News from the Texas A&M Foundation Summer 2004

ONE SPIRIT In this issue of Spirit, 'rofessor Sam Mannan says, "Engineers must be educat- e, , , ..-,afety culture." Willie Blackmon '73 says, "The track team A&M in 1970, after setting several world records, became a model for the future recruit- ONE VISION ment of African-American athletes." And Professor Carl Pearcy '55 says, "You THE TEXAS A&M CAMPAIGN learn how to do something by doing it, not by watching somebody else do it." 50 Years of Whoop!

$200 went pretty far in 1953. For an Aggie back then, it covered room and board for one semester. For 21 A&M alumni and leaders, it was the seed gift that created the Texas A&M Foundation.

From that first $200 gift in 1953, Texas A&M Foundation assets have risen to approximately $900 million today. We thank you all for your generosity. Our success cannot be credited to any one person. It is the cumulative efforts of all that have put us where we are today. And it is the cumulative efforts of all that will carry us forward.

In celebration of the foundation's 50th birthday, this issue of Spirit highlights Aggies who are embracing 50 in various ways:

• A&M in the 1950s thrived on public funding; today's success is fed by private gifts. — page 2 • Jim Keblinger '53 and J.C. Ryan '03 bridge 50 years. — page 6 • Turning 50 takes John Tyler '75 from the courtroom to the classroom. — page 10 • Three former students recount how the "big five-o" changed their Aggie experience. — page 12 • Carl Pearcy '55 honors math mentors of the 1950s. — page 16

Rose Ann McFadden '90, Editor

On the cover: A&M Professor Sam Marmon directs the Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center. Supported by Houston businessman Mike O'Connor, the center has made .A&M a national leader in process safety engineering. Photo by Allen Pearson. Foundatiun Calendar

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1953-2003 I THANK YOU FOR 50 YEARS

2 GOING TO THE SOURCE A Wellspring of Support Produces Torrents 27 ARLM Academic of Success Convocation

SEETEMBE.: 6 BRIDGING THE GENERATIONS Carol 8c Jim Keblinger '53 and Their Class 9-10 Architecture Dean's Ext. Advisory Board of '03 Scholar 11 Corps of Cadets 10 PHILOSOPHY: tot President's Brd. of Visitors John Tyler Jr. '75 Takes His Professor to Court 16-17 Mays-Business Alumni 12 TURNING 50 Awards and Dev. Council It's a Whole New (Aggie) Experience 17 Veterinary Medicine Dev. Council 81. Mark 6 THE STUDENT BECOMES THE TEACHER Francis Fellows Event Math Professor Carl Pearcy '55 Honors His Mentors 17 Stevenson Companion Animal Life-Care Ctr. 8 FOUNDATION NEWS Open House A&M Ranks "Top so" for Alumni 18 Sterling Monument and Corporate Giving Dedication

Keeping Pace with Peer Campaigns OCTOBER Foundation Continues Strong in 5oth Year 1 Science Dev. Council New Web Site Opens Window on Gift Planning 1 Look-Engineering Dev. Council 20 GREAT AGGIES 1 Geosciences Scholarship Five Great Aggies. Four Great Ways to Give. Banquet 2 President's Endowed Scholarship Reception 22 Education Dev. Council, Scholarship Luncheon and Awards Night 23 Forsyth Heritage Society Tailgate Party 28 VOLUME VI NO. I Foundation Excellence Award Reception EDITOR PRINTER OFFICERS Spirit is published by the Texas A&M 28 Planned Giving Council Rose Ann McFadden '90 Grover Printing Eddie J. Davis '67 ASM Foundation, the nonprofit corporation 29 ASSISTANT EDITOR Architecture Outstanding President '' " that directs major gift fund raising and Veronica Evans '98 Alumni Banquet BOARD OF TRUSTEES James J. Palincsar manages assets in support of educational excellence at ART DIRECTION & DESIGN Roderick D. Stepp '59 Sr. Vice President Texas A&M. Please direct inquiries to Communications Geer Design Inc. Chairman for Development Office, Texas A&M Foundation, 401 George Bush Dr., PHOTOGRAPHY James A. Mayo, Jr. '70 John R. Stropp '66 College Station TX 77840-2811, 979-845-8161 or 800- 4 Agriculture Development Allen Pearson, p. 2-4 Chairman-elect Sr. Vice President 392-3310, [email protected] . Tax and legal infor- Council Scott Kohn, p. 6, 8,10 Jerry S. Cox '72 for Administration mation in this newsletter is for educational purposes 17 One Spirit One Vision Aggieland Yearbook, James A. Creel '69 & Operations only and should be examined by independent legal p.22-15 Albuquerque Kickoff Jesse W Curlee '67 Liska E Lusk counsel due to possible differences in local laws and Mark Beal, p. 16 Robert W Harvey '77 Vice President individual needs. APRII 2.•n 05 Jim LaCombe,p. 2 0 Ray A. Rothrock '77 & General Counsel Bob J. Surovik '58 Doyle Thompson 1-2 Architecture "Second Trustee-elect Vice President Century Celebration" 8c Controller COPYRIGHT 0 2004 TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION the Source by Molly Glentzer

A&M in the 1950s thrived on public funding; today's success is fed by private gifts.

Dr. Robert Reid, distinguished professor emeritus of oceanograpig (above), and chemical engineering professor Dr. Sam Mannan (right)

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"A river starts somewhere," chemical engineering professor Both Reid and Mannan have built programs from Dr. Sam Mannan often tells his students."You may see it at the ground up. Both know the satisfaction of helping their some point in its journey where it's powerful, but where it students launch illustrious careers. But their rivers of work started is a critical issue." Dr. Robert Reid, distinguished began almost 5o years apart, and the "wellsprings" that professor emeritus of oceanography, would certainly agree. support their projects today flow at quite different rates. Both men are leaders in their fields, and their research Reid was one of Texas A&M's first oceanographers, directly benefits society. Reid's storm surge forecasting and recruited in 1950 from the Scripps Institute of Oceanography coastal engineering work have enabled coastal communi- after consulting on an A&M Research Foundation project ties to better prepare for hurricanes. Mannan created the sponsored by United Gas Pipeline. The Department of nation's first centralized safety database for the propane indus- Oceanography was barely a year old then. Over the years, try, a database designed to help prevent chemical disasters. Reid not only helped build a strong academic program, he

