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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1205 Walton Drive ?o~s.~.t~.e~, CoCle~e Statt'on ~Crstoric ~VCar~er ~lppCicatl'on Revised June 2007 APPLICANT'S NAME:_ ~ ~X\~ ~ ~ ~-~N ADDRESS: ~~OS w~P~-~~ON ~~\`JE CITY, STATE, ZIP: ~ L,L.~, G ~. ~-~ \ O`N ~ ~>C rl rlg~ O - ~S~lo PHONE: ~ ~ ~ -- ~p~ Ip~ Sc~-~-S E-MAIL: '-' I. THIS MARKER NOMINATION IS FOR A: A. STRUCTURE MARKER Structure is a 1~-~ ~M~ (H~ ee/Ba1g) If a home, was it formerly located on campus? ~ O (mss/No) Address of structure: ~ °~.U 5 W A LT o N ~'R~V L C o L.~EG E. STA~T~ oil . `T'X `l'1 ~ ~ o - ~.5 Flo Owner's Name, Current Mailing Address, Phone Number & Email address: ^~ , 5 ( 979) (~ ~ l9 - 5 ate- 5 B. ^ SUBJECT MARKER This nomination is for: (Event /Topic /Person /Object) The title of this subject is: Is the proposed marker to be placed on public or private property? Address where marker will be placed: Historic Mnrker Application, Historic Preservntion Connnittee, City of College Stratton, Texns -1- Application City of College Station Historic Home Marker The Wootan Home 1205 Walton College Station, Texas 77840 Table of Contents • Forward & Petition -Mark The Wootan Home as College Station Historic House • Biographical Data -Charley V. Wootan • Autobiographical Summary-Wootan Family • Obituary- Charley V. Wootan • Doxie Wootan-Artist and Proprietor "Watercolors by Wootan" • Photographs-Wootan Family and Home 1957-2008 • Abstract Of Title #365 (200 Acres of Richard Carter League 1831- 1956) February 27, 2008 Petition- Name "The Wootan Home" at 1205 Walton, College Station Texas 77840- A College Station Historic Home Forward to the College Station Historic Society All of the research and supporting data for this petition has been done by Mrs. Doxie Wootan. She has honored me by allowing me to help her in this endeavor. As neighbors of her and her late husband Charley, my wife and I have been blessed with their friendship and came to admire and respect them greatly. However, it wasn't until I was given this opportunity that I discovered how much they have achieved as leaders in the community and how much they have given throughout their lives to College Station, the State of Texas and our nation. I impose myself in this preface because I know that Doxie would not and could not bring herself to properly convey the depth of her and Charley's accomplishments because it is her nature to present herself in a subdued manner so as never to appear boastful or self appraising. I, on the other hand, as an independent appraiser of the facts, may paint. a true portrait of the Wootan Family, which needs no embellishing. Their achievements as individuals, parents, and citizens are as remarkable as they are. The story of the Wootan Home at 1205 Walton is a love story. It is not only a living and consuming story of the love of a man, a woman, and their family but also a story that speaks of the love of honor, sacrifice, achievement and hard work by a family whose basic ethics have always been rooted in honesty, integrity, and service to the community. For the past 52 years the Wootan Home and family have been and remain one of the bright and binding threads woven into the great tapestry of the College Station community .Their home richly deserves the status of "College Station Historical House." Humbly submitted, William Isenhart 1201 Walton College Station, Texas 2 History of Lot 4 Block 17, College Hills Estates, 1205 Walton, College Station, Texas The attached Abstract of Title #365 dated February 28, 1949 identifies the College Hills Subdivision as part of a 200 acre tract of land out of the Richard Carter League which was granted on behalf of Stephen F. Austin to Richard Carter from the Mexican State of Coahuila & Tejas on March 30, 1831. The abstract chronicles the ownership of that land which includes what is now 1205 Walton Drive, College Station, Texas, from that date to the current owner Doxie Wootan. The one-plus acre lot was deeded from the developer of College Hills Subdivision, J. C. Culpepper to William G. and Christine King on March 29, 1950. On April 18, 1950, Dab & Christine King contracted Truman R. Jones to build athree- bedroom, frame home with two baths and attached garage on Lot 4 Block 17 in College Hills for the sum of $8,500 with the stipulation that the structure be completed by September 1, 1950. The King Family lived in the home for only one year and sold it to Lawrence A. Dubose and Wanda S. Dubose on September 19, 1951. On September 5, 1956, Charley V. and Doxie Wootan purchased the home from the Dubose family for the sum of $16,500. Remembrances -Doxie Wootan "The house was constructed by Hall Brothers Lumber Company. The foundation was pier & beam (considered to be a good choice at that time for the heavy clay soil of College Station). The house was painted maroon with white trim, reflecting the strong influence of the Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. To this day, the home has never been painted any color except for maroon & white. Limestone blocks were used across the bottom front of the house toward the driveway and beside the front door. The limestone was called "Austin Stone" and was very popular at the time. When built, building materials were in short supply and builders used what materials they could get to build most of the moderately priced single story homes in the area of Eastgate. Sewers were not yet installed and most of the home sites had septic systems." "1950 was just five years after WWII ended and many veterans had returned home and began using the GI Bill to attend college. Texas A&M enrollment was 8,651." "When we "Wootan Family" purchased the house in 1956, the driveway was a grassy lane with a little gravel topping. There were very few trees on the lots and most of the lots on Walton Drive were undeveloped and vacant. The property behind our home was a cow pasture which was owned by the Smith Family who lived on Francis Street. The Walton Drive lots were quite large and Walton Drive did have some large trees which gave the street the look of a quiet country lane. With so few trees and vacant lots, we were able to sit on our roof and watch the Aggie Bonfire with a