LIVING winter 2022 | continue the legacy ESSAY Tony Pederson Takes The Gavel SPECIAL Looking Back at 2021 Looking Ahead at 2022 FEATURE These Bears Understood The Assignment CLASSIC What Will Baylor Look Like in the 21st Century? CARRY THE TORCH
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Barry Marie Brown
Laura Hallmon, Past President
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Welcome in our new president, Tony Pederson! In this essay, Tony explains his two-fold purpose in leading the foundation, a commitment he was not originally anticipating.
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12 Our favorite time of the year is here: Hall of Fame. See who received the various awards this year ahead of our annual ceremony and fnd out how to grab tickets.
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Continue the legacy. Winter 2022 | Vol. 86 No. 1
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Jan Huggins
Tony Pederson, President Gordon Wilkerson, President Elect
The phrase “To you I pass the torch” is not a platitude, nor a slogan, nor an exercise in recitation. Read why it is still so relevant and as important as ever to each Bear in the Baylor Family — especially you!
16 J. Andrew Rice – the full moniker of the Baylor alum and Baylor Line supporter who goes by “J” – is a guy who appreciates the gifts of life.
Editor-in-chief Jonathon Platt explains why this issue is so relevant right now in our current season of life.
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Sharon McDonald Barnes
Board Members
MANAGING THE MYSTERIES OF LIFE
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LOOKING FOR SMALL MIRACLES 20 When Karen Jones has felt balanced, individual success in both her personal and professional life have followed. With a life full of success and joy, it is her time at Baylor that planted this seed.
—Jonathon Platt, editor in chief BEHIND THE COVER In-sheet Photos by Curtis W. Callaway
Baylor Line Living2 BAYLOREDITOR-IN-CHIEF,LINEMAGAZINE JONATHON PLATT EDITOR EMERITUS, BAYLOR LINE MAGAZINE ROBERT F. DARDEN CFO JAMES MCINNIS CEO ALLEN HOLT DIRECTOR FUNDRAISINGOF COURTNEY FAULKNER DIRECTOR OF MEMBER RELATIONS KELLIE JUANDIEGO CONTINUE THE LEGACY voices 28 32 Dave Campbell, the Shakespeare of sports, passed away in December 2021. He impacted sports for decades and shaped countless lives. Read about his legacy and how you can help continue it Strap in for another quick trip back in time. Travel to when Bears were guessing what 2000 would (or should?) look like. How do you think the suggestions hold up? DAVEREMEMBERING:CAMPBELL BL BAYLORCLASSIC:INTHE
YEAR 2000 When I pitched this cover idea to Curtis Callaway, at this point now Baylor Line’s energetic and innovative cover artist, his eyes lit up. We knew we were onto something from the beginning. From shaping the torch, which came from a Bodark tree, to getting the fame to fan and lick in the way we wanted, this was an exercise of creative joy for us. A very special thanks to our models Scott McAfee and Kaye Robinson Callaway. While the torch is being passed from hand to hand in this photo, I hope this issue shows it is actually being handed to you.
I’ve heard it said that we usually underestimate how long a task will take, but we will over estimate how much we can do in a year. Recently, I’ve invented a line to help me remember this: “Double the timeline; half the expectations.” I say this because I want to exceed your expectations with outstanding, high-quality content but without burning myself out, like so many of our resolutions.
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I’m so excited for this issue to be in your hands. It represents a huge leap for Baylor Line Foundation. That is thanks to you. I cannot be more grateful. Please, enjoy.
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Friends:
I’ve come to this way of working — following that simple line — because of the people this magazine profiles and works with. They’re people who have built, are extending, and will leave behind awesome legacies. They didn’t do this overnight. Every one of them will admit to that. Instead, they build on the previous day to make a greater tomorrow. And that’s what this issue is all about: Carrying the torch. Carrying the torch is a mindset, a way of doing great things, in, with, and beyond your life. Carrying the torch means we honor the past, look to the future, but live in the present. While this is the topic of this issue, it’s also the purpose of this new publication. Baylor Line Living isn’t replacing Baylor Line Magazine — it’s an extension of it. Your support makes it possible for us to carry the torch to new heights and in new ways together.
JonYours, J onathon P latt (‘16, M a ‘19) Editor-in-chief, Baylor Line Insider Exclusive
As this first ever issue of Baylor Line Insider Exclusive reaches you, there will be a terrible thing happening. Most studies show that our New Year’s Resolutions will only survive the first month or so of the year. All that energy and excitement gained around these efforts at the end of 2021 and then they’re gone.
In this inaugural issue, you’ll meet our new board president, Tony Pederson (‘73), and read his vision for the next year (page 4). You will also meet some (but certainly not all) of our favorite Bears who are carrying the torch well, like J Rice (page 16), Karen Jones (page 20), and Robert Morales (page 24). Also in this issue is a special article by John McClain (‘75), honoring and remembering his mentor, Dave Campbell (page 28). Finally, we’ve included a republished article from 1969 by Willam R. Carden that lays out a vision for what Baylor could (should?) look like by the year 2000 (page 32).
