Two Hundred Years of History...Ohio University's Bicentennial

[DeltAlum]

Another interesting fact:

"John Templeton
John Templeton was born a slave in 1805 and freed in 1813. He graduated from Ohio University, with an A.B. in 1828, being the first black man to do so and the fourth African-American to graduate from a U. S. college. He was an educator and co-edited "The Mystery" a black newspaper."

Here is a link to the building -- note in the lower left hand corner of the picture, you can see the colums of the Delt House.

http://www.ohiou.edu/athens/bldgs/memaud.html

(note: I know that a lot of GCers will have no interest in some of this stuff, but for some OU Alums this is an exciting time. I hope you will forgive me for the posts)