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Home My WebLink About1971 Inauguration program Jack K. WilliamsThe Inauguration of Jack Kenny Williams as seventeenth President of Texas A &M University and fourth President of The Texas A &M University System Friday, the sixteenth of April nineteen hundred and seventy -one College Station, Texas The Academic Procession Color Guard, Corps of Cadets Grand Marshal H. Lloyd Heaton, Dean of Admissions and Records The Student Senate Marshal: Roger P. Miller, Vice President, Student Senate The Executive Committee of the Academic Council Marshal: Randall L. Maness, President, Freshman Class Recipients of Distinguished Alumni Award Marshal: Nicholas J. Jiga, Jr., President, Sophomore Class Delegates of Colleges and Universities Marshal: Russell B. Mc Gowen lll, President, Junior Class Delegates of Learned Societies and Professional Organizations Marshal: William E. Shepard, President, Senior Class Representatives of the Faculty Marshal: Lawrence D. McGill, President, Graduate Student Council The Flag of the State of Texas The Governor of the State of Texas with Honor Guard from the Ross Volunteers The Board of Directors and Platform Guests Marshals: Anton M. Sorensen, Jr., Professor of Anima/ Science, and Melvin R. Calliham, Professor and Head, Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery The Mace Borne by John Paul Abbott, Distinguished Professor of English The President Marshals: Donald G. Barker, Professor of Educational Psychology, and Kenneth C. Brundidge, Professor Meteorology The Inaugural Program Presiding Clyde H. Wells President, Board of Directors Processional Ceremonial Music for Organ .................... ............................... Purcell (The audience is requested to stand during the Processional) National Anthem From the Students From the Alumni nvocation Kenneth W. Copeland Resident Bishop of the Houston Area South Central Jurisdiction, The United Methodist Church Introduction of Platform Guests Clyde H. Wells Greetings Kent A. Caperton, President, Student Senate From the Faculty From the Delegates From Coordinating Board, Texas College and University System From the State From the Nation Leslie L. Appelt, President, The Association of Former Students Haskell M. Monroe, Jr., Associate Professor of History Philip G. Hoffman, President, University of Houston Wayne E. Thomas, Chairman Governor Preston E. Smith United States Senator John G. Tower, representing President Richard M. Nixon School Songs Dear Prairie View A. and M . .............. ............................... Fuller- Sibelius The Prairie View A. and M. College Chamber Choir, Robert Henry, Director Tarleton State College Color Song .............. ............................... Schmidt The Tarleton State College A Capella Choir, Herbert Teat, Director The Spirit of Aggieland ................... ............................... Mimms -Dunn The Texas A &M University Singing Cadets, Robert L. Boone, Director Investiture Clyde H. Wells Inaugural Address Jack Kenny Williams Benediction Bishop Kenneth W. Copeland Recessional Trumpet Voluntary ........................... ............................... Purcell Finde (First Symphony) ....................... ............................... Vierne (The audience is requested to stand during the Recessional) Organist, Mrs. Gilbert N. Plass 1845 1852 Baldwin - Wallace College St. Mary's University Clinton Adam Phillips, Alumnus The Very Reverend Louis J. Blume, President 1845 1853 Baylor College of Medicine Cornell College Joseph Merrill, Executive Vice President Mrs. S. W. Bilsing, Alumna 1845 1853 Baylor University Manhattan College Herbert H. Reynolds, E. Gus Fruh, Alumnus Executive Vice President 1853 1845 University of Florida Mary Hardin - Baylor College Joel D. Wahlberg, Alumnus William G. Tanner, President 1854 1846 Elmira College Bucknell University Mrs. Caesar A. Ricci //, Alumna William H. Clayton, Alumnus 1847 1854 Earlham College Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn The Reverend Richard W. Stadelman, Howard Kaye, Alumnus Alumnus 1855 1847 Michigan State University The University of Iowa Ogbourne D. Butler, Jr., Alumnus Richard B. Konen, Alumnus 1855 1848 The Pennsylvania State University The University of Mississippi George W. Kunze, Alumnus W. Alton Bryant, Vice Chancellor 1856 Auburn University 1849 Ethan C. Holt, Alumnus Austin College John D. Moseley, President 1856 Newberry College 1849 Dallas J. Kuhn, Alumnus Eastern Michigan University 1857 Harold L. Hawkins, Alumnus Florida State University John Chevrette, Alumnus 1849 University of Wisconsin 1857 Ernest David Ables, Alumnus The University of the South John Pendleton Vineyard, Jr., Trustee 1850 1858 University of Toronto Iowa State