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OUR TIME: Celebrating 75 Years of Learning and Leading

By Wendy Adair and Oscar Gutiérrez

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Special Price: $34.95

This informative and eminently readable history of the University of Houston is chockfull of interesting anecdotes and facts about UH (did you know that the university’s first varsity tournament was won in ice hockey?). It also contains over 200 photographs, many of them published for the first time courtesy of the M.D. Anderson Library Special Collections and Archives.

The book is for sale at the UH Bookstore, located in the University Center, off Entrance One, at the special price of $34.95. The first 75 books sold will be signed by the authors.

Pick up several copies now! They make great holiday gifts for family and friends.

About the authors:

Wendy Adair is the university’s Associate Vice President for University Relations. She has been with UH since 1978 and received her MBA from the university in 1990.

Oscar Gutiérrez is the university’s Associate Director for University Relations. He graduated from UH with a bachelor’s degree in journalism in 1967 and has been with the university since 1992.

About the photographer:

Many of the book’s more recent photos are by Mark Lacy, who has been University Photographer since 1992. He graduated from UH in 1989 with a bachelor’s degree in fine arts with a minor in journalism.


While this commemorative book is full of interesting facts about the University of Houston, we know there are many more untold stories out there. Click here to leave your own reminiscences about the university online on the special 75th Anniversary web page.