Anson Jones was a medical doctor,businessman,member of Congress,and the fourth and last president of the Republic of Texas.
West Texas A&M University is a public university in Canyon,Texas. It is the northernmost campus of the Texas A&M University System and accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). It was established on September 20,1910,as West Texas State Normal College as one of the seven state-funded teachers' colleges in Texas.
Southern Methodist University (SMU) is a private research university in University Park,Texas,United States,with a satellite campus in Taos County,New Mexico. SMU was founded on April 17,1911,by the Methodist Episcopal Church,South—now part of the United Methodist Church—in partnership with Dallas civic leaders. However,it is nonsectarian in its teaching and enrolls students of all religious affiliations. It is classified among "R-2:Doctoral Universities –High Research Activity".
Charles Claude Selecman was an American Methodist pastor and the third president of Southern Methodist University from 1923 to 1938. Selecman entered office during a difficult financial time for SMU and managed to put the university on sounder footing while expanding the campus and growing the enrollment. These achievements would largely be overshadowed,however,by his chilling effect on SMU's intellectual and social environment.
The Southwest Review is a literary journal published quarterly at Southern Methodist University campus in Dallas,Texas. Founded in 1915 as the Texas Review,it is the third oldest literary quarterly in the United States. The current editor-in-chief is Greg Brownderville.
Robert Gerald Turner is the President of Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas,Texas. One of the most highly-compensated university presidents in the United States,Turner has been described as a "transformational" figure who helped rehabilitate SMU's national reputation following the infamous 1980s football scandal and NCAA death penalty. His tenure as president,the longest in SMU history,has also been marked by legal confirmation of the university's independence from the United Methodist Church,and campus expansion,and the school's endowment surpassing $1 billion.
The George W. Bush Presidential Center,which opened on April 25,2013,is a complex that includes former United States President George W. Bush's presidential library and museum,the George W. Bush Policy Institute,and the offices of the George W. Bush Foundation. It is located on the campus of Southern Methodist University (SMU) in University Park,Texas,near Dallas. It was selected to be the eventual burial location of George W. Bush,the 43rd president of the United States (2001–2009),and his wife Laura Bush.
Henry Nash Smith was a scholar of American culture and literature. He is recognized as one of the founders of the academic discipline American studies. He was also a noted Mark Twain scholar,and the curator of the Mark Twain Papers. The Handbook of Texas reported that an uncle encouraged Smith to read at an early age,and that the boy developed an interest in the works of Rudyard Kipling,Robert L. Stevenson and Mark Twain.
Julien Lon Tinkle was a historian,writer,book critic,and professor who specialized in the history of Texas. Tinkle,the long-time book editor and critic for the Dallas Morning News,was known for his award-winning books,including an engaging history of the battle of the Alamo and a biography of J. Frank Dobie. He is the namesake for the Texas Institute of Letters' highest honor,the Lon Tinkle Award for Lifetime Achievement.
McFarlin Memorial Auditorium is a proscenium style theatre located on the campus of Southern Methodist University. The venue seats 2,386 on three levels. The building is the third oldest on SMU's campus and has hosted a number of notable acts.
Robert Stewart Hyer was an educator and researcher in Texas noted for experimenting with early X-ray and telegraphy equipment. He served as president of Southwestern University before becoming the first president of Southern Methodist University. Hyer Elementary School in University Park,Texas,is named in his honor.
Willis McDonald Tate was an academic administrator who served as the 5th President of Southern Methodist University from 1954 to 1971 and again in an interim capacity from July 1974 to October 1975. Tate's era at SMU is remembered for its openness and commitment to academic freedom. During his presidency,SMU fully integrated its student body,declined to ban books on communism,and hosted then-controversial speakers,including John Gates and Martin Luther King Jr.
Umphrey Lee was a Methodist theologian and historian who served as the fourth president of Southern Methodist University from 1939 to 1954. Lee,who had been SMU's first undergraduate student body president,succeeded religious hard-liner C. C. Selecman,and is remembered for fostering an intellectual environment conducive to free research and learning. Along with Dean Merrimon Cuninggim,he was also the driving force behind the effort to begin desegregating SMU in 1952—years before other southern colleges and fellow Methodist universities,Duke University and Emory University.
William M. Tsutsui is an American academic,author,economic historian,Japanologist,university administrator,and Godzilla expert. He was named President and CEO of Ottawa University,May 3,2021,and took office July 1,2021.
Mary Smith Jones was the last First Lady of the Republic of Texas,as wife of Anson Jones,the last president of the Republic. She was the first president of the newly founded Daughters of the Republic of Texas in 1891.
Geoffrey Charles Orsak is a native of Schenectady,New York who went to Houston and entered Rice University,where he earned BS,MS and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering. After earning his doctorate in 1989,He joined George Mason University to teach electrical engineering as an Assistant Professor. In 1997,he moved to Dallas,and joined the faculty at Southern Methodist University (SMU) as Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. In March 2004,he was named Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science at SMU. In 2012,he accepted an offer to become the 18th president of the University of Tulsa in Tulsa,Oklahoma. However,he was abruptly terminated,with no public explanation,only 77 days later.
Zoe Caroline Brettell is a Canadian cultural anthropologist known for her scholarship on migration and gender. She is currently Professor Emerita at Southern Methodist University,where she was previously University Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Ruth Collins Altshuler Professor. At SMU,Brettell served as Chair of the Department of Anthropology,interim Dean of the Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences,and inaugural Director of the Dedman College Interdisciplinary Institute. She has also been President of both the Society for the Anthropology of Europe (1996–1998) and the Social Science History Association (2000–2001).
Katherine Canby Balderston was an American scholar of 18th century English literature. She was the first female faculty member at Southern Methodist University and later a professor emerita at Wellesley College. She was a winner of the Rose Mary Crawshay Prize in 1941.
Michael Phillips is an American historian specializing in the history of Texas,racism in the United States,right-wing extremism,and apocalyptic religion in the United States. He became involved in a free speech controversy surrounding his employer Collin College in 2022,after he alleged that the school had fired him because of his political beliefs.
