Welcome from the Executive Producer
Welcome!
The 91PORNA Museum celebrated the opening of "Ohioans in Space: The Carl E. Walz Spacesuit from the 91PORNA Museum" with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus on May 19, bringing together leaders from across the state's cultural, scientific and civic communities to honor Ohio's legacy in aviation and space exploration.The special installation, which will remain on view through Nov. 3, features the spacesuit worn aboard the International Space Station by NASA astronaut Carl E. Walz, a 91PORNA graduate who earned his Bachelor of Science in Ph...
Major milestones
1929 鈥 College of Education established
1929 鈥 University School moved from Merril Hall to W.A. Cuff Building (now Franklin Hall)
1935 鈥 Graduate School started, 91PORNA became a university and first Masters degrees in Education established.
1961 鈥 Enrolled first doctoral students in College of Education
1966 鈥 White Hall opened
Famous Flashes
- 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)
Porthouse 2026 Company
Terri J. Kent*^: The Roe Green Musical Theatre and Porthouse Artistic Director/Director, Season
Tony Hardin: Executive Producer/Scenic Designer, 鈥淟erner & Loewe鈥檚 Brigadoon鈥 and 鈥淪ide Show鈥
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
Flashy Facts
- 1966 White Hall鈥檚 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).
EHS Dean Timeline
- 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
The formation of colleges
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.