University of Science and William Henry Turner, Alumnus Technology 1850 Joe Tackett Ritchie, Alumnus University of Utah William R. Smith, Alumnus 1859 Valparaiso University 1851 Paul Eggers, Alumnus Northwestern University Wayne V. Jones, Alumni Regent 1860 1851 Louisiana State University and Agricultural University of Minnesota and Mechanical College Daniel E. O'Keefe, Alumnus Cecil Grady Taylor, Chancellor 1861 Luther College John E. Evans, Alumnus 1861 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Louis F. Southerland, Regional Chairman, Educational Council 1861 North Central College Mrs. Donald L. Clark, Alumna 1861 University of Colorado Carroll D. Laverty, Alumnus 1861 University of Washington Earl F. Cook, Alumnus 1861 Vassar College Mrs. Jean E. Donaho, Alumna 1862 The University of South Dakota Mrs. James D. Smith, Alumna 1863 Kansas State University Robert F. Playter, Alumnus 1864 University of Denver W. Graham Horsley, Alumnus 1865 Cornell University Belton K. Johnson, Trustee 1865 Lehigh University Robert Oliver Donaldson, Jr., President, Lehigh University Alumni Club of Texas 1865 Rider College Clark M. Phippen, Alumnus 1865 University of Kentucky George W. Pirtle, Alumnus 1866 Lebanon Valley College David B. Mahler, Alumnus 1866 The University of Kansas Albert Casey, Alumnus 1866 Wisconsin State University — Platteville Adolph J. Anderson, Alumnus 1867 University of Illinois John Henry Quisenberry, Alumnus 1867 University of Maine Alvin Small McNeilly, Past President, General Alumni Association 1867 West Virginia University H. Carman Crago, Alumnus 1868 University of California System Leo Berner, Jr., Alumnus 1868 Hampton Institute Alfred Tennyson Kynard, Alumnus 1869 Oregon State University Robert E. Eakin, Alumnus 1869 Purdue University Nelson E. Wise, Alumnus 1869 Trinity University Robert V. Andrews, Dean of Engineering 1869 The University of Nebraska G. Robert Ross, Vice Chancellor 1870 Canisius College Bruno J. Zwolinski, Alumnus 1870 Colorado State University W. E. Morgan, President Emeritus 1870 St. John's University The Reverend Thomas A. Donovan, Alumnus 1870 The Ohio State University Robert D. Turpin, Alumnus 1870 Syracuse University Bruce Kelly, Alumnus 1870 The University of Akron Robert P. Higley, Alumnus 1870 The University of Missouri at Rolla Edgar A. Rassinier, Alumnus 1871 Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College Robert L. Prater, Alumnus 1871 Smith College Mrs. William J. Yates, President, Fort Worth Smith Club 1871 University of Arkansas Mrs. Thomas F. Treat, Alumna 1872 Vanderbilt University John P. Abbott, Alumnus 1873 Blue Mountain College Mrs. Howard L. Furr, Alumna 1873 Southeast Missouri State College Jean D. Neal, Alumnus 1873 Texas Christian University James Newcomer, Vice Chancellor 1874 Colorado School of Mines Edward Joseph Brook, Alumnus 1875 Brigham Young University Sam Finley Brewster, Administrative Council 1875 George Peabody College for Teachers Joe A. Howell, Alumnus 1876 Calvin College Roger J. Stouwie, Alumnus 1876 The Johns Hopkins University Charles F. Doran, Alumnus 1876 Meharry Medical College Harold Mullins, Alumnus 1876 Prairie View Agricultural and Mechanical College C. L. Wilson, Vice President 1878 Duquesne University Edward F. Kolczynski, Alumnus 1878 Mississippi State University Rupert D. Palmer, Alumnus 1879 Sam Houston State University Elliott T. Bowers, President 1880 University of Southern California Ira B. Bryant, Alumnus 1881 Drake University Edward C. Breitenkamp, Alumnus 1881 Newark College of Engineering Paul E. Magdeburger, Alumnus 1881 South Dakota State University H. B. Sorenson, Alumnus 1881 The University of Connecticut Merrill H. Sweet, Alumnus 1881 The University of Texas System Kenneth Ashworth, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs 1881 The University of Texas at Austin Henry Bryce Jordan, President ad interim 1882 Lane College Melvin B. Shaw, Alumnus 1883 Blinn College James Harold Atkinson, President 1884 Temple University Mrs. L. J. Van Riet, Alumna 1884 Universidad Nacional de La Plata (Argentina) Nestor Rodolfo Bottino, Alumnus 1885 American International College Robert O. Robson, Alumnus 1885 St. Edward's University Edgar L. Roy, Jr., President 1885 Stanford University Thomas D. Barrow, Alumnus 1885 The University of Arizona Ben L. Slack, Jr., Alumnus 1886 University of Wyoming John A. Hopkin, Alumnus 1887 The Catholic University of America Charles M. Friel, Alumnus 1887 North Carolina State University at Raleigh Edward L. Bryant, Alumnus 1887 Pratt Institute Edwin C. Crawford, Alumnus 1887 Teachers College, Columbia University William H. Graves, Jr., Alumnus 1887 Troy State University Mrs. R. E. Cuthbertson, Alumna 1888 Morris Harvey College D. T. Ruby, Jr., Alumnus 