Texas Techsan Summer 2021

SUMMER 2021

TEXASTECHSAN THE MAGAZINE FOR TEXAS TECH ALUMNI ASSOCIATION MEMBERS

FROM COTTON TO HOPS

FREE MARKET INSTITUTE AT TEXAS TECH

THE DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES

CALLING ALL FOODIES

LEGACY CLUB CORRAL CAN YOU SPOT ALL THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THESE TWO PICTURES OF RAIDER RED? THERE ARE 5 TO FIND. Send us a picture of you and your completed activity at texastechalumni.org/LegacyPhoto.

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Raider Red and the Texas Tech Alumni Association hope all our Legacies are enjoying their Legacy Club gifts and use them with pride. Remember we’d love to have a picture of you with your gift! Submit your picture at texastechalumni.org/LegacyPhoto or use the hashtag #TTAALegacy when sharing your snapshot on social!

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photo on these two pages by Wyman Meinzer | ON THE PROWL NEAR EAGLE PASS, TEXAS. photo by Ron Wurzer | RYAN GREGORY IS A HOP AGRONOMIST WITH HOPSTEINER, ONE OF THE WORLD’S LARGEST INDEPENDENTLY FAMILY-OWNED HOP SUPPLIERS.

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CALLING ALL FOODIES No matter your taste or budget, Red Raider-owned and founded eateries, breweries and wineries have something for you in Downtown Lubbock.

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THE DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES Ross Joplin, a Vietnam veteran, is featured in a book about the Vietnam War — Rain in Our Hearts — published by the Texas Tech Press.

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FREE MARKET INSTITUTE AT TEXAS TECH Established to educate young people about the free enterprise system, the Free Market Institute researches and informs not just students, but the public as well.

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FROM COTTON TO HOPS Ryan Gregory grew up where cotton is king and spent his life involved in that industry until recently, when he jumped from improving cotton to improving hops.

DEPARTMENTS THINKING BIG 6 THROUGH THE ARCHES 8 GOWN + TOWN 38 RETROSPECT 40 ASSOCIATION NEWS 42 ALUMNI NEWS 56 PARTING SHOT 76

LETTERS ABOUT THE BOOK “OPUS IN BRICK AND STONE” BY BRIAN H. GRIGGS (AD) I just finished this fantastic book. What a wonderful well researched story of Tech and the history of our architecture. It makes me want to return to campus and take a closer look.

Many thanks, Paul M. Finnegan, Museum Studies, 1977

VOL 74.3 MAGA ZI NE STAF F Publisher, Curt Langford ’90,’97 Editor, Jean Ann Bowman Cantore ’84,’87 Associate Editor, Jennifer Bell Ritz ’94,’95 Intern, Jentry Ham

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LOOKING BACK –

Amanda Sneed ’07 Reace Killebrew ’21 Hartsfield Design, Lubbock, Texas

PRAISE FOR THE MAGAZINE

ADVERT I S I NG

I wanted to complement you and your staff for the new look of the Texas Techsan! It has a really classy appearance enhanced by the matte cover and paper.

I particularly enjoyed the story on Gary Dixon since he and I had many of the same experiences at Tech since I received Tech’s first Master’s in Broadcasting back in 1967. The story mentioned John Denver but didn’t mention that John was also a Techsan. He and I were friends back when he was John Deutschendorf on campus.

W.G. “Bill” Williams

Hey, Curt, I’ve been intending to write ever since the winter edition of the Techsan hit my desk, but I don’t want to give up my “Chief Procrastinator” title.

I was so impressed by your “United as Techsans We Stand” column. I thought you were really on target with this and your timing perfect. Unity - not uniformity - is the message our land needs today. Thanks for pointing it out so clearly.

This particular edition of the Techsan was special for me as it touched me in several areas: Buried Treasure: The Story of Two Boys Finding Each Other This happened to our family this past year. Through the miracle of DNA and Ancestry.com, my daughter received a letter from a man searching for his mother. His letter stated she was a close relative to me. It was true. She was my first cousin – grew up with her, school, church and family, my first 17 years at Dodson, Texas.

I was able to put him into contract with two brothers he never knew he had. They then put together a family reunion a few months later at Dodson. Much more to this story.

The Hays Brothers in Africa You already know our son Shannon is married to Marsha Hayes, daughter of Roland, co-founder of Namikango Mission, with B. Shelbourne. The article really whetted my appetite to visit this mission I’ve heard about most of my adult life.

The Techsan in 1950 I was there.

I sat on the Dairy Barn bench seating in the basketball picture.

I was trying to identify the players: The Alderson Kid, Verdell Turner, who oversaw one of my P.E. classes. I don’t think they’re in this picture

Kristina W. Butler ’04, ’18, Vice President for Marketing Texas Tech Alumni Association 17th and University/P.O. Box 45001 Lubbock, Texas 79409 Phone: (806) 742-3641 Email: kristina.w.butler@ttu.edu

PRI NT ER The Slate Group, Lubbock, Texas Published by the Texas Tech Alumni Association

AL UMNI ASS OC I AT I ON E X EC UT I VE B OARD Randy Golden ’77, Dallas (Chair) Bill Brown ’74, ’76 Austin (Past Chair) Staci Hernandez, M.D.’99, ’03, Georgetown (Chair Elect) Mike Gayler’81, Fort Worth (Endowment Trust Board & Alumni Finance Chair) Curt Langford ’90, ’97, Lubbock (President and CEO) David Y. Low ’87, ’03, Lubbock (CFO)

B OARD OF DI REC TORS Isaac Albarado ’04,’11, Austin Liz Bates ’90, San Angelo Jon Mark Bernal ’99,’03, Lubbock Mandy A. Carr-Johnson, Ph.D. ’94,’95,’99, Highlands Ranch, Colorado Chris Chapman ’94, Irving R. Heath Cheek ’03, Dallas Missi Currier, Ph.D. ’08,’09,’16, Carlsbad, New Mexico F. Scott Dueser ’75, Abilene Mark Fewin ’82, Dallas Travis Isom ’10, Lubbock Chris Jones ’68,’74, Lubbock Mark Jones ’79, Brady David Ladewig ’10, Houston Katie Marshall ’96, ’98, Austin Leah McCoy ’04, Washington, D.C. Amy Gunter McLane ’97, Salado Linda McMahan ’66, Lubbock David A. Miller ’71, Horseshoe Bay Nathan P. Nash ’05, Dallas T. Kevin Nelson ’92,’96, Amarillo Amanda O’Connor ’03, Abilene Jennifer Perez-Stewart ’12, San Antonio Rebecca Ramirez ’01,’05, Lubbock Rhonda L. Rhodes ’88, Englewood, Colorado Chris Richards ’02, Irvine, California Shawna Tankersley ’87, Tyler Russell Webb ’91, Flower Mound Morris E. Wilkes ’75, Lubbock Chris Williston ’75, Horseshoe Bay Tyler Young ’06,’11, Lubbock

E X-OF F I C I O & S PEC I AL POS I T I ONS

And, of course, at my delicate age, the Memorials — Bittersweet.

T. Jones – Never knew him personally but competed against him in the summer baseball league, the “Red River Valley” League. He was shortstop for the Electra, Texas, team. I was shortstop for the Wellington, Texas, team. Of course, he was already famous as the “T” quarterback at the University of Texas.

Hardy Scott — You may have known Hardy. He spent most of his life in Lubbock. Attended Broadway Church of Christ, maybe the one by Lubbock Christian. But the first 17 years of his life were at Dodson, Texas, where we went to school together and church together. He was 2-3 years older than I. I visited him at his off-Broadway rooming house and got my first glimpse of a Tech Catalog.

Thumbing through the pages, I discovered what was offered in the business administration courses. That’s when I decided to go to school at Tech!

As I said, lots of memories for me in this edition. Good memories. Warm memories.

Keep up the good work, Ed Bonneau ’52

Kristina Butts ’01,’04, Vice Chancellor, Legislative Affairs, Ex-Officio Chris Cook ’12, President’s Office Representative, Ex-Officio W. Jaret Greaser ’99, Secretary & Legal Counsel Carey Hobbs ’58, Athletic Council Representative Byron Kennedy ’04, ’07, ’07, TTU Institutional Advancement Representative, Ex-Officio Jack Kortokrax ’22, Student Alumni Board President Patrick Kramer, TTUS Institutional Advancement Representative, Ex-Officio Peggy Maxwell ’76, Academic Recruiting Representative, Ex-Officio Bobby Waddle ’55, MVP Representative, Ex-Officio Texas Techsan is the official publication of the Texas Tech Alumni Association and Texas Tech University. Texas Techsan (USPS #021-676) is published quarterly and mailed to Texas Tech Alumni Association members. Editorial and advertising offices: McKenzie-Merket Alumni Center, 17th & University/P.O. Box 45001, Lubbock, TX 79409-5001. Telephone (806) 742-3641; fax (806) 742-0283; e-mail jean.ann.cantore@ttu.edu. Periodical postage paid at Lubbock,Texas, and additional offices. Send alumni news information to jennifer.ritz@ttu.edu. Send news for Techsan Memorial obituaries to jean.ann.cantore@ttu.edu. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Texas Techsan Magazine, P.O. Box 45001, Lubbock, TX 79409-5001 or by e-mail to ia.bioupdate@ttu.edu.

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A Spanish architectural tradition on the Llano Estacado “Everything that is done on these West Texas Plains ought to be on a big scale. . . . Let our thinking be in world-wide terms.”

—Paul Whitfield Horn, first TTU president, from his 1923 address Texas Tech University is renowned for its exquisite Spanish Renaissance campus. But few are aware of the answer to a fascinating question: how did a little-known Spanish Renaissance architectural style make its way to West Texas? This book tells that story.

Opus in Brick and Stone explores the campus architecture of the Texas Tech University System, detailing the parallels between the buildings of Texas Tech and those of their forebearers from this relatively short period in sixteenth-century Spanish architectural history.

In addition to extensive historic and contemporary photography, the book includes a comparative drawing section that illustrates design sources alongside their campus counterparts. In concert with this visual chronicle, Opus in Brick and Stone also weaves in the biographies of key figures such as Houston architect William Ward Watkin, who was convinced that this Spanish architectural style aligned well with the South Plains of Texas, and later College Architect Nolan Barrick, a Watkin protégé.

Through the efforts of these and other pioneering visionaries, the architectural history of Texas Tech University comes into focus. Opus in Brick and Stone celebrates and elevates this little-known history into a tradition that can be appreciated by all Red Raiders, past and present.

Publication made possible by the generous support of The CH Foundation and Parkhill, Smith & Cooper

Author’s architectural elevation drawing of Texas Tech’s Administration Building Tower (left), paired with a modern-day photograph by the author (right).

$29.95 cloth 978-1-68283-044-4 352 pages, 11 x 9 275 color images, index To order, call 800-848-6224 or visit ttupress.org.

THINKING BIG

CURT LANGFORD, PRESIDENT & CEO

BELIEVING, BELONGING AND BEHAVING

W E T R U S T YO U ’ R E A S P R O U D to

receive this summer issue of the Texas Techsan as our team is proud to present it to you. Thank you again for your continued support of the TTAA and our collective efforts to support Texas Tech and our alumni. It’s been said that no university is greater than the combined support of its alumni.

Your membership is a BIG part of that equation.

Your alumni association stands strong but needs to be even stronger as we near the end of Texas Tech’s first 100 Workers standing before the Administration Building under construction, July 13, 1925. Photo by Daniel Studios, years in 2023. In comparison to our conference colleagues, Lubbock. (Photo courtesy of Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, Red Raider Retrospectives, 1920s to present, SWCPC 237, Envelope 1.) and universities nationally, A Jewish rabbi once referred to the three Bs of faithful being... belonging, Texas Tech is a young institution but has achieved believing and behaving. I can’t help but apply these words to Techsans who belong tremendous success. Texas Tech is a university of which to our family, believe in Texas Tech and behave generously by contributing to our our state is proud, having achieved more with less than efforts. I’ll add a fourth B as we continue building for the next 100 years. One of any peer institution. This remarkable accomplishment is the ways universities are benchmarked is by the percentage of alumni who give something we should all be proud of as Techsans, but it back to their alma mater. When you encounter a fellow grad, ask if he or she is would not be possible without ongoing alumni support. “one of us,” and a member of the TTAA. If not, encourage the person to stand I have the honor and privilege to serve on the university’s with you in supporting Texas Tech. Your personal advocacy and invitation will Centennial Planning Committee. There is much happening collectively contribute to our growth. behind the curtain in preparation for our Centennial As the association prepares for the next century, we’re proud to roll out “The Celebration. While we’ll showcase our storied history 1923 Society,” representing everyone contributing $1,000 and more annually to and success these first 100 years, we’ll also be setting the the TTAA. Although we’re grateful for all of our members, we have special plans stage for the next 100, building on our past success. Texas for those who believe, belong, behave and build at our higher levels. Membership Tech is nothing without its people - its dreamers, doers in the society can be achieved for a minimum of $19.23 a week (52 weeks = and achievers. It’s those who recognize that it’s not only $1K). Society membership represents our existing Diamond ($5K), Platinum possible, but more I’ll add a fourth B as importantly, those ($2.5K) and Gold ($1K) membership levels.

I routinely visit with alumni and always enjoy listening to their stories, who make it a reality. we continue building It’s a family of fellow experiences and fond memories of campus. Whether you are a recent graduate for the next 100 years. former students who or walked these halls long ago, what a privilege it is to be a part of the Texas Tech family. thrive in everything Texas Tech is a special place with a storied history and outstanding people. in which they put their hearts and minds. Additionally, I’m proud to be associated with each of you in everything we have in common. for those such as you, it’s our most loyal alumni who Let’s continue to stand tall together and strong for the Double T! are part of this great association.

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THROUGH THE ARCHES

COMPILED BY JENTRY HAM AND JENNIFER RITZ

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PEOPLE AMY HARDBERGER, A 2005 GRADUATE OF THE SCHOOL OF LAW, HAS RETURNED TO TEXAS TECH AS THE MCCLESKEY PROFESSOR OF LAW AND DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR WATER LAW AND POLICY IN THE SCHOOL OF LAW IN 2020. As director for

the Center for Water Law and Policy, Hardberger has developed specific strategic goals to help guide the center’s work. These focus on using a multidisciplinary approach through partnerships with various Texas Tech departments as well as working with non-profits and state agencies to leverage the reputation of the law school and the center as a leader in water policy and planning. These collaborations will provide unique Hardberger work opportunities for students interested in this area of the law. In addition to her duties directing the Center for Water Law and Policy, Hardberger also teaches courses in property law, water law, land use planning, international water law and environmental law. Previously, she taught at St. Mary’s School of Law in San Antonio, where she also served as the associate dean for the School of Law and as the associate provost for academic operations at St. Mary’s University. She also worked as an attorney in the Texas office of the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). There, she led partnerships with cities and interfaced with Texas state agencies on municipal water conservation policies, energy-water nexus and sustainable water planning, and she co-created and authored a blog on Texas water policy.

Hardberger is also a professionally registered geoscientist in the State of Texas.

NEWS

ON FRIDAY, APRIL 23, THE NEW MASKED RIDER, ASHLEY ADAMS, ACCEPTED THE REINS OF FEARLESS CHAMPION’S FROM THE 20202021 MASKED RIDER, CAMERON HEKKERT. Adams, a graduate

student majoring in animal science in the College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources, will serve as the 60th Masked Rider during the 2021-2022 academic year. Hekkert, a graduating senior majoring in sport management from Highlands Ranch, Colorado, will enter the Texas Tech School of Law in the Fall 2021. Mounted on a black quarter horse and clad in an ensemble that includes a black mask, a bolero hat and a red-and-black cape, the Masked Rider makes hundreds of appearances and puts thousands of miles on the Masked Rider’s pickup as it crisscrosses Texas and the Southwest to promote Texas Tech spirit and goodwill at athletic events, parades, rodeos and other functions.

TEXAS TECH CHEMICAL ENGINEERING PROFESSOR IS DEVEL-

GOV. GREG ABBOTT HAS APPOINTED A R C I L I A AC O S TA , C O DY CA M P B E L L AND PATRICK GORDON TO THE TEXAS T E C H SYS T E M B OA R D O F R E G E N T S

OPING AN INDOOR COVID-19 DETECTOR. Gerardine “Gerri”

Botte, Ph.D., a professor and Whitacre Department Chair in the Department of Chemical Engineering through Texas Tech University’s Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering, is studying if COVID-19 can be detected indoors, much like a carbon monoxide detector. Knowing if COVID-19 has been detected in a building can help mitigate the spread. Botte has already developed a sensor that can detect the passing of the SARS-CoV-2 through saliva and Botte water. Botte has received a $999,047 grant from the U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to invent a prototype that can collect air and detect COVID-19 in the air.

T E X AS T E C H U N I V E R S I T Y H AS B E E N N A M E D N O. 1 A M O N G O N L I N E , H I S PA N I C - S E RV I N G

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INSTITUTIONS (HSI) IN TEXAS BY TEXAS ONLINE COLLEGES. The rankings recognize colleges and universities in Texas that provide robust online degree offerings and meet the definition of an HSI as stated by the U.S. Department of Education.

Texas Tech achieved its HSI designation in 2019, the result of efforts across the entire university to serve the needs of a diverse and growing campus community.

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appointees are subject to confirmation by the Texas Senate before officially taking the oath of office and starting their tenure on the board. Arcilia Acosta, from Dallas, Texas, is president and CEO of CARCON Industries and Construction and founder and CEO of Southwestern Testing Laboratories (STL) Engineers. She is a former member of the Texas Tech Alumni Association National Board. Cody Campbell, from Fort Worth, Texas, is co-founder and co-CEO of Double Eagle Energy Holdings and Double Eagle Development. Patrick Gordon, from El Paso, Texas, is president of Gordon Davis Johnson & Shane P.C.

