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DESERT AGGIES Texas A&M Is Grooming a New Breed of Engineers in the Middle Eastern Emirate of Qatar THE TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION MAGAZINE | S P R I N G 2 0 1 4 DESERT AGGIES Texas A&M is grooming a new breed of engineers in the Middle Eastern emirate of Qatar Heartfelt Giving DOROTHY & ARTIE MCFERRIN ’65 AND DOUG PITCOCK ’49 ARE THE 2014 STERLING C. EVANS MEDAL RECIPIENTS Room for More Miracles JOIN THE CRUSADE TO RENEW TEXAS A&M’S SMALL ANIMAL HOSPITAL SO IT REMAINS ONE OF THE BEST IN THE NATION Heroes on the Quad AFTER EXPERIENCING ACTIVE-DUTY MILITARY SERVICE, THESE VETERANS CHOSE TEXAS A&M’S CORPS OF CADETS PresiDent’s letter Medalists and the Middle east f he were with us today, my friend sterling C. evans ’21 would be honored that three more remarkable aggies now wear the medal that bears his name. Doug Pitcock ’49 and Dorothy and artie McFerrin ’65 have left an extraor - di nary legacy of service and philanthropy to texas a&M. their support and interests range from engineering to athletics to the Corps of Cadets and even early childhood education. they truly represent the best of texas a&M university and what the evans Medal is designed to honor. read more about how they have changed this university on Page 36. two of the attendees at our Feb. 19 evans Medal ceremony were recipients last year, Patty and Weldon Kruger ’53. Weldon served as president of esso Middle east (now exxonMobil) and was corporate vice president for natural gas. he trav- eled throughout the Middle east representing the largest u.s.-based petroleum company, interacting with national leaders, executives and ministers. Coincidentally, you will find an insightful article on Page 30 about texas a&M’s unique relationship with the Middle eastern independent emirate of Qatar. shaped like a thumb in the Persian Gulf, Qatar is extraordinarily rich in carbon-based assets—it arguably has the largest supply of natural gas of any country in the world. however, this absolute monarchy has a unique perspective led by her high - ness sheika Moza bint nasser. through the creation of education City, she has set a long-term objective to provide educational opportunities to Qatari citizens and other residents of the Middle east. this endeavor’s goal is to create and sustain a middle class in the region. in 2007, while serving as interim president of the university, i had the privi- lege of attending the opening of texas a&M’s magnificent engineering facility, built by the Qatar Foundation for education, science and Community Develop - Yousef Hussain Kamal, Qatar’s econ- ment. We had many opportunities to interact with the students, including an omy and finance minister from 1998 aggie ring ceremony, a state dinner hosted by her highness and an opera com- to 2013, with Dr. Ed Davis ’67, who missioned to commemorate the occasion. was Texas A&M’s interim president during a 2007 visit to the university’s Jo ann and i also hosted students from texas a&M at Qatar during their ex - Qatar campus. change visit to College station in spring 2007. While our events were perhaps not as sophisticated, we were honored to entertain them at our home with a crawfish boil and good conversation. We also did our best to teach them how to play 42. i discovered that the basic beliefs of these Qatari aggies were akin to our own aggie values. like most young people around the world, they simply want the best for their children, grandchildren and their nation. the College station aggies who traveled to our Qatar campus during that same period gave the students from the Middle east a more-than-adequate dose of aggie culture, which was warmly welcomed. My hope is that texas a&M programs like the one in Qatar will have a salu- tary effect on relations between the united states and other Middle eastern coun - tries. What better way to help solve problems in that region than to put to work more aggie engineers trained at texas a&M university, either in College station or Qatar. eddie j. davis ’67 president texas a &m foundation Texas A&M’s Small Animal Hospital is launching a $30 million fundraising campaign to expand and upgrade the hospital—the oldest, continually operating veterinary practice in Texas. » p.24 FEATURES 16 Spirit Impact: Contents DELTA COMPANY AggieveteransinTexasA&M’sDelta Companyhavegiventheirtimeandactive duty—nowit’sourturn tohelp. 