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Texas Tech Chancellor Kent R. Hance // MommyMeds // Things That Are Red // East of West 84 // Homecoming 2013 // Raider Power Wagon // Bragging Rights

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Dr. Mindy Brashears Researcher in Food Safety & Food Microbiology

Making the food you eat safer is what led Dr. Brashears and her team of researchers to discover how to keep bread mold-free for up to 60 days. This use of microwave technology can have a huge impact on food security, which means providing the world with a safe and abundant food supply and water supply.

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Leaving a Living Legacy on Campus

A new app provides peace of mind for new and expectant mothers.

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things that are red Countless things that are red, and a few things that are Raiders, but there’s only one Red Raider!

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east of west 84 Red Raider Wade Bowen lays down Texas music tracks.

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We Love the ’90s

Alumni brothers Jody and Russell Stocks make a family heirloom a source of Red Raider pride.

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Bragging rights The Texas Tech University Ranch Horse Team brings home another national championship.

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letters Bringing Back Memories

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I always enjoy reading the Texas Techsan to keep up with the progress of our great university. The “Glimpse at Texas Tech’s Heritage” in Volume 66, Number 04 made me do a double take. Although I do not own a horse and my wife doesn’t have the hairdo (anymore), my 1963 VW Karmann Ghia could have been the one in your photo. I completely restored it from the ground up and when it came time for a paint job, there was no question that it would be Texas Tech scarlet.

Thank you for the great news and information you continue to print.

MAGAZINE STAF F Publisher, Bill Dean ’61, ’65, ’71 Editor, Jean Ann Bowman Cantore ’84, ’87 Associate Editor, Jennifer Bell Ritz ’94, ’95 Intern, Katelyn Perry

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AL UMNI ASSOC IATION EX EC UTIVE BOA RD Renée Bergenheier Underwood ’78, Lubbock (President) Bill Benton ’78, Van Alstyne (Past President) Tom Sellers ’77, Sulphur Springs (President-Elect)

More About Robert “Bob” Hilliard I got my Nov/Dec Techsan today and found a mention of the passing of “Robert (Bob) Hilliard, a friend, Shelton, Conn., died June 28.” Bob was much more than a friend, he was responsible for the modernization of student personnel policies in the men’s residence halls. In 1958, I became an Asst. Wing Advisor in Bledsoe Hall as a junior. At that time the hall supervisors were retired men, preferably married. There was little staff training other than dorm duties. In 1959 I was a Wing Advisor and Bob Hilliard became the Assistant Dean of Men responsible for the men’s residence halls. He began staff training and taught us that we lived in “residence halls,” not “dormitories.” Dormitories were for sleeping he said, but we were an educational unit to enhance the academic function of the college. I graduated with my BA in Mathematics in 1960, but wanted to continue my studies. Bob recruited me to return as one of the first graduate student head residents at Texas Tech in Fall 1961. I remained in Gaston Hall for two years and saw almost all the men’s halls become led by graduate students. He oversaw the transition to racial integration in the residence halls with little strife. He and Lew Jones, Dean of Men, were mentors to me.

I graduated in 1963 with my MS in Mathematics, but I wanted to continue my education and remain in the student personnel field. In 1964 Bob encouraged me to apply for a head resident position at Washington State U. I did so and began my doctoral studies in Counseling and Higher Education. Bob was also pursuing his doctorate in History. While at WSU, I became financial aid director and eventually Asst. Dean of Students while completing my Ed. D. Bob married the daughter of the Dean of the School of Home Economics and eventually left WSU ABD to become Dean of Students at Northern Colorado U. His next stop was Dean of Students at the U. of Alaska. He was a member and national officer of Alpha Phi Omega all his adult life.

Bob Hilliard was the man who started me on my career path of 36 years in higher education and enabled me at several points along the way. Texas Tech can be proud to have had him on its staff and proud of the legacy he left.

Sincerely, Robert G. Kinney, BA ’60, MS ’63 Bob & Elaine Kinney Waco, Texas 76710

Bill Brown ’74, Austin (Endowment Trust Board & Alumni Finance Chair) Bill Dean, Ed.D., ’61, ’65, ’71, Lubbock (Executive VP and CEO)

BOARD OF DIREC TORS Arcilia Carrasco Acosta ’89, Grand Prairie Ryan Barbles ’02, Houston Nancy L. Birdwell ’74, Salado Michelle Bleiberg ’89, Dallas Paul W. Foster ’80, San Antonio Ginger Gurss Francis ’79, El Paso Clara Garcia ’13, Dallas Victor Hackett Jr. ’76, Marlton, N.J. Art A. Hall ’96, San Antonio Kristina Harris Butts ’01, Washington, D.C. Sandy Devlin Henry ’67, Lubbock Carey Hobbs ’58, Waco (Athletic Council Representative) Nancy Johnson Isom ’80, Idalou Neal E. Leonard ’95, San Antonio Vicki Vannoy Nixon ’73, Lubbock Timothy L. Parker ’94, ’96, Roswell, N.M. Paul Parkinson ’74, Plano John W. Redmon ’71, The Woodlands Linda Burke Rutherford ’88, Carrollton Mallory Sanderson ’16, Trophy Club Gary Shores ’63, Wichita Falls John C. Sims ’65, Lubbock (Legal Counsel) Jerry V. Smith ’65, ’67, Dallas Barry Street ’79, Kress Bobby G. Waddle ’55, DeSoto Louis Bryant Williams Jr. ’61, Kerrville Texas Techsan is the official publication of the Texas Tech Alumni Association and Texas Tech University. The Texas Techsan (USPS #021-676) is published bimonthly and mailed to members of the Texas Tech Alumni Association. Annual membership is $50 for alumni and friends of Texas Tech.

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In 2008, I served on the selection committee that would recommend to Chancellor Kent Hance candidates for president of Texas Tech University who would follow Jon Whitmore, Ph.D. As I read through the numerous resumes of candidates who had applied, my attention focused on the resume of Guy Bailey, Ph.D., then-chancellor of the University of Missouri at Kansas City.

His wife was the former Jan Tillery. That name immediately rang a bell with me. I taught Jan Tillery in a class called “Journalism for the High School Teacher” back in the 1970s.

However, it goes much deeper than that. Her father, Clarence “Tim” Tillery was my high school baseball coach at Lubbock High School in 1953-54, and her mother, Mary, taught my wife, Peggy, at Smylie Wilson Junior High.

Jan passed away Sept. 2 in a Birmingham, Ala., hospital after a lengthy illness.

“She beat cancer twice, but the treatments left her body in a weakened condition and she was just not able to overcome this last round,” Bailey stated.

Throughout it all, she never complained.

She was passionate about everything Texas Tech, especially Texas Tech football. Bailey said he had to stand beside her in their suite at Jones AT&T Stadium to keep her falling out the window. She frequently could be seen leaning out the window giving the referees a piece of her mind when she felt they had made a bad call.

Every time I saw her, she mentioned that class she took from me and how much she felt it helped her early in her teaching career. She completed her bachelor’s degree in journalism and English at Tech.

After teaching in high school, she then worked her way up into the college ranks. She received her master’s degree in English at Texas A&M and a doctoral degree in English linguistics from Oklahoma State.

She published and presented research papers on more than 70 occasions, and her research in linguistics was featured in The New York Times in 2003.

Jan was both passionate and compassionate. She never put herself first.

She always thought of supporting and comforting others. She deeply loved Texas Tech.

God rest her soul.

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the rounds of alumni chapter meetings this past spring and summer, it seemed to me that we have entered into an “Era of Good Feeling.” Our alumni seem to have a good feeling about several things: That Texas Tech, along with Houston, was named a National Research University by the Coordinating Board.

Aside from the fact that Tech will receive $8.5 to $9 million additional appropriations as a result of this designation, this step is a major one forward for the prestige of our university. It also puts us on track to take the next major step, which would be AAU (Association of American Universities). That will take some doing, but we have taken a big step forward.

Another component of the legislation that created the NRU designation was the Texas Research Incentive Program to match dollars generated for research.

Tech qualified for $24.4 million to be set aside, far more than any other Texas university.

That Chancellor Kent Hance and his advancement team reached its goal of one billion dollars a year early. Our system now joins a group of fewer than 70 universities that have raised $1 billion in donations and endowments. More than 120,000 alumni, faculty, staff and friends contributed to the campaign, named the Texas Tech Vision and Tradition campaign.

That one of our own, Kliff Kingsbury, was named head football coach. Kliff quickly surrounded himself with a coaching staff of mostly former Tech players who all graduated within the last 10 years. It will take time to build the kind of program he wants, but he and his staff should have no trouble relating to players and selling Texas Tech to recruits.

The great thing is how it has solidified our fan base. For the first time in three years, we all seem to be on the same page moving forward.

It’s a great feeling.

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through the arches c o m pi le d By Kate lyn pe r ry

news tExas tEcH uNivErsity officials rEport rEcord ENrollMENt fiGurEs for tHE fiftH-straiGHt yEar, as 33,111 studENts arE ENrollEd iN fall classEs.

The figure represents a nearly 16 percent increase over the last decade and was accomplished following a second-straight record year of more than 7,000 degrees conferred. The increase maintains the university’s course of achieving a goal of 40,000 students by 2020, which supports the Texas Tech University System’s goal of nearly 60,000 students among its four institutions during the same time period. tExas tEcH uNivErsity HEaltH sciENcEs cENtEr Hit a NEW ENrollMENt rEcord, WitH 4,200 studENts ENrolliNG iN tHE fall 2013 sEMEstEr. The bump is an increase of nearly 5 percent. Since Fall 2006, student enrollment at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center has increased by nearly 2,000 students.

tHE collEGE of EducatioN NoW offErs a MiNor iN coacHiNG. Beginning this spring, the college

will offer multidisciplinary studies majors the option to minor in coaching. The effort is a partnership with the Department of Health, Exercise & Sports Sciences. The decision was made because rural schools often require high school and junior high school teachers to teach as well as coach. Candidates are students who want to teach math or science in a middle or secondary school; who want to coach sports along with teaching, and who are willing to work in a smaller district. Initially only 15-20 candidates will be selected. david vauGHN

tExas tEcH uNivErsity Was rEcENtly iNcludEd iN tHE 2013-14 EditioN of “tHE aluMNi factor,” a collEGE GuidEBook raNkiNG collEGEs aNd uNivErsitiEs BasEd oN GraduatEs’ ExpEriENcEs. Texas Tech is ranked 35th among all national universities and ninth among “very large schools,” which include schools with more than 20,000 undergraduate students. Among the Financial Success category, Texas Tech alumni fared well, especially among very large schools. Texas Tech is ranked No. 1 among very large schools for “Household Net Worth” (ninth among national universities) as well as percentage of households whose net worth exceeds $1 million (15th among national universities). Texas Tech ranked eighth for “Income per Household” among very large schools (43rd among national universities) and ninth for percentage of households with an income of more than $150,000. Rankings were developed by questioning alumni about their school experiences and post-graduate outcomes.

The guidebook, which is the only ranking system based on real-world successes by graduates, is available at alumnifactor.com.

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a NEW puBlic art piEcE Was rEcENtly iNstallEd at tHE tExas tEcH BurkHart cENtEr for autisM rEsEarcH aNd EducatioN. The glass art piece displays an autumn treetop scene. The

piece is about 13 feet wide and 15 feet high and spans the entire second floor of the new building. The piece was designed by Brooklyn-based artist Corinne Ulmann and is a part of the Texas Tech University System’s public art program.

The window displays branches with the gold and red leaves of the fall on the outside while the inside blends the deep greens of spring and summer. Ulmann said the dual views reflect a disconnect between the internal and external worlds, often found in people with autism. Superimposed on the image are the outlines of tiny puzzle pieces—the symbol for autism. The entire process from design to installation took about a year.

tExas tEcH uNivErsity Was NaMEd oNE of tHE top sustaiNaBility pErforMErs iN Sierra Magazine’s 2013 “cool scHools” raNkiNGs for tHE sEcoNd yEar iN a roW. Texas Tech is the highest-ranking Big 12 institution represented on the list.

The “Cool Schools” rankings rates universities on their overall sustainability efforts. Schools are rated in 11 categories on a scale of 1,000 possible points and universities must score at least 100 to qualify as a cool school. The scoring is based on the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education STARS system. The Office of Sustainability plans to highlight, focus and better coordinate overall campus efforts. Those efforts include several efficiency projects and the recently announced campus-wide SustainTECH sustainability partnership program.

like a fox, on the run... tExas tEcH uNivErsity aNd luBBock aNiMal sErvicEs crEWs arE tryiNG to fiGurE out HoW to safEly rEMovE tHE foxEs tHat arE liviNG iN aNd arouNd JoNEs at&t stadiuM.

The foxes were seen running around the stadium during the Texas Tech vs. TCU game Sept. 12. It has been reported that two or three common gray foxes have been seen around the stadium. The foxes are likely attracted to the area by food scraps left by game-day fans.

people enced winemaker and production manager, who will specialize in enology, an area of study that Texas Tech has been expanding. Based at Texas Tech’s Fredericksburg campus, Qualia will develop and teach the university’s new winemaking certificate program. She will also teach undergraduate enology classes in Lubbock via distance education, and offer technical workshops for local Hill Country wineries.

The American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese is an international association that includes teachers of Spanish and Portuguese and all others interested in these languages from all over the world. It promotes the study and teaching of the Spanish and Portuguese languages and their corresponding literatures and cultures at all levels of education. It also encourages, supports and directs programs and research projects involving the exchange of pedagogical and scholarly information.

Every year, nominations are sent from all over the world to the national office for the highly competitive Teacher of the Year Award. One person is selected for each level of elementary, secondary and college/university.

tExas tEcH uNivErsity prEsidENt M. duaNE NEllis NaMEd roBErt

daNNy rEiBlE, pH.d., a NatioNal acadEMy of ENGiNEEriNG MEMBEr, Was NaMEd a profEssor

v. duNcaN, pH.d., to the position of vice president for

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research. Duncan comes to Texas Tech from the University of Missouri, where he was the vice chancellor for research. Duncan will continue to enhance Texas Tech’s chances of becoming a Tier One national research university.

ENGiNEEriNG cHair. Reible is the fourth National Academy of Engineering member in the college, two of whom are Maddox chair-holders. Election to the National Academy is considered one of the highest professional honors among engineers. He was elected in 2005 for the development of widely used approaches for the management of contaminated sediments.

Reible received his master’s and doctoral degrees in chemical engineering in 1979 and 1982, respectively, from the California Institute of Technology after receiving his bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Lamar University in 1977.

The Donovan Maddox Chair was funded by the J.F Maddox Foundation in honor and memory of Donovan Maddox (Class of 1934), brother of Jack Maddox (Class of 1929). Both men were Texas Tech textile engineering graduates, served as Student Government Association presidents, and were recognized as Distinguished Engineers and Distinguished Alumni.

MaurEEN Qualia Has BEEN NaMEd aN iNstructor iN tExas tEcH’s dEpartMENt of plaNt aNd soil sciENcE. Qualia is an experi-

coMfort pratt, pH.d., profEssor of BiliNGual EducatioN aNd divErsity studiEs, aNd sEcoNdary EducatioN iN tHE collEGE of EducatioN Was NaMEd outstaNdiNG tEacHEr of tHE yEar, collEGE aNd uNivErsity lEvEl, at tHE 95tH aNNual coNfErENcE of tHE aMEricaN associatioN of tEacHErs of spaNisH aNd portuGuEsE HEld iN July iN saN aNtoNio. The title included a plaque, a

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ryaN GrEGory ’13, a doctoral studENt iN tHE dEpartMENt of plaNt aNd soil sciENcE iN tHE collEGE of aGricultural sciENcEs aNd Natural rEsourcEs, is oNE of four NatioNWidE rEcipiENts to rEcEivE a $125,000 GraNt froM sEEd MattErs to

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coNtiNuE His rEsEarcH rElatEd to orGaNic cottoN. Gregory is attempting to find a method to screen organic cotton plants from genetically modified cotton plants, specifically plants that are genetically modified to resist glyphosate, commonly known as Roundup. Ultimately, the process Gregory develops will allow the organic cotton industry to ensure their crops can remain truly organic and are not contaminated by the genetically modified cotton plants.

