Moment in Time Revisited

OSU Professor William Herbert Page served as the second mayor of Grandview Heights from 1909 to 1912. He was born in Mt. Union, Ohio in 1868. Professor Page was an 1889 Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Yale and a member of the first law class graduated from O.S.U. in 1892. He was a member of the faculty of the OSU Law School from 1896 to 1917 when he was recruited to the University of Wisconsin. He was a prolific writer and published numerous articles including 15 volumes on the Ohio General Code. During his tenure in Columbus his name became synonymous with Ohio law. He resided with his family on a 3-acre estate at 1122 Fairview Ave. The main house still stands (top right) but the magnificent formal gardens at the south end of Fairview Avenue (bottom right) were developed into two home sites in the early 1980’s. He died in Madison, Wisconsin at the age of 83 in 1952. Probably not all that austere in real life, his New York Times obituary noted that his middle initial H. stood for “Herbie.”

NOTE: Originally submitted to ThisWeek News for publication June 6, 2006.