Texas Techsan - Fall 2023

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THE COASTAL CHAMPION BORN TO BANK THE TALE OF TWO HATMAKERS FAITH, FORTITUDE AND A FEW OTHER THINGS TEXAS TECH AND THE STATE FAIR

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THE COASTAL CHAMPION

Bobby Champion promotes Texas seafood through his position at the Texas Department of Agriculture.

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BORN TO BANK

At 95, Elwood Freeman, Lamesa National Bank president, has no plans to retire, even after three-quarters of a century in Texas banking.

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THE TALE OF TWO HATMAKERS

Jared Coffelt, in Lubbock, and Cameron Morris, in Waco, create works of art via custom hats.

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FAITH, FORTITUDE AND A FEW OTHER THINGS

Sam Schrade, founder and owner of DNA Studios, Humble, Texas, journeyed more than 9,000 miles to get to the Lone Star State.

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TEXAS TECH AND THE STATE FAIR

Big Tex towers over the Hall of State in Dallas, where an exhibit featuring Texas Tech’s centennial celebration will be housed.

DEPARTMENTS

THINKING BIG AND BOLD 6

THROUGH THE ARCHES 8

GOWN + TOWN 42

RETROSPECT 44

ASSOCIATION NEWS 48

ALUMNI NEWS 54

PARTING SHOT 72

The first time I visited Lubbock in 2003 and toured Texas Tech University’s campus I absolutely fell in love. I knew I had found my place and my heart just knew I was meant to be there. There is just something about being in West Texas that soothes my soul. Twenty years after that first visit to my future alma mater and seeing the South Plains Sweethearts featured in the 2023 Summer Edition of the Texas Techsan was such an honor! Having our mission published and to be able to support South Plains Ag kids has made my heart so full! Thank you for sharing our story. I am eternally grateful.

TADDY ZEALBERG-BEUKE ’17 President & Co-founder South Plains Sweethearts

MAGAZINE STAFF

Publisher, Curt Langford ’90,’97

Editor, Jean Ann Bowman Cantore ’84,’87

Associate Editor, Jennifer Bell Ritz ’94,’95

Intern, Layne Burnett ’25

DESIGN

Amanda Sneed ’07

Reace Killebrew ’21

Hartsfield Design, Lubbock, Texas

ADVERTISING

Kristina W. Butler ’04,’18, Vice President for Marketing

Texas Tech Alumni Association

17th & University/P.O. Box 45001

Lubbock, Texas 79409

Phone: (806) 742-3641

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ALUMNI ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE BOARD

Nathan P. Nash ’05, Dallas (Chair)

Heath Cheek ’03, Dallas (TTAA Centennial Committee Chair)

Staci Hix-Hernandez, M.D. ’99, ’03, Georgetown, Dallas (Past Chair)

Morris E. Wilkes ’75, Lubbock (Chair Elect)

Kevin Nelson ’92, ’96, Amarillo

(Endowment Trust Board & Alumni Finance Chair)

David Y. Low ’87, ’03, Lubbock (CFO)

Curt Langford ’90, ’97, Lubbock (President & CEO)

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Isaac Albarado ’04, ’11, Austin

Liz Bates ’90, San Angelo

Jon Mark Bernal ’99, ’03, Lubbock

Adam Cathey ’05, Southlake

Chris Chapman ’94, Irving

Missi Currier, Ph.D. ’08, ’09, ’16, Carlsbad, New Mexico

Gary Dixon ’72, Centennial Park, Colorado

Scott Dueser ’75, Abilene

Case Fell ’07, Austin

Mark Fewin ’82, Dallas

Ryan Henry ’94, Lubbock

Travis Isom ’10, ’13, Lubbock

Chris Jones ’68, ’74, Lubbock

Robbye Kirkpatrick ’98, Lakeway

David Ladewig ’10, Houston

Katie Marshall ’96, ’98, Austin

Julie Meyer ’83, Granbury

Amanda O’Connor ’03, Abilene

Jennifer Perez-Stewart ’12, San Antonio

Janie Landin Ramirez ’72, Ransom Canyon

Rhonda L. Rhodes ’88, Englewood, Colorado

Chris Richards ’02, Lubbock

Paul Tarwater ’87, Houston

Shawna Tankersley ’87, Tyler

Russell Thomasson ’98, Lubbock

Chance Turner ’08, Dallas

Russell Webb ’91, Flower Mound

Tyler Young ’06, ’11, Lubbock

Kate Zaykowski ’09, Austin

EX-OFFICIO & SPECIAL POSITIONS

Kristina Butts ’01, ’04, Vice Chancellor, Legislative Affairs, Ex-Officio

Jaret Greaser ’99, Lubbock Secretary & Legal Counsel

Carey Hobbs ’58, Waco, Athletic Council Representative

Byron Kennedy ’04, ’07, ’07, TTU Institutional

Advancement Representative, Ex-Officio

Patrick Kramer, Lubbock, TTUS Institutional

Advancement Representative, Ex-Officio

Peggy Adcox Maxwell ’76, Academic Recruiting, Ex-Officio

Emma Reeves ’25, Student Alumni Board President, Clear Lake

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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TEXAS TECH TUF

ON NOV. 7, DURING THIS CENTENNIAL YEAR, our alumni, friends and supporters will have the opportunity to vote for Texas Proposition 5, which will transform future funding for Texas Tech. Proposition 5 is the constitutional amendment relating to the Texas University Fund, which provides funding to certain institutions of higher education to achieve national prominence as major research universities and drive the state economy.

On the heels of Texas Tech Day at the Capitol and the continued advocacy for increased investment in higher education, the Texas Legislature voted in May to create a $3.9 billion endowment for research at flagship universities including Texas Tech, Texas State, University of North Texas and the University of Houston. This legislation also provides for a recurring revenue stream into the endowment each year.

The newly proposed Texas University Fund (TUF) is expected to disburse approximately $40 million annually to Texas Tech to bring more federally funded and private research to the university. While the constitutionally protected endowment has passed both houses of the Texas Legislature, it now requires a statewide vote in November as a constitutional amendment. A “yes” vote by our fellow alumni, friends and supporters in Texas is vital.

The TUF is being created by rolling-in the National Research University Fund (NRUF), which Texas lawmakers approved in 2009 to boost the status of emerging research universities. The NRUF initially had the goal of helping universities establish Tier 1 research status with high quality graduate programs and more than $100 million in research. It will now be a part of the bigger TUF.

Though smaller than the Permanent University Fund (PUF), which provides support to UT and Texas A&M, the TUF represents a major investment that will substantially benefit Texas Tech.

Additional research funding for Texas Tech will allow the university to attract the best and brightest students and professors, and the research that will be done will benefit generations of Texans.

Thanks to State Senator Charles Perry, State Representatives Dustin Burrows and Carl Tepper and many other State lawmakers, along with the Texas Tech Administration, for securing this transformational funding for Texas Tech University going forward.

As part of the process, I’m proud of the TTAA and more than 300 alumni who provided a strong presence for Texas Tech at the State Capitol in Austin, last spring. The TUF initiative is the result of thinking big and bold into our second century. Now, our alumni, friends and supporters in Texas must finish the job by voting “yes” for the Proposition 5 amendment on Nov. 7.

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EVER-CHANGING BIG 12

CONFERENCE REALIGNMENTS CONTINUE while Texas Tech still stands alone in West Texas within an expanded league, renewing Big 12 ties with the University of Colorado and former Border Conference neighbor University of Arizona. Once the furthest outpost out west, Lubbock is now the closest of the five western campuses in the conference. With the four corner additions, including Arizona State University and the University of Utah, the Big 12 has become the landing spot for a dissolving Pac 12.

Red Raiders have a commanding 26-5-2 record over the Arizona Wildcats, with most contests occurring in the Border Conference prior to disbanding in 1962. In 1958, Tech earned its way into the Southwest Conference and remained there until its end in 1996. That year, Texas Tech joined the Big 12.

Not long ago, many were seriously concerned about the future of the Big 12 and Texas Tech’s position in the then “power five” conference landscape. For whatever reasons, the Pac 12 commissioner George Kliavkoff announced they were “not interested in expanding at this time,” apparently unaware of USC and UCLA’s intentions to leave the league. This change prompted Big 12 athletic directors and presidents to circle the wagons and fortify with four new member schools and television markets. They also held the University of Oklahoma and University of Texas accountable in exit fees.

A combined $100 million exit fee, the hiring of Brett Yormark as Big 12 Commissioner and a preemptive television contract renewal for the Big 12 flipped the script with the Pac 12 that was ultimately unable to stabilize its future as we knew it.

During the Red Raider Club Kickoff Luncheon in August, Yormark credited President Lawrence Schovanec for hiring him and helping to stabilize the conference. Schovanec served as chair of the Big 12 Presidents at the time.

The TUF initiative is the result of thinking big and bold into our second century. Now, our alumni in Texas must finish the job by voting “yes” for this amendment on Nov. 7.

As one with friendships with alumni colleagues throughout the country, I’m sympathetic with and disheartened for schools left out of recent realignments. Long-standing regional rivalries are discarded in favor of cross-country travel that will be even more stressful on student athletes. Football teams will continue charter flights, but the Olympic sports athletes will suffer, flying commercial and missing more time in the classroom. These new realities are part of the network-driven business of college sports.

With growing conference inequity, the transfer portal Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) and no standard governance from stateto-state, one wonders about the credibility and sustainability of college athletics. However, the most affluent fans continue to foot the bill with massive facility investments and fundraising to pay players to wear a preferred jersey.

We’re fortunate to have President Schovanec’s leadership during these tumultuous years of conference survival. He and Athletic Director Kirby Hocutt have played critical roles in changing the narrative leading to a viable football conference that many feel will be unparalleled in basketball, with potential additions to come.

THE FALL CENTENNIAL AHEAD

WE’RE ENTERING THE FINAL STRETCH of our 100th year with exhibits at the Texas Tech Museum all fall and the Texas State Fair in Dallas Sept. 29 - Oct. 24, the centennial game vs. TCU Nov. 2 and the official closing of our year-long celebration during the Carol of Lights™ on Dec 2. It’s been an exciting and eventful year already, with more to come. We hope you will plan to enjoy these historic centennial experiences with fellow alumni, family and friends. When on campus, don’t forget to stop by the McKenzie-Merket Alumni Center, as you’re welcome anytime.

Striving for Honor,

Curt Langford ’90,’97 President & CEO Texas Tech Alumni Association

TTAA HONORED TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY STAFF MEMBERS FOR EXCELLENCE AT THE ANNUAL TOP TECHSAN LUNCHEON. This year’s honorees were BRUCE BILLS, head cheer, STUNT and mascot coach, Texas Tech Spirit Program; STACY STOCKARD CALIVA, associate director of marketing and communications, Texas Tech Office of Advancement; CARI MOYE , principal, TTU K-12 and MEGHAN ROGERS , attorney for students, Student Legal Service. Honorees were nominated by fellow faculty, students or staff.

TTAA also recognized the 2023 New Faculty Award recipients at the annual luncheon: ERIN HUNT , Huckabee College of Architecture; LISA LIMERI, Ph.D. , Department of Biological Sciences; JASON HEADRICK, Ph.D., Department of Agricultural Education & Communications; GINA CHILDERS, Ph.D., Department of Education Administration; CYNTHIA MILLER, Ph.D., College of Human Sciences; ERIC STOKLOSSA, P h .D. , School of Music; QUINTON DWIGHT MCDONALD , School of Law and CHRISTINE NITTROUER, P h .D. , Rawls College of Business.

STEELEY SMITH WAS NAMED STUDENT REGENT FOR THE TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEM BOARD OF REGENTS. Appointed by Gov. Greg Abbott, Smith will serve in this position for the 2023-24 school year.

Smith is from Mason, Texas, and a graduate of Mason High School. She is currently pursuing a master’s degree in agribusiness from the Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics in the Texas Tech University Davis College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources. She earned a bachelor’s degree in agricultural communications from the Davis College in 2021 and received a master’s degree in media and mass communications from the Texas Tech University College of Media & Communication in 2022. Her first Board of Regents meeting took place Aug. 10-11 at the Texas Tech University System Building in Lubbock. She follows Hani Michael Annabi of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, who was appointed in 2022.

STACIA HAYNIE, PHD., WAS NAMED THE SOLE FINALIST FOR MIDWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT. Midwestern became part of TTUS Sept. 1, 2021. Haynie has 33 years of experience at Louisiana State University as an administrator and professor and is an alumna of Midwestern State University. She was unanimously approved finalist by the Texas Tech University System Board of Regents on June 20 and is set to become the 13th president of the university. Haynie’s extensive background and leadership service includes recently serving as executive vice president and provost and chief academic officer, dean of the College of Humanities & Social Sciences, vice provost for academics & planning, and associate and interim dean of the Graduate School and Department Chair, all while serving as a professor teaching judicial policies, constitutional law, comparative judicial behavior and American politics as the J.W. Annison Jr. Family Alumni Professor.

Haynie, originally from Henrietta, Texas, earned a bachelor’s degree in theater in 1981 and a master’s degree in political science in 1986 from Midwestern University. She received her doctorate in political science in 1990 from the University of North Texas.

IN MAY, INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR, A LEADING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS PUBLISHER, RECOGNIZED THE TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEM WITH THE ENDOWMENT OF THE YEAR AWARD AT THE 20TH ANNUAL HEDGE FUND INDUSTRY AWARDS PRESENTED AT THE MANDARIN ORIENTAL IN NEW YORK CITY. The TTU System endowment is currently valued at approximately $1.7 billion and was ranked in the top 15% of the 700plus higher education institutions reported in the 2022 National Association of College and University Business Officers Endowment Study (NACUBO). The TTU System LTIF had a 6.93% five-year return along with a 7.32% 10-year return in 2022. Since the establishment of the LTIF in 1996, a total of $803 million has been distributed to the TTU System institutions. For more information on the Texas Tech Office of Investments, please scan the QR code.

ADMINISTRATORS FROM TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY, THE TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEM, LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS AND CONSTRUCTION TEAM PROJECT MANAGERS ALL TOOK PART IN A “TOPPING OUT” CEREMONY MAY 18 FOR THE ACADEMIC SCIENCES BUILDING ON CAMPUS. The facility is a three-story, 131,000-square-foot structure that will serve as the new home for five departments within the College of Arts & Sciences: Biological Sciences, Chemistry & Biochemistry, Geosciences, Physics & Astronomy and Psychological Sciences

Budgeted at $112.5 million, the Academic Sciences Building was partially funded by a $12.5 million appropriation approved by the Texas Legislature during the 87th Legislative Session, as well as Higher Education funding. A groundbreaking ceremony was held Dec. 15, 2021. The project is scheduled to be completed by early summer 2024.

