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1. Points of Pride

   1. Public Art

      1. LBJ Statue

         LBJ Statue
         
         Artist: Lawrence M. Ludtke
         Year: 2006
         Location: In front of Flowers Hall
         Medium: Bronze
         Dimensions: 78" x 38" x 19"
         
         

         The near life-size statue depicts a young Lyndon Baines Johnson, 36th president of the United States, as he may have appeared while a student at Texas State, then known as Southwest Texas State Teachers College. Johnson graduated in 1930 with a bachelor of science in history with a permanent teaching certificate. Texas State remains the only university in Texas to have graduated a U.S. president or vice president.
         
         

         Commissioned by the Associated Student Government, the statue is the work of acclaimed sculptor Lawrence Ludtke of Houston. Ludtke was a fellow in the National Sculpture Society and a corresponding member of the Royal Academy of British Sculptors.