Texas A&M considering naming building after Texas Governor Rick Perry

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The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents may name a building after Gov. Rick Perry, the only A&M alum to occupy the state's Governor's Mansion.

The board will meet Thursday to consider a resolution to honor Perry — who graduated from Texas A&M in 1972 with a bachelor's degree in animal science — and whether to rename the Academic Building the "Governor Rick Perry '72 Building," according to a public agenda filed with the Secretary of State.

The building, which originally housed the university's library, is home to the sociology and modern languages departments among other offices.

(h/t Texas Tribune)

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