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He became an associate in
the distinguished Baker & Hostetler law firm in Cleveland, Ohio
in 1945, became a partner in 1955 and managing partner in 1969,
and is senior advisor to the management committee. Under his
leadership, Baker & Hostetler has grown to become one of the
largest and most respected law firms in the nation with offices
in several major cities. |
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While actively engaged in several philanthropic
pursuits, John Drinko has earned a national reputation for his
singular support of higher education. As evidence of his
unstinting interest, Dr. Drinko has received honorary degrees
from a dozen institutions of higher learning including Marshall,
Ohio State, New Hampshire, John Carroll, Capital, Rio Grande,
Cleveland State and Mayers universities, Baldwin-Wallace, Notre
Dame of Ohio, Ursuline, Marietta and Keystone colleges. |
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He has received distinguished alumnus awards
from Marshall and Ohio State and St. Marys (W.Va.) High School
and was named a Distinguished Fellow of The Cleveland Clinic
Foundation. Drinko is also the recipient of the first John
Marshall Medal for Civic Responsibility and the Outstanding
Philanthropist Award of the West Virginia Chapter of the
National Society of Fund Raising Executives. He is a
member of the John Marshall Society and is an inductee of the
Hall of Fame of Marshall"s Elizabeth McDowell Lewis College of
Business. The Ohio State University Colleg3 of Law
building is named in his honor, as is Cleveland State's Fine and
Performing Arts Recital Hall. More recently, Marshall University
named its new library in Dr. Drinko's honor. He is also a
33rd degree Scottish Rite Mason and a Jester. |
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John Drinko is the founder of the consortium of
Multiple Sclerosis Centers and the Mellen Conference on Acute
and Critical Care Nursing, Case Western Reserved University
School of Nursing. He is a trustee of the Elizabeth G. and
John D. Drinko Charitable Foundation, The Ohio State
University Foundation and the Marshall University Foundation. He
is also a member of the Founder Society of the Cleveland
Orchestra. |
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John Drinko also has served as Chairman of the
Board of the Cleveland Institute of Electronics and the Double D
Ranch, Inc. He has served on the boards of Cloyes Gear and
Products Inc., McGean-Rohco and McGean-Rohco Worldwide Inc.,
The Orvis Company Inc. and Preformed Line Products. |
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He and Mrs. Drinko, the
former Elizabeth Gibson, were married May 14, 1946. They are the
parents of four children: Elizabeth Lee Sullivan, Diana Lynn
Martin, John Randall Drinko and Jay Deaver Drinko. |
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Mr. and Mrs. Drinko
maintain homes in Lyndhurst, Ohio, and Palm Springs, California. |
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