1888 New Mexico State University Donald C. Roush, Academic Vice President 1888 University of Puget Sound Raymond Edward Doan, Alumnus 1888 Utah State University John William Adams, Alumnus 1889 Clemson University James Gilliam Gee, Alumnus 1889 Converse College Mrs. Zoltan J. Kosztolnyik, Alumna 1889 Slippery Rock State College Mrs. Philip T. Eubank, Alumna 1889 East Texas State University D. Whitney Halladay, President 1889 The University of New Mexico Edwin L. Harrington, Alumnus 1890 North Texas State University David Robnett Fitch, Chairman, Department of Finance, Insurance and Real Estate 1890 Oklahoma State University Albert W. Wortham, Alumnus 1890 The University of Chicago Jesse B. Coon, Alumnus 1890 The University of Oklahoma Charles W. Alworth, Alumnus 1891 California Institute of Technology R. L. Hawk, Alumnus 1891 David Lipscomb College Harold Taylor, Alumnus 1891 Hardin - Simmons University Elwin L. Skiles, President 1891 Randolph -Macon Woman's College Mrs. Louis W. Newman, Alumna 1891 Rice University William Edwin Gordon, Vice President and Dean of Science and Engineering 1891 Texas Lutheran College Joe K. Menn, President 1891 Texas Wesleyan College William M. Pearce, President 1891 The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston T. G. Blocker, Jr., President 1892 Illinois Institute of Technology Clarence J. White, Alumnus 1892 Ithaca College Karl K. Klein, Alumnus 1892 University of Rhode Island James L. Holmes, Alumnus 1893 Stout State University Donald L. Clark, Alumnus 1893 University of Montana David Marion Moehring, Alumnus 1895 The University of Texas at Arlington Wendell Herman Nedderman, Vice President for Academic Affairs 1895 Wichita State University Guy Lee Curry, Alumnus 1896 Clarkson College of Technology Paul D. Garvey, Alumnus 1896 South Carolina State College H. A. Perkins, Alumnus 1897 Bradley University Daryl L Hazel, Alumnus 1897 Langston University Advergus D. James, Jr., Alumnus 1898 Dallas Baptist College Clifton S. Harris, Jr., Chairman, Division of Behavioral Sciences 1898 University of Southwestern Louisiana Rusty J. Bernard, Alumnus 1899 Northern Arizona University Richard J. Connelly, Alumnus 1899 Simmons College Mrs. R. Donald Lewis, Alumna 1899 Southwest Texas State University Billy M. Jones, President 1899 Tarleton State College J. W. Autry, Vice President and Dean of Instruction 1899 Western Illinois University Mrs. Gerry R. Cox, Alumna 1900 Carnegie - Mellon University William Lamar Williams Ill, Alumnus 1901 California State Polytechnic College Edward W. Bradshaw, Jr., Alumnus 1901 Sweet Briar College Miss Nan Elizabeth O'Keeffe, Alumna 1901 Texas Woman's University John A. Guinn, President 1902 Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary The Reverend Joe Bryan Donaho, Director of Admissions 1902 Fort Hays Kansas State College Jimmie D. Dodd, Alumnus 1903 Milwaukee School of Engineering Lieutenant Colonel Floyd R. Miller, Alumnus 1903 Western Michigan University Mrs. Clare A. Gunn, Alumna 1905 Northwest Missouri State College Richard D. Neff, Alumnus 1906 Abilene Christian College John C. Stevens, President 1906 Eastern Kentucky University Mrs. Robert E. Gevedon, Alumna 1907 East Carolina University Robert L. Holt, Vice President 1892 Illinois Institute of Technology Clarence J. White, Alumnus 1892 Ithaca College Karl K. Klein, Alumnus 1892 University of Rhode Island James L. Holmes, Alumnus 1893 Stout State University Donald L. Clark, Alumnus 1893 University of Montana David Marion Moehring, Alumnus 1895 The University of Texas at Arlington Wendell Herman Nedderman, Vice President for Academic Affairs 1895 Wichita State University Guy Lee Curry, Alumnus 1896 Clarkson College of Technology Paul D. Garvey, Alumnus 1896 South Carolina State College H. A. Perkins, Alumnus 1897 Bradley University Daryl 1. Hazel, Alumnus 1897 Langston University Advergus D, James, Jr., Alumnus 1898 Dallas Baptist College Clifton S. Harris, Jr., Chairman, Division of Behavioral Sciences 1898 University of Southwestern Louisiana Rusty J. Bernard, Alumnus 1899 Northern Arizona University Richard J. Connelly, Alumnus 1899 Simmons College Mrs. R. Donald Lewis, Alumna 1899 Southwest Texas State University Billy M. Jones, President 1899 Tarleton State College J. W. Autry, Vice President and Dean of Instruction 1899 Western Illinois University Mrs. Gerry R. Cox, Alumna 1900 Carnegie-Mellon University William Lamar Williams Ill, Alumnus 1901 California State Polytechnic College Edward W. Bradshaw, Jr., Alumnus 1901 Sweet Briar College Miss Nan Elizabeth O'Keeffe, Alumna 1901 Texas Woman's University John A. Guinn, President 1902 Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary The Reverend Joe Bryan Donaho, Director of Admissions 