Engineer, Businessman, Aggie

The Battalion did a feature story on Dwayne Mayfield '59, Chair of the Board of Directors for The Association of Former Students. a

We are already super fond of this great Aggie, and it brought a special joy to see him celebrated in the campus newspaper.

In the early hours of March 18, 1990, two robbers dressed as police officers tied up the security guards at Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.

They took 13 works of art — cutting paintings right from their frames — then vanished.https://t.co/fpys7opGmc

— Connecticut Post (@connpost) September 23, 2021

He came to Texas A&M through the encouragement of one of his teachers. He learned the importance of personal integrity at Texas A&M--“Not only was my intellect shaped here, but my character was shaped here,” he said--and he's stayed involved since graduation day.

He has been a member of the Century Club for almost 40 years, and believes in The Association's mission so strongly that, just last year, he purchased Century Club memberships for members of the Aggie Network Student Ambassadors. They've all personally committed to continuing that donation annually. 

Read his full profile here at thebatt.com. We love him!