This Month @ ONU



March 8, 1838   – H.S. Lehr, founder of

Ohio Northern University, born



March 12, 1986 – Dedication of Renovated Presser Hall

March 13, 1866 – Lehr arrives in Ada (then called Johnstown)

 

March 16, 1923 – Polar bear adopted as Northern’s mascot
From cover of 1925 Northern

 

March 22, 1963 – Ground broken for McIntosh Center (cafeteria section opened earlier)

 

March 24, 2013 – Campus hit by a late season blizzard

Don't put those coats and scarves away just yet.

 



March 28, 1958 – ONU accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary

Schools - A joyful Pres. McIntosh Waving

 

March 31. 1995 – Freeman Annex, Dukes Building dedicated
Named in honor of Prof. C.H. Freeman