About the Statue
was unveiled in September 2006 and stands in the Quad in front of Flowers Hall.
The near life-size statue depicts a young Lyndon Baines Johnson, 36th president of the United States, as he may have appeared while a student at Texas State, then known as Southwest Texas State Teachers College. Johnson graduated in 1930 with a bachelor of science in history with a permanent teaching certificate.
Commissioned by the Associated Student Government, the statue is the work of acclaimed sculptor Lawrence Ludtke of Houston. Ludtke was a fellow in the National Sculpture Society and a corresponding member of the Royal Academy of British Sculptors.
About President Johnson
Texas State is the only university in Texas to have graduated a U.S. president or vice president. Johnson's memory remains alive on campus through the , the university's , and the LBJ Statue.
In 1965, President Johnson returned to his alma mater to sign the Higher Education Act, which strengthened resources so all Americans could obtain financial support for a postsecondary education.