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on IE BATTALION Wednesday, May 26, 1971 College Station, Texas Page 5 ampus briefs lorist, book obie or cit- id also in- i given to us author, shows 474 by the 61S list begins quite rare /aquero of ubiished in other edi- lohn C. Vehlow, graduate stu- it in the Wildlife Science De- •tment, has accepted a summer ition in Washington, D.C. with Center for the Study of Re- msive Law. Die Center is the Ralph Nader- group of lawyers and students o have investigated numerous iblem areas in American so- o are rep- e inscribed lieces. iresting in- ,ondon edi- Time Tex- r Jeff,... in the tra- lish prose, 1 issued in a photo- >n a hunt- is believed ; photo of k catalog, 'voted en- Graduate student joins ‘Nader’s Raiders’ for summer fehlow, who plans to obtain a jter’s degree in ecology in De- nber, will work with Harrison Ilford as part of a team study- pesticide regulation in the eral government. limiiar teams have investigated functioning of several federal ncies in recent years. One of se investigations led to the Jlication of a book, “The Chem- esterns at | p eas t” which dealt with reg lory failures in the Food and ug Administration, fehlow, who has a B.A. in biol- from the University of Texas Austin, plans to attend law ool and specialize in environ- ntal law. ★ ★ ★ onroe speaks commencement )r. Haskell M. Monroe of the tory faculty was commence- it speaker Tuesday at Lutcher rk High School graduation emonies in Orange, lonroe is a 1948 honor grad- eof Stark High School. 'ormer assistant dean of the duate College, Dr. Monroe has ght at Texas A&M since 1959. received B.A. and M.A. de es at Austin College and the D, from Rice University. ★ ★ ★ former students se in rank Emotion of four Texas A&M duates has been announced by U. S. Army. • 9 vn k y Si -4 Lt. Col. Hubert B. Watts, a 1956 graduate from Silsbee, re ceived the silver leaf insignia at the Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kan., where he is a student. At A&M Watts was an accounting major and Aggie Band member. Maj. Bridance R. Kissman of Ponca City, Okla., received his new rank at Army headquarters on Okinawa. He is a maintenance staff officer and 1961 A&M grad uate in history. He also was in the Aggie Band. Captain’s bars were pinned on Robert A. Hartye, 1968 grad of Alexandria, Va. He is training division chief of the Army Mate riel Command headquarters in Germany. A math major at A&M, Hartye was a Company H-2 cadet. Promoted to first lieutenant while with the Campbell Barracks courier station in Heildelberg, Germany, was Arthur P. (Phil) Callahan, commissioned here in 1969. The former Dallas resident was in marketing, Corps staff supply officer and in Company F-2. ★ ★ ★ 1963 graduate gets promotion Sheldon J. Best, 1963 Texas A&M graduate, has been promot ed to regional director of govern mental affairs for United Air Lines in New York City. He is responsible for state and federal legislative influence in the states of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Massachu setts, Connecticute and Rhode Is land. Best was president of the A&M Student Senate during 1962-63, re ceived the Outstanding Company Commander Award during Final Review in 1963 and was the stu dent representative to the Texas Legislature during the hearings studying coeducation at A&M in the spring of 1963. ★ ★ ★ Cooper to speak at Brenham High Edwin H. Cooper, assistant to A&M President Dr. Jack K. Wil liams, will be the commencement speaker at Brenham High School June 4. The Brenham graduation cere monies will be conducted at 8 p.m. at the high school. Cooper, a 1953 A&M graduate, served as the university’s admis sions director before becoming Williams’ assistant in March. ★ ★ ★ Douglas Stone gets BA teaching award Dr. B. Douglas Stone Jr., as sociate professor of management, is the recipient of the College of Business Adminstraton’s Out- standng Teaching Award for 1970-71. Dean John E. Pearson present ed the award, citing Stone’s out standing record as a teacher since joining the A&M faculty in 1968. Stone specializes in teaching and research in the areas of hu man relations-motivation, man power planning and development and personnel performance ap praisals. Before coming to A&M, Stone was manager of corporate person nel information at Texas Instru ments Inc. in Dallas. He earned his Ph.D. degree at the Univer sity of Tennessee, where he was a member of the Industrial Man agement Department faculty for 13 years. ★ ★ ★ Forestry scholarship set up for 4-H boy A James Thomas Bertrand Scholarship is available for an outstanding 4-H Club boy who will study forestry at Texas A&M. The scholarship is provided by a grant from Jay Bertrand, Hous ton timberland management ex ecutive, to the Texas 4-H Youth Development Foundation, said Di rector John E. Hutchison* of the Texas Agricultural Extension Service. The scholarship honors Ber trand’s father, an early East Tex as timberman, Hutchison said. The $600-a-year scholarship is available to a 4-H boy starting with the fall semester of 1971. Recipients must major in forest resource management or wood science and technology in the For est Science Department at Texas A&M. ★ ★ ★ 1959 graduate honored by Air Force The Distinguished Flying Cross has been awarded to Air Force Maj. Joe F. Coughran at Hickam AFB, Hawaii. The 1959 Texas A&M graduate was decorated for aerial achieve ment in Southeast Asia. An HC- 