THE TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION MAGAZINE | S U M M E R 2 0 1 0 PresiDent’s letter

Back to the Future a college education represents opportunity for young people. at a&M that edu- cation includes the infusion of aggie spirit. this mixture of aggie spirit and our quality academic and leadership programs shape people with distinct character and wisdom. these special people and programs spark your passion for philan- thropy. they are the reason you continue to give to a&M even through difficult economic times. With this issue of Spirit magazine, i challenge you to consider texas a&M’s future and how to be part of it. We spend considerable time talking to former students about planned gifts (gifts realized after a person’s lifetime). the vehicles that deliver these future gifts take many forms, from a simple gift in your will to individual retirement accounts (iras), life insurance, gift annuities and charitable trusts. Planned gifts don’t require cash up front—making a&M the beneficiary of an ira, for example. other planned gifts such as charitable trusts can benefit you and your family during your lifetime and then benefit texas a&M after your lifetime. one of our consultants reports that an average 30 percent of the cash received by higher education foundations comes from planned gifts. at the texas a&M Foundation, that figure is about 15 percent. this means that former students and friends have not yet fully realized the value and potential of planned gifts to our university. to me, it represents a significant opportunity and gives me hope that we’re on the brink of tapping into a wellspring of private giving for a&M in the future. the most transformational gifts in u.s. higher education have come from estate gifts. structured properly, planned charitable gifts can also transform texas a&M, taking it to new heights of excellence. regardless of age or income level, any of you can participate in texas a&M’s future now through a planned gift. it’s an easy way to show your passion for a&M and guarantee your aggie legacy. Planned gifts also illustrate your confidence in texas a&M and your com- mitment to achieving our goals well into the future. My message to you is more than marketing; it’s conviction. i believe in texas a&M and the aggies it produces. My wife, Jo ann, and i have demonstrated this belief through a major gift in my will. i’m not alone. eight other Foundation employees also have created planned gifts to benefit a&M. to learn more, i hope you’ll watch the video on Page 3 of our online magazine (giving.tamu.edu/spiritMagazine). remember, where there’s a will, there’s a way.

eddie j. davis ’67 president texas a &m foundation Dr. Lawrence DuBose ’42 and his late wife, Wanda (left), established a civil engineering scholarship in 1997. His gift helps A&M students to this day. » p.16

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FEATURES 16 Student Impact: AFULLLIFE Dr. lawrence DuBose ’42 stretched every penny while attending texas a&M. his Dr. Glen Laine ’79 studies new techniques to endowed gifts will ease the financial restore and preserve blood volume in trauma patients. » burdens of aggies now and forever. p.20 20 Faculty Impact: A&M-themed merchandise surrounds Laura Young ’09 at the Aggie Moms’ TRAUMADOC Boutique in Reed Arena, part of Dr. Glen laine’s research helps humans Parents’ Weekend festivities. » p.24 and animals survive severe injuries. 24 Spirit Impact: PARENTS ’ WEEKENDOPENS

AWINDOWINTOTEXASA &M every april, Parents’ Weekend gives moms and dads a taste of the aggie experience. v o l u M e x i n o . 3|s u M M e r 2 01 0 Spirit is published three times a year by the texas a&M Foun dation, which manages major gifts and endowments for the benefit of academic 28 programs, scholarships and student activities at College Impact: texas a&M university. Please direct inquiries to the Marketing office, texas a&M Foun dation, LESSONSINREAL-WORLDREADINESS 401 George Bush Drive, College station, tx During their capstone projects, Bush 77840- 2811, call (800) 392-3310 or (979) 845-8161, or e-mail [email protected]. information school students tackle issues ranging in this magazine is for educational purposes only from terrorism to community grants and should be examined by independent legal counsel due to possible differences in local laws for nonprofit organizations. and individual needs. giving.tamu.edu www.facebook.com/texasaMFoundation www.texags.com www.youtube.com/aggiespiritandmind

copyright © 2010 texas a &m foundation e D i to r sondra White ’87

ManaGinG eDitor Mary vinnedge ’75

DireCtor oF MarKetinG Kathy McCoy ’80

ManaGer oF MarKetinG John Zollinger

WeB CoMMuniCations sPeCialist rachel Dohmann ’07

MarKetinG sPeCialist alice Bassett DEPARTMENTS stuDent interns lianna Grissom ’11 nichelle Jaeger ’12 Jennifer albee ’13 3 THELEGACY art DireCtion & D e s i G n Dr. o. J. “Bubba” Woytek ’64 tells why Geer Design, inc. he and his wife, Jane, made bequests to PhotoGraPhY texas a&M—and why these and other Wenjuan Chen (p. 5) planned gifts are a smart way to give back. Gabriel Chmielewski (pp. 3; 9; 19, bottom left & center; 26, top left; 28-31) 4 ONCAMPUS ian Phillips DeZalia (p. 11) the Big event is bigger than ever, with Brett eloff/courtesy of lee Berger & 13,255 students doing chores as a thank university of the Witwatersrand (p. 6) Daniel Garza tobón (p. 7, bottom) you to Bryan/College station residents. lianna Grissom (p. 36) 6 LABWORK Cushing Memorial library archives (p. 38) Kaya Children international (pp. 12-13) aggie discoveries expand knowledge of our Michael Kellett (p. 35) human ancestors and may shorten the robb Kendrick (cover; pp. 1, left & right; 2; time needed to create life-saving vaccines. 14-15; 20; 22, top left; 25, top row & bottom; 26, top right & center right; 8 NEWGIFTS 32-33) a Granger smith ’02 concert raises money Beverly lewis ’12 (p. 4, top) for a scholarship honoring the late Dr. Jeff Financial support will help Texas A&M University Jim lyle (pp. 19, bottom right; 25, middle Conant, a popular marketing professor. at Galveston continue to excel in academics, row; 26, second row & bottom left; 34; 38) research, community outreach and student taMu Marketing and Communications 10 ONEVOICE development. » p.32 (p. 4, bottom) a physician tells of life-altering experiences tony okonski (p. 7, top) larry Wadsworth (p. 22, top right) that led him to save impoverished children lauren Wied ’08 (p. 26, bottom right) on the streets of la Paz, Bolivia. by Chi-Cheng huang ’93

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BoarD oF trustees 32 OPPORTUNITY 58 Bob surovik ’ texas a&M university at Galveston Chairman John Bethancourt ’74 34 @FOUNDATION Contents Chairman-elect lowry Mays ’57 receives the sterling C. Mel Glasscock ’59 evans Medal for his devotion to texas Charles Gregory ’64 richard Kardys ’67 a&M, and van taylor ’71 is the newest tom saylak ’82 Foundation trustee. van taylor ’71 37 LETTERS / CORRECTION o F F i C e r s ed Davis ’67 38 POSTSCRIPT President a graduate student describes postwar living Jim Palincsar senior vice President for Development and learning at the texas a&M annex. C ov e r P h oto Doyle thompson By J. Decker White ’51 During Parents’ Weekend in April, band vice President and Controller member Andrew Lemond ’10 reconnects liska lusk 39 CONTACTUS with his mom and dad, who came to vice President and General Counsel 42 DESKTOPWALLPAPER Aggieland from their home in Wyoming.

2 TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION Our Bequests to A&M Offer Financial Flexibility TheLegacy

One unique planned gift that My wife, Jane, and i want to support veterinary Medicine & Biomedical appeals to pet owners is offered only our children and grandchildren finan- sciences: half for scholarships and cially if they need it, so a planned gift half for the dean’s discretionary fund, through the College of Veterinary for texas a&M—a gift that’s funded which allows unrestricted use of the Medicine & Biomedical Sciences. in the future—makes sense for us. our money as high-priority needs arise. I know people worry about what planned gifts are bequests for texas You might prefer a different type will happen to their pets after they a&M in our wills. in the meantime, of planned gift. aggies can set up die. When friends and family will we can help if somebody in the family charitable trusts so they—and perhaps be unable to adopt your pets, the needs our assistance. other family members—may receive college offers a solution. Through We’re not alone. Most aggies payments from the trust. sometimes a planned gift to Texas A&M’s want to support a&M and its students. it’s best to provide payments over time Stevenson Companion Animal Life- if you can’t give as much as you’d like to family members instead of in a Care Center, your pets will receive now, a planned gift allows you to hold lump sum. the trust can pay out for state-of-the-art care and loving on to financial resources and still be a fixed num ber of years or for whole companionship for their lifetimes. generous. lifetimes; it’s up to you. texas a&M If you are concerned about Planned gifts also let you decide will benefit from the remain der at the your pets’ future, visit the center how your generosity will benefit a&M. termination of the trust. on campus and see the dogs, cats, i’m a veterinarian, so it’s natural that as a development officer for 20- birds, horses and llama living there. Jane and i believe in the veterinary plus years, i know planned gifts are I promise you’ll be impressed. profession, the college and the aggies crucial to increasing excellence at Learn more about it online at studying here. Jane and i know our a&M. these gifts may not materialize cvm.tamu.edu/PetCare. bequests will help the College of for years, but ultimately your support will be realized. in the meantime, you control your assets. i hope you will explore how pri- vate giving can accomplish great things in aggieland. Please contact me or any one at the Foundation for infor- mation. We can work with you to create customized gift examples that fit your needs.

