Downtown in Akron in Summit County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Akron Alumni Memorial Stadium

Dedicated to Akron's World War Dead.

Photographed by Craig Doda, May 10, 2026

1. Akron Alumni Memorial Stadium Marker

Inscription.

Akron Alumni Memorial Stadium. Dedicated to Akron's World War Dead.. Municipal University Of Akron Ohio Let there be light Buchtel College Organized May 31, 1870 Established Dec. 15, 1913. Cecil C. Abels . Grover Abels . James L. Allen . Harry I. Admundsan . Hans T. E. Anderson . Robert M. Ashmore . Thomas R. Arnett . Edgar Baker . Mike Barber . William L. Barker . Raymond E. Barnes . William Barnes . Charles W. Bauer . Oliver E. Baskey . Jerry S. Beasley . Henry Belak . Demetreos Benekos . Frank V. Benham . Joe Bernotes . Charles E. Bohn . Earl Boston . William J. Bower . Wayne S. Braden . Howard Bradshaw . Willis L. Brandon . James N. Brewer . Hugh D. Briggs . Guy R. Brown . Archie B. Brown . Charles S. Brown . Gilbert E. Brubaker . William Bruce . Leslie Buckner . Nicholas W. Burkhart . Earl Callaway . John Carlson . William W. Carlton . Carl H. Carmichael . James H. Carnes . Ralph J. Carpenter . Ralph Carrelli . Dana B. Chambers . Walter E. Cheeseman . D. Chiarulto . Albert J. Christ . Pinkney M. Clay . Charles H. Cleland . James Coins . Charles A. Conway . Joseph E. Corice, Leo J. Country . John Y. Covington . Wallace J. Cox . Thomas E. Crayne . Fred T. Crocker . George E. Cruise . James G. Cruise . James T. Crunkilton . Earl J. Custer . Arthur N. David . Kagan Davitoff . James H. Deal . Elmer H. Deifenbach . Henry W. Deisz . Amadio Diberardino . Michael Dierdorf . Pasquale Digiacoma . Harvey Dillon . Pietro Dipiazzo . Laner H. Droke . Simon Dukes . James E. Dye . Gemer A. Econmou . Melvin D. Edwards . George V. Eichenlaub . David Evans . John H. Evans . William H. Eyler . John J. Fette . Paul M. Fidler . Frank John Fisher . Merlow E. Fisher . Norman W. Fitt . James T. Flynn . Albert Freiss . Brouse C. Fultz . John F. Funkhouser . Clarence L. Gardner . Ernest Gary . Daniel C. Gassell . Joseph M. Gaylor . Louis A. Gemunt . Vito Gerondo . Harold B. Godfrey . Peter Goergess . Monroe Goff . Frank J. Goldcamp . George Gonaff . Charles H. Gooding . John C. Goodline, David Gould . Sherman R. Green . Ben P. Gregory . Farfield Griffiths . Thomas A. Grubbs . Tony Guarino . Carl E. Guth . Fred A. Haag . Byron C. Hackett . Samuel Halpert . Harry H. Hammon . Bernard B. Hanford . Arthur T. Hanline . Ernest M. Haselton . Raymond Haus . Thomas E. Hazlett . Joseph Hedges . Paul Hefferman . Roy L. Heimbaugh . Louis Heller . Hans Hellman . John Hillery . William D. Hobson . John W. Hofelt . Charles Hofer . Victor E. Huber . Leroy Hunt . Arggiros Isodian . James M. Ives . Hugh M. Jackson . Noble C. Jackson . Harry Jenson . Albert I. Jones . Moses B. Jones . Adam Karpinski . Joseph Kasporevg . Clemeth W. Kellogg . Charles H. Klahre . Felix Klenofske . Glen L. Kline . Henry W. Kline . Frank A. Kline . Gordon Klope . Lawrence H. Kneil . George Kondratik . Otto M. Kunert . Edward T. Kuskin . Harold J. Kuszmaul . Mike H. Landis, Carl E. O. Lang . Homer R. Lanning . Francisco Larosa . Elster H. Lay . August Leaster . Arthur A. Leffler . Sam Leiberman . Herbert H. Lippencott . Ray Liston . Andrew Lonbardo . Roy Mabie . Clarence E. Mains . Odes Malone . Clyde E. Manwaring . Joe Martino . Tom Mathews . Joseph B. Mattox . Paul Maxwell . John B. Maynard . Ray L. May . Andrew H. McConkey . William H. McDaniel . Ralph H. McKown . Joe E. McLaughlin . Forest G. Meech . Claude S. Metz . William M. Milius . O. R. Miller . William Mincy . Michael Miterko . John L. Molyneaux . Oliver H. Moon . Frank J. Moore . John Mosaks . Joseph F. Murphy . Joseph L. Murray . Roy A. Musser . Leroy W. Myers . Mike Nadjer . Benjamin F. Newlon . Hans B. Nielson . Joseph Norris . Walter H. O'Connell . Marvin Odom . Joseph Orcutt . Amos Orwick . Nick Palico . Newell Pancoast . Vlidium Perhun, Leslie M. Pethrick . Charles Pfeil . Lacy Phillips . Hugh J. Pierce . Adolph A. Pinnecke . Fotios Popthedoron . Alva A. Porter . Walter L. Pridgen . Gerald C. Pule . Jack Rahner . Lee W. Rathbun . T. W. Rauschenberger . John W. Reid, Jr. . Harry Rheinhold . Herbert D. Rhodes . Paul B. Riddle . Brutus L. Rideout . Willis P. Rinehart . Joseph A. Robertson . John E. Romire . Mathew Rooney . Lancelot A. Rose . John S. Rowe . Howard E. Runions . Harry D. Ruse . Leo A. Russell . John A. Ryan . Frank Sandman . John N. Sanford . Calvin G. Sanger . Lawrence Sattler . Albert A. Sayers . Milton Scarborough . Robert C. Scott . Thomas P. Scully . Frank Sharkey . Edward V. Shea . Lowell W. Shira . Nicholas Sidaris . William Siebert . John Sigler . William Sillars . Guy Skidmore . Roman Smiarewski . Carl C. Smith . Emery N. Smith . Heleon Y. Sorels . Aldred Souers . Christ S. Spathis . Ira V. Spigelmire, John J. Springer . John Steel . Albert Stelzer . Crawford C. Stine . Lloyd H. Stoker . Edward M. Strebler . Fred E. Strikenberg . Albert M. Stringer . George H. Struckman . Eugene Stufflebean . Claude A. Summers . Walter Summers . William S. Sweepson . Ira R. Swope . Isador Szoka . Marcellus C. Tenny . Lenley Thavenner . William M. Titus . George Tomko . David W. Totzke . Harry C. Tucker . Samuel Tunno . Edgar G. Van Kirk . James L. Van Pelt . Bernard E. Verlin . Christ Voris . Russell C. Warner . Mike Wasarsb . Adolph Weiss . Ernest S. West . David I. Westland . Clare E. Weysick . John White . Milton M. Whitman . Hal Whittington . Forest N. Willgohs . James E. Williams . Augustine Willis . Earl L. Winthrow . John Wiseman . Harry Wishart . Hershel J. Wolfe . Merril E. Yose . Salvatore Zaffuto . Milton G. Zartman . Benedict V. Zengler . Oswald Zinkland . Joseph Zoke . Tom Zouras . Oscar W. Zuelsdorf, From the University . Bernard Adler . Roy J. Bohl . Herman C. Laube . Lee W. Pitzer . Thomas J. Quayle, Jr. . Thomas J. Welker

