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GIBB GILCHKI8T
Prtsident of A. & M. Gibb
Gilchrist was born in Wills
Point, Texas on December 23,
1887, Upon graduation from
Wills Point High School in
1905, he entered Southwest
ern University, later enrolling
in the University of Texas. In
1909 he received his degree in
Civil Engineering from the
University. •
From 1910 to 1917 Prartfeat
Gilchrist whs employed in the En
gineering Division of the Santa Fe
Railroad, with principal activities
in location and construction. Dur
ing the last three years of this
service, he was special assistant to
the president of the railroad.
Commissioned a first lieutenant
in the Corps of Engineers in Octo-
tx r, 1917, Gilchrist was called to
active dutv on January 1, 1918. In
October of that year he was com
missioned a captain, serving over
seas until June, 1919.
Soon after discharge, Gilchrist
accepted a position with the Texas
Highway Department, serving as
State Highway Engineerj«fTe«M
in 1984-lV He resigned from the
Highway Department in 1988 and
became a member of the consult*
Nig firm of Nagle, Witt, Rollins,
am! Gilchrist In I98N he resumed
his dutie* as State Highway En
gineer
v In 19.17 President Gilchrist re-
timtulshSd hie position with the
Highwsji Department to become
Dean of the School of Engineering
at A. A M. Upon the dismissal of
',T. O Walton hi 1944, Oikhrtat was
named president of A. A M.
President Gilchrist has been
awarded the honorary degrees of
D.Sc. by Austin College; LLD by
Baylor University; and LLD by
Southwestern University. He is a
member of the American Society
of Civil Engineers, Texas Society
of Professional Engineers, Insti
tute of Aeronautical Sciences;
American Society for Engineering
Education, Philosophical Soot!) of
Texas, the Kiwanis, and the Knight
of Templar.
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F. C. BOLTON
Dr. Frank C. Bolton, Executiee
Vice-President and Dean of the
College, was born at Pontotoc, Mis
sissippi on March 24, 1883. He was
graduated from Mississippi State
College in 1905, and had further
college training at Cornell Uni
versity, University of Chicago, Uni
versity of Wisconsin, and Ohio
State University. He was swarded
the degree of Master of Science
by the latter institution in 1928-
Austin College awarded Dean Bol
ton the honorary degree of LLD
in 1932.
He wag a member of the electri
cal engineering teaching staff of
Mississippi State College from
1905-99, during which time he was
promoted to associate professor. In
1999, he headed the A. A M. De
partment of Electrical Engineering
and during World War I he was
Director of Military Education Ac
tivitiea of the college.
In 1922 Dr. Bolton became Dean
of the School of Engineering, and
in. 1931, the duties of Dean of the
College were added. At that time
he resigned as head of the Depart
ment of Eleetrical Engineering, but
•ontmued teaching in the depart
menl. In 1987, Bolton gave up the
position of Engineering Dean in be
come Executive Vice-l*resident of
the ( i>llege
Dr. Bifwo has been oettre in the
Amerienn Society of Electrirol Rn
finecra for many years, and tor
two years he served
deal of that society.
vice-piwel
H. W. BABl/OT
Dma of Eagtaarrtag
In addition to his ragobr duties,
be has frequently served as a con
sulting engineer. In the summer of
1938, he prepared a report on the
cost of electrical power in certain
section! of Texas. Since 1927 he
has been a member of the Texas
Farm Electrification Committee,
and since 1985, has been chairman
of that organisation.
In 1938-37, he was chairman of
the engineering section of the As
sociation of Land-Grand Colleges
and Universities.
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C N. SHEPARDSON
Charles N. Shepardson, Dean of
the School of Agriculture, eras born
on a farm near Littleton, Colorado
in 1895. He received his B. S. de
bt Animal Husbandry from
Colorado A. A M. hi 1917, whore'
he earned two letter* aa center on
the vanity football team. He waa
captain of the squad one year and
All-Conference center two yean.
In 1917 Shepardson was com
missioned captain in the Infantry.
He spent two yean In the service,
eighteen months of which was
overseas. The ftnt nine months he
spent at Bordeaux, France as
transportation offieer, and during
the last nine months he was base
transportation offieer in Epinal,
France, a little city nestled In the
Vosges Mountains.
After his discharge, Shepardson
spent six months on the Colorado
State Dairy Commission In 1980
he returned to Colorado A. A M
as associate professor in charge of
dairy production. In addition he
was line coach of the Colorado
Aggies varsity squad, and froeh-
man coach fbr two years.
In 1983-24, Dean Shepardson was
assistant freshman coach at Iowa
State College. He received hla M.S.
degree in Dairy Manufacturing
from Iowa State in 1924.
It was in the fall of 1928 that
Dean Shepardson first came to
Texas A A M. as head of the
Dairy 'Husbandry Department In
the fall of 1944 Shepardson suc
ceeded E. J. Kyle as Dean of the
School of Agriculture.
Fdr the past five years he has
been a member of the Athletic
Council at A. A M.
