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Mary Sue (Merritt) Balliett is on the board of WTU Arts and a volunteer buyer for the Texas Panhandle Heritage Foundation. 6200 Candletree Court, Amarillo, TX 79119. marysuemer@yahoo.com
Jerry Townsend is a retired marriage and family therapist/school psychologist. 701 Daniels St., Woodland, CA 95695. jerrnan@aol.com
1959 Myrna E. Johnson had a children’s book, Let’s Take a Hike, published in 2012. She gave a presentation at the 2013 East Texas Book Festival. 1904 E. Austin, Nacogdoches, TX 75965.
1965 Welda (Edwards) Carlton has a new address. 2118 84th St., Lubbock, TX 79423. Dewitt and Prissy (Beauchamp) Jones will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary in March 2014. They live in Abilene.
The Class of 1964 will celebrate its Golden Anniversary Reunion on campus April 23-25, 2014.
Vic Swedlund celebrated his 70th birthday this summer with 70 family members and friends. 610 Harwell St., Abilene, TX 79601. vnswedlund@hotmail.com
1966 Del and Cindy (Johnson) Davis have a new address. 618 Riverside Blvd., Abilene, TX 79605. cindy.davis27@hotmail.com
1969 Jonni (Koonce) Dunn earned a Ph.D. in English from The University of Texas at Arlington in December 2012. 2270 Arbor Spring Court, Cleburne, TX 76033. rileyjonni@gmail.com Jannice (Bursey) Griffin has returned to full-time teaching after 10 years of retirement. Her husband, Charles, died Dec. 3, 2010. 510 W. 7th St., Quanah, TX 79252 griffinjannice@gmail.com
1972 Ralph Seegren III works for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice as a chaplain. 16 Pine Circle, Huntsville, TX 77320. rseegren@yahoo.com
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One of the recipents of a Gutenberg award from the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at Homecoming 2013 was Gary Hamilton (’04), senior producer and on-camera host for the New York Yankees. Others were Elvin Ong (’95), director of ASEAN Pacific marketing communications for Phillips Lighting Growth Markets, and Kate Vein (’99), vice president of Elevate Studios in Chicago, Ill. Ong traveled from his home in Singapore for the event.
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Hamilton has worked for NBC, MTV, Columbia Records and Channel One since his graduation from ACU, where he was president of the campus chapter of the National Broadcasting Society.
Vein and Ong
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