Ohio University celebrates the 200th anniversary of its first graduates.

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"This year marks the 200th anniversary of the first graduates to receive degrees from Ohio University, and in honor of that milestone, this year’s Founders Day will commemorate the pioneering spirit of those first graduates with a display on the 5th floor of Alden Library.

Founders Day, which is usually observed on Feb. 18, traditionally marks the anniversary of the Ohio General Assembly’s approval on Feb. 18, 1804, of the charter plans which led to the creation of the Ohio University. In June 1815, Ohio University’s first degrees were conferred on Thomas Ewing and John Hunter. After practicing law in Lancaster, Ohio, Ewing served first as a Unites States Senator and then as a cabinet member, including a stint as the nation’s first secretary of the interior. In all, Ewing advised four U.S. presidents. John Hunter, meanwhile, died one year after receiving his degree."