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    Tigert Hall, built in the late 1940s and early 1950s, is a historic administrative building located on the eastern edge of the University of Florida campus...
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  • administrator Frank Tigert and Jesse Tigert, two men from Estill Springs, Tennessee shot by Jim McIlherron, leading to his lynching in 1918 Tigert Hall, building...
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    John James Tigert IV (February 11, 1882 – January 21, 1965) was an American university president, university professor and administrator, college sports...
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    after World War II. John J. Tigert became the university's third president in 1928. Before arriving in Gainesville, Tigert had been the president of Kentucky...
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  • and John J. Tigert was named UF's third president. Disgusted by the under-the-table payments being made by universities to athletes, Tigert established...
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    Peabody Hall Plaza of the Americas President's House Reitz Student Union RTS Campus Service Southwest Recreation Center Student Health Care Center Tigert Hall...
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    prominence in the 1920s, prompting incoming university president John J. Tigert to begin a drive to construct a proper on-campus stadium upon his arrival...
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    physics, including studies and experiments involving magnetism, the quantum hall effect, quantum oscillations, high temperature superconductivity, and heavy...
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    national recognition in the late 1920s, prompting UF president John J. Tigert to initiate plans for a modern stadium. A shallow ravine just south of Fleming...
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    The Malachowsky Hall for Data Science & Information Technology, or simply Malachowsky Hall, is a building on the University of Florida (UF) campus in Gainesville...
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