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Texas Tech Faces ’72. Coach Blair’s Texas A&M Lady Aggies defeated Notre Dame on April 5 to win the NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship.

Gary received a bachelor’s degree in health and physical education with a minor in journalism from Texas Tech in 1972, returning to finish after a fouryear tour of duty in the Marines. He then completed a master’s degree in education in 1974. He was an outfielder for the Red Raider baseball team.

He then compiled a 239-18 record coaching the girl’s basketball team at South Oak Cliff in Dallas.

He won three state Class 4A championships. He then spent five seasons as an assistant at Louisiana Tech. While there the team won three NCAA national championships.

During the next eight years (1985-1993) he compiled a 210-43 record at Stephen F. Austin, winning seven straight conference championships and appearing in the NCAA tourney six times. He was inducted into the Ladyjack Hall of Fame on Dec. 2, 2008.

Blair then became the head coach at Arkansas (1993-2003) where he compiled a 198-120 record.

He took his team to the Big Dance four times and reached the final four in 1998. He was named a Naismith Coach of the Year finalist in 2003 and Women’s Basketball News Service National Coach of the Year in 2002.

He went to Texas A&M in 2003 and took over a team that had not had a winning season in seven years. After experiencing a losing season in 2004 he guided his team to a post-season invitation and his third year the Lady Aggies won 23 games and went to the NCAA Tournament. Again he was named Women’s Basketball News Service National Coach of the Year.

In 2006-07 he again led his team to the second round of the NCAA Tournament, the first time in Aggie history that the women’s team had earned consecutive berths. The next year his team was 29-8 and went to the Elite Eight.

Although he lost three times to Baylor this year (twice in league play and in the Big 12 tournament championship game) the Lady Aggies upset Baylor to get into the final four. They then beat Stanford and Notre Dame to win the title.

I do not know Coach Blair personally, but everyone who does, including Jim Douglass, associate vice president of the Alumni Association, tells me he is not only a great coach, but also a class act as a person. It is nice to see someone like that be successful.

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B udget cuts have cost three long-time Tech administrators their jobs.

Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students Greg Elkins, Ed.D.; Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and External Affairs Jan Childress, Ed.D.; and Vice President for Student Affairs Michael Shonrock, Ph.D.,were all fired in March by President Guy Bailey in an effort to trim expenditures.

Elkins served in various leadership and administrative roles at Texas Tech since 1966, advancing from assistant dean of students, associate dean of students, director of the Center for Campus Life, interim dean of students, dean of students and associate vice president for student affairs and dean of students.

Childress came to Texas Tech in November 1979 as advertising manager in Student Publications. She later became director of Student Publications in charge of The University Daily, the “La Ventana” and “Amigos!” New Student and Freshman Directory. In her role with Student Publications, she was very active in the College Media Advisers and served as its president in 1995.

In August 2003, she became associate vice president for students affairs and external relations was added to the title in August 2008. She also was an adjunct faculty member of the College of Education.

Shonrock became associate dean of students at Texas Tech in 1990 and was named dean of students in 1993. In 1998, he became assistant vice president for student affairs and dean of students. After serving a year as interim vice president for student affairs, he became vice president for student affairs and enrollment management in 2001.

He was also very active in the Lubbock community, serving as chairman of the United Way Campaign in 2005-2006. He served on the University Medical Center board of directors in 2009-2010 and on the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors from 2000 to present.

He is one of the best friends the Texas Tech Alumni Association has had on campus. Without his help, we would not have a ring contract with the university making our ring the official ring. He was also a force in allowing students to purchase a ring as part of their registration and pay it out over a three-year period. We would not have the Legacy Program without his help in funding. He also is responsible for getting University Catering to pay for the extension of our parking lot.

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Texas Tech Awards AT&T Scholarships F or freshman L auren Briggs, receiving the AT&T Scholarship was a triumph over adversity. Lauren faced many hardships after her mother was diagnosed with debilitating Multiple Sclerosis. Adding to her distress, her father, an auto mechanic, was laid off just before her junior year of high school. She found herself asking big questions and waiting for answers.

“Why did my parents become unemployed at the time when I should be applying for college?” she recalled in her acceptance speech.

“It was the worst feeling to lie in bed at night wondering if I would be able to afford college.”

Briggs, a personal finance major from Marble Falls, Texas, and a first-generation college student, was one of 136 undergraduate students who received an AT&T scholarship in April. AT&T also awarded 125 graduate fellowships. Texas Tech President Guy Bailey, Ph.D., and Chancellor Kent Hance were joined by each recipient’s dean and the AT&T Regional Director for External Affairs, Cameron Monroe, as they recognized each of these scholars and fellows.

“AT&T is a great partner,” Hance said.

Bailey agreed and noted since 2002, Texas Tech University has awarded more than $5.3 million in AT&T scholarships and fellowships to its students.

Hance presented Monroe with a book containing 261 letters of appreciation from all of this year’s scholars and fellows.

“I wish we could do even more,” Monroe added as he humbly accepted the book. “To hear these stories and know that the dollars of the AT&T Foundation are making a difference in the education of students – it’s so rewarding.”

Briggs’ closing remarks summarized the feelings of all the recipients.

“Texas Tech has had such an influence on my life and my family, thanks to the generosity of AT&T.”

Freshman Lauren Briggs shares her story and expresses appreciation to AT&T for this scholarship opportunity.

Recipients and faculty give AT&T the “Guns Up.”

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Whether it’s nanoscience or wind engineering, autism research or addiction studies, Texas Tech researchers a re pio n e e r ing ways to so l ve probl e ms, im prove lives, and find solutions to the world’s critical needs.

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NEWS Texas Tech sets another spring enrollment record with 29,604 students, up from the previous record of 28,006 in spring 2010.

Although spring semesters typically have a lower number of students enrolled in comparison to the number enrolled in the fall, this spring the total ranks as the third overall largest enrollment by semester since the university opened in 1925.

Graduate enrollment climbed to 5,404, up from 5,097 in spring 2010. Undergraduate enrollment hit 23,550, up from 22,320 last year, and the TTU School of Law increased to 650 students.

According to Chancellor Kent Hance, the university hopes to reach an enrollment of 40,000 students by 2020.

The Texas Tech University Health Science Center was recently awarded a $2.8 million grant by the Cancer Center Prevention Research Institute of Texas.

The money will go to a program based out of TTUHSC’s Cancer Center called the Texas Cancer Cell Repository, which is composed of two researchers at Texas Tech, Patrick Reynolds, M.D., Ph.D., and Min Kang, Pharm. D., as well as a professor at the University of Texas, Southwest Medical Center at Dallas, Adi Gazdar.

The funds will be used to help research adult cancers, such as lymphoma and ovarian cancer.

Overall, the group has received $7.4 million in grant money.

Bradley Skinner accepted the reins to Midnight Matador on April 15, becoming Texas Tech’s 50th Masker Rider.

In the upcoming year, Skinner, a junior animal science major from Arvada, Colo., will promote school spirit and goodwill for Texas Tech at athletic events and other school and civic functions across Texas.

Skinner attended Colorado State University for three years before becoming a Red Raider. At Colorado State, Skinner was a member of the CSU Ranch Horse Team and even became the stallion trainer.

After serving as the stallion trainer for two years, he decided to fulfill a life-long dream by transferring to Texas Tech, and now he is fulfilling an even bigger dream by serving as the Masked Rider for Texas Tech.

He is pictured with 2010-2011 Masked Rider, Christi Chadwell.

Texas Tech University bat researchers recently received a $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to create a network tool for bat researchers in Southeast Asia.

Tigga Kingston, Ph.D.

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The funding will allow researchers to share data, design and implement conservation methods, collect and share data and use their research as a teaching tool for undergraduate and graduate students.

Tigga Kingston, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences who serves as the lead investigator on the project, said the funds will help formalize the Southeast Asian Bat Conservation Research Unit, a group formed in 2007.

According to Kingston, Southeast Asia is home to about 30 percent of the world’s bat population, but due to rapid land-use changes and intensive hunting many species have been put on the threatened or endangered list.

Southeast Asian Bat Conservation Research Unit has identified four critical areas of interest in conservation, taxonomy and the response of bats to rapid land-use change, which will benefit both cave bats as well as forest-dependent bats.

through the arches « Researchers with Texas Tech’s Institute of Environmental and Human Health received a shipment of Louisiana seafood samples from producers at ABC-TV’s “Good Morning America,” but found no evidence of petroleum residue.

Scientists received four blue crabs, four large oysters, a redfish and two seawater samples collected below the surface in the shallow waters off the coast of Grand Isle, La. Ron Kendall, Ph.D., director of TIEHH, said the sample size was too small to represent anything more than just a small snapshot of time and space.

Plus, he also said the samples were collected close to shore, which may not accurately portray the conditions further out to sea because the wave action, sunlight and shallow water found near the shore helps break down toxic oil residues; whereas, oil may not degrade as easily in deeper waters with less oxygen.

He said little is known about the state of the oil trapped in the water column, mixed with dispersant and/or resting at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico.

Alan Brown, Robert Taylor, Mark Johnson

The Texas Tech Rawls College of Business honored three distinguished alumni at the Overton Hotel and Conference Center in March.

Alan Brown is the managing director and principal with Sowell & Co. in Dallas. He graduated in 1969 with a degree in banking and went on to receive his MBA from Darden Business School in 1971.

Mark Johnson is the San Antonio regional chairman of Texas Capital Bank. He graduated with a degree in finance/banking in 1968.

Robert Taylor is the chief executive officer of United Supermarkets LLC, in Lubbock. He graduated with a degree in management in 1971.

PEOPLE Ten Texas Tech professors were recently honored by University Student Housing at the Professing Excellence award ceremony.

The ceremony, which took place in Student Union Matador Room, was intended to recognize instructors who demonstrate exceptional education skills and go above and beyond, both inside and outside the classroom, to impact their students’ learning and academic success.

The award-winning professors are: Dominick Casadonte, Michael Dini, Tamara Hanna, Erin Hardin, RayChel Lowrance, Janice Lupton, William Pasewark, Magdelena Toda, Diane Wood and Jorge Zamora.

Texas Tech professors hosted a symposium on nuclear nonproliferation and dismantlement.

Ronald Chesser, Ph.D.; Carleton J. Phillips, Ph.D. and Brenda E. Rodgers, Ph.D., of Texas Tech’s Center for Environmental Radiation Studies, Department of Biological Sciences, recently organized and sponsored a symposium on nuclear nonproliferation and dismantlement at the World Congress on CBRN Threat and Terrorism.

Held in April, the meeting was a part of the Chemical, Biological, Medical Treatment Society held in Cavtat, Croatia, and was made up of 14 speakers.

Key speakers spoke on their work in assisting Iraq in nuclear nonproliferation and dismantlement. Other speakers spoke of current nuclear problems, detection methods and countermeasures against radioactive dispersion devices and weapons of mass destruction.

Chesser and Phillips also recently participated in a special session of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Amman, Jordan, where they assisted the Iraqi government in designing and implementing electronic databases used for tracking radioactive waste and other hazards often associated with nuclear dismantlement.

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(Front row from left) Jack Rentz, Dean Al Sacco Jr., Mary Anne Hicks, and Dennis Carroll

The Whitacre College of Engineering at Texas Tech honored eight distinguished alumni at the Distinguished Engineer Awards Luncheon.

Dennis Carroll, Ph.D., P.E., is the director of innovation for the Government Solutions Group Affiliated Computer Services, which is a Xerox company that provides software solutions for federal, state and local government services. Carroll received his bachelor’s degree in 1987, master’s degree in 1989, and doctorate in 1991 in computer science at Texas Tech.

Randy Crawford, Ph.D., worked as an engineer and manager in several industries including petroleum and fertilizer. He has authored 30 technical papers and written six patents. Crawford received his bachelor’s in chemical engineering in 1949.

Terry Fuller is president and founder of Phoenix PetroCorp, Inc., an independent oil and gas production company. He has been involved in the petroleum engineering business for more than 30 years. Fuller received his bachelor’s in petroleum engineering in 1977.

Paul Grimmer owns and leads two companies. Eltron Research & Development in Boulder, Colo., develops new materials and methods for the energy and chemical industries. Continental Technologies in Ponca City, Okla., designs and manufactures pilot and demonstration scale plants for companies involved in research and development.

Grimmer received his bachelor’s in chemical engineering in 1977.

William Guion, Ph.D., is a vice president with Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas, a non-profit research and development organization. He oversees operation of the Signal Exploration and Geolocation Division. Guion received his bachelor’s degree in 1966, master’s degree in 1968 and doctorate in 1970 in electrical engineering from Texas Tech.

Mary Ann Hicks, P.E., is the vice president of infrastructure program management at AT&T, a global telecommunications company based out of Dallas, Texas, where she is responsible for the introduction of new technology into AT&T’s global network as well

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as managing large scale network deployments. Hicks received her bachelor’s in industrial engineering in 1979.

Jack Rentz, P.E., is the founder, president and CEO of RENTECH Boiler Systems, Inc., which sells a wide variety of custom-designed and manufactured industrial steam boilers. He also designs and sells heat recovery steam generators. Rentz received his bachelor’s in mechanical engineering in 1974.

