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William G. McGowan (December 10, 1927 – June 8, 1992) was an American entrepreneur, and founder and chairman of MCI Communications. He played an important role in the breakup of AT&T while growing MCI into a US$ 9.5 billion in revenue entity that controlled 16% of the American domestic and international long distance market.
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From our beginnings as a small Normal School in the mid-1870's, with an enrollment of just 225 students, IUP has grown into the large, modern doctoral institution we are today. Take a look at our timeline of major milestones in IUP history: where we've been, and where we're going.
Centennial Scrapbook: A Graphic History of Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1875-1975 : Written to celebrate IUP's centennial, the Centennial Scrapbookcombines image clippings, newspaper articles, and historical background on IUP. 1. Indiana University of Pennsylvania: Our Homage and Our Love : Professors Ron Juliette and Dale Landon wrote this ...
Susan Drummond (1990) Indiana State Teachers College: A World War Two diary, 1942-1945John Edward Merryman (1972) Indiana University of Pennsylvania: From Private Normal School to Public University. Call Number: LD2485 .M47 1972 (Special Collections)Sonya Stewart (1990) Working Together: African American Migration and Settlement in Indiana County, PennsylvaniaDavid F. Stemmler (1986) IUP student attitudes on the Vietnam War as reflected by the Penn, 1965-1973Control and ownership of the institution passed to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1920. In 1927, by authority of the Pennsylvania General Assembly, it became State Teachers College at Indiana, with the right to grant degrees. The name was changed in 1959 to Indiana State College.
Jun 9, 1992 · William McGowan, the feisty founder of MCI Communications Corp. whose dogged challenge of AT&T; forced its historic breakup and sparked a revolution in the telecommunications industry, died...
1959: Indiana State College is created with curriculum shifting to a multipurpose institution. 1959-60: Student enrollment was 3,317. 1965: Indiana State College achieves university status and became Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
McGowan earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Kings College in chemistry in 1952. Interested in eventually running a corporation, McGowan decided to attend Harvard University to pursue a business degree.
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The name was changed to Indiana State College in 1959. The college acquired its current name when it was elevated to university status in 1965. This article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen .