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Tony ahead of accepting a Distinguished Alumni Award from Baylor Line Foundation.
7Winter 2022 Baylor Family. Additionally, the Dave Campbell Memorial Scholarship Fund provides fnancial assistance to sports journalism students. Please consider giving to the foundation’s scholarship funds. Information about the funds and how to contribute can be found on the foundation’s website, baylorline.com/give. And please consider supporting the annual Hall of Fame event in February. Distinguished alumni and other outstanding award winners will be honored. Funds raised from this event are used in the scholarships. Tickets are available at baylorline.com/hallofame. There is another reason, in addition to Wayne’s death, that I agreed to serve as president on short notice, and this will lead me to my second goal of involving younger leadership. So much of my professional life as a journalist and teacher has been directly linked to Baylor. My undergraduate education in journalism was heavily infuenced by Baylor Professor David McHam (‘58), who produced journalists for three generations at Baylor and other universities in Texas. The late Harry Marsh (‘49) was another professor on the faculty who not only taught journalism at an extraordinary level but whose career, personality, and life served as great examples for professional conduct and personal living. I could name a dozen other professors whose classes and whose teaching remain with me today. As a student, I worked for the late, legendary Dave Campbell (‘50), sports editor of the Waco Tribune-Herald and founder of Texas Football magazine, who passed away just at the end of 2021. Dave was respected nationally for his knowledge of sports and, specifcally, college football. But he also set standards for fairness, accuracy, and detailed reporting that infuenced everyone who ever worked for him. He has been a lifelong friend and mentor. As I mentioned, the Dave Campbell Scholarship at Baylor Line Foundation helps Baylor students interested in sports journalism.
Dave’s late wife Reba Campbell (‘47) was also a signifcant infuence in the Journalism Department at Baylor as well as a groundbreaking reporter Chad Wooten, Tony Pederson, and Allen Holt at a Baylor Line Foundaiton Executive Committee meeting.
Baylor Line Living8 working in newspapers when opportunities for women typically were limited to the society and “women’s news” pages. Reba would have nothing to do with such limits. She covered news, national afairs, and politics. As a young journalist and later an editor at the Houston Chronicle, I was mentored by the late Jack Loftis (‘57). Jack was one of my dearest friends, and he was a superb editor for a major metropolitan newspaper. In every news story, he asked one question: Was it fair? Jack was a very proud product of Hillsboro, and he had a homespun, common-man sensibility that served him well. Baylor made a major impact on him, and he was never shy talking about the pride he had in his alma mater. He served as president of the Baylor Alumni Association (predecessor of Baylor Line Foundation) and was honored as a distinguished alumnus.
My point is one of encouragement to young Baylor alumni whether you graduated a year ago or even 10 or 20 years ago. Baylor has a way of changing who you are in a positive way. That change usually starts with a professor or a group of professors who taught you things that stay with you for a lifetime. They probably pushed you in ways you maybe didn’t understand at the time. They always encouraged you, perhaps sensing when you were in a down moment or a critical time in your life. If your professors were like mine, there were a few nights without sleep to complete a paper or an assignment. Only later did I fully appreciate what those sleepless nights meant and how they shaped me.For so many of my colleagues and for me personally, the Baylor infuence may have started with sports. The thrill of watching Baylor legends Don Trull (‘63) and Lawrence Elkins (‘64) has Tony accepting his Distinguished Alumni Award.
9Winter 2022 never left me. I consider both of them friends to this day. As I am writing, the Baylor Family is celebrating a 31-24 football win over the University of Texas at McLane Stadium. Funny how so many of our most memorable wins, and heartbreaking losses, have involved the University of Texas. With changes in the Big 12 Conference, any games with the University of Texas in Waco will depend on non-conference scheduling and may not occur for years, if at all. It seems strange to say, but we’re going to miss the Longhorns, and they are going to miss us. (Note to young Baylor alums. Do an internet search for Miracle on the Brazos 1974. It’s required reading for historical perspective.)
Laura, Gordon, and all those I’ve mentioned above are part of the Baylor Line. To all who read this, and especially to the young alumni, fnd the part of the Baylor Line that changed your life, and then come and join us. Tony Pederson (‘73) is professor and The Belo Foundation Endowed Distinguished Chair in Journalism at SMU. He was executive editor of the Houston Chronicle before being named to the Belo Chair in 2003.
Memories of academic life, personal and professional infuence, sports and other extracurricular activities are the lifeblood of university tradition. The Baylor Line is difcult to explain to anyone not a part of it. But if you are a part of it, you can’t escape it, even if you try. My appeal is particularly aimed at younger alumni. Find the Baylor Line in your life. It’s there for the taking. Then, come and join this organization. Volunteer to help with one of our activities. Let us know your interest. Be willing to assume your part in the next generation of leadership. Baylor Line Foundation is a relatively new organization in name only. The beginnings of Baylor Alumni Association go back more than 160 years to 1859. We need not digress into a history that at times has been not unlike family disagreements. That history has been detailed fully in the pages of this award-winning magazine as well as mainstream news media. But it is important to reafrm the willingness and the commitment of Baylor Line Foundation to work with Baylor University for the beneft of the Baylor Family locally, nationally, and worldwide.