Walter T. Winn Jr., P.E., founded Winn Professional Engineers and Construction, LLC, in 2004 after leaving KSA Engineers, Inc., where he was one of the founders since 1978. He is licensed to practice engineering in four states and through his work has been involved in several impressive projects.

Winn received his bachelor’s degree in 1972 and master’s degree in 1973 in civil engineering.

through the arches « Ron Sosebee, Ph.D., a range management professor at Texas Tech, recently received a Sustained Lifetime Achievement Award during the 64th Annual Meeting of the Society for Range Management in Billings, Mont.

The award is given to members for long-term contributions to the art and science of range management.

Sosebee, a professor in the Department of Natural Resources Management, has been involved in the growth and development of the range, wildlife and fisheries degree programs at Texas Tech for more than three decades.

He joined the Texas Tech faculty in 1969 after completing his doctorate at Utah State University.

After serving in secret as Raider Red, students Karina Perry and Cody Crea finally revealed their true identities as Texas Tech University honored them for their service.

The swaggering Raider Red, with his red mustache and floppy white hat, is a symbol of Texas Tech spirit and pride.

Perry, a senior Restaurant, Hotel and Institutional Management major from Windcrest, served as Raider Red for two years. She is also a member of the High Riders, where she served as sergeant of arms and standards, as well as spirit committee.

Crea, a senior mechanical engineering major from San Antonio, served as Raider Red for three seasons. He is also a member of Saddle Tramps, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the National Cheer Association.

The former mascots transferred their duties to new students Friday during the sixth annual Passing of the Guns Ceremony.

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India

Internation land of great contradictions,” Horn Professor James Watkins said after traveling to India with the Texas Tech University Honors College in December.

The airport in India could have been any airport—a modern structure that was clean and nicely kept. When the group of 13 from Texas Tech arrived in New Delhi, they could not have expected that walking out of the airport doors would be like walking through a portal from calm into chaos.

A cultural blend of people crowded the streets. Some were dressed in colorful, traditional garments while others wore more “modern” or “Westernized” clothing.

There are many cars in India, but no traffic laws, which Watkins explained is a problem India will have to deal with as the middle class in India quickly emerges.

Students observed as drivers simply drove wherever there was space for them in the street. People in cars and large trucks honked in frustration at the people walking, riding bicycles or pushing carts who also crowded the streets.

The noise was deafening and unceasing. Even at night the roar of human activity, punctuated by the sharp beeping of car horns, droned on.

With a population of almost 1.2 billion people, India has the second largest population in the world—second only to China—but is only onethird the size of the United States.

The three most densely populated cities are New Delhi, which is the country’s capital and has a population of 12.8 million; Mumbai, which has a population of 16.4 million; and Kolkata, which has a population of 13.2 million.

The group from Texas Tech, which consisted of 10 students and three adult chaperones, stayed in New Delhi at a dormitory provided by the Rai Foundation. The Rai Foundation is an organization in India that provides international students with food, housing and a busing system, so students have the opportunity to travel and learn about the rich history and culture of India.

Joseph Aranha, the architecture professor from Texas Tech who arranged and led the trip, has been involved in several study abroad programs with Texas Tech; however, this trip is the first Texas Tech has taken to India. Using this trip as a test run, he said he intends to lead trips to India for as many years as possible.

While in India, Aranha used his unique background in architecture as a tool to teach students about Indian life.

“Even though they weren’t architecture students, architecture was just a vehicle to talk about diversity and culture,” he explained.

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By taking the group to see a wide array of structures in a variety of different places—from palaces and temples in big cities to small villages in the surrounding countryside and shantytowns —Aranha was able to teach the students about Indian culture, religion, society and history.

He said his goal when designing the trip was to show students as much contrast in India as possible.

“I think that was one of the things that surprised the students the most,” Aranha said, “that there could be so much contrast in one place, because we don’t have that kind of contrast in this country.”

Contrasting, fascinating, intense, complicated, unpredictable and sensory-overload are just a few of the words Texas Tech students used to describe India after spending two weeks touring New Delhi, Jaipur, Agra and the surrounding countryside.

To illustrate the sharp level of contrast in India, Aranha took the group to a temple in New Delhi.

It was a contemporary Hindu temple built in 2005, but the artisans who constructed it used ancient architecture techniques.

Visitors were not allowed to take cameras inside, so in order to get onto the site, they had to check their bags and cameras at the door. They also had to go through a metal detector and be patted down. However, the opportunity to see the inside of the temple was well worth the hassle.

Watkins commented that it was the most opulent temple he has ever seen.

“It was made out of pure marble. Every inch of it was carved sculptures—the columns, the ceiling and all the walls, everything,” he said. “It was just incredible, and it looked like it had cost a fortune and unbelievable resources to build.”

A woman rests against the wall at the Amber Fort in Rajasthan, India.

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The Baha’i Lotus Temple in Delhi, India, was named for its flowerlike shape.

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Watkins, who has travelled to 18 countries including Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and China, said that temple was the most amazing thing he has ever seen in any place he has ever been.

“But then less than a mile away, there were shanties where homeless people would just build their homes out of anything they could find,” he said.

“And many times we would see that. There would be places that were just unbelievably wealthy and rich, and then just within a couple of miles, there would be the poorest of poor.”

Although the middle class in India is growing, Watkins said the stark contrast between the rich and the poor is still evident everywhere.

Aranha said, because of recent middle-class growth, India is quickly becoming a key player in the world economy. A decade ago, Americans and Europeans had no interest in traveling to India, he pointed out, but today people in the West often hear about India.

“India today is becoming more and more influential in world affairs,” Aranha said.

Watkins said he knew something about the poverty before he went on the trip, but he said getting a sense of how big the population in India truly is and getting to see firsthand the progress India is making was surprising to him.

Many of the students were also surprised by the poverty in India.

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At the Amber Fort in Rajasthan, India, two men ride elephants to represent traditional Indian culture.

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Bradon Loya, who is studying physics at Texas Tech, wrote on the group blog, which can be found at www.ttuindia2010.blogspot.com, that the poverty in New Delhi was so bad it almost made him sick.

“Dogs were half-starved, sleeping in the corners,” he wrote. “People were sleeping in nasty environments with flies swarming all around them.”

He wrote it was difficult to walk through the streets and see people with broken legs and mothers with young children begging for money, but he said the experience made him feel lucky to have grown up in America.

Because of the overwhelming population in India, pollution is also a problem, especially in large cities like New Delhi, although Watkins said many buses and large trucks advertised that they use clean oil to help make the crowded city environments a little cleaner.

However, with so many people driving cars and trucks, air pollution is an unavoidable repercussion. The walls of the buildings lining the streets were stained black, and the students said the stench in India was overpowering.

Meera Guavalli, a sophomore biology major at Texas Tech, said when she first arrived in India, she knew she was in India because of the smell.

Watkins said, before he went to India he used to complain about the smell of the feedlots in Lubbock.

“Now when I smell the feedlots, it just smells like a good economy,” he said, laughing. “I don’t see it as anything negative anymore compared to some smells.”

To contrast the chaos of the city, Aranha also took the group to calm, peaceful places such as the countryside and small villages.

Watkins said many people in India wear traditional clothing, particularly in the countryside.

“It looks like it could be something Biblical almost, with turbans and long colorful dresses and people riding camels,” he said. “And the women would be working in the fields, and they would have these beautiful saris on, and they would be bright orange, bright red, bright yellow. It was amazing.”

Although they were doing manual labor, he said they looked beautiful in the fields fully decorated in traditional apparel with gold nose rings and earrings.

The traditional clothing is due to the vast religious diversity in India.

According to Aranha, people in India are very tolerant of religions which differ from their own, so long as both parties respect each other.

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The majority of Indians are Hindu; however, Muslims, Christians, Sikh and dozens of other religious groups also coexist in India.

Guavalli said she found the contrasting culture in India interesting, although she said she was surprised by how many people tried to imitate the West by dressing in Westernized clothing and by speaking English.

Students said they found the people in India very receptive and friendly. Often people would stop the group just to talk, especially children who wanted to practice their English.

While visiting the Amber Fort in Jaipor, which was built when kings and princes ruled India and is still owned by the royal family, the students got to experience some traditional Indian culture by riding elephants.

Many years ago Indians used elephants during war time as battering rams to get through the front gates of forts. Now tourists can get a taste of this piece of history by riding elephants to the top of the forts.

The group also had the opportunity to tour the Taj Mahal, which is a tomb built by the ancient emperor, Shah Jahan, who constructed it for his favorite wife after she died while giving birth to their 14th child.

Daniel Budke, an architecture student at Texas Tech, said in a reflective essay, which was written about his experiences in India, that seeing the Taj Mahal was one the highlights of his trip.

“The Taj Mahal symbolized the love of a king for his queen,” Budke wrote. “The white marble tomb stood as a memorial to a woman in a male-dominated culture.

Architecturally, the use of entasis in the detail and minarets formed the spectacular illusion of the perfectly vertical appearance of the structure. In addition, the tilt of the towers ensured the safety of the tomb in case of an earthquake.”

The group also saw an ancient stepwell, which Aranha described as an “upside down building.”

Stepwells are buildings that are built several stories into the ground for the purpose of collecting water during the monsoon season. They have steps along the walls that allowed people to go down into the well to get water or to bathe. There are several different types of stepwells in India, but they do not exist in other parts of the world.

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Ancient stepwells – best described as “upside down buildings” – were built several stories into the ground and used to collect water during monsoon season.

Aranha said it was amazing to be inside a structure that was built hundreds of years before America was even discovered and developed by Europeans.

“Being in a building that has been around for a thousand years is awesome, but at the same time difficult to comprehend because we’re not used to things being that old in this country,” he said.

Guavalli said Aranha did a good job balancing architecture with culture in the class.

She said the trip to India was a unique experience for her because her parents are from India so she went on the trip with some pre-conceived biases. However, she said south India, where her family is from, is very different from north India, which is where the Texas Tech group spent their time.

She said she learned to be more open-minded while on the trip, rather than allowing pre-conceived ideas or assumptions influence her experiences.

Watkins said the trip to India was life-changing.

“All travel can make you very reflective if your own existence—your own surroundings, your own culture, your own country—and it makes you really appreciate where you live, where you are,” he said. “And I think for the students it also did the same thing. It’s very much an experience that makes you contemplate.”

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Nelsen as Violetta in Verdi’s “La Traviata,” one of her favorite operas.

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By Jean Ann Cantore

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ometimes following your passion leads you to the exact spot where you were meant to land. If you had taken a more predictable path, the outcome might not have been as great— or as much fun.

Internationally known operatic soprano Rebecca Babb-Nelsen chose to go with her heart and found what she is meant to be doing.

Nelsen actually is a “lyric coloratura soprano,” one who has a very strong, fluid voice. As such, her vocal talents are much in demand.

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The soprano combines two of her talents as Julia de Weert in Künnike’s “Der Vetter aus Dingsda.”

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The self-described “New Texican”—who was born in New Mexico but lived in Texas after age 10—now resides in Vienna, Austria, with her husband, Greg Nelsen, who studied acting, directing and dance at Texas Tech. Their home base puts them in close proximity to some of the most famous music venues in Europe and the world.

“I met the love of my life, Greg Nelsen, in the dining hall of the Wall/Gates dormitory, and our first date was at a dance hosted by the Texas Tech chapter of the Sigma Phi Lambda sorority, of which I was a member,” she says. “After the dance, we stayed up until the wee hours of the morning in the TV lounge of the Wall/ Gates dorm talking about everything. I told him about my dream of becoming an international opera singer and performing in Europe. It seemed like a pipe dream at the time. He said that night that he would follow me around the world. Neither of us knew at the time how true that statement would prove to be.

“We moved to Europe shortly after our wedding in 2003, and we have lived there ever since,” Nelsen says. “Together we have traveled all over Europe, mostly for business, but also for pleasure. We have spent time in England, Austria, Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Romania, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Turkey, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Japan and Holland.

“Because Greg is an artist as well, it affords us more flexibility as far as getting time off to travel together,” she says. “Right now, we are in Iraq on tour with Opera Cologne. It is reportedly the first time that a fully-staged opera has been performed live on Iraqi soil. I feel very blessed that Greg and I have been able to share so many unique experiences, like this one, together.”

Music always has been a part of Nelsen’s life. She recalls listening to her mother sing and copying her. She later joined youth choirs and played the trumpet in youth band and orchestras, starting at age eight.

“I was in my senior year at Coronado High School in Lubbock, and I was the principal trumpet in the Lubbock Youth Symphony Orchestra. The orchestra has a concerto competition every year, in which orchestra members audition for a panel of judges and the winner gets perform their concerto with the orchestra in a major concert. I decided, on a lark, to sing an opera aria; it was really nearly a joke at first as I knew absolutely nothing about opera at that point, but I went to the library (in the days before YouTube) and researched arias. I found a recording of Kiri Ti Kanawa singing Giacomo Puccini’s “O mio babbino caro” (from “Gianni Schicchi”) and fell in love.”

She auditioned with the aria and won the competition. For the prizewinner’s concert, she also played the trumpet in Nikolai RimskyKorsakov’s “Capriccio Espagnol.” She put down her trumpet, walked backstage, came back out and sang the aria with the orchestra.

