Joseph Sumner Rogers (July 5, 1844 – September 14, 1901) was an American educator and United States Army officer.

A native of Orrington, Maine, he was a veteran of the American Civil War and was most notable as the founder and longtime superintendent of Michigan Military Academy.

[1] He served in the Battles of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Crater, Second Weldon Railroad, and Poplar Springs Church.

[1] The regiment then performed garrison duty in and around Petersburg, Virginia until the Confederate surrender, and it took part in the Grand Review of the Armies in May 1865.

[1] Later in 1877, Rogers obtained financial backing to purchase the estate of Joseph T. Copeland in Orchard Lake Village, Michigan.

[1] In 1879, William Tecumseh Sherman, the Commanding General of the United States Army, spoke to MMA's graduating class, an event with an audience of 10,000.

[1][5] During his tenure at MMA, its drill and ceremony teams won several national competitions and took part in events at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.

[9] Rogers also belonged to the Sons of the American Revolution, Mayflower Society and Hereditary Order of Descendants of Colonial Governors.