Find the Baylor Line in your life. It’s there for the taking. Then, come and join this organization. Volunteer to help with one of our activities. Let us know your interest. Be willing to assume your part in the next generation of leadership.” “
I am grateful to Gordon Wilkerson (‘82), who will be serving the second year of Wayne’s term as president. And I would be remiss in not thanking Laura Hilton Hollman (‘96, JD ‘99) for her outstanding service as president of Baylor Line Foundation. Laura comes from one of the great Baylor families who have contributed so much in so many ways to Baylor over the generations. She led this foundation during the trying times of the COVID-19 pandemic, helping all of us not only survive but thrive during the travel and personal contact limitations that had to be imposed. Laura’s grace, intelligence, and persistence served the foundation well, and all of us are grateful for her commitment and her service.
Baylor Line Living10 CONGRATS TO Ladies and gentlemen, friends, and fellow Bears, we truly just witnessed the Year of the Bear. From sports to academics, the entire Baylor Family showed up in unimaginable ways. Now let’s show 2022 what we can do.
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Congrats to the National Champions in hoops. to the Sooner crushers and Longhorn busters. to the winning Big to the R1 to the Sugar Bowl dominators. to the Bears!
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13Winter 2022 OUTSTANDING YOUNG ALUMNI Joslyn Henderson (MM ‘21, MDiv ‘21) W.R. WHITE SERVICEMERITORIOUSAWARD David Guinn (JD ‘63) FIRST FAMILIES OF BAYLOR AWARD Joseph L. & Laura Brittain Family HERBERT H. REYNOLDS RETIRED FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATORS AWARD Terry Maness (‘71, MS ‘72) ABNER V. HUMANITARIANMCCALLAWARD Jon Singletary (‘93) PRICE DANIEL DISTINGUISHED PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD Clay Jenkins (JD ‘87) DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI Pearl Beverly (MSEd ‘01) Randy Grimes (‘83) David McHam (‘58) Jef Smith (‘85) The 2022 Hall of Fame Awards Ceremony will be held on the evening of Friday, February 25 at the Baylor Club, with a simultaneous broadcast streaming via Zoom. To join us in celebrating these outstanding Bears, purchase your in-person or virtual tickets at baylorline.com/halloffame
THE ASSIGNMENT
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It is the Immortal Message of the Baylor Family, passed to us by former Baylor President Samuel Palmer Brooks in his fnal address. Sometimes, messages that are repeated begin to lose their meaning. They become white-washed, in efect. They begin to just be rote exercises in memorization recall. That’s why it is so important to not gloss-over Brooks’s immortal phrase. We should be reafrmed, recommitted, and re-energized in hearing it, just as we are re-invigorated each year by hearing the story of the Immortal Ten or by the frst running of the Baylor Line each football season or by singing the words to That Good Old Baylor Line loud and proud. This phrase has deep, important, lasting meaning to the Baylor Family.
Without our Torchbearer members, Baylor Line could not exist. They are a life blood to us all, rich in legacy, wisdom, support, and energy. Too often though, they are known in name-only by most of the Baylor Family. We’d like to introduce you to three Bears who were handed the torch and did something with it.
FEATURES
Editor’s note: You know the line. It is said over and over again. At commencement, at galas, at award ceremonies. “To you I hand the torch.”
THE BEARS WHO UNDERSTOOD
Affable and organized, an enjoyer of fun as well as hard work, Rice is a devout follower of Christ who considers his faith the cornerstone of his life, while seeing that religion is the creation of J.,man.68, goes to the same church he attended as a boy, down the road from the cattle ranch where he grew up. Somehow, it’s not surprising that his marriage to his sweetheart Susan Rice is going on 45 years, and that he’s a loving dad to four grown kids and four grandchildren.
The Texas Tree Farmer of the Year in 2019, Rice manages timber on his 270-plus acres following sustainability measures that include wetlands, 40-year-old pine trees, and fre lanes andButroads.Rice’s main vocation for years was unrelated agriculture.to Rice founded Tarkington.1908partiallyofmasteraInc.Management,Publicin1982fromdeskinthebedroomhisthen-restored,homeinThemission:
MANAGING the MYSTERIES of LIFE
Andrew Rice – the full moniker of the Baylor alum and Baylor Line supporter who goes by “J” – is a guy who appreciates the gifts of life. “Life is mysterious,” Rice says. “But you begin to know that there’s some order to the universe. It’s an adventure to fnd that out as you develop spiritually and have a close relationship with God.”
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To help mostly smaller cities and towns fnd and procure federal and state grants and resources to fund essential services such as water, sewer, and road improvements, economic development, and housing. But frst came formative years at Baylor, which Rice attended on scholarship, encouraged by his parents to be the second in the family to go to college, after his older sister. “Baylor opened up a whole new world for me,” he says. “It gave me more than I expected and
“My great-grandfather came to Tarkington, Texas, from Missouri in 1884 to get in the timber industry in East Texas,” Rice says. “I was a farm boy and that’s the tradition in my family, for four generations now.”
