The Ohio State Normal College at Kent is a historic district in Kent, Ohio, United States. It consists of the five original buildings on the main campus of Kent State University, with the first, Merri
Merrill Hall 2
Front view of Kent Hall
Cartwright Hall on the left with Kent Hall on the right in 2009.
Merrill Hall in February 2010.
John McGilvrey
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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 ar
Ohio State Normal College at Kent
…S. Kent as the Kent State Normal School making it the only public university in Ohio named for an individual. It was at the same time the Board hired John Edward McGilvrey as the school's first president and chose architect George F. Hammond to design the first two buildings and draft a campus master plan. The five original…
Photo of John McGilvrey from the 1925 Chestnut Burr.