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LIVING VARIOUSLY Visual artist and retired branding executive Philip Monaghan uses his talents in several arenas.

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A TRIBUTE TO PEGGY PEARCE Goodbye to a special person who contributed much to many.

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News on Campus saddest events in recent history occurred on April 25 when Peggy Pearce, a 42-year employee of TTAA, suddenly passed away. She was here when I first took this position and was an invaluable source of strength and support through the years. I encourage you to read the story about her in this issue.

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Tim Tadlock and his Red Raider baseball team for winning our first Big 12 Championship since 1997, securing and winning the regional and having his team named a national fifth seed.

Congratulations are also in order for the following teams: • Men’s Tennis: Final Rank: 11. Hosted regional at McCloud Tennis Center. Lost in round of 32 to No. 32 SMU 4-2. Had a doubles pair advance to Sweet 16.

• Women’s Tennis: Final Rank: 15. Hosted regional at McCloud Tennis Center. Advanced to Sweet 16 where they lost to No. 1 Cal. • Men’s Track: Ranked 10 going into NCAA national tournament, qualified eight athletes and relay teams for the NCAA Tournaments in Eugene, Oregon.

• Women’s Track: Ranked 22 going into NCAA national tournament three athletes for the NCAA Tournaments in Eugene, Oregon.

• Women’s Soccer: Final Ranking: 18. 2015 Big 12 Tournament champions, NCAA tournament appearance where they fell to No. 17 Auburn in the second round. Senior Janine Beckie was drafted eighth overall.

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TE X A S TEC H A LWAYS has had a very robust intramural athletics program. This past academic year, just shy of 15,000 students participated.

Intramural Sports, which falls under the Department of Recreational Sports, is headed by Peewee Robertson, who follows Joe McClain. Both men have made significant contributions to the growth of the program.

But the individual who built the foundation for today’s program was Henry “Edsel” Buchanan.

In the 1940s, Edsel became an outstanding trampoliner and tumbler while a Maverick at the Boys Club of Amarillo. He earned a scholarship to the University of Michigan under Coach Newt Loken and became NCAA trampoline champion in 1949, 1950 and 1951.

After serving with the United States Army in Korea, Edsel taught school in Amarillo for a year before beginning a 36-year career as a college professor and leader in health, physical education and recreation at Texas Tech.

He taught in the physical education department from 1955 until 1973. During that time, he developed one of the best intramural sports programs in the country. He was president of the National Intramural Association and a sponsor and coach of the “Flying Matadors” trampoline team.

Alumni from that period will remember Edsel. His office was in the “Old Barn” where the recently demolished Indoor

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Workout Facility sat. He ran the intramural program with an even-handed approach and grew it into the program it is today.

He left Tech to teach at Arkansas Tech and retired in 1992 from University of Nebraska-Omaha to care for his wife. He also volunteered with the local Alzheimer’s chapter and a men’s support group.

Edsel was diagnosed in January 2010 with Alzheimer’s.

As a Korean War veteran, he was in line for space at the local Veteran’s Home. Fortunately, his retirement income covers most of the VA monthly cost, but it will take everything he has, and he has other outstanding medical and general debt.

His family is asking for help from Edsel’s former students and fellow workers.

For those of you interested in assisting, you can contact his daughter, Stella, via Go Fund Me or call 406-493-4935.

A F E W R A M B L I N GS …

• It seems to me that there are two institutions in this country, where they need to throw everything out and start all over— the NCAA and the IRS. • I don’t sense this issue at Texas Tech, but it appears in some parts of the country, the current generation of students is the most super sensitive in history. They need “safe rooms” to protect them from the real world. God help us when they graduate.

• It also appears that free speech is under attack in many universities. I was taught that one makes better decisions when exposed to a wide spectrum of ideas and beliefs instead of just a narrow stream of thought. In the very places where freedom of expression should be honored, it seems that many college professors and administrations want to stifle views and ideas that are not “politically correct” or with which they disagree.

• Speaking of free speech, the world seems full of talk shows and chat rooms where individuals can spout off about anything and everything. That’s OK, but something seems to be out of order when individuals can attack and denigrate others and do so anonymously. issue of this magazine, I wrote about the remarkable turnaround of our men’s basketball team under the leadership of Coach Tubby Smith. The ink was barely dry on that issue when Coach Smith departed for Memphis. His sudden departure was shocking and disappointing.

It seems he could have handled this situation better. He told Kirby Hocutt he would meet with him before making a final decision, but he didn’t. He apparently never met with his players. He knows better than that. However, I certainly wish him well and thank him for rebuilding our program and making it fun again to attend games.

We seem to have landed on our feet thanks to Kirby’s quick action in hiring Chris Beard, who WANTS TO BE HERE. Based on his track record, I think we are in good hands. I predict he will build on what Coach Smith started and the future will be bright.

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WHITACRE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY WHITACRE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING HONORED SEVEN ALUMNI AT ITS 50TH ANNUAL DISTINGUISHED ENGINEER AWARDS LUNCHEON APRIL 15. Honorees were CHRIS BURCHETT , executive director for client security software engineering for Dell Computers who earned a bachelor’s in computer science in 1990; DALE CHERRY , retired vice president and client director for Black & Veatch who received a bachelor’s in civil engineering in 1978; DAVID KING , president and chief executive officer of Primoris Services Corporation, one of the largest construction infrastructure service enterprises in the U.S, who earned a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering in 1974; FRED DAVID “DAVE” MARTIN , who serves as a cabinet secretary for the New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department and received a bachelor’s in chemical engineering in 1960; KEITH MCAULIFFE , vice president and chief technologist for HPE Servers Global Business Unit of Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, who earned a bachelor’s in electrical engineering in 1981; MARK RAMSEY , president of Texas Drilling Associates, a consulting engineering

From left: Chris Burchett, Dale Cherry, David King, Dave Martin, Keith McAuliffe, Mark Ramsey, Gary Thomas.

company he founded in 1992 that focuses on trouble prevention and institutes programs he pioneered to save operators hundreds of millions of dollars in trouble costs, who earned a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering in 1979; and GARY C. THOMAS , president and executive director of the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) system, who earned double bachelor’s degrees in civil engineering and architecture structure in 1980. Professor and Emeritus Dean John R. Bradford created the Distinguished Engineer Awards in 1966 to honor former engineering students who have made significant contributions to society and whose accomplishments have brought great honor to the college, Texas Tech and the engineering profession.

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Top row, from left: Mike Parent, College of Arts & Sciences; Joseph Young, College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources; Christopher Browning, College of Human Sciences; Raymond Flores, College of Education; and Joshua Fairbanks, Jerry S. Rawls College of Business Administration.

Bottom row, from left: Kimberly Sparr, College of Visual & Performing Arts; Brie Sherwin, School of Law; Melanie Sarge, College of Media & Communication; and Carla Lacerda, Edward E. Whitacre College of Engineering. Not pictured: Matt Stock, College of Arts & Sciences; Keira Williams, Honors College and Peter Raab, College of Architecture.

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TEXAS TECH ALUMNI ASSOCIATION HONORED OUTSTANDING FACULTY MEMBERS FOR THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS AT THE 2016 FACULTY CONVOCATION, HELD APRIL 21. The awards are presented to faculty who have four years, or fewer, of service at any university and who have earned distinction for dedicated service to Texas Tech.

The dean of each academic unit designates the recipient of the award, which carries with it a certificate and an honorarium of $500 funded by the Texas Tech Alumni Association. The TTAA uses membership funds to help to meet academic needs throughout Texas Tech University. In order to assist Texas Tech in attracting and retaining world-class faculty, TTAA established the New Faculty Awards program in 1987 to recognize outstanding new members of the faculty in each college and the School of Law.

TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY’S K-12 GLOBAL EDUCATION OUTREACH DIVISION, HOUSED UNDER THE OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, WAS SELECTED AS THE 2016 PAUL SIMON SPOTLIGHT AWARD BY NAFSA for its internationalization efforts in primary education. NAFSA is the world’s largest nonprofit association dedicated to international education and exchange. This award is given to institutions making intentional, significant progress in expanding the reach of internationalization among students, faculty and staff; fostering collaboration across academic, administrative and student services in the interest of internationalization; expanding student, faculty and academic support units contributing to internationalization; and assessing and measuring that progress.

Charlie Snider is mounted on Fearless Champion. From left are Former Masked Riders Bradley Skinner, Mackenzie White, Rachel McLelland, Christi Chadwell, Stacy Stockard and Corey Waggoner.

CHARLIE SNIDER FROM CORINTH, TEXAS, WAS NAMED THE 55TH MASKED RIDER FOR 2016-17 ACADEMIC YEAR AT THE TRANSFER OF REINS CEREMONY APRIL 15. At the ceremony, Rachel McLelland donned the Masked Rider uniform for the last time before handing the reins over to Snider. Snider is a junior studying animal science with a focus on equine science.

He began riding horses at age 13 and joined the Texas Tech Equestrian Team his freshman year. Snider has some big boots to fill, because during her time in the saddle as Masked Rider, McLelland logged a record-breaking 300 appearances and traveled more than 13,000 miles. She traveled to events across the state and nation, including the Big 12 Men’s Basketball Tournament in Kansas City, Missouri, to support the Red Raiders. She traveled to school appearances, rodeos, sporting events, parades, horse shows and even wedding receptions.

TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY’S UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS IN BIOCHEMISTRY HAVE RECEIVED ACCREDITATION BY THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY FOR THE NEXT SEVEN YEARS, THE LONGEST TERM ALLOWABLE. The accreditation began March 15 and will last through March 14, 2023. Tech was considered for the accreditation based on the following things: exceptional faculty, outstanding in both teaching and research; the quality and breadth of experiential learning woven through the program; a strong commitment to diversity; access to university-wide support structures for faculty development; an integrated safety program, a strong faculty commitment to undergraduate research.

UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS FROM BOTH TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY AND HILL COLLEGE RECENTLY PARTICIPATED IN A SPECIAL SIGNING CEREMONY TO BEGIN A PARTNERSHIP that will give students the opportunity to earn a bachelor’s degree from Texas Tech at Hill’s Johnson County campus in Cleburne. Tech will begin by offering bachelor’s degrees in human sciences and applied arts and sciences in leadership, adding more degree programs as the program grows.

THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION & COMMUNICATIONS IS NOW OFFERING AN ONLINE MASTER OF SCIENCE IN AGRICULTURAL COMMUNICATIONS. The degree is designed to address the needs of various individuals who are in full-time jobs, have permanent roots or family obligations that do not allow them to come back to grad school as a resident student.

TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SENIORS JEREMY GARCIA AND MARIO FLORES WERE REVEALED APRIL 22 AS THE STUDENTS WHO SERVED AS THE RAIDER RED MASCOT FOR THE 2015-16 ACADEMIC YEAR. The two were revealed at the annual Passing of the Guns ceremony in the McKenzie-Merket Alumni Center. Garcia and Flores passed the Raider Red’s guns to new students who will share responsibility in serving as Raider Red for the upcoming academic year.

Jeremy Garcia, left and Mario Flores, right.

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TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE HELD THE LAND ARTS 2015 EXHIBITION FROM APRIL 1 THROUGH MAY 6 AT THE LHUCA WAREHOUSES AT 1001 MAC DAVIS LANE. The display culminates the semester-long interdisciplinary field program Land Arts of the American West at Texas Tech in the College of Architecture and presented documents, objects and constructions by Texas Tech architecture graduate students. Students traveled 6,000 miles visiting locations across the Southwest, camping for two months, as they explored natural and human forces that shape contemporary landscapes—ranging from geology and weather to cigarette butts and hydroelectric dams. CHRIS TAYLOR , director of Land Arts of the American West at Texas Tech, leads the program and was assisted in the field

by Emily Rabinowitz from Taos and New Jersey.

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Top images: In the field; bottom: photos from the Land Arts exhibition.

FORMER AND CURRENT HIGH RIDERS GATHERED APRIL 1-3 AT THE ORGANIZATION’S 40TH ANNIVERSARY TO CELEBRATE. The celebration began with a Lady Raiders softball game and the next day the group attended a behind-the-scenes tour at the United Supermarkets Arena, had lunch in the Student Union Building, visited the Bell Tower, had a bus tour of campus led by High Rider treasurer Rachel Nash and enjoyed a trip onto the field at Jones AT&T Stadium. There were more than 100 attendees at the reunion dinner at the 50 Yard Line Steakhouse. Nancy Neill Hughes, one of the organization’s founders, provided a keynote address and shared memories of the High Rider’s first year. President Carina Guevara was named High Rider of the Year. High Riders is a women’s spirit student organization dedicated to promoting and supporting Texas Tech women’s athletics by upholding the principles of service, spirit, leadership, tradition and sisterhood. High Rider members are eligible to tryout for Raider Red.

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THE NATIONAL RANCHING HERITAGE CENTER, LOCATED ON THE TEXAS TECH CAMPUS, HOSTED THE 46TH ANNUAL RANCH DAY APRIL 9 TO GIVE LIVING DEMONSTRATIONS AND HANDS-ON EXPERIENCES FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY. The popular event had more than 4,000 visitors and more than 150 volunteers who presented hands-on ranch science activities, a ranch horse skills demonstration by the Texas Tech Ranch Horse and Rodeo teams, a stick horse rodeo, music, dancing and a magic show at the 6666 Barn.

The National Ranching Heritage Center is a historic park and museum dedicated to preserving and interpreting the history of ranching in North America and addressing contemporary ranching issues. The NRHC is home to nearly four dozen historic structures ranging from outhouses to windmills to a train depot.

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Last fall, visual artist and retired branding executive Philip Monaghan returned to his alma mater Texas Tech University, not just for a visit, but also to exhibit his latest collection of paintings, “Why Are You Doing This To Me?” at the College of Visual & Performing Arts School of Art’s Landmarks Gallery.

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Monaghan, left, and collaborator poet David Trinidad, at the opening of “Why Are You Doing This To Me?” at the The Fales Library & Special Collections, New York University, February 2016.

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The catalogue from "Why Are You Doing This To Me?" The cover shows the piece "Doris Day Dissolves," oil and ink jet on canvas, 36: x 60".

The exhibition.

Armed with his bachelor of fine arts degree in studio art, Monaghan left West Texas for New York City after college in 1976 and began what became a storied and varied career in the art and fashion world. In some ways, his return to Lubbock was coming full circle—he left a painter and returned a painter.

Yet, there were concentric circles along the way, as Monaghan explored and worked in different fields that employed his skills and talents as an artist and creative artist.

The exhibition, called “Why Are You Doing This To Me?: A Collaboration of a Painter and a Poet,” is rooted in David Trinidad’s poem “The Late Show.” The premise is that many female protagonists in memorable mid-20th century films such as “Lolita,” “Days of Wine and Roses,” “Splendor in the Grass,” “Vertigo,” and, of course, the film the title of the show derives from, “Midnight Lace,” are caught in the trap of feminine expectations and submission to men while being despised and mistreated by men. Monaghan and Trinidad both appreciate and identify with the movies and the women starring in them.

