The Texas Aggie. (College Station, Tex.) 1921-current, July 01, 1963, Image 3
Association District Vice -Presidents Work Hard The enthusiastic work of its leaders is what gives direction to the spirit of the Association of Former Students. Among the busiest of these are the District Vice- Presidents of the Association. They attend nearby A&M Club meetings, aid in local Association Development Fund activities, and attend meetings of the Executive Board—plus doing many other things to help Texas A&M. On this page are stories about the men who became new District Vice-Presidents of the Association in 1963. They joined Oscar L. Crain ’30, District I, Lub- bock; Ed Durrett ’40, II, Odessa; W. C. Lonquist ’48, IX, Corpus Christi; and Royce Wisenbaker ’39, V, Tyler, as District Vice-Presidents and members of the Executive Board. (For features on Crain, Durrett, Lonquist, and Wisenbaker, see the December 1962 issue of the Aggie.) By giving selflessly of their time, this group of leaders contribute immeasurably to the success of the Association of Former Students by spearheading Form- er Student activities in their areas. Chamlee A prominent Temple busi- ness man and civic leader is the Association’s District VI Vice-President. He is William (Bill). Chainlee ’53, partner in the architectural firm of Ruck- er & Chamlee. In 1962 he was elected Pres- ident of the Bell County A&M Club, of the Board of Directors of which he is now a member. He is a member of the First Baptist Church; the Temple Planning Commission; Temple Lions Club; and Temple Jay- cees. His professional affiliations include the Texas Society of Architects and the American Institute of Architects. He entered A&M in 1949, after having attended Tarleton State College for two years, and was graduated in May 1953 with a Bachelor of Archi- tecture degree. While a student at A&M he served as Secretary of the Architectural Society and as President of the Baptist Stu- dent Council; he also worked as a student waiter at the Memorial Student Center. He is a charter member of the Brazos Chapter, Student A ffil- iation, of the American insti- tute of Architects. He was a First Lieutenant in the USAR 1952-62 and served in the Korean War. Bill and his wife Ann have two daughters, Betsi and Margaret. Clarke The Association’s Vice-Pres- ident for Louisiana is Fred Clarke ’41 who, as Division Superintendent, directs the Tennessee Gas Pipeline facili- ties in South Louisiana, South Mississippi, and offshore Louisiana, with headquarters in Lafayette. He was born in Charleston, West Virginia, but moved to Texas with his family at an early age. He was graduated from the high school in Cole- man in 1936 and entered A&M the following year. In thinking over his exper- iences while he was a mechani- July 1963 cal engineering student at A&M, the oil company execu- tive has declared his most interesting one was “slipping into stadiums and seeing 9 games during the 1939 foot- ball season—a dry year for me financially but a great one tor A&M.” He saw four years of active duty in World War II. For his performance as an Army bomber pilot on antisubmarine duty in the Caribbean he was awarded the Air Medal “for meritorious achievement while participating in long-range ocean patrol flights.” Clarke is a Past President of the Lafayette A&M Club and a former City Develop- ment Fund Chairman. He is a member of the Vestry of the Church of the Ascension, Episcopal, and of the Petro- leum Club of Lafayette. He and his wife Jeanette have two daughters, Leslie Ann and Janet Lee. Eddins A man whose favorite out- door sport is growing jumbo tomatoes is Vice-President At- Large for the Association of Former Students. He is H. A. Eddins ’31, President of the Oklahoma Natural Gas Com- pany in Tulsa, whose utility career includes experience in construction, rates, sales, en- gineering, finance, and re- organization and management involving manufactured and natural gas companies. His civic and professional records are most impressive. He is a Director of the First National Bank & Trust Com- pany of Tulsa and the Okla- homa Cement Company, and a Trustee of the University of Tulsa and the Oklahoma City University Industrial Founda- tion. In 1962 he was elected a member of the Board of Direc- tors of the Chamber of Com- merce of the United States to represent