Following is a list of University of Cincinnati College of Law alumni. It was established as the Cincinnati Law School in 1833.
Name | Class | Notability | References |
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Gaius Glenn Atkins | 1891 | Congregational minister and professor of homiletics at Auburn Theological Seminary | |
James Hartley Beal | 1886 | Ohio House of Representatives, acting president of Scio College, and professor of pharmacy at Pittsburg College of Pharmacy | |
Howard Landis Bevis | 1910 | president of Ohio State University and Ohio Supreme Court | |
Leonard Case Jr. | 1844 | Founder and endower of Case School of Applied Science | |
Kenneth Lawson | 1989 | Faculty specialist at the William S. Richardson School of Law | |
Harold G. Maier | 1963 | International Law Scholar; former Counselor on International Law with the U.S. Department of State | |
David M. Smolin | 1986 | Professor and director of Cumberland School of Law Center for Biotechnology, Law, and Ethics |
Name | Class | Notability | References |
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Ian Bruce Eichner | 1969 | Real estate developer | |
Charles DeLano Hine | 1893 | Civil engineer, lawyer, railway official, and US Army colonel | |
William Pitt Trimble | Businessman and attorney | ||
John P. Williams Jr. | 1966 | President of the Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce and attorney |
Name | Class | Notability | References |
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Thomas C. Campbell | 1870 | Prosecuting attorney in Cincinnati | |
Stanley M. Chesley | 1960 | Attorney with Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chesley Co., L.P.A | |
Charles Keating | 1948 | Founding partner of Keating, Muething & Klekamp | |
Billy Martin | 1976 | Defense attorney of Washington D.C. | |
Lawrence Maxwell Jr. | 1875 | United States Solicitor General | |
James Morris | North Dakota Attorney General and North Dakota Supreme Court justice |
Name | Class | Notability | References |
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John D. Altenburg | 1973 | United States Army major general | |
Thomas M. Anderson | 1858 | United States Army general | |
Joseph Scott Fullerton | 1858 | Chairman of the Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park | |
Gates P. Thruston | Judge-advocate general and brigadier general of the Army of the Cumberland, author |
Name | Class | Notability | References |
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Theodore S. Parvin | 1837 | Organizer of the State Historical Society of Iowa and a founder of the Masonic Order of Iowa | |
Michael Clarkson Ryan | 1842 | Founder of Beta Theta Pi | |
Russell Wilson | Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio and founder of Sigma Sigma |
Name | Class | Notability | References |
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Larry Barbiere | Competition swimmer and Olympic athlete | ||
Katie Blackburn | Executive vice president of the Cincinnati Bengals | ||
Robert Burch | Head football coach at the University of Cincinnati and Superior Court of San Diego judge | ||
Cris Collinsworth | 1991 | Professional football player with the Cincinnati Bengals and television sportscaster for NBC Sunday Night Football | |
Amos Foster | Head football coach at the University of Cincinnati, the | ||
John Holifield | 1996 | Professional football player with the Cincinnati Bengals | |
Miller Huggins | 1902 | Manager of the New York Yankees, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame | [7] |
C. J. McDiarmid | Principal owner of the Cincinnati Reds | ||
Dudley Sutphin | 1900 | Amateur tennis player, attorney, and judge |
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