Education
Ohio State University.
politician gridiron football player
Ohio State University.
Lashutka was tight end for the Ohio State University Buckeyes football team, under head coach Woody Hayes, from 1963 to 1965. In 1965 Lashutka served as his team"s co-captain with Ike Kelley. In 1966 he was drafted to play professionally by the Buffalo Bills, a team that was at the time a member the American Football League.
He stayed a year with the Bills, playing only on the practice team
He then returned to Ohio State to finish his bachelor"s degree in history in 1967. Lashutka continued his education and received a Juris Doctor from Capital University Law School.
He was elected mayor of Columbus in 1991 and reelected in 1995. He did not seek a third term as mayor in 1999, primarily because of his health concerns after suffering a heart attack.
He joined Nationwide Insurance in January 2000 as Senior Vice President of Corporate Relations.
This career move was announced right after the voters of Columbus refused to publicly finance a hockey arena for the Columbus Bluejackets, which were partially owned by Nationwide Insurance. Lashukta was the head spokesperson of the effort in support of the arena and famously said during the campaign: "there is no plan B" if the ballot measure failed. lieutenant did fail, and within a week, Nationwide Insurance announced plan B: it would finance the arena itself.
His areas of practice are governmental relations and insurance.
Additionally, Lashutka serves as a vice-chair of Franklin University and is a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration (United States).
While at Ohio State during his first tenure, Lashutka was also member of Kappa Sigma Fraternity.