Thomas Marshall Hahn Jr.
(1926- )
Head, Department of Physics 1954-1959
President 1962-1974
President Emeritus 1975-
One of the university’s greatest presidents, T. Marshall Hahn Jr. engineered Virginia Tech’s evolution from a college to a major research university. The dynamic leader severed ties with Radford College and made the Corps of Cadets voluntary, spurring record enrollments of women an unprecedented growth in the student body, degree programs, faculty, research, and physical plant. At age 35, he became Tech’s youngest president.
Han Hall phase I completed in 1988
Marker can be reached from West Campus Drive east of Duckpond Road.
Courtesy hmdb.org
