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In September 1949, the college was renamed Arlington State College (ASC), in part because agriculture was no longer a major course of study. During the 1950s, it was the largest state junior college in the Southwest, and it grew to be the 5th largest state-supported college or university in Texas by 1959. During the 1950s, enrollment in courses ...
In September 1949, the college was renamed Arlington State College (ASC), [3] [39] in part because agriculture was no longer a major course of study. [40] During the 1950s, it was the largest state junior college in the Southwest, [40] and it grew to be the 5th largest state-supported college or university in Texas by 1959. [39]
In April 1965, the Texas Legislature transferred Arlington State College (ASC) from the Texas A&M University System to the University of Texas System (UT System). The following year, Maxwell Scarlett was the first African-American graduate in ASC history. In March 1967, ASC was renamed the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA).
The name was changed to Arlington State College (ASC) in 1949 to reflect the fact that agriculture was no longer an important part of the curriculum. Efforts began to turn ASC into a four-year institution, but the Texas A&M system board refused to consider the idea since it was possible that ASC could grow to be larger than College Station.
Ernest 'H' Hereford [1] (December 21, 1894 – November 24, 1958) was Dean of North Texas Agricultural College from 1946–49, when the school was renamed Arlington State College he served as President from 1949 until his death in 1958. The college would later become the University of Texas at Arlington in 1965.
Hired in 1969 in his 20s to teach at what was then Arlington State College, Allan started a journey featuring years of service not just to the students he loved but to his community.
Jack Royce Woolf [1] (June 10, 1924 – June 10, 2014) [2] was an American academic who arrived at Arlington State College in 1957 as dean of the college. After one year as dean, the Texas A&M Board appointed him acting president in 1958 and president in 1959. [3]
He led the school to become a four-year institution, but minstrel shows, ‘Dixie’ and rebel flags were common on campus.