Blaine A. Brownell

Blaine A. Brownell

Infobox University Chancellor
name = Blaine A. Brownell


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university = Ball State University
term_start = 2000
term_end = 2004
birth_date = 1943
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predecessor = John E. Worthen
successor = Jo Ann M. Gora
alma_mater =
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spouse = Mardi Brownell
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Blaine A. Brownell is the 12th President of Ball State University as well as holding positions at other universities across the United States. Brownell is also the former CEO of u21pedagogia.

Background

Dr. Blaine Brownell earned his B.A. degree from Washington and Lee University in Lexington and his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in United States history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. [ [http://www.virginia.edu/topnews/releases2003/ball-oct-20-2003.html "Universitas 21, international consortium of research universities; Ball State President Blaine Brownell Named To Lead U21 Subsidiary Charged With Academic Standards And Quality." (University of Virginia News Website)] , Retrieved March 18, 2008.] Brownell held faculty and administrative positions at University of Memphis, University of North Texas in Denton, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Purdue University. Brownell served director of the University of Memphis' Center for International Programs, as well as provost and vice president for academic affairs and a professor of history at the University of North Texas. Brownell also has experience teaching overseas. He taught as a Fulbright Professor in American History and Urban Studies at Hiroshima University from 1977 - 1978, a visiting professor at Sichuan University in China in 1978, and an academic specialist for the U.S. Information Agency in Brazil.In 2000, Brownell came to Ball State to replace John E. Worthen as president. He also holds the rank of Professor of History and Urban Planning. In 2004, he resigned his post as president to become the CEO of u21pedagogica, which provides quality assurance services to universities. During the Spring of 2005 he resigned as the CEO of u21pedagogica.

Ball State University

Effect on Ball State University

*Enrollment rose to its highest level in 12 years
*Helped to gain the single largest grant in BSU history in 2001 from the Lily Endowment, Inc. of $20 Million.
**Helped establish Ball State as a leader in the innovative use of digital media.
*Largest single gift in Ball State History by the of $17.2 Million, thus naming the Miller College of Business [ [http://www.bsu.edu/president/pastpresidents/ "Past Presidents." (Ball State University Website)] , Retrieved March 18, 2008.]
*Campus Additions During Presidency
**Arts and Journalism Building (2001)
**Fisher Training Complex (2001)
**West Quad building renovation (2001)
**Shafer Tower (2002)
**Fine Arts building renovation

ee also

* List of Ball State University Presidents

References





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