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Harry A. Brown
Harry Alvin Brown (August 19, 1879 – July 5, 1949) was a college administrator and the seventh president of Illinois State University, Illinois State Normal University in Normal, Illinois. Early life Brown began his educational career by teaching in rural high schools while taking courses at Bates College in Lewistown, Maine. Brown earned his bachelors in 1903 and went on to serve as a supervising principal and a district superintendent for schools in Maine and New Hampshire. He later earned his master’s degree from the University of Colorado in 1907. Brown married Florence Marie Sever in 1908 and became the Director of the Bureau of Research of the New Hampshire Department of Public Instruction in 1913. Brown became chancellor of University_of_Wisconsin–Oshkosh, Oshkosh State Teacher’s College in 1917, serving in that role for thirteen years until he became president of Illinois State University, Illinois State Normal University in 1930. College Administrator At ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illinois State University
Illinois State University (ISU) is a public university in Normal, Illinois. Founded in 1857 as Illinois State Normal University, it is the oldest public university in Illinois. The university emphasizes teaching and is recognized as one of the top ten largest producers of teachers in the US according to the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education. It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity". The university's athletic teams are members of the Missouri Valley Conference and the Missouri Valley Football Conference and are known as the "Redbirds," in reference to the state bird, the cardinal. History ISU was founded as a training school for teachers in 1857, the same year Illinois' first Board of Education was convened and two years after the Free School Act was passed by the state legislature. Among its supporters were judge and future Supreme Court Justice, David Davis and local businessman and land holder Jesse W. Fell whos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
