Martin Grove Brumbaugh

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Martin Grove Brumbaugh, A.M., Ph.D. (April 14, 1862 – March 14, 1930) was Pennsylvania's 25th Governor, a Republican. He is frequently referred to as M.G. Brumbaugh, as is common in the Brumbaugh family.

Author of A History of the German Baptist Brethren in Europe and America (Brethren Publishing House, Mount Morris, Illinois, 1899)
Professor of Pedagogy in the University of Pennsylvania
Member of the Pennsylvania Historical Society
Member of the Pennsylvania German Society
Member and Elder of the German Baptist Brethren (Church of the Brethren)
Superintendent of Philadelphia Public Schools
Education Minister of Puerto Rico
President of Juniata College.

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Brumbaugh attended Huntingdon Normal School, graduating in 1881. He assumed the role of president of the same school, renamed Juniata College, in 1895, and continued at the post until 1910. He remained closely connected to the college, returning to the position of the president in 1924.

Brumbaugh died unexpectedly on March 14, 1930 while on vacation in Pinehurst, North Carolina.

Brumbaugh Hall is one of the 14 residence halls in the East Halls area of the Pennsylvania State University University Park campus, all named after Pennsylvania Governors.