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The caption reads: “A Texas A&M
civil engineering professor and
asphalt specialist for 35 years, has
concluded that traffic is a major cause
of potholes.”
The professor is Bob M. Callaway,
63, a friendly man who smiled when
he said Texas Monthly’s Bum Steer
Award came about by a series of
strange events and he didn’t know
anything about it until after it came
out in the magazine.
The award is given jokingly to peo
ple who Texas Monthly feels have
done or said something silly. The Au
stin-based magazine publishes about
20 such awards at the end of every
year.
In an interview at his office, Call
away recalled several instances in his
life that came about by a series of
strange events.
He said Jim West of Texas A&M’s
University News Service came to in
terview him about potholes a year
ago and the story was picked up by
The Associated Press and United
Press International because people
were having a lot of potholes in their
streets and highways.
“As a result, a number of radio and
television stations called to interview
me over the telephone about
potholes. That just kind of snow
balled.
“One of these people who was in
terviewing me, after we had talked
for about 15 or 20 minutes, said, ‘By
the way, professor Callaway, what
causes potholes?’
“So I said, ‘Well, I’m really not
sure but after studying in the field
asphalt for 35 years, I’ve just about
concluded that it’s traffic. No traffic,
no potholes.’”
Callaway said that statement went
out over the wires. He said he had
letters from friends he hadn’t heard
from in 30 years. One friend living in
England clipped the story out of the
London Times and sent it to him and
another friend in Sidney, Australia
clipped it out of his paper.
Not only did the professor hear
from old friends, but also he heard
from people living in other states.
“I had one letter that was addres
sed to ‘The Pothole Professor,”’ he
said. “All that was on the envelope
was ‘The Pothole Professor, Texas
A&M.’ It came to me without any
question.
“In this letter a lady said that the
potholes in Texas couldn’t hold a
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Wyoming.”
He said a paper in North Carolina
picked up the story and did a whole
page on potholes, taking it to a ridi
culous extreme.
“They showed a picture of a
pothole with a hand sticking out of
it,” he said laughing, “and another
one with an ocean liner lodged in it.
All because of this story where in the
original article we said that in Texas
we had the biggest and the most
potholes.’’
Then the Texas Monthly picked it
up and he said he didn’t hear about it
until one of his friends called and told
him he got the Bum Steer Award. He
said he and his family got a kick out of
the joke.
Callaway, who holds three patents
in the field of asphalt paving, likened
his interest in highway materials and
construction to the fun person might
get out of solving a crossword puzzle.
There are problems, he said, and
there’s always a number of solutions
to them. He said he looks for an
answer that will solve the probelm
effectively, efficiently and economic
ally and when he can do that and the
customer is pleased it gives him a
good, warm feeling.
For nearly 40 years Callaway has
been a professor at Texas A&M and
he said teaching is fun and challeng
ing. “I bring my experience and
background in research and problem
solving into the classroom along with
the lecture,” he said.
Callaway plans to teach another
year or two and then go into his con
sulting and research business full
time. He also plans to do more golf
ing, fishing and gardening when he
retires.
Callaway grew up in the lower Rio
Grande Valley where his family
farmed citrus fruit. He graduated
valedictorian from Mercedes High
School and he said one major objec
tive in high school was to finish with a
good rating so he could get a scholar
ship to go to college.
He got a $25 scholarship and en
ded up at Texas A&M, again by a
series of strange events.
“When I graduated from high
school,” he said, wrinkling his tan
forehead, “I started to Texas Univer
sity. I think I had $63 in my pocket
and I packed all the belongings I had,
carried ’em out to the high, put ’em
down and hitched a ride on a truck. ”
He said the truck driver was haul
ing a load of canned goods to East
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give him a ride to Carminel Th<
“When we got to Carmine l becor
asked him if he’d wait while ITexas
phone call to see if theyslil: The
room for me in the project ho® origin
Callaway said. “When I calldi roads,
fellow said, ‘Well Im sorryoil an<
about two weeks too late, wi
full.’
“So I went back and tc
How about me riding on
with you? There must be a®
school somewhere where
room.’ He said, “Yea, 1
A&M, I’ll go through Navasoi’
Callaway said he didn’t knwi bpired
thing about Texas A&V buthtr y The
it was a state school and hissd# . cratic
ship would be good there. missio
Pointing out his office winir -being
the main entrance of the camp!: .Tempi
said the dirver dumped hint jj Inci
over there and he set his V; Kent, £
possessions” by the side of this ^coe in
and walked to the Agrioi!'! *ijunexp:
Building. ; formei
He said he was told he’d b: viHightr
stay in Navasota with dOOothfi! ^unexpi
dents at the 1 loyle Hotel,anoii.H, Poei
pidated hotel renovated with h:
dents, because thecampusw- five st
One of the students in the
owned a cattle truck, he said,
put a canvas over and some
in and he would haul a loai
dents in the morning and ei
Callaway said he paid $13 a
for room and boardand$la
ride the truck. ~ •
He graduated with theCbi'll
and went to work for Standarffl
He said he didn’t think their j
paying him enough so he carnet 1L 3
to Texas AfvM and got a ms L/ *
degree in chemical engineerkB
Callaway then became inter*
in civil engineering and he is jl|
rently a civil engineering pro!: ®
and head of the materials,ami
struction division of the
Transportation Institute.
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