John McGilvrey
Deceased Person
1867 – 1945
Who was John McGilvrey?
John Edward McGilvrey was an American academic who was the first president of what is now Kent State University. McGilvrey was educated at the Indiana State Normal School, receiving his bachelor of arts and sciences degree in 1895. He also received an honorary doctorate from Miami University in 1915. At the time of his appointment at the Kent State Normal School in 1911, McGilvrey had recently begun his position as head of the education department at the Western Illinois Normal School in Macomb, Illinois. Other positions held included professor of education at Illinois University, principal at the Cleveland Normal School from 1899–1908, and headmaster of a boys' home in Hudson, Ohio.
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- Born
- Jan 8, 1867
- Education
- Indiana State University
- Employment
- Kent State University
- Died
- Oct 3, 1945
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on July 23, 2013
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