The building will contain hands-on active learning classrooms, student collaboration spaces, first-class teaching and computer laboratories, faculty offices and research facilities to help address the issue of outdated teaching labs and fulfill unmet research space needs.

The new structure will be consistent with the Spanish Renaissance aesthetic of most of the buildings on the Texas Tech campus. Building materials include Mission Blend brick, cast stone details and terracotta tiled roofing. Among planned external features will be a pedestrian walkway and a courtyard east of the building.

THE NATIONAL RANCHING HERITAGE CENTER WILL BE DRESSED IN ALL ITS HOLIDAY FINERY FOR THE 44TH ANNUAL CANDLELIGHT AT THE RANCH. Join the tradition on Friday, Dec. 8, and Saturday, Dec. 9, from 6:30 – 9 p.m. at the National Ranching Heritage Center in Lubbock. The event is FREE (suggested donation of $5) and does not require a ticket. Holiday scenes will be recreated in 15 historic structures such as the 1838 El Capote Log Cabin, 1886 XIT Ranch headquarters, 1888 Matador Half-Dugout and 1909 Queen-Anne style Barton House. The lighted pathways are wheelchair and stroller accessible as visitors pass cowboys camped out near their horses and brewing coffee over a campfire.

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TECH HAS 18 RED RAIDERS ON THE SHRINE BOWL 1,000 LIST, which lists the top candidates to possibly appear in the nation’s oldest college football all-star game. Texas Tech was tied with Oklahoma for the most total selections among Big 12 Conference schools as the 18 Red Raiders recognized on the list ranked tied for fourth nationally alongside Florida State, Michigan, Tennessee and the Sooners. Auburn led the FBS with 23 candidates followed by both Oregon and Washington with 19 each.

2023-24 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

TEXAS TECH SOPHOMORE GOLFER SHANNON TAN rolled in a birdie on the 18th hole July 8, to claim the biggest title of her still young career — the Ladies Masters in her native Singapore. Tan, playing as an amateur against a field filled with professionals, signed for a 6-under-par 66 final round to conclude the three-day, 54-hole event at 10-under 206, one stroke better than Ji Yuai, who missed her own chance at birdie on the 18th to tie and force a playoff.

In the process, Tan became the first Singaporean golfer to win an international golf tournament since Mardan Mamat claimed the Singapore Masters in 2006, which was also held at Laguna National, the site of this weekend’s tournament. She is the second Singaporean to win on the Chinese Ladies Professional Golf Tour (CLPGA), joining Amanda Tan, who captured the 2017 Beijing Heritage event.

Tan’s success on the international stage matched her impact as only a freshman this season as she helped lead the Red Raiders to the NCAA Championships for the fourth time in program history. Tan was Texas Tech’s highest-finisher at the NCAA Pullman Regional after finishing 13-under for the week and in a tie for fourth overall.

2023-24 VOLLEYBALL SCHEDULE

TO SEE THE LIST OF PLAYERS SELECTED, SCAN QR CODE

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TEXAS TECH ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS

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Tyler Shough

Shannon Tan

TEXAS TECH RELEASED RENDERINGS OF ITS ONGOING SOUTH END ZONE AND DUSTIN R.

CENTER PROJECT, WHICH REPRESENTS THE LARGEST FACILITY INVESTMENT IN THE ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT’S HISTORY. The new renderings display more of the interior design of the project, which began in December 2022 and is considered the largest contiguous football facility in the country. With a total estimated cost of $220 million, Texas Tech continues to raise funds for the project with a goal of $100 million, of which $87 million is already committed.

The impact of this project will revitalize the south end zone of Jones AT&T Stadium, reshaping the future of Red Raider Football with a modernized entrance on gameday as well as new fan amenities. Most importantly, it will provide the Red Raiders more than 300,000 combined square feet of space for important player development areas such as the Scovell Family Locker Room, an expanded strength and conditioning weight room and a multi-purpose walkthrough room. Many of these interior areas are displayed in the newest renderings, notably the loge boxes and gameday suite options for the south end zone as well as the multi-purpose walkthrough area and locker room. As part of the initial project plans, the walkthrough area will have a digital screen running across one wall where Head Coach Joey McGuire and his staff can emulate a certain formation from an opposing team and have the Red Raiders react to it as in a game. Texas Tech’s continued upgrades to Jones AT&T Stadium match similar investments into its athletics facilities across campus. In recent years, Texas Tech has opened the $48 million Sports Performance Center (indoor football and track and field), the $32 million Dustin R. Womble Basketball Center and the Cash Family Sports Nutrition Center.

WOMBLE FOOTBALL

SPORTS PERFORMANCE CENTER

DUSTIN R. WOMBLE BASKETBALL CENTER CASH FAMILY SPORTS NUTRITION CENTER

Champion Coastal

Unlike the dry winds and row crop agriculture of West Texas, these coastal communities thrive on a different type of commodity — shrimp, oysters, fin fish and blue crabs, just to name a few.

For Bobby Champion Jr., a 1993 Texas Tech University alumnus, serving Texas coastal producers has always been a mission close to home. Originally from Brownsville, Texas, a small city less than an hour from South Padre Island, Champion considers his work a chance to connect and serve the communities he grew up in.

“The coast has a special place in my heart,” Champion says.“Being from the Rio Grande Valley and growing up near these coastal communities is simply part of my DNA.”

Champion works for the Texas Department of Agriculture under Commissioner Sid Miller as a State marketing coordinator where his primary responsibility is marketing and promoting Texas Gulf Seafood. Like his grandfather and father before him, Champion has worked for the department of agriculture almost all his career, serving for 22 years in various positions.

“TDA has literally been part of my life for as long as I can remember,” Champion says.“Both of my role models, my grandfather and dad, worked for the department for years, making me a third generation TDA employee.”

Earning the clever nickname “The Coastal Champ” from some of his friends, Champion has dedicated

himself to the promotion of Texas Gulf Seafood and has cultivated strong relationships with his coastal partners.

“For me, this is more than a job because I have an opportunity to give back,” Champion says. “I know and work with people across our great state, and it’s my responsibility and duty, not only to TDA, but to my family to deliver the best product I can. I owe that to the stakeholders I am lucky enough to represent.”

His most recent work with the department has focused on the CARES ACT Fisheries Disaster Grant. The goal of the award was to unite various seafood sectors by collectively expanding their consumer marketing, outreach, and education platforms. Awarded through Texas Parks & Wildlife, the grant allocated $1.6 million to help increase awareness and marketing efforts for Texas Gulf Shrimp, Oysters, Blue Crabs & Finfish.

Champion and his TDA co-workers spent seven months creating, developing and implementing a comprehensive ‘Fresh Outta Texas’ campaign for Texas Gulf Seafood. The campaign included print, digital and social media promotional materials that boasted more than 138 million impressions nationwide.

“[This grant] was a great way to teach people about Texas seafood,” Champion says with a smile. “We’re always going to have a good time educating consumers and getting the word out about all the great things that

BY LINDSAY DUBE PHOTOS BY CHASE FOUNTAIN

The salty humid air of the Rio Grande Valley is a familiar friend for all South Texans. The almost never-ending warm climate and coastal breeze blowing from the Gulf of Mexico have created fertile soil and vibrant marine life.

come from our Gulf Coast. Everything we need is right here in our backyards and we want to promote our hard-working fishermen and producers who deliver it every day.”

Champion says the ‘Fresh Outta Texas’ campaign’s biggest impact was its ability to reach millions of consumers and provide vital awareness and education about the Texas seafood industry.

“From being sustainably caught and packaged to finding it at your favorite seafood restaurant, this campaign offered something for everyone,” Champion says. “It also helped bring our coastal stakeholders together to solve and address real time problems and share in universal successes.”

Earlier this summer, the campaign won the award for Marketing Excellence at the 2023 North American Agricultural Marketing Officials Annual Conference in Reno, Nevada. Projects were submitted from all over the country and judged by fellow industry professionals. Ultimately only three campaigns became finalists and ‘Fresh Outta Texas’ was selected to win the prestigious award.

“Anytime that you buy our products, you’re supporting our coastal stakeholders, coastal businesses and helping the state’s economy, so for us there’s no other choice — It’s truly Texans supporting Texans.”

“It’s both gratifying and humbling to be recognized by your peers,” Champion says. “[This campaign] was lots of hard work but it was work I would do over again because it helped our seafood partners. Winning the award in Reno was a nice cherry on top for the effort that we put forth to promote Texas Gulf seafood.”

Reflecting on the work he has completed over the last several months and his mission of awareness and marketing, Champion encourages all Texans to buy local and support our Texas coastal producers whenever they can.

“We want to make sure that people know Texas seafood is a wonderful product,” Champion says. “Anytime that you buy local seafood, you’re supporting our coastal stakeholders, creating jobs and adding value to our state’s economy, so for us there’s no other choice — it’s truly Texans supporting Texans.”

To learn more about where you can find fresh Texas Gulf Seafood and to discover delicious recipes, visit txgulfseafood.com.

Bobby Champion (left) and Carol Huntsberger (right), owner of Quality

STILL TIME TO LOG VOLUNTEER HOURS !

The effort to amass 1 million volunteer hours in honor of the Texas Tech Centennial Celebration is ongoing throughout 2023. At press time, almost 600,000 hours have been logged. Hours for any type of volunteering will work; they do not have to be affiliated with Texas Tech. As often as you’d like, log on to 100. ttu.edu/volunteer and submit your hours to help Texas Tech reach its 1-million-hour goal. You can also record hours on behalf of a group or organization. The entire process takes less than one minute.

100 IMPACTFUL MOMENTS

What are the events that helped make Texas Tech what it is today? For a deep dive, study the 100 Impactful Moments page online (see QR code). Read about the traditions, history, student life, athletics, academics, trailblazers and more that make up our rich Red Raider history.

HISTORIC IMAGES ON THIS PAGE COURTESY OF THE SOUTHWEST COLLECTION/SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARY

February 10, 1923: Texas Tech Created with Signing of SB 103

The “Riding into the Sunset” statue — of Will Rogers and his horse, Soapsuds — was dedicated on February 16, 1950 by longtime friend of Rogers, Amon G. Carter.

Bank Born to

Life in the 1930s and 1940s United States was not easy. In fact, things often were flat-out bleak. Many people faced serious money issues after the stock market fell in 1929, leading to the 1930s Great Depression. The Dust Bowl rendered some areas of the country unsuitable to farm — or even inhabit. Finally, the United States’ entry into World War II in 1941 further challenged the country.

Born in Stonewall County, Texas, in 1928, Elwood Freeman lived through some of those significant events. He and his older brother, Harlen, grew up in Aspermont, where they studied hard in school and worked hard on their dad’s farm. They were known in the community as fine young men with strong work ethics.

One day, the town banker approached the Freeman boys’ father, asking if he planned to send his sons to college. Harlen already was attending Tarleton State. Elwood had just finished high school, and the banker offered Elwood a job. The idea of working in a bank had never occurred to him.

By Jean Ann Cantore

At age 95, Elwood Freeman leads Lamesa National Bank as its president.

JEAN ANN CANTORE

“I was 16 years old when I started working at the First National Bank of Aspermont,” he says.“I swept floors and did many different jobs there until they let me do basic bookkeeping. After that, I knew pretty quickly then that I wanted to be a banker.”

Freeman soon followed his older brother to Tarleton State, using his wages from the bank to pay his way. He returned to Aspermont to work at the bank during the next two summers.

“My third summer, the Aspermont bank did not need me to work there, but the First National Bank of Rotan did,” he says.“So, I spent the next three years or so working in Rotan.”

Never one to shy away from hard work, Freeman often had part-time jobs in addition to his main one. According to the July 30, 1950, edition of the Abilene Reporter-News, during his time in Rotan, Freeman found an interesting sideline gig that couldn’t have been more different from banking.

He met a young man named Charles Shytles, who had just purchased the McCaulley Telephone Exchange in the tiny community of the same name, about 22 miles southeast of Rotan. Shytles had begun his career with the telephone business with Southwestern Bell in Fort Worth.

The two gentlemen shared an apartment and worked full-time at their daytime jobs. After hours and on weekends, Freeman helped Shytles update the system from its original 1905 model to a full-fledged current exchange for the McCaulley citizens. Their work often involved scaling telephone poles, initially a scary prospect for Freeman. However, he quickly overcame that fear.

Shytles offered Freeman a chance to become a partner in the exchange, which he did.

Freeman and fellow bankers who are also Texas Tech grads pose for an ad on the back cover of the October 1965 Texas Techsan.

The Korean War began in 1950, and Uncle Sam called up Freeman into military service in 1951. The next two years would be the only time during his career he was not involved in banking.

West Texan Freeman was sent to Sapporo, on the island of Hokkaido, Japan, serving in the 13th Signal Company of the First Cavalry Division, United States Army.

“I have a story about the No. 13,” he says, after stating the name of his unit. “I was drafted on the Friday the 13th, April 1951, at Abilene, Texas,” he says. “There were 13 draftees who took the bus from Abilene to Fort Sill, Oklahoma, on the 13th. I got my orders for Japan on the 13th. Finally, after my duty, I sailed for home from Yokohama on Feb. 13, 1953.”

Sapporo was where the 1972 Winter Olympics were held.

“Japan is a strange country weather-wise,” he says.“Where I was stationed, it seemed it never stopped snowing. We had drifts as tall as my office desk. Yet, you could go on the mainland to Tokyo, and it was all green. It was as different as if you went from Maine to Florida in the winter.”

Asia was a far cry from West Texas, but Freeman said his military service there was “good duty.” Because it wasn’t occupational duty (in a warzone), his job was to help the U.S. Government. His background in telephones helped prepare him for the signal corps and military communications work.

After fulfilling his military obligation, Freeman was ready to restart his banking career. He returned to Aspermont and to the bank he’d left several years before his deployment. Life was good. The year was 1953.

In May 1955, he tied the knot with Rotan native Reva Jo Watson, who had attended Texas Tech. One year later, they added the first of their four children, daughter Leigh, to their family.

Freeman knew that he needed more education to excel in the banking world. Fortunately, he had the GI Bill. With his wife in

agreement, he moved his family to Lubbock so he could complete college at Texas Technological College.

“We enjoyed living in Lubbock,” he says. “We lived in Modern Manors, a new housing development on about 46th Street and Boston Avenue. I just drove down Boston to go to class.

“My favorite professor was Robert Rouse, a finance professor who became a good friend of mine,” Freeman says. “He was an excellent instructor.”

The career banker and military veteran graduated from Texas Tech in 1957 with a bachelor’s degree in finance.

“While in college in Lubbock, I had a great job with First National Bank of Lubbock,” he says.“In fact, that job was the reason I remained in Lubbock for the next 10 years after graduation.”