3 Spirit • Summer 2 004 JULY I - DECEMBER 31, 2003

ONE SPIRIT A&M ONEVISION founded and edited the Journal of Physical Oceanography and served as department head. The honor roll lists donors He "sort of retired" from full-time teach- who have made gifts or com- ing in 1987 but continues to serve on doc- mitments of $25,000 or toral and masters' committees. (He's overseen more through the Texas A&M Foundation. This issue recog- nearly ioo advanced degree theses.) Reid's nizes gifts made from July 1- former students include many leading pro- December 31, 2002. Donors fessionals. Among them are former directors are grouped into two, alpha- of the Naval Meteorology & Oceanography betical lists: "Individuals" and Command and the Institute of Geophysics "Corporations & Organi- at the University of Tokyo, and A&M Distin- zations." guished Professor Worth Nowlin '58, '6o and '66.

Ethel & Peter R. Arguindegui, Jr. '53 In the first 30 years of his career, Reid's research in storm Ethel Ec Pete Arguindegui, Jr. '53 surg(: tofecasting, coastai engincei mg, tidal theory and ocean circulation President's Endowed Scholarship was often supported by public entities such as the National Science Barbara Ann & Dionel E. Aviles '53 Foundation. Today, private gifts play the lead role in advancing A&M. Barbara Sc Dionel E. Aviles '53 General Rudder Corps Scholarship Barbara Ec Dionel E. Aviles '53 President's Endowed Scholarship

Claudia A. Baird Claudia Baird Endowed Fund - College of Veterinag Medicine

Mary W. Barnhill '76 Mag Barnhill Endowed Scholarship—College of Agriculture Sc Life Sciences/College of Education Sc Human Development

Deborah F. '76 & John E. Bethancourt '74

Deborah F. '76 SC J o hn E. Bethancourt '74 President's Endowed Scholarship

Joyce & John R. Birdwell '53 Gift Annuity—College of Engineering/Texas A&M Foundation

Texas AcM Foundation 4 Rosalie & Clifton J. Bolner '49 Beverly Bolner '82 Endowed Opportuniy Award Scholarship

Mayi Beth Bolner '88 Endowed Opportuniy Award Scholarship

Michael Bolner '73 Endowed Opportuniy Award Scholarship

Cindy Bolner Meeh '78 Endowed Opportuniy Award Scholarship In the first 30 years of his career, Reid's "Process safety is part of the core chemical Betty & William H. Bowie '43 George Bush School Fund research in storm surge forecasting, coastal engineering curriculum [for undergraduates]. Texas A&M Foundation engineering, tidal theory and ocean circula- That has important ramifications because Kay H. & James A. Broaddus tion was often supported by public entities we graduate a significant number of engi- Horn C. Holmes '41 Memorial Sul such as the U.S. Office of Naval Research neers nationally," Mannan says. "On a soci- Ross Scholarship

and the National Science Foundation. etal basis, engineers must be educated in Corey C. Brown '92 Today, support from those sources has safety—not just in process design, but in Glasscock Graduate Scholars Fund slowed to a trickle. "We still get National building a good safety culture." LTC Travis V. Buchanan '39 Science Foundation funds, but the competi- The specter of international terrorism Texas A&M Universiy tion is very intense," Reid says. "It used to be a has made the Center's work even more Virginia & Cuthbert C. Burton '42 shoo-in, but you really have to scramble now." immediate. "In some ways, safety is synony- Gift Annuiy In contrast, Mannan's work is attract- mous with security. The more inherently James J. Cain '51 ing new funding almost faster than he can safe a process is, the more inherently secure Mechanical Engineering Excellence Fund

respond. The difference is private support. it is," Mannan says. "Plus, the ability to Ruby L. & Frank H. Cheaney Mannan is a former engineering com- design resilient systems that may bend but Jr. '52 pany vice president who joined the A&M fac- not break has spawned a whole new area of Charitable Remainder Unitrust— Frank & Ruby Cheanay Endowment ulty in 1997 to direct the Mary Kay O'Connor research and activity that we're playing a for the Aggie Band/Frank & Ruby Process Safety Center. The Center was estab- part in. If the collapse of the twin towers at Cheang General Rudder Corps Scholarship lished and funded by Houston businessman the World Trade Center had been delayed Mike O'Connor in memory of his wife, who just one hour, imagine how many lives Jo Ann & Charles M. Cocanougher '53 died in a 1989 chemical plant explosion. could have been saved." C. M. &Jo Ann Cocanougher Endowed The Space Shuttle Columbia Accident The timeliness of the Center's work Scholarship in Veterinag Medicine Investigation Board asked the O'Connor has obviously attracted considerable govern- Margaret P. & George W. Center to help NASA better understand its ment and industry support. "But I don't Connell '45 Gift Annuiy—Margaret P. & safety culture issues. A U.S. Senate commit- think our leadership would have been possi- Brigadier General George W. Connell tee utilized the Center's study on Y2K readi- ble without the support we've gotten from Sul Ross Scholarship Endowment ness among small and medium-sized com- Mike O'Connor," Mannan says. O'Connor, Kay A. '02 & Jerry S. Cox '72 panies. The U.S. Army depends on the who also endowed two chairs in chemical Bequest— i2th Man Foundation Center's risk analysis research to safely engineering, is actively involved in the Bequest—Texas A&M Foundation destroy stockpiled chemical weapons. The Kay '02 & fern '72 Cox Foundation Center's work and regularly attends consor- Excellence Award Center also launched the National Chemical tium meetings. Trent N. Cox '61 Safety Program, a nationwide database of Mannan expands on his river analogy. Gift Annuity accidents and safety issues—a $500,000 "If the spring that started our program had- Jean & Allen B. Cunningham '54 project funded by the U.S. Environmental n't been strong enough, other springs wouldn't Jean & Allen B. Cunningham '54 Protection Agency. have joined it," he adds. "With Mr. General Rudder Corps Scholarship The O'Connor Center has helped boost O'Connor's support, we were able to pull Lyra & Ed Daniels '48 A&M's stature as one of the national leaders Mr. & Mrs. Edwin R. Daniels '48 together a critical mass of people who had President's Endowed Scholarship in process safety engineering. And that advan- the ability, expertise and leadership to com- given in honor of the Class of '48 tage extends to more than graduate students. mand national respect." joining the Sul Ross Group

5 Spirit Summer 2004 Fifty years have brought a lot of changes to the A&M student body, but some things never change. Nothing illustrates what Texas Aggies have excelled to and what they've held onto—like the two stories below. One is the story of Jim Keblinger, an Aggie who earned his degree in 1953. The other tells of an Aggie who grad- uated in 2003, thanks in part to a Keblinger scholarship.

