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Monday, February 29, 1988/The Battalion/Page 7 etiring agriculture dean honored t reception, praised for service By Mark Gee Staff Writer Dr. H.O. Kunkel was honored at a fcception Friday sponsored by the Jexas Agriculture Experiment Sta- Bn and the Texas Agriculture Ex- Insion Service for his 20 years of Jrvice as dean of the College of Ag- Iculture. Kunkel, 65, is relinquishing his osition as dean of the College of Igriculture March 1 to Dr. Charles J. Arntzen. ■ Artzen heads Du Font’s agricul ture biotechnology research and is a ipember of the National Academy of Bdences. He is considered an ideal Bioice for the position, Chancellor Berry Adkisson said in Februrary’s mprtnightly, a publication of the Office of Public Information. Brtzen will be both a deputy chab- "^llor and College of Agriculture can. More than 150 people recognized Kunkel for his service to the Univer- *#tv at the reception in the Systems Building rotunda. I Kunkel is quick to point out that he is not retiring; he will continue at JpcM as a teacher and researcher. Asa professor in the Texas A&M jutrition program that he helped es- pblish, he is teaching “Issues in Ani- Tal Agriculture” next Fall. His ma- |r research emphasis is determining 1 ttends in agriculture. I “I’m simply going to try and point Lit what is happening in agricultu- Kunkel said. “I hope to have bme ideas that will give some direc- on. I have all these years of dealing i the whole field of agriculture anci being it in the world so I’ll have the pportunity to do some things.” Dr. Zerle L. Carpenter, director ol the Texas Agriculture Extension nervice and a sponsor of the recep- on praised Kunkel’s leadership abi- Photo by David Elmer College of Agriculture Dean H.O. Kunkel and his family enjoy the reception in his honor Friday at the Systems Building. lities. “Dean Kunkel, no question about it, has been a national and interna tional leader in agriculture,” Car penter said. “He is known as a tea cher, a scientist and a real innovator in education across the land.” Kunkel established a masters of agriculture program at Texas A&M in 1969 that is unique to agricultural education. He said no other pro gram offers the opportunities of A&M’s master of agriculture pro gram. As an international leader, Kun kel has worked with other scientists on world agricultural problems at the International Congress of Nutri tion, the International Congress of Biochemistry and the Western Hemisphere Nutrition Congress. For these conferences he has trav eled all over the world, including to Edinburgh, Rio de Janeiro, Vienna, Toronto, and Manila. He also served as chairman of the International Conference on Food and Water in 1985. On March 12 he will speak at the Agricultural Fair in Verona, Italy. Carpenter said one of Kunkel’s main accomplishments is his estab lishment of 14 regional research and extension centers in Texas. Car penter praised Kunkel’s devel opment of the idea and his efforts to overcome the financial, personal re cruitment and construction chal lenges of the regional centers. The regional centers are interdis ciplinary teams of scientists that spe- ciiically work on agricultural prob lems in each region. The last regional center was built in Amarillo in 1977. “These centers of expertise, as an extension of Texas A&M’s system out in these localities, have really put us in high standing in our ability to serve the public,” Carpenter said. Dr. R.G. Marrifield, associate di rector of the Texas Agricultural Ex periment Station, said the critical mass of scientific talent in these re gional centers mounts a much stronger research thrust than states that have substations scattered throughout their state. Marrifield said Florida is the only other state that has a research and extension system similar to the one Kunkel helped to develop in Texas. Other accomplishements attrib uted to Kunkel’s administration are the Texas Real Estate Institute and the Institute of Renewable Natural Resources. Mary Ruth Patranella, assistant to the dean of agriculture, has worked for Kunkel for 25 years. She kept his schedule for 20 of those years until she became the assistant to the dean of Agriculture in 1983. “I’ve worked in agriculture all of my career and worked with Dr. Kun kel much longer than anyone else and I’ve enjoyed it all,” Patranella said. “He is a fine person to work for and with.” Faulty instrument postpones start of nuclear project BAY CITY (AP) — A faulty read- T .gatthe South Texas Nuclear Pro ject halted startup procedures at the plant Sunday morning, an official said. An instrument in the control room of the project’s Unit 1 failed, Initiating actions known as a reactor enfe urn indt jaiWj andli di®- npr» idEdj idafe fSliii it ki«! i alb of? 1 mnd' pla) cepi and trip, which would have shut the reac tor down had it been in operation,” said project spokesman Glen Walker. The incident occurred at 5:45 a.m. and was over at 6:25 a.m., Walker said. It posed no threat “whatsoever*’ to the plant or community. “It was just a faulty reading,” Walker said. The unit was involved in startup proceedings that were leading to the initial operation of the reactor, he said. But the instrument failure was not related to the startup, he said. When the investigation is com pleted and the problem is corrected, the startup procedure will resume, possibly sometime late Sunday, he said. The Nuclear Regulatory Commis sion was notified of the incident. si i' hcf iro opd- di#! H )V This sprin make a break for it s This Spring Break, catch Greyhound®/ Trailways® Lines to just about anyplace in Texas. For only $25.00 each way, you and your friends can get away and have a great time along the way. So go Greyhound/Trailways. Greyhound Greyhound/Trailways • 114. E. Walton Drive • 696-0209 Must present a valid college student I.D. card upon purchase. No other discounts apply. Tickets are nontransferable and good for travel on Greyhound Lines, Inc., Trail wavs Lines and other participating carriers. Certain restrictions apply. 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