Past Ohioana Career Winners
Past winners of the annual Ohioana Career Award, presented to a native Ohioan for
outstanding professional accomplishments in the arts and humanities.
Year |
Honoree |
Contribution
|
County |
2008
|
Brooks, Queen
|
(artist, photographer, educator)
|
Franklin
|
2007
|
Bujold, Lois McMaster
|
(Science fiction and fantasy author)
|
Franklin
|
2006
|
Kamau, Kojo
|
(artist and photographer)
|
Franklin
|
2005
|
Matthews, Jack
|
(author, educator, & bibliophile)
|
Franklin/Athens
|
2004
|
Gray, Patricia
|
(musician & composer)
|
Montgomery
|
2003
|
Robinson, Aminah Brenda Lynn
|
(artist)
|
Franklin
|
2002
|
Lawson, Wayne
|
(director of Ohio Arts Council)
|
Franklin
|
2001
|
Citino, David
|
(professor of English at OSU, widely published poet)
|
Cuyahoga
|
2000
|
Logsdon, Gene
|
(writer & naturalist)
|
Seneca
|
1999
|
Stine, Robert L.
|
(author)
|
Franklin
|
1998
|
Erb, Donald
|
(composer)
|
Cuyahoga
|
1997
|
Gold, Herbert
|
(author)
|
Cuyahoga
|
1996
|
Doyle, Tom
|
(in the field of art)
|
Wood/Medina
|
1995
|
Norman, Maidie
|
(actress & teacher)
|
Allen
|
1994
|
Benton, Fletcher
|
(sculptor & artist)
|
Jackson
|
1993
|
Farrell, Suzanne
|
(dancer & teacher)
|
Hamilton
|
1992
|
Schlesinger, Arthur, Jr.
|
(historian, writer, teacher)
|
Franklin
|
1991
|
Hamilton, Virginia
|
(writer & teacher)
|
Greene
|
1990
|
Knepper, George
|
(writer, teacher, historian)
|
Summit
|
1989
|
Hostetler, David
|
(sculptor)
|
Athens
|
1988
|
Morrison, Toni
|
(author & educator)
|
Lorain
|
1988
|
Ruffner, Frederick G.
|
(publisher & advocate)
|
Fairfield
|
1987
|
Shriver, Phillip R.
|
(historian & administrator)
|
Butler/Cuyahoga
|
1986
|
Tetley, Glen
|
(dancer & choreographer)
|
Cuyahoga
|
1985
|
Miller, Mildred
|
(mezzo-soprano & teacher)
|
Cuyahoga
|
1984
|
Weaver, Don E.
|
(newspaperman & civic leader)
|
Guernsey
|
1983
|
Westerman, Sylvia Hewett
|
(TV & radio news executive)
|
Franklin
|
1982
|
Lawrence, Jerome
|
(playwright)
|
Cuyahoga
|
1982
|
Lee, Robert E.
|
(playwright)
|
Lorain
|
1981
|
Lausche, Frank J.
|
(statesman)
|
Cuyahoga
|
1980
|
Musson, Noverre
|
(architect, planner, author, teacher)
|
Hancock
|
1979
|
Eckstein, Gustav
|
(writer, teacher, physiologist)
|
Hamilton
|
1978
|
Heckart, Eileen
|
(actress in theater, motion pictures & TV)
|
Franklin
|
1977
|
Doan, Charles
|
(physician, scientist, administrator)
|
Franklin
|
1976
|
Beightler, Robert S.
|
(military)
|
Union
|
1976
|
Moody, Minnie Hite
|
(novelist, poet, columnist)
|
Licking
|
1975
|
Ruthven, John A.
|
(artist & ornithologist)
|
Fairfield
|
1974
|
Prescott, Orville
|
(author & literary critic)
|
Cuyahoga
|
1973
|
Glenn, John
|
("first man-in-orbit")
|
Muskingum
|
1972
|
Evans, Bergen
|
("serious scholar & humorist")
|
Warren
|
1971
|
Kohler, Foy D.
|
(diplomat, educator, author)
|
Lucas
|
1970
|
Fawcett, Novice G.
