The Knowlton's Dairy Dean"s Scholars Scholarship Endowment was established in 1986 by Knowlton"s Dairy represented by Mr. and Mrs. Jim Knowlton and Mrs. Lloyd Knowlton to provide scholarship support to a Dean"s Scholar Silver Award winner.

Mr. Jim Knowlton graduated from Texas Tech University in 1960 with a Bachelor of Science in Animal Production. He then took over operation of the Knowlton Dairy. Jim Knowlton's grandfather Ed Knowlton, whose father was a trail driver named Rufus Knowlton, founded the Knowlton creamery in 1908 with twenty cows he had bought on credit. At the time Jim started, there were 100 head of cattle and 60 milkers, a number which he increased to 600 head of cattle with 300 in the milking herd by 1966.

Lloyd Knowlton, Jim's father, also worked for the family business and owned much of the land Jim leased in order to increase the size of the operation. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Knowlton had two sons- James L. Knowlton, Jr., who graduated from Texas Tech University in 1986 with two bachelor"s degrees, Mechanized Agriculture and Agricultural Engineering, and Todd Knowlton, who graduated from Texas Tech University in 1991 with a degree in Computer Science.

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Contact

Alex Yack
Alex.Yack@ttu.edu
Senior Director of Development
806.742.2802

Matt Williams
matt.williams@ttu.edu
Director of Development
806.742.2802

Shelbey Havens
shelbey.havens@ttu.edu
Assistant Director of Development
806.834.1108