Dr. 乔治•纽曼

Professor, Public Servant, Rancher

乔治•纽曼 was born to Hugh and Kittie Newman on March 15, 1941年在拉斯克鲁塞斯, 新墨西哥 and he is a descendant of the pioneer ranching Cowden family. 威廉, 乔治, and John Cowden established the Cowden Brothers Cattle Company in 1885, with its famed J A L brand – an operation that would grow to a herd of 40,000 and sprawl over an area extending from Midland, 得克萨斯州到卡尔斯巴德附近, 新墨西哥. It was the Cowden brothers who provided funds for Simmons College to build the original Cowden Hall.

乔治 graduated from Las Cruces Union High School where he was a top-ranked state tennis player before going on to begin his collegiate career at 新墨西哥 State University on a tennis scholarship. Following his transfer to Baylor University in 1961, he earned his B.S. 生物学学位 and Chemistry and M.S. 生物学学位. While at Baylor he met his future wife, Carolyn Ann Calvert. 他们于1964年结婚. 乔治 would later enroll in Texas A&M大学，获得博士学位.D. 1975年获得野生动物生物学博士学位.

Dr. Newman came to Abilene in 1967 and began serving as Professor of Biology at Hardin-Simmons大学 and as the school’s tennis coach from 1974 to 1979 while also finding time to announce basketball games and rodeos. 在HSU任职期间，Dr. Newman was twice selected as President of the 教师, chosen as an Outstanding Educator in America and served as president of the Texas Ornithological Society. Dr. Newman has held a particular interest in the birds and wildlife of the Guadalupe Mountains and his research on subjects such as the toxicity of algae, avian parasites and bird habitats earned him entry as a Fellow of the Texas Academy of Science.

此外,博士. Newman holds membership in the Ecological Society of America, the Southwestern Association of Naturalists, American Ornithologists’ Union, Cooper Ornithological Society, and the Texas Academy of Science.

Following a twenty-five year teaching career, 乔治 assumed the title of Professor Emeritus of Biology in 1992 and in 2002 was chosen as the Outstanding Former 教师 Member of the Year.

乔治 was selected as a member of the Hardin-Simmons Board of Trustees beginning in 1995 and served as chairman of the Academic Committee. Following a maximum nine-year term on the Board of Trustees, he is slated to be re-elected as an HSU Trustee in 2014. 乔治 was elected to the Wylie Independent School District Board in 1985, serving five years as president. 另外, he served for fourteen years on the Taylor County Expo Center board; two years as president.

2003年，博士. Newman was appointed to fill an unexpired term as County Judge for Taylor County and was then elected to that post by the residents of Taylor County in 2004 and again in 2006. In this capacity Judge Newman was twice honored statewide for his county enhancement initiatives by receiving the Best Practices Award bestowed by the Texas Association of Counties. In 2006 he was honored for his implementation of a televised system in facilitating mental health hearings and in 2010 he was honored for his innovative jail diversion program. Judge Newman also served as a founding member of the Abilene/Taylor County Venue Tax Board and was instrumental in securing tax abatement agreements that attracted wind energy farms to Taylor County, as well as to surrounding counties.

In keeping with his family’s ranching heritage, 乔治操作了18号,000 acre Bullhead Ranch from 1975 until 2000, a ranch co-owned by 乔治 and his sister Jo Ann Kloppenburg and once owned by their great-grandfather John Cowden.

乔治 and Carolyn Newman have been committed to the success of students as reflected in their personal contributions of time and resources that include supporting the establishment of the Rube and Mary Kate Evans Endowed Scholarship, 故选C. Evans Endowed Scholarship and 故选C. Evans Western Heritage Endowment. 进一步, 乔治 and Carolyn established the HSU Grassland Initiative Endowment and, 最近, the 乔治 and Carolyn Newman Endowed Scholarship.

乔治 and Carolyn have two children, Jason and Laura, and six grandchildren. 乔治 faithfully serves as a deacon to the congregants of Pioneer Drive Baptist Church in Abilene.

作为一个基督教绅士, devoted family man and cherished friend of the University, 乔治•纽曼 has consistently aided the cause of HSU.  It is a high honor for Hardin-Simmons大学 to recognize one of her own and to formally induct 乔治 A. Newman into the HSU 领袖堂.