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Clifford B. Jones

Clearly not enough people know about ol' Cliff but he would be on the Mount Rushmore of influential TTU leaders.

Born in 1885 in Colorado, he moved to West Texas in 1911 to work on the Swenson & Sons ranch. Rose to the position of ranch manager. Helped found the city of Spur. Mayor of Spur. Rotarian. 33rd degree Scottish Rite Mason. Served West Texas with the Highway Department and the Works Progress Administration.

Founder of the West Texas Chamber of Commerce (who lobbied successfully for the formation of TTU). Served on the school's first board of regents.

He had no formal education whatsoever, but was self educated and his contemporaries said he could hold his own with any PhD on campus. Then he could switch to ranch talk on a dime and talk to the working man.

Became TTU's 3rd president in 1939. Controversially due to his lack of a degree. Students protested in favor of his appointment.

Gave $100,000 to build the football stadium in 1947.

After his term as President, was named President Emeritus and served the university for the rest of his life.

Nicknamed West Texas' #1 citizen.

In a 1968 interview, courtesy of the Southwest Collection, William Curry Holden said of him:

"Since he did not go to college, he never went through being a freshman and getting all of that out of his system—and being a sophomore and being an upper classman, getting that out of his system—and all of these other things, he’s still a freshman
at heart, with his attitude about—toward Tech and education as a whole.

I think this is exemplified a great deal by the fact when he wanted to do something big for the college, he furnished the first hundred thousand dollars to build the stadium. In other words, to him, the outside—the extra-curricular things are the things that mean much to him. Although he will give—express an interest in the academic attainments—and I guess he knows their value—the thing that excites him are the football games and the teams. He knew the players of the teams far better than he knew the members of the faculty—and followed them, and everything like that.

The same thing appeals to him that appeals to an average freshman, not the exceptional freshman at all—the average freshman—the color, the band, the flags, the size, the pageantry, the color, all of that—to him, that’s what university life is.

That’s the thing that appeals to him greatest."

I think many of us can identify with those sentiments.

Clifford B. Jones was probably the type of guy who would say, take my name off the stadium if it helps us win football games, but I hope the university finds some other way to honor him, because he should never be forgotten.

Photos courtesy @SWCArchive

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