Grayson College - Saga Yearbook (Denison, TX)

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Dr. Truman WesTer Prepared For New PosiTion In l972 In The Fall semesTer oT I97I Dr. Truman WesTer accepTed The new posiTion oT Presi- denT ElecT Tor The l97l-72 school year. DuTies oT The PresidenT ElecT are primarily learning abouT The Tinancial sTrucTure oT Grayson CounTy College and sTudying The TuncTions oT The PresidenT's oTTice To be prepared To assume The responsibiliTies oT presidenT in I972. Dr. WesTer sponsors The BapTisT STudenT Union, is involved wiTh The Tennis Team and Teaches classes in el'emenTary TuncTions and MaTh. Dr. WesTer received his Bachelor oT PxrTs Trom SouTheasTern STaTe College, lv1asTer oT ArTs Trom Oklahoma UniversiTly and his DocTor oT EducaTion degree Trom Oklaho- ma UniversiTy. Prior To coming To Grayson he was assisTanT proTessor oT maThemaTics Tor I2 years and regisTrar Tor 4 years. AT Oklahoma Univer- siTy he was direcTor of The ConsulTanT Cen- Ter and insTrucTor. AT SouTheasTern STaTe College he TaughT Tor 2 years and was an AviaTion specialisT Tor 4 years. -'id In Dr. WesTer's Ele- menTary l:uncTions class There are only live enrolled buT due To The small number individual aTTenTion To The sTu- denTs' problems can easily be provided. .gf ix ,. .,, va 2' 5 l aw, ss. T955 f aw: fu,-. f ii, 2, -J Z -fm.: W ,, 3 4, it g -ww 1 f 1 ,, i ,,,,,,, or Q ,. ,,,W.fw5 Ei r, . W ,wg ways: , , mia?

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ATTer The ceremonies, Dr. Cruce STark posed wiTh The porTraiT which will be hung in The board room aT The college. Tl ' , - l , if 'Ex fi T H433 Ben Barnes, l.ieuTenanT Governor OT Texas, aT- Tended The Tormal presenTaTion OT an oil porTraiT To Dr. Cruce STark. Barnes, who was The TeaTured speaker, was The guesT aT an in- Tormal coTTee given in his honor. ATTer The coTTee Dr. STark inTro- duced Barnes To The TaculTy members. Dr. Cruce STark ReTired ATTer SevenTh Year AT GCC Dr. Cruce STark reTired as presidenT oT Grayson CounTy College aTTer seven years oT dedicaTion To building a qual- iTy insTiTuTion. Dr. STark's career began aT Millsap College in Jackson, Miss. where he received his bachelor OT science degree. He Then conTinued aT The UniversiTy oT Texas aT AusTin where he received his masTer oT arTs degree. His docTor oT educaTion was earned aT The UniversiTy oT HousTon. His responsibiliTies as presidenT included working wiTh The ad- minisTraTive personnel in The operaTion oT The college, which included The physical, Tinancial, sTrucTuring and edu- caTion oT The college and The welTare oT The sTudenTs. ATTer his reTiremenT he will be an execuTive consulTanT working wiTh The board oT TrusTees and adminisTraTive per- sonnel in all phases oT The colleges operaTion. ln looking back over The pasT seven years STark TelT ThaT GCC has made excellenT progress and has exceeded The expecTa- Tions oT mosT oT The people oT Grayson CounTy due To Their conTinued supporT OT The college. Looking ahead Dr. STark TelT ThaT by I98O Grayson Coun- Ty College will reach an enrollmenT oT 6500 sTudenTs. He sees in The TuTure a conTinuing sTep upward due To The col- lege's greaT poTenTial. 19

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r Dr. C. J. SmiTh Vice PresidenT oT Academic ATTairs The dean supervised all insTrucTional pro- grams including schedules, classes, cours- es, and co-ordinaTed wiTh The division di- recTors The aTTairs oT Their division. He was in charge oT The TexT books used Tor The diTTerenT courses. He also counseled wiTh sTudenTs who were on scholasTic probaTion. Dr. SmiTh served on The TSEA commiTTee and is chairman oT The curric- ula commiTTee and academic council. He received his bachelor oT arTs Trom EasT CenTral STaTe College, masTer of arTs Trom Oklahoma UniversiTy and his docToraTe Trom Oklahoma STaTe Univer- siTy. J. Oubre Nice Presidei'iT oT STudenT ATTairs kaxmong The duTies oT The vice presidenT pT sTudenT aTTairs was advisor To The di- l recfors oT guidance, sTudenT acTiviTies and Tinancial aids. He coordinaTed all The acTiviTies oT These Three deparTmenTs and managed all discipline problems oT non-academic origin. He also counseled wiTh sTudenTs abouT vocaTional. discipli- nary, and personal problems. He was in charge oT The absenTee programs aT GCC and worked wiTh The dormiTory su- pervisors. This year. he TaughT boTh day and nighT accounTing classes, served as chairman oT The discipline commiTTee, was a mem- ber oT The adminisTraTive commiTTee and was on The sTudenT acTiviTies commiTTee. Oubre received an associaTe degree Trom EasT Mississippi College. bachelor oT science in educaTion from Mississippi DelTa STaTe College and a masTer's of educaTion Trom Mississippi STaTe Univer- siTy. He has Taken graduaTe work aT The UniversiTy oT Alabama, Mississippi STaTe, NorTh Texas STaTe and UniversiTy of Texas. Prior To coming To GEC he was dean and regisTrar aT EasT Mississippi Junior College, dean and regisTrar aT Wood Junior College. and was a high school principal in Mississippi. T. E. Bullard Vice PresidenT oT Technical and OccupaTional EducaTion The direcTor oT The WesT Campus is re- sponsible Tor all oT The TaciliTies, courses and acTiviTies held There. He was also in charge oT The Technical-occupaTional courses Tor boTh The Main Campus and The WesT Campus. Bullard worked wiTh The direcTors oT The Technical-vocaTional and healTh occupaTion division To coordi- naTe all classes and programs. He received his bachelor oT science de- gree and his masTer oT educaTion Trom EasT Texas STaTe UniversiTy. He did graduaTe work aT The UniversiTy oT Texas, NorTh Texas STaTe UniversiTy and EasT Texas STaTe UniversiTy. Prior To coming To GCC he was an insTrucTor and direcTor aT Kilgore College. KenneTh Dacus Vice PresidenT oT Business ATTairs As vice presidenT oT business aTTairs he is responsible Tor receipT, cusTody and dis- bursemenT oT all college Tunds. He also Teaches daTa processing during The eve- ning classes. He has an associaTe of arTs degree Trom Kilgore College, bachelor oT business adminisTraTion and masTer OT business adminisTraTion Trom EasT Texas STaTe UniversiTy. He lacks only his disserTaTion on his docToraTe aT EasT Texas STaTe Uni- versiTy. Vice PresidenTs CT The College