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In 1937, three 'Abilene Boys' canoed 660 miles down the Colorado River. As adults, they repeated the journey in 1991.
In 1937, Winfield James, Harry Caldwell and Jimmy Pickard paddled 660 miles down the Colorado River to the Gulf of Mexico. Dubbed the "Abilene Boys," they repeated the adventure in 1991.
Billy Pickard, a beloved figure at Texas A&M spanning the coaching eras of Paul “Bear” Bryant to Kevin Sumlin, died Monday at the age of 81 after a stroke.
With Pickard’s career promotions, the family lived in seven countries on five continents over 14 years, ending up in Houston, Texas. Now the couple has retired to Coronado, California, to a beautiful ...
VIRGINIA BEACH George Pickard had a secret to keep. It was 2015 and the Virginia Beach native was entering Texas A&M’s maritime academy. Surrounded by peers who were mostly 22 or 23 year… ...
Pickard, who has worked for Texas A&M University for more than 50 years in several capacities, retired effective Aug. 31 in the midst of a budget-cutting move by that eliminated 17 positions ...
Family and friends, many of them a Who's Who from Texas A&M, paid their respects Friday to Billy Pickard, described several times at the memorial as "the ultimate company man." ...
Reginald L. Pickard has six posters in his office at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center that feature black soldiers who participated in the major American wars.Veterans Affairs Medical Center that ...