UC tourism connections

San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge — a brick from McMicken Hall lies in the bridge’s anchorage, engineered and built by Joseph Strauss (1870-1938), Eng 1892, HonDoc 1930

Ellis Island Immigration Museum, Ford Center for the Performing Arts, Grand Central Terminal restoration, South Street Seaport restoration — Manhattan, New York, designed by architect Richard Blinder (1935 -2006), DAAP ’59

Grand Ole Opry, Ryman Auditorium, General Jackson Showboat, Wild-horse Saloon — Nashville, Tenn., owned by Gaylord Entertainment, Michael Rose, Bus ’63, HonDoc ’89, chairman

Swan and Dolphin hotels — Walt Disney World, Florida, designed by Michael Graves, DAAP ’58, HonDoc ’82

Life-sized likenesses of four famous Reds — Sculpted in 2004 by Norikazu "Tom" Tsuchiya, A&S '95, Joe Nuxhall, Frank Robinson, Ted Kluszewski and Ernie Lombardi were placed at the Cincinnati Reds' Great American Ball Park. In 2011, the ballpark unveiled another Tsuchiya bronze sculpture of a famous Red -- Johnny Bench. (See more photos and read the UC Magazine story on Tsuchiya.)

Reds stadium, Aronoff Center, Newport on the Levee, Newport Aquarium — Greater Cincinnati, projects of GBBN Architects, headed by partners Chris Beghtel, DAAP ’73; John Gartner Jr., DAAP ’56; Bob Gramann, DAAP ’66; Greg Otis, DAAP ’88; Kim Patton, DAAP ’91; Keven Speece, DAAP ’79; John Rogers, DAAP ’79

Relief sculpture of three batters — 50 by 20 feet, Reds stadium administration building, sculpted by Todd Myers, DAAP ’97, and Paul Brooke, att. DAAP

Minor-league baseball — with the Lowell Spinners, the Boston Red Sox affiliate, in their 5,000-seat stadium, Lowell, Mass., team owner Drew Weber, Bus ’66

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Cleveland Browns Stadium — designed by architect Christopher Wynn, DAAP ’85

New York City’s 21 Club — famous restaurant once frequented by Cary Grant, Aristotle Onassis and Ernest Hemingway; 21 W. 52nd St., built by the late Jerry Berns (1907-2006, born Herman Jerome Bernfeld), A&S ’29, and his brother in 1930

Museums about UC alumni

Walton’s Mountain Museum — Ike Godsey’s Store, recreated rooms from “The Waltons,” TV memorabilia --  a tribuite to “Waltons” producer, creator, writer, narrator Earl Hamner, CCM ’48. Open March - November in an old Blue Ridge Mountain elementary school in Schuyler, Va., across from the childhood home of Hamner, the "real" John Boy.

William Howard Taft National Historic Site — Taft’s restored 1857 birthplace reflects family life during his boyhood, features educational exhibits and an animatronic figure of the Taft’s son Charlie telling stories; Auburn Avenue, Cincinnati; William Howard Taft (1857-1930), Law 1880, HonDoc ’25, the only U.S. president to have also served as U.S. chief justice.

Museums led, or founded, by UC alumni

Cincinnati’s Contemporary Arts Center — Drew Klein, CCM ’07, became performance curator in 2011, producing one performance event a month. “We want to have a global program touching on all different continents,” he told CityBeat. (added 12-11)

Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Seminole Museum — Greg Palumbo, A&S '03, became the exhibits manager at this museum in south Florida in 2007. Previously, he was the head preparator at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland. (updated 7-11)

Ball State University Museum of Art — Nicole Cardassilaris, GradCert (DAAP) ’02, visual resource manager and gallery associate for this museum in Muncie, Ind.; previously preparator and exhibit designer (updated 7-11)

Cincinnati History Museum at the Cincinnati Museum Center -- Vanessa Van Zant, DAAP '06, became director of the Cincinnati History Museum, located in Union Terminal, in June 2009. She is certified through UC’s Museum Studies Graduate Certificate Program. (updated 7-11)

Lake Champlain Maritime Museum — Art Cohn, A&S ’71, is cofounder and executive director of this musuem dedicated to preserving and sharing the history of Lake Champlain. Located at 4472 Basin Harbor Rd., Vergennes, Vt., it houses a Revolutionary War replica gunboat, craftsmen and 150 years of maritime artifacts. (updated 7-11)

Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art -- Doug Cramer, A&S ’53, founded this museum in 1979, now housed in three different facilities and accommodating more than 5,000 works. (updated 7-11)

Cleveland Museum of Art, Gretchen Shie-Miller, MA (DAAP) ’96, associate registrar for loans and exhibitions at this museum (updated 7-11)

College Football Hall of Fame — Kent Stephens, CCM ’76, is museum curator and historian of this South Bend, Ind., museum. He was previously collection manager collection manager (updated 7-11)

Warren County Historical Society Museum, Lebanon, Ohio, Lucy Putnam, GradCert (DAAP) ’01, assistant to the director at this museum (updated 7-11)