Editing Carroll University (section)

==History==
Prior to its establishment, what is now Carroll University was '''Prairieville Academy''' which was founded in 1841. Its charter—named for [[Charles Carroll of Carrollton]], a signer of the [[United States Declaration of Independence]]—was passed into law by the [[Wisconsin Territory#Legislature|Wisconsin Territorial Legislature]] on January 31, 1846.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS6118|title=Carroll College|date=2017-08-08|website=Wisconsin Historical Society|access-date=2019-01-15}}</ref> During the 1860s, the [[American Civil War]] and financial difficulty caused Carroll to temporarily suspend operations.

The board of trustees voted unanimously to change the institution's name from Carroll College to '''Carroll University''' effective July 1, 2008.

===Presidents===
*John Adams Savage: 1850–1863
*Rensellaer B. Hammond: 1863–1864
*Walter L. Rankin: 1866–1871*, 1893–1903
*Wilbur Oscar Carrier: 1903–1917
*Herbert Pierpoint Houghton: 1918–1920
*[[William Arthur Ganfield]]: 1921–1939
*Gerrit T. Vander Lugt: 1940–1946
*Nelson Vance Russell: 1946–1951
*Robert D. Steele: 1952–1967
*John T. Middaugh: 1967–1970
*Robert V. Cramer: 1971–1988
*Dan C. West: 1988–1992
*Frank S. Falcone: 1993–2006
*Douglas N. Hastad: 2006–2017
*[[Cindy Gnadinger]]: 2017-
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Between July 31, 1871, and June 22, 1893, no college work was carried on. While the charter retained the college privileges, teaching was on the academy level. College work was resumed and the office of the presidency was filled again in 1893.