Howard Payne University

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Howard Payne University
Motto:	Where Everybody is Somebody
Established:	June 20, 1889
Type:	Private university
President:	Dr. Lanny Hall
Students:	1,400
Location:	Brownwood, Texas, USA
Campus:	Downtown Brownwood, TX
Endowment:	$39.9 million
Colors:	Gold and Blue
Mascot:	Yellowjacket
Website:	http://www.hputx.edu

Howard Payne University is a four-year private university located in Brownwood, Texas. The current president is Dr. Lanny Hall.

Currently the university enrolls 1,400 full-time students. Howard Payne is known for both the Douglas MacArthur Academy of Freedom and its Christian Studies program.^{[citation needed]} The university is affiliated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas.

The school's namesake was the brother-in-law of the School's founder, J. D. Robnett, a resident of Missouri who donated a considerable amount of money to start the university. Ironically, although Howard Payne is a Baptist school, its namesake was a Methodist.

HPU offers more than 50 majors, minors and pre-professional programs within six schools: Science and Math, Business, Christian Studies, Education, Music and Fine Arts, and Humanities.

Athletic programs include NCAA Division III football, women's volleyball, men's and women's basketball, women's softball, men's baseball, track, and tennis. The HPU mascot is a Yellowjacket named "Buzzsaw".

Contents 1 Past presidents 2 Athletics 2.1 National Championship teams 2.2 Football 3 Campus life 3.1 Student organizations 3.1.1 Student elected organizations 3.1.2 Service/pledging organizations 3.1.3 Honorary organizations 3.1.4 Departmental organizations 3.1.5 Religious organizations 4 Photo gallery 5 Notable alumni 6 External links

[edit] Past presidents

1. Dr. A. J. Emerson 1890 -1893
2. Dr. John D. Robnett 1893- 1896
3. Dr. James H. Grove 1896- 1908
4. Dr. John S. Humphreys (Acting President) 1908-1910
5. Dr. Robert H. Hamilton 1910-1911
6. Dr. John S. Humphreys 1911-1913
7. Dr. James M. Carroll 1913-1914
8. Dr. Anderson E. Baten (Vice President & Acting President ) 1915-1917
9. Dr. Judson A. Tolman 1917-1919
10. Dr. L. J. Mims 1919-1922
11. Dr. William R. Hornburg (Vice President & Acting President) 1922-1923
12. Dr. Edgar Godbold 1923-1929
13. Dr. Thomas H. Taylor 1929-1955
14. Dr. Guy D. Newman 1955-1973
15. Dr. Roger L. Brooks 1973-1979
16. Dr. Charles A. Stewart (Chief Executive officer) 1979-1980
17. Dr. Ralph A. Phelps, Jr. 1980-1985
18. Dr. Don Newbury 1985-1997
19. Dr. Rick Gregory 1997-2002
20. Dr. Russell Dilday (Interim President) 2002- 2003
21. Dr. Lanny Hall 2003 - present

[edit] Athletics

The school supports an active athletic program for both men's and women's competition in the NCAA Division III. The school is currently a member of the American Southwest Conference.

Men's Sports	Women's Sports
*Basketball *Baseball *Football *Soccer *Tennis *Track and Field	*Basketball *Soccer *Softball *Tennis *Track and Field

[edit] National Championship teams

Howard Payne University teams achieved national championship status in 1957 and 1964 in NAIA Cross Country, and in 2008 with NCAA Division III Women's Basketball.^[1]

[edit] Football

Football began at Howard Payne in 1903. Gwinn Henry was named the first head coach in 1912 and coached for two seasons.^[2] The current coach is Steve Fanara. Fanara is in his first year as a head coach, and previously served as the defensive coordinator at Howard Payne.

[edit] Campus life

[edit] Student organizations

[edit] Student elected organizations

Student Government Association, Class Organizations

[edit] Service/pledging organizations

• Alpha Delta Kappa
• Alpha Psi Omega
• Chi Alpha Omega
• Delta Chi Rho
• Delta Pi
• Iota Chi Alpha
• International Student Association
• Kappa Kappa Psi - Zeta Beta
• Phi Kappa Chi
• Sigma Alpha Iota - Lambda Epsilon
• Student Activity Council
• Student Foundation
• Tau Beta Sigma
• Zeta Chi Fraternity
• Zeta Zeta Zeta

[edit] Honorary organizations

Gamma Beta Phi, Sigma Beta Delta

[edit] Departmental organizations

Beta Beta Beta, Pi Gamma Mu, SIFE, Social Work Club, Student Speaker Bureau, Athletic Organizations, Cheerleaders, Stingers Drill Team, HPU Yellow Jacket Band Gold Coats

[edit] Religious organizations

• Baptist Student Ministry
• Fellowship of Christian Athletes
• La Hora Bautista
• Ministerial Alliance

[edit] Photo gallery

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Mabee University Center	Memorial Bell Towers	Wilson Gate, 2001	Old Main Memorial Tower, 2001
Memorial Bell Tower, 2001	Former President Guy D. Newman, 2007	Jesus Statue, 2007	Main Sign, 2007
Former President Guy D. Newman talks to President Richard Nixon, 2007[citation needed]

[edit] Notable alumni

• Cynthia Clawson, who is a multiple Dove Award and Grammy Award winning contemporary Christian music artist.
• Ray Hildebrand, half of the duo of Paul & Paula. Jill Jackson (Paula) also attended Howard Payne but did not graduate.
• Robert E. Howard, creator of Conan the Barbarian.
• Gene Street, President and CEO of Consolidated Restaurant Companies, Inc., Dallas, Texas. Founder of country-cooking concept Black Eyed Pea and director of the Texas Embassy cantina in London

[edit] External links

• University website
• History of HPU

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