Subject files maintained by the Office of the President of Bowling Green State University
Dr. Carol A. Cartwright was the first woman to take a presidential role at Bowling Green State University. She was named the president of BGSU Jan. 6, 2009, after serving as interim president since July 2008.She retired as Bowling Green State University's president in June 2011.During her term in…
Dr. Sidney A. Ribeau accepted the presidency of Bowling Green State University in 1995. During his 13-year term as the university's ninth president, Dr. Ribeau initiated a number of new programs at BGSU in an effort to have the university adopt a values-centered mission. His goal was to produce…
The appointment of Hollis A. Moore to the office of President of Bowling Green State University came about after a seven month search begun prior to President William Jerome leaving BGSU. His appointment as president was announced on May 13, 1970 and came at a critical time in BGSU's history: the…
Dr. William T. Jerome served at Bowling Green State University's sixth president, from 1963-1970. During his seven years as president, he guided the University through a period of rapid physical growth due to a major jump in enrollment, as evidenced by the addition of ten buildings, including the…
Paul J. Olscamp served as Bowling Green State University's eighth president from 1982-1995. Dr. Olscamp's appointment as president on March 15, 1982 was the result of an eleven month search following the death ofDr. Hollis Moore. Due to the public perception that the Board of Trustees was not…
Ralph G. Harshman served as BGSU's fifth president from 1961-1963, following the controversial presidency of Dr. Ralph McDonald. He was the first university president at Bowling Green State University to have come from the ranks of university staff, having been a faculty member and administrator at…
Dr. Ralph McDonald became Bowling Green State University’s fourth president in 1951 and served until 1961. During his ten-year presidency, student enrollment nearly doubled and the total campus acreage increased from 240 acres to 600 acres. In addition, McDonald oversaw the construction of ten…
After the unexpected death of President Roy Offenhauer in 1938, Frank J. Prout (1883-1967) was selected to lead BGSU, serving as President from 1939-1951. During his twelve-year tenure as President, Prout guided the campus through the difficult years of WWII and oversaw the development of BGSU as it…
Dr. Roy Offenhauer (1881-1938) served as the second president of Bowling Green State University from 1937-1938. As president of Bowling Green State University, Dr. Offenhauer instituted a number of policies that increased enrollment by eighteen percent. It was under his leadership that the…
Homer B. Williams (1865-1943), served as the first President of Bowling Green State University from 1912-1937 and interim president for part of 1938-1939. When Williams retired as president, BGSU had grown from a normal school to a state university, with an original faculty of 15 to one numbering…
The President McDonald Controversy collection consists of 1.5 linear feet of committee minutes, committee reports, correspondence, literary productions, clippings, and printed material related to the series of events that culminated in the resignation of Dr. Ralph McDonald as the fourth President of…