Statue of William Oxley Thompson
William Oxley Thompson is an outdoor 1930 bronze sculpture by Erwin Frey, installed on the Ohio State University campus in Columbus, Ohio, United States. It depicts the university’s former president of the same name.Description and history
Commissioned in February 1929 and dedicated in June 1930, the statue depicts Thompson wearing academic robes and holding a scroll. Fundraising for the memorial began in 1923, and $13,000 had been raised by 1926. The sculpture is approximately tall and has a diameter of,. It rests on a New Hampshire granite base with multiple inscriptions.
