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5 Aggies to receive Distinguished Alumni Awards
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By SARAH OATES
Staff Writer
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H H. LaJiThe ranks of Texas A&M
Dr. Jar U niversity’s Distinguished
Atrial, v Alumni will swell from 87 to 92
ileducal at graduation ceremonies Sat-
f Franctijurclay, when five former stu-
!fears;I dents will receive the Universi-
, sodoloJy’s highest accolade, the
Denison, Distinguished Alumni Award.
,35 yeanM
electrical| Xhe award, established in
is; Dr. 1(^1962 by the Association of For
mary m mer Students is based on career
l5 l°gy,3 achievement, community in-
lraband|volvement and support of the
Dr. 1 University. It is annually pre-
(i 36 year sented at commencement to up
:r,Jr.,chi|to four alumni recommended
by an anonymous committee of
nine graduates and faculty and
staff members. .
1
J| The four recipients this year
are Thomas A. O’Dwyer, Class
:t and ;u 0 f'49; Jefferson C. Dykes, Class
Uriel. Tilt! 0 f ’21; Dr. Chester J. Reed,
:d this'Blass of ’47; and Gilbert M.
was ad; Turner, Class of’47.
Subdirisi®
nial disir.ti'
,ed Maii l I.ti “I’m still in shock and ecstatic
illing loiBver the honor,” O’Dwyer said
:r disinai§ivednesday. “There are so
;m pic;
“I consider it (Texas A&M) to
be the only conservative univer
sity left, and I’ll continue to sup
port it to my dying day.”
O’Dwyer earned his bache
lor’s degree in industrial engi
neering and is president of the
Ling-Oliver-O’Dwyer Electric
Inc. in Dallas. A founding di
rector of Texas A&M’s Opera
and Performing Arts Society,
he was also a member of the
Target 2000 Project Committee
and a president of the Aggie
Club. He has been involved in
various community projects in
the Dallas area.
Turner, who is president of
Bortunco, a Houston-based
company that specializes in tun
neling under roadways, water
ways and railways, said, “I’ve
tried to do things and conduct
myself in a way that would
bring credit to the University.
It’s a great honor to be includ
ed.”
football film program, the
Texas A&M football coach’s
shows and University basketball
broadcasts. In addition, Turner
has served on the Board of Di
rectors of two Houston banks.
Reed has a doctor of veteri
nary medicine degree from
Texas A&M. “It feels good to be
getting this award,” he said.
“We supported the University
as much as we could.”
Reed’s accomplishments in
clude serving on the boards of
five Houston banks and savings
associations. Reed gave more
than $600,000 to create the
Reed Corps Scholarship pro
gram, established two Presi
dent’s Endowed Scholarships
and several years ago created a
chair in the college of Veteri
nary Medicine.
Co-owner and operator of
Jeff Dykes/Western Books in
College Park, Md., Dykes is a
former Texas A&M professor.
His bachelor’s degree is in engi
neering. Dykes was a founder
of the Friends of the Texas
A&M Library and worked to
bring an extensive collection of
range livestock books to Ster
ling C. Evans Library, as well as
presenting to it the Dykes/Dobie
Collection.
Anyone can nominate a can
didate for the Distinguished
Alumni Award. Nominees must
be former students. Alumni
who are employed by the Uni
versity or serving on the Board
of Regents are not eligible.
The person who wishes to
nominate an alumnus must use
a standard nomination form
and include two letters of sup
port from other people for the
nominee. Nomination forms mously recognized as a distin-
are held for two years, and if a guished alumnus.
nominee has not recieved the _ . . ' . ,
Recipients are chosen by a
committee of four faculty and
award after two years, the nom
ination form must be updated
and re-submitted.
Honorees must attend the
ceremony in order to receive
the award. The only exception
to this rule occured when Gen
eral Earl Rudder was posthu-
staff members appointed by the
president of the University, and
four graduates appointed by
the President of the Association
of Former Students. A commit
tee chairman is chosen from the
members of the former stu
dent’s association.
