THE TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION MAGAZINE THE TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION

FALL 2007Thankfully, there are many stories of people who support Aggie spirit. Some, like Doug Pitcock ’49, do so with imagination. To address the need for more significant Corps of Cadets scholarships at Texas A&M, Pitcock issued a unique challenge to his fellow Corps supporters. Their response was nothing short of remarkable. See page 24 for the full story. PRESIDENT’S LETTER

Nothing endures but change Take a deep breath. You can feel it in the air. The 2007 fall semester is underway and the Texas A&M campus is abuzz with more than 46,000 Aggies. They are eager to experience what will no doubt be some of the most memorable days of their lives. The familiar heat and humidity of summer lingers on in the Brazos Valley, but there’s hope that cooler days will soon arrive. From the second floor of the Jon L. Hagler Center I can watch our football team practice, and in the darker hours I’ve seen the lights on at Kyle Field as the athletic department prepares for an onslaught of fans. We’re all driving about 10 miles per hour slower than we did a few weeks ago—zigzagging to avoid students, faculty and their hundreds of bicycles and cars. I still swell up with pride (and maybe a little relief) when I see the Corps of Cadets on their daily outfit runs through Spence Park, and the sight of all the new fish trying to navigate this immense campus is always worth a chuckle. The Greek philosopher Heraclitus once said that “nothing endures but change.” Well this Class of ’66 Aggie can tell you firsthand that much is different on campus. From construction cranes to a more diverse student body, Texas A&M is moving forward with momentum. With all that is new this fall semester, we’d like to introduce a new Spirit magazine. To align Spirit magazine with the Foundation’s new marketing efforts, we’ve modified its design, content and tone. We hope this more personal, colorful and insightful magazine reflects what you want to hear from us, and that it speaks directly to all of you about the importance of commitment and philanthropy to Texas A&M. Each issue of the magazine will include feature articles that reflect one of four ways you can make a difference at Texas A&M. Through surveys and focus groups, you told us you want to direct your donations to students, faculty, your college or department, and the education Aggies get outside the classroom. With this in mind, we will organize the magazine’s major features accordingly. You and 125,000 members of the Aggie family can expect to find Spirit mag- azine in your mailbox three times a year. Give us a holler and let us know what you think. We always anticipate and appreciate your thoughtful comments. Yes, much is different at the Foundation and on campus. But let me assure you that at its core—where the spirit resides—Texas A&M University remains unchanged.

Gig ’em.

john r. stropp ’66 interim president texas a&m foundation James D. Pitcock ’49 created a new Corps of Cadets scholarship program “to ensure future generations of military leaders come from Texas A&M.” » p.24

Contents

FEATURES 14 Student Impact: THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST In mid-October, Washington D.C.’s National President’s Endowed Scholarships shape Mall will offer an enlightening glimpse into what young minds. up-and-coming young architects and engineers envision as the future of the housing industry. 18 » p.18 College Impact: SOLAR POWER Texas A&M students take on international The President’s Endowed Scholarship teams to design the home of the future. program provides a valuable tool to recruit top scholars like Andrew Dittmar ’10, who as a National Merit 24 Finalist was recruited by numerous Spirit Impact: colleges and universities. » p.14 BUILDING LEADERS: CORPS 21 With Doug Pitcock ’49 leading the charge, devoted Aggies create new Corps scholar- ship. 30 Faculty Impact: VOLUME IX NO. 1|FALL 2007 SEARCHING FOR THE NEXT Spirit is published three times a year by the Texas GREAT BREAKTHROUGH A&M Foundation, which manages major gifts and endowments for the benefit of academic Monsanto’s investments in faculty give programs, scholarships and student activities at Texas A&M agriculture an academic edge. Texas A&M University. Please direct inquiries to the Marketing Office, Texas A&M Foundation, 401 George Bush Dr., College Station, TX 77840- 2811, call 800-392-3310 or 979-845-8161, or e-mail [email protected]. Tax and legal informa- tion in this magazine is for educational purposes only and should be examined by independent legal counsel due to possible differences in local laws and individual needs. Web site: giving.tamu.edu copyright © 2007 texas a&m foundation EDITOR Sondra White ’87

DIRECTOR OF MARKETING Kathy McCoy ’80

BRAND MANAGER Eric Herbst

COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST Paige Tomas ’02 (TAMU Corpus Christi)

ART DIRECTION & DESIGN Geer Design, Inc.

PHOTOGRAPHY Dan Bryant (p. 3, 11) Robb Kendrick (cover, p. 7, 12, 14, 17, DEPARTMENTS 24–28, 30, 32, 35, 36)

ILLUSTRATION Nicolle Rager-Fuller, National Science Foundation (p. 7) College of Architecture (p. 18–20) 3 THE LEGACY

PRINTING Class of ’61 Aggie and his wife leave a Grover Printing legacy through bequests.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES 4 ON CAMPUS Bob J. Surovik ’58 Chairman News from Texas A&M University. Melbern G. Glasscock ’59 6 LAB WORK Chairman-elect John E. Bethancourt ’74 Recent cutting-edge research breakthroughs James A. Mayo ’70 at Texas A&M. Ray A. Rothrock ’77 Thomas J. Saylak ’82 8 NEW GIFTS Recent gifts to the Foundation support OFFICERS Spirit and Mind. John R. Stropp ’66 Interim President 10 ONE VOICE Jim Palincsar Senior Vice President for Development The Inspiration of Aggieland, Liska Lusk by Danny Adams ’77 Producing successful educators comes with a Vice President & General Counsel pricetag. The College of Education & Human Doyle Thompson 12 VIEWPOINT Development has its own unique set of Vice President & Controller A picture is worth a thousand words. challenges. » p.34 34 BENEFACTOR An opportunity to impact the College of Education & Human Development.

36 @ FOUNDATION Fiscal year 2007 was one of the most successful ever for the Texas A&M Foun- dation. Read about this and more.

40 POSTSCRIPT The Final Chapter of the Famous Contents Corregidor Muster, by Donald B. Powell ’56.

41 HONOR ROLL Donors who have made gifts or commit- ments of $25,000 or more through the

COVER PHOTO Foundation. Blake Novosad ’09 is a finance major CONTACT from Lake Jackson, Texas, and a proud 56 member of B-Battery in the Fightin’ Important numbers to keep you in touch Texas Aggie Band. with the Texas A&M Foundation.

2 TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION Future-Funded Gift Supports Students and Aggie Values

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Like most Texas A&M former students, “I wouldn’t have gotten through Ed Moerbe ’61 is appreciative of the college without this assistance,” he says. quality education he received. In Ed’s And though Ed also worked part- case, the appreciation may run deeper time jobs to supplement his scholar- than usual. ship funds, he says that back then he For a relaxed conversation with a “I was halfway through my fresh- vowed, “If I ever get to the point where Texas A&M Foundation gift plan- man year,” Ed says, “and I was on the I can give back, I’ll give back in spades.” ner on the types of gift plans that verge of financial disaster.” Fortunately, He has been true to his words. could benefit you and the univer- he heard about, applied for and Ed and his wife, Carolyn, are leav- sity, please contact the Office of received a scholarship—the first of ing separate bequests in their wills to Gift Planning at 800-392-3310. several Texas A&M scholarships that establish the Carolyn A. and Ed H. There is no obligation. made all the difference. Moerbe ’61 Endowed Scholarship Fund. Because the Texas A&M Founda- Carolyn and Ed Moerbe ’61 tion is a nonprofit organization, nei- ther the Moerbe’s nor their children will pay taxes on the gift. “This means we can give a lot more,” says Ed, co- founder of Stanton Chase Interna- tional, an executive search consulting firm. Moerbe is a member of the 2006 Aggie 100, a Mays Business School pro- gram that honors the top 100 Aggie- owned or Aggie-operated businesses. “There’s such a joy that comes from knowing there will be students who will get an education that might otherwise not be able to.” The Moerbes also find joy in sup- porting Texas A&M because of the uni- versity’s values—and the fact that those values are passed on to students. “One thing I’ve learned,” Ed says, “is that if you’re going to make it in life, you’d better have a value system. Texas A&M instilled a value system in me.” 

SPIRIT MAGAZINE | FALL 2007 3 OnCampus

Congressional Gold Medal The Congressional Gold Medal is Awarded to Borlaug awarded to those who have made a sig- Dr. Norman Borlaug brought nation- nificant act of service to the security, al attention to Texas A&M University prosperity, and national interest of the in July when President George W. United States. It was given to Borlaug Bush presented him with the Con- for “bringing radical change to world gressional Gold Medal—the highest agriculture and uplifting humanity.” civilian award given by the legislative In 1970 Borlaug became the first branch of government. person to ever win the Nobel Peace Borlaug, 93, is a distinguished pro- Prize for agricultural efforts. He came fessor of international agriculture in to Texas A&M in 1984 and holds the Texas A&M’s soil and crop sciences university’s Eugene Butler Endowed department. He is known as the father Chair in Agricultural Biotechnology. of the Green Revolution—a movement (See related article on Page 33.) in the 1960s that brought high-yield wheat varieties to starving people in Efforts Pay Off in Legislative Session Dr. Norman Borlaug (second from left) was presented the Congressional Gold India and Pakistan. Through this effort, State funding for Texas A&M Univer- Medal by Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the Borlaug is frequently credited with sity received a decisive boost this sum- U.S. House of Representatives (left), saving more lives than any person in President George W. Bush and Senate mer by state legislators, who allocated Majority Leader Harry Reid. history. a biennial increase of 11.6 percent to the university during the 2007 legisla- tive session. The increase represented the university’s best appropriations outcome from a legislative session in more than a decade. In a public memo, Texas A&M Interim President Ed Davis said that two of Texas A&M’s top priorities were achieved early in the session: the restora- tion of proposed cuts and the funding of tuition revenue bond debt service for the construction of the Emerging Technology and Economic Develop- ment buildings. Legislative funding likewise enables the university to achieve such goals as merit salary increases for faculty and staff,

4 TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION enhanced funding for college start-up and operating costs, continuation of university diversity and recruiting This formula-style racecar designed, built and driven by Aggie engineers efforts, and keeping tuition at a rea- won the 2007 Formula SAE West com- sonable level. petition in June in California. Texas “A hearty round of thanks is in A&M first entered the competition in 1999. Along with the 2007 prize, order,” Davis wrote in his memo, Aggie teams took first place in 2000 “both to members of the Legislature and 2006. and to those who represented us so Aggies Race to Top Honors in Racecar well in Austin by explaining our needs Design Competition and noting how they would benefit A team of Texas A&M engineering stu- present and future young men and dents left 79 other university teams in women who come here for their edu- the dust in a formula-style racecar com- cational pursuits—and for the ultimate petition at the California Speedway in benefit of the State of Texas.” Fontana, Calif. To read the complete memo, visit The four-day 2007 Formula SAE giving.tamu.edu/davismemo. West competition in June attracted student engineering teams from Director Appointed for New Arabic around the United States and from 12 and Asian Language Office foreign countries. En route to its over- As the world all win, the 26-member Texas A&M becomes smaller, team finished first in the competition’s the need becomes autocross and business case presenta- greater for speak- tion events, third in the endurance ers of languages event, and won the Honda Dynamic often deemed Events Award for amassing the top “too difficult” to score in combined dynamic events. learn. To help meet that demand, The team’s racecar design featured Texas A&M University’s College of Lib- a new lightweight Aprilia SXV550 V- eral Arts recently hired Dr. Salah twin engine and weighed less than Ayari as the first director of its Arabic 400 pounds. Team adviser Dr. Make and Asian Language Office. McDermott, associate professor and “There is no question that in recent director of the Texas A&M Department years, the dynamics of world politics of Mechanical Engineering’s Institute and economics have highlighted U.S. for Innovation and Design in Engi- shortages of people capable of commu- neering, said the performance of the nicating in languages like Arabic, Chi- car is a testament to both the abilities nese and Japanese,” Ayari said. “It is of the students and the design process important to build a generation of taught at the university. Americans who are equipped linguis- Organized by SAE International tically and culturally to communicate (formerly the Society of Automotive with people who live in that part of Engineers), Formula SAE pits student the world.” teams in tests of acceleration, skid Classes in Japanese, Chinese pad tractions, autocross, a 20-lap and Arabic have been taught at Texas endurance race and fuel economy. A&M for the past three years. The fall Additional points are awarded based 2007 semester adds second-year on engineering design, cost and an courses in Chinese and Arabic and oral presentation of business case. classes through a fourth year of course- work in Japanese.

SPIRIT MAGAZINE | FALL 2007 5 LabWork

At Texas A&M, Suntzeff continues the research that led both teams to the simultaneous conclusion that the universe is larger than it should be and, therefore, not in deceleration, but rather acceleration. That discovery, since dubbed “dark energy,” was hon- ored as Science magazine’s “Scientific Breakthrough of the Year” in 1998. “Our data and results have held up and are widely accepted,” Suntzeff

Astronomer and cosmologist, Nicholas said. “Since then we have refined the B. Suntzeff comes to Texas A&M after value of this dark energy. No one 20 years at the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO)/Cerro understands what it is. It may be a Tololo Inter-American Observatory in cosmological constant. It may be some La Serena, Chile. more complicated evolving energy “Dark Energy” Research Garners field. It may point to higher dimen- Prize for Cosmology Teams sions needed by string theory. Or it The breakthrough discovery that the may mean that Einstein’s general theo- expansion of the universe is acceler- ry of relativity is wrong. But it is the ating recently garnered a Texas A&M dominant constituent of space, and physics professor the 2007 Gruber its properties determine the ultimate Cosmology Prize—second only to the fate of our universe.” $ million in funding 3.0 Nobel Prize in terms of importance Charles R. Munnerlyn ’62 is a laser-vision in the cosmology field. Gene Research gets correction systems pioneer, amateur Multidisciplinary Boost astronomer and member of the College Supernovae and cosmology expert of Science’s Academy of Distinguished Dr. Nicholas B. Suntzeff shares the Researchers from several Texas A&M Former Students who earned his degree in physics, and whose own instrumental prize with members of the Supernova academic departments and agencies support of astronomy efforts now totals Cosmology Project and the High-Z are using modern techniques to solve more than $3 million. Supernova Search Team, which he co- age-old biological problems at the founded in 1994. Suntzeff is the inau- university’s new Center for Statistical gural holder of the Mitchell-Heep- Bioinformatics. Munnerlyn Endowed Chair in Obser- Approved by the Texas A&M Uni- vational Astronomy, created to lead the versity System Board of Regents in university’s efforts in building a world- the spring, the center brings together renowned program in astronomy and researchers from the departments of cosmology statistics, electrical engineering, and

