Watch 100-Year-Old Alum Anthony Violi Dot the I in Script Ohio

By Kevin Harrish on September 22, 2018 at 6:06 pm @kevinish

One of the coolest things you'll see all year.

100-year-old WWII veteran Anthony Violi dotted the Script Ohio "i" for @TBDBITL on Saturday. When he joined the band in the 1930s, the tradition was only a year old. pic.twitter.com/nHMusxz747
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Perhaps the highlight of the day, the Ohio State alumni band tabbed a legend to dot the i during Saturday afternoon's performance of Script Ohio, selecting 100-year-old alum and World War II veteran Anthony Violi to do the honors.

"I think it's the greatest thing in the world that they selected me to dot the i," Violi said in a video from Ohio State. "I don't want to brag about it, but I feel honored that I get to do it."

Violi played trumpet in the Ohio State Marching Band from 1937 to 1942, joining one year after their first-ever performance of Script Ohio. Following his graduation in 1942, Violi served on the European front in World War II as part of the Army’s 95th Infantry Division 1966 before a lengthy career as a music teacher.

He marched in band's first reunion performance in 1966, and has rarely missed one since.