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85th Anniversary Year

President Alton Birdwell

 

President of SFASTC, 1917-1942

 
The Presidential Welcomes in 1923 and 2008
Texas Historical Markers: Alton W. BirdwellBirdwell Field, Aikman Gym, and the WRC
The Heritage Series : Chronological History of the Birdwell Years
1917
Birdwell named first president of SFASTC
Birdwell Visits Nacogdoches in 1917
Heritage Essay on the Year 1917
  The Years of Uncertainty; 1921 Renamed SFA President after college funded
1922
Birdwell moves with his family to Nacogdoches
  “I came to Nacogdoches…arriving in this city the last day of August.
There were no bands at the station to meet me,” wrote Birdwell later.

Essay: Birdwell Arrives in Nacogdoches in 1922
1923
SFA Opens on Washington Square on his birthday, September 18, 1923
1924
SFA Moves to the New Campus; Austin Building Opens
1925
The College Expands; Rusk Building
1929
Birdwell Copes with the Crisis of the Depression and the Threat of Closing
1936
Leads SFA in celebrating the history of Texas; moves Stone Fort to the Campus
1941
The Coming of World War II and Changes
1942
Birdwell retires and given title President Emeritus
1948
SFA celebrates 25th Anniversary and the life of Alton Birdwell
1954
Dr. Birdwell died on October 25, 1954, at his home on Davis Street.
He was 84. He was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery.
 
The Buildings of the Birdwell Years
1923
The First President's Home
1924
The Austin Building
1924
Aikman Gym, The Shack, Buildings used on Washington Square
1926
The Rusk Building
1930s
The Buildings of the WPA: Wisley, WRC, Gibbs, The Science Building
 
The SFA Ex-Students During the Birdwell Years

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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