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Fell central to ISU's creation
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NORMAL - If not for Jesse Fell's determination, the state's
oldest public university and the town it later sprouted might never
have become part of the fabric of McLean County.
"He was the central figure, he really engineered the process that
brought Illinois State Normal University here," said ISU archivist
Jo Ann Rayfield,
An entrepreneur and land speculator, Fell led the Bloomington-
based group of investors who successfully won the 1857 bid to build
the state's pilot foray into higher education.
Fell, a Quaker, was among the 19th century's Evangelical Movement
- liberal Protestants pushing ...
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