Chris Barron receives Brown Foundation – Earl Rudder Memorial Outstanding Student Award
![Chris Barron, center, stands with Jeffrey W. Savell, Ph.D., vice chancellor and dean for Agriculture and Life Sciences, left, and David Stelly, Ph.D., right.](https://soilcrop.tamu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Barron_EarlRudderAward-SCSC-www.jpg)
Join us in congratulating senior plant and environmental soil science major Chris Barron for receiving the Brown Foundation-Earl Rudder Memorial Outstanding Student Award.
The award is the highest honor bestowed upon a graduating senior and honors a student who exemplifies the leadership, patriotism, fortitude, courage, humility, love of Texas A&M University and the willingness to uphold the principles for which the university stands, as vividly exemplified by James Earl Rudder during his lifetime. Gen. Earl Rudder, a World War II hero, served as president of Texas A&M from 1959 until his death in 1970.