6 TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION veterinary physiology and pharmacol- imize his risks. Thanks to research at ogy with those from the Texas Engi- Texas A&M University’s College of neering Experiment Station and the Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Texas Agricultural Experiment Sta- Sciences, horse owners will soon be tion. The researchers hope to develop able to make the same kind of choices Cored statistical methods to analyze genom- for their animals. 2.2 miles ic data—information that can predict Earlier research undertaken in the such outcomes as who will get a dis- Texas A&M laboratory of Dr. Loren ease, how a change in one gene affects Skow, professor of integrative bio- other genes, how genes interact with sciences and a member of the genetics environment and how lifestyle choices faculty, brought about the initial devel- Liguid water takes thousands of years to affect disease. opment of a DNA chip that provides pass through the lake An example of bioinformatics information about genetic predispo- A&M research at Texas is a study spon- sition of humans to disease. Other (the largest known subglacial sored by NASA and the National studies by Skow and his fellow lake in antarctica) Cancer Institute. Researchers in Texas researchers resulted in the discovery Bringing Environmental Responsibility A&M’s Department of Nutrition and of the entire genome sequence of the to Antarctic Research Food Science have developed a way to horse —a project that took 12 years to Texas A&M oceanography professor measure gene expression non-invasively complete. Mahlon “Chuck” Kennicutt II was through the use of fecal material. Their Combining the results of this among the scientists from around the world who met this summer in Big Sky, goals are to understand the effects of research, Skow’s group can now meas- Mont., to discuss environmentally diet on colon cancer without having ure the influence of a horse’s genes in responsible research procedures for studying sub-ice environments. Their to perform such procedures as a its susceptibility to any allergies, auto- focus was on the 145 or more inter- colonoscopy. The hope is that people immune disorders, or viral, bacterial connected lakes far below Antarctica’s ice fields—a discovery that could be who are on their way to developing or parasitic disease. one of science’s most important finds. colon cancer have distinct patterns of “When this is concluded, we will “Sub-ice water appears to be an gene expression different from those have all of the known genes of the important player in many different processes fundamental to Antarctica at little risk of developing the disease. horse on a small silicone chip, so we and our planet,” said Kennicutt, who can look at gene expression in differ- is director of the Sustainable Develop- ment Program in Texas A&M’s Office Researchers Create DNA Chip ent tissues before and after exposure of the Vice President for Research and to Predict Disease in Horses to a pathogen, or identify genetic dif- director of the Subglacial Antarctic Lake Environments Office maintained If an individual knows he is geneti- ferences among individuals that help at the university. cally predisposed to a certain disease, determine susceptibility to disease,” Participants in the project—known Skow explained. as The Russian Antarctic Expedition— he can make lifestyle choices to min- have announced their intentions to penetrate 5,400-square-foot Lake Vostok during the coming Antarctic field season. “These bodies of water are several miles beneath the ice sheet which took millions of years to form, meaning these lakes have been undisturbed and disconnected from our atmosphere for hundreds of thousands of years,” Kennicutt said. “It is highly likely that unique microbial communities that we never knew existed are lake residents.”

SPIRIT MAGAZINE | FALL 2007 7 Gifts to the Texas A&M Foundation Support Spirit and Mind

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For the joy of research al studio disciplines, as well as to one Dr. W.R. “Bill” Klemm, who has spent of the nation’s leading programs in more than four decades teaching stu- computer animation. James Wright is dents in Texas A&M University’s retired senior partner of international College of Veterinary Medicine and architecture firm PageSoutherlandPage. Biomedical Sciences, recently made a gift to the Texas A&M Foundation in A boost for the Bush School memory of his wife, Doris ’86. The With a recent pledge of an estimated William and Doris Klemm Endowed $500,000 to the Texas A&M Founda- Research Scholarship Fund will pro- tion, Jeff E. Bell ’42 and his late wife, vide opportunities for veterinary stu- Mary, will ultimately give more than dents to obtain valuable research $1 million to endow student scholar- experience. Its intent is to give as many ships at Texas A&M University’s Bush students as possible the opportunity School of Government and Public to discover the joys of research and to Service. The Mary and Jeff Bell ’42 learn whether research is a viable career Endowed Scholarship Fund includes option for them. Doris Klemm earned roughly $300,000 given by the Bells to a master’s degree in history at Texas the Bush School and a $200,000 annu- A&M in 1986, graduating with a 4.0 ity given to the Foundation. Bell’s grade point average. Bill Klemm is a latest pledge is in the form of an IRA professor of neuroscience and of vet- bequest. He spent his life in the bank- erinary integrative biosciences. ing business in Corpus Christi, where he and Mary were involved in many The Wright Gallery is born philanthropic pursuits. The main Students and faculty in Texas A&M library at Texas A&M UniversityCorpus University’s College of Architecture Christi bears the couple’s name. will soon enjoy a new, attractive space to exhibit photos and other works of Aggie Ring endowment grows art, showcase design models and even A recent $25,000 gift by Jon ’68 and watch live performances, thanks to a Johnette ’70 Jarvis to the Texas A&M gift from Mary and James Wright ’54 Foundation will help financially of Dallas. The Wrights’ $100,000 gift strapped Texas A&M University stu- to the Texas A&M Foundation are dents attain the Aggie rings they have funding renovations to a gallery in earned. The Jarvises’ gift creates the the Langford Architecture Center. Jon ’68 and Johnette ’70 Aggie ring The Wright Gallery promises to be Endowment, which provides a signif- an important element in the future icant boost to the work of the stu- development of the college’s tradition- dent-run group Change. The group’s

8 TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION purpose is to encourage awareness of Scholarship was recently pledged with the Aggie Ring and to raise money for a gift to the Texas A&M Foundation those who cannot afford one. Change by Hodges’ widow, Kourtnee Cooper members recruit student volunteers Hodges ’02, as well as gifts from to collect spare change throughout the friends and other family members. campus and community in a week- The endowment will provide scholar- long “change drive.” Members also ships for students in Texas A&M’s speak to A&M clubs, businesses and department of physics, of which Aggie moms’ clubs to gain further sup- Matthew was a graduate. Contribu- port. Through an application process, tions to the endowment continue to be Aggie rings are awarded each fall. added, and it is expected to exceed the To learn more about Change, visit $25,000 needed for its creation. For http://aggiechange.tamu.edu. more information on this scholarship fund, contact Don Birkelbach ’70, Remembering Matthew the Foundation’s director of devel- The memory of Matthew P. Hodges opment for the College of Science, ’00 is being honored with an endow- at [email protected] or at 979-847- ment that will provide student schol- 9218.  arships for generations to come. The Matthew P. Hodges ’00 Memorial — by kara bounds socol

SPIRIT MAGAZINE | FALL 2007 9 The Inspiration of Aggieland

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You may be asking, “Why go through the Texas A&M Foundation to make a charitable gift to Texas A&M Uni- versity?” The answer is pretty simple: the Foundation pro- vides a perfect conduit to disburse your contributions to any number of university sources.

In my case, I choose to focus the pro- footsteps to experience the Corps of ceeds of a life insurance policy to the Cadets and its multitude of traditions. 12th Man Foundation, The Associa- Never once have I regretted this deci- tion of Former Students and the sion. My hope is that my contribution Corps of Cadets. While there are many will play some small, yet vital role in worthy areas within the university to keeping this magnificent group of direct a charitable gift, these were three future leaders around for generations areas that have had a most profound impact on my life. I see each of these “ If you really want to know areas as being critical to the mission why I give back to Texas A&M, of maintaining Texas A&M’s unique just take a stroll across identity as one of our nation’s elite campus. I promise you, these institutions of higher education, as young men and women are well as preserving the traditions we among the best and brightest have all worked so hard to maintain. this country has to offer.” As a lifetime Aggie, it is easy for me to appreciate passionate people, to come. My oldest son recently grad- particularly when that passion is uated after being a member of the directed at Texas A&M and all that it Fightin’ Texas Aggie Band, and my represents. For the Adams family, our youngest son has embarked upon his enthusiasm for Aggieland started with sophomore year as a Texas Aggie. my father, Milton Adams ’45. While While my wife Sandy may have my dad never had the privilege of grad- attended that Baptist college up the uating from Texas A&M due to a com- road in Waco, she bleeds maroon as mitment he made to serve his country deep and dark as the rest of us. Just in World War II, he did provide an like many Aggie families, our Texas opportunity for all three of his sons A&M legacy continues to grow and I to finish what he began in the early could not be prouder. ’40s. With a dad and two older broth- I believe it is incumbent upon ers to lead the way, I followed in their each of us that has benefited from our

10 TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION Sandy and Danny Adams ’77

experience in Aggieland to find an If you really want to know why I opportunity to step up and give back. give back to Texas A&M, just take a Though I will be attending my 30-year stroll across campus. I promise you, class reunion in October this year, the these young men and women are spirit of Aggieland continues to inspire among the best and brightest this me in most everything I do. As a busi- country has to offer. You will quickly ness owner, we recruit almost exclu- be reminded of why you are so proud sively at Texas A&M. Why? The reasons to be a part of the Aggie family. For are both simple and obvious. The cal- me, Texas A&M continues to represent iber of our graduates is unsurpassed so much of what is still great about when it comes to loyalty, integrity and this country and I am honored to honesty. These characteristics are have shared in its past, present and becoming increasingly rare in today’s future.  marketplace and it is therefore para- mount that we, the former students, —by daniel j. “danny” adams ’77 lead the charge in maintaining these attributes by giving back to our uni- versity in some meaningful way. The Texas A&M Foundation is your resource to meet these needs.

SPIRIT MAGAZINE | FALL 2007 11 “ i wish i could say that i went in and ran for the winning touchdown, but i did not. i simply stood by in case my team needed me.”

—E. King Gill (1922)

Even on cloudy days his reflection is clear in the smooth granite. Dressed for the game, helmet in hand; the 12th Man stands ready to take Kyle Field. He was called long ago, not from the sidelines but from the stands. Across academics and ath- letics, he represents all that is good about Texas A&M—a quality of readiness for service, an uncommon desire to assist. He kindled a flame of devotion among us that we call spirit.

12 TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION SPIRIT MAGAZINE | FALL 2007 13 As an accounting major at Texas A&M University’s Mays Business School, Andrew Dittmar ’10 realizes the impor- tant financial support that the President’s Endowed Schol- arship provides. “The President’s Endowed Scholarship is helping to pay for my undergraduate education so I don’t have to take out loans and graduate with debt,” the Boerne resident said. “Because of this scholarship, I’ll have the freedom to pursue graduate school instead of having to enter the workforce in order to pay off student loans.”

14 TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION SPIRIT MAGAZINE | FALL 2007 15 he President’s Endowed Scholar- BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN DONOR AND STUDENT ship, considered the most prestigious of those awarded by The Texas A&M Foundation shares biographical data and Texas A&M, is funded by individuals, organizations and cor- fosters communication between President’s Endowed Scholar- porations who establish their endowment with the Texas ship donors and students. Each fall the Foundation hosts a A&M Foundation. Initiated in 1968 in an attempt to attract reception on campus so donors can meet the recipients of the best young students, the scholarship offers financial their scholarship, and it also sends donors grade reports fol- Tsupport to about 900 selected undergraduates by providing lowing the spring and fall semesters. up to $20,000 over a four-year period plus $1,000 for study abroad. Students who are considered for the scholarship must ESTABLISHING A PRESIDENT’S ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP have either a 1300 SAT or 30 ACT score or have attained a You can create a President’s Endowed Scholarship with a one- semifinalist or commended standing in the scholarship com- time gift or a series of installments over a period of up to petitions sponsored by the National Merit Scholarship Corp. five years. Beginning in January 2008, the endowment level or College Board. will be $100,000. You can set up the scholarship with a gift of The President’s cash paid over a peri- Endowed Scholarship od of up to five years, program provides a through negotiable valuable tool to recruit “I WANT TO BE ABLE TO GIVE securities or real estate. top scholars like THE SAME TYPE OF SUPPORT TO FUTURE AGGIES Most major compa- Dittmar, who as a AS THE PREVIOUS GENERATION HAS GIVEN TO ME.” nies and organiza- National Merit Final- tions will match a ist was recruited by — Andrew Dittmar ’10 — charitable gift like a numerous colleges and President’s Endowed universities. In his Scholarship; others case, family example ultimately won out in his decision on will double, triple or even quadruple your donation to help a college since his father, Dale Dittmar ’83, and grandfather, you meet the $100,000 requirement. Check with your employ- Douglas Dittmar ’50, began ingraining him with a love for er’s human resources department or on your company’s Aggie traditions as a young boy. Web site—requesting a matching gift is often as easy as filling Selected scholars receive the President’s Endowed Scholar- out a simple on-line form. ship for eight semesters of undergraduate study, provided The Texas A&M Foundation matches new students with they maintain a 3.5 grade point ratio. While well exceeding donors annually. A scholarship is awarded to a student no this GPR requirement, Dittmar also is involved in Aggie earlier than 18 months after the endowment is fully funded Leaders of Tomorrow and other MSC programs in which he (unless the donor agrees to provide the first year’s stipend in has learned valuable organization skills like budgeting, pro- addition to the endowment). This allows the endowment’s gram management, and interacting with distinguished speak- principal to generate sufficient funds to provide a yearly ers. He also is active in the MSC L.T. Jordan Institute for stipend and the one-time 5 percent development fee. The International Awareness as well as the Mays Business School’s Foundation uses only the income from the program’s endow- Honors Program. ment to award individual stipends.

16 TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION Selected scholars receive the President’s Endowed Scholarship for eight semesters of undergraduate study, provided they maintain a 3.5 grade point ratio. While well exceeding this GPR requirement, Dittmar also is involved in Aggie Leaders of Tomorrow and other MSC programs in which he has learned valuable organization skills like budg- eting, program management, and interacting with distinguished speakers.

You may choose to attach your own name to your Pres- You can establish a President’s Endowed Schol- ident’s Endowed Scholarship, or you can name it in honor arship through the tax-deductible gift to the Texas of another individual, such as a family member, professor, A&M Foundation that is most convenient to you, mentor, business colleague, or friend. Numerous groups of whether it’s cash, negotiable securities or real Texas A&M graduates, such as the Class of 1979, and other estate. The gift can be paid over a period of five corporations and organizations have funded President’s years and is eligible for corporate matching-gift Endowed Scholarships. For instance, Dittmar’s studies are programs. For additional information on estab- supported by the Arthur Anderson President’s Endowed lishing a President’s Endowed Scholarship, please Scholarship. contact:

LENDING A HAND TO THE NEXT GENERATION OF AGGIES Marcy Ullmann ’86 Already classified as a junior, Dittmar heralds his positive Manager of Scholarship Programs experience at Texas A&M University: “I really love the whole Texas A&M Foundation A&M community. I couldn’t imagine going anywhere else.” 800-392-3310 or 979-845-8161 And now he’s trying to recruit his little brother. “He just had [email protected] his birthday, and I sent him a box with an Aggie T-shirt giving.tamu.edu and bumper sticker,” Dittmar said. “I told him he could choose which college he wants to attend, whether it’s the Mays Business School or the Dwight Look College of Engi- neering or another college, but he needs to come to Texas A&M.” Dittmar also vows that his devotion to the university won’t end at graduation. “Texas A&M has given me a lot of opportunities, and I’ve been able to be involved as a student,” he said. “As a former student, I want to be able to give the same type of support to future Aggies as the previous gen- eration has given to me.” 

— by dorian martin ’07

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Designed to accept a vast variety of materials—from steel to bamboo— based on regional availability.

Impact:

The building is structurally stable relative to wind and settling using appropriate foundation types to fit hurricane conditions.

