This list contains notable people associated with Woodward High School in Cincinnati, Ohio, including alumni and current and former faculty.
Alumni
Art and entertainment Karen Ackerman (1969) – author of children's literature Alice Williams Brotherton (1848–1930) – writer Marty Callner (1964) – music video director Gustave W. Drach – architect; designed the 1910 iteration of the school Leo Mielziner (1887) – artist and scenic designer, father of Jo Mielziner Harry Shokler (1914) – artist Richard Stoltzman (1960) – classical clarinetist
Athletics Daryl Boston (1981) – former Major League Baseball player Ezzard Charles (1942) – the "Cincinnati Cobra", professional boxer and former World Heavyweight Champion Leon Durham (1976) – former Major League Baseball player (1980–1989) Ray Edwards (2003) – defensive lineman for the Minnesota Vikings John Jackson (1983) – offensive tackle Ed Jucker (1936) – former head basketball coach at the University of Cincinnati and later coach for two seasons of the Cincinnati Royals of the NBA C. J. McDiarmid (c. 1886) – executive with the St. Louis Browns and Cincinnati Reds Antwan Peek (1998) – linebacker for the Cleveland Browns Abdul Salaam (1971) – former defensive tackle with the New York Jets' as part of the "New York Sack Exchange"; known as "Larry Faulk" while attending Woodward, he changed his name to Abdul Salaam, which means "soldier of peace," in 1977 Ed Shuttlesworth (1970) (born 1952) – leading rusher for the Michigan Wolverines football teams of 1972 and 1973; third leading rusher in the Canadian Football League in 1974 Clem Turner (1964) – NFL running back for Cincinnati Bengals and Denver Broncos; pro wrestler
Government and politics David H. Bailey – United States consul in Hong Kong (1870–1878) and consul general in Shanghai (1879–1880) Ted Berry (1924) – first African-American caledictorian at Woodward (1924); president of the Cincinnati branch of the NAACP (1932–1946); 1947–1961 served on the NAACP Ohio Committee for Civil Rights Legislation; first black assistant prosecuting attorney for Hamilton County; first African American mayor of Cincinnati (1972) Mark L. Mallory (1980) – mayor of Cincinnati Lafayette F. Mosher (1843) – associate justice of the Oregon Supreme Court, Oregon state senator O'dell Owens – reproductive endocrinologist, Hamilton County coroner, president of Cincinnati State Technical and Community College, nonprofit executive William Howard Taft (1874) – 27th president of the United States and 10th chief justice of the United States Supreme Court, the only person to hold both offices
Military Henry V. Boynton (1854) – Union Army officer during the Civil War, Medal of Honor recipient
Education Dr. Ronald Crutcher (1965) – president emeritus of Wheaton College; president of University of Richmond; accomplished cellist (member of the Klemperer Trio) Nelson Glueck (1916) – rabbi, academic and archaeologist; president of Hebrew Union College from 1947 until his death; his pioneering work in biblical archaeology resulted in the discovery of 1,500 ancient sites William Strunk Jr. – Cornell University English professor and author of The Elements of Style
Science Charles Henry Turner (ca 1887) – entomologist and first African American to receive a graduate degree at the University of Cincinnati and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago Hannah L. Wessling (1894) – chemist and food scientist, billed as "Uncle Sam's Bread Baker" during World War I
Faculty William Holmes McGuffey (mid-1840s) – author of the McGuffey Readers, one of America's first textbooks
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