. ▁Tor rence ▁( 1 9 6 8 - 1 9 7 4 ) ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 8 , ▁Andrew ▁Tor rence , ▁also ▁an ▁al umn us , ▁was ▁named ▁the ▁university ' s ▁third ▁president . ▁Through out ▁his ▁relatively ▁brief ▁ten ure , ▁the ▁university ▁strength ened ▁its ▁focus ▁on ▁academ ics ▁and ▁introduced ▁a ▁bro ader ▁array ▁of ▁offer ings . ▁During ▁this ▁time ▁the ▁university , ▁through ▁a ▁bill ▁passed ▁by ▁the ▁state ▁legisl ature , ▁formally ▁dropped ▁" A gr icult ural ▁and ▁Indust rial " ▁from ▁its ▁name ▁and ▁became ▁Tennessee ▁State ▁University . ▁Still , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁significant ▁events ▁of ▁the ▁Tor rence ▁presiden cy ▁would ▁not ▁be ▁fully ▁resolved ▁or ▁have ▁its ▁impact ▁felt ▁for ▁dec ades ▁to ▁come . ▁It ▁was ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 8 ▁that ▁a ▁T SU ▁fac ulty ▁member ▁named ▁R ita ▁Sand ers ▁file d ▁a ▁law suit ▁alleg ing ▁a ▁dual ▁system ▁of ▁higher ▁education ▁in ▁Tennessee ▁based ▁on ▁race . ▁An ▁agreement ▁in ▁that ▁case , ▁which ▁over ▁the ▁years ▁evol ved ▁into ▁Ge ier ▁v . ▁Tennessee , ▁would ▁not ▁be ▁reached ▁until ▁ 2 0 0 1 . ▁ ▁Frederick ▁S . ▁Hum ph ries ▁( 1 9 7 5 - 1 9 8 5 ) ▁ ▁When ▁Frederick ▁Hum ph ries ▁became ▁T SU ' s ▁president ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 5 , ▁Nash ville ▁still ▁was ▁home ▁to ▁two ▁public , ▁four - year ▁univers