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TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HELD A SPECIAL COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY MAY 7 AT JONES AT&T STADIUM FOR ALUMNI WHO GRADUATED IN MAY AND AUGUST 2020 BUT DID NOT HAVE AN IN-PERSON CEREMONY. Ceremonies for those graduates were canceled because of COVID-19 concerns and in compliance with capacity restrictions. True to the university’s word, those graduates walked the stage at the special ceremony.

School Foundation recognizes and honors alumni who have distinguished themselves professionally and through service to the law school at the Annual Scholarship Gala each March. Because of ongoing COVID-19 Weems pandemic restrictions, the 2020 recipients will be honored at the 2022 gala. The 2020 Distinguished Alumni Award recipients are DOUGLAS C. ATNIPP ’85; JULIE CARUTHERS PARSLEY ’90; and PHILIP R. WEEMS ’82. The 2020recipient is ART HALL ’96. Distinguished Service PROMOPROOF Award JOB NAME Texas 635 Sponsor Signs

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Raider Red passed his guns to two new mascots for the 2021-2022 school year. They started their duties after the ceremony.

TWO OUTGOING RAIDER REDS WERE UNMASKED AT THE 2021 PASSING OF THE GUNS CEREMONY APRIL 23, 2021. Texas Tech University students JACEY ROSS of Kenai, Alaska, and TRISTON COLQUETT

of Lubbock, were revealed as the students who served as the Raider Red mascot for the 2019-2020 academic year. The two were unmasked at the annual Passing of the Guns ceremony at the McKenzie-Merket Alumni Center. Ross, a mechanical engineering major who will graduate with her master’s degree in May, and Colquett, a kinesiology major who graduated in August, and their assistants attended more than 100 on- and off-campus events, despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In April, Raider Red competed at the National Cheerleaders Association & National Dance Alliance Collegiate Cheer and Dance Championships in the mascot division. For the first time in university history, Raider Red was named the collegiate champion. Texas Tech’s costumed mascot was born in the early 1970s when the Southwest Conference passed a rule that prohibited live animal mascots at out-of-town games. With the Masked Rider as the official mascot, Jim Gaspard, then a member of the Saddle Tramps, created the Raider Red character from drawings by cartoonist Dirk West to represent the university at road football games.

THE RAWLS COURSE AT TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY WILL HOST THE TEXAS 635 GOLF TOURNAMENT IN JULY HONORING FALLEN TEXAS TECH POLICE OFFICER FLOYD EAST JR. The tournament, supported by the Office of the President, will begin at 8 a.m. July 16. The tournament will be a four-person scramble and serve as a fundraiser for Texas 635. The nonprofit foundation was created in 2018 by East’s widow, Carmen, to support law enforcement families and departments after a traumatic event, such as losing an officer in the line of duty. Named using Officer East’s badge number after he was killed during a campus incident on Oct. 9, 2017, the foundation offers financial support to families after a loved one is lost in the line of duty.

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TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY’S RESTAURANT, SKYVIEWS, HAS REOPENED AND IS SERVING TAKEOUT PIZZA AMONG OTHER MENU ITEMS.

The restaurant is currently remodeling and is closed for dine-in due to COVID19. The restaurant is set to open in the fall of 2021 with its traditional lunch buffet and dinner series service.

BRIEFLY THE MUSEUM OF TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HAS ADDED THREE MAJOR UPDATES TO THE PERMANENT EXHIBIT: A CHANGING WORLD. These

updates included bringing up-to-date the Omni globe to explore plate tectonics, adding a family tree of the Triassic Archosaurs that includes three new dinosaurs, and the addition of the Pterosaurs, the dragons of the air. If it’s been a while since you have been to the museum, this will be the ideal time to re-explore and discover this gallery. The Museum has resumed regular visiting hours for the first time since March 2020 and is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. and Sunday, 1 – 5 p.m. The Museum’s Lubbock Lake Landmark has also returned to regular operating hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. and Sunday, 1 – 5 p.m.

SPORTS RUTH USORO WON THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE TRIPLE JUMP AT THE NCAA INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS MARCH 13. Usoro also picked up Athlete of the Week

awards from both the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association and the Big 12 Conference. The USTFCCCA awarded Usoro with her second National Women’s Athlete of the Week honor of the year, while the Big 12 named her Women’s Athlete of the Week. After taking the NCAA Indoor Championship in the triple jump in March, Usoro made her outdoor triple jump debut in spectacular fashion. On April 9, Usoro broke the school triple jump record in her first appearance at the Fuller Track & Field. On the same jumps runway on Usoro which she practices every day, she downed the school mark with a top leap of 45’-3.75” (13.81m). Then, two jumps later, she landed a monstrous 47’-7” (14.50m) which had the record books opening. Usoro’s jump broke the Nigerian record and counts as the sixth-farthest in NCAA history. She is the No. 2 performer in NCAA history behind Georgia’s Kenturah Orji, who owns the top-five marks. Usoro’s leap makes her the sixth person in NCAA history to jump more than 47 feet.

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THE U.S. TRACK & FIELD AND CROSS C O U N T R Y C O A C H E S A S S O C I AT I O N PLACED TEXAS TECH MEN AND WOMEN IN TOP 10 IN THE OPENING POLL OF THE SEASON. Texas Tech’s men

began the season sixth, while the women started at eighth — their highest week one ranking since 2012. Since their first ranking, the women ranked at Top Five, their first appearance in the Top Five since 2008. The USTFCCCA’s weekly poll ranks teams using the Track & Field Rating Index (TFRI), an objective calculation of each team’s times and marks for the season.

MARK ADAMS NAMED TEXAS TECH HEAD MEN’S BASKETBALL COACH A West Texas native and Texas Tech graduate who has earned 554 wins as a head coach, Mark Adams has been named the 18th men’s basketball head coach in program history Director of Athletics Kirby Hocutt announced on April 6. Adams was formally introduced at a press conference at the United Supermarkets Arena that was open to all fans and media.

An assistant and associate head coach within the program over the past five seasons, Adams has won at every level where he has recorded a 554-244 career record over his 23 seasons as a head coach.

His list of accomplishments over the past five years includes helping the program to 112 wins, making three straight NCAA Tournaments for the first time in history, winning the 2019 Big 12 regular-season championship and advancing to the 2018 Elite 8 and 2019 NCAA National Championship final.

“It’s a great opportunity that I’ve looked forward to my whole life,” Adams said.“To lead this program is a great honor. I just want to make a difference and make everyone proud. We are going to do everything we can to win big and compete every day. To be the head coach of this program has been a dream of mine my entire life.”

A 1979 graduate of Texas Tech and Brownfield, Texas, native who led Howard College to the 2010 NJCAA National Championship, Adams has extensive head coaching experience on his resume. His head coaching success includes Clarendon College (1981-82), Wayland Baptist (1983-87), West Texas A&M (1987-92), Texas Pan-American now Texas Rio Grande Valley (1992-97) and Howard College (200413). He was inducted into the Wayland Baptist Hall of Honor in September 2017 and to the NJCAA Men’s Basketball Hall of Fame in 2020. He spent the 2013-14 and 2014-15 seasons as Tech’s Director of Basketball Operations before returning for the 2016-17 season as the lead assistant and being promoted to associate head coach in 2019.

Adams has earned 15 Coach of the Year honors during his tenure as a head coach. He also has captured six regional, conference or district Coach of the Year honors during his career.

He and his wife, Jennifer, are the parents of two children: Luke and Abbie. Luke was a four-year letterwinner on Tech’s basketball team from 2012-15 and is the men’s basketball head coach at New Mexico Junior College. His daughter Abbie also is a Texas Tech graduate and is working as a speech-language pathologist.

ADAMS’ COACHING EXPERIENCE SEASONS, SCHOOL, POSITION 1981-82, CLARENDON COLLEGE, HEAD COACH 1983-87, WAYLAND BAPTIST, HEAD COACH 1987-92, WEST TEXAS A&M, HEAD COACH 1992-97, TEXAS-PAN AMERICAN, HEAD COACH 2004-13, HOWARD COLLEGE, HEAD COACH 2013-15, TEXAS TECH, DIRECTOR OF BASKETBALL OPERATIONS 2015-16, LITTLE ROCK, ASSISTANT COACH 2016-2021, TEXAS TECH, ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH 2021-PRESENT, TEXAS TECH, HEAD COACH

TEXAS TECH FRESHMAN GOLFER GALA DUMEZ sank six birdies on the front nine and added her seventh of the day at the 17th to become the first Texas Tech women’s golfer to win the Big 12 individual title in school history April 20 at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands.

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FOODIES...

Next time you’re craving bacon and eggs or a gourmet meal, or whether you prefer suds, vino or java, you might want to check out Downtown Lubbock. One of the oldest parts of the city, bordered by Avenue Q, 19th Street, I-27 and Fourth Street, this area is becoming THE place to dine and drink in the Hub City.

Thanks to many enterprising citizens and especially Red Raiders, there are a variety of places to get nourishment when you’re out and about.

Featured here are 12 downtown restaurants, breweries and wineries owned and/or founded by Texas Tech University graduates.

They’re all quite different, so there’s no excuse for mealtime or happy hour boredom.

BY JEAN ANN CANTORE

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“BEFORE WE WERE in a building, we set up and sold our wine inside someone else’s business during the First Friday Art Trail,” says Elizabeth Hill, co-owner of Burklee Hill Bistro & Winery. “We loved old buildings, and our first winery was in a 100-year old building on the square in Levelland. When the historic Kress Building in Lubbock became available, we knew that was where we wanted to be.”

The couple opened Burklee Hill Bistro & Winery in the Kress Building March 4, 2020. They joke it was the worst time in history to open a winery and restaurant. The pandemic forced them to close March 20.

Once restrictions allowed, they could serve takeout.

At Burklee Hill, they serve 100% locally-grown and produced Texas wine and recently won Best of Class for their Tempranillo in the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition, the largest American competition.

The Hills believe wine is best enjoyed with delicious food. Their menu includes handmade pizzas and paninis, charcuterie and a highly-acclaimed artichoke dip. Their elevated weekend offerings, chef’s choice entrees, include double-boned pork chops, seared halibut and short ribs.

Both are graduates of Texas Tech University. Chace’s bachelor’s degree is in horticulture, and he has served on the Department of Plant & Soil Sciences alumni board. Elizabeth holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology, a master’s in educational psychology and a law degree. She has taught legal practice and winery law at the Law School.

“Our clientele varies from courthouse staff, Tech faculty and students to wine lovers from Lubbock and beyond,” Elizabeth says. “We have hosted groups from the university and served our wine at university events. We have been approved for a brewery permit and hope to offer beer and host Texas Tech watch parties this fall.

“We want guests to come to Burklee Hill for events ranging from anniversaries and birthdays to an afternoon glass of wine. Our tagline is ‘Cultivate Life’s Moments.’”

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Burklee Hill in the Kress Building, built in 1932.

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Chace Hill ’07 Elizabeth Geary Hill ’97, ’07, ’12

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LA DIOSA CELLARS

Sylvia Burillo McPherson ’84

Roberto (Royal Beans and Pequillo Peppers) JUSTIN REX COURTESY OF LA DIOSA

“THE DECISION TO start a restaurant in the Depot District was based on the overall feel I had always envisioned, which was a place with original and interesting architectural elements with a rustic and vintage character, the bones of which could only be found downtown,” says Sylvia McPherson, owner of La Diosa.“Next January, I will have been in business for 19 years.”

A Los Angeles native, McPherson met her husband, winemaker Kim McPherson, there and then moved to Lubbock to marry him. She earned a bachelor’s degree in architectural and interior design from Texas Tech University then spent 16 years in that industry before planning La Diosa.

For décor, she says she chose “original art, vintage and previously-loved furnishings for warmth and familiarity and stylish yet understated globally-inspired elements everywhere, with eclectic lighting and mirrors to inject a little sophistication and glamour.”

The food, made from McPherson’s own recipes, reflects her family’s Spanish heritage and includes tapas, sangria and a wine bar. Her husband produces her private label wine. Their daughter, an advanced sommelier with the Court of Master Sommeliers, personally curates the wine list.

La Diosa’s clientele includes all ages (over 21) and demographics.

Some guests study or work at the venue, while others enjoy spending an afternoon or evening. Live music attracts all types of people, as does the monthly First Sunday Jazz Brunch. She says consistent menu offerings and optimum quality make La Diosa stand out among other establishments.

“La Diosa Cellars is my baby, and she is legendary in so many aspects, so I prefer to leave her as a singular, renowned Lubbock venue,” she says. “I see La Diosa Cellars as an ongoing artistic study in eclectic exuberance to help incite passion, love and spirituality, as well as to acknowledge diversity.”

COURTESY OF LA DIOSA

La Diosa Cellars 806.744.3600 901 17th St. ladiosacellars@gmail.com ladiosacellars.com

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Kim McPherson ’76 1615 Texas Ave. 806.687.9463 mcphersoncellars.com @McPhersonCellars thomas@mcphersoncellars.com

Winemaker Kim McPherson.

MCPHERSON CELLARS “MCPHERSON CELLARS IS an urban winery,”says Kim McPherson, winemaker and proprietor of McPherson Cellars. “Although all production and processing happens here on site, the vineyards themselves are about 30 miles south, in Brownfield. We offer tastings, tours and events and have a gorgeous patio where people can enjoy the great Texas summers.

“I decided to build my winery in Downtown Lubbock because I have access to water and city utilities. I felt more people would have closer access if it was in town.”

Opened in 2008, the facility currently houses a general tasting room, private tasting room, event center, patio and full production facility. There are plans to expand the tasting room and add a rooftop bar eventually.

McPherson Cellars has been ranked a semi-finalist for the famous James Beard award the last two years, not only bringing great recognition to the Texas wine industry as a whole but also to Lubbock.

In addition to his own label, the master vintner has created a private label for his wife’s La Diosa Cellars in Lubbock. He also has developed house wines for The Nicolett, owned by friend Chef Finn Walter.

The McPhersons are true Red Raiders. Kim has a bachelor’s degree in food science from Texas Tech. His wife, Sylvia Burillo McPherson, also is a graduate.

His parents were Texas Tech graduates and professors. Clinton M. “Doc” McPherson, Ph.D.’47, ’52, ’59, known as the “father of the Texas wine industry,” taught chemistry, and Clara McPherson’43, ’47, professor emeritus, taught nutrition.

The family remains supportive of the school’s viticulture and enology program.

“Texas Tech serves as a great attraction for Lubbock, bringing many people from many places to experience what it has to offer,” McPherson says.

“McPherson Cellars stands out because we are known for high-quality wines at a great price. We believe in getting Texas wine into as many people’s hands as we can to elevate the name of Texas wine altogether.”

All photos on this page courtesy of McPherson Cellars.

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Finn Walter ’18 511 Broadway St. 806.993.0144 reservations@nicolettrestaurant.com nicolettrestaurant.com

THE NICOLETT

“THE NICOLETT IS a new fine-dining destination restaurant located in Downtown Lubbock,” says owner Chef Finn Walter. “Our mission is to create a singular West Texas dining experience with a focus on High Plains terroir and ingredients native to West Texas or with special ties to Texas/New Mexico cuisine.

“We serve local Lubbock residents and those traveling through Lubbock en route to other places,” Walter says.“Our goal is to give people a reason to detour to Lubbock while traveling. We are a destination for special occasions and a comfortable spot for a casual weeknight meal at our bar or in our greenhouse.”

The name The Nicolett harkens back the first hotel in Lubbock, completed in 1889. It was located downtown and also held a popular restaurant.

After completing high school, Walter graduated from Bates College in Maine with a history degree. He then worked and lived everywhere from Austin to Paris.

Lubbock native Walter and his wife, Arden, returned to Lubbock from living and working in Santa Fe because of his connection to Texas Tech University. In 2018, he completed his MBA from Rawls College of Business Administration.

The Nicolett opened in November 2020.

“In many of the cities where I have worked, the downtown served as ground zero for the Renaissance of the city, as well as the launching point of food, drink and the arts,” Walter says. “As a history major myself, to be surrounded by the history of the city and to retake areas that have been previously neglected is especially important, as it ties our restaurant to the past, present and future of Lubbock, Napa Valley and Santa Fe. My wife and I also found an irreplaceable building that we felt captured our entire vision with room to grow.”

The Greenhouse.

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Service with a smile.

Daniel Stanton ’92 Mickey Rogers ’89 1520 Buddy Holly Ave. 806.762.3472 ranchhouselubbock.com

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CAFÉ VENTURE OWNERS Daniel Stanton and Mickey Rogers made Lubbockites happy in 2020 when they reopened a popular downtown restaurant. The Ranch House closed in 2017, after 45 years of serving loyal customers. In the shuttered café, Stanton and Rogers saw a chance to rekindle something special.

“The tradition of downtown as the heart of a community is being reestablished,” Stanton says. “My mother went to the town square when she was a little girl, shopping, eating and gathering with friends. We want people to establish those same connections by giving them a place to fellowship and break bread.

“Our guests include hard-working professionals, families, couples and college kids, anyone who likes made-from-scratch breakfast and lunch with a friendly down home atmosphere. We’ve upgraded the menu, but the food still is like what might be served by your grandmother out on the ranch.

“The plates are huge, with three-egg, made-to-order omelets; handbreaded, big-as-your-plate chicken fried steak, along with the biggest from-scratch-made cinnamon rolls in Lubbock. Coffee is always hot, tea is always sweet and the Ranch House is always friendly.”

Graduating from Texas Tech University is a family tradition for both men. Stanton, whose bachelor’s degree is in agricultural economics, has family ties to the College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources. With a bachelor’s degree in physical education, Rogers has deep roots in Red Raider sports programs. The tradition continues with two of their children. Daniel’s son, alumnus Justin Stanton, coaches the Ranch Horse Team. Rogers’ daughter, Madison Rogers, graduates from Texas Tech University in December and will then begin graduate school.

The men attribute their own success to their connections through Texas Tech. They like working with fellow alumni.

“That is one of the pillars that Lubbock is built on that we celebrate everyday in our business,” Stanton adds.

