building project, with a total of nine buildings at a cost of $350,000, was undertaken by Rogers. Unable to pay off the huge sums of money owed for the new buildings, the academy quickly sank into debt. Added to this, during two days in December of the same year, students and teachers protested against mistreatment and unsatisfactory meals. Rogers, who was terminally ill at the time, quickly fired several teachers whom he blamed for instigating the complaints. Rogers died in September 1901 and management of the school was left to Rogers' widowed wife, and Rogers' friend Gen. Charles King, who assisted with disciplinary and military duties. Enrollment declined sharply, and the academy was closed in 1908. Notable faculty and administrators George Oscar Cress, professor of Military Science and Tactics from 1904-1908 Adelbert Cronkhite, professor of Military Science and Tactics, 1891-1892 Henry W. Lord, U.S. Congressman, MMA trustee from 1878 to 1880 J. Sumner Rogers, founder and superintendent Harry Lovejoy Rogers, son of J. Sumner Rogers, school quartermaster from 1887 to 1898, U.S. Army major general He was the school's quartermaster with the rank of major from 1887 to 1897, and commandant of cadets from 1897 to 1898. Frederick S. Strong, US Army major general who served as a professor of military science from 1884-1888 and 1892-1895, and superintendent from 1902 to 1904 Edwin B. Winans, professor of Military Science and Tactics from 1897 to 1898 Notable alumni Harry Archer, musician and composer Daniel Read Anthony Jr., U.S. Congressman from Kansas, 1907-1929 Sewell Avery, chairman of the board of Montgomery Ward John A. Bloomingston, college athlete and attorney Edgar Rice Burroughs, author of the Tarzan novels. He later spent time on the school's faculty. Kurtis Froedtert, Physician, businessman, and philanthropist George Schuyler Hodges, artist, inventor, and automobile executive Frank P. Lahm, U.S. military aviation pioneer, brigadier general in the United States Army Air Corps John C. Lodge, mayor of Detroit from 1923–1924 and 1927-1928 Fenton R. McCreery, U.S. diplomat Truman Handy Newberry, United States Senator from Michigan, 1919–1922 Sylvester H. Scovel, war correspondent Walter Cowen Short, MMA faculty 1890-1891, US Army brigadier general Frederic L. Smith, automobile executive George Veazey Strong, commander of the Military Intelligence Corps during World War II Clayton Teetzel, college athlete and coach Harry Van Surdam, athlete, musician, superintendent of El Paso Military Institute The Seminary and other schools Two years after the Academy closed, in 1910,