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tExas tEcH uNivErsity HEaltH sciENcEs cENtEr prEsidENt tEdd l. MitcHEll, M.d., aNNouNcEd tHE appoiNtMENt of p. MicHaEl coNN, pH.d., as ttuHsc sENior vicE prEsidENt for rEsEarcH aNd associatE

provost. Conn also will serve as a professor in the School of Medicine’s Department of Internal Medicine, with a joint appointment in the Department of Cell Biology and Biochemistry. Conn came to TTUHSC from the Oregon Health and Science University where he served as the director of research advocacy and professor of physiology and pharmacology, obstetrics and gynecology and cell biology and development. In addition, he serves as senior scientist of the Oregon National Primate Research Center. Conn received a bachelor’s degree and teaching certification from the University of Michigan, a master’s of science from North Carolina State University, and a Ph.D. from Baylor College of Medicine. Conn completed a fellowship at the National Institutes of Health before joining the faculty at the Duke University Medical Center Department of Pharmacology. From 1984 to 1994, he led the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Iowa College of Medicine.

The POW/MIA flag flew over Memorial Circle Veterans Day, Nov. 11. Veterans Day is one of the days designated for the flag to fly with the American and Texas flags. Alumnus Bobby Waddle ’55, who is a military veteran and member of the Texas Tech Alumni Association National Board of Directors, felt that flying the POW/MIA flag at Texas Tech’s Memorial Circle was a necessity. Waddle initiated the creation of an endowment that ensures the flag program is maintained to standards. The flag is flown six days a year: Armed Forces Day; Memorial Day; Flag Day, June 14; Independence Day, July 4; National POW/MIA Recognition Day and Veterans Day.

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kiM liNdsEy, dirEctor of tHE tExas tEcH EQuEstriaN cENtEr, iN auGust Was NaMEd World cHaMpioN iN tHE WorkiNG coW HorsE coMpEtitioN at tHE aMEricaN QuartEr HorsE associatioN’s 2013 adEQuaN sElEct World cHaMpioNsHip sHoW iN aMarillo. Lindsey rode Judys Ten, whose nickname is Reno. Reno, a buckskin gelding, belonged to Lindsey’s son, Zinn, who died in a car wreck a week before his high school graduation. Three days prior to Zinn’s death, he and Reno won the Ranch Horse Association of America’s junior world championship. Lindsey was determined to win a championship on Reno at the Adequan Select World Championship to honor her son.

Top: Lindsey at the TTU Equestrian Center; bottom: Lindsey rides Reno at a competition.

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kent r. hance Leaving a Living Legacy on Campus

Texas Tech Chancellor Kent R. Hance

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hen Kent Ronald Hance arrived on the Texas Technological College campus in the fall of 1961, no one, including the 18-year-old freshman from Dimmitt himself, would have dreamed that five decades later, he would be instrumental in leading the Texas Tech University System to national prominence, presiding over the fastest and most important growth period in the history of the Lubbockbased institution.

Hance, the current and longest serving chancellor of the TTU System, has never been a person to sit back and watch things happen—he has a history of dynamic leadership that has been surpassed by few West Texans.

A 1965 graduate of Texas Tech with a degree in business administration, Hance was president of his fraternity—Delta Tau Delta—and vice president of the Student Government Association. While attending law school at the University of Texas, the personable young leader was elected president of the Student Bar Association.

Later, Hance entered the political arena, and, at the age of 31, upset the longtime and popular incumbent H.J. “Doc” Blanchard in the 1972 Texas Senate race. Hance remained in the Texas Senate until 1978, when he was elected to be the second congressman for the 19th Congressional District of Texas. Hance’s opponent in the November election was another Texan who went on to prominence—George W. Bush. That race was the only time the future president was to lose an election.

As a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Hance, a conservative Democrat at the time, hit the ground running, soon becoming an ally of President Ronald Reagan and carried the Republican president’s tax-cut program, the nation’s largest tax cut in history, through Congress in 1981.

Despite his success in the political arena, it was when he combined his charismatic leadership personality with his lifelong love for Texas Tech that the Lubbock-based university began its journey from Sleeping Giant on the South Plains to one of the educational Titans of Texas and the United States.

Hance, who was named chancellor of the Texas Tech University System in December 2006, came to the job with a plan to grow the institution by expanding the system; increasing enrollment and promoting student success; strengthening academic quality and reputation; expanding and enhancing research; furthering outreach and engagement; and increasing and maximizing resources.

The TTU System had been in existence 10 years and consisted of Texas Tech University and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center when Hance took the reins. Under Hance’s leadership, two more components soon joined the system: Angelo State University in San Angelo became part of the Texas Tech family in 2007 after Texas voters approved a constitutional amendment, and the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso became a freestanding institution of the TTU System in 2013.

Hance, himself a product of Texas public education, came into the office wanting to grow the enrollment of the university and make higher education possible to as many young people as possible.

Although the enrollment at Texas Tech University at Lubbock was 27,996 when Hance arrived, he immediately implemented a program that became known as “40,000 By 2020.” Despite the numerous skeptics of his ambitious plan to grow enrollment, 33,111 students were enrolled in Fall 2013, well ahead

Editor’s Note: Chancellor Kent R. Hance announced Oct. 11 during a Board of Regents meeting on the Texas Tech University campus that he will retire in Summer 2014. He has agreed to become chancellor emeritus of the Texas Tech University System.

By Randy Sanders, Associate Vice Chancellor of Communications & Marketing | Photos by Artie Limmer

of projections. Additionally, Hance’s goal envisions 7,000 students at TTUHSC and 10,000 at Angelo State by 2020. Since Hance implemented the lofty enrollment goals in December 2006, there has been more than a 20 percent increase in total TTU and TTUHSC enrollment. Including the students from Angelo State and TTUHSC at El Paso, enrollment has skyrocketed 45 percent.

The largest percentage increase in enrollment has come from the minority community. Under Hance’s guidance, the TTU System created the African American Enrollment Task Force and the Hispanic Enrollment Task Force to develop recommendations for increasing enrollments of minority students at all of the system’s institutions.

The increase in minority students at Texas Tech has been mercurial. In the semester before Hance’s arrival as chancellor, minority enrollment was at 20 percent of the total student body. In Fall 2012, minority enrollment was more than 34 percent! Hispanic enrollment alone increased from 12 percent to almost 20 percent in that same time period.

Angelo State University has been so successful in recruiting top Hispanic students that it attained federal-designated status as a Hispanic Serving Institution in 2010. As a result of the designation, which requires that Hispanic enrollment exceed 25 percent of the undergraduate student population, Angelo State received a U.S. Department of Education grant for $629,968 for the first year that will, at present funding levels, total almost $3.15 million when it is completed in 2015.

In order to reach out to low-income families, Hance created the “Red Raider Guarantee Program” that allows students from families with an adjusted gross income of $40,000 or less to attend Texas Tech University without paying tuition or fees.

Hance and the leadership of the university also devote time and resources to recruit top high school scholars. Through a fully donor-funded program, outstanding high school junior and senior scholars are flown to Lubbock to meet with the chancellor and tour the Lubbock campus. Hance also encourages presidents, vice chancellors, vice presidents and deans to call and recruit students with high SAT and GPA credentials.

In 2011, Hance convinced the Terry Foundation to grant full scholarships to Texas Tech students. This program began with 16 scholarships plus two transfers from other programs; in 2013, the numbers grew to 32 freshmen plus 24 transfers for a total of 94 Terry Scholars at Texas Tech. Program growth like this is unheard of in the foundation’s 25-year history. Howard Terry, who founded the Terry Foundation, was a former political supporter of Chancellor Hance.

By recruiting stronger students, TTU saw a 24 percent increase in the number of degrees awarded between Hance’s arrival in 2006 and 2012.

But Hance knew that increasing student enrollment must go hand-in-hand with increasing academic quality and reputation, and he immediately began to take steps to improve the quality of the learning experience.

One example of how Hance believes in the education of young people is demonstrated by the fact that he teaches a class on leadership.

Hance is more than qualified to speak on leadership. In 2009 and 2010, the Texas State Leader Award was given to Hance by the John Ben Sheppard Public Leadership Institute. The prior winners were Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby, Lt. Gov. Bob Bullock, Gov. Preston Smith and Gov. Rick Perry. In 2011, he received the Luminary Award by the Texas Healthcare & Bioscience Institute, and, in 2012, Hance was selected at the Outstanding Philanthropist by the Lubbock Association of Fundraising Professionals.

In addition to Hance, leadership class students have had the opportunity to hear such guest speakers as Ed Whitacre Jr., former chairman of AT&T and General Motors; El Paso businessman Paul Foster; Linda Rutherford, vice president of Southwest Airlines; Kyle Bass, founder of Hayman Capital Management; Angela Braly, former president and CEO of WellPoint Inc.; Randall Stephenson, chairman and CEO of AT&T; John Alexander, commanding officer of the USS Abraham Lincoln; and Kliff Kingsbury, Texas Tech University head football coach. More than 2,200 students have taken this extremely popular class.

TTUHSC was the first in the nation to offer a three-year program wherein a student only pays for two years but earns a degree in pediatrics or general practice in three years. The program addresses both the financial concerns of the students and the medical shortages in those two fields.

The Chancellor’s Office now has a vice chancellor for academic affairs. Joe Rallo, Ph.D., former President of Angelo State, is in charge of that position and focuses on growing online education, graduate schools and international students, areas that have become extremely important because of technology and the global need for education.

In order to enhance Texas Tech’s reputation throughout the world, Hance established, through private funds, the Center for the Study of Western Civilization in 2012 to study why Western Civilization has done so well help promote freedom throughout the world.

Hance also raised funds to establish the Free Market Institute on the Texas Tech campus. This program promotes and studies free markets in the United States and throughout the world. The Free Market’s teaching and research mission is premised on the belief that a thorough

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and consistent understanding and use of the principles of a free society helps improve our economy and society.

At Angelo State, the chancellor worked with then-Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison to secure nearly $10 million to establish the Center for Security Studies. The Center has developed undergraduate and graduate degrees with a focus on the military’s needs in intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.

In order to recognize and honor teaching excellence throughout the TTU System, Hance expanded the Chancellor’s Excellence Award in Teaching from three to nine and created the President’s Excellence awards to help recruit and retain the world-class faculty that he had always dreamed of for his alma mater.

Because of his desire to make TTU one of the nation’s premier research institutions, Hance expanded the Chancellor’s Excellence Award in Research from three to eight as well as increasing the President’s research awards programs. And, the number of faculty members in the National Academy of Sciences has grown from only one to four since Hance’s arrival on campus.

Hance’s efforts to increase the reputation of the educational experience have paid off, most notably with Texas Tech becoming a chapter of the prestigious Phi Beta Kappa Society, the oldest academic honor society in the United States. Under Hance’s leadership, Angelo State joined Texas Tech with its own chapter in the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society.

The Wall Street Journal ranked TTU No. 18 among universities that produce the best graduates; TTU’s Edward E. Whitacre College of Engineering was ranked by the Wall Street Journal as one of the top 25 engineering schools in the United States; and, extremely important for students and families, TTU ranks No. 7 in Time Magazine’s list of colleges with the least student debt. For several years, Angelo State has been included in Princeton Review’s list of “The Best 371 Colleges” in the nation.

Soon after becoming chancellor, Hance realized that in order for the institutions under the banner of the TTU System to become the choice for outstanding young students and faculty, research would have to be expanded and enhanced on the system’s campuses.

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Hance launched an initiative that would result in the system conducting more than $300 million in research by the year 2020. This initiative already has begun to pay off—in 2012, research expenditures surpassed $202 million, a figure more than double that of Hance’s first year at the helm of the TTU System.

Using his dynamic leadership, Hance has been able to secure millions of dollars from the Texas Emerging Technology Fund, including $8.4 for renewable energy. As part of that project, Hance, working with leaders from the University of North Dakota, New Mexico State University, University of California-Davis, Texas State University, University of Iowa and Texas State Technical College, established the National Wind Resource Center to lead the wind industry in research and technology.

Recently, Hance was instrumental in establishing the National Institute for Renewable Energy, which includes academic and industry partners looking at solving the scientific and commercial challenges to the renewable energy sector.

When the Texas Legislature established the Texas Research Incentive Program in 2009 to provide state matching funds for private gifts to increase research and recruit faculty, Hance went to work and quickly raised almost $30 million in order to qualify for almost $25 million in matching funds. In comparison to all other eligible institutions, Texas Tech University has raised the most money for these matching funds.

In the medical field, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center and Texas Tech University have moved into the forefront of cancer research. Texas Tech’s advancement has not gone unnoticed—the TTU System has received approximately $17 million

Hance announces the completion of the $1 billion Vision & Tradition campaign.

in research funds from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas to help fund some of its groundbreaking cancer research.

In addition to education and research, under Hance’s vision and leadership, the Texas Tech University System has become an economic driver that helped West Texas and the South Plains weather the national recession of 2008.

In 2012, the TTU System generated a combined economic impact of almost $10 billion for the state of Texas. With 17,000 full and part-time employees, approximately $3 billion in total economic output was felt specifically on the South Plains region. Additionally, total jobs sustained in the South Plains region totaled nearly 32,000 in 2012.

All totaled, for every dollar invested in the university, there is an economic return of $23.

Approximately 40 percent of all non-agricultural economic output in the South Plains region comes from the activities of the TTU System in Lubbock. Since Hance’s arrival in 2006, the TTU System has added 9,000 more students, faculty, and staff to the area’s population and plans to recruit 12,000 more by 2020.

To house these new residents of the South Plains, the Lubbock area has seen tremendous growth of its neighborhood, apartment complexes, and retail centers, particularly in the area surrounding the campuses of the university and health sciences center.

On the university campus, construction has abounded with a new $20 million Petroleum Engineering and Research building, a new building to house the Rawls College of Business, two new residence halls, a $3.5 million chapel and extensive remodeling of the building that previously housed the Rawls College of Business for the College of Media and Communications.

When Hance arrived in the chancellor’s office he knew that his vision of Texas Tech University System becoming one of the premier institutions of higher education would not be accomplished easily and would be one that required the most ambitious fundraising in TTU’s history.

The System’s Board of Regents could not have selected a better person for the task.

Three and a half years after launch, and one year ahead of schedule, “Vision & Tradition: The Campaign for Texas Tech” surpassed its $1 billion goal with the support of more than 120,000 generous donors, making it the

most successful capital campaign in the history of the Texas Tech University System. At Angelo State, a capital campaign raised $35 million, $10 million more than its goal!

Of the many areas benefiting from the campaign, approximately $145 million is being invested in students by creating scholarships; more than $70 million is being invested in faculty by establishing endowments; and more than $470 million is being invested in academic programs, innovative research and university initiatives.

Additionally, nearly $315 million is being invested in campus development through the construction of spaces where students and faculty can learn, discover, and compete. Approximately 20 buildings were built, renovated, or are under construction, thanks to the fundraising campaign.

Out of the thousands of universities across the nation, incredibly, the TTU System joins a group of fewer than 70 to have raised $1 billion.

In the past five years, the TTU System has increased its ranking in the Philanthropy 400 list from No. 303 to No. 137 and has experienced a 61 percent growth in endowment funds since 2006.