very minimally obstructed view." Acquisition of Four Live Oak Trees in the Front Yard "In 1958, Mayor Anderson suggested that the City of College Station begin growing trees at the sewage plant to be given to the community and to be used in city parks and along the streets. In the middle 60's, our neighbors at 1204 Walton, Joan and Jim Teer, heard that the city was giving away Live Oaks to citizens. Ran Boswell was City Manager. Joan and I drove out to the back of the College Station Cemetery, where the trees were kept, loaded eight into the trunks of our cars, and brought them home. Charley and our son Rich planted them in the front yard. These trees are now huge and beautiful and have given our family much pleasure through the years." Upgrades to Home "In 1985, W.C. Scasta & Sons remodeled our kitchen, installing Parquet Flooring of Teakwood. Ceiling tiles were installed by Charley Wootan and Rich Wootan. New cabinets were built and installed as well as other major work to the A/C system and attic access. At that time, we had a screened back room. Acme Glass replaced the screens with large stationary glass panels. This area became, and is today, our dining room. " "In May 1990, we upgraded our garage floor in anticipation of converting our garage to an art studio and added a circular driveway in front of our home. Pedro Guillen Concrete Construction completed the project. "In June 1990, Doug Stovall converted the garage to an art studio (plans attached). Aaron Campbell added the air conditioning and refrigeration. Kemiko Stone stained the floor in the studio a good Aggie maroon. Doug Stovall built custom cabinets, installed six large windows which face the north, ideal for painting, and we added French patio doors to the driveway entrance. For the past 18 years, the studio has served as the home for my art, "Watercolors by Wootan." "The same year, 1990, the Greenery, owned by Len Gallagher, installed our automatic underground water irrigation system." .. - ._ `. r ~ ,-~ -H y1OOM /~'l ... +T/ p w' / ~O~ _,C~, s w? n "104 ... ~;~. 4t/-i.n b.lJ..~ ~ Swa ~ p ~~ .. ~ ,v~ - - .Y . ---- --- -- -~- _._- ,~ ,. _ -- ~ 1 ~_ (~ b ^ "~,' ~ ~ I ~ 1 ~ ~,~ I I~ ~ ~ \ ._ i _..._' I --.. ~ i U -- -- V - _ ._ - _ __ __... y s ~ .. J --1 ~ - •s~,na4/ i ~pp n~~5 ~ S n.~n~s ~ ~ i/ O ~"/~ .~ yl^~1 ~ ~~h ~~~ l l VL ..~ ~ ~._.. 4 Charley and Doxie Wootan Houses are made of wood, brick, mortar, or stone. None of these things make them historic. It is the events that occurred in them or the achievements of those who dwelled in them that rise above their beginnings to create and nurture a family of the highest caliber. The Wootan Family is a testimony to the American Ethic of hard work, sacrifice and the highest moral standards. Doxie and Charley Wootan (1926-2001) It is impossible for this writer to properly convey just who Charley Wootan was. An in- depth review of the attached documents (Biographical Data -Charley V. Wootan -March 1993) and his personal narrative of his life (*Charley V. Wootan b.1926) reveal a level of accomplishments that very few could hope to match. It is clear that he was a true leader who rose from a humble beginning to excel in everything he attempted. Even as a young Marine of 19, he was a leader as he went ashore in the first assault wave on Okinawa. He returned from the war and pursued his higher education, earning his PhD in 1965. He rose from an entry level position with The Texas Transportation Institute to become Director in 1975, a position he held until his death in 2001. I cannot add anything about the man except that he was a gentleman who, even when dying of Cancer, maintained his humor and focus on life. Although retired, he still went to his office everyday at the Texas Transportation Institute until the day that he died and was still offering hope and cheer to others with Cancer, this writer's wife included. This writer must report that he can add little about Doxie except that she was Charley's soul mate and helper who focused on supporting him and on raising their children and building a home for them. Together she and Charley worked hard and achieved great success in life, Charley in the field of transportation and Doxie as a wife, parent and in her love and talent for art. More importantly, they led by example and instilled into their family those values by which they lived and which are being perpetuated in their grandchildren. Their son, Rich, and daughter, Deb, grew up on Walton Street. Both attended College Hills Elementary when it opened in 1961 and later A&M Consolidated. Rich spent three years in pre-med school at Texas A&M University and attended medical school at Southwestern Medical in Dallas where he now lives and practices medicine as a surgeon. Deb also graduated from Texas A&M and now lives in Menard, Texas, with her husband where they own and operate a sporting goods and hunting business. Charley and Doxie also passed on their spirit and ethic to their five grandchildren. Mary Elizabeth Wootan graduated from the Naval Academy and now serves as an officer on a Navy destroyer. Grandson, Samuel Patrick Wootan is a junior at Texas tech University. Clint Charles Roberson graduated from Texas A&M and went onto receive his MBA and is now a successful businessman. Thomas Ross ~berson graduated from Texas A&M 5 and went onto Law School and is currently a prosecuting Attorney in Bryan, Texas. Their youngest, Stephen Paul Roberson is a senior at Texas A&M University. The Wootan Home and Wootan Family have been a shining beacon of what one family can accomplish in a great community and a great country. They have left a legacy of leaders and achievers. They have given back more than they have taken and College Station should be proud to have them as citizens and proud that they made their home at 1205 Walton Drive. Their home is much more than wood, brick and mortar. It stands as a symbol of the American promise that successful careers and successful families are made by those who quietly work hard, lead by example, and care for their own and their community. Why is the house at 1205 Walton an historic house?. It is because history is not always made in one moment of time or because of one event. Often it is made by people like