Faculty old and new gathered to celebrate Kent State's 25th birthday in May 1935 – the same month that Kent State College became Kent State University.
Front row, left to right: Margaret Dunbar, E.C. Stopher, J.L. Blair, President James Orzo Engleman, Raymond E. Manchester, O.H. Williams, Blanche Verder, Harold Rogers, B.F. Renkert, former President John E. McGilvrey, A.O. DeWeese, S.A. Harbourt, Harry Cunningham.
Second row: Chester Satterfield, Erich Griebling, Edward Pake, Edgar Packard, M.K. Boswell, Nina Humphrey, Anna Schaftheitlin, (unidentified), Kenneth Pringle, B.F. Engleman, William Ashbrook, C.S. Van Deusen, E. Gowans.
Third row: G.H. Swan, Florence Sublette, Nina Jordan, Gwendolyn Drew, Marie Apple, G.T. Altman, Clarence Cook, C.E. Rumold, B. Rowlen, Ruth Bass, Maurice Baum, J.T. Johnson, H.E. Stelson, Ruth Shaw Kelley.
Fourth row: Roy Metcalf, F. Denker, A.W. Stewart, F. Musselman, D.W. Pearce, Raymond Clark, Allen Coven, (unidentified), Amanda Thrasher, A.L. Allyn, J.R. Beck, D. Olson, Mona Fletcher, W.J. Burner.
In 1910, Kent State Normal School had 22 faculty members. In 1935, there were 103. Original faculty members in this photo include Kent State’s first president, John E. McGilvrey, J.T. Johnson, C.S. Van Deusen, D, Olson, Nina Humphrey and Margaret and Isabelle Dunbar.
Names of faculty members who have had buildings on campus named after them are indicated in bold type. This campus map from 2000 shows all of these buildings, including seven former Small Group residence hall buildings that were demolished in 2008 and 2009.
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