The growth of the Texas Tech University System since 2006 has been nothing short of phenomenal in the academic world.

And, it all started when a young schoolboy basketball player from Dimmitt who had grown into one of the most influential West Texans combined his leadership skills with his unbounded love for the Red and Black to bring about dynamic growth that has placed the Texas Tech University System on the national stage.

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MommyMeds Two years ago, one phone call to the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center’s InfantRisk Center changed Rachel O’Connor’s family.

O’Connor, a 38-year-old mother of four, homeschool teacher and cancer survivor, says if it weren’t for the international call center’s knowledgeable staff, she and her husband would probably still be a family of five.

“I didn’t know how to mother any other way,” said the London, Ohio, native who says she’s been pregnant or nursing for eight years of her life. “If there was no way that I could maintain a milk supply, I didn’t see any other solution than to formula feed, and I’m not sure that I would have a fourth child.”

More than 4.3 million women give birth in the U.S. annually. Of these women, 77 percent initially breastfeed their children. Most of these women will also use some kind of medication during lactation.

“Every medication has an affect of some kind and some can be hazardous,” said retired InfantRisk Center operator Cindy Pride, CPNP, MSN. “And sometimes it’s not just hazardous to the baby, but hazardous to the breast milk supply.”

Studies have shown that breastfeeding helps prevent illness by allowing antibodies to pass from mother to baby through breast milk. Breastfeeding also can improve neurological development and protect against intestinal infections.

“The health benefits are why so many moms are starting to breastfeed,” Pride said. “There are lots of wonderful benefits to breastfeeding, so we try to educate moms that it’s best to breastfeed if possible.”

Pride said most pregnant or breastfeeding moms who call the InfantRisk have questions about the potential hazards of flu shots, or over-the-counter cold or treatments for cough.

In O’Connor’s case, she agonized over whether she could continue breastfeeding while being treated for a rare form of blood cancer called Hairy cell leukemia.

“I wanted to know how long to pump; how I could keep up the supply,” O’ Connor said. “I asked a pharmacist, but he just looked at me like I had three heads.

I asked my hematologist, ‘How long after I’m done with chemo—how long do I have to wait until I can nurse?’

He said, ‘I don’t know, maybe three months?’”

O’Connor said she was discouraged by the lack of information she encountered.

O’Connor said she knew formula feeding was an option, but felt it wasn’t the right decision for her children, many of which were terribly intolerant to soy, dairy and eggs.

“There is a prescription kind of formula, but it smelled like dog food,” O’Connor said.

Frustrated, O’Connor called her midwife and told her she had leukemia. Her midwife immediately told her to call the InfantRisk Center.

“I was just astounded and blown away by all of the information they have; and that the half-life of the chemo was only 44 hours; that I wouldn’t have to wait three months — I would only have to wait like eight days,” O’Connor said. “It was just a relief because I was thinking, ‘I don’t know how I can pump and maintain a supply for three months or who knows how long,’ because no one could give me a straight answer. [The InfantRisk Center] had answers for everything.

“I don’t know if it’s just work to Dr. Hale, but it’s life changing to people,” O’Connor said.

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Thomas Hale, R.Ph., Ph.D., professor of pediatrics at TTUHSC and one of the world’s leading expert in perinatal pharmacology, established the InfantRisk Center in 2010 as a central source of evidence-based information to help women and health care providers sort out their options on which medications are safe during pregnancy or breastfeeding.

In the last decade, Hale has been inundated with questions from physicians and moms concerning medications. He opened the InfantRisk Center to answer this dire need.

InfantRisk Center staff and its website have developed twoway relationships with millions of pregnant and breastfeeding mothers, like O’Connor, to create healthy breastfeeding relationships, help keep moms breastfeeding, reduced the number of birth defects and unnecessary pregnancy terminations.

Now, with the help of the Texas Tech University System Office of Research and Commercialization, Hale has taken his 25 years of expertise and turned it into a smartphone application called MommyMeds that gives users 24/7 access to reliable safety ratings and other information on more than 20,000 drugs, syndromes and other products.

The app is based on Hale’s bestselling book, “Medications and Mothers’ Milk.” Now in its 15th edition, the publication is considered worldwide to be the authoritative source of medication information for pregnant and breastfeeding patients.

“It is generally thought that women can ask their physicians about the various medications they can take to relieve common ailments like nausea, vomiting and depression during pregnancy or while breastfeeding,” Hale said. “Unfortunately, even in the age of Google and other advances in technology and health care, many of today’s providers remain unsure about the risks specific medications pose to unborn children and infants.

“Rather than prescribing a substance that might put the baby in jeopardy, physicians often decide to forego treatment of the mother or advise mothers to stop breastfeeding, depriving babies of significant physical and mental health benefits of breast milk,” Hale said. “In rare cases, some physicians may advise the mother to terminate her pregnancy.”

The new MommyMeds app will be available on iTunes and Android Market, and includes search capabilities that allow users to enter product name and/or sort by category to obtain product safety information about appropriate drugs for various conditions during pregnancy or breastfeeding (headache, nausea, allergies, etc.) and indicate if that product is safe or hazardous. The app also allows users to scan a barcode of an over-the-counter drug to obtain product safety information.

O’Connor, who is now in remission, said her family physician uses the InfantRisk Center’s Health Care Provider Application often. And although O’Connor said she doesn’t often spend time or money on apps for her iPhone, she is interested in MommyMeds.

“I would download it because I got what I felt like was very poor information from my local health care providers and the pharmacist,” O’Connor said. “They just didn’t seem to know. It would be nice to have what I feel like is reliable information. I would probably pay a considerable amount for an app like that just because I know what a difference it’s made in my life and my kids’ lives; my family’s life.”

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if you think about it, red raiders are pretty exceptional. there are lots of things in this world that are red, like red Hots, Big red, race cars and salsa. there are even a few types of raiders, like pirates, corporate raiders and the 1981 adventure film "indiana Jones and the raiders of the lost ark."

But there's only one rEd raidEr! Guns up!

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In addition to his success as a performer, Bowen’s songwriting captured the attention of Sea Gayle Music, an independent publishing company based in Nashville. Partly owned by Brad Paisley, Sea Gayle’s writers create hit songs for country musicians. Sea Gayle writers have written 34 No. 1 hits since the company’s inception in 1999.

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There’s a reason it’s called Texas Music.

You’ll never hear the term Indiana Music or California Music. Texas Music is a reflection of how we live and what we love. And nobody loves their state like Texans.

Wade Bowen ’01 blew into Lubbock from Waco in 1996, drawn by Texas Tech’s exceptional college-town atmosphere and a young man’s innate desire for independence.

“I was still in high school when I visited a friend who was at Tech,” recalls Bowen. “I absolutely loved it. I loved how the town got behind the university. I noticed that, everywhere I went, there was Tech stuff everywhere. It was great to see how so many people and businesses supported the school.”

After graduating from Reicher Catholic High School in Waco, Bowen headed to Tech with a plan—to become a songwriter.

“I had always written short stories and poems,” says Bowen, reflecting on his teen years and his musical evolution. “Even though, at the time, I didn’t play guitar, I wanted to be able to sing the songs I wrote.”

Bowen says he started writing songs when he was about 17, and started playing guitar shortly thereafter. He spent his freshman year adjusting to college life: he pledged Sigma Chi fraternity, changed majors from marketing to public relations, and continued writing songs and playing guitar.

The summer after his freshman year, while working in Waco for his parents’ company, Bowen Electric, Bowen met Matt Miller, a fellow Red Raider, at a party.

“He was playing guitar, kind of off in a corner,” says Bowen. “I went over to visit with him, and we hit it off. After we moved back to Lubbock in the fall, things fell together. It’s kind of an age-old story.”

Bowen and Miller cobbled together a band and dubbed it “Wade Bowen & West 84.” By the time Bowen was 20, he and his band were playing gigs at Lubbock establishments.

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“I literally just picked up the phone and called the guy who owned Stubb’s Bar-B-Q, Harold Aiken,” says Bowen.

“He invited us to his open mic night on Sundays. We went. We were terrible.

We packed the place with our friends, though. We were the only band to show up. But, he ended up hiring us to play on Thursdays. That was in October of ’98.”

Aiken, a musician himself, reopened Stubb’s BBQ in Lubbock years after the first Stubb’s closed. Bowen recalls that Aiken sometimes stepped in to play steel guitar for the fledging West 84. As always, patrons of Stubb’s BBQ were hungry for music and mesquite-smoked barbecue, and Aiken served both.

In 1999 Aiken shuttered Stubb’s. By then, Bowen and his band had begun to develop a loyal following. Not long after Stubb’s closed, The Blue Light opened a couple blocks away on Buddy Holly

Avenue in Lubbock’s Depot District—a staple in most Tech students’ party circuit. Today The Blue Light Live is one of the hottest places to go for live music. In 1999…not so much.

“The Blue Light called and booked us,” Bowen says. “They didn’t have a college crowd initially. The first time we played, only about 10 people were there the whole night.”

That obviously changed over time, and in 2003 Wade Bowen & West 84 recorded a live album at The Blue Light.

Bowen and his band began picking up steam. They easily booked shows all over Lubbock.

“We started playing the Conference Café, too,” Bowen says. “We played other bars around town, and it was pretty easy to book shows because our name was well-known. We were terrible, but we were learning. It was a good learning experience. We played every bar and fraternity and sorority party around town.”

Bowen says a lot of what he played for the crowds in college were cover songs: Dave Matthews Band, Robert Earl Keen, Lynyrd Skynyrd. He never stopped writing his own stuff, and he kept improving his craft. Eventually, he and his band began playing outside of Lubbock, too. By the time graduation rolled around in 2001, he had no doubt of his post-college plans. He was going to be a singer and songwriter.

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It’s significant that Bowen played his first gig at Stubb’s BBQ, named for its original owner, C.B. “Stubb” Stubblefield. Originally opened in 1968 in a tiny building that seated about 75 souls, Stubb’s hosted countless young musicians destined for stardom, like Joe Ely and Tom T. Hall. Stubb closed his Lubbock store in 1985 and reopened in Austin in 1986. Stubb died in 1995, but his name is still synonymous with Texas Music and barbecue.

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What you’ll find in Texas is singers and songwriters who hone their craft in beer-soaked bars and venues worn down by boot heels. They play all over Texas, and also Oklahoma—which boasts its own brand of music labeled “Red Dirt”—and any other state that welcomes music without filigree or fluff.

They write many of their own songs, pay tribute to those who came before them, and they lay out their life experiences, good and bad, for their fans because, they know, those folks have probably been there, too.

The term Texas Music was coined in the 1990s, when artists like Robert Earl Keen, Pat Green (a Red Raider who also hails from Waco), Jack Ingram and Charlie and Bruce Robison were rising stars.

They played a style of music that was uncommon in Nashville’s recording studios, and they had success without the help of Music City’s big record labels.

But, even before all those troubadours made their marks on the soul of Texas’ music, there were others who had great success and weren’t conventional country stars.

Folks like Guy Clark, Townes Van Zandt and The Flatlanders, composed of Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Joe Ely, and Butch Hancock. And, of course, Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings. The 1980s saw Steve Earle, who knocked the socks off of mainstream country with his blend of indie/folk/rock-a-billy.

So, for true connoisseurs of country music, it’s common to stumble on quite a few famous Texas artists who hail from humble towns like Monahans, Brownfield, Littlefield, Lubbock or Bandera, and their shinier cousins, like Fort Worth, San Antonio or Houston.

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Upon graduation, Bowen decided to head east to continue the pursuit of his dream. But thanks to the market in Texas for his brand of music, he didn’t have to go as far as Nashville.

“When I got into college, I really discovered Robert Earl Keen,” he explains. “I went and saw him play and said, ‘That’s what I want to do.’ Up until that point, I thought you had to move to Nashville. When I saw Robert Earl Keen in Lubbock, it changed my life. I realized I didn’t have to wait tables in Nashville and wait on the record labels.”

Growing up Bowen says he listened to whatever was being played on the radio as well as classics from Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings.

“My mom had music on all the time and she was always singing,” says Bowen. “My two older sisters dragged me to concerts. My oldest sister was always singing, too, and my second sister played the piano. All three of my sisters and my mom and dad love music. They love what I do for a living.”

But that REK concert turned Bowen on to a very different genre of music that felt entirely natural to him—like he was home.

“After graduation I moved to Austin, but my band was still in Lubbock,” he notes. “I’d book shows and drive the truck and trailer with our equipment and they’d meet me.”

At that point Bowen transitioned from his affiliation with West 84 and was just “Wade Bowen.”

“When I moved to Austin I was struggling,” he says. “I was on the road all the time, and I’d be in Austin maybe four or five days a month. I’d play places like the Wormy Dog in Stillwater (Oklahoma), and the owner was so good to me, he’d let me stay with him at his house. It was tough.”

He never once doubted what he was doing, though. He says his albums follow his progression from college ingénue to full-fledged adult. He became well known around Austin among the music crowd, establishing his name as the genuine article. He writes and records almost exclusively his own stuff.

Each album reflects a specific time in his life, what he was going through. “‘Lost Hotel’ was my first grown-up record I made and it took me three years to make and pay for that,” Bowen says of the album he released in 2006. “That time period in my life is in that record, it really defined my songwriting career and established me as a songwriter. That one set the standard, and I try to top it every time.

“In ‘If I Ever Make It Home’ I established myself as a performer. Everyone has a defining sound, and that’s where I show mine. ‘Live at Billy Bob’s’ was just a lot of fun to make. I wanted it to be as raw and live as possible. “‘The Given’ was the most mature record I’ve ever made.”

Released in 2012, ‘The Given’ was produced under the Sony Music Entertainment label. Bowen notes that, even though he loves the album, the partnership with Sony didn’t feel right from the beginning.

“I’m looking for another home,” he says. “If I don’t find that, we’ll release everything independently. As for me, I’ll keep trying to write good songs. I’ve been doing it 15 years and I realize how tough this life is. I feel blessed and hope I’m able to continue with my success.”

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Bowen’s music is sometimes called “Americana” or “Alternate Country,” which gives it an audience outside Texas, but the Lone Star State has shown lots of love to him.

His album “Lost Hotel,” which he released in 2006, had a single titled “God Bless This Town,” that was No. 1 on the Texas Music Chart and was voted No. 4 Song of the Year on Texas Regional Radio Report and the Texas Music Chart Top 30 of 2006.

He’s had 10 No. 1 hits and more than 15 Top 5 singles on the Texas Music Chart. A few of his notable songwriting credits include Pat Green’s “Don’t Break My Heart Again” and Cross Canadian Ragweed’s “When It All Goes Down.”

A musical family: Bowen met his wife, Shelby, left, while he was still living in Austin. The two were introduced by Bowen’s good friend Cody Canada, whose band is Cody Canada and The Departed (Canada formed the now dissolved Oklahoma-Red Dirt band Cross Canadian Ragweed—or CCR). Canada is married to Shannon, Shelby’s sister. The Canadas lived in New Braunfels, as did Shelby. Bowen and Shelby dated a couple years, then married. The Bowens live in New Braunfels as well.

From top left, clockwise, are Shelby, Wade and their sons Bruce and Brock. Bowen is still a Red Raider at heart and plans for his sons to attend Texas Tech. Bowen and Texas Tech Head football coach Kliff Kingsbury are friends and were both members of Signma Chi fraternity.

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Each fall, Homecoming brings a special spirit to the Texas Tech University campus, and this year’s festivities were no exception. In addition to the many campus events geared toward students as well as events held by individual colleges and schools, Texas Tech Alumni Association held its annual Top Techsan Luncheon and A Matator Evening dinner.

