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FRESHMAN
EDITION
THE BATTALION
COLLEGE STATION. TEXAS THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1963
These Men Fill Administrative Posts
*
DEAN W. J. GRAFF
Dean of Instruction
DEAN J. P. HANNIGAN
Dean of Students
DR. M. T. HARRINGTON
A&M System Chancellor
PRESIDENT RUDDER DEAN R. E. PATTERSON DEAN F. W. R. HUBERT
President A&M University Dean of Agriculture Dean of Arts and Sciences
Their Efforts Bring Growth To A&M
COL. D. L. BAKER
Commandant of Corps
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CAPT. B. M. DODSON
Maritime Academy Head
Operating a university the size
of A&M is a big job. The men
in top administrative posts here
have proven equal to the task.
Through their efforts and the
work of countless others A&M is
experiencing- continuous growth
and increasing academic renown.
★ ★ ★
Dr. M. T. Harrington, chancellor
of the A&M University System, has
a long history of service to the
school. He earned a B.S. degree
in chemical engineering here in
1922. His Masters came five years
later from A&M and he reveiced
his Ph.D. in 1941 from Iowa State
University.
Harrington served 25 years here
as a teacher in the Depai'tment of
Chemistry. He was Dean of Axi;s
and Sciences in 1947-48. The na
tive of Plano was then Dean of the
College for two years.
He was president of the college
from 1950-53 when he became
system chancellor. Harrington is
the first A&M graduate to serve
as both president of the college
and chancellor.
★ ★ ★
President Earl Rudder was born
in Eden. He first attended what
is now Tarleton State College, then
came here to receive a B.S. degree
in industrial education. Rudder
also lettered in football for A&M.
The 1932 graduate worked as a
football coach and teacher- at Brady
High School. From 1938 to 1941
he was a football coach and teach
er at Tarleton State College. He
was called to active duty in trie
Army a as first lieutenant when
World War II began.
Rudder served on active duty
until 1946, during which time he
organized and trained the 2nd
Ranger Battalion which later was
one of the cliff-scaling units in
the Normandy invasion. Later, as
commander of the 109th Infantry
Regiment, Rudder was among
those involved in the Battle of the
Bulge.
He was released from active
duty as a colonel and now com
mands a reserve unit, the 90th
Infantry Division, with the rank
of major general. Rudder became
A&M president in 1959, after serv
ing one year as vice president.
★ ★ ★
Dean of Student James P. Hanni-
gan has responsibility for the de
velopment and welfare of students
in areas other than academic. A
graduate of the United States
Military Academy, Hannigan re
tired from the Army as a brigadier
general in July, 1959. In August
of that year he assumed his duties
here.
A former instructor of language
at West Point, Hannigan has stud
ied at the University of Paris and
in London.
★ ★ ★
Dean of Arts and Sciences Frank
W. R. Hubert assumed his position
here in July, 1959. He had been
superintendent of schools at Or
ange since 1955, Hubert studied
history, goverament and education
administration and received three
degrees from the University* of
Texas.
Hubert has a long history of
teaching and administration in
Texas high schools and colleges,
interrupted briefly by military
service during WW II. Uuder his
direction in the College of Arts
and Sciences are 14 departments
and schools.
★ ★ ★
Dean of Engineering Fred J.
Benson first came to A&M in 1937
as an instructor of civil engineer
ing. A native of Grainfield, Kan
sas, Benson holds a B.S. and M.S.
degrees in civil engineering from
Kansas State College and A&M,
respectively.
The former vice director of the
Texas Engineering Experiment
Station and executive officer for
the Texas Transportation Institute
now heads 12 departments at A&M.
★ ★ ★
Dr. Alvin A. Price became Dean
of the College of Veterinary Medi
cine in 1957. He first attended
Tarleton State College and re
ceived a B.S. degree in dairy hus
bandry at A&M in 1940.
Price entered the Army in 1942,
serving in the African, European
and Middle Eastern areas, and at
tained the position of battalion
commander. He returned to A&M
as a veterinary student in 1944.
He received his D.V.M. in 1949
and stayed on as a teacher in
veterinary anatomy while earning
his M.S. in veterinary physiology.
The native of Dublin is an active
member of many professional
societies. Price heads seven de
partments at A&M.-
★ ★ ★
Dean of Agriculture R. E. Pat
terson has served continuously at
A&M since 1943. He became assist-
tant director and professor of ani
mal husbandry in 1947. The na
tive of Gueydan, La. was named
Dean of Agriculture in 1960 and
now heads fifteen departments.
