Texas A and M University - El Rancho Yearbook (Kingsville, TX)

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Captain Kurth B. Nelson was commandant of the Army Specialized Training Unit stationed at A I from December, 1943, to March, 1944. Although from Nebraska, Captain Nelson has spent the last two years at army camps in Texas. Before coming to A I he was in command of a company of ASTP men at Camp Maxey, and is at present assistant professor of military science and tactics of the Reserve Officers Training Corps Unit in San Antonio. Alice Y. McConnell has been Counsellor of Women at A I since September, 1943. Mrs. McConnell was grad- uated from Meridian Junior College and from Baylor Uni- versity with honor. She did graduate study at the Univer- sity of Texas and at East Texas State Teachers College. An interesting and versatile speaker, Mrs. McConnell has become well-known throughout South Texas for her ap- pearances on Hogg Foundation programs, sponsored by the University of Texas. R. E. May, Business Manager, is another of the origi- nal faculty members of the College. He attended the Uni- versity of Texas, and was formerly head accountant of the Rice Hotel in Houston, He is known to students and faculty alike as 'Top.” George M. Simons received his B.S. from A I in 1935, and was appointed Assistant Business Manager that same year. In 1941 he was also named as Purchasing Agent for the College.

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Otto R. Nielsen, Dean of the College, received his B.A., B.D., and M.A. degrees from Texas Christian Uni- versity, and his PUD. degree from the University of Texas. He lias done graduate work at the University of Chicago and the University of Minnesota. Dr. Nielsen was formerly assistant to the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Texas, and before that Dean of Men at Texas Christian University. He was appointed as Dean of A I in 1942. Dr. George W. McCulley is registrar of the College, and a professor of business administration. He received his B.A. degree from Daniel Baker College, and his M.A, from the University of Texas. Dr. McCulley came to A I in 1930 as registrar and head of the department of ac- counting. Dr, John L. Nierman, Chairman of the Graduate Council, is one of the original faculty members of A I. He has three times been acting president of A I, and for five years was Dean of the College. At present he is head of the science department. Dr. Nierman attended the Uni- versity of Missouri, receiving his A.R. and B.S. degrees there in 1919, his M.A, degree in 1920, and Ph.D. in 1924, He came to A I from Sweet Briar College, Virginia.

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AGRICULTURE Cook, North way, Gist Russell J. Cook, B.S., University of Arizona; M.S., Colo- rado A. and M. J, C. Brown, B. A,, Baylor University; B.S., M.S., Texas A. and M.j M.S., A I. S. V. Burks, B.S., M.S., Texas A. and M. H. W. Gist, B.S., M.S., Texas A. and M. J. K, Northway, D.V.M., Kansas City Medical College. BIOLOGY J. C. Cross, B.A., Southwestern University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Texas. J. C. Brown, (See Agriculture). John F. Sinclair, B.A., M.A., University of Denver. E. R. Bogusch, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Texas. Cross, Brown, Sinclair, Bogusch Bratcher, McCulley, Manning, Bland BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION J. R. Manning, B.B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Texas. George W. McCulley, B.A., Daniel Baker College; M.B.A., Ph.D., University of Texas. Marian Bland, B.B.A., University of Washington. Faye Bratcher, B.S., University of Georgia.