Finishing Before Starting Anew
By 1955, his future mother-in-law’s initial concerns had waned, so Tyree and Jimmie married. “I’m told that when all was said and done, my mother-in-law liked me better than the other guys,” Tyree laughingly noted.
The couple started married life while Tyree was completing his studies at Texas A&M. “We had to come up here so I could go to summer school. Jimmie had finished Baylor and got a job teaching in Caldwell,” Tyree said, adding that her salary combined with his $500 scholarship equaled $3,300, just enough to cover their expenses.
Tyree finished school just in time. “I got the second degree on a Friday, and I reported to Fort Sill on Monday,” he said. “At that time, fortunately, the Korean War had ended, but they needed officers in Korea, so my time in training was cut short.”
He credits Texas A&M’s Corps of Cadets for preparing him for his 16-month assignment to South Korea. At one point, he requested a two-week rest and relaxation period and invited Jimmie, who had returned home to Baytown and had never flown in an airplane, to join him in Tokyo. “My father-in-law said that Jimmie’s love for me was more than her fear of flying,” Tyree laughingly said.
After completing his commission, the couple moved to the Chicago area, where Tyree went to work with a publishing company that put together The Poultry Tribune. After a year, he began to look for another job—and a want ad for a Fort Worth petroleum company caught his eye. It turned out that one of the managers was an Aggie—which helped him get the job working on publications related to the oil industry. “I didn’t know about the oil industry, but I knew how to get the publications out,” he said. “That’s how I learned about the printing business.”
A snapshot of Tyree’s collection of Aggie memorabilia. His collection includes photos of himself as a Yell Leader, posters and a College Station road sign.
Ana Garza ’25, Texas A&M University Division of Student Affairs
Tyree remained with the Fort Worth company for about 18 months before moving to an agricultural company in Nacogdoches, Texas, and then the Houston-based Wetmore Company as advertising manager. At the time, Exxon was starting to offer self-serve gasoline at its service stations and needed a variety of printed materials. Tyree had the opportunity to meet with an Exxon executive about this work when the Aggie network came into play. “He said, ‘Is that an Aggie ring? I’m an Aggie, too! I think I know you! You were Yell Leader!” Tyree said, noting that he ended up getting the lucrative account. “That’s the best break I ever got.”
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