1902 Fort Hays Kansas State College Jimmie D. Dodd, Alumnus 1903 Milwaukee School of Engineering Lieutenant Colonel Floyd R. Miller, Alumnus 1903 Western Michigan University Mrs. Clare A. Gunn, Alumna 1905 Northwest Missouri State College Richard D. Neff, Alumnus 1906 Abilene Christian College John C. Stevens, President 1906 Eastern Kentucky University Mrs. Robert E. Gevedon, Alumna 1907 East Carolina University Robert L. Holt, Vice President 1908 1918 Georgia Southern College Ball State University Harry P. Hicks, Jr., Alumnus R. Bradford Thomas, Alumnus 1908 1922 Mary Washington College Midwestern University of The University of Virginia J. Robert Campbell, Vice President for Miss Charlean Jackson, Alumna Academic Affairs 1908 1923 Montclair State College McMurry College Mrs. William E. Gordon, Alumna Welson B. Morton, Alumnus 1909 Arkansas Polytechnic College 1923 Eddie D. Meador, Alumnus Stephen F. Austin State University Ralph Wright Steen, President 1909 Keene State College 1923 Tinker G. Trow, Alumnus Texas Tech University Glenn E. Barnett Executive Vice President 1910 1924 Kent State University Paris Junior College Mrs. Donald R. Sambrook, Alumna Ross G. Alsup, Director, 1910 Technical - Vocational Education Oklahoma Baptist University 1925 Mrs. Mack Schmidt, Alumna Texas A& I University 1910 James C. Jernigan, President University of Southern Mississippi 1925 Paul E. Williams, Alumnus The University of Miami 1910 Parks C. Hunter, Jr., Alumnus West Texas State University 1925 Char /es M. Smallwood, Dean, The Victoria College School of Agriculture J. D. Moore, President 1911 1926 Our Lady of the Lake College Tyler Junior College John L. McMahon, President R. N. Barrett, Vice President 1911 Southern Methodist University 1927 Willis McDonald Tate, President Texarkana College J. W. Cady, President 1912 East Texas Baptist College 1927 Howard Clifton Bennett, President University of Houston 1912 Philip G. Hoffman, President Jarvis Christian College 1928 J. O. Perpener, President Angelo State University 1912 Lloyd Drexel/ Vincent, President Loyola University (New Orleans) The Reverend Richard J. Stoltz, 1930 Former Lecturer Old Dominion University David E. Sawyer, Alumnus 1917 Bentley College 1933 James J. McCarthy, President, West Georgia College Houston Alumni Chapter James Britton Crowell, Alumnus 1935 Del Mar College Aaron Seamster, Vice President 1937 Pepperdine University Robert Walker, Alumnus 1937 Queens College, City University of New York Sam R. Petrocelli, Alumnus 1940 Cisco Junior College William Leland Willis, President 1942 Northrop Institute of Technology William J. Allee, Alumnus 1943 The University of Texas Dental Branch at Houston John Victor Olson, Dean 1947 Texas Southern University Granville M. Sawyer, President 1947 University of Corpus Christi Kenneth A. Maroney, President 1947 The University of St. Thomas The Reverend Patrick O. Braden, President 1948 Brazosport College John Raleigh Jackson, President 1950 The University of Alabama in Huntsville Ray Rowland Ayers, Alumnus 1955 United States Air Force Academy Major Donald Ellis, Department of Athletics 1957 Lubbock Christian College Elton D. Cook, Chairman, Agriculture Department 1957 South Plains College Marvin L. Baker, President 1957 State University of New York at Stony Brook Miss Sheila R. Davis, Alumna 1960 Houston Baptist College William H. Hinton, President 1961 San Jacinto College Thomas M. Spencer, President 1963 Florida Technological University Charles N. Millican, President 1963 University of South Alabama Ralph Traxler, Jr., Dean, College of Business and Management Studies 1965 Tarrant County Junior College Joe B. Rushing, Chancellor 1965 Texas State Technical Institute Roy W. Dugger, President 1966 Angelina College Jack W. Hudgins, President Additional Delegates 1807 University of Maryland James L. Rand, Alumnus 1852 Tufts University Lawrence Edward Lundgren, Field Representative 1856 Seton Hall University Edward A. Rizzolo, Alumnus 1867 State University College at Buffalo Mrs. Richard Ivey, Alumna 1875 Indiana University of Pennsylvania Miss Julie Donley, Alumna 1889 University of Northern Colorado William R. Forkner, Alumnus 1892 The University of North Carolina at Greensboro Mrs. R. L. Brown, Alumna 1945 Roosevelt University Mrs. Phyllis R. Sager, Alumna Delegates of Learned Societies and Professional Organizations 1780 American Academy of Arts and Sciences Arthur E. Martell 1817 The New York Academy of Sciences Minoru Tsutsui, Past President 1887 The Society of the Sigma Xi John Phillip McGovern 1888 American Mathematical Society Justin Thomas Lloyd 1847 American Medical Association John Thomas Lamar McNew 1848 The American Association for the Advancement of Science Eugene P. Van Arsdel 1852 American