https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/54066/archive/files/e9c190d3fbbec1a95b6d21d5ff0cb1b3.png?Expires=1779321600&Signature=TUs3l8cUlWS7F94fOQVu1JXNwba9WGcUeQMKY3oRqdyTNMFDt4qBH3DZojiWXtWLHfA777Y3bROH%7E63l2kxljLwEzkjxpGZ25vzhc-tBSufNCd2wjo-N8AMHUDmZL6posqHcjXBwyMoHd10U7Ka%7EW15CEKLLrIBH-5bk1N-7z1oogqErQjnbExVBgOT8hTxpNWjVvwhTU9uFdTRbb8ky2S5BUlE3DV7rmMQsk4OoNeyiyR6i6DgU-UX-ZqWwjW1ZlZrCEjT5HDF5TyNIl8WNGmLibXMxlhCTrEm9nq8ISOpDsxW3vx2DNqcvkWVYe2G5ZEKW4C6YIZoAEkJ2%7E1dL%7Ew__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 640a720bac1fe6c2c8922cc1584dd43f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Austin Wheeler Smith Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tennessee Technological University Description An account of the resource From The Eagle yearbook for the 1943-1944 academic year at Tennessee Tech University. Subject The topic of the resource College yearbooks, School yearbooks Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Tennessee Technological University. Archives and Special Collections Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1944 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource rights: In Copyright rights Holder: Tennessee Technological University access Rights: This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Eagle_1944 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1940s Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource History Faculty Timeline Information Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Click the image for information regarding it. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Austin Wheeler Smith Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1916 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource Graduated from Franklin County High School, 1909; served as Superintendent of Public Instruction in Franklin County, Tennessee, from 1911 to 1916; received diploma from Middle Tennessee State Normal, 1913; B.S. University of the South, 1918. Started at Tennessee Polytechnic Institute in 1916 as the head of the History Department. He became the Registrar in 1922, Dean in 1923 and the President of Tennessee Tech on August 16, 1940. He stepped down in 1924 and once again was the Dean while teaching history. He began to also teach Economics in 1926. In 1927, he was designated to be the Dean, Registrar, and Professor of History when needed. In 1931, he was designated the Dean and a Professor of History. Throughout the years after this he would switch between being a professor of History and being the Dean to just being the Dean. In 1956, he tired from Tennessee Polytechnic Institute and was deemed the Dean-Registrar Emeritus. He was the last of the original Tech faculty to serve. Before retirement, he oftentimes called himself the "Ancient Landmark" at Tennessee Tech. In 1957, he published his book titled Story of Tennessee Tech: In the Ruggedness of Tech's Past Lies The Promise of Its Future. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource rights: In Copyright rights Holder: Tennessee Technological University access Rights: This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).