Former Amarillo, Texas, Mayor Jerry Hodge and his wife, Margaret, presented the Texas Tech School of Veterinary Medicine a gift of $10 million this week. Hodge, founder of Maxor National Pharmacy Services Corporation is a well-recognized business leader in the Texas Panhandle..
Source: Drovers, February 4, 2018. Link. In August, the Texas Tech University System’s Board of Regents advanced the university’s plan to establish a veterinary school by approving the new school, its degree plan and funding for preliminary designs for the school.
INSIGHTS: Expectations are high for the new school with an eventual enrollment goal of 240 students, as well as the potential to serve 150 to 200 graduate students not seeking a doctorate in veterinary medicine.