Southwestern University - Souwester Yearbook (Georgetown, TX)

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R. S. HYER, A.M., L.L.D., Regent. Professor of Physics. Robert Stewart Hyer is a typical Southerner, his native state being Georgia. His college education was received at Emory College, Oxford, Georgia. In 1900, the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred upon him by Central College, Fayetteville, Missouri. He became a professor of Southwestern University in 1882, and despite the special inducements from larger institutions, he has remained with his beloved employ in Southwestern. There is now a movement well under way looking to the endowment of the R. S. Hyer Chair of Physics. Friends all over Texas are contributing and success is assured. Dr. Hyer was elected Regent in 1S9S. The raising of the curriculum, the opening of the New Building, the enlargement of the corps of instructors, the creation of the Summer School of Theology, the addition of new equipment, and the establishment of the Southwestern University Medical College, at Dallas, Texas, attest the efficiency of his administration. As a scientist, Dr. Hyer is almost without equal in the South. 17