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2. Permanent University Fund - Wikipedia

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   The Permanent University Fund was established by the 1876 Constitution of the State of Texas. [2] Initially, its assets included one-tenth of University of Texas at Austin lands bordering the railroads (UT Austin was granted 1 million acres (4,000 km 2) in West Texas as compensation) as well as 1 million acres (4,000 km 2) additional. [3]

3. Top Texas A&M officials were involved in botched recruiting ...

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   The Texas A&M Administration Building in College Station on July 30. Credit: Meredith Seaver for The Texas Tribune

4. History of East Texas State University - Wikipedia

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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 ...

5. H. L. Hunt - Wikipedia

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   Haroldson Lafayette Hunt Jr. (February 17, 1889 – November 29, 1974) was an American oil tycoon. [1] By trading poker winnings for oil rights according to legend, but more likely through money he gained from successful speculation in oil leases, he ultimately secured title to much of the East Texas Oil Field, one of the world's largest oil deposits.

6. Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service - Wikipedia

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   Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service operates as part of The Texas A&M University System and is overseen by the university's board of regents. [6] The agency is composed of six divisions: Emergency Services Training Institute (ESTI), Infrastructure Training & Safety Institute (ITSI), National Emergency Response & Rescue Training Center (NERRTC), OSHA Training Institute Southwest Education ...

7. Rodney Lewis - Wikipedia

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   [3] [4] He graduated from what is now Texas A&M International University in Laredo with a Bachelor of Arts in criminal justice. [1] [2] He started his career in the oil industry by working for Stampede Energy and for the R.L. Burns Corporation. [2] He purchased his first oil well for $13,000 in 1982 and launched Lewis Energy the next year.

8. Landman (oil worker) - Wikipedia

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   A Landman or "Petroleum Landman"—in the United States and Canada—is an individual who performs various services for oil and gas exploration companies. [1] According to the website of the American Association of Professional Landmen (AAPL), these services include but are not limited to: negotiating for the acquisition or divestiture of mineral rights; negotiating business agreements that ...

9. Tesoro Corporation - Wikipedia

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   Tesoro became the first Fortune 500 company to be headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. Tesoro is the word for treasure (or treasury ) in Italian and Spanish . Beginning in the late 1990s, Tesoro grew through a series of acquisitions and initiatives that created Tesoro Corporation, the company focusing on the core business of petroleum refining ...