Dr. A. Gib DeBusk hosted a departmental outing at his home on Lake Jackson that featuredvolleyball, horseshoes, swimming, king mackeral, and hush puppies.
The departmental intramural softball team, the Seminole Vesicles, was undefeated as of mid-May. The team included Mike Kurek, Ken Heck, Mark Latch, Art Guy, Mike Rush, and Jackie Matustik.
In October, the department's new scanning electron microscope arrived. EM service was interrupted for a week while the older microscope was taken out of service and the new one installed.
In November, BioNotes announced that secretary to the associate chairs Elizabeth Harris had been hospitalized for tests. Fortunately, the surgery for which she was scheduled was not necessary, and she was able to return to work within a couple of weeks.
Biological Science students elected to Phi Beta Kappa in spring of 1974 were
Charles L. Crocker
Joanne Brandt
Thomas G. Bevis
Andrea L. Goldstein
Christine M. Graf
Ralph F. Hamilton
Kathleen Jones (Med Tech program)
Jane M. Kuypers (Med Tech program)
Robert S. Murrell
Kenneth C. Nayfield
Abigail V. Rayner
Frank Walker
Karen E. Anderson
John C. Perry
Thomas S. Ray
John M. Spear
Those invited to join the Phi Kappa Phi honorary were
Steven Creedman
Claudia Nash
Thomas Ray
Edward Soto
John Spear
James White
Joseph F. Metcalf defended his doctoral dissertation in February.
These students completed the B.S. in 1974:
Richard L. Carlson
Lawrence J. Dougherty
Osasoy F. Edoh-Osagie
Robin C. Fesmire
Jeff Friedman
Mary Beth Gibbas
David P. Harlos
Wanda Jean King
Marcia Jeanne G. Lord
Michael B. McAlister
Maria C. Slaney
Marsha A. Soby
Patricia C. Valkenaar