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Established in 1855 as North Western Christian University; renamed in 1875 in honor of its founder, a Restoration Movement preacher and abolitionist who had achieved his goal of forming a Christian university in Indiana [8] Campbell University, North Carolina, US James Archibald Campbell
No. Image President Term Notes 1: Andrew Wylie: 1829–1851 2: Alfred Ryors: 1852–1853 3: William Mitchel Daily: 1853–1859 4: John Hiram Lathrop: 1859–1860
Born and raised in Illinois until age 16; funeral held in Illinois, but interred in Massachusetts. [1] David Abidor (born 1992), soccer player; Margaret Abbott (1878–1955), first modern-era Olympic United States female champion. Lived during her teens and learned her Olympic sport of golf in Illinois. [2]
Name Image Birth Death Known for Association Reference David Davis: Mar 9, 1815: Jun 26, 1886: Appointed to US Supreme Court by Abraham Lincoln: Lived and died in Bloomington Joseph W. Fifer: Oct 28, 1840: Aug 6, 1938: 19th Governor of Illinois: Attended Illinois Wesleyan University, served as city attorney of Bloomington John Marshall Hamilton ...
William (Billy) Ashley Sunday (November 19, 1862 [1] – November 6, 1935) was an American evangelist and professional baseball outfielder.He played for eight seasons in the National League before becoming the most influential American preacher during the first two decades of the 20th century.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: Urbana Champaign: 1867 56,916 Research University Part of the University of Illinois system: Northeastern Illinois University: Chicago: 1867 5,756 Master's Northern Illinois University: DeKalb: 1895 15,649 Research University Southern Illinois University Carbondale: Carbondale: 1869 11,107 Research ...
Jefferson R. Boulware, Illinois state representative and lawyer [4] Robert L. Burhans, Illinois state legislator and lawyer [5] John Edward Cassidy, Illinois Attorney General; Mark Clark, Black Panther; killed in infamous Chicago police raid in 1969; Joseph E. Daily, Chief Justice of Illinois Supreme Court; William L. Eagleton, US diplomat
The Department of English at Indiana University, Bloomington, 1868–1970 (1974) Gros Louis, Kenneth., "Herman B Wells and the Legacy of Leadership at Indiana University" Indiana Magazine of History (2007) 103#3 pp 290–301 online