birth_place field honors birth_date known_for article_title name alma_mater
lovilia , iowa , usa engineering nedderman of former students texas a & m university hall ut arlington distinguished achievement award the association 31 october 1921 president university of texas at arlington wendell nedderman
 wendell h nedderman bs university ph.d iowa state university iowa state university ms texas a & m
wendell nedderman

wendell herman nedderman , ph.d , was born october 31 , 1921 , near lovilia -lrb- monroe county -rrb- , iowa .
he served as president of the university of texas at arlington for nearly 20 years , first as acting president -lrb- november 1972 - february 1974 -rrb- , then as president , leaving that post in july 1992 .
he began his 33 years of full-time service at ut arlington in 1959 as the founding dean of engineering .
this was followed by four years as vice president for academic affairs , and then 20 years as president .
a campus engineering building was named nedderman hall in 1991 by the ut system board of regents .
campus street and a portion of monroe street were combined and named nedderman drive by the city of arlington in 1992 .
he was named president emeritus in 1992 , and received the mirabeau b. lamar award for leadership in learning from the association of texas colleges and universities .
he was awarded the anson marston medal for achievement in the field of engineering in 2000 from iowa state university .
