Kristina Johnson (OSU President)

[MililaniBuckeye]

She’s 20-some years older than me, and my great-grandpa graduated OSU in 1894 (and 1897), so it doesn’t seem totally unreasonable to me.

Assuming your great-grandpa was born in 1872 (being age 22 when he graduated in 1894) and you were born around 1980, that's a 108-year gap between three generations, or 36 years between patriarchal births (1872, 1908, 1944, 1980). With her being born in 1957 and her grandpa in 1874, that's an 83 gap between two generations, or 41.5 years between patriarchal births (1874, 1915/1916, 1957). I now a lot of folks nowadays are waiting longer before they start having kids (I know several guys who didn't have their first kid until they were in their early 40s), but waiting until you're over 40 to have your first child way back in those days just seems a little surprising.

 

[DaddyBigBucks]

Assuming your great-grandpa was born in 1872 (being age 22 when he graduated in 1894) and you were born around 1980, that's a 108-year gap between three generations, or 36 years between patriarchal births (1872, 1908, 1944, 1980). With her being born in 1957 and her grandpa in 1874, that's an 83 gap between two generations, or 41.5 years between patriarchal births (1874, 1915/1916, 1957). I now a lot of folks nowadays are waiting longer before they start having kids (I know several guys who didn't have their first kid until they were in their early 40s), but waiting until you're over 40 to have your first child way back in those days just seems a little surprising.

I've no interest in digging in to the details, just askin': Do we know that she is the first born daughter of a first born son? That may have been said somewhere, I don't know. But people kept having kids until they couldn't back in the day; maybe she's the 8th daughter of a 7th son.

 

[BayBuck]

Assuming your great-grandpa was born in 1872 (being age 22 when he graduated in 1894) and you were born around 1980, that's a 108-year gap between three generations, or 36 years between patriarchal births (1872, 1908, 1944, 1980). With her being born in 1957 and her grandpa in 1874, that's an 83 gap between two generations, or 41.5 years between patriarchal births (1874, 1915/1916, 1957). I now a lot of folks nowadays are waiting longer before they start having kids (I know several guys who didn't have their first kid until they were in their early 40s), but waiting until you're over 40 to have your first child way back in those days just seems a little surprising.

Why are you assuming that they were the first kids? That late 19th century generation would have very commonly seen big families having children over several decades. But perhaps we’re getting lost in the weeds here...

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

I've no interest in digging in to the details, just askin': Do we know that she is the first born daughter of a first born son? That may have been said somewhere, I don't know. But people kept having kids until they couldn't back in the day; maybe she's the 8th daughter of a 7th son.

Why are you assuming that they were the first kids? That late 19th century generation would have very commonly seen big families having children over several decades. But perhaps we’re getting lost in the weeds here...

 

[Buckerooni]

Why are you assuming that they were the first kids? That late 19th century generation would have very commonly seen big families having children over several decades. But perhaps we’re getting lost in the weeds here...

All it takes is having an older dad. I'm about her age, and my grandfather was born in 1873. My dad was born in 1901. But I wasn't born until the mid 1950s, and have siblings born in the 60s (Mom was 23 years younger than Dad). Anyhow, it's very possible.

 

[BayBuck]

So the next question in the investigation is, does @BB73 have one of his 1894-96 game programs to confirm the right guard depth chart?

 

[BB73]

So the next question in the investigation is, does @BB73 have one of his 1894-96 game programs to confirm the right guard depth chart?

I would if they had game programs back then.

1896, a 5-5-1 campaign, was so bad the Buckeyes almost hired a young Fielding Yost to coach the team. That would have changed the shape of the rivalry in its early years.

 

[BayBuck]

I would if they had game programs back then.

1896, a 5-5-1 campaign, was so bad the Buckeyes almost hired a young Fielding Yost to coach the team. That would have changed the shape of the rivalry in its early years.

How about 1895? Now that I think about it, that would be a ‘96 grad’s senior season, right? Do you remember a Johnson on the line??

 

[Mike80]

I'm glad she survived cutting Snoke's ship in half in Star Wars....

 

[brodybuck21]

I'm glad she survived cutting Snoke's ship in half in Star Wars....

What you did there...i seent it

 

[BayBuck]

Meet the new boss:



https://news.osu.edu/kristina-m-johnson-appointed-16th-president-of-the-ohio-state-university/

Although Drake finished his term yesterday, Dr. Johnson won’t officially take over until September, so:

In the interim, Ohio State’s board of trustees approved a resolution that named executive vice president and provost Bruce McPheron responsible for the administration of the academic operations of the university. Dr. Harold Paz, the executive vice president and chancellor for health affairs and chief executive officer of the Wexner Medical Center was named responsible for the administration of the medical center enterprise and seven health sciences colleges. Both arrangements begin Wednesday and run through Aug. 31.

https://www.dispatch.com/news/20200630/ohio-statersquos-drake-officially-departs-presidency

 

[calibuck]

If she's done half of what her resume says, then she's a superstar. Very bright woman, and an entrepreneur to boot. Has had her feet in corporate business as well as education, at top levels. SUNY is a extremely large collegiate system, wonder why she's taking a step down to the four (or five?) campuses of THE Ohio State. Hopefully her corporate side will let her see the incredible money machine that is tOSU athletics, and she will nurture that as well as continuing to make the educational side of tOSU stronger and more focused, as Gee and Drake have attempted. On paper, looks to be a great choice.

 

[BayBuck]

If she's done half of what her resume says, then she's a superstar. Very bright woman, and an entrepreneur to boot. Has had her feet in corporate business as well as education, at top levels. SUNY is a extremely large collegiate system, wonder why she's taking a step down to the four (or five?) campuses of THE Ohio State. Hopefully her corporate side will let her see the incredible money machine that is tOSU athletics, and she will nurture that as well as continuing to make the educational side of tOSU stronger and more focused, as Gee and Drake have attempted. On paper, looks to be a great choice.

It sounds like she just wasn’t really a “Cuomo guy” and so she ended up getting kind of boxed out as he “asserted more control” over SUNY during coronavirus.

https://auburnpub.com/news/local/su...cle_caaeb9c1-7226-5b64-88be-30467f60e375.html

 

[Taosman]

What a shame we had to lose Urban because of Drake.

 

[calibuck]

UC Irvine (the Anteaters), was a non-football school. My suspicion is that Drake was an educator only (not both like the new person), so believed in education 'uber all'. Hence, there was no way a mere coach was gonna usurp his place as an educational leader. tOSU has had several of those over the years, but the Trustees at tOSU were strong enough to 'show them the light'. Not sure why Drake got away with what he did, not very Buckeye of him. Anyway, Education should be first, but there should be other agendas in college as well, sports and music being two of them. It sounds to me like Dr. Johnson will embrace all of them during her tenure. Go Bucks!