Municipal University Of Akron Ohio
Let there be light
Buchtel College
Organized May 31, 1870
Established Dec. 15, 1913
Cecil C. Abels • Grover Abels • James L. Allen • Harry I. Admundsan • Hans T. E. Anderson • Robert M. Ashmore • Thomas R. Arnett • Edgar Baker • Mike Barber • William L. Barker • Raymond E. Barnes • William Barnes • Charles W. Bauer • Oliver E. Baskey • Jerry S. Beasley • Henry Belak • Demetreos Benekos • Frank V. Benham • Joe Bernotes • Charles E. Bohn • Earl Boston • William J. Bower • Wayne S. Braden • Howard Bradshaw • Willis L. Brandon • James N. Brewer • Hugh D. Briggs • Guy R. Brown • Archie B. Brown • Charles S. Brown • Gilbert E. Brubaker • William Bruce • Leslie Buckner • Nicholas W. Burkhart • Earl Callaway • John Carlson • William W. Carlton • Carl H. Carmichael • James H. Carnes • Ralph J. Carpenter • Ralph Carrelli • Dana B. Chambers • Walter E. Cheeseman • D. Chiarulto • Albert J. Christ • Pinkney M. Clay • Charles H. Cleland • James Coins • Charles A. Conway • Joseph E. Corice