“It was an amazing feeling, mixing voice with orchestra, and I was hooked,” she says. “After the concert, Tech voice professor Karl Dent, who became my voice teacher, came up and told me, ‘I know you think you’re a trumpet player, but you’re actually an opera singer.’ Texas Tech offered me a vocal scholarship and after some consideration, I decided that I would pursue a degree in vocal performance and that was the start of everything.”

Dent has good memories of teaching his former student.

“Rebecca was most likely the brightest student I have ever taught,” he says. “Always prepared and inquisitive, Rebecca pushed the boundaries of teacher/student communication.

I often felt I was learning as much from her as she did from me.

“As a student, Rebecca possessed a lovely voice, expressive personality, superior intellect, and fearless determination. There was never any doubt of her potential for future success in the professional world.”

When it was time for college, Nelsen had her pick of plum universities. She excelled academically in high school. A number of schools and departments, including the Texas Tech Department of Petroleum Engineering, recruited her, but she decided to do what she really loved—make music for a career.

“I realized that I could make a lot of money doing something I was good at, but didn’t really have a passion for, or I could take a risk and pursue something that I loved,” she says. “I chose music and I am happy that I did.

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“Tech offered me and my twin sister, Michelle Babb-Tarbox, Presidential Scholarships, and the music department offered me a vocal scholarship as well. Michelle studied molecular biology, and I studied vocal performance. We both felt so at home at Texas Tech that we chose to stay for our second degrees—an M.A. for me and an M.D. for her.”

Her other voice teacher at Tech was Kathy McNeil.

Nelsen earned her bachelor’s degree in music with a major in vocal performance in 2001, and she completed her master’s degree in German literature in 2003.

The idea of studying German came late to Nelsen, as well. She was required, as a vocal performance major, to study German, French or Italian. She says she was reluctant to study German at first but had to because it was the only language course that fit her class schedule.

Learning German was such a positive an experience during her undergraduate years that she earned her master’s degree in German literature. She served as a teaching assistant and then part-time graduate instructor. Graduate school was made easier for her with a Helen DeVitt Jones Graduate Scholarship.

Nelsen refers to her fluency in German as a “door-opener” because it helped her to earn a Fulbright Scholarship to Vienna, Austria, where she earned a post-graduate degree from the University for Music and Performing Arts. She had her first professional audition and job in Austria.

Preparing for performances requires a grueling practice schedule as well as some additional training. Opera singers must be in really good physical condition.

“Opera is a sport, really,” Nelsen says. “Not just because the actual process of operatic singing is so physically challenging, but because of what we as opera singers are often asked to do while singing. During my career, directors have asked me to do extremely challenging things onstage—like singing while performing acrobatics, while dancing on an extremely raked stage, while sliding down a moving wall or climbing a 30-foot ladder or dancing around a small catwalk between the orchestra and the audience. Some rehearsal phases are so intense that if I do not up my caloric intake, I end up unintentionally losing weight. I do a lot of yoga and Pilates to help stay fit as well as cardio. My husband is also a fitness nut and that helps me stay honest with my workouts and my diet.”

In addition to the physical challenges of performing opera, Nelsen has had to learn to balance her life. She notes that she and Greg are both close to their families. Seeing their relatives is very important to the couple, although a trip home may take 18 hours. When they aren’t working, the couple likes to spend time with friends and each other. She also loves to write and has written a novel, a play and a number of poems.

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Recent Roles and Achievements

• Violetta in “La Traviata” at La Fenice in Venice, Italy, and at the Semperoper in Dresden, Germany • Sophie in “Der Rosenkavalier” and Adele in “Die Fledermaus” at the Semperoper, Dresden, and Gilda in “Rigoletto” at the National Theater Brunswick in Germany • Blondchen in “The Abduction from the Seraglio” in Iraq with Opera Cologne • Gretel in “Hänsel und Gretel” at the Volksoper in Vienna • Pamina in “The Magic Flute” on tour in Japan • In November, Rebecca made her critically acclaimed professional American debut with the Pittsburgh Symphony in Heinz Hall in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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She says her other balancing act is learning to separate her identity as a person.

“It took me a few years, but I think I have now come to the healthy realization that although I have a voice, I am not my voice,” she says. “As a professional singer, it is very easy to get wrapped up with what you do to the point that it becomes your identity and your sense of worth—this is dangerous, because when you can’t sing, for example when you are sick, you feel like less of a person. When I was singing Violetta in “La Traviata” at the Semperoper in Dresden, Germany, an older colleague gave me some valuable advice that I have carried around with me ever since. She told me as an opera singer, you need to have two selves—one that you leave at the border of the stage and one that you take home to your friends and family. When artists fail to do this, they become unstable.”

Nelsen is anything but unstable. She has a full life and loves what she does for a living, When asked if she sings everyday, even when not rehearsing or performing, her answer is simple: “How can I keep from singing,” a nod to a favorite hymn from her university choir days.

It’s a fitting anthem for someone who loves her craft so much.

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This photo was taken Jan. 26, 1969 at Fire Support Base Razor. The chaplain on the left is Salvatore Rubino, who now is a retired Navy chaplain and lives in Florida. During Nelson's investigation of Lee Roy's death and other experiences in Vietnam, Nelson did an extensive investigation of the photo above. Since Lee Roy was killed on Feb. 22, 1969, this photo was taken just a few weeks prior to his death, and is the last known photo of him. On March 5, 1969, the photo appeared on page one of the Navy Times.

same beginning, different ending

by Jennifer Ritz

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Nelson ’67 and Lee Roy Herron both grew up in Lubbock and attended Texas Tech. Both went to the same junior high, graduated from Lubbock High together, then both went on to graduate from Texas Tech and followed that by joining the Marines, where they ended up involved in the Vietnam War, but in two very different arenas.

Herron was commissioned in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1967, after completing officer candidate school. He was sent to the front lines quickly thereafter. Nelson attended law school at SMU, graduated in 1970, then went on to active duty in the Marine Corps in 1971, attending Naval Justice School in Newport, R.I., and becoming a JAG officer.

Before Nelson completed law school, his best friend Herron was killed during a battle on Feb. 22, 1969. For years, Nelson tamped down his emotions about the loss of his lifelong friend.

He set about building a career with first Ernst & Ernst, then the Houston Endowment, and raising his children. Decades later, on Aug. 2, 1997, while attending a book signing at a Borders bookstore in Houston for Col. Wesley Fox, USMC, retired, Nelson began to explore his feelings about Vietnam and Herron. Fox had been an instructor at The Basic School for Marine officers at Quantico, Va., where Nelson had trained. Nelson had attended the event on a whim.

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Lee Roy (right) receives a trophy for high grades at the Department of Defense Language Institute, Monterey, Calif., October 1968.

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Fox read a portion of his book, “Marine Rifleman.” The segment Fox shared included the battle in which Herron was killed—he died a heroic death, taking out an enemy bunker while his platoon endured heavy machine gun fire. Nelson realized that the story about his friend’s life had never been told, and he began to feel he owed Herron something.

Nelson started by creating a scholarship, the Lee Roy Herron Memorial Endowed Scholarship held by the Texas Tech University Vietnam Center and Archive. Nelson raised $33,000 for the scholarship and awarded Texas Tech a check on March 3, 2001. Today the endowment is valued at $250,000, thanks to generous donations, particularly a $100,000 gift from Houston Endowment in honor of Nelson upon his retirement in 2005.

Nelson had been urged by a number of people to write a book about Herron.

After years of research, interviews and writing, Nelson completed the book, “David and Lee Roy,” with the help of Randolph B. Schiffer. It follows both men through their early years and bounces softly between heartwarming and heart wrenching. It’s a detailed look at an era in West Texas, Texas and Vietnam fraught with changing times, war and loss.

Nelson very obviously poured his heart into the writing of this book. No matter your age or station in life, this book will strike a chord and is worth a read.

Nelson and Schiffer’s book will be featured in the Fall 2011 catalog of the Texas Tech University Press. To purchase a copy of the book, go to www. ttupress.org and click on Fall/Winter 2011 catalog, or call 806-742-2982, toll free: 800-832-4042.

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Texas Tech A group photo with TTAA members, university officials, Tech students, and legislators was taken in the Capitol Rotunda.

Day in Austin

By David Waggoner

every two years when the Texas Legislature is in session, more than 150 members of the Texas Tech Alumni Association from all over the state, in addition to more than 40 members of the Texas Tech Student Government Association, gathered Feb. 1 at the State Capitol for what is commonly called “Texas Tech Day” in Austin.

This year, the mission for the Tech alumni was simple: Break up into small groups to visit as many legislators as possible to explain the need for funding higher education and the rationale for Texas Tech to become a Tier One university.

“I think we have the most supportive environment for students to get a high quality education in the United States today,” said Tech Chancellor Kent Hance before dividing participants into small groups to make personal visits with legislators.

Chancellor Hance also said that “there will always be competition for funds (among colleges and universities) and Texas Tech

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has established funding priorities, and will urge the legislators to continue the formula-funding approach for higher education.

In addition, numerous members of the Angelo State University Alumni Association were present, including ASU President Joseph Rallo, who stated that adequate funding for higher education is especially critical this year.

Texas Rep. Harvey Hilderbran introduced a House resolution declaring Feb. 1, 2011, as Texas Tech Day at the Capitol, and Sen. Robert Duncan introduced a similar Senate resolution.

Both are Texas Tech alumni.

Senator Duncan said, “This is an important time for funding higher education in Texas.”

As for funding, the fact that this year the state budget is expected to be the main legislative priority because of the national economic crisis means that Tech and other state universities will likely receive less funding as compared to the 2009 session.

Gifts such as Texas Tech wine were among the items legislators received.

Specially designed medals were presented to the delegation as well as legislators.

h Bill Dean, executive vice president and CEO of the Texas Tech Alumni Association, prepares to visit with a state legislator.

Texas Tech Alumni Association National Board Members Linda Schlinkman Fuller (left) and Telea Johnson Stafford set off to meet with legislators in their offices.

Alumna Sudeline Moore Street; her husband, Barry Street, a member of the Texas Tech Alumni Association National Board of Directors; and Nancy Johnson Isom, a member of the Texas Tech Alumni Association National Board of Directors, helped with the effort.

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Texas Tech Day

in Washington, D.C.

By Kristina Harris-Butts

Texas Tech Chancellor Kent Hance, front row, met with members of the Texas Tech President’s Congressional Internship Program during his visit to D.C.

delegation of Texas Tech University officials and students travel more than 3,200 miles to represent Texas Tech in our Nation’s Capitol. For alumni and congressional interns in the greater Washington, D.C., area this event is one of the most anticipated of the year.

Texas Tech Day in Washington, D.C., provides Chancellor Kent Hance, President Guy Bailey and several other administration officials an opportunity to visit with members of Congress about federal issues important to the Texas Tech family. Students involved with the President’s Select gain first-hand knowledge about policy decisions by visiting with former Texas Tech students who currently work on Capitol Hill and in the Administration.

The most popular event is the reception honoring the Texas Congressional Delegation on Capitol Hill.

The reception continues to grow each year and more than 175 people attended the Feb. 16 event this year, including elected officials, congressional staff, D.C. area alumni, students and interns. Chancellor Hance shared a few words about Texas Tech and recognized several members of the Texas delegation, including Congressmen Randy Neugebauer (R-TX) and Ralph Hall (R-TX) for their continued support of Texas Tech.

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The following day Chancellor Hance, President Bailey and members of the Texas Tech delegation joined the spring 2011 interns for lunch to learn more about their internship experiences. Both the President’s Office and the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources (CASNR) have highly regarded internship programs that allow students the opportunity to learn more about public policy. These programs are instrumental in providing students a hands-on learning experience outside of the classroom and in the halls of Congress.

“The CASNR internship was a powerful and positive learning experience for me,” said Amber Harris, spring intern, class 2008. “After I received my Master’s of Business Administration (MBA), I returned and joined the legislative staff of Congressman Pete Olson (R-TX) to help represent my hometown congressional district. I am appreciative of the unique opportunities Texas Tech continues to create for students.”

“My participation in the President’s Internship Program fostered my passion for public policy,” said Leah McCoy, spring intern, class 2003.

“After graduating from Texas Tech and Georgetown Law School, I remained in D.C. to be part of the Texas Tech family. I am an antitrust attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice and appreciate all that Texas Tech does to cultivate the growth and development of students like me with an interest in public policy.”

More than 250 students have been chosen to represent Texas Tech in our Nation’s Capitol, increasing the visibility of Texas Tech outside of Texas. To learn more information about the President’s Congressional Internship Program, please visit http://www.depts.ttu.edu/ttuintern/ or the CASNR Internship Program, please visit http://www.depts.ttu.edu/ agriculturalsciences/gov_interns/page1.php .

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2011 Football Signee Marquez Nothing Short of First Class

By Travis Cram | RaiderPower.com

Running back B radle y M arquez (Odessa High School) didn’t have a lot of doubts when he visited Texas Tech one more time before college football’s national signing day on Feb. 2.

