Arizona State University

Arizona State University (ASU) is one of the largest universities in terms of enrollment in the United States with a main campus student body of over 51,000. Founded in 1885 as a territorial normal school, the institution went through several name and purpose changes before becoming a state university in 1958.

Notable Faculty and Staff

• Phil Christensen
• Dirk Koetter - Head Football Coach
• Richard Lerman - Professor, Interdisciplinary Arts and Performance
• Robert E. Mittelstaedt - Dean, W.P. Carey School of Business
• Pat Murphy - Head Baseball Coach
• George Poste
• Edward C. Prescott - Professor, W.P. Carey School of Business; awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in Economics
• Stephen J. Pyne - Professor, School of Life Sciences