McMurry War Whoop (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 20, Ed. 1, Thursday, April 10, 1980 Page: 3 of 4
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The McMurry War Whoop April 10 1980
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Brown Succeeds Laxon
Dr. Kohcrl ChttrluH Brown
has boon appointed chair-
nitin of the Division of Busi-
ness Administration nt
McMurry College hy I)r
Thomas K. Kim McMurry
president.
Hu succeeds Homer C.
(Bill) Lnxson who will roturn
lo Full time professional
duties in business administ-
ration after servinfc as acting
chairman the past year.
Dr. Brown has served as 1 1
V. Lang Professor in recogni-
tion of teaching excellence at
Wingate College where he
has been business division
chairman.
He is one of only two Win-
gate faculty members to be
appointed to the disting-
uished Lang endowed profes
sorship.
"We feel that the coming of
Dr. Brown is a major step in
the program of strengthen-
ing our faculty which has
been in progress the past
several years" said Dr. Paul
ilungmeyer McMurry dean
and academic vice president.
Before joining Wingate in
1976 Dr. Brown taught at
Northwestern State Univer-
sity of Louisiana and in Iber-
ville Parish Schools.
He will join the McMurry
faculty for the fall semester
or 1980.
A native of Shreveport
La. Brown earned his BA
and MA at Northwestern
Louisiana State. After
further study at Mississippi
DRIVELINE
Jaws III or Asleep In The Deep
Fenderbcnder of the Year Award for 1979 goes lo
Harold Jacobson of Rhode Island who reported
this one.
A collision between a 1975 Fiat and Harold's 12
ft. one man submarine on the murky bottom of
Warwick cove. How the Fiat came to rest on the
bottom no one knows . He thought he had got-
ten away from it all.
Drag racers have long noticed the connection
between high humidity and high revs Quarter
mile times constantly clock quicker with moisture
in the air.
Won't do for us street people though slow
times are good times because slick roads arc
deadly.
Every Which Way But Loose
or
Which Way To Go When The Tornado Comes
When a monster tornado demolished large sec-
tions of Wichita Falls folks took to the road to
escape. Outdated federal guidelines had long
maintained that motorists who spot a tornado
should try to escape it by driving at right angles to
the path of the storm.
Wrong Wrong. Wrongl
Subsequent damage reviews recommended "In
case of a tornado alert all motorists no matter
where they are driving should leave their cars and
immediately find shelter "
I CANT GET YOU OUT OF MY MIND
Dalmane the nation's most popular prescription
sleeping pill can do you in but with such stealth
that you'll never know what hit you. Lingering in
the blood stream for four or more days it can
build up steadily drastically eroding driving
coordination.
Life in the fast lane ... is short
The Department of Public Safety reports that 26
percent of fatal accidents are the direct result of
speeding.
Four Danger Signals of Bad Brakes:
1) When you try to stop do you have to pump
the brake pedal?
2) Does your car pull to the right or left?
3) Do you hear a squeal or scraping noise7
4) After you've stopped will your brake pedal
slowly sink to the floor as you keep pressure
onit7
Share your questions anecdotes and observa
tions wnn us rvrue io; r .1
icxas trauicsiiiKiy scuiuii f
state Department or Highways
and Public Transportation
Austin Texas 78701
friendly!
Stute he added his PhD de-
gree in economics from
Louisiana State University.
As a graduate student he
did major studies on "The
War on Poverty in Red Hivcr
Parish" and "Vocational Re-
habilitation in Louisiana."
Hu published a study of
"Right to Work Laws" in the
Louisiana Business Review.
While at Wingate he has
helped plan a new bac-
calaureate program in busi-
ness administration. He also
took 15 Wingate students to
London as part of the Win-
ternational Program in
1979.
He is a member of the
American Economic Associ-
ation the Southern
Economic Association
Omicron Delta Epsilon Phi
Kappa Phi nnd Blue Key He
is an active United
Methodist.
Dr. Brown and his wife Jill
have two children.
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McMurry War Whoop (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 20, Ed. 1, Thursday, April 10, 1980, newspaper, April 10, 1980; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth104358/m1/3/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting McMurry University Library.