Page 4/The Battalion/Monday, April 25, 1983
Chief leadership traits cited
by David Marchand
Battalion Reporter
Ben F. Love, recipient of this
year’s Texas Business Executive
of the Year award, said Friday
that productive leadership is a
common factor in all successful
business organizations.
The award was initiated here
in the Spring of 1980 as a special
feature in the College of Busi
ness Administration’s profes
sional journal, The Texas Busi
ness Executive.
Love, chairman of the board
and chief executive officer of
Texas Commerce Bancshares,
delivered an acceptance speech
to an audience of about 400 in
the Academic and Agency
Building.
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formula that man has devised
for productive leadership, Love
said. But in his organization, the
selection process is the key.
Love said his organization
looks for five qualities, which he
called “the right stuff,” in pros
pective employees.
First, competence is impor
tant. This includes preparation,
which begins in school, to allow
the executive to adapt to con
stantly changing situations.
Next he cited the desire to
excel. Echoing the language of
his organization’s commercials,
he said an executive must have a
“can do” attitude.
A high level of energy he also
claimed is vital to success, and he
quoted actress Helen Hayes,
“Talent and ability are not
enough ... nothing is good with
out endurance.”
Physical fitness and nutrition
are important, he said, because
the executive is “preparing for a
contest.”
“No matter how good your
past, you are measured by what
you are doing today and will do
tomorrow,” he said. “Work is in
deed akin to a physical contest.”
Next Love urged “a strong
work ethic” that is evidenced by
a disciplined individual. Few
successful executives, he said,
don’t master detail.
Finally, he said, integrity is an
element that will help others fol
low an executive. This includes
honesty, ethics, a moral code
and consistent application.
Texas Commerce Bane-
shares “has yet to be dis
appointed by someone with
these five qualities,” he said.
Another aspect of productive
leadership, Love said, is how an
organization develops its mem
bers. A “lean and hungry staff”
produces less resistance to
change.
Love agreed with Gen.
George S. Patton’s philosophy:
Never tell people exactly how to
do things. Tell them what to do,
and they’ll surprise you with
their ingenuity. And he urged
young executives to “risk some
mistakes, take some action, don’t
be inert.”
For all these qualities Love
said the rewards are many.
“Our people are our most im
portant asset,” he siid. “We want
above average people and above
average salaries. We want peo
ple who seek out opportunity ...
and can be rewarded by more
opportunity.”
But Love’.s optimism was
taken to task at a press confer
ence held prior to his speech.
When asked about the future of
the oil industry in light of recent
overproduction, layoffs and
shutdowns, Love said that some
time in the next two to three
years, the plants that are now
hurting are going to have an up
turn in business.
“We are going to be depen
dent on hydrocarbons,” he said.
The computer and construction
industry also will be important
to Texas’ economy.
But, he said, productive
leadership is the key to progress,
and he quoted William Jennings
Bryan, “Destiny is not a matter
of chance. It is a matter of
choice.”
Salami recall extended
for June purchase dates
United Press International
I OPEKA, Kan. — Ohse Meat
Products Inc. has expanded its
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March recall of salami that was
found to contain glass frag
ments, a company official says.
Duane Cahill, general mana
ger of Ohse, said Friday all sala
mi marked est. 5539 with a pur-
chase-by date of June 15 or be
fore should be returned to the
place of purchase.
The recall applies to Ohse,
Shur-Fresh, Good Value, IGA,
Brookshire, and County Fair
brands, Cahill said.
The U.S. Department of
Agriculture notified the com
pany on April 15 that the source
of the glass is a supplier of spices
and seasoning, Cahill said. Re
tail customers of the company
were notified of the recall the
day the USDA announced its
findings to Ohse.
Ohse no longer purchases
products from that company,
Cahill said.
Kevin Murray, a USDA
spokesman, said the supplier
was Saratoga Specialties of Chi
cago.
Dr. Earl Montgomery, USDA
director of emergency prog
rams in Washington, said Sara
toga is being investigated by the
Food and Drug Administration.
Ohse issued its first recall of
salami March 7 after consumers
said they found glass fragments
in the meat. The letter and num
ber markings on the meat in the
original recall also were est.
5539.
The salami is distributed in
Texas, Kansas, Missouri, Col
orado, Oklahoma, New Mexico,
Minnesota, Iowa, Arkansas,
Wyoming, Illinois and Neb
raska.
