Friday, May 6, 1983/The Battalion/Page 3
staff photo by Irene Mees
Pat Pearson, 1982-83 student body
president, speaks to Texas A&M
faculty Thursday during the
distinguished faculty awards
ceremony. President Frank E.
Vandiver, left, also spoke to the
group. Pearson is a junior political
science major from San Antonio.
Faculty achievements cited
by Christine P. Mallon
Battalion Staff
Texas A&M President Frank
E. Vandiver said research
emphasis and the recruitment of
graduate students will be the top
goals of the University’s faculty
and staff for the 1983-84 school
year.
At a faculty meeting/awards
ceremony Thursday afternoon
in Rudder Theater, Vandiver
commended faculty and staff
members for an outstanding job
during 1982-83.
In his State of the University
address, Vandiver said other
goals will be to control enroll
ment, recruit more National
Merit Scholars, solve campus
traffic problems and hire more
faculty in the colleges of en
gineering, science and veterin
ary medicine.
Dr. Gordon P. Eaton, provost
and vice president of academic
affairs, said improvement of the
honors program was probably
the year’s most successful effort.
“We now need to improve our
graduate program,” Eaton said.
Distinguished Achievement
Awards were presented by A.W.
“Head” Davis, ptesident of the
Association of Former Students,
to 18 members of the faculty and
staff. Checks for $5,000, com
memorative watches and pla
ques were awarded to each reci
pient.
Distinguished Achievement
Awards for Teaching: Dr.
Robert R. Berg, professor of
geology, Dr. Shirley J. Black,
assistant professor of history,
Dr. Joyce S. Davis, head of
pathology and laboratory medi
cine, Dr. David J. Ernst, associ
ate professor of physics, Dr.
John J. McDermott, head of
humanities in medicine, Dr.
Gary Smith, professor of animal
science.
Awards for Research: Dr.
Philip T. Eubank, professor of
chemical engineering, Dr. Nor
man S. Grabo, professor of En
glish, Dr. Garret M. Ihler, head
of medical biochemistry, Dr.
Ronald D. MacFarlane, profes
sor of chemistry, Dr. Emanuel
Parzen, professor of statistics,
Dr. Max D. Summers, professor
of entomology.
Awards for Continuing Edu
cation-Extension: Dr. Peter E.
Jenkins, associate professor of
mechanical engineering, Dr.
Jerral D. Johnson, plant patho
logist, Texas Agricultural Ex
tension Service.
Awards for Student Re
lationships: Ron Blatchley, di
rector of student affairs, Charles
Plum, professor of accounting.
Awards for Administration
and Staff: Jeanette Phariss,
assistant to the provost/vice
president for academic affairs,
Lane B. Stephenson, director of
the Office of Public Informa
tion.
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Faculty retirees recognized
by Ronnie Crocker
Battalion Staff
Retiring English professor
fcmes F. Peirce said Thursday
■iat retirement is not repre-
jSented by a period or question
mark, but rather a colon separ-
Iting two important segments of
Ife. Peirce made the remarks at
lie annual faculty retirement
■inner.
I Peirce was one of eight retir-
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• Bets present at the dinner.
jPJJjjWcirce, with 37 and one-half
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most seniority of the retiring fa
culty. Albert j. Druce, of the De
partment of Electrical Engineer
ing, is retiring after 37 years.
Other retiring members pre
sent were Roy C. Pledger, with
17 years of service; Dr. Andrew
H. Layman, with 18 years; Dr.
Jack R. Runkles, with 19 years;
Archie I. Flowers, with 28 years;
Theodore A. Noyes, with 29
years; and Leslie L. Palmer, with
32 years.
Earlier in the evening, Texas
A&M President Frank E. Van
diver told the retirees that they
would be called back to service
from time to time because the
experience which they have
accumulated is too valuable to be
forsaken.
He then presented each of
them with a certificate of retire
ment while Dr. Gordon Eaton,
provost and vice president for
academic affairs, read a brief
history about each one.
About 50 guests and the retir
ing faculty dined in the ballroom
of the Briarcrest Country Club.
Among the guests were Mrs.
Margaret Rudder, wife of for
mer Texas A&M President Earl
J. Rudder, and Mr. and Mrs.
M.T. Harrington, chancellor
emeritus of Texas A&M.
Five of the retiring faculty
members were not present at the
dinner. They are Charles L. Gil
more, retiring with eight years at
Texas A&M; Dr. Floyd L. Gunn,
retiring with 19 years; Charles
H. Yeates, with 22 years; Dr.
John C. Ramge, with 24 years;
and Dr. William M. Romane,
leaving with 27 years experi
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