{"id":47930,"date":"2023-01-09T11:28:47","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T17:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/?p=47930"},"modified":"2023-01-24T13:43:25","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T19:43:25","slug":"tarleton-state-university-receives-largest-ever-gift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarleton-state-university-receives-largest-ever-gift\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarleton State University Receives Largest-ever Gift"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Tarleton President Dr. James Hurley with Henry Hohenberger<\/strong> and First Lady Kindall Hurley<\/strong>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 <\/em>Tarleton State University alumnus Henry Hohenberger has made an unprecedented eight-figure philanthropic contribution to his alma mater<\/em>. The final amount will be announced later this spring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hohenberger sold a portion of his Marble Falls, Texas, ranch, enabling him to contribute the largest cash gift ever to the Tarleton Foundation for the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources and to establish a charitable remainder trust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The donation establishes the Henry Hohenberger Land Endowment for the college to provide resources in high-need areas and professional development opportunities for faculty and students, and to enhance best-in-class agricultural research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis extraordinarily generous gift is the largest in university history and will provide cutting-edge technology for research and teaching, world-class learning opportunities and scholarships,\u201d Tarleton President James Hurley said. \u201cOn behalf of the entire Tarleton family, I extend immense gratitude to Henry for helping us develop agriculture leaders and innovative technologies that will boost the Texas economy and transform lives for decades to come.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hohenberger hails from a ranching background and has worked the family property near Marble Falls throughout his life. He holds two degrees from Tarleton in agriculture education \u2014 a bachelor\u2019s earned in 1971 and a master\u2019s in 1972. He was in the first class to receive a master\u2019s degree at the university.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He taught agriculture education at Marble Falls High School and continues to be a staunch advocate for agriculture education and its co-curricular experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve never been married, and I don\u2019t have children of my own,\u201d he said. \u201cI thought it would be something beneficial to the college and help students. It will be there working continuously from here on out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hohenberger\u2019s lifetime investment of hard work and care for the land has afforded him the opportunity to support Tarleton students and the mission of the university and the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last summer he gave a then-record donation to expand hands-on experiences for students at the Tarleton Agriculture Center. The Henry Hohenberger Endowment provides working scholarships as well as scholarships for students who wish to become secondary school teachers focused on agricultural mechanics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the thing about Henry,\u201d said Janice Horak, Tarleton Executive Director of Development. \u201cWith him it\u2019s about the land. It\u2019s about knowing where our food comes from and making sure future generations understand the impact agriculture has on our lives. His generosity has made that a reality.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 Tarleton State University alumnus Henry Hohenberger has made an unprecedented eight-figure philanthropic contribution to his alma mater. The final amount will be announced later this spring. Hohenberger …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":47933,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[423,425],"tags":[431,432,436,449],"class_list":["post-47930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics-research","category-campus-community","tag-administration","tag-alumni","tag-college-of-agriculture-natural-resources","tag-institutional-advancement"],"acf":{"image":false},"author_meta":{"display_name":"keegan","author_link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/author\/keegan-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/01\/Hohenberger-COANR-Gift_5063_720x480-300x200.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["Academics & Research<\/a>","Campus & Community<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Academics & Research<\/span>","Campus & Community<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["Administration<\/a>","Alumni<\/a>","College of Agriculture & Natural Resources<\/a>","Institutional Advancement<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Administration<\/span>","Alumni<\/span>","College of Agriculture & Natural Resources<\/span>","Institutional Advancement<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":0,"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 3 years ago","modified":"Updated 3 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on January 9, 2023","modified":"Updated on January 24, 2023"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on January 9, 2023 11:28 am","modified":"Updated on January 24, 2023 1:43 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"Three people smiling in a hallway near a staircase.","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}