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Hardin–Simmons University was founded as Abilene Baptist College in 1891 by the Sweetwater Baptist Association and a group of cattlemen and pastors who sought to bring Christian higher education to the Southwest. The purpose of the school would be "to lead students to Christ, teach them of Christ, and train them for Christ."
Logsdon made the largest gift in the university's history to that date to establish the Logsdon School of Theology in memory of her husband. Construction for the school was completed in 1989 and it is located on the southeastern corner of Hardin-Simmons University's campus.
The Hardin–Simmons Cowboys football team represents Hardin–Simmons University in the sport of college football. [2] Hardin–Simmons began competing in intercollegiate football in 1897. [3] The program rose to prominence under Frank Kimbrough who compiled a 47–8–3 record (.836) as head coach from 1935 to 1940.
Oscar Henry Cooper (November 22, 1852 – August 22, 1932) [1] was the President of Baylor University from 1899 to 1902, and of Simmons College, now known as Hardin-Simmons University from 1902 to 1909. [2] [3]
He helped establish Morehouse College. He was assigned in 1869 to development of missions among the colored peoples of the South and West and Mexico. He was a trustee of Brown University. [13] In 1891, Simmons was a founder of Simmons College, now known as Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas.
William Christopher Friley, known as W. C. Friley (July 12, 1845 – April 11, 1911), was a Southern Baptist clergyman and college president. He was from 1892 to 1894 the first president of Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas, and the second president from 1909 to 1910 of Louisiana College in Pineville, Louisiana.
He started coaching in the college ranks in 1962 at Hardin-Simmons University. As a condition of taking the Hardin-Simmons job, Henson insisted that the team (and thus the school) be racially integrated, a condition to which the university agreed. [5] [6] In 1966, he took over at his alma mater, New Mexico State University.
Institutions of learning called Simmons College or Simmons University include: Simmons University, a women's liberal arts college in Boston, Massachusetts; Simmons College of Kentucky, a historically black college in Louisville, Kentucky; Hardin–Simmons University, in Abilene, Texas