Pablo Perez visited with former Texas Tech Chancellor Kent Hance recently to discuss opportunities that the university can provide for students as well as the support that the system can foment success. Both Perez and Hance claim Dimmitt as their hometown. Perez recently graduated from Dimmitt High School last and plans to major in chemistry at TTU. Hance is a Dimmitt native who is the third and longest serving chancellor of the TTU system until his retirement in July 2014.