18 TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION Texas A&M students take on international teams in designing the home of the future

In mid-October, Washington D.C.’s National Mall will offer an enlightening glimpse into what up-and-coming young archi- tects and engineers envision as the future of the housing industry. This “solar village” showcases the architectural endeavors of 20 university teams from around the globe competing in the 2007 Solar Decathlon. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the Oct. 12–20 decathlon challenges teams to design, build and operate attractive, practical and energy-effi- cient one-bedroom, 800-square-foot solar houses. Along the way, it educates students, government officials and an expected 200,000 village visitors on the benefits and feasibility of solar energy.

Structure:

The building’s frame allows easy reconfiguration of walls and modules.

Do-it-yourself:

Modules are pre-made for energy, water, food, sleep, dining and other functions, then simply attached on site to other modules.

Access:

Utilities are not embedded in the structure or the shell, enabling them to be easily serviced or changed as needed.

SPIRIT MAGAZINE | FALL 2007 19 Among the competing teams on resource waste and environmen- is one made up of roughly 40 Texas tal carelessness and more on envi- A&M students and recent graduates ronmental efficiency and respon- from the College of Architecture sibility. and the Dwight Look College of Engineering. Like their decathlon From paper to reality peers, they will be focused on the In promotional materials, the DOE goal of winning the competition. describes the decathlon in this way: But in a bigger sense, their project “Teams of college students design a will provide a real look at what they solar house, knowing from the out- believe the housing industry can set that it must be powered entirely become—an industry that relies less by the sun. In a quest to stretch

The groHome:

The groHome building system alleviates the need for temporary housing for the needy or displaced. This system involves a permanent housing solution that is solid, reliable and environmentally friendly. Home- owners can easily add entire rooms to their houses with pre-manufactured modules, resulting in innumerable configuration possibilities.

20 20TEXASTEXAS A&M A&M FOUNDATION FOUNDATION Solar Decathlon teams are judged in contests of task completion and per- formance measurement in 10 core areas for a total of 1200 points. every last watt of electricity that’s ARCHITECTURE–200 POINTS to be involved in because it encom- Teams are required to design and build generated by the solar panels on attractive, high-performance houses that passes everything,” Gerhardt said. their roofs, the students absorb the seamlessly integrate solar and energy On a grander scale, Gerhardt efficiency technologies into home design. lesson that energy is a precious com- said the Texas A&M team—like the ENGINEERING–150 POINTS modity. They strive to innovate, Solar Decathlon houses are marvels of other decathlon teams—is excited using materials and design elements modern engineering, and this contest about the rare opportunity to actu- “checks under the hood” in two cate- in ingenious ways. Along the way, gories: engineering design and energy ally demonstrate that solar living is the students learn how to raise analysis. a very real option. One way they will funds and communicate about team MARKET VIABILITY–150 POINTS do this is by spending their waking An assessment of market appeal, suit- activities. They collect supplies and ability for everyday living, ease of con- hours residing in the house. talk to contractors. They build their struction, accommodation of a variety “We have to prove to others— of potential homeowners, and generation solar houses, learning as they go.” of energy at a reasonable price. including governmental leaders—

According to Texas A&M team COMMUNICATIONS–100 POINTS that this house is viable,” Gerhardt co-leader Thomas Gerhardt ’07, the This contest challenges teams to com- said. “You can live in this house.” municate about the technical aspects of DOE’s assessment of the competi- their homes as well as their experiences tion is right on the money. through Web sites and public tours. The groHome system “This project has gone from COMFORT ZONE–100 POINTS Five faculty advisers have helped the Teams design their houses to remain a paper to physicality,” said the Round steady, uniform, comfortable temperature Texas A&M students from project Rock native. “I got the full picture. and humidity throughout. design to completion. Among those I learned how to bring a project APPLIANCES–100 POINTS is Associate Professor Pliny Fisk III, Teams must maintain certain temperature into reality.” ranges in their refrigerators and freezers. who recently came to Texas A&M Gerhardt, who graduated in During the competition, they must wash from the University of Texas at and dry 12 towels for two days; cook May, also learned aspects of the and serve meals for four days; clean Austin (U.T.) as a faculty fellow of architecture business that aren’t usu- dishes using a dishwasher for four both health systems design and days; and operate a TV/video player for ally taught in a classroom: the ups up to six hours and a computer for up sustainable urbanism—a joint and downs of leadership, promot- to eight hours for five days. appointment of the departments ing a concept like solar design, the HOT WATER–100 POINTS of architecture and of landscape Teams score points by successfully engineering side of a large project, delivering 15 gallons of hot water in 10 architecture and urban planning. fundraising, and simplifying and minutes or less. Fisk and his wife, Gail Vittori, targeting a message to a specific LIGHTING–100 POINTS are pioneers in the sustainable- Teams earn points by designing func- audience. Team members are even tional, energy-efficient and aesthetically development movement. Their cru- brushing up on their business enter- pleasing lighting systems. sade for environmentally friendly tainment skills, as they will be ENERGY BALANCE–100 POINTS living spaces led to the creation of This requires teams to use only the ener- required to prepare a sit-down down gy generated by their houses’ solar the nonprofit Center for Maximum dinner for eight students from other electric systems to provide all of the Potential Building Systems in electricity for the contests. teams and clean up afterward—all Austin, where they emphasize GETTING AROUND–100 POINTS with their solar-powered appliances. Teams use electricity generated by their design, master planning, policy and “I really can’t imagine a better houses’ solar electric systems to charge education, and tools. their street-legal, commercially available project for an architecture student electric vehicles.

SPIRIT MAGAZINE | FALL 2007 21 Over the past few years, the not only on paper, but by actually Competition bound couple has promoted the groHome building the house is really mirac- Texas A&M’s Solar Decathlon team system Fisk designed as an alterna- ulous,” Fisk said. was divided into four units. The tive to flimsy, temporary housing for shelter group was responsible for the needy or displaced. Through a Breathing life into devising a modular, transportable series of joints and thick, movable the solar house home that can grow and adapt to walls, each house is constructed Preliminary designs and an initial the changing needs of its residents. with a finite system of parts that prototype of the design house were The energy group utilized modern can fit together in an infinite num- completed last year by Texas A&M technology to produce a high-effi- ber of ways, enabling the house to students at Fisk’s center in Austin. ciency home that provides, as well grow as a family grows. Residents The prototype was trucked to Texas as consumes, energy. The logistics who can only afford a small dwelling A&M’s Riverside Campus in the fall, group examined issues related to at the outset can later add on rooms, where, over the course of a year, supply-chain management, econom- closets or even an entire kitchen, all architecture and engineering stu- ically viable communities, and pro- built off-site and easily attached to dents built and rebuilt it, improv- duction efficiency to ensure that the the existing structure. ing the design each time. home satisfies market needs. And “The objective is to do some- The Aggie team’s solar house a final group added delight, joy thing better—not just have the same is environmentally responsible in and serenity to the home by incor- housing structure we’ve had for the several key ways. First of all, the porating color, scent and plants. last 100 years,” Fisk explained. “This groHome system promotes the use To achieve such a vast array of is a much looser, much more flex- of local manufacturers for each of goals, Texas A&M’s team includes ible way of operating.” the house components. Its joints, not only architecture students and Fisk uses the groHome system for example, accept everything from faculty, but also construction sci- both as a viable housing option and conduit to bamboo—whatever is ence students, engineering students, as a teaching tool for his Texas A&M regionally available. This revolution- recent graduates in those disciplines students. This year—in Texas A&M’s ary way to approach manufactured and faculty members from the second attempt at the biennial housing alleviates the need for giant engineering college and the Texas decathlon—the Aggie team is incor- trucks hauling massive modules over Engineering Experiment Station. porating a solar energy design to long distances. The first of three shifts from the this groHome concept. Since groHome components are Texas A&M decathlon team leaves Fisk praised the solar house proj- all pre-manufactured from envi- for Washington on Oct. 1. The jour- ect for giving students the chance ronmentally sound materials, the ney itself has its own supply of engi- to work together and alongside their environmental impact of on-site neering challenges. Team members professors. It also gives them and fabrication is significantly reduced. must first determine the logistics Texas A&M exposure to government Housing components can be assem- of moving such a heavy structure officials and to some of the top bled quickly, easily and efficiently, 1,400 miles. They must also consider leaders in the architecture field. both in terms of the original struc- the size of the house and know the “That the students have been ture and future expansion. height of every underpass for each able to get deep, philosophical ideas of those miles.

22 TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION As for the team’s chances of When the competition is over, Larry Zuber winning, Gerhardt said he hopes the Aggie team’s solar house will Senior Director of Development the team’s bold design will score return to Texas A&M to be used as College of Architecture points from the judges. a research vessel for the groHome Texas A&M Foundation “There’s a lot of ideology in this system of home design.  800-392-3310 or 979-845-0939 project,” Gerhardt said. “We’re not [email protected] just doing what every school does, — by kara bounds socol giving.tamu.edu but we’re doing something different. We’re not just building a building, For more information on how you can To learn more about the Texas A&M but we’re showing how it should be support Texas A&M’s solar decathlon Solar Decathlon project, visit built—with a sustainable system.” project, contact: http://archone.tamu.edu/solardecathlon.

Teamwork:

The Texas A&M Solar Decathalon team includes students and faculty from architecture, construction science, and engineering disciplines. Aggie team co-leader Thomas Gerhardt ’07 (right) praised the project for giving students a taste of all that is involved in turning a concept into reality.

SPIRIT MAGAZINE | FALL 2007 23 24 TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION James D. “Doug” Pitcock ’49 spends most of his days building roads and bridges, but now he’s taken on a new challenge—building military leaders. Calling military service “one of the greatest selfless acts a young man or woman can commit,” Pitcock created a new Corps of Cadets scholarship program “to ensure future generations of military leaders come from Texas A&M.” The Corps of Cadets 21st Century Scholarship Program— or Corps 21—was initiated last fall by Pitcock, a former cadet and chairman and chief executive officer of Williams Brothers Construction Co. in Houston. His $1 million gift has been used to challenge other donors to create endowed scholarships for members of the Corps of Cadets. The Texas A&M Foundation is managing the endowments. The first 10 donors to this challenge program “received two named scholarships for the price of one,” said Brian Hervey, the Texas A&M Foundation’s director of devel- opment for student affairs. Each donor gave $100,000 to create a scholarship endowment, and that money was matched by Pitcock’s donation to create a second $100,000 endowed scholarship. The donor had the privilege of nam- ing both scholarships. Hervey said the Texas A&M Foundation has received money for 31 endowed scholarships—including Pitcock’s original10—and several donors have made additional commitments. Although all matching funds have been committed, the Foundation continues to promote the program.

SPIRIT MAGAZINE | FALL 2007 25 “The current top priority for Corps giving is scholar- The Texas A&M Foundation would ships,” Hervey said. “That’s the key to recruiting.” like to send a hearty “Whoop!” to Hervey said Pitcock wanted to make a significant gift these individuals who donated to the to the Corps and asked the commandant, LTG John Van Corps 21 Scholarship Program: Alstyne, how the money could best be used. Frances & Jack E. Brown ’46 “Mr. Pitcock is a very generous donor in the spirit in Tracy ’93 & Dr. Tamara Carter ’99 which he gave this gift,” Hervey said. “He gave it with no Karon & Col. Harvey Haas ’59 strings attached. He just said ‘What can I do to help?’ It’s Robert “Bud” Hagner ’48 incredibly generous for a donor to do that.” Fairfax & Jessee Hendricks ’37 Pitcock’s generosity was fueled by his own experience Nita Sue & Otto W. Hoernig Jr. ’60 as a member of the Corps of Cadets and his desire to make Barbara & William Huffman ’53 it possible for men and women from diverse backgrounds to Dorothy & H. J. Kolinek ’46 attend Texas A&M University and participate in the Corps Sara & John Lindsey ’44 of Cadets. Patricia & L. C. “Chaz” Neely ’62 “I am proud of the legacy of leadership A&M graduates Genevieve & John Parker ’43 have provided our armed forces and know that it is due to Patsy & Charles Pence ’51 the unique experience they receive as members of the Corps Ann & Thomas Ransdell ’64 of Cadets,” Pitcock said. Helaine & Gerald L. Ray ’54 Each Corps 21 scholarship will provide an annual $5,000 Austin Roberts ’41 stipend paid from investment earnings on the endowment. Barbara & Donald Zale ’55 The first Corps 21 scholarship was awarded last spring, and four will be awarded for Fall 2007. “By fall of 2009, there will be over 30 Corps 21 scholar- ships awarded,” Hervey said. Although the Texas A&M Foundation has received more than 30 donations and commitments, the scholarship awards are not all immediately available. That’s because the money must be invested long enough to generate enough interest to cover the scholarship awards. But there is an alternative. “Donors have the option of funding the first year’s income to get a cadet immediately on the scholarship,” Hervey noted. “Otherwise, they have to wait for the endowment to earn income.” Donors can make a one-time $100,000 donation or fund the donation over any period up to five years. Corps 21 schol- arships also can be funded as part of a donor’s estate. Hervey said several individuals have already made estate commit- ments. The Foundation also accepts corporate matching gifts for Corps 21 scholarships. While donations must be in $100,000 increments, they do not have to be from a single individual. A group of former students or other individuals can band together to make a donation. For example, a class group or outfit might fund a Corp 21 scholarship.

26 TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION “I am proud of the l egacy of l eadership A & M graduates have provided our armed forces and know that it is due to the unique experience they receive as members of the Corps of Cadets.”

—DOUG P ITCOCK ’ 49

SPIRIT MAGAZINE | FALL 2007 27 “ M r. Pitcock is a very generous donor in the spirit in which he gave this gift. He just said ‘What can I do to hel p?’ It’s incredibl y generous for a donor to do that.”

—BRIAN H ERVEY Donors can name their scholarships and set other award criteria, such as a preference for a cadet in a specific major or Corps outfit. A committee of officers and staff from the Office of the Commandant selects the scholarship recipients based on merit and financial need. The Corps 21 program joins the General Rudder Corps Scholarship and Sul Ross Scholarship programs as the pri- mary sources for financial support to members of the Corps of Cadets. Individual scholarships outside these programs are also awarded. More than 1,400 Corps scholarships are currently available to students with financial need, but addi- tional scholarships are crucial to helping the Corps reach its goal of 2,200 cadets. The Texas A&M Foundation manages endowment funds for all Corps scholarship programs. Thanks to good invest- ment practices, the funds managed by the Foundation have historically generated enough income not only to fund schol- To invest in the Corps 21 program, arships and pay administrative expenses, but also to reinvest contact: surplus earnings. This careful fund management ensures that endowments will fund student scholarships in perpetuity and Brian Hervey ’92 grow over time so stipends can be increased in the future to Director of Development offset inflation. Because of this, endowments managed by the Student Affairs Texas A&M Foundation have grown an average of 3.75% per Texas A&M Foundation 10 800-392-3310 or 979-458-1689 year during the last years. 21 [email protected] The Corps program is not Pitcock’s only generous gift giving.tamu.edu to the Corps of Cadets. He and the commandant initiated the Commandant’s Commissioning Incentive Fund, which

Endowment amount: $100,000 provides a supplemental award to students who accept a mili- Scholarship stipend: $5,000 per year tary commission. Pitcock also makes annual gifts to the Corps Number needed: Unlimited of Cadets Leadership Excellence Program and supports the Funding period: Up to five years General Rudder Scholarship program. Pitcock has been generous to other programs at Texas A&M University as well. In addition to many smaller gifts, he has given more than $1.1 million through Williams Brothers Construction Co. to create seven endowments in the Depart- ment of Civil Engineering, including two scholarships, two graduate fellowships, two professorships and a faculty fellow. Pitcock also has made significant contributions to the Cushing Library Fund, the George Bush Library Center, and the 12th Man Foundation. He is an Endowed Diamond Century Club member of The Association of Former Students. 

— by doni roper

SPIRIT MAGAZINE | FALL 2007 29 COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES

Far-reaching scientific advances are often the result of collaboration among creative minds from both academics and industry, each bringing a different perspective to finding solutions and making discoveries. Monsanto, an agricultural company known for innovation in crop improvement through plant breeding and biotechnology, maintains an active partnership and funds significant endowments with Texas A&M University because of its reputation as a leading agricultural research institution and its outstanding plant breeding and cotton improvement programs. “Every day, scientists at Monsanto are working to discover and bring to market new technologies that can advance U.S. agriculture,” said Dr. Robb Fraley, chief technology officer for Monsanto Company, “But we recognize that we aren’t the only ones doing important research out there. It requires countless researchers working in their areas of expertise to continue to drive innovation in this area, and funding critical research at universities benefits everyone.” Academic programs in research- intensive areas such as these are made possible by outstanding faculty. Beyond the classic role of teaching and mentoring stu- dents, today’s faculty member carries great responsibility in discovery and research. Faculty from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences have a long history of successful enterprise in discovery, problem solving, and response to the issues of agri- cultural producers, legislative leaders, and all citizens who demand safe foods.

30 TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION Considered the father of the Green Revolution, Dr. Norman Borlaug, is known worldwide for his research in developing high-yielding wheat varieties that helped prevent hunger throughout the world and saved billions of lives. For his extraordi- nary achievements, the distinguished pro- fessor of international agriculture at Texas A&M University has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the Congressional Gold Medal among numerous other honors. “Borlaug taught the world how to use agricultural technology to save lives and improve living conditions,” said Fraley. “Plant breeding was the engine for this tremendous change. In tribute to Dr. Borlaug’s work in plant breeding and in support of the ongoing work of future faculty, Monsanto recently created the $2 million Borlaug-Monsanto Chair in Plant Breeding and International Crop Improvement. It also created a $500,000 Borlaug-Monsanto Graduate Assistantship to support graduate students studying cotton crop improvement and pro- duction. Once the chair endowment is com- plete, the faculty member selected for the position will play an international role in advancing agricultural research and schol- arship in plant breeding by providing leadership to faculty and scientists, teach- ing courses in international agricultural development and food security, and rep- resenting Texas A&M agricultural research around the world.

SPIRIT MAGAZINE | FALL 2007 31 “Many great ideas emanate from uni- versities and our company has demonstrated that it can translate great ideas into technologies that create value for our customers and shareholders,” said Fraley. “Accordingly, we are always looking to participate in creative research and educational partnerships with universities.” Monsanto supports more than 75 academic institutions in various ways— from research grants to financial sup- port for graduate and undergraduate students to sharing laboratory facilities and intellectual property, Fraley said. At Texas A&M, Monsanto supports research in germplasm (the hereditary Corporate endowments such as material of a plant’s germ cells) and this enrich an academic program’s biotechnology traits in cotton, corn, capabilities. “State funds provide basic sorghum, and other crops and was salaries and benefits for faculty, but the initial corporate sponsor of the endowments provide not only the Texas A&M University Biotechnology extra funding universities need to Society student organization. The com- recruit outstanding faculty, but an pany is a member of an industry panel elevated spirit of esteem associated that advises the Professional Program with the holder’s accomplishments,” in Biotechnology and provides intern- said Dr. Elsa Murano, vice chancellor ships and full-time positions for a and dean of agriculture at Texas A&M. number of graduates each year. Aggies “Annual proceeds from the endow- now working for the company serve ment provide resources for equip- in sales, marketing, research, and tech- ment, professional development, and nology development roles. research opportunities to create an “The support Monsanto gives to exceptional learning environment for our faculty and students is a demon- our students.” stration of the value they place on The Texas A&M Foundation man- higher education and the respect they ages philanthropic gifts for the uni- have for our program,” said Murano. versity by investing the funds and dis- “Corporations can be excellent part- tributing an annual stipend from the ners for universities, whether promot- proceeds for the purpose designated ing discovery through contract by the donor, ensuring that resources research, investing in academic excel- from the gifts will be available forever. lence through gifts, or simply validat- By investing in university research ing the quality of our teaching through programs, corporations benefit from employment of our graduating stu- cutting-edge research, well-educated dents. We appreciate their partnership graduates, and new technologies. and look forward to strengthening it in the years to come.” 32 TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION In August, Monsanto selected the er to build on Dr. Borlaug’s legacy Norman E. Borlaug: first recipient of the Borlaug-Monsanto of using agricultural technology to Scientist and Humanitarian Crop Improvement Endowed Assist- improve lives on a global scale. 1937—Earned a bachelor’s degree antship. Beginning in the spring 2008 “Scientific advancement, in agri- in forestry from the University of semester, when Mark Goebel begins culture and in other fields, requires Minnesota. Worked for the U.S. his doctoral studies in plant breeding multiple breakthroughs on multiple Forestry Service in Massachusetts and Idaho before and after graduation.

1939—Earned a master’s degree from the University of Minnesota and a doctorate in 1942.

1944—Began work as a geneticist and plant pathologist for the Cooper- ative Wheat Research and Production

—DR. ELSA MURANO program in Mexico. This program involved scientific research in genet- ics, plant pathology, entomology, agronomy, and science and cereal at Texas A&M, he will receive $20,000 fronts to ultimately benefit everyone,” technology. per year, as well as a waiver for all said Fraley. “Our knowledge today required tuition, fees and health insur- builds on centuries of increasing sci- 1960s—Research focused on increas- ance. If he remains in good academic entific understanding, and we never ing and diversifying crop yields in standing, Goebel will receive the award know from where the next great break- regions of the world where agricul- for three-and-a-half years. An Illinois through will come. But by increasing ture was less developed than in the U.S., therefore being instrumental native who grew up on a farm, Goebel the opportunity for scientific advance- in the “Green Revolution.” is described as “a promising, excellent ment through endowments like this, scientist and scholar in agricultural we are boosting our chances of making 1970—Won the Nobel Peace Prize science, cotton research in particular.” the world a better place for generations for the development of high-yielding wheat varieties. The holder of the first Monsanto assist- to come.”  antship plans to complete his master’s 1977—Received the Presidential degree in molecular environmental — by helen white Medal of Freedom. and plant sciences at Texas A&M this 1985—Received the Presidential fall. To find out more about opportunities World Without Hunger Medal.

“It’s always an exciting opportu- for giving corporate or individual gifts in 1986—Established the World Food nity to have corporate support of agriculture and life sciences, contact: Prize to recognize outstanding con- unbiased research,” said Dr. David tributions in providing food around Chad Wooten ’96 Baltensperger, head of the soil and the world. Senior Director of Development crop sciences department. “There are College of Agriculture & Life Sciences 1994—Established the World Food many areas within agriculture where Texas A&M Foundation Prize Youth Institute for high school philanthropy can provide long-term 800-392-3310 or 979-847-9314 students to become interested in and significant leadership in the fields [email protected]. food and population issues. of agricultural science.” giving.tamu.edu 2005—Received the National Medal Through the Borlaug-Monsanto of Science. Chair in Plant Improvement and Inter- national Crop Improvement, Texas 2007—Received the Congressional Gold Medal. A&M and Monsanto will work togeth- College of Education & Human Development

Benefactor

Transforming lives may sound like an ambitious claim for the average academic program, but it is everyday reality for the College of Education & Human Development at Texas A&M University.

Each year, this college grants degrees Priority 1: Expand facilities to thousands of students whose calling Space is the primary concern for the is to educate America’s youth. The College of Education & Human Devel- challenges are many and the financial opment, as successful recruiting has rewards are few, but these educators brought about a steady increase in persevere because they have a passion enrollment during the past several for education and a commitment to years. Fall 2007 records reflected an public service. Like few others, they enrollment of 4,112 undergraduate and pass on the service-oriented spirit and 1,240 graduate students. The number Dr. Bob Hall, associate professor in the Department of Educational Psychology education they receive at Texas A&M of faculty and staff is also on the rise. in the College of Education & Human and have a disproportionately large This growth is a sure sign of progress, Development, utilizes the Verizon Interactive Classroom for his educa- impact in the lives of their students but it has nonetheless added stress to tional statistics class. and those in their communities. already strained facilities. Producing successful educators Our departments are located in comes at a cost, however, and the Col- four different buildings, and although lege of Education & Human Develop- soon we will inherit an additional ment has its own unique set of chal- building, Francis Hall, multiple loca- lenges. Issues such as space, recruiting tions prevent us from functioning as and scholarship programs all affect the a single, cohesive unit. future of the college and our ability to To meet these challenges, we have achieve our critical mission. proposed an expansion program with Below are the top three develop- a new addition to Francis Hall as its ment priorities for the College of Edu- centerpiece. We plan to use the new cation & Human Development. They wing for teaching and research in the represent the most pressing challenges exercise science program. We also have we face during the next few years. developed a long-term plan to build a By supporting us, you can empower new facility to house our administra- the next generation of educators and tive and advising staff, and additional invest in one of the most basic insti- classrooms. tutions of our society. These new facilities are a vital step toward achieving the goal of preparing education students to become success-

34 TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION ful, practicing professionals. They are To help maintain this position Priority 3: Establish a fellowship pro- directly related to our strategic goals, and bolster the number of quality gram for future education professors and they will support faculty and stu- teachers who graduate from Texas Recent studies also reflect a decline dents as they conduct groundbreaking A&M with a specialty in these areas, in the number of education graduate research and implement cutting-edge we developed a scholarship program students who will become professors. instructional activities. Further, they that will award $5,000 each year to This is our motivation to develop a attract the highest quality faculty and students who are making satisfactory three-year fellowship program to students to our program. progress in one of these high-need encourage talented educators to areas. The scholarship will allow us receive their doctorate and work as Priority 2: Establish a scholarship to recruit students with a passion for faculty in colleges and universities. program for first-generation teaching in these key areas. Recipients of the fellowship will teaching students It also includes a provision that receive $15,000 each year (renewed Training teachers is at the heart of this recipients be first-generation college annually for up to three years) based college. It is therefore no surprise that students. The reason for this is two- on satisfactory academic progress, as this is one of our top development pri- fold. Most first-generation students are well as a graduate assistantship in their orities. The vision for this scholarship from lower-income families and have respective department. program, however, has a unique twist: more financial difficulty. Also, recent Private funding is essential to the targeting high-need students in high- Texas A&M studies show that educa- continued success and development of need areas. tion students on average graduate with the College of Education & Human Development. As we continue to gain recognition as a state and national leader, the need for resources to sup- port our students and faculty will like- wise increase. We have a great deal of work to do in the education profes- sion. With the talent and commitment of exceptional faculty, students and former students—as well as corporate partners—we are making an impact. Those who already generously support our program are helping us realize our goals for an educated and healthy Texas and United States. 

—by dr. douglas j. palmer, dean college of education & human development compiled by rebekah carter We have documented an increas- the same amount of debt as engineer- ing shortage of skilled educators in key ing students, whose earning poten- For more information on how you areas during the past several years, tial is much higher. Both of these fac- can support the College of Education including the following: mathematics; tors add up to heavy financial burden & Human Development, contact:

science; bilingual and English-as-a- for first-generation students. Susan Gulig ’81 Second-Language; and special educa- Through this scholarship, we hope Director of Development

tion. Competent educators in these to target students with the most finan- Texas A&M Foundation areas are in high demand not only in cial need and those who will have a 800-392-3310 or 979-847-8655

Texas but also throughout the U.S. We true commitment to their field. We will [email protected] have already proven ourselves as a top also recruit individuals from diverse giving.tamu.edu performer in these high-need areas. backgrounds and from urban areas, Among universities in Texas, Texas who we hope will return to their com- A&M is the No. 1 producer of teachers munities and enhance the education in each of these four fields. of children in the public schools.

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Fiscal year ends strong for Foundation lion in planned gifts for the fiscal The fiscal year ending June 30, 2007, year ending June 30, 2007. The total was one of the most successful ever for includes 98 gifts, averaging $519,654. the Texas A&M Foundation, with total Former students and friends also assets exceeding $1.3 billion and net committed the following planned gifts assets surpassing $1 billion. Thanks to to the Foundation this fiscal year: the generosity of former students, cor- ◊ 17 new gift annuities porations, and other friends of Texas ◊ 17 new unitrusts and additions A&M, contributions to the Foundation ◊ 129 new Heritage members of totaled more than $85 million. Total the A&M Legacy Society revenue, including contributions, ◊ Heritage membership has grown investment income and gains (realized to 990 individuals and unrealized), totaled about $219 ◊ 237 planned giving prospects million. Funds made available to Texas ◊ Pension Protection Act IRA gifts A&M University by the Foundation 34 gifts in 2006 worth more than were $50.2 million $1.5 million

Thanks to the generosity of former 37 gifts as of June 30, 2007 Donors ensure future funds students, corporations, and other worth more than $834,000 friends of Texas A&M, contributions for Texas A&M ◊ A record 216,769 hits on the to the Foundation for the fiscal year The Foundation’s Office of Gift Plan- ending June 30, 2007, totaled more Foundation’s planned giving than $85 million. ning documented a record $50.9 mil- Web site. The Office of Gift Planning assists donors who want to make a charitable gift of estate assets to benefit Texas A&M University. These gifting meth- ods include bequests, charitable trusts, gift annuities, and life insurance. Often called “future-funded gifts,” planned gifts usually are deferred, meaning they are arranged now and fulfilled in the future. Gift planning officers at the Texas A&M Founda- tion and your financial advisor can help you create a unique gift plan that will benefit you, your family and Texas A&M University. Call Glenn

36 TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION Pittsford ’72 at 800-392-3310 for more member, has supported Texas A&M information. through donations and service for 30 years, earning heritage membership in Surovik appointed board chairman the A&M Legacy Society. His gifts to Bob J. Surovik, a the Texas A&M Foundation have bene- 1958 accounting fited the Corps of Cadets, the Singing graduate of Texas Cadets and the Class of ’58 Gift Fund, A&M University, which supports student affairs. has been appoint- ed chairman of Long-time Foundation employee retires the Texas A&M Jean Landrum will retire in September Foundation Board of Trustees. He has after 17 years of working with the Texas been a member of the board since 2004 A&M Foundation in its Dallas region- and his one-year term as chairman al office. began July 1. He replaces outgoing Jean was secretary to the Founda- chairman Jerry Cox ’72, whose term tion’s regional director of development ended June 30. for North Texas, Bill Estes. Jean and The recent appointment is one of Bill first began working together before many leadership roles for Surovik, the Foundation’s Dallas office opened. who lives in Abilene. He earned a law The two have continued their team- degree from the University of Texas work and success for the past 17 years. in Austin and served the U.S. Army “She is well-known and loved by as a first lieutenant for two years. He is every Aggie with whom she has come president of the 100-year-old law firm in contact over these 17 years,” Estes of McMahon Surovik Suttle, P.C. said. “Her warmth and spirit of coop- “Bob Surovik’s extensive legal expe- eration and service have been a blessing rience adds an important dimension to me.” and depth to our board of trustees,” said John Stropp ’66, the Foundation’s Jean Landrum will retire in September interim president. “He’s a loyal Aggie after 17 years of working with the and good friend to the Foundation, Texas A&M Foundation in its Dallas regional office. and we are confident that the assets we raise and manage to support Texas A&M will continue to grow under his steady leadership.” Surovik, a past president of The Association of Former Students and an Endowed Diamond Century Club

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We are listening to you, and communicating better By now, you have probably noticed the new look of Spirit magazine, but this is not the only change at the Texas A&M Foundation. The revisions to Spirit are part of our effort to improve the way we communicate with former students and friends of Texas A&M. This transformation began in 2005 when we asked a respected marketing strategy firm to help us answer the question: How do we best reach the rapidly expanding number of Texas A&M former students? Through a comprehensive survey and focus groups, we found that although donors understand the work we do, many other former students are still unfamiliar with our name and purpose. To increase awareness of the Texas A&M Foundation, and to fur- ther benefit Texas A&M University, we are improving our marketing and com- munications efforts in the following ways:

The Texas A&M Foundation’s new A new mindset theme, Spirit and MindSM will be fea- The powerful combination of Aggie tured in publications, advertisements and other new venues as well—like spirit and academics set Texas A&M Kyle Field and Reed Arena—so more apart from other universities. This spir- Aggies can learn about the Foundation’s mission. it and mind are indivisible at Texas A&M, and they are the core of every- thing we do at the Texas A&M Foun- dation. You will see that commitment reflected in our new theme, Spirit and MindSM. We will be using this theme in publications, advertisements and

38 TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION other new venues as well—like Kyle Field and Reed Arena—so more Aggies can learn about the Founda- tion’s mission. Easy access students, faculty, spirit and college. We Our research revealed that people want hope this will help you learn more to learn about giving opportunities about gift-giving opportunities with- available in their area of interest before in their area of interest. We are also

they focus on the actual process of excited to announce that you can now The Texas A&M Foundation’s new creating a gift. To meet this need, we make an online donation to the Texas program called Azimuth was created for donors who want to support the have divided our literature into four A&M Foundation with a credit card, quality of academics at Texas A&M. main areas: student, faculty, spirit and and you can direct your donation to Azimuth calls for a commitment of $5,000 per year in five annual install- college. Our new approach will help the college, department, or program ments. donors focus first on the area on which of your choice.

they wish to make the most impact A new way to support your college and then on the numerous giving We developed a new program called opportunities within that area. AzimuthSM for donors who want to New publications enhance the quality of academics at We have redesigned Spirit magazine Texas A&M. Azimuth calls for a com- and most other Foundation commu- mitment of $5,000 per year in five nications, including our brochures, annual installments, and you can make newsletters, Web site and advertise- payments online with a credit card. ments. We hope this more personal, You can direct your Azimuth gift to colorful and consistent look will help any Texas A&M college and specify you immediately recognize the Texas whether you want to support opera- A&M Foundation. To reach more tional or endowed funds. As an Aggies, we have increased the circula- Azimuth member, you will receive invi- tion of Spirit magazine and will now tations to events, including dinner mail you a copy three times a year, with with the dean of the college you sup- relevant news and information about port and a special Foundation tail- Texas A&M and the Foundation’s phil- gate party. anthropic efforts and partners. With the remarkable generosity of A strong online presence individuals, corporations and organi- In addition to a new look, our Web zations, the Texas A&M Foundation site (giving.tamu.edu) will now include supports the spirit and mind of Texas more user-friendly information. Like A&M University. We hope that all of our literature, we will organize our our communication improvements Web site into the same four areas on will encourage more Aggies to join us which your gifts can make an impact: in fulfilling our mission.

SPIRIT MAGAZINE | FALL 2007 39 The Final Chapter Most Aggies know of the Aggie Muster history and the beginning of the mod- of the Famous that took place on the Philippine ern Muster tradition. Corregidor Muster island of Corregidor on April 21, 1942, By April of 1945 the Japanese just months after the Japanese attack were in full retreat. Americans had on Pearl Harbor, but few Aggies know returned to the Philippines and one the real conclusion of the story. of them was a young Aggie Marine Aggies at that Muster were serving officer named Ormand Simpson ’36. under the command of their former He believed those 1942 Corregidor commandant, Major General George Aggies should be honored as soon as F. Moore, Class of 1908. But by early possible, so he and two other Aggies 1942 the invading Japanese Army had “acquired” a PT boat and roared off forced the Americans to the tip of the toward Corregidor. Bataan Peninsula. Bataan fell in early Upon landing they found their April and a small group of Americans, way to the 1942 Muster site and had Two years after Ormand Simpson ’36 including those Aggies, managed to their own ceremony commemorating and his buddies held Muster on Corregidor Island, Texas Aggie soldiers escape to the island of Corregidor and those brave Aggies who stood at the gathered there again in 1946—this were given the task of defending that same spot only three years before. time with the island firmly under U.S. military control—to call roll for their island to protect Manila Harbor. It When they returned to their base fallen comrades. proved to be an impossible mission. and told where they had been, some- As the larger Japanese force closed one asked, “Are you guys crazy? There in, the Aggies paused on April 21 to are still Japanese snipers on that hold Muster. They told stories of their island!” The trio said they had never cadet days, sang Aggie songs, toasted thought of that. All they were con- the heroes of San Jacinto, and then cerned about was paying tribute to resumed their defense of Corregidor. their fallen comrades and the brave These brave men fought on for 15 more Aggies who paused in the midst of war days before being killed or captured. for Muster on Corregidor in 1942. Word of the bravery and devotion Simpson eventually became Lieu- of these Aggies spread back to the cam- tenant General Simpson and returned pus and one year later, due to the to serve as an administrator at Texas efforts of The Association of Former A&M in the 1970s. The main drill field Students, there were 500 Aggie in the center of the campus is named Musters all around the world on in his honor.  April 21, 1943. It was called the great- est international alumni meeting in —by donald b. powell ’56

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The honor roll lists donors who have Denise & David C. Baggett ’81 made gifts or commitments of $25,000 Individuals Patricia Benjamin Memorial Endowed or more through the Texas A&M Scholarship—Mays Business School Foundation. This issue recognizes gifts made from January 1, 2006, through Ann R. Adams Karen R. ’80 & Forrest G. Baker ’79 March 31, 2007. Donors are grouped Planned Gift — The Association of Former Matching Gifts into two alphabetical lists: “Individuals” Students—The Ann R. & Lester D. Adams ’53 and “Corporations & Organizations.” Aggie Ring Scholarship Endowment / The Ann Jean & John J. Bardgette ’45 R. & Lester D. Adams ’53 Student Assistance Unitrust—John J. Bardgette (1945) & Family Endowment Fund Construction, Geotechnical or Structures Fellowship—Civil Engineering / John J. Janice L. & Harold L. Adams ’61 Bardgette (1945) & Family Coastal & Ocean Harold L. Adams ’61 Interdisciplinary Fellowship—Civil Engineering / John J. Professorship—Construction Science Bardgette (1945) & Family Outstanding Harold L. Adams ’61 Interdisciplinary Senior—Civil Engineering Award / John J. Professorship —Landscape Architecture & Bardgette (1945) & Family Scholarship—Civil Urban Planning Engineering / John J. Bardgette (1945) & Family Professorship —Civil Engineering / John Cynthia & Mark W. Albers ’79 J. Bardgette (1945) Scholarship—Fred J. ExxonMobil Aggie Petroleum Engineering Benson Scholars Program Scholarship Fund Glenda B. & James L. Barrilleaux ’64 Donna White Alexander & Robert W. Living Trust—The Barrilleaux Family Sul Ross Alexander ’41 Scholarship Gift Annuity—Donna White & Robert W. Alexander ’41 General Rudder Scholarship / Carol J. & Jason W. Beal ’77 Texas A&M Foundation—Unrestricted Carol J. & Jason W. Beal ’77 Endowed Scholarship—Architecture Robert H. ’50 & Judy Ley Allen Robert H. & Judy Ley Allen Dean’s Unrestricted Marian L. & James H. Bentley ’42 Fund—George Bush School of Government & Gift Annuity—Texas A&M Foundation— Public Service Unrestricted

Gladys M. & William D. Allison ’44 Ann G. & Robert C. Berger ’60 Gladys M. & William D. Allison ’44 Bequest—Scholarships for cadets majoring in Scholarship—Mechanical Engineering Petroleum Engineering

John B. Allwein Deborah F. ’76 & John E. Bethancourt ’74 COL John B. Allwein Corps of Cadets Scholarship John E. & Deborah F. Bethancourt Professorship—Petroleum Engineering Sue & Joseph W. Ashy ’62 COL & Mrs. Joe H. Ashy ’28 Memorial Sul John E. ’74 & Deborah F. ’76 Bethancourt Ross Scholarship Scholarship—Nelson Scholars Program— Petroleum Engineering Sally Tsui Wong-Avery & Dennis S. Avery Friends of the Cambridge Visitors’ Fellowship in Dorothy F. Bettencourt honor of George Mitchell & Family Henry J. Bettencourt Jr. ’49 Scholarship — Mechanical Engineering Barbara A. & Dionel E. Avilés ’53 Dr. Dionel E. Avilés ’53 Scholarship— Donna & Tom C. Bigbee ’77 Geotechnical Engineering Living Trust—Dr. Gary D. Potter Horse Judging Endowment

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Dr. S. H. Black Brenda G. Cardwell John J. McDermott Speakership of the University Bradley C. Cardwell Faculty Senate Wallace H. Cardwell DVM ’51 Scholarship — Bovine Medicine Rosalie R. & Clifton J. Bolner ’49 Clifton J. Bolner ’49 Scholarship—Mays Marcia M. & Frank C. Carlucci Business School Charitable Trust— George Bush School of Government & Public Service Rosalie R. & Clifton J. Bolner ’49 Family Endowed Scholarship—Business John R. Carmichael III ’73 Bequest—John R. Carmichael III ’73 Real James L. Boone Jr. ’44 Estate Excellence Fund —Mays Business School Lillian Vorpahl Boone Memorial Sul Ross Scholarship Nancy S. & B. Gene Carter ’53 Carter/Bronstad Endowed Scholarship— Lynn A. Holleran & Charles H. Bowman ’59 Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences Charles Bowman & Lynn Holleran International Endowment Tracy G. Carter ’93 & Dr. Tamara A. Carter ’99 Tracy G. ’93 & Dr. Tamara A. Carter ’99 Judith Brinkman Corps of Cadets 21st Century Scholarship Texas Agricultural Experiment Station “Corps 21” Martha L. Broussard Jason S. Chaka ’02 Mr. & Mrs. Douglas E. Broussard ’44 Endowed Chaka Family Southerland Aggie Leader Scholarship—Mechanical Engineering Scholarship Frances & Jack E. Brown ’46 Jo Ann & Morris K. Chambless ’50 Robert L. Whiting Technology Fund Gift Annuity—Unrestricted Adriana & Henderson L. Buford III ’68 Ruby L. & Frank H. Cheaney Jr. ’52 Adriana & Henderson “Sam” L. Buford III ’68 Charitable Remainder Trust—Frank & Ruby Excellence Fund—Liberal Arts Cheaney General Rudder Corps Scholarship / Leda & Alvie C. Burkhalter Jr. ’52 Frank & Ruby Cheaney Endowment—Aggie A. C. Burkhalter Sr. Memorial Corps Band Scholarship No. 2 Daniel D. Clinton Jr. ’52 Deborah & Jimmy C. Burns ’57 Cushing Library—Rare book in honor of his Jimmy Clay Burns MD ’57 & Deborah C. wife, Barbara, for her service as president of the Burns RN President’s Endowed Scholarship Friends of the Sterling C. Evans Library

James J. Cain ’51 Dorothy S. Closner Cain Fund for Biomedical Engineering Dorothy & George W. Closner ’41 Family Corps of Cadets Leadership Excellence Program Jyl G. & Tony Randall Cain ’82 Bequest—12th Man Foundation Jo Ann & Charles M. Cocanougher ’53 Dr. Charles M. Cocanougher Family Endowed Janis E. & Gerald S. Calvert ’62 Scholarship—Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Jan & Jerry Calvert ’62 Endowed Scholarship— Sciences George Bush School of Government & Public Service Mary B. & Tom B. Coker Jr. ’58 Gift Annuity—Texas A&M Foundation— Nora A. Janjan ’06 & Newton J. Calvin Jr. ’60 Unrestricted Bequest—George Bush School of Government & Public Service Jeanette L. & Robert B. Conn ’51 Jeanette & Robert B. Conn ’51 General Rudder Teri Pearce & Dr. Kenneth D. Cantrell ’68 Corps Scholarship Living Trust—College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences

42 TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION Elaine & Joseph B. Coulter ’50 Thelma & Elmer L. Elkins ’49 COL Burt W. Lutz Jr. ’44 “G” Battery General Unitrust—Elaine & Joe Coulter DVM ’50 Bequest—Texas A&M Foundation Rudder Corps Scholarship Endowed Scholarship—Veterinary Medicine —Unrestricted David B. Meisenheimer ’44 “G” Battery Ruth P. & William C. Cowan ’49 David G. Eller ’59 General Rudder Corps Scholarship Bequest—Ruth Partridge & William “Bill” College of Geosciences Excellence Fund Warren D. Phelps ’44 “G” Battery Memorial Cowan ’49 Scholarship—Mechanical General Rudder Corps Scholarship Julia A. & Mark E. Ellis ’79 Engineering Mark & Julia Ellis Scholarship—Petroleum Wallace K. Phillips ’44 “G” Battery Memorial Maude R. & Joseph L. Cramer Engineering General Rudder Corps Scholarship Living Trust—North Star Archaeological John T. Thomson ’44 “G” Battery General Gail Elmendorf, Gregory & Agness Research Endowment Rudder Corps Scholarship Elmendorf, Hoagy & Minnie Elmendorf, Andrea & Gerald W. Crouch ’79 Heda & Greg Hahn, Jennifer & Jim Lehman, David C. Fleig ’78 Dr. Gerald W. Crouch ’79 Endowed Lifelines and Terry Lynn & Clay Campbell Living Trust—David C. Fleig ’78 Fund—Mays Scholarship—Science Hugo F. Elmendorf Jr. MD ’44 Lifelines Business School Scholarship—Science Barbara & Kirby P. Cunningham ’59 Jean B. & David W. Fleming Unitrust—12th Man Foundation / Corps of Mary L. & Curtis Erwin Jr. ’45 Bequest—George Bush School of Government Cadets Gift Annuity—Texas A&M Foundation— & Public Service Unrestricted Lynda & Thomas L. Curl ’70 Gina & William H. Flores ’76 W. Elmo Crenshaw DVM Foundation Marsha H. & Mark A. Fairchild ’70 Bequest—The Association of Former Excellence Award Marsha & Mark A. Fairchild ’70 Sul Ross Students—Unrestricted / Gina & William H. Scholarship Flores ’76 Endowment—Mays Business School / Lisa Huddleston ’85 & Peter H. Currie ’85 Gina & William H. Flores ’76 President’s Office Lisa ’85 & Peter H. Currie ’85 Chair—Business Malcolm D. Ferguson Endowment Charitable Remainder Trust—Malcolm & Lyra B. & Edwin R. Daniels ’48 Marilyn H. (Lynn) Ferguson Endowed Chair— Barbara & Ira F. Flurry Jr. ’58 Lyra B. & Edwin R. Daniels ’48 Corps of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences Life Insurance—12th Man Foundation Cadets Recruiting Endowment Patricia & Terry C. Finkbiner ’65 Dean S. Folse ’44 Leola T. Davis Patricia & Terry C. Finkbiner ’65 Sul Ross Folse Family Scholarship—Veterinary Medicine Unitrust—William B. Davis & Leola Davis Scholarship Fund—Wildlife & Fisheries / Texas A&M Charlotte C. & Morris E. Foster ’65 Foundation—Unrestricted Freda L. & Ralph A. Fisher Jr. ’44 Morris E. Foster Endowed Faculty Fellowship— Robert Buniva ’44 Memorial General Rudder Mechanical Engineering Mary & Norman N. Davis ’54 Corps Scholarship Gift Annuity—Unrestricted Linda D. & Joe R. Fowler ’68 Robert A. Epstein ’44 General Rudder Corps Linda D. & Joe R. Fowler ’68 Fellowship— Martha S. & Rudy T. Dismuke ’78 Scholarship Mechanical Engineering Kenneth R. Hall Teaching Excellence Award Max V. Fergus ’44 “G” Battery General Rudder Stephen M. Fraga ’97 Janette & Don P. Dixon ’57 Corps Scholarship Lupe “Champ” Fraga ’57 Foundation Excellence Don P. Dixon ’57 & Sons Scholarship— John W. Fulbright ’44 “G” Battery General Award Mechanical Engineering Rudder Corps Scholarship Joan Fritze Hazel M. Dooley Charles C. Garner ’44 General Rudder Corps LTC Lee Victor Fritze ’60 Memorial R. B. Dooley ’39 Endowed Graduate Scholarship Scholarship Scholarship—Geosciences Elbridge Gerry ’44 “G” Battery General Rudder Jeannie D. Duncan ’91 Warren A. Grasso ’38 Memorial Scholarship— Corps Scholarship Bequest—Agriculture & Life Sciences in memory Civil Engineering of Mark Stephen Randolph John M. Good ’44 “G” Battery General Rudder Corps Scholarship Marilyn & Edward B. Fulbright ’49 Margaret D. & Sebastian Jack Durr Jr. ’45 Major Matthew W. Worrell ’94 Memorial Sul Clarence E. Hart Jr. ’44 General Rudder Corps Gift Annuity—Unrestricted Ross Scholarship Scholarship

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Donna P. & James E. Furber ’64 Faye P. & Robert C. Hagner ’48 Donna & Jim Furber ’64 Faculty Fellowship— Robert C. “Bud” Hagner ’48 Corps of Cadets Industrial & Systems Engineering 21st Century Scholarship “Corps 21”

Beth Ann Gandia Patricia A. & Hal V. Haltom ’51 Bequest—Beth Ann Gandia—Stevenson Planned Gift—Haltom Family Scholarship— Companion Animal Life-Care Center Endowed Industrial & Systems Engineering Fund Mary Lou & C. Melvin Harrison ’52 Heidi & J. Michael Gatens III ’80 C. M. Harrison ’52 Fund Michael & Heidi Gatens Professorship in Gail J. & William E. Hartsfield ’73 Unconventional Resources Bequest—President’s Endowed Scholarship Jerrie & Kenneth B. Geisler Program Bequest—Ken & Jerrie Geisler Endowed Henry W. Hawley ’83 Scholarship—Veterinary Medicine / Ken & Planned Gift—Natalie L. Hawley Endowed Jerrie Geisler Endowed Fund—Stevenson Fund—Anthropology Companion Animal Life-Care Center Reta K. & Harold J. Haynes ’46 Preston M. Geren Jr. ’45 Haynes Fellowship—Civil Engineering Preston M. Geren ’12 Excellence Fund— Architecture Fairfax & Jesse E. Hendricks ’37 Dr. F. E. Giesecke 1886 Lecture Fund— Fairfax & Jesse E. Hendricks ’37 Corps of Architecture Cadets 21st Century Scholarship “Corps 21”

Sam Knight & Barnett L. Gershen ’69 Ann & Stephen A. Holditch ’69 Barnett L. ’69 & Sam Gershen Learning Petroleum Engineering Faculty Endowed Endowment—Mays Business School Scholarship

Laura & Thomas B. Gilbert Jr. Deborah Hornickel David Ramey Gilbert ’07 Endowed Scholarship Bequest—Janice Patton & Edward Palmer Hornickel ’42 Endowed Scholarship David Ramey Gilbert ’07 Leadership Endowment Lou & Lee R. Howard ’52 Susanne M. & Melbern G. Glasscock ’59 Gift Annuity—Lou & Lee R. Howard ’52 Glasscock Center for Humanities Research Endowed Scholarship / Texas A&M Glasscock Challenge Scholarship Foundation—Unrestricted

Donald L. Grant ’51 William C. Huber ’43 Dr. Clifford M. Simmang ’36 Memorial Planned Gift—Jerry & William C. Huber ’43 Scholarship—Engineering Endowment for Athletics—12th Man

Mary Gregory & Charles H. Gregory ’64 Foundation / Jerry & William C Huber ’43 Bequest—College of Liberal Arts Endowment—Texas A&M Foundation— Unrestricted Rae & Henry J. Gruy ’37 Gruy Family Fountain Dian E. & Douglas R. Huddle Steve Wade ’72 Memorial Scholarship— Gruy Family Fountain Long-Term Maintenance Petroleum Engineering Fund Barbara J. & William M. Huffman ’53 David L. Haberle ’40 Barbara & William M. Huffman ’53 Corps of Gift Annuity—David L. Haberle ’40 Fund— Cadets 21st Century Scholarship “Corps 21” Unrestricted for Texas A&M President / Texas A&M Foundation—Unrestricted

44 TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION Robbie & Dudley J. Hughes ’51 Carol Kilmon Sonya & Charles A. Machemehl Jr. William R. Bryant Endowed Chair— Bequest—Kilmon—Stevenson Companion Charitable Remainder Trust—Jerry Machemehl, Oceanography Animal Life-Care Center Endowed Fund Charles Machemehl & Milton Machemehl Endowed Scholarship—Civil Engineering College of Geosciences Excellence Fund—O&M Denise & Kriss A. Kirchhoff ’78 Building Administrative Office Renovation Project Bequest—Engineering / Mays Business School / Frank Markantonis

Linda G. ’76 & Johnnie R. Hutchins ’76 Scholarships Wetland Rip Rap Breakwater Project

Living Trust Barbara Monroe Kirsch Carol J. & Boe W. Martin ’62

Margaret & Aubrey E. Irby Bequest—Barbara Monroe Kirsch—Stevenson Carol & Boe W. Martin ’62 Excellence Fund— Gift Annuity—Margaret & Aubrey E. Irby Companion Animal Life-Care Center History Endowed Fund Corps of Cadets Leadership Excellence Fund / Nancy L. ’73 & Jack W. Matz Jr. ’71 Texas A&M Foundation—Unrestricted Joyce M. & Charles E. Lake ’52 Jack W. ’71 & Nancy L. ’73 Matz Endowed

Millicent A. & Jack R. Irish ’50 Joyce & Charles E. Lake ’52 Endowed Scholarship—Mathematics Bequest—Millicent A. & Jack R. Irish ’50 Scholarship—Mays Business School Planned Gift—Jack & Nancy Matz Matching

Endowed Scholarship—Industrial & Systems Peggy & Michael H. Lam ’68 Fund—Agriculture & Life Sciences, Engineering / Millicent A. & Jack R. Irish ’50 Mike & Peggy Lam Texas Ranger Scholarship Mathematics & the Mays Business School Endowed Scholarship—Corps of Cadets Mary Jane & Joel R. Lander ’46 Brenda J. & Donald W. McClure ’70 Sandra N. & Thomas W. Jackson Gift Annuity—Mary Jane & Joel R. Lander College of Agriculture Scholarship & Bequest—Stevenson Companion Animal General Scholarship Fund / Texas A&M Development Fund Life-Care Center Foundation—Unrestricted Dorothy J. & Arthur R. McFerrin Jr. ’65

Dorcas & Robert D. Jenkins ’65 Joan C. & M. Allen Landry ’50 Becky Gates Children’s Center—Gates of Planned Gift—Dorcas & Robert D. Jenkins ’65 Joan & M. Allen Landry ’50 General Rudder Learning Dean’s Discretionary Fund—Science Corps Scholarship in honor of June Landry McFerrin Children’s Center Endowment

Chad H. Johnson ’86 Mr. & Mrs. Timothy A. Leach ’82 Texas A&M University Children’s Center Chad Hunter Johnson Opportunity Petroleum Engineering Department Award for Barbara B. ’73 & James G. McKnight ’59 Scholarship—Agricultural Economics Excellence in Teaching Academic Support Fund Laquita E. & Dennis R. Johnson ’74 Sara H. & John H. Lindsey ’44 Donna & John M. McLellan ’74 Petroleum Engineering Department Award for Sara & John H. Lindsey ’44 Corps of Cadets Katie McLellan ’04 Memorial Scholarship— Excellence in Teaching 21st Century Scholarship “Corps 21” Nutrition & Food Science James C. Jones ’05 Texas A&M University Press Carole & Horace F. McQueen ’60 James C. Jones ’05 Scholarship—Civil Lenora K. & Robert R. Locke ’49 Carole & Horace McQueen ’60 Endowed Engineering Gift Annuity—President’s Endowed Scholarship Scholarship—Agriculture & Life Sciences Georgia & James R. Jones ’69 Program / Texas A&M Foundation— Shirlee Meola Truman R. Jones Jr. ’43 Endowment for Unrestricted Dr. Roger Walker Meola Memorial Teaching Excellence—Civil Engineering Nancy & Raymond Lutz Scholarship—Entomology Linda & Thomas J. Jordan ’74 Bequest—Stevenson Companion Animal Connie K. ’79 & Bobby J. Miller ’76 Eloise Vezey Dromgoole Scholarship Life-Care Center Life Insurance—Buzz ’76 & Connie ’79 Miller Frank R. Kemmer John W. Lyons Jr. ’59 Endowed Fund—Agriculture & Life Sciences Gift Annuity—Frank Kemmer Endowment— John W. “Bill” Lyons Jr. ’59 Chair—Biology Paula & Douglas Miller Agriculture & Life Sciences / Texas A&M Robert B. MacCallum ’47 College of Business Development Fund Foundation—Unrestricted Planned Gift—Robert B. MacCallum ’47— Bernice & Gustave A. Mistrot III ’50 Jackie J. Kephart ’78 F Company Infantry Scholarship Bernice & Gustave Mistrot ’50 Sul Ross Bequest—Stevenson Companion Animal Scholarship Life-Care Center

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Elizabeth & B. Nelson Mitchell Jr. ’94 Audrey & James K. B. Nelson ’49 History Maker Homes Endowed Professorship— “Texas Aggies Go to War” Video Project Construction Science Unitrust—James K. B. & Audrey Calais History Maker Homes Endowed Scholarships— Nelson ’49 Endowed Fund—Petroleum Architecture Engineering

Virgie D. & O. N. Mitchell Sr. Endowed Jana L. & Harold B. Newton ’88 Scholarships Brett & Jana Newton Endowed Opportunity

Cynthia W. & George P. Mitchell ’40 Award

Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer Project Tracy & Charles L. Nichols ’63 Cambridge-Texas A&M Collaboration— Living Trust—Charles L. Nichols ’63 Cosmology Curriculum Enhancement Fund—Liberal Arts

Mitchell Buildings Billie & James R. Nichols ’45 George P. Mitchell Chair ’40—Marine Science James R. ’45 & Billie S. Nichols Scholarship— University Special Gifts—Sailing Team Civil Engineering

Carolyn A. & Edwin H. Moerbe Jr. ’61 Patsy W. & Thomas B. Nichols Bequest—Carolyn A. & Ed. H. Moerbe ’61 University Special Gifts—Visual Arts Program Endowed Scholarship at the Memorial Student Center / Singing Cadets

Nina A. & Carl O. Moore ’51 T. Michael & Olive E. O’Connor Carl O. ’51 & Nina A. Moore Professorship— Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center

Engineering Beverly & William P. O’Hara

Lizette V. & Victor R. Moran ’02 James Holcomb DVM ’78 Endowed Daniel P. Moran ’03 General Rudder Corps Scholarship—Veterinary Medicine

Scholarship Claude Onxley ’51 David A. Moran ’05 General Rudder Corps Bequest—Claude & Harriet S. Onxley Scholarship Endowment—Scholarships

Karen H. & Steven M. Morris Unitrust—Claude & Harriet S. Onxley Steven M. & Karen H. Morris Foundation Endowment—Scholarships

Excellence Awards Susan M. ’74 & William R. Ouren ’74

Dottie & Phillip L. Moses ’49 Ben & Mildred Mahler Foundation Excellence Bequests—Physics Award

Lauren D. Murphy ’85 & Michael J. Baker ’85 James M. Parker ’47 Lauren D. Murphy ’85 & Michael J. Baker ’85 James M. Parker ’47 President’s Endowed Endowed Foundation Excellence Award Scholarship

Sharon L. & George P. Murray ’62 Genevieve & John H. Parker ’43 George P. & Sharon Murray ’62 General Genevieve & John H. Parker ’43 Corps of Rudder Corps Scholarship Cadets 21st Century Scholarship “Corps 21”

Jack H. Murray Jr. ’42 Mary & John Pate ’44 Unrestricted Operating Fund Mickie & John Pate ’44 Sul Ross Scholarship

Trisha & L. C. "Chaz" Neely Jr. ’62 Patsy & Charles L. Pence ’51 Trisha & L. C. “Chaz” Neely Jr. ’62 Corps of Patsy & Charles L. Pence ’51 Corps of Cadets Cadets 21st Century Scholarship “Corps 21” 21st Century Scholarship “Corps 21” Lance Corporal Luke Carney Yepsen ’08 Memorial General Rudder Corps Scholarship

46 TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION Janie & Terry M. Perkins ’60 Judy K. & Donald R. Ray ’68 Meredith & Ray A. Rothrock ’77 Dr. & Mrs. Terry Perkins Endowed Veterinary Judy K. & Donald R. Ray ’68 Scholarship— Nuclear Engineering Development Fund Scholarship Engineering I Ray A. Rothrock ’77 Faculty Research

