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GoFrogs: Dr. James Cash to be Honored with TCU Campus Monument

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GoFrogs: Dr. James Cash to be Honored with TCU Campus Monument

FORT WORTH – TCU Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Jeremiah Donati announced on Wednesday, TCU's commitment to install a statue of James Cash, Ph.D., in front of Ed and Rae Schollmaier Arena.

Cash was the first Black student-athlete at TCU and the first Black basketball player in the Southwest Conference. Following TCU where he earned a bachelor's degree, Cash earned a master's and doctorate degree at Purdue. Cash then began educating others when he joined the Harvard Business School faculty in 1976 and has taught in each of the major HBS programs. In 1985, he became the first Black faculty member to receive tenure. In 2020, Cash was the first Black person at Harvard to have a building, Cash House, named for him. He currently holds the position of James E. Robinson Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School.

"I am very honored and humbled to announce plans to design and build a statue in honor of Dr. James Cash," Donati said. "Dr. Cash is one of our biggest and brightest stars. He is a trailblazer, a visionary and an icon. We are proud to call him a distinguished TCU alum. His achievements on this campus were merely the start of an extraordinary career as a humanitarian, philanthropist and business leader. He has been an inspiration for all those who came after him and followed in his footsteps."

The announcement came at TCU's Reconciliation Day – a university-wide event to learn about and reflect on the TCU Race & Reconciliation Initiative's year-one work, commemorate healing and journey forward with celebration, fellowship and action.

In July, Chancellor Victor J. Boschini Jr., with the full support of the Board of Trustees, announced the study of the University's history. Through the RRI, TCU is aligned with more than 75 universities worldwide as part of the Universities Studying Slavery Consortium, a movement designed for sharing research and strategies. TCU is the second university in Texas to join the international movement that is also addressing contemporary issues, such as race and higher education, inequality, and the complicated legacies of slavery on campuses, in communities, and our world.

Cash's statue was one of many first-year report actions and results.

"One of my first goals at TCU was to honor Dr. Cash and reengage him with our program," TCU Head Men's Basketball Coach Jamie Dixon said. "In a short time, he's become very involved in our program and this is an additional great tribute to his legacy."

From Fort Worth, Cash blazed a trail for future Black TCU student-athletes. With the Horned Frogs, Cash was named First Team All-Southwest Conference in 1968 and was an Academic All-American. He also led TCU to the 1968 Southwest Conference championship.

Cash's jersey is one of four retired at TCU. He is one of five players in program history with at least 1,000 points and 800 rebounds.

Cash is on the board of directors of several corporations, including General Electric, The Chubb Corporation, Phase Forward, Inc., Wal-Mart and Veracode. He also served on the board at Microsoft. In 2003, Cash joined the Boston Celtics' ownership group, where he helped launch community-based initiatives focusing on racism and racial inequality.
 
It's a shame TCU Athletics hadn't been proactive on this since the first statues were erected. Another failure of TCU Athletics. Hopefully, in the not too-distant future, we again will have a big-time athletic director who will bring big-time staff members with him, to upgrade the TCU Athletics department into a Big 12-worthy department.
 

Rana1

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It's a shame TCU Athletics hadn't been proactive on this since the first statues were erected. Another failure of TCU Athletics. Hopefully, in the not too-distant future, we again will have a big-time athletic director who will bring big-time staff members with him, to upgrade the TCU Athletics department into a Big 12-worthy department.
It is a shame to me, how you can take something so very positive and create something negative.
 

4 Oaks Frog

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It's a shame TCU Athletics hadn't been proactive on this since the first statues were erected. Another failure of TCU Athletics. Hopefully, in the not too-distant future, we again will have a big-time athletic director who will bring big-time staff members with him, to upgrade the TCU Athletics department into a Big 12-worthy department.
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TopFrog

Lifelong Frog
It's a shame TCU Athletics hadn't been proactive on this since the first statues were erected. Another failure of TCU Athletics. Hopefully, in the not too-distant future, we again will have a big-time athletic director who will bring big-time staff members with him, to upgrade the TCU Athletics department into a Big 12-worthy department.
TCU didn’t pay for or commission those.
 
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