Interview of Dean Ramsey by Kevlin Haire
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Date
2008
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Ohio State University Archives
Abstract
Dean Ramsey was born in Columbus but grew up in Pataskala, Ohio. When Ramsey started school at The Ohio State University in the late 1940s, he wanted to be an aeronautical engineer. A chance meeting with Professor Charles Sutton from the Department of Landscape Architecture convinced Ramsey to join that program. In 1960, Ramsey came to the Ohio State University's Architect's Office as a landscape architect. At one point, he was appointed Director of Major Construction and worked on projects like the veterinary hospital and the reconstruction of University Hall. Eventually, Ramsey became director of Physical Plant. In the mid-1980s, his department was in charge of converting Ohio State's heating system from coal to gas. In 1988, Ramsey retired. Ramsey said he believes his greatest accomplishment at OSU was to help improve the quality of the campus during a 30-year era of great change after World War II
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Gordon B. Carson: Vice President of Business and Finance (pp. 28, 42) --
Lewis C. Chadwick: Professor of Horticulture (pp. 8, 9) --
Paul H. Elleman: Director of Physical Plant (pp. 9, 13) --
Marjorie Fawcett: wife of OSU President Novice G. Fawcett (p. 40) --
Novice G. Fawcett: President of Ohio State (pp. 29, 40) --
Walter L. Hartman: Director of Physical Plant (p. 13) --
Bob Hope: (pp. 40, 41) --
Richard D. Jackson: Associate Vice President of Business and Finance (p. 18) --
Edward H. Jennings: President of Ohio State (p. 25) --
William C. McCracken: Superintendent of Operations and Maintenance (p. 13) --
Thomas B. Smith: Associate Vice President of Physical Facilities: (pp. 13, 34) --
Charles R. Sutton: Professor of Architecture & Landscape Architecture (pp. 4, 5, 8) --
Leslie H. Wexner: member of the Board of Trustees (p. 25) --
Robert G. Whiteus: Director of the Veterinary Hospital (pp. 44, 45)