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UT Tyler Holds Official Groundbreaking
for Braithwaite Facility
UT Tyler held
an official groundbreaking for the David G. and Jacqueline M. Braithwaite
Building on Aug. 29.
This significant, high-tech classroom and research building will
be the home of the College of Nursing and Health Sciences, President
Rodney H. Mabry announced.
“We are extremely pleased to celebrate this new building and
honor the late David and Jacqueline Braithwaite, who have made this,
and so many other great opportunities at UT Tyler, possible,”
President Mabry said.
“Two years ago we were forced to begin turning away nursing
applicants in the middle of a state-wide nursing shortage. We are
so thankful for Mrs. Braithwaite and the Board of Regents who combined
to fund this building so that UT Tyler could double the size of
its nursing school,” he added.
Dr. Mabry
presented welcoming remarks during the groundbreaking ceremony.
Remarks also were made by A.W. “Dub’’ Riter Jr.,
vice chairman of the UT System Board of Regents; Joey Seeber, mayor
of Tyler; Dr. Linda K. Klotz, dean of the College of Nursing and
Health Sciences; Allen Burt, on behalf of the Braithwaite family;
and Tom Mullins, on behalf of the Tyler Area Chamber of Commerce
and Tyler Economic Development Council. Dr. Thomas L. Allen, associate
professor of music, led the assembly in songs of celebration including
“God Bless America’’ and the UT Tyler alma mater.
The $7.3 million two-story facility, for which the late Mrs. Braithwaite
donated $2.5 million, will contain about 37,000 gross square feet.
It will house classrooms, student lounge area, conference room,
study labs, computer labs, nursing skills labs and faculty offices.
The high-tech classrooms are equipped for interactive television
(ITV) broadcasting to and from other sites.
The College of Nursing and Health Sciences is a leader in making
their degree programs available all across East Texas by ITV and
all across the state and nation by on-line distance education, Mabry
added.
The late Dr. David G. Braithwaite was president and chief executive
officer of Nalco Chemical Company in Chicago. During his tenure
with Nalco, How-Baker Engineers, Inc., of Tyler was a wholly-owned
subsidiary of the company.
Mrs. Braithwaite actively supported the academic and cultural life
of UT Tyler and was honored in 1992 as the university’s Patriot
of the Year.
An active philanthropist, Mrs. Braithwaite has left her mark with
numerous other UT Tyler contributions such as those for the Braithwaite
Recital Hall, Braithwaite Gardens and the Braithwaite Performing
Arts Series.
Breaking
ground during ceremonies for the David G. and Jacqueline M. Braithwaite
Building are, from left, Chandler Klotz, Dr. Linda Klotz, Leo Berman,
A.W. “Dub’’ Riter Jr., Merle Mabry, Arlene Burt,
Allen Burt, Dr. Rodney Mabry, Joey Seeber and Bryan Rossman.
Contact
person: Emily Battle,
(903) 565-5604
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