Phoebe S. Perry Judy K. & Donald R. Ray ’68 Scholarship— Fellowship—Liberal Arts Engineering II Phoebe Perry—Stevenson Companion Animal Stephanie R. ’93 & Todd S. Routh ’86 Life-Care Center Endowed Fund Helaine & Gerald L. Ray ’54 Stephanie ’93 & Todd Routh ’86 Endowed Case

Florence & Bookman Peters ’59 Gerald L. Ray ’54 & Donald Zale ’55 Corps of Competition Fund Cadets Award Endowment Florence & Bookman Peters ’59 Excellence Raymond Salazar Jr. ’64 Fund—History Helaine & Gerald L. Ray ’54 Corps of Cadets Bequest—Raymond Salazar Jr. ’64 21st Century Scholarship “Corps 21” Marie P. & James E. Pianta ’51 Undergraduate Scholarship—Physics Helaine & Gerald L. Ray ’54 Foundation Marie P. & James E. Pianta ’51 President’s John G. & Doris J. Salsbury Excellence Award Endowed Scholarship Salsbury Endowed Fund for Veterinary Medicine

Stephanie M. & Randolph C. Pierce ’86 Joan C. Read Scholarships Dean of Veterinary Medicine Priority Fund Stephanie & Randy Pierce ’86 Scholarship— Tamara & Manuel J. Sanchez III ’93 Civil Engineering Thomas A. Read Center Activities Fund Bequest—Maria Del Refugio Torres Fund—

Edna & Arthur E. Pinson ’58 Thomas & Joan Read Fund for Disadvantaged Unrestricted / Texas A&M Foundation— Whiting-Pinson Scholarship Fund—Petroleum Youth Unrestricted

Engineering Tom & Joan Read Galveston Scholarship Fund David L. Sanders ’90

Eleanor & James D. Pitcock Jr. ’49 Caryl R. & Albert L. Reese Jr. ’71 David L. Sanders ’90 Scholarship—Mechanical Doug Pitcock ’49 Corps of Cadets Scholarship Caryl & Albert L. Reese Jr. ’71 Scholarship— Engineering

Matching Fund “Corps 21” Mays Business School Genevieve D. & Edwin G. Sandhop Jr.

Max Ploeger III ’48 Luanne S. & Lee R. Reinhardt Inez & Edwin G. Sandhop Sr. President’s Max Ploeger III ’48 & Lynne Ploeger Swenson ’84 Unitrust—Luanne & Lee Reinhardt Scholarship Endowed Scholarship Sul Ross Scholarship Linda E. & Gerald L. Rhyne Camille Sandusky Ashli E. & Matthew C. Poling ’90 Living Trust—Gerald L. Rhyne & Linda E. Unitrust—Camille & Judge E. Sandusky DVM ’60 Carlton Frank Poling, Lance Corporal USMC Rhyne—Stevenson Companion Animal Endowed Scholarship—Veterinary Medicine

Memorial Sul Ross Scholarship Life-Care Center Charlotte & C. Fagg Sanford

Patsy & James W. Porter Jr. ’51 Kay G. & Britt Rice Wm. Hugh Meyer ’51 Learning Endowment

J. Walter “Deak” Porter ’22 & James W. “Bud” Texas A&M Foundation—Unrestricted Velma R. & James R. Saunders Jr. ’41 Porter ’51 Professorship—Civil Engineering Sara L. & Cooper P. Robbins Jr. ’53 Testamentary Trust—James R. Saunders DVM Roberta & Larry L. Priesmeyer ’56 Bequest—12th Man Foundation for 1941 Chair—Veterinary Medicine / Velma R. Roberta & Larry Priesmeyer ’56 Scholarship— Improvements to the Indoor Practice Facilities Saunders Charitable Remainder Unitrust Architecture Austin W. Roberts ’41 Michael E. Sawyer ’83 Rita D. & Mark B. Puckett ’73 Ruth D. & Colonel Austin W. Roberts ’41 Dr. Ralph J. Vernon ’51 Scholarship— Harold J. Haynes Dean’s Chair—Engineering Corps of Cadets 21st Century Scholarship Engineering “Corps 21” Ann & Thomas R. Ransdell ’64 Linda & Ralph A. Schmidt ’68 Ann & Tom Ransdell ’64 Corps of Cadets 21st Bonnie L. & Ronald J. Robinson ’74 Linda & Ralph Schmidt ’68 Professorship— Century Scholarship “Corps 21” Bonnie & Ronald J. Robinson ’74 Memorial Mechanical Engineering Student Center Opera & Performing Arts Linda & Ralph Schmidt ’68 Scholarship— Ginger H. ’76 & Terry W. Rathert ’75 Society Endowed Fund Mechanical Engineering Fund Dr. Philip Oxley Scholarship—Petroleum Engineering Charlotte & J. James Rohack Mary Jo & Donald R. Schroeter ’63 Bequest—J. James & Charlotte Rohack Mary Jo & Donald R. Schroeter ’63 Endowed Fund—Stevenson Companion Animal Scholarship —Mechanical Engineering Life-Care Center

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Eileen & Gary W. Schuchart ’68 Michele Kennedy Spreen ’83 & L. Scott Unitrust—Unrestricted Spreen ’82 Bequest—Texas A&M Foundation— Lynda L. Scurlock Unrestricted C. Ray ’45 & John Tom ’46 Scurlock Endowed Opportunity Award Millie & Jay H. Stafford ’48 Jay H. Stafford ’48—Mechanical Cathy J. ’79 & Dennis J. Seith ’79 Engineering Fund Cathy J. Seith ’79 & Dennis J. Seith ’79 President’s Endowed Scholarship Mary Virginia Winters Stallings & Lynn W. Stallings Jr. ’52 Margaret & John T. Sharpe Bequest—Chemical Engineering—Unrestricted A. Foster Nelson President’s Endowed Scholarship Dee & Ted M. Stephens ’52 Planned Gift—Dee & Ted M. Stephens ’52 Ruby & Earle A. Shields Jr. ’41 General Rudder Corps Scholarship / Dee & Ted Gift Annuity—Corps of Cadets / Texas A&M M. Stephens Mechanical Engineering Scholarship Foundation—Unrestricted Jeannette R. ’82 & Scott G. Stevenson ’84 Doris L. & Charles G. Simmons Mr. & Mrs. Earl E. Rossman Jr. ’54 Bequest—Doris L. Simmons Veterinary Scholarship—Nelson Scholars Program— Endowed Fund Petroleum Engineering Nancy L. Simpson Rita L. & Jerry R. Stewart ’56 Havanese Genetic Research Gift Annuity—Rita L. & Jerry Stewart ’56 Catherine A. ’80 & Glen M. Sliva ’79 Scholarship Fund —Corps of Cadets / Texas Cathy & Glenn Sliva Scholarship Fund— A&M Foundation—Unrestricted Petroleum Engineering Don E. Stroope ’50 Jean G. & Charles B. Smith Jr College of Agriculture Development Council— Charles B. & Jean G. Smith Endowed Joanne Rowntree Stroope Endowed Memorial Scholarship for Agricultural Leadership Scholarship

Charles B. & Jean G. Smith Endowed Bob J. Surovik ’58 Scholarship—Rangeland Ecology & Management Planned Gift—Elaine & Bob J. Surovik ’58

Helen E. & Ned A. Smith ’49 Excellence Endowment—The Association of Ned Smith Family Foundation Excellence Award Former Students

Rear Admiral & Mrs. Robert Smith III ’61 Shirley & Joseph B. Swinbank ’74 Rear Admiral & Mrs. Robert Smith III ’61 Shirley & Joe Swinbank ’74 Rural Commandant’s Chair—Leadership Development Entrepreneurship Graduate Teaching Assistants Texas A&M Agriculture Headquarters Building Shelley R. ’87 & Scott A. Smith ’87 H. A. “Bud” Smith DVM ’66 Endowed Kurt L. Menking & Katherine A. Swoboda ’83 Scholarship—Veterinary Medicine Bequest—Scholarships for Students Studying Entomology or Geographical Information Systems Nancy C. ’76 & Ted H. Smith Jr. ’75 Ted H. Smith Jr. Scholarship—Petroleum Margie & Chuck Taylor Engineering Chuck & Margie Taylor Sul Ross Scholarship

Dorthy Patricia & Albert K. Sparks ’45 Debra Marie & W. Roberts Taylor Jr. Unitrust—Dorothy P. & Albert K. Sparks ’45 Bequest—Stevenson Companion Animal Corps Excellence Fund Life-Care Center

Donna & Norman J. Tetlow ’66 Norman & Donna Tetlow Scholarship— Chemical Engineering

48 TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION Elaine D. & Michael L. Thiele Emily A. & Joseph H. Wellborn Sr. ’41 Susan L. & John R. Wise ’67 Harold J. Haynes Dean’s Chair—Engineering Academic Support Fund Susan & John R. Wise ’67 General Rudder Corps Scholarship Louise Hodgden Thompson Beatrice Wells University Special Gifts Planned Gift—Otis D. Wells ’57 & Beatrice B. Joyce Nies & Peter A. Witt Trott Excellence Fund for Sports Management Wells Scholarship—Aerospace Engineering Peter Witt & Joyce Nies Youth Development Excellence Endowment Richard R. Tumlinson ’51 Susan S. & Gaines West Bettye C. & Richard R. “Dick” Tumlinson ’51 Life Insurance—Susan & Gaines West Opera Harriet G. & David B. Wolf ’52 Corps of Cadets Leadership Excellence Fund & Performing Arts Society Endowed Fund Harriet & David B. Wolf ’52 Corps of Cadets 21st Century Scholarship “Corps 21” Bettye C. & Richard R. “Dick” Tumlinson ’51 Elizabeth & Graham Weston ’86 Leadership Fund—Aerospace Engineering Kerry Litzenberg Teaching Excellence Fund Harriet & David B. Wolf ’52 Scholarship— Mays Business School Girlene D. & William D. Turley ’50 John Siebert Teaching Excellence Fund Gift Annuity—Texas A&M Foundation— Weston Teaching Fund Pattie & Freddie P. Wong ’69 Unrestricted Freddie P. Wong ’69 Endowment—Student Linda W. & Delbert A. Whitaker ’65 Engineers Council & Memorial Student Center Janice & Jim H. Uptmore ’53 Delbert Whitaker Fellowship—Electrical Student Council Sylvia ’88 & Raul Fernandez ’59 Sul Ross Engineering Scholarship Mary & James S. Wright ’54 Daisy Sloan & John D. White ’70 New Architecture Building Project Joan M. ’84 & George W. Voneiff ’83 Juanita & Jack Sloan ’34 President’s Endowed George & Joan Voneiff Fellowship Fund in Scholarship Harry L. Yaws ’48 Unconventional Resources Unitrust—Texas A&M University— Neva & A. E. “Buddy” White ’42 President’s Unrestricted Janell W. & Robert R. Wade Endowed Scholarship Steve Wade ’72 Memorial Scholarship— Melwese & Raymond A. Young ’46 Earline & A. P. Wiley Jr. ’46 Petroleum Engineering Raymond A. Young ’46 Scholarship Earline & A. P. Wiley Veterinary Scholarship JoAnn Nolen ’92 & Robert L. Walker ’58 Fund Bequest—Additional Support for the Raymond Class of ’58 Gift Fund A. Young ’46 Scholarship Fund Rebecca L.’78 & James H. Wilkes ’78 Sharleen ’77 & Ronnie Walkoviak ’77 James H. Wilkes Scholarship—Petroleum Mollie S. & Henry B. Zachry Jr. ’54 Sharleen ’77 & Ron ’77 Walkoviak Engineering Corps of Cadets Enrichment Fund Scholarship—George Bush School of Zachry Awards for Excellence in Teaching Patricia A. & Conley R. Williams ’62 Government & Public Service Patricia A. & Conley R. Williams ’62 Barbara & Donald Zale ’55 Marian & Kaighin G. Watts ’63 President’s Endowed Scholarship Barbara & Donald Zale ’55 Corps of Cadets Unitrust—Texas A&M University Swimming & Unitrust—Patricia A. & Conley R. Williams ’62 21st Century Scholarship “Corps 21” Diving Scholarship Fund—12th Man Foundation Endowment—12th Man Foundation / Patricia Margaret Ann Zipp Gilbert R. Watz A. & Conley R. Williams ’62 Endowment— Memorial Student Center Opera & Performing Planned Gift—Peggy Fox Watz and Gilbert Corps of Cadets / Patricia A. & Conley R. Arts Society Permanent Endowment Fund Watz Endowment—Liberal Arts / Anne Watz Williams ’62 Endowment II—Petroleum Lewis Endowment—Liberal Arts Engineering Organizations David Allen Weatherford ’89 Esther S. & Donald E. Williams Jr. ’56 Edward & Jeanne Weatherford Endowed Planned Gift—Esther Simmang & Donald E. Alcoa Inc. Opportunity Award Williams Jr. ’56 Scholarship—Corps of Cadets Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Michael W. Webb ’88 Betty Brown & Walter L. Williams ’49 Alcoa Foundation Excellence Award Betty & Walter L. Williams ’49 Endowed Global Construction Excellence Awards Amato Inc. Scholarships—Engineering Sherry F. ’80 & Mark D. Weesner ’80 Texas City, Texas Finger-Weesner Foundation Excellence Award Robert S. Winter ’45 University Special Gifts—TAMU Galveston Diane S. Winter Scholarship—Education Finis Welch Samuel Welch Foundation Excellence Award

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AMD/Spansion LLC BP Products North America Inc. Sunnyvale, California Warrenville, Illinois University Special Gifts—Engineering Engineering Ethics Program Excellence

The Andras Foundation Endowment Houston, Texas Engineering Process Safety Anne B. ’84 & David S. Andras ’85 Engineering Safety Certificate Program Endowed Scholarship—Finance Excellence Endowment Applied Materials Inc. George W. Brackenridge Foundation Santa Clara, California San Antonio, Texas Applied Materials Fellowship George W. Brackenridge Endowed Foundation Appraisal Institute Education Trust Excellence Award Chicago, Illinois Brazos County A&M Club Appraisal Institute Educational Trust College Station, Texas Scholarship Fund Brazos County A&M Club Endowed ASKO EUROPA STIFTUNG Opportunity Award Saarbrücken, Germany Brazos County A&M Club Study Abroad ASKO Europa Scholarships Scholarship Nina Heard Astin Charitable Trust Minneapolis, Minnesota Broadcom Corp. Nina H. Astin Trust Fund Scholarship Irvine, California Broadcom Corporation Fund for Analog AT&T & Mixed Signal Center (AMSC) Research San Antonio, Texas AT&T Foundation Excellence Award Galen T. Brown Foundation Inc. Houston, Texas Baumberger Endowment Scholarship Funds Brown Foundation Scholars Program San Antonio, Texas Baumberger Endowment Scholarships H. E. Butt Grocery Co. San Antonio, Texas Bechtel Group Foundation Leonard M. Pike Endowed Scholarship San Francisco, California Harold J. Haynes Dean’s Chair in Engineering Robert C. Byrd Scholarship Austin, Texas Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative Inc. Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarships Giddings, Texas Educational Scholarship Fund The Cain Foundation Austin, Texas Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica Inc. Wofford Cain Chair II—Engineering Saint Joseph, Missouri —Offshore Technology Feline Orthopedic Disease Research The Callaway Foundation Trust The Boeing Co. Temple, Texas Houston, Texas Callaway Foundation Scholarship Fund given Boeing Company Foundation Excellence Award in memory of J. L. & Bonnelle Callaway Boeing Engineering / Business Interdisciplinary CECO Properties LC Curriculum Development Corpus Christi, Texas College of Engineering Scholarship Fund Louise & Floyd Chapman Endowment Study Abroad Scholarship—Engineering for Texas History

