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4 unusual facts about University of Houston


Claudia Rankine

She has taught at Case Western Reserve University, Barnard College, University of Georgia, and in the writing program at the University of Houston.

Clayton Simms

Simms earned his Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration and Organizational Behavior & Management from the University of Houston in 1993.

Kyiv School of Economics

It has an agreement with the University of Houston in the United States which permits it to grant graduates an MA in economics in their name as well.

Minute Women of the U.S.A.

In Houston, Texas, where they were particularly strong, they took over the local school board and claimed to have planted observers in University of Houston classrooms to watch out for controversial material and teachers.


2010–13 Big 12 Conference realignment

On June 17, twenty-six Texas legislators, spearheaded by Garnet Coleman and Bill Callegari, from the Houston area co-authored an open letter to the Big 12 that asked the conference to consider adding Houston as a member.

Carol Coletta

Her paper on the Future of Cities, produced for the University of Houston–Clear Lake’s Future Studies program, was selected for presentation to the World Future Society annual meeting.

Chaminade Silverswords

Virginia, which featured Ralph Sampson and Rick Carlisle, was the top-ranked team in NCAA Division I basketball entering the game after posting victories against Georgetown (with Patrick Ewing) and Phi Slama Jama of Houston.

D. J. Hayden

Hayden committed to University of Houston on June 8, 2010, and enrolled in the university in 2011; thereafter, he played for the Houston Cougars football team in 2011 and 2012.

Dude, Where's the Party?

Harishkumar S. Patel (Sunil Malhotra) is a geeky student from a small village in Gujarat, India who is attending the University of Houston, while living with his uncle (his father's best friend).

Elena Nikolaidi

In 1977, she came to Houston, Texas, as the primary voice instructor for the newly established Houston Opera Studio, a young-artist training program that was at that time a joint venture of Houston Grand Opera and the University of Houston; she also instructed a select few university students who were not in the HOS program.

Fleeting expletive

On November 19, 2011, during a live taping of ESPN's College GameDay at the University of Houston, College football analyst Lee Corso said, "Ah, fuck it" before he put on the headwear of Shasta, the University of Houston Cougars' mascot, demonstrating his prediction that the Cougars would beat the Mustangs of Southern Methodist University.

Fred Faour

He is a graduate of the University of Houston with a bachelor of arts degree in communications.

Holland Lodge

Ben Taub - Philanthropist essential for the University of Houston and Baylor College of Medicine

Hugh Ragin

After playing in the Houston All-City High School Orchestra, which toured the UK, he took his bachelor's in music education at the University of Houston and his master's in trumpet performance at Colorado State University.

J. D. Kimmel

After completing his undergraduate education at the University of Houston in 1952, Kimmel spent two years in the United States Army.

Katherine Center

She received her M.A. in fiction from the University of Houston, where she was the co-editor of the literary fiction magazine, Gulf Coast.

Keith Mondesir

His ministerial biography indicates that he graduated from George Brown College and later earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Waterloo, a further Bachelor of Science degree in Optometry from the University of Aston in Birmingham, and a Doctor of Optometry degree from the University of Houston in Texas.

Lambert Hall

Many Houston celebrities took part, including: Mayor Oscar F. Holcombe; Dr. Edison E. Oberholtzer, Superintendent of Public Schools and founder/President of the University of Houston; and pastors from other local churches.

Lansdowne, Pennsylvania

Leroy Burrell, former World Champion, World Record Holder, Olympic Silver Medalist in the 100 meters, and current track coach at the University of Houston, was raised in Lansdowne.

Melvin Robertson

Robertson began his coaching career as an assistant under Bradley Mills at Odessa High School, before joining Bill Yeoman's staff at the University of Houston as defensive backs coach in 1965.

Michael P. Jackson

Jackson studied at the University of Houston (B.A.) under Ross M. Lence and received a Ph.D. with distinction from the Government Department at Georgetown University in 1985.

