Art, No, No. It was Data Optics that spun off from the Univ. of MI... Yes, EMU was a "Normal" school. It still is very good in the field of Education. David Shindell On 01 Jun 2004, at 6:09 PM, Art Amolsch wrote: > No, no. EMU started as Michigan Normal, a > school for training teachers. Why teacher-ed > schools were called "normals," I have no idea. > > I taught 8th grade American history and English > in the Ypsilanti Township system for three years > before I joined the USAF. Go Hurons! > ------------------ > On Jun 1, 2004, at 5:49 PM, David M. Shindell wrote: > >> Yes, Art. >> >> We are adjacent to Eastern Michigan University (but we spun off of U >> of MI).