La Salle Extension University ( LSEU ), also styled as LaSalle Extension University , was a nationally accredited private university based in Chicago , Illinois. Although the school offered resident educational programs in classes and seminars their primary mode of delivery was by way of distance learning . LSEU was in operation from 1908 until 1982.
23-480: La Salle Extension University was founded by Jesse Grant Chapline in 1908, and was incorporated under the laws of the State of Illinois. It was originally located at 4046 S. Michigan Avenue (41st Street & Michigan). Early courses were business-oriented and included accounting and law. By 1911, LSEU was advertising that over 10,000 students had enrolled. The university was an early pioneer in distance learning . LSEU
46-734: A law degree from La Salle Extension University , though he did not list it on later official biographies. In addition to his work with the Farm Bureau, he was general manager of the Wyoming Rural Electrification Administration . After four years in the Wyoming House, Thomas won a special election on April 26, 1989 to replace Dick Cheney as Wyoming's lone member of the United States House of Representatives . He resigned as
69-751: A member of the Senate Finance Committee, Thomas was instrumental in passing the Central America Free Trade Agreement. As co-chair of the Senate Rural Health Caucus, Thomas worked on legislation to improve health care opportunities for rural families. Thomas entered the hospital shortly before the balloting occurred in November 2006 and was initially treated for pneumonia . Two days after the 2006 election, Thomas' diagnosis of leukemia
92-736: A number of prominent African American leaders, including Arthur Fletcher , Jessie M. Rattley , and Gertrude Rush . 41°52′34.9″N 87°37′44.3″W / 41.876361°N 87.628972°W / 41.876361; -87.628972 Jesse Grant Chapline Jesse Grant Chapline (13 January 1870 – 4 July 1937) was an American educator and politician who founded distance learning facility La Salle Extension University (LSEU) in Chicago. Born in Waverly, Missouri , he graduated from Saint Louis College . He founded LSEU in 1908. Chapline hired Napoleon Hill as LSEU advertising manager and
115-625: A second round of chemotherapy at Bethesda Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland . Thomas was pronounced dead that same day from complications of leukemia at 9:53 PM EST. Thomas' services were held in the Methodist Church in Casper on June 9, 2007. The two Senate leaders, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), headed a delegation of some twenty members of Congress who came to pay respects to
138-535: A state representative effective May 2, 1989 and took his seat in the U.S. House on the same day. He was re-elected to that seat in 1990 and 1992. In 1994, he ran for the United States Senate and won, defeating popular Democratic Governor Mike Sullivan by 20 percentage points. He was elected second term in 2000 with a 74 percent majority, one of the largest margins in Wyoming election history. In
161-520: A year later. In 1944, LSEU relocated its administrative offices to the Chicago Loop at 417 S. Dearborn Street. Crowell-Collier Publishing Company acquired Macmillan Company in 1960. In 1961, Crowell-Collier acquired LSEU. LSEU enrolled more than 100,000 students in 1969 and received approximately $ 50,000,000 in gross revenue. In 1969, Crowell, Collier Macmillan, Inc. and other corporations with distance learning subsidiaries filed suit against
184-853: Is acknowledged as an inspiration in Hill's best-seller Think and Grow Rich . He served as director of the Commercial Research Association, manager of John Wanamaker 's Century Club in Philadelphia, and as president of the Associated Publishing Company. Chapline died in Chicago, Illinois . This biography of an American academic administrator born in 1870–1879 is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Craig L. Thomas Craig Lyle Thomas (February 17, 1933 – June 4, 2007)
207-644: The Federal Trade Commission over the law degree it advertised. In 1973, La Salle Extension University was charged by FTC (D. 5907) for "involving misrepresentations about obtaining law degrees through a correspondence course." FTC ordered that the university be required to include a disclaimer in advertisements for its law distance program that read: "No state accepts any law home study course, including La Salle's, as sufficient education to qualify for admission to practice law." La Salle Extension University closed its law school program in 1980 following
230-481: The 2006 election he was opposed by Democratic engineer Dale Groutage. Thomas was re-elected to a third term with 70 percent of the ballots even as Democratic Governor Dave Freudenthal was also winning with the same 70 percent margin. As chairman of the National Parks Subcommittee, Thomas authored legislation to provide funding and management reforms to protect America's national parks into
253-648: The 21st century. For this and other relevant legislation, Thomas was honored by the National Parks Conservation Association with their William Penn Mott, Jr., Park Leadership Award, as well as the National Parks Achievement Award. As the senior member of the Senate's influential Finance Committee , Thomas had been involved in issues such as Social Security , trade, rural health care, and tax reform. As