Equally intriguing, Monaghan’s 74 oil and ink on canvas works resemble stills from the movies. Full of emotion, the paintings depict women in states of distress and disbelief.

The faces of women such as Bette Davis, Lee Remick, Natalie Wood, Doris Day and other stars are depicted alongside paintings of liquor bottles, bell towers, high heeled shoes and telephones, elements—and symbols of—the movies’ storylines.

The result is compelling stuff.

For some people, discovering what they are meant to do and be takes a lifetime; for others, they never really find a niche that suits them.

Such certainly is not the case with Monaghan. The native New Yorker spent his early childhood in New York City, but he grew up in Houston, Texas. In both places, he was surrounded by artistic and architectural influences that helped shape his outlook.

“Although I didn’t live in New York City when I was young—my parents lived in the suburbs—my father would pick one day a year that I would ride the train with him from Westchester into the city,” Monaghan recalls. “This was the during the ‘Mad Men’ era— he worked for a chemical company, and like Don Draper, he was doing marketing. At the office, he would leave me with the secretaries, which happened on ‘Mad Men’ all the time. I would be entertained by them all morning, and then he would take me to lunch, and my mother would join us. She would drive me back home with her.”

During this time, Monaghan decided that New York was where he belonged and that no matter where else he lived in the meantime, he would end up in the Big Apple.

“My parents, very wisely, and I don’t know why, bought the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s ‘Seminar in Art,’ a comprehensive 14-volume set of the history of art with color plates, and commentary by John Canaday, art critic for the New York Times then. It was an encyclopedic view of the museum’s collection. I just gravitated toward it, poured over every volume when I was a kid.”

In the early 1960s, the family relocated to Houston for Monaghan’s father’s job.

Eventually, Texaco bought out his father’s company, so the family remained in Houston where Philip and his brothers grew up.

“Certainly, Houston, in the 1960s, was exploding with modern architecture. My dad’s office building, The Jefferson Chemical Building, is a classic example of midcentury modernism,” he says. “There is now an attempt to preserve it as an iconic building of the 1960s. I studied the new modern architecture and also made architectural models, inspired by what I saw. I was surrounded by creative resources.”

“My parents also took us to the museum. I saw The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and learned that it was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, a founder of the Bauhaus and very important German architect. It was the only museum he designed that was built in the U.S. The director of the MFA at the time was Philippe de Montebello, who later became the curator of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He had put together a contemporary mix of artists. I was just fascinated with seeing modern art, and it made such an impression on me.”

Monaghan’s father tried to steer him toward the Remingtons and Western art, but the budding artist preferred mid-20th century pop art and sculpture, by people such as Andy Warhol and Claes Oldenburg.

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Charlotte Neuville with Monaghan at the opening in New York, February 2016.

Inspirations: a VHS tape of “The Goddess” and manuscript pages with stills from movies depicted in the paintings.

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As graduation from Memorial High School in Houston neared, Monaghan decided to study architecture in college. Memorial graduates typically

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attended the University of Texas or Texas A&M, but Monaghan rather rebelliously chose Texas Tech, partially because of the reputation of its architecture program and partially because it was “slightly off the grid.”

“I hate to say—because this is a cliché—but I had just read ‘The Fountainhead’ by Ayn Rand,” he says. “I was totally influenced by the romantic notion of architecture and thought I would pursue it. That was the decision, that was why the application was made, that was why the trip was made to Lubbock. When I saw that the art and architecture schools were next to each other, I felt like I belonged there. It was a little tough because I didn’t know anybody here, except the 15 or 20 people who came from Memorial High School. We clung together, and those were my first friends.”

Not surprisingly, Monaghan eventually gravitated toward studying art.

“I really enjoyed my experience in the art department at Tech. I was floundering around until Jim Howze, a professor in the art department who was teaching studio and foundation classes, found me in the summer field school at Taos. I wasn’t working very hard, and he challenged me, and I was kind of humiliated and scared, which was a good thing. I produced a painting, and he said, ‘Finally, this is a good painting.’ I was saved by him, in a way. I really appreciated that.”

Monaghan wasn’t sure what his next move would be after receiving his BFA from Tech. So he chose to obtain a master’s degree so he could teach.

A friend introduced him to Pratt Institute in New York City. He applied and was accepted into the MFA program and moved to Brooklyn.

“I met people in the fashion industry, in publishing, in interior design, in graphic design and production, every possible creative path that you could imagine that would use art skills,” he says. “I realized that in New York, I had the opportunity to do anything I chose to do with my creativity. It needn’t be limited to being a studio artist or teaching. While I completed my MFA, I started taking classes in design and Left, from top to bottom: typography “Midnight Lace #1,” oil on linen, 16” x 20” and various “Midnight Lace #2,” oil on linen, 16” x 20” “Midnight Lace #3,” oil on linen, 16” x 20” (#3 from the other commuCollection of David Sloan and Steve Norring, New York). nication classes that Pratt offered, which were excellent, by the way. I interned at one of the big ‘Mad Men’ advertising agencies, which in hindsight is kind of amazing.”

He completed his MFA in studio art in 1979.

And—as he once had thought he would, he found his home in New York City.

Professor Jim Howze and his wife, Jean, visit with Monaghan at the opening of “Why Are You Doing This To Me?” at Landmark Arts in Lubbock, October 2015.

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Jean Howze says about her husband, “Jim says he is glad that he was a positive part of Philip’s art career and that Lydia Thompson (director, Texas Tech University School of Art) was able to get him here as a Tech Ex for his show to inspire professional-quality work among our students.”

WHEN I SAW THAT THE ART AND ARCHITECTURE SCHOOLS WERE NEXT TO EACH OTHER, I FELT LIKE I BELONGED THERE. Monaghan began working for Fiorucci New York, the iconic Italian boutique so popular during the Studio 54 era. He worked for their PR firm in 1979, moved to Milan briefly in 1980, and was named art director for the U.S. in 1981.

During his tenure with the store, the brainchild of renowned Italian designer Elio Fiorucci, Monaghan developed “live action” window displays with Andy Warhol, among other art-world luminaries. He also promoted unique items such as bracelets made of tire rubber and gold lamé pants and boots.

“As a result of my job, I entered Warhol’s world and spent time with him in his studio and on the trail as he made his tireless social rounds of the city,” he says.

Enter Les Wexner, Chairman of The Limited, Inc. “Les had always wanted to have a shopping mall version of Fiorucci,” according to Monaghan. “He had succeeded with Express. It was only a matter of time before the recruiters found me. I joined Express in 1986 and moved to the corporation’s headquarters, Columbus, Ohio.”

Wexner took an interest in Monaghan’s creativity, watching his career progress and encouraging him.

“The corporation was going through a growth spurt during that time, inventing brands such as Structure and Bath & Body Works and reinventing brands such as Henri Bendel and Lerner New York,” says Monaghan. “And I lead the effort to create the positioning and marketing for these brands.”

In 1998, Monaghan was teamed with executive vice president for design Charlotte Neuville at Lerner New York. They only worked together for three years but maintained their friendship after that.

“We repositioned Lerner into the new New York & Company,” says Neuville, a fashion designer who has repositioned herself as The Fashion Chef, creating couture cakes in New York City. “We were collaborators from the start. We traveled the globe together to get new ideas. It was a wonderful time in fashion, to vet ideas and concepts.”

Neuville notes that Monaghan hired great talents such as German photographer and director Peter Lindbergh to shoot campaigns for the new brand and top models Adrianna Lima, Heidi Klum and Karolina Kurkova to appear in them.

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“BUtterfield 8 #2” oil on linen, 16” x 20”

“I was doing massive, intricate boards with pictures and images for design presentations,” Neuville says.

“Philip augmented them with items from theatrical and movie prop houses. The design was 1960s with geometric, Mondrian-like elements in an understated point-of-view. It was joyous to put it together.

“He uses his depth of knowledge to great ends in his craft, using his cultural astuteness to take something old and modernize it without making it quirky.

His style is delicate and restrained and never clobbers you over the head.”

For almost 16 years, Monaghan enjoyed the intensity of his work for the organization that would eventually become known as L Brands. He worked with great people and had wonderful bosses and mentors.

He traveled internationally several times a year, oversaw numerous photo shoots and had to learn to think five years into the future. He moved from brand to brand at what he calls a “dizzying” pace.

“It was a great experience for me, it was lucrative, but it was very stressful. I made a decision in 2001 to step away,” he says.

He had not painted in years. Although he used his creativity in his job, it was in a commercial sense. Eventually, his work became more managerial than creative, causing him some frustration. He missed his art.

Life outside of the corporate world was a big change for Monaghan.

“When I left, I had so much energy tied up in my career, I felt very stunned, not having anything in front of me.

He needed a project, so he bought a beach house.

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While hiking on Fire Island, New York, the artist stumbled upon “Frank House,” one of the most iconic homes designed by midcentury modern architect Andrew Geller. The 1960s home was badly in need of repair and restoration.

“It was a great project and took all of my skills and all of my time for three years,” he says. “I worked with New York architects Larson and Paul, and we completely demolished the house to the studs and rebuilt it based on early photographs and a set of drawings of the original house.

“The whole house was significantly upgraded with new materials, new footings, new decks, a roof deck with a spiral stair to capitalize on the 360-degree views, a pool and HVAC system. The kitchen was relocated and two bedrooms were carved out of old spaces. There are, in fact, only a few areas of the original house still standing. A commanding work by Geller was therefore restored and updated to last another 50 years.”

Monaghan’s island retreat houses lovingly and carefully chosen furnishings accurate for the time period. For mid-century modern enthusiast Monaghan, it is the perfect place to unwind. Christopher Rawlins, an architect who lives next door to Monaghan’s Fire Island home, also is the authority on architecture on the island, a lecturer and author of “Fire Island Modernist.”

“Mid-century prosperity, combined with the Interstate highway system, made a second home possible for more people than ever before,” Rawlins says. “Andrew Geller tapped into this weekend getaway fantasy for an assortment of oddball and artistic types like himself. Today he is best-remembered for low-tech, high-energy beach houses across Long Island that showed ‘how far a little plywood and a lot of guts will take you.’ One of my favorite photos of the house shows an elderly Andrew Geller visiting Philip and marveling at the improbably resurrection of one of his finest creations.”

The beach house completed, Monaghan decided he wanted to paint again.

MONAGHAN’S ISLAND RETREAT HOUSES LOVINGLY AND CAREFULLY CHOSEN FURNISHINGS ACCURATE FOR THE TIME PERIOD. FOR MID-CENTURY MODERN ENTHUSIAST MONAGHAN, IT IS THE PERFECT PLACE TO UNWIND.

Dlugos’ poem “Gilligan’s Island.” The joint project originally was commissioned in 1983 but never came to fruition for many reasons. Monaghan resurrected it in 2007.

Based on familiar images from the TV show “Gilligan’s Island,” which first aired in 1964, the project combines more serious elements representing the Kennedy assassination, of the year earlier.

Monaghan’s impressions not only are based in Dlugos’ poem but also his own enlightenment about American culture in the 1960s and how it was changing. Monaghan titled the show with a line from the poem, “At Moments Like These He Feels Farthest Away.”

The title reflects the loss of his friend Dlugos, who died of AIDS in 1990.

The result is magical and intriguing.

The show was exhibited to rave reviews in 2011 at the Fales Library at New York University.

Monaghan’s friend Neuville owns one of the paintings, #6, “Ginger Is Wearing Spike Heels and a White Satin Kimono.”

“I love my Ginger painting,” she says. “I idolized Tina Louise (who played Ginger on “Gilligan’s Island”) but beyond that, this painting is absolutely gorgeous. The scale of it is large, but Philip has a beautiful, very, very deft touch on the canvas. It’s lyrical. The premise is so inventive—not contrived in any way.”

Reinvigorated by the positive reception of the “Gilligan’s Island” exhibit, Monaghan began his second series, “Why Are You Doing This To Me?” After its showing in Lubbock in 2015, the exhibition was displayed from February to May 2016 at the Fales Library at New York University.

The exhibit has been well-received, partly because it is so accessible.

“It is meant to be fun, mixed with pathos rendered in a campy Hollywood way,” Monaghan says.

Monaghan modestly defines his career with the epitaph of poet and art curator Frank O’Hara: “Grace to be born and live as variously as possible.”

“These words have always resonated for me,” he says.

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Always interested in collaborations between different types of artists, he toyed with the idea of bringing a narrative poem to life with his images. His first work of this type was based on the late poet Tim

Andrew Geller, architect of the house visits in 2007, after the Monaghan restoration

For more information about Monaghan and his art, visit www.philipmonaghanstudio.com

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Peggy Pearce at her retirement celebration, July 2015

A Tribute to

Peggy Pearce

By Bill Dean, Ed.D., Executive Vice President and CEO Photos compiled by Jean Ann Cantore

Born in Lubbock, Peggy Earl Carter Pearce was raised in Abernathy, Texas, and attended school there. After graduating from high school, Peggy enrolled at Texas Tech, where she played in the marching band.

Peggy attended Texas Tech for two years before transferring to West Texas State University in Canyon, where she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in English.

After finishing college, Peggy began working for the Amarillo Board of City Development.

Peggy met her future husband, Bob Pearce, while living in Amarillo.

The couple married in 1972 and moved to Lubbock. Peggy began a job at Gifford Hill.

In 1973, Peggy was hired by the then-named Texas Tech Ex-Students Association as an administrative assistant. Ever since her hiring, Peggy was an outstanding employee who held many roles, most recently serving as director of special events for many years.

Through her many years at the association, Peggy was a mentor and adviser to many coworkers. She had a certain wisdom and corporate memory that comes only with time and familiarity with a place.

She was a pack rat. I don’t believe she ever threw anything away until she announced her retirement and had to clean out the office, a project that took several weeks.

As director of special events, Peggy touched many lives. She spent time getting to know recipients of the various honors the association bestowed on Texas Tech alumni, faculty and staff.

Peggy carefully crafted the citations and video presentations read and shown at awards events. She and I spent countless hours going over those scripts in an effort to make the awards special to the ones receiving them.

Her work speaks for itself. She put together numerous classy and successful events—too many to list.

When I think back, I recall the first Distinguished Alumni dinner I attended in the ballroom of the Sub with all those then-squeaky chairs and think about where we are today. Back in the day, we read the citation and then asked a close friend to make remarks. Normally, the friend would go back over the ground covered in the citation and then go entirely too long with personal remarks.

And the chairs squeaked.

We came light years since those days thanks to Peggy. She honored people with outstanding citations and video presentations that highlighted their lives and accomplishments.

She planned hundreds of dinners, luncheons and too many other events to count, being sure that all were handled with class and care.

Peggy’s job also involved serving as secretary to the national board of directors. As board secretary, she planned and arranged for committee meetings, board social and the actual board meetings three times year, which was no small task.

During her tenure with the association, several important events took place in Peggy’s life. First, she gave birth to Ashley, her and Bob’s daughter, in 1981. Ashley went on to graduate from Texas Tech and be-

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come a schoolteacher. She married another Red Raider, Grant Looney.

In 2012, Peggy enjoyed yet another important event with the birth of her granddaughter, Brooklyn.

Peggy’s love for the Texas Tech Alumni Association is evident from her dedication to her job for 42 years.

In today’s world loyalty is a rare commodity—“It’s all about me.” That was not Peggy. She had undying loyalty to TTAA and everyone who worked here. She always wanted people to see the association in a positive light.

She was a master of developing and maintaining relationships with people whose lives she touched.

You know, I guess in every organization there are members who make you kind of shudder when you see them coming. Not Peggy. She saved us all many times over with her kindness toward everyone.

Through her work, she made many lifelong friends.

Peggy, you will be missed.

We will miss all your home remedies. We will miss all your philosophical theories. We will miss your off-thewall remarks that kept us in stitches.

Most of all, we will miss you.

When someone works in a place and is a part of it for so long, it is difficult to imagine that person not being there every time the doors open.

Rest in peace, Peggy. We all hope to see you some day.

Please feel free to donate to The Peggy Pearce Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship will be awarded to students who demonstrate with attributes or activities that they value “service above self.” Checks may be mailed to the Texas Tech Alumni Association, P.O. Box 45001, Lubbock, Texas 79409-5001.

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The Texas Tech University System

Public Art Program

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he face of the Texas Tech University campus constantly changes, not just because of building construction, but also because of additions to the Texas Tech University System Public Art Collection. Sculptures, murals and other large installations enhance campus by adding beauty and interest. All campuses in the Texas Tech University System are part of the Public Art Program, but this article focuses on the Texas Tech University campus in Lubbock.

Much like a huge museum spread over 1,850 acres, almost 100 indoor and outdoor installations give people walking across campus a reason to stop and look. Sculptures, murals and other works of art can be found all over the Lubbock campus.

The Texas Tech Board of Regents started the Public Art Program in 1998. With this initiative, the regents allotted one percent of the estimated total cost of each new major capital project to acquire or commission pieces of art appropriate for a college campus.

The program has been named one of the top 10 university public art collections in the country by Public Art Review journal.

For more information about the collection and to download a brochure with a map of the artwork, please visit www.texastech.edu/publicart.

If you have questions about the collection, contact Emily Wilkinson, public art director, Facilities Planning & Construction, Texas Tech University System (806) 742-2116 or emily.wilkinson@ttu.edu

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“Primordial Garden” by Adela Andea, College of Human Sciences (interior)

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“The Messengers”

by David Hickman, Media & Communication Building

“Flowmotion” by Nancy Lovendahl, Kinesiology & Sport Management

“Lluvia Luminosa” by Ray King, Student Wellness Center (interior)

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“Transitions” by Studio Arts Desire, The Commons by United Supermarkets (interior)

“Bridging Localities” by Peter Tonningsen and Lisa Levine, Rawls Course

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“Knowledge Structure” by Marco Cianfanelli, Research Park “Variations” by Aaron Stephan, Bayer CropScience

“Four Faces” by Michael Stutz, J.T. and Margaret Talkington Hall

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SNO DELICIOUS ®

This place. It’s sort of impossible to not have fun. It’s a frozen explosion of flavor

and brilliant color, a tiny celebration in a cup capped off with a petite, festive tropical paper umbrella. What’s not to love?

The owners call a visit to Bahama Buck’s® a mini vacation—the idea being that a visit is a tiny escape from the daily grind. Designed with the tropics in mind, the vivid hued, island themed décor in every store invokes a relaxed, endless-summer atmosphere.

Their specialty is shaved ice, what Bahama Buck’s® calls “Sno®.” The Sno® is, at its most basic, a perfected snow cone. The shaved ice is tightly packed into a vibrant cup, flavored with any one of Bahama Buck’s® proprietary flavors—there are more than 100—then the cup is crowned with a mountain of flavored Sno®. Add the umbrella and a color-changing spoon and you’ve got a little taste of paradise.

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A cup of Sno® is always topped with a tiny paper umbrella—Bahama Bucks® imports the largest number of these little treats in the United States.

SNO® WAY

Blake Buchanan founded Bahama Bucks® in 1990.

Bahama Buck’s® today is an entirely different company than it was in 1990 when Blake Buchanan opened his first store in Lubbock on the Brownfield Highway. Always an entrepreneur at heart, Blake—who earned a finance degree in 1992—was perpetually on the lookout for a way to make money to fund his college expenses.

“I had mowed lawns almost my entire life,” he says, remarking with a smile that he had a wicked sweet tooth, and the proceeds from the lawn business he and his two brothers founded supported his candy habit. “From the time I was seven years old through most of college. During my sophomore year, I was looking through the Thrifty Nickel and came across an ad where a guy was selling his shaved ice equipment.”

Blake purchased the seller’s inventory, a shaved ice machine and a handful of flavored syrups, with the intention of setting up a small stand to sell shaved ice. The 19-year-old Texas Tech sophomore never intended for shaved ice to become his life.

“I remember driving down the road with Kippi (his wife and childhood sweetheart) and she asked me, ‘Well, if you do this, what are you going to name it?’” he says. “I said, ‘Well, how about Bahama Buck’s®?’”

The idea being the shaved ice business would have a tropical theme while at the same time paying homage to Blake’s

nickname: Buck. The two chuckled about the name initially, then decided it was a go—the shaved ice business would be called Bahama Buck’s®.

Blake had saved about $4,000 and his father, Tom, matched the money, giving Blake a total of $8,000 to launch his business. He had a Texas Tech notebook he used to sketch his ideas for the first Bahama Buck’s® complete with a tropical theme. He constructed the building using reclaimed building materials from a tear-down in Pampa, Texas. Along with his father, both grandfathers and numerous friends, the first Bahama Buck’s® was created—a modest 240-square foot building.

There was no grand marketing scheme for Blake.

He says he placed an ad in the Texas Tech paper, then called the University Daily, and mainly relied on word-of-mouth to bring in guests.

“I still remember the first order in that first store,” recalls Blake. “It was a little boy, about 10 years old. He ordered a baby Sno®. I remember handing him the Sno® and his face just beamed. I have always approached this with the idea that I wanted to bless guests.”

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Every Bahama Bucks® is constructed and designed with a signature tropical feel.

SNO ®MANY YEARS

When Bahama Buck’s® first opened, Blake and Kippi were working more than 12-hour days—the store was open from 11 a.m. until 11 p.m.

“Kippi told me we had to find additional help,” Blake says. “We couldn’t keep up the hours all on our own. She was right.”

Blake phoned a buddy, a roommate of Eric Lee’s, Bahama Buck’s®’ current CFO, to offer him a summer job at Bahama Buck’s®. The roommate was leaving Lubbock for a summer internship, but Eric was looking for a job.

“I had applied for a job at Sam’s Club,” says Eric, who received a degree in finance in 1991. “I told Blake that I would work for him until I heard back from Sam’s. It’s a long-standing joke with Blake and me, and he still asks me, ‘Have you heard back from Sam’s?’”

Blake, Kippi and Eric watched the little Sno® shack’s sales double in 1991, then double again in 1992. The diminutive shaved ice stand on the Brownfield Highway sparked something in Blake. He and Eric had the feeling they could make it into something much more grand, and someday sell franchises.

Upon graduation in 1992, Blake and Kippi married and moved to Arizona, where Blake worked as a stockbroker. He convinced Eric to relocate to Arizona, and they opened their second store in Tempe and sold their first franchise on the Arizona State University campus. They decided to focus full-time on expanding Bahama Buck’s®, and Blake, Kippi and Eric were all working at their corporate headquarters in Tempe, Arizona.

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Bahama Bucks® has created more than 100 flavored syrups, all of which are produced at the Lubbock headquarters.

All three of Blake and Kippi’s sons were born while they were living in Arizona, as was Eric’s first daughter. The 10 years spent in Arizona were some of the most trying for the threesome.

“It was not easy, but you have this inner dream that moves you forward,” says Kippi. “There were setbacks, then glimmers of hope, and we kept moving forward. And looking back, we think that all of those struggles have made us better owners. We are better equipped to help franchisees.”

While living in Arizona, Eric’s wife was killed in a car accident, leaving Eric and their 10-month-old daughter in a state of shock. After much discussion, Eric, Blake and Kippi decided in 2003 to move back to Lubbock, where they’d station the headquarters for Bahama Buck’s®.

While the number of Bahama Buck’s® franchises have skyrocketed since 2014, the years leading up to that point were often a struggle financially.

“We had many missteps,” says Eric, who married Connie Parker Lee in 2004, and, in addition to Eric’s daughter, the couple also has two boys together. “We ventured forward and lived through a lot of lean years. We didn’t celebrate happy Christmases for about 16 years. There were many times we were the last to get paid, and one time we went through 18 months without getting paid at all. There was a six-month period where I bought a 50-pound bag of beans and a 50-pound bag of rice. I figured out that I could eat for less than a quarter a day.”

Kippi says there were sacrifices across the board. She notes that her family of five lived for years in a tiny two-bedroom house, with the hope that someday they could afford to buy a home.

“I would sometimes wonder,” she says. “How can we work this hard and still not make money? But, then, we’d start talking and dreaming and we did believe we could make it a success.”

In visiting with the three partners—Blake, Eric and Blake’s father Tom— and Kippi, not one of them has a bitter sentiment about their journey.

They talk about the lean years with smiles on their faces, having weathered severe financial storms and surviving to flourish. They have taken Winston Churchill’s counsel: never, never, never give up. Their advice is to have a dream, stake your claim and never stop working until you make it happen.

One of their favorite sayings is, “Nothing works unless we do.”

JUST SO YOU SNO®…

Blake and Kippi have three sons: Zyler, 20; Jett, 18; and Tru, 14. Eric has a daughter, Sophie, 13, and he and his wife, Connie have two sons: Barrett, 10; and Keaton, 8. Blake and Kippi both grew up in Wolfforth and attended Frenship schools.

And have they ever worked. Blake says initially he told his father and Eric Lee that within three years of opening their first franchise in Arizona, they would have 100 stores. Turns out it took more than 20 years to reach the 100-store mark. Like any business, these partners had good days and bad, many times asking, “Are we doing the right thing? Do we hang in there, or throw in the towel?”

One family member who has been there for every twist and turn is Cindy Buchanan, Blake’s mother, who has always been supportive of the efforts of Blake, Kippi and Eric. She and husband Tom (Blake’s father and partner) have been on the board of directors since the Bahama Buck’s® Franchise Corporation was formed in 1992. In 2003, she and her husband (Tom Buchanan) committed to three years to assist with daily operations—and they are still working there today. Cindy is the director of finance and helps with the day-to-day finances of Buck’s®—from bill paying to payroll and everything in between.

“It’s always difficult to watch your children go through tough times,” says Cindy. “The sacrifices they made were sometimes overwhelming and copious amounts of tears were shed.

Through experience I knew because of faith, work ethic and the passion and sureness of knowing Blake was on the path to which he was called, things would eventually work out successfully—an overnight success in 23 years! I think both Blake and Kip would agree that it was worth it. As a parent and business associate, it is gratifying to see your child achieve his dream while knowing that he never will completely ‘arrive.’ He knows he must continue to learn and grow himself and the company.

Struggles made him grateful and determined and humble and aware that success is a team effort, always.”

Bahama Buck’s® moved into its slick new headquarters building at 50th and Loop 289 in November 2014 because, Blake notes, “We were busting at the seams.”

The new 70,000-square-foot building was purchased because it will allow some room to grow and they were able to have their warehouse in the same location as their corporate offices. Eric’s wife, Connie, an interior designer, decorated the building.

Of the 100-plus flavors, Blake says the extracts are collected from around the world. Every Bahama Buck’s® syrup is created in-house and shipped from the Lubbock offices. The building houses a print shop, used to print all promotional goods for every franchisee.

There’s also a full-size Bahama Buck’s® store used to train franchise owners and managers. As for the Sno®, every location has its own proprietary ice machine to ensure consistency.

Blake says they’ve always followed the lead of their guests when adding new flavors. Each flavor starts out clear, and employees together decide what color is best suited for every flavor. Every region of the United States enjoys its own favorites. In Texas, blue coconut is in the top-five flavors, and in El Paso, San Antonio and Harlingen—markets with a high number of Hispanics—a top seller is mango with chili salt. On the West Coast there’s a bit of Asian influence, with dragon fruit topping their list of favorites. The top seller nationwide is strawberry.

In addition to original Sno®, the offerings at Bahama Buck’s® now include, Thin Ice®, sugar free options, and Super Sour flavors. They just launched War Heads—an extremely sour candy—flavor in May. Stores also offer a variety of drinks such as smoothies and coffees.

Their Paradise Party Packs are Sno® to go: guests can purchase a cooler packed with fresh Sno® and bottles of flavoring and serve Bahama Buck’s® treats anywhere.

They also offer their Snoblast®, a pint-sized creamy frozen treat in fruit flavors.

For those who love Sno® year round, there’s Sno2Throw®, Sno®balls made by the crews at Bahama Buck’s® just for throwing.

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BUILDING A SNO® EMPIRE 1990 First store opens on Brownfield Highway.

1991 Sales double.

1992 Sales double again.

1993 First two franchises sold in Arizona.

2014 Bahama Buck’s® awards its 100th franchise.

2015 Bahama Buck’s® awards its 200th franchise.

2016 Bahama Buck’s® is opening new stores at the rate of one every two weeks.

2017 Bahama Buck’s® has scheduled more than 50 stores to open, at the rate of one per week.

From the top: How it’s made: Shave the Sno®, pile it high, pack it in the cup, drench it with syrup, then add a color-changing spoon and umbrella and you have a mini-vacation in a cup!

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SNO®BALLING

“I compare it to building a snowball,” says Tom Buchanan, vice president of Bahama Buck’s® and Blake’s father. “You start small, then you push and push until it gets so big, it takes off on its own. It took persistence and diligence and soul-searching. It wasn’t easy and they sacrificed a lot.”

Before accepting a position with Bahama Buck’s® in 2003, Tom was in the insurance business.

“I never doubted Blake or Eric’s integrity or willingness to work,” says Tom. “As long as this was their passion and they had a vision, I was going to support them in what they were doing—and what they were doing was not an easy process.”

In February 2014, Bahama Buck’s® celebrated the awarding of their 100th store. A year later, they had hit the 200-stores mark. The decades of struggling were finally starting to pay off. In 2015 they opened 28 stores and will be opening a new store every two weeks this year. They expect store openings to double in 2017.

Blake and Kippi bought a house, which, Kippi says, “makes me feel like we’ve made it.”

To many it would seem the partners at Bahama Buck’s® are finally living life to the fullest, basking in the glow of their success, and, to some extent, they are.

They don’t plan to slow down and foresee the opening of many more Bahama Buck’s® stores in their future.

But Blake, Kippi, Eric, Cindy and Tom will tell you that, from the first Sno® sold more than 26 years ago, they already had their taste of paradise.

For more information about Bahama Buck’s , visit their website at www.bahamabucks.com or their Facebook page: Bahama Buck’s®. ®

From left: Tom Buchanan, Cindy Buchanan, Kippi Buchanan, Blake Buchanan and Eric Lee.

THE TIES THAT BIND Within the Bahama Buck’s® family, there is an ocean of Red and Black.

Blake’s parents, Tom ’68 and Cindy, attended, Blake ’91 and his wife Kippi both attended, and their eldest son, Zyler, just completed his freshman year. Eric Lee ’91, Bahama Buck’s®’ first paid employee and currently a partner and chief financial officer, is an alumnus as is his wife, Connie, an interior designer. Eric’s father played basketball for Texas Tech. Both of Blake’s brothers work at Bahama Buck’s®, his older brother Matt Buchanan ’90 is the director of information technology while younger brother Zac Buchanan is director of finance. Blake’s sister, Xana Bradley, and her husband Kyle, live in Lubbock and recently opened a store in Draper, Utah. Kyle also works for Bahama Buck’s® and is director of field operations.

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Ben Love and Katharine Armstrong Love on the south-facing patio of the home Ben built at Persimmon Gap Ranch. Long-time friend and fellow Red Raider Tio Kleberg says Love is “an excellent attorney and a very good pilot.” Love earned his pilot’s license partly out of necessity—it allowed him to travel quickly from his remote ranch for his work as an attorney.

Persimmon Gap Ranch lies in a part of Texas that a very small percentage of the population falls in love with. Just north of Big Bend National Park in far West Texas, it’s part of the Chihuahuan Desert—the landscape is rugged, rocky, remote and, of course, almost always dry. But for those who do fall, they fall hard, and the ties between the heart and the land form a powerful and life-long connection.

When Ben Love ’69 first saw Persimmon Gap Ranch, he was slightly mystified.

“I was 15 when we bought this ranch,” he says. “I remember wondering, ‘What are we doing here?’ There were mountain lions, bears, coyotes and even a few smugglers around. It was a very wild place. But it wasn’t long before I decided I loved it out here. This is home to me.”

It was vastly different than what he was accustomed to. Love had spent most of his life in the Texas Hill Country, in Llano, on one of the family’s ranches. Additionally, the Love family leased ranches in Mason, Menard and Llano counties to house 2,000-2,500 steers. They also ran 500 mama cows on their ranch in South Dakota, where the steers would eventually end up as well, shipped by train in old 40-foot wooden railway cars. They spent much of a year fattening steers on rich South Dakota grass, and then they would ship them to feedlots in Nebraska.

Around 1960, his family started bringing in steers through Presidio from Mexico. Presidio is a little more than 100 miles west of Persimmon Gap Ranch.

“When we started crossing steers out of Mexico, we stumbled onto this ranch,” Love says.

“We bought steers in January by the truckload and we decided this would be a good place to warehouse them before shipping them to South Dakota.”

So, in 1960 the Loves purchased Persimmon Gap Ranch, which is 34 miles south of Marathon, Texas. The ranch was named for the geological formation, Persimmon Gap, which provides a natural passage into Big Bend National Park. And, true to its name, the ranch does boast countless Persimmon trees.

Love attended Texas Military Institute (TMI) in San Antonio for high school. But he spent his summers at Persimmon Gap—the place had gotten into his blood and he could never stay away for long. While attending TMI, he became good friends with Tio Kleberg ’68 and Charles Armstrong ’68. The three also became skilled polo players. When it came time to select a college, the three decided on Texas Tech.

“We had awakened to Reveille and gone to bed to Taps for four years,” says Love with a chuckle. “We owned almost no civilian clothing and had attended an all-male high school. We were ready for a change.”

Love recalls that many of the dorms at Texas Tech had been completed just prior to his enrollment: Wall-Gates in 1965 and Stangel-Murdough in 1964.

“We had to have the girls back to their dorms by 8 p.m. on weeknights and 11 p.m. on weekends,” recalls Love, who received his bachelor’s degree in business administration.

Love, Kleberg and Armstrong founded the first Texas Tech Polo Team. Dale Chote ’68 from Ralls, joined the team in its second year. There was no polo field in Lubbock, so the team frequently played 12-goal polo at the Midland Polo Club, as well as in San Antonio.

“We had spent an entire year traveling and playing other universities’ polo clubs and even other countries, such as the Philippines,” says Love. “The thing is, we had never received permission from the university to play as ‘Texas Tech.’”

The 1967 Texas Tech Polo Team Love helped found received an invitation to play in the U.S. Intercollegiate Championship at Cornell University.

Love’s friend and fellow Red Raider Tio Kleberg, a descendant of Richard King, founder of the historic King Ranch in South Texas, recalls their time playing polo at Texas Tech.

“When we started the polo team we weren’t sanctioned by the university,” Kleberg says. “All intramural and fraternity activities were supposed to be sanctioned, and we didn’t realize that (when they founded the team.)”

Love and polo team members decided it was time to make things official.

“We decided we’d better go see Tech President Grover Murray, ’fess up, and ask for official recognition from the university,” he explains. “So, we went to his office and told him that we’d been playing as the Texas Tech Polo Team and that we were now in the national championship at Cornell. He asked, ‘How much will it cost?’”

Fortunately with the generous help of some supporters, the team had already arranged for private travel, so there was no cost to the university.

“The official ‘blessing’ was given by Dr. Murray,” remarks Love.

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While Love was attending Tech, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army in 1968, along with Charles Armstrong and Tio Kleberg. Upon graduation in 1969, Love was one of very few to receive a military deferment in order to attend law school at St. Mary’s School of Law in San Antonio.

“I elected to attend law school at St. Mary’s because that’s where my father attended law school,” says Love. “Also, the Tech law school was only in its second year, and frankly, I didn’t know whether it would be much of a law school. Looking back, it would have been a great gamble. The original facilities were in old wooden Army barracks, and at that time indeed, its future was uncertain.”

He spent his Army service at Fort Benning, Georgia, and completed his active duty service in 1972.

During his tenure at Texas Tech, he traveled back and forth to Persimmon Gap, maintaining a role in the family’s business. If he wasn’t playing polo, he was attending to affairs at the ranch in Marathon.

His dual involvement in college and the ranch came as no surprise to Love’s friends.

“Ben is a true outdoorsman,” says Kleberg, who also knew, and greatly admired, Love’s parents and sister. “He was raised at that ranch in Marathon, that’s always been an important place to him, and he has always loved the outdoors.”

When Love completed his military service and law school, he and his then-wife moved to Persimmon Gap where they raised three daughters: Carmen, Sara and Susanna. The girls were homeschooled until high school, when Love leased a ranch just south of Alpine and the girls were able to attend Alpine High School.

Two of Love’s three daughters followed in his footsteps and attended Texas Tech. Love’s oldest daughter, Carmen Love Mero ’93 received a bachelor’s in agricultural communications and was also a member of the Texas Tech Polo Team. His youngest daughter, Susanna Love ’00, received a general business degree from Texas Tech and also graduated from St. Mary’s University law school in 2006.

Upon his return to West Texas in the early 1970s, Love set up a law practice in Marathon. As the only attorney in Marathon, he initially spent three days a week in his office handling every type of law case imaginable, and the rest of the week he was at Persimmon Gap handling ranch business.

In 1979, Love began constructing an adobe home on the ranch.

Contractors are never easy to come by at Persimmon Gap, so he set out to build the house on his own. With the help of ranch employees, they hand-made every adobe brick at a location near the homestead.

Three years later, in 1982, the stunningly beautiful hacienda-style home was complete—with five bedrooms and three and a half baths.

The floors throughout are Saltillo tile, the interior walls are plaster and the ceilings are wood planks. The kitchen and bathroom counters and sinks are Talavera, a tile handpainted in Mexico.

From the back porch of the home, visitors can see Big Bend National Park as well as mountains across the Rio Grande River in Mexico. From the back of the home lies a canyon that Love says is a natural passageway for mountain lions, and where he trapped countless big cats throughout the decades. From the front of the home lies the Comanche Trail. (See photo caption on p. 33.)

Photos at right, from top: Love’s wife Katharine is an avid gardener and has created a breathtaking courtyard at their West Texas home; The LV brand was created by Love’s grandfather in 1876 and was first registered in Williamson County; During the home’s construction by Love and his ranch hands between 1979-1981, a tiny set of boot prints were inadvertently imprinted on the home’s back patio by one of Love’s daughters.

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Love is seated on the floor of his living room in front of his coffee table, which doubles as a shadow box and displays artifacts and keepsakes, while he explains to Jennifer Ritz, her husband Rudy Ritz and their three sons what each item is.

Inside the home Love has several cases that display a lifetime of treasures: arrowheads, pistols, fossilized shark teeth, and a variety of Indian artifacts. Many of his artifacts date back several thousand years. The ranch’s history is fascinating, including the fact that the Comanche trail runs across the eastern portion of Persimmon Gap. The Comanche Trail was a meandering path that followed watering spots and was used for hundreds of years by the Comanche Indians to move north and south throughout Texas and the Southwest. In far West Texas, the trail splits, and one fork went right through Persimmon Gap, the second further west near Presidio. The Comanche rode this trail deep into Mexico where they would steal livestock, women and children to bring back to the High Plains.

Around the time Love’s girls grew up and moved on, he and his first wife divorced. Over the years his law practice had transitioned from that of a general practice to one that focused on oil and gas, agriculture, natural resources and especially private property rights. By the 1990s, he was well known across Texas as an expert in private property rights. His clientele includes Academy Award-winning movie actors, Fortune 500 Companies and a number of very large agribusiness firms.

His work as a property rights attorney gave him the chance to work with Katharine Armstrong—at the time she was a commissioner, then later was named first female chair, of the Texas Parks & Wildlife Commission.

“Ben and I first met when I was about eight or nine,” says Katharine.

“He was in school at TMI with my cousin, Charles Armstrong, and Tio Kleberg, and the three of them started their polo careers at Kingsville learning to play with my father and my uncle, John Armstrong.”

Katharine’s family is part of Texas ranching royalty. The Armstrong Ranch in Kenedy County in South Texas is one of Texas’ oldest and most successful ranches. Her mother, Anne Armstrong, served as the U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain and both of Katharine’s parents were friends with many Texas politicians. That carried through with Katharine, who has been friends with former First Lady Laura Bush since the 1970s. In fact, the Bushes often stay at Persimmon Gap with the Loves.

Love and Katharine’s childhoods were similar: they both enjoyed their upbringings on large, remote ranches and both attended boarding school in San Antonio. They grew up knowing many of the same people.

“Over the years I lost contact with Ben,” says Katharine, who also has three children from her first marriage. “But, my father (Tobin Armstrong) was a director of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association and the National Cattlemen’s Association, as was Ben, and through my father I sort of kept up with him.”

The two reconnected through their mutual involvement with Texas Parks & Wildlife Department. Aware of Love’s knowledge of West Texas ranches, Katharine, while chairwoman of the commission, appointed him to chair a special TPWD task force in the Trans-Pecos. The two began spending more time together, and ultimately started dating.

“When he decides he’s going to do something, he doesn’t stop until it gets done,” Katharine says with a smile. “He got me because of his persistence.”

The couple married in 2007 and has continued to work together. Katharine founded Natural Resources Solutions and brought Love on board as general counsel. NRS, based in Austin, is a consulting firm that focuses on finding solutions to both regulatory and non-regulatory natural resource and environmental issues. Their success is due to their ability to bring together varied stakeholders—private landowners, research universities, state and local government agencies—and find innovative answers to conservation issues on private land.

One of their projects involved research performed

by Texas Tech. The Dunes Sagebrush Lizard (DSL) was identified as a species requiring protection under the Federal Endangered Species Act. The small lizard resides in shinnery oak sand dunes of Eastern New Mexico and West Texas. The habitat of the DSL encompasses the Permian Basin, one of the nation’s largest oil-producing regions. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was concerned oil production would damage the lizard’s habitat. There was also concern that ranchers were damaging lizard habitat.

NRS worked with the Texas Oil & Gas Association to develop the Texas Conservation Plan for the DSL. Working with the Texas Comptroller’s office, private industry and utilizing research from Texas Tech and Texas A&M University, conservation mechanisms protecting the DSL, landowners and industry were put in place. Consequently, the Texas Conservation Plan met the needs of all parties, and the lizard was not placed on the Endangered Species list thus preserving the owners’ rights to continue to utilize their property for ranching and oil and gas production.

Love’s involvement with NRS is another way he and Katharine work to support private property rights by creating workable solutions for landowners where otherwise there might be government encroachment.

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Katharine Armstrong Love is a self-made gardener, a fact made obvious when approaching their home from the highway. In the years since marrying Love, she has improved the landscape surrounding the hacienda, creating a lush habitat for all visitors, whether it’s a honeybee or a human. The house is a veritable oasis in the vast Chihuahuan Desert.

Love spends a majority of his time in at the ranch, but when the need arises to travel, he’s able to drive just a few miles down the highway to the hanger and landing strip on the ranch. He has held a pilot’s license since 1979, which makes traveling infinitely easier when living more than 200 miles from the nearest commercial airport. He has logged nearly 4,000 hours, and calls his turbo Saratoga aircraft his “Flying Surburban,” hauling everything from people to ranch supplies and groceries.

As a long-time director of the Texas Wildlife Association, he has made native animals his priority. He makes sure water keeps running to benefit the varied wildlife that roam the ranch: Mule Deer, Javelina, Aoudad Sheep, Blue Quail, dove, mountain lions, Mexican Black Bear and Bighorn Sheep.

And although they travel frequently, around the United States and internationally, the Loves say they’re most at home in their adobe hacienda at Persimmon Gap.

Ben and Katharine in their home’s kitchen.

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Cactus dot the landscape around the Persimmon Gap Ranch’s courtyard.

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Chris Beard Returns to Texas Tech to Lead Men’s Basketball Program Beard served as a Texas Tech assistant coach and associate head coach for 10 seasons from 2001-2011.

BY MATTHEW DUNAWAY, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, TEXAS TECH ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS PHOTO BY TEXAS TECH ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS C HRI S BEA RD WA S introduced as 17th head coach of the Texas Tech men’s basketball April 16 on the floor of the United Supermarkets Arena.

