Time Capsule - 60's

1967:
Established: The need for a Texas Assoc. was established in a discussion of Texas attendees December 8, 1967 at the SWASFAA Conference in New Orleans.

Steering Committee: Dave Gardner, Tarrant Co. Jr. College District; Travis Gerrells, St. Mary's University; Walter Martin, Midwestern University; T.R. Solomon, Prairie View A&M College; Bill Rankin, UT Medical Branch; Allan Richardson, Univ. of Houston; Logan Ware, Texas Christian Univ.

Issues:

1968:
First Formal Meeting: December 1968, at the SWASFAA convention in Dallas, Dr. Solomon on the Steering Committee presided through the election of the first Executive Committee and then passed the gavel to the new president.

Election of officers: One person was to be elected from each of the following:
Then, five others were elected at large.

Mack Adams, TASFAA's first president, assigned duties to the first Executive Committee. He asked Patricia Allen, Univ. of Houston, to write the Constitution & Bylaws. Membership was to be institutional and the annual dues were $25 per institution.

The TASFAA newsletter was named Dimensions in Financial Aid.

1969:
President: Mack C. Adams, Southern Methodist Univ.

'69 Fall Conference: Austin, TX. Approximately 100 financial aid officers attended.

Executive Committee action:
During the Texas State Business meeting at the '69 December SWASFAA Conference, the Executive Committee recommended that TASFAA adopt a proposal to sponsor Project SET (Summer Employment in Texas). The motion was passed by a close vote (17 to 13). SET was an off-campus, summer college work-study program that would enable students of low-income families to earn money during the summer to help with their education expenses. The main advantage to SET was that students could obtain work in or near their home town during the summer from employers who, without this program, were unwilling to hire workers.

The newsletter name was Dimensions in Financial Aid.