THE BATTALION
THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1974
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onlineiicunienl to recognize alumni
Four to receive Distinguished Alumni Awards
■TAMU will recognize four of its
B-mer students with Distinguished
Alumni Awards at commencement
ceremonies Saturday.
Pj^OtOt ■Robert R. Herring 41 and Ber-
CALL inard G. Johnson 37 of Houston,
ID OUT Owen W. Sherrill 10 of
Rorgetown, and Julian B. Thomas
']] of Fort Worth will be cited for
ational contributions to soci-
iThe Distinguished Alumni
lAwards, sponsored by TAMU and its
Association of Former Students,
tesent to the people of Texas and
[ftie nation evidence of the effective-
jess of A&M s role in higher educa
tion.
■Criteria for selection include suc
cess and prominence in the
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recipient’s profession; integrity, sta
ture and demonstrated ability, and
pride, loyalty and interest in TAMU.
Following a distinguished military
career during World War II,
Herring’s business career has in
cluded administrative positions in
various petroleum and engineering
interests and four years as mayor of
Breckenridge.
Herring has been with Houston
Natural Gas Corporation since 1963,
and was elected chairman of the
board in 1973.
Exxon
ups gas
prices
Exxon USA announced a
3.2c%gallon increase in the price of
gasoline and 3.0c/gallon for distil
late products, including diesel fuel,
heating oil and kerosene. A company
spokesman said the increase is a
pass-through of unrecovered higher
costs incurred by the company for
raw materials and for imported pro
ducts. Such pass-throughs are per
mitted under Federal Energy Office
oil price regulations.
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Alter graduating 1937, and serving
as an Army officer during World War
II, Johnson entered professional en
gineering practice and founded the
company that became Bernard John
son, Inc., one of the largest
architectural-engineering firms in
the Southwest.
He is active in many civic, profes
sional and religious endeavors, has
donated a $25,000 Texas A&M Pres
ident Endowed Scholarship and was
designated with the Order of the
Knight of the Holy Sepulchre by
Pope Paul VI.
Sherrill served as president of the
Association of Former Students in
1928-29 and was an executive in var
ious Georgetown concerns and also
served as the town’s mayor. He or
ganized the Emergency Corp Pro
duction Loan Office in Dallas which
granted the first emergency loans in
the United States during the Depre
ssion.
As realtor and owner of the Owen
W. Sherrill Agency, the TAMU
graduate has gained national respect
and was last year named the “Texas
All Time Farm and Land Broker by
the Texas Association of Realtors.
Valedictorian of the Class of 1911,
Thomas served as an Army officer
during World War I and entered the
engineering practice in Dallas. After
a long career with the Texas
Electric Service Company of Fort
Worth, including service as presi
dent and chairman of the board, he
retired to enter private engineering
practice.
The contributions of the organizer
and first president of the Texas
Atomic Energy Research Founda
tion have set the pace for the electric
industry. Thomas has also been ac
tive in the Association of Former
Students, serving as president in
1931-32, and on the A&M Century
Council.
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Campus Briefs
Ticket exchange
Graduation ticket exchange will
be set up Saturday morning at 7:45.
Located on the first floor of the
Memorial Student Center, the ex
change will run on a first come first
serve basis.
Graduates wishing to facilitate this
service are asked to mail their extra
tickets to APO, c/ o P.O. Box 3922,
Aggieland Station, or drop them by
the exchange on the morning of
graduation.
Veteran benefits
Veterans who have already ap
plied for summer GI benefits should
go by Room 110 of the YMCA build
ing starting May 15th to see if their
checks have arrived.
Mail managership
Allan M. Madeley, manager of the
Housing Office the past eight years,
will join the Faculty Mail Service
staff Monday in preparation for as
suming the managership.
Dr. William E. Tedrick, who
oversees the campus mail service in
conjunction with his responsibilities
as head of the Agricultural Com
munications Department, said
Madeley will succeed William G.
“Breezy” Breazeale, who retires
Aug. 31.
Madeley, a 1941 TAMU graduate,
was assistant housing manager for 20
years before being named manager
in 1966.
He worked in the Faculty Mail
Service until 1943 when he entered
the Army as an artillery officer.
Research
equipment
Top AFROTC cadet
The Nuclear Science Center has
been presented with several items of
research equipment by the Convair
Aerospace Division of General
Dynamics.
The equipment was donated by
Roy Knepper, Manager of Facilities,
Convair / General Dynamics, Fort
Worth, in behalf of his company.
Michael E. Ruff of Dallas received
an award Tuesday at Texas A&M
University making him the top Air
Force ROTC cadet in a five-state
area.
He graduates Saturday and will be
commissioned an officer in the U. S.
Air Force.
The Squadron 12 commander re
ceived the W. Randolph Lovelace
Medal of the Air Force Association’s
Aerospace Education Foundation.
The top AFROTC merit award is one
of only nine given in the U. S.
Eligibility requirements for the
Lovelace Medal includes standing in
the top 10 percent of a nominee’s
academic class and the top five per
cent of the senior AFROTC class.
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^Aggieland’ by mail
Graduating seniors and others
who will not be attending A&M next
fall and wish to have their 1973-74
“Aggieland” mailed to them must
come by Room 216 of the Reed
McDonald Services Building and
leave a mailing address and fee.
Orchids for
Mother’s Day
now available
Orders for orchids for the Boot
'Dance and Mother’s Day are now
being taken by dorm representatives
of the Floriculture Society.
The orchids are available in two
types, the Cybidium and the Cat-
tlelaya. The Cybidium covers the
whole spectrum of orchid colors. The
single will cost $4 and the double will
be $6.
The larger, more intricate Cat-
telaya will sell for $7.50 for the la
vender and $8.50 for the white.
A number of prepared corsages
will be available Saturday for those
unable to make an order. These
flowers can be picked up at the
Floricultural Greenhouse, across the
street from the Plant Sciences build
ing.
bulletin board
TONIGHT
EAGLE PASS HOMETOWN CLUB will
meet in Room N of the Student Pro
grams Office at 7 :30 p.m. Rides home
will be discussed.
FRIDAY
SCUBA CLUB will have a party at Ken
Perkin’s house, 912 Montclain
mission is $1.50 per persoi
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SATURDAY
PANHANDLE HOMETOWN CLUB will
have a party in the Casa del Sol party
room at 8 p.m. There will be a charge
of $1.50 per person.
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