“Do you know who James Earl Rudder is?.....”
Yes.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7515817.html
He’s lauded here in the Houston Chronicle article linked above — “The Perry Pal Presses.....”
What’s in the Chronicle is not much of a “laud.” It’s pretty much a simple statement of fact. In the context of the times, he wasn’t liberal. At A&M, he has always been at the top of the admired and respected figures list.