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BEAUMONT — A panel of
three federal judges Saturday
dismissed a lawsuit seeking to
delay the Feb. 12 special election
to fill the congressional seat va
cated by former U.S. Rep. Phil
Gramm of College Station.
U.S. District Judge William
Wayne Justice of Tyler and U.S.
District Judge Robert Parker of
Beaumont heard nearly an hour
of arguments and conferred
with 5th U.S. Circuitjudge Sam
Johnson of Austin by telephone
before dismissing the lawsuit foi
lack of venue.
The panel felt it was not the
proper court to hear the case.
The judges said although
they technically had power to
rule in the lawsuit, the matter
would be more appropriately
addressed by a federal court in
the U.S. Western District of
Texas, which covers a portion of
the 6th Congressional District.
Their district, the federal
court system’s Eastern District of
Texas, does not cover any of the
counties in the 6th District, the
district in which Gramm is run
ning for re-election.
, Plaintiffs’ lawyer George Kor-
bel did not immediately indicate
if the suit would be refilled.
The lawsuit, filed by the
Texas Rural Legal Aid Inc. of
Austin, claimed the special con
gressional election scheduled
for Feb. 12 violated provisions
of the federal Voting Rights Act.
Korbel said the U.S. Justice
Department did not approve the
election date as required by the
Voting Rights Act.
He asked the court to resche
dule the special election for the
first Saturday in April, one of
the four “uniform” dates in the
Texas Election Code.
Korbel claimed the statute
governing the calling of such
special elections is unconstitu
tional because it allows the filing
deadline to be five days af ter the
election is announced. He said
that is insuf ficient time for those
unable to afford the filing fee to
circulate petitions to obtain a
ballot position.
Assistant Texas Attorney
General Rick Gray, who de
fended the state’s action, said he
wants the issue disjwtfc , ’j"!
court as soon as po«;>Ij. J•^
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was called shortly aftn® 1 ^ heat
resigned his congresst^f “ a -
on Jan. 5 because DgH T er |
had stripped him ofli| sei . v j n g
gious seat on the HousiB^ a j j,
Committee. Gramm<]u« an ,
as a Democrat, switckSggo’ y
and announced hisoir ters jjy
a Republican. M 0 odm
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Surgeon’s
record
defended
United Press International
SAN ANTONIO —A woman
whose mentally retarded son
died while being operated on
defended the much criticized
surgeon by saying the doctor’s
success rate is so low because he
took on cases other surgeons
would not touch.
A Defense Department re
port this week said 45 percent of
Dr. William Stanford’s patients
died while he was chief of car
diac thoracic surgery at Wilford
Hall hospital in San Antonio
from 1975 to 1977. No other
doctor had a patient mortality
rate higher than 9 percent, it
said.
The San Antonio woman said
her son, B'/s, had Down’s syn
drome and a heart problem that
Stanford tried to correct. The
child died on Stanford’s operat
ing table.
“Stanford walked a fine line
because he was willing to per
form brave, innovative and
sometimes experimental
surgery,” she said. “If a physi
cian wanted to save his reputa
tion, he wouldn’t bother with a
Down’s syndrome baby.”
Stanford, a retired Air Force
surgeon, told the San Antonio
Light that the Pentagon report
was not fair.
“It’s irresponsible. You have
to look at the cases,” Stanford
' said.
He said many of his patients
were high risk and had little
hope of surviving with or with
out surgery.
The same conclusion was
reached in an Air Force report
released last summer. It said
Stanford’s 22 percent mortality
rate was not out of line with na
tional standards for the type of
cases operated upon.
Stanford is now studying at
university hospitals in Iowa City
to become a radiologist instead
of a heart specialist, he said.
“Life’s too short to go through
that stuff and worry every time
you try to help a patient if you’ll
end up in a lawsuit,” he said.
Stanford lost a $2.1 million
medical malpractice suit in Mil
waukee after assisting in an
operation that left a woman
brain-damaged because a heart-
lung machine was hooked up
backwards. The case is being
appealed.
After CBS’s “60 Minutes” re
ported on the Milwaukee case
and Stanford’s mortality record.
