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{{Short description|Presbyterian liberal arts college in Sherman, Texas, U.S.}}
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|sports_nickname = Kangaroos, The Fighting 'Roos
|mascot = Katy the Kangaroo
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|website= {{urlURL|www.austincollege.edu}}
|administrative_staff = 104
|academic_affiliations= [[Oberlin Group]]<br />[[Annapolis Group]]<br />[[Council of Independent Colleges|CIC]]<br />[[Association of Presbyterian Colleges and Universities|APCU]]
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==History==
[[File:Old Main.GIF|thumb|Old Main]]
The college was founded on October 13, 1849, in [[Huntsville, Texas]], by the [[Hampden–Sydney College|Hampden–Sydney]]<ref>{{cite web| title = An Army of Good Men| work = The Record| publisher = Hampden–Sydney College| url = http://www.hsc.edu/The-Record/2010-September/An-army-of-good-men.html| access-date = 2014-04-02| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120111130039/http://www.hsc.edu/The-Record/2010-September/An-army-of-good-men.html| archive-date = 2012-01-11| url-status = dead}}</ref> and [[Princeton University|Princeton]]-educated missionary Dr. Daniel Baker. Signed by Texas Governor [[George Tyler Wood|George Wood]], the charter of Austin College was modeled after those of [[Harvard University|Harvard]], [[Yale University|Yale]], and [[Princeton University|Princeton]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = History|url = http://www.austincollege.edu/about/history/|website = www.austincollege.edu| date=November 2009 |access-date = 2015-09-03|archive-date = 2015-06-08|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150608002350/http://www.austincollege.edu/about/history/|url-status = live}}</ref>
 
Baker named the school for the Texas historical figure [[Stephen F. Austin]] after; the original land on which it was built was donated by the Austin family. Two other important figures in Texas history, [[Sam Houston]] and [[Anson Jones]],<ref name="Austin College History" /> served on the original board of trustees for the college.
 
Austin College's founding president was Irish-born Presbyterian minister [[Samuel McKinney]], who served as the school's president a second time from 1862 to 1871.<ref name="amelia">{{cite web | url= https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fmc74 | title= MCKINNEY, SAMUEL | first= Amelia W. | last= Williams | date= June 15, 2010 | website= Handbook of Texas Online | publisher= [[Texas State Historical Association]] | access-date= September 6, 2015 | archive-date= September 20, 2015 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150920211111/https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fmc74 | url-status= live }}</ref> Under the tenure of the fourth president of Austin College, Reverend Samuel Magoffin Luckett,<ref name=":0" /> Austin College had several [[yellow fever]] epidemics and complications related to [[American Civil War|the Civil War]]. Texas Synod of the Presbyterian Church decided theThe college would be relocated to Sherman in 1876. Construction of the new campus in north Texas came in the form of "Old Main," a two-story, red brick structure, which occurred between 1876 and 1878.
 
On January 21 of 1913, Old Main was set ablaze and burnt to the ground in a matter of hours. A professor of Austin College, Davis Foute Eagleton describedDuring the incident: {{blockquote|"''Austin College on fire and every particle of wood reduced to ashes--and walls rendered totally unfit for use. Oh, dies irae, dies irae! - The dear old building in which I have laboured for twenty-four years, gone! What traditions, memories, griefs, joys, were associated with it! The carpenters were approaching the completion of their work. The new English room was completed, the library room was soon to be ready. The literary societies lost everything. I lost all books, or, [those] in my class room. The laboratories were almost a total loss. Fortunately, the library, records, and office furniture were all in the new Y.M.C.A. building. Before the fire had begun to die out, the Seniorsenior class called the student body together and they pledged themselves by classescommitted, in writing, to stand by the Facultycollege andafter the College, and that no one would leavefire. The Facultyfaculty also met shortly after and unanimously decidedcommitted to continue college work the next day as usual, meeting their classes in places designated. ProbablyThe notevent another institution ingalvanized the State could have done thiscommunity.'' ''But the old College building is gone forever!!!"''<ref>{{Cite web|title = Lost Buildings of Austin College 1|url = http://abell.austincollege.edu/visitors/welcome/lost/lostm.html|website = abell.austincollege.edu|access-date = 2015-09-03|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150908033645/http://abell.austincollege.edu/visitors/welcome/lost/lostm.html|archive-date = 2015-09-08|url-status = dead}}</ref>}} Following the fire, the citizens of Sherman raised $50,000 to help the college rebuild. Now one of the oldest buildings on the Austin College campus, Sherman Hall housed administrative offices, an auditorium-chapel, and a library. Now the home of the [[humanities]] division, Sherman Hall boasted such guests as [[Harry Houdini]], [[Harry Blackstone, Sr.|Harry Blackstone Sr]]., [[Ernestine Schumann-Heink|Madame Schumann-Heink]], [[William Howard Taft]], and [[George H. W. Bush|George H.W. Bush]]. y
 
