William Bizzell
William Bizzell Ph.D. | |
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| 5th President of the University of Oklahoma | |
| In office 1925–1941 | |
| Preceded by | James S. Buchanan |
| Succeeded by | Joseph A. Brandt |
| President of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas | |
| In office 1925–1941 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Teague Milner |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Otto Walton |
| President of College of Industrial Arts | |
| In office 1910–1914 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 14, 1876 Independence, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | May 13, 1944 (aged 67) Norman, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Baylor University University of Illinois College of Law Columbia University |
William Bennett Bizzell (October 14, 1876 – May 13, 1944) was the president of three American higher education institutions. He was the fifth president of the University of Oklahoma, the president of Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas (now Texas A&M University), and the president of the College of Industrial Arts (now Texas Woman's University).
Early life and career
Bizzell was born in
Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1921. From 1900 to 1910, he served as the superintendent of schools for Navasota, Texas. From 1910 to 1914, he was president of the College of Industrial Arts in Denton, Texas and from 1914 to 1925, he was president of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas in College Station, Texas
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University of Oklahoma
In 1926, he headed to
higher education for the Encyclopedia Americana.[3]
Retirement and death
In the spring of 1940, he announced his resignation to be effective the next year. The Board of Regents invited him to remain on the staff as president emeritus and head of the sociology department. Just three years after he resigned as president of the university, Bizzell died in Norman on May 13, 1944.
Notes
- ^ a b Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. "," http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fbi24 (accessed April 4, 2007).
- ^ Gittinger, Roy (1942). The University of Oklahoma: A History of Fifty Years 1892-1942. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press.
- ^ a b c Long, Charles F. (September 1965). "With Optimism For the Morrow: A History of The University of Oklahoma". Sooner Magazine.
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