BovaGen Chevron Products Co. San Antonio, Texas San Ramon, California Texas Agricultural Experiment Station Chevron Fellowship—Geology & Geophysics Harold J. Haynes Dean’s Chair in Engineering

50 TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION Chevron Technology Ventures Dow Chemical Co. Fekete Associates Inc. Houston, Texas Midland, Michigan Calgary, Alberta, Canada University Special Gifts—Geosciences Dow Gift for Research Petroleum Engineering Department Fund

Coastal Bend Veterinary Medicine Association E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. Ford Motor Co. Fund Corpus Christi, Texas Wilmington, Delaware Dearborn, Michigan Dayton “Pat” Prouty Endowed Veterinary Distinguished Professor—Chemistry Center for New Ventures & Entrepreneurship Scholarship Research Support—Chemical Engineering Excellence Fund Conlee-Garrett Moving & Storage Freshman Business Initiative Fund Jesse L. Easterwood 1909 Scholarship Trust Bryan, Texas Dallas, Texas Placement Center Support Fund University Special Gifts—Athletics Jesse L. Easterwood Scholarships The Fremont Group Foundation ConocoPhillips Eva Easterwood Charitable Trust San Francisco, California Houston, Texas Dallas, Texas Harold J. Haynes Dean’s Chair in Engineering Burlington Resources Research Laboratory Fund Eva Easterwood Scholarships Charles A. Frueauff Foundation Inc. Chemical Engineering Department Dr. Michael J. Economides Inc. Little Rock, Arkansas Improvement Fund Houston, Texas Frueauff Scholars Program ConocoPhillips Foundation Excellence Award Petroleum Engineering Department Fund GE Foundation ConocoPhillips Spirit Scholars EControls Inc. Fairfield, Connecticut ConocoPhillips Spirit Scholars Program San Antonio, Texas Matching Gifts

Enhancement Fund Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate The Neil & Elaine Griffin Foundation Matching Gifts Laboratory Improvement Fund Kerrville, Texas Petroleum Engineering Department Fund English Color & Supply Inc. Business Related Scholarship Richardson, Texas Phillips Fellowship—Geophysics Hach Scientific Foundation James R. “Bob” English Jr. ’46, English Color Loveland, Colorado Texas A&M Foundation & Supply Inc. Sul Ross Scholarship Hach Scientific Foundation Chemistry Teacher Curran Farms Entergy Charitable Foundation Scholarship Fund

Whitesboro, Texas New Orleans, Louisiana The Jon L. Hagler Foundation Texas Agricultural Experiment Station Department Improvement Fund—Nuclear Dover, Massachusetts Dallas County Veterinary Medical Engineering Jon L. Hagler Foundation Excellence Award

Association Inc. Ernst & Young Foundation Halliburton Dallas, Texas Lyndhurst, New Jersey Duncan, Oklahoma Dallas County Veterinary Medical Association Accounting Awareness Program Matching Gifts Endowed Veterinary Scholarship The Estill Foundation The Hamill Foundation Dealer Tire LLC Corpus Christi, Texas Houston, Texas Cleveland, Ohio Financial Aid/Executive Director’s The Hamill Foundation Library Fund Supply Chain Systems Lab Initiative— Achievement Award Hamilton Thorne Biosciences Engineering Technology Exelon Generation Co. Beverly, Massachusetts Dell USA LLC Philadelphia, Pennsylvania University Special Gifts—Veterinary Medicine Round Rock, Texas Department Improvement Fund—Nuclear & Biomedical Sciences Administrative Leadership Institute—Dell Engineering Handtmann Inc. The Dickson-Allen Foundation ExxonMobil Corp. Buffalo Grove, Illinois Hallettsville, Texas Houston, Texas Texas Agricultural Experiment Station Raymond Dickson Foundation Scholarship Department Improvement Fund—Chemical HEB Tournament of Champions Engineering The M. S. Doss Foundation Inc. San Antonio, Texas Seminole, Texas Department Improvement Fund—Mechanical HEB Tournament of Champions Foundation M. S. & Meek Lane Doss Endowed Engineering Excellence Award Opportunity Award Scholarship

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The Herman F. Heep & Minnie Belle Heep Huitt-Zollars Inc. Foundation Dallas, Texas College Station, Texas Huitt-Zollars Inc. Endowed Scholarship — Charles H. Barclay Jr. ’45 Fellowship— Engineering

Engineering IBM Corp. Munnerlyn-Heep Endowed Chair—Quantum Research Triangle Park, North Carolina Optics University Special Gifts—Engineering Chan-U Ryu / Heep Endowed Graduate Technology

Fellowship Fund Institute of Electrical & Electronics Sylvia & Jeffery L. Spiegelhauer ’72 / Heep Engineers Inc. Endowed Graduate Fellowship Piscataway, New Jersey Texas Broiler Council / Heep Endowed Graduate Electrical Engineering Development Fund— Fellowships—Poultry Science Predoctoral Fellowship Instruction Henry Petroleum LP Denton, Texas Midland, Texas University Special Gifts—Computing Petroleum Engineering Department Award for Information Services Excellence in Teaching Intel Americas Inc. Hess Foundation Inc. Santa Clara, California Roseland, New Jersey Texas Engineering Experiment Station Geology International Business Machines Corp. Undergraduate Student Grant—Petroleum Endicott, New York Engineering China Conference

Highways of Texas Jones & Carter Inc. Houston, Texas Houston, Texas Corps of Cadets Leadership Enhancement Jones & Carter Inc. Endowed Scholarship— Hill’s Pet Nutrition Inc. Civil Engineering

Topeka, Kansas KAO Corp. Dean of Veterinary Medicine Priority Fund Tokyo, Japan Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft KAO Corporation Fund—Small Animal Saarbrücken, Germany Clinical Sciences

ASKO Europa Programs Kellogg’s Coulter & Lily Rush Hoppess Foundation Inc. Battle Creek, Michigan Houston, Texas Kellogg Company Scholarship Fund

KAMU Endowment Kirby Inland Marine Houston Electrical League Scholarship Houston, Texas Foundation TAMU Galveston

Houston, Texas KPMG Foundation Houston Electrical League Scholarships Montvale, New Jersey Houston Endowment Inc. KPMG Chair in Accounting

Houston, Texas Landon Charitable Trust Houston Endowment Inc. Scholarships San Angelo, Texas Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo Landon Scholarship

Houston, Texas Lipp Family Foundation Houston Livestock Assistantship Coronado, California Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo Scholarships Dr. David W. Lipp ’66 Memorial Endowed Veterinary Medicine Scholarships Scholarship—Chemistry

52 TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION Marek Brothers Systems Inc. Nestle Purina PetCare Co. Ed Rachal Foundation Houston, Texas St. Louis, Missouri Corpus Christi, Texas The Marek Family of Companies Nestle Purina Internal Medicine Residency— Corps of Cadets Leadership Institute Endowed Scholarship Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences Operating Fund

The McDaniel Charitable Foundation New Orleans A&M Club Ed Rachal Foundation Endowed Internship— Texas City, Texas New Orleans, Louisiana George Bush School of Government & Public The McDaniel Chair in Sustainable New Orleans A&M Club Guy Matthew Service Marine Fisheries Altman ’99 Memorial Sul Ross Scholarship Texas A&M University Children’s Center Research Foundation Scholarships Otis Ramsay Family Foundation Farmington, Connecticut Tagging Blue Marlin Fund San Francisco, California Electrical Engineering Development Fund The McDuffie Living Trust Harold J. Haynes Dean’s Chair in Engineering PACCAR Inc Houston, Texas Daniel Andrew Rice Harmony Award Bellevue, Washington Maxine Foster & John C. McDuffie Jr. ’42 The Woodlands, Texas Harold J. Haynes Dean’s Chair in Engineering Corps Scholarships Daniel Andrew Rice Memorial Foundation The Perley G. Parr Jr. Trust Maxine Foster & John C. McDuffie Jr. ’42 Excellence Award Collins, Mississippi President’s Endowed Scholarship Daniel Andrew Rice Memorial President’s Perley G. & Kathereen Parr Research Fund Endowed Scholarship McLennan County Aggie Moms’ Club Pfizer Inc. Waco, Texas New York, New York Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers Inc. Waco McLennan County A&M Mothers’ Club Pfizer Inc. Excellence Award Santa Rosa, Texas Endowed Scholarship Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers Inc. Philip Morris USA Inc. Endowed Foundation Excellence Award Bruce McMillan Jr. Foundation Inc. Richmond, Virginia Overton, Texas Microfluidics Program Support—Chemical The Summerfield G. Roberts Foundation Bruce McMillan Jr. College Graduate Program Engineering Dallas, Texas The Summerfield G. Roberts Foundation Microsoft Corp. Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation Graduate Scholarships (MBA) Redmond, Washington San Antonio, Texas Embedded Systems—Computer Science Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation Scholarships Rockwall County A&M Club Rockwall, Texas Plains Cotton Growers Inc. Mitchell Foundation Rockwall County A&M Club Endowed Lubbock, Texas Fort Worth, Texas Scholarship in Honor of Margaret ’78 Texas Cooperative Extension History Maker Homes Endowed Scholarships & Tom ’78 Davidson The Plank Companies Inc. The Roy F. & Joann Cole Mitte Foundation roycebuilders.com Houston, Texas Austin, Texas Houston, Texas Ashton Glover Memorial Scholarship Fund Mitte Scholars & Fellows Scholarships Freshman Business Initiative Fund Powell Educational Trust Monsanto Co. SABIC Americas Inc. Houston, Texas St. Louis, Missouri Houston, Texas Bernice E. Powell Endowed Scholarship Borlaug-Monsanto Chair in Plant Breeding Nanostructure Material Development Support— & International Crop Improvement Bernice E. Powell Maritime Education Chemical Engineering Scholarship Borlaug-Monsanto Crop Improvement San Antonio A&M University Mothers’ Club Assistantships Powell Electrical Systems Inc. San Antonio, Texas

Motorola Automotive Houston, Texas Dat Nguyen “Celebrating the Human Spirit” Seguin, Texas Industrial Distribution 50th Anniversary Fund Endowed Opportunity Award Scholarship University Special Gifts—Engineering PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP San Antonio Area Foundation Technology New York, New York San Antonio, Texas

National Instruments PricewaterhouseCoopers San Antonio Area Foundation Scholarships Austin, Texas Accounting Excellence Fund San Antonio Livestock Exposition Inc. Department Improvement Fund—Electrical San Antonio, Texas Engineering San Antonio Livestock Exposition Scholarships

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Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories The Terry Foundation Boerne, Texas Houston, Texas University Special Gifts—Electrical Engineering The Terry Foundation Scholarships

The Sequor Foundation Texas A&M Invitational Marshall, Texas Dallas, Texas Elda K. Bradberry Chair in Youth Development Texas Turfgrass Research Education

Shell Oil Co. & Extension Endowment Houston, Texas Texas Association of Exhibition Poultry Clubs Petroleum Engineering Department Fund Leonard, Texas

Silicon Laboratories Inc. Dr. William O. “Bill” Cawley Endowed Austin, Texas Memorial Scholarship—Poultry Science Silicon Laboratories—AMSC Support Texas Department of Transportation

The Virginia & L. E. Simmons Foundation Austin, Texas Houston, Texas Texas Department of Transportation Grants— Avalon Advisors Scholarship— Student Financial Aid Mays Business School Texas Interscholastic League Foundation

Society of Petroleum Engineers Austin, Texas Richardson, Texas Texas Interscholastic League Foundation Undergraduate Student Grant in Petroleum Scholarships Engineering Texas Pioneer Foundation

South Texas Academic Rising Scholars San Marcos, Texas McAllen, Texas Nichols Family Leadership Endowment Gift— Aggie Stars Scholarship Corps of Cadets South Texas Academic Rising Organization Trinity Industries Inc. & Susser Holdings Scholarships Dallas, Texas Herbert H. Richardson Faculty Fellowship STARS—Organizational & Regional Scholarships Fund—Engineering

Star of Texas Fair & Rodeo Twin Oaks Power LP Austin, Texas Bremond, Texas Star of Texas Fair & Rodeo Scholarship Fund Coal Combustion By-Product Benefication Study

Keith & Mattie Stevenson Foundation TXU Houston, Texas Dallas, Texas Stevenson Companion Animal Life-Care Herbert H. Richardson Faculty Fellowship Center Building Fund Fund—Engineering

Madlin Stevenson Foundation TXU Energy Services Houston, Texas Dallas, Texas Stevenson Companion Animal Life-Care Coal Combustion By-Product Benefication Study Center Building Fund TXU Power Roy & Christine Sturgis Charitable & Glen Rose, Texas Educational Trust TU Electric Laboratory Fund Dallas, Texas Major General James Ursano Sturgis Charitable Trust Endowment in Forest Scholarship Fund Practices Field Study Alexandria, Virginia Telford Family First Limited Partnership Military Related Scholarships Dallas, Texas Verizon Foundation Jane E. & Van Q. Telford ’56 President’s Andover, Massachusetts Endowed Scholarship Department Improvement Fund—Education Curriculum & Instruction

54 TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION Richard Wallrath Educational Foundation Centerville, Texas 4-H Scholarship Fund Community Foundation Scholarships Educational Scholarship Fund

Warnex Diagnostiques Inc. Laval, Quebec, Canada Texas Cooperative Extension

Austin W. & Audrey B. Weedn Foundation Houston, Texas Austin & Audrey Weedn Endowed Scholarships

G. Rollie White Trust Dallas, Texas G. R. White Memorial Student Loan Fund G. R. White Trust Endowed Foundation Excellence Award Texas A&M Agriculture Headquarters Building

Williams Brothers Construction Co. Inc. Houston, Texas Williams Brothers Construction Company Career Development Professorship in Civil Engineering I Williams Brothers Construction Company Career Development Professorship in Civil Engineering II Williams Brothers Construction Company Civil Engineering Fellowship Williams Brothers Construction Company Distinguished Scholarship II Williams Brothers Construction Company Engineering Fellowship Williams Brothers Construction Company Faculty Fellow

Wilson Supply Co. Houston, Texas Industrial Distribution 50th Anniversary Fund

Gus & Ethel Wolters Foundation Trust San Antonio, Texas Gus & Ethel Wolters Foundation Scholarship Fund

M. B. & Edna Zale Foundation Dallas, Texas Barbara & Donald Zale Foundation Excellence Award

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