election District Seven, including Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and Louisiana. He is a member of the Boards of Directors of the Eddins Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation and the American Gas and the South- ern Gas Associations. Called into service in 1941 with the Army Corps of En- gineers, Eddins was released from duty in 1945 as a Colonel; he is a recipient of the Legion of Merit award. Eddins and his wife Claire have a son, Henry A., Jr., and a daughter, Marsha Claire. Jauer Will-Ed Jauer ’39, the Asso- ciation’s District VIII Vice- President, who has ser-ed us Secretary, Vice-President, and President of the San Antonio A&M Club, and an active participant in that city’s Devel- opment Fund campaigns, was Chairman of the Club’s Out- standing Teachers Award Committee for 1963. It was his pleasure to present $500 to the award winner at the annual awards banquet held at the Aggie Park in Alamo City. A graduate of the Command & General Staff School, Jauer saw extensive service in the Air Force and retired as a Major. His decorations include the American Theater, the Pre- Pearl Harbor, and the Victory Medals. The prominent San Antonio business man is a partner in Lentz, Newton & Company, members of the New York Stock Exchange. He is an allied member of the New York Stock Exchange and a member of the National Association of Securities Deal- ers. He is a member of the Alamo Heights Rotary Club, the Can- yon Creek Country Club, and the St. Mark’s Episcopal Church. He and his wife, Marion, who live at 303 Teakwood Lane, have two sons: Jeffrey E., and David W.; and a grand- son, Jeffrey E. Jr. Montgomery The District VII Vice-Pres- ident of the Association, Val- edictorian of the ’41 Class, attended Harvard Graduate School of Business Administra- tion on a National Scholarship from 1941-42, and was grad- uated from the George Wash- ington University Law School Chamlee Jauer Pool in 1948. Jeff Montgomery also served as Editor of the Texas A&M Engineer, Secre- tary-Treasurer of the Senior Class, and President of the Student Petroleum Engineers Club during his college years. President of the Kirby Petroleum Company in Hous- ton, Montgomery is a Regis- tered Professional Engineer, and a member of the American Institute of Management, the State Bar of Texas, the Ameri- can Association of Petroleum Geologists, the = American Petroleum Institute, the Amer- ican Bar Association, and the American Institute of Mining & Metallurgical Engineers. He entered the U. S. Army Air Force in 1942 and was re- leased in 1946 as a Major. He is a Precinct Chairman for the Harris County Republi- can Party and President of the Board of Trustees of the First Unitarian Church. Jeff and his wife Leonora are parents of two sons and two daughters. Pool District IIT of the Associa- tion has as its Vice-President Frank M. Pool ’40, who worked successively as a janitor, a janitor foreman, and a lab assistant during his sojourn at A&M and attained the rating of Distinguished Student and the rank of Cadet Captain. He worked for the Humble Oil & Refining Company from June 1941, until January 1942, Clarke Montgomery Sheridan when he was called to Army duty. His many decorations in- clude the Distinguished Serv- ie Cross, the Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster, and the French Legion of Merit with Croix de Guerre and Palm. At the close of World War IT he went back to work for Humble. He resigned in 1948 to establish the Pool Well Servicing Company, San An- gelo, of which he is President. He: is "a Director of the General Telephone Company of the Southwest and the Texas Independent Producers and oyalty Owners Association. He is a Director and a member of the Executive Board of the Concho Valley Boy Scouts of America and Director of the United Fund for Tom Green County. The- District “Veep” is . a popular public speaker and the author of a number of articles and papers. Mr. and Mrs. Pool have a son and two daughters. Sheridan E. D. (Icky) Sheridan 27, who was born in Rock Springs, Wyoming, and attended Ste- phen F. Austin grade school and Bryan Street High School in Dallas, is the Association’s District IV Vice-President. Superintendent of Construe- tion and Engineering for the E. L. Dalton & Company, a Dallas construction and en- (See VEEPS, Page 4) 3