Hall of Fame Inductees

Each year at our annual Hall of Fame dinner, the OSU Army ROTC Alumni Society inducts an alumniest into this prestigious club. These individuals contributed immensily to the organization, the Buckeye Battalion, our nation, and the world.

Below are all the members of the Hall of Fame.

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Fred Hissong, Jr.
Major General
Class of 1955
Inducted 1986

W.W. "Woody" Hayes
Coach
February 14, 1913 -
March 12, 1987
Inducted 1987

Henry M. "Butch" O'neil, Jr.
Civilian Aid to the
Secretery of the Army
Class of 1957
Inducted 1987

Richard E. Mason, Jr.
Major General
Class of 1941
Inducted 1988

John T. Mount
Vice President and
Dean Emeritus
Class of 1941
Inducted 1988

Carlos K. Hayden
Brigadier General
Class of 1941
Inducted 1989

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Llyle Barker
Major General
Chief of Public Affairs and
1st AROTC Alumni President
Class of 1954
Inducted 1989

W. Wallace Stover
Distinguished Service Cross
Class of 1938
Inducted 1990

Ralph D. Mershon
Class of 1890
Inducted 1991

 

Mrs. Joanne K. Craft
"SGM of the Supply Room"
1954-79
Inducted 1991

Hugh R. Higgins
Major General
Class of 1942
Inducted 1992

 

Gerald R. Harkins
COL, Commander of the
Dragon Brigade
Class of 1965
Inducted 1992

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David W. Einsel
Major General
Class of 1950
Inducted 1993

 

Robert L. Smith
Sergeant Major
Buckeye Battalion 1979-84
Inducted 1993

 

Earl A. Aler
Major General
Senior Leadership & Logistics
Class of 1955
Inducted 1994

Alden E. Stilson, Jr.
Major General
Dedicated Soldier,
Bold, Innovative Leader
Class of 1955
Inducted 1994

Robert S. Coffey
Major General
Class of 1966
Inducted 1995

 

Richard Sisson, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President for
Academic Affairs and Provost
Of The Ohio State University
Class of 1958
Inducted 1995

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Nancy J. Currie
Astronaut
Class of 1981
Inducted 1996
Ernest F. Landthorn
Lieutenant Colonel
Class of 1941
Inducted 1997
Barton A. Loomis, Jr.
Colonel
Class of 1941
Inducted 1997

William D. Apple
Major
Class of 1941
Inducted 1998
Edward A. Pagels
Brigadier General
Class of 1934
Inducted 1998
Geoffrey D. Miller
Major General
Class of 1971
Inducted 1999
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Goerge L. Converse, Jr.
Colonel
Professor of Military Science
And Tactics 1900-1918
Inducted 2000

Grant L. Douglass
Captain
Class of 1984
Inducted 2000

Rollyn Cliffton Gibbs
Major General
Past President of AROTC Alumni Society
Class of 1958
Inducted 2001

Curry Ned Vaughan
Colonel
Professor of Military Science 1962-65
Inducted 2001

H. Gwynn Vaughan
Lieutenant Colonel
Professor of Military Science 1985-89
Past President of AROTC Alumni Society
Inducted 2001
George P. Pettit
Colonel
Class of 1965
Inducted 2002

 

George G. Davis
Major
Class of 1940
Inducted 2002
James J. Watkins
Colonel
Class of 1970
Inducted 2003
Marvin (Keith) McNamara
Brigadier General
Class of 1979
Inducted 2004
Theodore J. Janosko
Colonel
Class of 1975
Inducted 2005
Lewis B. Hershey
General
Assistant Professor of Military Science 1923-27
Inducted 2005
William H. Hall
Brigadier General
Vice President for Student Affairs
Inducted 2005
John R. Knight
Colonel
Class of 1967
Inducted 2006
Kenneth L. Bonnell
Lieutenant Colonel
Class of 1966
Inducted 2006
Jeffrey C. Horne
Brigadier General
Class of 1980
Inducted 2007
Donald H. Schriver
First Lieutenant
Class of 1969
Inducted 2007
Daryl J. Kelly
Lieutenant Colonel
Class of 1971
Inducted 2008
Robert L. Joseph
Lieutenant Colonel
Class of 1968
Inducted 2008
       
Vernon L. Beatty Jr.
Colonel
Class of 1986
Inducted 2009
Richard J. Sherlock
Major General
Class of 1978
Inducted 2009
       
 

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