Arleigh B. Templeton
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| office = 16th President of the University of Texas at El Paso
| term_start = 1972
| term_end = 1980
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| office2 = 1st President of the University of Texas at San Antonio
| term_start2 = 1970
| term_end2 = 1972
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| office3 = 8th President of Sam Houston State University
| term_start3 = 1964
| term_end3 = 1970
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| birth_date = April 18, 1916
| birth_place = New Waverly, Texas
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2006|10|28|1916|4|18}}
| death_place = San Antonio, Texas
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| spouse = Maxi Groce Templeton m.1938
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| children = Earl Wayne Templeton (adopted at age 9)
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| alma_mater = Sam Houston State Teachers College; University of Houston
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Arleigh Brantley Templeton (April 18, 1916 – October 28, 2006) was an American academic administrator. He was the president of Alvin Junior College, Sam Houston State University and the University of Texas at El Paso. He was also the first president of the University of Texas at San Antonio. Templeton served as president of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
Biography
Templeton was born in New Waverly, Texas. He received an undergraduate degree from Sam Houston State Teachers College in 1936 and master's and doctoral degrees from the University of Houston. He was only 19 when he became a principal and simultaneously an English, Spanish and algebra teacher at Willow Hole High School in Texas. Between 1937 and 1940, he was the school’s principal and a biology, physics and math teacher at League City High School. After serving in World War II and working for an oil company, he became an assistant superintendent for several school districts in the Greater Houston area.{{cite web|title=Inventory of the Arleigh B. Templeton Papers, 1965–1990|url=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utsa/00228/utsa-00228.html|publisher=University of Texas at San Antonio|accessdate=November 22, 2015}}
After a stint as president of Alvin Junior College between 1954 and 1964, Templeton became president of Sam Houston State Teachers College. He succeeded Harmon Lowman, who had governed with a more informal style. Templeton made more demands on the Sam Houston faculty than his predecessor, placing an importance on student and faculty research and on increasing the percentage of doctorally-prepared professors.{{cite book|last1=Cashion|first1=Ty|title=Sam Houston State University: An Institutional Memory, 1879–2004|date=2004|publisher=Sam Houston State University|isbn=1-881515-69-9|pages=115–116|url=http://www.shsu.edu/his_rtc/SHSU%20History/Chapter%208.pdf|accessdate=November 22, 2015}} The school's name changed twice during his tenure, first to Sam Houston State College, then to Sam Houston State University in 1969. Sam Houston State's criminal justice programs were created during Templeton's time as president.{{cite web|title=Hall of Presidents|url=https://www.shsu.edu/about/hall-of-presidents/|publisher=Sam Houston State University|accessdate=November 22, 2015}} Sam Houston State's criminal justice program offered the school's first doctoral degree.{{cite web|last1=Brock|first1=Tori|title=Past president of SHSU dies Saturday|url=http://www.shsu.edu/~pin_www/T@S/2006/templetonobit1006.html|publisher=Sam Houston State University|accessdate=November 22, 2015}}
He was installed as the first president of the University of Texas at San Antonio in 1970, where he served for two years. He was then the president of the University of Texas at El Paso for several years.{{cite web|title=Presidents of UT System Institutions|url=https://www.utsystem.edu/offices/board-regents/history/presidents-utsystem-institutions|publisher=University of Texas System|accessdate=November 22, 2015}} Templeton's 1972 appointment as UTEP's president has been cited as an example of the power struggles that can occur in multicampus university systems. At a time when the university was facing several significant issues, including widespread protests by the Hispanic student population on campus, Templeton and other UTEP executives were appointed by the University of Texas System without the consultation of UTEP faculty.{{cite book|last1=Gerber|first1=Larry G.|title=The Rise and Decline of Faculty Governance: Professionalization and the Modern American University|date=2014|publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press|isbn=9781421414645|page=106|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XEGXBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA106|accessdate=November 22, 2015}}
Templeton retired from UTEP in 1980. He and his wife moved to San Antonio, where he ran a job training center until his 1999 retirement.{{cite web|last1=Abram|first1=Lynwood|title=Arleigh Templeton, educator and leader of 3 Texas universities|url=http://www.chron.com/news/houston-deaths/article/Arleigh-Templeton-educator-and-leader-of-3-Texas-1576552.php|publisher=Houston Chronicle|accessdate=November 22, 2015|date=November 5, 2006}}
Honors
Templeton was named a Distinguished Alumnus by Sam Houston State University in 1977.{{cite web|title=Arleigh B. Templeton|url=https://www.buildingshsu.com/t/templeton_arleigh.html|publisher=Sam Houston State University|accessdate=November 22, 2015}} He was elected president of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools in 1967, was appointed to Texas governor John B. Connally's Committee on Education Beyond the High School, and spent 30 years on the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.{{cite web|title=First UTSA president dies at age 90|url=https://www.utsa.edu/today/2006/10/templeton.cfm|publisher=University of Texas at San Antonio|accessdate=November 22, 2015|date=October 30, 2006}}
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