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Memorial to be held for prof
Dr. Davenport dies at the age of 71 at daughter’s home
By Adrienne Ballare
The Battalion
Memorial services for Texas
A&M philosophy and humanities
professor Dr. Manuel Mason Dav
enport. who died Aug. 31 in his
daughter's Houston home at the age
of 71, will be Sunday at All Faiths
Chapel on campus.
"A&M has lost a great professor,”
said Dr. Charles Self, dean of the
College of Liberal Arts. "Students
will particularly feel the loss. The
people who took his class will miss
him the greatest.”
Born in Colorado Springs, Colo.,
in 1929, Davenport served in the
Army until he was honorably dis
charged in 1952.
Davenport received a bachelor's
degree in philosophy from Southern
Nazarene University in 1950, a mas
ter’s degree in philosophy and reli
gion from Colorado College in 1954
and a doctorate in philosophy from
the University of Illinois in 1957.
“Manuel was a very fine person
and had a keen intellect,” Self said.
"He was very good at helping people
see the truth in matter. He was the
voice of reason.”
Davenport started his tenure at
A&M in 1967 when he founded the
Philosophy and Humanities Depart
ment and served as department head
from 1967 to 1976. Davenport was
director of the philosophy graduate
Drought
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isolated thunderstorms,
■ which may bring brief re
lief to the area. The area
needs a long period of sus
tained moisture to satisfy
immediate needs. Wilker-
son said. Prolonged, slow
rainfall is necessary to
permeate the soil.
A misconception is that
the cure to the drought
problem is a tropical
storm. However, when too
much water comes down
at once, the soil does not
have a chance to absorb it,
and the rain runs off.
"The soil is bone dry,”
Wilkerson said. “There
are cracks 3 to 4 feet deep
because the soil is so dry.”
program from 1990 to 1994 and was
a distinguished visiting professor at
the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1980-
'81 and l994-’95.
The faculty, staff and students of
the department of philosophy viewed
Davenport as an extraordinary
teacher.
“A&M has lost a
great professor.
Students will par
ticularly feel the
loss. The people
who took his class
will miss him the
greatest. ”
— Dr. Charles Self
dean of the College of Liberal Arts
Davenport was noted for his ex
pertise in military ethics, the history
of philosophy and applied ethics, and
he authored numerous articles and
essays in these topics.
Honored for his outstanding
teaching by the Association of For
mer Students, Davenport received
the University Faculty Distinguished
Achievement Award in 1978 and
1989. He received the College of
Liberal Arts Distinguished Teaching
Award in 1982.
Davenport was a member of var
ious University and college commit
tees, was active in his community,
belonged to many professional orga
nizations and served as an adviser to
student organizations. He was listed
in the Directory of American Schol
ars, International Scholars Director,
Who's Who in America and Who’s
Who in Education. He was also a
member of the Student Publications
Board from 1983 to 1996.
When it came to the student me
dia, Self said, Davenport was a de
fender of the First Amendment.
"He understood the need for free
expression,” he said. "He was op
posed to censorship and was an ad
vocate for freedom of speech. He felt
that through argument was the only
way to combat ignorance.”
Some of Davenport's students
started a society in his honor —
Manuel Mason Davenport Society
— last year.
Ed Harris, associate professor of
philosophy, said Davenport was a
caring individual and was very sup
portive of his faculty when he was
department head.
“He had a good sense of humor
and was a very strong person,” Har
ris said. "We will all miss his pres
ence and sense of humor a great
deal.”
pact the mosquitoes a
lot,” he said.
Household bugs are
extremely prevalent now
because of this harsh
weather.
"Right now, house
hold insects are bad be
cause they are attempt
ing to move inside where
it is cooler and where
there is more moisture,”
Gold said.
Gold recommends that
students and residents
keep their windows and
doors closed or open with
a screen that fits securely
on the window or door.
"Don’t wait until
you're overrun with in
sects,” Gold said. “Take
care of them as soon as
you can.”
Wilkerson said plants
that are currently stressed
will go into the winter sea
son extremely stressed.
“If we have a normal or
below normal winter, we
might end up with addi
tional plant loss,” he said.
The drought has had
an impact on outdoor
recreation in Brazos
♦County.
. “Lake Bryan is down 3
feet,” said Linda Griffen,
Lake Bryan supervisor.
"The fishermen aren’t out
as much.”
Although the fisher
men are taking a break,
residents have continued
to cool off in the lake dur
ing the evenings, Griffen
said. The boat ramps are
currently in operation.
As for the surrounding
area, Griffen said, the
trees are having a diffi
cult time.
“Our crape myrtles are
struggling and we are
having to irrigate more
than before,” she said.
Students and residents
have reason to set the in
sect spray aside, at least
until the first rainstorm.
“Mosquitoes are hav
ing a hard time because
they need standing water
to survive,” said Roger
Gold, an entomology
professor.
Keep a lookout for
rainy weather, however,
because with just a little
rain, the mosquitoes will
swarm back, Gold said.
“A little rain will im-
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