Type: School
On the web: http://www.smu.edu

What do former first lady Laura Bush, actress Kathy Bates, and NFL Hall-of-Famer Doak Walker have in common? They're all graduates of Southern Methodist University (SMU). Founded in 1911 by what is now The United Methodist Church, SMU is a nonsectarian private institution offering undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees in arts, business, engineering, humanities, law, science, and theology through seven schools. Some 11,000 students attend the university, which has a student-teacher ratio of 11:1. About 85% of the 660-member full-time faculty hold the doctorate or highest degree in their fields. SMU is housed in more than 75 buildings on its 165-acre main campus.

Officers:
President: R. Gerald Turner
VP Business and Finance: Christine Casey
Provost and VP Academic Affairs: Paul W. Ludden

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