B Y PA U L A . A N T H O N Y PHOTOGRAPHY BY JEREMY ENL OW
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Dr. Billy Curl (left) and Larry Bonner were recently on campus together for the first time since they were seniors in 1964.
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Fall 2012
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ACU TODAY
he foyer is crowded, administrators and faculty pressing in on every side, adjusting robes, donning caps, making small-talk. But Dr. Billy Curl (’64) stands in front of a mirror in the Teague Special Events Center, fiddling with the tassel on his cap. He’s dressed in a black robe, the fabric barely covering all of his 6-foot, 2-inch frame, and as he smooths it down, the bustle around him seems far away. Curl takes stock of his appearance, and his tight smile of anticipation breaks into a laugh before he remarks: “This is my graduation year.” Strange words from a 70-year-old man who graduated