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The Mary and John Gray Library is an eight-story University Library for Lamar University and the Lamar Institute of Technology [1] in Beaumont, Texas. The library is part of the Federal Depository Library Program that aims to provide government documents free to the public. The library serves as the university's primary research and study center.
Lamar University (Lamar or LU) ... the eight-story Mary and John Gray Library, ... 99,548 e-books and 142 digital databases, and provides access to current journal ...
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The John Gray Center houses Lamar's alumni affairs office. The List of Lamar University alumni includes notable former students of Lamar University.The term "Lamar Cardinal," which comes from Lamar's mascot "Big Red," a cardinal, refers to current and former students of Lamar University.
The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, presently known as Texas A&M University, was the first statewide college, established in 1876 under the Morrill Act. The Lamar University System was established by the 68th Session of the Texas Legislature with the passage of SB 620, which took effect in August 1983. [ 2 ]
In 1983, Senator Carl A. Parker sponsored a bill creating the Lamar University System, and in 1986, Lamar University-Orange and Lamar University-Port Arthur were granted accreditation separate from the main campus. Lamar Institute of Technology was created in 1990 to provide technical, business, health and industrial education through programs ...
Lamar Boulevard, a major thoroughfare in central Austin, also carries his name, as do other streets in many older communities across Texas. Mirabeau B. Lamar is the namesake of Lamar, Missouri [20] birthplace of Harry S. Truman. Lamar University in Beaumont was named for him in 1932. It is the largest educational facility to be named for the ...
KVLU (91.3 FM), is a public radio station and NPR affiliate broadcasting throughout southeast Texas. It is licensed to Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas with studios located on campus and a transmitter site located in Rose City, Texas.