Celebrating 9-0

exas Tech and the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources have joined Tthe ranks of many businesses, parents and grandparents around the world this year. They have all future buildings would follow the university’s reached the important milestone of making it to their Spanish-Renaissance tradition. Montford’s wife, 90th birthday. Debbie, helped re-establish Arbor Day to help February 2013 was the 90th anniversary of the encourage campus maintenance. The Montford’s passage of the Senate Bill Number 103, allowed Tech to continue to establish itself visually Texas Technological College’s charter. Pat M. Neff, to the public and become the beautiful campus the governor at the time, signed the bill February 10, today that we all have grown to love. 1923 to establish a Texas state college in . Under Chancellor Kent Hance, the current That bill established Texas Technological College on chancellor, Tech reached a new level of growth paper, but the physical location of the school was not and development. One big aspect was Angelo State decided yet. University becoming a part of the Texas Tech Once the site of TTC was chosen, the cornerstone University System in 2007. Currently there are of the Administration Building was laid November more than 30,000 students enrolled at Tech and 11, 1924. Thousands of people showed up for this the Vision & Tradition Campaign reached its goal of event to celebrate. Five schools began classes in the raising $1 billion. fall of 1925, including Agriculture, Arts & Sciences, Tech continues to reach academic goals and Engineering, Home Economics and Music. achievements to better the university for current Throughout Tech’s 90-year history, it has and future students and families who grown tremendously. In the 1930s and 1940s, call Tech home. Tech continues to grow with Tech established its graduate and business facility improvements such as the Jerry S. Rawls administration schools. In the 1950s, Tech developed College of Business, Talkington Residential Hall, its infrastructure and became a national presence in United Commons, and improvements to the athletics by becoming Jones AT&T Stadium. a part of the Southwest There are currently over 1,500 undergraduates Conference. In the 1960s, in CASNR and over 330 graduate students, along Texas Technological with more than 70 tenured and tenure-track faculty College officially changed members. CASNR has a total endowment of its name to Texas Tech over $40 million, offers over $2 million in annual University. scholarships and has over $10 million in In 1966, John T. research funding. Montford was appointed Happy 90th birthday Tech and CASNR! Here’s the first chancellor after to many more prosperous years. the Board of Regents created the System. With Montford as chancellor, he established the Master Plan which ensured that