More than 50 years ago, when the position of president of the Lamesa National Bank became open, Freeman decided he was up for the challenge.

“I asked the people hiring for the position if they would consider someone like me for the position,” he says. “Well, they did.”

It didn’t take long for the couple and their children, Leigh, Kathy, Laurie and Jim, to become an integral part of the Lamesa community. Elwood coached his kids’ sports teams, was active in civic organizations and served as president of the Lamesa Chamber of Commerce. Reva also participated in civic groups and was active in their children’s schools.

“Being involved in the community is a big part of banking,” he says.“You have to be friendly and get to know the people you serve.”

During all these years, the couple has remained close to their alma mater in Lubbock. Freeman says they have season’s tickets to football games, which they most often share with others these days. In addition, he has served as president of the Texas Tech Alumni Association Lamesa Chapter and been a loyal association member for many years.

Lamesa National Bank

Outgoing TTAA Lamesa Chapter president Elwood Freeman, far right, poses with chapter leaders. Photo from June 1972 Texas Techsan.

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Freeman has been at the helm of the Lamesa bank for more than 50 years and has worked in the Texas banking industry for a total of 75 years.

His bank held a surprise reception in May to celebrate Freeman’s 75 years in banking. The event was a success with many customers and friends in attendance. The bank president also was recognized with an article in Banker’s Digest magazine.

When asked if, at age 95, he has any retirement plans, Freeman chuckles a little and says,“I don’t know what I’d do if I didn’t work. It’s what I do.”

This modest man has no plans whatsoever to retire.

So, dressed in business attire, complete with a smartly starched white shirt and classy tie, he’ll continue to drive his old silver pickup truck to work every day, ready to handle whatever challenges arise in the world of banking and finance.

Most of all, he’ll just be glad to greet and assist people who come to the bank.

You know they’ll be glad to see him.

“I don’t know what I’d do if I didn’t work. It’s what I do.”

Right, top and bottom: Freeman greets guests at a surprise reception honoring him for 75 years in banking.

Freeman poses at the reception with, left, Bryan Nowlin, his grandson and bank vice president, and center, Libby Clark, vice president of member relations for Texas Bankers Association.

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We had been hearing amazing things about two men who own their own hat shops. Jared Coffelt owns Flint Custom Hats in Lubbock while Cameron Morris owns Standard Hat Works in Waco. Both hat shops have long histories, and both men have become very accomplished in their craft.

ILLUSTRATIONS BY REACE KILLEBREW

BY LAYNE BURNETT PHOTOS BY TRACE THOMAS

Looking through the Daily Toreador one day as a college student, Jared Coffelt noticed an ad looking for part-time help at a local hat shop. He applied and was hired. Jared’s thinking at the time was that the college gig would be a fun and interesting job, but also temporary. He never imagined he would one day own Flint Boot and Hat Shop.

Jared, who grew up in Canyon, Texas, graduated from high school in 2005 then moved to Lubbock to pursue a dual degree in general business and agriculture and applied economics at Texas Tech. It was between his sophomore and junior years that he began working at Flint Custom Hats.

Growing up in an agricultural-based community and having a family friend who owned a boot shop, Jared was originally drawn to Flint Custom Hats by a sense of familiarity the shop offered. However, once he began working, he developed a true passion for the craft that caught the attention of the owner and manager.

“Once they noticed that I really had a passion for it, then both of them together would start teaching me more and more stuff that they don’t always teach all the part-timers,” Jared said.

After years of working for the hat shop, which offers straw and custom felt hats, during his undergraduate and graduate studies at Texas Tech, the opportunity arose for Jared to purchase and take over the business.

“I started working in the boot shop, (and) they started teaching me a bunch of stuff in the hat shop as we went along,” Jared said. “Probably by like ’09, I was pretty much building all the hats, kind of running the hat shop portion. And then in September of 2011, after I finished my master’s, I took over the entire business.”

From that moment forward, it was up to Jared to ensure Flint Custom Hats lived up to its tradition of serving the Lubbock community with quality custom hats, while also making the long-standing business his own.

Along for the ride was Jared’s wife, Kesli, whom he had met through a mutual friend while completing his master’s degree in agribusiness. Kesli was also in a graduate program at Tech after completing her undergraduate degree at Texas Christian University.

In addition to straw and handmade felt hats, Flint Custom Hats also offers hat, shoe and leather repairs.

Since Jared took over ownership, Flint Custom Hats has added a new showroom to their store and has built more hats for customers every year.

“When we go to some trade shows and stuff, you just start to hear about people who have heard about us from all over the country,” Jared said,“or they know somebody who we built a hat for and then they want to come get a hat built.”

Today, Jared and Kesli are parents to an eight-year-old daughter, Rylee, and five-year-old son, Hadley, who both enjoy lending their dad a helping hand. Kesli also contributes to Flint Custom Hats, when she’s not busy working as an occupational therapist, by designing the showroom and keeping the business’ website and social media up-to-date.

“She really has a mind for business and growth and expansion and stuff like that,” Jared said. “So, we have this constant kind of conversation…brainstorming sessions…where we ask, ‘How do we keep pushing the envelope and stay true to what we do at the same time?’”

While the business has seen much growth since 2011, one thing that has remained the same is the time and attention to detail poured into each hat.

“Take your time and do it right,” Jared said of his hat-making process. “Even if people are breathing down your neck about something being done now, don’t cut corners just to try to get something out the door.”

Although the shop has a few employees that help in the boot portion of the shop or by shaping and creasing nearly finished hats, it is Jared himself working every felt, from blocking to plating to sanding.

“You want people to know, not necessarily the person wearing the hat, but people who look at that person, to know that it’s handmade — it’s different,” Jared said. “It’s different than a hat that you just buy at the store.”

Customers at Flint Custom Hats have options for the color, felt quality, hat band, sweat band, trim, shape and dimensions of their hat.

“We try to build up some display hats and stock hats,” Jared said. “But those custom ones are always the most fun to go through all the little details and then to be able to present that final product.”

Collaborating with customers to create their dream hats requires excellent interpersonal skills, which Jared attributes to his time at Texas Tech.

“I always tell people I’m kind of an overeducated hat maker with all my degrees,” Jared joked.“I spent most of my time in the ag college but being in the business college and doing courses all over, you’re really able to build a lot of relationships.

“You connect a lot of dots. For as big of a town and as big of a school as this is, those dots connect quite a bit.”

Having those and many other skills acquired during his time in college helped Jared take over the already established hat shop and turn it into the Flint Custom Hats it is today.

“The challenges are trying to not be stagnant, getting out of my comfort zone and continuing to build a business and a brand,” Jared said, “as opposed to just staying where I am and continuing to do it the way that we’ve always done it. You don’t take away from that, but you’ve also got to be as forward-thinking as you can.”

As a result of that forward-thinking mindset, Flint Custom Hats continues to flourish years after that unwittingly pivotal day Jared picked up the Daily Toreador. Today, Jared marvels at how he ended up owning his own successful small business.

“I never would’ve thought this is what I would do, but here we are.”

“We try to build up some display hats and stock hats. But those custom ones are always the most fun to go through all the little details and then to be able to present that final product.”

Before creating a custom hat, a hatmaker begins by taking measurements of the customer’s head, in order to build the hat to their exact head shape and size. Once measurements are taken, the hat-making process begins with a raw felt that has a vague hat shape and is still thick and fuzzy to the touch.

Next, the raw felt is put on a wooden hat block to shrink or stretch the felt to the general size and crown height. A machine called a crown iron is used to heat the felt and lock in its desired shape.

Following the blocking process, a plater machine is used to iron the brim completely flat. This creates a crisp break line where the hat’s brim and crown meet. Once plating is finished, the hat must “cure up,” or sit while it cools and dries.

After the felt has cured, hats are sanded to create a smooth, soft finish. Adding the sweat and hat bands and any trims to the hat is the next step. The sweat band is sewn in by hand. The final step is giving the hat its final shape by creasing it over a steamer.

BY LAYNE BURNETT

BY JENNIFER RITZ

BY SAM FRANKS

Cameron Morris ’03 has been in the business of building his entire adult life. Albeit where he started and where he is now are worlds apart, they’re connected by a string of creating something valuable that will last.

PHOTOS

Today, Morris owns Waco’s Standard Hat Works and creates some of the most remarkable custom hats on the market. As a young man in college, though, he went in a different direction, majoring in engineering technology.

“I enjoyed building custom homes and renovating old properties,” says Morris, who notes that he’s particularly adept at math, which helped him excel in his chosen field of study. “Then, once it got time to graduate and get a job, everyone was going the commercial (construction) route. So that’s what I did. And it’s a completely different world than what I was used to. But I’m glad I went through the engineering program…taught me how to problem solve.”

After graduating from Tech, Morris jumped into the construction industry in Houston. Tiring of big city life, he moved back to his home town of Waco, continuing his work in construction management.

“By 2013, I was just kind of over the whole industry and what I was doing for a living,” Cameron says. “I wasn’t happy with it and wanted a complete career change and was looking for anything that interested me. And I heard this place (Standard Hat Works) was closing down and so I decided to purchase it. I thought it’d be kind of a neat business to acquire, and it had been around for more than a hundred years.”

Intrigued, Morris took a leap of faith and purchased Standard Hat Works in June 2013 and taught himself the art of making hats.

“I got a quick little crash course in hat making one Saturday from the previous owner and that was pretty much my training,” he says.“So, a lot of my skills took years to develop. It’s like developing a recipe…you have to come up with your own ways and methods to create your hat.”

Standard Hat Works was founded in 1909 by a Hungarian immigrant named William Gross. The company has been sold multiple times, and Morris is the sixth owner.

When customers visit Standard Hat Works in Waco, they’re ushered into a 5,000-square-foot, windowed space brimming with a vast array of cowboy hats, both straw and felt. Owner Cameron Morris hustles between his hat production room and the front of the shop where customers wait to have their hats shaped by his able hands.

Morris says there’s only one source in the United States that makes felt bodies for independent hat makers and it’s a company out of Tennessee. Only the big hat companies like Hatco, the parent company of Resistol and Stetson, make their own bodies.

“So, in order to make your hat stand out, you have to have your own methods and ways of doing things to have the hat look a certain way structurally and aesthetically,” he explains. “And we had to spend years developing ours. It took me probably, I would say, probably five years before I could say,‘All right, this is how we’re going to do it every single time.’ I almost drove myself crazy trying to find that happy medium with doing certain techniques, because you’re dealing with fur, dealing with a natural product, and it’s not always consistent, and so you have to find a way to make it consistent. And so that was probably one of the biggest challenges. And on top of that, at the time there were no resources to help me. I looked all over the internet for YouTube videos and forums, and hat makers just don’t talk about their trade.”

While customers can walk into Standard Hat Works and find a ready-made hat, what sets Morris apart from big Western wear stores is their custom hats. Straw hats aren’t generally custom made. When someone says they have a custom cowboy hat, it’s usually felt. Felt is made from a combination of furs, generally rabbit, mink and beaver.

Morris has taken custom hats to a higher level by also offering handstitched designs. He has a number of hats already made, but he has in-house artists who can stitch designs requested by his customers. Custom

“SO, IN ORDER TO MAKE YOUR HAT STAND OUT, YOU HAVE TO HAVE YOUR OWN METHODS AND WAYS OF DOING THINGS TO HAVE THE HAT LOOK A CERTAIN WAY STRUCTURALLY AND AESTHETICALLY. AND WE HAD TO SPEND YEARS DEVELOPING OURS.“

Standard Hat Works was the location of “A Hatting Party” hosted by the TTAA Waco Chapter during the centennial tour across Texas. Morris poses with University President Lawrence Schovanec, for whom he built a custom hat.

CURT LANGFORD

In the first six or seven years after purchasing Standard Hat Works, Morris had one employee, Catherine, who stayed on from the previous owner. She and Ruby, a newer employee, handle all of the stitch and embroidery work. There were many days he found himself working 20-hour days to fulfill orders. Morris recalls: “I’d go home and eat a little bit and try to take a quick nap and then come back up here. And that happened for multiple years.”

hat orders also allow customers to pick out the hat liner, sweatband and hat band, all of which are sewn in by hand at the store.

Customers are not just from Waco, they come from all over.

“We have a bunch of people that travel to Waco just to get a hat from us, which is incredibly humbling,” Morris says. “We’ve had guys drive multiple times from Georgia. I’ve had people come down from Canada. Then, we started getting in with the Texas music scene several years ago and we started doing business with a lot of musicians.”

Add to that, the demographics of those who wear hats has changed dramatically.

“Five years ago, I couldn’t give a hat to a woman, they weren’t buying them,” Morris says.“And now it’s like 50% of our business, maybe more.”

Many of the men he makes hats for are also first-time hat wearers. Morris says they’re sometimes self-conscious, concerned the hat won’t look right.

“I encourage everybody to come in and get the full experience,” he says.“We do try to make it an experience when you come in here, where it’s not just coming in and buying a hat off the shelf.”

As his business started to grow, Morris says he began toying with the idea of opening a location in another state. After participating in pop-ups in Nashville around 2020 and subsequently spending several months there, he fell in love with Music City. In April 2022, he purchased a building, renovated it and will celebrate its opening this fall.

This new location offers hat lovers, old and new, the opportunity to purchase a one-of-a-kind hat from a Texas artisan without having to travel to Texas. Morris notes that, even though having a hat fitted in person is preferable, distance is not a barrier to purchasing one of his hats.

“We encourage people to come by to be fitted, and again, that’s why we’re opening our Nashville shop, so you can get that same experience out there,” he says. “But, we can do it any way. We’ve sold hats over email. We’ve sent them to Australia, we’ve sent them to Europe, we’ve sent them to South America — we’ve sent them all over the place.”

At a time when authenticity and craftsmanship are a rare commodity, Morris’s commitment to quality is refreshing. With each hat his skilled hands touch, he’s creating an exclusive work of art that will stand the test of time.

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Schrade’s work takes him many places. From top, he is at CNN World Headquarters, the 2017 World Series and Atlanta’s Olympic Park.

FAITH AND A FEW OTHER THINGS

BY JEAN ANN CANTORE PHOTOS COURTESY OF SAM SCHRADE

The next time you enjoy a sporting event on TV, remember that Sam Schrade’s DNA Studios, LLC (Digital Networks Associates) probably has a heavy hand in the production. The Humble, Texas-based company makes possible highlights from football and baseball games, sidebar pieces about players and playbacks with commentary to enrich the events you see on TV. Networks such as ESPN, NBATV and Bally’s Sports employ DNA Studios.

DNA Studios has come a long way since its inception in 2005. Back then, it started as a website company, with Schrade serving as the founder. The company converted a lot of video to websites. They also produced corporate training videos and commercials.

