Editing University of Akron (section)

===Politics===
*Former Akron mayor and Ohio Congressman [[Thomas C. Sawyer]] attended undergraduate and graduate school there.
*[[United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit]] [[Senior status|Senior]] Judge [[Deborah L. Cook]] received her [[Bachelor of Arts]] and [[Juris Doctor]] degrees from the university. 
*Former Ohio congresswoman [[Betty Sutton]] received her [[Juris Doctor]] from the university as well.  
*Former [[Republican National Committee]] chairman [[Ray C. Bliss]] graduated from Akron in 1935. The university's [[Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics]] is named for him.
*Former Akron Mayor [[Dan Horrigan|Daniel Horrigan]] earned BA in education from the university.
*Former [[Republican National Committee]] Co-chair and current [[Ohio Republican Party]] Chairman [[Bob Paduchik]] earned his bachelor's degree in political science from the university in 1989.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uakron.edu/im/news/national-party-leadership-comes-once-again-from-ua/|title = National party leadership comes once again from UA}}</ref>
*Congressman [[Shri Thanedar]] received his Ph.D. from the university in 1982.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2006/03/06/focus14.html|title=Thanedar tests his way to $16 million|website=www.bizjournals.com|access-date=January 24, 2018}}</ref>