Small Business of the Year award. 2741 River Forest Drive, Fort Worth, TX 76116. dbloxom@speedfab-crete.com Steve and Linda (Watkins) Giddens have moved back to Texas after 12 years in Nashville. They have a new grandson, Owen Daniel Seely, born March 11, 2010. 5304 Ravensthorpe Drive, Parker, TX 75002. giddenslw@gmail.com MARRIED Jim Rabon (’69) and Jody Martin, March 12, 2011. Jody teaches art at an elementary school, and Jim is retired from Dow Chemical. 4207 North Hill Drive, Carrollton, TX 75010. jovangogh1@verizon.net
ACU NEWSMAKERS On July 12, Los Angeles City Councilwoman Janice Hahn (’74) became the second ACU graduate elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, joining U.S. Rep. Ted Poe (’70) of Houston. She won a runoff election over Republican Craig Huey to represent California’s Congressional District 36.
1974 Cecilia (Hufstedler) Morgan is an attorney and alternative dispute resolution (ADR) professional. She won the 2010 Justice Frank G. Evans Award for outstanding contribution to ADR in Texas. 3565 Colgate Avenue, Dallas, TX 75225. chm320@sbcglobal.net
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Patti (Bynum) Dolen retired from teaching in May 2010 after 34 years, 32 of them in the Eastland ISD. 1017 S. Seaman Street, Eastland, TX 76448.
Texas governor Rick Perry has appointed three ACU graduates to state advisory committees and boards: Abilene entrepreneur Randy Hill (’90) to the Texas Emerging Technology Fund Advisory Committee; Brownsville CPA Billy R. Bradford Jr. (’81) to the Texas Water Development Board; and Manor psychotherapist Dr. Rick Reynolds (’76) to the Crime Victims’ Institute Advisory Council.
1980 Laura (Thurman) Woolfolk has received several honors, including the Veterans of Foreign Wars Kansas State Teacher of the Year award, the People to People Dwight D. Eisenhower Distinguished Citizen Award, and the Mary Francis White full scholarship from Delta Kappa Gamma for research in education leadership and reform. 2300 Roanoke Road, Dodge City, KS 67801. woolfolkl@hotmail.com
1982 Dr. Steve Bishop is a newly tenured associate professor of Old Testament at the Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest in Austin. 2404-A Trailside Drive, Austin, TX 78704. sbishop@ssw.edu
In December 2010, Alaska governor Sean Parnell appointed Becky (Baldwin ’95) Hultberg as commissioner of the state’s Department of Administration. A native of Anchorage, she previously was regional director of communications and marketing for Providence Health and Services.
1983 David and Karol (Baker) Gray welcomed their first grandchild, Don Isaac Powell, April 18, 2011. He is named for his great-grandfather, Don L. Baker, who served on the ACU Board of Trustees in the 1980s. 1412 Elm Brook Drive, Austin, TX 78758. karol-gray@sbcglobal.net
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1985 ADOPTED By Terry and Donna (Stroup) Peery, a girl, Morgan Elizabeth, Feb. 3, 2011. She was born Sept. 28, 2009. 7409 Cross Road, Tyler, TX 75703. drspesq@hotmail.com
1988 Connie Morrow earned her M.A. in education with emphasis in adult education and training from the University of Phoenix. 7651 Autumn Park, San Antonio, TX 78249. cmorrow@baptisthealthsystem.com
1990 BORN To Robert Roney and Elizabeth Cambar-Roney, a girl, Victoria Elena, March 4, 2011. 3706 W. 48th Street, Roeland Park, KS 66205. To Bob and Jane (McLeod) Brumley, a boy, Colton Landry, Aug. 4, 2010. The couple have three other sons. bjbrum@gmail.com To Roger and Kimberly (Jarvis ’92) Main, a boy, Riley Austin, June 10, 2010. The family lives in Connecticut.
1992 Charles Freeman is attending the NATO Defense College in Rome, Italy. Unit 9500, Box 48, DPO AE 09624. charles.d.freeman@us.army.mil
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Bonnie May Arvin is now a licensed funeral director and embalmer in Texas, working for Hayes Funeral Home in Galveston County. 301 Ling, Bayou Vista, TX 77563. arvin62@msn.com
Dr. Carisse Berryhill, Restoration Movement history scholar and professor of library science, received the Distinguished Christian Service Award on May 4 at Pepperdine University’s 68th annnual Bible Lectures. She oversees ACU archives and the Callie Faye Milliken Special Collections in Brown Library. Allen Wilson (’75) was named one of the Top 10 Most Influential People in Texas Football by Friday Night Football magazine. A defensive back on ACU’s 1973 team that won the NAIA Division I national title, he recently retired after a 37-year head coaching career, including Class 4A (Paris in 1988) and Class 5A (Tyler John Tyler in 1994) state championships and a 247-90-4 record. He coached the last nine seasons at Carter High School in Dallas. Gary ornton, J.D. (’72), has been appointed director of the Small Business Council, a new initiative of the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce.
ornton is a former ACU trustee who now serves on the University Council, and is a partner in the Austin law firm of Jackson Walker L.L.P. Jennifer ompson (’06) was named Young CPA of the Year by the 2,600-member Fort Worth Chapter of the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants. She also earned an M.Acc. degree from ACU in 2007. ACU’s Jimmy Ellison was named 2010 Outstanding Chief of Police by the Texas Association of College and University Police Administrators. He manages a 21-member staff at ACU. Don W. Crisp (’64), former chair of the ACU Board of Trustees, was named to the Board of Governors of the Dallas Foundation, Texas’ oldest community foundation. Abilene’s newest school will be named in memory of the late Myra P. Martinez (’94), a teacher with a heart for her school’s bilingual students. Myra P. Martinez Elementary School will be built on the site of the old Franklin Middle School. The $7.02 million project will replace Fannin and College Heights, two AISD elementary schools in which Martinez once taught. Five graduates received national or district teaching awards for 2010-11: • Kay (Garner ’79) Robbins, Educator of the Year by the National Christian Schools Association. The director of curriculum and instruction at Abilene Christian Schools, she has served more than 20 years in various classroom and administrative roles, including interim president. • Jan (Wallace ’65) Shewmaker, American Lawyers Auxiliary Elementary School Law-Related Education Teacher of the Year. She is a teacher at Nebbie Williams Elementary School in Rockwall ISD. • Coach Donna Stone (’85), Teacher of the Year at Clear Creek ISD in Houston. • Erica (Jarvis ’04) Crowder, Elementary District Teacher of the Year for Pflugerville ISD. • Allison Ford (’06), English Teacher of the Year and Teacher of the Year at Naaman Forest High School in Garland ISD. ACU TODAY
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