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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.
Benjamin Jackson Burris (March 19, 1882 – April 26, 1927) [1] is best known for being a past president of Ball State University (then known as Ball Teachers College) and held many different occupations. Burris was once a county attorney, politician, school administrator as well as the first assistant to the state superintendent of public ...
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 ...
Jo Ann M. Gora is an American academic and college administrator. She was the 14th President of Ball State University.Before coming to Ball State she was a chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Boston, and, prior to that, the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Old Dominion University in Virginia.
Richard Wellington Burkhardt (May 18, 1918 – March 4, 2014) was the 8th President of Ball State University, from 1978 to 1979. [3] [4] Richard Burkhardt received his undergraduate degree from Knox College in 1939 and his doctorate from Harvard University in 1945.