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unusual facts about Stephen F. Austin University



Allen Ranch

He arrived at the young town of Harrisburg (modern east Houston) and soon after married into the Thomas family which had come to Texas as part of Stephen F. Austin's original colony.

Anthony DeGrate

DeGrate was born in Waco, Texas and played college football for Stephen F. Austin.

Arthur Raymond Randolph

Judge Stephen Williams concurred in the judgment, disagreeing on the latter point.

Caleb Nelson

After graduating from Yale, Nelson clerked for Judge Stephen F. Williams of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and then for Justice Clarence Thomas of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Colonel John Henry Moore

Texan commander Stephen F. Austin ordered Moore to organize a cavalry company, who were outfitted with pistols and double-barreled shotguns.

Dimitri Kipiani

Stephen F. Jones, "Russian Imperial Administration and the Georgian Nobility: the Georgian Conspiracy of 1832," The Slavonic and East European Review, Vol.

Eric Posner

He clerked for Judge Stephen F. Williams of the D.C. Circuit.

Howard Shelanski

After graduating from law school he clerked for Judge Stephen F. Williams of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, Judge Louis H. Pollak of the U.S. District Court in Philadelphia, and Justice Antonin Scalia of the United States Supreme Court.

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.

Mary Brown Austin

Perhaps her most important contribution to history is writing a letter to her son, Stephen, two days before the death of her husband, Moses Austin, imploring Stephen F. Austin to carry out the dying wish of his father—that Stephen follow through with the Empresario grants for land settlement in Texas.

Nell Fortner

She turned to the college ranks as a graduate assistant under Gary Blair at Stephen F. Austin during the 1986-87 campaign while completing a master’s degree in education.

Potosi, Missouri

Moses Austin came here in 1798 with his family, including his son Stephen F. Austin.

San Felipe, Texas

In the fall of same year, the site was chosen by Stephen F. Austin with the help of Baron de Bastrop to be the main site in Texas for colonization.

Stephen F. Austin State Park

Habitat is typical East Texas riparian, upland areas are mostly pecan trees, while river bottom areas are dominated by cottonwoods and hackberry.

Stephen F. Barker

Its five chapters concern Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometry, and literalist and non-literalist views on the meaning of numbers.

Stephen F. Burkard

On January 23, 1935, he was arrested at his home in Woodside, Queens, on a bench warrant for first degree grand larceny.

Stephen F. Kelly

He has written a number of biographies of football managers including Bill Shankly, Sir Alex Ferguson, Kenny Dalglish and Gerard Houllier as well as an oral history of Liverpool Football Club.

Stephen F. Olford

Olford was also a role model and friend to prominent pastors such as Charles Stanley and Adrian Rogers.

Stephen Hayes

Stephen F. Hayes (born 1974), American senior writer at The Weekly Standard

Stephen Martin

Stephen F. Martin, American chemist and professor of chemistry at the University of Texas at Austin

Warren Barhorst

Barhorst attended Stephen F. Austin University in Nacogdoches, Texas, from August 1983 until December 1986 when he transferred to Texas A&M where he went on to earn a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Industrial Distribution in December 1988.

William Crump

Settling his family along the Brazos River east of Bellville, not far north of San Felipe, where Stephen F. Austin had earlier founded the headquarters of his first colony, Crump established a plantation.

William Joel Bryan

In 1831, William Joel Bryan's mother (Emily) and stepfather James Franklin Perry followed Stephen F. Austin to Texas.

Wythe County, Virginia

Wythe County is also home to the Austinville community which was founded by Stephen and his brother Moses Austin, father of the famous Stephen F. Austin.


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