Who paid for Bob's picture

A total of 38 people, companies or organizations donated $21,900 to pay for former Gov. Bob Taft's framed portrait, to be displayed in a Statehouse hearing room. Toledo artist Leslie Adams was paid $18,000 of that total, with the rest going to the frame and ceremony.

According to the Ohio Historical Society, they are:

Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Anderson of Maumee, $100
Mr. and Mrs. Alex R. Arshinkoff of Hudson, $250
Mr. John W. Berry Jr. of Naples, Fla., $500
Mr. and Mrs. Merom Brachman of Bexley, $500
Judge and Mrs. Charles E. Brown Jr. of Alliance, $500
Mr. and Mrs. R. Gregory Browning of Columbus, $1,000
Castellini Foundation, Cincinnati, $1,000
The James Dicke Family of New Bremen, $1,000
Ms. Sandra Drabik of Sylvania, $100
Mr. and Mrs. Sean P. Dunn of New Albany, $500
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Head Jr. of Cincinnati, $100
JAD and Associates, LLC, Columbus, $1,000
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Johnson of Upper Arlington, $2,000
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry D. Jordan of Columbus, $200
Mr. Carl H. Lindner of Cincinnati, $5,000
Nationwide, $2,500
The Ohio Council of Retail Merchants, $500
Ambassador and Mrs. John D. Ong of Akron, $1,000
Mr. Robert H. Schottenstein of Columbus, $500
Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon A. Taft of Columbus, $1,000
Liz and Roger Tracy of New Albany, $1,000
Mr. and Mrs. Mark R. Weaver Esq. of Granville, $400
Western & Southern Financial Group, Cincinnati, $1,000
Karen and William Wilkins of Pataskala, $250