External Advisory & Development Council (EADC)

The External Advisory & Development Council (EADC) serves to assist, advise, and support the College of Science in its efforts to enhance the scholarship, educational, and service functions of its various programs.

Overview

The EADC's primary activities include:

• Faculty and Student Development - To assist the College in the identification of sources of funding for endowed chairs, named professorships, undergraduate scholarships, and graduate student fellowships. It will seek to establish dependable sources of funding for faculty and student recruiting, faculty development, and new faculty research support
• Research Development - To assist the College in establishing permanent and temporary sources of funding for acquiring research equipment, upgrading research facilities, and providing "seed money" project support. It will assist in establishing ties between sources of directed research funding and faculty of the College
• Program Development - To assist the College in identifying areas within private business and the community where the educational programs of the college can be promoted. The Council will assist the College in identifying sources of support for these various programs.

Our Membership:

Chair(s)
	Dr. Dirk DeKoch '77	(San Antonio, TX) Dirk P. DeKoch, DDS

Vice Chair(s)
	Dr. Terri Alani '75	(Houston, TX) Terri Alani, D.D.S

Member(s)
	Ronald Abbott, Ph.D. '88	(Kingwood, TX) Chevron Phillips Chemical Company
	Mr. James Adams '61	(San Antonio, TX) Adams & Associates
	Wayne Alani, M.D. '79	(Sugar Land, TX) Fondren Orthopedic Group
	Mark Barhorst, M.D. '88	(Spring, TX) Center for Pain Recovery
	Dr. David Beaird '81	(Tyler, TX) Trinity Clinic
	Dr. John Beckerdite '76	(Lake Jackson, TX) Dow Chemical Company
	Mr. John Beckham, Jr. '67	(Germantown, TN) International Paper Company
	Dr. Henry Bohne '72	(College Station, TX) Henry E. Bohne, M.D.
	Mr. Casey Borowski	(Deer Park, TX) Texas Molecular Limited Partnership
	Dr. Houston Brown	(Houston, TX) Shell Oil Company
	Mr. John Calhoun, IV '79	(Houston, TX) Medco Medical Supply Inc.
	Mr. Gerald Crouch '79	(San Antonio, TX) Advanced Smile Care
	Dr. Kevin Curran '81	(Troup, TX)
	Mrs. Gina Dickerson '86	(Houston, TX) ExxonMobil Development
	Dr. Christopher Dowdy '87	(Beaumont, TX) Chris Dowdy, MDPA
	Robert Drotman, Ph.D.	(Plano, TX) Frito-Lay, Inc. (Retired)
	Dr. V. Kayron Dube '75	(Dimebox, TX) Retired
	James "Red" Duke, Jr. M.D. '50	(Houston, TX) University of Texas Medical School
	Dr. Joseph Emmert, Jr. '69	(Bastrop, TX) Joseph H. Emmert, D.D.S.
	Mr. Richard Felder '72	(Houston, TX) ExxonMobil
	Dr. Donald Fleming Jr., Col. USMC (Ret.) '74	(Arlington, VA) Flagship Government Relations
	Dr. David Frost '71	(Chapel Hill, NC) Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Associates
	Mr. Albert Gallatin '61	(Grand Prairie, TX) SourceCorp, Inc.
	Dr. Robert Gerald '71	(Amarillo, TX) Panhandle Eye Group, LLP
	Dr. G.E. Ghali, DDS, MD, FACS	(Shreveport, LA) Louisiana State University Health Science Center
	Dr. William Gordon '67	(San Antonio, TX) Alamo ENT Associates
	Maj. Raul Guerra, Jr. '62	(San Antonio, TX) Retired
	Samuel Harrison, M.D. '85	(Bryan, TX) Harrison Holdings, L.P.
	Mr. Benjamin Hinds '55	(Houston, TX) Intercoastal Energy Co.
	Dr. Robert Jones '71	(San Antonio, TX)
	Mr. Joseph Jordan '83	(Southlake, TX) Seawinn, Inc.
	Dr. Donald Kippenberger '82	(Bulverde, TX) United States Army Medical Command
	Dr. Charles Kirkham '77	(Corpus Christi, TX) Corpus Christi Women's Clinic P.A.
	Ms. Leslie Lenser '87	(Plano, TX) The North Highland Company
	Dr. Susan Luehr '84	(Houston, TX) Tomball Anesthesia
	Mr. Ahmed Mahmoud '87	(Austin, TX) Advanced Micro Devices
	Dr. Lisa Masters '89	(San Antonio, TX) Masters Dental Group
	Ms. Nancy Matz '73	(McKinney, TX) Matz Investments
	Mr. J. Mills Menke '04	(Houston, TX) Shell Oil Company
	Dr. George Miller '80	(Houston, TX) Heart and Vascular Association of Houston, P.A.
	Dr. Christopher Moore '87	(League City, TX) Christopher S. Moore DDS
	Dr. Benjamin Mosier '47	(Houston, TX) Institute for Research Inc.
	Mrs. Doreen Mosier	(Houston, TX) Institute for Research, Inc.
	Dr. Terry Myrick '75	(Beaumont, TX) Associated Cardiovascular
	Tyler Pendergrass, D.D.S. '94	(Amarillo, TX) Tyler L. Pendergrass, D.D.S., P.A.
	Mr. Richard Ponder '77	(Lakeway, TX) Johnson & Johnson
	George Reichel, M.D. '70	(Fredericksburg, TX) Southwest Pathology Association
	Mr. William Robinette, Jr. '64	(Ennis, TX) MentorVest LLC
	Dr. John Roheim	(Irving, TX) NCH Mohawk Labs Corp.
	Dr. Ronald Rust '72	(Bryan, TX) Bryan Radiology Associates
	Thomas Salzer, M.D. '84	(College Station, TX) Central Texas ENT
	Dr. Daniel Saylak '79	(Bryan, TX) Brazos Valley Urgent Care
	Mr. Charlie Seely '55	(Fort Worth, TX) Seely Oil Company, Inc.
	Mr. Randall Shepard '71	(Quincy, MA) Eye Health Services, Inc.
	Dr. Jan Troup '74	(Spring, TX) SpectraCell Laboratories
	Robert Walker, D.D.S. '45	(Dallas, TX) UT Southwestern Medical Center
	Dr. Jon Wheeler '95	(The Woodlands, TX) Jon P. Wheeler, DDS, PA
	Mr. Ronald Wilson '72	(The Woodlands, TX) ExxonMobil (Retired)
	Dr. W. Brad Woods '88	(San Antonio, TX) Masters Dental Group

Fellow(s)
	Mr. William Thornton '53	(Bryan, TX) Willam S. Thornton, Attorney

System Representative(s)
	Mr. Guy Diedrich '88	(College Station, TX) Texas A&M University System
	Dr. William Howell, Jr. '69	(College Station, TX) Technology Commercialization Center
	Dr. K. Lee Peddicord	(College Station, TX) Texas Engineering Experiment Station

College of Science Representative(s)
	Mrs. Chelsea Hanson	(College Station, TX) Texas A&M University
	Mr. Jack O'Brien '95	(Cypress, TX) Texas A&M Foundation
	Ms. Sharon Smith, MPSA '04	(College Station, TX) Texas A&M Foundation