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NEWS The Battalion I 5.4.14 Retiring history prof looks back at 41-year tenure at A&M By Sam Scott K. After 41 years of teaching his- r tory, professor Arnold Kram- mer has shaped it as well, affecting the lives of thousands of students. Even now, as he retires this year, commemorated with a surprise send-off celebration Thursday, his fire for teaching remains. “I have lots of things that I take into class, all kinds of historical items and things like that,” Kram- mer said. “When I put this in a student’s hands, many times I’ll see the light, and he’ll say ‘This really took place didn’t it?’ Yes, it did. And I’ve got you.” As he gave his last lecture Thurs day, friends, family, colleagues and students burst into the room. At the event, history professors R.J.Q. Adams, Chester Dunning and Ter ry Anderson spoke briefly and pre sented Krammer with a certificate lauding his accomplished career as well as his devotion to the students at Texas A&M. The event was planned and car ried out by Adams and Chester Dunning, two colleagues and long time friends of Krammer’s in the Department of History. Adams was hired into the De partment of History in 1974 and shared 41 years alongside Kram mer, while Dunning was hired by the search committee on which Krammer sat in 1979. “Those of us who’ve known him for 30 or 40 years decided that there needed to be a little bit more of a send off after 41 years for an incredibly wonderful lecturer who has taught more than 20,000 stu dents,” Dunning said. “[Krammer] is deeply beloved and deserved a little bit of pizazz and not just a handshake and goodbye.” As an accomplished author, Krammer has written more than a dozen books and over 50 peer- reviewed articles over such his torical issues as the world wars and Nazi Germany — yet teaching has always remained a top priority for him. An important consideration in teaching and learning history is re membering the mistakes of the past so as to ensure they’re not repeated, Krammer said. “If I tell you that this third step outside in the staircase out here is loose and that everybody who has stepped on that third stair has slipped and fallen, that’s valuable information for you to know since we’re all taking the same staircase in life,” Krammer said. “So by teaching you history I can show you where all the mistakes were made. Why should you make the same mistakes?” While several professors in the Department of History have won the University Distinguished Tcaching Award, Krammer is a part of the select few to have won the distinction twice, Dunning said. “Only 2 percent of the faculty since 1955 have won the Univer sity Level Distinguished Teaching Award — 2 percent — and then only 2 percent of those have ever won it twice,” Dunning said. Krammer said the event was a tightly-kept secret and an absolute surprise, leaving him completely perplexed. “I was just left speechless. It’s not often that a history professor, at least me, is left speechless,” Kram mer said. “First I was bewildered, I was just taken aback, all of a sudden all of my friends and all of my col leagues poured in.” The surprise left Krammer emo tionally overwhelmed and thank ful for his fortunate time at Texas A&M. “I was in tears, and so were some of the professors around me ... re ally, it was wonderful. You know. Valeri© Gunchick — THE BATTALION Long-time history professor Arnold Krammer received a surprise send-off Thursday on his last day of teaching before he retires. if you’ve got to leave, it’s a bit tersweet moment,” Krammer said. “But to do it with such acclaim, it was just breathtaking, it really was. Now that he is retiring, Kram mer said he hopes to travel and to tackle a number of projects, includ ing writing a book about American intolerance during World War II and another about the Mexican- Nazi party. “We will travel, and I’ll write. I have about four projects backed up and now I’ll suddenly have the time to do them,” Krammer said. “Hopefully I will have plenty of things to do. I’ll miss my students like crazy, and the faculty mem bers.” Place an Ad Phone 979.845.0569 Suite L400, Memorial Student Center Texas A&M University When to Call 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday Insertion deadline: 1 p.m. prior business day VISA Private Party Want Ads $10 for 20 words running 5 days, if your merchandise is priced $1,000 or less (price must appear in ad). This rate applies only to non-commercial advertisers offering personal possessions for sale. Guaranteed results or you get an additional 5 days at no charge. 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