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McMURRY CHIEFTAIN
April, 1967
A PAIR OF PRESIDENTS—President Gordon R. Benneli of McMurry tours
McMurry's new Science Center with General Earl Rudder (right), president of
the Texas A&M University System. Rudder was principal speaker for the formal
opening of the Science Center on March 14.
Kennedy Lectures; McM
Opens Science Center
Bishop Gerald Kennedy, one of Meth-
odism's most outstanding leaders, spoke
four times at McMurry during Willson
Lecture week, March 13-15.
ALUMNI DIRECTOR—
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Knox County Vegetable Festival in 1964
and co-chairman in 1965; is a deputy
district governor of Lions International
and was Lions president in both Roby and
Munday; organized the Stamford Lions
Club while serving an earlier tour as
deputy governor in 1955-56; was director
of the Munday United Fund and has been
active in the Boy Scout Movement.
Hogsett, 40, was born at Roby and
graduated from Rotan High School. He
is a 1947 graduate of McMurry with a
BS in chemistry and was active in cam-
pus affairs. Hogsett also has done grad-
uate work at the University of Denver
and the University of Texas.
His wife is the former Mary Priscilla
Killough, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clive
Killough of Breckenridge. She is also a
1947 graduate of McMurry and did grad-
uate work at the University of Colorado.
She taught in the school systems of
Plainview, Wichita Falls, Sweetwater and
Roby. They have one son, Timothy
Charles II.
Another highlight of lecture week was
the formal opening of McMurry's new
Science Center. General Earl Rudder,
president of the Texas A&M University
System, was principal speaker. His ad-
dress preceded a ribbon-cutting cere-
mony at the Science Center, and open
house was held for lecture week visitors.
Bishop Kennedy attracted capacity
crowds as he spoke.
The Los Angeles Area churchman has
been hailed as one of the great Christ-
ian leaders of our age. He presides over
the Southern California-Arizona Confer-
ence and the Hawaii Mission with a total
of 470 churches, 275,000 members, and
nearly 800 ministers.
Rudder is former Commissioner of the
General Land Office of Texas; a hero
of World War II; a major general in the
U. S. Army Reserve; and has been presi-
dent of A&M since 1959. He was named
president of the entire Texas A&M sys-
tem in 1965.
Bishop O. Eugene Slater, presiding
bishop of the Northwest Texas Conference
and of the Southwest Texas Conference,
participated in several of the programs
and ceremonies during lecture week and
attended the Board of Trustees meeting.
Veteran Builder,
McMurry Alumnus
C. B. Oates, Dies
C. B. Oates, prominent Abilene con-
tractor, former student, and friend of Mc-
Murry, died Sept. 17 in an Albuquerque,
N. M., hospital. Mr. and Mrs Oates had
been on a vacation trip to Utah and were
returning home when he became ill in
Albuquerque.
Death was attributed to a heart attack.
He was born Feb. 10, 1905, in Dublin,
son of Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Oates. He
moved to Abilene from Meridian in 1922
with his family.
Mr. Oates attended college at McMurry
and North Texas Agricultural College at
Arlington. In 1927 he was married to
Xanna Carr who was at the time a report-
er for the Abilene Reporter.
Mr. Oates buildings stand all over West
Texas. For McMurry he built President
Hall, Gold Star Dorm, Iris Graham Din-
ing, the Science Quadrangle, the veter-
ans housing area, the Maedgen Adminis-
tration Building, and the new Science
Center, which was completed after his
death.
TRUSTEES—
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any policy change regarding it is an
administrative matter.
Recommendations on tighter admis-
sions policies and an all-out pursuit of
academic excellence came in a report by
Dr. Bennett. He said McMurry must con-
centrate on the liberal arts and training
students for professions such as teaching,
pre-medicine, pre-law, pre-theological,
music, and similar fields.
"It would not preclude or de-emphasize
the business training program, but it
would prohibit our expansion into other
vocational endeavors," Dr. Bennett said.
The board approved a recommendation
by the Building and Grounds Committee
to clear out the old science quadrangle
area as soon as possible. Disposal of
the buildings was left up to the admin-
istration.
Dr. J. M. Willson of Floydada was re-
elected chairman of the board for an-
other year. It was announced to the
board that Dr. Willson had requested this
be his last year as chairman.
Five honorary degrees were approv-
ed by the board. They will go to the
Rev. Harry Vanderpool, Pampa; the Rev.
S. Duane Bruce, district superintendent at
Childress; the Rev. Ira Williams, Jr., Al-
buquerque; the Rev. Ray B. McGrew, El
Paso; and the Rev. Calvin W. Froehner,
San Antonio.
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