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Did you know that ...C. I. Pontius was appointed President of Tulsa University (TU) in 1935, though he had no prior experience leading a university. He was an experienced business man and banker, with a bachelor's degree in agriculture, and the TU Trustees felt he could keep the school solvent? He succeeded and remained as president for 21 years, the longest term in TU's history.