Angelo Sicuro

Angelo Sicuro

A 1929 Graduate of Ravenna High School, Angelo Sicuro is now Editor Emeritus of the Ravenna Record Courier. A firm believer in the work ethic, as a boy in his native Ravenna, Angelo had the city’s largest Sunday paper route. He was appointed Editor of the Record...
Dr. Mary Jo Ruggieri

Dr. Mary Jo Ruggieri

A 1960 graduate of Ravenna High School and a graduate of Kent State University in 1965, Mary Jo went on to teach Physical Education at Anderson High School in Cincinnati and to coach the Cincinnati Pepsi Marlins Swim Club. In 1970 she undertook the creation of the...
Senator Marcus Roberto

Senator Marcus Roberto

A 1948 graduate of Ravenna High School, and a graduate of Kent State university in 1957 with a B.S. Degree in Education, majoring in social Studies, and in 1960 with a Masters Degree in history, Marcus returned to the classroom at Akron university, college of Law, to...
Maxwell Riddle

Maxwell Riddle

A 1925 graduate of Ravenna High School and a graduate of the University of Arizona, Maxwell Riddle is unquestionalbly the greatest living authority on dogs. He is the quthor of 14 dog books. His book, “Dogs Through History, ” was nominated by the Dog...
Tom Mariana, Sr.

Tom Mariana, Sr.

A 1930 graduate of Ravenna High School, Tom Mariana has been a major figure in Portage County athletics for many years. His love of sports began as a child and developed to a point of excellence in high school. Tom was an outstanding athlete in all sports, especially...
Martha Sutton Grooms

Martha Sutton Grooms

A 1905 graduate of Ravenna High School, and a graduate of Baltimore Normal School, Martha (Sutton) Grooms, the first black female to graduate from Ravenna High School, went on to become a teacher in Baltimore and Cleveland. Martha Grooms credits her mother with having...
Harry Gilcrest

Harry Gilcrest

It might be said of Harry Gilcrest that he is “a coach’s coach”. Coach, as he affectionately become known, graduated in 1930 from Kent Roosevelt High School and six years later, in 1936, from Kent State University. Coach Gilcrest arrived in Ravenna in the...
Carmon DeLeone

Carmon DeLeone

A 1960 graduate of Ravenna High School and president of his senior class, Carmon displayed signs of being a musical prodigy early in life. His talents led to a full scholarship at the University of Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. At the age of twenty, Carmon...
Supreme Court Justice William Rufus Day

Supreme Court Justice William Rufus Day

An 1866 graduate of Ravenna High School and a graduate from the University of Michigan in 1870. He was admitted to the bar in 1872 and commenced practice in Canton, Ohio. He was a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas from 1886 to 1890. He was appointed United States...
Susan K. Banks

Susan K. Banks

A 1969 graduate of Ravenn High School, Susan went on to graduate with Cum Laude honors at Kent State University in 1973. Susan was Miss Ohio 1976 and third runner-up to Miss America 1976. Following her Miss Ohio and Miss America experiences, Susan won the Corbett...