[Watson check presentation to President Murray, 1968]
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1968-05-24
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Photograph of President Murray receiving a check from an alumnus in 1968. The accompanying press release states "TECH GRAD AND DAD DELIVERS CHECK -- R. N. Watson, Midland district geologist for Atlantic Richfield, right, drove to Lubbock Friday (May 24) to deliver a $2,500 check to Tech President Grover E. Murray from the Atlantic Richfield Foundation. The Foundation's advisory committee on aid to education specified $1,000 for the School of Business, $1,500 for electrical engineering. Watson graduated from Tech in 1938 with a geology major. A son, William G. (Billy) Watson is a Tech junior studying geology."
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