List of presidents of Ball State University

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The following are Ball State University presidents. [1] [2] Ball State is located in Muncie, Indiana.

No.ImagePresidentTerm startTerm endRefs.
1 [a] William Wood Parsons.jpg William Wood Parsons 1918September 30, 1921
2 [a] L N Hines.jpg Linnaeus Neal Hines October 1, 1921November 30, 1924 [3] [4] [5] [6]
3 BenjaminJBurris.jpg Benjamin J. Burris December 1, 1924April 26, 1927 [b] [7] [8] [9]
4 Lemuel Arthur Pittenger July 15, 1927December 31, 1942 [10] [11]
5 [c] Winfred Ethestal Wagoner January 1, 1943July 31, 1945 [11]
6 John Richard Emens August 1, 1945June 30, 1968 [12]
7 John J. Pruis July 1, 1968August 31, 1978 [13] [14]
8 [c] Richard W. Burkhardt September 1, 1978June 30, 1979 [15]
9 Jerry M. Anderson July 1, 1979February 2, 1981 [16] [17]
10 Robert P. Bell February 2, 1981June 30, 1984 [17] [18]
11 John E. Worthen July 1, 1984June 30, 2000 [19] [20]
12 Blaine A. Brownell July 1, 2000January 31, 2004 [21] [22]
actingBeverley J. Pitts [d] February 1, 2004August 8, 2004 [23] [24]
13 Jo Ann M. Gora August 9, 2004June 30, 2014 [25] [26]
14 [c] Terry S. King [d] July 1, 2014July 31, 2014 [27]
15Paul W. FergusonAugust 1, 2014January 25, 2016 [28] [29]
16 [c] Terry S. King [d] January 25, 2016May 14, 2017 [30]
17Geoffrey S. MearnsMay 15, 2017present [31] [32]

Table notes:

  1. 1 2 Head of the school by serving as president of the Terre Haute-based Indiana State Normal School
  2. ↑ Died in office
  3. 1 2 3 4 Interim president
  4. 1 2 3 Served as provost before becoming acting/interim president

Note: Ball State appears to include interim president but not acting presidents in their official count of university presidents, so only Beverley J. Pitts is not include in the presidential count.