The college has boasted such guests as [[Harry Houdini]], [[Harry Blackstone, Sr.|Harry Blackstone Sr]]., [[Ernestine Schumann-Heink|Madame Schumann-Heink]], [[William Howard Taft]], and [[George H. W. Bush|George H.W. Bush]].
 
In 1994, Oscar Page joined the community as its 14th president. Under his tenure, 1994–2009, Page increased the school's endowment by nearly 80%, due in large part to his dedicated fundraising efforts as evidenced by the success of the "Campaign for the New Era;" a total of $120 million were raised and the campaign was heralded as the largest fundraiser in Austin College's history. Page orchestrated the construction of Jordan Family Language House, Jerry E. Apple Stadium, the Robert J. and Mary Wright Campus Center, the Robert M. and Joyce A. Johnson 'Roo Suites, and the Betsy Dennis Forster Art Studio Complex; as well as the renovation of the David E. and Cassie L. Temple Center for Teaching and Learning at Thompson House and of Wortham Center, and creation of the John A. and Katherine G. Jackson Technology Center, the Margaret Binkley Collins and William W. Collins, Jr., Alumni Center, and the College Green in Honor of John D. and Sara Bernice Moseley and Distinguished Faculty.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title = Past Presidents|url = http://www.austincollege.edu/about/office-of-the-president/past-presidents/|website = www.austincollege.edu| date=22 January 2013 |access-date = 2015-09-03|archive-date = 2019-04-11|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190411174331/https://www.austincollege.edu/about/office-of-the-president/past-presidents/|url-status = live}}</ref>
In 1965, the promotional film ''Atmosphere for Learning'' was produced for the college.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://texasarchive.org/2015_01872 | title=Atmosphere for Learning (1965) }}</ref>
 
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Dr. Marjorie Hass joined the campus in 2009 as both its first female and [[Jewish faith]] president. Under her leadership, the college saw the construction of the IDEA Center and two new housing complexes—the Flats at Brockett Court and the Village on Grand. The IDEA Center is a 103,000 square ft. facility which includes multi-disciplinary and multi-purpose classrooms, laboratories, lecture halls and the largest telescope in the region found in Adams Observatory. It is a [[Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design|LEED]] Gold certified facility.<ref>{{Cite web|title = IDEA Center|url = http://www.austincollege.edu/campus-offices/business-affairs/physical-plant/idea/|website = www.austincollege.edu| date=November 2009 |access-date = 2015-11-12|archive-date = 2015-11-09|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151109062343/http://www.austincollege.edu/campus-offices/business-affairs/physical-plant/idea|url-status = live}}</ref>
 
