William Oxley Thompson

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William Oxley Thompson (November 5, 1855—December 9, 1933, born in Cambridge, Ohio) was the fifth President of The Ohio State University. Thompson was educated at Muskingum College and Western Theological Seminary. An ordained minister, Thompson spent the first half of his life in Presbyterian ministry. Upon his wife's death in 1885 he turned to higher education and took a job at Synodical College of the Synod of Colorado, followed by Miami University. His extensive service at Ohio State University (26 years) is honored with a larger-than-life bronze statue of President Thompson in academic dress, positioned in front of the eponymous main library on "The Oval" (the central greenspace on the Ohio State University campus).

Preceded by James Hulme Canfield	The Ohio State University President 1899-07-01–1925-11-05	Succeeded by George Washington Rightmire

Presidents of The Ohio State University
Orton • W. Q. Scott • W. H. Scott • Canfield • Thompson • Rightmire • McPherson • Bevis • Fawcett • Enarson • Jennings • Gee • Sisson • Kirwan • Jennings • Holbrook