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From top left, then clockwise: J. Rice with Baylor Choir in Greece, 1971.
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J. in front of BU Martin Hall, his residence for frst two years at Baylor. Leading choir at Rural Shade Baptist Church, 1985. J. conducting the 2010 Cantata Practice Rural Shade Baptist Church Choir. J. with Baylor Chamber of Commerce, 1975. Receiving his diploma from Dr. Herbert Reynolds at Baylor graduation, 1975. The Baylor graduate.
Bottom row: Grandpa J. with Peter, Annabeth, Joanna, and Sammi. With fans after performing at Carnegie Hall with the Singing Men of Texas, October, 2018.
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Second row, left to right: Baylor Chamber of Commerce 100 year anniversary: with fellow chamber members (left to right:) Dennis Sansom, Ken Kelly, Steven Miller, J. Rice, Kent Reynolds. J. and Susan with the whole family.
Third row, left to right: Galveston trip, 2019. Announcing the play-by-play for the Tarkington High School football game.
Top row, left to right: J. and Susan in Quebec, Oct. 2017. J. accepts 2019 Outstanding Tree Farmer of the Year. 2013 Board of Directors - David Baker, Vice President; Susan Rice, Secretary; J. Andrew Rice, President.
Many local ofcials turned to Public Management for assistance in winning grants and planning. “There was a lot of need for professional assistance with planning management and fnancing for small local governments in Texas, because most of the people working in those rural communities and municipalities didn’t have that kind of training or education, or they just didn’t have the time.” The frm also assisted larger cities like Beaumont obtain support for recovery and improvements in the wake of disasters like Hurricane Ike. Public Management is still going strong today with a team that Rice and his partner handpicked. And how’s retirement going? “I’m staying really busy,” Rice says with a laugh. “I guess you could say I’m ofcially retired. But if there’s something to do, I’ll do it. If I don’t want to do it, I don’t. That’s the diference. I don’t set an alarm Retirementclock.”has included writing a novel and participating in Singing Men of Texas, a group of skilled musicians and singers from Baptist congregations who perform spiritually centered music.“I’ve been singing all my life. My mother encouraged me,” Rice says, noting that he was his church’s music director for thirty years. In 2019, the Singing Men performed at Carnegie Hall. “It was one of those mountaintop experiences,” Rice says. “When I told my sister I was going, she started crying because she wished our mother was still alive to experience that.”
Rice was a psychology and pre-med major and actively involved in the Baylor Chamber of Commerce service fraternity, which he credits with lifelong connections and teaching him about leadership. He also sang in the chapel choir, whose stops during his involvement included Bethlehem Square in Israel on Christmas Eve.
Rice and his brother also began a foundation that gives scholarships to any graduating Tarkington High School student who is going on to college or vocational school. And the retired executive also started Leadership East Texas, which delivers specialized training to develop future leaders in Liberty, San Jacinto, and Polk counties.Ricestands strong in his support of the Baylor Line Foundation and its stature as an independent alumni association. “I’m behind our mission to continue to provide information and assistance to alumni, and assistance to students through scholarships like I received,” Rice says. “I’ll continue to provide that kind of assistance to kids who want a Baylor education.”
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“Around that time, Watergate had just happened, and Richard Nixon had resigned,” Rice says. “I was bothered by all of that and thought, ‘I can do something about this.’ And politics and government had always been interesting to me.”
Post-graduation, after not getting into medical school his frst go-round, Rice took a break by teaching school in coastal Texas for two years.
Rice earned his master’s degree in public administration at University of Houston–Clear Lake. “Those opportunities were put in front of me, and I took advantage of them,” he says. “I frmly believe that God gave me that opportunity.”PublicManagement aimed to help small towns best serve their residents. (Former U.S. House speaker) “Tip O’Neill said, ‘All politics are local.’ He’s right,” Rice says. “The local level is where politics really afects people, with everyday things like the water turning on, and a sewer plant that doesn’t pollute. I worked continually with those kinds of projects – economic development, roads, afordable housing, parks.”
And in the future, Rice plans to continue his steadfast appreciation of life. “I’ve had a good life and I have no complaints,” he says. “My philosophy is just to live life to the fullest.”
Rice also is president of the Rice Richardson Foundation, started by Rice’s mother and named for her and his deceased uncle whose estate provided the seed money. The nonproft funds community endeavors like the building of a community center and the J.A. and Neva Rice Public Library in Tarkington.
Rice embraced and continues to value Baylor’s spiritual underpinnings. “My faith has always been important to me,” Rice says. “The religious overtones at Baylor aren’t as prevalent as they used to be, which is a good thing, but it still provides a universal education with a Christian undergirding. Religion is an invention of man, not of God. I learned the diference between religion and a relationship with God at Baylor. That’s why I liked Baylor. I got a really good education and grew spiritually there.”