==Rankings==
{{Infobox US university ranking
| Forbes = 250
| THE_WSJ = 255
| USNWR_LA = 117
| Wamo_LA = 116
}}
Listed in the ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' "Guide to the 331 Most Interesting Colleges", Austin College is ranked #117 on the 2019 list of National Liberal Arts Colleges. Austin College was ranked 79th in 2016. President O'Day took office in 2017, and Austin College slipped to 117th in 2020, the lowest ranking National Liberal Arts College in Texas.<ref>{{cite web| |url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/austin-college-3543/rankings?int=c6b9e3| |title=Austin College| publisher|work=U.S. News| & World Report |access-date=2014-01-06| |archive-date=2014-01-06| |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106174626/http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/austin-college-3543/rankings?int=c6b9e3| |url-status=live}}</ref>
 
==Academics==
Austin College offers about 35 majors and pre-professional programs for study, and students can also create a specialized major to match their academic interests. The college is known for its nationally recognized five-year Master of Arts in Teaching program, its pre-medical, international studies, and pre-law programs, which draw many students to the campus. The college has a music program,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.austincollege.edu/music|title=music program|work=austincollege.edu|date=November 2009 |access-date=2018-04-26|archive-date=2022-07-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731023345/https://www.austincollege.edu/academics/majors-and-minors/music/|url-status=live}}</ref> and supports the Austin College A Cappella Choir and the Sherman Symphony Orchestra<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shermansymphony.com/|title=www.shermansymphony.com|work=shermansymphony.com|access-date=2022-07-31|archive-date=2022-04-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411183346/https://shermansymphony.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> made up of students and local musicians, and assorted smaller musical ensembles.
 
==Athletics==
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=== Baseball ===
In 2007, the first year of participating in the SCAC, the Austin College baseball team won the conference tournament, beating Millsaps College 9–7 in the finals. The Roos finished the season with a win–loss record of 22–25. The tournament win was the first ever conference championship for the Roos and the first time the program had ever been in the Regional tournament.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.austincollege.edu/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/acmagazine_june07.pdf|title = Austin College Magazine|date = June 2007|access-date = 2016-01-22|archive-date = 2016-01-28|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160128121219/http://www.austincollege.edu/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/acmagazine_june07.pdf|url-status = dead}}</ref> [[Carl Iwasaki]] was the head coach for the Roos from 2005 until 2010. He won two coach of the year awards, the first in 2006 while the Roos were still in the ASC and the second, coming in 2007 after the Roos had joined the SCAC. Coach Iwasaki was replaced by James Rise for the 2011 season who coached for four seasons. Under Rise, the Roos went 11–24 in 2011, 8–29 in 2012, 12–29 in 2013, and 6–33 in 2014.<ref>{{Cite journal|title = SCAC|url = http://scacsports.com/information/archives/index2|website = scacsports.com|access-date = 2016-01-22|archive-date = 2015-11-28|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151128051101/http://www.scacsports.com/information/archives/index2|url-status = live}}</ref>
 
