Maudine

Maudine Ormsby was a Holstein cow that was at the center of one of the most notorious pranks in U.S. college history. In the fall of 1926, Miss Ormsby was named Homecoming Queen at the Ohio State University. Rosalind Morrison won the Homecoming Queen election, but because only 10,000 students were enrolled and 12,000 votes had been cast, it was clear the election had irregularities. Rosie, as she was known, was named Queen, but being an honorable woman, withdrew when the fraud became apparent. Runner-up Maudine Ormsby, a mystery candidate nominated by the College of Agriculture but not enrolled as a student, became Homecoming Queen.

Founded in 2023, Maudine's is a coffee shop located in Columbus, Ohio inside The Junto-- a boutique hotel. The coffee shop was named for Maudine Ormsby (see below) as an honor to the state's most famous bovine homecoming queen and the university she was crowned at.