L. A. Pittenger

Two years later Erle Clippinger also became ill and had to temporarily cease teaching at the Indiana State Normal School.

During Pittenger's presidency, the Indiana General Assembly separated the Ball Teachers College from the Indiana State Normal School and changed the name to Ball State Teachers College.

[4] In 1952, Ball State constructed a student center on the south side of University Avenue, across the street from the Administration building and named it after Pittenger.

The student center was built in the Collegiate Gothic Architectural style and had several extreme renovations and additions.

The building includes meeting rooms, a hotel, food court, bowling alley and a barber shop.