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William Oxley Thompson. The main library bears his name while his likeness towers over OSU’s central lawn, the Oval. Thompson was a university president, both at Miami University (Ohio) and then at The Ohio State University. What is less known today is that Thompson was an ordained Christian minister, serving as a Presbyterian pastor.

William Oxley Thompson, 1917. 5th president (July 1, 1899 – November 5, 1925) Born: November 5, 1855. Died: December 9, 1933. Born in Cambridge, Ohio, William Thompson attended Muskingum College, leaving in the summers to work on a farm, and graduated in 1878.

2 Pollard, p. 292. s Thompson, "The Optional and Mandatory in Religion," one of Five Sermons Delivered to the Students at University Chapel (Columbus, Ohio, 1914). Journal of Presbyterian History, 49: 1 (Spring, 1971) William Oxley Thompson have been an old fashioned orthodoxed [sic], dyed-in-the-wool Presbyterian.

The William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library (commonly referred to as the Thompson Library) is the main library at Ohio State University's Columbus campus. It is the university's largest library and houses its main stacks, special collections, rare books and manuscripts, and many departmental subject libraries.

William Oxley Thompson. Birth. 5 Nov 1855. Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio, USA. Death. 9 Dec 1933 (aged 78) Burial. Green Lawn Cemetery. Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, USA Show Map.

William Oxley Thompson, D.D. (November 5, 1855 – December 9, 1933), born in Cambridge, Ohio, was the fifth President of The Ohio State University. Thompson was educated at Muskingum College and Western Theological Seminary. An ordained minister, Thompson spent the first half of his career in Presbyterian ministry.

The west end of Thompson Library opens up to the long stretch of the Oval where the iconic statue of William Oxley Thompson stands. The statue was a gift from the classes of 1923, 1925, 1926 and ...

William Oxley Thompson, D.D. was the fifth President of The Ohio State University.