Dennison's senior photo, 1933

The Archives recently received a Varsity sweater (at bottom of post) originally worn by Carl L. Dennison, an OSU graduate who attended the University roughly 80 years ago.

Using various reference materials, we found out a little more about him:

Dennison matriculated into OSU in the fall of 1928, as a freshman in the College of Engineering. He was a student of engineering until the 1931-1932 academic year, when, according to the student directories, he switched to Commerce. He graduated in June 1933 with a bachelor of science degree in Business Administration.

Dennison on the court, 1932

During his time at OSU, he was apparently a very busy young man, at least according to our set of Makios and alumni magazines. He was a member of the fraternity, Phi Kappa Psi, all five years he attended the University. He also was a member of the honorary, Bucket and Dipper, his junior year, and he was a member of the senior honorary, Sphinx, the next year.

From his second year at OSU until he graduated, he played for the men’s tennis team, and was a member of Varsity “O” his last two years on campus. During his first year on the Varsity team, the Makio called Dennison, a former high-school city champion in Youngstown, one of “a promising trio” from that city “wearing Ohio’s State’s colors for the first time.” Two years later, Dennison was playing for the Big Ten title in singles, but lost in straight sets against a member of the University of Chicago team, according to the Makio.

That is where the record ends, unfortunately. We’re grateful, though, to Dennison’s family for donating the sweater, a beautiful artifact from a long-ago era. And we hope you enjoyed learning a little bit more about the man who wore it.