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Foundation/Development
New Mexico State Salutes its
donors
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More than 200 donors and friends of New Mexico State University
attended the President’s Associates Recognition Ball in
March. Under the theme “Salute to the Stars,” the
New Mexico State University Foundation honored donors who had
achieved new giving levels.
This year three donors were inducted into the Circle of Excellence-Gold
for cumulative giving over $1 million. They are the late Paul
Klipsch, ’26 and his wife Valerie, the Hewlett-Packard
Company and the Public Service Company of New Mexico. Intel
Corporation and the Paso del Norte Health Foundation achieved
the Circle of Excellence-Silver ($500,000-$999,999) level.
Other honorees included the Circle of Excellence- Bronze ($250,000-$499,999):
Agilent Technologies; and the Crimson Society ($100,000-$249,999):
Nazario C’de Baca, Conoco Inc., Leland Gile, the estate
of Marion Monical and the Texas Instruments Foundation.
New members of the Regents Associates ($50,000-$99,999) are
the Agricultural Division of Bayer Corporation, Duratek Inc.,
Fort Bliss Federal Credit Union, Barbara Lee Myers, Fred Sell,
Calvin and Frances Traylor and S. Peyton Yates.
The President’s Council ($25,000-$49,999) added John and
Kim Ackerman, John and Povy Bigbee, CH2M Hill Inc., Mr. and
Mrs. Christopher Knackstedt, Olivia McMillan, Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Rappaport, the Scarborough Lineberry Foundation, Stewart Agricultural
Research Service Inc. and Dr. Narcisa Zarate.
New members of the University Ambassadors ($10,000-$24,999)
are Aventis CropScience, the Branigan Cultural Center Foundation,
Rene and Francie Casillas, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Cook, the Lloyd
Cooper family, the Cotton Foundation, Jed Durrenberger, and
the Edison Electric Institute.
Other members are the Gowan Company, LLC, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert
Greathouse, Mack and Louise Haley, Dr. and Mrs. Louis Kazda,
Joseph Kist, the Monsanto Company, Don and Della Montoya, Bobby
and Margie Rankin and the Silver City Food Co-op. The Southwest
Dairy Farmers, Dr. R. Malcolm Stewart, Stolar Research Company,
Syngenta Crop Protection Inc., Elizabeth McKenney Titus, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Townley, Valent BioSciences Corp., Dr. and
Mrs. Jules VanDersarl, Kenneth and Sharon White, and Chuck and
Debbie Widger complete the group.
Ann Palormo
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Circle of Excellence-Gold honorees are, from left, Eddie
Padilla, ’76, ’77, representing the Public Service
Company of New Mexico, Patty Lopez, ’80, ’82,
’89 and Andrew Adams from the Hewlett-Packard Company.
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Regents Associates honorees are, from left, Ted Ramirez
and his daughter Amanda, representing the Bayer Corporation
Agricultural Division; Kelly Cooke, Ft. Bliss Federal Credit
Union; Barbara Lee Myers; and Frances and Calvin Traylor.
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President’s Associates scholar Karen Cress, at
left, visits with Nicole Louvar, ’98, and Maria Schick,
’98, representing the Crimson Society honoree Conoco
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From left, dinner guests Marge Estell, ’67, ’73
and Len Sugerman, ’84, talk with Janis and Ben Boykin,
’53. Boykin served as chair of the President’s
Associates Board of Directors for 2001-02. |
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New members of the University Ambassadors
include, seated from left, Carolyn Cooper, Margie Rankin,
Debbie Widger, Elizabeth McKenney Titus and Genevieve
Bauer, representing her parents Gerald and Virginia Bauer;
and standing from left, Shaun Cooper, Charles Townley,
Bobby Rankin, Chuck Widger, Louise and Mack Haley, James
Decker, representing the Branigan Cultural Center Foundation,
and Francie and Rene Casillas. Photos by Angel's
Photography
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Department honors emeritus professor
Sullivan |
The Department of Agronomy and Horticulture in the College
of Agriculture and Home Economics honored the nearly 30-year
teaching career of professor Darrell Sullivan by creating
a new fund in his name to support horticulture students.
Initial gifts have the endowment fund a third of the
way to the $10,000 objective. Departmental scholarship
coordinator John Mexal is hoping that with alumni support
the fund will be endowed before the Horticulture Reunion
scheduled for June.
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Sullivan taught at New Mexico State University between
1954 and 1982. In that time he says, he taught “everything
they had” which included Horticulture 100, Plant
Propagation, Horticulture Techniques and Judging Horticulture
Products. He also conducted research on pecans, grapes,
ornamentals and apples.
University Corporate and Foundation Relations director
Rebecca Sellars, who took several of his courses, said,
“Dr. Sullivan was incredible at grafting. He would
turn your head to the unusual.”
“I followed his pruning techniques and the peach
trees in my dad’s orchard lived about six years beyond
the normal life expectancy,” she added. Retired department
head Don Cotter calls Sullivan, “the most observant,
visionary plantsman I know.”