All photos on this page by Justin Rex.

RANCH HOUSE

Down home cooking.

The United Family Robert C. Taylor ’71

RAVE ON

Dessert, anyone?

Buddy Holly Hall 1300 Mac Davis Ln. 806.797.8339 raveonlbk.com

THERE COULDN’T BE a better place than Lubbock, Texas, hometown of music legend Buddy Holly, for a restaurant called “Rave On.” Named for the song written by Sonny West but made famous by Holly, the eatery is in the brand-new Buddy Holly Hall of Performing Arts & Sciences.

“Rave On is something new to rave about,” says Thomas Wicinski, head of food and beverage for The United Family, which owns Rave On, the newest venture of the grocery store chain headquartered in Lubbock. “Our ‘upscale’ menu concept was conceived around serving local clientele and visitors from around the country. We wanted to offer some familiar items and the unique dishes found in larger cities, using fresh, high-quality ingredients made from scratch recipes and raw ingredients.

“Since opening to rave reviews Feb. 5, we serve lunch and dinner five days a week. The restaurant’s patio offers Happy Hour Tuesday through Thursday, from 3 to 6 p.m., in warmer weather. Local live entertainment often performs.

“The menus range from Buffalo Cauliflower to Jumbo Lump Crab Cake in a butter white wine sauce. We only serve fresh seafood and Certified Angus Beef. Our bar offers local and craft beers, spirits and an expansive wine list, including many wines not normally found in the area.”

Robert C. Taylor, who is leading the food and beverage initiative after retiring as CEO of the parent company, adds that United Supermarkets strongly supports the redevelopment of Downtown Lubbock. Texas Tech graduate Taylor has a bachelor’s degree in management. He is chair of the Lubbock Downtown Tax Increment Financial District, which oversees the entire redevelopment project.

“The United Family is full of Tech graduates and students from the Restaurant, Hotel & Institutional Management program,” Taylor says. “We have already hosted the Texas Tech Alumni Association National Board for dinner as well as other Texas Tech functions.

Rave On has quickly become a favorite of many Tech alumni, faculty and staff.”

Chicken Tortilla Soup.

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TRIPLE J CHOPHOUSE & BREW CO. Joe Keller ’95 “TRIPLE J IS a full-service restauLaTisha Atwood Keller ’96 rant and brewery,” says co-owner Joyce Bigham Joe Keller.“Our food ranges from Nick Bigham steaks to salmon to brick oven pizzas to burgers. We offer a 1807 Buddy Holly Ave. wide range of American-style 806.771.6665 food items. We brew our own triplejchophouseandbrewco.com craft beers and offer all varieties.

Wheat ambers stouts and IPA’s are a few examples. We plan to increase our manufacturing facility in the future so that we can get into distribution.”

Triple J Chophouse & Brew Co. opened Aug. 22, 2006. It is owned and managed by Keller and his wife of 22 years, Tish Atwood Keller; his mother, Joyce Bigham; and his brother, Nick Bigham. Nick’s father, Don Bigham’75, founded Bigham’s Smokehouse Inc. in 1978; he passed away in 1995.

Both Joe and Tish graduated from Texas Tech University. Joe earned a business management degree, and Tish earned an agricultural education degree.

In addition to Triple J, the Kellers and Bighams own Bigham’s Smokehouse, a Lubbock staple that now has three locations in Lubbock. After the success of their smokehouses, the family thought a different type of restaurant where people could relax and enjoy celebrations would be a welcome addition to the Lubbock dining scene. When Hub City Brewery left their historic building and all their brewing equipment, they took over and turned the space into what it is today, a fun venue with excellent food and a view of the brewery.

Triple J offers quick lunches for its many working customers, as well as a larger dinner menu. Several evenings each week, the eatery has live music offerings.

Of course, Texas Tech alumni and students are a big part of their clientele.

“Texas Tech is a big part of our family and business,” Joe says.”We support and love Texas Tech University and all of its sporting events.”

A historic building houses the popular spot.

All photos on this page courtesy of Triple J Chophouse & Brew Co.

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An awning with a 90-panel solar array powers more than one-third of the business.

“TWO DOCS IS a locally-produced craft brewery,” says Eric Washington, proprietor and manager.“We have a taproom that can serve more than 400 customers. We offer food on site. We also distribute beer in kegs and cans to bars, restaurants and package locations and now have beer on tap for for sale in more than 100 Lubbock locations.

“Our clientele is everyone! We are a family-friendly brewery and make our own non-alcoholic root beer and cream soda. We just want people to discover the fun going to a craft brewery can be.”

The brewery opened in February 2019 and began canning and packaging for grocery stores last December. Currently, their products are sold at United Supermarkets, Market Street, HEB, Spec’s, Doc’s and a few other package locations. The owners hope to grow that part of their business this year.

The five partners/owners are all Texas Tech University graduates. Washington has a bachelor’s degree in technical communication. Eric Cunningham, D.V.M., has a bachelor’s degree in pre-veterinary studies, and Tyson Purdy, M.D., has a bachelor’s degree in biology — they are the “two docs.”

Other partners are Shon Ross, who has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in accounting and a law degree from the same year as his master’s, and Jon Stephens, who has a bachelor’s degree in political science.

Head of distribution and sales Taylor Swift ’19, holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology. JC Lopez ’21, director of marketing and events, has a bachelor’s degree in applied arts and sciences.

Most of the staff are current students.

“We looked at various locations but really were always set on Downtown Lubbock,” Washington says. “Because we are all alumni and live in Lubbock, we had a passion for downtown’s revitalization. We also knew early on we wanted our tagline to be ‘Beer is Art,’ so being in the Cultural Arts District makes perfect sense for us.”

All photos on this page courtesy of Two Docs Brewing Co.

TWO DOCS BREWING CO. Eric Washington ’17 Eric Cunningham, D.V.M. ’03 Tyson Purdy, M.D. ’04 Shon Ross ’96, ’00, ’00 Jon Stephens ’99 502 Texas Ave. 806.412.4888 management@twodocsbrewing.com twodocsbrewing.com

Two Docs’ own line of clothing.

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Cameron West ’06 Mike Nghiem ‘07, ‘07, ‘07, ‘10 1204 W. Broadway, Suite 103 806.993.WEST mike.nghiem@thewesttable thewesttable.com

THE WEST TABLE KITCHEN & BAR

A rotating menu of culinary delights.

AFTER GRADUATING WITH a bachelor’s degree in Restaurant, Hotel & Institutional Management from Texas Tech University and from culinary school in Napa Valley, Cameron West studied under esteemed chefs across the country. In 2014, he returned to Lubbock to open The West Table with his wife, Rachel. The space he found in the lobby floor of the historic Pioneer Building met his vision for an open-concept dining room. The couple then opened The Coffee Shop in 2016 to double as private dining space.

Mike Nghiem, general manager of The West Table Kitchen & Bar, and managing partner, The Brewery LBK, joined The West Table in 2016. He has three bachelor’s degrees — RHIM, marketing and international business — and an MBA from Texas Tech. Attending college when the craft beer craze was peaking, he thought Lubbock had ideal market conditions and prospects for a brewpub adjacent to The West Table. They opened The Brewery LBK in 2018. The community has embraced it, and the pub has received many accolades including recently being named No. 1 as USA Today’s 10 Best Reader’s Choice Award for Best Brewpub in the country.

“We both play active roles in nearly every aspect of the businesses — cooking and menu development, brewing and beer development, overseeing social media and marketing, handling guest and employee relations, accounting, finance, operations and growth strategy, and everything in between,” Nghiem says.

“The West Table is a seasonal chef-driven restaurant with an ever-evolving menu, open kitchen, craft cocktails, boutique wines, and a contemporary-industrial downtown setting. The Brewery LBK is a modern-industrial brewpub with more than 12 rotating beers, hard lemonades and seltzers brewed in house.”

Cameron’s grandfather, Dirk West ’52, is revered in part as the creator of the character Raider Red, so his ties to the college and Lubbock are deep. Cameron pays homage to his grandfather with their newest concept, Dirk’s Signature Chicken. The eatery features Dirk’s original artwork. Dirk West also served as mayor Lubbock from 1978-1980 after four years as a city councilman.

The partners are grateful for the immense support that the city has shown their downtown endeavors. They are proud and excited to play a role in the development of the Lubbock culinary scene and the revitalization of downtown.

All photos on this page by Mike Nghiem.

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THE BREWERY LBK

1204 W. Broadway, Suite 105 806.993.1383 mike.nghiem@thewesttable thecoffeeshoplbk.com

1204 W. Broadway, Suite 104 806.993.WEST mike.nghiem@thebreweryLBK.com thebrewerylbk.com

Photos by Mike Nghiem.

THE COFFEE SHOP

MIKE NGHIEM

DIRK'S SIGNATURE CHICKEN VISIT LUBBOCK

MIKE NGHIEM

1636 13th Street 806.368.3915 manager@dirkslbk.com dirkslbk.com

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THE DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES

Photos by John Weast

By Gary Ford

T

hey stood at the edge of a tangled tropical forest, soon to dash across open ground and assault the enemy, North Vietnam Army (NVA) regulars, dug into the base of a high peak called “Million Dollar Hill.”These were men of 2nd Platoon, Alpha Company, 4/31, 196th LIB, Americal Division, led by 2nd Lt. Ross Eugene Joplin ’68.

It was May 5, 1970, in the highlands of South Vietnam, where it’s hotter than Houston in summer. Far behind Alpha on LZ West, artillerymen would soon yank lanyards on 155mm guns and rain death among the enemy.

As Ross recalls,“We were going to get on our ‘horses’ and charge while rounds soared above and beyond the platoon.

Then something went terribly wrong.

The rounds were “short,” and came screaming down among 2nd Platoon, killing one soldier and badly wounding several, including Ross. He awoke in a field hospital with “three doctors on my right side.

One’s working on my head. One’s working on my arm.

One’s working on my leg.”

Ross recovered from the “friendly fire” tragedy, completed his one-year tour of duty in Vietnam and spent a career in real estate, finance and printing, mostly in Houston.

He recounts such events in the home he shares with his wife, Nancy Musselwhite Ellis Joplin ’66, in Levelland, their hometown. Here, too, they welcome visits from their four children and 11 grandchildren.

A few years ago,Ross spoke into the red eye of a recorder, relating his boyhood, college and Vietnam memories to me and to James Allen Logue. A New Jersey native

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and now of Osteen, Florida, Logue was a professional photographer when drafted, and served with Ross in Alpha Company. Trained as an infantryman, Logue carried an M16 rifle as well as a 35mm Nikonos camera.

He snapped some 2,500 images of the men of Alpha in moments of ease and fatigue, before and after battle, in the field or at Alpha’s mountaintop base, LZ West.

Jim and I met and formed a lasting friendship in 2010. Soon we kissed our wives goodbye and spent parts of six years traveling America to interview 70 veterans of Alpha Company with whom he served. We also met with mothers, siblings and widows of those who didn’t make it home.

My words and Jim’s images comprise “Rain In Our Hearts,” a large-format, 220-page volume published early in 2021 by Texas Tech University Press for its Peace & Conflict Series. It has been nominated for an Indie Award, conferred by the organization of independent publishers, including academic presses.

One chapter relates Ross’s experiences at Texas Tech, in Vietnam and in Levelland, 30 miles west of Lubbock.

“All my memories are of Levelland,” he says of his childhood, when parents and mentors taught him to honor hard work as high virtue. Among other tasks, young Ross sacked groceries for one dollar per hour at Piggly Wiggly on many summer days. On others, beginning at 7 a.m., he chopped cotton for 60 cents an hour, while temperatures rose above 100.

“Those things will make you want to go to class and get an advanced degree,” he says.

He worked, he hunted and he excelled in athletics, especially baseball.

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Joplin often dips into history books in his library. Many concern the war he fought and the history of Vietnam.

He earned a Bronze Star with Oakleaf Cluster, a Purple Heart and Combat Infantry Badge.

Joplin kept the “boonie” hat he wears in this photograph, along with his “Ho Chi Minh” sandals. Whimsically named for the then-leader of the Republic of North Vietnam. U.S. infantry soldiers slipped on sandals in night laagers (or camps) so their socks would dry overnight. Right is Lt. Col. Mike Menser (Ret.), then Joplin’s 2nd Platoon sergeant.

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“I had a little bit of speed and a whole lot of anticipation, and kept my head in the game. Baseball was my best sport,” Ross recalls.

His choice of college proved a difficult decision: nearby Texas Tech, or a possible baseball scholarship at The University of Texas.

His decision came down neither to athletics nor academics, but to attire. Men at UT wore loafers, corduroy slacks and madras shirts, he heard, while boots and blue jeans were preferred at Tech.

“I was a blue jeans guy,” he says, and then chuckles. “I got to Tech and the guys were dressed in penny loafers, corduroy slacks and madras shirts.”

In walking to class from his Gordon Hall dormitory, he certainly admired the beauty of co-eds. In that era, college women “dressed up,” both for fashion statement and male attention.

“They would not go to class without doing their hair and putting on a full dose of make-up. I suppose the competition was pretty stiff,” he recalls.

After graduation Ross completed Officer Candidate School and Jump School at Fort Benning, Georgia, then arrived in Vietnam in January 1970. From February into May, he led 2nd Platoon, searching for and fighting the enemy through thick jungles, across oozing rice fields, and up tall mountains. Each man “humped” at least 75 pounds of equipment, through long, dangerous days.

When you’ve been through that, maybe God’s saving you for something.

He recalls the men, mostly in their twenties, as “educated, good people” with a variety of skills. One was a New Yorker nicknamed “Mondo,” a tall and fearless “point man,” with an operatic voice.

Others included a history teacher from Massachusetts, a future anthropology professor, a future attorney, an engineer, a cowboy, a cooper, a printer, a baker, a candy maker and a beloved medic nicknamed “Mouse.” All, like Ross, just wanted to complete their duty and board that “freedom bird” home. Ross touched down in Lubbock in January 1971.

After their careers, he and Nancy came home to the Caprock.

While she works in her quilting studio, Ross pores over histories of Vietnam to better understand the Asian country and conflict that almost cost his life.

“All my war stories can be told in about five or six minutes,” he relates.“I was glad then that I was doing what I was doing, and now happy that I did it. I would really hate to think I had to do it again, or think that my grandchildren would have to live through something like that. But it was certainly an experience that I wouldn’t take anything for. When you’ve been through that, maybe God’s saving you for something. I don’t know what it is, except for a good life.

I’ve got a nice home, a lovely wife and I’m healthy.”

Tech alumni who are Vietnam War veterans may find stories similar to their own in Rain In Our Hearts, a volume truly at “home” on the campus, through its publisher, and now with Texas Tech University Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Archive. There, James Allen Logue donated his 2,500 images of Alpha Company’s Vietnam War, including those of the Red Raider who led men into battle.

Ross and Nancy Musselwhite Ellis Joplin grew up in Levelland, even attending kindergarten together. They married in later life and returned to their childhood hometown, 30 miles west of Lubbock.

Rain in Our Hearts can be purchased by scanning the above QR code.

Nancy, a former elementary school teacher (as well as art instructor), selects designs and pieces them as patterns that are made into quilts.

Two include “Plaid Cats In My Garden” and “Angels In My Garden”. Through a nonprofit she has donated her creations to families of fallen soldiers, to children’s hospitals, and to children in need.

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n 2013, West Texas rancher John A. “Matt” Matthews gave life to the idea for the Texas Tech University Free Market Institute. Witnessing the decline of economic freedom in America, he felt it was important to educate young people about how the free enterprise system operates and the benefits it creates for society. The FMI was established to make Texas Tech one of the premier universities in the world to research and study the free enterprise system.

“Our mission is to advance research and teaching related to the free enterprise system,” says Benjamin Powell, executive director of the Free Market Institute and a professor in the Jerry S. Rawls College of Business.“The FMI promotes scholarship that crosses disciplinary boundaries, providing a forum that encourages discussion and rigorous debate regarding all aspects of free markets. We also coordinate programs that engage the university, the broader Lubbock community and public and scholarly communities across the nation and the world.”

The FMI’s research and outreach programs are robust. Faculty, staff and graduate students produce multiple books, journal articles and papers for scholarly review annually. In another effort to advance the institute’s research and outreach, the Distinguished Visiting Scholars program was established. This program brings economists and other social scientists on campus to interact with FMI faculty, staff and graduate students through research workshops and graduate seminars.

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The FMI has campus-wide pipelines, even extending beyond Lubbock with the launch in October 2020 of the Free Market Institute at Angelo State University.

“Institute faculty teach Texas Tech students through the course offerings in normal academic departments in the Rawls College of Business, the College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources and the College of Arts & Sciences at Texas Tech and in the Norris-Vincent College of Business at Angelo State,” Powell explains. “More than 1,000 students took courses taught by FMI faculty in 2019-20.”

As mentioned previously, outreach is important to the success of the FMI — it’s one way the institute disseminates its research and educates students. In addition to enrolling in courses taught by FMI faculty, undergraduate students attend public lectures with prominent visiting scholars sponsored by the institute and participate in institute sponsored non-credit reading groups led by FMI faculty. The FMI also works closely educating Ph.D. candidates. Currently 11 doctoral students are receiving fellowships from the institute and working as research assistants with institute faculty.

Since its inception in 2013, the FMI has grown to employ 29 people: Powell, who is the executive director and a professor; an associate managing director; seven faculty members; three faculty affiliates; four research associates; 11 research assistants and two administrators.

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FMI endeavors to not only educate and engage students but also a curious public. The FMI Public Speaker Series partners with departments across campus as well as external organizations to bring relevant voices to Texas Tech and Angelo State.

“We sponsor more than six public lectures each year by prominent intellectuals,” says Powell.“More than 1,000 people attended our lecture series in 2019-2020 before the events were cut short by the pandemic. Past speakers have included Walter Williams, Judge Andrew Napolitano, John Stossel, Ron Paul, Matt Ridley, George Will and Nobel Laureates Vernon Smith and Edward Prescott.”

