Hall of Fame - Robert Logan

Lieutenant Colonel Robert M. "Bob" Logan is remembered for his service, dedication and long-term commitment to our profession. After his death, July 15, 1998, the Association of Former Students at Texas A&M University established a perpetual loan program in his name. The tremendous impact he had on the lives of students and financial aid professionals will long be remembered.

Bob Logan developed and organized the Office of Student Financial Aid at Texas A&M University in 1963, and served as its Director until retirement in 1979. He totally gave of himself for the welfare of the student body through the strong development of scholarship and financial aid programs at the University. He was instrumental in the development of the President Scholarship Program at Texas A&M which served as a model program and laid the foundation for the development of other honor scholar programs on the state and national level.

He was a charter member of the Southwest Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (SWASFAA) and was involved in the establishment and early development of the Texas Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (TASFAA). On numerous occasions, Bob Logan served as a consultant on the highly technical and complex Texas Opportunity Plan Loan Program administered by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, which eventually became known as the Hinson-Hazelwood College Student Loan Program.

For fourteen years he provided advice and sound judgement for The College Board in the development of financial aid policy. His service to The College Board included the Regional Executive Committee for the Southwest Region. He also served on the College Scholarship Service Assembly Council, a group of nationally known financial aid administrators. In 1974, the U. S. Department of Education appointed him to be the first State Trainer for the Basic Educational Opportunity Grant program, now known as the Pell Grant program.

Bob Logan was nominated by his peers for the Texas A&M Distinguished Achievement Award as an outstanding administrator in the area of student financial aid. Following his retirement in 1979, he was granted the title of "Director Emeritus" of Financial Aid at Texas A&M on the merit that he touched the lives of thousands of young men and women attending the University. As Director Emeritus, he continued to be an ambassador for student financial in his everyday walk through life.

He was instrumental in the creation of the Southeast Texas Higher Education Authority, which later became the Greater Texas Student Loan Corporation. He served as the first Chairman of the Board from 1979 to 1984. He continued serving as a member of the Board through 1985, until he resigned to care for his life long partner, Helen. In 1997, he was reappointed to the Board.

Bob Logan's untiring commitment to shape and mold institutional, state, and national financial aid programs, to encourage qualified students to pursue higher education and assist them in obtaining the needed resources to achieve their educational goal has been his hallmark and gift to the student financial aid profession.