the Wootan Family who sunk their roots in a home where they lived for more than % century. People who were leaders and squeezed the most from every day and, in the process, left a legacy of personal achievement and a great family to follow their example and lead in the future. The Wootan Family personifies the Aggie Spirit and is a testimony of what is possible in a great community like College Station. Iii Charley V. tiVootan (b.1926) I was born, so I'm told, on October 9, 1926, at home where the already rather extensive Wootan family was living in Kimble County. I was there for the event, but my memory is a little hazy about the circumstances surrounding my birth. In fact, the first thing that I do remember is sitting on the porch with Frank when I was probably four years old. He was reading a western magazine and I was sitting there pretending to read one like it. I had my feelings hurt when someone came by and said, "What are you doing with that book, you know you can't read?" My early life was really uneventful, particularly when measured by the standards of today. I remember a lot of play time sandwiched between morning and evening chores. Probably the most memorable of the chores, since it was constant, was carrying water from Grandma's house where the well was located, to our house, about aquarter-mile away. When I first started I was too small to carry a regular size (2 1/2 gallon) bucket, so I was given 1 gallon lard buckets. They were light and didn't drag the ground, but the bails were made of thin wire. It was almost a relief to graduate to the ® regular buckets, even though they were heavier and I had to carry them with my arms bent so they wouldn't bump on the rocks, just to get away from those wire bails! By the time I was old enough to go to school the old Reese-Toad Level and Grobe schools had been closed and a new concrete, two room school house built at Tea Cup. I went to school there to Miss Alta Weaver, Dicksy's mother, and Miss Vic Brewer. As I recall, they were excellent teacher and I enjoyed school. We had a wood burning stove and one of the rewards for either good behavior or good grades was getting to go out in the pasture and bring in kindling to start the fire. Jack Jarvis and I would try to get on that detail every time we could. Jack as a year older than me and (we) not only grew up together, but (we) went through high school, the Marine Corps and Texas A&M together. Since Tea Cup school was about 2 1/2 miles from home, getting to and from school could be an adventure in itself. Usually we rode in a hack with Pat driving, although we sometimes walked and sometimes rode horseback. Usually we had others such as Jack and Raleigh Reese along as well. Rolling iron hoops from old wagon hubs, using a wire guide, was an art learned getting to and from school. By the time I was ready for the third grade Frank had started teaching in Chazley V. Wootan, Page 1 London. So Mozelle and I started to London and rode with Frank. I don't remember a lot about school in London other than how impressed I was that Frank was a real teacher. After I had spent two years in London, the Junction School system started bus service and everyone in our part of the country switched over to the Junction schools. Max Hahn drove a green school bus that I rode at least a million miles. Jack Jarvis, Awbrey Kothmann and I served at least a two year sentence (actual time) on that school bus. We tried to liven up the boredom a few times - -such as taking the keys when Mr. Hahn stopped and went into the store and not "finding" them for at least ahalf-hour. That, by the way, was the only time he neglected taking his keys when he left the bus in the eight years I rode the bus -- we kept a close watch. Awbrey also provided some excitement one morning when he found a skunk that had fallen into the cattle guard. He found a dagger stick and poked that skunk with it until the bus came. Mr. Hahn drove about a hundred yards before the full impact hit him and he made Awbrey get out and walk home. In addition to being boring, having to catch the bus every morning -- and particularly every afternoon restricted one's extra-curricular activities. There were many times when I had to leave something that was far more interesting in order to catch the bus. ® Later on, in high school, it interfered with after school practice in sports and other activities such as school plays. But somehow we always managed to work something out so I could participate in just about everything school had going. School was always easy for me and I enjoyed it. I never had a real bent for math theory and logic. So I had to study, and particularly just before the tests. I always made good grades by memorizing everything just before the tests and then forgetting it afterwards. Since 1942 and `43 were the first of the war years, our sports programs were impacted by the gasoline and tire shortages. Our football program was discontinued in 1942 and not started up again until after the war ended. We did get to continue in tennis, though. Rankin Kothmann was Superintendent and also the tennis coach. During my senior year he had me take typing during the last class period and then would get me out of class 2-3 days a week to practice tennis. We had a good team, too. Lent Hardeman and I played doubles and I played singles. Oh yes, while I was playing football, when we had a game I would usually stay in town overnight with Clarence and Faye Grobe since our bus service didn't' have a flexible schedule. High school was enjoyable --- I guess because I got to participate in so many things; sports, class politics, school plays, etc. All of us, the boys at least, were convinced that the war would be over before we could get out of school Chazley V. Wootan, Page 2 and get in it. But when we graduated in the Spring of 1943, I was still only 16 years old and knew I couldn't get in just yet. It was somewhere about that time that Don invited me to visit him at Tarrant Field in Ft. Worth. He had finished his basic flight training and was in the advanced program flying B-24's out of Tarrant. At this time, by the way, pilots still wore leather helmets, leather jackets, and white silk scarfs wrapped around the neck with the