence in education, research, innovation and community engagement by reflecting on its remarkable past and preparing for its bold future. Research and creative expression innovators have made their mark over the last 150 years by taking on the world’s issues as their direct challenges. Through this site, we will recognize many of those Ohio State innovators, and reflect on the university’s ongoing commitment to the discovery and application of knowledge. Check back often as new innovators are added each week.
Carol Anderson, History
Carol Anderson, historian, author and civil rights thought leader, received her PhD in history from Ohio State in 1995. She is currently the Charles Howard Candler Professor of African American Studies and Emory University and is one of ...
Clotilde Dent Bowen, Medicine
Clotilde Bowen (1923-2011) was the first African American woman to graduate from The Ohio State University College of Medicine in 1947. Dr. Bowen became the first female physician in the United States Army in 1956 where she served as a p...
James V. Warren, Medicine
James Warren (1915-1990) was a cardiologist, educator and researcher and former chair of the College of Medicine at The Ohio State University. He gained worldwide recognition for 50 years of work in cardiovascular research and his contri...
Milap C. Nahata, Pharmacy
Submitted by the College of Pharmacy Milap C. Nahata, MS, PharmD, is a distinguished leader in pediatric pharmacy, literally and figuratively writing the book on pediatric dosing of medications. He began his academic career in clinical p...
Charles William Pavey II, Obstetrics and Gynecology
At the time of his death, Charles Pavey (1906-2004) was still the youngest man to ever graduate from The Ohio State University College of Medicine at age 22 in 1928. His medical career spanned 57 years. Over 40 of those years, he was a m...
Robert Michler, David Brown and Randall Wolf, Surgery
In 1999, the first use of a minimally invasive heart surgery technique utilizing robotic technology in the United States was performed at The Ohio State University Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital. The surgery was conducted using the da Vi...
Noel Mayo, Industrial Design
Noel Mayo is professor emeritus with Ohio State’s department of design and owns Noel Mayo Associates, Inc., the first African-American industrial design firm in the United States. During his time at Ohio State, Mayo taught product and ...
Ken Waldron, mechanical and aerospace engineering and Robert McGhee, electrical engineering
Ken Waldron is faculty emeritus for mechanical and aerospace engineering. Robert McGhee is former professor with the department of electrical engineering. In the 1980s, Waldron and McGhee led a 60-member team of students and technical as...
Chan Park, Korean Studies
Chan Park is a professor of Korean language, literature and performance study within the Department of East Asian Languages and Literature at Ohio State. In 2014, bolstered by Dr. Sungkyu Chris Lee’s visionary support*, Park launched t...
Lesley Ferris, Theatre
(information edited from a Department of Theatre release) Lesley Ferris serves as Arts and Humanities Distinguished Professor of theatre at Ohio State and has twice served as department chair. She plans to retire in December 2019. Collab...
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