He was selected to return to the South Plains and serve as the 17th head coach of the Texas Tech men’s basketball program announced April 15 by Director of Athletics Kirby Hocutt and Interim University President John Opperman, Ph.D. “We are proud and excited to hire a coach of Chris’ caliber,” Hocutt said. “Our program achieved tremendous success this year, and I see that as something Chris will build upon and take us to even further heights. We are thrilled to have him back home at Texas Tech.”

Beard guided Little Rock to a historic turnaround in 2015-16 fueled by 30 victories, which was a program single season record and Sun Belt single season mark. The Trojans claimed the Sun Belt regular season and tournament titles en route to the program’s fifth NCAA Tournament bid.

Little Rock overcame a 14-point deficit during the final five minutes of the second half and won an 8583 double overtime thriller over No. 12-ranked and fifth-seeded Purdue in the NCAA Tournament. The Trojans also registered road victories over San Diego State, Tulsa and DePaul to spark a 10-0 regular season start. The 10-game winning streak to start the season matched a Little Rock program record.

Beard’s 30-5 record in his only season at Little Rock was a 15-game improvement from a 13-18 campaign prior to his arrival. The 15-game improvement was tied for the NCAA’s top spot in 2015-16, while his 30 victories was tied for sixth by a first-year Division I head coach. Little Rock’s 27 wins and .871 winning percentage led the nation during the regular season. For his efforts, Beard collected National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) District 24 and Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year honors.

Beard has amassed a 171-50 record, a .774 winning percentage and 24.4 victories per season over his seven seasons as a head coach. His previous head coaching stops include Fort Scott Community College, Seminole State College, McMurry University, Angelo State, Little Rock and UNLV. Beard’s roots in Lubbock and West Texas run deep. He spent 10 years at Texas Tech, which included seven seasons as an assistant coach under Hall of Fame Coach Bob Knight and three seasons as an associate head coach under Pat Knight. The Red Raiders racked up 188 victories—the best 10-year

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Coach Chris Beard greets the crowd who welcomed him to Texas Tech during a news conference April 16 at the United Supermarkets Arena.

stretch in program history—while Tech piled up four NCAA Tournament bids and three NIT appearances. His tenure with the Red Raiders was highlighted by Tech’s run to the 2005 NCAA Sweet 16 where the Red Raiders defeated UCLA and No. 11-ranked and three-seeded Gonzaga in the first two rounds.

Beard spent two seasons at Angelo State from 2013-15 where he secured NABC South Central Region and Lone Star Conference Coach of the Year after he guided the Rams to a program record-setting 28 wins and the program’s first NCAA Division II Sweet 16 appearance in 2014-15. Angelo State began the season with a 17-0 record and finished with a No. 19 national ranking. Prior to Beard’s arrival, the Rams suffered three consecutive losing seasons which included a 71-9 mark in 2012-13.

Before Angelo State, Beard was the head coach at McMurry University and for the American Basketball Association’s (ABA) South Carolina Warriors. McMurry went 19-10 with Beard at the helm during the program’s first season as a Division II member in 2012-13. The Warriors won the 2012 Mid Atlantic Championship, advanced to the ABA finals and notched a 31-2 mark as a first-year franchise.

Raised in Irving, Texas, Beard’s coaching career began in the Lone Star State as a graduate assistant at Incarnate Word followed by a pair of assistant coaching stints at Abilene Christian and North Texas.

Leading into his time with Texas Tech, Beard’s first two head coaching opportunities came at Fort Scott Community College in Kansas and Seminole State College in Oklahoma. He led Seminole State College to a 25-6 record and a No. 14 national ranking in 2000-01 after Fort Scott came away with 19 victories and a NJCAA Regional appearance in 1999-2000.

Beard earned his bachelor’s degree in kinesiology from the University of Texas in 1995. He has three daughters: Avery, Ella and Margo.

Texas Tech Advances to NCAA Super Regionals After 5-3 Win Orlando Garcia provided the game-winning hit with a two-run double in the sixth inning.

BY MATTHEW DOWDY, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, TEXAS TECH ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS PHOTO BY TEXAS TECH ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS ORLAN D O GA RC I A BELTED a two-run double to break a 3-3 tie in the sixth inning, and Hayden Howard registered five strikeouts over 4.2 innings of relief to lift Texas Tech to a 5-3 victory over Dallas Baptist in the June 6 NCAA Lubbock Regional Championship Game at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park.

The victory enabled the Red Raiders (44-17) to clinch a spot in the NCAA Super Regional round beginning June 10. Texas Tech will host East Carolina in a best-of-three series with a spot to the College World Series on the line.

With the score knotted at 3-3 in the sixth inning, Eric Gutierrez and Michael Davis set the table with a leadoff walk and a single through the right side to put runners on the corners. On the first pitch of the at-bat, Garcia cranked a two-run double into the left centerfield gap to clear the bases and vault Tech to a 5-3 advantage.

It was the second hit for Garcia, who finished 2-for-3 overall with three RBI after connecting on a similar RBI double in the fourth inning. He concluded the regional with a .429 average (6-for-14) en route to earning all-tournament honors.

Garcia was one of three Red Raiders with a multi-hit game, joining Davis (2for-4) and Stephen Smith (2-for-4). Davis scored all the way from first base on both of Garcia’s doubles.

Howard, the NCAA Lubbock Regional MVP, shut the door on the Patriots (44-19) best scoring opportunity in the seventh inning. With two runners on, he picked off Dallas Baptist’s Tim Millard from first base for the final out of the frame.

Howard (9-3) sat down six-straight Patriots to close out the victory as he earned the win after allowing just two runs over 4.2 innings - both of which that came from a Austin Listi two-run homer in the sixth inning. The outing was Howard’s second-longest of the season as he also matched his season high with five strikeouts.

Stephen Smith celebrates.

Howard came on in relief of Tech starter Ryan Moseley, who positioned Tech to win early after tossing 4.1 strong innings. Moseley surrendered just a run off three hits and a pair of walks in his first start since March 4 against Cal State Fullerton.

The right-hander benefited from an early lead after Smith boosted the Red Raiders with doubles to lead off both the first and third innings. Smith scored in both frames thanks to an RBI groundout from Tanner Gardner and then a bases-load balk.

The Patriots were able to tie the game twice off a Camden Duzenack sacrifice fly in the third and then Listi’s 10th home run of the season in the sixth. The tie game was short-lived, however, as the Red Raiders responded with at least one run in the bottom half of both frames.

Dallas Baptist reliever Landon Wilson suffered the loss for the Patriots after surrendering three runs off three hits and three strikeouts over his three complete innings.

He relieved starter Coby Weaver, who gave up two runs off two hits in just two innings of work.

In addition to Garcia and Howard, Texas Tech was also represented on the alltournament team by both Raley and Smith as well as Davis Martin.

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Dr. & Mrs. Michael K. Eklund (Tracy Eklund) Mr. & Mrs. Christopher W. Farmer ’99 (April Farmer)

Mrs. Joan D. Hart ’82 Mr. David Heasley (Abby C. Bertrand ’13) Mr. Delbert J. Helms ’78 Mr. & Mrs. L. Kyle Hendrick ’81 (Roxanne K. Hendrick ’82) Mr. & Mrs. James A. Hering ’86 (Marcella D. Hering) Mr. & Mrs. James N. Hock ’60 (Katrina M. Hock) Mr. & Mrs. Taylor J. Hood ’09 (Kristen E. Hood ’08) Mr. Ryan H. Howard ’14 Mr. & Mrs. Christopher W. Huot ’05 (Elisa Huot) Ms. Jessica L. Hutson ’08 Mrs. Amber M. Johnson ’04 Mr. & Mrs. Larry W. Johnston ’70 (Susan G. Johnston) Mr. & Mrs. Dustin Jones (Abigail Jones ’11) Mr. & Mrs. Jeffery Kellam (Karah Kellam ’12) Mr. & Mrs. Michael P. Kessier (Krista L. Kessler ’08) Mr. Taylor L. Klein ’14 Ms. Melissa A. Lancaster ’04 Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Lanham ’93 (Terri S. Lanham) Mrs. Liza A. Lopez ’13 Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Macaulay ’12 (Jenna M. Macaulay ’12) Mr. & Mrs. Joshua T. Macleod ’07 (Katie Macleod) Mr. J. Kyle Martin ’95 Mrs. Deana M. Martin ’91 Mrs. Evelyn R. Martin ’61 Ms. Linda K. Matlock ’14 Dr. Barent N. McCool & Dr. Audrey C. McCool ’82 Ms. Leah K. McCoy ’04 Mr. & Mrs. Tommy D. McMillan ’76 (Susan K. McMillan ’76) Mr. & Mrs. Bart E. Medley ’03 (Erin W. Medley) Ms. Nancy J. Meyers ’83 Mr. & Mrs. Matthew L. Miller ’03 (Alexandra K. Williams ’12) Mr. Hayden C. Molberg ’12 Mr. & Mrs. Dale C. Newman ’81 (Jeri Newman)

Ms. Cynthia O’Neill ’92 Mr. & Mrs. Brian T. Pierce ’93 (LaDawna K. Pierce ’90) Mr. & Mrs. Tyeson Powers (Nyssa Powers) Mr. W. Kent Rabon ’64 Mrs. Sheri A. Rand ’03 Mr. & Mrs. Tony M. Regan ’82 (Rochelle T. Regan ’82) Mr. Keir A. Renick ’06 Mr. & Mrs. Rich Renton ’92 (Shelby Renton ’93) Mr. Daniel V. Reyes ’14 Ms. Monica A. Ridley ’10 Mr. Scott D. Riley ’89 Mr. & Mrs. Eduardo L. Rodriguez ’14 (Priscilla Rodriguez) Mrs. Cathy G. Sarabia ’15 Mr. & Mrs. Mendell R. Schelin ’74 (Laura L. Schelin ’74) Mr. Cody E. Smotherman ’11 Mr. & Mrs. Neal W. Spradlin ’13 (Liberty H. Spradlin ’10) Mr. & Mrs. Denver D. Stockbridge ’94 (Melissa A. Stockbridge ’95) Ms. Julie M. Szamatulski ’14 Mr. Tanner M. Thetford ’09 (Magen M. Lee ’10) Ms. Emily J. Thiemann ’08 Mr. & Mrs. Tristum Tipton ’03 (Britney Tipton ’02) Mr. & Mrs. Cesario K. Torres ’94 (Veronica Torres) Mr. & Mrs. Randal G. Waggoner ’90 (Donna G. Waggoner ’90)

Photo Reprints

Mrs. Cynthia R. Walker ’78 Mr. Chase W. White ’15 Mrs. Norma D. Williams ’65 Ms. Tara L. Williams ’08 Mr. Garrison E. Williams ’13 Ms. Julee A. Williams ’93

The Daily Toreador and La Ventana Visit

www.dailytoreador.com and click on Buy Photos.

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association news COM PI LE D BY J EAN AN N CANTO R E

The Oklahoma City Chapter enjoyed watching the Texas Tech vs Butler basketball game March 17.

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Texas Tech Alumni Association held its first Legacy Program Easter Egg Hunt April 19 at the McKenzie-Merket Alumni Center. Participants hunted for red eggs.

The new Dripping Springs Chapter met in the home of newly-elected president Brent Gibbs Jan. 20

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Also enjoying the event were people from every branch of the military.

From left are Vincent Lewandowki, Coast Guard, (hidden in photo); Technical Sergeant Rodrigo Trevino, United States Air Force; Philip Barnes, Student Veteran, Air Force Veteran; Lou Ortiz. Military and Veterans Programs Director; Petty Officer 1st Class Nicholas McMillion, United States Navy; Sergeant Wayne A. Hill, United States Marine Corps; Bernice Flett; Military & Veterans Programs Office and Sergeant Martin A. Balderas, United States Army.

T H E T E X A S T E C H University Alumni Association has a new Military & Veterans Alumni Chapter. Texas Tech has a tradition as a military and veteran-friendly campus and has gained national recognition for providing a campus-wide support system for those who have served. This new chapter will encourage an ongoing Red Raider connection for our graduates as they go on to future success.

The Military & Veterans Alumni Chapter is open to members of the military, veterans, family members and anyone who has an interest in supporting our military service members and veteran students and graduates. For more information, please contact Lou Ortiz at lou.ortiz@ttu.edu.

texastechalumni.org/militaryveteranschapter

Members of uniformed military personnel lead the football team onto the field at the Celebrating America Football Game Nov. 14.

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getting to know Texas Tech Alumni Association Board Members

MANDY CARR JOHNSON

DAVID A. MILLER

IN WHAT CITY DO YOU RESIDE? Denver.

IN WHAT CITY DO YOU RESIDE? Lubbock,

Texas.

WHAT IS YOUR POSITION ON THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD? New

Member.

WHAT IS YOUR POSITION ON THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD? Board

WHAT WAS YOUR MAJOR AND CLASS YEAR AT TECH, PLUS ANY OTHER DEGREES YOU MAY HAVE EARNED?

member beginning January 2016. Serves on the financial, strategic planning and facilities committees.

Bachelor of Science in Food Technology, 1994; Master of Science in Food Technology, 1995; Ph.D. in Meat Science (Food Safety), 1999.

Management, 1971.

WHERE ARE YOU EMPLOYED AND WHAT IS YOUR POSITION?

WHERE ARE YOU EMPLOYED AND WHAT IS YOUR POSITION?

National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, Sr. Executive Director, Science.

Spirit Ranch, Executive Coach, Public Speaker.

WHAT ARE THE NAMES OF YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS? My hus-

WHAT WAS YOUR MAJOR AND CLASS YEAR AT TECH, PLUS ANY OTHER DEGREES YOU MAY HAVE EARNED? BBA, Administrative

WHAT ARE THE NAMES OF YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS?

of Animal Science Graduate Student Association, Meat Science Association.

Wife—Jayne Ann Williston Miller, ’72 (deceased Sept. 1, 2012) Son—Matt Miller ’05 (married to Alex Williams Miller ’13) Son–Tim Miller (Texas A&M, 2000) (married to Angela Due Miller ’99) Daughter–Beth Berend (Texas A&M, 2003) (married to Lee Berend-Texas A&M, 2002)

WHAT IS ONE OF YOUR FONDEST MEMORIES FROM YOUR TECH DAYS? Carol of Lights.

MAJOR ACTIVITIES IN WHICH YOU WERE INVOLVED AS A STUDENT AT TECH: Phi Delta Theta fraternity.

WHAT IS ONE THING YOU’VE ENJOYED SEEING OCCUR RECENTLY AT TEXAS TECH? As a scientist and a former college faculty

WHAT IS ONE OF YOUR FONDEST MEMORIES FROM YOUR TECH DAYS? Victory over Texas in football, Fall 1967.

band is Todd Johnson.

MAJOR ACTIVITIES IN WHICH YOU WERE INVOLVED AS A STUDENT AT TECH: AgriTechans, Food Technology Club, College

member, I’ve been proud to see the Tier 1 designation and recognition for research at a great university while maintaining a strong commitment to undergraduate education. The upgrades to current, and the building of new facilities on campus to support these efforts is exciting to see unfold.

