President's Office Records, 1984-1994

Texas Tech university

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Organized on the Texas Technological College campus as the Eagle Scout Club in the fall of 1938, the club officially became the Beta Sigma Chapter on April 30, 1939. A service organization, APO is a national service fraternity affliated with the Boys Scouts of America. The chapter was recognized in 1942 for having the nation's largest pledging class. Service projects have included placing benches across campus, helping conduct student elections and the Carol of Lights events, planning homecoming...

Texas Tech University. Office of the President

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The scrapbook was donated to the University Archive by David Edward Olsen, who played on the 1962 Picador basketball team for Texas Tech. Olsen was attending the Picador Reunion in February 2002 and brought along his scrapbook. From the guide to the Texas Tech University, Office of the President, Records, U 147. 42., 1965-1966, (Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University) Terms in office for the various Texas Tech University administ...

Smith, Preston, 1912-

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Born in 1912 in Williamson County, Texas, E. Preston Smith moved with his family to a farm 14 miles west of Lamesa in 1923. He graduated from Lamesa High School in 1930 and received his B.B.A. from Texas Technological College in 1934. Smith married Ima Smith in 1935 and the two became parents of two children. In 1944, Smith was elected to the Texas House of Representatives where he served three terms. He moved to the Texas Senate in 1956, and served three terms there as well. ...

Cavazos, Lauro, 1927-2022

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A sixth generation Texan, Lauro Fred Cavazos was born on January 4, 1927 on the vast King Ranch in South Texas, where his father was the foreman of the showcase Santa Gertrudis Division. He earned his B.A. and M.A. in zoology at Texas Tech University and a doctoral degree in physiology from Iowa State University. In addition, he received honorary degrees from several universities and colleges. He married the former Peggy Murdock, and together they had ten children. Dr....

Haley, Elizabeth G.

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Lawless, Robert William

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