Columbus is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Ohio. With a 2020 census population of 905,748,it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S.,the second-most populous city in the Midwest,and the third-most populous U.S. state capital. Columbus is the county seat of Franklin County;it also extends into Delaware and Fairfield counties. It is the core city of the Columbus metropolitan area,which encompasses ten counties in central Ohio. It had a population of 2.139 million in 2020,making it the largest metropolitan area entirely in Ohio and 32nd-largest metro area in the U.S.
Medina is a city in and the county seat of Medina County,Ohio,United States. The population was 26,094 at the 2020 census. It lies about 33 miles (53 km) south of Cleveland and 23 miles (37 km) west of Akron within the Cleveland metropolitan area.
Dublin is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio. A suburb of Columbus,it falls within the jurisdictions of Franklin,Delaware,and Union counties. The population was 49,328 at the 2020 census. Dublin has the highest concentration of Asians of any Ohio city. The Dublin Irish Festival advertises itself as the largest three-day Irish festival in the world.
Jay Cooke was an American financier who helped finance the Union war effort during the American Civil War and the postwar development of railroads in the northwestern United States. He is generally acknowledged as the first major investment banker in the United States and creator of the first wire house firm.
The London Inter-Bank Offered Rate was an interest rate average calculated from estimates submitted by the leading banks in London. Each bank estimated what it would be charged were it to borrow from other banks. It was the primary benchmark,along with the Euribor,for short-term interest rates around the world. Libor was phased out at the end of 2021,with market participants encouraged to transition to risk-free interest rates such as SOFR and SARON.
Robert Alphonso Taft Jr. was an American politician. He was a member of the Taft family who served as a Republican Representative from Ohio between 1963 and 1965,as well as between 1967 and 1971. Taft also served as a U.S. Senator between 1971 and 1976.
Gainbridge Fieldhouse is an indoor arena located in downtown Indianapolis,Indiana,United States. It opened in November 1999 to replace Market Square Arena. The arena is the home of the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). IT also hosts college basketball games,indoor concerts,and ice hockey.
Daniel Richard Crissinger was an American banker and lawyer who served as the 3rd chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1923 to 1927. Crissinger previously served as the 14th comptroller of the Currency from 1921 to 1923.
Major Robert Odell Owens was an American politician and librarian who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 2007,representing the New York's 11th and then 12th congressional district. He was first elected to replace retiring Representative Shirley Chisholm. Owens shepherded the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 through the House. He retired at the end of his term in January 2007 and was succeeded by Yvette Clarke.
Milton Albert Wolf was an American diplomat,investment banker and real estate developer from Cleveland,Ohio.
William Reginald "Bill" Rhodes is an American banker and philanthropist. Rhodes is president and CEO of William R. Rhodes Global Advisors,LLC which he founded in 2010. Having stepped back from full-time responsibilities with Citi after more than 53 years with the institution. He most recently served as senior advisor,senior vice chairman and senior international officer of Citigroup and chairman,president &CEO of Citibank,N.A. He held various senior executive positions at Citi from 1957 until his retirement from Citigroup on April 30,2010. Subsequent to his retirement,he continued to serve as a senior advisor to Citi from 2010 through 2017.
The American Bankers Association (ABA) is an American trade association for the U.S. banking industry,founded in 1875. They lobby for banks of all sizes and bank charters,including community banks,regional and money center banks,Federal savings associations,mutual savings banks,and trust companies. The average member bank has approximately $250 million in assets. ABA is the largest financial trade group in the United States.
The Pittsburgh Agreement was a memorandum of understanding completed on May 31,1918,between members of Czech and Slovak expatriate communities in the United States. It replaced the Cleveland Agreement of October 22,1915.
Francis Wilcox Treadway was an American politician who served as the 30th lieutenant governor of Ohio from 1909 to 1911.
Earl D. Bloom was an American politician who served as the 35th,37th and 39th lieutenant governor of Ohio from 1917 to 1919,1923 to 1925,and 1927 to 1928.
Howard Ross Ake was a Republican politician and banker from the U.S. state of Ohio. He was elected to the Ohio State Senate,appointed as Ohio State Treasurer,and ran unsuccessfully for Congress.
Oscar H. Banker was an Armenian American inventor who patented a number of works,including an automatic transmission for automobiles,the needleless inoculation gun,the primary controls of the first Sikorsky helicopter,and power steering. He is considered by some as the "father of automatic transmission." He is accredited as the inventor of the first practical automatic transmission,though Alfred Horner Munro of Canada patented an automatic transmission 14 years before Banker.
Marvin Duane Nellis is an American educator,university administrator,and 21st president of Ohio University in Athens. He was previously the president of Texas Tech University and the University of Idaho. Nellis previously served as provost and senior vice president at Kansas State University,and dean of the Eberly College of Arts and Science at West Virginia University.
Franklin Park is a neighborhood located on the Near East Side of Columbus,Ohio. Both the historic neighborhood and landmark,the Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens,are named after the 88-acre park.
Steve Wilson is the state senator for the 7th District of the Ohio Senate. He is a Republican. The district covers Warren County,a portion of Butler County including half of Middletown and a portion of Hamilton County including Indian Hill and parts of Cincinnati and Loveland.