Patterson received a bachelors
in agriculture from Louisiana State
University in 1934. He earned a
masters in genetics at A&M in
1936. His doctorate in animal
genetics was conferred by A&M in
1943.
★ ★ ★
Dr. Wayne C. Hall became Dean
of the Graduate school in 1960.
He came to A&M from the Univer
sity of Kentucky in 1949. In 1958
This Section Gives
Background, Goals
Section Two of this year’s
Freshman Edition of The Bat
talion is designed to give the-
student and his parents some in
sight into the background, as
pirations and academic quality
of A&M.
There are also stories about
various facilities provided for the
student’s general welfare—such
as communications and transpor
tation, post offices, dining halls,
hospitals, laundry, financial aid
and libraries.
he became professor and acting
head of plant pathology.
Hall was born in Montana. He
received his B.S. degree from the
University of Iowa- in 1941 and
did graduate work at the Univer
sity of Chicago. Hall received his
M.S. degrees at Iowa in 1946 and
1948, respectively. From 1942 to
1946 he served in the Navy, at
taining the rank of Lieutenant
Senior Grade.
In addition to his direction of
graduate studies here, Hall is an
active researcher in plant patho
logy and physiology.
★ ★ ★
Capt. Bennett M. Dodson became
head of the Texas Maritime Aca
demy with its creation in 1962.
At that time he was Chief of Staff
of the Service Force with the U.S.
Pacific Fleet.
Dodson has commanded a des
troyer and was executive officer
of the battleship, Iowa, which he
later commanded during her inacti
vation. He commanded a fleet
oiler during the Korean Conflict.
During the past 25 years Dod
son has held executive positions
at many maritime training insti
tutions.
★ ★ ★
Dr. William J. Graff Jr. assumed
the newly-created position of Dean
of Instruction in 1961. He works
closely with the president and
represents of the views of the fa
culty to the administration and the
views of the administration to the
faculty.
Graff received B.S. and M.S. de
grees in mechanical engineering
from A&M and earned his Ph.D. at
Purdue University in 1951. He at
tended the Oak Ridge School of
Reactor Technology in 1952-53 and
joined the faculty of Southern
Methodist University in 1956.
He was a navigator and radar
operator as a first lieutenant in
the air fox-ce, 1942-45. Gx-aff is
a member of many px-ofessional
societies and a registered pxofes-
sional engineer.
★ ★ ★
Col. Denzil L. Baker, who recent
ly assumed duties as the professor
of Military Science, Sept. 1 will
become the new commandant of
the Cadets Corps here. The native
of Mathis will direct Arxxxy ROTC
instruction and ovex-seer the' oper
ation of the Corps.
Baker was graduated and coxxx-
missioned at A&M in 1933. A
highly-decorated veteran of WW
II and the Koi’ean Conflict, he ar-
xuved hei'e in July from the Penta
gon whei’e he was chief of the
Special Review Division of the Of
fice of Arxxxy Personnel.
★ ★ ★
H .L. Heaton has been in the x'e-
gisti’ax-’s office at A&M since 1934.
In addition to his present dxxties
as Director of Admissions and Re
gistrar, Heaton is a member of the
Academic Council, the Executive
Committee, the Catologue Commit
tee, College Regulations Commit
tee, the Commencement Conxmittee
and the Short Coxxrse Comixxittee.
Heaton holds his B.S. degx-ee
from Stephen F. Austin State
Teachers College at Nacogdoches
and his M.S. degx-ee froxxx A&M.
The A&M registrar is a member
of the American Association of
College Registrars, the Texas As
sociation of Collegiate Registrars
and the Association of Texas Col
leges.
★ ★ ★
Tom D. Cherx’y is Director of
Business Affairs for A&M Uni
versity. His position holds re
sponsibility for overall business of
the school.
Cherry’s duties involve person
nel policies, budgets, and other fis
cal affairs.
Before coming to A&M Cherry
was management controls director
for Tx - ans World Airlines in New
Yoi’k. He has seiwed on various
committees of both state and fed
eral agencies.
The native of New Wavex-ly re
ceived his baeheloi’’s degree from
Sarn Houston State College and
his master’s fronx A&M. He has
done doctoi’al woi'k at the Univer
sity of Texas and Columbia Uni
versity.
DEAN FRED J. BENSON
Dean of Engineering
H. L. HEATON
Director of Admissions
TOM D. CHERRY
Business Affairs Director
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