UT Tyler 40th Anniversary

• Anniversary
• Welcome from the President
  • Office of the President
• Events
• Gallery
• Leadership
  • President James H. Stewart
  • President George F. Hamm
  • President Rodney H. Mabry
• Memories
• UT Tyler Growth
  • 1970s
  • 1980s
  • 1990s
  • 2000s

• UT Tyler
• UT Tyler 40th Anniversary

UT Tyler 40th Anniversary

1980s Growth

1980

• UT Tyler’s 2,000th academic degree awarded.

1981

• Dr. George F. Hamm named university’s second president.
• Robert R. Muntz Library opens, $4.5 million facility largest library collection in 14-county East Texas Planning Region.

1982

• UT Tyler enrollment surpasses 2,000.
• $10 million from Lindsey-Merrick Estate bequeathed to UT Tyler.
• UT Tyler Distinguished Lecture Series introduced.

1983

• UT Tyler enrollment surpasses 3,000.

1984

• UT Tyler Endowed Professorship Program initiated; professorships established by Mary John and Ralph Spence and George W. and Robert S. Pirtle.

1989

• Coordinating Board authorizes master of science in nursing degree.
• UT Tyler men’s tennis team wins national championship.