12 Facts About Stan Aronoff

Stanley J Aronoff was an American politician of the Republican Party who served for a time as president of the Ohio Senate.

Stan Aronoff was raised in a Jewish family in the North Avondale neighborhood of Cincinnati and attended high school at Walnut Hills High School.

Stan Aronoff earned a bachelor's degree and a law degree from Harvard University, after which he returned to Cincinnati to enter into the private practice of law.

In 1960, Ambrose Lindhorst, Walton Bachrach, and Republican operative George Eyrich persuaded Aronoff to run for a seat in the Ohio General Assembly.

Stan Aronoff began serving in the Ohio House of Representatives in 1961 and was re-elected twice, serving until 1967.

In 1978, Stan Aronoff sought the party's nomination for a seat in the United States House of Representatives, but party bosses endorsed television news broadcaster Thearon "Tom" Atkins instead.

Nevertheless, Stan Aronoff prevailed in the Republican primary, but lost narrowly in the general election to Democrat Tom Luken.

The Senate Republican leader was Paul Gillmor; when Gillmor won a seat in Congress in 1988, Stan Aronoff became President of the state Senate.

Stan Aronoff was indicted and pleaded guilty to not disclosing $4,500 in fees for the same speech accepted from various arms of The Limited company.

Stan Aronoff was sentenced to community service, which he fulfilled by giving lectures to students on government ethics.

Stan Aronoff was connected with the law firm of Aronoff, Rosen and Hunt, established in 1928 by Irwin I Aronoff.

Stan Aronoff died on January 31,2024, at the age of 91.