Muslim Interscholastic Tournament

MIST was the brainchild of Shazia Siddiqi, a teenage freshman at the University of Houston who had a vision to start a tournament combining many aspects of the academic arena, including art, writing, and speech, that would bring high school students together from around the nation to develop leadership, promote communication, and inspire creativity while gaining an understanding of Islam and Muslims.

Oliver Lafayette

Lafayette attended first Blinn College and Brown Mackie College before transferring to the University of Houston.

Open64

The 2010 Open64 Developers Forum describes projects done at Absoft, AMD, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fudan University, HP, National Tsing Hua University, Nvidia, Tensilica, Tsinghua University, and University of Houston.

Patricia Martin

The study is a collaboration between the Houston Arts Alliance, Greater Houston Partnership, and the University of Houston.

Regional Football League

Former college standouts such as Josh Booty (LSU), Stewart Patridge (Ole Miss), Andre Ware (Houston), Sherman Williams (Alabama Crimson Tide) and Dameyune Craig (Auburn) were signed to RFL teams in the hopes that fans would turn out to see former local stars.

Richard Waites

Waites obtained his law degree (J.D.) from the University of Houston Law Center and afterwards practiced law as a trial attorney for 13 years.

Robert L. Bradley, Jr.

He has been a senior research fellow at the University of Houston and is currently senior research fellow (honorary) at the Center for Energy Economics at the University of Texas at Austin.

Stuart Turnbull

He is a professor of the C.T. Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston.

Tamu Massif

William Sager, a marine geophysicist from the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Houston, began studying the volcano in about 1993 at the Texas A&M College of Geosciences.

Texas Football Classic

Among the notable players that have participated in short history of the Classic are former University of Texas and former Chicago Bears running back Cedric Benson, former University of Houston and current Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Kevin Kolb, former University of Iowa quarterback Drew Tate and former University of Missouri quarterback Chase Daniel.

The Art Guys

The Art Guys have worked together since 1983 after meeting while students at the University of Houston.

University of Houston–Victoria

In the 81st Texas legislative session, Texas State Representative Geanie Morrison introduced House Bill 1056, which would allow UHV to expand, and Texas State Senator Glenn Hegar introduced an identical bill, Senate Bill 567.

Wilson Whitley

Wilson Whitley (May 28, 1955 – October 27, 1992) was a consensus All-American defensive tackle at the University of Houston from 1972-1976 under defensive coordinator Don Todd.


see also

Andrew Bruce

Andrew Davis Bruce (1894–1969), former Major General and President of the University of Houston

Di Leo

Jeffrey R. Di Leo, Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences and Professor of English and Philosophy at the University of Houston–Victoria

Harry Fouke

He later became the director of athletics for the San Antonio Public Schools System, the Houston Independent School District, and ultimately the University of Houston.

Houston Football Stadium

On August 18, 2011, the University of Houston announced that they had received the largest single donation for the stadium when co-CEOs and co-founders of Austin-based Data Foundry, Ron and Carolyn Yokubaitis donated $10 million USD to the project.

On February 10, 2010, Houston athletics director Mack Rhoades announced that the University of Houston had hired engineering and architectural design firm AECOM to conduct a feasibility study regarding possible renovations or reconstruction of Houston's Robertson Stadium and Hofheinz Pavilion.

Kenneth Harwood Outstanding Dissertation Award

The prize was established by Kenneth Harwood, Professor at the University of Houston and a former President of the BEA.

Mashburn

Joe Mashburn (21st century), Dean of the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture at the University of Houston

Muslim Interscholastic Tournament

In February 2002, Siddiqi and her core team of volunteers at the University of Houston and alumni of the Muslim Students' Association at the University of Texas, Austin, implemented the first MIST with 118 students from Houston, Austin, and Dallas.

Nimmer

Raymond Nimmer, attorney and Dean of the University of Houston Law Center.

Otis Birdsong

In 2000, Birdsong was inducted in the University of Houston’s Hall of Honor as well as the Polk County, Florida Hall of Fame.

Ruby Kless Sondock

Former speakers at the Sondock Lecture on Legal Ethics at the University of Houston Law Center include U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch and Helen Thomas.

William Staples

William A. Staples, fourth president of the University of Houston–Clear Lake