—dr. o. j. “bubba” woytek jr. ’64 senior director of development

(800) 392-3310 [email protected]

SPIRIT MAGAZINE | SUMMER 2 0 1 0 3 OnCampus

Hawking Digs Into Black Holes omy, which opened last fall. at the Famous physicist stephen W. hawking dedication, George Mitchell ’40, who delivered an april 5 lecture on black donated $35 million for the building holes while visiting texas a&M for construction, said he wants aggie the dedication of the stephen W. physics and astronomy to become a hawking auditorium. “world-class” program. hawking, 68, compared black holes—stars that collapse and can’t Big Event Keeps Getting Bigger emit light—to boats going over as a thank you for Bryan/College niagara Falls. “once you’ve reached station residents’ support for texas the tipping point and you’re going a&M university, a record 13,255 down, you’re certain to fall in and aggies—more than a quarter of the nothing can stop you” because of the student body—worked the Big event Stephen W. Hawking, wheelchair- holes’ intense gravitational pull. on March 27. bound because of Lou Gehrig’s disease, described black holes during recent research indicates black holes Big event staff collected job a campus lecture. are escapable, however. “things can requests from residents throughout the get out of them,” school year and then scheduled crews. he told the crowd the workday kicked off at 9 a.m. out- of 2,500 at rudder side reed arena with music, speeches, audi tori um. yell practice and cannon fire from hawking has Parsons Mounted Cavalry. students spoken four times per formed 1,428 chores such as paint- at texas a&M. ing, weeding, cleaning gutters, raking his former doctor- leaves, washing windows, moving dirt al student, Dr. and scrapbooking. Christopher Pope, in 1982, texas a&M was the first holds the stephen university to hold the Big event, and hawking Chair in it’s still the nation’s largest program Fundamental of its kind. the Big event’s budget is Physics at a&M. about $70,000 per year, which is sup- the hawking ported by an endowment managed by auditorium is the texas a&M Foundation, annual locat ed in the dona tions and student service fees. George P. and the cities of Bryan and College Cynthia Woods station contributed, and lowe’s pro- Mitchell institute vided tools at cost. slovacek sausage for Funda mental and Pepsi donated food and bever- Physics and astron - ages for the kickoff.

4 TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION Class of ’11 cadets from Squadron 16 move U.S. programs in 2010 rankings by rocks and dig a trench to help College Station homeowners during The Big Event 2010. Financial Times magazine; last year the program ranked 11th. the magazine listed the aggie program first in the to support the Big event, con- nation in its value for Money category. tact Cindy Munson ’99, texas a&M in U.S. News & World Report rankings, Foun dation assistant director of devel - Mays’ full-time master’s degree pro- opment for student affairs, at (800) gram ranked 13th. 392-3310 or [email protected]. to ◊ aggie graduate programs in engi- learn more, visit bigevent. tamu.edu. neering ranked 12th overall and 6th among public institutions in U.S. Aggies Give Haitians a Hand aggies shared their talent and money helping haitians after the Caribbean nation’s devastating Jan. 12 earthquake killed more than 200,000 and left more than 1 million homeless. texas a&M’s chapter of engineers Without Borders assisted in construc- tion of three portable medical clinics sent to help haitians injured in the quake. the students modified large shipping containers for use as clinics by adding a generator and elec trical wiring, sinks and plumbing, exami- nation tables, and other equipment. twelve Days for haiti, a series of mid-February student benefits rang- ing from a dodge-ball tournament to News & World Report. the report list- Dragons, drummers, dancers and lions invigorated Texas A&M’s winter a concert, raised nearly $10,000 for ed texas a&M’s chemistry program landscape during Lunar (aka Chinese) american red Cross and uniCeF th 8 among public institutions and tied New Year celebrations Feb. 15. relief efforts. for 19th overall. Participants enjoyed traditional Asian Memorial student Center leaD, pageantry outside Sbisa Dining Center ◊ a&M is one of four universities a student leadership group, held and feasted on a Chinese-food buffet selected as a 2010-11 partner in the inside. The events were sponsored howdy! for haiti, an independent tillman Military scholars Pro gram, by Texas A&M’s Confucius Institute, drive that collected more than 700 Institute for Pacific Asia, University which provides scholarships for veter- Dining Services and Office of pounds of goods to help survivors. ans and active-duty service members International Outreach. and their families through the texas A&M Earns Bragging Rights a&M Foundation. the Pat tillman here’s news worth whooping about: Foundation founded the program in ◊ texas a&M moved to 10th place in memory of its namesake, who joined enrollment of national Merit scholars the army after the sept. 11 attacks at u.s. institutions by registering 189 instead of renewing his national Foot - of these high-achieving freshmen; last ball league contract. tillman was year it ranked 13th. the university of killed in action in 2004 in afghanistan. 3rd 245 texas, with national Merit ◊ the May issue of Hispanic Outlook scholars, is the only other texas school in Higher Education ranked texas th in the top 10. a&M 5 nationally in the number of ◊ the full-time master of business engineering/engineering technology admin istration program at Mays Busi - degrees awarded to hispanics. ness school tied for 9th among public

SPIRIT MAGAZINE | SUMMER 2 0 1 0 5 Right: Survivor Buddy, a face attached to rescue robots, was developed by Dr. Robin Murphy, Raytheon Professor in Texas A&M’s Department of Computer Science and Engineering.

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de ruiter and some of his students will look for more skeletons at the site, a 10-by-10-foot cave about 8 feet deep near Johannesburg. Science Magazine reported the find in april. the lead author is project director Dr. lee Berger of the uni versity of the Witwatersrand in south africa; de ruiter, who received the ray a. rothrock ’77 Fellows award from the College of liberal arts, is the second author.

Rescue Robots Get Friendly rescue robots go where humans fear to tread, such as inside the wreckage of Skulls of a previously unknown Fossils of Human Ancestor Found collapsed buildings or mines. advised hominid species are somewhat smaller than those of homo sapiens. a texas a&M paleoanthropologist by a Pixar animator, Dr. robin par ticipated in the discovery of two Murphy—raytheon professor in texas skeletons of a previously unknown a&M’s Department of Comput er 1.78 million- to 1.95 million-year-old science and engineering—and her human ancestor in south africa. students are working on a project with “When i first saw the skeletons, stanford university to enhance rescue i knew we had something special,” robots’ capabilities and interaction. said Dr. Darryl J. de ruiter, assistant During simulations with trapped professor of anthropology who was the victims, “we realized that the robot craniodental specialist on the project. was very creepy,” Murphy said. “so we he examined the fossilized skulls, jaws added a new component that we call and teeth of what are believed to be the survivor Buddy, which is a head an adult female and a juvenile male. with a multimedia interface that can “Both were remarkably complete and be used by responders and doctors extremely well-preserved.” but also allows the survivor to watch named Australopithecus (“southern tv, talk with friends and listen to ape”) sediba (“fountain” or “wellspring” music to pass the time.” in the sotho language of south africa), survivor Buddy has a microphone, these human ancestors could swing webcam, speakers and a computer through treetops and walk on two screen that displays streaming video legs on the ground. this summer, and provides a full web interface. the

6 TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION the clinical trial on mangoes will expand on the talcotts’ preliminary research showing that the health- enhancing extracts from mangoes stop the growth of certain breast and colon can cer cell lines. the talcotts will evaluate mango effects in volunteers with intestinal inflammation that increases their risk of colon cancer.

Surprise: Tobacco Could Save Lives

aggie researchers will explore the use Researchers at the Schubot Exotic unit mounts on shoe box-size inuktun of tobacco as a medium for developing Bird Center at Texas A&M’s College robots commonly used in disasters. of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical vaccines, a method that might drasti- Sciences are mapping the genome its face, a 4¼-by-5½-inch touch-screen cally shorten response to potential sequence of the scarlet macaw and monitor, can maintain eye contact, epidemics such as influenza. scientists hope to do the same for the maroon- fronted parrot (rhynchopsitta terrisi), nod, and show surprise, sadness and with a&M and texas-based G-Con a highly endangered species pictured happiness in comforting victims. the will grow tobacco under fluorescent here. To tackle the project and keep more maroon in the world, they need head folds flat to stay out of the way lights in a 145,000-square-foot facility funding of $30,000. Only about 2,500 until the robot finds a survivor. to be built at the texas a&M health of the parrots, native to northern Murphy has used ground, air and science Center. Mexico, survive in the wild because sea robots at disaster sites including of habitat destruction. Genome Brett Giroir, vice chancellor for sequencing of these parrots could mudslides, mine cave-ins, hurricanes system research and co-principal inves - reveal dietary, neurological and other and structural collapses such as those tigator, said clinical trials could begin biological characteristics that could of the World trade Center. help scientists save the species. To by mid-2011. vaccines created by the support this project, contact Dr. Guy egg-based method dating from the Sheppard ’76, Foundation director 1950s typically take at least six months of development, at (800) 392-3310 or [email protected]. to develop. the texas facility could produce 100 million doses every four to six weeks, making the texas a&M facility “by far the largest and most capa ble center in How Super Are Mango and Açai? the world,” Giroir said. this fall, a husband-and-wife texas tobacco is a good plant agri life research team studying source for growing vaccines super fruits will start human clinical because it has been studied trials of mangoes and açai berries. exten sively, grows quickly to qualify as “super,” fruits must be and easily, and is cheap. highly nutritious and have disease- the vaccines will contain fighting properties. no nicotine. Drs. stephen ’94 ’97 and susanne the Depart ment of talcott will test whether açai juice can Defense, seek ing improved fend off metabolic syndrome (cardio- response to infectious dis- vascular disease and type 2 dia betes) eases and bioterrorism, in volunteers with increased risk award ed a $40 million grant because of obesity, physical inactivity to G-Con and the texas and genetic factors. açai berries, a&M system. G-Con will which resemble large blueberries, are contribute the $21 million harvested from Central and south facility as part of the new american palm trees. research.

