List of Capital University people
This is a list of notable individuals who currently have or previously had an association with Capital University, located in Bexley, Ohio. Capital University is a private liberal arts university of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, founded in 1830. In addition to its undergraduate programs, the university also has graduate programs, as well as a law school.[1] Capital is the oldest university in Central Ohio and is one of the oldest and largest Lutheran-affiliated universities in North America.[2]
Notable alumni
- Ron Amstutz, Ohio State Senator
- Tim Ayers, former Mayor and City Commissioner, Springfield, Ohio
- Matt Billingslea, drummer for Lady Antebellum and Taylor Swift
- C.C. Finlay, novelist (Class of '90)
- Jay Hottinger, Ohio state senator (R-31)
- Arnett Howard, jazz musician
- Chris Jamison, pop singer who appeared on Season 7 of The Voice
- Theodore E. Long, former President of Elizabethtown College
- Louis H. Mackey, philosopher
- Fernando Malvar-Ruiz, Litton-Lodal Music Director of The American Boychoir
- Eric Norelius, Lutheran minister, church leader and writer
- Chad Painter, journalism ethics scholar, William H. Taft Fellow in Mass Media History
Notable faculty
- Harold J. Grimm, Professor of History and an expert on the Protestant Reformation
- Matthias Loy, elected president of Capital University in 1881
- Alexander V. Pantsov, Professor of History and author of Mao: The Real Story
- Daniel R. Skinner, political theorist and scholar of American health care debates
- James Swearingen, music educator and composer
- Harvey Wasserman, liberal, anti-nuclear activist and adjunct professor in the History Department
Law School
Notable faculty
- Dr. Kevin R. Griffith, poet
- Jack Guttenberg, legal writer; expert on professional responsibility; co-author of the authoritative source on the Ohio new law of professional conduct for attorneys, Ohio Law of Professional Conduct
- Dan Kobil, clemency and death penalty expert
- David Mayer, legal historian and Jefferson scholar
- Bradley A. Smith, former Commissioner and Chairman of the Federal Election Commission 2000-2005
- Mark Strasser, expert on gay rights and same sex marriage
A 2008 survey of faculty scholarship conducted by Roger Williams University School of Law found Capital's faculty to be one of the most productive scholarly faculties in the nation.[3]
Notable alumni
- Peter Abele, Ohio 4th District Court of Appeals Judge
- Craig Baldwin, Ohio 5th District Court of Appeals Judge
- Teresa Ballinger, Marion County, OH Municipal Court Judge
- J. D. Beane, Wood County, WV Circuit Judge
- Thomas Bonasera, President, Ohio State Bar Association (1999–2000)
- Susan Brown, Ohio 10th District Court of Appeals Judge
- Jennifer Brunner, Ohio Secretary of State (2007–2010)
- Christopher Davis, Mayor of Welch, WV
- Toni Eddy, Ross County, OH Municipal Court Judge
- Kathleen Graham, Franklin County, OH Magistrate
- Christopher Greer, Franklin County, OH Court of Common Pleas Judge, Domestic Relations and Juvenile Division
- Robert Hendrickson, Ohio 12th District Court of Appeals Judge
- Paul Herbert, Franklin County, OH Municipal Court Judge
- Michael Higgins, Licking County, OH Municipal Court Judge
- Leonard Holzapfel, Jackson County, OH Court of Common Pleas Judge
- Mark Hummer, Franklin County, OH Municipal Court Judge
- Bruce Edward Johnson, Ohio Lt. Governor (2004–2006)
- U.S. Representative Jim Jordan (R-OH, 2007–present)
- Dennis Kimball, Franklin County, OH Magistrate
- Roger Kline, Ohio 4th District Court of Appeals Judge
- Ed Lane, Washington County, OH Court of Common Pleas Judge
- Greg Lashutka, Mayor, Columbus, OH (1991–1999)
- Kay Lias, Franklin County, OH Court of Common Pleas Judge, Domestic Relations and Juvenile Division
- Kirk Lindsey, Franklin County, OH Magistrate
- Teresa Liston, Franklin County, OH Municipal Court Judge (retired)
- Colleen Marshall, Columbus, OH news personality
- John Matthias, Ohio Supreme Court Justice (1954–1970)
- Brad McCloud, Mayor of Reynoldsburg, OH
- Matthew McFarland, Ohio 4th District Court of Appeals Judge
- Paul McNulty, United States Deputy Attorney General (2005–2007), United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia (2001–2005)
- Robert Montgomery, Franklin County, OH Probate Court Judge
- Fred Moses, Hocking County, OH Municipal Court Judge
- Mark Musick, Jackson County, OH Municipal Court Judge
- Jim O'Grady, Franklin County, OH Municipal Court Judge
- H. William Pollitt, Jr., Fayette County, OH Municipal Court Judge
- Victor Pontious, Jr., Fayette County, OH Municipal Court Judge
- Dana Preisse, Franklin County, OH Court of Common Pleas Judge, Domestic Relations and Juvenile Division
- Elizabeth Preston-Deavers, Magistrate Judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
- U.S. Representative Deborah Pryce (R-OH, 1993–2008)
- Rupert Ruppert, Franklin County, OH Municipal Court Judge
- Lisa Sadler, Ohio 12th District Court of Appeals Judge
- Richard Sheward, Franklin County, OH Court of Common Pleas Judge
- Heather Sowald, President, Ohio State Bar Association (2004–2005)
- Phyllis Streitel, Chester County, PA Court of Common Pleas Judge
- Anne Taylor, Franklin County, OH Municipal Court Judge
- Scott Vanderkarr, Franklin County, OH Municipal Court Judge
- Michael Watson, District Judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
- David D. White, first African-American attorney licensed to practice law in Columbus[4]
References
- ^ "Degrees". Capital University. Retrieved July 4, 2012.
- ^ "About Capital". Capital University. Retrieved July 4, 2012.
- ^ http://law.capital.edu/uploadedFiles/Law_Multi_Site/About/Publications/08CapLawAnnualR11.pdf
- ^ http://www.discoverydistrict.com/who-we-are/member-spotlight/member-spotlight10/