Donors

Carol Keblinger Endowed Opportunity Award

Texas A&M Foundation 6 Georgia & Mike C. Dillingham '35 GI. Annuiy—Mike C. Dillingham '35 General Rudder Corps Scholarship

Wanda & Lawrence A. „oft DuBose '42 Dr. Lawrence A. DuBose '42 Endowed Fund for Student Act vities + A CLASS OF '5 3 DONOR AND HIS CLASS OF '0 3 SCHOLAR Dr. Lawrence A. DuBose '42 Endowed Scholarship Fund

\When James E "Jim” Keblinger '53 was a stu- After earning his agriculture degree, Margaret D. & Sebastian J. dent at Texas A&M, Fridays were very impor- Keblinger spent two years in the Air Force "Jack" Durr, Jr. '45 Gift Annuity tant days. It was on Fridays that he always and then joined Shell Oil Company. He David G. Eller '59 received a letter from his mother, a letter married Carol Achenbach in 1957. Soon, David G. Eller '59 General Rudder accompanied by five dollars. That five dol- one of the couple's favorite activities was Corps Scholarship

lars was enough to get him through another taking their two children to Aggie football LuAnn G. Ervin '84 week of college. games. Eventually, the Keblingers endowed College of Veterinary Medicine

Keblinger's father died when he was in an athletic scholarship through the Aggie Annie Denena Ferrara third grade, and his mother clerked for the Club— now the izth Man Foundation. Fred C. &Annie D. Ferrara Farmers' Home Administration to support Later, they decided to fund an Endowed Scholarship him and his two brothers. Times were tough, Endowed Opportunity Award through the Gina & William H. Flores '76 Corps of Cadets but Keblinger didn't consider himself any dif- Texas A&M Foundation. Jim used Shell's William H. Flores '76 Endowed ferent from his classmates. matching gift program to help complete Excellence Fund in Finance "I never felt like I was deprived or not the gift. William H. Flores '76 Endowed on equal footing with everyone else, because "Without Shell matching our gifts, we Faculy Fellowships everyone was in the same boat," he said. "Those wouldn't have been able to fund the scholar- William H. Flores '76/Heep Endowed Graduate Fellowship simply weren't good economic times." ship," he said. At the age of 16, Keblinger graduated Jim decided to name the scholarship in Dean S. Folse '44 Dean S. &Jean D. Folse Endowed from high school in Jasper, Texas. Soon after- Carol's honor, recognizing her 31-year teach- Fund ward, he and some fellow classmates decid- ing career. Carol retired as an English teacher Harriet & Joe B. Foster '56 ed to make their way to College Station. at Cy-Creek High School near Houston. Joe B. Foster '56 Chair in Business "There were seven of us who packed Their scholarship is designated for graduates Leadership up our stuff and went to A&M," Keblinger of Cy-Creek. Dorothy & Ray Galvin '53 Coastal Engineering Laboratory said. "Only two of us finished our degrees." Since 1992, 12, students have benefited Failure to finish was often the result of from the scholarship. One such student was Michael & Rose H. Garceau '93 financial need, Keblinger recalls. But he was Ann C. Olson Scholarship Fund in James C. "J.C." Ryan '03. Without the schol- Engineering determined and made do with grants he arship, Ryan says he would have been forced Rebecca W. & Robert M. Gates received as the son of a deceased veteran and to work his way through school, missing out Robert M. Gates Foundation money he earned selling programs and soft on the extracurricular opportunities that Excellence Award drinks at Kyle Field football games. In 1953, make a Texas A&M education unlike any in Jerrie & Kenneth Geisler Keblinger became the first member of his the nation. Geisler Stevenson Companion Animal family to earn a college degree. Life-Care Center Scholarship in honor of Dr. Gay, Gosney '68 "It was very important to my mother for Norman Gerdes & Margaret that to happen; so I always felt good about C. Gerdes that," he said. Charitable Remainder Unitrust — Frank Arthur Rosenquest & Agnes Theresa Rbsenquest Endowed Fund for the Department of Large Animal He and Carol now Col t. ere Jim is p. .".side. the 1",. Medicine & Surgery,

Owners Association. Carol, who taught high school Engli .. several decades, now volur Faye & Robert C. Hagner '48 teers at E he George Bush Presidential Library. She and Jim are generous supporters of the Faye & Robert C. "Bud" Hagner '48 ' iodation and End General Rudder Corps Scholarship

7 Spirit e Summer 2004 Marianne E. '76 & Robert W. '77 Hamm Marianne E. '76 & RobertW. '77 Hamm Scholarship in Pigs cs

Martha Harris Clarolyn & Charles B. Harris '49 Sul Ross Scholarship

Sophia & William B. Harrison, Jr. '43 Gift Annuities—Sophia & William B. Harrison, Jr. '43 Endowment James C. "WC." Ryan '03 admits he's a bit shy by nature. Needless Gail & William E. Hartsfield '73 to say, he was overwhelmed his freshman year by the sheer size Will & Gail Hartsfield Foundation Excellence Award of Texas A&M. But thanks to a freshman leadership organization, Lori & Alvin Hill the electrical engineering major experienced a transformation. University Special Gills "It took me from being a fairly introverted person to being able to Eleanore W. & Charles D. Holland '53 stand up in front of groups and lead," he said. Eleanore Holland Scholarship Fund

Marjorie Hopkins Maijorie R. Hopkins Scholarship Fund—Masters of Industrial Distribution Program

Charles F. Hornstein '53 Charitable Remainder Unitrust— Recipient Charles F. Hornstein '53 Sul Ross Scholarship Carol Keblinger Endowed Bruce Howorth Opportunity Award Alberta & Bruce Howorth Endowed Scholarship Fund in Veterinag Medicine

