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85th Anniversary Year

President Paul Lewis Boynton

 

SFA’s Second President, 1942-1958

 
 
Texas Historical Markers: Paul Lewis BoyntonSFA During World War IIWACS
The Heritage Series : Chronological History of the Boynton Years
1942
The Coming of the War and Changes; Boynton elected by the State Board of Regents as the Second President of SFA
1942
August Birdwell and Boynton suspend football;
September: moved into President’s House; inaugurated in November.
1942-47
The Boynton Administration during World War II; Secured for SFA Army Administration School No. 1 [See also, Historical Marker: Women's Army Corps School]; coping with the returning GIs and growth under the "GI Bill"
1945
Secured US Forest Service farm property which led to the formation of the Department of Forestry at SFA
1948
Celebrating SFA's 25th Anniversary
1948-1958
The Boynton Administration in the 1950s. Catching up with growth. Rebuilding the faculty and campus after the Korean War.
1956-1958
1958
Paul Boynton died of a heart attack in his office in the Austin Building in August.
The Buildings of the Boynton Years
1958
The Juanita Curry Boynton House: The President's New Home
1945-47
Memorial Stadium and Swimming Pool
1940s
The Temporary Post War Buildings: Music, Forestry, Administration, Home Management, and the master plan of 1949; Mechnical Building
1950
Shelton Gym; Mays Hall; Boy's Units
1955
Birdwell Building
1957
Boynton Library
1958
Groundbreaking for the Fine Arts Building
The SFA Ex-Students During the Boynton Years
 

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