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Red Steagall Scholarship Endowment Friends of the legend establish an endowment honoring him at Texas Tech Alumni Association.

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2014 Distinguished Alumni Texas Tech Alumni Association honors three graduates.

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Two Rare Two Believe The only living set of twin giraffes in the world belong to a family of Red Raiders.

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5 O'Clock Somewhere Red Raider-owned Chimy's has been a favorite of Tech students since 2002.

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photo on the cover by Jerod Foster // Giraffes at the national bridge wildlife ranch photo on these two pages by Wyman Meinzer // Fall foliage, Texas style

letters volume 66, number 06

Thanks for Decoding

Dear Bill, Ms. Ritz, Ms. Sneed and Ms. Cantore: I just wanted to congratulate you on the “Decoding the Bill” spread you created for the September/October issue of the Techsan that explains our TTU tuition and fee bill. I think it is a model of responsiveness, responsibility and transparency for parents, students, alumni and anyone else who cares about quality and value in higher education. And it was beautifully photographed and designed as well!

I am cc’ing the Chancellor and Dean Edwards because I am sure they appreciate your talents on this project. You will get lots of positive attention for it.

Best wishes, David D. Perlmutter, Ph.D. Dean and Professor College of Media & Communication Texas Tech University

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Texas Tech Icons Tech icons have recently passed from the scene. Longtime coach Jess Stiles died on June 19, and Joe Kirk Fulton, the first modern-day Masked Rider, died on Aug. 1.

Jess Stiles was Texas Tech football to many players and fans over the past few decades.

He was hired by J.T. King in 1969 to coach the freshman team. He later became a defensive end coach. He coached under King, Jim Carlen, Steve Sloan and Rex Dockery and turned down offers to go with Carlen to South Carolina and Sloan to Ole Miss.

In 1978, he accepted a job with former Red Raider Tom Wilson at Texas A&M but returned in 1981. He became an assistant athletic director in 1982 and an assistant director of special projects after that. He retired in 1995 but remained very close to the program. He rarely missed a workout and traveled with the team to all out-of-town games.

Jess was usually the coach that you could depend on to attend alumni gatherings around West Texas. He knew everyone, and they knew him.

He had previously coached at Haskell, Bowie, Electra and Wichita Falls.

He started the football program at Wichita Falls Rider. He was coaching at Borger when Tech hired him. He was usually the “hit” of the program at these alumni meetings where he preached the gospel of hard work, courage and loyalty.

“I never met anyone who had a bad word to say about Coach,” stated Rodney Allison, former quarterback and now executive director of the Double T Varsity Club. Rodney told me that Coach Stiles was “very intense about football” but also cared about his players off the field as well.

“Back in those days, Coach Stiles was like a second father to lot of us.

He taught me so much both on and off the field. I would put Jess Stiles on the Mount Rushmore of Texas Tech athletics. He instilled life skills into me that I carry with me to this day.”

His funeral at First Baptist Church was packed with former players and current players. His impact on these young men was evident.

Bobby Dagnel, senior pastor at the First Baptist Church in Lubbock where Coach Stiles was a deacon, did the service.

“About six years, the first day of August camp, he asked me to start going to football practice with him. He said, ‘I want you to get to know these players, and I want them to get to know you.’ So every day of football season, for the past six years, I spent meaningful time with Coach.

Two things about this time with Jess stand out in my mind. One was the relationship between him and the student athletes. Every day at practice, when the horn would blow, signifying a change in periods, and the players would move from one session to the next, when they saw Coach Stiles, they would go out of their way to give him a hug, a handshake, a fist-bump, or a slap on the behind. The love people had for Jess transcended all age groups.

“The second observation I had spending this much time with Coach each day was the quality of a person he was; his consistency in character, integrity, temperament, his encouraging demeanor; always who he was and never wavering. Jess was one of those rare individuals who, no matter how

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bad your situation, made your day better when you had the opportunity to be around him.”

Dagnel observed that Coach Stiles “will continue to speak to me through the life he lived, the faith he practices and the family he loved.”

God rest his soul. was ahead of me at Tech, but I certainly knew who he was and that he rode the horse at the Gator Bowl game in 1954 and continued as the Masked Rider for several years. In the MarchApril 2008 issue of this magazine, I quoted Moody Alexander, D.D.S ’55, who was a student trainer with the 1953 team. He shared his recollections with me of how it all began.

“It all started at a luncheon that the Downtown Rotary Club had to honor the players, coaches, managers and everybody connected with the team,” he said. “We were all visiting and enjoying the good food, and one of the players remarked that people in Florida think everybody in Texas rides a horse. We all agreed, and someone suggested that, since I was on the Student Council, I should look into it.