The media corporation has been honored by Inc. magazine as one of Inc.’s 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in America for 2023. It also is ranked as the 34th fastest-growing company in the Houston area.

“Back then, video was just beginning to correlate with video streams and live streams,” Schrade says. “I freelanced for ESPN and FOXSPORTS. In 2013, DNA went online. We knew how to encode video, and for 10 years, we were heavy into it.

“In 2015, DNA Studios actually began bigger mobile production with an 18-wheeler broadcast truck. Fast forward to today, and we have an 18,000-squarefoot broadcast studio and six broadcast trucks. We can also work remotely, integrating video, editing it and then sending it back to the network ready to broadcast live.”

As he explains, it’s all about “innovation” and finding ways to produce faster and in a way that’s more economical for the client.

Schrade’s original plans for college were to major in public relations with a minor in marketing. Randy Kilpatrick, his mentor and the music minister at his church in Houston while he was growing up, encouraged him to pursue the public relations field.

He eventually found that Texas Tech University was the perfect fit for his plans and passions. It just took him a while to decide being a Red Raider was in the cards for him.

“Tech actually was my third choice,” he says. “Baylor was No. 1, followed by Texas A&M.”

Throughout his years at Stratford High School in Houston, Schrade played in the drumline with the band. He loved it and wanted to continue playing drums in college.

“We had a family friend on the board at Baylor, and I was fortunate to have a private interview with the band director to discuss playing percussion. The band director said I could play any drum I wanted.”

The catch was that Baylor did not offer communications degrees.

He had a similar experience with the band director at A&M, but the drawback there was the band director said he could have his pick of drums, as long as he shaved his head and joined the Corps.

“At that point, I thought,‘Maybe I don’t like the drums that much,’” he says.

A friend already attending Texas Tech encouraged the rhythmic Schrade to visit and consider the school. Schrade made a trip to Lubbock, and it was love at first sight.

The school had the academic programs he wanted, and the band was beyond his wildest expectations — it was the second largest in the country. It also was led by renowned director Keith Bearden.

Just then, the drummer realized just how stiff the competition was for slots in percussion.

“When I was ready to start at Tech, 98 people were competing for 16 available slots in drums,” he says. “I tried out for snare drum and didn’t make the list. Then I tried tom-toms — no luck there. I’d played the bass drum for two years in high school, but I didn’t make it with that either.

“Two instruments were left — bells and cymbals. For cymbals, there were eight slots and two for alternates. I threw myself into playing the cymbals and ended up landing eighth chair. I made the band by the hair of my chinny, chin chin. I then realized that almost everyone in the band was a music major or minor.”

Being a member of the Goin’ Band from Raiderland was a highlight of his college life.

“I remember Sam as a loyal band member in the Goin’ Band drumline (ZIT),” says Keith Bearden, former longtime director of the band.“He was the kid that was always smiling and having a great time. He was always in time, prepared and a willing volunteer. I’m sure Sam

Schrade on the job.

will continue to be successful in his business career. He is a dedicated family man and a great guy to visit with.”

One day, walking by the coliseum to class, Schrade spotted a TV production truck with a man in a suit running cables all by himself. Curious, he offered a hand. The man turned out to be the head of John Crowe Productions. His crew was fogged-in in Dallas and running late. Crowe was appreciative of Schrade’s pitching in and from then on, called him with an offer to work every time they were in Lubbock for a production.

It was then the Red Raider realized broadcasting was in his blood. The epiphany was yet one more reason he was meant to attend school in Lubbock.

“I loved every minute of Texas Tech — I loved the campus,” he says.“I was active in the First Baptist College Group (known then as 9:30), and I also met my first wife, with whom I had two kids, there.”

Schrade graduated with his bachelor’s degree in public relations in 1997.

His admiration for Lubbock and his alma mater was one reason he stayed in the Hub City for 12 years after graduation, holding several jobs. He built the first-ever Lubbock Avalanche-Journal website and worked for Texas Tech Sports. Also, he served as sports information director for South Plains College and as a production assistant at KCBD-TV.

“Sam has a remarkable story, and I’m fortunate to have crossed paths with him when he was at Tech,” says Curt Langford, president and CEO of the Texas Tech Alumni Association.“He’s always been entrepreneurial and ahead of the technological curve.

“Sam is a loyal Red Raider in Houston and represents us well. If you’re watching a sports event on TV, there’s a good chance he’s involved and behind the scenes.”

A favorite college memory is when Schrade sold Lady Raiders victory t-shirts after the team won the NCAA Championship in 1993.

“I had a t-shirt business while in high school,” he says. “I sold t-shirts in bulk to teachers for their classes and all sorts of groups. When I lived in the dorm, I had deliveries there all the time. One day, a dorm administrator told me I no longer could run a business out of the dorm!”

When the Lady Raiders won the NCAA championship in 1993, he revived his business. As soon as they won, he called a contact and bought a half-truckload of white extra-large t-shirts to print as commemorative shirts. Another contact went in with him and bought the rest of the truckload.

They had a silkscreen printer ready to go, and within 30 minutes of the win, had the first round of shirts out on Memorial Circle, where everyone had gathered to celebrate. They sold out the first round for $20 per shirt. In all, they sold 2,000 shirts that day.

“KFMX-FM was doing a remote there, and the DJ announced we were there with shirts,” he says. “He gave out my phone number. That night, when I got home, my answering machine was full.

“The next day, I went through my messages and had one from the district manager of Albertsons grocery stores. He ended up buying another 2,000 shirts to sell in local stores. For the longest time, the shirt was hanging up at the cotton museum on Fourth Street in Lubbock.”

A t-shirt celebrating ZIT, the Goin’ Band from Raiderland Drumline, of which Schrade was a proud member.

Sons Pierce, far left, and Mason with dad Sam, visiting the Goin’ Band at a football game.

The Journey of a Lifetime

You could say that Schrade has lived two lives. That description may seem odd for someone so young. Yet, after you hear about his life in the early 1970s, you never would dream his adulthood would have turned out the way it has.

In 1974, a 12-month-old boy was found alone, wandering the streets of war-ravaged Cam Ranh, Vietnam, an entry point to the country for United States military. Rescuers took him to Cam Ranh Christian Orphanage, where he lived for a year. It was determined that his father was a U.S. military man and his mom, a native of Vietnam. She signed the toddler over to the orphanage.

The young boy eventually was to become known as Samuel Scott Schrade — “Sam” — for short.

“American military men who had been stationed in Vietnam returned to establish the orphanage,” Schrade says. “At the time, it was a wonderful place to live. There were 69 children, administrators and our leader, Mr. Ha.”

When the U.S. military pulled out of Vietnam, the Viet Cong quickly took over. It was time for everyone at the orphanage to leave.

“In April 1975, we escaped on three school buses,” Schrade says.“Mr. Ha had gone to Singapore to work on getting us out of the country. The North Viet Cong had set up camp across the street from the orphanage, and the military presence was gone.

“Immediately after we left, a battle broke out. Some South Vietnamese policemen appeared and got on the buses with us. The Viet Cong were shooting at the buses; thankfully, no one was hurt.”

Left: The residents of Cam Ranh Orphanage prepare to leave their home in Vietnam as the Viet Cong are beginning to attack. Schrade is fifth from left in the first row.

Below: The residents on a bus, departing the orphanage.

Mr. Ha, administrator of the orphanage.

A flyer for the orphanage.

The buses were to carry the almost 100 passengers to Cam Ranh Bay. From there, they would take a boat to Singapore. When the entourage arrived at the coast, they realized that everyone else was trying to escape Vietnam the same way. Fortunately, Mr. Ha already had enlisted a boat for the group.

“The battle had stopped,” Schrade says. “We got on the boat and attempted to sail 15 miles to a prison island for the night. Then the motor on the boat broke, so we drifted at sea for five days.

“Finally, a huge Taiwanese tanker crossed our path. The tanker crew told us over their loudspeaker that their captain would not allow them to help us. We were devastated. But after a short while, the tanker turned around, coming back toward us. They threw us a rope and ended up towing us all the way to Singapore.”

Boats with a total of about 30,000 refugees in the bay at Singapore made it seem impossible for the orphanage residents to make it to shore. Plus, Singapore wasn’t allowing refugees on land.

Schrade says Mr. Ha quickly wrote a note to a man he knew named Ralph Nabors in Singapore. He gave it to a police officer, asking him to try to get the message to this man. Unbelievably, much like finding a needle in a haystack, the officer found Nabors, who enlisted fishing boats to carry the people to shore.

With Nabors’ help, the refugees’ journey continued to Switzerland; New York City; Fort Chaffee, Arkansas; Houston, Texas and finally, Belton, Texas. Ninety-eight people left Vietnam, and all 98 made it to the United States. Schrade was the youngest of the group.

“We got on the boat and attempted to sail 15 miles to a prison island for the night. Then the motor on the boat broke, so we drifted at sea for five days.”

A Taiwanese tanker towed the orphans’ boat to Singapore after the boat broke down and drifted for five days.

Heading toward the U.S. — at long last,

“I was adopted from Buckner’s Children’s Home in Mesquite, Texas, by Herb and Betty Schrade of Houston,” the refugee says. “I had a great childhood growing up in west Houston with my parents and older sister, Suzanne. We attended church, which remains very important to me.”

Schrade says that the group who escaped Vietnam together has reunions every five years. They have not forgotten their homeland and have created a foundation that has enabled them to build a new school, orphanage and church in Cam Ranh.

Schrade’s wife, Casey, a Baylor graduate whom he met in 2010, is “super-supportive” of his career. He adds, jokingly, that she is almost a bigger Baylor fan than he is a Red Raider fan.

“We have a sign on the back of our RV that says, ‘The BUTT Family’ — Baylor University/Texas Tech.”

Together, the couple has a daughter, Emma, who is 10. Schrade has two sons from his previous marriage, Pierce and Mason.

DNA Studios continues to take on new tasks and technology and grow in the process. He enjoys what they do and really loves freelance assignments for Texas Tech events from ESPN or Bally’s Sports.

Despite all he has been through — good and bad — Schrade has one word to describe his life — blessed.

“I am super blessed,” he notes. “I get up every morning glad to have the chance to go at it again.”

DNA Studios continues to take on new tasks and technology and grow in the process. He enjoys what they do and really loves freelance assignments for Texas Tech events from ESPN or Bally’s Sports.

Casey, sporting her Baylor shirt and giving a Baylor Bears handsign, alongside husband Sam, in red-and-black with his Guns Up

Casey, daughter Emma and Sam at a Texas Tech vs. Mississippi game.

The Schrade Family, from left: Pierce, Emma, Mason, Casey and Sam.

Texas Tech

AT THE STATE FAIR

ByJenniferRitz

Big Tex won’t be the only big deal at this year’s State Fair of Texas. Texas Tech will play a key role in the 2023 State Fair of Texas with an exhibit focusing on the university’s first 100 years, including its history and the heritage of its unique Spanish Renaissance architecture. The exhibit will also showcase significant achievements in athletics and will place a spotlight on Tech’s most impressive and influential people.

The State Fair of Texas, held at Fair Park in Dallas, is the largest annual event in Texas and boasts 2.5 million visitors during the 24-day event. This year’s fair is slated for Sept. 29 through Oct. 22. The Texas Tech Centennial Celebration Exhibit will be on display at the Hall of State — located inside Fair Park — for the run of the fair.

The Hall of State holds a special place in Texas history as it was constructed in 1936 to commemorate the Texas Centennial and is a historical Texas landmark. The Hall of State is located adjacent to the famous Big Tex and is sandwiched between The Esplanade and Cotton Bowl Stadium.

TTAA Centennial Committee Chair Heath Cheek ’03 serves three volunteer roles that dovetail nicely: he is a member of the Texas Tech Alumni Association National Board of Directors, the TTAA chair of the university’s centennial planning committee and is also a member of the State Fair of Texas board of directors.

“I grew up exhibiting livestock at State Fair and I’ve been involved as a volunteer at the State Fair since 2007,” says Cheek, a partner in the law firm of Bell Nunnally in Dallas. “I’ve been on the board (at the State Fair) for about seven years.

“Planning for the centennial started in 2021. Early on, Jason Hayes, a Tech grad who works for the State Fair, approached me about how the State Fair could be a part of the Texas Tech centennial, so this has been in the works for quite a while. I have so much pride that Texas Tech will be able to use the State Fair as a platform for so many Texans to learn about our history.”

Cheek noted that there are numerous Red Raiders who work for the State Fair who have also poured their hearts into ensuring the exhibit is a success.

“The idea of bringing the university’s centennial activities to the State Fair of Texas started years ago as I knew the milestone was coming and there’s no

better place to celebrate than the most Texan place on earth,” Hayes says.“After discussing the idea with Heath Cheek, he took the concept to the university, and the idea became reality. Big Tex and the State Fair of Texas team, especially our group of Texas Tech alumni, are proud to welcome Red Raiders from across the state and nation to celebrate the school we love so dearly.”

The event was sponsored by Woodbine Development Corporation, a Dallas-based real estate investment, development and management firm led by a family of Red Raiders: John Field Scovell ’68, founder and chairman; King Scovell ’01, managing partner and chief development officer; and T. Dupree Scovell ’02,’03, managing partner and chief investment officer.

The exhibit was curated in partnership with the Dallas Historical Society (the steward of the Hall of State), the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library at Texas Tech and The Museum of Texas Tech University. The centennial exhibit is included with admission to the fair and will be open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. during the State Fair of Texas.

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Hall of State at Fair Park in Dallas.

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’s First Friday Art Trail

BY JEAN ANN CANTORE | PHOTOS COURTESY OF LHUCA

SINCE 2004, THE FIRST FRIDAY ART TRAIL in Lubbock has entertained and enlightened about 5,000 visitors on the first Friday of each month. During this progressive event, guests can move from venue to venue, exploring all types of art offerings. It takes place from 6 to 9 p.m. The event happens in the Lubbock Cultural Arts District, which includes museums, galleries and other participating locations in the area, which roughly is from Indiana Avenue east to Martin Luther King Boulevard and from Fourth Street south to 19th Street. The Municipal Garden and Arts Center at 42nd Street and University Avenue is considered part of the district, too.

TO BECOME A VENDOR FOR FFAT

To apply to become part of the trail, potential participants can email programs@lhuca.org. Official FFAT venues offer free admission to events taking place at their locations for the duration of the trail. The businesses secure visual and performing artist(s) each month, with the artwork changing at least every two months. An application to become part of the FFAT is on the event website.

“The Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts has organized and hosted the trail for the last 19 years,” says Sharae Flores, events and marketing coordinator for LHUCA. “During that time, the trail has expanded to include more than 15 venues in the cultural district of Lubbock.

“FFAT manifested from an idea of bringing the community together to experience all the arts in an accessible way. The event includes many businesses and other art galleries. Every venue on the trail has something to offer.”