ends flying everywhere. I was mightily impressed, both with the airplane and with the pilot's life style. That trip convinced me that flying airplanes was my true destiny. In the meantime I had to find a job. There were no paying jobs around Junction, but supposedly San Antonio was full of opportunities. So, we made arrangements with Myrtle and Theodore Carnes that I could stay with them while I found a job in San Antonio. They hid a big old house on Nogalitos Street and already had 4 or 5 boarders. It took 3 weeks or so to find a job so when I wasn't actively job hunting I helped Uncle Will Lumbley, Myrtle's father, with a truck farm he had in the sandy land somewhere southwest of San Antonio. Ted finally helped me get a job with the Brown Cracker and Candy Company and I became a paying boarder. By the end of 1943 we heard that they had stared accepting 17-year-olds into ® the service. So in early 1944 I went to the Air Corps recruiting office in San Antonio and filled out all the forms and took all the tests to learn to be a pilot in the Air Corps. They told me they would notify me when the test results came in, but that it would be 2 or 3 weeks. They finally sent me a notice to come back to the recruiting office for results. When they finally called for me I could hardly wait. When I finally got to the office I was greatly relieved, but not surprised, that I had passed all the tests. But then when I asked when I would be called they said that they didn't take anyone under 18. I left the Air Corps office and was walking dejectedly down the hall when I saw the Marine recruiting sergeant decked out in dress blues. Although jack had joined the Marines a few months earlier, I really knew nothing about them. The sergeant asked if I had been turned down by the Air Corps and I told him no, but that they wouldn't take me until I was 18 and I wanted to fly. He started telling me how great the Marine Air Corps was and got me to sign the recruiting papers by promising that I would go to flight training as soon as I finished boot camp. It wasn't until I was almost out of boot camp that I found out that the Marine Corps didn't even have flight training program, but got all their pilots from the Navy. So I went to Boot Camp in San Diego and learned how they converted an unsophisticated country boy into a Marine. It wasn't all totally enjoyable but I Charley V. Wootan, Page 3 ® did get through it and after a seven day leave to come home I was sent In Hawaii I was in a replacement depot for about a month and was then shipped out to join the III Amphibious Corps on Guadalcanal. The trip over was made on the U.S. Day Star, a little bitty Danish freighter --- converted, but just barely. It was a great relief to get to Guadalcanal and off that ship. Three or four weeks of constant seasickness will make any thing look good. I was assigned to the Signal Battalion of the III Corps and stayed with them throughout. We were radio specialists who were assigned to the various units within the III Corps for the landings. I got to see several of the Southern Pacific islands, including Guam, Tinian, Mog Mog, and __________, but I was in the first wave assault on only one, Okinawa. We went in there on April 1st, 1945 and left about the 1st of August. We were on an LST on our way back to Guam when the bomb was dropped on Japan. So, instead of making the planned assault on Japan we were loaded on a different ship at Guam and sent to North China to repatriate the Japanese soldiers occupying North ® China. We were in China about 9 months. My unit was quartered in the old Marine barracks (built by the old China Marines of the 1920's and 1930's) in Tientsen, a city of about 2 1/2 million, and outside of Peking, the largest city in Northern China. Pat was in Shanghai at the same time and made at least two trips to Tientsen while I was there. Jack Jarvis' outfit, the 11th Marines, was also in North China, but being an artillery regiment, they were quartered outside of the city. Pat, Jack and I managed to get together when Pat flew up from Shanghai, and Jack and I spent most of our liberties together. It was on one of these that we decided we would both attend Texas A&M when we got home. The decision was scientifically made. We really knew very little about the State's schools, but did know that we couldn't afford the private schools such as TCU and SMU. So, we decided to flip a coin between the University of Texas and Texas A&M. To the great good fortune of all concerned, A&M won. through the Combat Conditioning Program at Camp Pendleton and then shipped overseas. We left California on a big troop ship and I was sea sick all the way to Hawaii --- in fact I was seasick everytime I got on a ship throughout the war. I was shipped home from China in the Summer of 1946. The ship took the "Great Circle Route," so in addition to having lights at night, we also had cool weather for the month's trip home. Unfortunately, being seasick in the cool and light is very little better than being sea sick in the hot and dark. I was discharged at San Diego and got home in time for a vacation before heading for A&M that Fall. Charley V. Wootan, Page 4 Jack and I left together and hitch-hiked to A&M about the first of September. Along with all the other returning veterans we swamped the school so much that they had to open up the old Bryan Air Force Base to both house us and provide temporary classrooms. After a year there we were moved to the main campus where I graduated in 1950 with a B.S. degree in Agricultural Economics. And to those who think that we overemphasize athletics at A&M, let me report that during my four years as an undergraduate we won a total of 8 football games. During the Summer before my Junior year I spent quite a bit of time in Menard. I had met Doxie Cannon and although she was years younger than I, we were getting acquainted. She was going to school at the University of Texas and I managed to hitch-hike to Austin a few times over the next year. We became engaged the next year and were married on May 27, 1950 -the most fortuitous thing that has ever happened to me. Of course, the wedding had to be sandwiched in between the end of classes and graduation, so we only had about a week