==Alumni==
* [[Ramon Frederick Adams]], author of books about the history of cattle and gunmen<ref>{{cite web|url=http://plainshumanities.unl.edu/encyclopedia/doc/egp.fol.002 |title=Adams, Ramon (1889-1976) |work=Encyclopedia of the Great Plains |first=Lawrence |last=Clayton |access-date=July 25, 2023}}</ref>
* [[Ryan Allen (bass)|Ryan Allen]], opera singer
* [[Marshall Applewhite]], leader of the Heaven's Gate religious cult.<ref name="New York Times">{{cite news| date=1997-03-March 29, 1997| url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D07E5DC133AF93AA15750C0A961958260| work=New York Times| title=From Religious Childhood To Reins of a U.F.O. Cult| access-date=May 8, 2008-05-08| first=Jacques| last=Steinberg| archive-date=2008-06-June 16, 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080616181102/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D07E5DC133AF93AA15750C0A961958260| url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[MauriceGene HarperBabb]], American football player▼
* [[Gene Babb]], President, National Football Scouting Inc.; former player for the [[Dallas Cowboys]], [[Houston Oilers]] and [[San Francisco 49ers]]
* [[Thomas Henry Ball]], Texas politician and member of the [[United States House of Representatives]]
* [[Smith Ballew]], actor and singer
* [[Billy Bookout]], American football player
* [[Hannibal Boone]], 16th Attorney General of Texas
* [[Byron Boston]], a football official in the [[National Football League]]player
* [[John Bucy III]], [[Texas House of Representatives|Texas State Representative]] (2019–present)
* [[Ben Bumgarner]], [[Texas House of Representatives|Texas State Representative]] (2023–present)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.house.texas.gov/|title=Texas House of Representatives|firstwebsite=Texas House of|last= Representatives|websiteaccessdate=www.house.texas.gov}}</ref>
* [[Joe Coomer (American football)|Joe Coomer]], American football player
* [[Deborah Crombie]], New York Times bestselling author.
* [[Philip N. Diehl|Philip Diehl]], Directordirector of the [[United States Mint]].
* [[Nancy J. Duff|Nancy Duff]], Stephen Colwell Associate Professor of Christian Ethics at [[Princeton Theological Seminary]]theologian
* [[Larry Fedora]], football coach
* [[Scott Eder]], sports executive, marathoner and triathlete
* [[Maurice Harper]], football player
* [[Larry Fedora]], former head football coach at [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]]
* [[David Lee "Tex" Hill]], fighter pilot
▲* [[Maurice Harper]], American football player
* [[John Hitt]], academic administrator
* [[David Lee "Tex" Hill]], World War II triple ace, member of the Flying Tigers. John Wayne based his character on Hill in the movie ''Flying Tigers''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://obit.porterloring.com/obitdisplay.html?id=465501&listing=All |title=Hill, BrigGen David - Porter Loring - San Antonio, Texas - Funeral, Cremation, Pre-planning, Grief Support - Memorial Obituaries |website=obit.porterloring.com |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316161313/http://obit.porterloring.com/obitdisplay.html?id=465501&listing=All |archive-date=16 March 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Ron Kirk]], former Mayor of Dallas and former [[United States Trade Representative]]▼
* [[John Hitt]], president of the [[University of Central Florida]]
▲* [[Ron Kirk]], former Mayor of Dallas and former [[United States Trade Representative]]
* [[Candace Kita]], actress
* [[Haskell Monroe]], notable educator and university administrator
* [[Ray Morehart]], baseball player, [[Chicago White Sox]], [[New York Yankees]], played with [[Babe Ruth]] and [[Lou Gehrig]]
* [[John O. Moseley|John Moseley]], educator and college president
* [[Carroll Pickett]], Presbyterian minister, author and advocate for abolishing the death penalty<ref name="Within">Stowers, Carlton, and [[Carroll Pickett]], ''Within These Walls: Memoirs of a Death House Chaplain'', {{ISBN|978-0-312-28717-7}}, [[St. Martin's Press]], 2002, [https://books.google.com/books?id=JQlIcYytPmkC Google Books] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731023410/https://books.google.com/books?id=JQlIcYytPmkC |date=2022-07-July 31, 2022}}</ref>
* [[Homer Rainey]], college president and professor
* [[Charlie Robertson]], [[Majorbaseball League Baseball|American Major League Baseball]] pitcherplayer
* [[Walter E. Rogers|Walter Rogers]], [[United States House of Representatives|United StatesU.S. Representative]]
* [[Reggie Smith (Texas politician)|Reggie Smith]], [[Texas House of Representatives|Texas State Representative]] (2018–present)
* [[Dan Stoenescu]], Romanian diplomat, ambassador and former Minister for Romanians Abroad
* [[Leonidas J. Storey]], 13th Lt. Governor of Texas (1881–1883) <ref name=BS>{{cite book|url=https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1151235/m1/819/|title=Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas: Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and Many Early Settled Families|pages=795–96|date=1889|publisher=F. A. Battey & Company|publication-place=Chicago|via=[[University of North Texas Libraries]]}}</ref>
* [[Vern Sutton]], operatic tenor
* [[Tom Thompson (American football)|Tom Thompson]], NCAAfootball Football record holderplayer
* [[Larry Tidwell]], head women's basketball coach at NCAA Division I programs [[Lamar University]] and [[University of Texas–Pan American]].
* [[StephenBrandon CarpenterMcInnis]], Soccer Playeractor
* [[Brandon McInnis]], anime and game voice actor
 