SHAPING a BALANCEDLIFE
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uring Welcome Week at the start of her freshman year, Karen Jones remembers hearing a speaker talk to the eager new Baylor Bears about striving for balance. “They spoke about fnding balance in your physical, spiritual, and mental self,” she says. “I have thought back on that many times over the years.” When she’s felt balanced, individual success in both her personal and professional life have followed. “We all get out of whack sometimes when we aren’t taking care of our health, our spiritual needs, or ourselves in general,” Jones says, “but over the years I have found my version of success both professionally and personally when those are more balanced.”
A certifed public accountant and managing partner at boutique frm Meador & Jones, LLP in Austin, Jones graduated from Baylor University in 1986 with a Bachelor of Business Administration with majors in economics and fnance. After graduation, Jones continued her education back in her hometown at the University of Texas at Austin where she received a Master of Business Administration. She and her husband, Gary, another proud Baylor Bear, have been married for more than three decades. The pair grew up together in Austin but didn’t begin dating until their collegiate years. Jones is a proud mom of Meagan,daughterstwo–29, and Caroline, 27 – and calls her family and marriage her “Garyachievements.greatestandIhave been married thirty-three years, and it gets better each year,” she says. “We have so much fun together.” As for parenting, Jones is exceedingly proud of the independent and empathetic women her daughters have become.“Asamother of girls, you want them to be independent and be self-sufcient, no matter what they choose for their own lives” she says.
After nearly three decades of experience in the tax and fnance accounting industry, Jones has honed her management and leadership style based in many ways on her deep-seated family values and her early years as a working mom trying to make all the pieces ft. “I have made it a rule where God is frst for me, then my family, and then my career,” she says. “I am not going to work twelve hours a day for six days a week.”
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Jones says. “We don’t really have a hierarchy. We try to provide a place where each person can develop and contribute, and then go home at the end of the day and be with their family and friends outside the ofce.”
Meagan and Caroline graduated from Texas Christian University, making for a fun – and at times competitive – family rivalry particularly during football season, Jones says. Although the Bears sufered a tough loss during this year’s game against the TCU Horned Frogs, Jones took it in stride. “I am pretty competitive, so I tried to just relax. If I am going to lose to somebody, I guess it is okay to lose to them,” she says.
“We do things a little bit diferently here,”
Jones’s approach isn’t just about her own life. She strives to create a workplace for her team that encourages a better work-life balance, providing a space for career growth while maintaining fexibility and understanding.
“They are both grounded in life and have immense compassion for other people.”
The importance of this ofce mindset was cemented in Jones during years of juggling the Clockwise from top left: Pi Beta Phi Dad’s Day, 1983. Baylor roommates in 1983. Enjoying a Fall Formal, 1986. Back to School dance, 1985. Center: Dressed up for the Pigskin Review, 1984.
One of the key pieces to Meador & Jones stellar reputation as a frm is a relationship-forward focus with both clients and staf, as well as their lack of a traditional ofce hierarchy structure.
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“When my two daughters were young, I didn’t have the capacity in my schedule to work a lot of overtime,” Jones says. “Gary is an airline pilot and back then there were many days where it was just me getting the kids to school and working during tax season. Success then was getting everyone home and getting everyone to do their homework. It makes me a better boss now to young parents who have all of that to juggle.”
“I have always told my children and staf that it is going to look diferent for everyone,” she says. “Everyone is going to have a diferent path and a diferent version of success, and that’s okay.”
Working motherhood wasn’t as commonplace then. Jones recalls not having anyone to look to for advice on how to make the push-and-pull of responsibilities come together. “In my life, I didn’t have a role model that I could ask, ‘How do you do this?’ I’d have three events I’d need to attend at school, a class project that needed supplies, and then a busy week at work,” she says. “And the IRS doesn’t care that you have a school play.”Now, she hopes to help members of her team navigate their versions of that chapter in their lives while providing support.
Clockwise from top left: Karen and Gary in Carmel, one of their favorite spots to visit. A true Baylor supporter, October 2010 after Baylor beat UT for the frst time in almost two decades. Running the Baylor Line, when all women who attended previously that weren’t able to originally participate were invited to do so. The family (from left to right) Caroline (27), Gary, Meagan (29), and Karen.
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Robert
LOOKING for MIRACLESSMALL in LIFE on the Great Wall, during a life changing trip to China.
“The cool thing is that when you’re out there, you get to see a diferent kind of nature,” Morales says. “There are a bunch of dolphins right there in the bay, and every time we go out to sail, there they are.”
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ince moving to Corpus Christi in 2020, Robert Morales and his wife have discovered that they love being on the water. The couple own a small pontoon, and when the weather is right, they’ll set sail in the bay near their home.
“To me, success is if I can make a diference in the life of an individual.” With the exception of a four-year stint as the senior living sales director for the Baptist Retirement Community in San Angelo, Morales has spent much of his career in the world of development. It’s a profession that suits him: His wardrobe always includes a warm smile, and he has an uncanny ability to connect with just about anyone. Perhaps most importantly, he makes you feel seen and heard. “If he’s not the nicest guy I’ve ever met, he’s defnitely in the top fve,” says Patrick “Pat” Crump, ‘91, who worked with Morales for several years and whom Morales considers an instrumental fgure from his time in college. “I remember meeting him and thinking, ‘Wait a minute, no one is really that nice,’” Crump says. “But it turns out, Robert is. He’s just constantly putting others before himself, both in his personal life and his professional life.”