for a honeymoon in Ruidoso, N.M., and then move to College Station. Since I still had no automobile, I had borrowed Bertha's DeSota for the honeymoon trip. We caught rides to A&M. ® We lived in housing provided for married graduate students and Doxie got a job in the Agronomy Department where she worked for about a year. Our son, Richard Charles Wootan, was born on October 3, 1951 after we had moved to Bryan. In the meantime I had completed my M.S. degree and started work for the Agriculture Experiment Station doing a study of livestock auction markets. In the Spring of 1953 we decided it was time to see the bright lights. I had been offered a job in New York City with the Industrial Commodity Corporation, a private price forecasting firm. So we packed all our belongings in a U-Haul trailer and Doxie took Rich to Mrs. Cannon's while I drove to New York. We had arranged to rent, sight unseen, a house on Long Island, in the little town of Bellmore. Fortunately, the house was both large and new and the landlords were a very nice couple (Frank and Agnes Mays) who lived on the corner and were excellent neighbors. Since we only had the furniture that would fit in a small U-Haul, they even loaned us things until we could acquire more ourselves. New York was a real experience. Bellmore was a great small town in the middle of a potato farming area. It was a great place for kids and Doxie loved it. Naturally there were some drawbacks. I had to ride the Long Island ® Railroad two hours to work each morning and then back again in the evening. Also, I had to work in downtown New York City, which was packed solid with Charley V. Wootan, Page 5 ® New Yorkers, and travel extensively to places like Chicago. Our daughter, Debra Alice, was born on August 26, 1953, on Long Island. She still does not boast about being born in New York. After we had been in New York for about a year and a half I realized that Deb was a year old and that during the week I never saw her awake. She would still be asleep when I caught the 6:59 train in the morning and would have already gone to sleep when I got in on the 7:05 at night. So we began to look at new opportunities and about the first of the year one came along. I was offered a job with the Agricultural Experiment Stations of the 12 Western States. The job was in Denver and I would be developing a price forecasting system for western feeder cattle. In March of 1955 we packed the trusty U- Haul trailer and all four of us headed across country to Denver. We didn't fully realize that while March was Springtime in Texas, it was still Winter in the Pennsylvania mountains and particularly in Denver. But we did get there and rented a house on the West side of town on Stuart St. I worked in the Federal building downtown and had to go visit each of the State Experiment Stations at least twice a year. We enjoyed Denver although it took Spring an awful long time to find it. The snow was fun --- for awhile ---and I was able to take Doxie and the kids on a couple of trips I was making to the other Western States. I was also working again with Dr. John McNeeley who had been my major professor while I was gettiu,_g my Master's Degree and with whom I had worked on the livestock auction studies. On my official trip to Texas that winter, Dr. McNeeley told me about a new organization that Mr. Gilchrist, the former president (of A&M?) was putting together. It was a transportation research group and they were looking for a new staff member. So I went over to talk to Fred Benson who was the new director of the Texas Transportation Institute. He said that they were looking for someone with knowledge of economics to do a study of customer requirements in transportation. When I told him I knew nothing about transportation research, he said that was just what they were looking for. People who knew transportation hadn't been able to solve the problem so they wanted a fresh start. Since I was totally fresh, I took it. We saddled up the trusty U-Haul again and moved to A&M in April of 1956. We then threw the trailer hitch away and burned the trailer so we've been here ever since. Our years at A&M have been good ones. Both Rich and Deb finished High School at A&M Consolidated and then graduated from A&M in 1974 and 1975 Charley V. Wootan, Page 6 ® respectively. Rich went on to medical school at Southwestern in Dallas and now has his own surgical practice at Doctor's Hospital in Dallas. He married Jean Moloughney and they have a daughter, Mary Elizabeth, born June 24, 1985, and a son, Samuel Patrick, born March 17, 1987. Deb married Gary Roberson on the day she graduated from A&M. They have 3 sons: Clint Charles, born February 6, 1978, Thomas Ross, born December 23, 1980, and Stephen Paul, born October 21, 1983. After living in Gatesville, Stephenville, and Madisonville, they moved to Menard in 1985 where Gary is president of Menard National Bank and Deb is raising boys and doing some teaching. After Rich and Deb left home Doxie began to take up her art work again. She formed her Art Company --- Water Colors by Wootan --- and is on her way to becoming a rich and famous painter --- we hope. I continued to work on my Ph.D. when we moved back here and finally finished it in 1965. I was made Associate Director of TTI in the same year and then became Director in 1975. Over the years I have had a close involvement with the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences, serving as its chairman in 1980. I have also met and worked with some very find people --- both here and across the country (along with a few of the other kind). It has been a great life and we fully expect it to get better in the future. C7 Charley V. Wootan, Page 7 BIOGRAPHICAL, DATA WOOTAN; Charley V. Director, Texas Transportation Institute Professor, Economics, Texas A&M University Birthdate: 1926 Citizenship: U.S. SS. No.: Birthplace: Junction, Texas Security Clearance: Secret Number of Children: Two Professional Interests: Transportation Research EDUCATION: Ph.D., Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University, 1965 M.S., Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University, 1951. ~. B.S., Agricultural Administration & Agricultural Economics, 'Texas A&M University, 