Bonnie Hunt '77 Bonnie Hunt '77 Scholarship in Industrial Engineering

Bunny & George A. Kennedy '49 Bunny & George A. Kennedy '49 Endowed Scholarship in Civil Engineering

Donna & L. Gene Kornegay '74 Mag Anne &J. W Kornegay Scholarship

Evelyn & Edward F. Kruse '49 Evelyn & Ed F. Kruse '49 Faculty Fellowship in Food Sciences Evelyn & Ed F. Kruse '49 Faculy Fellowship Fund Evelyn & Ed F. Kruse '49 Sul Ross Scholarship II Evelyn & Ed F. Kruse '49 Sul Ross Scholarship I

Gayle & Layne E. Kruse '73 Glasscock Graduate Scholars Fund

Dorothy J. & Homer I. Lewis Caroline & William N. Lehrer Distin- guished Chair in Water Engineering

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Sara H. & John H. Lindsey '44 Sara &John H. Lindsey '44 Chair in the George Bush School of Governrnent & Public Service - ( tck: _5 CI tc-Lce t .5 i t c/-"..) CC/1 L 6 t't L eC;( /(''-,. ei(j t (.. . , i k. , James R. & Melendy Ewing (e.. (../It a n i C Z OF /I Lq ea ( ( Lka c' t. 11, _ I ItC ( I I l f.. i_ C i Li I.. * ' . l' • . ,...... ,- Lovett '79 i 1.,:: ., i.. ( l' iLeti. (c. (c`C'tic (c't tt' L L' ( Ct: C'c't2/ i rt t Frances &J. Ralph Ewing '54 President's Endowed Scholarship

Betty L. & Jesse T. Luce '56 Gift Annuity—Texas ASeM Universiy Had he been forced to work his way through By the end of his freshman year, the quiet Vickie & Carl A. Luckenbach '67 college, Ryan doubts he would have had time student from Cy-Creek High School had Carl A. Luckenbach '67 Foundation for Leaders in Freshmen Engineering (LIFE). agreed to be a team leader. He then served as Excellence Award And had he not received a four-year Carol a co-chair his junior year. Frances & James F. Mathis '46 Keblinger Endowed Opportunity Award, he "By my sophomore year, I felt at home James & Frances Mathis Scholarship would have had to work. here," Ryan said of Texas A&M. "And with this Myra Weatherford Mills About 600 A&M students receive an Myra Weatherford & Robert organization, I felt like I was able to pour into Lockhart Mills Fellowship Fund in Endowed Opportunity Award (EOA) each something." Petroleum Engineering

year. The scholarships reward students who LIFE is one several freshmen leadership Cynthia & George P. Mitchell '40 excelled in high school and assist them with organizations at Texas A&M and is part of the Bill Merrell Marine Science the financial burden of earning a college Student Engineers Council. LIFE gives fresh- Endowed Chair degree. Scholarship selection criteria include Cynthia W Ec George P. Mitchell '40 men an opportunity to organize social, service Fund for the Stephen Hawking Chair academic achievement, test scores, class rank, and other activities. in Fundamental Physics financial need, participation in extracurricu- The leadership skills Ryan developed Cynthia W. & George P. Mitchell lar activities, community service and work through LIFE have allowed him to do things Institute for Fundamental Physics experience. he never imagined—like speaking to a packed Mitchell/Heep Chair in High Energy Physics The Keblinger EOA provided Ryan with house at Sbisa Dining Hall and serving as a $1,000 per year. It was one of two scholar- William E. Nash '36 team leader on his senior design project. Charitable Remainder Unitrust ships he received. "Though public speaking may not be "The two scholarships combined paid Elizabeth & Sam A. Nixon Jr. '47 my favorite thing to do, it has allowed me to be Gift Annuiy — Sam & Elizabeth for more than a quarter of my education," more useful in leadership positions," he said. Nixon Loan Fund/The Class of Ryan said. "That means I haven't had to work Ryan predicts that his newfound skills 1947 Fund while I've been in school. I've instead been will reap a lifetime of benefits. Not only will Shelley E. '78 & Jeffery T. '78 Potter able to involve myself in student organiza- they be essential to his professional success, Jeffeg T. SC Shelley E. Potter tions and church activities. It's helped me grow he said, but they will help in church and com- Endowed Scholarship in ways I wouldn't have been able to if I had munity involvement, as well. Paula & Jim Prewitt been working." "LIFE has taught me that there are so College of Agriculture Development Ryan's first few months at Texas A&M many ways to involve yourself," Ryan said. Council/Jim Prewitt Endowed Congressional Internship Fund were a bit rocky. He had a difficult time find- "It's shown me that there are so many oppor- ing his place in such a large university. Deter- tunities that God has given me, and if I'm not Joan C. Read Dean of Veterinag Medicine Prioriy mined to get involved and meet people, he using them, they're just being wasted." Fund

joined LIFE. The people he met through that Thomas A. Read Center Activities Fund organization became his closest college friends. —by Kara Socol Thomas &Joan Read Fund for Disadvantaged Youth

Walter L. Reid '51 Gift Annuiy—Walter L. Reid '51 Endowed Fund in Chemistg

Ann Marie Reubin Flc: Light in Fort Laud. ION Universiy Special Gifts installs and maintains all protection and con• quipmen; 51. He said he loves his joh because ir's engineer 7inga hardha:

9 Spirit + Summer 2004 Texas A&M course on logic was the most important class John Tyler '75 ever took. The impact of that class and its instructor—for- mer philosophy department head Manuel "Manny" Davenport—has reverberated through the Houston attorney's 25-year career. "Whenever I make a presenta- tion to a jury, I think, 'How would Dr. Davenport approach this?" Tyler said. The professor's influence was so great that Tyler has made sev- eral gifts to the Manuel Davenport Fund for Excellence in Philosophy. In all, the 50-year-old Aggie has given more than $28,000 to Texas A&M. Tyler has built an impressive career in civil law. In the last decade, he's focused on representing individ- uals in suits against large companies. He founded three law offices, the most recent being Tyler, Das & Debes P.C., and has achieved more than $16o million in settlements for his clients. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas and is certified in civil trial law and personal injury law by the Texas Board of Legal Special- ization. Earlier in his career, Tyler spe- cialized in what he calls "toxic tort defense work." He represented large companies in civil suits brought by employees suffering from work-relat- ed health problems. Then, one case changed the course of his career.

