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James Earl Rudder High School, Bryan TX
About Our School
Rudder High School will open in the Fall of 2008 with approximately 600 Freshman and Sophomore students and grow to approximately 1250 students in grades 9-12 by the year 2012. The school was named for General James Earl Rudder, a soldier, land commissioner, and president of Texas A&M. He was called into active duty in 1941 and had a celebrated military career during World War II. In 1943, as a lieutenant colonel, he became commander and trainer of the Second Ranger Battalion, which had a major role in the D-Day invasion. Rudder's Rangers stormed the beach at Pointe du Hoc and, under constant enemy fire, scaled 100-foot cliffs to reach and destroy German gun batteries. Rudder won the election for Texas land commissioner in 1956 and served until February 1, 1958. That year, he became vice president of Texas A&M University. He became
president in 1959 and president of the entire A&M system in 1965. In 1967 President Lyndon Johnson presented Rudder the Distinguished Service Medal, the highest peacetime service award.
About Me
I am a 1991 graduate of Bryan High School and a 1998 graduate of Sam Houston State University. I hold a Bachelor of Science Degree in Kinesiology with a minor in Health. I began my teaching/coaching career in Bryan at Jane Long Middle School. After 4 great years I moved to Bryan High School. During the 2007-2008 school year, I began working with the Rudder Rangers.
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