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The noblest service comes from nameless hands, and the best servant does his work unseen, wrote Oliver Wendell Holmes. • But we couldn’t resist putting faces with 11 pairs of nameless hands that have worked tirelessly on behalf of the university. You’ve seen many of the fruits of their labors in St. Edward’s University Magazine: award-winning Trustee Hall, the Center for Ethics and Leadership, the Robert and Pearle Ragsdale Center, and the Holy Cross Oral History Project, to name a few. • But we’ve never introduced you to these leaders. And now, they’re continuing their commitment to St. Edward’s by chairing A Special Destiny: The by stacia hernstrom & carrie johnson Campaign for St. Edward’s University. We think it’s time you met. Greg, ’70, and Cindy, ’95, Kozmetsky Honorary Chairs
When Greg Kozmetsky completed his enlistment as a helicopter pilot in the U.S. Army in 1969, he enrolled as a Business major at St. Edward’s University. More than 25 years later, his wife, Cindy, enrolled as a Management major in the university’s New College program after raising three children. As adult students, both Greg and Cindy juggled classes, work, family and community commitments — and provided many a homecooked meal and comfy holiday hangout for fellow students. And long after their last exams on the hilltop, the Kozmetskys have continued their tradition of serving students. Greg joined the
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Board of Trustees in 1981, serving as chair in 1984 and 1994. Greg and Cindy endowed the university’s Center for Ethics and Leadership, the Patricia A. Hayes Endowed Professorship in Applied Ethics, and the Gregory A. Kozmetsky Endowed Professorship in Finance. In 2001, they contributed $100,000 to Trustee Hall, the first building completed in the university’s campus master plan. And Greg’s parents, Ronya and the late George Kozmetsky, contributed $3 million to establish the Kozmetsky Center of Excellence in Global Finance (see story, page 10). They’ve stayed involved, says Cindy, because they believe in the kind of education St. Edward’s provides. Their son, Daniel Kozmetsky, earned a BA in Kinesiology in 2002. “Today’s students still experience the personal, values-based education we experienced,” she said. “We are honored to be a part of helping the university realize its special destiny.”
Brother Stephen Walsh, CSC, ’62 Honorary Chair The culinary possibilities of squash are endless and exciting, says Brother Stephen
Walsh. In a casserole. Sautéed. As an accompaniment to pot roast. “I enjoy simple food well prepared and sharing a meal with friends,” he said. And Brother Stephen has employed the same skills he uses as a self-taught chef in his tenure as both a student and administrator at St. Edward’s, always seeking out the neverending possibilities in front of him. He earned a BS in History from St. Edward’s and was valedictorian of his class. In 1972, he became the university’s youngest president after earning a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction from UT–Austin, joining the St. Edward’s faculty in 1966, and serving as academic dean in 1970. Now, Brother Stephen is honorary co-chair of A Special Destiny: The Campaign for St. Edward’s University and was recently named executive director of the Holy Cross Institute. And just as masterful chef Julia Child has long provided inspiration for Brother Stephen’s