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The following are Ball State University presidents. Ball State is located in Muncie, Indiana. William Wood Parsons (1918–1921) Linnaeus Neal Hines (1921–1924) Benjamin J. Burris (1924–1927) Lemuel Arthur Pittenger (1927–1942) Winfred Ethestal Wagoner (1943–1945) * John Richard Emens (1945–1968) John J. Pruis (1968–1978)
John J. Pruis (December 13, 1923 – January 15, 2016) was an American academic, best known as being a president of Ball State University as well as having a building dedicated in his name on the campus. He went to Western Michigan University for his education and later for a career.
Pages in category "Presidents of Ball State University" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In 1924, the State Teachers College Board of Trustees in Terre Haute, Indiana hired Benjamin J. Burris as the first president of the state-funded college. The Ball Brothers continued giving to the university and partially funded the construction of the Science Hall (now called the Burkhart Building) in 1924, an addition to Ball Gymnasium in 1925.
Ball State University (Ball State or BSU) is a public research university in Muncie, Indiana, United States. It has three off-campus centers in Indianapolis , Fort Wayne , and Fishers, Indiana . In 1917, the Ball brothers , industrialists and founders of the Ball Corporation , acquired the foreclosed Indiana Normal Institute and gave the school ...
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Robert P. Bell (September 28, 1918 – February 27, 1992 [1]) was the 10th President of Ball State University and the first university president to be an alumnus. [2] Bell received his degree in Business Education from Ball State Teachers College in 1940 and his master's and doctoral degrees in Business Education from Indiana University afterward.
Wagoner served as president for six months when President Pittenger resigned in December 1942. He had actually been managing many of the Ball State's affairs while Pittenger was ill. Wagonor passionately lead the college through the turbulent years of World War II. His term as president was extended two more years.