|
(president of Ohio State University)
|
Franklin
|
1969
|
Moley, Raymond
|
(journalist, author, educator)
|
Cuyahoga
|
1969
|
Vitz, Carl
|
(librarian)
|
Hamilton
|
1968
|
Meredith, Burgess
|
("actor of renown on stage, screen & TV")
|
Cuyahoga
|
1967
|
Kronenberger, Louis
|
(author, critic, editor)
|
Hamilton
|
1966
|
Gish, Lillian
|
("theater's loyal star")
|
Clark
|
1965
|
Bricker, John W.
|
("distinguished public servant, ardent Ohioan")
|
Madison
|
1964
|
Seltzer, Louis B.
|
("editor, civic leader, political seer")
|
Cuyahoga
|
1963
|
Rickenbacker, Edward V.
|
("war hero, aviation leader, business leader")
|
Franklin
|
1962
|
Rorimer, James J.
|
("art expert, art sleuth, art writer")
|
Cuyahoga
|
1961
|
Howard, Roy Wilson
|
("gatherer, editor & distributor of news")
|
Butler
|
1960
|
Morrill, James L.
|
(educational statesman & spokesman)
|
Marion
|
1959
|
Cordier, Andrew W.
|
(international civil servant & statesman)
|
Stark
|
1959
|
Oldberg, Arne
|
(composer, teacher & administrator)
|
Mahoning
|
1958
|
Dietz, David
|
(science writer, lecturer & editor)
|
Cuyahoga
|
1957
|
Buck, Paul Herman
|
("liberal, conservative & administrator")
|
Franklin
|
1956
|
Glueck, Nelson
|
(archaeologist & rabbi)
|
Hamilton
|
1955
|
Kiplinger, Willard M.
|
(reporter and founder of Kiplinger's Magazine
|
Logan
|
1954
|
Caniff, Milton A.
|
("story teller in comic strips")
|
Highland
|
1954
|
Sockman, Ralph
|
(preacher & interpreter)
|
Knox
|
1953
|
Barlow, Howard
|
(musician, conductor & music educator)
|
Madison
|
1953
|
Kirk, Grayson L.
|
(in the field of education)
|
Fayette
|
1952
|
Crouse, Russel
|
(playwright)
|
Hancock
|
1952
|
Dohanos, Stevan
|
(artist & illustrator)
|
Lorain
|
1951
|
Christy, Howard Chandler
|
(artist & illustrator)
|
Morgan
|
1951
|
Thomas, Lowell
|
("reporter, explorer, raconteur")
|
Darke
|
1950
|
Hatcher, Harlan
|
("historian of Ohio & a man of letters")
|
Lawrence
|
1950
|
Peale, Norman Vincent
|
("author, lecturer, a great preacher")
|
Greene
|
1949
|
Cooper, Martha Kinney
|
(founder of Ohioana Library)
|
Hamilton
|
1949
|
Kettering, Charles F.
|
("America's Inventive Genius")
|
Ashland
|
1949
|
Stevenson, Burton
|
(novelist, librarian & anthologist)
|
Ross
|
1949
|
Torrence, Ridgely
|
(biographer, dramatist & poet)
|
Greene
|
1948
|
Allen, Florence Ellinwood
|
(jurist & suffragist)
|
Cuyahoga
|
1948
|
Williams, Ben Ames
|
(novelist & short story writer)
|
Jackson
|
1947
|
Conklin, Edwin Grant
|
("Dean of American biologists")
|
Delaware
|
1946
|
Bromfield, Louis
|
(writer & conservationist)
|
Richland
|
1945
|
Brown, Joe E.
|
(actor, comedian)
|
Henry
|
1945
|
Head, Florence R.
|
(director of Ohioana Library)
|
Franklin
|
1945
|
Morgan, Arthur Ernest
|
(engineer & educator)
|
Hamilton
|
1944
|
Hunter, Dard
|
(paper maker, creator & publisher of fine books)
|
Jefferson
|
1943
|
Kelley, Edgar Stillman
|
(contributions to American music)
|
Butler
|
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