Defense Secretary Caspar Wein
berger ordered an investigation
by the Defense Department.
The Air Force had already spent
$1 million for four investiga
tions at Wilford Hall — three
involving Stanford.
The Pentagon report pre
sented to Weinberger Dec. 30
said one Wilford Hall anesthe
siologist had refused to work
when Stanford was scheduled to
operate on children. Air Force
doctors at other military hospit
als purposely steered patients
away from Wilford Hall, it said.
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BUSINESS
Monthly Newsletter of the students of the College of Business Administration, Texas A&M University
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VolumeS, Number4
Paid advertising, prepared by
the College of Business Administraiion
Twenty Years of Growth for CBA
It is a fact that Texas A&M has
contributed much to the econo
mic, cultural, and educational en
richment of Texas. In this tradi
tion, A&M's College of Business
Administration has shown pheno
menal growth and continuing ex
cellence in its programs in the past
twenty years.The College has en
joyed a growing national promin
ence among both academic and
business institutions.
Texas A&M has entered its
107th year as a center of higher
education, and the program in
Business Administration is celeb
rating its twentieth. In its 107
years, Texas A&M has become one
of the leading universities of the
South. The School of Business,
organized in June 1963, has ac
quired that same distinction in
only twenty years.
The College of Business Admi
nistration has made important
strides in a number of areas. There
is an increase in the accessibility to
computers, leadership skills and
their development are stressed,
and in the future plans are being
made to increase communication
skills.
Although a leading business
school, the College of Business
Administration is not without
problems. Dean Willian V. Muse
noted two shortfalls at the CBA.
“We don't have enough full
time faculty. Because of the faculty
shortage, there is another prob
lem: class sizes have to be larger,"
stated the dean.
When the Agricultural &
Mechanical College of Texas began
operation in 1876, the student
body numbered only 48 and class
size was no problem. Now, any
student can tell about the crowded
situation in the classroom and in
the community.
The Agricultural and Mechanic
al College of Texas offered busi
ness courses in its Commercial De
partment from the very beginning
of the institution. At that time,
"Double entry bookkeeping, the
laws governing commercial trans
actions, and the philosophy and
morals of business" were the sub
jects taught.
In 1915 the Department of Eco
nomics took over the business
courses and taught them until
1921. The only business degree
offered was a bachelor's in Agri
cultural Administration.
In October 1926, the Depart
ment of Agricultural Economics
was divided into four new depart
ments, the Department of Agricul
ture and Land Economics, the De
partment of Accounting and Sta
tistics, the Department of Farm
and Ranch Management, and the
Department of Marketing and Fi
nance. Now a student could re
ceive a B.S. in Ag Administration
with a business option.
Students Selected for Fellows Program
Fast-Track to Decision Responsibility
by Carole Craft
A unique new program has been
created to help Texas A&M gradu
ates excel in the fields they enter
after graduation. The CBA Fellows
Program in Business Administra
tion concentrates on developing
and building the managerial skills
of selected undergraduates.
"This program is unique in the
intensive use of student-business
interaction," said Dr. Lyle Schoen-
feldt. Director of the program and
Head of the Management Depart
ment. "We have big expectations
for the idea, and with the support
of the business community, we are
hoping for a huge success."
Twenty-eight students have
been chosen for the Fellows Prog
ram, which will encompass the
second half of the student's junior
year, the senior year and a sum
mer internship between the years.
Students applied for admission to
the program by filling out a ques
tionnaire which asked them to de
scribe their own management
capabilities. They then experi
enced a 25-minute interview in
which they were asked about col
lege life, employment and future
plans.
The students are chosen by late
January (of their junior year) and
attend meetings in February,
March and April. The meetings
will involve orientation to the
program, making arrangements
for internships, and getting ac
quainted with one another. There
will be a two-day retreat following
the programs in May which will
orient the students to their intern
ships.
The summer work experience is
perhaps the single most important
aspect of the CBA Fellows Prog
ram, according to Dr. Schoenfeldt.
In the summer internship prog
ram, students gain experience
with a business organization that
is chosen according to the stu
dent's technical expertise
(accounting, finance, marketing,
management, informations sys
tems).