Society of Civil Engineers James R. Sims, Vice President 1857 The American Institute of Architects Preston M. Bolton, Secretary 1863 National Academy of Sciences Horace R. Byers 1871 American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers John S. Bell, President 1876 American Chemical Society Charles D. Holland, Past President, A &M- Baylor Section 1876 American Library Association Richard E. Getz 1880 The American Society of Mechanical Engineers Richard B. Robertson, Vice President, Region X 1883 Modern Language Association of America Clarence Lee Cline 1885 The Tau Beta Pi Association Bob M. Galla wa y 1888 The Geological Society of America, Incorporated Melvin Carroll Schroeder, Secretary, South - Central Section 1889 The American Academy of Political and Social Science Claude H. Hall 1889 American Physical Society Gilbert N. Plass 1891 Texas Academy of Science Sidney O. Brown, Past President 1895 Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Gordon W. Sweet, Executive Secretary, Commission on Colleges 1897 The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi J. C. Fitzgerald, Regional Vice President 1897 Texas State Historical Association Cooper K. Ragan, President 1899 The American Astronomical Society Harlan J. Smith, Divisional Councillor 1899 Phi Lambda Upsilon Curtis Edward Hudman, President, Beta Beta Chapter 1900 American Philosophical Association Manuel M. Davenport 1903 1911 American Political Science Association National Council of Teachers of English Wilbourn E. Benton Miss Anne L. Campbell 1903 1912 American Society for Horticultural Science Association for Education in Journalism Donald R. Paterson, Chairman, C. J. Leabo Southern Region 1913 1903 American Alumni Council Texas Veterinary Medical Association Richard Weirus Robert Addis Emmett, President 1913 1905 American Society of Zoologists National Audubon Society Rezneat M. Darnell John L. Spinks, Jr., Southwest Field Representative 1913 Society of Petroleum Engineers 1906 Robert H. McLemore, Past President American Society of Biological Chemists, 1915 Incorporated American Association of University Raymond Reiser Professors 1907 James J. Hagerty, President, American Society of Agricultural Engineers Sam Houston State University Chapter Price Hobgood, Past President 1915 1907 Association of American Colleges American Society of Agronomy William G. Tanner Morris E. Bloodworth 1915 1908 Mathematical Association of America American Institute of Chemical Engineers W. T. Guy, Jr. E. L. Ekholm, Director 1915 1908 Texas Society of Certified Public American Phytopathological Society Accountants David W. Rosberg Miller Montag, President 1908 1916 American Society of Animal Science Association of Texas Colleges and L. S. Pope Universities 1908 J. Stewart Allen, Executive Director The Poultry Science Association, 1916 Incorporated The Optical Society of America C. B. Ryan, Secretary- Treasurer George Kattawar 1909 1917 Sigma Delta Chi American Association of Petroleum David R. Bowers Geologists 1910 Travis J. Parker American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers 1917 Calvin A. Cumbie, Vice President American College Public Relations for Records and Registration Association 1910 Patrick J. Nicholson, Past President Phi Delta Kappa 1918 Herman D. Brown, President American Council on Education College Station Chapter Philip G. Hoffman 1919 American Geophysical Union Anton L. Hales 1919 American Meteorological Society Vance E. Moyer 1920 Highway Research Board of National Academy of Sciences W. Ronald Hudson 1922 Southern Economic Association Alfred E. Chalk 1923 Southwestern Sociological Association Harry W. Martin, President 1923 Texas Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation Miss Jane Patterson, President 1924 The American Society of Parasitologists Sewell H. Hopkins 1924 The American Society of Plant Physiologists Johannes van Overbeek 1924 Linguistic Society of America Jack Autrey Dabbs 1926 The American Institute of Chemists Charles Kinney Hancock 1928 The American Institute of Nutrition Mrs. Carl Vanderzant 1929 Institute of Mathematical Statistics H. O. Hartley 1930 Society of Exploration Geophysicists Milton B. Dobrin, Past President 1933 Conference of College Teachers of English J. Gordon Eaker, President -Elect 1933 United States Department of Agriculture. Soil Conservation Service Clyde W. Graham, State Conservationist 1934 National Society of Professional Engineers Robert L. Nichols, National Director 1936 Texas Institute of Letters Joseph M. Nance 1937 American Public Works Association, Texas Chapter John J. Roark, President 1937 The Wildlife Society Frederick F. Knowlton, Administrative Board, Texas Chapter 1938 Rural Sociological Society Bardin Nelson 1939 The College