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University Press • Wednesday, August 27,1997 • Page 2
You rang?
Lamar president Rex Cottle
answered phones during tele-
phon registration last week. He
is shown here at the computers
in the Cherry Engineering
Building.
LUIT
Fluth
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gy programs.
“While process technology was
growing at 132 percent over the past
two years, enrollment in the instru-
mentation program grew by 77 per-
cent,” Krienke said. “Graduates of
both programs are in great demand
in Southeast Texas.”
The, Gulf Coast Alliance of
Process Operating Technology
Educators has projected that this
demand will continue at a high rate
through the year 2006. A survey by
the institute earlier this year indicat-
ed that industry may need as many as
200 technicians a year because of
attrition alone. Industry also is plan-
ning construction projects valued at
$41.8 billion this year.
“It is vital for the region to ensure
that there are enough process opera-
tors and instrumentation technicians
available as these new facilities come
on line,” Krienke said. “The build-
ing project at the institute will allow
the school to accommodate these
industries’ needs of technicians.”
The proposed classroom building
will allow the students in the
Regional Police Academy program
to have adequate facilities which the
inadequate Stadium Hall, where
classes are now held, does not allow.
“This program provides pre-ser-
vice and in-service training for more
than 1,200 officers annually,”
Krienke said. “Since the start of con-
struction of the prisons in Southeast
Texas, the correction officers train-
ing program has graduated more
than 1,600 persons who are provid-
ing security in the growing regional
prison complex. This program could
also use the new facilities.”
Krienke added, “This campus has
not had any new construction since
the Beeson Building and the Mamie
McFaddin Ward Building were con-
structed in the 1970s. It’s an exciting
time for us at the Institute. Our
enrollment is growing at a rate of
more than 25 percent a year, and
that has a tremendous impact on the
amount of operating money we will
get from the state for the next two
years.”
including a $150,000 boost
in state funding and an
enrollment limit of 100 stu-
dents. The program had
expanded from 30 students
to 150 students in its first
six years of existence.
TALH students will also
receive “average daily
attendance” funding as an
incentive to attend classes
regularly. Each of the stu-
dents will receive a $1,242
scholarship if their atten-
dance record meets
requirements.
Fluth said he recognizes
that his leadership role in
the academy will be a chal-
lenge, but one with the
potential to become some-
thing very important.
“I see the potential to
get into the national spot-
light,” Fluth said. “This is a
unique program and should
be recognized in terms of
national dissemination, in
terms of bringing people
from other states to accen-
tuate the positive.”
The TALH program
allows academically quali-
fied high school juniors and
seniors to complete their
last two years of high
school while taking college
courses at Lamar.
C C There are
no bounds limit-
ing the excel-
lence under the
leadership of Dr.
Fluth and his
staff. j j
— William Cale
Memorials
William Russell Smith
William Russell Smith, for-
mer Regent’s Professor of
Biology, died July 12 at his
home in Beaumont.
Services were held July 15
at Kelly-Watkins Funeral
Home with interment at
Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
In 1947, Smith accepted a
position as assistant professor
of biology at Lamar Junior
College. He took a leave of
absence in 1952 to attend the
University of North Texas to
work on his doctorate. He
received the degree in 1955
and returned to Lamar. In
1984, he retired.
Smith was born in Denton
on Jan. 13, 1917. He graduat-
ed from Denton High School
in 1933. He earned a bache-
lor’s degree and master’s
degree in biology from North
Texas State College, now the
University of North Texas. In
1944, he was commissioned as
an ensign in the U.S. Navy.
While in the service, he was
promoted to Lt. j.g. and
served as the executive officer
of his ship.
During his career, he was
affiliated with a number of
professional organizations
and societies, including the
American Society of
Microbiology, the American
Academy of Microbiology
and the American Association
of University Professors. In
addition, Smith was active in
the local community.
Smith is preceded in death
by his wife, Dorothy
Youngblood Smith, who died
in March. He has one daugh-
ter, Barbara Ann Maberry, of
Terrell; and a son,
Christopher Smith, of San
Antonio.
Contributions may be
made to the Dr. W. Russell
Smith Scholarship Fund at
Lamar or the American
Cancer Society.
Edna Brooks
Edna Brooks, a longtime
Lamar University music profes-
sor and a Beaumont native,
died on Aug. 3 at St. Elizabeth
Hospital. Services were held on
Aug. 6 at Kelley-Watkins
Funeral Home in Beaumont by
the Rev. Richard Coward, pas-
tor of Calvary Baptist Church in
Beaumont. Burial followed in
Magnolia Cemetery.
Brooks retired from Lamar
University in 1977. She came to
the school in 1953 after teaching
at South Park and Beaumont
city schools for 17 years. An
associate professor of music,
she received the Regent’s Merit
Award in 1974.
Born on Oct. 12, 1909,
Brooks was a 1926 graduate of
Beaumont High School. She
graduated from Lamar Junior
College in 1932 and earned her
bachelor’s degree in music from
Louisiana State University in
Baton Rouge. She earned her
master’s degree in music from
the University of Texas in 1949.
A violinist with the
Beaumont Symphony
Orchestra, Brooks was a long-
time member of the Beaumont
Symphony Society Orchestra
Board beginning in 1953.
Survivors include her broth-
er, Frank W. Brooks Jr. of
Beaumont; niece, Denise
Kromka of Beaumont; and
great-nieces, Jennifer Kromka
and Amy Kromka, both of
Beaumont.
Pallbearers were Robert
Young, Kenneth Kromka,
Johnny Glover and Wayne
Sheffield.
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Andris, Tonya. University Press (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 1, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 27, 1997, newspaper, August 27, 1997; Beaumont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth501016/m1/2/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar University.