Lacey Eastburn

Lacey Arnold Eastburn (May 19, 1880 – October 31, 1957) was the tenth president of Arizona State College at Flagstaff, now Northern Arizona University, from 1947 to 1957.

Early life Eastburn was raised on farms in Iowa and Missouri. He was only able to attend school for four or five months per year so he did not finish eighth grade until he was nineteen years old. He obtained a license to teach in Missouri but left for Arizona to try his luck as a miner. He would return to Missouri to oversee the sale of his father's farm after his father suffered a stroke.

In 1921, the couple was hired to teach at Phoenix Junior College. While they were there, Eastburn completed graduate work at the University of Arizona, the University of California at Berkeley, and Stanford University which led to a doctorate degree.

In September 1957 he took a leave of absence on the advice of his doctor. He died the next month. was named for him as was the College of Education Building.

He was a member of the Kiwanis.

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