Please join us for an evening of Aggie traditions. We will enjoy BBQ, comradeship and guest speaker, Ross Dale Rutherford '83, followed by a Muster Roll Call Ceremony.
**BYOB (Beer or Wine only please)
Meal Cost:
Adults and children 12 & up $18
Children Age 11 & Under $8
Guest Speaker: Ross
Dale Rutherford ’83
Ross Dale Rutherford was born
on November 1, 1960 in Jourdanton, Texas.
His parents, Bill and Lucille Rutherford, owned one of the many dairy
farms in the area (16 at one time), which gave it the name “Dairyland USA” in
the 1950’s/60’s. Ross and his brother,
John Eric, worked in the dairy from 1968 until it was sold in 1975.
He attended Jourdanton High
School, where he was active in band (band president), Future Farmers of America
(Chapter President and District Secretary), UIL competition (Slide Rule, Prose
Reading, Ready Writing, and One-Act Play), and National Honor Society. He graduated in 1979 as the Salutatorian of
his class.
Upon entering Texas A&M in
the fall of 1979 to major in Agricultural Engineering, Ross joined the Corps of
Cadets and the Fightin’ Texas Aggie Band, where he was a member of B
Company/Infantry Band. He served as B
Company Guidon Bearer his sophomore year, platoon sergeant his junior year, and
as a senior, he was Infantry Band Drum Major.
In addition to the Aggie Band, he was a member of the American Society
of Agricultural Engineers Student Branch and the Atascosa County Hometown
Club. He received his B.S. degree in
Agricultural Engineering in December of 1983 and immediately began graduate
study in the Department of Agricultural Engineering in pursuit of his M.S.
degree.
In March of 1986, he began
work for Lummus Industries, Inc. in Lubbock, Texas, as a Field Engineer. Since that time (35 years), he has worked in
various roles in Engineering, Technical Service, and Sales &
Marketing. He has served Lummus offices in
Texas (Lubbock), California (Fresno), and Georgia (Columbus and Savannah). In addition to his normal roles within the
company, he has authored/co-authored numerous technical articles related to
cotton ginning and gin technology. Also,
he has served as an instructor at ginner schools across the USA and around the
world since 1992. It is for this
extra-curricular commitment to the betterment of the cotton ginning industry
that he was awarded the Charles C. Owen Distinguished Service Award from the
National Cotton Ginners’ Association in 2018.
Ross is married to the former
Loretta Rudolph (Texas Lutheran University Class of ’84), and they have two
children: Kyle Matthew (Tarleton State
University Class of ’17) and Lauren Elaine (West Texas A&M Class of
’20). Ross and Loretta have lived in
Lubbock since 2004, and they are active members of St. Luke’s United Methodist
Church, where they are both members of the choir.
