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Appreciation of Services of Mr. Jester
(Excerpt from Board Minutes of February 23, 1935)
In January, 1929, Honorable Dan Moody, Governor of the State of Texas,
appointed Beauford Jester, of Corsicana, to a six-year term as a member of
the Board of Regents of The University of Texas. From that time until
February, 1933, he served as a emmber of the Board and also as a member of
the following committees: Buildings and Grounds, Complaints and Grievances,
Finance, Legislative, and Medical Branch. His interest in the performance
of the duties and the assumption of the responsibilities of his office is
shown by the fact that he was seldom absent from the meetings of the Board
and always took an active and intelligent part in its proceedings. During
the last two years of his term he has served on the College of Mines and
Metallurgy Committee, the Executive Committee, and the Board for Lease
of University Lands.
A striking and conclusive evidence of the estimattion in which Mr. Jester is held
by his colleagues is shown by the fact that on February 16, 1933, at the retirement
of Judge R. L. Batts from the Board and its Chairmanship, Mr. Jester was elected
Chairman of the Board, to serve in that capacity for the remainder of his term of
office. That term is now expired. The wisdom of the Board in choosing him as its
Chairman is clearly shown by a resume of the biennium. In addition to a faithful
attention to all of the duties and routines of the Chairmanship, certain
outstanding services are recalled: securing a loan and grant from the Public Works
Administration of $1,633,000 for the completion of the Library-Main Building;
securing a loan and grant of $468,000 to build two dormitories (one for men and
one for women) at the University; assisting at critical times in hearings before
various legislative committees; helping the Legion Memorial Museum Building project
both on its Legion and its University aspects; promoting the Ex-Students' Association;
and his services toward the establishment of a retirement system for the University.
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