He returned to Virginia Tech as President on July 1 , 1962 , where he remained until 1975 . Dr. Hahn was instrumental in Virginia Tech 's transition from a small , largely military , and overwhelmingly white and male technical institute focused on agriculture and engineering that emphasized undergraduate teaching over research or graduate program to , symbolized by its new name , Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University , a coeducational , multiracial research university with a thriving college of arts and sciences and burgeoning graduate program . During his tenure , Virginia Tech tripled in size . During this period , even remote Blacksburg , Virginia was not untouched by the student anti-war protests with Dr. Hahn targeted as a symbol of the bureaucracy in 1970 when considerable disturbance erupted on campus after a group of students and two faculty members protesting U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War interfered with a Corps of Cadets drill , forcing the university to seek an injunction against further disruptive activities by the individuals involved . Several weeks later after the Kent State shootings a group of students and non-student anti-war protesters seized Williams Hall . Hahn called in the Virginia State Police who stormed the building to end the standoff . The students involved were expelled . He served until December 31 , 1974 and was succeeded as President of Virginia Tech by William Edward Lavery in 1975
Kent State shootings
Kent State shootings
T. Marshall Hahn