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)
	Mr. Ronald Wilson '72	(The Woodlands, TX) ExxonMobil (Retired)

Vice Chair(s)
	Ms. Leslie Lenser '87	(Plano, TX) The North Highland Company

Member(s)
	Ronald Abbott, Ph.D. '88	(Kingwood, TX) Chevron Phillips Chemical Company
	Mr. James Adams '61	(San Antonio, TX) Adams & Associates
	Dr. Terri Alani '75	(Houston, TX) Terri Alani, D.D.S
	Wayne Alani, M.D. '79	(Sugar Land, TX) Fondren Orthopedic Group L.L.P.
	Mark Barhorst, M.D. '88	(Spring, TX) Center for Pain Recovery PA
	Dr. John Beckerdite '76	(Lake Jackson, TX) Dow Chemical Company
	Michael Bell, Ph.D. '92	(Cumming, GA) Bell Cabinetry, Inc.
	Dr. Henry Bohne '72	(College Station, TX) Henry E. Bohne, M.D.
	Mr. Casey Borowski	(Deer Park, TX) Texas Molecular Limited Partnership
	Mr. John Calhoun, IV '79	(Houston, TX) Medco Medical Supply Inc.
	Dr. Hannah Crampton '08	(, ) The Dow Chemical Company
	Mr. Gerald Crouch '79	(San Antonio, TX) Advanced Smile Care
	Dr. Kevin Curran '81	(Canton, TX)
	Dr. Dirk DeKoch '77	(San Antonio, TX) Dirk P. DeKoch, DDS
	Mrs. Rebecca Demeter, '75	(Port Neches, TX) Motiva Enterprises LLC
	Mrs. Gina Dickerson '86	(Houston, TX) ExxonMobil Development
	Dr. Christopher Dowdy '87	(Beaumont, TX) Chris Dowdy, MDPA
	Dr. V. Kayron Dube '75	(Dime Box, TX) Retired
	Joseph Emmert, Jr., DDS, MAGD '69	(Bastrop, TX) Joseph H. Emmert, D.D.S.
	Dr. Donald Fleming, Jr., Col. USMC (Ret) '74	(Arlington, VA) Flagship Government Relations
	Dr. David Frost '71	(Chapel Hill, NC) Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Associates
	Mr. Albert Gallatin '61	(Colleyville, TX) ENSERCH Corporation (Retired)
	Robert Gerald, M.D., F.A.C.S '71	(Amarillo, TX) Panhandle Eye Group, LLP
	Dr. G. E. Ghali, DDS, MD, FACS	(Shreveport, LA) Louisiana State University School of Medicine
	Dr. William Gordon '67	(San Antonio, TX) Alamo ENT Associates
	Maj. Raul Guerra, Jr. '62	(San Antonio, TX) Retired
	Mr. Benjamin Hinds '55	(Houston, TX) Intercoastal Energy Co.
	Dr. Nathan Hodges '96	(Rockwall, TX) Nathan E. Hodges, D.D.S., M.S.
	Dr. William Howell, Jr. '69	(College Station, TX) Office of Technology Commercialization - TAMUS
	Dr. Robert Jones '71	(San Antonio, TX) Tejas Anesthesia
	Dr. Donald Kippenberger '82	(Bulverde, TX) United States Army Medical Command
	Mr. Donald Kruppa '83	(San Antonio, TX) Azaya Therapeutics
	Dr. Deborah Creel Loth '82	(Fort Worth, TX) Deborah Creel Loth DDS MS
	Dr. Susan Luehr '84	(Houston, TX) Tomball Anesthesia
	Mr. Ahmed Mahmoud '87	(Austin, TX) Hewlett-Packard Company
	Ms. Nancy Matz '73	(McKinney, TX) Matz Investments
	Mr. J. Mills Menke '04	(Houston, TX) Hewlett Packard
	Dr. George Miller '80	(Sugar Land, TX) Heart and Vascular Association of Houston
	Dr. Christopher Moore '87	(League City, TX) Christopher S. Moore DDS
	Dr. Benjamin Mosier '47	(Houston, TX) Institute for Research, Inc.
	Tyler Pendergrass, D.D.S. '94	(Amarillo, TX) Tyler L. Pendergrass, D.D.S., P.A.
	Mr. Richard Ponder '77	(Lakeway, TX) Johnson & Johnson
	Ms. Julie Reames '93	(Alexandria, VA) Horatio Alger Association
	Ms. Karen Richards '92	(Plano, TX) Fidelis Companies
	Dr. Ronald Rust '72	(Bryan, TX) Bryan Radiology Associates
	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	(The Woodlands, TX) SpectraCell Laboratories
	Dr. Jon Wheeler '95	(Spring, TX) Jon P. Wheeler, DDS, PA

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

System Representative(s)
	Dr. K. Lee Peddicord	(College Station, TX) Texas Engineering Experiment Station

College of Science Representative(s)
	Ms. Sharon Allen, MPSA '04	(College Station, TX) Texas A&M Foundation
	Mrs. Chelsea Hanson	(College Station, TX) Texas A&M University
	Mr. Michael Morelius '98	(College Station, TX) Texas A&M Foundation