Editing Lamar Institute of Technology (section)

== History ==
Lamar Institute of Technology was chartered in 1949 when the Lamar College Bill was passed. The bill was sponsored in the Texas Legislature by State Representative Jack Brooks and Senator [[W.R. Cousins, Jr.]] of Beaumont.<ref>http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/scanned/members/memorial/70/70_2_Cousins_sr125.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref> The institute began as the Division of Vocations within [[Lamar University|Lamar College]]. The division became the Lamar School of Vocations in 1955. In 1971, the division began awarding [[associate's degree]]s.

In 1972 it expanded its offerings and was renamed as the College of Technical Arts within [[Lamar University]], which had achieved full university status.

In 1990, all of Lamar University's two-year programs were combined into the Lamar University Institute of Technology. When Lamar University was absorbed into the [[Texas State University System]] in 1995, the Institute of Technology became independent. In 1999, the school was renamed the Lamar Institute of Technology by the [[Texas Legislature]].