Texas Tech University - La Ventana Yearbook (Lubbock, TX)

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Mar! of .Eirecfom OFFICERS CHARLES C. FFHOMPSON . . . Chairman CiEORGE IQ. BENSON . Vive Chairnmn j. ROY VVELLS . . Sen-etary RIFKIBICRS Thomas F. Abbott, jr. . . Fort 'vVorth Tom Linebery . Kermit George F. Benson . . . . Lubbock Fred H. Hloore . . . Dallas VVilliam H. Francis, jr. . . . Houston Douglas Orme . . . Big Spring J. Fvetts Haley ...... Canyon Charles C. Thompson . . Colorado City VVinfield D. VVatlcins .... Abilene Comprising Texas Tech's Board of Directors are nine successful men from various occupational fields. Klembers of the Board are appointed by the Governor for six-year terms, and they are not paid for Board work. Serving as Chairman of the Board since hlay 1, 194-3, is Charles C. Thompson, attorney from Colorado City. Thompson has been a member of the Board continuously since 1937. George If. Benson, a Lubbock banker, is presently Vice-Chairman of the Board. Acting as Board Secretary is J. Roy VVells, also Administrative Assistant to President F. N. Jones. Other members of the Board are Toni Abbott, an autoniotive businessman from Fort XVorthg Vvilliam H. Francis, attorney from Houston: ll. Fvetts Haley, rancher and historian from Canyon, Tom Linebery, rancher from Kermit, Fred H. Kloore, Klagnolia Petroleum executive from Dallasg Douglas Orme, Cosden Petroleum executive in Big Spring, and NVinfield D. VVatkins of VVestern Cotton Oil in Abilene. No problem is too big or too small for Tech's Board of Directors which has final authority on all matters concern- ing the College. Sealed, left to right: Benson, Thompson, jones. Slanding, left to right: Linebery, Francis, Moore, Abbott, Orme, VVatkins, Haley.

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Miami fo fire limlmf james Roy VVells has a dual position. He is Assistant to the President, being largely responsible for making out the budget, and he is Secretary to Tech's Board of Directors, which holds at least six regular meetings a year. lklr. VVells has a highly-varied administrative background. He holds a B.B.A. and a B.A. from Baylor and was Auditor of john Tarleton College, instructor in Business Administra- tion at Sam Houston State Teachers College, and head of the B.B.A. department at Clarendon Junior College, Simmons University, and Sam Houston State Teachers College. YVhen away from administrative duties, Klr. Vfells likes to work in his garden. ice rw. Gmplfrof er VVhat's your favorite subject-football, basketball, navy, hunting, fishing, golf, or business? If you like ,to converse in any of these, llarshall l.. Pennington, Vice-President and Comptroller of Texas Tech, is the man to see. A native of Georgetown, llr. Pennington received his B.B.A. from the Lfniversity of Texas in 1935. For a year, he was coach and teacher at lil Paso High. Next, he joined the College of Blines and lletallurgy as Varsity Basketball and Freshman Football Coach and College Business llfanager. From 19-H to 1946, llr. Pennington served in the LYS. Navy Armed Guard as a gun crew oflicer on a merchant ship. He was discharged a Lieutenant. The war over, Pennington returned to the School of lllines until 1949 when he became Comptroller of Tech and later, Vice-President and Comp- troller. ice fgwaicfenf Dr. G. lf. Giesecke, vice president in charge of academic ad- ministration, has been at Tech since l953. After graduating from Stanford, Tech's academic head won a fellowship and studied at the University of fklarburg, Ger- many. fiiesecke returned to Stanford in 1932 and began work on his masterls and later on his doctoral degree. After com- pleting his doctorate, Dr. Giesecke taught at the University of Illinois. After the war, he returned to lllinois, where he was Assistant Dean in Liberal Arts and Sciences and associate professor in German. And from 1949 to 1953, Giesecke headed the School of Applied Arts and Sciences at North Dakota Agricultural College.