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Texas A&M Foundation 10 Michael L. Richardson '65 Charitable Remainder Unitrust— Mike Richardson '65 & Bob Tyler was representing a com- "Whenever make Richardson '61 Stevenson pany in a suit brought by the family Companion Animal Life-Care a presentation to a Center Fund of an employee who had died, and he 'How Austin W. Roberts '41 began to suspect that the company port Colonel & Mrs. Austin W. Roberts was not being truthful about other '41 Sul Ross Scholarship #5

instances of employee health prob- Nelda Kay & John D. Roberts lems. Bequest—John D. & Kay Roberts Fund in Veterinag Medicine "I asked myself, Am I doing the right thing by hurting widows Eleanor Ann & Thaddeus H. Sandford '62 and kids and representing clients Sandford Scholarship in Mechanical who lie to me?" Tyler said. "I was The Tyler children aren't the Engineering offended by the whole situation. only ones enjoying the challenges of Mary Jane & Leo A. Schmidt '64 That's when I went on my own to education. John himself recently Bequest—Leo A. & Maly Jane Moore Schmidt Scholarship Fund help individuals and families." stepped into the classroom ... and Mollie & James L. Schulze '50 Basing decisions on principle out of the courtroom. Instead of Mollie &Jim Schulze '50 Scholarship —a trait reinforced by Professor talking torts, he's talking literature in Mechanical Engineering Davenport—was Tyler's approach and philosophy as a teacher in a Sheila & Albert M. Simmons '64 even in high school. He was drawn Houston high school. Teaching at Bequest—Aggie Marching Band/ College of Architecture Scholarships/ to Texas A&M's strong values, but Second Baptist School is one way Corps of Cadets Association financial need threatened that dream. he can give back to his community, (Sqadron 5)/MSC Student The door opened when he was Tyler said. Conference on National Affairs (SCONA)/College of Veterinag named a National Merit Scholar and "Litigation is a hard life, and I Medicine/Wiley Lecture Series received the Mayo J. Thompson '41 needed a break," he said. "At the end Jean G. & Charles B. Smith, Jr. President's Endowed Scholarship at of a day of teaching, I have more sat- Endowed Fund for Excellence in A&M. "That scholarship was very isfaction than I did as an attorney." Agricultural Development important to me," he said. Tyler plans to return to law, Adlyn H. & John W. Smith '43 At A&M, Tyler studied philos- Gift AnnuiD)—Adyn H. &John since "those skills are too hard-earned Wells Smith '43 Sul Ross Endowed ophy, served in the Corps of Cadets to not be used." For now, however, Scholarship

and performed in the Aggie Players. his greatest joy is passing on what Margaret Spacek & Calvin E. He graduated and attended SMU he learned from Manny Davenport Spacek '46 Gift School of Law on a full scholarship. and other professors. Annuiy— Texas A&M Foundation There, he met his wife, Odile Mary "Dr. Davenport was such a Patricia & Albert K. Sparks '45 Charitable Remainder Unitrust— Zientek, and the couple now has gifted teacher and was interested in Patricia C. EC Albert K. Sparks '45 four children. Their son, Johnny, is his students," he said. "I hope I've General Rudder Corps Scholarship a National Merit Scholar and recent- duplicated his style and am passing Sylvia & Jeffery L. ly received a President's Endowed that on to my students." Spiegelhauer '72 Sylvia & Jeffely L. Spiegelhauer —b_y Mike Downey One Scholarship, just like his dad. '72/Heep Endowed Graduate Fellowship

Connie & Glenn T. Starnes '81 Bequest—Endowed Scholarship for a 50-Year-Old Member of the Corps of Cadets Tammy I. '85 & Mark W. Stein '86 _ses Lessons Mark & Tammy Stein President's Learnec at A&V Endowed Scholarship Oscar W. Stewart, Jr. '47 Oscar W. Stewart, Jr. '47 Endowed Scholarship in Construction Science

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it Whole Neb) QAgg e experience

Turning 50 is a milestone. For many, it marks a time of decreasing family responsibil- ities and increasing leadership opportunities, a time of greater freedom and influence. Turning so was a milestone for the Texas A&IVI Foundation as well. To celebrate our birthday last September, we asked former students to tell us how the "big five-o" has affected their Aggie experience. Of the many wonderfid essays we received, three stand out.

rexas A&M Founda on 12 Shelley & Joseph V. Tortorice, Jr. '70 Joseph V. Tortorice, Jr. '70 General Rudder Corps Scholarship Shelley &Joe Tortorice '70 Faculy Fellowship

Honey & Rex Tucker Rex & Honey Tucker President's Endowed Scholarship

Toni & Ralph E. Wallingford '53 Yell Leader while a student.), and otherwise Toni E. & Ralph E. Wallingford/Class walking down memory lane," I came to of '53 Fallen Comrades Memorial General Rudder Corps Scholarship realize that the A&M of my youth was gone. Patricia & Conley R. Williams '62 I now had a son who was a student, and my Charitable Remainder Unitrust — role was to support him in his pursuit of his .12th Man Foundation education. I transitioned from an old guy Charitable Remainder Unitrust— The Association of Former Students who immersed himself in memories to an old guy who understood that, while the Mrs. J. Todd Willis, Jr. John Todd Willis, Jr. '44 Memorial Aggieland of my youth wasn't coming back, Scholarship in Biology

