EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Part of the Texas A&M University System.

Location:
Canyon, TX

Founding Date:
1910

Motto:
Visio Veritas Valor

Team:
Buffalos

Enrollment:
7200

Official Website:
http://www.wtamu.edu/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Maurice Cheeks	Basketball	8-Sep-1956		Former Coach, Detroit Pistons
Larry Combest	Politician	20-Mar-1945		Congressman from Texas, 1985-2003
William R. Klesse	Business	c. 1947		CEO of Valero
Lester D. Langley	Historian	7-Aug-1940		The Banana Wars
Donald Powell	Government	2-May-1941		FDIC Chairman, Gulf Coast Rebuilding Czar
Bill Sarpalius	Politician	10-Jan-1948		Congressman from Texas, 1989-95
Stan Sigman	Business	1947		CEO of AT&T Mobility

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Kent Hance	Politician	14-Nov-1942		Chancellor, Texas Tech University
T. Boone Pickens	Business	22-May-1928		Texas oilman, founded Mesa Petroleum

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