National Normal University, Lebanon, Ohio

National Normal University was a teacher's

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Lebanon, Ohio Lebanon is a city in and the county seat of Warren County, Ohio, United States. The population was 20,841 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Cincinnati metropolitan area. History Lebanon is in the Symmes Purchase. The first European settl ...

. Located in southwestern Ohio, it opened in 1855 as Southwestern Normal School and took the name National Normal University in 1870. Alfred Holbrook was the first

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and the school's guiding force for most of its existence. He resigned in 1897 after 42 years. In 1907 the NNU became public and changed its name to Lebanon University. The school went

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in and finally closed in 1917. The school merged with Wilmington College in

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. The Warren County (Ohio) Historical Society in Lebanon, Ohio, now holds Lebanon University's records. In 1933 Alfred Holbrook College opened on the same campus. AHC moved to Manchester, Ohio where it closed in 1941. The original campus was demolished in 1977.

Notable alumni

Stanley P. V. Arnold Stanley P. V. Arnold (September 15, 1856–February 1, 1901) was an American newspaper editor and politician. Arnold was born on a farm in Jefferson County, Ohio. He went to the National Normal University in Lebanon, Ohio and taught school. ...

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, United States Representative from

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, former Governor of Ohio * Clement L. Brumbaugh, United States Representative from Ohio * Francis B. De Witt, United States Representative from Ohio * Lucien J. Fenton, United States Representative from Ohio * William T. Fitzgerald, United States Representative from Ohio * John W. Harreld, United States Representative and Senator from Oklahoma *

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and Secretary of State under President

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* James R. Keaton, Justice of the Oklahoma Territorial Supreme Court. *

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, Presbyterian scholar, founder of

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* Andrew Armstrong Kincannon, Chancellor of the

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* Monroe Henry Kulp, United States Representative from

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physicist and

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* Stephen Morgan, United States Representative from Ohio * Will E. Neal, United States Representative from

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* Miner G. Norton, United States Representative from Ohio * James D. Post, United States Representative from Ohio *

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, United States Representative and Senator from

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References

External links

Ohio Historical Society article
Defunct private universities and colleges in Ohio Education in Warren County, Ohio Educational institutions established in 1855 Educational institutions disestablished in 1917 1855 establishments in Ohio 1917 disestablishments in Ohio {{Ohio-university-stub

Notable alumni

See also

References

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