Traditions - Core Values Plaque
Maj. Gen. James Earl Rudder with one of six plaques commemorating Tarleton's core values in his words.
Tradition — Resolve to keep our heritage.
Rudder was a student from 1927 to 1930 and later returned to Tarleton in 1938 to teach and coach before being called in to active military during in 1941.
We honor him.
Tarleton is where he discover who he was and what he wanted to be. Tarleton President J. Thomas Davis and Coach W.J. Wisdom were role models. Commander of the historic assault up the cliffs of Pointe du Hoc in World War II, he will long be remembered for the Rudder Way of doing things as a true example of Tarleton's core values.