Ira Richardson Explained

Ira Richardson
Term Start:	1925
Term End:	1930
Successor:	William Newson
Office1:	President of the Northwest Missouri State University
Term Start1:	1913
Term End1:	1921
Successor1:	Uel W. Lamkin
Alma Mater:	Northwest Missouri State University Central Methodist University
Birth Date:	1871
Death Date:	October 6, 1958

Ira Richardson (1871  - October 6, 1958) was a president of Northwest Missouri State University and founding president of Adams State College.

Early life

Richardson was a native of northern Missouri and received a degree from Central Methodist University in 1897.

He received two master's degrees from Columbia University.^[1]

Northwest Missouri

He was president at Northwest from 1913 to 1921.

Highlights of his time at the school:^[2]

• The school got its nickname of Bearcats in 1916
• The Tower yearbook first publication in 1917
• First degree class graduates in 1917
• Tornado hits the Administration building on March 15, 1919

Adams State College

He served as Adams president from its founding in 1925 until 1950. Highlights of his stay:^[3]

• Richardson Hall (named for him was built)
• He was one of three faculty on the first semester in 1925
• Green and white were adopted as school colors in 1926
• Adams State Normal School name change Adams State Teachers College in 1930
• President's home and faculty apartments (Casa del Sol) constructed in 1929
• Casa Bonita and Kit Carson Hall dorms opened in 1936
• Rex Activity Center opened in 1939
• It began offering graduate classes in 1944
• When he retired enrollment was 349 in 1950.

References

Notes and References

1. Web site: IRA RICHARDSON, 1913-1921 - nwmsu.edu - Retrieved October 3, 2009 . October 3, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080907054800/http://www.nwmissouri.edu/aboutus/centennial/presidents/Richardson.htm . September 7, 2008 . dead .
2. http://www.nwmissouri.edu/aboutus/centennial/timeline/timeline_1874_1919.htm Northwest Timeline 1874-1919 - nwmsu.edu - Retrieved October 3, 2009
3. Web site: History of Adams State College - adams.edu - Retrieved October 2, 2009 . October 3, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080516201558/http://www2.adams.edu/about/asc_history.pdf . May 16, 2008 . dead .