1. Kent Ronald Hance was born on November 14,1942 and is an American politician and lawyer who is the former Chancellor of the Texas Tech University System.
12 Facts About Kent Hance
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Kent Hance served as the Student Government Association Vice-president and was a member of the Saddle Tramps.
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Kent Hance later attended the University of Texas School of Law.
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Kent Hance served in the state senate from 1975 to 1979.
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Kent Hance claimed Bush was "not a real Texan" because of his privileged upbringing and Yale education.
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Kent Hance did not run for a fourth term in 1984, opting instead to seek the Democratic nomination for the Senate seat being vacated by the retiring John Tower.
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Kent Hance announced within hours of Tower's withdrawal that he would run for the Senate.
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Kent Hance was defeated by only 1,345 votes by Doggett, who lost the general election for Senate but later served many years in the House.
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On May 1,2011, Texas Tech University announced that Kent Hance provided the largest gift, $1.75 million, toward the $3 million privately funded non-denominational campus chapel, named the Kent R Hance Chapel designed by McKinney York Architects.
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In 1985, Kent Hance received the Texas Tech Alumni Association Distinguished Alumni Award.
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In 2009, Hance received the South Plains Council Boy Scouts of America John F Lott Distinguished Citizen Award.
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Additionally, Kent Hance received the Hope Award from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society West Texas Chapter in April 2010.