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2 unusual facts about Eugene C. Pulliam


Eugene Pulliam

Eugene C. Pulliam (1889–1975), American newspaper publisher and businessman

James C. Quayle

After the war, Quayle married Corinne Pulliam, the daughter of wealthy newspaper publisher Eugene C. Pulliam, at Indiana University.


Eugene C. Bingham

He was awarded the Franklin Institute's Certificate of Merit in 1921 for his variable pressure viscometer.

Eugene C. Brooks

He was named head of the Department of Education at Trinity College in 1907, where he served until 1919 when he was appointed state superintendent of public instruction by Governor Thomas Walter Bickett.

Eugene C. Eppley Center

The Eppley Foundation granted the university $1.5 million to build the center.

Eugene Gordon

Eugene C. Gordon, railroad construction engineer and Confederate Officer in the Civil War

Eugene Pulliam

Eugene S. Pulliam (1914–1999), American publisher of the Indianapolis Star and the Indianapolis News

George W. Littlefield

He believed that the UT textbooks were too Northern-focused; so in 1914, he established the "Littlefield Fund for Southern History" to amass the archival sources which the historian Eugene C. Barker told him were needed to obtain a more accurate writing of history.

Herbert Eugene Bolton

In 1904, Bolton and Eugene C. Barker published With the Makers of Texas: A Source Reader in Texas History, a textbook.

Michigan State University School of Hospitality Business

In the 1960s, the Eppley Foundation granted the university $1.5 million to build the Eugene C. Eppley Center for Graduate Studies in Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management.

Riverside, Texas

Two famous natives of Riverside are singer-actress Jennifer Holliday (born 1960), best known for her creation of the role of Effie in the successful Tony-award winning Broadway musical "Dreamgirls"; and Eugene C. Barker, Texas historian (born 1874).

Sid W. Richardson

Sid Richardson Hall, an academic building at the University of Texas, Austin, which houses the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, Eugene C. Barker Texas History Collection, the UT Center for American History, and the Benson Latin American Collection.


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