The FMI is funded primarily by individuals, foundations and Texas Tech alumni who also believe in the importance of educating students, the public and the scholarly community about the importance of the free enterprise system in generating widespread prosperity.

Walter E. Williams, who was a famous professor of economics at George Mason University, as well as a syndicated columnist and author, was a keynote speaker at the Free Market Institute at Texas Tech University’s Public Speaker Series in 2017.

WHAT IS A FREE MARKET? A free market exists when an economic system is based on supply and demand with little or no government control.

Transactions are voluntary, private and not coerced by central authorities — individual liberties are honored. Political systems that protect private property, capitalism and individual rights are where free markets thrive.

Alumni interested in the FMI Public Speaker Series may join the mailing list at: free.market@ttu.edu For more information about the Free Market Institute, scan this code:

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As a very young boy, Ryan Gregory would tear through his family’s cotton fields, so small that the green leaves of the plants would brush his fair hair and tickle his arms and face. His bare feet sunk into the soft red dirt, staining the soles a deep brown that would later require a soak in the tub. He loved the freedom of the outdoors and watching as each cotton crop moved through its paces, going from bare ground to verdant green until, ultimately, each fall the field emerged in a show of white — presenting the seemingly endless acres of bolls it spent months forming. These experiences instilled in him a love of production agriculture, and from his first post-college job with Bayer CropScience to his current position with Hopsteiner in Prosser, Washington, he has focused on not just growing a crop, but also improving that crop to ensure better yields and higher quality in the years to come.

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hen he looks to the sky, he sees the same arid, brilliant blue he grew up with. If he closes his eyes and draws a deep breath, his lungs fill with what feels like the same clean, dry air. But when he drops his gaze to the earth, the similarities end.

Instead of plains, the horizon presents mountains, with the vast Cascades to the west. To the east are the Columbia and Snake Rivers. The Yakima Valley, where the little town of Prosser lies and where Gregory lives and works, is home to the Yakima River, which runs through the valley. The river provides fresh water for irrigating the hops fields — where Ryan spends much of his days — as well as surrounding vineyards and orchards.

Producers in the Yakima Valley don’t depend solely on an aquifer or rainfall like back home. In fact, this area of eastern Washington only receives about nine inches of precipitation a year and has only small aquifers, making it even more arid than the South Plains where he was raised.

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FARMING RUNS IN RYAN’S BLOOD. “My great-great grandparents on my dad’s side were dairy farmers near Fort Worth,” he says.“My great grandpa moved from there and bought a farm at Fairview, northeast of Ralls, in 1943, and started a dairy. It is still in the family today.

Travis, Carlie (his brother and sister) and I and our spouses own it together as part of our LLC, and it’s a cotton farm.

We also own a farm at Farmer, north of Lorenzo, that my dad bought in 1977 while he was attending Texas Tech.”

While he could’ve stayed near Lubbock and continued working for Bayer CropScience as an assistant cotton breeder, Ryan,‘13,‘17, and his wife, Whitney ‘15,‘20, who is a therapist at the Yakima County Jail, decided to chase adventure while they were still young.

“We decided we would only move if there was a really good job opportunity, because things were good and we liked Lubbock a lot,” he says. “I enjoy home brewing beer.

Hops is kind of the romantic part of beer making. I was learning about hops and I discovered that there’s a lot of breeding involved, it’s a complicated crop. When I found this job with Hopsteiner, the job description was everything that I wanted to do.”

Ryan accepted the position in March 2020. The original plan was for Ryan and Whitney to visit Prosser and Hopsteiner,

then make their decision. However, the COVID-19 shutdown was a stick in their spokes.

“We moved here without ever coming here in our lives,” Ryan says.“We both had jobs. By the time we moved, Whitney got a job, too. We had never been here, and we bought a house and had never seen it, except for on FaceTime.

“We thought it would be totally different, but it’s really similar to Lubbock. A lot of people are involved in agriculture, so we can relate to them. It has a church that we like, a good grocery store, but also there’s a lot of things to do. The downtown is thriving…all the shops are open and doing good. Prosser’s the wine town of the valley so there are all these wineries here. There’s a lot of tourism.

You can also drive to the mountains and go hunting and fishing. There’s so much to go see. We drive a lot on the weekends and explore.”

Whitney says Prosser’s culture was a welcome surprise and at the same time, strangely familiar.

“We discovered so many similarities to Lubbock,” she says. “We expected culture shock, but we felt at home. We are definitely far from Texas, but some of the best things about our move have been meeting new people and exploring — seeing things we wouldn’t have ever seen if

“The Valley’s packed full, from the hills on the south to the hills on the north, there are solid crops everywhere,” Ryan explains. “There are orchards and vineyards.

Then you’ll see dairies and corn fields…once you get to the Tri-Cities it’s either grassland or fields of potatoes and onions. Once you get past Yakima, you’re getting closer to the mountains and the canyon…then on the Columbia River, there are more crops and orchards…that follow the Columbia and run all through the state.”

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How about Unlike row crops like corn, cotton or wheat, hops aren’t planted every year. They’re only planted if the grower is changing the variety.

“They’re a perennial,” Ryan says about hops, which means they come back year after year. “When it freezes, they’ll die all the way back down to the ground. Then they’ll over-winter in their roots and their rhizomes and when it starts warming up in the spring, they’ll come out and start growing again. We have some fields that are over 20 years old.

“I’m in charge of propagation for breeding and for our farm.

Because you don’t plant from seed, you plant transplants — you take a leaf cutting and dip it in some rooting hormone and get it to root in soil and it makes a new plant, like a clone. Or you take cuttings from the roots, the rhizomes, just like your grass will spread from the roots, and pot it up. Then it makes a new plant of the same variety, a clone.”

Expanding acreage requires cloning, which is Ryan’s bailiwick.

Whether they’re cloning the plants or not, the growing season progresses the same.

“The way you start the crop is called training,” Ryan explains.

“We have the trellis with wires 18 feet high. Strings are dropped down from the top. You take the vines on the ground and you wrap them around the twine. People do this by hand. Hops is very labor intensive.”

The vines trail up the string. By the middle to end of July they they’ve grown all the way up the 18-foot trellis.

HOPS? “It’s pretty incredible,” he says. “You start them in May and in two months, they’re already 18 feet tall.”

As the hops grow, they fill out, putting on branches and leaves, ultimately becoming heavy and bushy, creating a dense green wall. Toward the end of July they’ll flower, with the whole plant blooming all at once. The plant then switches from growing vegetatively to putting on fruit.

“The whole plant will flower,” Ryan says. “It doesn’t make a big bloom. It makes a bur. It looks like a little cockle bur or something, kind of like a baby dandelion, with a bunch of little pistils sticking off of it. Those are receptive to the pollen, but it doesn’t need to be pollinated to make the fruit. It will still make the cones. This is also when I make the breeding crosses.”

The flowers start making the hop cones. They look like small pinecones.

“Those start building and bulking up and gaining weight,” he says. “They’re ready to harvest in September. The harvest window is the last week of August to the first week of October.”

Harvesting runs 24 hours a day. The twine holding the hops vines is cut from both the top and bottom, dropped into a hop truck and delivered to a picking facility, which separates the cones from the vegetation. Once the hops are separated, they’re dried, baled and pelleted and prepared to ship all over the United States and the world.

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“HE WEARS HIS PASSION FOR CROP BREEDING ON HIS SLEEVE AND HIS ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE WITH SCIENTISTS, FARMERS AND MANAGEMENT ALIKE IS A MUST-HAVE IN THIS SMALLER PROGRAM. ALL IN ALL, HE IS A SHARP, HARDWORKING TEXAS GENTLEMAN.” we hadn’t moved up here. Our Realtor described Prosser as Mayberry, and I was sold after he said that. It is a cute town. It’s quiet. We haven’t seen it in full tourist mode, and we know, because of all the wineries around here, that’ll be interesting to see.”

While wine drinkers may be familiar with the Yakima Valley for their wineries, it’s worth noting the region supplies about 80% of the hops used in American beer brewing and it supplies more than 20% to the world.

“So, Prosser’s not like Lubbock, where cotton is king,” Ryan explains. “Hops is a big deal here because it’s the largest and most well-known hop growing region. Currently more than 50,000 acres are grown in the Pacific Northwest.

Probably 60% of that is grown right around where we live in Washington.”

In addition to adjusting to a move far from home, there was the switch from focusing on cotton to focusing on hops. Evidently, he made an almost seamless transition.

“I interviewed Ryan about a year ago and was thrilled to bring him on board as the R & D agronomist/breeder,” says Nicholi Pitra, lead scientist of variety development and bioinformatics at Hopsteiner. “Ryan brought an in-depth knowledge of plant breeding. He was able to make the difficult move between crop species with ease.”

Ryan notes the move between companies and crops came with a learning curve.

Ryan is holding a beer made with experimental hops by Single Hill Brewery in Yakima. For the Outcrosser series, the brewery uses the same beer recipe then splits the beer into three separate tanks, adding a different experimental hop to each tank for a dry hop addition. This allows the experimental hops to be highlighted and compared in the three beers. “The first Outcrosser series was done with three Hopsteiner experimental hop varieties from our breeding program,” Ryan explains. “The beer in my glass (in the photo) is the Outcrosser beer dry hopped with experimental hop 17701 and the hop plant in my other hand is a 17701 plant that we were propagating in our greenhouse for a planting expansion.”

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“I’ve had a lot to learn,” he says. “Hops are really unique. My experience with cotton has helped a lot.

It’s helped, too, because I can bring new ideas. That’s part of the reason they hired me and were excited to bring me on.

“But even in school and growing up, I worked with all row crops: wheat, corn, sorghum, even soybeans. We learned about them a lot in school (at Texas Tech). But hops, it’s not a row crop. It’s more like an orchard crop or a specialty crop. It’s grown on a trellis system, kind of like they grow grapes.”

Hopsteiner is vertically integrated, so the company has its own breeding program and creates their own hops varieties. That’s Ryan’s specialty.

“I’m the field breeder. I run the breeding program in the field and manage all our field trials where we have our breeding nurseries. Then I make the breeding crosses. I do the yield trials, so we know which ones to advance that might become a variety.

“We also have our own farm, called Golden Gate Hop Ranch, where we grow our own hops,” he says. “Then Hopsteiner is a hop dealer, too, which means they buy hops from farms. They process them, contract with brewers and sell them the hops for brewing. So, we kind of do everything.”

In addition to his core duties, Ryan also works closely with Golden Gate Hop Ranch supporting the commercial agronomist, who does all of the scouting

and recommendations. He also conducts research projects and says this year he will perform irrigation trials and crop management trials.

Ryan’s co-worker, Pitra, is pleased not only with his hire’s abilities, but also his character.

“He wears his passion for crop breeding on his sleeve and his ability to communicate with scientists, farmers and management alike is a must-have in this smaller program,” notes Pitra. “All in all, he is a sharp, hardworking Texas gentleman.”

Ryan and Whitney count themselves lucky to have landed in such a welcoming place that, although far from home, surprisingly resembles the culture they left. Ryan feels blessed to be applying his education and experience to his new gig while at the same time learning about a whole new industry. It’s a fusion of his affinity for production agriculture and the science behind it while enjoying wide-open spaces—he notes he’s out in the field almost 100% of the growing season.

From the cotton fields of West Texas to the hops fields of Eastern Washington, Ryan has found that in both places, he’s right at home.

Ryan graduated magna cum laude in 2013 with a BS in environmental crop and soil science and in 2017 with an MS in plant and soil science. His wife Whitney earned her BA in social work 2015 and her MSW/master of social work in 2020 in social work. Though Lubbock is the largest agronomic laboratory in the world, Ryan and Whitney landed in an area with robust and varied agriculture. Whitney says she and Ryan bought new boots prior to moving, anticipating a short or nonexistent supply in Washington. However, they quickly realized lots of folks wear boots and listen to country music, another similarity to Lubbock.

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GOWN + TOWN

Whether you live in Lubbock or just come back to visit, look for a feature called “Gown + Town” in each issue. This section highlights a special place or event in the Lubbock area that mustn’t be missed.

Lubbock Moonlight Musicals

BY JEAN ANN CANTORE | PHOTOS COURTESY OF MOONLIGHT MUSICALS AND VISIT LUBBOCK FOR 16 YEARS, THEATRE LOVERS have been treated

to a wonderful cultural experience at the Moonlight Musicals Amphitheatre, 413 E. Broadway, in Lubbock’s Mackenzie State Park.

Outstanding musical theatre performances staged there have delighted audiences of all ages since the beginning.

After a summer season shortened by the pandemic in 2020, the theatre is ready to welcome back patrons for exciting yearround productions in the 930-seat venue.

The 2021 Summer Season embraces the theme of “Finding Family.” First up in June is a favorite of all ages. Rodgers & Hammerstein’s beloved, award-winning “The Sound of Music” tells the true story of the singing Von Trapp family of Austria during World War II. The next musical, premiering in July, sure to appeal to a broad audience, is George Stiles and Anthony Drewe’s “Honk!

Jr.,” based on Hans Christian Andersen’s classic fairytale/fable “The Ugly Duckling.”

The show’s message is that differences make everyone and everything special.

The last show of the season is “In the Heights,” a Tony Award-winning musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda with book by Quiara Alegría Hudes. Set in New York City’s Washington Heights, it tells the exciting story of a bodega owner and his mostly Dominican Republican neighbors over three days.

Moonlight Musicals was the brainchild of Gerald “Jerry” Dolter, Texas Tech University professor and chair of the voice department, director of Texas Tech musical theatre and a former performer at leading opera houses in Germany.

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Patrons enjoy beautiful West Texas evenings at the amphitheatre.

He was also the 2015 recipient of the Distinguished Service Award presented by the Texas Tech Alumni Association for his outstanding service to the university. A graduate of Indiana University, he has served on the Texas Tech faculty since 1995.

“I was looking for a way to keep my musical theatre students involved in the art form in the summer months,” Dolter says.“I have helped two other young artist programs in the U.S., and it seemed to me that Lubbock was ready for such a concept.”

In fact, Dolter’s ultimate goal is to have “a fully professional musical theatre production company that serves Lubbock and the South Plains as a necessary component of the quality of life.” To that end, Moonlight Musicals has expanded into projects in addition to plays.

“Our program is family-oriented,” Dolter says. “However, we have produced MUCH more than summer-time amphitheater shows. For example, we’ve had dinner theatre productions, professional-level musicals in the Lubbock Civic Center and collaborations with Ballet Lubbock and the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra. We have a fully professional scene shop, and we build shows for Texas Tech Opera Theatre and local high schools. We have a flourishing Moonlight Arts Academy. We have grown more deeply and broadly than I could have ever imagined.”

“I was looking for a way to keep my musical theatre students involved in the art form in the summer months. I have helped two other young artist programs in the U.S., and it seemed to me that Lubbock was ready for such a concept.”

The Texas Tech and Lubbock communities, as well as colleagues have embraced Dolter’s vision since the beginning. His wife, Karen, a vocalist and performer herself, has been supportive since Dolter shared his idea with her.

Tom Laney, director of marketing for Moonlight Musicals, notes that the Red Raider influence is alive and well at Moonlight Musicals. Laney is a 2016 graduate of the College of Visual & Performing Arts with both a bachelor’s degree in music and a bachelor’s degree in theatre arts. He is completing his master’s degree in arts administration.

“We also have several members of our production team who are either faculty or students at Texas Tech,” Laney says.

"Casey Joiner, who has a bachelor’s degree in music from 2013 and two master’s degrees in music in 2019 and 2020, is musical director for ‘The Sound of Music.’ Shane Strawbridge, a doctoral student in the College of Visual & Performing Arts, is stage director of ‘Honk! Jr.’ Shayna Tayloe, D.M.A., Texas Tech faculty member and doctoral graduate, is music director for ‘Honk! Jr.’ Carla Tedeschi, associate professor in the School of Art, is designing posters for this season.”

In addition to the providing a broad musical theatre experience for students, Dolter is very proud of the more than $1 million in stipends paid over the years to local college students for all kinds of services, including artistic, technical and administrative.

“I am also proud of the young people whom we have trained in the business and are now gainfully employed around the U.S. in musical theatre,” he concludes.

For more information, visit moonlightmusicals.com/

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RETROSPECT

COMPILED BY JENNIFER RITZ

Bulletins of the Past

BY JENNIFER SPURRIER, Ed.D., ASSOCIATE DEAN OF LIBRARIES, SOUTHWEST COLLECTION/SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARY

AS THE CENTENNIAL OF TEXAS TECH approaches, many people are involved in looking

at the history of the institution. The university has begun planning for the centennial celebration in 2023. Texas Technological College was chartered in 1923, by Senate Bill No. 103, and the first classes were held in 1925. Quite a bit happened in the next 100 years, but some early items help us look back at the beginning of the college.

Texas Technological College began printing “bulletins” which gave information about the new institution. The first bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 1, is 17 pages and includes seven sections. It begins with a foreword written by the first president, Paul Whitfield Horn. It describes “the College that is to be” including sections on faculty, administration, classes, students, the architecture of the campus, and concludes with SB 103. Horn writes of the buildings: 1. It should be adapted to the particular service which it is to render.

2. It should be adapted to the climate of its location.

3. It should be so constructed as to conserve the health of ·those who are to occupy it. This includes matters of heating, lighting, ventilation, cleanliness and many others.

4. It should possess artistic value and minister to the aesthetic qualities of those who use it.

5. It should be so constructed as to add as far as possible to the integrity and uprightness of character of those who are day by day to see it.

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The second bulletin grew to 26 pages and was labeled also as the “first annual catalogue,” with a date of April 1925. In this publication, there is general information as well as courses within the schools, which are listed as freshman and sophomore requirements. Other information includes a college calendar, a listing of the faculty, and fees. Some of the fees and expenses delineated housing cost, registration fees, library fee and medical fee. Some were required, others were not compulsory. The medical fee was required. It carried with it eight items that were covered (very similar to what one would see in a health insurance policy today), such as an annual physical with the school physician.