130 Hercules pilot, he coordinated and directed efforts of 28 jet strike aircraft against enemy weapons near two downed pilots while they were rescued. Coughran now serves with a unit of the Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Service at Hickam. He was an industrial engineering ma jor at Texas A&M and opera tions officer on the 1st Group staff in the corps. ★ ★ ★ A&M officials atttend San Angelo ceremony Three top Texas A&M officials were to participate in ground breaking ceremonies today for the university’s new Agricultural Re search and Extension Center at San Angelo. They are A&M President Dr. Jack K. Williams; Clyde Wells, DOIFT THESE BLANKS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND 1971 TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS INJURIES FATALITIES INSTEAD, DRIVE FRIENDLY BY: 3. Wearing seat belts and shoulder straps. 1. Planning your travel to avoid rushing. 4. Checking your tires, brakes, and lights. 2. Not driving and drinking. 5. Keeping within legal speed limit. This holiday weekend, thousands of Texas families will be on the road. If everyone does his part, the blanks can remain blank. Think about that. DRIVE FRIENDLY. The Governor’s Committee on Traffic Safety president of the A&M System Board of Directors; and Dr. H. O. Kunkel, dean of the A&M College of Agriculture and acting director of the Texas Agricultural Ex periment Station. The A&M Board of Directors recently awarded a $278,119 con tract to the Basin Construction Company of Odessa to build the center’s headquarters building. Construction is expected to be completed by Jan. 1, 1972. The board also accepted a gift of $175,000 toward construction of the center from the Edwards Plateau Research and Extension Center Trust of San Angelo. ★ ★ ★ A. R. Burgess named Fellow of AIIE Dr. A. R. Burgess, professor of industrial engineering here, has been named a Fellow of the American Institute of Industrial Engineers. Six industrial engineers from throughout the nation were hon ored during the annual AIIE meeting in Boston. Recognition as a Fellow is based upon Dr. Burgess’ activi ties as an educator, author, inno vator and service to the institute in various local chapter and na tional offices. ★ ★ ★ Three B-CS men take drafting course Three Bryan-College Station men have enrolled for a 12-week structural drafting course here beginning June 1. They join 12 other students registering for the course offered by the Engineering Design Graphics Department and spon sored by the Texas Engineering Extension Service. The local students are Michael W. Greer and Glenn P. Burt of Bryan and Ralph H. Glenn of Col lege Station. Associate Professor North B. Bardell said students completing the program in basic drawing skills are in high demand. The program includes structural steel and reinforced concrete detailing. ★ ★ ★ Top sociology students named Cecilia Vandiver of Shamrock and Johnny P. Smith of Corsicana have been named recipients of 1970-71 awards made annually to top sociology students at Texas A&M. Smith received the outstanding senior award. Miss Vandiver was presented the Daniel Russell So ciology Scholarship Award. Dr. R. L. Skrabanek, acting head of the Sociology and An thropology Department, made the presentation. He said that the re cipients were selected by the sociology faculty on the basis of scholarship and participation in student activities. ★ ★ ★ Statistics offers 619 this summer The Institute of Statistics will offer Statistics 619, Analysis of Variance, during the first sum mer school session. A spokesman said the course has been added in response to several requests. The class will meet from 10 to 11:30 a.m. daily. Statistics 621, Advanced Topics in Statistical Theory, has been cancelled for the second summer session and Statistics 622, Ad vanced Topics in Statistical Meth odology, will be offered. 4-H Roundup set for June 2-3 here Probably the only things out numbering the 1,800 4-H Club members at the Texas 4-H Round up June 2-3 here will be their talents and hopes. The 4-H members will come from every part of the state to compete in over 30 contests and demonstrations. State 4-H of ficials say that about 600 adults including county and assistant county Extension agents, adult 4-H leaders, friends of 4-H, con test donors, and members of the board of directors of the Texas Youth Development Foundation will attend he Roundup. All members attending the Roundup have been named coun ty and district winners in their demonstrations and judging con tests. State 4-H leaders say that only those members who have won first or second place in district competition are eligible to com pete in the state contests. Following the first general assembly on June 2, awards will be presented to individuals, busi nesses and mass media represen tatives who give strong support to 4-H work. The awards will be provided by the Texas 4-H Youth Development Foundation and pre sented by T. Louis Austin Jr. of Dallas, Foundation chairman. One of the special activities of the Roundup is an adult leader recognition luncheon where those giving strong support to 4-H will be honored. The Texas 4-H Coun cil Roundup Committee will also meet. On June 3, a 6:30 p. m. banquet will honor contest win ners and recognize contest donors. Rewa Walsh, Miss Teenage America 1971, from Anaheim, Calif., will be the featured speak er. 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