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1952 yearbook for Southwest Texas State Teachers College.

Cover story on Ernest Tubb.

Additional machine-extracted names mentioned in this issue: Roy Acuff, David Allan, Buddy Allen, Black Bart, Toby Beau, Alan Brown, James Brown, Milton Brown, Johnny Bush, David Allan Coe, Rusty Cofield, John Conboye, Eldridge Davis, Kathy Deitsch, Floyd Domino, Rob Grimes, Chris Holzhaus, Elvis II, Mick Jagger, Waylon Jennings, Elton John, Linda Lovell, Bill Loyd, Steve Lucke, Skip Lutz, Tom Mathis, Augie Meyer, Ronnie Milsap, Maria Muldaur, Bettie Naylor, Willie Nelson, Jim Nesbitt, Elaine Noble, Chris O'Connell, Dwight Oberholzer, San Pedro, Elvis Presley, Rick Presley, Jimmy Rodgers, Johnny Rodriguez, Ron Rose, Larry Scherff, Jim Schumacher, Carly Simon, Hank Singer, Steve Spencer, Linda Stevenson, Bob Wills, Orth Woodruff.

Everette Swinney talks about his upbringing in Ohio and higher education in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and finally at UT-Austin. Along with describing his family and participation in academic societies, Dr. Swinney discusses his writings on the 14th and 15th Amendments. He recalls his teaching experiences in the history department (specifically as chairman) and his recent interest in developing software and teaching computer courses. He reflects on how student life has changed from the 1960s to the 1980s, noting the impacts of the principle of in loco parentis, student activism, computers, and the General Studies Program.

Fannie Mae Logan, retired employee at Gonzales, talks about how she ended up working at GVEC and the experiences she had there.

From 1999-2001, NASA partnered with History students at Southwest Texas State University (now Texas State) to conduct interviews with former employees who lived in the Central Texas area. Interviewees include managers, engineers, technicians, doctors, astronauts, and other employees of NASA and aerospace contractors who served in key roles during the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, and Shuttle programs.