I could lend a hand in preserving the tradi- Linda S. & John H. Winder '62 MICHAEL R. BEGGS '68 tions we retained. I could support more Tracy L. Winder '88 Endowed Consulting Engineer, 3nCorthrup Grumman fully the Association of Former Students, Scholarship in Nutritional Sciences the Corps of Cadets Association, and the Marylin & L. Anthony Wolfskill '53 "As a senior in 1968, I tried to pack as much Maglin & L. Anthony Wolfskill/Class Association of Former Yell Leaders with of '53 Fallen Comrades Memorial of the Aggie experience into my life as pos- both my time and finances. General Rudder Corps Scholarship sible, because I had no way of knowing My status as a former student, espe- whether I'd ever see Aggieland again after I cially one who was 50 years old, made me left it. I knew that I'd be entering the Marine realize that it was the "old guys" who had Corps and doing my stint in Vietnam. As sustained the Aggie spirit and tradition of 3D/International, Inc. Houston, Texas many young men do who go to war, I gave helping current students during the years 3D/International, Inc. Endowed some thought to enjoying myself, consider- that I had been a student myself. It had ever Scholarship Fund ing the possibility of not coming back. been thus, since the first former students Accenture, LLP Obviously I survived the war, although formed the Ex-Cadets Association. Chicago, Illinois Texas BEST Program I was twice wounded and medically retired. When I was a student at A&M, I lived Baker-Hughes Foundation But circumstances made it difficult for me to the Aggie spirit and traditions every day. Houston, Texas return to A&M until Parents' Weekend 1996, When I returned to the campus for the first Baker-Hughes Scholarship in which was, coincidentally, the year I turned 5o. time at age 50, I realized that complacently Engineering Fund Initially, I felt confusion because the engaging in nostalgia didn't equate to living Baumberger Endowment realities of physical changes on the campus the Aggie spirit. I needed to give back what Scholarship Funds San Antonio, Texas didn't agree with the images I'd held in my I could, not only financially, but also by try- Baumberger Endowment mind all those years. After helping to lead ing to be the best Aggie that an "old guy" Beaumont A&M Mothers' Club yells at Midnight Yell Practice, (I'd been a could be, because I AM the Aggie Network." Sour Lake, Texas Beaumont Aggie Moms' Club Aggie Leader Scholarship

The Boeing Company Seattle, Washington Boeing Company Foundation Excellence Award Boeing Engineering/Business Interdisciplinary Curriculum Development Texas BEST Program

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Brazos County A&M Club College Station, Texas Brazos County A&M Club Aggie Leader Scholarship

Robert C. Byrd Scholarship Austin, Texas Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarships

The Cain Foundation Austin, Texas Wofford Cain Endowed Scholarship Capital City A&M Club African American athletes in the recruit- Foundation ment of football players of color. Austin, Texas Capital Ciy ASal Club Scholarships Thirty years after my graduation from

The Cashion Family Limited A&M, the Aggie spirit of protecting and tak- Partnership ing care of its own has never let me down. Houston, Texas Since the day President Jack Williams hand- Lou Cashion Memorial Garden Fund ed me my diploma at G. Rollie White Coli- CEA Systems, Inc. Houston, Texas seum, Aggies have played a part in my being University Special Gifts either hired or recommended for employ- CenterPoint Energy ment. I learned in my career trek that the Houston, Texas W. E. B. "WILLIE" BLACKMON '73 best Aggie joke of all is, "What do you call CenterPoint Energy Excellence Fund Yudge, gfouston c/tunicipal Court in Industrial Engineering an Aggie five years after graduation? Boss!"

ChevronTexaco I smile when I think about how events Concord, California "On April 16, zooi, I reached a milestone in of yesteryear have forged the thoughts of Texaco Fellowship in Geology my life: I turned 50 years of age. While today's municipal judge. The countless speech- Geophysics reflecting over those glorious years, my mind es I've given to student groups have enabled The Coleman Foundation, Inc. drifted back the timeline to 1969, when I me to impart the wisdom that has been gift- Chicago, Illinois Center for New Ventures was one of the first openly-recruited African ed to me. When I speak, young minds can Discretionag Account Americ-an athletes to attend Texas A&M Uni- hear the thoughts of C.K. Eston, for many Jerry and Kay Cox Foundation versity. President Earl Rudder had earlier made years the voice of Kyle Field and my speech Houston, Texas the unpopular decision to integrate the uni- professor; Professor Herb Thompson, my College of Education Dean's Discretionary Account versity. When he actively participated in the marketing instructor and mentor; and Pro-

Crawley Family Foundation athletic recruitment of one Willie Blackmon, fessor Putnam, former Aggie track coach and Oklahoma Ciy, Oklahoma the world as I knew it was about to change. my economics instructor, to name a few. Crawley Family Foundation Faculty The track team in 1970, after setting sev- It is said that life is a journey; each one Development Endowment in Music eral world records and winning a conference of us is a passenger; and if we're wise we will The Raymond Dickson title, became a model and a guide for the Foundation enjoy the ride. Passing the half-century mark Halletsville, Texas future recruitment of African American ath- has allowed me to look back across the Raymond Dickson Foundation letes. When Coach Emory Bellard arrived on decades and realize that I have enjoyed the Scholarship campus, he requested the assistance of A&M's ride immensely." The Duke Energy Foundation Charlotte, North Carolina Freshman Business Initiative Fund Trading Center Board of Governors dr ij Exxon Mobil Corporation 9 Irving, Texas Department Improvement Fund in Chemical Engineering

Federal Express Corporation Memphis, Tennessee International Affairs

Texas A&M Foundation 14 Flowserve Brantford, Ontario Canada UniversiD, Special Gifts

Ford Motor Company Dearborn, Michigan Recognition Credit for Texas Engineering Experiment Stat on

Gamma Construction Company Houston, Texas Cecil 0. Windsor, Jr. '66 sky's atmosphere. Yes, the campus was defi- Professorship in Construction Science Fund nitely different than when I was a student, The Gas Processors but the important part was the same. That is Association—Houston why I know that one day my grandchildren Chapter will greet visitors with a "Howdy" and link Houston, Texas Houston Chapter Gas Processors arms with their friends to "saw Varsity's Association Endowed Scholarship horns." That sense of family, the special spir- GE Foundation it that connects Aggies to one another, is just Fairfield, Connecticut as visible on a campus of 40,000 as it was Texas A&M Foundation —Matching Gifts when there were 8,000. FLETCHER C. SMITH '72 Now that I am older I can appreciate The Neil and Elaine Griffin Foundation Owner, Counterscapes & shapes the rigorous academic standards that gave me Kerrville, Texas the qualifications to earn my living. I can con- Business Related Scholarships "My life as an Aggie has changed now that I fidently say that my children experienced The Hamill Foundation am 50. When I enrolled as a student 35 years this same quality education, and I have no Houston, Texas The Hamill Foundation Librag Fund ago, I wasn't wise enough to recognize the doubt that future generations will as well. The Herman F. Heep and attribute that sets our university apart from all Aggies have never been embarrassed to Minnie Belle Heep Foundation others. I gave little thought to the values on show their love for their country. I can never College Station, Texas Recognition Credit for Texas Engineering Experiment Station