In fact, he didn’t feel conflicted about anything when it came to his choice to be a Red Raider next season. In what is often regarded as the “Super Bowl” of recruiting and the biggest moment in these young players’ lives, Marquez appeared completely at ease in his decision to play for Tommy Tuberville and dawn the scarlet and black for the next few years.

His hardest decision may be trying to figure out what jersey number he wants to wear.

“They pretty much had all our numbers out and so we got to take pictures with the jerseys,” he said about his last visit to Tech before inking his NCAA national letter of intent. “It’s pretty much first come first serve with the numbers. I really want number four, ’cause that’s been my number but it’s a duplicate. Derrick Mays wears it on defense. I’m debating whether or not I should duplicate it. So it might be 9, 13 or 17. We’ll see.”

Marquez is just one of the 27 signees in the 2011 recruiting class that pushed Texas Tech up to No. 14 in the FOXSports.com/Scout.com national rankings—the highest ever for a Red Raider recruiting class.

Marquez, a four-star running back, took his only official visit on Jan. 29 and did not go anywhere else—even after getting offers last summer from Oklahoma, Stanford, Baylor, Arizona and Texas A&M. He said he expected every player to hold true to their

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oral commitments toward Tech after more than 11 of them visited one last time before signing day. And they did.

“It was a lot of fun. Everyone that was there, we’re all already committed so it was nice to just kind of relax and really get to know each other more than anything. We’re just working on creating that family-like atmosphere that you want and it’s already there.”

The Odessa High running back tore through the 2010 season, rushing for 1,529 yards and 21 touchdowns, and broke Odessa’s all-time career rushing mark just a few games into the season. A feat that meant more to him than most might realize. The rushing record he shattered belonged to his father, Brad Givens, who graduated from Odessa High School in 1992.

But it’s not exactly the father-son relationship most would think it was.

Seeing their names next to each other

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in the Odessa record books is the closest the two have been in a long time.

Givens has been in prison since 2006, when Marquez was in eighth grade and has never seen the talented running back play a down, take an at-bat or run track since Marquez arrived at Odessa High.

Marquez said he owes a lot to his mother, Betty, and his uncles for giving him the guidance to not make the same mistakes in life as his father and continue to chase his dream of succeeding both on the field and in the classroom.

“My mom means everything to me,” Marquez said. “All this is because of her.

Having the chance to go to Texas Tech, play ball and have my family close by is because of my mom.”

So it was only proper that Marquez had his mom, uncles and other siblings by his side on national signing day.

Everyone adorned in Texas Tech scarlet and black apparel, eagerly awaiting the moment Marquez signed his letter of intent and officially became a Red Raider.

“That was a great moment for me,” Marquez said. “I would not have wanted to do it any other way. We’ve always done everything as a family. All of those people are my family and I would not be anything without them.”

Marquez said he will play either running back or inside receiver, taking on a hybrid role in Neal Brown’s offense.

“Coach Brown and I talked a lot about that in our meeting. Basically more and more like a running back/receiver type.

That’s probably the best way to get me the ball and get me some early playing time. We’ll take a look at it more once we start working out and have some more tape in practice at those different things but I like the idea of getting a chance to do either thing.”

During his last visit in the spring, he and other recruits got a chance to go over to United Spirit Arena where Tuberville and the current Tech football players were honored at halftime

of Texas Tech’s men’s basketball game against Nebraska, hoisting their 2011 TicketCity Bowl trophy for all to see.

But the most exciting part came when Tuberville announced to the crowd what lies in the future with the guys on the court and the rest of the signing day class.

“We will win a championship here at Texas Tech,” Tuberville declared as the crowd erupted.

It was nothing short of a “goose bump” moment for Marquez and the others.

“It’s funny you say that because that’s exactly what happened when he said that.

We talked about it again later that night at dinner. When he said it, I was ready to head back to the locker room and strap the pads on right now and get out there and start playing.

“It just makes you that more ready for it. When he said ‘championship,’ I can’t even explain that. We’re the guys that are going to come in and help do that and it gets you excited knowing that you are going to be a part of that goal.”

To find out more about Texas Tech’s newest recruiting class and the latest rankings, go to www.RaiderPower.com.

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Mr. & Mrs. Douglass Robinson `79 (Angie Robinson) Mr. Tommy Velasquez `93

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Mr. David Simpson `89

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Mr. & Mrs. Blake Smith `02 (Jennifer Smith)

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Mr. Gregory Baker `06

Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Knight `86 (Emily Knight `87)

Mr. & Mrs. Chet Beyer (Sherrie Beyer `10)

Mr. & Mrs. Zurick Labrier `85 (Paula Labrier)

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Ms. Lisa Lambert `90

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Mr. & Mrs. Robert Lomax `91 (Melinda Lomax)

Mr. Ron Bobbitt `78

Dr. Kathryn McNeil `04

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Mr. & Mrs. William Miller `71 (Linda Miller `73)

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Mr. & Mrs. Vincent Carson `81 (Karin Carson)

Mr. & Mrs. Dale Nichols `81 (Michele Nichols)

Dr. & Mrs. Dennis Cates `68 (Sue Cates)

Mr. Michael Peters `65

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Mr. & Mrs. Brian Pohlmeier `76 (Peggy Pohlmeier)

Mr. Eric Coll `83

Mr. Lee Porter `09

Mr. & Mrs. Steven Darretta (Lisa Darretta `99)

Mr. & Mrs. Gary Pursley `83 (Julie Pursley)

Mr. & Mrs. Ken Dawson `71 (Nancy Dawson)

Mr. & Mrs. Alan Sales `75 (Kathy Sales `74)

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Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Dugger `73 (Janie Dugger `74)

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Sanders `63 (Bonnie Sanders)

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Mr. & Mrs. Monty Becton `87 (Patti Becton)

Mr. & Mrs. Curtis Fletcher `78 (Peggy Fletcher `76)

Mr. & Mrs. Lewis Sessums (Janis Sessums `80)

Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Bott `81 (Marta Bott `81)

Dr. Tom Fogarty `80

Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Sites `89 (Sheila Sites)

Mr. & Mrs. Eddie Brown `60 (Billie Brown)

Mr. & Mrs. Brian Fralin `03 (Amanda Fralin `03)

Mr. Kenneth Slack Jr. `71

Mr. & Mrs. Bob Bryant `74 (Felice Bryant `75)

Ms. Regina Fryman `80

Dr. Karolyn Snyder `77

Mr. & Mrs. Guy Chaney `86 (Michelle Chaney)

Mr. & Mrs. Lynn Glass (Helen Glass `68)

Mr. & Mrs. Briam Stagner `97 (Amy Stagner)

Dr. Michael D’Amico `75

Dr. & Mrs. Adam Gunder `96 (Elizabeth Gunder)

Mrs. Carol Terry `70

Mr. & Mrs. Mitchell Ehrlich `74 (Kathy Ehrlich `74)

Mr. & Mrs. Steven Hagenbuck `86 (Gina Hagenbuck)

Mr. & Mrs. David Thomas (Suzanne Thomas `81)

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Finke `78 (Jenne Finke `78)

Mr. Larry Hagood `50

Mr. & Mrs. Joel Verinder `99 (Claire Verinder `99)

Mr. & Mrs. Terry Grantham `79 (Leann Grantham `79)

Dr. Jody Haigood `03

Mr. & Mrs. James Wilson `91 (Jenny Wilson)

Mr. Rodney Harden `74

Mrs. Hayley Hatfield `07

Mr. James Wolslager III `99

Mr. & Mrs. Jim Hart `83 (Susan Hart `83)

Mr. & Mrs. Bob Hayter `72 (Nancy Hayter)

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Hill `75 (Marily Hill `76)

Ms. Sarah Hermann `04

Dr. & Dr. Gary Wood `82 (Linda Wood `78)

Mr. Gary Hughes `76

Mr. & Mrs. Jason Hill `97 (Amanda Hill `97)

Mr. & Mrs. Rex Jobe (Sharon Jobe `69)

Dr. Artis Hinds `90

Mrs. Elizabeth Ledyard `45

Mr. Aaron Hobratschk `09

Mr. & Mrs. John McAnulty `96 (Michelle McAnulty `98)

Mr. & Mrs. Darin Holderness (Lisa Holderness `82)

Mrs. Misty Adams `94

Mr. & Mrs. Mark McCloy `73 (Annette McCloy)

Mr. & Mrs. David Holmes `79 (Jama Holmes)

Mr. & Mrs. Lee Alexander `06 (Lindsay Alexander)

Mr. & Mrs. William McDaniel `97 (Allison McDaniel `97)

Dr. & Mrs. Michael Hooten `81 (Vicki Hooten `06)

Mr. & Mrs. James Allen (Roxanna Allan `73)

Mr. & Mrs. Cody Plowman (Shannon Plowman `85)

Mr. & Mrs. Miles Hornak `82 (Jennifer Hornak `82)

Dr. Susan Anders `97

Mr. & Mrs. Frank Price ’73 (Ginger Price)

Dr. & Mrs. Thomas Howe `86 (Ellen Howe)

Ms. Norma Anderson `88

Mr. & Mrs. Ross Riddles `79 (Ellen Riddles)

Dr. Mary Hudelson `87

Mr. Jeffrey Andrew `09

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Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Bradley (Vicki Bradley `90) Mr. & Mrs. Jack Byrd`56 (Marline Byrd) Mr. & Mrs. Richard Hervey `73 (Emilee Hervey) Mr. & Mrs. Pete Holden `65 (Marjorie Holden) Mr. Larry House `79 Ms. Kathy Johnson `77 Mr. Phillip Kahlich `09 Mr. & Mrs. Lon Miller `71 (Gertrude Miller `65) Mr. Richard Rhodes `71 Mr. & Mrs. Abuzar Saeed `86 (Aasia Saeed) Mr. & Mrs. Bobby Waddle `55 (Shirley Waddle)

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Mr. & Mrs. Gary Hicks (Mary Hicks `79)

Mr. & Mrs. Charles Pilgrim `60 (Carolyn Pilgrim `62)

Mr. & Mrs. Bryan Bailey `02 (Schyler Bailey `00)

Mr. Shawn Hinds `10

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Popp `95 (Heather Popp `95)

Mr. Van Baucum `54

Mr. & Ms. Joe Hisey (Cheryl Egger)

Mr. Larry Porras Jr. `06

Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Bennett `85 (Donna Bennett)

Mr. Christopher Holmberg `88

Mr. Joe Posey `10

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Bennett (Deana Bennett `91)

Mr. & Mrs. Dustin Horn `01 (Joslyn Horn `03)

Mr. & Mrs. Walter Ray `00 (Brandi Ray `98)

Mr. & Mrs. Brett Birdsinger (Lori Birdsinger `98)

Mr. & Mrs. James Hutto `64 (Patricia Hutto `63)

Mr. & Dr. Lindsay Reed (Debra Reed `75)

Mr. Spencer Blocker `54

Ms. Sheryl Ivy `93

Mr. Michael Rios `98

Mr. Eugene Bowless `05

Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Jamison (Cindy Jamison `87)

Mr. Nicholas Salomone `04

Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Boyle `67 (Barbara Boyle)

Ms. Lindsay Jeffries `08

Mr. Robert Sanchez

Dr. & Mrs. Jay Bradley `99 (Rachael Bradley `00)

Mr. & Mrs. Joel Johnson `95 (Sivi Johnson)

Mr. & Mrs. John Scarbrough `69 (Jane Scarbrough)

Mr. & Mrs. Daren Brown `99 (Elizabeth Brown)

Mr. & Mrs. Arwin Johnson `74 (Melanie Johnson `74)

Mr. & Mrs. Bryan Shipman `89 (Ivanna Shipman)

Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Brown (Heather Brown `06)

Mr. Brandon Jordan `09

Mr. & Mrs. Ricky Shipp (Rolinda Shipp)

Mr. Thomas Brown `03

Mr. & Mrs. Paul Kesselem (Sarah Kesselem `76)

Mr. & Mrs. Wendell Simmons (Katy Simmons `08)

Dr. & Mrs. Kirk Brown `72 (Ellen Brown)

Mr. & Mrs. George Kimbro `74 (Jonnie Kimbro)

Ms. Carli Slingerland `09

Mr. & Mrs. Jacob Bruton `07 (Lindsey Bruton)

Mr. & Mrs. Johnny King (Cynthia King)

Mr. & Mrs. Russell Smith `74 (Deborah Smith)

Mr. & Mrs. Larry Bryant (Dana Bryant `94)

Mr. & Mrs. Bryan Langeberg (Julie Langeberg `80)

Mr. Charles Smitherman Jr. `07

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Buechel `90 (Lisa Buechel `90)

Ms. Janis Langley `68

Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin Snow (Christina Snow `92)

Dr. Marie Burkhead `75

Mr. & Mrs. Scott Leonard `84 (Stacy Leonard `84)

Mr. John Spearman `50

Mr. & Mrs. Luis Chavez `86 (Jennie Chavez)

Mrs. Cathy Lester `69

Mr. & Mrs. Otto Spitz `90 (Susan Spitz `93)

Mr. & Mrs. Vick Christian (Denise Christian `83)

Mr. Thomas Louthan `73

Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Stafford `80 (Denise Stafford `79)

Dr. John Cochran `88

Ms. Tamara Mancini `98

Mr. Tom Sterrett `74

Mr. & Mrs. Gary Collins (Linda Collins)