Leo J. Country • John Y. Covington • Wallace J. Cox • Thomas E. Crayne • Fred T. Crocker • George E. Cruise

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• James G. Cruise • James T. Crunkilton • Earl J. Custer • Arthur N. David • Kagan Davitoff • James H. Deal • Elmer H. Deifenbach • Henry W. Deisz • Amadio Diberardino • Michael Dierdorf • Pasquale Digiacoma • Harvey Dillon • Pietro Dipiazzo • Laner H. Droke • Simon Dukes • James E. Dye • Gemer A. Econmou • Melvin D. Edwards • George V. Eichenlaub • David Evans • John H. Evans • William H. Eyler • John J. Fette • Paul M. Fidler • Frank John Fisher • Merlow E. Fisher • Norman W. Fitt • James T. Flynn • Albert Freiss • Brouse C. Fultz • John F. Funkhouser • Clarence L. Gardner • Ernest Gary • Daniel C. Gassell • Joseph M. Gaylor • Louis A. Gemunt • Vito Gerondo • Harold B. Godfrey • Peter Goergess • Monroe Goff • Frank J. Goldcamp • George Gonaff • Charles H. Gooding • John C. Goodline

David Gould • Sherman R. Green • Ben P. Gregory • Farfield Griffiths • Thomas A. Grubbs • Tony Guarino • Carl E. Guth • Fred A. Haag • Byron C. Hackett • Samuel Halpert • Harry H. Hammon • Bernard B. Hanford • Arthur T. Hanline • Ernest M. Haselton • Raymond Haus • Thomas E. Hazlett • Joseph Hedges • Paul Hefferman • Roy L. Heimbaugh • Louis Heller • Hans

Photographed by Craig Doda, May 10, 2026

2. Akron Alumni Memorial Stadium Marker

Hellman • John Hillery • William D. Hobson • John W. Hofelt • Charles Hofer • Victor E. Huber • Leroy Hunt • Arggiros Isodian • James M. Ives • Hugh M. Jackson • Noble C. Jackson • Harry Jenson • Albert I. Jones • Moses B. Jones • Adam Karpinski • Joseph Kasporevg • Clemeth W. Kellogg • Charles H. Klahre • Felix Klenofske • Glen L. Kline • Henry W. Kline • Frank A. Kline • Gordon Klope • Lawrence H. Kneil • George Kondratik • Otto M. Kunert • Edward T. Kuskin • Harold J. Kuszmaul • Mike H. Landis

Carl E. O. Lang • Homer R. Lanning • Francisco Larosa • Elster H. Lay • August Leaster • Arthur A. Leffler • Sam Leiberman • Herbert H. Lippencott • Ray Liston • Andrew Lonbardo • Roy Mabie • Clarence E. Mains • Odes Malone • Clyde E. Manwaring • Joe Martino • Tom Mathews • Joseph B. Mattox • Paul Maxwell • John B. Maynard • Ray L. May • Andrew H. McConkey • William H. McDaniel • Ralph H. McKown • Joe E. McLaughlin • Forest G. Meech • Claude S. Metz • William M. Milius • O. R. Miller • William Mincy • Michael Miterko • John L. Molyneaux • Oliver H. Moon • Frank J. Moore • John Mosaks • Joseph F. Murphy • Joseph L. Murray • Roy A. Musser •

