OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

state university system consisting of a main campus in Columbus and branches in Lima, Mansfield, Marion, Newark, and the Agricultural Technical Institute in Wooster. The institute and the branches in Lima, Mansfield, and Newark are primarily two-year colleges. The main campus in Columbus is a comprehensive research institution with land-grant status. It comprises 10 schools and 19 colleges, including colleges of agriculture, dentistry, law, medicine, and veterinary medicine, offering a range of undergraduate, graduate, and professional degree programs. Research facilities include the Transportation Research Center at East Liberty and a freshwater laboratory on Gibralter Island in Lake Erie. On campus are the Super Computer Center and the Byrd Polar Research Center. Total enrollment is approximately 60,000. Ohio State University was established in 1870 as a land-grant university under the provisions of the Morrill Act of 1862. Instruction began in 1873 on a farm near Columbus. The university was then known as the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College. The name was changed to Ohio State University in 1878. The campuses in Marion and Newark were founded in 1957, the Mansfield campus in 1958, and the Lima campus in 1960. The Agricultural Technical Institute in Wooster opened in 1971. In the 1990s, when it had more than 50,000 students, the Columbus campus was probably the largest university campus in the United States. Notable alumni include track-and-field athletes Jesse Owens and Mal Whitfield, historian Arthur M. Schlesinger, author James Thurber, and artist Roy Lichtenstein.