Uel Walter Lamkin (January 18, 1877 – September 16, 1956) was president of Northwest Missouri State University from 1921 to 1945. Lamkin was born in California, Missouri. He attended the private

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Academy run by his father. He attended the

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but did not receive a degree. He taught in Clinton and was

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school superintendent, president of Missouri Teachers Association 1912-1913, Missouri education inspector, Missouri superintendent of schools 1916-1918 and president of the

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1928-29. During his tenure: *Roberta Hall (then called Residence Hall) opened in 1923 *Martindale Gymnasium (now called Martindale Hall) opened in 1926 *

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finished second in the national AAU tournament in 1930 under

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*He started the Hickory Stick tradition in 1930 in the football rivalry with Northeast Missouri State Teachers College *He and college employees took pay cuts during the Great Depression *The Horace Mann Laboratory School offering K-12 opened in 1937 *The school enrolled in the

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