The history elite: the latest inductees to McMurry’s chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, the national history honor society, celebrate with their instructors in the backyard of Prof. Don Frazier’s Abilene home.
(photo by Dana Rose)

History has been an active part of McMurry University’s academic program ever since the institution’s first classes began in 1923.  Today, history continues to be made by a full-time staff of four who pride themselves on their professional accomplishments both within and outside the classroom.  McMurry’s small, intimate environment promises students the kind of personal attention that they often miss at larger schools, but also affords them a surprisingly varied mix of intellectual challenges. It’s this combination of intimacy and intellectual diversity that distinguishes the McMurry history program and enables it to fulfill McMurry’s mission of promoting leadership, excellence, and virtue.