English Association Harrison E. Hierth 1939 Southwestern Philosophical Society Richard Becka 1939 Texas Society of Architects Thomas A. Bullock, President 1940 Institute of Food Technologists Edward E. Burns 1940 South Central Modern Language Association Alfred R. Neumann, Past President 1940 Vocational Agriculture Teachers Association of Texas W. H. Meischen, Executive Secretary 1947 Forest Products Research Society Anders E. Lund, Board Member 1947 Mountain - Plains Philosophical Conference Charles E. Harris, Jr. 1948 American Geological Institute John Crawford Maxwell, President 1948 Society for Range Management Lorenz F. Bredemeier, President 1949 Sabine River Authority of Texas John W. Simmons, Executive Vice President and General Manager 1951 American Studies Association Melvin Rosser Mason 1954 Renaissance Society of America Robert W. Barzak 1955 American Nuclear Society Richard E. Wainerdi, Chairman, Isotopes and Radiation Division 1955 Crop Science Society of America Thomas R. Richmond 1955 The Geochemical Society John A. S Adams 1955 National Broiler Council R. Frank Frazier, Executive Vice President 1956 American Institute of Planners Vernon G. Henry, President, Gulf Southwest Chapter 1956 The Catalysis Society Joe Walter Hightower, Board of Directors 1956 Congressional Medal of Honor Society Eli L. Whiteley, President 1959 University Corporation for Atmospheric Research John C. Calhoun, Jr., Trustee 1960 The Rocky Mountain Social Science Association Jerry F. Dawson, Secretary- Treasurer 1961 American Association of State Colleges and Universities D. Whitney Halladay 1963 American Institute of Professional Geologists Robert R. Berg, President 1963 Organization for Tropical Studies, Incorporated John F. Griffiths, Chairman, Meteorology Committee 1965 Gulf Universities Research Corporation James M. Sharp, President 1965 International Association of Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry Earl ingerson, President 1965 World's Poultry Science Association, American Section John Henry Quisenberry 1967 Texas Association of State Senior College and University Business Officers William C. English, President 1969 Southern Agricultural Economics Association J. Rod Martin, Journal Editor 1969 Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists John I. Wheeler, Jr., Vice Chairman Representatives of the Faculty Additional faculty members marching as delegates N% Thomas W. Adair I II James F. Creagan Henry Louis Alsmeyer, Jr. Clarence R. Creger Stanley Louis Archer Horace Staley Creswell Keith Alan Arnold Richard Harvey Davis, Jr. Robert Leon Atkinson James Henry Denton Edmond Ira Bailey Henry Clay Dethloff Eric Wayne Baldwin Julius Walter Dieckert Richard Henry Ballinger Lawrence Samuel Dillon Horace Truette Barron Joe Boris Dixon James Wilbur Bassett William Jackson Dobson George Winston Bates James Walton Dollahite William Wallace Bay Edwin Beale Doran, Jr. Robert P. Beals Linus James Dowell William Louis Beasley Dennis M. Driscoll Rurel Roger Bell Burns B. DuBose Earl Dean Bennett Nelson Mark Duller, Jr. Joseph Bicknell James Marion Elliott Luther Smith Bird Mrs. Anne Marie Elmquist George Robert Blakley Norman Harry Erb James L. Boone, Jr. David Armstrong Fahlquist Charles Leroy Boyd Roger Guy Feldman Robert Earl Branson Mrs. Eleanor Johnson Fendler David Whitehead Brooks William P. Fife Jonel L. Brown Robert Holton Fletcher Archie Rostron Burgess Archie Ingram Flowers Richard Landon Bury Milden Jene Fox, Jr. James Harvey Caddess Guy Arthur Franceschini Melvin Ray Calliham Richard Allan Frederiksen Jack Kenagy Campbell Rudolf J. Freund Leland Arnold Carlson Howard Lee Furr George F. Carter Charles Edgar Gates Purvis M. Carter John Paul German Stanley Chaberek Richard A. Geyer Howard Louis Chevalier Attilio Jose Giarola James Edward Christiansen Earl Carnley Gilmore, Jr. Donald Raye Clark Everett Ruthven Glazener Keith Allen Clark Chester Alexander Gleiser Bryant F. Cobb II I Marshall Reid Godwin Robert Glenn Cochran Irving S. Goldstein Dwight Colbur Conway Phillip Barron Goode Patrick H. Corbett Howard L. Graven Jack Phillip CoVan Ronald Davis Grigsby Leland Creed Grumbles Phillip W. Ljungdahl John Pollard Guinn, Jr. Stanley Howard Lowy Floyd Littleton Gunn Jack Horner Lunsford Clovis R. Haden James David McCrady William E. Haensly William Straight McCulley Charles Lynn Hall Wayne Gunther McCully Robert Stanley Halliwell William Edward McCune Gary M. Halter John Gilbert McGuire Robert Charles Hansen William James McGuire Kenn E. Harding William Carlton McMullan Harold Leslie Hawkins Edgar Dowling McMurray Leslie Virgle Hawkins James Utah McNeal Richard Marion Hedges Ronald Duncan Macfarlane Robert A. Henry Walter Scott Manning Paul Reginald Hensarling James Hyde Marsh