WHAT ARE YOUR INTERESTS AND HOBBIES? Since moving to

Colorado, I’ve learned to enjoy outdoor sports in all seasons: snowboarding, hiking, cycling and so many more.

WHAT IS ONE THING YOU’VE ENJOYED SEEING OCCUR RECENTLY AT TEXAS TECH? Robert Duncan being named chancellor.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE BOOK? “Wild at Heart” by John

Eldredge.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE MOVIE? “Lonesome Dove” (mini-series) and “The Natural” are tied for first place.

WHAT ARE YOUR INTERESTS AND HOBBIES? Seven grand-

WHAT CHARACTER TRAIT DO YOU VALUE HIGHLY IN AN INDIVIDUAL? Integrity.

children (eight as of June 2016); public speaking; leadership development.

IF YOU COULD ASK FIVE OR SIX PEOPLE TO YOUR HOME FOR AN EVENING, WHO WOULD THEY BE? I would love to host the

WHAT CHARACTER TRAIT DO YOU VALUE HIGHLY IN AN INDIVIDUAL? Authenticity.

last three generations of my family. My great grandparents — first generation Americans who endured great challenges of bridging the cultural changes from their heritage and worked to have, in their minds, the “American Dream.” My grandparents worked on the farms their parents started, or continued to work the land of others. My parents were the first in their families to go to college. What did each generation dream for the next?

IF YOU COULD ASK FIVE OR SIX PEOPLE TO YOUR HOME FOR AN EVENING, WHO WOULD THEY BE?

Living–Max Lucado, Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, Steph Curry and Condoleezza Rice.

Deceased—Mickey Mantle, Ronald Reagan, Abraham Lincoln, Margaret Thatcher and Jackie Kennedy.

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alumni news C O M PI LE D BY HAYLEY MAG N ESS

A G LI M PS E AT TE XAS TEC H’S H E R ITAG E

In the 1956 “La Ventana” yearbook, students prepare for an onslaught of voters for the student elections.

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BOOKS

1973 SHELLEY ARMITAGE (BA ’69

English, ’71 MA) Las Cruces, New Mexico, recently authored a book, “Walking the Llano: A Texas Memoir of Place.” The publication is a personal story of the Texas Panhandle landscape, including history, prehistory and an exploration of the environment. It is a memoir, not pure history. To gather information for the book, during several summers Shelley—who grew up in nearby Vega—hiked an intermittent creek, the Middle Alamosa, from her family’s farm near I-40, about 30 meandering miles away to the Canadian River. She shows the reader a hidden side of the rural Texas Panhandle while exploring her family’s history as well as the human alterations to the landscape.

A university professor, she has authored eight books and 50 articles and essays and has held Fulbright Chairs in Warsaw and Budapest, a Distinguished Senior Professorship in Cincinnati, and the Dorrance Roderick Professorship in El Paso as well as three National Endowment for the Humanities grants, a National Endowment for the Arts grant, and a Rockefeller grant. Her book can be purchased at amazon.com.

JAN PEARCE TILLEY (BS ’79 Home Economics Education, MS ’92 Food & Nutrition) Bulverde, Texas, released her third book, “Eat Well to Be Well,” a book about proven strategies she used through her years as a clinician to help people yield a healthy, balanced lifestyle.

Jan believes food is medicine and she has witnessed balanced and healthy lifestyles transform lives—she believes that reducing chronic inflammation holds the key to wellness. Her research, knowledge and commitment to the anti-inflammatory (AI) lifestyle, combined with a love for fresh, healthy food has translated into this toolkit for why and how to create a healthier, happier life. She includes tips and tools to help weave the anti-inflammatory lifestyle into busy lives. Her book explains how achieving a healthy weight and becoming more active can stop chronic disease in its tracks, which means decreased medications, increased energy and a much-improved quality of life. She is the president and CEO of JTA Wellness, is a registered dietician and a national leader in nutrition counseling, wellness and chronic disease management.

Her book can be purchased at amazon.com. Her husband is Bruce Tilley.

PEGGE PRICE BRENEMAN (BFA Interior Design) Prairie Village, Kansas, recently retired from Hollis + Miller Architects. She was hired in 1984 as the first interior designer for the firm, which was established in 1950.

Througout the past 32 years, Pegge developed and grew the interior’s department. The firm’s work was emphasized in the K-12 education, higher education, government and commercial markets. She is now retained as a consultant to Hollis + Miller Architects. Her husband is Jim Breneman.

1974 LARRY D. “DOC” BUTLER (BS Wildlife) Weatherford, Texas, received the W.R. Chapline Stewardship Award at the Society for Range Management’s 69th Annual Meeting held in Corpus Christi, Texas. This award recognizes members of the society for exceptional accomplishments and contributions in the application of the art and science of range management to specific to rangeland entities, and to wildlife and domestic livestock on such lands. Larry has spent his entire adult life promoting sound rangeland stewardship and has his own television show, “Out on the Land,” which airs on RFD television. His wife is Dorlene.

1976 STEVE DOBBS (BBA Accounting) Flowood, Mississippi, was announced as the chief executive officer for Merit Health’s facilities throughout the state of Mississippi.

Dobbs will lead the 12 Merit Health hospitals and 120 physician practices in the state. Dobbs previously served in leadership roles at hospitals and healthcare organizations in Oklahoma, Florida and Kansas.

He is on the board of the Greater Jackson Chamber Partnership and the Mississippi Economic Council. His wife is Katherine.

E. MICHAEL SHEEHAN (BA Psychology) Aledo, Texas, was named a “Top Attorney” for Thompson & Knight LLP in the December 2015 issue of Fort Worth, Texas, magazine for civil law-litigation. His wife is Carol.

1978 LYNNE STEWART (BS Education) Dallas, Texas, and her

staffing and recruiting agency—which she founded 14 years ago—was one of only 2 percent of staffing com-

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A special thank you to our top-level members for their continued support.

Diamond ($5,000 or more annually) Mr. & Mrs. Bryant Bonner ’95 (Whitney Bonner ’96)

Mr. Rowland Lawson ’84

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Breedlove ’70 (Lorrie Breedlove)

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Perkins (Joyce W. Perkins ’64)

Mr. & Mrs. Donald G. Chenault ’82 (Vicki L. Chenault)

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Pubentz ’98 (Rebecca Pubentz ’99)

Mr. & Mrs. Jason Elliott (Robin Elliott ’95)

Mr. & Mrs. John Scovell ’68 (Diane Scovell ’68)

Mrs. Helen J. Geick ’61

Mr. & Mrs. Barry C. Street ’79 (SuDeline Street ’79)

Mrs. Peggy B. LaFont ’61

Mr. & Mrs. Randall W. Vines ’84 (Dona E. Vines ’86)

Platinum ($2,500 to $4,999 annually) Mr. & Mrs. Grant F. Adamson ’81 (Nelda S. Adamson) Mr. & Mrs. G. Barney Adams ’75 (Kandy Adams ’75) Mr. & Mrs. Mike Baca (Jan W. Baca ’70) Mr. & Mrs. James P. Bennett ’02 (Christi Bennett) Mr. Greg Borum Dr. & Mrs. Edward Broome ’68 (Jan L. Broome ’68) Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Brown ’59 (Elena R. Brown) Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Broyles ’51 (Helen P. Broyles) Lt. Col. Mark H. Bryant ’83 Mr. & Mrs. Steve Burleson ’83 (Elizabeth Burleson ’84) Mr. & Mrs. Clay Cash ’97 (Ashley B. Cash) Ms. Nora Chang ’95 Mr. Michael Conley ’13 Mr. & Mrs. Lynn F. Cowden ’80 (Lisa Cowden) Mr. Richard R. Davila, II Mr. & Mrs. Enoch L. Dawkins ’60 (Frances Dawkins) Mr. Daniel F. Frye, III ’73 Mr. Ralph G. Goodlet, Jr. ’82 Mr. & Mrs. J. Todd Gregory ’85 (Nancy Gregory) Mr. & Mrs. B.R. “Rip” Griffin (Geneva Griffin ’51) Mr. & Mrs. Will B. Hagood ’69 (Karen Hagood ’71) Mr. & Mrs. Ronnie D. Hammonds ’68 (Nancy L. Hammonds) Mrs. Julianna Hawn Holt ’69 Mr. H. Wayne Henry ’75 Mr. Bob L. Herd ’57 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Hix ’70 (Leslie Hix ’71) Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Holloman ’80 (Karlene Holloman) Mr. Peter M. Holt Mr. & Mrs. Don J. Howe ’71 (Vickie Howe) Mr. & Mrs. Ken V. Huseman ’75 (Jaye M. Huseman) Mr. & Mrs. Tom W. Jacobs ’87 (Jerri L. Jacobs) Mr. & Mrs. Parker Johnson ’97 (Victoria Johnson)

Mr. & Mrs. Lanny G. Layman ’77 (Joni Layman ’79) Mr. & Mrs. Justin Mason (Denise Mason) Mrs. & Mrs. Mark R. McGuire ’83 (Nancy Q. McGuire ’77) Mr. & Mrs. Michael McKenzie ’68 (Barbara McKenzie ’69) Mr. Glenn D. Moor ’84 Mr. & Mrs. Nathan Nash ’05 (Rachel Nash) Mr. & Mrs. Stephen S. Poore ’90 (Christina B. Poore) Mr. & Mrs. Joe H. Price (Mary Jo Price ’53) Mr. Michael R. Proctor ’90 (Julie Proctor) Mr. & Mrs. Ben H. Ralston ’76 (Jeannie Ralston ’77) Mr. & Mrs. John W. Redmon ’71 (Ann R. Redmon ’71) Mr. & Mrs. Steve D. Reichmuth ’72 (Barbara Reichmuth) Dr. Nancy R. Ruff ’69 Mr. & Mrs. W. Joseph Sammons ’78 (Susan Sammons ’78) Mr. Robbie R. Sartain ’79 Mrs. Sammie Saulsbury ’58 Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth H. Sheffield, Jr. (Catherine Sheffield ’79) Mr. & Mrs. James E. Skinner ’74 (Alice B. Skinner) Ms. Anita R. Smith ’63 Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Smith ’65 (Gail Smith ’68) Mr. & Mrs. Tom S. Stacy ’75 (Melinda M. Stacy) Mr. & Mrs. Phil D. Staley ’70 (Sharon Staley ’71) Mr. & Mrs. Dale V. Swinburn ’65 (Cheryl Swinburn) Mr. & Mrs. Max Swinburn ’67 (Doris Swinburn) Mr. David F. Thomas ’83 Mr. & Mrs. Fred A. Underwood ’71 (Pam Underwood) Mr. Tommy W. Velasquez ’93 Mr. & Mrs. John B. Walker ’68 (Lisa A. Walker) Mr. & Mrs. Edward Whitacre ’64 (Linda Whitacre ’65) Mr. Dan White ’79 (Debbie White) Mr. & Mrs. John W. Wilkins, Jr. ’88 (Karen Wilkins)

*As of May 25, 2016

Gold ($1,000 to $2,499 annually) Mr. & Mrs. Mike R. Abbott ’63 (Diane Abbott) Mr. & Mrs. Kevin L. Acosta (Arcilia C. Acosta ’89) Mr. Darrell W. Adams ’81 LCpl. & Mrs. Rodney B. Adams ’05 (Emily Adams) Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Adcox ’95 (Keeley K. Orman-Adcox ’95) Dr. & Mrs. Richard G. Alexander ’58 (Janna Alexander) Mr. Robert Allen (Janice Allen) Mr. & Mrs. Bruce E. Anderson ’91 (Melissa Anderson) Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Anderson ’80 (Cynthia Anderson ’78) Mr. & Mrs. David Anderson ’84 (Susan Anderson ’85) Mr. & Mrs. Dennis W. Anthony ’75 (Loraine C. Anthony) Mr. & Mrs. C Kevin Atkins ’81 (Gay Atkins) Mr. & Mrs. William Bailey ’82 (Michelle Bailey) Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Baker ’73 (Leslie E. Baker) Mr. & Mrs. David E. Barber ’65 (Sandra R. Barber) Ms. Peri Barker Meyer ’81 Mr. & Mrs. Carl A. Beard, Ph.D. (Robin Beard ’12) Mr. & Mrs. Joe Beaty ’69 (Patricia Beaty ’75) Mrs. Cat Benoit ’11 Dr. Francille Bergquist ’68 Mr. & Mrs. Oran H. Berry, III ’71 (Linda L. Berry ’70) Mr. & Mrs. Brent C. Bertrand ’87 (Tonya H. Bertrand ’86) Mr. & Mrs. Ronny R. Beavers ’94 (Jennie R. Beavers) Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Billstone (Stephanie Billstone ’95) Mr. & Mrs. Colin R. Blair ’96 (Carolyn D. Blair ’95) Mr. William C. Bomberger ’79 Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Boutwell ’97 (Kasi Boutwell ’99) Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Boyd ’74 (DeLilah Boyd) Mr. & Mrs. Bennie R. Brigham ’65 ( Mary Brigham ’66) Mr. & Mrs. Ben P. Britten ’82 (Patricia M. Bitten) Mr. & Mrs. Larry R. Britton ’69 (Judith A. Britton) Mr. C.H. Brockett ’75 Mr. & Mrs. Randy L. Broiles ’79 (Cindy L. Broiles) Mr. Alan D. Brown ’69 Mr. & Mrs. Eddie M. Brown ’60 (Billie G. Brown) Mr. & Mrs. William D. Brown ’74 (Karen E. Brown ’74) Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Bryant ’73 (Rebecca Bryant) Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Buckalew ’72 (Shelley Buckalew) Dr. J. Fred Bucy ’51 Mr. & Mrs. Jack L. Byrd ’56 (Marline C. Byrd) Mr. & Mrs. Larry Byrd ’57 (Patricia Byrd) Mr. & Mrs. Gary R. Cain (Melissa Cain) Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Cameron (June C. Cameron ’64) Mr. & Mrs. Ben D. Campbell ’77 (Marsha B. Campbell) Mr. John Brady Campbell ’07 Mr. & Mrs. Howard R. Carlson, IV ’08 (Ali Carlson) Mr. David R. Carter ’87 Ms. Maria R. Carter ’87 Mr. & Mrs. R. Don Cash ’66 (S. Kay Cash ’67) Mr. & Mrs. Eugene C. Chambers ’66 (Carole Chambers) Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Champion ’69 (Robbie Champion ’69) Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Cina ’75 (Anne G. Cina) Mrs. Peggy Clark ’64 Dr. David S. Cockrum ’94 Mr. & Mrs. Llyod Coppedge ’70 (Judi C. Coppedge) Mr. & Mrs. David Copple ’91 (Marquel Copple) Col. Jimmy D. Cox ’63 Mr. & Mrs. Brenton A. Croley ’96 (Carrie E. Croley ’95) Dr. & Mrs. Charles F. Cruser ’76 (Salty Cruser) Mr. & Mrs. Tim G. Culp ’81 (Annette L. Culp ’81) Mr. & Mrs. Charles Cummings ’59 (Barbara Cummings) Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Cummins ’75 (Barbara Cummins) Mrs. Nelda Dalby Mr. & Mrs. Jim Daniel (Mary Daniel ’78) Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth G. Davis ’84 (Lisa G. Davis) Mr. & Mrs. Sean D. Davis ’86 (Donna Davis) Dr. & Dr. Miles R. Day (Audra R. Day ’99) Dr. & Mrs. Bill F. Dean ’61 (Peggy M. Dean ’66) Ms. Jane B. Dickson ’74 Mr. & Mrs. Mike K. Dobbins ’88 (Tracy Dobbins) Dr. & Mrs. Michael A. Doherty ’73 (Ginger R. Doherty) Mr. & Mrs. Jim A. Douglass ’70 (Patti Douglass ’85) Mr. & Mrs. Michael Dowdey ’88 (Cynthia Dowdey ’88) Ms. Laurie Dowel ’71 Mr. & Mrs. John C. Downs ’66 (Edie Downs) Captain & Mrs. David A. Drake ’82 (Paige A. Drake) Mr. & Mrs. Patrick N. Drennon ’78 (Tracie Drennon) Mr. Atlee R. DuBose ’96 Chancellor & Mrs. Robert L. Duncan ’76 (Terri G. Duncan) Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Eakens ’72 (Bonny Eakens) Mr. & Mrs. Gayle M. Earls ’59 (Dolores J. Earls) Mr. & Mrs. Stan J. Edwards ’68 (Jane Edwards) Mr. & Mrs. Michael S. Erspamer ’73 (Patty Erspamer ’74) Mr. & Mrs. C. Robert Fabling ’69 (Lee Fabling) Mr. Quinton A. Farley ’81 ’85 Regent & Mrs. L. F. Francis ’78 (Ginger G. Francis ’79) Mr. & Mrs. Ricky Gaddis (Melinda Gaddis ’84) Mrs. Kelle L. Gambill ’85 Dr. Steven G. Gamble ’67 Mr. & Mrs. James L. Gaspard ’72 (Dinah A. Gaspard ’72) Mr. & Mrs. William D. Gibson ’80 (Karen A. Gibson ’85) Mr. & Mrs. S. Todd Gibson ’97 (Rebecca Gibson ’96) Dr. & Mrs. John Gonzalez ’94 (Linda Gonzalez) Mr. & Mrs. Bryan B. Gossett ’73 (Nancy K. Gossett) Mr. & Mrs. Robert Graves ’70 (Susan Graves) Mrs. Andrea Gray ’98 Hon. & Mrs. William Gray ’64 (Lanette Gray) Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Green ’64 (Mary Ann Green ’64) Mr. & Mrs. Dan Guy (Terri S. Guy ’73) Dr. & Mrs. Nadim G. Haddad ’88 (Christine Haddad) Mrs. Karen Hamel ’93