1. Four outstanding Texas Tech University employees were honored at the annual Top Techsan Awards Luncheon Oct. 11. From left, are Kristina Woods Butler, associate director for Research & Academic Communications, Office of Vice President for Research; Dale Ganus, assistant managing director of Systems Information Technology; Jeff Livingston, senior superintendent for the National Wind Institute Research Facilities at Reese Technology Center and Jo Lynne Stark, senior business assistant at the TECHniques Center. (Mark McCall) 2. During A Matador Evening, Allen T. McInnes, Ph.D., dean emeritus, Jerry S. Rawls College of Business Administration, Texas Tech University, received the Distinguished Service Award. He attended the event with his wife, Missy. (Mark McCall) 3. Bernhard T. Mittemeyer, M.D., executive vice president, provost and professor emeritus of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, as well as lieutenant general, U.S. Army (Ret.), received the Lauro F. Cavazos Award.

He was photographed with his wife, Mary Beth. (Mark McCall) 4. Texas Tech Alumni Association President Bill Benton presents President-Elect Renée Bergenheier Underwood with a gavel in honor of her upcoming term as 2014 president. (Mark McCall)

6. Scott Stracener was named 2013 Homecoming King, and Jill Berger was named 2013 Homecoming Queen during the football game. (Brad Tollefson/The Daily Toreador) 7. Texas Tech Alumni Association Top Techsan Award recipients and recipients of the Distinguished Service and Lauro F. Cavazos Awards were introduced on the football field prior to kickoff. From left are David Waggoner, past president of the Alumni Association; Kristina Woods Butler, Top Techsan; Bill Benton, president of the Alumni Association; Jeff Livingston, Top Techsan; Jo Lynne Stark, Top Techsan; Bernard T. Mittemeyer, M.D., Lauro F. Cavazos Award recipient; Renée Bergenheier Underwood, president elect of the Alumni Association; Claire Burrus, president of Eta Omicron Nu, a student organization that received the Alumni Association Community Service Award; and Jim Douglass, associate vice president of the Alumni Association, who presented the award to Burrus. Not pictured is Allen T. McInnes, Ph.D., recipient of the Distinguished Service Award.

(Texas Tech Athletics Communications) 8. Raider Red got his guns up at the event. (Lauren Pape/ The Daily Toreador) 9. The Techsan Memorial, held annually at Memorial Circle Friday afternoon of Homecoming, is a meaningful tradition for all Red Raiders. (Autumn Arthur)

5. A large crowd enjoyed the festivities. (Mark McCall)

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hen it was time to celebrate Texas Tech Homecoming 2013, two brothers—and their 1952 Dodge Power Wagon—were ready. Jody Stocks and Russell Stocks, DVM, restored the four-wheel-drive family heirloom from top to bottom, painting it Texas Tech Red and trimming it with Double Ts to honor their alma mater.

The truck debuted in Lubbock during Homecoming week to rave reviews and much interest from people on campus who saw it being driven as well as those who got a closer look while it was parked in front of the Frazier Alumni Pavilion.

The siblings’ great-grandfather purchased the new Power Wagon to use on his 32-section cattle ranch in Far West Texas. One-ton Power Wagons were designed in the 1940s for the military, but they also proved to be handy on rough ranch terrain.

For the brothers, the truck represents good family times. They recall that, along with their cousins, they spent a lot of time at the ranch as kids. A fond memory is getting a kick out of straddling the fenders around the headlights and holding on for dear life, as the vehicle traveled over rocky roads.

When their great-grandfather passed away in the late 1950s, Jody, Russell and their parents moved to the ranch. The Power Wagon was still there.

“Being a welder in the past, my dad decided to make it a wind-milling truck, so he took the bed off,” Jody says. “He just threw it away. He also took the doors off and threw them away. He built a big pipe frame with a boom that he could use to tie his winch into and lift the boom to the towers of our nine windmills.

He modified the front and back bumpers to handle this giant box frame.”

The boys eventually left home to attend Texas Tech. After graduating in 1968, Jody served in the United States Air Force, flying C-141s during the Vietnam War. He returned to Texas and flew corporate jets and then became a pilot for Southwest Airlines. Russell graduated in 1974 and went on to become a veterinarian in East Texas.

When the brothers’ parents left the ranch in the early 1990s, their dad gave the truck to another rancher. Years later, Jody tracked down the vehicle. The rancher still had it, parked behind his barn, where neglect and exposure to the elements had taken their toll. The rancher gladly handed it over to Jody.

That was 2004.

Jody’s first task was having the engine overhauled. The project was much larger than he anticipated, as only the block and the crankshaft were still good.

“I should have, at that very moment, abandoned my hopes of restoring it because I found out later that no one who knew anything about restorations would even remotely touch it in the condition it was in,” Jody says.

Not one to give up, Jody found a mechanic who rebuilt the engine. He then began the tough job of finding someone to do the body restoration as well as looking for replacement parts, such as doors and a truck bed. Classic car restorers he contacted refused to take on the project. Disheartened, Jody stored the vehicle and new engine in his garage. He began advertising for buyers, knowing he would lose money but that he could not complete the project himself.

It wasn’t until Russell visited Jody one weekend and saw the truck that things began to look up for the Power Wagon. Russell had not been interested in the restoration until then.

“Russell and I got a buffer and started buffing the metal,” he says. “The metal on these trucks is really heavy gauge. We realized that this truck was not a rust bucket. It was missing a lot of parts, but it had some good metal on it.

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Above: The Power Wagon before restoration.

This photo: Russell, left, and Jody Stocks with the finished product at Frazier Alumni Pavilion on Homecoming morning.

“I said, ‘OK, Russ. Here’s the deal. If I’m really going to restore this, I need someone to help me with the body work.’ He said, ‘I don’t know a thing about body work.’ I said, ‘Maybe you can ask around and we can get somebody in your area to help.’

He found a cool old guy who has restored 30 or 40 vehicles. The man put him in touch with some sheet metal people who told him how to go about doing the job.”

The two took the parts off the truck, and Russell trailered them home. He learned the intricate process of removing dents and body repair and, according to Jody, spent thousands of hours doing so. Meanwhile, Jody conquered other tasks, such as sandblasting and painting the chassis and rebuilding brakes and brakelines.

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As the restoration neared completion, Russell put six coats of primer on the truck. He then enlisted a professional to paint it, as the final coatings needed to be applied in a climate-controlled environment.

“The work Russell produced was unbelievable,” Jody says. “I was just expecting him to beat the dents out, dress it up a little bit and just kind of make it into its original ranch form. He took it to a way higher level—it’s really a show truck.

For three years, Jody and Russell strived to get the Power Wagon to its present form. Between their jobs and other commitments, they tried to work together on the truck at least once a month.

In the end, the guys produced more than a beautiful truck— they created an even stronger brotherly bond.

Bragging Rights

By Jennifer Ritz

Some kids grow up playing team sports like football, baseball or soccer. A smaller proportion of kiddos participate in a very different kind of “team” sport—the team being a human and a horse. These kids are as serious about their sport as any other athletes, and some of them grow up and join the Texas Tech Ranch Horse Team. As a testament to their competitive nature, the Texas Tech Ranch Horse Team in 2013 brought home its fourth national championship title in the last five years.

That’s something to brag about.

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2013 National Champion Texas Tech Ranch Horse Team.

The team competes under the American Stock Horse Association (ASHA), Stock Horse of Texas Association (SHOT) and the Ranch Horse Association of America (RHAA). Many Ranch Horse Team members have claimed individual championship titles in ASHA, SHOT and RHAA.

The Texas Tech Ranch Horse team got its start in 2004 when Kris Wilson, who now works for the Bell Ranch near Tucumcari, N.M., was earning his doctoral degree at Tech. As a nod to the many working ranches in West Texas, Wilson planned to create an equestrian team that incorporated a ranching flavor. With support from the Department of Animal & Food Sciences Department, within the College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources, he created the nation’s first ranch horse program.

In the spring of 2005 the first team was assembled. They traveled Texas competing in the Stock Horse of Texas Association (SHOT). The concept caught on, and colleges across Texas and the nation have since developed their own teams, which compete annually at the National Collegiate Championship Show held by the American Stock Horse Association (ASHA).

Tech competes against Texas schools such as Texas A&M University, Tarleton State University and West Texas A&M. Some of the non-Texas universities are Clemson University, New Mexico State University and the University of Nebraska’s College of Technical Agriculture.

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Brian Austin/Lost Creek Ranch B.E. Implement Terry County Veterinary Hospital South Plains Electric Cooperative, Inc. Duane and Lynda Johnson Donna Stokes E.T. and Betty Massey Pitchfork Land & Cattle Co. Spur Veterinary Hospital Inc. L.L. and Joyce Stokes Jennifer Mallen Ellie Dana Texas Star Bank Buckley Farms Ebby Holliday Realtors

Cooper Codgell, coach of the 2012-2013 team.

Lola Bunford Tony Vandenberge Mitchell Johnson Open Ranch Right-of Way Mgmt, LLC CEV Multimedia Nutrition Specialties Perry Williams Terry Crofoot Milton and Bridey Greeson Cogdell Cattle Co. Don & Glenna Crooks Bill & Judy Langendoerfer Stewart Ranch Cowpuncher Bit and Spur Tongue River Ranch

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Beth Hughs with her fellow competitor, mare Millie. Beth began riding at age 7 and competed in 4-H horse shows and Quarter Horse shows.

The success of the Texas Tech Ranch Horse Team has lured quite a few kids to Lubbock.

“I knew Kris Wilson since he started the Texas Tech Ranch Horse Team,” says Beth Hughs, a member of the 2013 and 2014 teams. “I wanted to come to Tech to compete on the Equestrian Team. I did that my freshman year, then my junior year I tried out for a spot on the Ranch Horse Team. This is my second year on the team.”

Tryouts for the team are in the fall, and only 15 competitors are chosen. The students provide their own horses for the competitions. They travel to about one event a month during the season, or about 10 per year, with Texas Tech hosting one of those shows each spring.

The students practice as a team a minimum of three days a week, about four hours per session, at the Texas Tech Equestrian Center. But that’s only a portion of how much each member works with his or her horse.

“The team members work a lot more than three days a week,” says Cooper Cogdell, who coached the 2012 and 2013 teams and is pursuing his master’s in agricultural business. “They work with their horses every day, and they work hard. They’re responsible for the day-to-day care of their horses. During show season we also have late night and early morning practices.”

Cogdell, who grew up on his family’s working ranch, the Tule Ranch, near Silverton, Texas, was a member of the team as an undergrad in 2009, 2010 and 2011. He chose to coach the 2012 and 2013 teams because he believed in the program’s mission and wanted to ensure its continued success. The current coach is Robert Rivers, also a graduate student.

The team wins because of the hard work of the members, their horses and coaches. But every member and coach is quick to point out that, without sponsorships, the Texas Tech Ranch Horse Team would not exist. The teams haul their horses in two trailers purchased with sponsor dollars. The team’s travel expenses are also covered by sponsorships. Team members recruit the sponsors.

“Without the support of sponsors, we wouldn’t be able to compete,” notes Hughs. “When we travel we only spend about $50 out of our own pockets, that’s it.”

Love of horses, love of competition and love for Texas Tech is what drives this team to succeed, year after year— and they do an outstanding job of “bearing our banners far and wide.”

For more information about this team, visit their website at: http://tturanchhorseteam.com

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lady raider ifeatu okafor named ncaa woman of the year

Former Tech track and field student athlete named Woman of the Year by NCAA

By Texas Tech aThleTics communicaTions

track and field student athlete Ifeatu Okafor was officially named the NCAA Woman of the Year Sunday (Oct. 20) night at an awards banquet in downtown Indianapolis.

Okafor was selected from a field of nine finalists representing NCAA Division I, II and III for her achievements in athletics, academics, leadership and community service. In all, more than 450 student athletes were originally nominated for the prestigious award which encompasses a female student athlete’s entire collegiate career.

“It’s very special,” Okafor said. “Texas Tech has just played such a huge role in my life. My experiences at Texas Tech have developed my character and transformed me into a better person. I’m truly grateful.”

Sunday’s ceremony marked the 23rd in the award’s history, while Okafor is the first NCAA Woman of the Year from the Big 12 Conference. The top-30 selections, which were also recognized Sunday night, were identified from 140 conference nominees from across the NCAA. “This evening was an incredible celebration of amazing female student athletes,” Senior Associate Athletics Director Henry, Ed.D., said. “The honorees exemplify everything good about intercollegiate athletics and our future leaders. We could not be more proud of Ifeatu Okafor as the recipient of the NCAA Woman of the Year award. She truly is a Fearless Champion.”

Okafor completed her Texas Tech career this spring as a standout thrower on the Lady Raider track and field team. In 2011, she won the Big 12

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outdoor shot put competition and earned first team All-American honors later that season. She currently holds five of the top-10 marks in school history in the event.

“Of all of the athletes I have coached, Ifeatu exemplifies what it means to be a true student athlete and an All-American,” Texas Tech head track and field coach Wes Kittley said. “Her commitment to academics, community service and leadership were remarkable.”

Away from competition, she earned numerous academic recognitions including the prestigious Dr. Gerald Lage Award presented by the Big 12 Conference in 2012—the highest academic recognition given by the Big 12. Meanwhile, she was a finalist for the Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar award in 2013, a four-time Academic All-Big 12 selection and received All-Academic honors from the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.

Okafor was consistently active in the Lubbock community throughout her decorated Texas Tech career.

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charity organizations including the YWCA, Big Brothers and Big Sisters, South Plains Food Bank, Children’s Covenant Hospital and many more.

Okafor served as the president of the Texas Tech Student Athlete-Advisory Committee during the 2012-13 academic year.

She was involved in the committee throughout her collegiate career, serving as treasurer from 2010-12 and as Texas Tech’s Big 12 representative.

She is currently pursuing her master’s degree at UT-Southwestern with plans to become a physician’s assistant after graduation.

The Houston, Texas, native graduated from Texas Tech in August 2012 with a degree in Exercise Sports Sciences and completed a second degree in May 2013 in Human Science with Magna Cum Laude honors on both occasions.

The Woman of the Year award has been presented annually by the NCAA since 1991.

When it comes to a graduate degree, the experience is everything. With more than 160 master’s and doctoral programs, Texas Tech University Graduate School offers tremendous opportunities for an educational experience that will change your future. http://www.gradschool.ttu.edu From here, it’s possible.

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Tech joins the Lone Survivor Foundation, Military Order of the Purple Heart and Under Armour

By Blayne Beal, associaTe aThleTics DirecTor/communicaTions | PhoTos By Texas Tech aThleTics communicaTions

The Red Raiders and military personnel show their patriotic and team spirit.

In conjunction with the Lone Survivor Foundation, the Military Order of the Purple Heart and Under Armour, Texas Tech University presented the “Lone Survivor Game” on Saturday, Nov. 9, when the Red Raiders took on the Kansas State Wildcats at Jones AT&T Stadium.

Based on the harrowing story of former Navy SEAL and fellow Texan, Marcus Luttrell, the Lone Survivor Game brought national recognition to the Lone Survivor Foundation as well as paid tribute to our nation’s veterans and the active duty personnel of the United States Military.

“It’s a great honor that Texas Tech is recognizing the sacrifices of my teammates,” Luttrell said. “I am grateful and appreciative of the Red Raiders and Under Armour for honoring my brothers on and off the field. God Bless Texas.”

Luttrell’s story will be portrayed in the upcoming Universal Pictures film “Lone Survivor,” due to hit theaters across the country in early January. The film stars Mark Wahlberg and tells the incredible story of four Navy SEALs on a covert mission to neutralize a high-level al-Qaeda operative and ambushed by the enemy in the mountains of Afghanistan.