Michael Roy Herron Clessen Jay Martin Edward Allen Hiler Fred Dry Maurer Teddy James Hirsch Irving M. May, Jr. Lannes H. Hope Gilbert Eugene Mayeux Kalman Horvath Adil M. Mayyasi Joseph Ilika Robert Glenn Merrifield Miss Billie I. Ingram Murray Hudson Milford Arthur Furman Isbell Charles Standish Miller Howard Ernest Joham Thomas Lloyd Miller Donald Johnson Haskell Moorman Monroe, Jr. Glenn Ross Johnson Richard Wayne Moore Mrs. Sara Jarvis Jones Kenneth S. Most Sidney Auston Kerley Daryle W. Morgan Harry Lee Kidd Ivory V. Nelson Nat Mathan Kieffer David Jerry Norton Warren J. Kilpatrick Allan G. Parker Miss Clarissa Kimber Thomas Lee Payne Kenneth Warren Knauer James Franklin Peirce Earl H. Knebel Willis E. Pequegnat Zoltan Joseph Kosztolnyik Kenneth Ray Pierce George Martin Krise Larry Gene Pointer Harry Peter Kroitor Wilbur Arthur Porter Willie F. Krueger Richard Carmichael Potts Otto Robert Kunze Robert Delafield Powell Carl Wilson Landiss John Christian Ramge Wendell A. Landmann James Leland Rand Curtis Franklin Lard Clifford Howell Ransdell Rudolph Elmo Leighton Leslie Merle Reid Charles Lee Leinweber Don A. Rice Donald H. Lewis John Kamm Riggs Coleman Monroe Loyd Larry Joel Ringer Arthur J. Roach, Jr. Richard Michael Robinson Charles Alvard Rodenberger William M. Romane Timothy L. Rose Robert Clayton Runnels William W. Saitta, Jr. Clay Luzenberg Seward, Jr. David Eugene Schob Gilbert Loren Schroeter Raymond Francis Sis Robert Leonard Skrabanek Eugene Bartell Smith John Brewster Smith William Boyce Smith Joseph Sonnenfeld Anton Marinus Sorensen, Jr. Terry Warren Spencer John Jerome Sperry Mrs. Richard William Stadelman Lawrence Edward Stark Raymond Dale Staten David W. Stearns Randall Stelly Billy Ray Stewart Ralph Woodrow Storts Miss Alice C. Stubbs Frank William Suggitt Thomas Tamotsu Sugihara Harry Jerome Sweet Michael Szabuniewicz Willard Allen Taber Walter Hendrix Thames, Jr. John Gordon Thomas Aylmer Henry Thompson Herbert Gordon Thompson, Jr. John George Hatch Thompson Louis Jean Thompson Tyrus Raymond Timm Robert William Toler William Kennedy Upham Johannes Petrus Van Buijtenen Horace William Van Cleave Carlton Stevens Van Doren Paul Pritchard Van Riper Walter A. Varvel Edward E. Vezey Richard Frank Vogel Gustav McKee Watkins Rand Lewis Watson Leroy C. Weaver Earl Sherman Webb Leonard Dale Webb Roger Dale Whealy Ulysses Grant Whitehouse Robert Senters Wick John P. Wiebe Lambert Henry Wilkes Thomas H. Williams Arthur Vernon Wolfe Howard Stephen Wolko Charley V. Wootan Mark Francis Young Executive Committee of the Academic Council Jack Kenny Williams, President Alvin R. Luedecke, Executive Vice President Horace R. Byers, Academic Vice President John C. Calhoun, Jr., Vice President for Programs and Dean, College of Geosciences Tom D. Cherry, Vice President for Business Affairs Andrew D. Suttle, Jr., Vice President for Research Fred J. Benson, Dean, College of Engineering, and Director, Texas Engineering Experiment Station James P. Hannigan, Dean of Students H. Lloyd Heaton, Dean of Admissions and Records Frank W. R. Hubert, Dean, College of Education H. O. Kunkel, Dean, College of Agriculture, and Acting Director, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station George W. Kunze, Dean, Graduate College W. David Maxwell, Dean, College of Liberal Arts John E. Pearson, Dean, College of Business Administration John M. Prescott, Dean, College of Science Alvin A. Price, Dean, College of Veterinary Medicine Edward J. Romieniec, Dean, College of Architecture and Environmental Design Harold D. Bearden, Director, Texas Engineering Extension Service James D. Craik, Superintendent, Texas Maritime Academy John E. Hutchison, Director, Texas Agricultural Extension Service Paul R. Kramer, Director, Texas Forest Service Edwin H. Cooper, Secretary Student Senate Kent A. Caperton, President Ira F. Lee Robert P. Miller, Vice President Tommy W. Mayes William E. Hartsfield, Recording Secretary Frank D. McAllister Edward E. Duryea, Treasurer Bernard A. McGowen Michael J. Barrett James McLeroy Anthony J. Best John C. Moore Randall E. Betty Mrs. Carole A. Murphy William L. Braddy Paul R. Nauschutz Bruce A. Brant James P. O'Jibway Richard E. Briscoe Russell D. Phillips Kirby L. Brown Philip J. Phillips Thomas B. Buckman Paul Puryear Ronald E. Burke Richard H. Rau Samuel J. Buser William L. Read Pearee C. Chase Carl J. Richko Hoyt William Clark Robert S. Riggs David M. Cristiani Sam Roosth Ronald V. Crabtree Randle Russell Ross E. William Darkoch Miss Barbara Beate Sears Edwin M. Dayton John S. Sharp Miss Debra A. Drashpil Roger Sindt G. Sam Drugan Miss Jean E. Snider Michael M. Essmyer Ronald N. Tomas Miss Charlotte L. Gay Gerald Witkowski James W. Griffith Dan Zivney William T. Hamilton Sayeed