1950 EXPERIEI~I~CE: ~n iv9s Director Emeritus, Texas Transportation Institute, The Texas A&M University System, 1993-Present Director, Texas Transportation Institute, The Texas A&M University System, 1976-1993 Professor, Economics, Texas ABcM University, 1966-Present Associate Director & Research Economist, TTI, Texas A&M University, 1965-76 . Director, Annual Educational Refresher Seminar, Region 2 of the International Right of Way Association, 1963-Present Head, Transportation Economcs and Planning Division, TTI, Texas A&M University, 1961-74 ~ _ Program Coordinator, Annual Transportation Short Course, Texas . A&M University and Texas Department of Transportation, 1976-present;' Director, Annual Transportation Conference, TTI Adviso Committee ~'' '' sk 1960-63 and 1973-76 . Associate Research Economist & Project Leader, TTI, Texas A&M °, University; 1956-61 ;,,,~. . Research Assistant in Marketing Analysis, Agricultural Economics, Texas . A&M University, 1951-53 ~: WOOTAN, Charley V. - Experience (Continued) Indicshial: Livestock Marketing Analyst, Assistant Coordinator, Western Livestock Marketing Committee, 399 New Custom House, Denver, Colorado, 1955-56 Commodity Analyst, Industrial Commodity Corporation, New York City, New York, 1953-55 Military: U.S. Marine Corps, 1944-46; Served in South Pacific & China Theaters U.S. Air Force Reserves, 1950-55 Honors and Awards: .~- Administrators Public Service Award, presented in 1993 by the Federal Highway Administration, "in recognition of 36 years of service to the transportation community and leadership in transportation research:' Distinguished Service Award, presented in 1993 by Ythe Institute of Transportation Engineers, "in recognition for his contributions to the traffic and transportation engineering profession". S. S. Steinburg Award,. presented in 1992 by the Educational Division of the American Road and Transportation Builders Association. This award is presented "to recognize a person who has made a remarkable contribution to transportation education and to honor the memory of the founding president of the ARIBA Educational Division, Professor S. S. Steinburg". Road Hand Award, presented in 1992 by the Texas Department of Transportation "in recognition of dedication and contributions in the field of transportation beyond the call of duty". George S. Bartlett Award, presented in 1988, "in recognition for outstanding contribution to highway progress", jointly presented by the Transportation Research Board, the American Association of Highways and Transportation. officials and the American Road and Transportation Builders Association. Transportation Research .Board's 1984 Distinguished Achievement Award, h ~ ': presented "in recognition of outstanding service io transportation research`and'` ~ '~~ to the Board." "" . , t ~ _.. WOOTAN, Charley V. - Honors and Awards (Continued} International Right of Way Association's Y.T. Lum Award, presented in 1981 "in recognition of outstanding contributions by an individual to the 11,000 member Association." SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS: Who's Who in the South & Southwest American Men & Women of Science Sigma Xi _ Phi Kappa Phi Alpha Zeta American Society for Traffic and Transportation National Defense Transportation Association American Association for the Advancement of Science National Defense Executive Reserve Council of University Transportation Centers (President COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS: Professional Societies and Activities: .y 1979-81, 1990-91) r National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council, Transportation . Research Board, Task Force on Organization, 1968-69 National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council, Transportation Research Board, Group ~I Council, Chairman 1970-74 National Academy of Sciences,. National Research Council, Transportation Research Board, Division A Council, Member 1970-Chairman 1979-81 Narional Academy of Sciences, .National Research Council, Transportation Research Board, Maintenance Research & Development Needs, 1974-75 National Academy of Sciences; National Research Council, `Transportation Research Board, Chairman, Section A1D00, Transportation Systems & Planning Innovations, 1974-78 National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council, National Cooperative Highway Research Program Advisory Panel, 1976-79 . ~. ,` WOOTAN, Charley V. - Committee Memberships (Continued) National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council, Transportation Research Board, A0001, Conduct of Research, 1976.1989 Secretary, 1977-81 National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council, Transportation Research Board, Member of Executive Committee, 1979-82 National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council, Transportation Research Board, Chairman of TRB Executive Committee, 1980 National Academy of Sciences, Transportation Reseazch Board, Maritime Transportation Research Board, 1982-83 National Academy of Sciences, Transportation Research Board, Transportation Professional Needs Study, 1984-85 National Academy of Sciences, Transportation Research Board, TRB Group 5 Council, Chairman, 1984-86 ~ '~ American Association of State Highway and Transportation Of~tcial's Task Farce on the Strategic Highway Research Program, 1984=86. National Academy of Sciences, Transportation Research Board, Chairman Division A Council, 1986-89 National Academy of Sciences, Transportation Reseazch Board, Chairman, Committee to Identify Measures That May Improve the Safety of School Bus Transportation, 1987-89 `~ National Academy of Sciences, Transportation Research Board, Task Force on Highway Research in Industry, term 1990-93 National Academy of Sciences, Transportation Research Board, Research & Technical C/o~ or_dinating Committee; term 1991-A3 ~!~ Other Professional Activities: ~a~-~-.-.,-P-J 1 9 9 3 -- q~ Council of University Transportation Centers, Past President, 1979-80 and 1990-91 and Member; Board of Directors, 1979-present Councilor, Texas A&M Research Foundation, 1981=presc.