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The McDowell Business Administration Building, built during the presidency of D. Whitney Halladay. The history of East Texas State University (ETSU) comprises the history of the university now known as East Texas A&M University from its renaming as East Texas State University in 1965 (after the establishment of its first doctoral program) to its admission into the Texas A&M University System ...
James G. Gee Library in 2016 Sororities' & Women's Halls, with Kappa Delta in the foreground, in 2016. What is now Texas A&M University–Commerce was renamed East Texas State College (ETSC) in 1957, [1] [2] [3] after the Texas Legislature recognized the broadening scope of the institution, [2] in recognition of the school's expansion beyond its original mandate of teacher education.
The institution was renamed East Texas State College in 1957, after the Texas Legislature recognized its broadening scope beyond teacher education. [ 12 ] [ 8 ] [ 14 ] [ 11 ] Following the inauguration of the institution's first doctoral program in 1962, [ 12 ] [ 8 ] its name was changed to East Texas State University (ETSU) in 1965.
In a meeting Thursday, Texas A&M System regents voted to change the name of Texas A&M University-Commerce, effective immediately.
Professor Mayo's College: A History of East Texas State University. Commerce, Texas: East Texas State University Press. ISBN 0963709208. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04; Sawyer, William E. (1979). History of East Texas State University. Wolfe City, Texas: Henington Publishing Company.
The McDowell Business Administration Building, built during the presidency of D. Whitney Halladay. East Texas State College (ETSC) was renamed East Texas State University (ETSU) on March 30, 1965, when Governor John Connally signed House Bill 333, [88] [92] [93] after the establishment of the institution's first doctoral program in 1962.
A panorama of the East Texas State Normal College campus in 1921. The history of East Texas State Normal College (ETSNC) comprises the history of the university now known as East Texas A&M University from when it was acquired by the State of Texas in 1917, to when it was renamed East Texas State Teachers College in 1923.
That same year, John I. Leonard, superintendent of Palm Beach County Schools, became the college’s first president, earning the nickname “Mr. Junior College" for his work over the years ...