Hassan Bert T. Henderson Ex- Officio Members Kenny R. Hensley Charles F. Hicks Jack A. Abbott F. Malcom Hofstetter Thomas C. Bain Steven R. Hook Charles A. Bedinger Contlandt P. Houchard Dennis K. Chapman James Harvey Hudson Nicholas J. Jiga Richard Huddleston Miss Jean Mah Mark S. Kidd Randall L. Maness Loren Moses King R. B. McGowen Raymond H. Kopecky David S. Middlebrooke Joe Neal Kornegay Samuel 0. Olivarez Stanley D. Kosanke William E. Shepard Layne E. Kruse George W. Walton The Stage Party Members of the Board of Directors Jack Kenny Williams, President, Texas A &M University and The Texas A &M University System Gibb Gilchrist, Chancellor Emeritus, The Texas A &M University System M. T. Harrington, Former Chancellor, The Texas A &M University System Bishop Kenneth W. Copeland Representing the State Governor Preston E. Smith Lieutenant Governor Ben Barnes State Representative Gus F. Mutscher, Speaker of the House of Representatives State Senator William T. Moore State Representative Bill Presnal Wayne E. Thomas, Chairman, Coordinating Board, Texas College and University System Bevington Reed, Commissioner of Higher Education Representing the Nation United States Senator John G. Tower United States Representative Olin E. Teague Representing the Delegates Philip G. Hoffman, President, University of Houston Representing Parts of The Texas A &M University System Alvin I. Thomas, President, Prairie View Agricultural and Mechanical College W. O. Trogdon, President, Tarleton State College H. O. Kunkel, Acting Director, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station John E. Hutchison, Director, Texas Agricultural Extension Service Fred J. Benson, Director, Texas Engineering Experiment Station H. D. Bearden, Director, Texas Engineering Extension Service Paul R. Kramer, Director, Texas Forest Service James D. Craik, Superintendent, Texas Maritime Academy Representing the Students Kent A. Caperton, President, Student Senate Representing the Faculty Haskell M. Monroe, Jr., Associate Professor of History Representing the Alumni Leslie L. Appelt, President, The Association of Former Students Board of Directors Clyde H. Wells, President Granbury and Dallas A. P. Beutel, Vice President Lake Jackson Ford D. Albritton, Jr. Bryan H. C. Bell, Jr. Austin H. C. Heldenfels Corpus Christi William H. Lewie, Jr. Waco Peyton McKnight, Jr. Tyler and Bryan L. F. Peterson Fort Worth S. B. Whittenburg Amarillo Recipients of Distinguished Alumni Award James W. Aston Ernest D. Brockett, Jr. R. Wofford Cain Roy B. Davis Wilfred T. Doherty J. Harold Dunn James H. Galloway Richard A. Goodson Dewitt C. Greer Michel T. Halbouty Edward F. Knipling Carl C. Krueger William W. Lynch Alvin R. Luedecke Walter C. McGee, Jr. William E. Morgan Edward J. Mosher Marion J. Neeley John W. Newton Sam H. Sanders Horace A. Sawyer Bernard A. Schriever Olin E. Teague William E. Tinus Francis C. Turner Henry B. Zachry Deceased Tyree Bell A. D. Bruce James Earl Rudder Administrations of Texas A &M University Thomas Sanford Gathright 1876 -1879 John Garland James 1879 -1883 James Reed Cole 1883 Hardaway Hunt Dinwiddie* 1883 -1887 Louis Lowry McInnis 1887 -1890 William Lorraine Bringhurst 1890 -1891 Lawrence Sullivan Ross 1891 -1898 Roger Haddock Whitlock 1898 Lafayette Lumpkin Foster 1898 -1901 Roger Haddock Whitlock 1901 -1902 David Franklin Houston 1902 -1905 Henry Hill Harrington 1905 -1908 Robert Teague Milner 1908 -1913 Charles Puryear 1913 -1914 William Bennett Bizzell 1914 -1925 Thomas Otto Walton 1925 -1943 Frank Cleveland Bolton 1943 -1944 Gibb Gilchrist 1944 -1948 Frank Cleveland Bolton 1948 -1950 Marion Thomas Harrington 1950 -1953 David Hitchens Morgan 1953 -1956 David Willard Williams 1956 -1957 Marion Thomas Harrington (Second Term) 1957 -1959 James Earl Rudder 1959 -1970 Alvin R. Luedecke 1970 Jack Kenny Williams 1970- Administrations of The Texas A &M University System Gibb Gilchrist 1948 -1957 Marion Thomas Harrington 1957 -1965 James Earl Rudder 1965 -1970 Alvin R. Luedecke 1970 Jack Kenny Williams 1970- Entries in italics represent Acting Presidents 'Held formal title of "Chairman of the Faculty" Inaugural Committee Horace R. Byers, Chairman Robert L. Boone Kenneth C. Brundidge Kent A. Caperton Robert G. Cherry Tom D. Cherry Edwin H. Cooper Fred W. Dollar James P. Hannigan H. Lloyd Heaton Carl W. Landiss W. David Maxwell Haskell M. Monroe, Jr. Donald M. Olson Mrs. Gilbert N. Plass Robert H. Rucker Wayne C. Stark Lane B. Stephenson Van H. Taylor Robert D. Turpin Howard L. Vestal Richard Weirus Inaugural Staff Mrs. Billy W. Albright Mrs. Dennis G. Johnston Mrs. Todd Christopher Miss Mary Ellen Lynch Acknowledgments Organ courtesy A &M United Methodist Church Installation of musical equipment by Stuart Pianos & Organs