THE BATTALION
TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1978
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At MSC 12 years
Executive retires
After spending 25 years in the
Army and 12 years helping student
[roups grow with the University,
lal Gaines is ready for something
f'else.
Harold W. Gaines, associate di
rector of the Memorial Student
Center, retires today.
I I feel that it’s time,” Gaines said,
live worked a long time and now
|'m looking forward to other
ings.”
Gaines has been an adviser to stu-
lent groups such as the Opera and
‘ rforming Arts Society (OPAS) and
|IWn Hall. He has helped various
igroups expand to meet the demands
of growing enrollment at Texas
A&M University.
V Caines said the building expan
sion at Texas A&M has played a big
prut in the growth of some student
group projects, particularly the film
program.
I When the auditorium and thea
ter came alive, the program was
ready to expand — and it did,” he
said. In 1965, the University
showed only five or sue films per
year. Now over 200 films per year
are shown to 60,000 people.
“I think I’ve been very fortunate
to be here at Texas A&M during the
most exciting part of its history,”
Gaines said. “When I came here,
enrollment was eight to nine
thousand. Look at it now.
“The challenge involved in ex
panding programs to meet the re
quirements of that enrollment has
been great — a lot of fun, all of it.”
Gaines’ plans for the future in
clude travel and a move to a resort in
Arkansas.
James R. Reynolds, director of
the University Center at North
Eastern Oklahoma State University,
has tentatively agreed to fill
Gaines’s position.
Reception to honor chemist
A reception is planned Friday to
honor longtime faculty member Dr.
Wilmon W. Meinke, research
chemist with the Food Protein Re
search and Development Center
and professor of chemical engineer
ing.
The ceremony will be at 3 p.m. in
103 Teague Research Center.
Meinke retires today after 42
years service to Texas A&M Univer
sity.
His research here has most re
cently included a US DA project to
study preparation and evaluation of
textured vegetable proteins from
cottonseed flour.
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Harold W. Gaines, associate director of the MSC, retires
today after 12 years with the University. Gaines has been
adviser to Town Hall and the Opera and Performing Arts
Society (OPAS).
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iunness, NMSC board chairman,
nnounced today.
NMSC, based in Evanston, Ill., is
be nation’s largest independently
s inanced scholarship organization.
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Irganization conducts two na
tionwide scholarship competitions
annually, the National Merit Schol
arship Program and the National
Achievement Scholarship Program.
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top 20 institutions in enrollment of
National Merit Scholars. It has 171
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and regional positions in schol
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tivities.
He recently completed a three-
year term as a trustee of the Na
tional College Entrance Examina
tion Board and is a past president of
the Council of the Federation of Re
gional Accrediting Commissions of
Higher Education. Additionally, he
served from 1968 until last year as
chairman of the Commission of Col-
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