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His first job during high school entailed working on a gearbox assembly line at the Triumph Manufacturing Company. He enrolled at Miami University, near his home, and during his college years worked at the McGowan Pump Company, where he learned drafting. In 1958, he graduated with bachelor's degree in modern European history from Miami University.
Pages in category "Miami University alumni" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 524 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
The following is a list of presidents, notable alumni, and faculty members of Miami University, in Oxford, Ohio, U.S. Alumni Academia Carol Anderson, professor of African American Studies at Emory University John Alexander Anderson, former Congressman from Kansas ; consul to Egypt ; second president of Kansas State University C. Michael Armstrong, chairman, board of trustees Johns Hopkins ...
Miami University's freshman retention rate is 89.2%, with 83% going on to graduate within six years. [61] Miami University is a college-sponsor of the National Merit Scholarship Program and sponsored 21 Merit Scholarship awards in 2020. In the 2020–2021 academic year, 28 freshman students were National Merit Scholars. [62]
The University of Miami has been regularly ranked one of the top universities in the U.S. by U.S. News & World Report, which ranks it the 55th-best national university as of 2022. The University of Miami campus spans 240 acres (0.97 km 2) and has over 5,700,000 square feet (530,000 m 2) of buildings. It has an endowment of $1.4 billion as of 2021.
The Cradle of Coaches is a nickname given to Miami University in Oxford, Ohio for its history of producing successful sports coaches, especially in football. Bob Kurz, a former Miami sports communications worker, popularized the term in a 1983 book, though the school's association with the nickname goes as far back as the early 1960s.
“When I thought things couldn’t get worse, my dream fashion school sent an email about an hour ago telling us they’re permanently closing in 7 days,” said a freshman at Miami International ...
The statue was given to the university in 1920 by Samuel Spahr Laws, Miami class of 1848. Alumni Hall is also attributed as the inspiration behind Marian Boyd Havighurst's 1934 mystery novel, Murder in the Stacks and sequences from the film Little Man Tate, directed and starring Jodie Foster, were filmed within the rotunda for Alumni Hall.