“I talked to J.C. Chambers, who was Student Body President, and he volunteered to talk to Joe Kirk.

We also discussed this with Reg Martin, whose father owned Dunlaps, and he volunteered to get the material donated for the red cape. I then talked to Head Football Coach DeWitt Weaver, and he liked the idea. In fact, he said that he had always thought we ought to have a horse.”

Weaver then talked to Joe Kirk, mentioning that Tech was the only Southwest Conference school without a mascot. Tech had been voted a member of the SWC in 1953 and would soon embark on a conference schedule.

Joe Kirk borrowed a black horse named Blackie from Ebert Eads of the Hockley County Sherrif’s Posse.

“J.C. and Joe Kirk worked out some way to get the horse to the game in Jacksonville with the Levelland Sheriff’s Posse since they were riding in the parade,” Alexander continued.

“The plan was to have Bill Holmes, sports information director, make the announcement before the team came out and Joe Kirk would ride around

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the field at full speed, stop in front of the team and have the horse rear up and then lead them onto the field.

“Coach Weaver knew the plan, but Coach Wyatt Posey, a big tough line coach, didn’t, and he gave the team a fired-up pep talk and said ‘Let’s go.’ The team charged out of the tunnel. I was there and tried to stop them so the announcement could be made, but there was no stopping Coach Posey. I turned to Joe Kirk and told him to take off, and he did. The team followed, and the rest is history.

“An Atlanta sports writer (Ed Danforth) covering the game called it the most dramatic entrance of a college football team in history.”

Tech won that game 35-13 over Auburn after trailing 13-7 at the half. Tech All-American Bobby Cavazos ran wild in the second half of the game, giving Tech an impressive victory over the 17th ranked team in the country

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Fulton went on to ride as the Masked Rider for the next three years. A statue of Joe Kirk on Blackie was commissioned by the Texas Tech Alumni Association in 2000. It stands just south of the Frazier Alumni Pavilion.

After graduation, he went into business with his father, R.H. Fulton, in ranching, oil and banking. The family founded Plains National Bank, now called PlainsCapital Bank. He became one of the world’s leading breeders and owners of racing Quarter horses and was inducted into the American Quarter Horse Association Hall of Fame. He also was inducted into the Hall of Honor at Texas Tech.

There have been 51 riders and 14 horses since 1954. The idea that was hatched after the regular football season ended in 1954 has become one of the best-known traditions at Texas Tech.

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NEWS Highlights of the Christmas Season

By J e n n i fe r R itz of Lights and Candlelight at the Ranch roll around. Both events are brilliant ways to celebrate the season.

This year marks the 55th for the Carol of Lights. Come see the 25,000 Christmas lights come to life at once and witness the torch-lit procession of the Masked Rider, Saddle Tramps and High Riders from Broadway to the Science Quadrangle, all while listening to the Texas Tech choir perform Christmas carols. Hosted by the Residence Halls Association, this year’s illumination of the Texas Tech campus will be held Tuesday, Dec. 3. The Carillon concert begins at 6:30 p.m., followed by the outdoor ceremony at 7 p.m.

For more information about Carol of Lights, e-mail craig.kuehnert@ttu.edu.

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You know Christmas season is in full swing when the Carol

On Dec. 13 and 14 the 35th annual Candlelight at the Ranch will be held at the National Ranching Heritage Center on the Texas Tech campus. This annual holiday event allows visitors to experience yuletide celebrations that took place on the open prairie more than 100 years ago. Luminarias light the paths around the National Ranching Heritage Center’s historic structures, where Ranch Host volunteers recreate holiday scenes of trimming trees with homemade decorations, playing traditional music and gathering around the campfire on a cold winter’s night. Guests can warm up with a cup of hot cider and fresh kettle corn as they tour through the historic site and write letters to Santa in the Four Sixes Barn.

There is no admission charge for Candlelight at the Ranch, but donations are encouraged. For more information, contact Emily Wilkinson at (806) 742-0498 or via e-mail at emily.wilkinson@ttu.edu.

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A groundbreaking was held Aug. 8 for the latest student housing complex. Approved by the Texas

Tech University System Board of Regents at the December 2012 meeting, the twobuilding community will be located east of Knoxville Avenue in the triangle bound by 19th Street and Texas Tech Parkway. A pedestrian walkway will connect the

two communities. The buildings will be positioned around courtyards and green zones and will hold 455 beds.

The 234,501 square-foot complex, expected to open in Fall 2014, offers a choice of 61 one-bedroom units, 47 two-bedroom units and 75 fourbedroom units ideally structured for graduate and upper-level students.

The complex is being designed to meet LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) certification, meaning designers and contractors will implement green building design and ensure both construction and maintenance of the building are environmentally responsible. The $54.8 million project will also include an integrated 5,000 square-foot retail and food service facility, as well as landscape enhancements and public art.