SPIRIT MAGAZINE | SUMMER 2 0 1 0 7 Gifts to the Texas A&M Foundation Inspire Spirit and Mind NewGifts

Fellowship Is Legacy for Aggie ’02 STUDENTIMPACT

League City, Houston Donors Establish roozbeh arianpour ’02, a graduate President’s Endowed Scholarships student in genetics who died in 2003, has a lasting legacy two pairs of donors recently created at texas a&M. his President’s endowed scholar ships mother, Farideh (Pes) through the texas a&M Foun - Moharer arianpour dation. of tyler, in 2004 league City chemical engineers began funding an Ben ’02 and stephanie ’02 hilbrich, endowed fellow- both Pes recipients, returned the favor ship in his name Roozbeh last fall. that benefits biolo- Arianpoor ’02 stephanie hilbrich said they were gy students pursuing graduate degrees. motivated by their own President’s Contributions from Dr. Joseph h. endowed scholarships, which enabled emmert ’69 of Bastrop allowed stu- them to receive “a world-class educa- dents to begin receiving the fellowship tion.” Ben hilbrich hopes their this academic year. scholarship will provide financial roozbeh arianpour, 23 at his Ben ’02 and Stephanie ’02 Hilbrich freedom for students to participate in death, had graduated summa cum are on both the receiving and giving campus activities. the couple’s employ- ends of a President’s Endowed laude from texas a&M, earned a er, exxonMobil, will match their Scholarship. master’s degree at oxford university donation 3-to-1 to fund the $100,000 and planned to attend medical school endowment. at the university of texas in san in January, helen lake and sim antonio. “i am hoping by this schol- lake iii ’66—wife and son of the late arship i will be able to keep roozbeh’s sim lake Jr. ’38—established a Pes name alive and achieve my broken in his memory. “My father was the dreams,” his mother said. first in his family to graduate from col- For more information about lege,” said sim lake iii of houston. schol arships, contact Jody Ford, Foun - “to attend texas a&M, he worked dation director of development for during the Depression. a&M provid- scholarship programs, at (800) 392- ed my father with a great education 3310 or [email protected]. and instilled values he would keep for the rest of his life—the importance of SPIRITIMPACT duty, honor and integrity. My mother and i wanted to establish the scholar- Family Surprises Dad With Scholarship ship to help others benefit from an retired air Force lt. Col. edwin a. a&M education.” Beckcom iii ’65, a longtime donor to

8 TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION Texas A&M programs, now has a scholar ship in his name. His sons Brian ’96 and Brett ’97 Beckcom and Brian’s wife, Cara ’98, surprised him with a Sul Ross Corps of Cadets Schol arship that was finalized in January. “We gave this gift because our dad epitomizes the meaning of Aggie spirit and has been a tireless supporter of Texas A&M and the Corps of Cadets,” Brian Beckcom said. “There isn’t a bigger supporter of the Corps than our dad.” Edwin A. Beckcom III’s many gifts include scholarships honoring his late wife, parents and two former A&M football coaches.

Since 1981, Texas A&M has Country singer-songwriter Granger Smith ’02 performs April 1 Class of ’99 Funds MSC Pillar received about $6.8 million in gifts at a concert that raised money for the This spring, the Class of ’99 con- from the company, which is a major Dr. Jeffrey S. Conant Memorial tributed $100,000 for a pillar to sup- provider of products and services to Scholarship Fund. After Conant, a port the ongoing Memorial Student the energy industry. marketing professor, died in summer 2009, his students created the fund Center (MSC) renovation and expan- to honor him. Project Conant, a sion. In acknowledgement, “Class of COLLEGEIMPACT group effort to fund an undergraduate scholarship for marketing students, 99 ’ ” will be permanently ascribed or “Mattress Mack” to Fund Mays Library sold 1,000 of affixed on a pillar in the MSC, which the bright blue Jim McIngvale, owner of Gallery will reopen in fall 2012. T-shirts that Furniture in Houston, in December served as tickets University officials asked the Texas pledged a $250,000 endowment to to the concert A&M Foundation to raise $20 million for $10 apiece. create and support an interactive retail - in private support for the MSC project About 700 peo- ing library at the Center for Retailing ple attended the ($2.5 million raised as of June 1); the Studies in the Mays Business School. event held in Foundation is doing so through its Wolf Pen Creek Dr. Jeffrey S. For more than 15 years, McIngvale— Amphitheater in Conant campaign, Our MSC: A Tribute to well-known as “Mattress Mack” in his College Station. For more information Honor, with naming opportunities Houston-area TV commercials—has about Project Conant, visit inside and outside the building. For wehner.tamu.edu/ProjectConant. supported the retailing center finan- To make an online donation, go details, contact David Wilkinson ’87, cially, lectured in Mays classes and at to givenow.tamu.edu and select regional director of major gifts for “Marketing” below “Mays Business its retailing summit, and mentored the Foundation, at (800) 392-3310 or School” and then “Dr. Jeffrey S. students interested in retail. Conant Memorial Scholarship Fund” [email protected]. The high-tech from the two drop-down menus. library will give FACULTYIMPACT stu dents access to Halliburton Invests in Engineering business news, mar - Former students and friends of Texas keting campaigns, A&M University working at Hallibur - presentations from ton have contributed $1 million to retailing confer- fund an endowed faculty chair in the Jim McIngvale ences and video Dwight Look College of Engineering. interviews with CEOs. McIngvale A spokeswoman for Halliburton, also will provide furnishings for the which recruits heavily at A&M, says Gallery Furniture Interactive Retailing “great teaching produces great students Library, which is in the planning who in turn become great employees.” stages.

SPIRIT MAGAZINE | SUMMER 2 0 1 0 9 Big Wheels Come Full Circle

dr. chi-cheng huang ’93 provides a future for children living on the OneVoice streets of la paz, bolivia.

“screeeeeech!!!!!” the black plastic tire slid along the cement and into the brown Bermuda grass. a cloud of texas dust drifted around me, making me feel important and invincible. as a second-grader, i borrowed many a Big Wheel toy carelessly strewn about Ball street Married student housing at a&M.

they were in disrepair, some missing would go to the computer labs at their blue seats while others had sig- sterling C. evans library and the nificant cracks in their red plastic Zachry Building. i heard those dumb frames. the least desirable Big Wheels grackles cackle as i walked my father to had lost their brakes, so i had to slide campus. i also remember my father’s sideways or pedal in reverse to keep warning never to touch the boxes of from crashing into trash cans. pale-yellow 8-by-2-inch computer cards those days, i had two goals. First, that he guarded like $100 bills. i wanted to be the garbage man; he gets to greet everyone. second, i want - Second Home ed to help those less fortunate than texas a&M university would eventu- me. i was not your typical 7-year-old. i ally become my second home in wanted to help the emaciated children many ways. i saw sally struthers pleading for on Growing up in the back yard of a her infomercials. major university had its advantages.

Chi-Cheng Huang grew up in College life was good in College station. on hot summer days, my mother Station, where the Texas A&M My two sisters and i slept in the living hauled my sisters and me to the second University campus became his room, and my parents slumbered in floor of the Memorial student Center second home. the sole bedroom. i usually saw my (MsC) where we sat on the cowhide mother early in the morning before i benches. the MsC had air condition- walked to the bus stop or late in the ing and a basement stocked with the evening right before she worked the latest video games such as asteroids, graveyard shift at agency record Con - Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man and Donkey trol. My father was rarely present Kong. of course, i could never play except for dinner. “he needs to study because i could not reach the joy- at the university,” my mother would sticks. More important, my mother inform me. i certainly did not like this would give me only a quarter for the studying because it kept him away. entire day, and i preferred to use it to sometimes, i would be lucky and buy a juicy hotdog while watching Dad would take me to campus. We the college students play games.

10 TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION Dr. Chi-Cheng Huang (center) assists Bolivian street children through the charity he founded in 1997.

the President’s endowed scholarship, the lechner scholarship and the uni - versity scholar’s award. and having earned more than 30 credit hours at texas a&M during high school, i could take electives that suited my interests. texas a&M university offered a wonderful maturing experience, and i took advantage of nearly every oppor tunity for growth. Between a full course load as a biology major and working with a professor on basic research on multiple sclerosis, my days and nights were full. i threw myself into a variety of organizations such as the l. t. Jordan insti tute of international awareness, the Century singers, the Wiley lecture series and MsC oPas. i learned col- laboration and teamwork. i learned to manage, to lead and—sometimes— to fail. the two experiences that in contrast to the noisy MsC demic “ringer” because my father had, influenced me most were a&M’s MsC arcade, my other favorite place was months before, gone through the and study abroad programs. the fourth floor of the evans library. entire algebra text with me. By the as a junior, i attended King’s that’s where they kept the children’s time i attended high school, taking College in london. While overseas, i books. i spent hours engrossed in Tales courses at the university was routine also joined a peace mission to the for- of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Superfudge, rather than traumatic. mer Yugoslav republics during the civil Double Fudge, Ramona the Brave and war. i witnessed the ways that war the Encyclopedia Brown series. i trav- Family Tragedy devastates lives, especially those of eled many lands with the characters My tranquil childhood ended when i children. i immersed myself in differ- during their adventures. was a high school junior. on ent cultures and talked with diverse i stayed nerdy in middle school Christmas morning 1987, i found my people. no longer were texas and and junior high. i played chess at sister Mingfang in her bed, cold and the united states the needle of my lunch; i sported a bowl haircut and blue. When my mother saw her compass. i was indignant about switched daily between my two pairs youngest child lifeless, she screamed. apartheid in south africa and anx- of jeans. there were only a handful i attempted CPr over and over. But ious about the wars in Bosnia, serbia of asians at school. Mingfang had died overnight from and Croatia. My stereotypical asian family was myocarditis, or inflammation of the By the time i returned to aggie - obsessed with academics and music. heart muscle. land, i had been transformed. i was even so, my father went a little over- Mingfang’s silence against the more mature. and i was humbled. i board when he decided i’d audit his pain of my mother’s scream haunted wanted to help change a small piece college algebra class. imagine a sixth- me as i prepared for college. i previ- of the world, and i wanted to do so grader walking into a Milner hall ously had felt an intense desire to as a physician. classroom with 60 college students. leave College station for the exciting sitting in those plastic seats, my feet university of texas or rice university, Next Up: Harvard didn’t even touch the floor. i hated but texas a&M was closer to my par- in my senior year, i received a thin going to class. i was sort of an aca- ents. Furthermore, a&M offered me parcel from harvard Medical school.

