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Frank Mitchell Jr. - Few Words, Big Heart Frank Mitchell Jr. lived a life devoted to family, country and Texas Tech.

His final gift honored his alma mater and his engineering professor.

The story of Mitchell’s career might read like a spy novel — if the notoriously tight-lipped engineer had let slip any of the details. Only a plaque from the National Security Agency and a handful of cryptic comments hinted at the years he spent listening to Russia during the Cold War. His love for Texas Tech University was another matter entirely. Texas Tech was always important to Mitchell because of his education and the faculty who mentored him as an electrical engineering student.

His willed gift was made in honor of C.V. Bullen, one of Mitchell’s professors and the first chairman of the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering. The gift benefited an endowment named in Bullen’s honor that awards scholarships to electrical and computer engineering students.

“His gift will touch hundreds of lives,” said Al Sacco Jr., dean of the Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering. “I have nothing but admiration for him.”

Read the full story behind Frank Mitchell and the impact of his gift at www.give2tech.com/frankmitchell.

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