People from Grayson County, Texas - People from Denison, Texas, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Joe Rollins, Norman Igo, Burton Allen Holder (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: People From Denison, Texas, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Joe Rollins, Norman Igo, Burton Allen Holder, Joseph Bryan Thompson, Lindon Crow, Robert Holt, Ed Burleson. Excerpt: Gary R. Igo Robin Igo BroderickNorman 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 (18831967) and the former Laura Sherrod (18881980) 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 churc... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=9429099