~t 93 Bast Texas 2000 Commission, 1981-83 Greater East Texas Higher Education Authority, Member, Board of Directors, 1983-present, Secretary 1991-present Greater East Texas Higher Education Servicing Corportation, Board of Directors, 1988-present, Secretary 1991-present Center for Transit, Training and Research, Texas Southern University, Member Advisory Board, 1983-present Region VI, National Defense Executive Reserve, Office of Emergency Transportation, U.S. Department of Transportation, have served as Regional Director Designate, 1977-pr~s~t 9~ . r, `,', ,~ ', ,~. ,.~~\ ..1 WOOTAN, Charley V. , Committee Memberships (Continued) Transportation Committee, Bryan/College Station Chamber of Commerce, 1990-present Louisiana State University, Institute for Recyclable Materials, Board of Advisors, 1990-present Oak Ridge Associated Universities Science and Technology Policy Committee, Member 1991-93 International Road Federation, Member 1992-93 P-+ ~s~-'t" .1. /E-M e-k~f,~/ J~a ctd ~.~•~ ~ ~`v-'~ /~,G~'.~d'e-"v ~S-`' u'Q'1 ~ °~~ cif a...6-~, / 9 4p ~ The TexrLS A&.M UniveTSily System: Continuing Education Council, 1976-80 ~' College of Engineering Scholarship Committee, 1977-82 ' Dean of Engineering Search Committee, Vice Chairman, 1978-79 Deputy Chancellor for Engineering Search Committee, Chairman, 1980 Committee Standard XI-Research Standard Committee TAMU Institutional Self Study, 1981-83 Target 2000 Committee, Member Task Force on Engineering Agencies and Services, 1981-present ~ J TAMUS Research Council, 1983-present ~q 9 ~ TAMUS Federal Relations Committee, 1984-g~se~t pg System Frogram Planning Committee, Member 1990-pent q-¢ Deputy Chancellor and Dean of Engineering Search Committee, Member, 1991-pit 9q PUBLICATIONS: Technical Jounud Papers and Contributions to Books: 'Establishing,Realistic Maintenance Standards", Transportation Research Board, National Academy of Sciences, January, 1972 'Tlie Role of the Texas Mass Transportation Commission", prepared for the Texas Mass Transportation Commission, 1974 "Recording and Reporting Methods for Highway Maintenance Rxpenditures", NCHRP Synthesis Report 46, 1978 i WOOTAN, Charley V. - Publications (Continued) Signiftcant Reports: 'B~7erna1 Forces and Highway Needs to 1980", PUBLIC WORKS, April, 1976 'Tlie Development of Mainte~tance lbfanageme~it Tools for Use by the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation", Jon A_ Epps, Irl E. Larrimore, Jr., A. H. Meyers, S. G. Cox; Jr., J. ~R. Evans, H. L. Jones, J. P. Mahoney, C. V. Wootan, and R. L. Lytton, Research Report 151-4F, Texas Transportation, September, 1976 'Econanic Analysis of Airport Recycling Alternatives, An Engineering Manual ", Jon A. Epps, and C. V. Wootan, U.S. DOT, Federal Aviation Administration, October, 1981 ' Lectures and Professzanal Presentation: .Y "Energy-Economy and the Changing Role of the Traffic Engineer", presented at TexITE Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, January 25, 1975 "The Need for Intergovernmental Cooperation in Transportation", presented at Executive Personnel .Workshops for key state, county, ~.nd city officials ~~ throughout the State of Texas, January-April, 1975 resented at the Hi hwa Role of the Highway Engineer in Urban Transportation , p g Y and Transportation Management Institute, University, Mississippi, March 12, 1975 "Social and Economic Aspects of Highways", presented at The Highway and Transportation Management Institute, University, Mississippi, March 12,1975 "External Forces and Maintenance Needs to 1980", presented at TRS Maintenance Management Workshop, Las Vegas, Nevada, July 9, 1975 "The Interdisciplinary Research Product and Its Evaluation", presented at National Science Foundation's Conference on The Management of Large-Scale ,~ Interdisciplinary Research, Knoxville, Tennessee, October 14-17, 1975 The Changing Role of Energy and the Economy", presented at Chapter 8, Region 2 Meeting of the American Right of Way Association, Houston, Texas, February 6, 1976 "Transit for Auto-Oriented Cities", presented at the Highway Transportation Management Institute, University of Mississippi, February 11, 1976 r ° "Economics and Transportation Goals for Dallas", presented at the meeting of the ,; ~'~~ Transportation Task Force of the Goals for Dallas, Dallas, Texas, March 2, 1976 ~~~ ~ "Energy Policy Implications on Transportation", presented at the First Annual Texas Energy Forecast Conference, Houston, Texas, March 16, 1976 "Changing Energy Policies and Their T.mplications to Transportation", 18th . Transportation Conference, Texas A&M University, May 12, 1977 ~; .,-~.~, .,~ ,, ..~~~,~ WOOTAN, Charley V. Publications (Continued) "Transportation Research and the Role of the University", presented at 57th Annual Transportation Research Board Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 16,~ 1978 "Highway Safety -the Rough Road Ahead", presented at Annual Meeting of Texas Safety Association, Dallas, Texas, March 20, 1978 "Research Accomplishments and Shortcomings in Transportation",presented at Delta Nu Alpha meeting, College Station, Texas, September 20, 1978 "Managing the Research Project", presented at the 58th Annual Transportation Research Board Meeting, ~'Vashington, D.C., January 16, 1979 "Costs in the Construction Industry", presented to TTI Advisory Committee, College Station, Texas, May 9, 1979 "The Changing Vehicle Mix and Its Implications", presented at TexITE Winter Meeting, El Paso, Texas, February 1, 1980 - ' "The Role of Research Centers in Transportation Research", presented at Seminaz held at University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, Apri128, 1980 "Transportation in the 80's -Coping With Change", presented at Highway User's Federation Regional Transportation Congress, Dallas, Texas, May 22, 1980 "Transportation Research/The Missing Link", presented at 48th Annual Meeting of Texas Good Roads/Transportation Association, Austin, Texas, June 10, 1980 "The Highway System and Highway Safety in the 80's", presented at the Texas Traffic Safety Association Summer Conference, Irving, Texas, June 12,1980 "Revenue Shortfalls in Transportation", presented at International Public Works Congress, Kansas City, Missouri, September 17, 1980 "The Transportation Research Board and Research Needs", presented at the AASHTO Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, November 