20 Faculty Impact: TRASHINTOTREASURE Established in 2003, Texas A&M University at Qatar offers undergraduate degrees in petroleum, Avisionaryprofessorwhosees“garbage” mechanical, chemical and electrical engineering, inadifferentlightendowsafacultychair and a master’s degree in chemical engineering. inconstructionmaterials. » p.30 24 College Impact: Don Saylak ’72, professor emeritus of HEAL materials science and director of by- Tocontinueservingpetslike10-year-old product utilization and recycling at ChihuahuaLuna,TexasA&M University’s Texas A&M University, uses materials science to give old things new life. SmallAnimalHospitalisexpanding. » p.20 28 Student Impact: SARA’ SAGGIES Aspecialeducationscholarshiphonors v O L U M E X v n O . 2|S P r I n G 2 0 14 thelifeofonebutwillenrichtheeducation Spirit ispublishedthreetimesayearbytheTexas A&M Foundation,which manages major gifts ofmany. and endowments for the benefit of academic programs,scholarshipsandstudentactivitiesat TexasA&M University.Pleasedirectinquiriesto 30 theMarketingOffice,TexasA&M Foundation, 401 George Bush Drive, College Station, TX TEXASA &M UNIVERSITY AT QATAR 77840- 2811,call(800) 392-3310 or(979) 845-8161, AnewseriesonTexasA&M’sglobalreach [email protected] inthismagazineisforeducationalpurposesonly openswithourQatarcampus. andshouldbeexaminedbyindependentlegal counselduetopossibledifferencesinlocallaws andindividualneeds. 36 giving.tamu.edu GIVING FROM THEIR HEARTS giving.tamu.edu/Blog giving.tamu.edu/SpiritMagazine Introducingthe2014 SterlingC.Evans facebook.com/TexasAMFoundation Medalrecipients:Dorothy&Artie youtube.com/AggieSpiritandMind twitter.com/TXAMFoundation McFerrin’65 andDougPitcock’49. copyright © 2014 texas a &m foundation E D I TO r SondraWhite’87 MAnAGInG EDITOr MeganKasperbauer ArT DIrECTIOn & D E S I G n GeerDesign,Inc. PHOTOGrAPHY JohnBeck,InternationalOceanDiscovery DEPARTMENTS Program(p.8, topright) JeffBlume(p.6, bottomleft) GabrielChmielewski(p.7, bottomright) CushingMemorialLibraryand Archives(p.46) 3 THELEGACY IsaacDovalina(p.44,bottom;45, Amilitarymomishelpingothersafford staffphotos) childcarethroughanestategifttothe EricaHurlburt(p.3) BeckyGatesChildren’sCenter. 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CassandraWilson(p.16) 12 ONEVOICE P r I n T I n G Chas.P.YoungPrinting Lemonadestandsandpumpkinbutter helpedshapemypassionforbusiness. BOArD OF TrUSTEES CharlesH.Gregory’64 ByTaylorStanley’13 Chairman vanH.Taylor’71 14 VIEWPOINT Chairman-elect Texas A&M’sdanceprogramteachestech- JohnE.Bethancourt’74 niqueandperformancewhileemphasizing T.randallCain’82 thehealthandwell-beingofdancers. GeorgeK.HickoxJr.’80 richardKardys’67 42 OPPORTUNITY P.WilliamToler ’76 TexasA&M’s publicbroadcastingstation E X E C U T I v E S pursuesamissionoflifelonglearning. EdDavis’67 Contents President 44 @F O U N D AT I O N JimPalincsar AnewcouncilaffordsDr.EdDavis’67 SeniorvicePresidentforDevelopment DoyleThompson moreopportunitytolead;employeesgive SeniorvicePresidentandChief backthroughUnitedWayCampaign; FinancialOfficer trusteeshonortwoFoundationstaffers. LiskaLusk POSTSCRIPT vicePresidentandGeneralCounsel 46 C Ov E r P H OTO JanetHandley’76 “KeepingtheSpiritAlive” Former students like Ahmad Almansoor ’10 exem - vicePresidentforInvestments ByWilliamO.Adams’44 plify the kind of responsible citizens Texas A&M KathyMcCoy’80 at Qatar cultivates. The Qatari national and DirectorofMarketing 47 C O N TA C T U S mechanical engineering graduate is now a mechan- ical maintenance engineer at Qatar Petroleum. “An Aggie engineer is different,” he said. “It’s a way of thinking and approaching problems that sets us apart from other engineers.” 2 TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION Charity Breidenbach ’02 (center) and her children Lizzy and Clay. TheLegacy arningacollegedegreeisa featregardlessofwhereyou areinlife,butit’sanespecial- ly eventfulaccomplishment if you are a single parent balancing yourchild’swelfarewithyourownedu- Charity’sGift cation.CharityBreidenbach’02 has experienced this firsthand. 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