Hines Horticulture Houston, Texas Endowed Chair in Floriculture/Greenhouse Crops

Honeywell International Foundation which A&M was built. Traditions were just forget standing alongside my family and Tempe, Arizona "the way we do things here." Now that I am friends for "Red, White & Blue Out" on that Mechanical Engineering on the other side of that half-century mark, September day in 2001. That was an exam- Tribology Group I know that the combination of past and ple of the patriotism that our school has Houston Electrical League future is what makes Aggies unique. It is always exemplified. Scholarship Foundation Houston, Texas that blending of old and new that separates Yes, my life as an Aggie has changed Houston Electrical League us from other schools. now that I am 50. My experience has enabled Scholarships When my children enrolled in the 199os, me to fully appreciate just what it means to Houston Endowment Inc. the qualities that exemplified Aggies from be a part of a university where everything Houston, Texas Houston Endowment Inc. the very beginning were still evident. The seems possible. I can anticipate A&M's future Scholarships same friendly, welcoming campus, the sense and view changes as challenges, because I Houston Livestock Show of belonging to a big family, the academic know that the future is always sustained by and Rodeo excellence, and the pride and love for our the values of the past." Houston, Texas College of Veterinau Medicine country were an integral part of the univer- Scholarship Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Scholarships

15 Spirit Summer 2004 also recently endowed a fellowship that will The be awarded annually to two incoming grad- STUDENT uate students in the Department of Mathe- BECOMES THE matics. The fellowship will honor, on a rotating basis, four former professors of the department. Three of them—Dr. R.E. EACHER Basye, Dr. E.R. Keown and Dr. E.C. Klipple —taught Pearcy. The fourth, Dr. N.W. BY MEILLY GLENTZER • • Naugle, was a colleague. A mentor's influence is no small matter, as Pearcy lac pi u p ielit LnaL idLe trirougii Lit. Carl l'ecit-L,) knows from personal brain on an ordinary day suggest supersonic men- experience. He was one tal ability. They're about things like dual algebras, of the math depart- ment's first graduate wavelet conneClivity and quasinilpotent ope--Ttrvi-c teaching assistants that moSt of us couldn't begin to explain. .1. in 1954. In those But you wouldn't know it talking to the unas- days, the whole town suming Texas A&M mathematics professor of College Station fit who took his first teaching job in College between Texas Station 50 years ago this fall. Nor might you guess it from the photograph on his web site: He's posing next to a person in a rabbit costume. Pearcy, who earned his bachelor's and master's degrees at Texas A&M in 1954 and 1956, received his doctorate at Rice Universi- ty in 1959. He's a professor emeritus at the University of Michigan, where he taught for nearly 30 years before joining the A&M faculty in 1990. Concentrating on function- al analysis, which deals with the phenomena of physics, quantum mechanics, quantum field theory and other sciences, Pearcy is the author of six books and more than too arti- cles. He received prestigious National Science Foundation grants every year from 1964 to 1997—a phenomenal run. Personal accolades aside, Pearcy's dedication to training teachers shows that his heart—like his mind—is in the right place. He has directed 29 dis- sertations, and many of his former charges now serve as faculty members at colleges across the country. He

To vac A 2. Fn nfinn 16 Institute of Nuclear Power Operations Atlanta, Georgia Avenue and Wellborn Road, most of the lished a chair in Texas A&M's horticulture General Engineering Scholarship 3,000 students were in the Corps of Cadets, department. Pearcy followed that example by International Business and the few beginning graduate students got giving a rental property worth $ioo,000 to Machines Corporation a trial by fire. "We taught two courses, some- endow a fellowship. Once his gift is Endicott, New York IBM Research Grant times three," Pearcy recalls, adding that first- matched by the Heep Foundation, the year graduate students today teach one class endowment value will total $zoo,000. International Business Machines Yorktown Heights, New York at the most. Pearcy is proud of A&M 's progress over Recognition Credit for Texas Pearcy still uses the "Moore Method" the past 50 years and says he'll do anything Engineering Experiment Station of teaching, which he gleaned from Klipple, he can to further the Vision zozo initiative. International Facility When he was a graduate Management Association— Houston Chapter student, the mathematics Houston, Texas "I DON'T LECTURE VERY MUCH. faculty had to or 15 pro- International Faciliy Management fessors, he says. Now there Association—Houston Chapter Endowed Scholarship Fund I PUT STUDENTS TO THE BOARD, are more than Ioo. "The Jones and Carter, Inc. whole university is much WORKING PROBLEMS." Houston, Texas more sophisticated, and Surveying Camp Fund CARL PEARCY '55 the faculty much higher KPMG Foundation quality," he says. Montvale, New Jersejy KPMG Chair in Accounting Fifty years ago, the who in turn got it from his mentor, Uni- math department offered remedial courses The Ma-Ran Foundation Atlanta, Georgia versity of Texas Professor R.L. Moore. "You such as college algebra and trigonometry Entomology Department learn how to do something by doing it, not that aren't part of the equation anymore. Discretionan Fund by watching somebody else do it," However, core courses in real and complex Bruce McMillan, Jr. Pearcy explains. "I don't lecture very analysis, algebra and linear algebra are rela- Foundation, Inc. Overton, Texas much. I put students to the board, tively unchanged. "The math faculty (of the Bruce McMillan, Jr. College working problems. The fact that 1950s) was perfectly competent to teach Graduate Program I've had so many students — and those, and did a good job of it," Pearcy says. Meadows Foundation, Inc. so many good ones—is partly due But today, he adds, no graduate student Dallas, Texas Volunteers in Service to America to this technique." would get by without core courses in topol- —Meadows Foundation