Luttrell and his Lone Survivor Foundation were the feature of Tech’s game against Kansas State, and the memory of his fallen comrades was respectfully honored on a specially designed game uniform provided by Under Armour. Red Raider fans who

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wished to join in the celebration of this game were able to purchase Under Armour Lone Survivor gear and replica jerseys at local retailers. Gameworn jerseys were auctioned off following the game on texastech.com with 100 percent of the proceeds supporting the Lone Survivor Foundation.

“Texas Tech is honored to have Marcus Luttrell, the Lone Survivor Foundation, Purple Heart recipients and Gold Star families on our campus for a celebration of courage,” Kirby Hocutt, director of athletics said. “The sacrifices of so many brave men and women, including Marcus, give all us all great reason to pause and reflect on their service in defense of our great nation. This game was a great opportunity for Red Raider fans to show their admiration and respect for our veterans and active duty military personnel.”

In addition to the celebration of the Lone Survivor Foundation, Texas Tech hosted more than 400 Purple Heart recipients and their families from all across the nation. The gathering was the largest of Purple Heart recipients on American soil in history. These brave men and women were honored for their service to our nation in a special ceremony that also featured Tim Kingsbury (father of Kliff Kingsbury) and the late Guffrie Smith (father of head basketball coach Tubby Smith). Kingsbury and Smith were both awarded Purple Hearts while serving in Vietnam and World War II, respectively.

In addition, Texas Tech hosted Gold Star families from the South Plains as well as guests from Cannon Air Force Base in Clovis, N.M. The pageantry of the game featured paratrooper and veteran Dana Bowman, who skydove into Jones AT&T Stadium during the pregame with a parachute dedicated to Purple Heart recipients and the American flag.

The Goin’ Band From Raiderland also presented its “Celebrate America” halftime show.

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Mr. & Mrs. Kristopher Johnston (Leticia Johnston `93)

Mr. & Mrs. Max Robertson `70 (Sharon Robertson)

Mr. Dale A. Williams `96

Ms. Milla P. Jones `69

Mr. & Mrs. James K. Rooker (Kim M. Rooker `80)

Mrs. Paula R. Wims `93

Mr. & Mrs. Coby Jones `98 (E. Michelle Jones)

Mr. Jared S. Rooker `10

Ms. Whitney E. Wine `11

Mr. & Mrs. Randy Judd `77 (Marilyn Judd)

Mr. Eric J. Rooker `13

Mr. Andrew D. Woelke `10

Mr. & Mrs. H. Daniel Keesee `87 (Denise Keesee `87)

Ms. Susan D. Rowland `82

Mr. Stanley K.Wood `09

Mr. & Mrs. Karl Kinsel `79 (Ashlee Kinsel)

Mr. & Mrs. Omar Ruiz `12 (Hope Ruiz)

Susan E. Wright, Ph.D. `83

Mr. David A. Kis `88

Jian Zhang, Ph.D. ’04

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association news co m pi le d By J ean an n canto r e

Rafael Blanco, '02, visited Alaska and had this photo snapped near Barrow, Alaska, near Anaktuvuk Pass. He says his Texas Tech flag has traveled across the Arctic Circle to the land of the Midnight Sun, and on top of the world.

Texas Tech Alumni Association sponsored a cruise through the Mediterranean in September. From left, at the Ruins of Pompeii, are Keith Thomas, Susan Neves, Kay Thomas, Melissa Neves, Steve Runcie and Pat Runcie.

Texas Tech University President M. Duane Nellis and his wife, Ruthie, enjoyed the chance to mix and mingle with alumni in other cities as they held a “Dessert and Dialogue� event. At this event, held Oct. 27 in San Antonio, Nellis visited with Jeriah and Justin Blount. (Ashley Rodgers)

Red Raiders in Seattle gathered to cheer on their team against Oklahoma State University Nov.2.

The Nellises visited with Priscilla Soto, CPA, Texas Tech Alumni Association San Antonio Chapter president, and Alexander Garza, at the San Antonio event. (Ashley Rodgers)

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getting to know Texas Tech Alumni Association Board Members

renée Bergenheier underwood in what city do you reside? Lubbock.

What is your position on the alumni association Board? President-Elect.

linda rutherford

in what city do you reside? Carrollton, Texas.

What is your position on the alumni association Board? I currently chair of the Multimedia and Communications committee of the board.

What was your major and class year at Tech, plus any other degrees you may have earned? I earned a BA in Telecommunications, May 1978. Since then, I earned an MBA from The University of Texas at Dallas in 2007 and am working toward a master’s in pastoral studies from Loyola University New Orleans.

What was your major and class year at Tech, plus any other degrees you may have earned? I have a bachelor’s degree in journalism, with a minor in Spanish; graduation in May 1988.

Where are you employed and what is your position? I am the director of stewardship and development with the Catholic Diocese of Lubbock.

Where are you employed, and what is your position? I am vice president of Communication & Outreach at Southwest Airlines in Dallas, Texas.

What are the names of your family members? Husband, David (BBA from Texas Tech in 1981); Son, Ryan, 30, daughter-in-law Mindy and grandkids Kynzlee, 4, and Kaden, 2; Son, Austin, 25.

All of us are Red Raiders, except the grandkids who are TTAA Legacy Members.

What are the names of your family members? My husband is Mike, and our children are Allison, 13, and Matthew, 16.

major activities in which you were involved as a student at Tech: Kappa Alpha Theta, Mortar Board, Panhellenic, Phi Kappa Phi, Kappa Tau Alpha—Mass Communications Honor Society, Alpha Lambda Delta—Freshman Women’s Honorary What is one of your fondest memories from your Tech days?

Being tapped for Mortar Board. They came right into my political science class my junior year. It was an honor and a privilege to be one of only 30 seniors selected for that organization.

major activities in which you were involved as a student at Tech: I was involved in the student chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ); editor of the University Daily (now the Daily Toreador); and student government.

What is one of your fondest memories from your Tech days? I loved home game Saturdays. I would wake up and wander around campus; the red streamers on all the poles, flags on University and Will Rogers wrapped up helped build the excitement. I loved when the Victory Bells from the tower of the Administration Building would ring after a win.

What is one thing you’ve enjoyed seeing occur recently at Texas Tech? I have been astounded by the rapid transformation of the university. Living in Lubbock, it’s happened right under my eyes—not only the infrastructure and the physical plant but also the increased numbers of students, staff and faculty can be sensed all over town.

What is one thing you’ve enjoyed seeing occur recently at Texas Tech? As a graduate of the then School of Mass Communication, I love seeing the new College of Media & Communication housed in the renovated BA Building, complete with state-of-the-art classrooms and all the necessary technology that a College of Media & Communication ought to have to properly instruct tomorrow’s communicators.

What is your favorite book? The Bible.

What is your favorite book? “Still Alice” by Lisa Genova.

What is your favorite movie? My all-time favorite movie is “Gone with the Wind.” Scarlett O’Hara’s never-say-die attitude has inspired me all my life.

What is your favorite movie? A tie between “Terms of Endearment” and “Steel Magnolias.”

What are your interests and hobbies? I love spending time with my children and grandchildren, attending Texas Tech sporting events and traveling. I also enjoy gourmet cooking and fine wines.

What character trait do you value highly in an individual?

Authenticity. if you could ask five or six people to your home for an evening, who would they be? Plato, Jesus Christ, Thomas Jefferson, Winston Churchill, Mother Teresa of Calcutta, and my dad.

What are your interests and hobbies? I love to travel, scrapbook and spend time with friends and family.

What character trait do you value highly in an individual? Honesty. if you could ask five or six people to your home for an evening, who would they be? For a once-in-a-lifetime gathering, I would invite John F. Kennedy, Queen Elizabeth, Justin Timberlake, actor Peter Krause, ABC’s “Good Morning America” anchor Robin Roberts and Walter Cronkite.

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Texas Tech Alumni Association

By Summer Chandler

I

n 1925, founding president Paul Horn set the standard for Texas Tech University: “Let our thoughts be big thoughts and broad thoughts. Let our thinking be in worldwide terms.” In that vein, Texas Tech Alumni Association (TTAA) has awarded the inaugural Excellence Grant to San Antonio TechTeach, a fast-track teacher education program.

San Antonio TechTeach is a teacher preparation program in the College of Education that is among the first in the nation to combine intense clinical experiences with courses and district-based partnerships aimed at dramatically improving new teachers’ impact on student learning. Through the program, students who earn an associate of arts in teaching from the Alamo Community College District are able to complete student-teaching requirements in their own community while taking upper-division coursework online through Texas Tech University, earning a bachelor of multidisciplinary studies with Early Childhood-6th grade teacher certification in just one year.

According to Linda Fuller, TTAA national board member and Excellence Grant committee chair, one reason this program was selected out of 18 applications was that the unique approach to teacher education creates a program with the potential to surpass that of any other teacher program in the state, fulfilling the call made by Horn.

“This grant not only provides increased access to higher education, it addresses the critical need of qualified elementary teachers as well. Texas Tech is not just a college in Lubbock. To paraphrase the grant recipient, ‘We are reaching beyond our regional geography to fulfill the vision of Horn,’” Fuller said.

The TTAA National Board of Directors approved $10,000 to fund the initial grant at their March 2013 meeting and the concept was quickly developed in order to select and recognize the first grant recipient at the

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presents First Excellence Grant

At the Oct. 12 presentation are, from left, Linda Fuller, TTAA national board member and Excellence Grant committee chair; Bill Benton, president of TTAA; Kelly Fox, Ph.D., associate professor of practice and site coordinator for San Antonio TechTeach; Scott Ridley, Ph.D., dean of the College of Education; Katy Button, Ph.D., TechTeach Professional Development facilitator, and Peggy Johnson, Ph.D., associate dean.

October 2013 A Matador Evening, which is held in conjunction with the university’s annual homecoming celebration.

“Linda was the driving force behind the grant.

TTAA Board President Bill Benton put her in charge of the committee and she worked miracles in just seven months,” said David Low, TTAA chief financial and administrative officer. “The turnaround from concept to an actual grant was very quick because she was so dedicated.”

The grant will provide critical start-up funding for the communications and publicity efforts of San Antonio TechTeach.

Kelly Fox, Ph.D., who is supervising the implementation of TechTeach in San Antonio, said the materials the grant will fund weren’t a part of the program’s budget for this year – but are crucial to the program’s success.

“We are ecstatic to be awarded this grant. It’s a new initiative for us. It’s hard to get the word out effectively and efficiently in a large market like San Antonio,” Fox said. “The alumni association grant is going to let us try some innovative strategies for reaching out to community college students.”

Rob Stewart, Ed.D., senior vice provost of Texas Tech, said programs like the TTAA Excellence Grant are very important to the university’s mission.

“Any kind of funding opportunity that will initiate a new program or help a program expand is important to us. A grant of this particular size has great value in starting something or getting a new approach underway,” Stewart said.

And TechTeach is definitely a new approach. Unlike traditional teaching programs, TechTeach provides students with experiences that cultivate instructional and management skills on par with a second-year teacher. For school districts, TechTeach provides a pipeline for identifying and hiring the most effective new teachers who are certified in English as a Second Language, Special Education and Bilingual Education.

“We are recruiting students who are completing an associate of arts degree in teaching. Our program in San Antonio is 2+1. Our students complete their associate’s degree in two years at one of the community colleges within the Alamo College District. Then, teacher candidates will have one year as Texas Tech students, during which they will take online courses and spend the year in the classroom completing their student teaching. We have a fantastic partnership with North East ISD in San Antonio and that’s essential,” Fox said.

She also praised the Alamo College District and its commitment to the students.

“Alamo College District is very impressive. The facilities are top of the line. The instructors are very student-centered and they want their students to have a four-year degree. But what has really been great is the caliber of students we are finding here; it is really exciting,” Fox said.

The TTAA received applications from several colleges, including Arts & Sciences, Education, Engineering, Human Sciences, Media & Communication and Visual & Performing Arts.

“The variety of proposals, from dance and theatre, to obesity research to robotics made this selection process extremely challenging,” Fuller said. “Significant contributions to higher education and society are happening at Texas Tech. It’s important—as alumni—to be invested in those contributions. One of the ways we can do this as an alumni association is through funding this grant.”

Bill Benton, 2013 president of Texas Tech Alumni Association, sees the grant as an opportunity to support the university. The TTAA National Board of Directors has already approved additional funding for the 2014 Excellence Grant, increasing the amount to $30,000.

“We want to recognize innovative and strategic teaching initiatives,” Benton said. “This grant allows us to partner with programs like TechTeach and hopefully play a small role in their success. That success is, we believe, part of the unique fabric that makes Texas Tech special.”

Read more about TechTeach at Texas Tech Today: http://tinyurl.com/l5b9dm3 The 2014 Excellence Grant application opens January 2014.

Look for details at: TexasTechAlumni.org.

Classes Designed For People Ages 50 & Up McKenzie-Merket Alumni Center 17th and University Avenue Lubbock, TX 79409 806.742.OLLI (6554) www.olli-ttaa.org olli@ttu.edu

January/February 2014 Classes

Travelling the Texas Plains Trails • Physical Therapy: Is it Right for You • National Wind Institute • Mah Jongg for Beginners • International Scientists: When Language and Classroom Culture Intersect • Readers Circle • Tour of Communication Research Technology • Caring of Someone with a Chronic Illness • One-on-One with Mayor Glen Robertson • TTU Irish Set-Dancers • The Legacy of Charlie Flagg • John Rewald’s Portrait of Paul Cézanne’s Photographs • Do Food Subsidies Cause Obesity • Stage Play Design-“How I Learned to Drive” • Tour of Fiber & Biopolymer Research Institute • Introduction to Chinese Opera & Characters • Bat Conservation in Southeast Asia • Genomes & Genomics • Inflammation & Innate Immunity.

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at TTU is administered and housed by the Texas Tech Alumni Association.

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alumni news c om pi le d by kate lyn pe r ry

a g li m ps e at te xas tec h’s h e r itag e

According to Pat Brown, spring president of the Cosmopolitan Club in the 1964 “La Ventana,” the purpose of the organization is “to create a better understanding among different nationalities of people on the campus.”

Pictured, first row, from left, are Jan Laubhan, secretary; Le Ta Bich Dao; Nguyen Thi Bich Lien; Pham Van Nga; Bui Thi Kim Anh; Hannelore Schriever; Zafer Cetinkaya; Pat Brown, president; Connie Rodgers and Trn Thi Tu Hien. Second row, from left, are Guillermo Velez; Saadallah Saadallah; C.B. Chaudhry; Azmat Ramal-Shah, vice president; E. Marcus Barnes; Jafar Al-Khaisi; Khosrow Moschirzadeh; Unidentified; Jimmy Wang; Mike DeLair and Selcuk Erin, treasurer.

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MILITARY 2009 caPT. JareD miller (JD Law) Bagram Air Field,

Afghanistan, is an officer in the United States Air Force assigned to the 15th Wing, Office of the Staff Judge Advocate, at Joint Base Pearl-Harbor Hickam, Hawaii. He is currently deployed to Combined Joint Task Force 101 (CJTF-101), Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, as a contract and fiscal law attorney, working closely with his Army brethren assigned to the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault).

Brown

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charles Q. BroWn Jr. (BS Civil

Engineering) Tampa, Fla., was recently promoted to the rank of Major General.

He is currently the Deputy Commander, U.S. Air Forces Central Command, and Deputy, Combined Force Air Component Commander, U.S. Central Command, Southwest Asia. His wife is Sharene.

2012 caPT. James garreTT (JD Law) Bagram Air Field,

Afghanistan, is an officer in the United States Army assigned to the 101st Airborne Division, Office of the Staff Judge Advocate, at Fort Campbell, Ky. He is currently deployed with Combined Joint Task Force 101 (CJTF-101), Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, as the chief of client services and claims as well serving as an administrative law attorney.