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Marshall `81

Mr. & Mrs. Jeffery Sumpter `91 (Wendy Sumpter)

Mr. & Mrs. Scottie Cooper `61 (June Cooper)

Mr. & Mrs. Larry Martin `99 (Erin Martin `00)

Mrs. Elizabeth Swaim `07

Mr. & Mrs. Jason Crawley `06 (Rachel Crawley `07)

Mr. & Mrs. James Masters `73 (Belinda Masters `75)

Mr. & Mrs. Seth Tabor `07 (Katy Tabor)

Ms. Lisa Crespo `08

Ms. Callie Mattly `09

Mr. & Mrs. Adam Tarpley `04 (Carolyn Tarpley `04)

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Cudd (Pat Cudd)

Mr. & Mrs. Lee Mayhew (Pamela Waldrop-Mayhew)

Mr. & Mrs. Griffith Thomas (Joanna Thomas `95)

Mr. & Mrs. David Damron `61 (Barbara Damron)

Mr. & Mrs. Blake McAlister `04 (April McAlister `04)

Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Thompson `81 (Vicky Thompson `84)

Mr. & Mrs. Jason Degenhardt `00 (Shanna Degenhardt `00)

Mr. & Mrs. Tom McCunniff (Lori McCunniff)

Mr. Jordan Thompson `09

Mr. & Mrs. Tom McKenna (Katherine McKenna `00)

Mrs. Janet Thurne `97

Mr. Don Douglas `86

Mr. & Mrs. David McLellan `76 (Theresa McLellan)

Mr. & Mrs. Chad Tibor `96 (Kara Tibor `95)

Mr. & Mrs. Corey Englerth `05 (Susan Englerth)

Mr. Grant McWhirter `02

Mr. Samuel Todd `02

Mr. & Mrs. John Evans `05 (Paige Evans)

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Meeks (Lusine Meeks)

Mr. & Mrs. James Todd `96 (Lacey Todd)

Mr. & Mrs. Scott Faris `00 (Courtney Faris `97)

Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Meeks `07 (Kathryn Leigh-Meeks `08)

Mr. & Mrs. Brian Tolson `07 (Michelle Tolson `06)

Mrs. Cathryn Flowers `62

Mr. & Mrs. Larry Merrill (Emily Merrill `94)

Mr. & Mrs. Calvin Trammell `68 (Nedra Trammell)

Mr. & Mrs. Ryan Gathmann `07 (Amanda Gathmann)

Dr. Pearl Merritt `03

Mr. Miguel Ureta Jr. `90

Mrs. Betty Gibson `48

Mr. & Mrs. Jay Mezera `02 (Jessica Mezera `03)

Mr. Joe Vanderpoorten `76

Mr. & Mrs. Chris Glazner `01 (Andrea Glazner)

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Miles (Cece Miles)

Mr. Anthony Vigilante `06

Ms. Joyce Golden

Mr. & Mrs. Travis Miller (Nickie Miller `95)

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Vilim (Joanna Vilim `89)

Mr. & Mrs. Terry Graham `77 (Diane Graham)

Mr. & Mrs. Les Miller (Dia Miller)

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Wade `87 (Joyce Wade)

Mr. & Mrs. Jeremy Gray `03 (Ashley Gray)

Mr. & Dr. Michael Montanez `97 (Ana Montanez `05)

Mr. & Mrs. William Weatherby `71 (Susie Weatherby)

Mr. & Mrs. Eric Gray (Christy Gray `91)

Mr. & Mrs. Max Moore `99 (Kallie Moore)

Mr. & Mrs. Russell Wenzel `95 (Jill Wenzel `95)

Mr. & Mrs. David Grimes (Sarah Grimes)

Mr. & Mrs. Jack Moore `58 (Ann Moore `57)

Mr. Kevin Westbrook `95

MAJ & Mrs. Victor Hackett `76 (Linda Hackett)

Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Moore `04 (Aubrey Moore `04)

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Wetmore `83 (Glenda Wetmore `82)

Mr. & Mrs. John Hafen `89 (Charmayne Hafen)

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Morse `09 (Courtney Morse `09)

Mr. & Mrs. Kendon Wheeler `80 (Wendy Wheeler `78)

Mr. Byron Hale `92

Mr. Thomas Mott `10

Mrs. Sandra White `64

Dr. Terri Hall `86

Mr. & Mrs. Mike Nix `70 (Sandra Nix `70)

Mrs. Connie White

Mr. Travis Hammer `56

Mr. Jeffrey Orr `83

Mr. & Mrs. Jeff White `76 (Diane White)

Mr. Thomas Harris `03

Mr. & Mrs. Brian Pack (Mary Pack `01)

Mr. Robert Whitehill `69

Mr. Andrew Hawkins `02

Mr. F.C. Pape `68

Dr. Roger Williams `57

Mr. & Mrs. James Heasley `92 (Judith Heasley `91)

Ms. Martha Parker `80

Mrs. Cheryl Willoughby `80

Mr. Robert Henry `05

Mr. & Mrs. Alam Perkins (Angela Perkins `98)

Mr. Matthew Wilson `08

Mr. & Mrs. James Hicks `83 (Carol Hicks)

Mr. & Mrs. Chris Perry (Tara Perry `01)

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From the 2001 “La Ventana,” the caption for this photo by Jaime Tomás Aguilar reads, “A member of the Tech Rodeo team tries to rope a calf during one of the many competitions the team competed in.”

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Mary Miller Baker (BS Home Economics Education) Cleburne, Texas, will be 93 years old this year. She enjoyed her time in the homemaking department and as a teacher.

’ 45 Irene F. Bagwell (BBA Commercial Teaching) Durham, N.C., is still grateful to Texas Tech for welcoming her in her junior year—as a transfer from Duke University—as a married soldier’s wife.

’ 47 Mary Lou Stewart McNabb (BME Music Education) and Robert E. McNabb (’47 BS Electrical Engineering) Brownsboro, Ala., married in 1947 while she was a student at Texas Tech and he was in the U.S. Army, and they recently celebrated their 64th anniversary. He worked for IBM for 31 years and Boeing Airplane Co., for nine years before retiring. They now operate a pick-your-own blueberry farm near Huntsville, Ala. They have three children and two grandchildren.

’49 Bill H. Hervey (BS Textile Engineering) and Hoppy Maas Hervey (’48 BA Journalism) Greensboro, N.C., celebrated their 63rd anniversary on Dec. 21. Bill spent 50 years with Blue Bell, now VF Corp., and is a Distinguished Engineer. They have four sons.

’ 64 Carl M. Carter (BS Agricultural Education, ’73 MS Crop Science) and Jane Hamilton Carter (’67 BS Home Economics Education) San Saba, Texas, are both retired and living on their farm. They have three grandchildren.

Steve R. Groce (BS Animal Production) Eastland, Texas, is the Regional Sales Representative for Lloyd, Inc., and his wife, Cynthia Wright Groce (’70 BSE Elementary Education) retired after 38 years of teaching elementary school.

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Dennis L. Cates (BA History, ’76 M.Ed. Education, ’86 Ph.D. Education) Detroit, Texas, is a pastor in the United Methodist Church serving two churches in Detroit and Woodland, Texas.

Douglas S. Finch (BS Geology) Hawkins, Texas, recently retired from American Airlines after a 38 year flying career that began after he reported for ASAF Pilot Training in September 1972.

His wife is Patricia.

Bruce A. Glasrud (Ph.D. History) Seguin, Texas, recently published a book with the University of Missouri Press titled “Brothers to Buffalo Soldiers: Perspectives on the African American Militia and Volunteers, 1865-1917.”

His wife is Pearland Vestal Glasrud (’61 BA Political Science ’64 MA Political Science) Al S. Wagner (BS Industrial Engineering) Mckinney, Texas, retired Aug. 1, 2010, from his position as vice president of an agency from State Farm Insurance Companies. His wife is Barbara Edgeworth Wagner (’69 BA English).

’ 71 Barbara Byler Granberry Garland (BA Spanish) Georgetown, Texas, retired with her husband, Ron, a former student, who retired after a 39 year career in Boy Scouts of America.

They lived in a number of diverse cities, including Saline, Kan.; Johnson City, Tenn.; Las Vegas, Nev. and Portland, Ore. During their almost 30 years of marriage, Barbara worked in blood-banking and other non-profit endeavors.

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Jeanne Spitler Guerra (BFA Art Education) Dallas, recently began a new novel blog called “My Second Wind, A West Texas Story of Romance and Adventure,” about a fictional character named Maggie Grant, who moves to West Texas after being widowed to become the new director of communications and marketing at her alma mater.

Readers can follow the character as she blogs her journey over the course of her first year in Lubbock in real time at: mysecondwindnovel.blogspot.com. Her husband is Jose.

’ 73 Roger K. Scott (BS Park Administration, ’73 BA Landscape Architecture) Richardson, Texas, was recently honored with the James W. Kitchen Memorial Special Recognition Award by the Southwest Parks and Recreation Training Institute, which recognizes members who have made substantial lifetime contributions to the organization. His wife is Cynthia.

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

Platinum ($2,500 or more annually)

Mr. & Mrs. G. Barney Adams ‘75 (Kandy Adams ‘75) Lubbock, TX Mr. & Mrs. Larry K. Anders ‘78 (Nesa J. Anders ‘81) Plano, TX Mr. & Mrs. Mike Baca (Jan W. Baca ‘70) Vega, TX Mr. & Mrs. Edward Benninger, Jr. ‘65 (Nelda Benninger ‘68) San Antonio, TX Mr. & Mrs. Richard Breedlove ‘70 (Lorrie Breedlove) Spring, TX Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Brown ‘59 (Elena Brown) Lamesa, TX Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Broyles ‘51 (Helen P. Broyles) Fort Worth, TX Lt. Colonel Mark H. Bryant ‘83 Salt Lake City, UT Mr. Clay Cash ‘97 Midland, TX Mr. & Mrs. Donald G. Chenault ‘82 (Vicki L. Chenault) Austin, TX Mr. & Mrs. Kemp Copeland ‘83 (Janet Copeland) Boerne, TX Mr. Floyd Cotham ‘83 Dallas, TX Mr. & Mrs. Enoch L. Dawkins ‘60 (Frances Dawkins) New Orleans, LA Mr. Gayle M. Earls ‘59 Frisco, TX Mr. Daniel F. Frye, III ‘73 Austin, TX Mr. and Mrs. B. R. “Rip” Griffin (Geneva Griffin ‘51) Lubbock, TX

Mr. H. Wayne Henry ‘75 APO, AE Mr. & Mrs. Bob L. Herd ‘57 (Patsy N. Herd) Tyler, TX Mr. & Mrs. Christopher C. Herrin ‘82 (Cheryl Herrin ‘83) Tampa, FL Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Hix ‘70 (Leslie Hix ‘71) Houston, TX Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Holloman ‘80 (Karlene Holloman) San Francisco, CA Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Holt (Julianna Hawn Holt ‘69) Blanco, TX O. Wayne, Isom M. D. ‘61 (Pat Isom) New York, NY Mr. & Mrs. Tom W. Jacobs ‘87 (Jerri L. Jacobs) Katy, TX Mr. & Mrs. Leon Jeffcoat ‘66 (Patricia E. Jeffcoat ‘66) Midland, TX Mr. & Mrs. Larry D. Johnson ‘61 (Suzie E. Johnson ‘62) Houston, TX Mr. & Mrs. Russell Mathis ‘80 (Wendy Mathis) Midland, TX Mrs. Joan McComb ‘67 Lubbock, TX Mr. & Mrs. Michael McKenzie ‘68 (Barbara McKenzie ‘69) Sulphur Springs, TX Mr. & Mrs. R. Randall Onstead, Jr. ‘78 (Pam Onstead) Houston, TX Mr. & Mrs. James R Pendell ‘81 (Belinda J. Pendell) Clint, TX Mr. R. Maxey Pinson ‘47 Oklahoma City, OK

Mr. & Mrs. Joe H. Price (Mary Jo Price ‘53) San Antonio, TX Mr. & Mrs. John W. Redmon ‘71 (Ann R. Redmon ‘71) The Woodlands, TX Mr. & Mrs. Douglass C. Robison ‘79 (Angie Robison) Midland, TX Ms. Nancy R. Ruff, Ed.D. ‘69 Clinton, WA Mr. & Mrs. Marlis E. Smith ‘54 (Shirley C. Smith ‘54) Englewood, CO Mr. & Mrs. William B. Snyder ‘55 (Sally M. Snyder) Saint Petersburg, FL Mr. & Mrs. Stephen R. Souter ‘71 (Jill Souter) Alamo Heights, TX Mr. & Mrs. James H. Stone ‘50 (Evelyn B. Stone ‘48) Hattiesburg, MS Mr. & Mrs. Barry C. Street ‘79 (SuDeline Street ‘79) Kress, TX Mr. & Mrs. Dale V. Swinburn ‘65 (Cheryl Swinburn) Tulia, TX Mr. & Mrs. Max Swinburn ‘67 (Doris Swinburn) Dimmitt, TX Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Swofford, Jr. ‘47 (Sarah Swofford ‘47) San Diego, CA Mr. & Mrs. Fred Underwood ‘71 (Pam Underwood) Lubbock, TX Mr. Tommy W. Velasquez ‘93 Wheeler, TX Mr. & Mrs. Edward Whitacre ‘64 (Linda Whitacre ‘65) San Antonio, TX *As of May 11, 2011

