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A standard curriculum was
developed and adopted at Texas
Tech. He then lobbied for state
consensus for licensure.

In 1985, I happened to be with
him on a weekend retreat back
in Minnesota. We both came
away with a passionate concern
for students who had burned all
of their bridges and parents who
sincerely needed to learn the art
of “tough love.” The conversation
on our flight home was consumed
with the dilemma of what a
recovering student could do, if
not go home. I knew Carl was
in a position to come up with a
solution, to BE the solution.
With the help of his administrators
and very generous support from
people in this community and the
state of Texas who had faith in the many interests, who stands so tall, now tells me that he is
effort, the Center for the Study of Addition and Recovery fully retired!
was born. Funding for scholarships for students in recovery
was established. A safe environment for recovery was Retirement? Who knows? I think I’ll just wait for that next
established on the Tech campus. Recovery groups for all phone call....
addictions were organized. A Celebration of Recovery
that met every Thursday evening began and is still alive
and functioning!
Ultimately, state licensure was approved, and the
“Texas Tech Model” of counselor training was adopted.
Over the next few years, all states in the U.S. adopted
this model for licensure training. As of 2017, there are
over forty colleges and universities across the nation
that have adopted the Texas Tech Model of Student
Education and Services.

As retirement approached, Carl decided that maybe
it was time to hang up his clerical and academic robes
for something a little more casual and laid back. We
bought some land in Dickens County. He put on his
size 15/EEE boots, 36/37 Wranglers and his rancher’s hat
and thought about retirement in the ranching business.

In 2012, Carl received another call. This time it was
from the Provost of Texas Tech asking him to accept
another assignment as Executive Director of the
National Ranching Heritage Center. With a brief hiatus
in the middle, Carl served in that capacity until January
2017.

Carl continues his commitment and involvement at First
United Methodist Church, the Center for the Study of NATIONAL RANCHING HERITAGE CENTER
Addiction and Recovery, the National Ranching Center
and our Dickens County Cattle Ranch. But this man of

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