Chancellor Emeritus Kent Hance ’65 Mr. & Mrs. Keith R. Hansen ’68 (Glenda G. Hansen) Mr. Rodney M. Harden ’74 Mr. & Mrs. Owen Harrison ’73 (Lois Harrison) Dr. Robert I. Hart ’80 Mr. & Mrs. Jim Hart ’83 (Susan M. Hart ’83) Mr. Douglas Harvey ’01 Mr. & Mrs. Tim A. Hatch ’51 (Tommie A. Hatch ’51) Mr. Mark Hazelwood ’71 Mr. & Mrs. Daniel W. Heinchon ’81 (Nita C. Heinchon ’81) Mr. & Mrs. Alan R. Henry ’64 (Cassandra L. Henry ’67) Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Hervey ’73 (Emilee G. Hervey) Mr. & Mrs. Christopher S. Hicks ’06 (Emily G. Hicks ’05) Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Hilbun ’95 (Stephanie Hilbun ’95) Dr. & Mrs. William W. Hinchey ’74 (Joann C. Hinchey) Mr. W. Embry Hines ’65 (Martha J. Hines ’89) Mr. Robert W. Hodge, II Mr. & Mrs. Gregory R. Hoes ’86 (Lori Hoes) Mr. & Mrs. Ted Hogan Jr. ’77 (Joellen Hogan ’76) Mr. & Mrs. Kevin P. Holleron ’94 (Mona Holleron) Mr. Stanley K. Horton ’86 Mr. & Mrs. Stephen J. Howard ’02 (Katherine A. Howard) Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Huckabee ’91 (Robin Huckabee ’92) Mr. & Mrs. James Huckaby ’66 (Clara J. Huckaby) Mrs. Rachel E. Hudson ’04 Mr. & Mrs. Drew M. Ingram ’79 (Laura J. Ingram ’79) Mr. & Mrs. Rex Isom ’78 (Nancy Isom ’80) Mr. & Mrs. Roger Jeschke ’74 (Deni Jeschke) Mr. & Mrs. Jeremy W. Johnson ’00 (Trina D. Johnson ’99) Mr. & Mrs. Wilbur H. Johnson ’65 (Patricia J. Johnson) Mr. & Mrs. H. David Jones ’69 (Cindy R. Jones) Mr. & Mrs. Troy D. Jones ’57 (Lona F. Jones) Mr. Van Josselet ’74 Mr. & Mrs. Phillip S. Kahlich ’09 (Kara Kahlich ’09) Mr. & Mrs. Scott Kawecki ’94 (Misty Kawecki ’96) Mr. & Mrs. R. Scott Kellerman ’76 (Marian Kellerman) Mr. & Mrs. Michael Kelly (Heather Kelly ’01) Mr. & Mrs. T.W. Kendra (Ann-Marie ’77) Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Key ’94 (Cynthia Key) Major Anthony D. Killa ’95 Mr. & Mrs. M. Chris Kirksey ’84 (Betsy B. Kirksey ’83) Mr. & Mrs. Terry G. Knighton ’80 (Patricia Knighton) Mr. Gaylon Kornfuehrer ’57 Mr. & Mrs. Brandon Lairsen ’01 (Heather Lairsen ’01) Mr. & Mrs. A. Lance Langford ’87 (Brenda Langford) Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Lathem ’94 (Carol Lathem ’94) Mr. & Mrs. Ryan Laudermill ’01 (Mindy Laudermill) Mr. Brian C. Levea ’03 Mr. & Mrs. Justin Lian (Lauren E. Lian ’05) Regent & Mrs. Mickey L. Long (R. Renee Long) Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Loveless ’93 (Stacy Loveless ’92) Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Lunday, CPA ’86 (Susan Lunday) Dr. & Mrs. Julio F. Madrigal ’82 (Dolores Madrigal) Mr. & Mrs. Mark Malone ’87 (Darcy Malone) Mr. Scott A. Mauk ’95 Mr. & Mrs. Wendell W. Mayes, Jr ’49 (Mary Jane Mayes) Mr. & Mrs. Bob Mayo, CPCU, CIC, CLU ’69 (Jo Mayo ’71) Mr. & Mrs. Brian F. McCoy ’75 (Wetonnah L. McCoy) Mr. & Mrs. Paul McDonald ’81 (Karen P. McDonald ’81) Mr. & Mrs. George G. McDuff ’58 (Beverly J. McDuff ’54) Mr. & Mrs. Don E. McInturff (Pauline L. McInturff ’48) Mr. & Mrs. Mike S. McKee ’85 (Cammye S. McKee ’85) Mr. & Mrs. Ryan McKenzie ’98 (Kathleen McKenzie ’04) Mr. & Mrs. George H. McMahan (Linda M. McMahan) Mr. & Mrs. Kevin McMahon ’73 (Karen McMahon’73) Mr. & Mrs. Robert McNaughton ’84 (Anne McNaughton ’76) Mr. & Mrs. C. Aaron McNeece ’64 (Sherri McNeece) Mr. & Mrs. Kyle J. Meismer ’03 (Jacklyn Meismer) Mr. & Mrs. Orlando D. Mendoza ’83 (Rosa Mendoza) Dr. John S. Menzies ’75 Ms. Patsy Middleton ’57 Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Miers ’82 (Sarah Miers) Mr. & Mrs. Lon E. Miller ’71 (Gertrude P. Miller ’65) Mr. & Mrs. Jacob A. Miller ’01 (Erica Miller) Mr. & Mrs. Tim G. Miller ’82 (Kyla Miller) Mr. & Mrs. Dudley Montgomery ’52 (Patty Montgomery) Mr. Michael J. Montgomery ’76 Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Moore ’56 (Dorothy E. Moore) Mr. & Mrs. Joshua C. Moose ’04 (Kristin M. Moose ’04) Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Morris ’99 (Leslie Morris) Mr. Kevin G. Morton ’83 Mr. & Mrs. Fred H. Moseley ’67 (Janet Moseley ’65) Mr. & Mrs. Tommy Mrazek ’75 (Debra Mrazek ’81) Mr. & Mrs. James A. Mueller ’80 (Kathleen M. Mueller) Ms. Jennifer L. Neff ’91 Mr. & Mrs. Mike Nelson (Ann Y. Nelson) Dr. Susan E. Nelson Mr. & Mrs. Michael Nelson ’02 (Carrie Nelson) Mr. & Mrs. T. Kevin Nelson ’92 (Ginger Nelson ’92) Mr. & Mrs. Jerry W. Nevans ’81 (Shelli Nevans) Mr. & Mrs. Lyndel A. Newsom ’55 (Billie Newsom) Mr. Coby B. Nichols ’98 Mr. & Mrs. Benny D. Nixon ’74 (Vicki Nixon ’73) Mr. & Mrs. Michael W. Norton ’85 ’90 (Melanie Norton ’86 ’93) Mr. & Mrs. David Overholt (Selena Overholt ’02) Mr. & Mrs. John C. Owens ’71 (Cynthia Owens ’73) Mr. & Mrs. D. Jarrett Pallanes ’09 (Kayla T Pallanes) Mr. Bob J. Paradiso ’79 Mr. Paul E. Parkinson ’74 (Crystal Parkinson) Mr. Andy Payne ’65 (Mary-Lees Payne) Mr. & Mrs. Gary S. Payne (Debbie Payne)

Mr. Roberto Pena, Jr. ’93 Mr. Gary R. Petersen ’68 Mr. & Mrs. Mike J. Petraitis ’79 (Martha M. Petraitis ’81) Mr. & Mrs. J. Steven Phillips ’93 (Stacey Phillips ’93) Mr. & Mrs. David R. Pickering (Lugene L. Pickering ’77) Mr. Bruce A. Pike ’97 Mr. & Mrs. Steven Pomerantz (Karen Tandy Pomerantz ’74) Mr. & Mrs. David E. Proctor ’91 (Cindy B. Proctor ’90) Mr. & Mrs. Vernon Pruett ’78 (Debra Pruett) Mr. & Mrs. Scott R. Pullen ’80 (Carroll A. Pullen) Dr. & Dr. Phillip H. Purdy (Andrea R. Purdy ’81) Mr. & Mrs. Terry H. Putman ’69 (Mendy W. Putman ’81) Mr. & Mrs. Gil H. Radtke ’82 (Ann G. Radtke) Mr. Jerry S. Rawls ’67 Mr. Samuel M. Ray, IV ’66 (Sandra L. Ray) Mr. & Mrs. Jeffery F. Rea (Michelle S. Rea) Dr. & Mrs. Jimmie Reeves (Kathryn Reeves ’77) Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Reiter ’96 (Tracie Reiter ’97) Mr. & Mrs. David Ricks ’82 (Jill Ricks) Mr. & Mrs. Deaton Rigsby ’54 (Jan Rigsby) Mr. & Mrs. Walter Rinehart ’60 (Joyce Rinehart) Mrs. Janet O. Rippy Mr. & Mrs. C. Charles Robinson ’01 (Rena Robinson ’00) Mr. & Mrs. T.C. Robinson, IV, M.D. ’89 (Michelle Robinson) Mrs. Kathy Hager Roberts ’72 Mr. & Dr. Keith J. Rogers (Brooks Rogers, M.D. ’87) Ms. Terry L Rolan ’85 Mr. & Mrs. Robert T. Rose (Susan Rose ’76) Mr. & Mrs. John E. Roueche, III ’88 (Elise W. Roueche) Mr. & Mrs. John H. Saenz ’96 (Suzanne M. Saenz ’95) Dr. & Mrs. Martin Salazar ’78 (Margie Salazar) Mr. Alan J. Sales ’75 Dr. Alan C. Schauer ’77 (Regina Schauer) Mr. & Mrs. Ryan W. Schneider ’01 (Mindy B. Schneider ’02) Mr. & Mrs. Ricky C. Scott ’81 (Lori J. Scott ’80) Mr. & Mrs. Joe M. Shannon ’89 (Brooke M. Shannon ’88) Mr. Josh M. Shuster ’00 Dr. & Mrs. Kevin Sieck ’95 (Tisha Sieck) Ms. Sharon J. Simandl Mr. & Dr. Reagan W. Simpson (Nancy D. Simpson ’75) Mr. & Mrs. Gary Skrehart ’79 (Tammy Skrehart) Mr. Kenneth L. Slack, Jr. ’71 Mr. & Mrs. Bobby L. Smith ’80 (Sabrina T. Smith) Mr. & Mrs. Drue Smith ’93 (Jill A. Smith ’92) Mr. & Mrs. James Smith ’98 (Donna Smith) Mr. & Mrs. John P. Smith (Ashlee M. Smith ’07) Mr. & Mrs. Lucian Smith ’74 (Kristin Smith ’76) Mr. & Mrs. Marlis Smith ’54 (Shirley Smith ’54) Mr. Robert D. Smith ’82 Mr. & Mrs. William Snyder ’55 (Sally Snyder) Mr. & Mrs. Stephen R. Souter ’71 (Jill H. Souter) Mr. & Mrs. Bryan A. Springston ’81 (Sheri E. Springston ’81) Mr. & Mrs. Clifford Stewart (Lynne Stewart ’78) Reverend Stephen Stine ’72 Mr. & Mrs. James H. Stone ’50 (Evelyn Stone ’48) Mr. Chase Street ’05 Mr. & Mrs. Larry G. Strickland ’70 (Linda F. Strickland) Mr. & Mrs. Ron W. Stroman ’70 (Carolyn S. Stroman) Mrs. Amy L. Taylor ’91 Mr. & Mrs. Lance L. Taylor ’99 (Dawn M. Taylor ’00) Mr. & Mrs. Tommy Taylor ’85 (Gwen Taylor) Ms. Allison L. Thompson ’02 Mr. & Mrs. Mark Thrash ’96 (Tracy Thrash) Mr. & Mrs. Fred Timberlake, Jr. ’68 (Kay G. Timberlake) Mr.& Mrs. Christopher Traylor ’86 (Laura Traylor) Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Turner ’68 (Diane Turner ’68) Mr. & Mrs. Jidge Verity (Chris M. Verity ’71) Mr. Bobby G. Waddle ’55 Mr. & Mrs. David W. Walker ’51 (Virginia C. Walker) Mr. & Mrs. Ben B. Wallace ’76 (Patricia H. Wallace) Mr. & Mrs. Mike Walsh ’70 (Colette Walsh) The Honorable T. John Ward ’64 (Elizabeth Ward ’86) Mr. James M. Watson ’58 Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Weber, III ’77 (Debra Weber) Mr. & Mrs. Dan G. Webster, III ’61 (Molly I. Webster) Mr. & Mrs. James S. Werner ’91 (Cheryl E. Werner ’91) Mr. & Mrs. David G. Wight ’64 (Carla Wight) Mr. & Mrs. D. Andy Williams ’91 (Camille Williams) Mr. Randy Wright ’68 Mr. & Mrs. Chris Williams ’86 (Lezlee Williams ’87) Mr. & Mrs. Lewis Williams ’57 (Jamelle Williams) Mr. & Mrs. Tom W. Williams ’85 (Molly Williams ’84) Ms. Mary Jane Williamson ’62 Mr. & Mrs. L. E. Willis, III ’84 (Lorie L. Willis) Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Winkelmann (Ashley Winkelmann ’07) Mr. William C. Winters ’08 Mr. & Mrs. Warner Wish (Karen Wish ’97) Mr. & Mrs. Gary B. Wood ’73 (Sheryl Wood) Mr. Lee Wright ’87 Mr. & Mrs. Gary L. Wright ’78 (Melinda Wright ’80) Mr. & Mrs. W.B. Wright (Beth Wright ’80) Dr. & Mrs. Scott W. Wyrick ’87 (Lenore P. Wyrick) Mr. Robert York Mr. Wesley B. Youngblood ’74 Mr. Greg M. Zielinsk

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alumni news panies nationwide to receive the Inavero Best of Staffing award for the sixth consecutive year. She finished 2015 as the president of DallasHR, a not-for-profit professional association formed to foster the development of the organization’s membership. Her husband is Clifford.

