Dr. Wendell H. Nedderman

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Dr. Nedderman’s Naval career during World War II included service on the USS Patterson as an ensign officer for 13 months at the height of operations in the Western Pacific. He participated in The Saipan Operation, the Marianas, the Battle for Leyte Gulf at the Philippines, Iwo Jima, Okinawa and witnessed kamikaze strikes on at least 10 ships. Dr. Nedderman recalls his early years in Iowa on a farm and later at Iowa State University before his military service, then relates his entry into the field of higher education as instructor of civil engineering at Texas A&M University. He became the first Dean of the College of Engineering at UTA, then Arlington State College, and finally President of the University of Texas at Arlington in 1974.

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