The fee was $1.75 per quarter.

Two more bulletins would be marked 1925. No. 3, July 1925, included similar information to the previous one. It was only 19 pages. It also had a section on scholarships and student employment, for example, “The Star-Telegram scholarship of $250 for the best all-round athlete.” Concerning jobs, the bulletin on the final page states,“It is the policy of the college to use student help wherever possible. This applies to secretarial positions, to work on the farm and in the dairy, in planting trees, and in whatever construction work the college may undertake.”

Additionally, there was a section, “Acre Projects,” which explained that students could have one acre for cultivation at no charge for the land or water and that eventually, this could be some income for the student. The agricultural faculty was available to give “expert advice.”

In bulletin No. 4, October 1925, it announces that there are 914 students enrolled and it gives a listing of where the students are from. These are listed as the total students from towns in Texas, for example Lubbock – 287, but also the following states: Georgia – 1, Indiana – 3, New Mexico – 8,Oklahoma – 11,Tennessee – 1, California – 1, Washington – 1. It also listed Mexico – 2. It has further

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information about the schools, courses, scholarships (which increased) and information about buildings, as well as a couple of building photos. Regarding buildings, the bulletin reports the following as ready for use: the first unit of the Administration Building, the first unit of the Home Economics Building, the Textile Engineering Building, the Cafeteria, the President’s Residence, the Stock Judging Pavilion, the Poultry Plant and the Dairy Barn. There was also a discussion about the future of buildings for campus. The bulletin grew to 50 pages in total, 48 numbered. The last page included the college hymn, titled “O College Mother, Beautiful.”

In 1926, there would be four additional bulletins, with the first being Vol. II, No. 1. This was a bulletin and catalog. It included a table of contents, with an index listed on page 151. The contents were similar to previous bulletins, but expanded and had additional information. There was again a college calendar and a listing of the board of directors, administration, faculty and staff. There was a “historical statement” that offered a brief description of the new college and then Senate Bill No.103. A section on “expenses and aids,” covered tuition and fees, scholarships and possible jobs for

students. The “Acre Projects” were included as previously. There was a general information section that included information about such as things as student organizations and publications, student conduct and the Library. It included an alphabetical roster of students, which was followed by the index.

Within these first years of Texas Technological College, the bulletin grew from 17 pages to 152. Early documents and records, such as the bulletins, offer us a glimpse at the new institution and its growth. These initial bulletins laid the groundwork for what evolved over time into the catalog that many of us are familiar with today. Well maybe...recent students may have never seen a hard copy catalog, and earlier students may have never seen an electronic one.

Times change.

Early Texas Technological College Bulletins and Texas Tech University Catalogs are available digitally via the SWC/SCL University Archives at: swco-ir.tdl.org/handle/10605/63732

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ANNUAL REPORT 2020

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MCKENZIE-MERKET ALUMNI CENTER

DEAR FELLOW TECHSANS, We endured an extraordinary year in 2020 with a public health crisis no one could have anticipated. Despite the challenges of COVID-19, the Texas Tech Alumni Association persevered, thanks to our loyal members, programming pivots and an unwavering focus on our primary mission. The TTAA emerged from 2020 on solid footing for the years ahead.

Because of a substantial loss in event revenue from both the McKenzie-Merket Alumni Center and Frazier Alumni Pavilion, the TTAA qualified for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) that helped offset those losses. Without being able to host Homecoming, the Distinguished Alumni Dinner and other traditional events during the year, it provided us the opportunity to internally reevaluate, reimagine and strengthen several of our existing programs.

The Texas Techsan magazine was made a quarterly publication and upgraded with more pages, perfect binding and enhanced overall design. Our previously outsourced Legacy Program was brought in house and renamed the Legacy Club with several enhancements, including an annual gift for all Legacies. We successfully launched the TechsanConnection.com alumni networking platform, representing a new era in alumni relations and engagement.

We hosted our largest ever Alumni Cup golf tournament during Homecoming weekend and conducted our first-ever Techsan Talk virtual alumni chapter meeting. The Official Texas Tech Ring tradition continued with virtual ceremonies, and we celebrated all our Distinguished Alumni award winners from years past.

Continued progress was made on paying off the Frazier Alumni Pavilion expansion project, as we remain focused on eliminating this debt. The stunning facility, which includes expanded meeting space and upstairs patio, was open to a limited crowd during football season, and we look forward to opening at full capacity this fall. It is good to see private event bookings steadily increasing at both the pavilion and alumni center.

But again, it was membership that carried the year for the TTAA, with loyal contributors maintaining their steadfast support, enabling us to sustain the scholarships and other services we offer for Texas Tech students, alumni, faculty and staff. A special thanks to everyone who sponsored memberships for our 2020 grads, proudly welcoming them to our association despite the difficult year.

Reflecting on 2020, I can’t help but think of the trying times the association has endured in years past. Having existed since the very first graduating class in 1927, the TTAA has persevered through the Great Depression in the 1930s, World War II and other wars, the energy crisis in the 1970s and the Great Recession in the early 2000s. We’re a resilient organization that stands strong because of Techsans who believe, belong and behave in a way that supports our cause. It’s a Texas Tech tradition we should all be proud to be a part of. Enjoy this report of our numbers and accomplishments for the year.

Strive for Honor,

CURT LANGFORD President & CEO

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VISION

TTAA MEMBERS

25,301

We envision our members living their legacies of pride, loyalty & tradition.

NUMBER OF LIVING ALUMNI

237,493 209,643 167,978

ALUMNI IN THE UNITED STATES TOTAL ALUMNI IN TEXAS

Student & Young Alumni

119 ALUMNI LOCATED IN

COUNTRIES

TOTAL YOUNG ALUMNI MEMBERS: 8,529

The Texas Tech Alumni Association offers a discounted Young Alumni level for up to five years after graduation. New graduates also receive a complimentary one-year membership courtesy of the Office of the President.

TOTAL SAA MEMBERS: 337 The Student Alumni Association (SAA) is a first step to creating a lifelong connection with the university and strengthening the bond between students and alumni. Throughout the year, the TTAA provides student members with social, career-oriented and school-unifying events as well as opportunities to network with alumni.

TOTAL SAB MEMBERS: SPRING: 36, FALL: 53 The Student Alumni Board (SAB) is a student organization sponsored by the TTAA. Its members serve as ambassadors for the TTAA and the SAA and participate in service activities, help host student and alumni events on campus and participate in the Council for Advancement and Support of Education Affiliated Student Advancement Programs (CASE ASAP). New board members are recruited each fall and spring.

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MISSION NEW FACULTY AWARDS To assist the university in attracting and retaining world class faculty, the TTAA established the New Faculty Awards program in 1987 to recognize outstanding faculty in each college and the School of Law who have up to four years of service at the university. Each recipient receives a certificate and honorarium provided by the TTAA.

2020 NEW FACULTY AWARD RECIPIENTS:

We support our university, build relationships & foster growth.

SCHOLARSHIPS

YA-WEN CHANG, PH.D., Department of Chemical Engineering, Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering

MORE THAN $519,000 TO 439 STUDENTS

NATHANIEL HALL, PH.D., Department of Animal & Food Sciences, College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources KRISTIN HUTCHINS, PH.D., Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, College of Arts & Sciences MALLORY PRUCHA, School of Theatre & Dance, J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts

TTAA provided 439 students with more than $519,000 in scholarships from the TTAA and the TTAA Endowment Trust.

EXCELLENCE GRANT: $12,000

DANIEL TAYLOR, PH.D., Area of Marketing & Supply Chain Management, Jerry S. Rawls College of Business ZHE WANG, PH.D., Department of Human Development & Family Studies, College of Human Sciences AARON ZIMMERMAN, PH.D., Department of Curriculum & Instruction, College of Education

CONTRIBUTION BREAKDOWN

The 2020 Excellence Grant recipient was Michelle Pearson, Ph.D., assistant professor and director of the College of Human Sciences Interior Design Program. The funds will assist the Department of Design with purchasing virtual reality systems for its computer labs.

The Alumni Association is proud to support TTU faculty and staff by providing grants for research that encourage educational innovation and support the university’s strategic plan.

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MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGNS

$555,132

$448,203

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PURPOSE We exist to connect, inspire & love our Red Raider Family.

CHAPTERS No matter where you are, you can connect with fellow loud and proud Red Raiders through TTAA regional chapters. These groups are volunteer led and provide opportunities for networking, socializing, philanthropy and more while bearing our banners far and wide. Find a chapter near you at www.texastechalumni.org/findachapter.

ALUMNI NETWORKS Another way for Red Raiders to connect is through the TTAA Alumni Networks. These membership-based groups are made up of any collection of alumni united around a central interest, mission or background beyond class affiliation or geographical location. The networks assist with alumni engagement and provide academic scholarships for students.

Learn how you can take part at www.texastechalumni.org/alumninetworks.

Arts & Sciences Black Alumni Military & Veterans Pride Raiders Rojos

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TECHSAN CONNECTION Launched in 2020, Techsan Connection is the official networking platform for Texas Tech University students and alumni to connect, grow and give back. The TTAA and TTU Career Services have partnered with colleges and schools across the university to creating the most extensive private network for Red Raiders.

Connect and Network with Students and Alumni Search Jobs and Advance Your Career Participate in Virtual Events Give Back by Providing Career Guidance and Mentorship

Sign Up and Get Connected! www.techsanconnection.com

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DUAL ALUMNI MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM SOUTH PLAINS COLLEGE 2020 saw the creation of the Dual Alumni Membership Program, allowing TTAA to join with TTU family and partnering institutions and offer a discounted dual membership into the alumni associations for both entities. The inaugural partnership was with South Plains College. We look forward to growing this program with other institutions.

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VALUE STATEMEN We embody the Red Raider SPIRIT...

SCHOLARSHIP . PRIDE . INCLUSIVITY . .

RESPECT INTEGRITY TRADITION OFFICIAL TEXAS TECH RING PROGRAM This past year held many unprecedented challenges for students as events and classes were canceled or forced to be held virtually because of COVID-19. The Official Texas Tech Ring Ceremony was one event affected. Despite the situation, students were able to purchase and receive their rings in time to participate in a virtual Texas Tech Official Ring Ceremony, hosted by the TTAA, in both the spring and fall semesters. The ceremony was complete with the reading of each recipient’s name, messages from TTAA CEO Curt Langford and TTU President Lawrence Schovanec, among others. Following the virtual ceremony, the Victory Bells on campus were rung for each ring recipient, and the event was

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Ring sales and the Official Texas Tech Ring Ceremony are important ways the Alumni Association gives back to the university. A portion of each ring sold assists in funding Texas Tech University First Generation Scholarships. The TTAA also gifts each ring recipient a complimentary one-year membership in the TTAA.

LEGACY CLUB The TTAA Legacy Club was reimagined in late 2020 to create an exciting program for our youngest Red Raiders. The club is designed to instill a love for Texas Tech and its unique traditions among children, grandchildren and other young ones of loyal TTAA members, creating “Red Raiders in training.” Annual enrollment into the Legacy Club happens in January each year. Each Legacy receives an annual gift and birthday card, as well as access to exclusive events and fun activities during the year.

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TEXAS TECHSAN MAGAZINE One of the most beloved TTAA membership benefits is the Texas Techsan magazine. In Fall 2020, the magazine underwent a redesign to provide alumni with an even bigger and better glimpse into Texas Tech and the TTAA, to be distributed quarterly. The sleek new perfectbound look includes larger pages with larger type for easy reading, beautiful art and additional pages to share even more alumni stories.

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FRAZIER ALUMNI PAVILION EXPANSION The year 2020 was the first year for alumni to experience fully the completed expansion of the Frazier Alumni Pavilion. Although gameday at the Pavilion was reimagined with social distancing, it didn’t stop Red Raiders from celebrating. Located across the street from Jones AT&T Stadium, the pavilion is an excellent place to leave a lasting legacy. Find out how you can purchase bricks, markers and more at this beautiful facility at www.texastechalumni.org/frazier-expansion.

“I always wanted to go to Texas Tech University. I enjoyed the friendships I made there, especially my roommates.

After I met my husband, a music major who marched in the Tech band, I never missed a game or concert in which he was involved. All three of our children went to Texas Tech and graduated from there. Texas Tech gave us a good foundation, and we are still and will always be proud alumni of Texas Tech University!” – Felice, ’75

MATADOR MEMORIES The Matador Memories Project kicked off in Spring 2020. The project gave alumni an opportunity to share personal stories of their life and time at Texas Tech to be recorded and archived, as well as published in a commemorative coffee table book. More than 10,000 alumni oral histories were recorded and preserved through the project.

“My dad was a chemical engineering major and Texas Tech University graduate in 1981.

He never placed any pressure on us kids to attend ‘his’ university but rather encouraged all his children to pursue higher education at the schools that felt right for us. It seems rather fitting that now all four of his children have Texas Tech degrees, and my husband was even convinced to join our ranks in May 2020. I’m hoping that I can follow the same approach with my children and carry on the tradition for our family.” – Laura, ’09

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2021 NATIONAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CHAIR Randy Golden ’77 Dallas CHAIR-ELECT Staci Hix-Hernandez, M.D. ’99, ’03 Georgetown IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR Bill Brown ’74, ’76 Austin FINANCE COMMITTEE CHAIR Mike Gayler ’81 Fort Worth TTAA PRESIDENT & CEO Curt Langford ’90, ’97 Lubbock TTAA CFO David Low ’87, ’03 Lubbock

NATIONAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS ISSAC ALBARADO ’04, ’11 Austin LIZ BATES ’90 San Angelo JON MARK BERNAL ’99, ’03 Lubbock MANDY A. CARR-JOHNSON, PH.D. ’94, ’95, ’99 Highlands Ranch, Colo.

CHRIS CHAPMAN ’94 Irving HEATH CHEEK ’03 Dallas

MISSI CURRIER, PH.D. ’08, ’09, ’16 Carlsbad, N.M.

REBECCA RAMIREZ ’01, ’05 Lubbock

F. SCOTT DUESER ’75 Abilene

RHONDA RHODES ’88 Englewood, Colo.

MARK FEWIN ’82 Dallas

CHRIS RICHARDS ’02 Irvine, Calif.

TRAVIS ISOM ’10, ’13 Lubbock

SHAWNA TANKERSLEY ’87 Tyler

CHRIS JONES ’68, ’74 Lubbock

RUSS WEBB ’91 Flower Mound

MARK JONES ’79 Brady

MORRIS WILKES ’75 Lubbock

DAVID LADEWIG ’10 Houston

CHRIS WILLISTON ’75 Horseshoe Bay

KATIE MARSHALL ’96, ’98 Austin

TYLER YOUNG ’06, ’11 Lubbock

LEAH MCCOY ’04 Washington, D.C.

EX-OFFICIO & SPECIAL POSITIONS

AMY GUNTER MCLANE ’97 Salado

EX-OFFICIO: KRISTINA BUTTS ’01, ’04, LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS

LINDA MCMAHAN ’66 Lubbock

EX-OFFICIO: BYRON KENNEDY ’04, INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT

DAVID A. MILLER ’71 Horseshoe Bay

EX-OFFICIO: PEGGY MAXWELL ’76, ACADEMIC RECRUITING

NATHAN NASH ’05 Dallas

ATHLETIC COUNCIL: CAREY HOBBS ’58

EX-OFFICIO: CHRIS COOK ’12, PRESIDENT’S OFFICE EX-OFFICIO: PATRICK KRAMER, INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT EX-OFFICIO: BOBBY WADDLE ’55, MILITARY & VETERANS PROGRAMS STUDENT ALUMNI BOARD PRESIDENT: JACK KORTOKRAX ’22

KEVIN NELSON ’92, ’96 Amarillo

SECRETARY AND LEGAL COUNSEL: W. JARET GREASER ’99

AMANDA O’CONNOR ’03 Abilene JENNIFER PEREZ-STEWART ’12 San Antonio

TEXAS TECH ALUMNI ASSOCIATION & SUBSIDIARY Consolidated Statement of Activities For the years ended December 31, 2020, and 2019

Consolidated Statement of Financial Position For the years ended December 31, 2020, and 2019 Assets

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2019

Cash and Cash Equivalents Investments Receivables Restricted Promises to Give Due from Affiliate Prepaid Expenses Restricted Cash Cash Surrender Value of Life Insurance Net Property and Equipment

1,721,003 2,983,145 236,565 1,264,040 38,103 163,011 47,946 236,648 11,309,551

1,092,451 3,015,370 254,800 210,212 10,455 149,412 47,946 236,648 10,967,786

Total Assets

18,000,012

15,985,080

Liabilities and Net Assets Liabilities Accounts Payable Ring Deposits Deferred Revenue Other Current Liabilities

91,308 499,028 14,575 387,883

86,918 481,573 81,238 172,129

Long Term Debt

3,517,612

3,526,225

Total Liabilities

4,510,406

4,348,083

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11,636,997

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS

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2019

Gross Margin Contributions Unrestricted University Support Restricted Sponsorships Rental Income Programs and Special Events Texas Techsan Revenue Royalty Income Investment Income Miscellaneous Income

218,793

237,605

2,398,524 75,000 1,993,606 131,367 80,449 130,086 86,867 306,587 205,818 393,922

2,289,895 75,000 582,696 124,284 308,873 273,205 82,579 381,732 297,769 6,277

Total Revenue

6,021,019

4,659,915

Total Revenue and Other Support

6,021,019

4,659,915

Program Expenses Fundraising Expenses Management & General Expenses

2,350,140 709,440 1,108,830

2,282,665 689,071 1,076,994

Total Expenses

4,168,410

4,048,730

Increase in Net Assets from Operations

1,852,609

611,185

Net Assets, Beginning of the Year

11,636,997

11,025,812

Net Assets, End of the Year

13,489,606

11,636,997

Expenses

UNAUDITED FINANCIAL INFORMATION Financial Information provided by Texas Tech Alumni Association Accounting Department

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3rd Annual Forging Forces Golf Classic PHOTO BY MIGUEL LECUONA, HILL COUNTRY LIGHT THE 3RD ANNUAL FORGING FORCES Golf Classic was held April 25-26 at the Boot Ranch Golf Club in Fredericksburg, Texas. This year’s number of 62 participants beat last year’s number of 55. Underwriting and sponsorships also increased. Proceeds benefited Texas Tech University at Fredericksburg and the Hill Country University Center.