Depending on the month, you can enjoy visual arts as well as some live performances, museum exhibits and places with opportunities to purchase artwork and other items. Some businesses partner with food trucks.

“Many of the amazing gallery spaces tend to offer indoor libations —Therese Barrett Fine Art Photography offers delicious sangria from Mano Negra,” Flores says. Each month’s FFAT participants appear on a downloadable map available at FFAT.org. Knowing which locations are open that month allows attendees to plan and make the most out of their evening.

There is no admission fee. Patrons are free to walk the trail. The event also offers free trolley rides so attendees can tour the trail with ease. Parking is available in front of LHUCA main building at 511 Ave. K and at the Civic Center, as well a few other places.

The trolley services runs along the trail from different spots, including The Buddy Holly Center, Glassyalley, Rock•Paper•Shears Hair Studio and Gallery, Caviel Museum of African American History, LHUCA and the Charles Adams Gallery.

“We are always looking for creative ways to present visual and performing arts and engaging activities to the Lubbock community during the First Friday Art Trail,” Flores says. “Our official venues go through amazing efforts to create a diverse experience that the Lubbock community has grown to love.”

FFAT is organized by Mary Hogan, LHUCA’s program manager.

For more information, visit FFAT.org.

FAST FACTS FOR FFAT

First Friday of every month, rain or shine.

From 6 to 9 p.m. Free admission to all venues. Free parking and transportation on the trolley. Family friendly.

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If you’re planning your campus visit this semester, get ready for your close-up. The University Career Center now offers free, professional-quality headshots through our new, self-service Iris photobooth.

Whether you’re tailgating in Raider Alley or sipping hot cocoa at Carol of Lights, add another stop while you’re on campus. Drop by the University Career Center, located in the Wiggins Complex, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday for your headshot.

Mapping Change

BY JENNY SPURRIER, ED.D.

MAPS REFLECT CHANGES IN VARIOUS ways. Often, they show border changes or country changes, but maps can also record the growth of a certain space or proposed planning for an area. Texas Tech maps chart the growth of the institution, not just by land space, but also by additional buildings. Some time ago, I wrote about reference (vertical) files at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library. These files give us various bits of information about the subject for which the file is labeled. In the case of the “Texas Tech: Campus Plans” file, there are a host of campus maps from various sources, some identified, others not.

The file includes various maps such as a series of campus development ones for the decades 19301980. Two maps are from the Campus Bookstore. One is dated 1941, the other one, undated, includes building photographs with the map. On the back is bookstore information. At the time, they offered free gift wrapping year-round. Another undated map has an aerial of campus on the other side. A map Texas Tech University Campus Plan, 1930-1980.

Above: Texas Technological College, undated.

Left: Texas Tech College Bookstore Flyer with map, 1941.

Texas Tech maps chart the growth of the institution, not just by land space, but also by additional buildings.

dated November 1965, is a planning map for growth. A tower was suggested for Memorial Circle. On the back of a visitor parking pass is a campus map. It is stamped April 6, 1970. These are just some of what is found in the reference file.

A visit to the TTU University Archives page at: resources.swco.ttu.edu/university-archive/maps/ ttu-campus-maps.php shows more maps with further information. Holdings include many other maps within various collections that have not been digitized. The maps shown here are just some available. The SWC/SCL holds maps for the city, region, state, and even world. Digitized maps as well as other materials can be seen at swco-ir.tdl.org/. Stop by online or visit the building where you can see the Coronelli Globe from 1688.

http://resources.swco.ttu.edu/university-archive/maps/ttu-campus-maps.php shows more maps with further information

Texas Tech, November 1965.

Campus Parking Pass, stamped April 6, 1970.

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Jill Chao

Arthur ’92 & Beatrice Chapa, Ph.D. ’97

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Edward Coe ’66 & Allison Coe

Madison Coleman ’22

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Stephen ’97 & Vicki Covey

Bryan ’98 & Amanda Crews

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Roseanna Davidson, Ph.D. ’88 & Neil Davidson

Mark ’94 & Celeste Davis.

Tammy ’90 & Darryl Davis

Michael ’66 & Linda Ditto

Erica Dopson ’02

Andrew ’72 & Elizabeth Dow

Billy Ellis ’02

Mehmet Ergul, Ph.D. ’06 & Saadet Ergul ’05

Rob Ertner, M.D. ’00

Abner ’74 & Tara Euresti

Cody’09 & Melissa Fallinger ’10

Brian Farmer, Ph.D.’96 & Denise Farmer

Fadi Fawaz, Ph.D.’06 & Jackie Fawaz

Mike & Dawn Fuqua

Ricardo & Katherine Garza

Steffanie Garza

Geverna ’12 & Ronald Gloyd

Robert Golden ’13

Myriam Gomez ’95

Melany Gonzales & Edgar Loredo

Rathna ’01 & Lawrence Gray

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Stephen ’99 & Jennifer Hardin ’01

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Maria Hirsch

Yvonne Hogle ’90

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Kenneth Hooten ’05

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Charles ’96 & Jennifer Jumper

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Libby Keifer ’11

Allen ’08 & Kristie Keys ’17

Gayle ’77 & Michael King

Harold & Sherrie King

Nitin Kulkarni ’22

Glenn Lahodny Jr. Ph.D.’12 & Kennedy Lahodny

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Matthew Lawson ’97

Callie Leahy-Wicks ’11

John Lee

Hilano Leon & Beth Lowe

Whitney McAnally ’00

David McCarty ’72

Ellis McCasland ’83 & Toni Lowrance

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Deborah ’83 & Kent McDaniel

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Bruce Mackh, Ph.D. ’11

Karen Mannheimer ’85

Robert & Stephanie Marshall

Deborah Martin, Ph.D. ’98 & Eric Dodson

Jesse ’11 & Raquel Martinez

Christopher Maurer ’20

Kenneth Maxwell, III ’11 & Dana Maxwell ’10

Michelle Maxwell ’95

Matthew Meriwether, M.D. ’16 & Mai Pham M.D. ’16

Matthew Mertzlufft ’13

David Mires ’04

Keeton Mitchell ’10

Leslye Molamphy ’22 & Mark Molamphy, OTD

Virdie Montgomery ’00

Bret and Jenny Moody

Mark Moore ’86

Stephen Morales ’13

Joshua ’06 & Kristina Mowdy

Shawn ’99 & Katherine Nelson

Meagan Norris

Jerod Padgett ’14

Kerri Panchuk ’00

Rhiannon Pape ’22

Ron Parker ’77

Diana Brannon-Parker ’70 & Tommy Parker

Lyle Patman ’07

Paula Perkins ’72

Priscilla Carrera ’08 & Chris Peterpaul

Karen Peters ’66

Jeff & Sheila Pirkl

Adam Pirtle

Todd ’95 & Aimee Pitts

Michael Pospisil ’22

Susan Prosoco ’13

Kristina ’03 & Eric Quijano

Robert Ramirez ’09

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Candice ’12 & David Rendon

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Ryan ’07 & Bridget Worley

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Chapter Events

beginning TTU this fall received chapter scholarships; from left are Sydny Jones, Riley Carver and Madilyn

5. TTAA board members and alumni descended on Ruidoso, New Mexico, June 22-24, for the annual Red Raiders at the Races. Visitors also enjoyed golf and being in the mountain town. The Texas Tech Alumni Association National Board summer meeting was held in conjunction with the weekend. The Ruidoso event had its largest attendance in its five years.

1. The XIT Chapter inaugural Tee ’em Up for Tech Youth Golf Tournament took place in June at Twisted Elms Golf Club in Dalhart, Texas. Michelle Macha is administrator of the chapter.

2. TTAA supports programs such as “Summer Showcase,” when Texas Tech University Undergraduate Admissions hosts high school counselors from Texas and beyond to learn first-hand about TTU. Their campus visit helps them advise high school students about what TTU offers, including scholarship opportunities. Curt Langford welcomed and was asked to speak to attendees at a West Texas BBQ at Cagle’s Steaks & BBQ.

3. Thanks to TTAA and many supporters, the Haley Singer Memorial Golf Tournament has raised almost $100K in TTAA scholarships during the past eight years. Haley’s Mom, Mary Helen Barrick, played in this year’s tournament, June 10 at the Victoria Country Club.

4. The Rolling Plains Chapter, which includes Haskell, Stamford and Throckmorton, Texas, gathered for the 93rd Annual Stamford Cowboy Reunion. The event includes a parade through downtown Stamford. Three area students

Moore.

PHOTOS COURTESY OF CURT LANGFORD AND THE TEXAS TECH ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

The Highland Lakes Chapter – Golf Tournament

THE HIGHLAND LAKES CHAPTER OF the Texas Tech Alumni Association held its golf tournament at the Ram Rock golf course at Horseshoe Bay on March 17. This charitable event raises funds for scholarships for the Bob and Billie Black Endowed Scholarship Fund as well as the Highland Lakes Chapter. These scholarships are awarded to students attending Texas Tech University at both the Marble Falls and Lubbock campuses.

Chris Williston chaired the event, which had a full field of 104 golfers. The event was supported by several sponsors, with Jordan Gristy of Edward Jones as title sponsor. Texas Tech University President Lawrence Schovanec was the honored guest speaker, and Curt Langford, president & CEO of the Alumni Association, also attended the event.

STAFF CHANGES

Congratulations to RENEE GONZALES DAVIS ’01, who has been promoted to associate vice president of chapter development. In her year as director of chapter development, the TTAA chapter network has grown in numbers of chapters established and revived and in increased activity.

Welcome to MICA WAGGONER BARTON ‘87, new North Texas field representative. She was a TTAA field rep from 1988-92. Mica has a bachelor’s degree in English from TTU and a master’s degree in communications from UNT. She resides in Argyle and is a 29-year member of TTAA.

Best wishes to COURTNEY JORDAN , associate vice president, development. She has accepted a development position with the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra.

Texas Tech University President Lawrence Schovanec, Steve Shaver, Greg Smyrl, Doug Holley and Curt Langford, president & CEO, Texas Tech Alumni Association

Texas Tech University President Lawrence Schovanec speaks to the lunch group in the Caprock Pavilion before the tournament.

For more information about the Traveling Techsans, visit www. TexasTechAlumni.org, click on “Get Involved” and then “Vacation Travel,” or scan the QR code:

Traveling Techsans

EACH YEAR, THE TTAA TRAVELING Techsans program offers a variety of land and sea travel packages to destinations popular with alumni. This summer, 30Techsans had an opportunity to tour the “Icons of Sweden & The Baltic Sea: London to Copenhagen,” hosted by GoNext July 11-23. Texas Tech had the largest of 18 alumni delegations on the ship.

The cruise aboard Oceania Cruise’s Marina began in London (Southhampton) and traveled around the Baltic Sea from England to Sweden, Germany, Finland, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania and Denmark. The group saw a Soviet submarine in Karlskrona, the Hanseatic City of Lübeck, the Royal Opera House in Stockholm, an open-air market in Helsinki, the medieval city of Tallin, and Riga -- the Paris of the Baltics, -- and other UNESCO World Heritage and Hanseatic League sites before a final stop in Copenhagen.

Traveling Techsans is offered by the Texas Tech Alumni Association and trusted travel partners who routinely partner with alumni associations nationally. These orchestrated trips help to grow our network of alumni travelers who enjoy exciting destinations alongside friends with Texas Tech ties.

The Austin Chapter – Spring Fling

ON JUNE 23, THE AUSTIN CHAPTER OF THE TEXAS TECH ALUMNI ASSOCIATION held their annual Spring Fling Golf Tournament. The 88 players, including many Red Raiders, participated for prizes and bragging rights. Two of the chapter’s four scholarship winners, Corbin Adcox and Ellie Veres, attended the dinner. Special guest speaker was Lady Raiders Coach Krista Gerlich. These events depend on sponsors, and a big thank you goes out to the title sponsor, Don Hewlett Chevrolet Buick.

The tournament is held each year to raise money for scholarships for current and future Red Raiders in the Austin area. Next year’s event is scheduled for May 17 at the Golf Club Star Ranch.

WELCOME

We are excited to welcome the new members of the Texas Tech Alumni Association National Board of Directors. Their terms will begin Jan. 1, 2024. We look forward to working with them to make the TTAA even better.

KATHLEEN E. BERRY, PHR (BSE ’77) WASHINGTON, D.C.

LTCOL MARK H. BRYANT (USMC, RET.) (BA 1983) BOUNTIFUL, UTAH

DAVID DEASON (BBA 1980, MS 2010) ALTO, NEW MEXICO

ALLEN D. HOWARD (BSEE 1978) CYPRESS

JENNA C. PEREZ (BA 2009) DALLAS

RONALD G. PHILLIPS (BS 1990, BS 1991, J.D. 1994) LUBBOCK

Red Raiders gather for golf and good times.

Golfers on the beautiful links.

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It is designed to give the grandchildren a taste of the college experience and, hopefully, develop a shared love of Texas Tech. The program is a TTAA member benefit and open only to children registered in the TTAA Legacy Club.

Legacy U 2023

PHOTOS COURTESY OF TTAA

CREATING SHARED MEMORIES ACROSS GENERATIONS was the goal of Legacy University, a program of the Texas Tech Alumni Association. That goal was certainly accomplished during the 2023 event, held July 6-8 on campus. This year’s Legacy U, the third, was the biggest ever.

Legacy U, brings grandparents and their grandchildren ages 7-13 to the Texas Tech campus for three days of activities and classes. It is designed to give the grandchildren a taste of the college experience and, hopefully, develop a shared love of Texas Tech. The program is a TTAA member benefit and open only to children registered in the TTAA Legacy Club.

Legacies and their grandparents stay in a residence hall and eat in the hall dining room. They attend classes taught by university instructors in their chosen field, including agriculture, kinesiology, zoology, engineering, STEM, communications, and innovation and entrepreneurship. After completing the program, Legacies “graduate” with a certificate.

New classes offered this year were “Therapy Through Horses & Horsemanship” and “From Ghost Riders to Ranch Riders,” which offered participants ways to interact with horses and learn about the Masked Rider program at TTU.

Other activities included swim time at the Texas Tech Leisure Pool and the Frazier Fun House experience, a carnival-like atmosphere at the Frazier Alumni Pavilion, complete with games, bounce houses and cotton candy.

For more information about the Legacy Club or Legacy U, visit TexasTechAlumni.org and click on “Membership,” or scan the QR Code.

Reunion Time

FORMER TTAA NATIONAL BOARD REUNION WITH SAB MEMBERS

THE TTAA NATIONAL BOARD INVITES ALL FORMER BOARD MEMBERS to a reunion reception Saturday, Dec. 2, prior to the Carol of Lights™, at the McKenzie-Merket Alumni Center. Former national board members are invited to attend to meet with the current Student Alumni Board members. This event is an opportunity for former and existing National Board and SAB members to mix. Former National and Student Alumni Board are always welcome, but we hope to host many during this reception.

