Page 4B THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 25, 1976
Regents exercise authority over A&M system
The guardians of the $350 million
complex known as the Texas A&M
University System often go un
noticed by a student during his
four-year sojourn of education at
this university.
Even so, the board still does its
job.
The University Board of Regents
is responsible for governing the in
stitutions in its domain. The board
sets policies and adopts the budget
for the system.
All authority in the system is‘ in
vested in the board, but the board,
in turn, delegates responsibility to
the administration of each facility
under its jurisdiction.
Texas A&M University, with total
assets of $250 million, is only one of
eleven institutions known as the
Texas A&M University System.
Others in the system include Prairie
View A&M University, Tarleton.
State University and Moody Col
lege.
In addition, seven institutions of
fering state-wide services to resi
dents are members of the system.
These are the Texas Agricultural
Experiment Station, Texas Agricul
tural Extension Service, Texas
Forest Service, Texas Engineering
Experiment Station, Texas En
gineering Extension Service, Ro
dent and Predatory Animal Control
Service, and the Texas Veterinary
Medical Diagnostic Laboratory.
Board members are appointed by
the governor to serve six-year
terms. Th ree appointments are
made to the nine-member board
every two years.
Clyde Wells was reappointed to a
third six-year term on the board in
1973 and currently serves as its
president.
Wells, a 1938 TAMU graduate, is
a rancher and businessman. He
lives in Dallas and is general man
ager of the J. R. Black Estate in
Granbury.
Richard Goodson was appointed
in 1973 and is vice-president of the
board. He graduated from TAMU in
1927 and is a director and former
president of Southwestern Bell
Telephone.
Goodson is chairman of the
executive committee of Dallas Fed
eral Savings Association and is a di
rector of the Southwestern Life In
surance Co., the Brown Shoe Co.,
and the Hillcrest State Bank.
H. C. (Dulie) Bell Jr. of Austin
was appointed to the board in 1971.
The 1939 TAMU graduate is presi
dent of the Central Texas Equip
ment Co. and the Central Texas
Bearing Service. Bell is also a direc
tor of Austin National Bank.
Bell, a member of the Aggie Band
while at A&M, was wounded during
World War II and left the service as
BOARD OF REGENTS: (sitting, left to
right) Mrs. Wilmer Smith, Wilson; Clyde
H. Wells, Granbury, chairman; Richard
A. Goodson, Dallas, vice chairman;
(standing, left to right) Joe H. Reynolds,
Houston; Ross C. Watkins, Uvalde; Alfred
I. Davies, Dallas; S. B. Whittenburg,
Amarillo; H. C. Bell, Jr., Austin; William
Lewie, Jr., Waco.
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William H.
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Waco was appointed to the board in
1971. He is a 1950 TAMU graduate.
Lewie is president of Waco Ready
Mix Concrete Co., Inc., and Neeley
Sand-Gravel, Inc. of Waco. He is
also director of the National City
Bank of Waco.
Lewie served in the Air Force for
two years during the Korean War.
a major.
Alfred Davies, a 1935 TAMU
graduate, was appointed to the
board in 1975. Davies lives in Dallas
and is executive vice president of
Sears, Roebuck and Co., South
western Territory.
Davies is on the board of direc
tors of Sears, Roebuck and Co.,
Allstate Insurance Companies, Inc.,
Homart Development Corp., Re
public National Bank of Dallas, Re
public of Texas Corp., and Lone
Star Gas Co. of Dallas.
Davies also served four years as a
lieutenant colonel in the infantry
during World War II.
Joe H. Reynolds, a 1947 graduate
of Baylor Law School, was ap
pointed to fill an unexpired term in
1972 and reappointed in 1975.
pointed to the board in 1971 and is
currently serving his third six-year
term on the board.
Whittenburg is publisher of the
Amarillo Globe-Times, the
Amarillo Daily News and the Lub
bock Avalanche-Journal.
Whittenburg’s Globe-News Pub
lishing Co. has received a Pulitzer
Prize and Headliner’s “Publisher of
the Year” award.
Dr. Jack K. Williams, president
of Texas A&M University, received
his doctorate from Emory Univer
sity. Williams spent four years as an
officer in the Marines and was over
seas from 1944 to 1946. He attained
the rank of major.
Williams was vice president for
academic affairs at Clemson, a
Commissioner of the Coordinating
Board of the Texas College and
University System and vice presi
dent for academic affairs with the
University of Tennessee SysteisH|
fore becoming president oflsGet i
A&M University and theUmeric
System in 1970. e|Ok
In addition to many acadtieta K
civic and professional membenaelhas
and awards, Williams is on®—
Board of Directors of Frozeni If y<
Express Industries, Inc., AnderWre
Clayton and Co., CampbellHing y<
gart, Inc. and the Diamonds!, the J
rock Corp.
Reynolds has practiced law in
Houston since 1949 and formed the
firm of Reynolds, White, Allen and
Cook in 1966.
Reynolds served as second
lieutenant in the Marines and saw
action in the Pacific during World
War II. He served as a captain with
front line troops during the Korean
War and received the Purple Heart
and other awards.
Mrs. Wilmer Smith, a 1939 Texas
Tech graduate, was appointed to the
board in 1973. She is only the sec
ond woman to serve on the board.
Mrs. Smith is a former school
teacher and was named “Texas
Woman of the Year” in 1961 by Pro
gressive Farmer Magazine. She is a
resident of Wilson.
Ross Watkins, a highway bridge
contractor and a rancher, was ap
pointed to the board last year.
Watkins is a resident of Uvalde
and is on the board of directors of
Associated General Contractors and
the First State Bank of Uvalde. He
is director of the Texas Independent
Cattlemans Association.
Watkins was a member of the
Construction Battalion of the Navy
during World War II.
Samuel Whittenburg of Amarillo
is a graduate of the University of
Texas at Austin. He was reap-
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