Howard Landis Bevis (November 19, 1885 – April 24, 1968) was the 7th President of Ohio State University.

The governor appointed Bevis to the Ohio Supreme Court in 1933 to fill a vacancy.

Bevis did not run for election to a full term and accepted a position as Ziegler Professor in Law and Government on the faculty of Harvard in business and public administration.

During his tenure as President of the Ohio State University, Bevis, having served as a civilian in ordnance and the legal section of the Air Service, refused to cap the number of veterans admitted under the GI Bill, as other colleges had done.

[3] Bevis Hall on Ohio State's Columbus campus is named in his honor.