Bruce P. Ferrini

Bruce P. Ferrini

Since the founding of his business in 1975, Bruce P. Ferrini is one of the foremost dealers in Western Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts in the world. A 1967 graduate of Ravenna High School, Bruce gave the first major exhibit of Western Illuminated...
John E. Davison

John E. Davison

John E. Davison was born in 1908 in Yorkshire, England and moved to the United States with his family at the tender age of six weeks. He attended school in Troy Township in Geauga County. John enrolled at Hiram College and graduated in 1934. At the time of his...
Frank Gardner Curtiss

Frank Gardner Curtiss

“In Ourselves Our Future Lies,” a speech by Frank Curtiss in 1925 epitomizes Frank’s life. The devotion Frank gave to the development of thousands of youth had its roots in Ravenna. Born in 1907 to Ralph and Mary Curtiss, brother to Walter Curtiss and Katheryn Stump,...
Anthony Joseph Cacioppo

Anthony Joseph Cacioppo

Anthony Joseph Cacioppo was a graduate of Ravenna High School, Class of 1941. Following service in the United States Army Air Corp, he resumed his education. Anthony graduated from Kent State University with honors in 1948. He majored in both chemistry and...
John Berry

John Berry

John was born on September 6, 1952, in Detroit Michigan. He was the third child born to John Jr. and Lottie (Polk) Berry, and lived in Ravenna for most of his life. John graduated from Ravenna High School in 1971 and furthered his education at Tri-State College in...
William J. Smole, Ph.D.

William J. Smole, Ph.D.

William J. Smole, a cultural geographer, was born in Akron, Ohio. He attended his first two years and his last three years of public school at Ravenna Township. Graduating in 1949, he was class president and valedictorian. He earned his B.S. degree at Kent State...
Robert S. Seymour, Ph.D

Robert S. Seymour, Ph.D

Dr. Robert S. Seymour, Ph.D., the Curtis Hutchins Professor of Forest Resources (Quantitative Silviculture) at the University of Maine, has distinguished himself both nationally and internationally in forest ecosystem science. He was the recipient of a prestigious Pew...
Mary Broadbent Powell

Mary Broadbent Powell

Very few people have been as active a supporter of Ravenna and the Ravenna School System as Mary Powell. Mary began her career as a school bus driver for Ravenna in 1969. In 1979, Superintendent James Coll hired Mary as transportation supervisor. This was during a...
Andrea Lynn Parshall

Andrea Lynn Parshall

Andrea graduated from Ravenna High School in 1995 and was a member of the National Honor Society. She was involved in many school sports including soccer, cross country and tennis; however, she is most remembered for her natural talent as a basketball player. Andrea...
Clair Muscaro

Clair Muscaro

Mr. Clair Muscaro graduated from High School in 1950 and was awarded a college basketball scholarship, playing at WV Institute of Technology College from 1950-1954. His team won four consecutive championships and Clair was named to the All-Conference and the All...