Gold ($1,000 to $2,499 annually) Mr. & Mrs. Mike R. Abbott ‘63 (Diane Abbott) Lubbock, TX Mr. & Mrs. Ken Abraham ‘63 (Renee Abraham ‘71) Lubbock, TX Mr. Darrell W. Adams ‘81 Seymour, TX Mr. & Mrs. John Adams ‘81 (Lucretia Adams ‘81) Lubbock, TX Mr. & Mrs. Terry L. Adams ‘78 (Deborah T. Adams) Henrico, VA Mr. & Mrs. Grant Adamson ‘81 (Nelda Adamson) Austin, TX Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Adcox ‘95 (Keeley K Orman-Adcox ‘95) Dripping Springs, TX Mr. Richard G. Alexander, D.D.S. ‘58 (Janna Alexander ‘58) Arlington, TX Dr. B. L. Allen ‘48 Lubbock, TX Mr. & Mrs. Ronald G. Althof ‘79 (Deidra R. Althof) Newburgh, IN Mr. & Mrs. David Anderson ‘84 (Susan Anderson ‘85) Lake Oswego, OR Mr. & Mrs. Dennis W. Anthony ‘75 (Loraine C. Anthony) Friona, TX Mr. & Mrs. M. Todd Barnes ‘91 (Amy Barnes) Boerne, TX Mr. & Mrs. Doug E. Barnhart ‘69 (Nancy Barnhart ‘69) Rancho Santa Fe, CA Mr. Danny Bates ‘78 Dallas, TX Mr. & Mrs. William D. Benton ‘78 (Paula M. Benton) Van Alstyne, TX Mr. & Mrs. Oran H. Berry, III ‘71 (Linda L. Berry ‘70) San Angelo, TX

Mr. & Mrs. Brent C. Bertrand ‘87 (Tonya H. Bertrand ‘86) Round Rock, TX Mr. & Mrs. Hubert P. Bezner ‘49 (Victoria M. Bezner) Dallas, TX Mr. David D. Bishop ‘88 Arlington, TX Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Bradley ‘90 (Vicki W. Bradley) Eastland, TX Mr. & Mrs. Bennie R. Brigham ‘65 (Mary G. Brigham ‘66) Dallas, TX Mr. & Mrs. Larry R. Britton ‘69 (Judith A. Britton) Arlington, TX Mr. & Mrs. William D. Brown ‘74 (Karen E. Brown ‘74) Austin, TX Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Bryant ‘83 (Colby Ethan) Salt Lake City, UT Mr. & Mrs. Steve Burleson ‘83 (Elizabeth G. Burleson ‘84) Midland, TX Mr. & Mrs. William G. Burnett ‘70 (Carolyn S. Burnett) San Antonio, TX Mr. & Mrs. Larry R. Byrd ‘57 (Patricia A. Byrd) Dallas, TX Mr. & Mrs. Jack L. Byrd ‘56 (Marline C. Byrd) Midland, TX Mr. Michael L. Carle ‘99 Parker, TX Mrs. Barbara M. Carter ‘79 Antioch, CA Mr. David R. Carter ‘87 Levelland, TX Mr. & Mrs. Eugene C. Chambers ‘66 (Carole Chambers) Katy, TX Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Champion ‘69 (Robbie M. Champion ‘69) Houston, TX

Mr. & Mrs. Thame H. Chapman (Jo Ann Chapman) Lubbock, TX Mr. Mark A. Cina ‘75 Harker Heights, TX

Mr. & Mrs. David M. Connaughton ‘82 (Diane K. Connaughton) Seabrook, TX

Mr. & Mrs. Richard N. Cook ‘74 (Mary Cook) Katy, TX Dr. & Mrs. Todd K. Cowan ‘81 (Veronica Cowan) Fort Worth, TX Mr. & Mrs. Travis Cram ‘07 (Kendal Cram) Lubbock, TX Mr. & Mrs. Brenton A. Croley ‘96 (Carrie E. Croley ‘95) Carrollton, TX Mr. & Mrs. Tim G. Culp ‘81 (Annette Culp ‘81) Midland, TX Mr. Charles Cummings ‘59 Fort Worth, TX Mr. Richard R. Davila, II Lubbock, TX Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth G. Davis ‘84 (Lisa G. Davis) Tulsa, OK Mr. & Mrs. Sean D. Davis ‘86 (Donna Davis) Baltimore, MD Mr. & Mrs. Miles R. Day (Audra R. Day ‘99) Lubbock, TX Dr. & Mrs. Bill F. Dean, Ph.D. ‘61 (Peggy M. Dean ‘66) Lubbock, TX Mrs. Sue A. Derr ‘50 Colleyville, TX Ms. Jane B. Dickson ‘74 Stephenville, TX Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Doherty, D.V.M ‘73 (Ginger R. Doherty) New Braunfels, TX

Mr. & Mrs. Jim A. Douglass ‘70 (Patti Douglass ‘85) Lubbock, TX Mr. & Mrs. John C. Downs ‘66 (Edie Downs) Sadler, TX Mr. & Mrs. Edward B. Franco ‘70 (Nora Franco) Irving, TX Mr. & Mrs. Charles D. Frisbie ‘76 (Betty A. Frisbie ‘76) Lubbock, TX Mr. & Mrs. Terry E. Fuller ‘77 (Linda S. Fuller ‘69) Southlake, TX Mr. & Mrs. Ricky Gaddis (Melinda Gaddis ‘84) Katy, TX Mr. & Mrs. Mariano Gomez, Jr. ‘90 (Elena Gomez) Austin, TX Mr. & Mrs. Bryan Gossett ‘73 (Nancy Gossett) Midland, TX Dr. & Mrs. James C. Graham ‘63 (Rachel S. Graham) Creve Coeur, MO Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Green ‘64 (Mary Ann Green ‘64) Fair Oaks Ranch, TX Mr. & Mrs. Steve Greer ‘68 (Dolores G. Greer) Lubbock, TX Mr. & Mrs. J. Todd Gregory ‘85 (Nancy E. Gregory) Fort Worth, TX Mrs. Terri S. Guy ‘73 Santa Fe, NM Mr. & Mrs. David H. Hadden ‘78 (Pamela A. Hadden ‘87) Allen, TX Mrs. Karen Hamel ‘93 Lubbock, TX Mr. & Mrs. Bobby E. Hammond Jr. ‘75 (Cynthia Hammond) Irving, TX Chancellor & Mrs. Kent R. Hance ‘65 (Susie Hance) Lubbock, TX Mr. & Mrs. Joe W. Harris ‘55 (Denise M. Harris) Bellingham, WA Mr. & Mrs. Owen Harrison ‘73 (Lois Harrison) San Angelo, TX Dr. Robert I. Hart, M.D. ‘80 & Dr. Susan E. Hart, M.D. Baton Rouge, LA Mr. & Mrs. Daniel W. Heinchon ‘81 (Nita C. Heinchon ‘81) San Antonio, TX Mr. Scott E. Heinzman ‘87 Hanover Park, IL Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Hervey ‘73 (Emilee G. Hervey) Rowlett, TX Mr. & Mrs. Gregory R. Hoes ‘86 (Lori Hoes) Garland, TX Mr. & Mrs. Pete Holden ‘65 (Marjorie G. Holden) Richardson, TX Mr. & Mrs. Timothy S. Hopper ‘82 (Gretchen Hopper ‘86) Katy, TX Mr. Larry L. House ‘79 Houston, TX Mr. & Mrs. Don J. Howe ‘71 (Vickie Howe) Alpharetta, GA Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Huckabee ‘91 (Robin Huckabee ‘92) Fort Worth, TX Mr. & Mrs. Drew M. Ingram ‘79 (Laura J. Ingram ‘79) Midland, TX Mr. & Mrs. Rex Isom ‘78 (Nancy Isom ‘80) Idalou, TX Mr. & Mrs. Rex V. Jobe (Sharon C. Jobe ‘69) Dallas, TX Ms. Kathy G. Johnson ‘77 Houston, TX Mr. Parker C. Johnson ‘97 Houston, TX Mr. Van J. Josselet ‘74 Dalhart, TX Mr. Phillip S. Kahlich ‘09 Hereford, TX Major & Mrs. Anthony D. Killa ‘95 (Carolyn T. Killa) Atlanta, GA Mr. S. Winnard Kothmann ‘61 Humble, TX Mrs. Peggy B. LaFont ‘61 Plainview, TX Mr. & Mrs. Terry R. Landry ‘88 (Shonne J. Landry) Dallas, TX Mr. & Mrs. Curt Langford ‘90 (Jill Langford ‘90) Lubbock, TX Mr. & Mrs. L. Russell Laughlin ‘81 (Kathryn C. Laughlin ‘80) Fort Worth, TX Mr. Rowland C. Lawson ‘84 Soldotna, AK Mr. & Mrs. Lanny G. Layman ‘77 (Joni Layman ‘79) San Angelo, TX Mr. Robert J. Lewis ‘49 Fairfax, VA Mr. & Mrs. Russell H. Logan ‘51 (Carol L. Logan) Colleyville, TX

Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Loveless ‘93 (Stacy Loveless ‘92) Cos Cob, CT Mr. & Mrs. Larry K. Lowe ‘67 (Ashley Lowe) Lubbock, TX Mr. & Mrs. Wendell W. Mayes, Jr ‘49 (Mary Jane Mayes) Austin, TX Mr. & Mrs. Bob Mayo ‘69 (Jo C. Mayo ‘71) Petersburg, TX Mr. & Mrs. Brian F. McCoy ‘75 (Wetonnah L. McCoy) San Marcos, TX Mr. & Mrs. George G. McDuff ‘58 (Beverly J. McDuff ‘54) Lubbock, TX Mr. & Mrs. M. Ryan McKenzie ‘98 (Kathleen K. McKenzie ‘04) Sulphur Springs, TX Dr. John S. Menzies, D.V.M. ‘75 Cleburne, TX Ms. Patsy Middleton ‘57 Austin, TX Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Mikolajczyk ‘60 (Hilda Mikolajczyk) Broussard, LA Mrs. Gertrude P. Miller ‘65 Lubbock, TX Mr. & Mrs. Jacob A. Miller ‘01 (Erica Miller) Lubbock, TX Mr. Lon E. Miller ‘71 Lubbock, TX Mrs. Martha H. Miller ‘49 Brenham, TX Mr. & Mrs. Charles B. Mitchell ‘56 (Bettye A. Mitchell) Houston, TX Mr. & Mrs. William S. Montgomery ‘47 (Lucile T. Montgomery) Fort Worth, TX Mr. Glenn Moor ‘84 Lubbock, TX Dr. Joshua H. Moore ‘04 & Dr. Christina M. Moore ‘03 Tulia, TX Mr. & Mrs. L. Bryan Moore ‘83 (Teri Moore) McKinney, TX Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Moore ‘94 (Kathryn Moore) Plano, TX Mr. & Mrs. Lester J. Murdock (Jo Anne C. Murdock ‘60) Dallas, TX Mr. & Mrs. Paul C. Nader, M.D. ‘81 (Barbara L. Bergin-Nader ‘76) Austin, TX Mr. & Mrs. H. Jack Naumann (Melinda Naumann) Midland, TX Dr. James D. Norcross ‘87 Irving, TX Mrs. Keeley K. Orman-Adcox ‘95 Dripping Springs, TX Mr. & Mrs. John C. Owens ‘71 (Cynthia M. Owens ‘73) Lubbock, TX Dr. & Mrs. Brian Papworth ‘88 (Mardi Papworth) Albuquerque, NM Mr. Paul E. Parkinson ‘74 Plano, TX Mr. Gary R. Petersen ‘68 Houston, TX Mr. & Mrs. Mike J. Petraitis ‘79 (Martha M. Petraitis ‘81) Midland, TX Mr. David R. Pickering Lubbock, TX Mr. Ivan W. Pinney ‘07 The Woodlands, TX Mr. & Mrs. Stephen S. Poore ‘90 (Christina B. Poore) Mercer Island, WA Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey M. Pratt (Amy Pratt) Austin, TX Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. Pubentz ‘98 (Rebecca K. Pubentz ‘99) Kingwood, TX Mr & Mrs. Scott R. Pullen ‘80 (Carroll A. Pullen) Sugar Land, TX Mr. & Mrs. Terry H. Putman ‘69 (Mendy W. Putman ‘81) Colorado Springs, CO Mr. & Mrs. Ben Ralston ‘76 (Jeannie Ralston ‘77) Wichita Falls, TX Mr. Jerry S. Rawls ‘67 Los Altos, CA Mr. & Mrs. Jeffery F. Rea ‘84 (Michelle S. Rea) Odessa, TX Mr. Richard D. Rhodes ‘71 Tyler, TX Mrs. Kathy H. Roberts ‘72 Houston, TX Brooks T. Rogers, M.D. ‘87 Lubbock, TX Mr. Keith J. Rogers Lubbock, TX Mr. & Mrs. Robert T. Rose (Susan M. Rose ‘76) Scottsdale, AZ Mr. & Mrs. John Roueche ‘88 (Elise Roueche) Houston, TX