Miller and Garrett sit about 10 feet from each other in the CJTF-101 legal office

Garrett, left, and Miller

BOOKS reBecca croWnover (’00 BBA Management Information Systems) Irving, Texas, recently wrote and published her second book, “Texas Farm Girl.” The book is an educational and adventurous farming book for children.

It is dedicated to the memory of her “PawPaw,” Rex Langley, who taught her about farming at an early age and showed her the importance of hard work.

You can learn more about her books at www.rebeccacrownover.com.

s. KaThleen lyons (’94 MS Biology) Arlington, Va., recently published her book “Animal Body Size: Linking Pattern and Process across Space, Time, and Taxonomic Group.” Kathleen is a research scientist in the Department of Paleobiology at the National Museum of Natural History.

ron miller (’82 BA Political Science)

Lynchburg, Va., recently had his book “SELLOUT: Musings from Uncle Tom’s Porch” republished by Liberty University Press. He was appointed associate dean and assistant professor of government at Liberty University last year.

Joe Doenges (’81 Ed.D. Education)

Georgetown, Texas, wrote a book, “Books and Butts,” that chronicles his time as the vice principal at Boerne High School during the 1980-1981 school year.

His wife is Martha Treschwig Doenges.

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The Texas Tech Alumni Association would like to offer a special thanks to our Platinum and Gold members for their support.

Platinum ($2,500 or more annually)

Mr. & Mrs. G. Barney Adams ’75 (Kandy Adams ’75) Lubbock, TX Mr. & Mrs. Grant Adamson ’81 (Nelda Adamson) Austin, TX Mr. & Mrs. Larry K. Anders ’78 (Nesa J. Anders ’81) Plano, TX Mr. & Mrs. Mike Baca (Jan W. Baca ’70) Vega, TX Ms. William B. Baker ’06 Parker, CO Mr. & Mrs. Bryant Bonner ’95 (Whitney Bonner ’96) San Antonio, TX Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Brawley ’95 (Sabrina Brawley ’94) Haslet, TX Mr. & Mrs. Richard Breedlove ’70 (Lorrie Breedlove) Spring, TX Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Brown ’59 (Elena Brown) Lamesa, TX Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Broyles ’51 (Helen P. Broyles) Fort Worth, TX Lt. Col. Mark H. Bryant ’83 (Colby Ethan) Salt Lake City, UT Mr. & Mrs. Steve Burleson ’83 (Elizabeth Burleson ’84) Midland, TX Mr. Clay Cash ’97 Midland, TX Mr. & Mrs. Donald G. Chenault ’82 (Vicki L. Chenault) Austin, TX Mr. Floyd E. Cotham, Jr. ’83 Dallas, TX Dr. & Mrs. Todd K. Cowan ’81 (Veronica I. Cowan) Fort Worth, TX Mr. Richard R. Davila, II Lubbock, TX Mr. & Mrs. Enoch L. Dawkins ’60 (Frances Dawkins) New Orleans, LA Mr. & Mrs. David A. Domino ’86 (Lisa K. Domino) San Anotonio, TX Mr. & Mrs. Gayle M. Earls ’59 (Dolores J. Earls) Frisco, TX Mr. Daniel F. Frye, III ’73 Austin, TX Mrs. Merle Fulton Lubbock, TX Mrs. Helen J. Geick ’61 Lubbock, TX Mr. Ralph G. Goodlet, Jr. ’82 Dallas, TX Mr. & Mrs. J. Todd Gregory ’85 (Nancy Gregory) Fort Worth, TX

Mr. & Mrs. B.R. “Rip” Griffin (Geneva Griffin ’51) Lubbock, TX Mr. & Mrs. William B. Hagood ’69 (Karen G. Hagood ’71) Dallas, TX Mrs. Julianna Hawn Holt ’69 Blanco, TX Mr. H. Wayne Henry ’75 APO, AE Mr. Bob L. Herd ’57 Tyler, TX Mr. & Mrs. Christopher C. Herrin ’82 (Cheryl Herrin ’83) Tampa, FL Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Hix ’70 (Leslie Hix ’71) Houston, TX Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Holloman ’80 (Karlene Holloman) San Francisco, CA Mr. Peter M. Holt Blanco, TX Mr. & Mrs. Tom W. Jacobs ’87 (Jerri L. Jacobs) Katy, TX Mr. & Mrs. Leon Jeffcoat ’66 (Patricia E. Jeffcoat ’66) Midland, TX Ms. Kathy G. Johnson ’77 Houston, TX Mr. & Mrs. Parker C. Johnson ’97 (Victoria N. Johnson) Houston, TX Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Josephs, Jr. (Kirsten K. Josephs) Richardson, TX Mr. & Mrs. David L. King ’74 (Janis King) Tyler, TX Mr. & Mrs. Tom Mase (Liz Mase) Mertzon, TX Mrs. Joan McComb ’67 Lubbock, TX Mr. & Mrs. L. Brent McGavock ’95 (Amy McGavock ’94) Lubbock, TX Mrs. & Mrs. Mark R. McGuire ’83 (Nancy Q. McGuire ’77) Livingston, TX Mr. & Mrs. Michael McKenzie ’68 (Barbara McKenzie ’69) Sulphur Springs, TX Mr. Glenn D. Moor ’84 Lubbock, TX Mr. & Mrs. Joe H. Price (Mary Jo Price ’53) San Antonio, TX Mr. Michael R. Proctor ’90 Midland, TX Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. Pubentz ’98 (Rebecca Pubentz ’99) Kingwood, TX Mr. & Mrs. John W. Redmon ’71 (Ann R. Redmon ’71) The Woodlands, TX

Mr. & Mrs. Michael H. Riordan ’00 (Jennifer Riordan ’00) Naperville, IL Mr. & Mrs. Douglass C. Robison ’79 (Angie Robison) Midland, TX Mr. & Mrs. Robert T. Rose (Susan M. Rose ’76) Scottsdale, AZ Dr. Nancy R. Ruff ’69 Clinton, WA Mr. & Mrs. John Scovell ’68 (Diane Scovell ’68) Dallas, TX Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth H. Sheffield, Jr. (Catherine Sheffield ’79) Colleyville, TX Ms. Anita Smith ’63 Slidell, LA Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Smith ’65 (Gail Smith ’68) Dallas, TX Mr. & Mrs. Marlis E. Smith ’54 (Shirley C. Smith ’54) Englewood, CO Mr. & Mrs. Tom S. Stacy ’75 (Melinda M. Stacy) Austin, TX Mr. & Mrs. James H. Stone ’50 (Evelyn B. Stone ’48) Hattiesburg, MS Mr. & Mrs. Barry C. Street ’79 (SuDeline Street ’79) Kress, TX Mr. & Mrs. Dale V. Swinburn ’65 (Cheryl Swinburn) Tulia, TX Mr. & Mrs. Max Swinburn ’67 (Doris Swinburn) Dimmitt, TX Mr. & Mrs. Raymond P. Swofford, Jr. ’47 (Sarah Swofford ’47) San Diego, CA Mr. & Mrs. Mickey D. Tucker ’77 (Schelley A. Tucker) Cypress, TX Mr. Tommy W. Velasquez ’93 Wheeler, TX Mr. & Mrs. Randall W. Vines ’84 (Dona E. Vines ’86) Montgomery, TX Mr. & Mrs. John P. Wald, Jr. ’80 (Karen M. Wald ’80) Southlake, TX Mr. & Mrs. John B. Walker ’68 (Lisa A. Walker) Houston, TX Mr. & Mrs. Edward Whitacre ’64 (Linda Whitacre ’65) San Antonio, TX Mr. & Mrs. Dan White ’79 (Debbie S. White) Granbury, TX

Mr. & Mrs. Mike R. Abbott ’63 (Diane Abbott) Lubbock, TX Mr. & Mrs. Ken Abraham ’63 (Renee Abrahma ‘71) Lubbock, TX Mr. Darrell Adams ’81 Seymour, TX Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Adcox ’95 (Keeley K Orman-Adcox ’95) Dripping Springs, TX Mr. Michael Akeroyd San Antonio, TX Dr. & Mrs. Russell S. Akin ’05 (Jill L. Akin) Midland, TX Dr. & Mrs. Richard G. Alexander ’58 (Janna Alexander) Arlington, TX Mr. Robert Allen (Janice Allen) Friendswood, TX Mr. & Mrs. Ronald G. Althof ’79 (Deirdra Althof) Newburgh, IN Mr. & Mrs. David Anderson ’84 (Susan Anderson ’85) Lake Oswego, OR Mr. & Mrs. Dennis W. Anthony ’75 (Loraine C. Anthony) Friona, TX Mr. & Mrs. Chris Aulds ’84 (Terry Aulds) Dallas, TX Mr. & Mrs. Larry G. Autrey ’84 (Tiffany Autrey) Colleyville, TX Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Baker ’73 (Leslie E. Baker) San Antonio, TX Mr. & Mrs. Duane Baldridge ’86 (Cynthia Baldridge) Houston, TX Mr. & Mrs. David E. Barber ’65 (Sandra R. Barber) College Station, TX Mr. & Mrs. Doug E. Barnhart ’69 (Nancy Barnhart ’69) Rancho Santa Fe, CA Mr. & Mrs. Joe Beaty ’69 (Patricia Beaty ’75) Coppell, TX Mr. & Mrs. Edward Benninger ’65 (Nelda Benninger) San Antonio, TX Mr. & Mrs. Oran H. Berry, III ’71 (Linda L. Berry ’70) San Angelo, TX Mr. & Mrs. Brent C. Bertrand ’87 (Tonya H. Bertrand ’86) Round Rock, TX Mr. & Mrs. Hubert P. Bezner ’49 (Victoria M. Bezner) Dallas, TX Ms. Nancy L. Birdwell ’74 Salado, TX Mr. & Mrs. C. Bob Black ’58 ( Billie K Black) Horseshoe Bay, TX

Mr. & Mrs. Jack E. Blake ’49 (Carol Blake) Midland, TX Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Bradley ’90 (Vicki W. Bradley) Eastland, TX Mr. & Mrs. Bennie R. Brigham ’65 (Mary G. Brigham ’66) Dallas, TX Mr. & Mrs. Larry R. Britton ’69 (Judith A. Britton) Arlington, TX Mr. & Mrs. Randy L. Broiles ’79 (Cindy L. Broiles) Houston, TX Dr. & Mrs. Edward Broome ’68 (Jan L. Broome ’68) Lubbock, TX Mr. Alan D. Brown ’69 Dallas, TX Mr. & Mrs. William D. Brown ’74 (Karen E. Brown ’74) Austin, TX Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Bryant ’73 (Rebecca Bryant) Mechanicsburg, PA Dr. J. Fred Bucy ’51 Dallas, TX Mr. & Mrs. Jack L. Byrd ’56 (Marline C. Byrd) Midland, TX Mr. & Mrs. Larry Byrd ’57 (Patricia Byrd) Dallas, TX Mr. & Mrs. Gary R. Cain (Melissa Cain) Midland, TX Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Cameron (June C. Cameron ’64) Ozona, TX Mr. & Mrs. Ben D. Campbell ’77 (Marsha B. Campbell) Houston, TX Mr. & Mrs. Cody Campbell ’03 (Tara Campbell ’06) Fort Worth, TX Mr. David R. Carter ’87 Levelland, TX Mr. & Mrs. Eugene C. Chambers ’66 (Carole Chambers) Katy, TX Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Champion ’69 (Robbie M. Champion ’69) Houston, TX Mr. & Mrs. Kyle Chapman ’98 (Ivette Chapman) Katy, TX Mr. Thame H. Chapman ’90 Lubbock, TX Mr. Mark A. Cina ’75 Harker Heights, TX Dr. David S. Cockrum ’94 San Louis, MO Mrs. Kathryn E. Comfort ’83 San Antonio, TX

Mr. John M. Conrad ’77 Lake Jackson, TX Mr. & Mrs. Paul M. Coppinger ’84 (Belinda Coppinger) Fort Worth, TX Mr. & Mrs. James F. Coulter (Greer N. Coulter ’97) Houston, TX Mr. & Mrs. John C. Covey ’77 (Teresa C. Covey) San Angelo, TX Mr. & Mrs. Holt Cowden ’00 (Kaye Cowden ’78) Midland, TX Mr. Lynn F. Cowden ’80 Skellytown, TX Col. Jimmy D. Cox ’63 Danville, VA The Hon. & Mrs. Tom Craddick ’65 (Nadine Craddick ’69) Midland, TX Mr. & Mrs. Brenton A. Croley ’96 (Carrie E. Croley ’95) Carrollton, TX Mr. & Mrs. Tim G. Culp ’81 (Annette L. Culp ’81) Midland, TX Mr. Charles Cummings ’59 Fort Worth, TX Mr. & Mrs. Jim Daniel (Mary Daniel ’78) Houston, TX Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth G. Davis ’84 (Lisa G. Davis) Tulsa, OK Mr. & Mrs. Sean D. Davis ’86 (Donna Davis) Baltimore, MD Dr. & Dr. Miles R. Day (Audra R. Day ’99) Lubbock, TX Dr. & Mrs. Bill F. Dean ’61 (Peggy M. Dean ’66) Lubbock, TX Mr. & Mrs. Richard A Derr, Jr. ’89 (Stacey R. Derr ’88) Lubbock, TX Mrs. Sue A. Derr ’50 Colleyville, TX Ms. Leena Devakikutty Spring, TX Ms. Jane B. Dickson ’74 Stephenville, TX Ms. Whitney D. Dillon ’08 Midland, TX Mrs. & Mrs. Mike K. Dobbins ’88 (Tracy Dobbins) Fort Worth, TX Dr. & Mrs. Michael A. Doherty ’73 (Ginger R. Doherty) New Braunfels, TX Mrs. & Mrs. Stefan K. Dorman ’99 (Johnna Dorman) Houston, TX

*As of November 20, 2013

Gold ($1,000 to $2,499 annually)

