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Smith, Eugene W., Dr.

 Person

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

75th Anniversary Steering Committee

 Collection
Identifier: UR 006
Abstract Arkansas State University designated April 1, 1984 through April 1, 1985 as the period where the majority of events were to occur for the university’s 75th anniversary. In 1983, university president Ray Thornton established the 75th Anniversary Steering Committee to help coordinate and implement the various celebratory activities. This collection consists of material pertaining to the planning of Arkansas State University’s 75th anniversary celebration and publication of ...
Dates: 1911-1987; Majority of material found within 1982-1987

Board of Trustees Records

 Collection
Identifier: UR 004
Abstract Arkansas State University was founded on April 1, 1909 when Governor George W. Donaghey signed Act 100 into law, establishing four district agricultural schools. As part of the act, Governor Donaghey appointed the first board of trustees to the school where they established the location of the school in Jonesboro and hired V. C. Kays as the school’s first principal then president. The first few decades saw the board establish and expand the school, changing it from an agricultural high...
Dates: 1909-1999

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Allocating Funds 1
Anniversaries, etc. 1
Board Members 1
Book proposals 1
Building -- Estimates 1