Enjoying the event are, from left, Dave Campbell, chair, Hill Country University Center Board of Directors and president of Heartland Enterprises; Tom Hutton, M.D., Ph.D.’68, retired physician and former member, Texas Tech Alumni Association National Board; Curt Langford ’90, ’97, president & CEO, Texas Tech Alumni Association; and Paul Rostad ’68, retired.

The 4th Annual Forging Futures Classic will be held on April 24-25, 2022. The Celebration Dinner will be held on Sunday, April 24 at Vista Oaks, and the golf tournament will be held on Monday, April 25 at Boot Ranch.

For more information, visit www.forgingfuturesclassic.org.

Raider on the Rise Award THE TEXAS TECH ALUMNI ASSOCIATION proudly introduces a new presti-

gious annual honor for alumni up to age 45 — Raider on the Rise Award. It is designed to recognize alumni of Texas Tech University or the Texas Tech University Graduate School, School of Law and School of Veterinary Medicine.

The award will be presented during the Distinguished Alumni Dinner on Nov. 12 in Lubbock.

“Red Raider alumni are second to none, and the National Board recognized an opportunity to celebrate up-and-comers in their respective endeavors and created this award,” says Tyler Young, TTAA National Board member and chair of the Raider on the Rise Committee. “We have incredible alumni who are doing incredible things, and we wanted to applaud those successes. As the award name implies, we are excited to acknowledge the accomplishments of our rising younger alumni who are bearing their banners far and wide.”

Eligible alumni must be members of the Texas Tech Alumni Association at a minimum of the Young Alumni or Century levels.

Nominees may not be current members of the TTAA National Board or the Texas Tech University System Board of Regents or currently hold or be running for political office. Nominations will be kept on file for consideration for three years.

“The nomination process is a two-step process,” says Britta Tye, director of events & engagement for the Texas Tech Alumni Association.“Nominators will complete the nomination form, and upon verification of TTAA membership, application forms will be sent to eligible nominees.”

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The nomination form has three open-ended questions for nominators to answer: 1. What makes your nominee worthy of the honor of the TTAA Distinguished Alumni award?

2. How does your nominee demonstrate the TTU motto “Strive for Honor?”

3. Describe how your nominee has excelled in their professional expertise, public service and/or civic activities. Please provide specifics.

Once the nominee receives the application form, he or she will need to answer the following open-ended questions in order to be considered: 1. Describe what “Strive for Honor” means to you.

2. How has being a Texas Tech alumna/us impacted your success?

3. Describe how you have supported Texas Tech University and/or TTAA since graduation.

4. Provide a list of other awards/honors you have received.

Nominations for the Raider on the Rise Award are open from July 12 Through Aug. 2. To obtain a form, please visit texastechalumni. org/raiderontherise. (The link goes live July 12.)

For more information, please contact Britta Tye, director of events & engagement, Texas Tech Alumni Association, at britta.tye@ttu.edu.

Staff members and SAB members worked together to assemble all the packages shown. From left are Curt Langford, TTAA president & CEO; Don Johnston, TTAA director of printing and mailing; Jack Kortokrax, SAB president; Joscelin Zapoli, SAB member; Danielle Krebs, SAB member and David Low, TTAA CFO.

SAB Members and TTAA Staff Members Step Up for Legacy Club PHOTOS BY BRITTA TYE O N A P R I L 6 A N D 7, members of

Student Alumni Board and staff members from the Texas Tech Alumni Association gathered at the Frazier Alumni Pavilion to prepare more than 2,000 Legacy Club gift packages so they were ready to mail in May. Since its inception, the former Legacy Program, now Legacy Club, had a fulfillment company that handled packing and mailing gifts. This year, the association opted to bring those tasks in house.

Busy students are, from left, Jack Kortokrax, Jayden Ballinger, Elaine Hunter, Lawson Presley, Beth Perry, Britney Sandefur, Allie Zimmerman and Cameron Petty.

Maggie Campbell, McCaleb Hart and Rolando Bernal, SAB members, enjoyed working together.

SAB members Alexandra Shropshire, Karsyn Halbgewachs, Molly Ramirez, Maurico Lira and Randilyn Saenz show off their finished products.

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A Bigger Venue for the Official Texas Tech Ring Ceremony

BY JEAN ANN CANTORE | PHOTOS BY HOPE HUNEKE IN SPRING 1999, THE THEN-NAMED Texas Tech Ex-Students Association

held its first Official Ring Ceremony in the alumni center. Donald Haragan, Ph.D., president of Texas Tech University, presented the students with their rings. Thomas A. Langford, Ph.D., dean of the Graduate School, read the names of the ring recipients just as he did for many years at commencement. The festivities included the singing of “The Matador Song,” taking individual photos of each recipient and a post-ceremony reception for the honorees and their guests.

That initial event was the beginning of a much-loved and anticipated tradition as students marked the transition to becoming juniors. Its popularity meant that more and more students wanted to be part of it.

“We were up to four weeknights in the fall and spring and will now host them on one day,” says Curt Langford, president & CEO of the Texas Tech Alumni Association.“The ceremonies had grown to the point that we were looking to add a fifth night, so we felt it was time to move the event to the United Supermarkets Arena to accommodate the crowds.

“This spring, we had three separate events on Sunday, May 2, at Noon, 3 p.m, and 6 p.m., to allow for social distancing, but we expect to host one large event in the fall. We hosted post ceremony receptions in the alumni center, where recipients could have their photos taken by the ring statue.”

Overseeing and shepherding the ring program as well as the ring ceremonies for more than 20 years now is Mandy Wiley, director of affinity programs. She has watched the growing interest in the event as well as helped implement new additions to the ceremony.

“One of the new additions to the ceremony is taking the students on an imaginary journey through campus,” Wiley says.“Students use their rings as road maps while parents follow on their programs as they travel through campus, connecting the buildings and monuments to the symbols on their rings, giving them meaning and tying them back to Texas Tech forever.”

Another meaningful tradition takes place on the Friday before each ceremony at the Administration Building Bell Tower where Saddle Tramps and High Riders take the rings into the Bell Tower.

The bells ring over each ring, which stay overnight to be infused with Texas Tech history, spirit, pride and the windswept warmth of West Texas.

This ritual unites each student with thousands of Texas Tech ring bearers who precede them, as well as with those who will follow in years to come. Ring ceremony recipients and their families are invited to go up into the Bell Tower while the bells ring.

Texas Tech chose to return to an official ring tradition in 1999 because the student body had lost interest in the ring. Schools across the country realized that the customized rings had taken the meaning out of the class ring. Individuals did not even have to attend a school to purchase a ring.

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Father and son graduates, Mark and Noah Reyes, attended the ceremony together. Mark, left, is a 1995 graduate with a bachelor’s degree in engineering technology (electrical/electronics emphasis); he was part of Naval ROTC. Noah is a Spring 2021 graduate with a bachelor’s degree in biology.

The size of the United Supermarkets Arena allowed for social distancing at the event.

completed 75 hours could purchase their rings and receive them at a ring ceremony. Part of the proceeds from each ring goes to fund First Generation Scholarships.

Because of the change, the rings once again have become meaningful to the students. Ring sales have increased dramatically from 1999 until the present.

“We’ve always been thrilled that more than 80% of ring recipients participate in the ceremony,” Langford adds. “It’s a memory they carry with them along with their rings. In addition to legacy grads, many first-generation grads are a part of the ring tradition. The ring represents an academic trophy, so many people in a family want to celebrate with the recipient. Whether another in a long line of Red Raiders, or the first in a family, a ring recipient and the ring the student receives are unifiers for all of us.”

AND WE WANT YOU TO LEAVE YOUR LEGACY AT THE NEWLY RENOVATED FRAZIER ALUMNI PAVILION. THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO HAVE YOUR NAME SET IN STONE AT THE PLACE THOUSANDS OF RED RAIDERS CALL HOME FOR GAMEDAY. A PLACE WHERE MEMORIES ARE MADE. A PLACE WHERE SPIRIT AND TRADITION LIVE ON CAMPUS.

For as little as $300, you can leave your lasting mark on one of the recognition pieces that surround the pavilion.

Be part of this revolutionary transformation of a building that means so much to Texas Tech alumni and friends by visiting www.texastechalumni.org/frazier-expansion.

For more information, or to discuss a gift toward the project, please contact Jim Douglass at (806) 834-1053 or jim.douglass@ttu.edu.

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The 1951 “La Ventana” pictures the freshman class officers. From left are Sue Haynie, secretary; Bob Cavazos, vice president and Hardy Clemons, president. PHOTO RESEARCHED BY JEAN ANN CANTORE

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1972 SANDY FORTENBERRY, ED.D. (MA German, M.Ed.’76 Guidance & Counseling) Lubbock, chair of the Lubbock County Historical Commission since 2011,has received the John Ben Shepperd County Historical Commission Leadership Award, one of the Texas Historical Commission’s Historic Preservation Awards.This honor recognizes chairs who demonstrate “the outstanding individual leadership that is necessary to carry out an aggressive and well-balanced preservation

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program.” Among Sandy’s accomplishments as chair are convincing county officials to appoint a historic preservation officer, a resurvey of historical markers in Lubbock County, planning commemoration of Lubbock County World War I veterans and developing and maintaining the organization’s Facebook page. Her husband is Larry Baggett.

1975 B E T H M . W A G G E N S PA C K ( M A S p e e c h Communications) Blacksburg, Virginia, has

been conferred the title of associate professor emerita by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors.

A member of the Virginia Tech community since 1984, Beth has been recognized as one of the leading authorities on the rhetoric of First Ladies. She has also made significant contributions to the discipline of American public address, particularly in the area of women’s political rhetoric. In addition, she has authored more than 50 published articles, books, and book chapters and many more conference papers. At Virginia Tech, she served as associate department head, director of undergraduate programs, and director of

the graduate program in the Department of Communication (now the School of Communication). She also served the College of Arts & Sciences as assistant dean for special projects.

1978 BARRY H. ORR (BBA General Business) Lubbock, has retired as CEO of First Bank & Trust of Texas. Barry is the organizer and founder of First Bank & Trust. FirstBank & Trust, originally named FirstBank Lubbock Bancshares, opened in 1996 with $10 million in assets. By building relationships and serving the communities of West Texas, Barry led the growth of the bank to over $1 billion in assets before it was acquired by Heartland Financial, USA, Inc. (NASDAQ: HTLF) in 2018.

After acquiring Aim Bank in December 2020, First Bank & Trust has more than $3 billion in assets and is the largest of Heartland’s 11 member banks. Barry has been a pillar of the community in Lubbock, Texas. He has a long history of community service, which includes chairing a $190 million bond election for the City of Lubbock, serving on the Board of Lubbock Methodist Hospital, chairing the Covenant Medical Center Foundation, serving as president of the Greater Lubbock Rotary Club and chairing the Chancellor’s Council at Texas Tech University. He has served the banking industry as a board member of the Texas Bankers Association and currently serves as chairman of the board for the Lubbock Economic Development Alliance. His wife is KATHRYN ORR (BS ’80 Clothing, Textiles & Merchendising).

1986 JAY K. MCAULEY (BS Petroleum Engineering) Dallas, Texas, has been named vice president of Strategic Relationships at True North Advisors, LLC. Jay has almost 30 years of experience in the development field, both in healthcare and secondary education. Previously, he was President of Texas Health Resources Foundation where he reported to an 18-member Foundation Board of Trustees, supervised a staff of 30 and supported 14 wholly owned hospitals in a 17 County North Texas service area. Prior to that he was President of Texas Health Presbyterian Foundation and Vice President of Philanthropic Strategy and Special Initiatives.

He also had a long tenure at the St. Mark’s School of Texas where he was the director of development, director of capital giving, director of alumni relations and the head football coach. His wife is JENNIFER S. MCAULEY (BA ’86 Advertising, BA ’86 English).

1989 BENJAMIN “BEN” A. FINZEL (BA History) McLean, Virginia, has been named as Member-at-Large on the 2021 Executive Committee for The Public Relation Society of America’s Counselors Academy. Ben is president of Renew PR in Washington, D.C. His husband is Mark Pimble.

1990 BRIAN SIKES (BS Agricultural Economics) Minneapolis, Minnesota, has been named COO of Cargill. In this role, he will also serve as a management director on the Cargill Board of Directors. Brian joined Cargill’s executive team in 2019, leading the company’s global protein and salt enterprise. Prior to that, he spent four years leading the protein business in North America, based in Wichita, Kansas. He joined Cargill in 1991 and has held leadership positions in the protein business in the U.S., Canada and Europe. He also led the company’s Talent Center of Expertise and was responsible for advancing the company’s commitment to inclusion and diversity. Under Brian’s leadership, Cargill expanded its protein offerings around the world. Its global portfolio includes beef, poultry, eggs, seafood, value-add and specialty products, as well as plant-based options and investments in cell-based protein technologies. His wife is Dana.

BOOKS MARILYN G. WOODS (BA ’60 Journalism) San Diego, California, has published “The Orange Woods,” a memoir about the author’s life with her husband.

Marilyn captures the California lifestyle with the story of her husband Jack’s lifelong fascination with the Golden State. Marilyn, originally a Texas girl, agrees to move to California, falling in love with the state after her first visit. The memoir examines an enduring love story not only between Marilyn and Jack, but the people and the land with which they surround themselves. After the unforeseen death of her husband, Marilyn moved back to the city. This change led her to a new chapter in her life, in which she focuses on art and writing.

RUSS S. WILKINSON (BA’66 English) Irving, Texas, has published “The Kohelth Lectures,The Table Boys Series Book 1,”a book about a boy who plays intramural football at his college. Russ played basketball for Texas Tech University while pursuing his undergraduate degree. Russ is currently working on the second book in “The Table Boys” Series. His wife is KAY F. WILKINSON (BSE ’66 Elementary Education).

PATRICK H. MAILLE, PH.D. (BA ’94, MA ’98, Ph.D.’05 History) Goodwell, Oklahoma, has published“The Cards: The Evolution and Power of Tarot,”a book about Tarot cards. Tarot cards have been around since the Renaissance and have become increasingly popular in recent years, often because of their prevalence in popular culture. The symbolism within the cards, and the cards as symbols themselves, make Tarot an excellent device for the media of popular culture in numerous ways. The book begins with an extensive review of the history of Tarot from its roots as a game to its supposed connection to ancient Egyptian magic, through its place in secret societies, and to its current use in meditation and psychology. Patrick is a professor of history at Oklahoma Panhandle State University, where he teaches various courses including one on the history of magic. His wife is Bonnie.

RAY CHARLES WALKER (BS ’40 Agriculture) Plainview, Texas, has had a book written about him authored by Mary Walker Clark called “Landing in My Present.” The book is a collection of memories and stories about a daughter researching her father’s travels in WWII and learning about him through her research.

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TOP-LEVEL MEMBERS DIAMOND [$5,000+ ANNUALLY] Mr. James D. Abbott ’48 Mrs. Jan W. Baca ’70 Dr. Bryant ’95 & Mrs. Whitney Bonner ’96 Mr. Patrick ’06 & Mrs. Cassidy Bryan Lt. Col. Mark ’83 (Ret.) & Mrs. Diane Bryant Mr. Ralph ’59 & Mrs. Kay Campbell Mr. Clay ’97 & Mrs. Ashley Cash Mr. Donald ’82 & Mrs. Vicki Chenault ’82 Mr. Holt ’00 & Mrs. Kaye Cowden ’78 Mr. Charles ’59 & Mrs. Barbara Cummings Mr. Scott Dueser ’75 Mr. Jason & Mrs. Robin Elliott ’95 Mr. Ryan ’04 & Mrs. Alison Ferguson ’03 Mrs. Helen J. Geick ’61 Mr. Tom ’87 & Mrs. Jerri Jacobs Mr. David ’74 & Mrs. Janis King Mrs. Peggy B. LaFont ’61 The Honorable Charles ’68 & Mrs. Kay Lance ’68 Mr. Rowland C. Lawson ’84 Mr. George ’66 & Mrs. Linda McMahan ’66 Mr. Michael J. McVean ’84 Mr. John ’72 & Mrs. Cindy Middleton Mr. William R. Moler ’88 Mr. Glenn D. Moor ’84 Mr. S. David ’63 & Mrs. Jeanne Peeler Mrs. Joyce W. Perkins ’64 Ms. Brenda J. Peters ’74 Mr. John ’71 & Mrs. Ann Redmon ’71 Mr. Jim ’74 & Mrs. Alice Skinner Ms. Anita R. Smith ’63 Mr. Marlis E. Smith ’54 Mr. Tom ’75 & Mrs. Melinda Stacy Mr. Barry ’79 & Mrs. SuDeline Street ’79 Mr. Chase ’05 & Mrs. Rebecca Street ’08 Mr. Randall ’84 & Mrs. Dona Vines ’86 Mr. Ronald ’89 & Mrs. Cindy Webb ’97 Capt. John (Ret.) ’62 & Mrs. Ann Woody (Ret.)

