National Normal University was a teacher's

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Lebanon, Ohio Lebanon is a city in Warren County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. The population was 20,841 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is part of the Cincinnati metropolitan area. History Lebanon is in the Symmes Purchase. Th ...

. Located in southwestern Ohio, it opened in 1855 as Southwestern Normal School and took the name National Normal University in 1870. Alfred Holbrook was the first president and the school's guiding force for most of its existence. He resigned in 1897 after 42 years. In 1907 the NNU became public and changed its name to Lebanon University. The school went

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in and finally closed in 1917. The school merged with Wilmington College in

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. The Warren County (Ohio) Historical Society in Lebanon, Ohio, now holds Lebanon University's records. In 1933 Alfred Holbrook College opened on the same campus. AHC moved to Manchester, Ohio where it closed in 1941. The original campus was demolished in 1977.

Notable alumni

* Stanley P. V. Arnold, an Illinois state representative and newspaper editor * Horatio C. Claypool, United States Representative from

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* Myers Y. Cooper, former Governor of Ohio * Clement L. Brumbaugh, United States Representative from Ohio * Francis B. De Witt, United States Representative from Ohio * Lucien J. Fenton, United States Representative from Ohio * William T. Fitzgerald, United States Representative from Ohio * John W. Harreld, United States Representative and Senator from

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* Norris W. Hensley, Insurance agent from

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* Cordell Hull, United States Senator from

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and Secretary of State under President

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* James R. Keaton, Justice of the Oklahoma Territorial Supreme Court. * Isaac C. Ketler, Presbyterian scholar, founder of Grove City College * Andrew Armstrong Kincannon, Chancellor of the

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* Monroe Henry Kulp, United States Representative from

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* John J. Lentz, United States Representative from Ohio * John A. McDowell, United States Representative from Ohio *

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, autodidact physicist and

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* Edward E. Moore, Indiana state senator and Los Angeles City Council member * Stephen Morgan, United States Representative from Ohio * Gilbert Nations, lawyer, professor and anti-Catholic activist * Will E. Neal, United States Representative from

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* Miner G. Norton, United States Representative from Ohio * H. Anna Quinby, lawyer, editor, business manager, social reformer * James D. Post, United States Representative from Ohio * John M. Robsion, United States Representative and Senator from

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* F. E. Riddle (judge), Attorney and Associate Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court * Mary Creegan Roark, first female president of Eastern Kentucky University * Addison E. Southard, American diplomat* * George M. Wertz, United States Representative from Pennsylvania

References

External links

Ohio Historical Society article
Defunct private universities and colleges in Ohio Education in Warren County, Ohio Universities and colleges established in 1855 Educational institutions disestablished in 1917 1855 establishments in Ohio 1917 disestablishments in Ohio {{Ohio-university-stub

Notable alumni

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