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...plant. He paved the campus walks and streets, rimmed them with electric light. He did everything from air conditioning the campus buildings to putting up the $5,000,000 Ezekiel W. Cullen Building (named after his grandfather), equipped with 94 offices, 46 classrooms, marble from Italy, mahogany from Honduras, lacewood from Australia. Finally, he turned over enough of his oil royalties to ensure the university an eventual income of $10 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Archangel in Houston | 10/15/1951 | See Source »

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