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A GLIMPSE AT TEXAS TECH’S HERITAGE In the 1983 “La Ventana,” Darrel Thomas’ photo shows how scarce on-campus parking for students was in the 1980s. “One, only one ....There appears to be only one vacant spot in the commuter lot west of Jones Stadium, and certainly, some students felt that way last year as they voiced complaints about the situation.”

1969

TERRANCE J. BROWN (BAR Architecture Design)

Corrales, New Mexico, was one of two Scouters in National Service Territory-2 (NST-2) to be selected by the Boy Scouts of America to receive the Silver Antelope Award. NST-2 includes New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Wyoming and Montana. The Silver Antelope Award, created in 1942, is the National Service Territory-level Distinguished Award of the Boy Scouts of America, acting through the National Court of Honor. Recipients of this award are

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registered Scouters of exceptional character in their territory, and this award recognizes their distinguished service to youth. His wife is Sandra.

1976

STEVEN C. LAIRD (BBA Management) Flower Mound, Texas, has earned placement on the 2023 edition of Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Consumer Plaintiff Lawyers, a distinguished legal guide featuring the top plaintiffs’ attorneys in the nation. Steven, a personal injury partner at Laird & McCloskey based in Fort Worth, is one

of four lawyers in North Texas who is board certified in Truck Accident Law by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Laird & McCloskey is a firm of experienced Fort Worth truck accident lawyers with over 30 years of experience helping victims and their families. Steven was also named to Fort Worth Inc. Magazine’s list of the 400 Most Influential People in Fort Worth for 2023. His wife is Patricia.

1980

PAUL W. FOSTER (BAR Architecture Design)

San Antonio, Texas, is the president and chief

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BOOKS

TOM HUTTON, M.D., PH.D. (BA ’68 Zoology) Fredericksburg, Texas, has written “Hitler’s Maladies and Their Impact on World War II: A Behavioral Neurologist’s View.”In the neurobehavioral analysis of Adolf Hitler, Hutton draws from his medical expertise to examine how Hitler’s medical history impacted his personality and decision making throughout World War II. Hutton is an internationally recognized clinical and research neurologist and educator. The past president of the Texas Neurological Society, Hutton served as professor and vice chairman of the Department of Medical and Surgical Neurology at the Texas Tech School of Medicine. His wife is Trudy. He is a former member of the TTAA National Board.

TRICIA A. DEES (BS ’00 Zoology) Winter Garden, Florida, has written “Tranquility” under the pen name Maggie Durst. The romantic comedy novel tells the story of Taylor and Greg as they partner to create an ultra-green, luxury resort off the Atlantic coast. The two must navigate a multitude of setbacks, as well as feelings for each other, despite their both being in long-term relationships. Her husband is Jason.

executive officer of Foster CM Group, Inc., which was recognized by DFW Airport leadership with the Champions of Diversity Award at the 2023 SOAR business opportunity conference. His wife is Anna.

1983

TIMOTHY A. OLIVER (BLA Landscape Architecture)

Lubbock, received the inaugural Frank Webb Memorial Award at the American Watercolor Society awards dinner for his work titled “Peavy Elevator.” His wife is MELISSA A. JOHNSON OLIVER (BA ’85 Advertising/PR).

1991

AMY S. WEINLAND DAUGHTERS (BBA Management) Tomball, Texas, was a guest on “The Kelly Clarkson Show” on May 9 to discuss the inspiration behind her book,“Dear Dana: That Time I Went Crazy and Wrote all 580 of my Facebook Friends a Letter,” and how letter writing can connect us on a deeper level. Amy was joined on the show by her friend and former teacher, Dana Rivera, to whom Amy began writing letters when she learned via Facebook that Dana’s son was battling cancer. Amy’s experience writing to Dana inspired her to write letters to all her Facebook friends and eventually write her book discussed on the show. Her husband is William.

1992

BRYAN T. CROFT (BBA Management) Manhattan Beach, California, was named executive vice president and chief operating officer of CedarsSinai Medical Center, as well as chief executive officer of Cedars-Sinai Marina del Rey Hospital. Bryan joined Cedars-Sinai as vice president of operations in 2010 and was promoted to senior vice president of Operations in 2017. Prior to Cedars-Sinai, Bryan served as vice president of operations for Houston Methodist Hospital and The Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu. According to the Cedars-Sinai website, during his 13 years at Cedars-Sinai, Croft has led operational initiatives in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the planning process for a new Cedars-Sinai Marina del Rey Hospital replacement facility, expansion and establishment of new clinical programs, facilities renovations, innovative outreach efforts, and initiatives to enhance patient flow and bed availability. He also has been a key collaborator on numerous patient experience pilot projects in faculty clinics, which have further increased Cedars-Sinai’s patient satisfaction scores. His wife is Jennifer.

DAVID C. HART (BAR Architecture Design) Bel Tiburon, California, is the president and chief executive officer of Steinberg Hart, an international architecture, interiors and planning firm headquartered in Los Angeles. Founded in 1953, the firm’s seven offices focus on higher education, urban mixed-use residential, performing and visual arts, hospitality, government, civic and commercial projects. David developed Steinberg Hart’s reputation as a leader in Higher Education through the design of inspirational, sustainable projects that shape the way students learn and socialize for institutions such as Stanford, UCLA, and USC. He now leads the firm’s large-scale mixed-use practice in urban cores, with projects

such as Los Angeles’ Vision on Wilshire and San Jose’s Miro Towers. His wife is Monique.

1998

MARISUE BURLESON POTTS (BGS General Studies) Matador, Texas, has been named a Fellow of the West Texas Historical Association. She is a renowned ranch historian and author, as well as owner and manager of the Mott Creek Ranch in Motley County, Texas. Her husband is Rusty Etheredge.

1999

CATHERINE L. STACY SEEDS (BA Public Relations) Cedar Park, Texas, has been named president and chief executive officer of Ketner Group Communications. Ketner Group is a public relations agency for innovative retail technology companies. Catherine has been with Ketner Group for more than 20 years and succeeds Jeff Ketner, who assumes the role of founder and senior advisor. Prior to working with Ketner Group, Catherine gained experience working with Springbok Technologies and Bernard Group. During her tenure at Ketner Group, she has overseen three rebrands, helped achieve steady year-over-year revenue growth and team expansion since 2002, and managed the opening of the agency’s office in New York. Her husband is Darrell.

2000

TAMI T. WILSON (BS Architecture) Brooklyn, New York, was named the first chief operating officer of Feeding Westchester, where she will lead and direct day-to-day work, overseeing finance, HR, IT, operations and programs. Prior to this role Tami has served as the chief facilities and administration officer with the Legal Aid Society and the vice president of operations and administrative services for the Food Bank for New York City. She also served on the disaster advisory committee of Feeding America. Additionally, over the course of her career, Tami has held managerial positions in operations at the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation, North American Family Institute, Inc., New Roc FEC and at Hilton in the Walt Disney World Resort.

KERRI A. PANCHUK (BBA English) Plano, Texas, has joined the Dallas law firm Estes Thorne & Carr PLLC. Kerri is a commercial litigator representing businesses, individuals and other professionals in commercial and civil litigation. She also has experience representing real estate agents, brokers and accountants

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Douglas E. Mires ’68

Mary R. Mitchell ’93

Martin ’93 & Lorey Molina

Dennis Moore, CFP ’04 & Aubrey Moore ’04

Gwendolyn K. Moore ’02

Marc H. Moore ’04

Patrick ’94 & Kathryn Moore

Patrick ’82 & Rene Moore ’82

Clark Mooty, M.D. ’01 & Heather Mooty ’03

Brad ’82 & Carla Moran ’88

Jennifer M. Moran ’89

Chris ’79 & Pamela Morphew ’80

Bette J. Morris ’56

Cathy ’77 & Craig Morris ’78

Dennis ’70 & Diana Morris ’72

Marvin ’73 & Peggy Morris ’71

Trey Morris, M.D. ’03 & Jerome Morris ’10

Larry W. Morton ’84

Janet G. Moseley ’65

Wendy J. Moss ’94

Tommy ’75 & Debra Mrazek ’81

James ’11 & Paula Mustin

Stanley ’72 & Linda Nadolski ’72

Bill ’77 & Sharon Napier ’76

Mrs. Nancy Neal ’85 & Thomas Neal, M.D.

Mark ’85 & Susan Nelson

Michael ’02 & Carrie Nelson

Melissa ’86 & Rod Nelson ’89

Crystal Neustadt ’03 & Jean Neustadt, III

Jerry ’81 & Shelli Nevans

James ’90 & Michele Newcomb

Nicholas ’10 & Rachel Newman ’12

Lyndel ’55 & Billie Newsom

Amy A. Nichols ’03

Coby B. Nichols ’98 & Armando Pando

Garrett ’16 & Sydney Nichols ’15

Jody ’05 & Leigh Nichols

John D. Nichols

Benny ’74 & Vicki Nixon ’73

Jane ’08 & Keith Nodskov

The Honorable Ben Nolen ’86 & Dana Nolen ’88

Melanie ’86 & Michael Norton ’85

Kenneth ’74 & Deborah Norvell

Amanda ’03 & Terry O’Connor

Michael Olay, M.D. ’90 & Sabrina Olay, M.D.

Kim ’88 & Jerry Ostert

Selena ’02 & David Overholt

Melvin ’73 & Rebecca Owen

Michael Owen, M.D. ’70 & Loretta Owen ’71

Mr. John ’71 & Mrs. Cynthia Owens ’73

Juan Padilla, Jr. ’76 & Nancy Padilla

Salina ’00 & Brian Palmerton

Bob J. Paradiso ’79

Rickey ’00 & Brenna Parker

Joe Parker, Jr. ’73 & Marjorie Parker ’73

Paul ’82 & Crystal Parkinson

Stanley D. Pastusek ’83

Braden ’13 & Lauren Pate ’10

Janeen C. Patterson

Roe ’95 & Tonya Patterson ’95

Carolyn Pawelek

Todd ’92 & Kimberly Payton

Bob ’71 & Jaclyn Pearson ’72

Philip ’80 & Lianne Pearson

Craig ’98 & Kayla Peltoma ’02

Roberto Pena, Jr. ’93 & Denise Pena

Brandon ’07 & Nicole Penn ’05

Brenda J. Peters ’74

Gary R. Petersen ’68

J. Anthony ’80 & Lisa Petrelli

Diana K. Pfaff ’91

Robert ’51 & Susan Pfluger

Matthew ’98 & Rebecca Phillips

Steve ’93 & Stacey Phillips ’93

Jane ’83 & Scott Piercy ’78

Bill ’69 & Ginger Pittman

Jerry Pittman, CPA ’66 & Susan Pittman ’66

Steve ’75 & Kelley Pitts ’82

Jonathan ’06 & Sara Platt ’06

David R. Portalatin ’89

Janice V. Posey ’63

James ’00 & Patricia Potratz

Robert ’91 & Victoria Powell

Kevin ’94 & Patricia Powers

Gregory ’96 & Heather Prather

J. R. Price ’70

Terry L. Price ’75

Col. James Pryor (Ret.) ’87 & Charlotte Pryor ’88

Scott ’80 & Carroll Pullen

Mendy ’81 & Terry Putman ’69

Dean Quinn ’82

David ’92 & Elena Quintanilla ’93

Charles Railsback, M.D. ’64 & Jackie Railsback

Ben ’76 & Jeannie Ralston ’77

Benjamin G. Ralston ’08

Janie ’79 & Isidro Ramirez ’73

Rebecca Ramirez ’01 & Robert Villalpando

David ’73 & Cathy Ramsey ’73

Jill Rankin, PE ’96 & Daniel Rankin ’96

Gregory ’93 & Desi Rasco

Austin ’12 & Jessica Ray ’12

Samuel M. Ray, IV ’66

John & Karen Reagan

Felicia A. Redmond ’84

Mr. B. Jack ’72 & Mrs. Janet Reed ’71

Jeremy ’00 & Sarah Rehwald

Steve ’72 & Barbara Reichmuth

Becky ’74 & Jack Rentz ’74

Marcos Reyes, M.D. ’05 & Raina Reyes

Anisse B. Reynolds

Diane Reynolds, DNP ’01 & Jorge Rodriguez

Christopher & Danielle Reznicek

Ann Lee Rhodes ’71

Hannah ’12 & Travis Rhodes ’17

Rhonda Rhodes ’88 & Terry Howard

Joseph ’04 & Christen Rians

Alison Richardson, MS ’87 & Michael Richardson ’85

Shaun ’97 & Stephanie Richardson ’97

David ’82 & Jill Ricks

Julie ’81 & Tommy Rigsby ’79

Clayton ’86 & Cathleen Riley

Walter ’60 & Joyce Rinehart

Charles ’84 & Michele Rippy

Janet O. Rippy

Amy ’07 & Cody Ritchey

Randy & Holly Robbins

Kathy E. Hager Roberts ’72

Clark Robinson, M.D. ’89 & Michelle Robinson

Susan R. Robinson ’70

Jon Kevin ’82 & Kay Robison

Jamie Rocha ’00

Joshua Rodgers, Pharm.D. ’03 & Tiffany Rodgers, Pharm.D. ’01

Brooks Rogers, M.D. ’87 & Keith Rogers

Elizabeth A. Roll ’05

Evan M. Roll ’14

Julie ’85 & Stephen Roper ’84

Susan ’76 & Robert Rose

Paul ’68 & Judy Rostad ’68

John Roueche, III ’88 & Elise Roueche

Heath ’94 & Kimberly Rousser ’96

April & Jeff Rumsey

Shelby L. Russell ’85

Tyler Russell, CFP, RICP ’07 & Jenny Russell

Dawn ’89 & Alan Rust

John ’96 & Suzanne Saenz ’95

Desiree Sage ’80

Jim ’93 & Melinda Salyer ’93

Keith Samples ’77

Sherry ’77 & Alan Sancibrian

Stacy ’98 & Gilbert Sandoval

Sammie F. Saulsbury ’58

Carolyn Sawyer ’74 & L. E. Sawyer, Jr.