Mr. & Mrs. Jim A. Douglass ’70 (Patti Douglass ’85) Lubbock, TX Mr. & Mrs. John C. Downs ’66 (Edie Downs) Sadler, TX Mr. Scott Dueser ’75 Abilene, TX Mr. & Mrs. Jason Elliott (Robin L Elliott ’95) Little Elm. TX Dr. W. T. Fogarty ’80 Dallas, TX Mrs. Ann B. Foster ’58 Plainview, TX Mr. Reynolds L. Foster ’67 Dallas, TX Mr. & Mrs. Terry E. Fuller ’77 (Linda S. Fuller ’69) Southlake, TX Mr. & Mrs. Ricky Gaddis (Melinda Gaddis ’84) Katy, TX Mrs. Belinda A. Gafford Lubbock, TX Mr. & Mrs. James L. Gaspard ’72 (Dinah A. Gaspard ’72) Dallas, TX Mr. & Mrs. W. Dan Gibson, Jr. ’80 (Karen Gibson) Denver, CO Mr. & Mrs. Bryan B. Gossett ’73 (Nancy K. Gossett) Midland, TX Mr. & Mrs. Dan Guy (Terri S. Guy ’73) Santa Fe, NM Dr. & Mrs. Nadim G. Haddad ’88 (Christine Haddad) Potomac, MD Mr. & Mrs. David H. Hadden ’78 (Pamela A. Hadden ’87) Allen, TX Mrs. Karen Hamel ’93 Lubbock, TX Mr. & Mrs. Bobby E. Hammond Jr. ’75 (Cynthia Hammond) Irving, TX Chancellor & Mrs. Kent R. Hance ’65 (Susie Hance) Lubbock, TX Mr. & Mrs. Keith R. Hansen ’68 (Glenda G. Hansen) Granbury, TX Mr. & Mrs. Owen Harrison ’73 (Lois Harrison) San Angelo, TX Mr. & Mrs. Daniel D. Hart ’95 (April Hart) The Woodlands, TX Dr. & Dr. Robert I. Hart ’80 (Susan E. Hart) Baton Rouge, LA Mr. & Mrs. Daniel W. Heinchon ’81 (Nita C. Heinchon ’81) San Antonio, TX Mr. & Mrs. Alan R. Henry ’64 (Cassandra L. Henry ’67) Lubbock, TX Mr. & Mrs. Scott V. Henry ’78 (Sharon K. Henry) Richardson, TX Dr. & Mrs. William W. Hinchey ’74 (Joaan C. Hinchey) San Antonio, TX Mr. Robert W. Hodge, II Midland, TX Mr. & Mrs. Gregory R. Hoes ’86 (Lori Hoes) Garland, TX Mr. & Mrs. Ted W. Hogan Jr. ’77 (Joellen Hogan ’76) Odessa, TX Mr. Stanley K. Horton ’86 Houston, TX Mr. & Mrs. Don J. Howe ’71 (Vickie Howe) Alpharetta, GA Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Huckabee ’91 (Robin Huckabee ’92) Fort Worth, TX Mr. & Mrs. James E. Huckaby ’66 (Clara J. Huckaby) Austin, TX Mr. Chris A. Huff ’07 Milton, FL Mr. & Mrs. Kerry M. Hunt (Debbie Hunt) Wolfforth, TX Mr. & Mrs. Ken Huseman ’75 (Jaye Huseman) Midland, TX Mr. & Mrs. Drew M. Ingram ’79 (Laura J. Ingram ’79) Midland, TX Mr. & Mrs. Rex Isom ’78 (Nancy Isom ’80) Idalou, TX Mr. & Mrs. Steven Jeffcoat ’96 (Lesley Jeffcoat ’96) Midland, TX Mr. & Mrs. Wilbur H. Johnson ’65 (Patricia J. Johnson) El Paso, TX Mr. & Mrs. Troy D. Jones ’57 (Lona F. Jones) Paradise Valley, AZ Mr. Van Josselet ’74 Dalhart, TX Mr. Phillip S. Kahlich ’09 Hereford, TX Major & Mrs. Anthony D. Killa ’95 (Carolyn T. Killa) Atlanta, GA Mr. & Mrs. M. Chris Kirksey ’84 (Betsy B. Kirksey ’83) Austin, TX Mr. & Mrs. Terry G. Knighton ’80 (Patricia D. Knighton) Midland, TX Mr. & Mrs. Steven J. Kolb ’09 (Ansley A. Kolb ’08) Midland, TX Mr. David M. Ladewig ’09 Houston, TX Mrs. Peggy B. LaFont ’61 Plainview, TX Mr. & Mrs. A. Lance Langford ’87 (Brenda L. Langford) Austin, TX Mr. Rowland C. Lawson ’84 Soldotna, AK Mr. & Mrs. Lanny G. Layman ’77 (Joni Layman ’79) San Angelo, TX Mr. Robert J. Lewis ’49 Fairfax, VA Mr. Todd M. Lindley ’09 Green River, WY Mr. & Mrs. Russell H. Logan ’51 (Carol L. Logan) Colleyville, TX Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Loveless ’93 (Stacy Loveless ’92) Cos Cob, CT Mr. & Mrs. Larry K. Lowe ’67 (Ashley Lowe) Lubbock, TX

Mr. Robert J. Manalli ’94 Maurepas, LA Mr. & Mrs. Justin Mason (Denise Mason) Seminole, TX Mr. & Mrs. Wendell W. Mayes, Jr ’49 (Mary Jane Mayes) Austin, TX Mr. & Mrs. Bob Mayo ’69 (Jo C. Mayo ’71) Petersburg, TX Mr. & Mrs. John N. McAnulty ’96 (Michelle McAnulty ’98) Sugar Land, TX Mr. & Mrs. George H. McCleskey, III (Royan McCleskey ‘95) Southlake, TX Mr. & Mrs. Mark T. McCloy ’73 (Annette McCloy) Jal, NM Mr. & Mrs. Brian F. McCoy ’75 (Wetonnah L. McCoy) San Marcos, TX Mr. & Mrs. Chance A. McDaniel ’97 (Kaci B. McDaniel ’03) Midland, TX Mr. & Mrs. Paul McDonald ’81 (Karen McDonald ’81) Flower Mound, TX Mr. & Mrs. George G. McDuff ’58 (Beverly J. McDuff ’54) Lubbock, TX Mr. & Mrs. Don E. McInturff (Pauline L. McInturff ’48) Lubbock, TX Mr. & Mrs. M. Ryan McKenzie ’98 (Kathleen K. McKenzie ’04) Sulphur Springs, TX Mr. & Mrs. Robert McNaughton ’84 (Anne McNaughton ’76) Midland, TX Mr. & Mrs. Philip Meaders ’84 (Lamar Meaders ’83) Irving, TX Dr. John S. Menzies ’75 Cleburne, TX Ms. Patsy Middleton ’57 Austin, TX Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Miers ’82 (Sarah Miers) Abilene, TX Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Mikolajczyk ’60 (Hilda Mikolajczyk) Broussard, LA Mr. & Mrs. Lon E. Miller ’71 (Gertrude P. Miller ’65) Lubbock, TX Mr. & Mrs. Jacob A. Miller ’01 (Erica Miller) Lubbock, TX Mr. & Mrs. Charles B. Mitchell ’56 (Bettye A. Mitchell) Houston, TX Mr. Michale J. Montgomery ’76 Ennis, TX Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Morris, III ’99 (Leslie Morris) North Attleboro, MA Mr. Luke N. Morrow ’93 Midland, TX Mr. Kevin G. Morton ’83 Southlake, TX Mr. & Mrs. Tommy Mrazek ’75 (Debra Mrazek ‘81) Plano, TX Mr. & Mrs. James A. Mueller ’80 (Kathleen M. Mueller) Spring, TX Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Munn ’61 (Janice Munn) Odessa, TX Mr. Thomas P. Munn ’96 Copperas Cove, TX Mr. Paul M. Muratta ’86 Gadsden, AL Mr. & Mrs. Lester J. Murdock (Jo Anne C. Murdock ’60) Dallas, TX Mr. Parameswaran Nampoothiri ’01 (Leena Devakikutty) Houston, TX Mr. & Mrs. Juan J. Nevarez ’95 (Iris R. Nevarez) Southlake, TX Mr. & Mrs. Lyndell A. Newsom ’55 (Billie J. Newsom) Menifee, CA Dr. James D. Norcross ’87 Irving, TX Mr. & Mrs. Michael W. Norton ’85 (Melanie T. Norton ’86) Houston, TX Mrs. Keeley K. Orman-Adcox ’95 Dripping Springs, TX Mr. & Mrs. John C. Owens ’71 (Cynthia M. Owens ’73) Lubbock, TX Dr. & Mrs. Brian Papworth ’88 (Mardi Papworth) Albuquerque, NM Mr. Bob J. Paradiso ’79 Houston, TX Mr. Paul E. Parkinson ’74 (Crystal Parkinson) Plano, TX Mr. & Mrs. Gary S. Payne (Debbie Payne) Austin, TX Mrs. Joyce W. Perkins ’64 Bryan, TX Mr. Gary R. Petersen ’68 Houston, TX Mr. & Mrs. Mike J. Petraitis ’79 (Martha M. Petraitis ’81) Midland, TX Mr. David R. Pickering Lubbock, TX Mr. Matthew A. Poerner ’11 San Antonio, TX Mr. & Mrs Stephen S. Poore ’90 (Christina B. Poore) Mercer Island, WA Mr. & Mrs. Jeffery M. Pratt (Amy C. Pratt) Round Rock, TX Mr. & Mrs. David E. Proctor ’91 (Cindy B. Proctor ’90) Georgetown, TX Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. Pubentz ’98 (Rebecca Pubentz ’99) Kingwood, TX Mr. & Mrs. Scott R. Pullen ’80 (Carroll A. Pullen) Sugar Land, TX Mr. & Mrs. Terry H. Putman ’69 (Mendy W. Putman ’81) Colorado Springs, CO Mr. & Mrs. Gil H. Radtke ’82 (Ann G. Radtke) Houston, TX Dr. & Dr. George R. Raschbaum ’82 (Rene Raschbaum) Atlanta, GA Mr. Jerry S. Rawls ’67 Los Altos, CA Mr. Samuel M. Ray, IV ’66 (Sandra L. Ray) Plano, TX

Mr. & Mrs. Jeffery F. Rea (Michelle S. Rea) Odessa, TX Mr. Richard D. Rhodes ’71 Tyler, TX Mr. & Mrs. Walter Rinehart ’60 (Joyce Rinehart) Lubbock, TX Mr. & Mrs. James S. Rivera (Dr. Cynthia D Rivera ’88) El Paso, TX Mr & Mrs. Rokki Roberts (Kathy H. Roberts ’72) Houston, TX Mr. & Mrs. Rex F. Robertson ’81 (Debra Robertson ’81) Dallas, TX Ms. Terry L Rolan ’85 Houston, TX Mr. & Mrs. John E. Roueche, III ’88 (Elise W. Roueche) Houston, TX Mr. & Mrs. John Saenz ’96 (Suzanne Saenz ’95) Seminole, TX Dr. & Mrs. Martin Salazar ’78 (Margie Salazar) Lubbock, TX Mr. & Mrs. Alan J. Sales ’75 (Kathy A. Sales ’74) Alba, TX Mr. & Mrs. David E. Salter ’72 (Lana L. Salter) Oklahoma City, OK Mr. & Mrs. W. Joseph Sammons ’78 (Susan A. Sammons ’78) San Antonio, TX Mr. & Mrs. Robbie R. Sartain ’79 (Kathleen M. Sartain ’79) Midland, MI Mrs. Sammie F. Saulsbury ’58 Tyler, TX Dr. Alan C. Schauer ’77 (Regina Schauer) Austin, TX Mr. & Mrs. Ryan W. Schneider ’01 (Mindy B. Schneider ’02) Woodway, TX Mr. & Mrs. Ricky C. Scott ’81 (Lori J. Scott ’80) Lubbock, TX Mr. Bill D. Senter ’51 Abilene, TX Mr. Rodney M. Shank ’81 Angel Fire, NM Mr. & Mrs. Joe M. Shannon ’89 (Brooke M. Shannon ’88) San Antonio, TX Mr. & Dr. Reagan W. Simpson (Nancy D. Simpson ’75) Austin, TX Mr. & Mrs. James E. Skinner ’74 (Alice B. Skinner) Dallas, TX Mr. Kenneth L. Slack, Jr. ’71 Dallas, TX Mr. & Mrs. John P. Smith (Ashlee M. Smith ’07) Midland, TX Mr. & Mrs. Lucian Smith ’74 (Kristin Smith ’76) Hunt, TX Mr. Robert D. Smith ’82 Fort Worth, TX Mr. & Mrs. Stephen R. Souter ’71 (Jill H. Souter) Alamo Heights, TX Mr. & Mrs. Phil D. Staley ’70 (Sharon D. Staley ’71) Houston, TX Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Stark (Diane Stark) Midland, TX Mr. & Mrs. Larry G. Strickland ’70 (Linda F. Strickland) Colleyville, TX Mr. & Mrs. Ron W. Stroman ’70 (Carolyn S. Stroman) Midland, TX Mr. &Mrs. David Stroud (Terrie Stroud ‘75) Amarillo, TX Dr. Marcus N. Tanner ’11 Wolfforth, TX Ms. Kate Tatarowicz Frisco, TX Mr. Tim R. Tate ’00 Frisco, TX Mr. & Mrs. Lance L. Taylor ’99 (Dawn M. Taylor ’00) Frisco, TX Mr. & Mrs. Tommy E. Taylor ’85 (Gwen Taylor) Midland, TX Mr. & Mrs. Richard Thornesberry ’71 (Judy Thornesberry) San Angelo, TX Mr. & Mrs. Fred Timberlake, Jr. ’68 (Kay G. Timberlake) Lubbock, TX Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Turner ’68 (Diane Turner ’68) Blanco, TX Mr. & Mrs. Wes Turner (Julie Turner ’06) Fort Worthm, TX Mr. & Mrs. Fred A. Underwood ’71 (Pam Underwood) Lubbock, TX Mr. & Mrs. Bobby G. Waddle ’55 (Shirley D. Waddle) Desoto, TX Mr. & Mrs. David W. Walker ’51 (Virginia W. Walker) Houston, TX Mr. & Mrs. Ben B. Wallace ’76 (Patricia H. Wallace) Corpus Christi, TX Mr. & Mrs. Dan G. Webster, III ’61 (Molly I. Webster) San Antonio, TX Mr. & L. Bryant Williams, Jr. ’61 (Mrs. Brenda J. Williams) Kerrville, TX Mr. & Mrs. D. Andy Williams ’91 (Camille Williams) Dimmitt, TX Mr. & Mrs. Lewis Williams ’57 (Jamelle Williams) Montgomery, TX Mr. & Mrs. L. E. Willis, III ’84 (Lorie L. Willis) San Antonio, TX Mr. & Mrs. Justin D. Wright ’01 (Sheri L Williams ’ 01) Abilene, TX Mr. Lee Wright ’ 87 Flower Mound, TX Dr. & Mrs. Scott W. Wyrick ’87 (Lenore P. Wyrick) Texarkana, TX Mr. Wesley B. Youngblood ’ 74 Spring, TX Mr. & Mrs. Greg M. Zielinski (Donna J. Zielinski) Lubbock, TX *As of November 20, 2013

alumni news

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2015 Texas Tech Alumni Association Directory Project has begun!

John B. malouf (BBA Management) Lubbock, owner of Malouf’s in Lubbock, was recently presented with a Lifetime Achievement award at MR Magazine’s annual Uptown Downtown dinner at the Four Seasons Restaurant in New York City. John has owned and managed one of the largest and most prestigious specialty stores in America for the last 64 years, making him an icon in the business. The award acknowledges those few industry innovators who have made a true difference in the apparel business.

Every five years, the Texas Tech Alumni Association prints an alumni directory, and the 2015 directory project has begun!

1958 ranDall grooms (BS Animal Science) Tyler, Texas, was recognized this summer when the 59th annual Texas A&M Beef Cattle Short Course was dedicated to him.

His wife is henrieTTa hill grooms (BS Animal Production).

1961

Publishing Concepts (PCI) is contacting Texas Tech alumni and friends via mail, phone and e-mail to request that you update your information. The Texas Tech update line at PCI is 1-877-652-2146.

We understand security and privacy are concerns, but please know that PCI is a trusted partner of the Texas Tech Alumni Association.

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PaTricK Walsh (BS Textile Engineering) Waco, Texas, and his wife Loretta are pleased to announce the arrival of their great-grandson Cormac Caplen Wiedenfeld, born May 17.

1964 royal furgeson (BA English) Dallas, Texas, retired from the federal bench on May 31, 2013, and became the founding dean of the newest public law school in Texas, the University of North Texas Dallas College of Law. The UNT Dallas College of Law will welcome its first class in August 2014. His wife is Marcellene.

1971 anDy Kerr (BBA Accounting) San

Antonio, Texas, a partner at Strasburger & Price, LLP, was elected to the State Bar of Texas Board of Directors for a threeyear term. He was also appointed by the president of the State Bar of Texas to serve as a commissioner of the Texas Access to Justice Commission. Andy just completed a one-year term as president of the San Antonio Bar Association and chair of the San Antonio Bar Foundation Board of Trustees and six years of service 50

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alumni news as a Director of the Texas Access to Justice Foundation. His wife is Christy.