Mr. & Mrs. Bari A. Sadler ‘02 (Mary K. Sadler ‘02) Baytown, TX Mr. & Mrs. Abuzar Saeed ‘86 (Aasia Saeed) Fremont, CA Mr. & Mrs. John Saenz ‘96 (Suzanne Saenz ‘95) Seminole, TX Dr. & Mrs. Martin Salazar, Ed.D. ‘78 (Margie Salazar) Lubbock, TX Mr. & Mrs. W. Joseph Sammons ‘78 (Susan A. Sammons ‘78) San Antonio, TX Mr. & Mrs. Robbie R. Sartain ‘79 (Kathleen M. Sartain ‘79) Midland, MI Mrs. Sammie F. Saulsbury ‘58 Tyler, TX Dr. Alan C. Schauer, D.D.S. ‘77 Austin, TX Mr. & Mrs. John F. Scovell ‘68 (Diane K. Scovell ‘68) Dallas, TX Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth H. Sheffield, Jr. (Catherine L. Sheffield ‘79) Anchorage, AK Mr. & Mrs. Carl E. Simmons ‘86 (Gail H. Simmons ‘86) Austin, TX Mr. James T. Simpson ‘83 Doylestown, PA Mr. & Mrs. Lesley K. Smith ‘86 (Amy V. Smith) Cypress, TX Ms. Anita R. Smith ‘63 Slidell, TX Mr. & Mrs. Jerry V. Smith ‘65 (Gail P. Smith ‘68) Dallas, TX Mr. & Mrs. Lucian Smith ‘74 (Kristin Smith ‘76) Hunt, TX Mr. Robert D. Smith ‘82 Fort Worth, TX Jo A. Sousa, M.D. Greenville, SC Mr. & Mrs. Russ Sprague (Karisa N. Sprague ‘01) Draper, UT Mr. & Mrs. Phil D. Staley ‘70 (Sharon D. Staley ‘71) Houston, TX Mr. & Mrs. Scott D. Stedman ‘98 (Tamie Stedman ‘98) Frisco, TX Mr. & Mrs. Jacque Stoltz ‘49 (Marqurite Stoltz ‘47) Midland, TX Mr. & Mrs. Larry G. Strickland ‘70 (Linda F. Strickland) Colleyville, TX Mr. & Mrs. Ron W. Stroman ‘70 (Carolyn S. Stroman) Midland, TX Mr. & Mrs. Lance Taylor ‘99 (Dawn Taylor ‘00) Frisco, TX Mr. & Mrs. R. Brian Teal ‘95 (Jessica Teal ‘96) Dallas, TX Mr. & Mrs. Don D. Thetford ‘56 (Mary B. Thetford) Houston, TX Mr. Marvin Thompson Tyler, TX Mr. & Mrs. Fred Timberlake, Jr. ‘68 (Kay G. Timberlake) Lubbock, TX Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Traylor ‘86 (Laura Traylor) Austin, TX Mr. & Mrs. Mike Troppy ‘76 (Joanna Troppy ‘76) Fredericksburg, TX Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Turner ‘68 (Diane Turner ‘68) Blanco, TX Mr. Erik M. Velez ‘04 Pflugerville, TX Mr. & Mrs. Bobby G. Waddle ‘55 (Shirley D. Waddle) Desoto, TX Mr. & Mrs. John P. Wald, Jr. ‘80 (Karen M. Wald ‘80) Southlake, TX Mr. & Mrs. John B. Walker ‘68 (Lisa A. Walker) Houston, TX Mr. & Mrs. Ben B. Wallace ‘76 (Patricia H. Wallace) Corpus Christi, TX Mr. & Mrs. Dan G. Webster, III ‘61 (Molly I. Webster) San Antonio, TX Mr. Randel L. West ‘87 Dallas, TX Mr. & Mrs. D. Andy Williams ‘91 (Camille Williams) Dimmitt, TX Mr. & Mrs. Lewis Williams ‘57 (Jamelle Williams) Montgomery, TX Mr. & Mrs. Richard O. Williams ‘61 (Jocelyn R. Williams) Midland, TX *As of May 11, 2011

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’ 74 Charles W. Graham (BAR Architecture Design) Norman, Okla., became the dean of the College of Architecture at the University of Oklahoma in 2008, after teaching in the College of Architecture at Texas A&M University for 25 years. His wife is Bess Shipman Graham (’74 BS Home Economics Education, ’74 Clothing, Textile and Merchandising).

Thomas J. Zachman (BS Civil Engineering) Richmond, Texas, recently retired from the Fluor Corp. after 36 years, having achieved the position of senior vice president. He and his wife, Joyce, look forward to spending more time traveling, especially in Colorado.

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Danny G. Bills (BA Advertising) Dripping Springs, Texas, was elected chairman of the Board of Directors of the Association of Directory Publishers for a two-year term. The aim of the association is to promote the common business interest and improve the general business condition of businesses engaged in the publication of telephone and online directories. His wife is Terri.

Nancy Bennett Browning (BSE Elementary Education) Fort Worth, Texas, was recently awarded 2010 Teacher of the Year at Azle Elementary School. Her husband is Dennis W. Browning (BS ’79 Geology).

Steve M. Fisher (BBA General Business) New Braunfels, Texas, was recently given the Outstanding Sales Achievement award during the Kooler Ice Distributorship meeting in Byron, Georgia. His wife is Cheryl Curry Fisher (BA ’75 Advertising).

Kent J. Henderson (BA Journalism) Arlington, Texas, was recently invited to be a contributing author by the Society of American Baseball Research, which is producing a book based on the Major League Baseball Winter Meetings. Kent will be responsible for the 1980 and 2000 meetings that were held in Dallas. The book is scheduled to go to press this year.

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alumni news « Randall T. Reid (MFA Art) San Marcos, Texas, had a solo exhibition, “Evidence of a Society,” in the Nuart Gallery in Santa Fe, N.M. He currently is a part of a three-person exhibition in the Paia Contemporary Gallery in Maui, Hawaii, and will participating in another three-person exhibition in September at the Davis Gallery in Austin, Texas. His wife is Olivia.

’82 Gayla Jett Shannon (BFA Interior Design) Fort Worth, Texas, operates an interior design business and teaches interior design at Texas Christian University as an assistant professor of professional practice. Shannon previously served on the Texas Tech Interior Design Advisory board.

’ 83 Brad D. Lance (BS Entomology) Bloomington, Ill., is the business director for Pioneer Hi-Bred International’s Heartland Business Unit. His wife is Keila.

’84 Daniel L. Hamil (BS Mechanical Engineering Technology) Little Elm, Texas, has been promoted to director of operation: energy solutions, Americas, building efficiency with Johnson Controls, a global diversified technology and industrial leader serving customers in more than 150 countries. His wife, Sharla Southerland Hamil (’84 BBA Finance) has been named director of coaching with GEG Worldwide, the leading provider of coaching services for top financial advisers and consulting services.

Robert E. Williams (BA Telecommunications) Allen, Texas, is a military contractor with IBM, supporting the military’s Defense Commissary Agency.

’86 Susan Jonas McKee (BSE Secondary Education) Nacogdoches, Texas, joined the ADN nursing faculty at Angelina College in Lufkin, Texas. Her husband is Walter.

’88 Johnny D. Dossey (BBA Management, ’89 MBA Business Administration) Great Falls, Mont., recently became the director of supply distribution and renewable fuels for Montana Refining Company.

Masked Rider Monument Unveiled and dedicated in the year 2000, the life-and-a-quarter-sized, commissioned Masked Rider monument is an inspiring addition to the campus landscape. The monument, located south of Frazier Alumni Pavilion, was fashioned by renowned sculptor Grant Speed of Lindon, Utah.

To fund the project, a limited number of monument replicas are being sold through the Texas Tech Alumni Association. The replicas are 2 feet long by 1.5 feet tall, an impressive artistic addition to any business lobby, home or personal office.

Although contributions of any amount are appreciated, limited edition replicas are available for $7,500 and can be paid with three annual pledges of $2,500. Replicas will be delivered upon first payment.

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’89 Patrick N. Barrios (BS Civil Engineering) Eagan, Minn., celebrated 20 years with Ecolab Inc. in June. Later this year, his work will take him and his family to Switzerland for four months.

M. Patrick Thornton (BA Journalism) Mount Pleasant, S.C., has accepted the position of national sales director for Sealoflex Inc., which manufactures liquid applied roofing and building envelope coating systems. His sales responsibilities for the company include the United States. and Puerto Rico. He and his wife, Marchie, have two children.

’90 Melissa A. Garlington (BS Human Development Family Studies) Houston, Texas, is the director of development for the Children’s Museum of Houston, rated the No. 1 children’s museum in the U.S. by Parents magazine.

’ 91 LaDale McCallister Ebert (BS Physical Ebert) Corpus Christi, Texas, and her husband, Joe, have two daughters.

Hunt Foster (BBA Marketing) and Wendy McDaniel Foster (’97 BS Agricultural Communications) Austin, Texas, announce the birth of their second child, Boone McDaniel Foster, on Feb. 17, 2010. Hunt is vice president of Joe W.

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Fly Co., Inc., and Wendy is the director of government affairs at the Texas Water Development Board.

’93 Karen Michie Ciubotariu (BS Restaurant, Hotel and Institutional Management) Redmond, Wash., and her husband, Nick, announce the birth of their daughter, Adela Marie, on Jan. 4, 2010.

Neal R. Hegarty (BA Political Science) Grand Blanc, Mich., has recently been promoted to vice president and associate director of programs at the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation.

Hegarty has held several positions within the Foundation since he joined in 2000. In his new position, he is responsible for the Flint grantmaking portfolio.

The Masters

Golf Tournament Raffle Event Win a Trip for 4 to the 2012 Masters Golf Tournament in Augusta, Georgia, April 7-8!

The Texas Tech Alumni Association Masters Tournament prize winner receives: • Masters Tournament Passes for Saturday & Sunday • Hospitality Passes for Breakfast, Lunch & Hors D’oeuvres • Accommodations in Executive Home near Augusta National • Chef-prepared dinners

This is a raffle event sponsored by

Texas Tech Alumni Association

Drawing will be held November 12, 2011 at the Texas Tech Alumni Football Pregame Party.

All raffle tickets are non-refundable. Need not be present to win. Purchaser does not receive a charitable contribution. Funds raised go to Texas Tech Alumni Association.

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alumni news « Amy Aschbacher Karns (BBA Marketing) Helotes, Texas, recently purchased Northwest Real Estate in San Antonio and is now the principal broker.

’94 Ryan A. Lubs (BA Psychology) Cypress, Texas, and his wife, Kimberly, announce the birth of their third child, Tate Ryan Lubs, on Aug. 17, 2010. Ryan is in his 12th year with The Siemon Company.

’95 Brandon D. Sumners (BSCHE Chemical Engineering) Pearland, Texas, was recently honored with the President’s Club Award by Air Liquide Industrial for his achievements in business development.

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Choose from hundreds of photos or photo-related merchandise.

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A Matador Evening Friday, October 14, 2011 Merket Alumni Center

2011 Lauro F. Cavazos Award

Honoring

Mickey and Barbara McKenzie

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’96 Michael “Mickey” A. Thomas (BSCE Civil Engineering) Fort Worth, Texas, currently owns his own civil engineering firm, MJ Thomas Engineering, LLC., which is steadily growing. He and his wife, Julie Crawford Thomas (’94 BS Multidisciplinary Studies, ’94 Teaching Certification), are the principals of the firm.

’ 97 James C. Tompkins (BSCE Civil Engineering) Andrews, Texas, purchased West Texas Consultants Inc. in 2010, which is a civil engineering and land surveying company. His wife is Laura.

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’98 Lori Jones Birdsinger (BA Social Welfare) Lubbock, attends Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center working toward a master’s degree in clinical practice management. She is presently employed with Covenant Health System in the Joe Arrington Cancer Center. Her husband is Brett.

Stephen A. Doyle (BAR Architecture) Trenton, N.J., recently received a promotion to associate at KSS Architects, an award-winning architectural design and planning firm where he has worked for about eight years. His wife is Angela.

’99 Mary M. Myers (BA Public Relations) Lubbock, Texas, recently received a promotion for being a standout employee at The Price Group, where she serves as the agency’s director of business development.

’00 Philip M. Lang (BBA Finance) and Amy Dunn Lang (’01 JD Law) Dallas, Texas, announce the birth of their daughter, Hattie Annabelle Lang, on Aug. 20, 2010. They own a company, Texas Land Care, which specializes in high-end residential landscape installation and maintenance.

Leave a Legacy on the Plaza

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Be a part of two tons of tradition with your own personalized cast stone paver on the Texas Tech Class Ring and Leaders Plaza. Engrave your class year, organizations, accomplishments, company name or a special message.

The large 16" x 8" size allows up to five lines with 20 spaces or characters on each line. Priced at $750 each and payable over three years, the pavers are the ideal tribute to anyone who loves Texas Tech. Purchase one or more for holiday gifts, graduation, birthdays, anniversaries, reunions or memorials.

