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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (June 27, 1973)
rAUON ’tion, for e!( . sa ys feed, from nearly t° 57 percent balance leav y liquid, oil crackings substantisi 36S increased an( l synthet. ble means of emands. THE BATTALION Wednesday, June 27, 1973 College Station, Texas Page 5 Dr. Richmond To Retire After 42 Years Service T. R. Richmond When Dr. T. R. Richmond re tires June 30 at A&M after al most 42 years of federal service, he’ll do so with mixed emotions. Behind will be a productive ca reer in cotton genetics. Ahead beckon many years of traveling to visit children and old friends, and an undiminished enchantment with his 20-foot sailboat. The agronomist’s transition to a new life style will be helped considerably when co-workers and other admirers honor him with a retirement reception June 27. Activities begin at 3 p.m. in the USDA-ARS Veterinary Toxi cology Conference Room. Richmond’s current position is principal r e se a r c h agronomist with the USD A and professor at A&M and he is in charge of the state-federal cooperative cotton genetics and improvement pro gram at the university. His ac complishments over the years have carved a permanent niche in agricultural history. Dr. Jarvis Miller, director of the Texas Agricultural Experi ment Station, said the scientist’s leadership in cotton improvement research has helped to maintain the fiber as one of the nation’s major farm commodities. “His insight and innovative thinking have established the broad research base that allows cotton to conquer new problems and to meet the demands of mod ern production,” Miller said. Another colleague of many years, Dr. J. Rex Johnston, direc tor of the Oklahoma-Texas Area, Southern Region, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, said Richmond foresaw the many problems that would face modern cotton production, and he collect ed germplasm to provide mate rial to meet those challenges. “Dr. Richmond early recog nized the need for more informa tion on the basic biological prop erties of cultivated cotton and on variability of the germplasm,” Johnston pointed out. “He sup ported such when little other sup port, financial or otherwise, was forthcoming. Under his leader ship, the research group at Col lege Station became the major center for cotton research.” In recognition of his efforts and success, Richmond has re- £j SKAGGS > ALBERTSONS L DRUGS & FOODS A GOOD- IS., FRI., I,2t,30, l»71 DEL MONTE FRUIT COCKTAIL Tip® |BfUHontrJ DECKER’S HICKORY SMOKED maim llSMtffllllP :: RELY ON YOUR MAN IN GOLD! M31STORE ADDED SHANK PORTION LB.... 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BOX < UNIVERSITY DRIVE AT COLLEGE AVE. ceived the Cotton Genetics Re search Award and the USDA Su perior Service Award. He also has been technical advisor for cotton agronomy in the ARS Southern Region, and represent ed the USDA last year on a cot ton study in the Soviet Union. More recently, he served as re search leader for the Southwest ern Crop Genetics and Improve ment Institute at Texas A&M. The assignment covered studies on small grains, grain sorghum, forages, sunflowers and peanuts, as well as continuation of lead ership in cotton improvement. He is a member of the Ameri can Society of Agronomy, Ge netics Society of America, Amer ican Association for the Advance ment of Science, Society of Sig ma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi and Gam ma Sigma Delta. Thomas Rollin Richmond was born near Kyle, Hays County, in 1909. He entered Texas A&M in 1927 and received his BS and MS degrees in genetics in 1931 and 1938. His doctorate came in 1947 from the University of Min nesota. The young geneticist joined the USDA upon graduation from A&M in 1931. He returned to the campus in 1936 as a joint employee of the USDA Agricul tural Research Service and the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences. In recent years, he was em ployed solely by ARS, but has participated in the federal- state cooperative program at A&M. Dr. Richmond and his wife, Beth, and the sailboat live at 505 Crescent Drive in Bryan. Mrs. Richmond, an accomplished sailor, can spell her husband at the helm anytime. Although the couple will have traveling and house and yard duties to occupy their retirement years, none of these will be at the expense of sailing. First things first, the Richmonds say. ID Card Needed For Pool Entry University^identification cards are now being required for entry to either Wofford Cain Olympic Pool or the Research Annex Pool, announced Dr. Carl Landiss, head of the Health and Physical Education Department. Students need only show their regularly issued ID card for free admittance to either pool, Lan diss noted. Faculty and staff, other than those already having season passes, must present a university identification card in addition to the charge for entry to Wofford Cain. In the future, the ID must be shown at time of purchase for a season pass. Only the identifi cation card is required for use of the annex pool. Faculty and staff may request ID cards through their depart ment heads, Landiss pointed out. USMC Team Here, Explains Programs A Marine Corps officer selec tion team will be on campus Wed nesday and Thursday to explain the Corps’ commissioning pro grams and administer aptitude tests to interested students. The team, headed by Capt. W. E. Lucas, will operate an infor mation booth in the Memorial Stu dent Center from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. A JL» ti E N Oldsmobile Cadillac SALES - SERVICE “Where satisfaction is standard equipment” 2401 Texas Ave. 823-8002 WELCOME Summer Students to Casa Chapultepec Mexican Restaurant 1315 S. College, Bryan Students with I.D.’s will get 10% off on anything on the menu.