==Faculty==
*[[Light Townsend Cummins]], State Historian of Texas, Texas history author
*[[George Diggs]], biologist, Texas flora
*[[Joseph Havel]], artist, current director of the [[Glassell School of Art]]
*[[Jerry B. Lincecum]], English scholar, Texas folklore author
*[[Shelton Williams]], political science and international studies scholarscientist
 
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Austin College
MottoNil nisi per aspera
Motto in English
Nothing but the fierce
TypePrivate liberal arts college
Established1849; 175 years ago (1849)
Religious affiliation
Presbyterian
Academic affiliations
Oberlin Group
Annapolis Group
CIC
APCU
Endowment$155.4 million (2020)[1]
PresidentSteven O'Day
Administrative staff
104
Students1,223 (2019)[2]
Location
Sherman
,
Texas
,
United States
CampusSuburban, 70 acres (28 ha)
ColorsCrimson & Gold[3]
    
NicknameKangaroos, The Fighting 'Roos
Sporting affiliations
MascotKaty the Kangaroo
Websitewww.austincollege.edu
Administrative building

Austin College is a private liberal arts college affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA) and located in Sherman, Texas.[4]

About 1,300 students are enrolled at the college.[5] Students are required to live on campus for the first three years of their education in order to foster a close-knit and community oriented campus lifestyle. Austin College actively promotes study abroad programs; 70% of graduates have at least one international study experience during college, and about 82% of students are involved in research.[6] The college cultivates close interaction between students and professors via a 13:1[7] student to faculty ratio and an average class size of fewer than 25 students.[8]

Chartered in November 1849, Austin College remains the oldest institution of higher education in Texas to be operating under its original charter and name as recognized by the State Historical Survey Committee.[4] The college was profiled in all three editions of Colleges That Change Lives.

History[edit]

Old Main

The college was founded on October 13, 1849, in Huntsville, Texas, by the Hampden–Sydney[9] and Princeton-educated missionary Daniel Baker. Signed by Texas Governor George Wood, the charter of Austin College was modeled after those of Harvard, Yale, and Princeton.[10]

Baker named the school for the Texas historical figure Stephen F. Austin; the original land was donated by the Austin family. Two other important figures in Texas history, Sam Houston and Anson Jones,[4] served on the board of trustees.

Austin College's founding president was Irish-born Presbyterian minister Samuel McKinney, who served as the school's president a second time from 1862 to 1871.[11] Under the tenure of the fourth president of Austin College, Samuel Magoffin Luckett,[12] Austin College had several yellow fever epidemics and complications related to the Civil War. The college relocated to Sherman in 1878.

On January 21 of 1913, Old Main was set ablaze and burnt to the ground in a matter of hours. During the fire, the senior class called the student body together and they committed, in writing, to stand by the college after the fire. The faculty also committed to continue college work the next day. The event galvanized the community.[13] Following the fire, the citizens of Sherman raised $50,000 to help the college rebuild.

The college has boasted such guests as Harry Houdini, Harry Blackstone Sr., Madame Schumann-Heink, William Howard Taft, and George H.W. Bush.