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Leroy W. Myers • Mike Nadjer • Benjamin F. Newlon • Hans B. Nielson • Joseph Norris • Walter H. O'Connell • Marvin Odom • Joseph Orcutt • Amos Orwick • Nick Palico • Newell Pancoast • Vlidium Perhun

Leslie M. Pethrick • Charles Pfeil • Lacy Phillips • Hugh J. Pierce • Adolph A. Pinnecke • Fotios Popthedoron • Alva A. Porter • Walter L. Pridgen • Gerald C. Pule • Jack Rahner • Lee W. Rathbun • T. W. Rauschenberger • John W. Reid, Jr. • Harry Rheinhold • Herbert D. Rhodes • Paul B. Riddle • Brutus L. Rideout • Willis P. Rinehart • Joseph A. Robertson • John E. Romire • Mathew Rooney • Lancelot A. Rose • John S. Rowe • Howard E. Runions • Harry D. Ruse • Leo A. Russell • John A. Ryan • Frank Sandman • John N. Sanford • Calvin G. Sanger • Lawrence Sattler • Albert A. Sayers • Milton Scarborough • Robert C. Scott • Thomas P. Scully • Frank Sharkey • Edward V. Shea • Lowell W. Shira • Nicholas Sidaris • William Siebert • John Sigler • William Sillars • Guy Skidmore • Roman Smiarewski • Carl C. Smith • Emery N. Smith • Heleon Y. Sorels • Aldred Souers • Christ S. Spathis • Ira V. Spigelmire

John J. Springer • John Steel • Albert Stelzer • Crawford C. Stine • Lloyd H. Stoker • Edward M. Strebler • Fred E. Strikenberg • Albert M. Stringer • George H. Struckman • Eugene Stufflebean • Claude A. Summers • Walter Summers • William S. Sweepson • Ira R. Swope • Isador Szoka • Marcellus C. Tenny • Lenley Thavenner • William M. Titus • George Tomko • David W. Totzke • Harry C. Tucker • Samuel Tunno • Edgar G. Van Kirk • James L. Van Pelt • Bernard E. Verlin • Christ Voris • Russell C. Warner • Mike Wasarsb • Adolph Weiss • Ernest S. West • David I. Westland • Clare E. Weysick • John White • Milton M. Whitman • Hal Whittington • Forest N. Willgohs • James E. Williams • Augustine Willis • Earl L. Winthrow • John Wiseman • Harry Wishart • Hershel J. Wolfe • Merril E. Yose • Salvatore Zaffuto • Milton G. Zartman • Benedict V. Zengler • Oswald Zinkland • Joseph Zoke • Tom Zouras • Oscar W. Zuelsdorf

From the University
Bernard Adler • Roy J. Bohl • Herman C. Laube • Lee W. Pitzer • Thomas J. Quayle, Jr. • Thomas J. Welker

Erected 1928 by The A. Association.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Education • War, World I.

Location. 41° 4.785′ N, 81° 31.042′ W. Memorial is in Akron, Ohio, in Summit County. It is in Downtown. It is at the intersection of South High Street and East Bowery Street, on the right when traveling north on South High Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 205 S High St, Akron OH 44308, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Greater Cleveland

and in the Western Reserve.

It is also in the American Midwest.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Summit County World War II Veterans Memorial (here, next to this marker); a different marker also named Summit County World War II Veterans Memorial (here, next to this marker); Summit County Korean War Killed in Action (a few steps from this marker); Summit County Vietnam Veterans Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Summit County Service Members Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Tree For Life (within shouting distance of this marker); Ohio Education Association (within shouting distance of this marker); Charles Goodyear (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Akron.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2026. It was originally submitted on June 13, 2026, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 10 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 13, 2026, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.