Daniel J. Ransohoff (December 29, 1921 – May 29, 1993) was an American associate professor of Community Planning at the University of Cincinnati, and a promoter of the city as a planner, tour guide, historian, professor, photographer and fund-raiser.[1] In the early 1950s, he was on the staff of Family Service, for which he took photographs of the clients the agency was serving.
Daniel J. Ransohoff was a Jewish[2] Cincinnatian who began his career as a documentary photographer. After serving in the Navy, he obtained a bachelor’s degree at Bard College, a master’s degree in social work at Columbia University and a doctorate at Union Graduate School and returned to Cincinnati to pursue a dual career as a social worker for Family Service of the Cincinnati area,[3] the Community Chest, and the United Way (United Appeal) and as an associate professor of community planning at the University of Cincinnati.