COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) - Former Sen. Phil Gramm didn't return to Texas A&M University,
but his congressional archives have.
Gramm, the former A&M professor who served 24 years in the House of Representatives and Senate,
has chosen to have about 1,000 boxes of correspondence, press releases, files, audio and videotapes,
clippings, memorabilia and other materials stored at the school's Cushing Memorial Library and
Archives.
The material will be made available to researchers as quickly as possible, officials said.
"We are very pleased to have the papers of Sen. Phil Gramm," Fred M. Heath, dean of A&M's libraries,
said in a statement. "Given the magnitude of his contributions to the state and the nation, his papers
are a major resource for researchers in a wide range of subjects including banking, public policy, and
contemporary politics."
Gramm reportedly was a candidate to fill A&M's vacant presidency last year, but the school hired
former CIA chief Robert Gates. Gramm accepted a job as vice chairman of financial services for UBS
Warburg.
Gramm became an assistant professor of economics at A&M in 1967 and was granted tenure and
promoted to associate professor in 1970. In 1974, he was promoted to professor and remained at A&M
until he was elected to the House in 1978.
In 1984, Gramm was elected to the first of three terms in the Senate.
He retired from the Senate last year and was replaced by fellow Republican John Cornyn, who
defeated Democrat Ron Kirk for the vacant seat last November.
