Groot, Pieter, reminiscences, [ca. 1976]

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Groot, Pieter, reminiscences, [ca. 1976]

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The Pieter Groot Reminiscences, [ca. 1976], consist of a photocopy of Groot's memoir, Vijftig Jaren (Fifty Years) 1926-1976, which includes photographs of Groot as well as important people and places in his life. The memoir describes his childhood in the Netherlands, experiences during World War II, political activities in Dutch East Indies (Indonesia), service in the Dutch Air Force, immigration to the United States, and positions at Texas A & M University.

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The history of Texas A&M University, the first public institution of higher education in Texas, began in 1871, when the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas was established as a land-grant college by the Texas Legislature. Classes began on October 4, 1876. Although Texas A&M was originally scheduled to be established under the Texas Constitution as a branch of the yet-to-be-created University of Texas, subsequent acts of the Texas Legislature never gave the university any authority over ...

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Born in Haarlem, Netherlands, in 1926, Pieter Groot was the son of Pieter and Anna Maria (Korzelius) Groot. Following the end of World War II, Groot served in the military in the Netherlands and Dutch East Indies, now Indonesia, before joining the Royal Dutch Air Force in 1951. While training with the Air Force in the United States, Groot married Diana in 1953, and the couple had four sons: Roy, Richard, Paul, and John. Upon leaving the Air Force, Groot and his wife immigrated permanently to Bry...