Leadership
Milwaukee-Downer was led by only two presidents through most of its history: Ellen Clara Sabin from 1895 to 1921 and Lucia Russell Briggs from 1921 to 1951. Enrollment peaked under Briggs at 444 in the 1946-47 scholastic year. She was succeeded by John B. Johnson, a political science professor with teaching and administrative experience at only one place, Park College in Parkville, Missouri, before coming to Milwaukee-Downer. Under Johnson, the number of men on the faculty increased in almost every year, and the residence halls were closed to women faculty. Johnson also initiated a policy of hiring part-time, ad hoc faculty to teach one or two courses. Enrollment declined in almost every year, from 278 in 1951-52 to a low of 176 in 1962-63.
In 1964, the college agreed to a consolidation with Lawrence College in Appleton, Wisconsin. The 43-acre (170,000 m2) campus was sold to the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, and the remaining 49 female students and 21 faculty members transferred to Lawrence. Buildings and land from its former campus still form part of the present-day campus of the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.
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