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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.

Cover story on Minnesota Fats.

Additional machine-extracted names mentioned in this issue: Andy Anderson, Bailey Anderson, Moses Bolibo, Gooder Brown, Johnny Bush, George Chambers, Don Chema, Stanley Clarke, David Allan Coe, La Coste, Pete Drake, Barbara Fairchild, Bobby Flores, Kinky Friedman, Alex Habeeb, Linda Hargrove, Joe Jama, Mary Jane, Danny Levinson, Loretta Lynn, Augie Meyers, Claude Morgan, Willie Nelson, Olivia Newton-John, Larry Patton, Joe Perales, Rick Presley, Paul Ray, Jerry Reed, Jerry Retzloff, Frank Rodarte, Johnny Rodriguez, Roger Santos, David Solis, Joe Sublette, Tammy Wynette, Oscar Zamora, Ray Zule.

Meeting minutes from the Texas State University System Board of Regents.

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