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In 1973, Dr. Billy Mac Jones became president. Also that year, the Memphis State Tigers men's basketball team reached the finals of the NCAA tournament, only to fall at the hands of a UCLA team led by future NBA superstar and Basketball Hall of Famer Bill Walton in the NCAA Basketball Championship Game in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1980, Thomas ...
A tiger statue is seen outside of the Laurie-Walton Family Basketball Center at the University of Memphis in Memphis, Tenn., on Friday, June 28, 2024.
Bob Fisher – president of Belmont University since 2000; John Ford – Tennessee politician [3] Tre Hargett – Secretary of State, Tennessee; Willie Herenton – former mayor of Memphis [4] Ed Jackson – Tennessee State Senator [5] James F. Kyle – State Senator, Tennessee Legislature [6] David Lillard – Tennessee state treasurer since ...
Jess H. Parrish (president, Shelby State Community College, 1970–1981) Charles M. Temple (president, State Technical Institute at Memphis, 1983–1995) M. Douglas Call (president, State Technical Institute at Memphis 1995–2000) Floyd "Bud" Amann (President Shelby State Community College 1996–2000)
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The law school was founded in 1962 as the Memphis State University College of Law. It gained ABA accreditation three years later in 1965. [ 5 ] Former Memphis businessman Herbert Herff was a major benefactor to the University of Memphis.
Bill Hardgrave is an American academic who currently serves as the president of the University of Memphis, a role he's held since April 1, 2022. [1] He was previously the provost and vice president for academic affairs at Auburn University .
Jesse W. Jones was the first chemistry PhD and earned one of the first four doctorate degrees awarded by Arizona State University in 1963. He is a tenured Professor of Chemistry at Baylor University since 1988 and served seven two-year terms as a State Representative of Texas.