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Guatemalan statue to honor Aggk
Government officials in Guatemala have dedicated a memt
rial statue to Douglas S. Kuehn (Class of’48) forhisagrioil
tural contributions to their country as a technician Mil
International Programs here.
Kuehn, who died of cancer in 1979, began his wi
through Texas A&M in the 1960s in Santo Domingo,ii
1973 he accepted an assignment in Guatemala on aproj#
sponsored by Texas A&M and the Guatemalan government
Kuehn worked in Guatemala until his death on a projs
to grow vegetables for export to the United States.
The statue honoring his work — a bronze bust andplap
— is located in the Zacapa area of Guatemala where n
his contributions were made.
Dedication ceremonies were attended by hiswife.Aurou
Kuehn of McAllen, and other members of his familyasstl
as representatives of the Guatemalan government.
Phi Kappa Phi initiation to beheld
More than 300 Texas A&M juniors, seniors an
students and 12 faculty members will be inducted intoik
Phi Kappa Phi honor society at an initiation banquet Mil
in Room 226 of the Memorial Student Center.
Phi Kappa Phi is an interdisciplinary society whoserntt
bers are drawn from the top 4 percent of the student popi
lion of each college.
The outstanding junior class member from each coll
will be awarded a plaque. One of those students will it
named Texas A&M’s outstanding junior and receivealiil
scholarship from the chapter.
Keynote speaker for the 6:30 p.m. banquet is Dr.
McDermott, distinguished professor of philosophy ao!
humanities and professor and head of humanities in met
cine at the Texas A&M medical school.
Customer relations seminar offered
The commercial division of the Bryan-College State
Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a customer relatiot
seminar at 7:15 p.m. Wednesday at the Aggieland Inni
College Station.
The seminar will be conducted by John Allen, a pubit
relations consultant. Topics for the seminar will
— “You” — the employee and how ego affects dealingswii
others
— “The Customer” — how to make the customer
important; types of greetings and thanks to avoid
-“Dealing with the Angry Customer” — techniques used
calming the angry customer both in person and over tit an ^ st '
phone. Examples of conflict situations and procedures
follow.
The seminar will last for approximately twoandoneh
hours, and the cost is $20 per person.
For reservations contact the Bryan Chamber Office
779-2278.
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Police beat
The following incidents were
reported to the University Police
Department on April 22. \
MISDEMEANOR THEFT:
• Collapsible baskets from a
Schwinn three-speed bicycle
were stolen from the Soil and
Crops Science Building April
22.
• The license plates were
stolen from a 1982 Oldsmobile
in Lot 40 sometime
April 17 and April 22.
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Cause of
car crash
sheriffs
debated
United Press International
DALLAS — Four witnesses to
a car accident involving Dallas
County Sheriff Don Byrd dis
agreed with the official explana
tion of the crash.
Sheriff Byrd, 55, suffered
two broken ribs, a severe cut on
his face and a concussion when
he drove into the concrete base
of a traffic light shortly after
midnight Sunday on his way
home from a dinner party at a
downtown Dallas hotel.
He was released from a Dallas
hospital Wednesday.
Police in the affluent suburb
of University Park, where the
accident occurred, lia' ( W e 1 r V
filed charges against Bvr^’ ,
said they did not testtheslY , . ^ ‘ lc
for alcohol consumption': Ja , ves '
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man Jim Ewell said
swerved into the lights
while reaching for a radii
rophone.
But witnesses said die
drove straight toward the? crime
after passing their car at?
speed.
Gentlemen prefer brunettes
United Press International
NEW YORK — Novelist Ani
ta Loos and lyricist Joseph Fields
were wrong.
Gentlemen prefer brunettes,
not blondes, as the Loos novel
and play and title song proclaim.
A national survey by Gla
mour magazine asked men 18 to
40 years old to describe their
ideal woman. They said she was
sophisticated (not preppy) look
ing, of medium height, blue
eyed, and a curly-haired brunet
te with shoulder length hair.
She would wear just a hint of
color on her lips, a hint o^ 1
fragrance, changed oftt 11 '’
have long, polished naih
The study also showed
sonality received almostt" 1 *'
many votes as any otherd 1 * 1
teristic when the men
asked what popped inn’ ;
minds when they though 1
beautiful woman.
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