12 Facts About Oz Griebel

Richard Nelson "Oz" Griebel was an American banker, lawyer, and political candidate.

Oz Griebel ran as a Republican primary candidate in the 2010 Connecticut gubernatorial election, and as an independent in the 2018 gubernatorial election.

Oz Griebel's nickname, "Oz", was a reference to his middle name being the same as the surname of the Nelson family on The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.

Oz Griebel graduated in 1971 with a Bachelor of Arts in English from Dartmouth College, where he played baseball and football for the Dartmouth Big Green.

Oz Griebel earned a Juris Doctor from Suffolk University in 1977.

Oz Griebel served as CEO at BankBoston Connecticut from 1993 to 1999.

Oz Griebel was named by the Hartford Courant and Hartford Business Journal as "Business Person of the Year" in 1995 and 2001, respectively.

Oz Griebel announced his candidacy for Governor of Connecticut on January 28,2010.

Some of Oz Griebel's opponents had focused on the fact that as a Republican candidate, he had made numerous donations to Democratic politicians, and as a result of this, his legitimacy as a Republican candidate for governor had been under scrutiny.

On December 21,2017, Oz Griebel announced that he would make an independent run for governor in 2018, along with his running mate Monte Frank, an attorney from Newtown, Connecticut.

Oz Griebel served on the boards of the Annual Fund of the United Way of the Central Naugatuck Valley, Bradley International Airport, the Connecticut Business and Industry Association, the Connecticut Transportation Strategy Board, Junior Achievement of Central Connecticut, the Mark Twain House, Northwest Catholic High School, Riverfront Recapture, the University of Hartford, the Wadsworth Atheneum, the Waterbury Foundation, and Yale-New Haven Hospital.

On July 21,2020, Oz Griebel was hit by a motorist while jogging in Pennsylvania.