Wall of Honor Collection - John W. 'Pat' Wuichet, Sr., 1887-1940

              JOHN W. "PAT"
WUICHET, SR.
1887 - 1940
COMMUNITY LEADER,
EDUCATOR, SPORTSMAN
BORN IN DAYTON, OHIO. B.S. IN AGRICULTURE FROM OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY 
IN 1908. OWNED CEDAR CREST FARMS NEAR DAYTON.
RETURNED TO OHIO STATE IN 1910 AS PROFESSOR OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY. 
WUICHETS WERE 12TH FAMILY TO SETTLE IN UPPER ARLINGTON. IN 1917 JOHN 
CHAIRED COMMITTEE TO PLAN AND ESTABLISH UPPER ARLINGTON'S PUBLIC 
SCHOOL SYSTEM. APPOINTED TO BOARD OF EDUCATION AND ELECTED ITS FIRST
PRESIDENT, SERVED ON BOARD FROM 1918-27, HAD A VISION OF EXCELLENCE AND
GROWTH FOR THE SCHOOLS.
NATIONALLY KNOWN AS SWINE BREEDER AND JUDGE. JUDGED AT STATE FAIRS 
AND EXPOSITIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. IN 1930S WAS NAMED ASSISTANT STATE 
AGENT OF THE AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT ADMINISTRATION.
LOVED SPORTS, MEMBER OF OHIO STATE'S FIRST GYMNASTICS TEAM. PLAYED ON 
UPPER ARLINGTON RESIDENT BASEBALL TEAM. CHARTER MEMBER OF 
COMMUNITY'S GOLF AND TENNIS CLUBS.
JOHN AND HIS WIFE RUTH HAD THREE CHILDREN - JOHN JR., LOIS JEANETTE, AND 
TOM P.