PLATINUM [$2,500-$4,999 ANNUALLY] Mr. Darrell W. Adams ’81 Mr. Grant F. Adamson ’81 Mr. David ’01 & Mrs. Amy Akins ’00 Mr. Casey ’11 & Mrs. Kylee Amis ’10 Mr. Steve F. Armstrong ’70 Mr. Kenneth ’96 & Mrs. Angela Benner ’96 Mr. Steve ’83 & Mrs. Elizabeth Burleson ’84 Mr. Adan ’02 & Mrs. Carmen Cano Mr. Eugene ’66 & Mrs. Carole Chambers Mr. Lynn F. Cowden ’80 Mr. Tim ’81 & Mrs. Annette Culp ’81 Mr. Mike ‘74 & Mrs. Celia Davis ’74 Dr. Michael ’73 & Mrs. Ginger Doherty Mr. Toby ’86 & Mrs. Gwendolyn Drake Mr. Ralph G. Goodlet, Jr. ’82 Mr. Kyle & Mrs. Ashlee Groves ‘07 Mr. Will ’69 & Mrs. Karen Hagood ’71 Mr. Matthew ’01 & Mrs. Rebecca Halbgewachs ’00 Mr. Michael ’97 & Mrs. Lesley Hedlund ’99 Mr. H. Wayne Henry ’75 Mr. Chad ’99 & Mrs. Heather Henthorn ’00 Mr. Richard ’73 & Mrs. Emilee Hervey Mr. Thomas ’95 & Mrs. Stephanie Hilbun ’95 Mr. Scott & Mrs. Dawna Hilburn ’00 Dr. William ’74 & Mrs. Joann Hinchey Mr. Thomas ’70 & Mrs. Leslie Hix ’71 Mr. Jeffrey ’80 & Mrs. Karlene Holloman Mr. Don J. Howe ’71 Regent Chris ’91 & Mrs. Robin Huckabee ’92 Mr. Parker ’97 & Mrs. Victoria Johnson Mr. Stephen R. Johnson ’78 Mr. Mark ’94 & Mrs. Cynthia Key Dr. John ’00 & Mrs. Emily Kuczek

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CHARLOTTE A. DYE (MPA Public Administration, JD Law) Dallas, Texas, has been appointed by U.S. President Joe Biden as the Acting General Counsel of the Federal Labor Relations Authority.

The General Counsel has direct authority over, and responsibility for, all employees in the Office of General Counsel (OGC), including those in FLRA’s Regional Offices. The OGC is the independent investigative and prosecutorial component of the FLRA. Through its five regional offices, the OGC investigates, settles, and prosecutes unfair labor practice charges, resolves representation disputes, including the conduct of secret ballot elections, and provides training to union and management representatives. Charlotte has 30 years of experience in federal labor-management relations. She began her career with the FLRA in 1992 in the Dallas Regional Office, where she served in a number of roles, such as Dispute-Resolution Specialist, Regional Attorney, and the final Regional Director of the Dallas Regional Office.

TODD DUNCAN (BS Physical Education) Lubbock, Lubbock Christian University head men’s basketball coach, has been named the winner of the 2021 Clarence Gaines National Coach of the Year Award. The award, named after former Winston Salem head coach Clarence “Big House” Gaine, is presented annually to the top NCAA Division II basketball coach.

Duncan led the Chaps to one of the best seasons in program history. LCU started the season with a program-record 16 straight wins and reached as high as No. 2 in the national top-25 poll, which was also a program-best.

The Chaps claimed the Lone Star Conference title, were selected as the No. 2 seed for the NCAA South Central Regional and reached the regional championship game before seeing their season come to a close with an 18-3 record. Duncan was named the Lone Star Conference Coach of the Year for his team’s performance. Duncan played basketball for Texas Tech University from 1987 to 1989. He graduated in 1993. His wife is Holly.

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Dr. Ernst and Juanita Kiesling

n the evening of May 11, 1970, Dr. Ernst “Ernie” Kiesling sat at home with his children while his wife, Juanita “Nita” Kiesling, attended a meeting at Redeemer Lutheran Church on 22nd Street and Avenue W in Lubbock.

The day started out like any other West Texas spring day for the couple. It was warm, sunny and idyllic. But as the sun slipped below the horizon, and day turned into night, a severe thunderstorm wreaked havoc on the city. Followed by the storm was an eerie silence and a revelation of absolute devastation.

“When Nita got home that evening, she talked about how the tornado had struck the church and how serious it was,” Kiesling said. “It was not until the next day that I realized the extent or the severity of the tornado.”

Dr. Kiesling has served in various leadership capacities including Chairman of Civil Engineering and Senior Associate Dean of Engineering at Texas Tech. He is a Leadership Partner of the Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH) and has presented numerous 7-Habits workshops and short courses as a facilitator of the Covey Leadership Center.

Today, Kiesling is a retired professor of civil engineering at Texas Tech, the executive director emeritus of the National Storm Shelter Association and serves as a research professor, leading storm shelter research efforts within the NWI at Texas Tech. Kiesling and his wife are thankful for TTU bringing them together.

“I was very impressed with Texas Tech and met a lot of people there, including Ernie, and we are blessed to have spent a lifetime together,” Nita said.

The following morning, as Kiesling began to drive through town to check on friends and colleagues, the destruction from the F-5 tornado was evident.

“Certain sections of the city were leveled or completely demolished, including downtown buildings, commercial offices and residential areas,” Kiesling said.

Dr. Ernst “Ernie” and Juanita “Nita“ Kiesling

Kiesling studied mechanical engineering at the Whitacre College of Engineering at Texas Tech University (TTU) and received his bachelor’s degree in 1955. In the summer of 1969, he was named chairman of the Civil Engineering Department at TTU.

“I was in a position where I felt that the university was asking us to develop additional research,” Kiesling said. “We had a young civil engineering faculty that was poised to do the research, but had little research going.”

Prior to 1970, there were no educational efforts being taken to inform the public on how to prepare for the event of a tornado or how to mitigate the damage from severe weather. When the tornado struck, the destruction of Lubbock provided Kiesling and his colleagues, including Dr. James McDonald, Dr. Kishor Mehta and Dr. Joseph Minor, with an opportunity to become involved in research. So, the young faculty seized their opportunity and went to work documenting the damage.

These efforts led to the formation of the Institute for Disaster Research which is now known as the National Wind Institute (NWI) at Texas Tech. Kiesling has been a part of TTU’s Wind Engineering Program since its beginning. Because of his research and teachings, Kiesling became known as the Father of the Safe Room, an above-ground storm shelter now widely deployed in houses and schools. Safe rooms have helped save countless lives.

Nita also is a graduate of TTU and earned her degree from the Rawls College of Business in 1957. Nita was named 1986 Realtor of the Year by the Lubbock Board of Realtors while leading the commercial division of WestMark Realtors. She was awarded the Pinnacle Award in the year 2000. She also served on the Carillon Foundation Board for many years before recently stepping down.

Ernie and Nita take great pride in their three children, Carol, Chris and Max. All three have earned doctoral degrees and are pursuing professional careers while parenting their children.

After many years of dedication to their careers and raising a family, the Kieslings decided to spend their retirement residing at the Villas at Carillon. The dependability and convenience of the community allows the couple to maintain a private, homelike environment, while still enjoying the benefits, services and amenities of Carillon Senior Living.

“We’ve only been at Carillon for a couple of months so we’re still getting situated and getting to know more people here, but the community at Carillon is very friendly and easy to become acquainted with,” Kiesling said.

Carillon also allows Kiesling to stay connected with fellow Texas Tech alumni and even his previous colleagues, McDonald and Mehta, who only live a few doors from his villa.

“I would simply say that we’re honored to be at Carillon, and we are really looking forward to our time spent here because we feel so at home and well-served,” Kiesling said.

To learn more about Carillon, please visit

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ANTHONY D. KILLA (BBA Marketing, MA ’16 Strategic Communications & Innovation) Tampa, Florida, retired from the U.S. Army in 2016 after more than 20 years of service. He now works for Peraton as a Senior Information Operations Planner. He plans, coordinates and synchronizes the multiple Department of Defense information related capabilities into deliberate and contingency war plans for U.S. Central Command. His wife is Angela.

MEGAN L. BRITT (BS Agricultural and Applied Economics, MS ’02 Agricultural and Applied Economics) Springdale, Arkansas, has been named vice president of investor relations at Tyson Foods, Inc. Megan is responsible for overseeing all aspects of investor relations, including shareholder communications, financial media relations and internet and intranet investor content. She has almost 15 years of experience in roles in finance, including investor relations, investment management, decision analysis and corporate strategy. She most recently served as vice president of investor relations for Corteva Agriscience, based in Wilmington, Delaware. Prior to her role at Corteva, she held various director roles at DuPont. Her husband is JAMES H. BRITT (MAR ’00 Architecture).

1996 CLINTON “CLINT” C. BRYANT (BBA Finance) Frisco, Texas, has been appointed as executive vice president at Texas Capital Bank in Dallas. He is on the Executive Leadership Board of Cotes Du Coeur (American Heart Association) and is a corporate council member of the Kyde Warren Park Foundation. Clint has three children, Elle, Kennedy and Beckett. His wife is DONNA M. BRYANT (BS’96 Human Development & Family Studies).

COY F. BRYANT (BS Civil Engineering) Durango, Colorado, has been selected as president & COO of Red Cedar Gathering Company and Aka Energy Group, two midstream oil and gas companies headquartered in Durango, Colorado. Coy joined Aka Energy in 2014 as the Director of Operations after receiving an MS in Nuclear Engineering from The University

of Texas at Austin and spending a combined 12 years with ExxonMobil and Kinder Morgan in Houston and Cortez, Colorado. He currently serves as chairman of the board of the Four Corners Fellowship of Christian Athletes, board member of the Boys and Girls Club of La Plata County, and is active in Summit Church, Durango. Coy has three children, Emma, Maddox and Price. His wife is NICOLE C. BRYANT (BS ’99 Education).

KRISTEN B. LOLLAR (BA Public Relations) Little Elm, Texas, has been named chief marketing officer at Whitley Penn, LLP. Kristen has served as the firm’s director of marketing since 2012.

In addition to leading the marketing efforts at Whitley Penn, Kristen is a member of the firm’s Innovation Council, striving to bring new ideas for advancement and efficiency to the firm. She works closely with the Management Committee and has been at the forefront of many firmwide achievements and successes.

She is a member of the American Marketing Association and has served as a DFW (Dallas/ Fort Worth) Mentor to young professionals since joining the organization. She is a member of the Association of Accounting Marketing and is involved with the organization’s Major Growth Firms Group and the Diversity Equity & Inclusion Committee. Kristen is a member and currently sits on the Advisory Board for

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the Boomer Consulting Marketing Circle while simultaneously serving on the Plano Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors.

Her husband is Erik.

2002 IN THE "HUB CITY" From state-of-the-art training programs and universities, to life-changing job opportunities, Lubbock, Texas offers a solid foundation when considering where to plant your roots.

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CHANNON C. CAIN (BS Family Finance Planning) Spicewood, Texas, has recently changed jobs and is now a financial adviser in Austin, Texas, for Prosperity Bank. Channon has received a global MBA, received a financial strategy diploma from the Saïd Business School at Oxford, and has more than two decades of an array of financial experience where he was promoted all across the nation. He spends his free time volunteering at church, serving on Texas Tech boards, and in rotary.

His wife is Lauren.

STUART L. SUTTON (BBA Finance) Canyon, Texas, has been promoted to executive vice president at First United Bank in Canyon, Texas. Stuart serves as an advisory director on the bank’s board of directors, he serves as north regional manager and Canyon Banking Center manager for First United Bank. He has 18 years of experience in the banking industry all of which have been with First United Bank. His wife is Misty.

2004 KAYLA J. ROBINSON (BS Agricultural & Applied Economics, MBA ’15 General Business) Shallowater, Texas, has been promoted to chief operating officer with AgTexas Farm Credit Services. Kayla began her career with AgTexas Farm Credit in 2003 as an intern while attending Texas Tech, and has since held positions as a credit officer, regional vice president of credit, and senior vice president of human resources. She is a current member of Texas Tech’s College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources Advisory Board. In addition, she is a member of CASNR’s Matador Institute of Leadership Engagement Program Advisory Committee. Her husband is Jayson.

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NATHAN “NATE” A. DISARRO (BBA Management) Little Rock,Arkansas,is one of Arkansas Business’ Class of 2021 40 Under 40 Honorees. The 40 Under 40 program is an annual event hosted

by Arkansas Business where business leaders in Arkansas are able to nominate someone under the age of 40 to be recognized for their achievements and success. There are hundreds of nominations each year, and only 40 people across the state of Arkansas are selected to receive this honor. Nate is the founder and

President of Content Titan, a digital content creation company based out of Little Rock.

2006 ROSS CUNNINGHAM (BBA Accounting, MSA Accounting) Fort Worth, Texas, has been promoted to director of finance at Vortus Investment Advisors, LLC. He joined Vortus in 2018. He previously worked for TPG, where he served in various accounting and operations roles, including senior manager, overseeing all accounting and finance aspects of the Biotechnology funds and facilitating investment activity for the flagship TPG Capital funds. He started his career in the Denver audit practice of KPMG. His wife is DESSIE L. CUNNINGHAM (BBA ’07 Accounting, MSA ’07 Accounting).

MARSHA A. GODEAUX (MAR Architecture) Austin, Texas, has been named an ex-officio member of the Texas Governor’s Committee on People with Disabilities. She is the team lead of the Elimination of Architectural Barriers program at the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR). Marsha will be the TDLR representative on the 12-member committee, which works toward a state in that people with disabilities have the opportunity to enjoy full and equal access to lives of independence, productivity and self-determination.

2008 MISSI M. CURRIER, PH.D. (BS Agricultural Communications, MA ’09, Ph.D.’16) Carlsbad, New Mexico, has changed positions and is now director of government relations for Strategies 360 New Mexico. She has more than a decade of experience and success in community development, governmental affairs and strategic communications. Prior to joining S360, Missi served as the president and CEO of the Economic Development Corporation of Lea County, where she worked to recruit, retain and diversify economic-based industries and continuing to improve quality of life throughout the region. In addition, she has worked for XTO Energy, a subsidiary of ExxonMobil, Nuclear Waste Partnership, the managing and operating partner of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), Texas Tech University, and Texas Tech University System.

Her professional career has allowed her to focus on a multitude of topics all concentrated on moving communities and relationships forward in positive, enriching ways.

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2013 WADE J. BARNES, PH.D. (Ph.D. Civil Engineering) Lubbock, has been hired by Freese and Nichols, Inc. to lead stormwater projects that will strengthen flood protections for clients across the West Texas region. Wade specializes in both 1-D and 2-D modeling for drainage analyses and transportation, drainage and site development design. He also has completed FEMA-related work, LOMR studies and f loodplain mapping. He has completed research for the Texas Department of Transportation and the U.S. Geological Survey and has taught engineering hydrology and fluid mechanics courses for Texas Tech University’s Civil Engineering Department.

He is a Professional Engineer and Certified Floodplain Manager and a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Texas Floodplain Management Association and the National Society of Professional Engineers as well as its Texas affiliate.

2014 CAROL MAZHUVANCHERIL (BFA Communication Design/Theatre) New York City, New York, is acting in New York City and has appeared on Broadway. He has also co-starred on several television shows. Carol has an upcoming solo show at the The Tank Theater July 9-11 that will be simultaneously live streamed (songofjoyplay.com). He grew up between Kerala (South India), Austria and Switzerland and completed his secondary education in Texas.When he’s not acting, he creates theater with and for his Malayali community, attends ballets and designs and develops responsive websites.

In addition to his bachelor’s degree from Texas Tech, Carol is a graduate of Brooklyn College’s MFA acting program, a member of the Actors Equity Association and recently became SAG eligible.

2015 GRACE A. DIANA (BA Public Relations, MPA ’17 Public Administration) Washington, D.C., has recently become the deputy executive director of the White House National Science and Technology Council at the Office of Science and Technology Policy. The NSTC coordinates science and technology policy across the federal government’s various research and development agencies. She helps manage the day-to-day operations of the NSTC, its 45 committees and subcommittees and more than

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CHRISTOPHER “TOPHER” L. EMPSON (BBA Finance) Lubbock, has been promoted to vice president at First United Bank in Lubbock. He serves as a loan officer in the bank’s Lubbock-Northwest Banking Center. Topher has seven years of experience in the financial industry, five of which have been with First United Bank.

Techsan Memorial JOYCE PERDUE ABBOTT, 21-year employee, Texas Tech Division of Continuing Education; Lubbock, Jan. 14.

ABEL GARCIA ACOSTA ’64; Fort Stockton, Texas, Feb. 10.

JANNA MURRAY ALEXANDER ’56; Pantego, Texas, March 23. Survived by husband, RICHARD G. “WICK” ALEXANDER, D.D.S . ’58.

JOHN C. ANDERSON ’53; Plainview, Texas, Feb. 27.

Survived by wife, Edna M. Anderson.

ORWINELLE ANN LAMBERT ANDRESS ’60; Lubbock, March 17.

BOBBY FOX ANDREWS ’53; Wylie, Texas, Feb. 23.

MICHAEL RAY “MIKE” ANGERER ’71; Slaton, Texas, Feb. 19. Survived by wife, Carol Kahlich Angerer.

PAUL ARCHINAL, “Voice of the Raiderland Band” from 1986-2006 and Admiral Foghorn on KAMC-TV Lubbock from 1961-1976; Lubbock, Feb. 16. Survived by wife, Swan Archinal.

DAVID BREITH JR. ’95; Denver City, Texas, Jan. 14.

Survived by JOAN FULTON BREITH ’80, ’90.

FRAZIER LAWRENCE “LARRY” BRIDGES JR. ’61; Brownwood, Texas, Jan. 8. Survived by wife, Sharon Bridges.

JACK BROWN ’52; Lubbock, Feb. 26. Survived by wife, FRANCES MARIE ROBERTS BROWN ’64.

WILLIAM THOMAS “TOM” BATTIN ’58; Wilmore, Kentucky, Jan. 21. Survived by wife, Juanice Turner Battin.

BARBARA JEAN “BOBBIE” BIGGS BRUEGEL ’56; Dimmitt, Texas, March 3. Survived by husband, FRED BRUEGEL JR. ’54.

JAMES MARTIN BELL ’94; Lubbock: April 28.

NONA MARIE PEVEHOUSE BURGAMY ’64,’66; Lubbock, March 21, age 100. Taught English at Texas Tech University and Frenship Schools for more than 25 years.