SPIRIT MAGAZINE | SUMMER 2 0 1 0 11 When i opened the envelope, i was shocked to learn i had been accepted. having traveled the Western world and having earned a stack of scholarships and awards, i stepped onto campus expecting to excel. instead i had to work twice as hard as many of my class - mates. i came to the realization that some of them were simply more gifted reevaluated my desires, goals and intellectually than i ever was or ever prayers. i delayed my last year of med- would be. While some people consid- ical school by a year, a year that ered me an overachiever, overachieve- revived my soul and my passion but ment was the norm at harvard. dramatically changed the trajectory of Because of the concentration of both … forever. intellect and power at harvard, oppor - tunities to perform world-class research Bolivia Changed My Life or participate in innovative programs were around every corner. i studied. i spent that year in Bolivia, where i i explored. played soccer in la Paz with aban- and yet, even as i picked at all of doned street children who fought for these intellectual candies about me a goal as if their lives depended on it, and filled my hours with important and i saw some of these homeless research and training, i felt i had lost ath letes die from preventable diseases. a little piece of my soul. What had these experiences shocked me to real - happened? i reread my original med- ity. What could i do for these chil dren? would Top: Young children such as these 6- ical school application. there it was. What i do for these chil dren? to 9-year-old boys confront bitter cold that little boy who rode the Big What do they want and need? and violence while living on the streets i began my work by walking la of La Paz, Bolivia. Kaya Children Wheels had changed. living in International ministers to these children Boston, he did not want to help the Paz at night, treating children with and operates three homes for them; it unfortunate as much as when he was donated medicines and performing has a holistic educational care center minor surgeries on sidewalks. and an evening outreach program. sharing a living room with his sisters in Below: Dr. Chi-Cheng Huang aims Ball street Married student housing. the street child does not care for Kaya kids such as this teenager whether i am from the united states to excel academically and become to my parents’ surprise and dis- or texas a&M or harvard or even that self-sufficient in the local economy. may, i jumped off the train and i am a physician. the street child only cares that i am present in his or her life and that i can help restore a bit of the childhood stolen prematurely. My presence and empathy are often all the street child asks for. i returned to harvard, but the streets of la Paz never left me. i returned again and again, to walk the streets, year after year. upon returning to Boston, i formed Kaya Children international. as i finished my inter- nal medicine and pediatric residency, our organization began building its first home for street children, and we sent volunteers onto the streets to treat, defend and simply be with them.

12 TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION i married Kristin Fogg in 2002. she is the child psychologist and the executive director of Kaya Children international. i began writing about the street children of la Paz in 1997, and my book, When Invisible Children Sing: a True Story of Five Street Children, an Idealistic Young Doctor, and Their Dan gerous Hope, was published in 2007. i am not responsible for the “idealistic young doctor” part of the title. For 12 years, i’ve developed and expanded Kaya Children international. each year, we touch the lives of hun- dreds of children, whether they live on the streets or in our homes. on my Big Wheels, i had two We own and operate three homes goals. i wanted to be the garbage man. for street children, a holistic educa- and i wanted to help those less for- tional care center and an evening tunate than me. street outreach program. We encour- i have come full circle. i never age each child to reach beyond simple made it as a sanitation worker, but survival by teaching aca demic and self- with the skills, knowledge and leader- sufficiency skills. our ministry con- ship internalized as a student at texas tinues to offer medical treatment, a&M university, i now offer more counseling and advocacy for children than just medical care to the street unable or unwilling to leave the streets, children of la Paz. a&M’s student lead - where they live and often die. ership programs built a framework for

“What could i do for these children? What would i do for these children?”

Completing the Circle me to become the founder and chair- three decades have passed since i was man of Kaya Children international that little boy with a bowl haircut and the chair man of the Department driving borrowed Big Wheels. More of hospital Medicine at lahey Clinic than two decades have passed since i in the Boston area. as my three daugh - was that skinny teen, unsure of himself ters grow up, i hope and pray they as a taiwanese-american living in can obtain the same great education texas. Mentors, teachers and experi- and learn the same life lessons and ences planted multiple seeds in me: leadership skills as i did at texas a&M regional high school science fair in university. a&M’s Zachry engineering Center, —by chi-cheng huang, m.d. ’93 college courses taken as a high school irwin tang assisted in preparation of this essay. student, aggie junior year abroad in europe and leadership opportunities KayaChildren.org with MsC programs. and, of course, a dozen years on the streets of la Paz.

SPIRIT MAGAZINE | SUMMER 2 0 1 0 13 A 102-foot-long Foucault pendulum in the lobby of the George P. and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy demonstrates the Earth’s rotation with every swing. The George P. Mitchell ’40 Physics Building and the George P. and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy will put Texas A&M among the world’s leaders in physics research and instruction. In 2005, the Mitchells pledged $35 million toward construction of the $82.5 million buildings, the first on the Texas A&M campus to be financed through a unique public-private partnership involving substantial donor funds.

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Gifts from a grateful Class of ’42 Aggie generate $40,000 per year for civil engineering

college education A is something Dr. Lawrence A. DuBose ’ never took for granted. When he graduated from Texas A&M, his four-year degree had cost him about ,. Relatives loaned him  of that amount, and his sister loaned him another  to buy his Army uniform—sums he repaid in one year. An uncle and aunt bought his senior ring as a gift. He hoped to spare others from such financial burdens when he created endowments that will eventually total more than  million to permanently support and empower Texas A&M civil engineering students. “Realizing that students coming after me are facing similar hardships,” he said, “I want to help.” DuBose, , attributes much of his success to his Texas A&M education and the lifelong connections begun here. The  Distinguished Graduate of the Zachry Department of Civil Engineering visits campus from his home in Illinois as often as possible—most recently last fall—and enjoys meeting scholarship recipients.

16 TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION Dr. Lawrence A. DuBose ’ accepted his Army commission the day after graduation from Texas A&M. He borrowed  from his sister to pay for his Army uniform. With more than  faculty, , undergraduate students and  graduate students, the Zachry Department of Civil Engineering is the nation’s largest civil engineering program. It ranks  th in undergraduate and graduate civil engineering programs at public institutions. Its highly recruited graduates are widely regarded as among the most work-ready engineers in the country.

DuBose accepted his Army commission the day after graduation in May 1942 as the nation was embroiled in World War II. While posted in Alaska, he met his future wife, Wanda, a lieutenant in the Army Nurse Corps. Eventually he was sent to France, where he was wounded by a German sniper. He spent nearly a year recuperating. After 23 months, he and Wanda reunited, marrying in 1946 and spending the next 10 years in Bryan/College Station. DuBose earned master’s and doctoral degrees in civil engineer- ing at Texas A&M; he also taught and conducted research. After two years on the University of Alabama faculty, he became director of engineering in 1958 for Testing Service Corp. in Carol Stream, Ill. DuBose helped revive the strug- gling company, becoming president in 1960. He purchased DuBose in Falfurrias, Texas, in . it three years later and became chairman in 1988. His two sons are now president and vice president. A L IFE S HAPEDIN A GGIELAND “My life has been very full,” said DuBose, who is grateful Although he had always thought he would attend his father’s for his marriage to Wanda, who died in 2006, and for their alma mater, the University of Texas, DuBose enrolled at less- five children and nine grandchildren. “I would never have costly Texas A&M in 1938. had the kind of life I’ve had if it had not been for my expe- As a freshman, he worked hard to become a distinguished riences and the opportunities given to me at Texas A&M.” student. He was uncertain whether he could return, however, after his father lost his job. The dean of engineering helped “T RANSFORMATIVE ” E NDOWMENTS him obtain a highway construction job for part of the summer, In return, he has been generous to Aggies following in his and DuBose also researched abstracts for new subdivisions footsteps. He gave the Texas A&M Foundation $25,000 in 1997 while working for an uncle. to endow the Dr. Lawrence and Wanda DuBose Schol ar ship; The summer work enabled his return to A&M, and at that gift was matched under a Barnes & Noble book store the end of his sophomore year, DuBose was awarded the Best gift program with the university. He added another $25,000 Drilled Medal for H Battery Coast Artillery in the Corps of the next year. Cadets. In 1999, DuBose created two Texas A&M Foundation During his junior and senior years, he was H Battery endowments sup porting civil engineering students. He estab - Coast Artillery first sergeant and commander respectively. He lished these endowments through an estate plan but already was invited both years to join the Ross Volunteer Company, has contributed $750,000 to them. One endow ment provides the governor’s honor guard, but DuBose—mindful of merit- and need-based scholarships. The other supports stu- expenses—declined even though classmates offered to help dent activities: field trips, conferences at Texas A&M, travel with uniform costs. for professional society meetings, and projects such as the “I didn’t think it would look right when I was borrowing concrete canoe and human-powered submarine races and money to go to school,” he said, adding that he “did not even steel bridge competitions. spend money on the movies or a Coca-Cola, which only cost “Dr. DuBose’s gifts are transformative,” said Dr. John a nickel.” Niedzwecki, interim head of the civil engineering depart-

18 TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION ment. “They allow students to focus on “Through these activities, students have the opportunity how they can be the best instead of how to put their future callings into practice, to connect with they can cover their expenses.” professionals and other students, and to see other designs and The two DuBose scholarships have approaches to problems. They come back better, more excited made a huge impact on keeping students students,” Niedzwecki said. in school and reducing outside work Gifts such as DuBose’s, he added, have helped propel the demands, he added. They generate about Zachry Department of Civil Engineering to its No. 8 ranking Dr. DuBose today. $20,000 a year and support the depart- among the nation’s public colleges and to No. 14 overall. ment’s efforts to recruit minority students, to make Texas A&M —by nancy mills mackey affordable for students needing financial assistance, and to attract National Merit Scholars and other top students. For information about how you can support Texas A&M The DuBose student activities fund provides about half University’s Dwight Look College of Engineering, contact: the annual budget requested by civil engineering students involved in 14 societies or activities. The fund supports under - Jay Roberts ’05 graduate and graduate state and national competitions as Assistant Director of Development well as civil engineering students participating in Engineers Texas A&M Foundation Without Borders, an organization that allows students to (800) 392-3310 or (979) 845-5113 apply their knowledge while helping people in underdevel- [email protected] oped countries. giving.tamu.edu

