Juniata College

Martin Grove Brumbaugh

Huntingdon Normal School, a normal school, was established by a spry young Huntingdon physician, Dr. Andrew B. Brumbaugh, and his two cousins, Henry and John Brumbaugh. Henry provided a second-story room over his local print shop for classes, while John lodged and fed the college's first teacher, Jacob M. Zuck. Andrew was to "provide students and furniture".[5][6] Juniata's first classes were held on April 17, 1876, with Zuck teaching Rebecca Cornelius, Maggie D. Miller, and Gaius M. Brumbaugh, the only son of Andrew Brumbaugh.

In 1877, the school changed its name to Brethren Normal School. At this time Zuck also discussed adding a "Scientific Course" and issuing "Certificates of Graduation". In 1879, classes moved into Founder's Hall, the school's first permanent building on the present-day campus then only known as "The Building". On May 11 of same year, Jacob Zuck died from pneumonia at age 32 when he insisted on sleeping in the then unfinished Founders Hall without a heater. James Quinter was then chosen to lead the school as the school's first president.[6]

In 1894, due to a ruling at the Brethren Church's Annual Meeting against using the term "Brethren" in naming a school, the college was renamed Juniata College for the nearby Juniata River, one of the principal tributaries of the Susquehanna River. The name Juniata College was made the school's legal name in 1896.[6]

In 1895, Dr. Martin Grove Brumbaugh, an 1881 graduate from Brethren Normal (Huntingdon Normal), took over the active presidency of Juniata until 1910. During and after his tenure, Brumbaugh remained intimately connected to the college and reacquired the college's presidency in 1924, after having served as governor of Pennsylvania from 1915 to 1919 and as commissioner of education to Puerto Rico in 1900.[7]

M. G. Brumbaugh died unexpectedly in 1930 while on vacation in Pinehurst, North Carolina, and was succeeded in his presidency by a former pupil at Juniata, Dr. Charles Calvert Ellis.

Founders Hall

The main campus area is 110 acres (0.45 km²), and the college manages a 315-acre (1.27 km²) Baker-Henry Nature Preserve. Two new buildings since 2000 include the von Liebig Center for Science and the Suzanne von Liebig Theatre. Founders Hall, the first building on campus, has also been renovated recently. Construction was finished in the summer of 2009 and uses underground geothermal energy to heat and cool the building. This building is recognized as a LEED Gold building.

Nathan Hall

Other off-campus sites include the Baker Peace Chapel (designed by Maya Lin) and the "cliffs," which has views of the Juniata River. The college also owns the Raystown Field Station, a 365-acre (1.48 km2) reserve on Raystown Lake, which includes an LEED Gold building and two lodges for semester-long residential programs, often focused on environmental topics.[9]

Memorial Gymnasium inside the Kennedy Sports & Recreation Center

Juniata is a Division III collegiate sports institution. It is well known for its volleyball program (Men's and Women's) and is also a charter member of the Landmark Conference. Juniata athletes compete in the Landmark Conference except for volleyball and football. The Juniata Men's Volleyball Team competes in the Continental Volleyball Conference (formerly it competed in the Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association winning several titles under, both, Division I and Division III sanctioning). The Juniata Eagles Football Squad is a member of the Centennial Conference.

The Goal Post Trophy goes to the winner of the annual football game with rival Susquehanna University. It is a section of the goal post that was torn down after the 1952 Juniata-Susquehanna game. The visiting Indians (now Eagles) upset the Crusaders in Selinsgrove, and Juniata fans tore down the goal post after the game.[10]

Notable alumni of Juniata include:

• Frank Vogel, 1994, NBA Coach, Indiana Pacers, Orlando Magic, Los Angeles Lakers (2020 NBA Finals), Phoenix Suns
• Pat Malone, 1923, MLB pitcher, Chicago Cubs 1928–34, NY Yankees 1935–37 (1936 World Series), 1 of 2 pitchers in modern era to hit at least 1 HR in 1st 5 MLB seasons ('28-'32).
• Francis Harvey Green, 1931, Chair of English at West Chester University, Headmaster of Pennington School
• Morley J. Mays, 1932, former President of Elizabethtown College
• Chuck Knox, 1954, former National Football League head coach, Los Angeles Rams, Buffalo Bills and Seattle Seahawks, also the NFL's fifth winningest coach
• Wayne M. Meyers, 1957, President of the International Leprosy Association, physician, researcher, medical missionary, author of medical articles, books, and book chapters, and humanitarian
• Ronald Blanck, 1963, former Surgeon General of the United States Army, Chairman of the Board of Regents of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.
• Janet Kauffman, 1967, author of Five on Fiction and nine other books
• William Daniel Phillips, 1970, atomic physicist, National Institute of Standards and Technology, jointly awarded Nobel Prize in Physics in 1997 for his contributions to laser cooling.
• Michael Trim, 1976, producer and cinematographer for the Showtime original series Weeds and executive producer and director of photography for the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black.
• John Kuriyan, 1980, 2005 winner of the Richard Lounsbery Award, Howard Hughes Investigator and Chancellor's Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology at the University of California Berkeley.
• Carrie Schofield-Broadbent, 1997, Episcopal priest
• Heidi Cullen, Chief Scientist for Climate Central and leads the World Weather Attribution program. Served as The Weather Channel's first on-air climate expert and helped create Forecast Earth.
• Harriet Smith Windsor, Secretary of State for the State of Delaware from 2001-2009

Notable faculty of Juniata include:

• Fayette Avery McKenzie, Professor of Sociology (1925–1941), one of the most prominent educators of the Progressive Era, devoted his professional life to the uplift of Native Americans and Black people in the United States and also to adult education.
• Donald Deskey, instructor in art (1923–1925), who designed the interior for the Rockefeller Center Radio City Music Hall and a variety of products for Procter & Gamble.
• Regina Lamendella, Associate Professor of Biology (2012-present), who is widely recognized for her contributions to omics for applied studies of microbiology.

Other:

• Frank Vogel – At Juniata College, Vogel was a starter for the Division III basketball team. In 1994, Vogel transferred to the University of Kentucky. Vogel served as student manager for the Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team that was then coached by Rick Pitino in the 1994–95 season.
• Jerry Sandusky, former Penn State University defensive coordinator. At Juaniata College, Sandusky was an assistant football and JV basketball coach.[11]

• Official website
• Official athletics website
• A History of the Juniata Valley, vol. 1, National Historical Association, Harrisburg, PA, 1936.

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