Approximately 130 former students of the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution attended the first ETID Engineering Technology Tailgate on Saturday (April 18).  Those who attended  were some of the department’s most avid supporters and they were anxious to tour laboratories and see the exciting things going on in the department.  Walter Buchanan, J.R. Thompson Chair and Department Head, Jorge Leon, Allen-Bradley Professor and Program Director for Manufacturing and Mechanical ET, and Jay Porter, Eppright Professor and Program Director of Electronics and Telecommunications ET, hosted the former students.

Department tours were conducted by Mike Golla, lecturer, of the Bosch-Rexroth/Womack Fluid Power Lab and the DXP Pump Laboratory, new endowed labs in J.R. Thompson Hall, as well as other new labs and renovations that have occurred in the past five years in the department. Porter and students were available to show off the electronics and telecom labs.

The alums were then invited to revisit their favorite areas of the campus and join the department for barbecue at the Olsen Field Pavilion.  Buchanan gave a brief update on the happenings of the department and introduced the faculty in attendance.  A drawing was held for a Mike Sherman autographed football and it was won by Joe Phillips, Class of 1972.  An A&M door prize was given to the oldest graduate, James Boone, Class of 1944, who informed those present that Earl Rudder was a graduate of the department.  A door prize was also given to the person traveling the longest distance and it was awarded to one of two couples who traveled from North Dallas.   After the dinner was over the alums attended the Texas A&M baseball game against Nebraska.

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