Beddow Hall, in the Southwest Quad of Central Michigan University, was named for Ira who was head of the Department of Speech and Reading from 1905-1939.
Education: Bachelor of Arts from Albion College; AM from Columbia; PhD from University of Michigan. Graduate work: University of Chicago and London.
Taught at Elm Station in Detroit; was superintendant of schools in Plymouth; taught at West Side High School in Bay City and Olivet College. He subsequently taught history during summer sessions at CMU and became a full-time speech instructor in 1906 and retired in 1939.
According to the CMU site, he also started the first canoe rentals on the Chippewa River with a boat dubbed "the Faculty Frigate."
Education: Bachelor of Arts from Albion College; AM from Columbia; PhD from University of Michigan. Graduate work: University of Chicago and London.
Taught at Elm Station in Detroit; was superintendant of schools in Plymouth; taught at West Side High School in Bay City and Olivet College. He subsequently taught history during summer sessions at CMU and became a full-time speech instructor in 1906 and retired in 1939.
According to the CMU site, he also started the first canoe rentals on the Chippewa River with a boat dubbed "the Faculty Frigate."
Beddow Hall, in the Southwest Quad of Central Michigan University, was named for Ira who was head of the Department of Speech and Reading from 1905-1939.
Education: Bachelor of Arts from Albion College; AM from Columbia; PhD from University of Michigan. Graduate work: University of Chicago and London.
Taught at Elm Station in Detroit; was superintendant of schools in Plymouth; taught at West Side High School in Bay City and Olivet College. He subsequently taught history during summer sessions at CMU and became a full-time speech instructor in 1906 and retired in 1939.
According to the CMU site, he also started the first canoe rentals on the Chippewa River with a boat dubbed "the Faculty Frigate."
Education: Bachelor of Arts from Albion College; AM from Columbia; PhD from University of Michigan. Graduate work: University of Chicago and London.
Taught at Elm Station in Detroit; was superintendant of schools in Plymouth; taught at West Side High School in Bay City and Olivet College. He subsequently taught history during summer sessions at CMU and became a full-time speech instructor in 1906 and retired in 1939.
According to the CMU site, he also started the first canoe rentals on the Chippewa River with a boat dubbed "the Faculty Frigate."
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