Peter Baldwin

Schreiner University has named Peter Baldwin as its 2006 Distinguished Alumni.  He was honored at a banquet on April 1, during Recall, Schreiner University’s annual homecoming event.  Mr. Baldwin is a resident of Dallas and the former chairman at Colliers-Baldwin LLC. in Dallas.

Peter and Martha “Teeka” Baldwin have volunteered their time and have supported generously dozens of important charities. The have four grown children.

After graduating from Schreiner in 1947, Baldwin went on to obtain a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 1952.  Baldwin is a devoted Presbyterian and a former chairman of the North Texas Commission. He is also an effective advocate for public television (KERA) and Presbyterian Healthcare systems.  As a commercial realtor he served his industry in national leadership positions for many years.

Baldwin is a former member of the Schreiner University Board of Trustees from 1966-2004. He played an instrumental role during Schreiner’s transition to a baccalaureate institution and co-chaired Schreiner’s successful $70 million comprehensive campaign.  “He has a vision of achievement for Schreiner that encourages and motivates others to join with him in making that vision come true,” said Karen Kilgore, Schreiner’s consultant for planned giving, who nominated Baldwin.  It is that vision that continues to inspire him and everyone he comes in contact with.  “Schreiner has played such a big part in my life. I am very proud of the school and the progress it has made,” Baldwin said. “Their personal attention to each student is part of the reason that Schreiner is successful today in making responsible adults out of children.

Wendell Mayes Jr.

Schreiner University has named Wendell Mayes Jr. as its 2006 Distinguished Alumni.  He was honored at a banquet April 1 during Recall, Schreiner University’s annual homecoming event.

Mayes is a resident of Austin and a 1942 graduate of Schreiner University. He went on to obtain an engineering degree in 1949 from Texas Tech University Fifty years later he returned to school and graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Edwards University.  He spent over 50 years as a broadcasting and cable television executive, garnering many accolades along the way.

In 1973 he received the George Foster Peabody Award, one of the most prestigious awards in broadcasting. He held leadership positions with the Texas Association of Broadcasters and the National Association of Broadcasters. The Texas Association of Broadcasters named him the 1978 Pioneer Broadcaster, the group’s highest honor, in recognition of his service to the broadcasting community. The Texas Association of Broadcast Educators selected him as Broadcaster of the Year in 1989.  With the support of his wife, Mary Jane Mayes, he has made meaningful contributions to those with diabetes around the world.  At the age of 10, Mayes’ son was diagnosed with diabetes, and since that time he has remained steadfast in his dedication to furthering diabetes research.  He served as the chairman of the American Diabetes Association for three years and president of the International Diabetes Foundation, the first non-medical person to hold the position. That honor lead to the ADA creating the group’s highest non-scientific award in his name.

Dr. Tom Pruett
In his nomination of Dr. Tom Pruett ('50) for the 2005 Distinguished Alumnus award, Ross Harris ('66) says, “Here is an atypical distinguished alumnus—not a check writer, but a deed-doer. A contributor, some would say, to the much bigger cause of his fellow man. I believe that Dr. Pruett shines as a living example of our school motto, 'Learning by heart'.”

Pruett says he had no idea what lay in store for him when he and a few colleagues went to Juarez, Mexico, in 1980 to visit with a missionary couple who were caring for a few dozen small children from the poorest families in town. His group from the Brazosport area expected to offer free dental and eye examinations to the group of children, make a few fixes here and there, and then return home happy with having done good work.

Instead they found that not only had the children never seen a doctor of any kind in their life, neither had the members of their large, extended families. Pruett remembers, “We were underprepared and overwhelmed. Here they came— aunts, uncles, grandparents, even neighbors and friends. People were sleeping in front of the doors to the mission in freezing temperatures just to get a spot in line. Many of the older people were blind, but we knew that relatively simple cataract surgery could give them back their sight. By mid-week we called an eye surgeon to pack up his tools and come to Juarez. He did, and by Saturday we were performing eye surgery in a converted garage.”

The group returned to Juarez in 1981, and then again in 1982. Each time there were huge numbers of new patients, and the group's need for equipment and supplies began to outrun their resources. They applied for and received a large grant from Rotary International, and began to expand the scope of their free services. His group now distributes thousands of pairs of eyeglasses, acquired through an innovative eyeglass recycling center located in Houston. And besides eye and dental surgery, they offer plastic surgery to correct children's cleft palates and other congenital deformities that otherwise would condemn these children to a fringe existence even beyond the suffering of poverty.

Pruett's group now conducts two clinics a year in Juarez with a team consisting of optometrists, ophthalmologists, dentists, plastic surgeons, opticians, anesthesiologists, chiropractors, nurses, technicians, cooks, carpenters, plumbers and electricians. They have completed a modern 7,000 square foot clinic in Juarez, and have been instrumental in starting a similar program in Guerrero, Chihuahua, where, in 2001, the first eye surgery ever available to the poor was performed. That was the start of a program that now rivals the Juarez project in scope.

The Mexican Minister of Health recently told Tom that their clinic provides 60 percent of the indigent health care available in the entire state of Chihuahua.  Typical of those whose true vocation is service to others, Pruett insists that he had little to do with the miracles that he has wrought. “We went on one trip to attend to the needs of 65 preschool children, but God obviously had a different agenda. It is the most gratifying work that I think I can do. We spend billions of dollars on enjoyment in this country, but I have never done anything I enjoyed more than going down there and doing those clinics. It is pure joy.”

