Former Austin City Manager / B.S. Horticulture & Parks Management (1959)
VETERINARY MEDICINE was in Dan Davidson’s future, until a tour of duty in Europe during the Korean War kindled an admiration for the old European landscaped parks, roads, arbors and gardens. His new career path centered on planned developments, first as a parks planner and later in Austin’s city management. Davidson concluded his city management career as Austin’s city manager. (more…)

Speaker of the House – 1993-2003 / B.S. in Agricultural Economics (1965)
HE’S WORKED WITH some of the icons of Texas politics, sat with titans of business and addressed a national television audience to introduce the 43rd President of the United States. But, when James E. “Pete” Laney reflects upon the bench marks of his 34 years as a state representative, including a record-tying five terms as speaker of the House of Representatives, the group he refers to the most is the constituents. (more…)

Thousands of high school students from across the state will participate in three major FFA career development judging contests during March and April at Texas Tech University. (more…)

Texas Tech University’s College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources honored six individuals with its Distinguished Alumnus Award Feb. 19. The award was established to recognize some of the college’s most outstanding alumni for significant contributions to society. (more…)

CASNR alumnus Mark Moseley was presented the Outstanding Achievement Award for Stewardship Feb. 16 at the 60th Annual International Society for Range Management Meeting in Reno, Nev. (more…)

OWEN ROBERTS IS DOING the grinding work graduate students often do. The agricultural communications instructor daily piles away the study hours aimed at getting his doctor of education degree in agricultural education through a joint program offered by Texas A&M University and Texas Tech University. (more…)

Thornton Distinguished Chair / Department of Plant and Soil Science

IT’S TRIVIA TIME, and today’s topic is Tennessee. Did you know that cotton candy, Mountain Dew and the atomic bomb were all first invented in the Volunteer State? Here’s an even rarer one: Who was the first woman ever to get a general agriculture degree from the University of Tennessee? (more…)