The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College
Dec 16-22, 2000
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| Vol. 6 Number 51 | The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College |
Dec 16-22, 2000 |
Murray Papers Given to the University; First Collection for UTB/TSC
The
papers of the late Menton Joseph Murray, Sr. (1907-1989)
will become part of the Archival Collection at UTB/TSC. This is the first
historical collection given to the university.
Murray, a member of the Texas State Legislature for 26 years, was a longtime prominent attorney in Harlingen. His widow Betty Marie will make the presentation on Monday, December 18 at
2:30 p.m. in the Conference Center of the 3rd floor of the Science, Engineering and Technology Building. Their children, State District Judge Menton, Murray Jr., and Betty Marie Smith of Nashville, Tennessee and their families will attend the ceremony. Faculty, staff and students are invited to attend the special presentation.“We are very excited as this is the first historical collection given to UTB/TSC,” said Doug Ferrier, Director of the Library. “This collection is primary research material, the type of collection students can write a thesis from or serve as a resource for a regional history. These types of collections make an institution unique and given enough of these collections, we can become an institution that draws researchers to us.”
The collection includes books, correspondence files, working files, photographs and awards when Murray served as a legislator from Cameron County from 1949 until his retirement in 1971.
During his tenure as a legislator, Murray was known as “Mr. Water” for his constant and tireless work and concern for the future of statewide water resources, and for his role in the passage on April 14, 1967 of the Water Adjudication Act. The Texas Water Plan was a flexible one intended to provide effectively and economically the supplies necessary to meet the needs of all Texans by matching water development to demand through the Texas Water Systems.
Murray also served on several committees where he sponsored several important bills. He was also the Dean of the House in 1963. He died in 1989.
Calendar
Monday, December 18
Defensive Driving. 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m., Benito Longoria Conference Room. The National’s Safety Council’s Defensive Driving Course is now being offered to all interested UTB/TSC employees. Upon successful copletion of this course participants will be eligible for up to a 10 percent discount/savings on their own personal insurance. To enroll, call Human Resources at 544-8205.
Rodrigues Bids
Farewell
Dr. Raymond J. Rodrigues opens a gift from Media Services as their director, Gilbert Garza looks on. On December 14, Dr. Rodrigues was given a farewell reception at the Alonso Building for his years of service as Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs.
Announcements
Academic Computing Laboratory Hours (Not Office Hours)
Dec. 18-Dec. 22 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Dec. 23-Jan. 1 closed
Jan. 2-Jan. 5 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Jan. 6 -Jan. 7 closed
Jan. 8-Jan. 9 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Jan. 10-Jan. 14 closed
Laboratory hours will resume January 15. For further information, please contact Raymundo Gonzalez, Laboratories Supervisor at 982-0280 or at ray@utb1.utb.edu.
Academic Senate Elections
The special election for the Interim Vice President of the Academic Senate concluded Wednesday, December 13. The votes were counted by Julie Larson, Secretary of the Academic Senate. Carol Collinsworth is the Interim Vice President of the Academic Senate. For more information, please contact Julie Larson, Associate Master Technical Instructor, at 544-8855 or at larson@utb1.utb.edu.
Special Notice
Paper Presentations
Dr. Celia Flores-Feist and Dr. William M. Davis attended the 52nd Southeast and 56th Southwest Joint Regional Meeting, hosted by the Louisiana Section of the American Chemical Society, held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, New Orleans, La., December 6-8. Dr. Flores-Feist presented a paper at the Symposium on the Role of the Laboratory in Chemical Education titled “The Use of Invoices in the Analytical Chemistry Lab to Incorporate Work-Related Attitudes Into the Laboratory Experience.” Dr. Davis and his Alliance for Minority Participation (AMP) student, Ms. Michelle Partida, presented a poster at the Undergraduate Poster Session titled “Quantum Mechanical Ab Initio Studies of the Structures and Stabilities of the Halogen Azides XN3 (X = H, F, Cl, Br, I).” Mr. Pedro Trejo, also an AMP student accompanied Drs. Flores-Feist and Davis to the conference.
On January 20, Assistant Professor Douglass Cagwin will be presenting a paper titled “The Separate and Concurrent Association of Activity-Based Costing, Total Quality Management, and Business Process Re-engineering with Improvment in Financial Performance” at the American Accounting Association Management Accounting Section Research Conference in Savannah.
Join the Alumni Association!
The UTB/TSC Alumni Association is not only open to graduating students, but to the families, friends and current students of UTB/TSC. Annual cost for membership is only $25. Don’t miss out on all the advantages provided to members only. Register today! Call 983-7359 for more information, or check out our Web site at http://unix.utb.edu/~alumni.
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