HomeMy WebLinkAboutAggieland 1969 Dedication to J Gordon Gay Dedication
This year's yearbook is dedicated to Mr. J. Gordon Gay who has devoted over 40 years of his life
to Texas A &M and the YMCA. Mr. Gay passed into semi - retirement last year, but he still remains
active at the YMCA.
Under Mr. Gay, the ideas of Religious Emphasis Week, and Freshman YMCA Camp became reali-
ties. In 1956, he was honored with the Association of Former Students Award for Distinguished
Achievements in Student Relations and twice received a Student Achievement Award. In 1957 he
became coordinator of religious life, as well as YAACA general secretary, a post which he had then
held for five years. Mr. Gay helped develop a recreation center in Hensel Park and was well -known
for the steak frys he held there.
Mr. Gay is the father of four sons and was very active in Scouting, having served as chairman and
as treasurer of a troop committee. He was a member of the official board of the A &M Methodist
Church and has been a Sunday School superintendent for 25 years there. The Education Building of
the church was named in his honor.
Through these and other areas, Mr. Gay has served four decades of Aggies untiringly, and we
are proud to dedicate the 1969 AGGIELAND to him.
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