1973 sam meDina (BSE Secondary Education,

’76 JD Law) Lubbock, was recently inducted into the National Hispanic Hall of Honor in San Antonio, Texas. His wife is velma vera meDina (’94 BGS General Studies).

1976 DaviD seiDler (JD Law) Fort Worth,

Texas, was selected as a 2013 “Super Lawyer” by Thomson Reuters. Each year, only five percent of lawyers in Texas are named “Super Lawyers.” They are nominated by their peers and then reviewed by a research team that evaluates the nominees based on professional accomplishments, peer recognitions, and community involvement. David was also selected for inclusion in the 2014 edition of “The Best Lawyers in America.” David is currently an attorney with Jackson Walker L.L.P. His wife is Karen.

1979 marK s. ramsey (BS Mechanical Engineering) Spring, Texas, was elected to the Republican Party of Texas State Republican Executive Committee. Since that election, he has been appointed to both the Resolutions Committee and the Candidate Resource Committee, a fund raising and distribution group. He also recently became a member of the Harris County Republican Party Leadership Council. His wife is Pauline.

1983 Kem ThomPson frosT (JD Law) Houston, Texas, was appointment by Gov. Rick Perry as chief justice of the Fourteenth Court of Appeals. Kem has served as a justice on that court since 1999. She is currently pursuing a master of laws in judicial studies from the Duke University School of Law. Kem is a sustaining member of the College of the

State Bar of Texas and a board member of the Texas Tech Law School Foundation and the Texas Center for Legal Ethics, as well as a life fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation. Her husband is Frederick.

Jim griffin (BBA Accounting) Dallas, Texas, was selected as a 2013 “Super Lawyer” by Thomson Reuters. Each year, only five percent of lawyers in Texas are named “Super Lawyers.” They are nominated by their peers and then reviewed by a research team that evaluates the nominees based on professional accomplishments, peer recognitions, and community involvement. Jim was also selected for inclusion in the 2014 edition of “The Best Lawyers in America.” Jim is currently an attorney with Jackson Walker L.L.P. His wife is Sheila.

1985 Jay ruTherforD (BS Agricultural

Economics) Aledo, Texas, was selected as a 2013 “Super Lawyer” by Thomson Reuters.

Each year, only five percent of lawyers in Texas are named “Super Lawyers.” They are nominated by their peers and then reviewed by a research team that evaluates the nominees based on professional accomplishments, peer recognitions, and community involvement. Jay was also selected for inclusion in the 2014 edition of “The Best Lawyers in America.” Jay is currently an attorney with Jackson Walker L.L.P. His wife is Kay hoWell ruTherforD (BSE Secondary Education).

1986 James KnoWlTon Jr. (BS Mechanized Agriculture, ’90 BS Agricultural Engineering) Oakland, Tenn., is the director of Standardization and Engineering with the USDA Cotton Division. 22 pallets of cotton standards were recently air freighted to China from USDA’s cotton standards warehouse in Memphis under the supervision of James. China is the largest cotton producer in the world with more than 30 million bales of cotton produced each year. These standards will be used for grading the entire Chinese cotton crop.

The USDA cotton standards operation in Memphis provides cotton standards each year to more than 50 countries around the world. James’ wife is felicia oDom KnoWlTon (’90 BS Food Technology).

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louis a. griTzo (BS Mechanical

Engineering, ’90 MS Mechanical Engineering, ’92 Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering) Wrentham, Mass., vice president, manager of research at FM Global, one of the world’s largest business property insurers, has received the 75th Anniversary Medal of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Heat Transfer Division.

Louis received the award for his dedicated service to the heat transfer community and his contributions to the field. At FM Global Louis oversees a team of world-renowned scientists and directs the activities at the company’s $125-million, 1,600-acre, one-ofa-kind research campus in West Glocester, R.I., the world’s largest center for property loss prevention research. Louis has served as chair of the ASME Heat Transfer Division Executive Committee and is currently chair of the Research Leadership Team for the Industrial Research Institute, chair of the Fire Protection Engineering Advisory Board at the University of Maryland, and a member of the Governing Board for the Global Earthquake Model. His wife is Ginger.

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1989 sTeve cullen (BBA Management, BBA

Marketing) Austin, Texas, and his wife, Yvonne, are opening their fourth Jersey Mike’s Sub location in Bee Cave, Texas.

They opened their first location 10 years ago in Austin. In addition to being franchise owners, they are also area directors for Austin and San Antonio. sam goWDy (BBA Management Information Systems, ’90 MBA General Business) Katy, Texas, has released his debut album, “Can’t Start Soon Enough.”

Sam is a Texas singer and songwriter who has been performing in the Houston area since the 1990s. He applies a unique style of guitar playing to his own brand of Texas music. Sam’s Christian background in leading worship music balances out the personal stories that unfold with each song. His album is available at shop. samgowdymusic.com. His wife is Tami.

1990 roBerT gonzales (BBA Accounting) Plano, Texas, has joined TravisWolff as a partner in its qualified plan assurance services group. He will lead the TravisWolff team in Dallas and San Antonio to provide ERISA audits of employee benefit plans in single and multi-plan environments. Robert is a recognized expert in the industry and has instructed and presented on qualified plan auditing at the national, state and local level. He was recently recognized at the AICPA’s annual Employee Benefit Plans Conference for his efforts as a member of the subcommittee tasked with updating the AICPA’s Accounting and Auditing Guide for Employee Benefit Plans, Jan. 1, 2013, edition. His wife is Randa. angie farris WilKins (BFA Art

Education) Lubbock, is the owner of Lil’ Footprints, a store that offers high quality children’s footwear and accessories in Lubbock. Because the store’s main focus is proper fit, Lil’ Footprints specializes in

carrying half sizes and wide widths for those with hard-to-fit feet. Angie has also opened a Lil’ Footprints Salon. The salon offers cuts, shampoos and styles for boys and girls, plus updos and accessories such as hair feathers. Angie’s husband is Brent.

1991 Paul DonalDson (BAR Architecture Design) Coppell, Texas, and ryan roBinson (’00 BAR Architecture Design) have launched a new architecture and design firm in Dallas. Paul Ryan Design Group (PRDG) already has more than $160 million in engagements under contract and has been named architects of record for Dallas’ new T. Boone Pickens Hospice and Palliative Center. Paul’s wife is alice mcDonalD DonalDson (’90 BS Clothing, Textiles and Merchandising). Ryan’s wife is Leah.

William svehlaK (BA History) Fort

Worth, Texas, recently published a book titled “The Ghost of Coombs Creek.”

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DaviD PeTTiT (BA Political Science) Fort

Kara Darnell (BA Political Science, ’01

Denise vesT sTeWarT (BS Human

Worth, Texas, is the principal and director of economic development with Bennett Benner Pettit, a Fort Worth architecture and planning firm. Recently, the firm was awarded the 2012 Greater Tarrant Business Ethics Award. The award was presented during the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce’s second annual State of County luncheon. The ethics award is presented by the Society of Financial Service Professionals, the Neeley School of Business at TCU and the Financial Planning Association. It honors companies that demonstrate a commitment to ethical business practices in their everyday operations, management philosophies and in response to crises or challenges.

JD Law) Lubbock, was recently named an associate judge for the South Plains Child Protection Court. Kara has been practicing law since 2001 with extensive experience in matters involving child protection.

Development and Family Studies) Lubbock, was introduced as the new principal of Willow Bend Elementary during the Aug. 12 board meeting for the Frenship Independent School District.

Denise has been an assistant principal for six years and has been working for the district for more than 10 years. She looks forward to building relationships with her new staff and students. She earned her master’s in educational leadership in 2006. Her husband is James michael sTeWarT (’01 BA History).

sTePhen Johnson (BBA, MSA

Accounting) Katy, Texas, and his wife Kathryn announce the birth of their son Matthew on Nov. 29, 2011.

1999 george h. Pigg (BA Psychology, ’03

BA Political Science, ’05 MBA Public Administration, ’07 JD Law) Nacogdoches, Texas, and his wife rachel sTrunc Pigg (’05 BBA Management, ’07 M.Ed. Secondary Education) announce the birth of their daughter Elizabeth Pigg on April 16, 2013.

BreTT WilKinson (Ph.D. Business Administration) Waco, Texas, and his wife KaTe WilKinson (’04 Ph.D. Business Administration) announce the arrival of Sarah Katherine Anna Wilkinson, born Dec. 8, 2011. Sarah joined the Wilkinson family by adoption.

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He represents clients who have undergone various types of injuries, from auto accidents to drug and product recalls. Jon’s wife is Heather.

WanDa goleman (Ph.D. Biology)

Natchitoches, La., a faculty member in the Department of Biological and Physical Sciences at Northwestern State University of Louisiana was granted tenure and promoted to associate professor of biology.

2006 JonaThon conraD clarK (BBA Management, ’09 JD Law) Round Rock, Texas, has joined the prominent Austin law firm, Zinda & Davis PLLC. Jon has argued before the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. He also won Moot Court honors and took finalist positions in Mock Trial competitions and he wrote for the Law Review. He became certified as a mediator in Texas during May 2009. Jon’s focus is exclusively on personal injury cases, predominantly those that involve catastrophic injury and death.

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JosePh greenhill (BA History) Fort

Worth, Texas, joined the firm of Kelly Hart as an associate in the Appellate Practice Group. Prior to taking this position, Joe was a law clerk for the Honorable John Devine, Texas, Supreme Court, and also held a clerkship for the Honorable David Medina, Texas Supreme Court. Joe received his law degree from Charleston School of Law and is a member of the Austin Bar Association and the Austin Young Lawyers Association.

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Hotel & Institutional Management) announce the birth of their second child, a daughter, Jamie Lee Lauderdale, on July 3.

2008 roBerT cavazos (BBA Marketing)

Austin, Texas, married Allison Skinner on June 29 in Austin.

2009 aWr haWKins (Ph.D. History) Cave

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scoTTy r. lauDerDale (BS Restaurant,

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in memoriam sherrill alexanDer ’62, Dallas, Texas, died June 28.

James harolD "Jim" laWrence Jr., '56, '60, Lubbock, professor

John Wesley BaKer ’86, ’03, Lubbock, died Sept. 25. He is survived by his wife DaneTTe BaKer ’12.

emeritus of mechanical engineering, former chairman of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and former associate dean for the Whitacre College of Engineering, died Sept. 13. He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in mechanical engineering from Texas Tech. After earning his doctorate in mechanical engineering at Texas A&M, Lawrence returned to Texas Tech, where he was employed for 40 years.

DaviD monTalvo ’04, Lubbock, died Aug. 15.

Jesse lee moore Jr. ’51, Centennial, Colo., died Sept. 14. gary T. nannen ’77, Jacksonville, Tenn., died Sept. 21.

James reece sTeele ’50, Georgetown, Texas, died July 19. occie D. WaDsWorTh ’72, Lubbock, died Sept. 11. louis lealanD Welch ’50, Flint, Texas, died Aug. 15. neil murrie WooD ’53, Lubbock, died Aug. 18. He is survived by his wife JacKie farr WooD ’65. george Wynn ’64, Lexington, N.C., died Aug. 2. He is survived by his wife Jeri WalKer Wynn , a former student.

WillarD e. Bauman ’41, Asheville, N.C., died Aug. 21, 2012. clay BirDWell ’76, Hereford, Texas, died Aug. 7.

DaviD leo BullocK ’71, Lubbock, died Sept. 24. charles l. caDe ’51, Tyler, Texas, died Sept. 21.

Jennifer JohnsTon carman ’88, Lubbock, died Aug. 28. She is survived by her husband ranDy carman ’90. volney gene cheTTy ’51, Tyler, Texas, died Sept. 3. samuel WhiTTen chisholm ’50, Abilene, Texas, died Sept. 9.

Janice marie gilliam Dennis ’02, ’05, Lubbock, died Oct. 1.

John conyers DoWDle ’50, Lubbock, died Oct. 4.

Jimmy “Jim” sherroD eDDins ’53, ’59, Midland, Texas,

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Don gooDyear ’50, Arlington, Texas, died Aug. 20. nacreasha naDea hereforD ’03, Lubbock, died Sept. 10. larry allen hunTer ’68, Keller, Texas, died Aug. 27.

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student spotlight co m pi le d By J ean an n canto r e

angela Barrera , a senior public relations major, placed second in the 2013 Hispanic College Quiz Bowl, which was aired nationwide through October.

Students from 12 different universities answered questions on Latino history. The series consist of four half-hour quizzes, two head-to-head rounds, a speed round and a board challenge round.

Barrera, senior public relations major, was elected as Texas Tech’s representative by Sigma Lambda Gamma sorority, which previously won the local Hispanic/Black Knowledge Bowl.

The Hispanic College Quiz Bowl is endorsed by the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, which represents more than 400 colleges and universities across the world to contribute success in higher education to different Latino and Hispanic cultures.

From left are Chancellor Kent Hance; Brenda Rodgers, Ph.D., assistant professor of biological sciences; Tessa Howell, the recipient’s wife; Eric Howell and Ron Chesser, Ph.D., professor of biological sciences and director of the Center for Environmental Radiation Studies.

Chancellor Kent Hance presented the first Robin J. Copeland Scholarship in Science and International Diplomacy this week to Texas Tech University doctoral student eric hoWell .

The new scholarship is offered to students who wish to pursue a career in science and international political affairs and honors the memory of Robin J. Copeland (1965-2011).

Copeland had roots in West Texas and had a distinguished career in diplomacy, nonproliferation and scientific engagement. Fluent in seven languages, she worked with several entities during her career including the United States Department of Energy, Department of State, Civilian Research Development Foundation and US embassies worldwide, often under difficult and demanding conditions. Her roles required keen skills in political science, technical science and engineering.

A graduate of the University of Idaho with a degree in biology, Howell currently is pursuing a doctorate in the Department of Biological Sciences. He recently served as project manager at the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, Austria, overseeing international collaborations between more than 20 countries and multiple agencies within the U.S. government as part of the Iraq Decommissioning Project. He also spent eight months gaining experience in international affairs and diplomacy through his work at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad.

Kyung-ah Byun has won the 2013 Jean-Charles

Chebat Best Retail Proposal Award from the Society for Marketing Advances. She was invited to present her research at the annual meeting in early November. Kyung-Ah’s dissertation is entitled, “Two Essays on Product Recalls: Effects on Post-Recall Sales Dynamics and Consumer Loyalty.”

Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) Chapter received the 2013 Outstanding Professional Development Award.

SACNAS is a society dedicated to helping underrepresented minorities advance their academics and professional careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

The chapter was recognized at the 40th Annual National SACNAS Conference Oct. 3 in San Antonio.

The award is given to the chapter whose efforts during the 2012-2013 academic year are exemplary of accomplishments and activities corresponding with the SACNAS mission, vision, goals and values.

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nia Pierce , a junior accounting major in the Rawls College of Business, recently received the Farm Credit Annual Business Scholarship, a $5,000 annual scholarship sponsored by AgTexas Farm Credit Services in Lubbock and the Farm Credit Bank of Texas in Austin. She is an Honors College student and a member of the Accounting Leadership Council. She has a 4.0 GPA and plans to obtain her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in five years through the 150-hour MSA program.

Pierce is a member of the inaugural class of the Rawls Business Leadership Program, vice president of the Mentor Tech Student Organization, an Honors College ambassador and a Protégé Advisory Committee (PAC) Leader for Mentor Tech.

Over the summer, Nia participated in several leadership conferences with accounting firms such as: Ernst & Young, KPMG, Deloitte, and Crowe Horwath; she was simultaneously working as a front desk receptionist at the Magnolia ISD Natatorium.

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