“Faculty and students benefited from Darrell’s
presence in the department,” Mexal added. “An
endowed scholarship in his name is a fitting and long
overdue tribute.”
Anyone interested in making a gift to this fund can use
the coupon on page 5 or make a gift online at www.nmsu.edu/~advance/.
Ann Palormo
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Music endowment honors VanDersarl
brothers
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Jules John
Vincent
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The staying and unifying power of music inspired Jules V.
VanDersarl of Colorado Springs, Colo., to establish an endowed
fund for the music department at New Mexico State University
in memory of his father and uncle. The endowment will provide
funds to support master classes in the various disciplines
within the department, adding a new dimension to course offerings.
According to department head Greg Fant, “Being able
to rotate master classes among different areas each year means
that over time all students will benefit from the generosity
of Dr. VanDersarl.”
VanDersarl’s father, Jules John, a tenor, earned a music
scholarship to then New Mexico College of Agriculture and
Mechanic Arts after placing second in the Atwater Kent auditions
in 1931. A year later, as a college freshman, he placed first
in that competition.
Attending college during the Depression, the elder VanDersarl
worked part time as a janitor but was forced to withdraw for
a year to earn money to finish his education. While studying
music, he competed at the varsity level in football, golf,
track and basketball, earning two letters in basketball. He
was president of Alpha Delta Theta fraternity, leader of the
Vagabonds dance band and sang in St. Genevieve’s church
choir.
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Following graduation in 1937, he taught music and coached
at Las Cruces High School until entering the Army Air Corps
in 1939. He was an instructor pilot at Randolph Field in San
Antonio who earned senior pilot wings by war’s end and
was qualified to fly B-24s, B-17s and B-29s.
At the end of the war, the senior VanDersarl and his wife
and their four children settled briefly in Texas and then
returned to Las Cruces where he sold insurance and owned a
soft drink bottling business. He was re-activated during the
Korean conflict and remained on active duty until he retired
as a lieutenant colonel in 1965.
Throughout his life he remained active in local choirs and
theater productions.
His brother Vincent was an engineering student at New Mexico
College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts who excelled in sports,
music and art. When World War II broke out, he left school
and followed his brother into the Army Air Corps, training
with the Troop Carrier Command at Bergstrom Field, Texas.
He was transferred overseas to fly in the China-Burma-India
theater and was killed in action in December 1944.
For the younger VanDersarl, the new endowed fund provides
another opportunity to acquaint current and future students
with the living legacy of the university.
Ann Palormo
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Heading for retirement
Photo by Tom Weiser |
Retiring management professor John Loveland
accepts congratulations from department head Peter Dorfman,
left, and Dean of the College of Business Administration and
Economics Danny Arnold, right, at a “Roast and Toast”
dinner held in April to honor his 37 years of teaching. Some
100 friends, colleagues and former students recalled his impact
on the college. According to Dorfman, Loveland is “one
of the most popular and effective teachers at the university;
a real treasure to the department and the college.” |
Paul W. Klipsch
(1904-2002)
Klipsch |
Paul Klipsch, a pioneer in sound reproduction and inventor
of the Klipschorn speaker, died May 5 at his home in Hope,
Ark., after an extended illness. He graduated in 1926 from
then New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
with a degree in electrical engineering.
A lover of music who played cornet in the university band,
Klipsch began designing his speaker while serving in the
military during World War II. The famed Klipschorn speaker
was patented in 1965.
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Engineering and Science Halls of Fame, Klipsch was a generous
donor to the College of Engineering and the Klipsch School
of Electrical and Computer Engineering which was renamed for
him in 1994. He and his wife Valerie established seven endowed
scholarships and two departmental professorships over the
last 30 years, ensuring his legacy at New Mexico State University. |
Correction
A story about an Ernst & Young Foundation American Indian
Scholarship awarded to Candace E. Brown, which appeared in the
spring 2002 issue of Aggie Panorama, contained incorrect
information. Brown is the assistant to the editor for the Journal
of Organizational Change Management. She received a $2,500
scholarship. Panorama regrets the errors.
General Motors provides broad support
for university
The General Motors Corporation and New Mexico State University
have developed a strong partnership that has enriched programs
in the Colleges of Business Administration and Economics and Engineering,
as well as summer engineering programs geared to high school students
and the work of the Office of Placement and Career Services.
GM’s multi-year grant brings $75,000 annually to the university.
Of this, $12,000 goes to support six graduate scholarships for
students with a technical background who are enrolled in the MBA
program. In the College of Engineering, GM grants fund scholarships
for upperclass students and entering freshmen. Additionally, funds
are used to purchase laptops for mechanical engineering students,
capstone design courses, and the Mini-Baja and summer outreach
programs.
Finally, $2,000 is designated for the placement office to support
its programs. GM is an active partner with New Mexico State, regularly
employing students through its co-op programs as well as hiring
graduates in both business and technical fields. Currently some
35 alumni are working with GM.
According to Joe Creed, assistant dean of the College of Engineering,
the shared vision of GM and New Mexico State enables the university
to train stellar students who will succeed in a variety of business
and technical fields.
Ann Palormo
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