calsfoundation@cals.org
September 12, 2009
In 1932, Joseph Hull, an accomplished vocational agriculture teacher, became president of what is today Arkansas Tech University in Russellville (Pope County). Hull took over at a time when the state legislature was considering closing the school due to declining enrollment. During his thirty-five-year tenure, the school increased from seventeen major buildings to forty-six, and enrollment increased from 447 to 2,466.