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
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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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Four Texas A&M University graduates will
receive “distinguished alumnus” awards dur
ing commencement exercises this Friday and
Saturday. From left to right are; Searcv
Bracewell and John H. Lindsey of Houston,
Joe H. Moore of Austin and Midland, and
James L. Sewell of Dallas.
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