COLLEGE STATION - The ocean
engineering Class of '76 has given $28,300 to
endow the Spirit of '76 Scholarship
in Ocean Engineering in the Department
of Civil Engineering at Texas
A&M University.
The 10 members of the Class of '76
were the first full class of students to
receive bachelor's degrees in ocean
engineering. The group endowed the
scholarship to celebrate the 25th
anniversary of their graduation from Texas
A&M.
"The Class of '76 ocean
engineers demonstrated their leadership as the first
group to go through the ocean
engineering program," said Bill Kinney, a
subsea systems engineer for Marathon
Oil Co. and a member of the Class of
'76. "The celebration of the
25th anniversary of our graduation is an
appropriate time for the group to
once again demonstrate our leadership and
support of Texas A&M by
establishing the first endowed scholarship for ocean
engineering students."
The scholarship recipient must be a
full-time Texas A&M student pursuing a
degree in ocean engineering with a
minimum GPR of 2.5. Recipients must
demonstrate an interest in industry
and professional development through
active involvement in the student
chapters of the Marine Technological
Society (MTS) or Society of Naval
Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME).
Class of '76 members contributing to
the endowment are Kinney; Denis Graham,
vice president of engineering for
Parker Drilling Company; Doug Enderle,
director of manufacturing for
premium connections at Hydril Co.; and Jay
Davis, senior vice president of
operations for HKT Consultants Inc. A
$12,500 matching gift from the
USX/Marathon Oil Company Foundation makes up
the remainder of the endowment.