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said that she is proud of her heritage was of
fended by the flier.
“I feel like that flier was trying to cut my
roots,” she said.
The students said the flier is also mislead
ing because the word “American” represents
more than just the United States.
Walter said that the two fliers that are still
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up were approved by College Republicans and
he does not think they are offensive.
Student Body President Brooke Leslie said
she hopes the College Republicans have
learned a lesson from this and hopes they will
not let it happen again.
“We cannot forget that things like this have
happened,” she said. “If we forget, they hap
pen again.”
Leslie said she supports a multiculturalism
class requirement and has met with A&M
President Ray Bowen several times this se
mester about implementing it.
MSC Political Forum Presents:
Rep. Candidate for
State Comptroller
Teresa Dogget
Wednesday; October 19,1994
7:00 pm Rudder 601
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Mrs. Rudder said many of
her husband’s decisions as
A&M president, such as the
admission of women, making
membership in the Corps of
Cadets optional, changing the
school’s name and incorporat
ing integration, helped the
school to grow and change.
Although Mrs. Rudder
graduated from the Universi
ty of Texas, she said she has
become an Aggie.
“I went to t.u.,” she said, “but
don’t hold that against me. I’m
much more of an Aggie now.”
Mrs. Rudder has stayed ac
tive with the University since
her husband’s death in 1970.
Ann Wiatt, wife of Univer
sity Police Department direc
tor Bob Wiatt and a friend of
Mrs. Rudder, said Mrs. Rud
der has made a major differ
ence at A&M.
“She has always been dedi
cated to A&M. She has a
great love for the school. She
is just a special, special lady,”
Wiatt said.
John Lindsey, a member of
A&M’s Board of Regents and a
friend of Mrs. Rudder, said the
Rudders made considerable
contributions to the University.
“She is just one of the grand
est first ladies we’ve ever had at
Texas A&M University,” Lind
sey said. “And he has certainly
been one of the best presidents
A&M has had.”
The Rudders’ contributions
have also been felt worldwide.
Gen. Rudder led the Ranger
battalion that wiped out a
World War II German gun
fortress atop the 100-foot cliffs
of Pointe du Hoc above the Nor
mandy beaches, leading to the
successful landing of Allied
forces on D-Day, June 6, 1944.
“He didn’t consider himself
a hero,” Mrs. Rudder said.
“Gen. Omar Bradley said it
was the most difficult assign
ment he ever gave a soldier.”
Gen. Bradley was the five-
star general who gave Rudder
the orders to storm the cliffs
of Normandy.
Mrs. Rudder has visited
Normandy five times, helping
to celebrate the anniversaries
of the Allied victory.
Lindsey traveled with Mrs.
Rudder during one of her
trips to Normandy.
“The most memorable trip
we’ve ever made together was
for the 47th anniversary of the
Normandy invasion,” he said.
“Margaret Rudder is like
the president of France in
Normandy. They lay down
the red carpet for her when
she comes to town. They just
love her,” Lindsey said.
Gen. Rudder became presi
dent of A&M in 1959 after
serving one year as the
school’s vice president.
Mrs. Rudder said she was
surprised when the Board of
Directors asked her husband
to serve as president while he
was still serving as Texas
land commissioner.
“Earl was the most unlike
ly president,” she said. “He
was very qualified though.
He had a good wartime
record and he straightened the
land office out in one term.
“Anything he went into, he
got it straight. He had such a
sense of right and wrong.”
The new statue of Gen.
Rudder will be located just
north of the complex named
for him near the Memorial
Student Center.
Harry Ludtke, a Houston
artist, sculpted the statue out
of clay.
The clay being used comes
from the same material used
75 years ago to create the
statue of Lawrence Sullivan
Ross, the former president of
A&M from 1890 to 1898 who
was better known as “Sully.”
Now, the two former presi
dents will be able to stand to
gether guarding the Universi
ty they so dearly loved.
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