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alumni news « Danielle E. Needham (BA Public Relations ’03 JD Law) Fort Worth, Texas, was elected as a partner in the firm of Jackson Walker L.L.P. Danielle is a member of the labor practice group where she represents employers in many different state and federal labor and employment law matters.

Alex M. Thyne (BA Public Relations) Louisville, Ky., is a captain currently working at the United States Army Cadet Command Headquarters, overseeing all the ROTC programs in the United States. He and his wife, Amy, have one daughter.

’ 01 Tracey Bryant Florez (BS Agricultural Communications) League City, Texas, and her husband, Christopher, announce the birth of their second child, a daughter, Alexis Marie, on March 24.

David A. Fisher (BS Horticulture) Sonora, Texas, and his wife, Stacy, just started their own ranching operation where they live with their two children.

Jubel K. Reed (MSPT Allied Health Physical Therapy ’01 MSPT Physician Assistant Studies) Midland, Texas, was awarded a Distinguished Alumni Award for 2011 from Texas Tech University Health Science Center School of Allied Health—Laboratory Science and Primary Care. His wife is Heather L. Reed (BS ’89 Human Development and Family Studies).

Lisa Holman Socha (BA English) Georgetown, Texas, and her husband, Matt, announce the birth of their daughter, Elizabeth Lindsay, on June 3, 2010.

M. Bradley Wilson (BS Family Finance Planning) and Andrea Lacy Wilson (’01 Public Relations) Lubbock, Texas, announce the birth of their third child, Greyson “Grey” Baker, on Nov. 19. Brad is a vice president in commercial lending for SouthWest Bank, and Andrea is vice president and director of accounting services for the Price Group advertising agency.

’02 Whitney Ashby Norman (BS Multidisciplinary Studies and Mathematics) Lubbock, opened SunLover Travel in September 2010. She specializes in honeymoons, vacations and destination weddings. Her husband is Randall C. Norman (’99 BBA Finance ’99 BBA Business Economics).

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Jarod K. Waters (BBA Management) Dallas, Texas, is the owner and managing physician at Total Health Therapies.

Natalie W. Waters (’03 BM Music) is the head choir director at Highland Park High School.

Christopher D. Gage (BA English, ’08 MA English) Dallas, is working on his doctoral degree in English at the University of Florida, where he has a teaching fellowship.

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’05 Benjamin T. Carter (BLA Landscape Architecture) Austin, Texas, and his wife, Amy Carter (’04 BID, ’10 BS Nursing), announce the birth of their daughter, Leighton, on March 5.

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Barrett J. Brannon (BBA Finance) and Sarah A. moore Brannon (BID Interior Design) Dallas, Texas, were married in October 2010. Barrett works at Enduro Resource Partners L.L.C. in Fort Worth, and Sarah works at David Corley Interior Design in Dallas.

(BA Journalism) Lewisville, Texas, is an account executive with the Dallas

Masen R. Martin (BSN Nursing) Plano, Texas, has been enjoying travel nursing for the past two years, having worked in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands; Breckenridge, Colo.; Washington, D.C.; Newport Beach, Calif. and Dallas, Texas.

’ 07 Brittany D. Coker (BS Early Childhood) Lubbock, teaches kindergarten at Roosevelt Independent School District, and her husband, Zack, works for Sesaco as a field representative in Idalou, Texas.

Tanner L. Kneese (BS Agribusiness) Kerrville, Texas, has been involved in several disaster relief programs since his graduation from Texas Tech.

Following the impact of Hurricane Ike, Kneese generated many different types

SAVE THE DATE! 29th Annual College of Human Sciences Distinguished Alumni Luncheon and Homecoming 2011 October 13th and 15th Please join us as we honor our Distinguished Alumni.

Check our website www.hs.ttu.edu for updated announcements or call 806‐742‐3263.

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alumni news « of maps to help track rescues, oil spills and other information. He later helped generate maps to track oil spills during the British Petroleum Gulf Coast oil spill disaster, and he also helped with the “mystery oil” situation in the Gulf of Mexico.

Jared D. May (BA Advertising, ’07 BA Psychology) Lubbock, was recently promoted for being a standout employee of The Price Group, where he serves as a motion graphics specialist.

Shelley R. Smith (BA Advertising) Lubbock, was recently promoted for being a standout employee of The Price Group, where she has served as the account executive since 2007.

Amanda E. Schultz (BS Human Development and Family Studies ’10 BSN Nursing) Lubbock, is working as a medical/surgical nurse at University Medical Center.

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Johnathan J. Edgeller (BA History, ’10 MA History) Richmond, Texas, is a banker for JP Morgan Chase and Co. His wife is Kristin.

Emily G. Boedeker (BM Music) Pearland, Texas, is an elementary music teacher at Pasadena Independent School District.

Katy S. Simmons (BS Petroleum Engineering) Pearland, Texas, married Wendell Simmons in September 2010.

She is employed by ConocoPhillips in Houston.

Michael A. Morse (BS Mechanical Engineering) and Courtney O’Connor Morse (’09 BID Interior Design) Burleson, Texas, announce the birth of their second daughter, Cameron Leah Morse, on Dec. 23, 2010.

Jack M. Young (BS Civil Engineering) Dallas, was recently selected as Young Engineer of the Year by the Dallas Chapter of the Texas Society of Professional Engineers. Young works at Halff Associates Inc., an engineering/ architecture consulting firm.

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In Memoriam Mary Jarrott Anderson ’42, of

Lubbock, died Feb. 28.

Charles Len Bennett ’61, of Fort

Stockton, Texas, died Feb. 26.

Fred H. Brown ’48, of Lubbock, died March 10. He is survived by his wife, Joan Nislar Brown ’48.

Wayne “Tramp” Brown ’39, of Lubbock, died Sept. 17.

Billie Jean Burrell ’47, of Chillicothe, Texas, died Feb. 3.

Herbert H. Case ’50, of Lubbock, died March 15.

Jerre Bedford Chastain ’52, of Lubbock, died June 18. She is survived by her husband, Neal A. Chastain Jr. ’53.

Charles Wendell Coffee ’47, of Dallas, died March 8.

Jane M. Cole ’47 ’58, of San Antonio, Texas, died April 19.

Eva Sue Dale , a friend, of Lubbock, died Feb. 27.

Susan Lea Stubblefield Edwards ’76, of Dallas, Texas, died March 11.

Mary Jane Baker Ellis ’54, of Rockwall, Texas, died Feb. 9.

Orval D. Farmer ’50, of Horseshoe Bay, Texas, died on Feb. 6. He was preceded in death by his wife, Ethelyn Hogg Farmer , a former employee of TTU School of Medicine, on Dec. 8, 2009.

Leslye Gay Fondren ’87, Lubbock, died Feb. 25.

Harley L. Franklin ’66, of Lubbock, died April 2. He is survived by his wife, Anna Hanks Franklin ’68.

Harry Darrel Freeman ’53, of Santa Rosa, N.M., died Oct. 26.

Gloria Snell Galey ’55, of Lubbock, died March 1.

George Bruce Gibson ’62, of Garland, Texas, died March 8.

Tamatha E. Hannah-Gradel, a former student, of Lubbock, died April 10. She is survived by her husband, Addison E. Gradel , Ed.D. ’82, ’85, ’89.

William Harris ’83, ’84, of Lubbock, died March 21.

Keith D. Hayes ’08, of Lubbock, died Feb. 20.

Keri Gayle Barber-Haynie ’87, of The Woodlands, Texas, died Feb. 25.

James L. Hooker ’58, of Spring, Texas, died Feb. 21.

Richard “Rick” Riter Jennings ’64,

of Houston, Texas, died April 12.

Neta Kay Jones ’94, ’96, Midland, Texas,

died March 2.

Bertha Colita McAlister Key ’41,

of Lubbock, died March 3.

Sarah Christine Kulkofsky , a faculty

member, of Lubbock, died Jan. 13.

Herbert Walker Leaverton ’47,

of Lubbock, died Feb. 22.

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Sue S. Lovell ’69, of Floydada, Texas, died

April 19. She is survived by her husband, James E. Lovell ’50.

Alyssa Ann Little ’10, of Coppell, Texas, died April 14.

Janet Skales Mihm ’64, of Frisco, Texas, died Dec. 4. She is survived by her husband, John C. Mihm ’64.

Mary Elizabeth Rye Miller ’62, of Lubbock, died April 10.

Matthew T. Milliken , a student, of Richmond, Texas, died Feb. 26.

Beryle Murdoch Jr. ’63, of Jayton, Texas, died March 17.

Van E. Parham , a friend, of Spring, Texas, died Nov. 2. He is survived by his wife, Rhetta McMaster Parham ’52.

Sherry Lynn Peel ’83, of Austin, Texas, died March 29.

Dale Pennington Pierce ’72, of Lubbock, died March 20. He is survived by his wife, Katie Taylor Pierce ’72.

Quepha Louise Rawls ’48, of Lubbock, died March 12.

James Rendall Ray ’58, of Midland, Texas, died April 10.

Charles “Chip” Redus ’75, of Lubbock, died March 23.

Austin James Robinson , a student, of Lubbock, died Feb. 26.

William Farrell Schuman ’62, ’68, of Plano, Texas, died March 29.

Jean Edward Shotts Jr. ’78 ’81, of Stamford, Texas, died Feb. 21.

Robert Rambo Stack ’71, of Lubbbock, died April 8. He is survived by his wife, Susan Purtell Stack ’68.

H. Ralph Snyder ’38, of Moran, Texas, died Jan. 31.

Catherine Clay Cox Spencer ’34, of Lubbock, died March 10.

Brett Lee Walker ’04, of Pflugerville, Texas, died Feb. 18.

Margaret Wood White ’40, of Lubbock, died April 26.

Raymond Bert Wittner ’59, of Midwest City, Okla., died March 7.

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T he 2010 “ L a Ventana” was tapped for 25 awards in 22 different categories of the Columbia Scholastic Press Association’s Gold Circle Awards yearbook competition.

The publication, created by student staff members in Student Media, received seven first-place awards, four second-place awards, four thirdplace awards and 10 certificates of merit. Included in that total were three ‘portfolio’ awards. Winning Photo Portfolio awards were Karl Anderson , first place, and Sam Grenadier , certificate of merit.

Elliot Salazar was recognized with a certificate of merit in the Design Portfolio category. The CSPA is a national organization that serves student journalists. Award recipients were announced in early March.

Texas Tech University’s Ranch Horse Team has won its third consecutive

Katherine Gibbs assembles the hardware for her garment with the guidance of American Cotton Growers employees.

F or the second year, Plains Cotton Cooperative Association and Cotton Council International joined forces with the Texas Tech apparel design and manufacturing programs for Denim Runway.

Denim Runway, which was held at the Allen Theater on April 30, is a competition for design students based on the popular reality TV series “Project Runway.”

Last year, Denim Runway participants were allowed only to create high-fashion original men’s and women’s jeans; however, this year the organizations added casual wear and cotton trend board categories to the mix.

Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, presented Cadet Lacey Jay Wilson , a May 2011 graduate, with the Gold ROTC Medal at a ceremony this spring. Wilson served in the Texas Tech Army ROTC unit and graduated in the top 25 percent of her class.

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undergraduate students, Ashley Crownover and Joavis Green , were selected among 33 students as representatives for the Lone Star Graduate Diversity Colloquium at the University of Texas at Arlington that took place in March.

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national championships at the annual American Stock Horse Association National Championship Show at the Taylor County Exposition Center in Abilene. This year’s competition featured 13 teams from Texas, Colorado, Tennessee, Nebraska and Ohio. During the event, each entrant competed in four categories: stock horse pleasure, stock horse trail, reining and working cow horse. Texas A&M University and New Mexico State University placed second and third, respectively.

Team members in the Non-Pro Division included Dusty Burson , Cooper Cogdell, Pate Stewart and Jordan Williams .

Team members in the Limited Non-Pro Division included Jennifer

Bouse, True Burson, Blaze Cogdell, Echo Dickson, Mattie Dunshee, Luke England and Kelsey Stokes .

Team members in the Novice Division included Brandyl Brooks, Parke Greeson, Hannah Langendoerfer, Mackie McDuff, Spencer Perkins, Megan Williamson and Rustin Williams.

livestock judging team brought home its second win of the spring at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. Texas Tech won the cattle, placing and reasons divisions.

Texas Tech had three of the top-ten individuals. Kody Lucherk was high individual overall. Fourth-high individual was Brady Ragland , and Jordan Clem was seventh-high individual.

In the alternate division, Texas Tech had three of the top-ten individuals. Tanner Kieschnick was second-high. Clayton Gardner was fourth-high and Nathan Pond was fifth-high.

Additional team members included Clay Burson, Brandi T exas T ech Universit y ’s

Capp, Katie Rose McCullough, Clay Morrison, Logan Pritchett, Nathan Reeves, Joel Riedel, Markus Miller, Trevor White and Loni Woolley .

Sean M. Mitchell , an undergraduate psychology major, was accepted into the American Psychological Association’s 2011 Summer Science Fellowship hosted at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. He was selected as one of the 12 students to participate in this program out of an applicant pool of 330. Through this fellowship, Mitchell will be afforded the opportunity to enhance his development as a researcher by participating in psychological research with experts in the field.

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