Norman Igo

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Norman Garrett Igo (October 31, 1921 - February 6, 2007) was a civil engineer from Lubbock, Texas, who supervised the construction of the Texas Tech University Medical School, Library, Museum, Architecture Building, and Law School through his position as "Director of Construction" from 1969-1979. He was a member and former president of the Texas Society of Professional Engineers, a subsidiary of the National Association of Professional Engineers. He was also a former president of the Lubbock Association of Home Builders and the Lubbock Junior Chamber of Commerce.

Igo was born to Jesse Igo (1883-1967) and the former Laura Sherrod (1888-1980) in Gunter in Grayson County near Sherman. The Igos moved to Ralls in Crosby County east of Lubbock. There he graduated from Ralls High School. He attended Texas Tech and received a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering in 1943. He was a member of Lambda Tau fraternity. In 1948, Igo received a second bachelor's degree in architectural engineering from the University of Texas in Austin.

He served in the U.S. Army in the 35th Combat Engineer Battalion in Europe and was discharged with the rank of captain in 1946.

Igo worked in Lubbock, which he called his home for seven decades as an engineer and general contractor from 1948 to 1966, when he became manager of the southeastern division of the George A. Fuller Company in Atlanta, Georgia. He returned to Lubbock in 1969 to mastermind the expansion of Texas Tech. In 1979, he returned to private engineering and construction practice and built a number of churches throughout Texas, including additions to his own Broadway Church of Christ in Lubbock.

In 1949, he married the former Nell Mullins (died 1990) of Lubbock. They had three children, including Norman R. "Randy" Igo (1952-2002). Igo died in Dallas after a brief illness. Survivors included a son, Gary R. Igo (born 1950) of Corpus Christi, and a daughter, Robin Broderick and husband, Matthew M. Broderick, of Coppell in Dallas County; a brother, Dorman G. Igo (born 1923), and wife Mary Igo of Lubbock, and six grandchildren.

Services were held in the Broadway Church of Christ. Interment was in Resthaven Memorial Park in Lubbock. His obituary says that Igo had a friendly attitude, never forgot an acquaintance's name, and that his life was filled with friends and relatives.