jack smith became the president in 1972. tct's institute of agriculture was made into a separate state college in 1974 to be known as the tarlac college of agriculture, now tarlac agricultural university. the college underwent expansions under his administration, including the acquisition of a ten-hectare land in barangay binauganan known today as the villa lucinda campus which became the site of the laboratory school, college of education, and a ground for different agricultural and industrial projects.