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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)
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.
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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 ...
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.
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.
Jo Ann M. Gora, 2004–2014, Ball State University; Amy Gutmann, 2004–2022, University of Pennsylvania [39] Karen S. Haynes, 2004–2019, California State University San Marcos [40] Susan Hockfield, 2004–2012, Massachusetts Institute of Technology [41] Sandra Kurtinitis, 2005–present, Community College of Baltimore County
Winfred Ethestal Wagoner (May 30, 1888 – June 7, 1948) was an American educator, best known as the president of Ball State Teachers College, now known as Ball State University, [1] in Muncie, Indiana.