In 1994, Oscar Page joined the community as its 14th president. Under his tenure, 1994–2009, Page increased the school's endowment by nearly 80%, due in large part to his dedicated fundraising efforts as evidenced by the success of the "Campaign for the New Era;" a total of $120 million were raised and the campaign was heralded as the largest fundraiser in Austin College's history. Page orchestrated the construction of Jordan Family Language House, Jerry E. Apple Stadium, the Robert J. and Mary Wright Campus Center, the Robert M. and Joyce A. Johnson 'Roo Suites, and the Betsy Dennis Forster Art Studio Complex; as well as the renovation of the David E. and Cassie L. Temple Center for Teaching and Learning at Thompson House and of Wortham Center, and creation of the John A. and Katherine G. Jackson Technology Center, the Margaret Binkley Collins and William W. Collins, Jr., Alumni Center, and the College Green in Honor of John D. and Sara Bernice Moseley and Distinguished Faculty.[12]

Marjorie Hass joined the campus in 2009 as both its first female and Jewish president. Under her leadership, the college saw the construction of the IDEA Center and two new housing complexes. The IDEA Center is a 103,000 square ft. facility which includes multi-disciplinary and multi-purpose classrooms, laboratories, lecture halls and the largest telescope in the region found in Adams Observatory. It is a LEED Gold certified facility.[14]

Rankings[edit]

Academic rankings
Liberal arts
U.S. News & World Report[15]117
Washington Monthly[16]116
National
Forbes[17]250
WSJ/College Pulse[18]255

Listed in the U.S. News & World Report "Guide to the 331 Most Interesting Colleges", Austin College is ranked #117 on the 2019 list of National Liberal Arts Colleges. Austin College was ranked 79th in 2016. President O'Day took office in 2017, and Austin College slipped to 117th in 2020, the lowest ranking National Liberal Arts College in Texas.[19]

Academics[edit]

Austin College offers about 35 majors and pre-professional programs for study, and students can also create a specialized major to match their academic interests. The college has a music program,[20] and supports the Austin College A Cappella Choir and the Sherman Symphony Orchestra[21] made up of students and local musicians, and assorted smaller musical ensembles.

Athletics[edit]

Austin College joined the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) on July 1, 2006, replacing Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Austin College was previously a member of the American Southwest Conference (ASC), Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association, and Texas Conference. In 2017, the Austin College football team joined the Southern Athletic Association in football, while remaining a member of the SCAC across all other sports.[22]

Baseball[edit]

In 2007, the first year of participating in the SCAC, the Austin College baseball team won the conference tournament, beating Millsaps College 9–7 in the finals. The Roos finished the season with a win–loss record of 22–25. The tournament win was the first ever conference championship for the Roos and the first time the program had ever been in the Regional tournament.[23] Carl Iwasaki was the head coach for the Roos from 2005 until 2010. He won two coach of the year awards, the first in 2006 while the Roos were still in the ASC and the second, coming in 2007 after the Roos had joined the SCAC. Coach Iwasaki was replaced by James Rise for the 2011 season who coached for four seasons. Under Rise, the Roos went 11–24 in 2011, 8–29 in 2012, 12–29 in 2013, and 6–33 in 2014.[24]

Alumni[edit]

Faculty[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ As of June 30, 2020. U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2020 Endowment Market Value and Change in Endowment Market Value from FY19 to FY20 (Report). National Association of College and University Business Officers and TIAA. February 19, 2021. Archived from the original on February 21, 2021. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
  2. ^ "U. S. News". Archived from the original on 2019-02-25. Retrieved 2019-02-25.
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-07-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ a b c Austin College Archived 2015-06-08 at the Wayback Machine, Austin College History.
  5. ^ Austin College Archived June 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Austin College Life.
  6. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-06-03. Retrieved 2014-08-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ "Indicator". Archived from the original on 2022-07-31. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  8. ^ Austin College Archived 2013-08-18 at the Wayback Machine, Austin College Faculty.
  9. ^ "An Army of Good Men". The Record. Hampden–Sydney College. Archived from the original on 2012-01-11. Retrieved 2014-04-02.
  10. ^ "History". www.austincollege.edu. November 2009. Archived from the original on 2015-06-08. Retrieved 2015-09-03.
  11. ^ Williams, Amelia W. (June 15, 2010). "MCKINNEY, SAMUEL". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Archived from the original on September 20, 2015. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
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