McMurry University - Totem Yearbook (Abilene, TX)

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DEDICATION We. the TOTEM staff of 1961. respectfully dedicate the 1961 TOTEM to Dr. Gordon Richard Bennett, president of McMurry College. Dr. Bennett, a nativo of Stamford, Texas, joined the Mc- Murry College administrative staff in 1948 as assistant to president Harold G. Cooke. Ho was promoted in 1950 to the position of executive vice-president. After the death of Dr. Cooke, he was inaugu- rated as president of the college in May 1957. Dr. Bennett attended public schools in Stamford. He studied at Wayland College. Plainview. for two years, and then attended Baylor University for two years, receiving his B.A. degree at Baylor in 1927. He received his M. A. degree at Hardin-Simmons University in 1944. and also has done graduate study at Texas Tech- nological College and the University of Texas. His major studies were English and history. Dr. Bennett was awarded the honorary doctor of laws de- gree from Midwestern University in 1953. In the thirteen years he has been at McMurry, Dr. Bennett has devoted his entire effort to its progress and welfare. His endeavor and love for the college have earned for him the earnest respect of all students associated with McMurry as well as a distinguished place among the citizenry of Abilene and West Texas. It is. therefore, our privilege, on behalf of the entire student body, to honor Dr. Bennett in this small way. The Editor.