George William Bond | |
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8th President of Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana | |
In office May 18, 1928 – June 1936 |
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Preceded by | John R. Conniff |
Succeeded by | Edwin Sanders "E. S." Richardson |
Personal details | |
Born |
April 6, 1891 Arkansas, USA |
Died | May 14, 1974 Fayetteville Washington County |
(aged 83)
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 |
April 6, 1891
Summers
(1) Fayetteville, Arkansas
Ruston, Louisiana
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.
Bond was born in Summers in Washington County in northeastern Arkansas, 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.
Bond taught in Springdale and Cane Hill, also in Washington County, before he became a superintendent in Bauxite in Saline County in central Arkansas, and a principal in Texarkana. He then relocated to Ruston in 1924 to become an education professor at Louisiana Tech. He served as Tech's eighth president from 1928 to 1936. 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.