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Brothers Ed,‘55 and Harold "Chub",’61 Foreman have been strong supporters of the Civil Engineering Department in the College of Engineering at New Mexico State for many years. Both are members of the Civil Engineering Academy and were listed among the Top 100 Distinguished Alumni from the College of Engineering during the centennial celebration in 1988. In late 2005, they made a major gift to the College of Engineering; establishing two professorships and an endowed chair in civil engineering.
The Foreman brothers grew up on a peanut and sweet potato farm in Portales, NM. “Chub and I are most fortunate,” Ed says. “We had loving, hard-working parents who instilled in us the importance of a strong belief and responsibility to and for ourselves, our family, friends, and Christian principles.”
While working as an oil field hand, Ed launched a highly successful petroleum-related business that made him a millionaire by age 26. He is the only person in the past 100 years to be elected to the U.S. Congress from two states: New Mexico and Texas. Today, Ed is one of the country's top motivational speakers. Ed has developed numerous programs and products to teach the success formula that guides his life.
Harold Foreman's career began in heavy construction and led to real estate brokerage and management. He is currently president and co-owner of Valley Leasing and Development, Inc. in Las Cruces. He served for eight years in the New Mexico State Senate.
A year after their names were placed on Engineering Complex III, Ed and Chub said, “Walking across the magnificent, expanding and attractive NMSU campus and seeing our names on that building gives us a thankful feeling of grateful pride for an educational institution that’s had such a positive impact on the lives of these two rambunctious farm boys from Portales. No doubt professors like Dad Jett, Frank Bromilow, John Clark, et al, are looking down from heaven and saying, ‘Who woulda’ ever believed it?! Yes, miracles are still possible!’ |
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