16 and 17, 1980 "Transportation Systems Financing, A Blueprint for Change", presented University of Washington, April 26 and 27, 1982 "State Transportation Issues", presented at 76th Annual Meeting, Texas Chamber of Commerce Executives, McAllen, Texas, July 17, 1982 "Transportation Research in the 80's - An Assessment of Critical Needs", presented at 10th Joint Transportation Managers Workshop, Arlington, Texas, July 22, 1982 "Transportation Research and the Public Works Dilemma -Research Agency View", presented'I'ransportationRecearch Board 62nd Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 17 - 21, 1983 "Transportation Changes and Financial Needs", Conference on State Government, Austin, Texas, January 27, 1983 "The Emerging Role of Mass Transportation", presented 13th Annual Public Transportation Conference, Laredo, Texas, March 6, 1985 "Research Needs 1990 - 2000", presented ASCE Specialty Conference on Highway Infrastructure: "Opportunities far Innovation", Leesburg, Virginia, July 18, 1985 ?, ~ ,;~:,~ ';~ WOOTAN, .Charley V. Publications (Continued) "Transportation -Key to Economic Development", presented SSth Annual Meeting, Texas Good Roads/Transportation Association, Austin, Texas, June 9, 1987 "Highway Research Programs and Future Trends in Vegetation Management", presented at Sth Annual National Roadside Vegetation Management Association, Dallas, Texas, October 12, 1988 "Research Needs of the Future - A University's View", presented Transportation Research Board 69th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 7 -11,1990 "University Transportation Centers: Their Role and Contributions", presented Second Annual Transportation Research Conference, Center for Transportation Studies, University of Minnesota, May 7, 1991. "University Transportation Centers: Partners for the Nineties", presented 28th Annual Transportation Forum, University of Kentucky, September 6, 1991. "Expanding Technology", presented 3rd Annual Convocation for Master of Science in C.E., May 27-29, 1992. ~~' "Universities and DOTs - A Research Partnership", presented at AASHTO '92 Annual Meeting, Standing Committee On Research, Rapid City, SD, October 6, 1992. "Crash Tests and Safety Issues", presented for Transportation Seminar, University of Texas at Austin, November 16, 1992. "Session on University Research", presented at 72nd Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 17, 1993 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Member and Past President, College Station Lions Club Chairman, College Station Planning and Zoning Conunission, 1968-69 Chairman, College Station Recreation Council, 1963-65 Board of Directors, Bryan/College Station Chamber of Commerce, 1968-71 Board of Directors, Progress Association of College Station, Texas, 1968-74 Chairman, College Station United Fund Drive, 1978 Board of Directors, Bryan/College Station United Way, 1979-80 President, Briarcrest Country Club, 198A Member, Board of Advisors, Institute for Recyclable Materials, LSU, >1990-present Member, Board of Advisors, Texas Southern University, 1990-present .~:> .:._... 1Vlonday March 26, 2001 Born on Oct. 9, 1926, in Junction, Wootan retired as director of the Texas Transportation Institute in 1993 and was named director emer- itus by the Texas A&M University System Board of Regents. He had served as director of the institute since 1976. He was also a professor of economics at Texas A&M Uni- versity. Wootan was a 1950 graduate of Texas A&M, with a bachelor of sci- ence degree in agricultural admin- istration and agricultural econom- ics. He received a master of science in agricultural economics in 1951 and a doctorate in the same disci- pline in 1965, both from Texas A&M. Wootan held several major awards, given in recognition of his contributions in transportation research, his field of professional interest. He received the George S. Bartlett award from the Transporta- tion Research Board, the American Association of Highways and Transportation and the American Road and Transportation Builders Association in 1988 for his out- standing contribution to highway progress. In 1981, he was recipient of the International Right of Way Association's Y.T. I~um Award for his contributions to that association. In October 2000, Wootan received the Council of University Transportation Centers' award for distinguished contribution to uiu- versity transportation education and research. He was a founding member of CUTC in 1985 and served as the organization's first president. He was again elected president in 1990. He also received the Luther DeBerry Award in 2000 for his contributions to the State of Texas in the field of transportation. After he retired, Wootan pursued his interest in student loans as a member of the boards of the Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corp. and the Greater East Texas Servic- ing Corp. He and Doxie, his wife of 50 years, also traveled extensively. A U.S. Marine from 1944-46, Wootan served in the South Pacific and in China. He was a member of the U.S. Air Force Reserve from 1950-56. Wootan was a member and past president of the College Station Lions Club and Briarcrest Country Club. He was chairman of the Col- lege Station United Fund Drive in 1978 and of the College Station Planning and Zoning Commission in 1968-69. He was a member of St. Thomas Episcopal Church. `Dr. Wootan was a giant in the field of transportation ... his legacy will continue for centuries to come.' -HERBERT H. 1~1CHARDSON Texas Transportation Institute director The watercolors of Doxie Wootan reveal her feeling for texture, form and atmosphere. Using ,;~ ,~;; nature as her source material, she recognizes and controls color, shape, space, light and pattern _~,, to create the mood she wishes to communicate. This results in a designed realism which never '-~ ` competes with the work of a camera. Watercolor is the favored medium of the artist. She loves its sparkle, fluid spontaneity, transparency and the unpredictable quality which provides a new chal- --~ ~ ~ lenge and inspiration with each painting. Wootan received her formal art education at the University of Texas and Texas ABM University. 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