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E BATTALION Wednesday, August 2, 1972 College Station, Texas Page 3 A&M encompasses many institutions l&M is part of the Texas A&M iversity System, consisting of eral institutions and governed the Board of Directors, who ! appointed by the Governor of teas. 3r. Jack K. Williams serves in dual role of university presi- itiand system president. In addition to A&M, the system juries Prairie View A&M Col- reJ Tarleton State College, the ^ vhk Forest Service, the Texa.s nary Medical Diagnostic tory, the Texas Agricul- Experiment Station, the Texas Agricultural Extension Service, the Texas Engineering Experiment Station, the Texas Engineering Extension Service, the Texas Transportation Insti tute and the College of Marine Sciences and Maritime Resources at Galveston. Clyde H. Wells, a business ex ecutive and rancher from Gran- bury, is president of the Board. The vice president is A. P. Beu- tel, an industrial executive from Lake Jackson. The other members are Ford D. Albritton, Jr. of Bry an, whose business is investments and oil; H. C. Bell, Jr., an equip ment executive from Austin; H. C. Heldenfels, a general contrac tor from Corpus Christi; William H. Lewie, Jr., an executive of Ready Mix Concrete in Waco; Peyton McKnight, Jr., an indepen dent oil operator from Tyler; L. F. Peterson, a petroleum con sultant from Fort Worth; and S. B. Whittenburg, a newspaper pub lisher from Amarillo. Gen. A. R. Luedecke is the ex ecutive vice president of the A&M system. W. C. Freeman is vice president and comptroller, while Robert G. Cherry is an assistant proved health care center ill be completed in 1973 4 enty new, carpeted rooms la well-equipped out-patient ic will be included in the new Ith care center to be built on ■ormer site of Mitchell Hall, ho two-story structure is due I completed in the summer of 73, at a cost of $1,329,650. n|truction began in March as on as Mitchell was removed. his will be one of the finest allh care facilities in this part the country,” said Howard S. ■rry, associate dean of students. The first floor will be an out- tient clinic. It will include a aster-fracture room, an ortho- dic room, a gastro-intestinal om, a treatment-injection room, dental hygiene room, a labora ry and a pharmacy. There will sojbe a doctors’ conference room d six doctors’ offices. Each fice will have two adjacent ination rooms. Tom’s Levi’s Pant Shop COME SEE US! The second floor will be for in patients. There will be 20 double occupancy rooms, each fully car peted and with a call system. Every two rooms will share a bathroom-shower facility and oxy gen will be piped into the rooms. There will also be two isolation rooms, one acute room and an emergency room. Also on this floor will be a new innovation for TAMU, a mental health facility. There will be a psychiatrist’s office and an observation and de tention room. The basement will contain the X-ray equipment, a kitchen and storage areas. ‘‘Most of the staff will be trans ferred over from the present center, with some additions, but most of the equipment will not be. Almost all of the furnishings in the new center will be brand new,” Perry said. “We now have two full-time doctors and 12 cooperating spe cialists from the Bryan-College Station area handling about 4,000 patients a month. We anticipate raising this to four full-time doc tors in the new center, with room for six eventually,” said Perry. There will be no operating fa cilities in the new building. “In most cases involving surgery, people have their own doctor and hospital where they want to go. In emergencies we have ambu lances to take students to the hospital in Bryan,” he said. The new center is being fi nanced by a bond issue and the students’ building use fees, which are $3.50 per semester. The fa cility will operate and pay the staff out of the student services fees paid by students. The need for a bigger, better facility was brought out in 1969. In January of 1970, a committee including four students, two physicians, a systems architect and Perry met and worked out a proposal. This was submitted to then acting President Luedecke who approved it and passed it on to the Board of Directors. They approved it and signed the con tract. “This is really about as fast as you can move on a project and still be thorough,” commented Perry. CUSTOM BOOT MAKERS BOOT & SHOE REPAIRING LEATHER GOODS Justin Boots Portage & Porto-Ped Shoes For Men WESTERN BOOTS Made-to-Order Makers of The Famous TEXAS AGGIE SENIOR BOOTS Motick j (Boot Sk op A&M Since 1891 orth Gate College Station “A&M is probably one of the few schools to offer all of these health services free. The Uni versity of Oklahoma students pay a much higher student services fee and still have to pay $12 per day to stay in the hospital,” Perry said. “I have heard complaints about students getting hurt i n the evening and coming to the center but not having a doctor there to take care of them. We do have many doctors on call for emer gencies, but outside of a metro- hospital you just do not find doctors there at all hours. In our new center we may be able to have interns there after hours. But our registered nurses are very capable and can handle most emergencies,” said Perry. to the president and secretary of the Board of Directors. Dr. John C. Calhoun serves as A&M’s vice president for aca demic affairs, and he is assisted by Dr. Haskell Monroe and Dr. Richard E. Wainerdi. Thomas D. Cherry is the vice president for business affairs. A&M’s Dean of Students James P. Hannigan is assisted by Dean of Men Charles Powell and Dean of Women Toby Schreiber. Edwin H. Cooper, assistant to the presi dent, will take over as dean of admissions and records Sept. 1. His replacement has not yet been named. University Cleaners & Laundry Alterations and Insignia 112 N. Main 846-6615 North Gate Friendly Personal Service SPECIAL FRESHMAN OFFER "FREE PORTRAIT SITTINGS" FRESHMAN: THIS IS OUR WAY OF WELCOMING YOU TO TEXAS A&M, AND AT THE SAME TIME INTRODUCING YOU TO BARKER PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO. YOU CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS OFFER THROUGH OCT. 31, 1972. WE OFFER 3 PRICE RANGES OF COLOUR AS WELL AS BLACK AND WHITE PORTRAITS. SOMETHING TO FIT EVERYONE’S BUDGET CAN BE OBTAINED AT BARKER PHOTOGRAPHY. 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