Generosity Prepares Aggies for Work

he generosity of Dr. Lawrence receive her civil engineering degree of the Society of Hispanic Professional A. DuBose ’42 encourages stu- in December and hopes for a career Engineers and as a member of the T dents to pursue civil engi- focusing on environmental issues. American Society of Civil Engineers. neering careers and gives DuBose scholarship recipient Tim Larson ’09, whose hometown them the educational advantage they Ricky Leal ’12 is the first in his family is West Des Moines, Iowa, said, “I need to succeed when entering the to go to college. wouldn’t have been here at all if it workplace. Three DuBose scholarship “Without scholarship assistance, wasn’t for my DuBose scholarship.” recipients recently discussed how they I might not have been able to consider (Texas A&M often waives out-of-state have benefited. going to college,” he said. tuition for students who receive $1,000 Wenet Wu ’10 said receiving a He was awarded a $3,500 DuBose or more per year in scholarships that DuBose scholarship of $2,500 per year scholarship in 2009. He also received are available to both Texas and out- helped motivate her. $2,500 through the Leonard S. and of-state residents. Larson received “I wasn’t sure at first if I wanted to Idamae A. Hobbs Scholarship, a the waiver, which saved him about pursue civil engineering,” said Wu, $20,000 Regents’ Scholarship and $14,000 per year.) who grew up in Arlington and whose two $1,500 scholarships from The Larson is now an Aggie graduate parents are engineers. Association of Former Students. student in civil engineering. After Wu has met DuBose twice and said “After all the help I’ve been receiv - he receives his master’s degree in his love of civil engineering and joy in ing, I’d love to be able to return the December, he plans to work in struc- his work inspired her. In a letter to favor some day,” Leal said. tural design or analysis. The DuBose DuBose, she wrote, “I appreciate that Born in Monterrey, Mexico, Leal scholarship stretched his education you dedicate much of your time and grew up in Mission, Texas, where his dollars, he said, “making it possible finances to students like myself to father owns a print shop. His high for me to get a master’s degree so show us that it is worthwhile to pursue school physics teacher encouraged that I am a more attractive hire.” civil engineering.” him to pursue engineering. Leal has These three Aggies are living This summer, Wu has an intern- done so enthusiastically, serving as examples of how one person’s generos - ship in Singapore. She expects to treasurer of the Texas A&M chapter ity changes lives through education.

Wenet Wu ’ Ricky Leal ’ Tim Larson ’

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When the double doors to the hospital fly open, there’s no time to waste. pushing and pulling, medical staff whisk the blood-soaked gurney into the emer gency room, where a team of trauma Ydoctors awaits the injured patient, who’s in shock after being hit by a car. his blood pressure and body temperature have dropped to dangerous levels, and broken bones are evident. Most emergency situations like this end in death for the patient and heartbreak for family members. But this dog is different.

Dr. Glen laine ’79, professor in the ColleGe of Veterinary MeDiCine & BioMeDiCal sCienCes, researChes treatMents for shoCk. Dr. Glen laine’s trauma and cardiology pursuits are related. after severe trauma, the cardiovascular system is disrupted by loss of blood volume A or because of shock. his team is studying various ways to help trauma patients suffering serious blood loss.

He has an increased chance of proper amount and under the proper survival thanks to medical treatments pressure causes organ damage and discovered at Texas A&M University’s eventually heart failure and death. In College of Veterinary Medicine & this country, chronic cardiovascular Biomedical Sciences by Dr. Glen disease and acute shock account for Laine ’79. These treatments restore more deaths than any other disease and preserve blood volume in severely process. dent scenes to minimize abdominal injured animals and humans. They With funds from the Wiseman- compartment syndrome, a potentially are part of a “one-medicine” care Lewie-Worth chair, Laine studies new fatal condition often caused by blunt concept that has attracted more than techniques to restore and preserve trauma. $20 million in research funds from blood volume in trauma patients. His team also is exploring organizations such as the National “This funding enables research that enhance ment of the lymphatic system Institutes of Health, National Science improves the quality and availability of so it will remove fluid from patients’ Foundation and the American Heart new medical treatments for severely hearts and lungs, increasing survival Association. In addition, Laine holds injured human and animal patients, rates. a faculty chair funded by Dr. Charles and this saves lives,” Laine said. All of these endeavors are “critical Wiseman ’57, William Lewie ’50 and His team is studying various types to the survival of both human and G. W. Worth Jr. ’61. of resuscitation or intravenous fluids veterinary trauma patients,” Laine The “one-medicine” concept con - that can be admin istered to trauma said. siders all higher animals, including patients suffering serious blood loss. His work in emergency medicine humans, to be part of a single biolog- Compounds in these fluids maintain dates back to the Vietnam War, when ical pool in which treatments discov- the volume of the cardiovascular sys- as an Army medic he saw servicemen ered for one species apply directly to tem by keeping the fluid inside the die because of insufficient informa- others. This approach is useful in circulatory system. This is significant tion about life-saving treatment. Laine devel oping medical and surgical inter - in trauma situations because fluids considers those wrenching experiences ventions for human and veterinary typically leak into the spaces between a great motivator for his career in patients. organs. When this happens, trauma research. Laine’s work in cardiology inter- patients commonly suffer from After the Army, Laine enrolled twines with his work in trauma care. abdom inal compartment syndrome, at Texas A&M and was part of Corps When severe trauma occurs, the car- a condition in which pressure in the of Cadets Company R-1. While work- diovascular system is disrupted either abdominal space is elevated to a point ing his way through college during by loss of blood volume or because of at which blood can’t return from the the 1970s as a paramedic, he further shock. Shock occurs when blood ves- lower body to the heart. defined the need for better emergency sels dilate dangerously, causing blood One practical application of resuscitation procedures for human to pool in the dilated vessels. The Laine’s research was the development and animal trauma patients. heart’s inability to recirculate blood of portable, non-biodegradable fluids An exhaustive list of responsibil- to the brain and other organs in the that emergency medics can use at acci - ities at Texas A&M reflects the high

22 TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION regard in which Laine’s contempo- Laine’s postdoctoral research associ- funds give undergraduate, medical raries hold him, and his published ates, describes his mentor as a “straight and veterinary students access to articles and books prove that he has shooter who skillfully prepares us to experienced professors and research paid multiple dividends to those who assume faculty positions.” laboratories. invest in his research. Within the col- Mohiuddin is one of two Laine “Without the endowment lege, he is director of the Michael E. protégés who entered bioengineering funds, it would be difficult to expose DeBakey Institute for Comparative from the mechanical engineering field. this wide array of students to the Cardiovascular Science and Bio - Mohiuddin said Laine facilitated his intricacies of research and to entice medical Devices as well as head of migration to bioengineering and still them to become researchers capable the Department of Physiology and nurtures his success. “Dr. Laine kept of pushing back the frontiers of med- Pharmacology. He has a joint appoint - his eye on me throughout my qualify- icine,” Laine said. ment at the University of Texas ing process to make sure that I made Through the generosity and vision Medical School in Houston. a successful entry. And now he pro- of donors such as Wiseman, Lewie and Laine’s life isn’t all work and no vides his support for my research Worth, Texas A&M can recruit and play, however. A dedicated Aggie, he involving medical devices to assist retain exceptional faculty members like donated the boots he wore as a Corps children born with only one func- Laine. Additional gifts will shorten senior to cadets who may have diffi- tional ventricle in their hearts.” the time line and broaden the scope culty paying for a pair, which cost Laine’s mentoring of Mohiuddin of future medical and veterinary $1,100. He has met three cadets wear- and other cardiology researchers is break throughs while maintaining the ing his boots. “It’s hard to explain the essential to progress in the field, said college’s status as one of the world’s feeling you get when a young man in Dr. Eleanor Green, dean of the col- best. uniform walks into your office to lege. “Today’s achievements in the —by dr. guy sheppard ’76 thank you for allowing him to wear fight against heart disease are the result your senior boots,” he said. “The Boot of scientists and clinicians dedicating For more information about how you Loan Program is a special Aggie tra- their professional careers to discover- can support the College of Veterinary dition and I’m proud to be part of it.” ing answers,” Green said. “We’re hon - Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, contact: Laine also enjoys competitive ored to have Dr. Glen Laine on our three-gun shooting that involves using faculty, and the Wiseman-Lewie-Worth Dr. Guy Sheppard ’76 a military handgun, rifle and shot- Chair in Cardiology enables him to Director of Development gun in simulated combat scenarios. continue his research and to attract Texas A&M Foundation And he shares his weapons expertise top-level scientists who improve car - (800) 392-3310 or (979) 845-9043 with A&M’s Sanders Corps of Cadets diac health in humans and animals.” [email protected] Center, where his firearms research Laine describes funds from the giving.tamu.edu has enhanced the historic Metzger- endowed chair as a “seed package” Sanders gun collection. for preliminary research that has led There’s a spark of humor, then, to major funding from the federal when Dr. Wagar Mohiuddin, one of government. More important, these

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Patsy Nichols was sure her only son, Travis ’ ’, would enroll at a small college based on his experiences attend ing a private high school in Austin. But when it came time for a college visit, he adamantly told her, “I’m going to go to Texas A&M, be in the Corps and go to vet school.”

“I was surprised. We knew nothing about A&M,” she a long-held tradition said. “But by attending Parents’ Weekend during Parents’ Weekend was first held in 1919. During the Travis’ freshman year, we learned that this university early events, “many mothers would come down to embraces family and friends like no other school.” campus. While in formation, the mother of the Johnette Jarvis ’70 agrees. “This event makes com pany commander would pin a flower on each parents much more com fortable about where their cadet. When she finished, the cadets would pin

students live and how they’re fitting in among the flowers on their own mothers,” said Charlie other 48,000 students,” said Jarvis, whose children, Weinbaum ’47, who with his wife, Gloria, served as Shanna ’98 and Scott ’00, grew up in a small town 1982 Parents of the Year. “The ceremony was designed near Amarillo. to give the cadets an opportunity to honor their For students such as Lianna Grissom ’11 of mothers.” Lubbock, the spring visit by parents opens a window Corps and Mother’s Day events continued to into Aggie college experiences. “My parents did not dominate for decades. Jarvis, for instance, doesn’t go to Texas A&M, so it’s important to me that they see remem ber attending any events with her mother the campus and College Station,” she said. “I enjoy because “they were pretty much a Corps thing.” having them meet my friends’ parents. It brings my That began changing in the 1970s. One major parents and me closer together, and it shows them alteration occurred in 1975, when the Aggie Mother the essence of the Aggie family through activities of the Year honor—which originated in 1958— organized by the Parents’ Weekend Committee.” became Aggie Parents of the Year. “The purpose of Planning by the student-run com mittee has the Parents of the Year Award is to recognize Aggie become crucial as events and attendance increased parents who have given an exceptional amount of through the years. The committee markets Parents’ their time and service to their family, community Weekend throughout campus and organ izes push and Texas A&M University,” said Valerie Wiatrek ’10, weeks in the spring and fall to advertise events. It who chaired the 2010 selection committee, which also plans the Bevo Burn BBQ and coordinates hosts reviews nominations made by A&M students. who provide extra help in the setup and managing of Parents’ Weekend events. In addition, the Parents an expanded focus of the Year subcommittee helps to organize the fall For parents like Valerie’s—non-Aggies Carol and Parents of the Year Weekend, which includes Mid - Randy Wiatrek—the weekend provides a broad pic- night Yell and the Former Parents of the Year banquet. ture of Aggieland.

