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4 alumni honored ith highest award THE BATTALION THURSDAY. MAY 4, 1978 Page 9 Texas A&M University will be stow “distinguished alumnus” de signation, its highest honor, on Searcy Bracewell and John H. [Lindsey of Houston, Joe H. Moore of Midland and Austin, and James I. Sewell of Dallas during com mencement ceremonies here Friday and Saturday. p The award has been given to only 59 of Texas A&M’s 86,000 graduates. Distinguished alumnus recognition is presented by the University and its alumni organiza tion, the Association of Former Stu dents. \ The honor is reserved for former udents whose exceptional con- ibutions to society have singled lem out as men of great stature and ility. The awards will be pres- ted at Texas A&M’s spring com mencement exercises Friday night «nd Saturday morning. Bracewell, a 1938 Texas A&M aduate, is senior partner of I'acewell and Patterson, a Houston iw firm with branch offices in ashington and Austin. Bracewell nded the firm in 1945 with his her and brother. [TheTexas lawyer was president of uth Texas College of Law in 1^74-76 and is president-emeritus of e institution. Bracewell was :cted to the Texas House of Rep- sentatives in 1947 and two years ;er made a successful bid for the xas Senate where he served 10 ars. He was president pro-tem of e Senate in 1957, and in 1969-71 jis chairman of the Texas Water velopment Board. He has been a counselor since '64 with the Texas A&M Research mndation, of which he became a jstee in 1967 and board chairman 1976. He is a founding member of xas A&M’s President’s Endowed holars Program and served on the sociation of Former Students lard of Directors. Lindsey, a 1944 Texas A&M aduate, is partner of a Houston in- jurance agency bearing his name, dai spot, j^own for many behind-the-scenes cry time j»ntributions to the University, he I again, t j s a p ast president (1964) of the As- original jouation Q f Former Students and |so a founding member of the Pres- trainareifijgnt’s Endowed Scholars Program, are t 00 h as 6 een a Research Foun- by thf dation counselor since 1964, and a le in tl' r foundation trustee since 1969. ucatednM#Lindsey also serves on the Prairie View A&M University Foundation t, we w Board and is on the executive com ae thoiij. mittee for the South Texas College After restiLaw Board of Trustees, lagged do#. rders, hafThe Houston civic leader has as- , half in bflJNd the University in numerous BurgeriPy 5, Lindsey helped influence or hours ^ ran ^ Wardlaw to organize and di- ustosrn ec ^ t ^ ie Texas A&M University New Yorl fess > which in just over three years M Kwasir Polished more than 50 works a pleasuitf won national recognition. His Inuston contacts led to the annual tudent Leadership Trip each Bring by 50 students who attend pera, ballet, symphony and theater § erformances, visit museums and 'm O ieet civic leaders. Lindsey also ■/fj Incouraged and promoted recogni- onofE.M. “Buck” Schiwetz, 1921 ixas A&M graduate and one of counselor g xas ’ „ rea f ar ti s ts. Like, Bf' ( ! Moore, an independent oil jerator of 30 years experience, aduated from Texas A&M in 1938. i was an exploration geologist for . r iell and Fullerton Oil Companies I 1 'I s and, through holdings in West Texas, New Mexico and other areas, leas ™ |®li Ze d the “energy problem” long n past t ibgfoj-g ^ became fashionable. He fils studied the problem many years idrus saaL V is working to help establish a the wortlr f 5tter national energy posture. t] .y toflHe has served in Association of ieism;uf&nuer Students capacities from >r theirM ' the cows relate H ’’ she said ggieism; for thent* hey the#' club to association presidency, lity at fish •e not tr) 1 ' 1 ybody.” d f l a time to ! ' hristianit)’! link about' c Amtrak hosts arage sale , in renov*™ yell prac^ 1 be spe"' 1 ] .vooden < the latter in 1974. Moore and his wife, Betty, created a revolving fund for the Texas A&M University Press, for publication of a series on Texas art. The Moores have gener ously aided faculty improvement, the Aggie club through a 12th Man Athletic Scholarship, a President’s Endowed Scholarship and the Texas A&M Development Foundation. The Texas A&M educational television-radio building was named last fall in his honor. Sewell, a 1927 Texas A&M graduate, is president of Standard Lumber Co., with 51 years experi ence in refinery management and oil firms. He was president of Taylor Oil and Gas Co. and Delhi-Taylor Oil Corp. for 16 years, until assum ing the lumber company presidency in 1968. His leadership with oil and gas corporations and a Dallas bank led him to the presidency of the Mid- Continent and Texas Oil and Gas Associations. He now serves on their boards, as well as the board of the American Petroleum Institute. The president of the Association of Former Students in 1970, Sewell served in 1961-62 on the Century Council which provided guidelines for Texas A&M into its second cen tury. He was an Association Student Loan Fund trustee 20 years and chairman in 1967-75, a Develop ment Foundation trustee since 1972 and chairman in 1974. The Dallas A&M Club recognized Sewell in 1972 with the Jimmy Williams Award as the outstanding Texas A&M man in Dallas. 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