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JERRY AND JUNE HOGUE
Proud to Celebrate TTU
(& WBU, NTSU and DBU)!
by June Hogue, as told to Jane Bromley
erry and June Hogue are
products of one West Texas
Jhigh school and four Texas
universities. One may ask, “Is it
possible to hold strong allegiance
to more than one university?” The
answer is “Yes.” The Hogues are
living proof that connections with
as many as four institutions of
higher education can hold places of
fond memory and high regard.
June (Johnson) Hogue grew up on
a small cotton farm in the Posey
Community between Lubbock
and Slaton, but she and her family
decided that the scholarship
support and NDEA loan program
at North Texas State University
(now University of North Texas
Jerry, Slaton HS.
in Denton) provided the financial
enticement which led her to enroll the South Plains. (The two had met
there. She completed a bachelor’s and begun dating while at Slaton
degree in Denton in 1964. High School.) Following their
wedding in the summer of 1964,
Jerry also grew up in the Lubbock June commenced her teaching
area. His family of seven lived for career in Lubbock ISD. Meanwhile,
many years in Slaton, TX, where Jerry began classes at TTU to
his father was a lifelong worker for become a secondary teacher and
the Santa Fe Railroad. Following coach.
high school, Jerry accepted a
scholarship to play basketball After six years in the classroom,
for Decatur Baptist College (now June was invited to teach in the
Dallas Baptist University). He College of Education at Texas Tech
completed an associate degree in University as an instructor. That
the spring of 1961 and worked for a one-year assignment turned into
short time in Dallas. 11 years at the University—as
the Hogues enlarged their family
Upon June’s graduation, she and and enjoyed cheering on the Red
her soon-to-be husband returned to Raiders in person. (Decades later,
they now follow TTU activities
from the comfort of their living
area.)
After teaching at Texas Tech
University, June was employed to
serve as a district administrator
for Lubbock ISD. By that time,
she had completed her second
degree (a Doctorate in Education)
from Texas Tech. The position
provided a variety of opportunities
to learn and grow as she worked
with 58 campuses (and six
superintendents) during the next
23 years.
By 1967, Jerry had completed his
June, Freshman at NTSU.
bachelor’s degree and had become
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