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Pennsylvania's only land-grant university, the Pennsylvania State University was established in 1855 [1] as the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania, before becoming the Agricultural College of Pennsylvania in 1863 under University President Evan Pugh, the Pennsylvania State College under James Calder in 1874 and, finally, the Pennsylvania ...
Neeli Bendapudi is an Indian-American academic administrator who is the 19th president of Pennsylvania State University. [1] From 2018 until 2021, she served as the 18th president of the University of Louisville. [2] In December 2021, Penn State announced Bendapudi as the university's president; she succeeded Eric J. Barron following his ...
Pages in category "Presidents of Pennsylvania State University" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Pennsylvania State University was founded on February 22, 1855 by act P.L.46, No.50 of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania. Centre County became the home of the new school when James Irvin of Bellefonte donated 200 acres (809,000 m 2) of land and sold the trustees 200 acres ...
In 1953, President Milton S. Eisenhower, the brother of then-U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, sought and won permission to elevate the school to university status, and it assumed its current name, The Pennsylvania State University. [24]
Evan Pugh (February 29, 1828 – April 29, 1864) was the first president of the Pennsylvania State University, serving from 1859 until his death in 1864. [1]An agricultural chemist, he was responsible for securing Penn State's designation in 1863 as a land-grant institution under the Morrill Land Grant Act.
Pennsylvania State University Press. Archived from the original on 2012-12-14 Johnson, Rossiter, ed ... Pennsylvania State University President 1882 – 1906
Iowa State University and Northwestern University Graham Basil Spanier (born July 18, 1948) is a South African-born American sociologist and university administrator who became the 16th president of Pennsylvania State University on September 1, 1995.