STATEHOUSE NEWS

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The Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board and Capitol Square Foundation are seeking nominations for the 2014 class of “Great Ohioans.” The award commemorates Ohioans who have played a significant role in an event, or series of events, of lasting significance in World, American or Ohio history. Additional criteria include being born in Ohio or lived in Ohio for a minimum of five years. At least 25 years must have passed since the commemorated event, in which the nominee participated.

This award is an opportunity to recognize Ohioans who have made an impact in a number of important areas. A complete explanation of the nomination process and nomination forms can be found online at www.ohiostatehouse.org or http://www.capitolsquarefoundation.org/Great_Ohioan.htm.

All Ohioans, including teachers and students, are encouraged to participate in the nomination process.

Great Ohioan nomination categories include:
• inventions/medicine/science
• literature/journalism/history
• academics
• communications/education
• entertainment/sports
• government/military/public service/religion

Deadline for nominations is Sunday, December 1, 2013. The Capitol Square Foundation may select up to three nominees to submit for selection to the Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board, the oversight body for the Capitol Square complex. The Great Ohioan Award recipients will be announced and recognized in early 2014.

Since 2003, 30 Great Ohioans have been recognized with the award for the special roles they played in history. The Great Ohioans include;

2003 Class: Orville and Wilbur Wright, inventors; John Glenn, first American to orbit the earth; and Neil Armstrong, first man to walk on the moon;

2008 Class: Jesse Owens, Olympic track and field star; Thomas Edison, inventor; Harriet Beecher Stowe, author; James Thurber, journalist and author; Colonel Charles Young, military leader; and Dr. George Crile, founder of the Cleveland Clinic;

2009 Class: Catherine Nelson Black, health care humanitarian; Salmon P. Chase, Ohio Governor, Secretary of the Treasury and U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice; Paul Laurence Dunbar, poet and author; Charles F. Kettering, inventor; Eddie Rickenbacker, World War I fighter ace; and Denton T. “Cy” Young, baseball legend.

2010 Class: James M. Cox, journalist, member of the United States House of Representatives, Ohio Governor; Florence Ellinwood Allen, first woman Ohio Supreme Court Justice; Bob Feller, baseball legend; and Bill Willis, National Football League hall of famer.

2011 Class: Ulysses S. Grant, Civil War General and U.S. President; William Moore McCulloch, Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives, U.S. Congressman and civil rights advocate; William Howard Taft, U.S. President and U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice; and Harriet Taylor Upton, women’s rights advocate and author.

2012 Class: Gordon Battelle, philanthropist and researcher, Dominic Salavtore “Don” Gentile, World War II fighter pilot; Washington Gladden, clergyman and social reformer; Albert Belmont Graham, founder of the 4-H program; Albert Sabin, medical researcher best known for the oral polio vaccine; and William T. Sherman, Civil War general.

2013 Class: James Abram Garfield, scholar, Civil War General and U.S. President; Granville T. Wood, entrepreneur and inventor; Paul Brown, professional football innovator, coach and executive.

A special exhibit in the Ohio Statehouse Museum pays tribute to all Great Ohioan Award recipients. On a large touch screen, a host of options are available for visitors to explore the life and accomplishments of each recipient. While countless Ohioans have performed great actions for their community and beyond, only a select few have been named a “Great Ohioan.” The exhibit allows visitors to have a greater understanding of the recipients of the Great Ohioan award and discover how they affected local, national and world history. The exhibit uses video, photos and web based technology to explore the life and legacy of each Great Ohioan. The Capitol Square Foundation has raised more than $5 million in private donations for the new museum and enhanced education programming at the Ohio Statehouse.

The Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board is responsible for maintaining the historic character of the Statehouse and Capitol Square while providing for the health, safety and convenience of those who work in and visit the complex. The Ohio Statehouse Museum shines a light on the history of this great edifice, its symbolic meaning and its vital historic and ongoing connections to the daily lives of all Ohioans.

The Capitol Square Foundation was established in 1987 to increase public awareness of and to involve citizens in the history of the Ohio Statehouse. Its purpose is to raise funds to obtain, restore and maintain artifacts and other items related to the history and enhancement of this grand monument and its adjoining grounds, so that the seat of Ohio's government may reflect the dignity of the state and its citizens.

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Ohio Statehouse, Room 16
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 221-5825
Fax: (614) 221-1989
Email: CSF@AssnOffices.com

This form may be replicated by photocopying, scanning, or other means for easier preparation.

Great Ohioan Nomination Form

Award Goal: To commemorate the significant role of Ohioans in an event or series of events of lasting significance in World, American or Ohio history through the awarding of the Capitol Square Foundation’s “Great Ohioan” Award.

Award Criteria:
• Must be an individual Ohioan or group of Ohioans who have made a significant or lasting contribution to the World, American or Ohio history; and
• Must have been born in Ohio or lived in Ohio for a minimum of five years; and
• At least 25 years have passed since the event, which the nominee played a role in, is being commemorated; and
• There is a compelling reason why the Ohio Statehouse, rather than some other location in the state, should be the location of the award or commemorative work.


NOMINEE NAME ___________________________________________________________________

Category: - Inventions/Medicines/Science - Literature/Journalism/Historiography - Academics
- Communications/Education - Entertainment/Sports - Government/Military/Public Service/Religion

ADDRESS (if known)__________________________________________________________________

PHONE ____________________ FAX ___________________ EMAIL __________________________

Please include with this nomination form, a narrative (no more than three pages) explaining how the nominee meets the award criteria mentioned above.

NOMINATOR NAME ___________________________________________________________________

COMPANY/SCHOOL____________________________________________________________________

ADDRESS _____________________________________________________________________________

PHONE ____________________ FAX ___________________ EMAIL ____________________________

Please mail 1) nomination form and 2) narrative to: Great Ohioan Committee, Ohio Statehouse, Room 16, Columbus, OH 43215. Fax: 614-221-1989 Attn: Great Ohioan Committee. Email: CSF@AssnOffices.com

Please submit nominations by: December 1, 2013

A special exhibit pays tribute to all Great Ohioan Award recipients at the Ohio Statehouse Museum.