Biography

Like Wiedefeld, Earle Hawkins advanced through the State educational system from the level of teacher to top supervisory positions. His administration was effected by the phenomenal growth in higher education. In 1947, student enrollment totaled 600. When Hawkins retired, enrollment had risen to over 8,000 day and evening students. During his presidency, Towson added a full range of baccalaureate programs in the arts and sciences, instituted evening and summer programs and undertook an ambitious building program. Indicative of the school's growth and broadening scope was the change in name in 1963 from State Teachers College to Towson State College. Towson had become the second largest public institution of higher education in Maryland. An urbane, considerate and enthusiastic educator, Hawkins gave Towson 22 years of capable and devoted leadership.

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