Texas Tech University

Texas Tech University is a nationally recognized doctoral/research university located in Lubbock, Texas, established in 1923 originally as Texas Technological College. The array of options available to the more than 28,000 students at Texas Tech are varied and comprehensive. The students at this public school in Lubbock enjoy a campus rich in traditions and school spirit. It is one of the largest research universities in the state of Texas and is a member of the Big Twelve conference.

Notable faculty

• Rodolfo Arredondo Jr., member of the Advisory Committee to the White House Conference on Aging
• Wendell Aycock
• M.M. Ayoub, a pioneer in the field of ergonomics
• Donna Bacchi, director of the Center for Tobacco Prevention and Control, president of the Texas American Heart Association.
• B.B. Bell
• Thomas Butler
• Sankar Chatterjee, a well-known paleontologist
• Pernendu Dasgupta
• Michael Dini
• Timothy Floyd, defender of Gulf War veteran Louis Jones, Jr.
• Ann Hawkins
• William Curry Holden
• Shelby Hunt
• Stephen Graham Jones, Blackfeet author
• Kenneth Ketner
• Bobby Knight, Hall of Fame Head Men's Basketball Coach
• Mike Leach, Head Football Coach
• Walter McDonald, poet and former Texas Poet Laureate
• Kishor C. Mehta, Tech's first member of the National Academy of Engineering
• E. Roland Menzel, director of the Center for Forensic Studies
• Glen Provost, member of the Advisory Committee to the White House Conference on Aging
• Gabor B. Racz, MD, FIPP, Pioneer in the treatment of Chronic Pain.
• Marsha Sharp, Head Women's Basketball Coach
• Jimmy Smith, Director of the Murdough Center for Engineering Professionalism
• Mary Jeanne van Appledorn, composer