Schreiner University has announced its 2004 Distinguished Alumni Martin L. Allday '44 and John L. Kammerdiener '57. The University will honor the two alumni along with four Athletic Hall of Honor inductees, during a recognition banquet at 6 p.m. April 1 at the Floyd A. and Kathleen C. Cailloux Campus Activity Center. The public is invited to attend. Cost is $40 per person‹call (830) 792-7201.

The keynote speaker at the banquet will be Grant Teaff, executive director of the American Football Coaches Association and Baylor's all-time winningest coach. Teaff was head football coach at Baylor for 21 years, leading the Bears to Southwest Conference titles in 1974 and 1980.

Schreiner's Distinguished Alumnus award was created in 1977 to honor former students whose personal or professional lives have achieved a conspicuous level of success.

		Martin L. Allday Allday graduated from Schreiner Institute in 1944 and the University of Texas where he earned his juris prudence degree in 1951. Upon graduation, he became a legal examiner at the Railroad Commission of Texas. He then joined the legal department of the Superior Oil Company. From 1959­1989, he was a member of the Midland law firm of Lynch, Chappell, Allday and Alsup. Allday was nominated to be Commissioner of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission by President George Bush in 1989. He served as chairman until 1993. He currently is of counsel to the law firm of Scott, Douglass and McConnico in their Austin office.
Allday served as a combat infantryman in the Pacific during World War II and received the Purple Heart, Bronze Star and Combat Infantryman's Badge. He is a past president of the Midland County Bar Association and a past chairman of the Mineral Section of the State Bar of Texas. He is a member of the Travis County, Texas, District of Columbia and American Bar Associations and is a fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation. Among his civic and volunteer activities, Allday has been involved with the National Parks Foundation, the Midland Memorial Hospital Foundation, the High Sky Children's Ranch, Midland Chamber of Commerce, Midland Jaycees and the Permian Basin Petroleum Museum. In 1997, Texas Gov. George W. Bush appointed Allday as the chairman of a three-person committee to oversee the Texas State Cemetery. In 2002, he was honored with the Pioneer Award the Texas Railroad Commission's highest award‹for his work in the oil and gas industry. He and his wife, Patricia, live in Austin. They have three children and six grandchildren.
		John L. Kammerdiener Kammerdiener graduated from Schreiner Institute in 1957 with an associate degree. He graduated first in his class from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1961. He served 11 years in the United States Army, earning three Bronze Star decorations in Vietnam. He served as an Airborne Ranger and was commissioned in the Army Corps of Engineers. Kammerdiener earned his master's degree and Ph.D. in nuclear physics from the University of California. He was named Lab Fellow at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. He and his wife, Ellen, live in Marble Falls.

Raymond Berry '51 played football at Schreiner and Southern Methodist University before being drafted by the Baltimore Colts in 1954. Mr. Berry was a wide receiver for the Colts for 13 years and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1973. Mr. Berry coached in the NFL for 19 years, including six seasons as head coach of the New England Patriots. He was named NFL Coach of the Year in 1985.  See Sports Illustrated April 22, 2008:  "The Best Game Ever" by Mark Bowden

N. F. Chapman Jr. '28 (1909­1991) was the president and founder of Ford Chapman Drilling Company. Mr. Chapman served as president of the Permian Basin Petroleum Association for 2 years & was inducted into the Petroleum Hall of Fame. He had an interest in politics, serving as Republican County Chairman for 10 years, running for U.S. Congress in 1951 & attending 3 National Republican Conventions.

Dr. Wilson Elkins '28 (1908­1978) earned his bachelor's and master's degrees at the University of Texas. Dr. Elkins was a Rhodes scholar at Oxford University, where he completed his doctorate. He served as president of San Angelo Junior College for 10 years, Texas Western College in El Paso for 5 years and the University of Maryland for 24 years.

Hugh H. Goerner '41 earned his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Tulsa. Mr. Goerner served in World War II. He was the executive vice president for Exxon, president of the Arabian-American Oil Company (ARAMCO) of Saudi Arabia and was a member of the American Petroleum Institute.

Frank N. Ikard '31 (1913­1991) received his doctorate of jurisprudence from the University of Texas. Mr. Ikard served in the infantry in World War II. He was a district judge in Wichita Falls and served in the U.S. House of Representatives. He was both executive vice president and president of the American Petroleum Institute, and served as a regent of UT.
 

Charles Johnston '32 (1913­2002) earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Texas. Mr. Johnston served in the Navy in World War II. He owned Peterson Auto Company in Kerrville, and served as a Schreiner trustee and chairman of the Hal and Charlie Peterson Foundation board of trustees.

Park L. Myers '35 (1916­2001) earned his bachelor's degree at the University of Texas. Mr. Myers served in World War II in the Air Corps. He was senior vice president of U.S. marketing for Hughes Tool Co. and served on the board of directors. He was a Schreiner trustee.

James E. Nugent '41 received his bachelor's degree and doctor of jurisprudence degree from the University of Texas. Mr. Nugent served in World War II as a naval aviator. He was Kerr County attorney for three terms. He served in the Texas House of Representatives for 18 years and was a Texas Railroad Commissioner for 16 years.
 

Dr. Russell Scott Jr. '43 received his doctor of medicine degree from the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Scott was a Consultant to the Surgeon General of the U.S. Army. He was chairman of Baylor College of Medicine's Urology Department, chief of urology at several Houston hospitals, trustee of the American Board of Urology, medical director of Saudi Arabia's King Faisal Specialist Hospital and the American Urological Association's director of education. He was professor emeritus of surgery at University of Colorado.

Joe C. Walter Jr. '45 (1928-1997) received his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Texas. Mr. Walter was the founder and chairman of the board of Houston Oil and Minerals. He served on the boards of the Governor's Energy Production Council and the American Petroleum Institute.