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#1732780540624276-570: The Macmillan name in America since 1998, following its purchase of the Simon & Schuster educational and professional group (which included various Macmillan properties). Holtzbrinck purchased it from them in 2001. Founder Jesse Grant Chapline recruited a number of prominent figures to be involved in the school, including Adlai E. Stevenson I . La Salle Extension University was innovative for
299-532: The National Home Study Council for monopoly and restraint of trade. In the university's later years, the school became known for its aggressive advertising practices. Most notable was the university's use of advertising on paraphernalia such as matchbooks, ink pens and pencils and in various types of magazines, with a grinning graduate and the famous headline "Look who's smiling now!" LSEU was involved in several lawsuits and counter-suits by
322-503: The Senate seat being vacated by fellow conservative Republican Malcolm Wallop of Sheridan in northeastern Wyoming. He was re-elected in 2000 and 2006 , having easily beaten Democratic candidates in both elections with 70 percent of the vote. Thomas was married to Leona M. Francis on February 22, 1955 in Uinta, Wyoming. The couple had three sons and one daughter, as well as nine grandchildren. They later divorced. Thomas later married
345-806: The deceased senator. Thomas' burial was in Riverside Cemetery in Cody on June 10. Under Wyoming law, Governor Freudenthal was required to appoint a new senator from a list of three submitted by the Wyoming Republican Party 's central committee because the seat was vacated by a Republican . The GOP met on June 19, 2007, in Casper to select three candidates from thirty applicants to send to the governor. Tom Sansonetti , former state Treasurer Cynthia Lummis , and State Senator John Barrasso were nominated. On June 22, 2007, Governor Dave Freudenthal appointed Barrasso as Thomas's successor in
368-786: The former Susan Roberts, a public school teacher for special-needs students in Arlington, Virginia . Thomas graduated from the University of Wyoming in Laramie with a degree in animal husbandry . At the University he was a member of the Delta Chi Fraternity. Thereafter, he served as an officer in the United States Marine Corps from 1955 to 1959; he attained the rank of Captain . He obtained
391-528: The litigation involving the FTC. After it closed, LSEU turned over records to the Illinois State Board of Education . LSEU resources were absorbed into Macmillan Publishing Company, which was later taken over by Robert Maxwell in 1989. Following bankruptcy, the assets were sold to Paramount Communications Inc. in 1994. They eventually became part of Simon & Schuster in 1994. Pearson acquired
414-421: The school was a university. The FTC found that "while many of the respondent's courses of instruction were of college grade, the institution itself was not a university and did not possess the qualities and attributes considered by educators and the public generally as requisites necessary to be possessed by an institution to make it a university or to entitle it to be designated as such." The restrictions were eased
437-586: The time in providing many poor, working-class, women, and ethnic minorities educational opportunities. Several of its graduates have gone on to make significant contributions, especially in the fields of law, business, accounting, marketing and social work. Alumni have included figures in state and local political administrations, and a spectrum of US military officials. Alumni include KFC founder Harland Sanders , governors Harold J. Arthur and Eurith D. Rivers , United States Senator Craig L. Thomas , U.S. Representatives John S. Gibson and William T. Granahan , and
460-504: Was accredited by the National Home Study Council and the State of Illinois to grant academic degrees for completion of distance study programs. LSEU focused on business and vocational training, offering Associate's degrees and Bachelor's degrees , as well as a Bachelor of Laws degree during much of its operation. In 1937, the Federal Trade Commission ordered that LSEU cease and desist from representing that
483-644: Was an American politician who served as United States Senator from Wyoming from 1995 until his death in 2007. He was a member of the Republican Party . In the Senate, Thomas was considered an expert on agriculture and rural development. He had served in key positions in several state agencies, including a long tenure as Vice President of the Wyoming Farm Bureau from 1965 to 1974. Thomas resided in Casper for twenty-eight years. In 1984, he
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#1732780540624506-487: Was announced. He immediately underwent treatment in the form of chemotherapy at the hospital and then returned to work in December, a month earlier than expected. In early 2007, Thomas said he was feeling better than he had in a long time, but he returned to the hospital for a second round of chemotherapy a month later. On June 4, 2007, Thomas was reported in serious condition, struggling with an infection while undergoing
529-631: Was elected from Casper to the Wyoming House of Representatives , in which he served until 1989. In 1989, Dick Cheney , who occupied Wyoming's only seat in the House of Representatives , resigned to become Secretary of Defense . Thomas became the Republican candidate to succeed Cheney and won the April 1989 special election . He was re-elected in 1990 and 1992 , and in 1994 he ran for and won
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