The Baylor.matriculatedaftercolleaguesfuturemetMoralesatHewas a frst-generation college student, and he Heatimmediatelyrecallsfeelinghomeoncampus.alsoremembersa distinct feeling of success, like he had achieved something simply by being the frst in his family to attend college. Of course, he“Ithad.just felt like a college campus,” Morales says of the university. “The red bricks, the arches and the columns: everything about it felt like the kind of place you dream about when you dream of college.”While on campus, he played a small role in helping other students’ dreams come true by stufng letters for the admissions ofce. It was something of a full-circle moment for Morales, who still remembers his admission letter and the day he learned of the scholarship he received to attend Baylor. “I didn’t expect that to happen,” he says. “But because of all of those donors, I got an
In a way, this image of Morales and his wife’s sunsoaked pontoon sharing the bay with a small group of playful dolphins encapsulates what this Baylor alum truly values. As the people in his life will be quick to tell you, Morales is a man motivated not by material things, but by moments of joy, be they big or small. Usually, those joyful moments include his faith, family, friends, and acts of service. Service, whatever it may look like, is a particularly important part of Morales’ life. He is an active donor to his beloved Baylor, and he has devoted his career to nonproft work. In fact, service and success are practically synonymous for the proud Baylor Bear. “Success is pouring into someone else,” he says.
After graduating, Morales took a job in the very ofce for which he used to stuf letters. Yet while he loved his time working in admissions, he discovered his heart belonged to the nonproft world, and development in particular. His fundraising work (which he calls “relationship building”) often fnds Morales connecting people to the causes they cherish – or discovering new passions altogether. According to Crump, it’s a profession perfectly suited to someone as warmhearted and personable as Morales.“Robert is very relationship-oriented,” Crump says. “He is very good at identifying resources and making connections in the community, and he has this crazy ability to remember pretty from below left: Robert Morales with his brother David at a sorority mixer, 1998. The brothers cheer on the Bears at a Baylor football game. Robert and David with their sister, Rebecca Morales Kireta—all three graduated from Baylor! Robert’s Baylor graduation, 1993.
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When Campbell died in December at 96, Texas lost an institution. Family, friends, and fans across the Lone Star State mourned the loss of a journalism giant who had a profound impact on their lives and careers. At the Tribune-Herald and Texas Football and as the editor of the Baylor Insider for 15 years, Campbell employed enough writers, editors, and photographers to staf a major metropolitan newsroom. At one time or another, they all tried to emulate his style, but they soon learned there was only one Dave Campbell. “I can make an argument Dave had more impact on Texas journalism than any other single person,” said Tony Pederson, a Waco native and Baylor graduate who worked for Campbell at the Tribune-Herald. “Texas Football changed sports journalism in Texas. He launched the careers of dozens of journalists at the Waco Tribune-Herald, including mine, and inspired hundreds more.”
William David Campbell
“Campbell was synonymous with football in Texas. He’ll be missed by many.”
by John McClain (‘75)
Dave Campbell was the Shakespeare of sportswriters, a wordsmith whose columns informed, entertained, and captivated his loyal readers for almost 70 years.
During his legendary, 40-year career as the sports editor of the Waco Tribune-Herald and the founder of Texas Football magazine in 1960, Campbell painted vivid portraits of Southwest Conference football and the colorful characters who coached and played the game he loved.
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“When I went to work at the Tribune-Herald, I was still a student at Baylor,” Pederson said. “My frst big assignment was a Baylor football game sidebar, with Dave doing the main story. I was sitting next to him in the Baylor press box, and I noticed he kept his own play-by-play, in exacting detail.
One reason Campbell hired Lester Zedd out of Waco Connally High School was because of his expertise at spelling. While working at the Tribune-Herald, Zedd earned his degree from Baylor and spent decades at the Houston Post and Houston Chronicle.
“Dave was that rarest of fgures in any profession,” David Barron said.
“His name became synonymous with the sport he chronicled and celebrated,” Barron wrote after Campbell’s death. “For many, he’ll be remembered not as much for the business he created but for the kindness and encouragement he displayed to generations of writers, broadcasters, coaches, and players.”
When it came to journalism, Campbell was a perfectionist.
“I said, ‘Mr. Campbell, why do you keep your own play-by-play? They distribute one here in the press box.’ He looked at me and said, ‘Sometimes there are mistakes in their play-by-play.”
Barron worked for Campbell at the Tribune-Herald before spending three decades at the Houston Chronicle. He also served as Texas Football’s editor for years.
Campbell was a stickler for spelling. He treated misspelled words like bad breath – he had no use for them.
“I’ll never forget after I edited a story, I heard Mr. Campbell say to Hollis, ‘Mr. Biddle, I think
Campbell was synonymous with football in Texas. He’ll be missed by many and never forgotten because that’s what happens with legends.
