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Professor aids students
Educational, financial help
By JEFF BRADY
Stuff Writer
For some Texas A&M University
professors, giving and sharing are
practices that don’t stop when class is
over or the semester has ended.
In fact, many have taken it upon
themselves to contribute money
from their own pockets to schol
arship funds within various A&M
colleges.
One of those professors in the
College of Architecture and Envi
ronmental Design is former Depart
ment Head Edward J. Romieniec,
who has been helping architecture
| students for more than 13 years —
educationally and financially.
“He’s a professional educator,”
I says current Department Head John
Greer. "He loves to teach and he
loves his students.”
For the past 13 years Romieniec
has provided a $300 scholarship out
of his own pocket for the University
to award to undergraduate female
students in the college.
Recently he expanded his dona
tion by committing $10,000 through
the Texas Architectural Foundation
to endow two bigger scholarships for
undergraduate and graduate
women.
"I don’t know how it all got star
ted,” Romieniec says, describing the
$10,000 f und.
“I just decided that the women on
this campus weren’t getting enough
support,” he says. “It isn’t that I’m
prej udice.”
It began in 1969 when Romieniec,
who was serving as the first dean of
the college, discovered a female stu
dent was about to drop out of school
only one summer session before
graduation due to lack of funds.
Romieniec gave her $ 100 to regis
ter, finish school and graduate,
Greer says.
Since then he has provided $300
every year through the Texas A&M
University Development Office to an
undergraduate woman studying en-
\ ironmental design.
Last fall Romieniec boosted his
aid by committing $5,000 to endow
an undergraduate scholarship and
in January he gave another $5,000
for a graduate scholarship.
“ There are very few professors
who have done this sort of thing,”
Greer says. “His motivation is a de
sire to support education and to help
people that need financial assistance
to continue their education.”
The female recipients are selected
as a part of the University scholastic
program and are visually juniors or
seniors.
“They usually know who he is or
make a point to find out,” Greer
says. “Everyone is pleased to get rec
ognized.”
The actual amount they receive
each year will depend on the prime
interest rate and should be around
$400 each, Greer says.
“His whole life has been dedicated
to architecture students,” Greer
adds. “His relationships are special
and he shows that in many ways.”
ling s
is his
arships Romieniec designs his owm
Christmas cards, which are sent each
year to every student he’s ever had.
He also has helped establish annual
design awards for students in ar
chitecture.
“His operation is a family opera
tion,” Greer says. “Romieniec, the
man, is a legend.”
Professor says congressmen have
major constitutional differences
By KENNETH PEMBERTON
Reporter
Professor Richard F. Fenno Jr.
told a group of faculty and graduate
students Wednesday that many
problems exist when doing research
about senators and representatives.
Fenno, president of the American
Political Science Association, visited
the A&M campus and spoke at an in
formal research seminar sponsored
by the political science department.
Fenno said he interviewed many
congressmen in the ’70s and ’80s.
“Most of my time was spent travel
ing around the country with con
gressmen in their districts trying to
see what their view of the world
was,” he said. “If I was a social scien
tist, Td have all sorts of figures for
you, but what I have are my impres
sions and perceptions.”
Fenno said one of several difficult
steps in researching congressmen is
gaining access to them.
'“They are usually so busy that
they never seem to have time for
you,” he said. “Plus they aren’t inter
ested in you anyway if you’re not a
lobbyist or a constituent.”
When comparing senators to rep
resentatives, Fenno noted one major
dif ference people seem to overlook.
“One of the major differences be
tween senators and representatives
is the length of their terms,” he said.
“The representative (during his
two—year term) never forgets how
to campaign and the senator (during
his six—year term) never remem
bers. He or she is usually either
green or rusty at campaigning . . .
“The Senate is highly individualis
tic in comparison to the House —
and it doesn’t mold people like the
House does. In the Senate, if you en
ter as a carpenter, chances are you’ll
leave as a carpenter.”
Fenno said he thinks the differ
ences between the House and the
Senate are a result of their Constitu
tional differences: the length of
term, the size of the constituency,
the contrast in size of the two houses
and the differences in policy prerog
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