Campus Post Office Bolstered Penn State's New Role as a University
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The dateline on this and other stories coming from University Park may have been STATE COLLEGE, Pa., if it were not for Penn...
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The dateline on this and other stories coming from University Park may have been STATE COLLEGE, Pa., if it were not for Penn State President Milton Eisenhower. In 1953, nearly a hundred years after its founding, the Pennsylvania State College changed its name to The Pennsylvania State University. Not long after, Eisenhower decided that it would not be in the institution's best interest to keep "State College" as its mailing address. He felt that State College – the Want to continue reading? Subscribe to Just $24/year (digital only) or $42/year (print + digital) will get you full access to all of our articles every month.