George W. Bond
| George William Bond | |
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| 8th President of Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana | |
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In office May 18, 1928 – June 1936 | |
| Preceded by | John R. Conniff |
| Succeeded by | Edwin Sanders "E. S." Richardson |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
April 6, 1891 Arkansas, USA |
| Died |
May 14, 1974 (aged 83) Fayetteville Washington County |
| Resting place | Fairview Memorials Gardens in Fayetteville |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Elizabeth Bost Bond |
| Children | No children |
| Parents | William Elijah and Martha Irene Simpson Bond |
| Residence |
(1) Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago |
| Occupation | College president; Professor |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
George William Bond (April 6, 1891 – May 14, 1974), an Arkansas native, was president in the first half of the 20th century of two public universities in Louisiana -- Louisiana Tech in Ruston and Southeastern in Hammond.
Background
Bond was born in Summers in Washington County in northeastern Arkansas,[1] to William Elijah Bond (1864-1953) and the former Martha Irene Simpson (1866-1940). He graduated from Cincinnati High School in Cincinnati in Washington County near Fayetteville, Arkansas. Bond served in the United States Army during World War I and attended the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and University of Chicago, from which he obtained a master's degree in 1923.
Academic career
Bond taught in Springdale and Cane Hill, also in Washington County, before he became a superintendent in Bauxite in Saline County in central Arkansas,[2] and a principal in Texarkana.[3] He then relocated to Ruston in 1924 to become an education professor at Louisiana Tech.[2] He served as Tech's eighth president from 1928 to 1936.[4] While Tech president, he continued to work on his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago but resigned from Louisiana Tech before completing his terminal degree.[2]
Just two weeks before he left the Tech presidency, Bond broke the ground for the new $421,000 administration building, known first as Leche Hall after Governor Richard Leche and then renamed for John Ephraim Keeny, the sixth president of Louisiana Tech.[5]The Minden Herald in Minden, Louisiana, reported that Bond left Ruston to enroll in the doctoral program at Columbia University in New York City.[6] From 1944 to 1945, Bond was the acting fourth president[7] at Southeastern in Hammond.[8]
Later years
In their later years, Bond and his wife, the former Mary Elizabeth Bost (1898-1997), a teacher of Latin and like her husband a native of Summers, Arkansas,[9] lived in Searcy and Fayetteville, Arkansas, where they engaged in gardening, travel, and entertaining. They were Presbyterian. He was a member of the Masonic lodge. The Bonds died, twenty-three years apart, in Fayetteville and are interred there at Fairview Memorial Gardens.[4]
References
- ↑ The Ruston, Louisiana, Daily Leader reports that Bond was born in Summers, Arkansas; findagrave.com says, without citing a source, that he was born in Adair County in eastern Oklahoma, which is adjacent to Washington County, Arkansas.
- 1 2 3 Ruston Daily Leader, June 17, 1936, pp. 1, 4
- ↑ It is unknown if Bond was at Arkansas High School in Texarkana, Arkansas, or Texas High School in Texarkana, Texas. Both were in existence at the time he was a principal.
- 1 2 "George W. Bond". findagrave.com. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
- ↑ Ruston Daily Leader, June 3, 1936, p. 1
- ↑ "New Tech President Richardson", Minden Herald, August 21, 1936, p. 6
- ↑ "A Brief History of Southeastern". selu.edu. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
- ↑ "Historical Sketch of the University" (PDF). selu.edu. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
- ↑ "Mary Elizabeth Bost Bond". findagrave.com. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
| Preceded by John R. Conniff |
8th President of Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana
George William Bond |
Succeeded by Edwin Sanders "E. S." Richardson |
| Preceded by J. Leon Clark |
Acting 4th President of Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, Louisiana
George William Bond |
Succeeded by Gladney Jack Tinsley |