Old Main was destroyed by fire on the morning of May 27, 1916, the day of the senior breakfast, the fire began at 3:30 am, cause unknown, Robert Williams and Henry Oakley died in the fire when the heavy bell crashed through the building roof, the…
Ann M. Fields is the first woman to serve as president of William Penn University. She began her college career the day after her fortieth birthday, enrolling in Iowa State University and staying to earned her B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees. Dr.…
Richard E. Sours served as president of William Penn University from 2004 to 2009. Dr. Sours received his B. S. degree from Towson University in Baltimore, his M.S. from Michigan State University and his Ph.D. from the University of Virginia. Dr.…
Old Main, Domestic Science Laboratory, Cooking Class, each girl has her own desk including a gas plate, drawer and cupboard, and various cooking utensils, there are large gas ranges for baking, during the summer a dining room is to be furnished in a…
Thurman C. Connell was appointed by the Board of Trustee to serve as interim president of William Penn University from 2003 to 2004. Mr. Connell had been the president of the Federal Home Loan Bank in Des Moines, Iowa. Mr. Connell strove to improve…
Old Main, interior image, Physical and Chemical Laboratories, it was the policy "of the department to add each year some first class pieces of apparatus, believing that by this means an excellent working laboratory can be built up.
