Ellen Engleman Conners, poses near the portrait of her great-grandfather, Kent State's third president, James Engleman.

Kent State University recently welcomed home a living legacy of its past when Ellen Engleman Conners, former chair of the National Transportation Safety Board and great-granddaughter of Kent State’s third president, visited campus for the first time.  Engleman Conners visited Kent State to learn more about the legacy of her great-grandfather, James Ozro Engleman, who led Kent State from 1928 to 1938, and his wife, Anna Ulen Engleman, a poet, for whom Kent State’s Anna Ulen Engleman Creative Writing Award is named.Kent State Today was present when Engleman Conners made her first stop:...

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