L.A. Pittenger

Infobox University Chancellor
name = Lemuel Arthur Pittenger


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university = Ball State University
term_start = 1927
term_end = 1942
birth_date = birth date |1873|9|27
birth_place = Desoto, Delaware Co., IN
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predecessor = Benjamin J. Burris
successor = W.E. Wagoner
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spouse = Bertha Orr
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L.A. Pittenger is best known as being the 4th president of Ball Teachers College later known as Ball State University, as well as having Ball State University's student center named after him.

Presidency (1927 - 1942)

Pittenger assumed the presidency of Ball Teachers College after the death of President Benjamin J. Burris in 1927. During Pittenger's presidency, the Indiana General Assembly separated the Ball Teachers College from the Indiana State Normal School and thus changing the name to Ball State Teachers College. Pittenger resigned in December 1942 due to illness. [ [http://www.bsu.edu/president/pastpresidents/ "Past Presidents." (Ball State University Website)] , Retrieved March 18, 2008.]

Effect on Ball State University

*Ball Teachers College was renamed Ball State Teachers College in 1930 and was added to the list of accredited colleges and universities.
*Campus Additions During Presidency
**Athletic Fields (1928)
***Included a quarter-mile track, and jumping pits for men and women; baseball, football, soccer, hockey, and speedball fields; horseshoe, croquet, and tennis courts and an archery range
**Burris Laboratory School (1928)
**Fine Arts Building and Museum of Art (1936)
**Beneficence Memorial (1937)
**Elliot Hall (1938)

L.A. Pittenger Student Center

In 1952, Ball State constructed a student center on the south side of University Avenue, across the street from the Administration building and named it after L.A. Pittenger. The student center was built in the Collegiate Gothic Architectural style and had several extreme renovations and additions. The building includes meeting rooms, a hotel, food court, bowling alley and a barber shop. The building also hosts Late Nite, a drug prevention program for students at Ball State which has several unique activities for students to participate in on Saturday Nights.

ee also

* List of Ball State University Presidents

References