I have so many wonderful memories of Campbell and those who worked for him. My respect and admiration for him as a journalist and as a man grew even stronger through the decades. I was honored to introduce him at his induction into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame and to be invited to speak at his retirement event as well as his funeral. Campbell would have been embarrassed at all the tributes written after his death. He always said reporters should write the news, not make it. For someone who went out of his way to avoid attention, he sure got a lot of it. And it was well-deserved.
we’ve got ourselves someone who can spell,’” Zedd remembered.
Please, join us and many of your fellow Bears in honoring Dave’s legacy by donating in tribute to the Dave Campbell Memorial Scholarship Fund. Donate today at baylorline.com/campbellfund
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I’d like to end this tribute to Campbell with a personal note.
I grew up in Waco and attended my frst Baylor game in 1960 when the Bears beat Colorado on Cub Scout Night. I was 8. I told my father how much I loved the Bears. He handed me the sports section he read every day. I’ll never forget my dad telling me, “If you want to learn about football and the Baylor Bears, you have to read Dave Campbell.”
John McClain (‘75), a Waco native and Baylor graduate, has covered the NFL, including the Oilers and Texans, for four-plus decades at the Houston Chronicle. In addition to numerous awards and accolades celebrating his writing, he is a 2019 recipient of Baylor Line Foundation’s Distinguished Alumni Award.
I had no idea who Dave was, and I couldn’t understand half the words he wrote, but I became a devoted reader. I was blessed to work for Campbell for almost four years while I attended Baylor. I left for the Houston Chronicle in 1976.
Campbell would have been embarrassed at all the tributes written after his death. He always said reporters should write the news, not make it. For someone who went out of his way to avoid attention, he sure got a lot of it. And it was well-deserved.” “
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By William R. Carden
BAYLOR IN THE YEAR 2000
A TIDAL WAVE of change is threatening to overwhelm all the sacred orthodoxies, ancient traditions, and cherished assumptions of the modern world. Allow me to change the metaphor from a tidal wave to an explosion. Social scientists are fond of speaking of various kinds of explosions that are taking place in our world, explosions that shadow our future with foreboding and danger. Demographers warn us of a population explosion that threatens to double the world’s population before the yearEducators2000. speak of a knowledge explosion (I prefer to call it an information explosion). We are trying to contain this somehow with the computer. There was one commercial computer in 1950. It is estimated that by the end of this year there will be 70,000 commercial computers in operation. If information keeps increasing at the present rate, major libraries in the United States will double in the next eight years. An explosion is taking place in the world of technology. One of the signifcant developments in the modern world concerns the idea of power. New concepts and breakthroughs have given man the ability to do almost anything with his physical world that he dares. Power has brought fresh water from the seas, power has extracted minerals from low grade ores that
In an anecdote in a contemporary novel Destiny appeared several centuries ago on a small island and asked a single question of three inhabitants. The question was, “What would you do if you knew that tomorrow this island would be inundated by a tidal wave?” The frst respondent was a religious man, a mystic. He said, “I would gather all my loved ones and retire to the sacred grove and there pray all night that the gods might avert this tragedy.” The second man was a cynic. He replied, “I would eat, drink and be merry all night long, for tomorrow I die.” The third man was a rationalist and loved reason. He pondered a moment before he answered. He said, “I suppose I would gather all the wise men of the island together and see if we could not discover some way to live under water.”
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to like in BL Classics. In this installment, enjoy a trip back in time to read what author William Carden and Baylor Line thought Baylor would (and should) be like in the 21st Century.
CLASSIC Originally published: November-December 1969
33Winter 2022 were formerly thought unproftable; power has placed man on the moon. Another kind of technology deals with the micro-world. Man is now attempting to create life in test tubes and to alter his genetic inheritance, both hopefully for the good of humanity.Another kind of explosion is an explosion of colleges. Last year in the United States, nearly seventy new colleges opened their doors. That is an average of more than one per week. Also last year in the United States over a dozen private colleges either closed their doors or became public institutions: that is an average exceeding one per month. Still another kind of explosion is the student explosion. When Baylor University opened its doors for the frst time in 1845, there were less than 100,000 students in the institutions of this country. Now, 125 years later, there are nearly eight million. This number is expected to increase to ffteen million by 1980. These revolutionary developments bring both promises and threats for theWhatfuture.will Baylor be like 125 years from now? Looking backward briefy, we fnd that when the doors of Baylor University were opened in 1845, Victoria was the queen of England, Nicholas the First was on the throne of Russia, Louis Phillippe was the monarch of France, and Germany and Italy were not yet nations. Texas was not even a state; there were no concrete ribbons that stretched from one coast to the other; there were no telephones to pick up and use to converse across the oceans; there were no airplanes streaking across continents; and only the foolish would have dreamed that 125 years later man would stand on the moon. What can we dare to predict today about Baylor 125 years from now? If I had been predicting the future as recently as 1959 (when I graduated from Baylor) I would not have dared to suggest that in just ten years our nation would be so tragically divided over a war that in 1959 was merely a guerilla action involving American advisors. In 1959 I would not have guessed that our federal government would have moved into higher education and medical afairs in the way it has moved in the last decade. The future often makes fools of those who dare to assume the prophet’s mantle. The very fact that change is so rapid and that there is such a large class of variables about which Originally published: November-December 1969
I do not think any of us would deny there is ample, tragic evidence of a deep crisis in the human condition. Look at the past ffty years of the world’s history—this small planet has been shaken by a series of revolutions which have drastically altered the political, economic, and social structure of a majority of its nations—the USSR, China, India, nearly all of Africa, the Middle East and Asia, and most of Latin America. In the same ffty years, the world has shuddered under two major wars and a major depression. In the last twenty years this nation has been caught in two major wars in the Far East, neither of which is ofcially concluded.
