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tinuing education since 1971, will
remain in the position.
Prior to Galloway’s death, Baxley
had been the business manager at
Lamar for eight years. He was also for-
merly assistant to the comptroller for a
year and one-half in the mid-1960's.
Baxley is a native of Beaumont and a
graduate of French High School. He
received the Bachelor of Business Ad-
ministration degree from Lamar in
1961, and is nearing completion of work
on the M.B.a. degree.
McLaughlin, a 1956 graduate of
Lamar, joined the campus staff in 1959
as director of student activities. Sub-
sequent promotions put him in the roles
of assistant to the dean of men, dean of
men, and dean of students.
. He has.served as secretary-treasurer
of the Texas Association of Student Per-
sonnel Administrators, and also holds
membership in the Association of
College Union Administrators, the Per-
sonnel and Guidence Association of
America, Blue Key honor society and
Alpha Tau Omega fraternity.
McLaughlin was youth director of the
Beaumont YMCA for eight years, and
has been active in community civie,
religious, and cultural life. He is
married to the former Olive An Basco,
and they have four children, lenny and
Stephanie, Forest Park students, and
Anthony and Georgeanne, who are at-
tending MarshalL
McLaughlin is now completing a doc-
toral dissertation on a developmental
model for reduction of undergraduate
attrition, in fulfillment of Ph.D.
requirements in higher education ad-
ministration at North Texas State.
Dr. Hargrove is a native of Port
Arhtur and a 1947 graduate of Thomas
Jefferson High School. He received the
Associate of Arts Degree from Lamar
during its junior college era, and ear-
ned the B.S. and M.Ed. degrees from
North Texas State. He received the
Ed.D. from George Peabody College
for Teachers in Nashville.
Dr. Hargrove came to Lamar as
education dean in 1964, leaving a
similar position at Texas Women’s
University in Denton. He has also
taught in the public schools in North
Carolina, and at Appalachian State
Teachers College and the University of
Oklahoma.
Enrollment down;
but dormitories full
The 1975 Lamar enrollment of 12,723
is as hard act to follow. Officials in the
Admissions and Records office report
that enrollemnt for. the Fall 1976
semester is down slightly to 11,995. The
record turn out of the year ago
produced the sharpest percentage in-
crease in 10 years.
Main campus enrollment which
totaled 11,853 last year fell to 10,790.
The orange branch showed a small in-
crease registering 493 students com-
pared to 483 last year. The LU-Port Ar-
thur extension which had an initial
enrollment of 388 last year experienced
the largest increase. Enrollment there
jumped to 532 students.
The slight decrease in enrollment has
not affected the Housing Office,
however. Housing officials are putting
the “No Vacancy” sign this year. For
the first time since the regulation
requiring undergraduates to live on
campus waslifted, the dormitories are
filled to capacity. Housing records
show that 1350 students chose to make
Lamar their home.
Welcome back activities were cen-
tered in the arbor of the Setzer Center
where Greg Harris, songs and guitar
broke the hectic first week pace.
Dr. John E. Gray
get promotions
After his second term as president
and many years of involvement with
Lamar University, Dr. John Gray has
announced he is retiring as of Jan. 1.
“Old ‘Father Time’ won’t stand still,
and I think it’s time for a younger man
or woman to take over as president,”
said Dr. Gray, explaining his up-
coming retirement. “I’m not quitting,”
he went on to say, "I still hope to be of
service to Lamar in a voluntary
capacity; but I will no longer be on the
payroll.”
Dr. Gray has long been associated
with this university. He and his wife,
Mary Hahn Gray, were in the first class
to attend South Park Junior College
(the forerunner of Lamar) in 1923. He
played for the first football team and
was active in student activities.
Dr. Gray returned to Lamar as a
member of the faculty in 1932. He was a
teacher, head football coach, and Dean
of Men before becoming president of
Lamar Junior College in 1942.
In 1952, Dr. Gray left Lamar to enter
the banking business in Beaumont. He
returned in 1972 to succeed Dr. Frank
A. Thomas as president.
Under Gray's administration, Lamar
became a four-year college and later
received university status. Campus
building and improvements, either
completed or budgeted, represent an
expenditure of .20.5 million, or more
than one-third of the estimated total
plant value.
Speaking of his years at Lamar, Dr.
Gray said, “It has been a very rich and
rewarding experience for me.”
Regent Lloyd L. Hayes of Port Arthur
and Dr. Preston B. Williams, dean of
the College of Liberal Arts, have been
appointed chairman and vice chairman
of an advisory committee to search for
a new president for Lamar.
The committee, according to Otho
Plummer, chairman of the Board of
Regents, will be composed of two
department heads, members of the
faculty and staff, three students,
representatives from the Orange and
Port Arthur campuses and represen-
tative deans.
Leadership positions for the divisions
of finance, student affairs, and con-
tinuing education at Lamar University
were accorded new status in May by the
Board of Regents.
Promoted to the office of vice
president were Oscar K. Baxley and
George E. McLaughlin, and named to
the rank of dean was Dr. W. Richard
Hargrove.
Baxley became vice president for
finance, McLaughlin is now vice
president for student affairs, and
Hargrove has assumed the role of dean
of continuing education and community
service.
Baxley was appointed comptroller
and chief fiscal officer of the university
on October 21,1975, following the Death
of Vice President H. C. Galloway.
McLaughlin has been dean of student
affairs since August 3, 1972, succeeding
Dr. David L. Bost as administrator of
all student-related activities. Dr. Bost,
who held the title of vice president of
student affairs, is a professor in the
College of Education.
Dr. Hargorve, who was dean of the
College of Education at Lamar from
1964-69, will continue half-time teaching
duties. Joseoh Reho. director of con-
“We want total representation,” says
Plummer, who expects 20 to 22 people
on the committee. Plummer and Judge
J. B. Morris, Chairman Emeritus of the
Board of Regents, will both serve as ex
officio members of the committee, par-
ticipating in discussion but not voting.
The committee format is not
finalized, says Plummer, but this will
be the general organization. It will
review applications and interview ap-
plicants, then submit three to five
names to the Board of Regents from
which the Board will select a president
or ask for more names.
Plummer says that several inquiries
have been received regarding the
position and 50 to 60 applications are ex-
pected.
Three leaders
THE
UNIVERSITY
PRESS
SEP 3 1976
SflUAL RECORD
Vol 7 No. 1
September 3,1976
Lamar University
Beaumont, Texas
President Gray
to retire Jan. 1
by Cindy Williams
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