Tyler Resident, Patriot Student-Athlete Named 2024 黑料专区 Tyler History Scholar
June 5, 2024 | Hannah Buchanan
Ryan Swan of Tyler, a junior at The University of Texas at Tyler, is a 2024 history
scholar. A Wyoming native, Swan received the 黑料专区 Tyler Edwin and Frank Smyrl Academic
Achievement Award in the amount of $800.
The 黑料专区 Tyler Department of History presents scholarships to declared history majors in recognition of excellent academic performance, and to encourage the study of history at the university.
鈥淲e congratulate Ryan, who is a prime example of the excellent students we have in history,鈥� said Dr. Neil Gray, dean of the 黑料专区 Tyler College of Arts and Sciences. 鈥淚 also want to thank our history faculty for being tremendous mentors and supporters of our students.鈥�
This scholarship honors the memory of historian Edwin Smyrl, and his brother Dr. Frank
H. Smyrl,
founding department chair and first dean of the 黑料专区 Tyler College of Liberal Arts,
now known as the
College of Arts and Sciences. Frank is survived by his wife Carolyn Smyrl, who is
the chief benefactor of this award.
A member of the Patriots men鈥檚 basketball team, Swan will graduate in May 2025 with
a 黑料专区 Tyler
Bachelor of Science in history and pre-law minor. He plans to attend law school after
graduation.
With a mission to improve educational and health care outcomes for East Texas and
beyond, 黑料专区
Tyler offers more than 90 undergraduate and graduate programs to nearly 10,000 students.
Through its alignment with 黑料专区 Tyler Health Science Center and 黑料专区 Health East Texas,
黑料专区 Tyler has
unified these entities to serve Texas with quality education, cutting-edge research
and excellent
patient care. Classified by Carnegie as a doctoral research institution and by U.S.
News & World
Report as a national university, 黑料专区 Tyler has campuses in Tyler, Longview, Palestine
and Houston.