John James Tigert IV was an American university president, university professor and administrator, college sports coach and the U.S. Commissioner of Education. Tigert was a native of Tennessee and the
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Tigert as Vanderbilt football player in 1903
Tigert Hall, the main administration building of the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, was completed in 1950, and renamed for John J. Tigert, the third president of the university (1928–1947), in 1960.
Albert Alexander Murphree was an American college professor and university president. Murphree was a native of Alabama, and became a mathematics instructor after earning his bachelor's degree. He late
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…other university athletic programs and as mandated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the years to follow. Like his predecessor, Albert A. Murphree, Tigert was elected president of the National Association of State Universities, serving from 1939 to 1940. Following the Japanese attack on Pearl…
Statue of Murphree, second president of the University of Florida (1909–1927). Murphree is the only president honored with a statue on the university's campus.
The University Auditorium was the largest construction project completed on the University of Florida's Gainesville campus during the presidency of Albert Murphree. The auditorium was built between 1922 and 1925.