How IU became the school it is today The Arthur R. Metz Bicentennial Grand Carillon is seen Dec. 6, 2021, in the arboretum. By Marissa Meador
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By educating trailblazers like Marcellus Neal and Frances Marshall, the first Black man and woman to graduate IU respectively, Pulitzer-winning journalist Ernie Pyle and even the creators of Crest toothpaste Joseph
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Muhler and William Nebergall, IU has made a name for itself as an influential institution across many fields. Indiana University was founded in 1820, originally named “State Seminary.” In 1828, the school was renamed to “Indiana College” before the name “Indiana University” was finally de-
cided in 1838. One of the most consequential presidents in IU’s history was Herman B Wells. During his tenure, which began in 1938, Wells expanded the campus from 137 acres to 1,800 acres. He supported the intellectual freedom of IU’s faculty and worked to advance racial equality by desegregat-
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ing IU’s campus. One of his first successes as president was desegregating the Indiana Memorial Union in the late 1930s, according to the 2001 edition of the Journal of the Indiana University Student Personnel Association. In 1947, professor Alfred Kinsey generated controversy when he established what is now
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