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Southwest Texas State Normal College (1918–1923); Southwest Texas State Teachers College (1923–1959); Southwest Texas State College (1959–1969); Southwest Texas State University (1969–2003); Texas State University–San Marcos (2003–2013) 2013 Texas Tech University: Texas Technological College 1969 Thomas More College: Villa Madonna ...
The hotel was renamed The Hotel Edison upon Edison's return to the city on 1922. [4] In 1954, Lake Thomas A Edison in California was named after Edison to mark the 75th anniversary of the incandescent light bulb. [5] Edison was on hand to turn on the lights at the Hotel Edison in New York City when it opened in 1931. [6]
Lincoln Land Community College, a public community college in Springfield, Illinois Abraham Lincoln High School (disambiguation) Lincoln High School (disambiguation) , includes some schools that may not be named after the president
Edison in 1861. Thomas Edison was born in 1847 in Milan, Ohio, but grew up in Port Huron, Michigan, after the family moved there in 1854. [8] He was the seventh and last child of Samuel Ogden Edison Jr. (1804–1896, born in Marshalltown, Nova Scotia) and Nancy Matthews Elliott (1810–1871, born in Chenango County, New York).
Edison Middle Learning Center (closed 2018) [137] It was located in West Dallas and named after Thomas Edison. In 2018 it had scores in Texas state tests, considered unacceptable by the Texas Education Agency (TEA), for five consecutive years in a row.
The Oasis of West Texas [77] (The city is unusual in West Texas for having three rivers and three lakes.) Queen City of Central West Texas [76] Texas' biggest small town [78] Wool Capital [76] [77] or the Wool and Mohair Capital of the World [79] San Antonio. Alamo City [80] Countdown City [81] Spurs Nation; Deuce Dime [citation needed] River ...
Name Term Start Date End Date College Location Notes [note 1] Eliphalet Nott: 61 years 1805 1866 Union College: Schenectady, NY Longest serving college president in U.S. history. Paul F. Beacham 59 years 1919 1978 Holmes Theological Seminary: Greenville, SC Longest serving seminary president in U.S. history. Abbot Bernard Pennings 57 years 1898 ...
Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor and businessman, who has been described as America's greatest inventor. He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and the long-lasting, practical electric light bulb.