Texas A&M University College of Engineering
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The College of Engineering, formerly the Dwight Look College of Engineering, is the engineering school of Texas A&M University in College Station and is home to over 22,000 students in 15 departments.
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Former name | Dwight Look College of Engineering |
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Type | Public |
Established | 1880; 144 years ago (1880) |
Parent institution | Texas A&M University |
Dean | John E. Hurtado (Interim) |
Students | 22,863 (Fall 2022)[1] |
Undergraduates | 12,942 (Fall 2015) |
Postgraduates | 3,976 (Fall 2015) |
Website | https://engineering.tamu.edu/index.html |
Prior to 2016, the college was known as the Dwight Look College of Engineering.[2] The college was named after the civil engineering graduate, Harold Dwight Look, an army veteran of World War II who later founded a construction company on the U.S. Territory of Guam, where he lived for 40 years until his death on September 5, 2002, at the age of 80.[3]
In 1992, Look donated 1,146 acres in Guam valued at $52 million to the university.[4] It was the largest single gift ever received by the university, which later named the engineering college after Look. It was reported that Texas A&M was looking to sell the property in 2009.[3]