Dean Shepardson has served as
president of the Southern Section
of the American Dairy Association,
and is now a director of the Ameri
can Dairy Association. For three
years he was a director of the
Texas Jersey Cattle Club, a direc
tor of the American Jersey Cattle
(Tub, and president of the Ameri
can Dairy Managers’ Association.
In 1937 Dean Shepardson was a
U. S. delegate to the World Dairy
Conference in Berlin, and in 1940
he represented the United States
Dairies at the Inter-American con
ference at Mexico City.
The Alumni Association of Colo
rado A. A M. presented him, in
1939, the Alumni Trophy, awarded
annually to a graduate who excell
ed in athletics during his under
graduate day* and who has shown
great achievement in his chosen
profession in later years.
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RALPH C Dl’NN
Dr. Ralph C. Dunn, Acting Dean
of the School of Veterinary Medi
cine. was born on an Ohio farm
in June, 1X87. He received hie Doc
tor ef Veterinary Medicine degree
from Ohio State University in ml,
and two years later hr did grad
uata work la baf«artaiocy and path
elogy at the Univcreity of Miehi-
gan. In 1988, Dr. Dunn did grad
uate work in poultry i«tho)ogy at
the University of CAlIfamla.
He rente to A. A M, in 1911
an Inatructor lit veterinary science
and ta direct experiments In nnti-
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sraCPABMON
hog cholera serum being develop
ed on the campus at that time.
In 1916 he became an assistant pro
fessor of veterinary medicine, and
in 1922 be was made an associate
professor, which position he held
until 1930, when he waa promoted
to full professorship.
- In 1937 Dunn was appointed pro
fessor of veterinary pathology and
bacteriology and bead of the
pertinent When Dr. R. P. Mare-
teller, Dean of Veterinary Medi
cine, was placed on modified eerr
ice in 1946, Dr. Dunn was appoint
ed acting dean.
Much credit should go to Dr.
Dunn for the eradication of buc-
cellis among beef cattle in the Ani
mal Husbandry Department. By
testing and removing positive
actors from the herd, the Animal
Husbandry Department in 1924
boasted the first herd of boceellts
disease-free cattle In Texas. Dr,
Dunn was also a pioneer in com
betting pullolium disease and foul
pox.
Dr. Dunn, who has played a
prominent part in training Veteri
nary Medicine students at A. A M
since the establishment of the
Hchool in 1918, le a well-known fig
ure in his field throughout the na
tien. He Is a member of the Texas
Veterinary Medicine Association
American Veterinary Association
U. M. Livestock Hanltary Asaocia
tlon, ami the Poultry Helenes As
soctation.
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PAUL B. PKARAON
Paul B Pearson, Dean of the
Graduate Hchool, was born In Oak
ley, Utah on November 88, 1906.
He entered the University of Utah
in 1924 and received his Bechelor
of Science degree from Brigham
Young University in 1988. His first
teaching position was in the
Opheim High School, Ophelm, Mon
tana.
In 1930, Dean Pearson left high
school teaching to become an in
structor in the Animal Husbandry
Department of Montana State Col
lege. The following year he enter
ed the Graduate School of Iowa
State College.
Upon leaving Iowa State, Dr
Pearson waa employed by the Uni
versity of California in animal hus
bandry research. Several years lat
er he continued this work with the
University of Wisconsin, receiving
his Ph.D. in the spring of 1937. He
joined the A. A M. Animal Husban
dry staff in the fall of that year,
and since that time has been the
C. BOLTON
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E. L. ANOBLL
*aa* la the PrseH—t
Board of Directors in Lufkin, Pen-
berthy was appointed Dean of
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M.T.
Education; and the Texas
Teachers Association.
Dean Barlow first came
A M. in 1940, serving aa
is known to many, graduated r
Elyria. Ohio High School In Ji
1980, During hia high school
reer. he rewired letter* ii f
nutritional expert of the Agricul
tural Experiment Station.
In July, 1947, Dr. Pearson was
named Dean of the Graduate
School, replacing Dr. T. D. Brooks.
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W. L PENBERTHY
"A jovial man with a tall tale
for every occasion" la Dean of
Men W, L. Penberthr, whose of*
flee la on the main floor of Good
win Hall.
Horn in Maaslllon, Ohio on Hod-
tember 18, 1901, ••Penny," as he
la known to many, graduated from
hool In June,
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foot
ball, track, and basketball
In June, 1998, he graduated from
Ohio State Unlvereity, where he
was a member of the Freshman
Track Team; working aa student
assistant in the Physical Educs
tlon Department prevented his
playing on the varsity football
squad-
At OSU Penberthy was a class
mate of C. E. Tishler, newly ap
pointed head of the A. A M. De
partment of Physical Education,
and Marty Karow, Aggie basket
ball and baseball coach. In fact,
he graduated with Tishler and the
year-befbre Karow.
' Through D. X. Bible, then head
football coach at A. A M.. Pen
berthy came here on September 1
1926 as assistant professor in
Physical Education and intramural
i rretor*. In October, 1937, “Pen
ny” was promoted to Head of the
Department of Physical Education
At the August meeting of the
Men, effective
replaced' W.
who resigned to accept a similar and head of the
position with East Texas State
Teachers College.
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E. L. ANGBLL
Assistant to the President is E.
