Looking Back – July 3

Mayor Giovanni Picco of Turin, Italy, talks with Mayor Max Andress during a press conference on July 3, 1975, at Columbus City Hall, at which Picco was presented with an honorary citizen certificate. Picco was visiting in Columbus as part of a U.S. State Department-sponsored tour.

2015

Former Greenwood athletics director Pete Huse took over for Bob Gaddis as Columbus East’s new AD. Gaddis stayed on as the Olympian’s football coach.

2000

Indianapolis native Richard Stenner was named the Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce’s new president by the board of directors. Stenner was previously the director of Columbus 2000 with an office at City Hall.

1975

Mayor Giovanni Picco of Turin, Italy, visited Columbus as part of a U.S. State Department-sponsored tour to Cummins Engine Co. and was presented an honorary citizen certificate.