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1929 – College of Education established

1929 – University School moved from Merril Hall to W.A. Cuff Building (now Franklin Hall)

1935 – Graduate School started, Kent State became a university and first Masters degrees in Education established.

1961 – Enrolled first doctoral students in College of Education

1966 – White Hall opened

• Tom Batiuk (Teaching certificate)
• Antonio Gates (Sports Admin)
• James Harrison (General Studies)
• Lou Holtz (Master of Arts in Education)
• Thurman Munson (General Education)
• Nick Saban (Sports Administration)
• Mark L. Savickas (Career Counseling)

Terri J. Kent*^: The Roe Green Musical Theatre and  Porthouse Artistic Director/Director, Season 
Tony Hardin: Executive Producer/Scenic Designer,  “Lerner & Loewe’s Brigadoon” and “Side Show” 
Karl Erdmann: Associate Artistic Director; Production Manager 
Rebecca Balogh Gates: Managing Director 
Jennifer Crabtree: Director of Communications and Marketing 
Jason Gates: Scene Shop Supervisor/Associate Production Manager 
Madi Getz:  Marketing and Communications Specialist 

• 1966 White Hall’s construction cost $2.6 Million and was funded by a 1 cent tax on packs of cigarettes (equivalent of 5.2 billion cigarettes).
• 1958-1959 KSU hosted the International Teacher Development Program (by Gerald H. Read and others).
• 1943-1944 an emergency 2-year program for elementary education was approved (severe shortage of teachers during WWII).

• Dean John L. Blair, 1932-1945
• Dean Robert I White, 1946-1957
• Dean Clayton M. Schindler, 1958-1971
• Dean Robert J. Alfonso, 1971-1980
• Dean Richard Hawthorne, 1980-1986
• Dean Joanne Rand Schwartz, 1986-2002
• Dean David A. England, 2002-2007
• Dean Daniel F. Mahony, 2008-2015
• Dean James C. Hannon, 2017- 2025
• Interim Dean Alicia R. Crowe, 2025 - present

Twenty of the school's departments were subsequently arranged into three collegial divisions: the College of Education; the College of Business; and the College of Liberal Arts. With respect to the College of Education, Leebrick removed one of its bedrock courses, psychology, and corralled its 12 faculty members into three divisions - kindergarten primary, elementary and secondary.

In August 1946, University President George Bowman appointed Robert I. White as dean of education. A former high school teacher and principal, White was teaching graduate courses at the University of Chicago. He held a somewhat Platonic view of what a university should be. Hence, he remade the College of Education by measuring every aspect of the curriculum by rigorous "standards." White created a Student Qualification for Professional Standards program to produce high-quality teachers; however, it frustrated generations of education majors.

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