L. Angell of Denton, Tex. Having
graduated with a B. A. degree in
Government from North Texas
State College, Angell attended
Columbia University in New York.
He received hia M. A. degree in
Political Science from CoknMa.
and then joined the A. A M. staff
aa Manager of Student Publica
tions in 1938
From 1936 to 1941, he served
with Student Publications, taking
over duties as Assistant to the
President in September, 1941
In addition to hia duties aa the
president’s assistant, Angell U
Secretary to the A. A M. Board of
Directors.
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H. W. BARLOW
One of A. A M.’s most outatand-
ng staff members is Dean of En
toering Howard W, Bartow,
rn on July 87, 1908 in Buffalo,
New York, Dean Barlow has been
associated with A. A M. since
1940
In 1987, he was awarded hla
8. dogrve in Mechanical Engl
nearing from Purdue University.
In 1984, he received his M. 8 de-
In Aero from the Univoralty
of Minnesota, and In 1941, ho was
awarded hie 8c.D. degree from
New York University.
Prior to coming to A. A M., Bor*
low taught six yean at the Uni
verelty of Minnesota in the A#ro*
nautical Engineering Department,
and one year at New York Uni
versity.
He is listed in America’s Young
Men. Who’s Who in Engineering,
Who’s Who in American Educa
tion, Who’s Who in American
Aviation, Who’s Who in Transpor
tation and Communications. Amer
ica’s Men of Science, Who’s Who
in Texas, and Who’s Important ia
Engineering.
In addition, he ia a member of
the following scientific and pro
fessional societies: Institute of the
Aeronautical Sciences; Royal Aer
onautical Society; Society of Au
tomotive Engineers; Texas Society
of Professional Engineers; Society
of Aeronautical Weight Engineera;
American Society for Engineering
State
to A.
gineering Department until 1944.
He was then promoted to his pres
ent position aa Doan of
ing and Director of the Engineer
ing Experiment Station.
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M. T. HARRINGTON
Prom Plano, Texas comes 48-
year-old Dr. M. T. Harrington, J"" 11 , l
Dean of the School of Arte and Annex Chapel.
Sciences. A graduate of Plano
High School in 1918, Harrington
entered A- A M. as a “fish" in the
fall of that year.
In 1982, he received hfa h 8. le-
gree in Chemical Engineering from
A. A M., and immediately went to
work aa an analytical chemist
with the Texas Company, Port
Arthur. Between June and Sep
tember, 1924, he worked aa a chem
ist with the Texas Gas Company,
then returning to A. A M. as an
Instructor in the Chemistry De
partment
In 1927, he received hlx M. 8.
degree In Chemical Enginecnnx
from A. A M. After detng grad
uate work at MIT, the UiRversity
of Michigan, and the University
of Southern California. Dr. Har-
rlngton was awarded his Ph. D.
degree In Chemistry from Iowa
State College.
In the summer of 1948, Dr. Bar
rington
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Deaa af Veterinary Medktur
summer he was named Dean of the
School of Arts and Sciences.
Dean Harrington la a member
of the American. Chemical Socie
ty, Sigma Xi. honorary research
society, and PkpLambda Epsilon,
honor society for chemists and
chemical engineera.
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services will be conducted in the
Monday Classes
And when Monday rolls around,
freshmen will be ready for class
at 8 a. m.:
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Members of the Freshmen Week
preparation committee were: Dr.
Abbott, chairmari; H. E. Hampton,
representing the School of Agricul
ture; Charles LeMotte, represent
ing the School of Arte ajtd
Sciences; S. H. Hopper, of the
School of Engineer ng; H. L. Hea
ton, Registrar of the College; and
Ray G Perryman. Assistant Reg
istrar.
in tn# summer or l»4f, Dr. «sr*
kgton wax appointed Assistant
the Dm« of the ('ollagt at the
A M. Annex, aMillU past
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By David M. Setigman
A. & M. has grown a thousand-fold since
that significant day in October, 1876 when
mix Texas youths reported as ‘‘charter stu-
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dents" to the oldest state-supported school i
of higher education.
In seventy-one years, the college has ex
panded from six students to 8,500. During
its history. A. * M. has awarded 15,000 de-
graea and has aeen 14 preaidents
A. A M had Its beginning under
the Morrill Act of Provisions
of the act, as accepted by the state |
legislature of 1888, authorised land i
grants for the purpoee of establish
ing a college In 1871, the lefts- j
latpre passed an act setting up A 1
AM ax Texas' first state oollegf.
Beginning with a shoe string of I
8800,(M0. the first two buildings af
the college haue grown to 71 buiM
inn and properties worth about
116.000,000 the main sampgs
spreads over 780 acres, but Includ
ing adjacent lands, the cotlegs now
oeeuptee some 1,800 acres through- ’
out fkraans County
The most tatenxlvs sapanxtoa of |
faculties in the history of the oot-
Mgs was mads ia 1984 when right,
| new buildings were STSSted sad
Improvements made aa amity ex*
I sting structures Twslvt atw
dormitories wars completed I n
1989. and four more wore added
tn 1948 for a total of 1.800 add!-
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