Robert P. Bell

Robert P. Bell (September 28, 1918 – February 27, 1992 ) was the 10th President of Ball State University and the first university president to be an alumnus. Bell received his degree in Business Education from Ball State Teachers College in 1940 and his master's and doctoral degrees in Business Education from Indiana University afterward. He was president of BSU from 1981 to 1984. The Robert Bell Building on BSU campus, completed in 1984, is named after him.