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7 unusual facts about Sam Houston State University


Joseph Baldwin

Baldwin left Kirksville in 1881 to become the third principal of the Sam Houston Normal Institute (now Sam Houston State University), replacing the recently resigned president, H.H. Smith, and bringing along his daughter Olivia Baldwin as the founder of the Art faculty; his daughter Zoe would also teach there.

M. B. Etheredge

During the war Col. Etheredge also received two Bronze Stars and two Purple Hearts; he was eventually discharged with the highest efficiency rating of any officer discharged from the Fourth Army; this dauntless soldier later served three terms in the Texas Legislature and taught for 33 years at Sam Houston State University.

Melissa Morphew

Morphew currently teaches English and creative writing at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas.

Nancy Stockall

Nancy Stockall (Haas) is an Associate Professor of Early Childhood Studies and Special Education at Sam Houston State University.

Randy Galloway

George Randolph "Randy" Galloway (born January 19, 1943) is a sports columnist for the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram and a graduate of Sam Houston State University.

Sam Houston State University

In the late 1940s, then SHSU president Harmon Lowman attempted to change the SHSU mascot from Bearkats to "Ravens" (after General Sam Houston's Cherokee nickname).

William Franklin Lee III

: 1956-64 — Professor of Theory-Composition and Director of the Music Department at Sam Houston State University, where he initiated their jazz studies program.


International Public Debate Association

Other schools that host tournaments include the University of Arkansas at Monticello, Stephen F. Austin State University, Bowling Green State University of Ohio, Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge, Union University, Louisiana State University at Alexandria, the University of Central Arkansas, Louisiana State University at Shreveport, Har-Ber High School, East Texas Baptist University, Sam Houston State University, and Mississippi College.

National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime

The proposal was unanimously adopted seven months later by a conference held at Sam Houston State University's Center for Criminal Justice in Huntsville, Texas.


see also

James Olson

James S. Olson, American professor of history at Sam Houston State University