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Educator, Soldier and Statesman
When Earl Rudder was promo
ted to president of the Agricul
tural and Mechanical College of
Texas recently, he brought to that
office a rare combination of edu
cator, businessman, soldier and
statesman.
The career of A&M’s new presi
dent has been distinctive in many
fields and especially in the mili
tary, and had his accomplishments
been limited to that field alone,
he would, no doubt, be numbered
among the great graduates of the
College of which he is now the
president.
But Rudder’s career has also
been outstanding in the field of
politics, and especially for his ma
jor roll in rebuilding the Veter-
' ans’ Land Program as Texas Land
Commissioner; he has earned a re
spected place in Texas history.
He also has been successful in
business, and as a teacher and
football coach.
Now, Rudder faces a new chal
lenge in an otherwise already il
lustrious career; that of being
president of Texas’ oldest insti
tution of higher learning. He is
facing this new job with the same
enthusiasm and devotion which
made him one of the most deco
rated Texas soldiers of World War
II. Probably General Omar Biad-
ley’s statement in 1944 that “no
soldier in my command has ever
been wished a more difficult task
than that which befell the 34-
year-old commander (Rudder) of
this Provisional Ranger Force,” is
apropos at this time.
A farm boy from Concho county,
Rudder worked his way through
John Tarleton Agricultural Col
lege, and the Agricultural and
Mechanical College of Texas. He
graduated from A&M in 1932 with
a Bachelor of Science degree after
having lettered in football.
After a brief period of employ
ment with the State Highway De-
patment, Rudder began coaching
football and teaching at Brady
High School. In 1938, he returned
to John Tarleton College as a foot
ball coach and teacher. He was at
Tarleton in 1941 when he was call
ed to active duty in the Army as
a first lieutenant.
Rudder was sent to England
with his 2nd Ranger Battalion
just before D-Day. He had or
ganized and trained this outit
which was to have the “most dif
ficult task”, as Bradley said, in
Civilian Students
Headed by Council
An important organization on
the campus composed only of ci
vilian students is the Civilian Stu
dent Council, the policy making
body of the civilian students at
A&M.
In the past the CSC has played
impoi-tant roles in the honor code,
the football seating situation, the
parking situation, the Aggie
Sweetheart selection, Parents’
Day, faculty awards and many
others.
Charles W. Graham, Thorndale,
was elected president of the 1959-
60 council at the council’s last
meeting in the Senate Chamber of
the Memorial Student Center.
Graham, a senior veterinary
medicine major and representative
to the council from College View
served as vice president on last
year’s council.
Arthur Roland Dommert, Crow
ley, La., was elected vice president.
A senior veterinary medicine ma
jor, Dommert was treasurer on last
year’s council.
A Good Choice
The over 2,000 freshmen who will enroll in the Agricul
tural and Mechanical College of Texas Sept. 17 will embark
on one of the most important phases of their life—that of
obtaining a college education. This Class of 1963 has no
doubt chosen one of the best institutions available in the
state of Texas. It is an institution staffed with able in
structors, all who are dedicated to their profession and all
who are striving to make Texas A&M the best institution
of higher learning.
This new class is most fortunate in having two men
like Chancellor M. T. Harrington and President Earl Rudder
calling the signals for the College. The two, both graduates
of Texas A&M, are close friends—friends who stand together
to make this College an institution of progress and an institu
tion that will prepare a man for any work he chooses. Dedi
cated to the goodwill and future of the College, the two men
will surely see that Texas A&M stands high in the circles
of higher education.
The years ahead while at A&M will be tough ones for
this new class. There will be many hours of discouragement
and hardship, but still there will be hours of success, com
panionship and happiness. As the years pass, memories will
gather—good memories—and these freshmen will look back
and smile at the hours of hardship. Yes, they will look
back on the memories this vast campus has instilled in them
and say, as does every Aggie—“It’s great to be a Texas
Aggie.”
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Francis Nivers Photographer
Russell Brown Sporty Correspondent
Other officers elected were Mike
Carlo, secretary; Ben Havard,
treasurer; and James Hall, parlia
mentarian.