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More than two-thirds of the world’s population is either undernourished or on the verge of starvation. Even in the wealthiest nation in human history—the United States, 1969— many people are still struggling to emerge from poverty. In this university we struggle to live, to become and to create in the national shadow of misery, death and destruction.Thestriking developments in science, medicine, and technology contrast starkly with the present quality of human life: We can nourish a man on the moon but we cannot adequately feed the children of Harlem or Watts. We
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prediction is extremely risky means that education, all education, will increasingly have to be education for adaptation and fexibility. We cannot with any confdence predict birth rates, the date of signifcant inventions or important medical breakthroughs, or the length of women’s skirts (if any) or the next Baptist position on the separation of church and state. Perhaps no age has been so interested in the future and so determined as our own to control it.
Writers are fooding the bookstores with volumes about the year 2000; TV programs carry the serious imaginings of creative minds about life in the twenty-frst century: and business, education and government every day make decisions with an eye to their impact on generations yet unborn. Today’s students will be in the prime of life when the twenty-frst century arrives. The education they deserve is not one for the 70’s but for the twenty-frst century. Some who now attend Baylor as students will teach here in the twenty-frst century. Their children and their children’s children will be Baylor students in the twenty-frst century. The future shape and substance of Baylor University to at least the year 2000 can be reasonably predicted in broad outline by examining its recent past and by observing general educational developments which are presently taking place. An attempt to look into the future of higher education in general and Baylor in particular is an occasion for both faith and despair. Faith because of the pragmatic ability of higher education to solve the perplexing number of problems it has faced in recent years—the infux of veterans, faculty salaries, the post war baby boom, and the Sputnik challenge. Yet this faith is at the same time tempered by a nagging doubt that mankind can muster the intellectual and moral energy to govern itself in justice and dignity: and it is shadowed with the haunting possibility that we may not have the wisdom to avoid self-destruction.
This is the frst generation in the history of mankind that has looked to its peers for guidance and approval rather than to its elders. The speed of technological and scientifc change in our society has created an impression that what was true ten or twenty years ago has only a limited relevance for today.” “
35Winter 2022 can analyze the composition of remote stars —but we have not yet learned to understand our nextdoor neighbor. We have learned to survive under the oceans, but we have not yet learned to live peaceably on the land. Maybe what I am trying to say is that it is generally safer to predict problems than to predict their solutions. The struggle for survival will continue to be man’s oldest and toughest problem, though it has taken on new forms in our time. The survival of life is threatened by civil disorder, overpopulation, air and water pollution, and the constant menace of thermonuclear extermination—a constant condition of modern life. The quality of life is threatened by the boredom that unused leisure generates; the menaces to sanity inherent in social strife; the collapse of once-comforting value systems; the pressures of overcrowding, speed, noise, and emotional strain; and the frustration of too much for most men to know, even about their own specialties and professions. Although we now see through a glass darkly, in the year 2000 our children and we ourselves will be face to face with the efects of the decisions we make now. Let me briefy comment on several things taking place in our culture that will afect not just Baylor but all colleges and universities. I do not suggest these in any particular order of (1)importance.Therapid development of urbanization will bring over eightyfve percent of the world population into perhaps three hundred metropolitan centers by the year 2000. The city has been historically the center of amusement and culture—the catalyst of progress and education. Urbanization has its values in cooperative living and easy accessibility of economic and cultural centers. On the other hand, such dimensions of urbanization will afect the dignity of man because of the impersonality of living in what is rapidly becoming a vast human ant(2)heap.Our increasing contact with other cultures of the world holds both a threat and a promise. Our speed of communication threatens to outstrip our ability to relate harmoniously with others. The development of the transistor radio and television means that all who have little are increasingly aware of those who have much. On the other hand, this intercultural revolution Originally published: November-December 1969
We believe in community. We believe in transformation. We believe in you. Because when we all come together in support of each other, there’s nothing that can stop the Baylor Family. We believe that everyone has a place. We believe that your life matters. We believe you are leaving behind an important legacy. And all of our eforts aim to keep this single promise… We promise to make the Baylor Family ever-better by investing in a future where everyone can carry the torch, live with purpose, and lead with confdence.
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What will you do with your torch in 2022?