ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Mr. Michael J. Balint authored the COMPENDIUM OF TEXAS COLLEGES AND FINANCIAL AID CALENDAR, first published in 1967. Mr. Balint made many valuable contributions to the programs of the Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation during his tenure and served as Executive Director for 20 years until his retirement in 1997.

I shall pass through this world but once.
Any good, therefore, that I can do,
or any kindness that I can show
to any human being, let me do it now.
Let me not defer or neglect it,
for I shall not pass this way again.

– Anonymous