Robert O, Murray, Jr., acts as
advisor to the council. New mem
bers to this year's council are in
cluded in the following:
James Lively, Navasota; Mich
ael J. Cai-lo, Alamo; John Garner,
Livingston; Thomas Butler, Cor
pus Christi; Larry Clark, Fort
Worth; Jim Hall, College Station;
Dusty Thames, Plainview; Kenneth
Dorris, Fort Worth; Guy Pittman,
College Station; and Wayne Allen,
Jacksonville.
Valuable Grant
Given Foundation
The A&M Research Foundation
recently has received a $17,000
grant from the National Science
Foundation to support research in
the Department of Oceanography
and Meteorology.
The grant will support a two-
year study of the reef environ
ments and the carbonate deposits
of Campeche Bank for a better
understanding of the relationship
of the deposits, biology and the
water mass.
Dr. R. G. Bader, associate pro
fessor of oceanography, is the
principal investigator, and Brian
Logan, a research scientist in the
department, is the associate in
vestigator.
the Normandy invasion; scaling
the 100 ft. cliffs at Pointe du Hoe.
Later in the campaign as com
mander of the 109th Infantry Reg
iment, Rudder’s forces were in
strumental in helping stop the
Germans in the Battle of the
Bulge.
The decorated soldier returned
to Brady after the war and en
gaged in various business enter
prises. He served as Mayor of
Brady from 1946. to 1952, and in
1953 was employed by the Brady
Aviation Company as vice presi
dent in charge of public relations
and labor relations.
Advisory Council
For Journalism
Named by College
A 17-member statewide advi
sory council has been named by
A&M to work with and assist the
Department of Journalism, Pres
ident Earl Rudder has announced.
The council has named J. Harve
Washington, director of employee
communications, Continental Oil
Co., Houston, chairman and L. O.
Tiedt, farm reporter, KTRH-TV,
Houston, secretary.
Other members of the council
are Bert Brandt, photographer,
Frank Fields, Humble Oil and Re
fining Co., Gene Robbins, Cham
ber of Commerce, John H. Murphy,
executive director, Texas Daily
Newspaper Assn., all of Houston;
James E. Knight, public 1-elations
director, ALCOA Rockdale plant;
Ed Ray, managing editor, San
Antonio Express and News; C. G.
Scruggs, associate editor, Progres
sive Farmer, Ben H. Decherd, Dal
las Morning News, T. H. Maloy,
regional public relations manager,
Safeway Stores, J. P. McEvoy,
Time Inc., all of Dallas; Calvin
Pigg, farm editor, WBAP-TV, Fort
Worth; Pat Taggart, general man
ager, Waco News Tribune; Tom
Whitehead, president, Texas Press
Assn., Brenham; Robert Whitten,
publisher, Navasota Examiner and
Windell Shannon, president, The
Herald Coaster, Rosenberg.
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On Jan. 4, 1955, Rudder was ap
pointed Commissioner of the Gen
eral Land Office of the State of
Texas. He stepped into an office
shaken by scandals in the Veter
ans’ Land Progam. In time, sus
picion surrounding the program
dissolved and the office was re
turned to a place of integrity and
respect. While Commissioner, Rud
der promoted the interests of the
two great educational funds, the
Peraianent School Fund and the
Permanent University Fund, which
form the foundation of the public
and higher education systems of
Texas. Both funds increased by
more than one-third during his
three years as Land Commissioner.
Texans named Rudder to his first
elective term as Commissioner of
the General Land Office in 1956.
Resigning the Land post to ac
cept the vice presidency of A&M
in February, 1958, Rudder has been
the chief executive officer of the
College since. He was named pres
ident on July 1 of this year.
The new president’s honors, dec
orations and awards form a long,
impressive list, but the modest,
hard-working educator would rath
er talk about the future growth and
development of his alma mater,
A&M, than about past accomplish
ments. And if past experience is
a measuring stick, we will venture
that Earl Rudder, soldier, states
man, businessman and educator
will give A&M the leadership it
needs in this epochal period of its
history.
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