Lubbock's Most Influential
(89) Texas Technological College's first president headed the university from its creation in 1923 until he died in office on April 13, 1932.
Paul Whitfield Horn, a Missouri native, planted the anchor for the first institution of higher learning in the western half of Texas and is credited with hiring the first faculty, planning the first buildings and designing a curriculum emphasizing both technical skills and liberal arts.
His promotion of the new college encouraged 914 students to enroll on opening day in September 1925.
In describing the new college he favored this phrase: "Texas Tech is bound on the east by the city of Lubbock and on the west by the Day of Judgment."
At modern-day Texas Tech, Horn may be better known by the professorship chairs endowed in his name. The Horn professorships were established in 1966 to recognize scholarly achievement and outstanding service.
(89) Texas Technological College's first president headed the university from its creation in 1923 until he died in office on April 13, 1932.
Paul Whitfield Horn, a Missouri native, planted the anchor for the first institution of higher learning in the western half of Texas and is credited with hiring the first faculty, planning the first buildings and designing a curriculum emphasizing both technical skills and liberal arts.
His promotion of the new college encouraged 914 students to enroll on opening day in September 1925.
In describing the new college he favored this phrase: "Texas Tech is bound on the east by the city of Lubbock and on the west by the Day of Judgment."
At modern-day Texas Tech, Horn may be better known by the professorship chairs endowed in his name. The Horn professorships were established in 1966 to recognize scholarly achievement and outstanding service.
Lubbock's Most Influential
(89) Texas Technological College's first president headed the university from its creation in 1923 until he died in office on April 13, 1932.
Paul Whitfield Horn, a Missouri native, planted the anchor for the first institution of higher learning in the western half of Texas and is credited with hiring the first faculty, planning the first buildings and designing a curriculum emphasizing both technical skills and liberal arts.
His promotion of the new college encouraged 914 students to enroll on opening day in September 1925.
In describing the new college he favored this phrase: "Texas Tech is bound on the east by the city of Lubbock and on the west by the Day of Judgment."
At modern-day Texas Tech, Horn may be better known by the professorship chairs endowed in his name. The Horn professorships were established in 1966 to recognize scholarly achievement and outstanding service.
(89) Texas Technological College's first president headed the university from its creation in 1923 until he died in office on April 13, 1932.
Paul Whitfield Horn, a Missouri native, planted the anchor for the first institution of higher learning in the western half of Texas and is credited with hiring the first faculty, planning the first buildings and designing a curriculum emphasizing both technical skills and liberal arts.
His promotion of the new college encouraged 914 students to enroll on opening day in September 1925.
In describing the new college he favored this phrase: "Texas Tech is bound on the east by the city of Lubbock and on the west by the Day of Judgment."
At modern-day Texas Tech, Horn may be better known by the professorship chairs endowed in his name. The Horn professorships were established in 1966 to recognize scholarly achievement and outstanding service.
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