References

  1. ↑ "Past Presidents". Ball State University.
  2. ↑ "A century of leadership: Ball State's presidents". The Herald-Times . March 24, 2018.
  3. ↑ "HINES NAMED NEW HEAD OF STATE NORMAL SCHOOL" . The Star Press . June 7, 1921. p. 9. L. N. Hines, state superintendent of public instruction, was elected president of the Indiana State Normal school here today by the board of trustees. Hines will succeed W. W. Parsons, who has held the position fifty years. Parsons resigned today.
  4. ↑ "HINES IS NAMED AS PARSONS QUITS" . The Star Press . June 8, 1921. p. 1. W. W. Parsons, president of the Indiana State Normal School here, submitted his resignation to the board of trustees of the institution at a meeting in this city today. It was accepted, and L. N. Hines, state superintendent of public instruction, was chosen as his successor. No president was elected for the eastern division of the Normal at Muncie and it is presumed that: Mr. Hines will head it temporarily. Mr. Hines's appointment will become effective at the beginning of the school term, October 1, and continue to September 30, 1922. Mr. Parsons, it has been known for some time, has been anxious to retire. He has been connected in one way or another with the state normal since January 6, 1870, having been president since 1885. In accepting his resignation, the board elected him honorary president and made him special lecturer.
  5. ↑ "HINES TO TAKE NEW POST JAN. 6" . The Star Press . December 26, 1921. p. 5. Inaugural ceremonies will be held for Linnaeus N. Hines, president of the Indiana State Normal School, and Founders' Day will be observed at the school here January 5 and 6, and at the eastern division in Muncie, January 12 and 13.
  6. ↑ "HINES NOW HEAD OF STATE SCHOOL" . The Star Press . January 7, 1922. p. 7. Before an audience that overflowed the auditorium of the Indiana State Normal School today, Linnaeus E. Hines was formally inaugurated into the office of leadership of the school.
  7. ↑ "BURRIS NEW HEAD OF MUNCIE NORMAL COLLEGE" . The Star Press . March 5, 1924. p. 1. It has not been determined whether Mr. Burris will take over his new work next fall, or will serve out his term as state superintendent, which does not expire until March, of next year. Linnaeus N. Hines, who heretofore has been president of both divisions, will be in charge of the Muncie division until Mr. Burris takes office, after which the schools will be separate units, although both controlled by the same board of trustees... Because of the great amount of work incumbent upon Hines as president of both divisions, the board felt that the work was too much for one man. It has been necessary for President Hines to make numerous trips between Terre Haute and Muncie in handling the affairs of the two institutions. Mr. Hines will continue as president of the Terre Haute division. Election Is Unanimous.
  8. ↑ "NEW HEAD OF NORMAL TO COME TOMORROW" . The Star Press . November 30, 1924. p. 21. The new president, Benjamin J. Burris, for the past three and a half years the state superintendent of public instruction, will assume his duties here tomorrow. The school came into existence as a state college in 1918, and since that, time, the president of the Terre Haute division of the college has also been the president of this division. However, the administration work both divisions has had such a tremendous increase during the past year or so that the board of trustees decided last spring that each division should have a president.
  9. ↑ "COLLEGE HEAD DIES SUDDENLY" . The Star Press . April 27, 1927. p. 1.
  10. ↑ "PITTENGER NAMED NORMAL HEAD" . The Star Press . July 16, 1927. p. 1.
  11. 1 2 "Dr. L. A. Pittenger Resigns" . The Star Press . December 16, 1942. p. 1.
  12. ↑ "EMENS BALL STATE PRESIDENT" . The Star Press . May 11, 1945. p. 1.
  13. ↑ "Ball State Chooses Its Next President" . The Star Press . September 6, 1967. p. 1.
  14. ↑ Reichard, Alice (April 20, 1978). "Pruis resigns after decade in office". Ball State News. p. 9.
  15. ↑ "Burkhardt to be appointed interim president by board". Ball State Daily News. July 26, 1978. p. 1.
  16. ↑ "At Ball State Anderson Appointment Official" . Muncie Evening Press . February 1, 1979. p. 20.
  17. 1 2 LaGuardia, Joan D. (February 2, 1981). "Anderson resigns as BSU president; Bell to fill job" . Muncie Evening Press . p. 1.
  18. ↑ "Employees invited to dinner honoring President Bell". Campus update. Ball State University. May 14, 1984. p. 5.
  19. ↑ "Dr. John E. Worthen will be new president". Campus update. Ball State University. May 14, 1984. p. 5.
  20. ↑ "BSU President to retire June 30, 2000". The Muncie Times. August 19, 1999. pp. 1, 7.
  21. ↑ "President Blaine A. Brownell papers". Ball State University. Blaine Brownell began his tenure as Ball State's 12th president on July 1, 2000, with the inauguration scheduled for December 1, 2000.
  22. ↑ "President search winding down?" . The Star Press . May 8, 2004. p. 5.
  23. ↑ "Pitts named acting BSU president" . The Star Press . January 31, 2004. p. 1.
  24. ↑ "Beverley Pitts has succeeded at many levels in her career" . The Star Press . July 1, 2004. p. 66.
  25. ↑ "UMass-Boston chancellor picked as Ball State president". The Herald-Times . May 12, 2004. Jo Ann M. Gora, who has been chancellor of the University of Massachusetts-Boston for nearly three years, will become Ball State's 13th president on Aug. 9, the university announced.
  26. ↑ "Ball State University President Jo Ann M. Gora to retire June 30, 2014". Ball State University. October 26, 2013.
  27. ↑ "Terry S. King to serve as interim president for month of July". Ball State University. June 19, 2014.
  28. ↑ "Trustees appoint Paul W. Ferguson to become Ball State's 15th president". Ball State University. May 22, 2014.
  29. ↑ Slabaugh, Seth (January 25, 2016). "Ball State president Ferguson resigns". The Star Press .
  30. ↑ "Ball State acting president: School running smoothly". South Bend Tribune . January 28, 2016.
  31. ↑ "Geoffrey Mearns named incoming president for Ball State University". Ball State University. January 24, 2017. The Ball State University Board of Trustees today selected Geoffrey S. Mearns to become the institution's 17th president.
  32. ↑ "Geoffrey Mearns to begin tenure at Ball State University on May 15". Ball State University. February 15, 2017.
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