hɪz ɛkstˈɛnsɪv sˈɜːvɪs æɾ oʊhˈaɪoʊ stˈeɪt jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsᵻɾi twˈɛnti sˈɪks jˈɪɹz ɪz ˈɑːnɚd wɪð ɐ lˈɑːɹdʒɚðɐnlˈaɪf bɹˈɑːnz stˈætʃuː baɪ ˈɜːwɪn fɹˈeɪ ʌv pɹˈɛzɪdənt tˈɑːmpsən ɪn ˌækədˈɛmɪk dɹˈɛs, pəzˈɪʃənd ɪn fɹˈʌnt ʌvðɪ ɛpˈɑːnɪməs wˈɪljəm ˈɑːksli tˈɑːmpsən məmˈoːɹɪəl lˈaɪbɹɛɹi ˈɔn "ðɪ ˈoʊvəl" ðə sˈɛntɹəl ɡɹˈiːn spˈeɪs ɔnðɪ oʊhˈaɪoʊ stˈeɪt jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsᵻɾi kˈæmpəs.
His extensive service at Ohio State University (26 years) is honored with a larger-than-life bronze statue by Erwin Frey of President Thompson in academic dress, positioned in front of the eponymous William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library on "The Oval" (the central green space on the Ohio State University campus).