Our 2024 G-Clef Ball Honoree:

Richard W. Pogue

Richard W. (“Dick”) Pogue is a Senior Advisor at Jones Day in Cleveland, one of the world’s largest law firms. He was Jones Day’s managing partner in the 1980s, when he led it into the international arena. A graduate of Cornell University (1950) and the University of Michigan Law School (1953), he served for three years in the U.S. Army’s Office of the Judge Advocate General. He holds honorary doctorate degrees from the University of Akron and the Cleveland Institute of Music.

Dick has chaired many major Ohio civic organizations, including The Cleveland Foundation, Business Volunteers Unlimited, University Hospitals Health System, the Greater Cleveland Growth Association, The City Club of Cleveland, the Presidents’ Council Foundation, The 50 Club, Kulas Foundation, the Greater Cleveland Chapter of the American Red Cross, and the successful $51.9 million United Way Campaign in 1989.

He was instrumental in the development of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and, as co-chair, he completed a $30 million campaign to revive the Gordon Square Arts District on the West Side of Cleveland.

Dick is the father of three, grandfather of eight, and great-grandfather of one. On April 26, he will celebrate his 96th birthday.