South Plains College - Caprock Yearbook (Levelland, TX)

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S.P.C. Board Oi Regents DONALD BARNES, M.D. Dr. Barnes is the Secretary-Treasurer of the board and practices medicine in Levelland. The control and management of South Plains College is vested by statute in the Board of Re- gents consisting of seven members elected by the qualified voters of the College district. We are deeply indebted to these men for their sincere, unselfish, dedicated service to the college and the College District. John V. Morton, Chairman L. C. Kearney, Vice-Chairman Dr. Barnes, Secretary-Treasurer Vern C. Beebe Johnnie K. Keen Gordon Martin Clarence Matthews GORDON MARTIN Mr. Martin farms north of Levelland in Hockley County. ' l A JoHN v. MoRToN Mr. Morton is Chairman of the Board and is in the Automotive and Farming business. 147

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Dr. Marvin Baker If you have met and talked with Dr. Marvin Baker, you may skip this list of credits and achievements, as he feels they tend to blow him to sound important. . Dr. Baker was born in Avery, Texas, November 8, 1926. After gradua- tion from high school in 1944, he served two years in the United States Navy, receiving his discharge in 1946. He then attended East Texas State College in Commerce, Texas and received his Master of Science degree in 1949. Dr. Baker received his Doctorate in Philosophy from the University of Texas in 1956. Dr. Baker served as head of the Department of Mathematics and Engi- neering for two years at Southwest Texas Junior College, Uvalde, Texas. He was the Director of the evening college in Big Spring, Texas for two years and served as assistant to the president on that campus for four years. Dr. Baker was professor and consultant in Junior College Adminis- tration at Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida for one year. President Baker, a conscientious citizen, is involved in many civic orga- nizations. He is a member of the Levelland Chamber of Commerce Gold Coats, a council associate member of the South Plains council of the Boy Scouts of America, a member of the advisory board of Little Dribblers Basketball, Inc., Chairman in United Fund Drives, a member of the Le- velland Rotary Club, Vice President of the Heart Fund, and a member of the Texas Club. Dr. Baker is active in Professional Organization also. He is chairman of the Formula Study Committee for Texas Public Junior College Associa- tion of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Chairman of the Evaluation committee for Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, chairman of Western Information Network, Inc., a member of the House Committee on Automatic Data Processing, in the State of Texas, a mem- ber of the Texas Junior College Association, and a member of the Texas Junior College Teachers Association. Dr. Baker and his wife, Mildred, have a daughter, Barbara, who is to graduate from the University of Texas this year, and a son, Tommy, who is a student in Levelland Junior High School. Dr. Baker is a member of the First Baptist Church in Levelland, Texas and serves as a member of the board of Deacons in that church. Dr. Baker is a modest, dedicated man who has done much to shape South Plains College into the Successful campus it is today. His selfless devotion to South Plains College is apparent to all those around him, and he is highly respected by both faculty and students. by Nelda Stogsdill by Mary Robinson, Secretary To Dr. Baker up X l 1 4