JAMES LANEY BOX ’67; Lubbock, Dec. 22. Survived by wife, DANA L. CAMMACK ’83.

DENNIS WELDON “DENNY” BOYLES, PH.D. ’83, ’90, ’93; Lubbock, April 8. Survived by wife, Janie Kelley Broyles.

JOHNNY LEE BRANUM ’77; Lubbock, March 23.

Survived by wife, Gail Branum.

PAUL BRADFORD BRASWELL ’84; Lubbock, Jan. 12. Survived by wife, Mari-Kathryn Braswell.

ANNA “RUTH” CANTRELL ’81,’84; Lubbock, Jan 24. Survived by husband, Richard Cantrell Jr. MELVIN RALPH CARTER ’65; Lubbock, Dec. 20.

Survived by wife, Donna Carter.

GARY DON CARTHEL ’60; Floydada, Texas, Jan. 3.

Survived by wife, Doris Lee Carthel.

RUSSELL “KIRK” COATS ’88; Lubbock, Jan. 29.

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ALUMNI NEWS REGINA MAY “JEANNIE” DUNN COGGINS ’89; Lubbock, Jan. 31. Survived by husband, Steve P. Coggins.

LYNN COWAN ’51; Tulia, Texas, Dec. 20. Survived by wife, Christine Ann Hannon Cowan.

STEPHEN COWAN ’88, ’89; Lubbock, Feb. 7.

CAROLE ANNE CUNNINGHAM ’62; Roswell, New Mexico, Jan. 3.

DOLORES “DEE DEE” POAGE STEWART DAVENPORT, friend and former student; Lubbock, Jan. 9.

ANNETTE LEAH BEDNARZ DAVIS ’86; Lubbock, March 11. Survived by husband, DOUGLAS R. “DOUG” DAVIS ’86.

JERRY DUNN, PH.D. , professor of mechanical engineering, 30 years; Lubbock, Jan. 14. Survived by wife, Sandy Dunn.

NORRIS LYNN FANNING ’59; Lubbock, March 27.

Survived by wife, Phyllis June Owens Fanning.

DAVID LYNN FARRIS ’79; Lubbock, Dec. 29.

MARTHA J. BEVER FORMAN ’74; Abilene, Texas, Jan. 10. Survived by husband, Bobby Forman.

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By Dennis Rodgers

has been over two decades since Grammer walked off IthetJonathan campus of Texas Tech with an

undergraduate degree, bound for law school. After a steady rain lifts this afternoon, Grammer, who spends most of his time either in West Texas or Oklahoma overseeing his oil and gas and other energy interests, finds himself seated at a bar table for lunch at The Texas Tech Club inside Jones AT&T Stadium. The conversation is about his time as an attorney, his career which has developed since leaving Texas Tech, but mostly about the future of energy in the state of Texas.

“There is a cloud arising from Texas,” begins Grammer, “and it is shaping up to be the largest fight this state has seen in two hundred years.

What happens in the energy industry in this state in the next decade will decide our energy security for the next century.”

That cloud is carbon dioxide. In assisting with the responsibility of setting the path for America’s future, the attorney turned energy businessman believes the answer lies in understanding the energy infrastructure we have in place before irresponsibly overturning it.

“Inside of a coal-fired power plant are turbines that are powered by steam, the coal comes in by rail from the Powder River Basin in Wyoming,” Grammer continues. “The power that one plant can generate just from coal is the equivalent of the largest wind farm in the United States, which is Alta Wind Energy Center in Kern County, California. The difference is that a coal-fired power plant’s footprint is about 40 acres, Alta Wind is just over 3,000 acres and 600 turbines. That’s 100 times the footprint for the same amount of power. The other difference is, one has carbon emissions and the other doesn’t, but there are solutions in place for handling the problem other than simply doing away with fossil fuels altogether. There is a way to harness emissions, rather than just merely eliminating them, all the while keeping the energy infrastructure in place.”

Grammer, who graduated from Texas Tech in 2000 and whose career began as a trial attorney, has defined much of that career as a petroleum landman handling projects for oil and gas clients and other energy companies operating in the midcontinent region of the United States. Now he is focused on helping Texas move forward as the country’s energy leader.

His company works with alternative energy companies interested in renewables, and at the same time is strongly committed to protecting the oil and gas industry and the use of fossil fuels in Texas. He is a contributing author to Texas CEO Magazine and serves on several legislative committees in both Texas and Oklahoma. It’s a focus that lends itself to an understanding of how to protect each energy source’s contributions and assess each one’s risk, rather than pitching these sources against each other.

“Recently, our acquisitions group was fortunate enough to be involved in an effort to separate out the carbon dioxide that is constantly being emitted into the atmosphere from the stack gas of a coal-fired power plant using a process called postcombustion cryogenic separation.”

Grammer said. “The concept was simple in theory: carve out the carbon dioxide using a separator directly from the stack and then try and utilize it for EOR, or enhanced oil recovery. When carbon dioxide is injected into an oil reservoir it interacts with the hydrocarbons chemically decreasing viscosity. What most people fail to understand is that after an oil well has completed its recovery efforts sometimes only about 30% of the recoverable oil has been removed. That means a majority of the recoverable oil is still left underground. By injecting carbon dioxide, one can effectively double the production without having to drill more wells. More importantly, based on the reservoir integrity, the carbon dioxide is sequestered in the ground permanently.”

“The point of all this being, that the focus for Texas needs to be more centralized on becoming carbon neutral, rather than seeking to merely eliminate emissions. Carbon emissions are obviously dangerous components of producing some types of energy, however they are also a valuable resource. The economics are complex, but so is most of the energy industry. If we can focus more intently on ways to utilize carbon emissions’ benefits, leaving some of our traditional energy sources in place, we’re going to have a lot more reliability in our energy infrastructure in the years ahead.

There is enormous discussion regarding carbon taxation, economic penalties and restrictions on emissions, but the Internal Revenue Service also offers tax credits to encourage investments in carbon capture under Section 45Q of the tax code. You haven’t heard anything about it though…we’re too

busy locked in the divided debate over whether traditional energy sources, or alternative energy sources, is the end all solution.”

Carbon capture and enhanced oil recovery efforts are just some of the many facets of the energy business that Grammer has been involved with and believes strongly in. “As popular as the idea has become that alternative energy sources can supplant fossil fuels entirely, it’s an agenda that’s lacking in care and foresight,” Grammer continues. “Oil and gas are the lifeblood of Texas, not just in terms of a fuel source but in petrochemicals as well.

We rely on hydrocarbons for so many beneficial things other than just as a fuel source in transportation. Coal’s benefits are enormous, not just in power generation but also in the manufacturing of steel…the same steel that goes into electric car door panels, rebar for new highways, drilling rigs and structures for electrical transmission lines. As a country, we need to really consider what happens when we overturn the chess board, rather than focus on moving just a few pieces around.”

With a staff now of seven landmen through his company Grammer Land & Exploration Corp., and four attorneys maintaining licensing in Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Colorado, through Grammer Law Group, P.C., Grammer has been able to offer clients both acquisition and legal support in oil and gas development and alternative energy projects, acquisitions and divestitures. In nearly 18 years his offices have been involved either in land acquisition or legal support for energy development projects in Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico and Wyoming. Through it, and now as he approaches his 46th year, Grammer believes the way of the future for Texas is not in allowing each energy source to force the other out but understanding how each can contribute to a more economical and safer country.

“I know of no other time in history when we have been in such a need for good ideas that make economic sense,” he said. “Regardless of the subset of the energy industry one is in, the boundaries that separate you from one another are quickly dissolving. We are no longer simply oil and gas, alternative energy, solar or wind, but one state, a state of energy. It’s a hefty responsibility when the eyes of the rest of the United States are upon you. The decade that lies ahead will be remembered either as the one that brings us together in energy or simply drives us further apart.”

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ALUMNI NEWS KENNETH “JEDON” GALLMAN , former student ’64; Friona, Texas, March 13, 2020. Survived by wife, KITTY BLACK GALLMAN ’65.

TAMARA ANN “TAM” BANNISTER GAMMILL ’62; Lubbock, Jan. 7.

GILBERT GARCIA, graduate student, Rawls College of Business Administration; 14 years in U.S. Army Special Forces (Airborne); Sergeant First Class, Green Berets; Dallas, Texas, Feb. 19.

JOHN GONZALEZ, ED.D. ’94; Lubbock, March 11.

Survived by wife, Linda A. Gonzalez.

LYNN WHARTON GOTTULA ’73; Lubbock, March 14.

GARY GARLAND GREGORY ’00,’04; Lubbock, Jan. 14.

LEON HALE ’46; long-time columnist for The Houston Chronicle and The Houston Post; Winedale, Texas, March 27. Survived by wife, Babette Fraser Hale.

SAMUEL ANDREW HALE ’52; Lubbock, March 9.

Survived by wife, Patsy L. “Pat” Knight.

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RAIDER ON THE RISE AWARD The TTAA is excited to announce the Raider on the Rise award, a new award for up-and-coming Red Raiders that will be presented at the Distinguished Alumni Dinner. This award will recognize alumni up to age 45, who have proven contributions to their community through professional expertise, public service and/or civic activities. For detailed criteria and to submit a nomination, please visit texastechalumni.org/raiderontherise.

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AWARD NOMINATIONS DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD The TTAA will also accept nominations for the Distinguished Alumni award.

This award is historically given to recognize and honor alumni who have made significant contributions toward furthering the excellence of TTU through outstanding accomplishments, careers and/or through extraordinary levels of service. For detailed criteria and to submit nominations, please visit texastechalumni.org/DA. Nominations for DA & Raider on the Rise will be open from July 12-Aug. 2.

Recipients will be announced Mid-September and will be recognized at the Distinguished Alumni Dinner on Nov. 12.

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ALUMNI NEWS PASCHALL WAYNE HAMBLEN , former student; Goldthwaite, Texas, March 15. Survived by wife, Vicki Lynn Hulett.

JAMES PATRICK “PAT” HARRIS JR. ’81; Mertzon, Texas, Jan. 23. Survived by wife, CINDY S. MITCHELL HARRIS ’80.

WELBORN BOYD “W.B.,” “DUB” HARRIS JR. ’52; Lubbock, Jan. 2. Survived by wife, Denece Harris.

MARY JANE HAMILTON KING ’48; Plainview, Texas, Jan. 2.

MARTIN T. KYRE JR., PH.D., associate professor of political science for 27 years. Lubbock, Feb. 13.

ARIEL TRINITY LASSA, senior, College of Arts & Sciences; Mansfield, Texas, March 11.

JOE SHELBY LEACH ’57; Plainview, Texas, Jan. 23.

Survived by wife, Wanda C. Leach.

WALTER MERLE “W.M.,” “DUB” HEFFINGTON ’60; Frisco, Texas, Dec. 27. Survived by wife, Saundra Stewart Heffington.

ROYALE DOUGLAS “R.D.” LEWIS ’79; Lubbock, Jan. 30.

JESSICA SARA HELMERS, junior, College of Human Sciences; Austin, Jan. 16.

JAMES E. “JIM” LOWDER ’58, named Texas Tech University Distinguished Engineer in 2012; Lubbock, Jan. 28. Survived by wife, BETTY SPLAWN LOWDER ’78.

NYLA MEDLOCK ’77; Lubbock, March 10.

EMMA LOU DANIEL MERCER , former student; Lubbock, Feb. 7.

MARY LESLIE CULWELL MIDDLETON ’43; Naperville, Illinois, June 14, 2019.

ROY ANDREW MIDDLETON ’56, former TTAA National Board chair and two-time member of the National Board; Lubbock, March 31.

Survived by wife, Linda Middleton.

DAVY J. MITCHELL ’64; Lubbock, April 1. Survived by wife, SARA WALLACE MITCHELL ’63.

DOROTHY JEAN GRUBB MITCHELL ’71,’77; Lubbock, Jan. 23.

CLARENCE EMMETT HENNIGER ’57; Lubbock, Jan. 17.

T.H. HOLMES, M.D. ’45; Lubbock, March 18.

JANE FOSTER BRASCH JACKSON ’52; Marshall, Texas, Aug. 20.

DOROTHY JEAN CLARK JOINER ’70; Amarillo, Jan. 25.

ROBYN JUDD ’15, current graduate student; Lubbock, March 28.

ORLAND “MURRAY” MCNEELY ’64; Lubbock, Feb. 7. Survived by wife, Jean Forrest McNeely ’65.

KEITH STUART MOFFAT ’71; Pontiac, Michigan, Oct. 28.

JOHN DAVID MCVICKER ’86; Slaton, Dec. 12.

BRADFORD L. MOORE ’74,’77; Brownfield, Texas, Jan. 2. Survived by wife, Carmelita “Carmie” Chaffin Moore.

JOHN WILLIAM “DUB” MALAISE JR. ’66, honored Red Raider basketball player, most recently enshrined in the inaugural class of the Texas Tech Ring of Honor in 2019; Lubbock, March 7. Survived by wife, Gail Malaise.

FLORENCE M. KAUBLE MOORE ’90,’92; Lubbock,Feb.5.

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OLAN KENNEY MOORE ’75, ’81; Lubbock, Feb. 17.

Survived by wife, Jingbo Moore.

RAY JOE RILEY ’56; Hart, Texas, Feb. 22.

PATRICIA JEAN DERRICK ROSSON ’57; Idalou, Texas, March 2021.

JASON PAUL STEHLING ’93; Lubbock, April 1.

Survived by wife, Rachael R. Stehling ’93.

LOYD SANDERS JR. ’82; Lubbock, March 30.

FLOYD NORMAN “NORM” STEPHENS ’65; Goodyear, Arizona, Dec. 25. Survived by wife, Rita Rowntree Stephens.

JANE MARIE SEAVER ’78, ’81; Lubbock, Jan. 5.

Survived by spouse, KAREN B. HODGES ’80.

SUZY FERRELL STILES ’68; Lubbock, Jan. 21.

Survived by husband, M. EDWARD “ED” STILES ’69.

SHERRY ANN MULKEY ’75; Levelland, Texas, April 4. Survived by husband, Randy Mulkey.

NANCY ANN SENNING ’87; Lubbock, Jan. 26.

EMERSON ELSON TUCKER ’55; Lubbock, Feb. 5.

Survived by wife, Patricia M. “Pat” Tucker.

THOMAS CHRISTIAN “TOM” NYSTEL ’75,’84; Lubbock, March 20.

JOHNNY “JOHN V.” SHROPSHIRE ’64; Lubbock, Feb. 16. Survived by wife, Nan Rampy Shropshire.

JEAN VERETT PEPPER ’52; Lubbock, Feb. 28.

HELEN CAROLYN DELMAR SMITH ’73; Lubbock,Jan.15.

JIM PORTER ’50; Lubbock, March 1.

VIVIAN SOFIJA SPEAR, first-year pre-physician assistant student; Austin, Nov. 4.

THOMAS B “TOM” MOORE ’73; Lubbock, March 31. Survived by wife, CARLA HOWARD MOORE ’73.

KENNETH EDWARD MOOTER ’59; Dallas, April 9.

Survived by wife, Linda Bogan Mooter.

RUBY EDNA STEWART POWER ’44,’57, taught math at Texas Tech; Lubbock, Feb. 4.

ROBERT WENDALL “BOB” RAWLS ’60; Lubbock, March 3. Survived by wife, GLENDA KAY HARRIS RAWLS ’62.

BOB “BOBBY” S. REYNOLDS ’64, ’70; Brownfield, Texas, Jan. 22. Survived by wife, Billie Reynolds.

MELINDA “LINDY” STAFFORD ’81. Matador, Texas, Dec. 6.

RICHARD WADE STAFFORD ’62; Dallas, Jan. 11.

JERRY EDWARD STAIR ’85; Houston, Jan. 26.

Survived by wife, Nova Stair.

CHRISTOPHER RAY VARDY ’94; Fort Worth, Texas, Feb. 11. Survived by wife, TAMARA NEFF VARDY, ED.D. ’94.

COL. RAUL G. VILLARONGA (U.S. Army Ret.) ’73; first Puerto Rican mayor of a Texas city, Killeen (three terms). His 25-year military career included two tours of Vietnam, instructor at U.S. Quartermaster School, battalion commander in Germany, deputy commander of 13th Supply Command in Killeen; Killeen, Texas, March 20. Survived by wife, Julia Bush Villaronga.

RICHARD WAYNE “DICK” WALSH, ED.D. ’81; Lubbock, Jan. 13. Survived by wife, Deanna R. “DeDe” Kriegshauser Walsh.

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ALUMNI NEWS FREDERIC JOHN “FRED” WEHMEYER, retired after 29 years of service in 1990 as Texas Tech University vice president of physical support and plant services; Austin, Texas, March 7. Survived by wife, Joyce Adaire Gossett Wehmeyer.

FRANK M. WHITE IV ’84; Huntsville, Alabama, Dec. 15. Survived by wife, Karen Shelton White.

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HUBERT THOMAS “T” WILKINS IV ’01; Lubbock, March 23.

VICKI O’HAIR WILSON ’76; Bonita Springs, Florida, April 6. Survived by husband, Thomas E. Wilson.

NEISHA ZAHN YANNONE ’90; St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Feb. 15. She, her husband, Daniel Yannone, and their son, Tyler. died in a helicopter crash.

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The moon rising over the Llano River near Mason.

This is where the Llano River runs through the property of the artist and Tech alum Bill Worrell, who recently passed away. I shot this a couple years ago while I was still a student in Jerod Foster’s Junction Photography Class. I am a freelance photographer, photojournalist and I teach as an adjunct in the College of Media & Communication. I am drawn to photographing and telling stories of people and their environments — how they interact with the world around them and how that world reacts to them. Photos like this might seem abstract, but there is a person wrapped up in this landscape. Bill loved the land around his home he called New Art. He preserved it and shared it with as many people as he could. While Bill is gone, this strip of river and land will always feel his presence. I think it is a privilege, as a photographer, to be allowed inside someone’s life to see these stories.

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