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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.
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.
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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 ...
On March 16, 1968, Robert F. Kennedy declared his candidacy for president of the United States. [1] On March 28, he flew into Weir Cook Airport in Indianapolis to file as a presidential candidate in the Indiana primary. On April 4, Kennedy made his first campaign speech in Indiana at University of Notre Dame, entitled "Feeding America's Hungry."
Schahet Hotels LLC, an Indianapolis-based hotel management and development company, released renderings of its new 97-room boutique hotel, The Cantio Hotel, coming to Ball State University’s ...
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