The Army transferred him to the Carnegie Institute of Technology and finally the University of Tennessee to study mechanical engineering .
The Army transferred him to the Carnegie Institute of Technology and the University of Tennessee to study Mechanical Engineering .
While at Fort Hood , Robinson often used his weekend leave to visit the Rev. Karl Downs , President of Sam Huston College ( now Huston-Tillotson University ) in nearby Austin , Texas . Downs had been Robinson 's pastor at Scott United Methodist Church while Robinson attended PJC .