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Turner earned his bachelor’s
degree in accounting. His con
tributions to the University in
clude funding a President’s En
dowed Scholarship and a
any people in the Alumni As- Twelfth Man Scholarship. He
ciation that were deserving. also has sponsored the weekly
Former students
OP recognize faculty
By BETTY SCHULTZ
I vlpl Reporter
Distinguished Achievement
cetuoSi Awards were presented by the
a reauest^r ssoc ‘ aL * on F° rmer Students
"meelintj 10 ^ members of the faculty
j s j on y and staff at the spring faculty
, meeting Thursday. Recipients
1 heritapB ece * ve d checks for $5,000, ac-
! p anl( lompanied by commorative
( watches and plaques,
ut ofTI'flr These awards are our way of
m is said ' sa y‘ n g ‘ we hke what you’re
i lissancel tioin S’ kee P U P lhe & ood work -’”
21 the* Seely said.
’ ( i|ij The Distinguished Achieve-
,.menl Awards are presented an
il nually to outstanding faculty
and staff selected on the basis of
^nomination letters from col-
’‘'nsfai!« a g ues ’ slA,derUs and former
mreasiJ students.
d Slitfl Distinguished Achievement
1(1 Awards for Teaching went to
Dr. Richard H. Costa, professor
>1 In0S „ r Jf English; Dr. Ben M. Crouch,
ie .’ Associate professor of sociology;
Rl " ' t Dr. Lawrence F. Guseman, pro-
1 or * Ifssor of mathematics; Frank C.
' vl sLilterst, lecturer in animal sci-
^ k l flflB nce : k)r ' I van W. Schmed-
^cj.jMiann, professor of agricultural
or 7' i
George Kunze, dean of the
Graduate College and professor
of agronomy, and Eugene H.
Ray, director of grounds main
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economics; and Dr. George C.
Stott, professor of veterinary
anatomy.
Research awards were pre
sented to Dr. George F. Bass,
alumni rpofessor and distin
guished professor of anthropol
ogy; Dr. Neville L. Carter, pro
fessor of geophysics; Dr.
George C.Y. Chiou, professor
of medical pharmacology and
toxicology; Dr. John B. Benson,
Jr., professor of agricultural
economics; Dr. A. Ian Scott, dis
tinguished professor of chemis-
y try; and Dr. Peter John H.
Sharpe, professor of industrial
engineering.
|i Dr. Ronald B. Knutson, pro-
I; fessor of agricultural econom
ics, and Dr. Mildred J. Little,
I professor of health and physical
[ education, received Distin
guished Achievement Awards
in Continuing Education and
Extension.
Awards for individual stu
dent relationships went to Dr.
tAlan Brian Alter, professor of
mechanical engineering, and
Dr. Candida J. Lutes, associate
[ dean of liberal arts and asso-
i date professor of psychology.
I Winners of the Administra-
|tion and Staff Distinguished
! Achievement Awards were Dr.
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Beported to the University Po-
[ lice Department through
Thursday.
[ MISDEMEANOR THEFT:
• A red Ross 10-speed bicy
cle was stolen from the Com
mons bike rack.
• A yellow Peugot 10-speed
bicycle was stolen from the Leg
gett Hall bike rack.
| • A blue IBM Seleclric II
I typewriter was reported missing
I from 022 Reed McDonald.
• A student’s purse con
taining her driver’s license, stu-
|deni I.D. card and several
IcrediL cards was stolen from a
liable in the hallway outside 207
iNagle Hall.
[ • A student’s wallet was slo-
Ben from her purse, which was
left unattended in the
■Movement Laboratory in G.
Btollie While Coliseum. The
wallet contains her driver’s li
cense, student I.D. card, Pilot
license and several credit
tards.
J FELONY THEFT:
• Several items of jewelry va
lued at $1,165 were stolen from
a dorm room in Keathley Hall.
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