24 TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION Parents’ Weekend offers a packed schedule: Bevo Burn BBQ (H. P. Brust Jr. ’ of Seabrook slices sausage for the Saturday lunch), Corps of Cadets reviews and a flower-pinning ceremony, a Friday night variety show, the three-day Aggie Moms’ Boutique of A&M-themed merchandise at Reed Arena, and—most important—uplifting parent- student reunions.

SPIRIT MAGAZINE | SUMMER 2 0 1 0 25 Midnight Yell (with Gerilyn ’  and Kenneth ’  Kleckley, past Aggie Parents of the Year), Corps reviews and the boutique (center and bottom left) add to the bustle. Valerie Wiatrek ’ , who led the Aggie Parents of the Year selection committee, meets up with her folks, Carol and Randy (top right) before working the barbecue. Kelly Moczygemba ’  enjoys a visit from her parents (right center). Keith and the late Susan Wied are  Aggie Parents of the Year; the family (bottom right) includes Michael ’ , Lauren ’ , Keith, Shaun ’  and Ryan ’ .

26 TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION “Just sitting in Kyle Field was awe some, partic- Broader agenda, ularly for Midnight Yell,” Carol Wiatrek said. “The Bigger attendance Corps of Cadets enter with the juniors wearing Parents’ Weekend unites families for Aggie activities. their boots for the first time as seniors along with “Since , it’s been our way as students to give their other classmates to celebrate their love and back to family members who have helped us to spirit for A&M. It is then a parent can begin to appre - succeed at Texas A&M,” said Rebekah Thornton ’, ciate and understand why their son or daughter Parents’ Weekend Committee director this year. became a Fightin’ Texas Aggie!” Her husband mar- Although traditions such as the Corps of Cadets’ veled at the Aggie Moms’ Boutique, “with booths of flower-pinning and military reviews remain, newer foods and crafts and all kinds of Aggie stuff.” events involve more students and parents: Ol’ Army Approximately 10,000 people visit the boutique Yell Practice, Bevo Burn BBQ, Maroon and White over the two-day period. The 2010 event involved 67 football game, Aggie Moms’ Boutique, the MSC Aggie Moms Clubs selling Aggie-themed items such Variety Show, a Singing Cadets concert and the All-University Awards ceremony. The Corps holds as birdhouses, jew elry and Christmas decorations. events such as performances by the Ross Volunteers The annual event raises some $400,000 for scholar- and Fish Drill Team as well as award ceremonies. ships and student organizations. In addition, colleges, dormitories and student Parents can attend any event as they wish. organizations schedule events for parents. Nichols was one of several parents who maintained Parents’ Weekend participation keeps growing. a busy sched ule of special-interest events set up by About , parents visited for the  weekend. individual Aggie organizations. “As Travis’ world Although attendance is no longer tallied, all , expand ed into different organizations and as he got Bryan-College Station hotels sell out as they do for new friends, my husband, Bruce, and I did those home football games. Additional parents visit only things instead of the campuswide organized events. one day or stay in private homes. We were busy the whole weekend.” Bruce and Patsy Nichols were 2006 Aggie Parents of the Year. After Parents’ Weekend, most moms and dads Aggie Parents of the Year. “Every little bit helps. return home with an indelible belief in their chil- And I think it’s just a wonderful thing to get parents dren’s higher education experience. “The week end there to see their students.” reinforces the fact that my daughter belongs at Texas Weinbaum, who attended Parents’ Weekends A&M and loves it,” Carol Wiatrek said. And Randy when his sons Charles III ’77, Daniel ’81 and Wiatrek said the events “clarify the strong character Jonathan ’82 were in school, encourages support of the students.” for the event. “If all parents would give to the Nichols concurred. “A&M is not just an educa- endow ment, it would finance whatever the kids tion. It’s the molding of students into the kind of plan. When you have a child at A&M, you’re part people who will serve society. It equips people to be of the family. You have a love for your family and incredible leaders. It embraces the values that we as also a love for A&M.” parents tried to impress on our children.” —by dorian martin funding for parents’ weekend To learn how you can support Parents’ Weekend, contact: Because of these positive impressions, several par- ents have contributed to the Parents’ Weekend Cindy Munson ’99 Endowed Operat ing Fund, created through the Texas Assistant Director of Development for Student Affairs A&M Foundation in 2005. The fund has a market Texas A&M Foundation value of about $26,700. The operating budget is (800) 392-3310 or (979) 458-1689 funded through committee dues and fundraisers in [email protected] addition to interest generated from the endowment. giving.tamu.edu “Donations to the endowed fund help an ParentsWeekend.tamu.edu organ ization that’s doing something that benefits the students and their parents,” said Jarvis, who was honored along with her husband, Jon, as 1999

SPIRIT MAGAZINE | SUMMER 2 0 1 0 27 What do terrorist attacks and non - profit funding have in common?

At Texas A&M’s Bush School of Government and Public Service, second-year graduate students are exploring solutions to real- world issues like these through applied research called capstone

COLLEGE IMPACT > projects.

Lessons in Real-World Readiness

CAPSTONE PROJECTS AT TEXAS A&M’S BUSH SCHOOL GIVE CLIENTS A TASTE OF AGGIE INGENUITY Led by a faculty member on Students then conduct large- clude that they are carrying fis- questions at the right time in a behalf of a client agency, these scale public policy research that sionable materials that might be real-world situation in which the integrative, team-based projects culminates in a formal written on their way to terrorists. U.S. gov - proliferation of nuclear weapons require students to think inde- report and an oral presentation ernment policymakers facing or material is possible,” said pendently, frame and ana lyze to the client. this type of crisis must be ready Larry Napper ’69, ambassador- issues, and use academic knowl- to deal effectively with both the in-residence and senior lecturer at edge and skills to solve problems. Troubleshooting Terrorism nations directly involved and those the Bush School, who directed Capstone graduate students Situation A: As two planes head potentially affected. “The simula- the Middle East exercise. and instructors collaborate with from a central Asian nation toward tion was designed to assist future Conducted for the National clients to scope their projects. the Middle East, observers con- policymakers in asking the right Nuclear Security Agency of the

Bush School student Audrey Messersmith ’ participates in a terrorism exercise as part of a capstone project that will inform policymakers how to best react to threats. Depart ment of Energy, the daylong international decision-making process, simulation in spring 2009 also but also the impact of technical involved—for the first time—students information on political decision- and faculty from Texas A&M making, which is why participation University’s Department of Nuclear from engineering was so important,” Engineering. The exercise was con- Napper added. ducted at the simulation and gaming Each country was represented by facility run by the Texas Engineering a student team guided by a Bush Experiment Station. “It was unique School faculty member. After extensive in that we not only emphasized the background research, capstone stu- importance of diplomacy and the dents designed the simulation and served as controllers, implementers and eval uators of the game. They also prepared a briefing book for partici- “Projects are conducted for pants. Other Bush School and prestigious clients nuclear engineering students were in the public and private sectors who key players, responding in real time bring important policy issues to us.” to new information as the scenario evolved. At the end of the day, with the crisis safely resolved, each team Dean,—RYAN The BushCROCKER School of Government and Public Service Dean, Bush School of Government and Public Service presented a report to the client.

Dae J. Kim ’ and Kyle Finegan ’ are members of a faculty-led capstone team that represents one of the countries involved in a terrorist threat exercise.

30 TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION Dr. Arnold Vedlitz (foreground) leads a capstone project helping the city of College Station with its nonprofit funding program. Students on his team are Dae J. Kim ’, Kyle Finegan ’, Sarah Dempsey ’ ’ and Michael Eli Williamson ’ ’.

Progress for Nonprofits issues to us,” he said. Situation B: The city of College “Through this process, Station seeks data on how its non- Bush students learn profit funding program compares with the value of objective university towns of similar size. Offi - research and also get cials want to know where they can find to see their results experts to help meter and benchmark affect policy.” their process, learn what nonprofit Clients utilize the agencies think about the city’s pro- capstone program for gram, and judge how well they spend the breadth of faculty taxpayer money. experti se and talent Students involved in the College available at the Bush Station capstone project reviewed the School. Clients such as city’s outside agency funding program. Congres sional Research Service (CRS), dynam ics and workplace conflict res- The team consulted the federal part of the Library of Congress, have olution. “One lesson you learn is performance-based contracting guide- repeatedly used capstone resources— team work. My greatest takeaway from lines to select comparable cities and a clear testimonial to the quality of capstone was learning to work with, establish benchmarking criteria. It Bush School students’ work. Clients manage and learn from team mem- reviewed budgets and surveyed con- in 2009 includ ed the CRS, Govern - bers,” she said. “I think of capstone tracting staff in these comparable cities ment Account ing Office, Houston- as a leadership experiment. You make to determine optimal quality assur- Galveston Area Council, RAND Corp. mistakes and learn from them.” ance techniques. The team also inter- and Cintra Technology, among others. And Dempsey emphasized the viewed nonprofit agencies funded by Dr. Arnold Vedlitz, director of the proj ects solve real problems. “Cap - the city of College Station to gather Bush School’s Institute for Science, stone allows students to gain work opinions on the non profit funding Technology and Public Policy, said experience while completing their process and learn how the city could client agencies usually pay most of grad uate degrees, and it’s a unique improve its agency evaluations. the costs associated with the project, opportunity for graduate students to “It soon became clear that there including travel and other research- apply their knowledge in the work- was no standard method outlined and related expenses such as surveys and place.” packaged for municipal governments interviews. —by penny beaumont to use as a guide or ‘best practice’ in “Sometimes it’s necessary for funding nonprofit agencies,” said Dr. pro fessors leading a project to For more information about how you Edwina Dorch, a visiting professor supple ment the client’s funds, either can support the George Bush School of who led the exercise. “This capstone from their own funds or from their Government and Public Service, contact: project developed a guide for local endowed chair or research accounts,” governments to use in working with Vedlitz said. “We try hard to keep Jerome Rektorik ’65 nonprofit agencies and will have a expenses in check, use the client’s Director of Development significant long-term impact in College funds wisely, and not draw on other Texas A&M Foundation Station and in Texas.” sources unless absolutely necessary, but (800) 392-3310 or (979) 458-8035 sometimes private funds are crucial [email protected] Aggie Help for Prominent Clients to completing a particular capstone giving.tamu.edu Capstone projects are a key compo- project.” nent of students’ academic experience, Sarah Dempsey ’07 ’09, who said Bush School Dean Ryan Crocker. worked on the College Station proj- “Projects are conducted for prestigious ect, said the program’s most significant clients in the public and private sec- benefits are providing Aggies with tors who bring important policy oppor tunities to deal with team

