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This is the transcript from the third of three interviews that Bruce Roche conducted with Dr. Flowers just prior to his retirement. Dr. Flowers (Class of 1913) was President of Southwest Texas State College from 1942-1964. In this interview, Dr. Flowers talks about the people who influenced his life and career, his relationship with his predecessor Dr. Evans, and various faculty, staff, and administrators at SWT who contributed to the success of the college. He talks about meeting Lady Bird Johnson in Washington in 1942 and how she helped get a resolution passed in Congress to give a part of Riverside (now Sewell Park) to the school. Flowers also talks about his pride in the institution and being able to work with faculty even when they disagreed. Interviewer Bruce Roche was director of the College News Service. This interview was the source material for his article “Goal: Excellence – Dr. Flowers’ Lifelong Watchword,” published in the Austin American-Statesmanon August 30, 1964.

Generally published each quarter, these reports include status of faculty and staff, policies, budgets, facilities, curriculum, and enrollment. Contents of reports vary over time and reflect the sate of the institution.

Cover story on Hank Williams, Jr.

Additional machine-extracted names mentioned in this issue: David Allan, Gary Allen, County Atty, Doug Blaser, Tommy Bolin, Milton Carroll, David Allan Coe, Patsy Coleman, Alvin Crow, Charlie Daniels, Jimmy Darnell, Dave Davidson, Bob Dylan, Monroe Faggeaux, Steve Fromholz, George Gershwin, Bob Herrick, Jerry Jeff, Waylon Jennings, George Jones, Jaime Kay, Ron Knuth, Darrell McCall, Maggie Montgomery, Claude Morgan, Willie Nelson, San Pedro, Pablo Picasso, Johnny Rodriguez, Leon Russell, Willie Sing, Hank Singer, Ernest Tubb, Henry Vollentine, Jerry Jeff Walker, Rusty Wier, Jim Wiley, Mike Williams, Frank Wright.

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.