Fred Grohsmeyer
Fred Grohsmeyer was the director of the Eastern Indiana Center of Earlham College in 1969 and became the first director of Indiana University East (1971-1975) when IU East was established in 1971. He was a professor of Pyschology, earning his Ph.D. from Purdue University in 1954 and he retired from teaching at IU East in 1991.
When Fred passed in 2012, IU East released a news announcement that summed up Fred's life and his involvement with IU East. You can find the article here at https://www.iue.edu/news/iu-east-community-mourns-the-passing-of-first-director-frederick-grohsmeyer/. You can also learn more about Fred (April 7, 1923-July 21, 2012) by listening to the oral history interview given by his wife Sally Grohsmeyer.