Eastern Michigan University,is a public research university in Ypsilanti,Michigan. Founded in 1849 as the Michigan State Normal School,it was the fourth normal school established in the United States and the first American normal school founded outside New England. In 1899,the Michigan State Normal School became the first normal school in the nation to offer a four-year curriculum and gained the name Michigan State Normal College. In 1959,the college became a university and gained its current name of Eastern Michigan University.
Samuel William Smith,was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Edward Sturgis Ingraham was the first superintendent of the Seattle Public Schools,a noted mountaineer who climbed to the summit of Mount Rainier 13 times,and a leader in the effort to establish Mount Rainier National Park. Seattle's Ingraham High School is named in his honor,as is the Ingraham Glacier on Mount Rainier.
The Eastern Michigan Eagles are a college football program at Eastern Michigan University. They compete in Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) and the Mid-American Conference. Past names include "Michigan State Normal College Normalites","Michigan State Normal College Hurons",and "Eastern Michigan Hurons".
John A. Fallon III is a university administrator and former president of Eastern Michigan University. Dr. Fallon began his tenure at EMU on July 18,2005,after serving as president of SUNY Potsdam and William Penn College. He had been appointed by the EMU Board of Regents in March 2005. Fallon was terminated by Eastern Michigan University on July 15,2007,following a scandal related to the murder of Laura Dickinson,which took place on the campus the previous year.
John Milton Gregory was an American educator and the first president of the University of Illinois,then known as Illinois Industrial University.
Susan Work Martin is an American academic administrator who was most recently the interim president of San JoséState University. Previously,Martin served as president of Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti,Michigan from 2008 to 2015. She was the first female president in the university’s 160-year history. She held a simultaneous appointment as Professor of Accounting in the College of Business during her tenure at Eastern.
George W. Mans Jr. was an American college football player and coach and politician. He was the captain of the 1961 Michigan Wolverines football team,an assistant football coach at the University of Michigan from 1966 to 1973,and the head coach of the Eastern Michigan Eagles football team from 1974 to 1975. Mans later went into politics,serving as the mayor of Trenton,Michigan and a member of the Michigan House of Representatives.
Elton James Rynearson Sr. was an American athlete,coach,and college athletics administrator. He was affiliated with Eastern Michigan University for most of his life,beginning his association with the school as a student in 1910 and retiring as the school's athletic director in 1963.
Fred Trosko was an American football player and coach. He played at the halfback position for the University of Michigan football team from 1937 to 1939. He later served as the head football coach at Eastern Michigan University from 1952 to 1964.
Elson James Harkema is former American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Grand Valley State University in Allendale,Michigan from 1973 to 1982 and at Eastern Michigan University from 1983 to 1992,compiling a career college football record of 109–86–6. Harkema played college football as a quarterback at Kalamazoo College.
Eastern Michigan University was founded in 1849 by the state of Michigan,and opened in 1853 as Michigan State Normal School. Michigan State Normal School was the first in Michigan and the first normal school created outside the original 13 colonies.
Kim E. Schatzel is an American academic administrator who is the 19th president of the University of Louisville. She joined Eastern Michigan University in January 2012 as provost and executive vice president of academic and student affairs,and became interim president on July 8,2015,following the resignation of Susan Martin. Schatzel was previously dean of the college of business at University of Michigan–Dearborn. On November 30,2022,she was announced as the next president of University of Louisville and began her tenure on February 1,2023.
The Central Michigan–Eastern Michigan football rivalry is an annual college football game between Central Michigan University (CMU) and Eastern Michigan University (EMU). The football series between the two universities dates back to 1902 and is the oldest rivalry in the Mid-American Conference (MAC),having begun five years before the Central Michigan–Western Michigan rivalry and six years before the Miami–Ohio rivalry. With 100 games having been played,it is also the most frequently-played series between MAC schools.
Duane Doty was an American educator,civil engineer,and administrator that served as superintendent of the public school systems in Detroit and Chicago,and who worked for the Pullman Car Company as the town manager of their company town of Pullman,Illinois.
Henry Romaine Pattengill was an American educator and politician. He was the Michigan Superintendent of Public Instruction from 1893 to 1896,elected as a Republican,and was the Progressive nominee in the 1914 Michigan gubernatorial election.
Jason Elmer Hammond was an American educator and politician.