James Saye, III ’81 & Ann Saye

Richard Scales ’60

Bob Schlinkman, Jr. ’71 & Anne Schlinkman

Alan ’91 & Kristy Schluter ’90

Robert ’93 & Beth Schmid

Ryan ’01 & Mindy Schneider ’02

M ’Lissa ’00 & Jeremy Schoening

Denise ’79 & Eric Schrader ’79

Steven ’76 & Karen Schultz

Ernest Schutt, III ’75 & Diana Schutt

Cortney Bowen-Schwalbe ’99 & Ken Schwalbe

Lori ’80 & Ricky Scott ’81

Matt ’05 & McKensey Scurlock ’05

Raelye T. Self, Ed.D. ’14

Kayce ’01 & Roy Sellers

Pamela ’77 & Thomas Sellers ’77

Melinda ’72 & Stephen Shanklin ’71

Jason ’02 & Laura Sharp

Daniel ’93 & Karina Shaver

Justin ’01 & Robbie Shepherd ’03

William ’83 & Cindy Shields

Kim Shinn, PE ’78 & Nan Shinn

Ginny ’71 & John Shoaf ’72

Gary H. Shores ’63

Kevin Sieck, M.D. ’95 & Tisha Sieck

Evan ’14 & Jessica Simmons ’14

Jeffrey ’89 & Meredith Sipes ’91

James ’69 & Lynn Slack

Steven ’75 & Katherine Smethie

Curtis ’84 & Katy Smith ’84

Cynthia D. Smith ’05

Drue ’93 & Jill Smith ’92

Gary ’58 & Alice Smith

Jim ’87 & Michelle Smith ’87

Kenny ’83 & Joanna Smith ’85

Lesley Smith, PE ’86 & Amy Smith

Kristin Smith ’76 & Lucian Smith, III ’74

Robert ’82 & Tabitha Smith

Stephanie M. Smith ’99

Rainey ’99 & Travis Smith ’00

Bill ’63 & Sonya Smyrl

Chris ’95 & Susan Snead ’93

Brian ’89 & Julie Snellgrove ’90

Lary C. Snodgrass ’70

Jeanne ’75 & Gary Snyder

Clayton ’90 & Darla Sorrells

Kent ’75 & Judy Springer

Bryan ’80 & Sheri Springston ’81

Justin ’02 & Roxann St. Clair ’02

Donna A. Stallard ’70

Steve ’74 & Kathy Stallings

Logan H. Stanley, D.D.S. ’04

Mark ’99 & Amanda Staudt

Daniel ’01 & Kayla Stephens ’02

Renee Stevens

McArthur Stidom, Jr. ’89

John Stokes, CPA & Vicki Stokes

Scott H. Storm ’80

Cody ’10 & Jaclyn Street ’08

Colton ’04 & Devin Street ’04

Scott ’83 & Patrice Streit

Rustin ’01 & Alison Strickland ’01

Larry ’70 & Linda Strickland

Nancy I. Stringfellow ’72

William Stripling, IV ’89 & Denise Stripling

Mark ’81 & Cindy Stroud

Bryan ’97 & Amy Studer ’17

Nicky ’79 & Vicki Summitt

Michael ’74 & Lynn Surovik ’74

Julie ’82 & Kelly Sutton ’84

Ashley ’19 & Joel Swain

John ’74 & Julia Swallow ’89

Jessica ’11 & Cory Swan

Phil ’72 & Michelle Swatzell

Greg ’79 & Shelley Sweatt ’79

Sara ’09 & Stephen Sweny ’10

Jordan N. Swick ’17

Bill ’87 & Shawna Tankersley ’87

Dalton Tarwater, Ph.D. ’59 & Nancy Tarwater ’59

Paul ’87 & Terri Tarwater

Lance ’99 & Dawn Taylor ’00

Jan Taylor ’67 & Robert Taylor, Jr. ’71

Terrell Taylor, Jr. ’86 & Johnette Taylor

Toni ’84 & William Taylor

Carrie ’98 & David Teague ’97

Christopher M. Tejeda ’07

Samuel ’09 & Samantha ten Brink

Dean ’79 & Mary Katherine Tetirick ’79

Russell Thoma, PE ’80 & Jency Thoma ’82

Carolyn Thomas ’72

William ’83 & Julie Thomas

Allison Thompson ’02 & Christopher Thompson, M.D.

Carolyn ’05 & Justin Thompson ’06

Greg ’90 & Jamie Thompson ’90

Robert ’75 & Diane Thompson

Tracy Thrash

Dwayne ’67 & Elizabeth Tidwell ’66

Don ’69 & Betty Tomlin

Mitchell ’82 & Tonya Toups

Troupe ’83 & Sharla Trice

Lindsey ’97 & Paul Tubbs ’98

Elesha & Troy Tucker

Chance ’08 & Kim Turner

Jerry ’68 & Diane Turner ’68

Karen ’83 & Loyd Turner ’76

Lane ’89 & Kim Turner ’90

Anne ’71 & Jerald Tyre

Justin ’98 & Brooke Underwood

Renee B. Underwood ’78

Jarrod ’02 & Amanda Upton ’10

Phillip ’08 & Liane Urrutia

Anne VanBeber, Ph.D. ’79 & Hance VanBeber

Larry ’21 & Paula Vanderwoude

Brian ’93 & Teresa Vardeman ’93

Dr. Tamara S. Vardy ’94

Kristin ’02 & Travis Vargo ’01

Ben ’92 & Kellie Veazey ’91

Rozanne C. Veeser ’63

Kyle ’89 & Carla Villyard

Courtnie ’11 & James Vinson ’13

Bobby G. Waddle ’55

Catherine ’93 & Kevin Waggoner ’95

David K. Waggoner, JD ’83

Fred P. Wagner, Ph.D. ’50

Kent ’84 & Beckey Waldrop ’89

Daniel ’79 & Bredgitt Walker

David ’78 & Michelle Walker

Ben ’76 & Patricia Wallace

Michael D. Walleck ’95

Corey ’95 & Tracey Waller ’93

Todd ’99 & Twallah Walling

Sally Ann Walton

Juifeng ’86 & Lu Wang

Leslie & Donald Ward

The Honorable T. John Ward, Sr. ’64 & Elizabeth Ward ’86

Jill & Martin Warren

Velma G. Warren ’77

Jim ’72 & Lavenia Weathers

Samuel Weaver, III ’65 & Carolan Weaver

James ’75 & Claudia Webb

Russell B. Webb ’91

Molly I. Webster

Michael ’05 & Tori Weems ’05

Cam ’91 & Stacey Welch

Janelle ’79 & Terence Welch

Kendra M. Wendel ’04

James ’91 & Cheryl Werner ’91

Tom ’72 & Gaylynn Wheat

Herman Wheatley, Jr. ’65 & Barbara Wheatley

Prentice White ’64

Tony ’79 & Cindy Whitehead ’81

David ’64 & Carla Wight

Kitty Harris, Ph.D. ’83 & Morris Wilkes ’75

Mary B. Wilkinson ’77

Peter Wilkinson, Jr. & Teresa Wilkinson

Bryant Williams, Jr. ’61 & Brenda Williams

Dale Williams, Pharm.D. ’04 & Jennifer Williams

David Williams, M.D. ’93 & Adrienne Williams

Scott ’74 & Diane Williams

Thomas ’79 & Kellie Williams

Christopher ’75 & Janice Williston

Christina ’99 & Shayne Wilson ’97

John L. Wilson ’74

Joseph Wilson ’87 & Megan Taber

Annette ’84 & Jeffrey Wise ’83

Elizabeth ’88 & Erik With ’89

Cathy ’85 & Karl Wolfe ’86

Regent Dustin Womble ’81 & Leisha Womble ’21

Candace & Robert Wood

Tanya Wood, Ed.D. ’99 & Donald Wood ’82

Gary Wood, Ph.D. ’73 & Sheryl Wood

Leonard ’84 & Rhonda Wood

Shayne Woodard ’90

Mark ’77 & Claudia Woods

Michelle Worthy, DNP ’21 & Roy Worthy

Quinn & Claudia Wright ’82

Gary ’78 & Melinda Wright ’80

Stephen Wright, Jr. ’95 & Jennifer Wright

Keith ’07 & Samantha Wyly

Scott Wyrick, M.D. ’87 & Lenore Wyrick

Justin ’02 & Ashley Yarborough

Martha York

Nathan A. Young ’98

Tyler ’06 & Emily Young

William ’95 & Jennifer Young ’96

Wesley B. Youngblood ’74

David ’92 & Adrienne Zugheri

Charities Aid Foundation of America

National Christian Foundation

*As of Aug. 18, 2023

in the professional liability defense space. Prior to graduating from Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, Kerri was a respected business journalist, working with the Dallas Business Journal, as well as the real estate industry and legal periodicals. She is a member of the Professional Liability Defense Federation and the Dallas Women Lawyers Association. She joins the firm from Thomson Coe Cousins & Irons, LLP.

2002

SCOTT R. DONAHUE (BBA Accounting) Prosper, Texas, has been named a Top 50 chief financial officer as part of the 2023 OnCon Icon Awards. The OnCon Icon Awards are awarded by OnConferences, a community of top executives of organizations across a multitude of industries. Scott is the chief financial officer of PLA Holdings, LLC, also known as Pallet Logistics of America, which helps companies with pallet management.

2005

ERIK N. PETERSON (BS Architecture) Richardson, Texas, has been named the new head golf coach at Frisco High School after serving four years

as the assistant head golf coach at Lewisville High School. His wife is Alison.

2007

PAUL R. SPRINGER, PH.D. (Ph.D. Marriage and Family Therapy) Blacksburg, Virginia, has been named head of Virginia Tech’s Department of Human Development & Family Science. Paul was a faculty member in the Department of Child, Youth & Family Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln since 2007, where he also served as associate dean for student success. His duties at Virginia Tech began July 1. Paul’s main research focus is improving mental health services in rural and underserved populations. His wife is Trio.

2011

SHMYLA K. ALAM (JD Law) Garland, Texas, has joined the Dallas firm Estes Thorne & Carr PLLC. Shmyla is a family law attorney representing clients in a wide range of family law matters including divorce, custody, child support, adoptions, parental terminations, protective orders and property division, as well as in mediations and appeals. She began her legal career as an advocate for low-income families and victims

of domestic violence and is the co-chair of the Collin County Young Lawyers Section and a member of the Collin County Women Lawyer’s Association. She also serves as an adjunct professor at the University of North Texas at Dallas College of Law and coaches national and traveling moot court teams. Shmyla joins the firm from Coker, Robb & Cannon.

2015

BLAKE A. SILVERTHORN (BA Media Strategies, MBA ’21 General Business) Wolfforth, Texas, started Blizzy’s Ice Cream with his wife, Whitney. They do not yet have a brick-and-mortar location; however, the couple sells their ice cream at the Wolfforth Farmers Market every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

BRYAN E. NIEZGODA (BBA Accounting) Rowlett, Texas, has been named a banking officer and portfolio manager at Texas Bank and Trust in Frisco, Texas. He began working for the bank’s lending team as a credit analyst in 2021 and was promoted to senior credit analyst in 2022.

MACKENZIE J. EWART (BS Biology) Waco, Texas, supported his father, Bradford Ewart, through cancer treatments while busy with his residency in the Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth General Surgery Residency Program. Mackenzie’s time between rotations of his residency was spent with his 68-year-old father. Bradford since then became cancer-free, just a few months before Father’s Day.

NICHOLAS B. MELOTT (BS Mechanical Engineering) Waukee, Iowa, was selected this spring by Des Moines University’s College of Osteopathic Medicine to receive the Excellence in Foundational Sciences Award. He is a second-year student in the doctor of osteopathic medicine program at the university. Given for the first time this year, the award honors longitudinal achievement across the foundational sciences of biochemistry, tissue biology and histology, pathology, microbiology, immunology and physiology. Nicholas played varsity tennis for Tech before earning his master’s degree in medical sciences at the University of North Texas.

BERNADETTE J. HERNANDEZ (BS Conservation Law Enforcement) Lubbock, owns Sweet Pup Co., which she started when she was 12-years-old and still runs with her father and sister. Sweet Pup Co. sells pet accessories sewn by Bernadette and dog treats made by her father, a Disabled OIF Army Veteran. Bernadette’s father making dog treats not only contributes to the business, but also serves as a form of therapy for his dementia. Sweet Pup Co. products can be found at various places around town, including both the Wolfforth and Downtown farmers markets.

Techsan Memorial

CLARA “SUE” ARNOLD, member, voice faculty, Texas Tech University School of Music, 1971-2010; Lubbock, July 2.

BROOKE ELIZABETH KOTRLA BALDWIN ’20; Sugar Land, Texas, May 6. Survived by husband, Tyler Baldwin.

BILL W. BECK ’70; Lamesa, Texas, July 18. U.S. Cavalry, 1st Division. Survived by wife, IVA JANELL TANNER BECK ’69.

TOMMIE LOUISE WHORTON BECKWITH ’76, ’86; Corinth, Texas, June 10. TTAA named her a Top Techsan in 1986.

WENDELL LEON “SCOOTER” BROWN, JR. ’73; Midland, Texas, June 19. Survived by wife, RICKA ANN ADAMS BROWN ’80.

ELIZABETH “KAY” HUDSON BUNTING ’71; Novice, Texas, May 20.

ALICE LEE WELLS BYRD ’57; Hideaway, Texas, May 1. Survived by husband, Douglas M. Byrd, Jr.

KENT WADE CARLISLE ’63, ’65; Denton, Texas, April 12.

MICHELLE ELIZARDO CARSON ’95,’18; Argyle, Texas, July 11. Survived by husband, Michael Carson.

ANITA JOY HAMILL CARTER ’54; Austin, Texas, May 24.

PETER CHOBAN, JR. ’79; Pasadena, Texas, May 12.

NANCY BROWN CROCKER ’73; Melissa, Texas, April 1. Survived by husband, DON R. BROWN ’73.

BYRDEAN ROBERSON CYPHER ’49; Monahans, Texas, May 6.

BENJAMIN DE LA ROSA ’87; Whiteface, Texas, May 22.

ELVIS DOYLE DRIVER ’59; Austin, Texas, April 27. Survived by wife, Patricia Brazil Driver.

JAY L. EUDY ’54; Turkey, Texas, May 5. Distinguished Alumnus of Davis College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources, 1989. Survived by wife, BARBARA BLUME EUDY ’55.

BARBARA S. FAILS ’61, ’66; Lubbock, June 12.

N. DALE FINCH ’64; Nolan, Texas, May 28. Survived by wife, Mary Karen Forbes Finch.

CARL IRA “TRIPLE” FUHRMANN, III ’91; San Antonio, Texas, June 11. Rawls College of Business Administration Business Advisory Council. Survived by wife, JOY LORD FUHRMANN ’90.

BRUCE ARDEN GILLIAM ’72; Burleson, Texas, Jan. 22. Survived by wife, LINDA ANN THOMAS GILLIAM ’71.

LYNN ANNE GREEN GODDARD ’70; Plainview, Texas, June 3. Survived by husband, GAYLAN F. GODDARD ’68.

THOMAS GRIFFIN ’91; Lubbock, June 28.

CHARLES LLOYD GRIFFITH ’63; Wichita Falls, Texas, May 23. Survived by wife, Linda J. Griffith.

