Major Newspapers Mark Death of UK Alum, Former Va. Tech President T. Marshall Hahn

LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 7, 2016) — T. Marshall Hahn Jr., a University of Kentucky alumnus and former president of Virginia Tech, died last week at the age of 89. A story in the New York Times and one in the Washington Post outlined his prestigious career and the major educational strides he made while at the helm of Virginia Tech for more than 12 years during the 1960s and '70s.

Hahn, a native of Lexington, earned his bachelor's degree in physics from UK in 1945 when he was 18 years old, and following two years of duty in the Navy, he earned a doctorate in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology at the age of 23. He  was named to the UK Alumni Association's Hall of Distinguished Alumni in 1965, and he was presented with an honorary doctorate at UK's 1990 May Commencement.

Following the Virginia Tech presidency, Hahn served as executive vice president and ultimately CEO of  the paper company Georgia-Pacific.