Pearcy's professors also found ogy and geometry that didn't exist in his stu- The Roy F. and Joann Cole time to be his friends. When Pro- dent days. And functional analysis is now "a Mitte Foundation fessor Keown and his wife left huge mathematical topic," pervading even Austin, Texas Mitte Scholars and Fellows town for the summer, Pearcy undergraduate courses, where it's known as Scholarship stayed at their house. "They matrix theory Motorola treated me like a son," he says. Another difference: Today's graduate Schaumburg, Illinois Keown taught Pearcy by math students tend to be older. Pearcy was International Programs/China Conference example that "if you wanted 19 in his first year of graduate school; his to be a successful research National Action Council for students now are often in their late zos. Minorities in Engineering, Inc. mathematician, you had to But traditions that matter are still pre- White Plains, New York spend huge amounts of time served, he says. "The friendliness on cam- National Fund For Minoriy Engineering Scholarships working at it." pus, and the helpfulness toward other peo- He recalls afternoons at ple, still persist today," he says. "That sepa- Newfield Exploration Company Houston, Texas Professor Basye's rose nursery, rates A&M from almost all the college cam- Joe B. Foster '56 Chair talking math and roses. puses in the country" in Business Leadership Before his death, Basye estab-

1 7 Spirit Summer 2004 Northwest Harris County Texas A&M Mothers' Club Spring, Texas Northwest Harris Couny Texas A&M Mothers' Club Endowed Scholarship Fund

Nutro Products, Inc. City of Industg, California Small Animal Research Grant

Pfizer, Inc. New York, New York Chemistg Department Research PUBLIC UNIVERSITY CAMPAIGNS FOR $ 1 B-PLUS

Minnie Stevens Piper UNIVERSITY START-FINISH GOAL CURRENT TOTAL As of April 30, Texas Foundation UC- San Diego 2000 - 2007 $1.0 B $592 million San Antonio, Texas A&M donors have given Texas A&M 2000 - 2006 st.o B $785 million Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation and pledged more than Scholarship Michigan State 1999 — 2007 $1.2 B $794 million $785 million during the The Ed Rachal Foundation Purdue 2000 - 2007 $1.3 B $871 million One Spirit One Vision Corpus Christi, Texas UW—Madison woo — 2007 $1.5 B $835 million Ed Rachal Foundation Aggie Leader Campaign. The total UNC—Chapel Hill 1999 — 2007 $1.8 B $1.2 billion Scholarship puts the campaign at Univ. of Texas 1997 — 2004 $1.0 B $1.5 billion Rational Software more than 75 percent Lexington, Massachusetts of its $1 billion goal. A&M and five other pub- The rankings are based on data gathered in University Special Gifts lic universities have launched campaigns for the "2003 Voluntary Support of Education" Rowan Companies, Inc. $1 billion or more since 1999. The University survey conducted by the Council for Aid to Houston, Texas Rowan Companies Scholarship of Texas campaign, an effort that began in Education, a national non-profit organization.

San Antonio Area Foundation 1997 and ends this August, has reached Texas A&M's standings reflect gifts to the uni- San Antonio, Texas $1.5 billion. versity, Texas A&M Foundation, Association of San Antonio Area Foundation Former Students and 12th Man Foundation. Scholarships

San Antonio Livestock Exposition, Inc. San Antonio, Texas New national rankings place Texas A&M among San Antonio Livestock Exposition Texas Foundation assets increased from the top 10 public universities in corporate A&M Scholarships $731 million to $892 million during the first and alumni giving. Specifically, A&M ranks 7th Shell Oil Company Foundation six months of its 50th year. John R. Stropp '66, Houston, Texas among public universities in gifts from corpo- senior vice president for administration and Geology Department rations and 9th in gifts from alumni. Improvement Fund operations, said the large increase is Shell Doctoral Fellowship "These rankings illustrate Texas A&M's strong due to several factors: the generous response The Vivian L. Smith partnership with our corporate donors and of One Spirit One Vision donors, a strong Foundation the ever-growing generosity of our former investment program, and the addition of Houston, Texas students," said Eddie J. Davis '67, president Dean of Veterinag Medicine Priorig endowed funds from the 12th Man Founda- Fund of the Texas A&M Foundation. "Behind all the tion and The Association of Former Students. Soyars Cattle Company numbers and calculations is the fact that pri- Under new agreements, the Texas A&M San Marcos, Texas vate support for Texas A&M affects tens of Damon Greek Tassos '45 Memorial Foundation now manages Association and thousands of lives each year." Fightin' Texas Aggie Band Sul Ross 12th Man endowed funds. The two organiza- Scholarship The rankings also place Texas A&M 16th tions have transferred more than $75 million Temple-Inland Foundation among public universities for private support to the foundation's long-term investment Diboll, Texas Temple Inland Scholarship received from all sources, including alumni, fund and also appointed representatives

The Terry Foundation corporations, foundations and others. Houston, Texas The Terg Foundation Scholarships

Texas A&M Foundation 18 Texas Instruments, Inc. Dallas, Texas Texas BEST Program Texas Instruments Digital Signal Processing Education Recognition Credit for Texas Engineering Experiment Station

Texas Interscholastic League Foundation Austin, Texas to the foundation investment team. Cydney The site provides interactive, personalized Texas Interscholastic League Foundation Scholarship Donnell '81 represents The Association, and illustrations that show donors how to achieve TXU Energy Services Lavon Anderson '57 represents 12th Man. their charitable and financial goals via giving Dallas, Texas methods such as bequests in their wills, The Texas A&M Foundation long-term fund Coal Conbustion By-Product charitable gift annuities, charitable trusts, Benefication Study achieved a 24.4 percent total rate of return life insurance and more. Verizon Foundation for the year ending Dec. 31, 2003. For the Princeton, New Jersey same year, the fund had three-year, five-year Also on the site, donors can sign up to receive Byer ner IHntoerrlaZcotn i v s e Classroom and seven-year annualized average returns the free, monthly eNewsletter that provides of 6.6 percent, 8.9 percent and 10.2 percent, news on estate planning topics such as invest- Wal-Mart Foundation Bentonville, Arkansas respectively. ing, taxes, Social Security and health care. Wal-Mart Competitive Edge Scholarships

Wavecrest Corporation Lewisville, Texas Universiy Special Gifts A new web site at giving.tamu.edu/plan shows A&M donors how to plan gifts that can WesTex Bancorp, Inc. Del Rio, Texas provide tax benefits and payments back to ,e the new gift platinin,, site, go to Sid Cauthorn '60 Foundothon Excellence Award them during their lifetimes. tp . l' : ( •

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1 9 Spirit * Summer 2004 Five great Aggies. Four great ways to give.

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