1981 CRAIG HAYNES (BA Political Science) Garland, Texas, was included in the Chambers USA 2016 legal directory by Chambers & Partners as “Leaders in their Field.” Craig is an attorney with Thompson & Knight and his area of specialization is litigation in energy and natural resources.

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JAY E. PAYNE (BBA Accounting) Lubbock, Texas, was named principal

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alumni news of Lowrey, Powell & Stevens, P.C., a CPA firm headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. Jay has worked in various aspects of public accounting since 1984. His wife is MARCI HUFFINGTON PAYNE (BBA ’84 Accounting.)

1984 SCOTT HEITKAMP (BBA Finance) Corpus

Christi, Texas, was elected to serve as the next chairman of the Independent Community Bankers of America for 2016-17. His wife is Carrie.

1988 WILSON JONES (BA Zoology) Dallas, Texas, was included in the Chambers USA 2016 legal directory by Chambers & Partners as “Leaders in their Field.”

Wilson is an attorney with Thompson & Knight and his area of specialization is healthcare. His wife is Lendy.

1989 ARCILIA ACOSTA (BA Political Science) Dallas, Texas, was appointed to the Higher Education Coordinating Board

by Gov. Greg Abbott for a term set to expire August 31, 2019. The board provides leadership and coordination for the Texas higher education system. Arcilia is president and CEO of CARCON Industries and Construction and is founder and CEO of STL Engineers. She currently serves on the board of directors of Energy Future Holdings Corporation, parent company of TXU Engery, Oncor Services and Luminant Power, and is also a board director of Legacy Texas Financial Group, a bank holding company. She is

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a board member of the Dallas Citizens Council and former chairman of the Texas Association of Mexican American Chamber of Commerce and the Greater Dallas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.

In addition to her degree from Texas Tech, she earned a director certification from Southern Methodist Univesrity Southwest School of Banking and is a graduate of the Harvard University Business School Corporate Governance Program. She is a former member of the Texas Tech Alumni Association National Board of Directors. Her husband is Kevin Acosta.

ANDRES ALCANTAR III (BA Sociology, MPA ’91 Public Administration) Leander, Texas, has served, since 2008, as chairman and commissioner representing the public of the Texas Workforce Commission. TWC’s mission is to promote and support a workforce system that creates value and offers employers, individuals, and communities the opportunity to achieve and sustain economic prosperity. Andres works to implement customized services to meet the needs of Texas’ vast array of industries and advance the development of a strong and competitive workforce. He promotes the expansion of industry-based partnerships that center on best practices to help workers and businesses achieve success. He encourages strategies that prepare students for postsecondary success at work or in the classroom, focusing on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) initiatives as a key component of future workforce competitiveness.

His wife is Yvette.

1991 DONALD CRISTAN (BBA Marketing)

Lubbock, Texas, was promoted to senior vice president for First United Bank.

Donald is the information security officer for First United Bank and has 15 years of banking experience. First United Bank operates 15 banking center offices in 11 West Texas communities.

His wife is MELANIE SMILEY CRISTAN (BBA ’95 Finance.)

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1994 BRYAN JONES (BAR Architecture)

Missouri City, Texas, was named director of Shepley Bulfinch’s Houston office, where he will lead its regional healthcare practice. Bryan has led the design and delivery of major healthcare projects across Texas and is a member of the American Institute of Architects and a LEED Accredited Professional.

Shepley Bulfinch is a national design firm for the spectrum of healthcare clients, from academic medical centers and specialty hospitals to outpatient facilities and community hospitals. His wife is Kristi.

2002 ROBERT VARTABEDIAN (BA Philosophy) Amarillo, Texas, was elected partner

for Thompson & Knight LLP. He represents oil, gas and energy companies in a wide range of litigation matters including lease termination litigation, other trespass to try title claims, claims for breaches of implied covenants to an oil and gas lease, contract interpretation issues, royalty disputes, suits for breaches of joint operating agreements and surface use disputes.

2003 HEATH CHEEK (BA Political Science)

Dallas, Texas, was named a Texas Rising Star by Super Lawyers. Heath is partner at the Bell Nunnally & Martin LLP. He focuses on trials and disputes, representing clients from Fortune 500 companies to start-up business and high-net-worth individuals in industries including private equity, financial services, energy and real estate. Texas Rising Stars recognizes lawyers across

more than 70 practice areas who are 40 years or younger or in the first 10 years of practice. Heath is an active member of the community, having served in various board or leadership positions for the State Fair of Texas, Dallas Museum of Art, Cotton Bowl Council, North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee, Republican Lawyers of Dallas, Christian Legal Society and he is a member of the Texas Tech Alumni Association National Board of Directors. He received his law degree from Baylor Law School. His wife is ANDREA GAGE CHEEK (BA ’07 Public Relations.)

2006 BRETT MURPHY (BBA Accounting)

Dallas, Texas, was recently named to North Texas RMA (Risk Management Association) Board of Directors. Brett is the audit senior manager at Whitley Penn, a member of the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants, American institute of Certified Public Accountants, Texas Bankers Association, Independent Bankers Association of Texas and a Special Olympics Certified Coach. The RMA is a not-for-profit member-driven professional association serving the financial services industry. His wife is KRISTIN CRUSE MURPHY (BS ’06, MED ’08 Elementary Education.)

HOLLY RAMPY (JD Law) Richardson, Texas, was recognized as one of the state’s top young lawyers in the 2016 edition of Super Lawyer’s annual Texas Rising Stars list. She was selected for her accomplishments in family law. Her husband is Bradley Eckert.

2007 KURT SUMMERS (MBA Business)

Dallas, Texas, was elected partner for Thompson & Knight LLP. Kurt represents clients in lending and structured finance transactions, with an emphasis on oil and gas and asset-based transactions. His wife is Erika.

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2008 ARIANA LOERA (BBA Accounting)

Lubbock, Texas, was promoted to assistant vice president for First United Bank. Ariana is senior accountant for First United Bank and has 13 years of banking experience. First United Bank operates 15 banking center offices in 11 West Texas communities.

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(BA Public Relations) Speedway, Indianapolis, was promoted from account manager to manager of client services at Willow Marketing in Indianapolis. Her husband is Tyler.

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In Memoriam LINDA JOYCE SMITH-ALEXANDER ’70, Spring, Texas, died April 6.

EMMA LOUISE “JACKIE” CONNOR HAUGHT ’50,

Birmingham, Alabama, died April 8.

CHARLES DENNIS BINGHAM ’56, Lubbock, died March 18.

KATHLEEN SHAUGHNESS CARTER ’63, San Angelo, Texas, died Jan. 18.

BRAYDEN CHASE COVERDALE , student, Shallowater, Texas, died March 14.

MICHAEL DAVID JONES ’69, San Antonio, Texas, died March 17. He is survived by his wife CAROL CAMPBELL ’69.

RICHARD LEE MATTOX ’76, San Antonio, Texas,

died March 19.

JERRY DAVIS , student, Plainview, Texas, died March 20.

WELDON L. DAWSON ’51, Odessa, Texas, died Dec. 27, 2015. He is survived by his wife ALICE ADAMS DAWSON ’51.

FRED H. MOSELEY ’67, Hunt, Texas, died Feb. 22. He is survived by his wife, JANET STARK MOSELEY ’65.

RICHARD BARR DICKEY ’50, Lubbock, died March 27.

JERI LYN RIEKEN ’74, Houston, Texas, died April 2. She is survived by her husband JAMES SPEER ’70.

MARGIE ANN FIRENZA , former faculty member, Big Spring, Texas, died

Feb. 27. Firenza was an academic advisor and was awarded many honors, including Top Techsan and the Kleinschmidt Medal for Outstanding Service to the College of Architecture. Upon retirement, a scholarship was endowed in her name.

RONALD D. GILBERT , Ph.D., former faculty member, Lubbock, died Feb. 29.

Gilbert taught economics for 37 years before retiring and maintaining the title of Professor Emeritus at the time of his passing.

MARGARET A SITTON ’53, Bryan, Texas, died Feb. 8.

FRED WESTMORELAND ’76, Midland, Texas, died Jan. 6.

He is survived by his wife, DEBRA WESTMORELAND , a

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WARREN “ALAN” YORK ’58, Irving, Texas, died Feb. 26.

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CHEN CHEN is the winner of the 15th annual A. Poulin, Jr., Poetry Prize for his collection

“When I Grow up I Want to be a List of Further Possibilities.” The collection was selected by highly-acclaimed poet Jericho Brown. Chen will receive a $1,500 honorarium and book publication by BOA Editions, Ltd., in Spring 2017.

Chen Chen grew up in Amherst, Massachusetts, and earned his bachelor of arts degree at Hampshire College and his MFA at Syracuse University. He is pursuing a doctorate in English and creative writing at Texas Tech University. His work has appeared in two chapbooks and publications such as Poetry, The Massachusetts Review, Drunken Boat, Best of the Net 2015 and The Best American Poetry 2015. He has received fellowships from Kundiman, the Saltonstall Foundation, and Lambda Literary, and was a 2015 finalist for the Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowships.

Livestock Team won first place at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Intercollegiate Livestock Judging Contest in March. ZANE WEBSTER took second; JONATHAN NIEMAN , third; CHAMA MARTIN , fourth and BRODY HALFMANN , seventh. HALFMANN also took first place in cattle judging, while NIEMAN won first in swine judging.

The livestock team also came in third at the San Antonio Livestock Exposition Collegiate Livestock Contest.

GABE JENNINGS won first, MARTIN placed second and MACLAINE SHULTS finished seventh. WEBSTER also finished first in goat judging, and JENNINGS took first in swine.

Other members of the livestock judging team are DAKOTA CRISSMAN, L.J. YOUNG and AUSTIN ADAMS .

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THE TEX A S TEC H Wool Judging Team won two of the three contests in which it competed this past spring. The team finished the semester with five of its eight team members being named All-American: BROOKE BLUM, IVIE-KATE MYNATT, APRIL MOLITOR, CLAY BRADEN and BEN MILLS .

Other team members include KAYLEE MARTIN, DEAN CHAPMAN, COLE

BRADFORD, DELANEY HANAGAN, SAM SPRADLIN, RYDER MATA, MATTHEW HUSTON and KYLE MAHAGAN .

student newspaper and “La Ventana” yearbook received 27 awards at the 2016 Texas Intercollegiate Press Association convention in Dallas this spring. Both the newspaper and yearbook are student-run media publications.

The Daily Toreador was awarded an honorable mention in overall excellence from TIPA. Additional awards given to the newspaper include AMY CUNNINGHAM , first place, news story; EMILY DE SANTOS , first place, news photo; DUNCAN STANLEY, EMILY DE SANTOS and KIRBY CRUMPLER , first place, photo illustrations; ANTHONY ESTOLANO , first place, page-one design; ANTHONY ESTOLANO , first place, sports page design; AMY CUNNINGHAM , second place, in-depth reporting; EVERETT CORDER , third place, sports feature story; Daily Toreador Staff, third place, opinion/editorial page design; Daily Toreador Staff, third place, single-subject presentation design; DIEGO GAYTAN , honorable mention, news story; and NATE WELLS , honorable mention, editorial cartoon.

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“La Ventana” received third place in overall excellence from TIPA. Additional awards given to the yearbook include EMILY DE SANTOS, first place, sports feature photo; DUNCAN STANLEY, first place, feature photo; MOLLY FISHER, first place, feature/student life; MOLLY FISHER, first place, organizations; DAVIAN HOPKINS, first place, organizations copy; KYMBRE KUPATT and BROOKE HURLEY, second place, end sheets; BROOKE HURLEY, second place, information graphic; JEREMY KRAKOSKY, third place, sports copy; MOLLY FISHER, honorable mention, sports; DUNCAN STANLEY, honorable mention, sports action photo; JACOB SNOW, honorable mention, sports feature photo; KYMBRE KUPATT, honorable mention, academic copy; and BROOKE HURLEY, honorable mention, information graphic.

HATTIE SCHUNK , a junior chemical engineering ma-

jor, was selected from thousands of applicants as one of 252 Goldwater Scholars in 2016, a year after she received an Honorable Mention for the same award.

She plans to earn a doctorate in bioengineering and conduct research focused on improving medical procedures, diagnostic capabilities, target therapies and medical devices to improve the quality of life. She also is a member of the Honors College, previously played soccer for Texas Tech and now competes with the track and field and cross country programs.

The other three Texas Tech students who applied received Honorable Mention. KENNADY ABBOTT, a biochemistry major; AMANDA MILLER, who has a double major in biochemistry and psychology; and MAX ZHELYEZNYAKOV, a physics major, were among the 256 applicants to receive an Honorable Mention.

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