As a native Texan, Texas A&M graduate and retired college history teacher, I have no issue with the arguments regarding the university’s thinking on this matter. I do have a problem with the circumstances under which this decision was made. And it will be a cold day in hell if anyone attempts to move the statue of Lawrence Sullivan Ross on the A&M campus. Buddy Holly will be gone from the Tech campus before Sully travels.
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“Despite his popularity, Ross refused to run for a third term as governor. Days after leaving office, he became president of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas (now Texas A&M University). He is credited with saving the school from closure, and his tenure saw a large expansion in college facilities and the birth of many school traditions. After his death, the Texas legislature created Sul Ross State University in his honor.”
Gig ‘Em ‘84