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LeTourneau University (/ l ə t ˈ ər n oʊ /; abbreviated LETU) is a private, interdenominational evangelical Christian university in Longview, Texas.Founded as LeTourneau Technical Institute in February 1946 by R. G. LeTourneau with his wife, Evelyn, the school initially educated veterans returning from World War II.
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is divided into three divisions based on scholarship allocation. Each division is made up of several conferences for regional league competition. Unless otherwise noted, changes in conference affiliation will occur on July 1 of the given year.
1962 – On September 1, 1962, the SCAC was founded as the College Athletic Conference (CAC).Charter members included Centre College, Southwestern University at Memphis, The University of the South of Sewanee and Washington and Lee University, which later added Washington University in St. Louis during that same year; effective beginning the 1962–63 academic year.
College football’s kings are aligning in an effort to pave the sport’s future path. Amid one of the most pivotal times in college athletics, the SEC and Big Ten, the two wealthiest conferences ...
Sankey is a native of Auburn, New York. [4] [5]Sankey started college as an engineering major at LeTourneau College in Longview, Texas [6] but soon returned back to New York. . He earned his associate's degree from Cayuga Community College and an undergraduate degree in education from the State University of New York at Cortland in 19
Robert Gilmour "R. G." LeTourneau (/ lətˈərnoʊ /; November 30, 1888 – June 1, 1969), born in Richford, Vermont, was a prolific inventor of technologies related to earthmoving machinery, and founder of LeTourneau Technologies and LeTourneau University. [1] His factories supplied machinery which represented nearly 75 percent of the ...
The American Southwest Conference was announced in May 1996. The new league included some former members of the Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association (TIAA). Founding members of the ASC were Howard Payne University, Austin College, Hardin–Simmons University, McMurry University, Mississippi College, Sul Ross State University, the University of Dallas and the University of the Ozarks.
Alvin O. "Bud" Austin (born January 6, 1942 in Tampa, Florida) was the fifth president of LeTourneau University in Longview, Texas from 1986 to 2007. Since July 2007 he has held the role of University Chancellor, in accordance with the wishes of the Board of Trustees.