SARAH MCGAUGHEY HARBAUGH ’80; Keller, Texas, May 25. Survived by husband, JEFFREY ALAN “JEFF” HARBAUGH ’80.

LANE EDWARD HARDWICKE ’87; Lubbock, June 11.

RAYMOND HARVEY HEDGE, III ’81; Tyler, Texas, June 29. Survived by wife, LEESA NICKELS HEDGE ’81,’82.

PATSY “PAT” CURRY HESS ’58; Fairhope, Alaska, July 3. Survived by husband, DELBERT C. HESS ’58.

HOLLY SHARON STEWART HESTER, M.D. ’89, ’94; adjunct professor, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. Lubbock, June 15.

R. DON KELLEY ’62; Lubbock, July 21. Survived by wife, CONNIE ADAMS KELLEY ’89, ’93.

ANNIE TATE KENNEY

RANDALL BEE “RANDY” KIDD

June 10. Survived by wife, Nancy Kidd.

DAVID EARL “DAVE” KING from Raiderland, 2006-2016. Lubbock, June 5.

NETA WISE BROOKMAN KINGSBERY

May 27. Survived by husband, Bill Kingsbery.

WILLIAM RHODES “BILL” LEES

DIANNA DEAN MCCLENDON

Survived by husband,

MIRIAM SWANSON MCCOY Texas Tech University Rawls College of Business Administration. San Marcos, Texas, June 14.

DOUGLAS “DOUG” MCNICOL 23. Texas Tech Baseball Letterwinner.

CLARA MUELLER MCPHERSON

May 22. Age 101. Professor Emeritus of food and nutrition for 33 years. Interim department chair of dietetic program. Helped establish

FUELING

CHAMPIONS

It’s more than just building a foundation it’s being part of a team.

and was an instructor in the RHIM program, 1991. Lifetime Service Award for Human Sciences, 2014. Distinguished Alumna, College of Human Sciences, 1991. President’s Award in Teaching, 1980.

ROBERT LOUIS “BOB” MARTIN ’60; Levelland, Texas, May 20. Survived by wife, Linda Sue Smith Martin.

CARROLL E. MEEKER ’64; Wolfforth, Texas, July 1. Survived by wife, Annice Nell Isom Meeker.

HELEN RUTH ETHEREDGE MOCK ’60; Snyder, Texas, June 24.

CRESENCIO “CHRIS” MOJICA ’97; Lubbock, July 14. Survived by wife, Amy Mojica.

LEWIS MONCRIEF, PH.D. ’65; Phoenix, Arizona, June 12. Survived by wife, DELZENE SMITH MONCRIEF ’64.

MARK LEWIS NANNY ’84; Lubbock, June 27. Survived by wife, ANNETTE WEIL NANNY ’81.

CARL SCOTT NEBLOCK, ED.D. ’96; St. Louis, Missouri, July 27. Survived by wife, MICHELE LEHR NEBLOCK, M.D. ’96

JIMMIE JEANE “JEANNIE” COX PERKINS NICHOLS’72; Sundown, Texas, Oct. 31, 2022. Survived by husband, Jim Nichols.

STEVEN HODGE OWEN ’76; Lubbock, July 27. Survived by wife, MARY CORBETT OWEN ’85, ’91.

DENNIS CLAY PATE ’80,’81; Lubbock, May 6. U.S. Navy Veteran.

AMY LOUISE LAWSON PATTON ’97; Lubbock, May 17.

NANCY ANN HENRY PHILLIPS ’66; Lubbock, July 28.

DANIELLE LOUISE “DANI” RAMIREZ ’20; Lockhart, Texas, July 22.

HARLAN WEST REDDELL ’68; Lindale, Texas, May 19.

MICHAEL PIERCE “MIKE” REED ’88; Fredericksburg, Texas, July 3. Taught business law at Texas Tech University for 10 years. U.S. Navy Veteran. Survived by wife, Judie Reed.

MAJ. WILLIAM CHARLES “ROBBIE” ROBINSON (RET.) ’73,’03; Lubbock, June 3. U.S. Air Force Veteran.

GERALD WESLEY “JERRY” RUSSELL ’55; Tulsa, Oklahoma, May 30. Survived by wife, PATRICIA “PAT” GARRETT RUSSELL ’56.

SARA BINGHAM SANSING ’00; Lubbock, July 8. Survived by husband, Terry Sansing.

CHERRILLE COURTNEY LEMON SCHUETZEBERG , Lubbock, July 19. Former student and longtime supporter of TTAA and Texas Tech University, along with her husband, ROY L. SCHUETZEBERG ’64, who survives her.

PATRICK WILBERT “SKIPPER” SHAW, Ph.D.; Lubbock, May 6. Professor Emeritus of English. Came to Texas Tech University in 1972 and spent his entire post-doctoral teaching career there, specializing in American literature. His wife, Patricia Allison “Patti” Foss Shaw, died May 13 in Lubbock.

THE HONORABLE CHARLES WALTER “CHARLIE”

STENHOLM ’61, ’62; Granbury, Texas, May 17. In 1978, elected by Texas’s 17th Congressional District to the U.S. House of Representatives,

serving for 13 terms until 2005. Helped lead the House Agriculture Committee, including as the Ranking Democrat Member his last eight years in office. Worked on five farm bills while in Congress, including the 2002 Farm Bill. TTAA named him a Distinguished Alumnus of Texas Tech University in 1987. Survived by wife, CYNTHIA ANN WATSON STENHOLM ’61.

DORIS GLYNN BELL TAYLOR ’51; Lubbock, July 24.

KAREN WILLIAMS TEEL, M.D. ’59; pediatric health care advocate. Austin, Texas, April 29.

JAMES MICHAEL “MIKE” TERRELL ’74,’75; Lubbock, April 19.

DOROTHY DALE “DOT” KENNEDY THOMPSON ’53; Lubbock, July 29.

JOSEPH DOUGLAS “JAY” TRAVERS ’75; Kerrville, Texas, April 30. Survived by wife, ELAINE GALE MALEY TRAVERS ’74, ’77.

DOYLE VOGLER ’96; Lubbock, May 26.

JAMES MCCLELLAN “BUD” WASSEL ’67; Abilene, Texas, May 19.

Thank You!

The Rawls College of Business would like to formally thank all our outstanding alumni, generous friends, community leaders and philanthropic advocates for your support of our annual Fort Worth Scholarship Event. Special thanks to T.M. “Roe” Patterson for serving as chair and to the volunteer committee. Your support and involvement allow us to reach new heights of excellence.

FORT WORTH SCHOLARSHIP SPONSORS

TITLE SPONSOR DEPUTY SPONSORS RANCHER SPONSORS

LYONS FAMILY

SHERIFF SPONSORS

TRUITT & KAY KIMBROUGH

MURPHY & THERESA

LAFFERTY FAMILY

SPONSOR AN EVENT AT RAWLS COLLEGE

and boost your brand to a wide and diverse audience. You can choose from various events like lunches, happy hours, tailgates, scholarship events, and more. As a sponsor, you will get exposure, swag distribution, speaking opportunities, and networking benefits.

Contact Lauren Bass at lauren.bass@ttu.edu to learn more.

Congratulations!

We are proud to announce the 2023 honorees of the Rawls College of Business Awards. These distinguished individuals have demonstrated exceptional achievement in their chosen field, as well as a strong commitment to Rawls College and Texas Tech University.

DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD

Frank R. Drury

BBA, Finance, 1984

Wendy M. Masiello, Lt Gen, USAF (Retired) BBA, Marketing, 1980

Larry White BBA, Marketing, 1978

Laura Whitley BBA, Finance, 1983

DISTINGUISHED PARTNER AWARD

J. David Williams Finance, Texas Christian University

EXCELLENCE IN BUSINESS AWARD

T.M. “Roe” Patterson BS, Biology, 1995

HONORARY ALUMNI AWARD

Mindy Laudermill

BBA, Management, University of Texas at Arlington, 1996

INNOVATION AWARD

Colton & Alyson Haas

BBA, General Business, 2000 & BS, Human Sciences, 2000

THIS YEAR’S HONOREES WILL BE RECOGNIZED ON Friday, October 13 at the Museum of Texas Tech University.

Tickets may be purchased by emailing Lisa Fairbanks at lisa.fairbanks@ttu.edu.

ARLEN WESLEY ’56; Lubbock, July 12. Texas Tech Football Letterwinner; played on 1951 team that won the Sun Bowl and was co-captain of team that won the 1953 Gator Bowl. Survived by wife, Jeri Anglin Wesley.

JAMIE CARLIS WHITE ’69; Lubbock, June 19. Survived by wife, Delia A. Stephens White.

JAMES ORTON “JIM” WHITMER, IV, junior mechanical engineering student, Wichita Falls, Texas, June 24.

EMILY HARTMANN WINTON ’00; Lubbock, April 30. Survived by husband, LANDON M. WINTON ’01.

GREGORY KENT “GREG” WOOD ’72; Plano, Texas, June 8. Survived by wife, Sharon Wood.

BILL CARROLL WYLIE ’57; Dallas, Texas, May 5. U.S. Air Force Veteran, Korea. Survived by wife, Jeanette Busch Wylie.

JORGE ZAMORA, PH.D., associate professor of Spanish for 22 years. Co-director of Mexico Field Course for 12 years. Survived by wife, Rebecca Kennedy Zamora.

Follow us into the next century

When the doors to campus first opened in 1925, The Toreador was there. Now, nearly 100 years later, The Daily Toreador continues that tradition, keeping Texas Tech students, faculty, staff, alumni and the Lubbock community informed and entertained.

As the university moves into its second century, The Daily Toreador will continue to be there. Visit our website, www.dailytoreador.com, and follow us on all your favorite social media platforms.

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PARTING SHOT

I SHOT THESE IMAGES A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO ON A WORKING CATTLE RANCH IN WEATHERFORD, TEXAS. I have always admired the true working cowboy, so when I got the chance to work with a group of them on this photoshoot I was thrilled. Over the course of the photoshoot, I realized that many times we take for granted these hard-working men and women. Whether we realize it or not, they play an important role in our everyday life, and most people don’t even think about that. They all have these amazing and over the top personalities and are so committed to what they do, and those boots and hats aren’t decoration or accessories to them but rather tools in the exciting and often dangerous line of work they are in.

SAMUEL SCOTT FRANKS

FRANKS PHOTOGRAPHED THE CAMERON MORRIS STORY IN “A TALE OF TWO HAT MAKERS” IN THIS ISSUE.

COMPILED BY JENNIFER RITZ

‘IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT ME’:

First-Generation Student Gives Back

Growing up, Emmanuella Hyde watched as her parents went above and beyond to support their family of six. They moved from Accra, Ghana, to Houston in search of better opportunities, but without college degrees,

Emmanuella’s parents struggled to find jobs that paid well. Her father

worked six days a week and her mother worked night shifts to try to make ends meet.

“When I saw that, I knew I had to go to college,” Emmanuella

That’s where Texas Tech came in. Thanks to generous donors, her educational dreams possible.

“It’s not just about me, ” Emmanuella says. “My whole family is so happy that Texas Tech has created these chances for our family’s future.”

Your Generosity Paves Their Way

The thoughtfulness of donors like you tur ns the Texas Tech University System into a reality for students like Emmanuella.

To lear n more about smart ways to give, contact Nathan Rice at 806.742.1781 or visit ttusystem.myplannedgift.org.

Emmanuella follows in the footsteps of two older sisters, Red Raiders who also received scholarship support. Like her sisters, Emmanuella is pursuing a passion for science, majoring in psychology with a minor in chemistry. Her extracurricular activities including a leadership role at The Free Clinic, mentoring youth, volunteering at the Burkhart Center for Autism Education and Research, and serving as an undergraduate research scholar—reflect Emmanuella’s own generous spirit.

“My scholarships energize me and give me the motivation to keep pushing forward,” she says. “One day, I would love to pour into someone else’s future just as people I don’t even know have poured into mine.”

Raider,

have served during the past 25 years:

1999: The 15,300-seat United Spirit arena opened

2000: Masked Rider Statue dedication

2014: Baseball College World Series

2019 Men’s Basketball at Final Four

2020: Dairy Barn renovation

2021: TTU School of Veterinary Medicine opens

2021 & 2022: Raider Red was crowned the NCAA Mascot National Champion.

1998-2023: Four horses

Black Phantom

Midnight Matador, Fearless Champion and, currently, Centennial Champion. Pictured here is Midnight Matador at Memorial Circle.

TEXAS TECH DEPARTMENT OF ATHLETICS

TEXAS TECH SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE

SEPTEMBER 2023

UPCOMING EVENTS SEPTEMBER - DECEMBER 2023

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON UPCOMING TEXAS TECH CENTENNIAL EVENTS, VISIT: 100.TTU.EDU/EVENTS/

NOVEMBER 2023

Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023

CENTENNIAL FOOTBALL GAME

Texas Tech Centennial celebration game vs TCU 6 p.m on FS1. The Centennial Celebration Game will focus on Texas Tech’s first 100 years, including our history, historical milestones and traditions.

Sept. 29 – Oct. 22, 2023

STATE FAIR OF TEXAS, DALLAS

Texas Tech brings its Centennial celebration to the State Fair of Texas where the university will have an exhibit on display at the Hall of State Building. The exhibition will focus on Texas Tech’s first 100 years, including its history, traditions and the heritage of its unique Spanish Renaissance architecture.

FOR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, PLEASE EMAIL: CENTENNIAL@TTU.EDU

Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023

MACY’S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE

The Texas Tech University Goin’ Band from Raiderland will participate in the 97th edition of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City. The Goin’ Band is one of 10 marching bands that will participate in the annual Thanksgiving Day parade. The parade is scheduled to step off at 9 a.m. (ET) and will be televised nationally on NBC from 9 a.m. – noon in all time zones.

DECEMBER 2023

Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023

CAROL OF LIGHTS™

The 65th annual Carol of Lights™, one of the largest and most beloved traditions at Texas Tech, will serve as the closing ceremony for the centennial celebration. The 2023 Carol of Lights™ kicks off at 6:30 p.m. with the Carillon Concert followed at 7 p.m.

THE 1923 SOCIETY IS A WAY TO RECOGNIZE AND REWARD ALUMNI WHO SUPPORT THE TEXAS TECH ALUMNI ASSOCIATION AT THE HIGHEST GIVING LEVELS.

The 1923 Society is made up of any current TTAA member giving at the Gold, Platinum or Diamond level. These alumni receive automatic admission into this society at no additional cost. Members of the 1923 Society receive exclusive access to events and special member-only benefits.

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT BELONGING TO THE 1923 SOCIETY, VISIT TEXASTECHALUMNI.ORG/1923SOCIETY.