EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Granville, OH

Founding Date:
1831

Mascot:
Big Red

Enrollment:
2100

Official Website:
http://www.denison.edu/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Samuel Armacost	Business	Mar-1939		Chairman of SRI International
Robert R. Bennett	Business	19-Apr-1958		CEO of Liberty Media, 1997-2005
William G. Bowen	Educator	6-Oct-1933		President, Princeton University, 1972-88
John A. Canning, Jr.	Business	?		Madison Dearborn Partners
Steve Carell	Comic	16-Aug-1962		Office manager at Dunder-Mifflin
Willis Carto	Activist	17-Jul-1926	26-Oct-2015	Founder of Liberty Lobby, IHR
John T. Chain	Military	11-Dec-1934		C-in-C, Strategic Air Command, 1986-91
David A. Daberko	Business	c. 1945		CEO of National City, 1995-2007
Robert Dold	Politician	23-Jun-1969		Congressman, Illinois 10th
Michael Eisner	Business	7-Mar-1942		CEO of Disney, 1984-2005
William T. Esrey	Business	c. 1940		CEO of Sprint, 1988-2003
John V. Faraci	Business	16-Feb-1950		CEO of International Paper
James Frey	Author	12-Sep-1969		Addiction memoirist, A Million Little Pieces
Jennifer Garner	Actor	17-Apr-1972		Alias
Tony P. Hall	Politician	16-Jan-1942		Congressman from Ohio, 1979-2002
Woody Hayes	Football	14-Feb-1913	12-Mar-1987	OSU Head Coach, 1951-78
Thomas E. Hoaglin	Business	c. 1950		CEO of Huntington Bancshares
Hal Holbrook	Actor	17-Feb-1925		Mark Twain Tonight
Douglas Holtz-Eakin	Economist	3-Feb-1958		McCain chief economic advisor
Sue Kelly	Politician	26-Sep-1936		Congresswoman from New York, 1995-2007
Robert W. Levering	Politician	3-Oct-1914	11-Aug-1989	Congressman from Ohio, 1959-61
Dick Lugar	Politician	4-Apr-1932		US Senator from Indiana
Ann Magnuson	Actor	4-Jan-1956		Film actress, Bongwater vocalist
Kevin M. McMullen	Business	c. 1960		CEO of OMNOVA Solutions
James M. Petro	Politician	25-Oct-1948		Ohio Attorney General, 2003-07
Bobby Rahal	Auto Racing	10-Jan-1953		Formula 1 and Indy car racer
John Schuck	Actor	4-Feb-1940		Sgt. Enright on McMillan and Wife
Donald B. Shackelford	Business	1932		Fifth Third Bank Central Ohio
Jack Thompson	Attorney	25-Jul-1951		Video game decency barrator
Donald Weinstein	Historian	13-Mar-1926	13-Dec-2015	Savonarola and Florence

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Juanita M. Kreps	Government	11-Jan-1921	5-Jul-2010	US Secretary of Commerce, 1977-79

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
William G. Bowen	Educator	6-Oct-1933		President, Princeton University, 1972-88
Michael Eisner	Business	7-Mar-1942		CEO of Disney, 1984-2005
John V. Faraci	Business	16-Feb-1950		CEO of International Paper
Thomas E. Hoaglin	Business	c. 1950		CEO of Huntington Bancshares
Donald B. Shackelford	Business	1932		Fifth Third Bank Central Ohio
Ambrose Swasey	Business	19-Dec-1846	15-Jun-1937	Warner and Swasey Company and Observatory

COACHES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Sid Gillman	Football	26-Oct-1911	3-Jan-2003	NFL Coach, Hall of Famer
Woody Hayes	Football	14-Feb-1913	12-Mar-1987	OSU Head Coach, 1951-78

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