Merket Alumni Center

Seventy years after it was first occupied by Texas Tech�s first administrator and his family, the stately President�s Home was returned to its original elegance and expanded into the Merket Alumni Center, office of the Texas Tech Alumni Association.

The renovated facility opened to the public April 10, 1995, and now gives all Techsans a �home away from home.� The Merket Alumni Center and all renovation work was financed through donations from alumni and friends of Texas Tech and the Alumni Association. It is named for Gerald and Louise Merket of Tyler in recognition of their generous support of the project.

Included in the expansion were a conference center and banquet hall, catering facilities, enhancements to the courtyard and elegant furnishings and flooring that not only added to the ambience of the new area, but also improved the existing structure. In March 2001, the accounting department moved into its new facility in the Merket.