"This program is going to be an
excellent opportunity for both the
students and businesses," said Dr.
Schoenfeldt. "The student will be
able to work with professionals,
and the businesses will be getting
a student who has proven his or
her ability."
Students will be challenged by
assignments that may include
some supervisory responsibility
and the necessity to coordinate
efforts across different depart
ments.
The senior year seminar is
aimed at the further development
of the individual's managerial and
leadership skills. During this year,
there will be weekly sessions de
voted to guest speakers as well as
presentations by faculty and com
pany specialists on such matters as
marketing and finance. Two integ
rative elements, a business game
and short practicum experience,
will allow students to gain experi
ence in working cooperatively
together and with specialists at
other companies.
Principal support for the CBA
Fellows Program will come from
the faculty and administration at
Texas A&M University as well as
dedicated executives and mana
gers who contribute time and
energy by advising and teaching in
the classroom. It is planned that all
funds for the Program will be de
rived from individual, foundation,
and corporate contributions. Cri
tical charter support was provided
by the Diamond Shamrock Cor
poration, Tenneco, Inc., and Mr.
H. G. Schiff of Dallas.
Prior to the CBA Fellows Prog
ram, the College of Business
Administration had no special
academic programs for students
with demonstrated leadership
capabilities. The Fellows Program
is seen as a unique and innovative
effort to identify and develop the
management potential of selected
CBA undergraduate students. The
program is designed to take
advantage of the special leader
ship opportunities provided by
the Texas A&M environment to
meet the current and growing
needs for competent and effective
managerial personnel.
The business curriculum was
transferred to the School of Arts
and Sciences in 1946, as the Busi
ness and Accounting Department.
From 1946 to 1950 this arrange
ment offered Bachelor of Science
degrees with majors in business
and in accounting.
In 1950 the name was changed
to the Department of Business
Administration, still under the
School of Arts and Sciences. Now
Texas A&M offered an M.B. A. and
the Bachelor of Business Adminis
tration degrees. Degree programs
were in accounting, building pro
ducts marketing, finance, general
business, insurance marketing,
personnel administration, and sta
tistics.
1956 saw another name change,
from the Department of Business
Administration to the Division of
Business Administration within
the School of Arts and Sciences.
Texas A&M University became
the official name, by legistlative ac
tion, for the Agricultural and
Mechanical College of Texas in
1963. At that time the Division of
Business Administration became
the School of Business Adminis
tration, but remained a part of the
school which now became the Col
lege of Arts and Sciences. The de
gree programs offered by the new
ly formed School of Business
Administration were in four major
areas: Accounting, Finance, Man
agement, and Marketing.
The School of Business Admi
nistration was authorized in 1966
to form departments within itself.
The results were the five present
departments: Accounting, Fi
nance, Management, Marketing,
and the Department of Business
Analysis and Research.
The School of Business Admi
nistration was separated from the
College of Liberal Arts in 1968.
This brought the establishment of
the College of Business Adminis
tration on Sept. 1, 1968, with au
thorization to supplement its
undergraduate and master's prog
rams with work leading to the
Doctor of Philosophy in Business
Administration. The Ph.D. prog
ram began with the fall term of
1969.
On May 4, 1972, the College of
Business Administration was offi
cially recognized by its peer insti
tutions as being a leading schoolof
business by the American Associa
tion of Collegiate Schools of
Business's accreditation of the
undergraduate and master's de
gree programs. Only 79 other in
stitutions in the United States had
that distinction at that time.
At present, A&M and the Busi
ness Administration school are
recognized and well respected na
tion-wide. A survey of some four
teen-hundred Texas executives in
dicated that, in their opinions, itis
one of the top schools anywhere
The Gourman Report in 1980rank
ed Texas A&M's business school
among the twenty best business
schools. The total undergraduate
enrollment in the College of Busi
ness Administration ranks fifth
largest in the nation.
With a past steeped in tradition,
a present day situation of innova
tiveness and change, and an excit
ing future, the Texas A&M College
of Business Administration will
continue to advance as one of the
premier educational institutions of
the U.S.
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