SPIRIT MAGAZINE | SUMMER 2 0 1 0 31 Texas A&M University at Galveston Opportunity

steady growth at texas a&M university at Galveston brings opportunity ... and growing pains.

texas a&M university at Galveston of oceanography, estab lished in 1989, (taMuG) started small, evolving from is home to marine and maritime the Galveston Marine laboratory— research. formed in the 1950s by two marine the texas Maritime academy biologists—and the texas Maritime teaches students how to operate and academy, established at Fort Crockett maintain ocean-going vessels through in 1962. the federal government pro- a training ship and specialized facili- vided a training ship in 1965, and gifts ties for bridge simulations, radar of 140 acres on Pelican island from training and shore-side maritime George P. Mitchell ’40 of Galveston in safety training. 1968 and 1993 make up our Mitchell the academy consists of a Drill Cam pus. the first two buildings on and Ceremonies Program for partici- the Mitchell Campus were construct- pants without commitments after ed with Moody Foun dation gifts. graduation, a navy rotC program another 14 acres make up the offatts with service after graduation, and a Texas A&M University at Galveston is an ocean-oriented campus offering Bayou Campus, which houses the Merchant Marine licensing program academic degrees, research, continuing Center for Marine training and safety (license option cadets have no military education and public service in sciences, engineering, business and as well as facilities for recreational sail - commitment unless they accept a fed - transportation. ing and rowing. our texas institute eral stipend of $8,000 a year and earn a special navy reserve commission for maritime officers). at the conclusion of the Merchant Marine program, cadets are tested to become licensed officers in the u.s. flagged fleet work- ing as third mates or third assistant engineers in the shipping industry. We offer four-year courses in ocean-oriented business, engineering, transportation and biological sciences; oceanographic and physical sciences; and liberal arts. regardless of major, every student takes computer science and technical writing courses. More than a third (36 percent) of taMuG students pursues a graduate degree,

32 TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION with most majoring in resource man- that has grown nearly 20-fold during agement or geological oceanography. the past four decades. new residence halls, physical education facilities Increasing Needs and athletic fields; additional library taMuG has grown from 91 students space; and expanded dining space in 1971 to more than 1,700 today. as are high priorities. a result, the campus seeks additional scholarships, facilities and faculty as it Faculty Support educates more sea aggies for careers to keep attracting the best faculty, Scholarships are especially helpful for maritime taMuG must continue its upward in the maritime industry and marine cadets because of their additional expenses for sciences. their expertise is crucial to uniforms, certifications and training. trend in faculty support. regional and national economic since 2005, the campus has added growth in ocean-related endeavors. trusts and gift annuities can also create five endowed faculty chairs. additional Many taMuG graduates work to a legacy that helps students forever. faculty support is vital to enhance solve and prevent environmental Pass-through or one-time gifts may taMuG’s research opportunities. problems such as pollution that threat - fund scholarships for a fixed period. With a larger research faculty, taMuG ens ocean and coastal resources. will entice more graduate students to others explore expanded uses of coasts Strained Infrastructure attend and enable undergraduate class es to remain small, nurturing and oceans that won’t harm habitat. the campus consists of three resi- teacher-student interaction and the taMuG also trains students for dence halls for about 600 students, ultimate success of our graduates. careers in the offshore oil industry the Jack K. Williams library (1986), a Faculty support may be endowed and in all shipping fields, from oil physical education facility (1994), or pass-through. an endowment will tankers to cargo vessels. Marine engineering research Com - enable a donor to name the chair, With your financial support plex (2005/soon to be named in honor pro fessorship or fellowship while through the texas a&M Foundation, of taMuG donor tom Powell ’62) permanently supporting work of the you can help taMuG continue to and other buildings. the student cen- donor’s choosing. or you may support excel in academics, research, communi- ter is about to undergo the first phase a specific program for a limited period ty outreach and student development of a badly needed expansion thanks to as a one-time, non-endowed gift. in the following ways. the seibel Foundation, but additional the continued support of former private support is necessary to com- students, corporations, foundations Endowed Scholarships plete the project. and the community at large will ensure in the past two years, the scholarship taMuG’s newest facility, to be that taMuG graduates hold key roles endowments for taMuG have almost completed this fall, is a 104,000-square- in support of the u.s. economy. doubled. last year alone, we added foot science complex that will house all more than $800,000 in endowed science activities, most of which will —by bill hearn ’63 acting vice president and ceo scholarships to support students. move to the Mitchell Campus from texas a &m university at galveston But more scholarships are vital the Fort Crockett campus on the other for maritime cadets, who incur extra side of Galveston island. To learn more about how you can costs for uniforms, certifications and Donors may be interested in support Texas A&M University at training. their mandatory summer nam ing opportunities associated with Galveston, contact: training cruises preclude summer jobs. this new science complex. one is the in addition, many of our science 5,000-square-foot sea life Center, a Carl Jaedicke ’73 majors anticipate continuing in grad- marine science learning facility for Assistant Vice President for Development uate programs to secure research and taMuG students and the public. Texas A&M Foundation teach ing positions, so they are reluc- stimulating interest in science and (800) 392-3310 or (979) 845-8161 tant to amass too much debt as engineering at an early age is essen- [email protected] undergraduates. tial to our nation’s success and a key giving.tamu.edu endowed scholarships can be emphasis at taMuG. created through a gift paid immedi- an immediate goal is to expand ately or through installments for up to the infrastructure and support facilities five years. Planned gifts such as wills, that were built for a student population

SPIRIT MAGAZINE | SUMMER 2 0 1 0 33 operation spirit and Mind,sM Texas A&M’s initiative that will raise $300 million for Aggie scholarships, exceeded $201.8 million in gifts @Foundation on March 31.

chairman of the texas a&M Board of regents, also has given nearly $2 mil- lion to the Bush Presidential library. after receiving his bachelor’s degree in petroleum engineering, serv - ing three years in the air Force and earning a master’s degree in business from harvard, Mays worked as an investment banker in san antonio. he became owner of an FM radio station in 1972 when a borrower defaulted on a loan he co-signed. seeing an opportunity in radio, Mays partnered with red McCombs to buy more stations and left the banking industry to focus on the Lowry Mays ’57 received the Foundation Awards Evans Medal busi ness that became Clear Channel Foundation’s Sterling C. Evans Medal to Broadcaster Lowry Mays ’57 Communications with 1,200 radio during the A&M Legacy Society Gala in April. He and his wife, Peggy, have lowry Mays, founder of Clear Channel stations. it added television stations, generously supported Texas A&M. Communications and a generous outdoor adver tising and live entertain- donor to the aggie business program ment to its international portfolio. and George Bush Presidential library, the Foundation’s evans Medal— on april 9 received the Foun dation’s presented on campus during the a&M sterling C. evans Medal. the medal legacy society Gala attended by 450 recognizes his gifts and volunteer donors, students, faculty and staff—is leadership benefiting texas a&M, his the latest of Mays’ many honors. he encouragement of others to support was inducted into the texas Business the university, and personal history hall of Fame in 1999 and into the of integrity and excellence. radio hall of Fame in 2004. he During the mid-1990s, Mays con- received a Distinguished alumnus tributed $15 million to the College of award in 1997. Business, later renamed the Mays Business school. in 2009, Mays and Van Taylor Is New Trustee his wife, Peggy, endowed nine faculty van taylor ’71 of Bryan began serving chairs at the school. Part of that 2009 as a texas a&M Foundation trustee gift will be matched with contributions July 1. taylor retired as president of from other donors, bringing its total network services for the south west impact to $12 million. Mays, former region of at&t after 34-plus years

