HOUSTON — Sam Houston State University (SHSU) has received a $25 million pledge from Pennsylvania-based Therm-Omega-Tech Inc. to support the university’s engineering technology components within the current industrial technology program and to establish a new engineering technology program. The founder of Therm-Omega-Tech Inc. is alumnus Frederick Pirkle, who graduated from SHSU with a bachelor of science degree in industrial arts in 1970 and a master’s degree in industrial technology in 1974.
The pledge is the largest gift in the university’s history.