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George William Bond | |
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| 8th President ofLouisiana Tech University | |
| 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 Summers Washington County Arkansas, USA |
| Died | May 14, 1974(1974-05-14) (aged 83) Fayetteville Washington County |
| Resting place | Fairview Memorials Gardens in Fayetteville |
| Spouse | Mary Elizabeth Bost Bond |
| Children | No children |
| Parent(s) | William Elijah and Martha Irene Simpson Bond |
| Residence(s) | (1) Fayetteville, Arkansas Ruston, Louisiana |
| Alma mater | University of Arkansas University of Chicago |
| Occupation | College president;Professor |
George William Bond (April 6, 1891 – May 14, 1974) was president of two public universities in Louisiana, Louisiana Tech inRuston andSoutheastern Louisiana University inHammond, in the first half of the 20th century.[citation needed]
Bond was born inSummers inWashington County in Northwest Arkansas[1] to William Elijah Bond (1864-1953) and his wife, the former Martha Irene Simpson (1866-1940). He graduated from Cincinnati High School inCincinnati in Washington County nearFayetteville, Arkansas.[citation needed]
Bond served in theUnited States Army duringWorld War I.[citation needed] He attended theUniversity of Arkansas at Fayetteville andUniversity of Chicago, from which he obtained a master's degree in 1923.[citation needed] Bond married the former Mary Elizabeth Bost (1898-1997), also a native of Summers. She was aLatin teacher.[citation needed]
Bond first taught in the towns ofSpringdale andCane Hill, which are also in Washington County. He moved toBauxite, where he was superintendent of the public schools inSaline County in central Arkansas.[2] He next served as a principal in Texarkana.[citation needed][3]
In 1924, he relocated to Ruston, Louisiana to become an education professor atLouisiana Tech.[2] He was selected as the university'seighth president, serving from 1928 to 1936. While president, he continued to work on hisPh.D. from the University of Chicago. He resigned from Louisiana Tech before completing his terminal degree.[2]
Two weeks before leaving Louisiana Tech, Bond broke ground for the new $421,000 administration building known first as Leche Hall, afterGovernorRichard Leche, and then renamed forJohn Ephraim Keeny, the sixth president of Louisiana Tech.[4]
The Minden Herald inMinden, Louisiana, reported in 1936 that Bond left Ruston to enroll in the doctoral program atColumbia University inNew York City.[5]
From 1944 to 1945, Bond was the acting fourth president[6] atSoutheastern Louisiana University inHammond.[7]
In later life, Bond and his wife Mary Elizabeth lived inSearcy and Fayetteville, Arkansas, where they engaged in gardening, travel, and entertaining.[citation needed] They were members of thePresbyterian Church.[citation needed] He also was a member of theMasonic lodge. Mary Elizabeth was widowed and survived her husband by 23 years, continuing to live in Fayetteville. Both are interred there at Fairview Memorial Gardens.[citation needed]
| Preceded by | 8th President ofLouisiana Tech University inRuston,Louisiana 1928–1936 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by J. Leon Clark | Acting 4th President of Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond,Louisiana 1944–1945 | Succeeded by Gladney Jack Tinsley |
