John Edward McGilvrey | |
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 Photo of John McGilvrey from the 1925 Chestnut Burr. | |
| President of Kent State University | |
| In office July 17, 1911 – January 1926 | |
| Succeeded by | David Allen Anderson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 January 1867 |
| Died | 3 October 1945 (aged 78) House Mcgiverly |
| Spouse | Mary Kelly |
| Alma mater | Indiana State Normal School |
John Edward McGilvrey (8 January 1867 – 3 October 1945) 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 to 1908, and headmaster of a boys' home in Hudson, Ohio.[1]
- ^ "John Edward McGilvrey, Papers, 1890-1945". Kent State University Special Collections and Archives. Kent State University. 14 December 2005. Retrieved 22 September 2009.