Lynn Ligon Photographs

Lynn McKinley Ligon was born on September 11th, 1942 in Fort Worth, Texas. He graduated from Arlington Heights High School in 1960 and entered into TCU that fall as a Geology Major. He changed to Journalism-Advertisitng with a minor in Government in the spring of 1961. Ligon was active in the TCU community and served with many different fraternities and clubs. Ligon was a member of the TCU Vigilantes, at the time a men's social-service fraternity, from 1960-1964. He served as Treasurer 1961-1962, the Public Relations officer 1962-1963, and received the "Outstanding Pledge" award in 1961. Ligon was also involved with Alpha Delta Sigma, a national professional honorary advertising fraternity, from 1961-1964 and served as the Treasurer 1962-1963, Vice President 1963-1964, and President from 1964-1965. Ligon served the Air Force ROTC and was commissioned a 2nd. Lt. in the USAF upon his graduation, June 2, 1965, and was assigned as a Public Information Officer. During his time at TCU Ligon was also worked as a photographer for the Skiff Newspaper and was their Chief Photographer in 1963-1965. He was awarded for his fantastic photography skills from the undergraduate chapter of Sigma Delta Chi for outstanding photo work in TCU Publications. This collection has a large amount of his photographs and negatives during his time with the Skiff. Ligon passed away in 2017.