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Quiz
ow well do you know EMU history? A total of 25 people have served as president or interim president of Eastern Michigan University—24 men and one woman—since 1851. Can you
match the presidents listed below with the notable facts presented about each of them?
EMU’s longest-serving president at 21 years, he’s credited with making Michigan State Normal College the largest teacher training school in the world. He was principal of Central State Normal School (now Central Michigan University) prior to his time in Ypsilanti.
This president’s career also included stints as a United States Attorney, Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, and Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court.
Despite leading the school during the Great Depression and World War II, this president, dubbed “The Builder,” managed to guide it to rapid growth. New buildings during his tenure included the Rackham Building, Pierce Hall, and the King- Goodison residence halls—the fi rst in the state with two-room suites.
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He was Michigan Normal School’s fi rst principal and later served as a U.S. Senator from Florida before founding Iowa State Agricultural College (now Iowa State University) in Ames, Iowa.
His term as president spanned 17 years, during which the school’s name changed twice, fi rst from Michigan State Normal College to Eastern Michigan College, then to Eastern Michigan University.
From the 1960s to the ‘90s, fi ve diff erent U.S. presidents appointed this EMU president to national commissions and councils. He was an expert on urban education and led EMU through a period of tremendous achievement, growth and stability.
Photos courtesy of University Archives. Answers: 12 Eastern | SUMMER 2015 A B
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1. C - Charles McKenny, 1912-1933 2. A - James H. Brickley, 1974-78 3. D - John M. Munson, 1933-48
4. F - Adonijah Strong Welch, 1851-1865 5. B - Eugene B. Elliott, 1948-1965 6. E - John W. Porter, 1979-89
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