plus the adjacent Troy University Arboretum.
At least three prominent political figures have been associated with Troy University: George Wallace Jr., son of the late Governor George C. Wallace, who was a former administrator at the university; Max Rafferty, the California Superintendent of Public Instruction from 1963 to 1971, was dean of the education department from 1971 until his death in 1982; former Governor John Malcolm Patterson taught U.S. history at the institution during the 1980s.
=== Name change ===
When created by the Alabama Legislature on February 26, 1887, it was officially named the Troy State Normal School. The school was located in downtown Troy until moving to the present location on University Avenue in 1930.
In 1929, the name was changed to Troy State Teachers College and it subsequently conferred its first baccalaureate degree in 1931.
In 1957, the legislature voted both to change the name to Troy State College and to allow it to begin a master's degree program. The name was changed …