34 TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION with southwestern Bell/SBC/at&t. taylor replaces ray rothrock ’77 he was a member of the research on the seven-member Board of and infrastructure Committee for trustees, each of whom serves seven Vision 2020, an initiative that charted years to ensure continuity. a course for a&M to become a con- sensus top-10 public university by the Foundation Staff Backs Global Study year 2020. taylor was chair of texas Foundation employees have already a&M’s association of Former students committed $17,220 toward a texas 2006 in and is a member of the Dwight a&M Foundation endowed global look Col lege of engineering advisory study scholarship as part of the orga- Council. nization’s Operation Spirit and MindsM taylor feels “hon ored and privi- initiative to raise $300 million for aggie leged to serve on the Foundation’s scholarships. board. the Foun dation is a signifi- Jody Ford ’99, Foundation direc- cant participant in the future of a&M tor of development for scholarship and will help assure that aggies will programs, said his colleagues “have always enjoy the same great experi- put their money where their mouth ences that i did.” is” in terms of the Foundation’s mis- taylor belonged to the Corps of sion: raising money for aggie academ- The Maroon Coats, the Foundation’s Cadets’ Company F-1 and served as student ambassadors, in March added ics and leadership. Ford said he expects 22 new members as indicated with Corps commander his senior year. the new scholarship—which will per- N after their class years. Serving the he also was a mem - manently support global study organization this fall are (sitting, from ber of the ross left): Riley Roach ’10-N, Perpetua opportunities—to reach full funding Mbachu ’12-N, Cate Cerovsky ’11-N, volunteers and the ($25,000) by nov. 30. Bailey Radley ’11-N, Nichelle engineers Council. Foundation President ed Davis ’67 Jaeger ’12-N, Lianna Grissom ’11, taylor received the Jillian Green ’10-N, Kelsey said Foundation employees chose to Krenz ’11-N, Carly Hilley ’11-N, Brown-rudder support global study because they con - Katlyn Lovett ’10-N, Emma award in its inau- sider it a crucial component for career Fisher ’11-N and Ben Fedorko ’10. Standing are Marcus Ranallo ’11-N, Van Taylor ’71 gural year; it’s given success. “educating aggies in other Garrett Cathey ’10-N, Jacob each May to two graduating aggies parts of the world prepares them to Robinson ’11-N, Andre Arizpe ’12-N, Jeff Gregory ’12-N, Max Su ’10-N, who demonstrate exemplary leader- participate effectively in com merce, Casey Schaefer ’10-N, Matt ship. tech nology, government and related Bormann ’10, Preston Hill ’10-N, taylor appreciated receiving an issues on a global scale.” Glenn Phillips ’01-N, Brent opportunity award scholarship his Lanier ’10-N, Aaron Trask ’11-N, the Foundation matches employ- Collin Laden ’10-N and Katie last three years at a&M. he and his ee contributions 1-to-1 up to $500 per Moody ’08. wife, Carole, in turn have established a President’s endowed scholarship and General rudder Corps scholar ship through the Foundation. he also has contributed to the association of Former students and aggie athletics. he holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from a&M and master’s in business administration from southern Methodist uni versity. Carole taylor comes from an aggie family that includes her dad, James M. Cunningham ’42, and two brothers. two of the couple’s four daughters, suzannah ’97 and Kaycee ’05, are aggies.

SPIRIT MAGAZINE | SUMMER 2 0 1 0 35 employee annually. in previous cam- paigns, employ ees funded an endowed oppor tunity award to support moti- vated incoming freshmen who need financial help and an endowed Foundation excellence award for students who have economic, social or educational disadvantages and have shown academic promise. Endowments Ensure a Legacy

Endowment gifts are crucial to the Klemm Rejoins Foundation future of A&M because they provide benefits to the university for gener- Mark Klemm ’81 returned to the ations. The Texas A&M Foundation texas a&M Foundation on april 30 invests endowments using asset allocation to maximize growth while as the new senior director of develop - safeguarding capital during tough ment for the College of liberal arts. economic times. From 1994 to 1998, he was a direc tor Trustees honored Marcy Ullmann ’86 and We annually review our endow- Doyle Thompson for outstanding service. ment payout policy, which is based of devel op ment for the Dwight look on the endowment’s average market College of engineering. value over the previous 20 quarters Most recently, Klemm was senior Trustees Honor Foundation Employees and is currently at 4.5 percent. This vice president for the indiana-based Doyle thompson, controller and vice long-term strategy is necessary to smooth out the impact of severe Presbyterian Foun - president, and Marcy ullmann ’86, changes in the marketplace, to dation. he also has man ager of scholarship Programs, provide a steady endowment payout been director of received the Foundation’s 2010 over multiple years, and to preserve the original gift. corporate relations trustees’ awards. The real power of an endowment for rice uni ver sity every February, the Foundation is what it can do for Texas A&M now and executive direc - Board of trustees recognizes two and into the future. Based on our historical record, the chart below tor of development employees whose work embodies the illustrates what a $100,000 scholar- Mark Klemm ’81 for the university spirit of the organization while ship endowment created in 1980 of texas Medical Branch at Galveston. advancing knowledge of fundraising paid to students each year, the his sister, laura Klemm, is Class and promoting understanding of asset cumulative value of those scholar- ship dollars, and the endowment’s of ’84, and their late mother, Doris, management. the honorees receive growth. is Class of ’86. their dad, Dr. W. r. $500 and a plaque. If a donor created the $100,000 “Bill” Klemm, is a semiretired neuro- thompson, an employee since scholarship in 1980, this one endow - ment would have paid students science professor in the College of 1985, oversees all day-to-day account- a total of almost $260,000. The veterinary Medi cine & Biomedical ing operations of the Foun dation and annual stipend would have grown sciences. Mark Klemm and his wife, its trust Company. “i was honored from $7,000 in 1981 to more than $12,000 in 2009, and the principal Becky, have four children: annabel, to receive the award and to have been would still be intact. allison, Mason and Kelley ’11. nominated by co-workers and selected by the trustees,” he said. ullmann, who has worked at the

Market value of endowment Foundation for more than seven years,

Cumulative stipends expressed similar sentiment: “it’s an to students awesome honor. i was very surprised

... initial $100,000 Gift and humbled.” she manages the Foundation’s only program that awards scholarships, the Foundation excellence award, in addition to President’s endowed scholarships and endowed opportunity awards annual stipend to student that assist nearly 1,800 students.

36 TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION Letters READERSPRAISEGREEKLIFESTORY Correcting Loftin’s Class Year FORREVEALINGMISCONCEPTIONS texas a&M President r. Bowen loftin’s i am not an aggie, but a colleague who is class year was incorrect on Page 8 in familiar with my Greek work gave me the the spring issue. loftin received his spring issue with the article about Greek aggie bachelor’s degree in physics life at texas a&M. early, in 1970, but his official class My connection to a&M’s Greek life is year is 1971. that i started the sammy chapter at your school in 2003 with just two Jewish stu- dents who wanted more from their aggie AGGIEDESCRIBESABDUCTION

experience. We held to our principle of OF FLAMINGOS IN EARLY 1980S grades first, aggies second, and the frater- When i was a student in the early ’80s, nity now numbers about 45 members. the horticulture Building was brand-new. every semester since 2003, we have been My boyfriend, Mark sebolt ’78, now my no. 1 for interfraternity Council grades husband, and i placed a pair of flamingos with one exception, when we finished in the atrium of that building. they second, .02 behind. remained by the small fountain for either that “rent a Friend” statement, which a few hours or possibly overnight. i have heard for more than 20 years, tickles But then they were gone. me. no one who experiences fraternalism We posted fliers and wrote letters to would say this. the one sigma Chi state- The Battalion editor asking for information ment of “We marry and bury you” is so leading to the arrest and conviction of the true when fraternity is done right. flamingo napper. We mentioned that once again: great article. good aggies do not lie, steal, cheat or —nathan margolis flamingo-nap ... or tolerate those who do. Sigma Alpha Mu ’73, University of North the birds were finally returned. one Texas; Chapter Adviser, Texas A&M of the horticulture department secretaries had been appalled by the flamingos and thanks for the fine article on campus stowed them away. Greek organizations. the piece served the as a side note, our wedding at the positive purpose of profiling all the good community center in College station had and worthy accomplishments of these a small flock greeting our guests, and i organizations and their members, counter- even did a seminar on the use of flamingos acting the prevailing images of fraternities in landscapes and interiorscapes. and sororities as partying clubs that have i would like to think that our actions little to do with academic life or positive so long ago might have introduced some endeavors. it was especially worthwhile to student to start the annual migration understand the special historical context featured in your spring 2010 issue. i’m for the beginnings of these groups at a&M so glad to see the horticulture department during an important transitional phase of has lightened up. its history. —cecilie siegel-sebolt ’85 —thom lemmons Concord, Calif. Managing Editor, Texas A&M University Press

SPIRIT MAGAZINE | SUMMER 2 0 1 0 37 Fish get uniforms at the A&M Annex during Freshman Week in 1948.

Postwar Life at the A&M Annex once used as trainer aircraft. They were mothballed and parked on the After World War II, Texas A&M College had a shortage of housing fenced tarmac. Summer 1949 brought and classrooms. So for four consecutive years, all A&M freshmen and a major disappointment as the govern - many of their instructors learned and lived at the A&M Annex in ment auctioned off all the biplanes Bryan, a former Army air base leased to the university. It was seven on sealed bids. That September, the miles from downtown Bryan and 12 miles from the main campus. planes were dismantled and hauled away, or in many cases, towed across I arrived as a chemistry instructor and back into civilian life and intermin- Highway 21 into a cotton field and graduate student on Sept. 1, 1948— gling with young classmates. I also flown out. I learned later that the th five days after my 20 birthday. admired the cadets for the challenging planes sold for $5 to $500 each. I had The all-male, military-oriented lives they chose to experience. They missed my chance to own one! stu dent body was a new experience for could have attended college under less- I lived in a small room in the for- me, coming from Baylor, where I demanding conditions. mer nurses’ quarters near the base earned my bachelor’s degree in chem- Life was fascinating at the base. hospital, one mile from the main gate. istry. Many students were veterans, We—freshmen and teaching staff— Scorpions sometimes dropped from some single and some married with shared a mess hall, large snack bar, the ceiling, but the great-tasting, soft small children. They were a hardy swimming pool and student center for tap water made up for the scorpions bunch of young men in the Corps of relaxation, reading, study, pingpong at least a little. Cadets. As I rode the early bus to the and billiards. With a heavy heart, I left the campus where I took my graduate- Off-limits to us were about 300 annex when it closed for good in level courses, I was moved to see cadets Boeing-Stearman Model 75 biplanes summer 1950. Many great memories “fall in” for the 6 a.m. formation. remain with me, but they are fading. J. Decker White ’51 today. Back at the annex, I was teaching In searching for photos to use in my these fine cadets in sections of fresh- personal journal, I’ve been disappoint- man chemistry grouped according to ed with the lack of records of this major: engineering/pre-medicine/ period at A&M. I hope it will not be sci ence/non-science and agricultural forgotten. It was pleasing to see a note sciences. I was amazed at the total in a Class of ’51 newsletter about the responsibility I was immediately given dedication of a bronze plaque for that for my students, who were a mix of period of “fish” history. young high school grads and war vet- erans. The veterans, from 22 to well —by j. decker white ’51 over 40 years old, ran the gamut from Editor’s note: White is documenting A&M’s noncommissioned soldiers to high- annex era and asks readers to share photographs with him at 3524 Hollingsworth ranking officers in the Army, Navy, in Williamsburg, Va. 23188, or e-mail him Marines and Army Air Forces. I at [email protected]. admired them for adjusting so well

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