George Craig Dietrich (1874 – 1944) – He was born in Coopersville, Ohio the son of Henry and Mary Craig Dietrich. He was a graduate of the Ohio State University. Dietrich came to Piqua in 1909 to serve as the Superintendent of Schools. He would hold that position for thirty-five years until his retirement in 1944. During his leadership the school system built a new high school and two new junior high school buildings. He led the schools through the economic crisis of the Great Depression and the upheavals of the Second World War. Dietrich was very active in the community serving as president of the Associated Charities, the Flesh Public Library Board of Trustees and the Piqua Rotary Club. He also served as the executive director (1924-1944) of the Central Ohio Teachers’ Association, a trustee of the YMCA for twenty years and one of the organizers of the Piqua Historical Society in 1912.