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May 19, 1982
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us names
i small am
Dr. John B. Coleman of
juston, a member of the
:xas A&M System Board of
jgents, has been awarded an
a any in 10 | 0 rary doctor of humanities
lim as tlir|gree by Fisk University, his
?lds gnarpa mater.
that, theiBoleman is chief of obstetri-
^slil^ej. liansand gynecologists at River-
e ight ofif|f G u ne r al 1 i HoS TAj tal and r n '
° « the Cullen Women s Cen-
a P J1 Bn Houston. He is president
Ethe Human Enrichment of
He Program, president and
t birthiiijM rinan ofthe b oar d of KCOH
e land, a|[ n l and serves on the Entex Inc.
?ens andlboard of directors,
ent, sbBColeman has served on the
slow, bilB as Board of Regents
its andt^ nce l^, ''
iglow Will,
D|. Clarence R. (Dick) Creger,
i , .Bfessor of biochemistry, nut-
e | B>n and poultry science at
" (U ‘ |exas A&M, has been named
a cooIlT
head of the University’s Depart
ment of Poultry Science.
Creger received his bachelor’s
and master of science degrees in
nutrition from Kansas State
University and a doctoral de
gree in biochemistry and nutri
tion from Texas A&M. He has
served on the faculty since 1958.
Dr. Thomas L. Payne, a Texas
A&M entomologist has been
named winner of the Hum-
boldt-Pries Award for science by
the Alexander Von Humboldt
Foundation of West Germany.
Payne, an authority on the use
of behavioral chemicals to sup
press forest insects such as the
pine beetle, will conduct his re
search for one year at the Insti
tute of Forest Zoology at the
Albert Ludwig University in
Freiburg, West Germany where
he will also serve as a visiting
scientist.
Braniff s secret closing
kept planes from creditors
United Press International
DALLAS — With Braniff
International’s small cash re
serves dwindling hourly, its
top executives secretly de
cided to close swiftly before
creditors could start “snatch
ing airplanes wherever they
could be found.”
Braniff s chief spokesman,
Sam Coats, offered an inside
view of the final days of Amer
ica’s eighth-largest airline in
an interview with United
Press International.
Some $1 billion in debt,
Braniff declared bankruptcy
last Wednesday, a week after
the last meeting of stockhol
ders on May 6 at which presi
dent Howard Putnam said
bankruptcy proceedings
would be the last resort.
Immediately after that
meeting, however, a small
team of Braniffs top execu
tives was cloistered behind
closed doors to discuss last-
ditch rescue options.
Secret talks began with
other airlines and potential
outside investors, but the
news was grim.
A 12-member team was
assembled on May 10, and
told to prepare a plan to close
Braniff — just in case.
That afternoon, Putnam
flew to New York to testify in a
suit brought by pilots who
would lose their jobs if Braniff
leased its South America
routes to Eastern Airlines.
Putnam called headquar
ters almost hourly and Coats
said: “We decided then to go
ahead and begin lopping off
operations and repositioning
aircraft.”
The team began “creating”
mechanical problems with air
craft and claiming bad weath
er prevented jets from return
ing to South America. The
group tackled staggering
security and logistical prob
lems — compounded by the
possibility of a leak every time
more people were told.
As Putnam called again
from New York, top financial
aide Phil Guthrie said the
dreaded words: “We’ve got to
start shutting it down. There’s
no way we can continue.”
Putnam flew back to Dallas
and high-level meetings lasted
into the next morning. The
airline’s bankruptcy counsel,
retained several months ear
lier, was present.
Finally came the point of no
return — canceling flights to
move aircraft closer to Dallas
and out of foreign countries.
&M researchers help executives
evelop firms’ political clout
Public policy and manage-
int researchers from Texas
M University will present a
gram to corporate execu-
on developing firms’ poli-
klout Thursday in Houston.
“Until recently, businesses
J laven’t been willing to admit
need to devote more re-
ilirces in the political arena,”
aid Dr. Gerald Keim, a Texas
t&M management professor
whose current research focuses
on corporate political activity.
“Now, many have realized
the importance of participating
in public policy decisions rather
than simply to react to them,” he
said.
Keim heads a team of resear
chers from the Business and
Public Policy Group at Texas
A&M’s College of Business
Administration who will present
the program with the Social Sci
ence Research Group from the
College of Liberal Arts.
These researchers will pre
sent the half-day program to
help Houston executives evalu
ate their governmental and
media relations. The program
will cover broadcast media rela
tions, strategies for lobbying and
political action committees and
building corporate constituency
programs among shareholders.
“Individual corporate stock
holders — for a long time the
silent partners in big business —
may become the political activ
ists of this decade,” Keim said.
During the program, Keim
will talk about the potential for
active corporate constituency
programs with shareholders.
The presentations begin at 9
a.m. in the Houston Lighting
and Power Company’s Energy
Information Center. The prog
ram is open to the public, but
seats should be reserved in adv
ance through Texas A&M’s Re
search Foundation.
Registration begins Monday
for Bryan swim program
Registration for the Learn to
jim program offered by the
fyan Recreation Division of
[e Bryan Parks and Recreation
partment begins Monday and
1 continue until June 3. Clas-
fesfor the first session will begin
ijune 7.
Registration for the four
pmmer sessions will be held
15 to 7 p.m. on Mondays at
liomas Pool in Bryan; on Tues-
at the Bryan Municipal
il, on Wednesdays at Haswell
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Be 139th day of 1982 with 226
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t anieI it 1 American philanthropist
,■ John Hopkins was born May 19,
Eji On this date in history:
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hours i i American “Superfortress”
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Pool and on Thursdays at Hen
derson Pool.
Carla Deviney, a spokes
woman for the department, said
lessons will last about 45 minutes
each, five days a week for two
weeks. The first summer session
runs from June 7 to 18, the
second session from June 21 to
July 2, the third session from
July 12 to July 23 and the last
session fromjuly 26 to August 6.
All lessons will be taught by
American Red Cross certified
instructors.
She said lessons will be
offered in seven categories: wa
ter babies, ages six months to
two years; tots, ages three to five
years; beginners, six years and
older; advanced beginners; in
termediates; swimmers; and
advanced lifesaving.
Classes for water babies, tots
and beginners will be given free
of charge, she said. The cost for
advanced beginners’ lessons and
above will be $5.
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