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Texas Tech University recently celebrated the third graduating class to receive professional certificates from the Texas Viticulture Certification Program. The

graduates were recognized at a ceremony at the Texas Hill Country University Center in Fredericksburg, which will be the new home of the viticulture program.

The program began in 2007 as a collaboration between Texas Tech’s Department of Plant and Soil Science and Texas A&M’s AgriLife Extension and provides educational training in commercial grape production to entrepreneurs wanting to enter the Texas wine industry. Since then, 59 certificates have been awarded to students.

This year’s 30 graduates, from Texas, Colorado and New Mexico, completed the six-course program within a twoyear period. The coursework ranges from grapevine biology to disease, insect and weed management. Not only is the Viticulture Certificate Program is now officially headquartered at the center, but they are also developing a companion Winemaking Certificate Program.

The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Southern Group on Educational Affairs (SGEA) named Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine the recipient of the SGEA Innovations in Medical Education Award. The School of Medicine will receive the 2013 award for the Family Medicine Accelerated Track (FMAT) program, a three-year medical degree.

According to the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), since 1997, U.S. medical school graduate matches in family medicine and general internal medicine programs have fallen by nearly 50 percent. A 2006 AAFP Workforce Study estimated the U.S. will need approximately 39,000 more family physicians by 2020.

The FMAT program, which was designed to address the physician shortages, was approved by the LCME in 2010. The first FMAT class graduated in May. The purpose of FMAT is to prepare primary care physicians more efficiently and with less cost. The program reduces the cost of medical school for students because they save a full year of tuition and fees. The School of Medicine also provides scholarship support for tuition and fees during the student’s second year.

The curriculum, which includes early introduction to clinical care in a Family Medicine Clerkship across the entire second year of the program, provides an educational experience for FMAT students comparable to the traditional four-year medical student.

SGEA recognizes members who have developed an innovative approach to medical education and support participation of SGEA members in activities that promote educational scholarship.

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Texas Tech has opened an Austin Recruitment Admissions

“Horse-Drawn to Horsepower,” an exhibit that offers a look at America’s transition from the horse and buggy to the horseless carriage, has opened at the National Ranching Heritage Center.

One of the featured artifacts is a working 1923 Ford Model T “chuck truck,” or motorized chuck wagon. Other artifacts include a wide array of tools and materials related to the Ford Model T, which became a common sight on many ranches in the early 20th century. Rare photographs showing early automobiles at work in rural America will also be on display. The exhibit opened in August and closes Summer 2014.

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Center in the Arboretum. With more prospective students interested in attending Texas Tech University, Texas Tech Undergraduate Admissions opened a new recruitment center in Austin. A reception to celebrate the opening was held Aug. 15 with high school counselors, community college advisers, Texas Tech alumni, businesses in the Austin area and colleagues at other institutes of higher education in attendance.

The opening recognizes the growth Texas Tech has had in recent years and allows Texas Tech Undergraduate Admissions to reach out to different communities when recruiting students. Texas Tech has two more recruitment centers in Dallas and Houston. The Austin recruitment center is different because it is the first Texas Tech office in a retail area. By being in a retail area, there are hopes that there will be more exposure and traffic.

PEOPLE Matt Brockman was named executive director of the National

Thomas F. McGovern, Ed.D., a professor at the

Ranching Heritage Center (NRHC) at Texas Tech University in

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

June. Brockman comes to the NRHC from the Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show, more commonly known as the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo, where he was administrative manager.

A graduate of Tarleton State University, Brockman has served as executive vice president of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association and as assistant secretary for the association’s foundation and the Cattle Raisers Museum. He also has served as assistant commissioner for marketing and business development for the Texas Department of Agriculture and as director of legislative and industry affairs for the National Grain and Feed Association. The National Ranching Heritage Center, a museum of ranching history, is located on the Tech campus and features almost 50 authentic ranch buildings dating from the late 18th to the mid-20th century.

Department of Psychiatry, was awarded the Minnie Stevens Piper Professor Award. The

statewide award honors professors each academic year for their dedication to the teaching profession and for their outstanding academic, scientific and scholarly achievement. This award is considered one of the most prestigious awards bestowed upon faculty in Texas.

Only 10 professors receive this award each year among a pool of approximately 10,000 educators.

McGovern, who has worked at the TTUHSC School of Medicine for more than 35 years, serves as the Giles McCrary/Tom McGovern Endowed Chair in Ethics/Humanities and also is the director of the Center for Ethics, Humanities and Spirituality. The center’s outreach embraces TTUHSC, communities of faith, hospitals and nursing homes. McGovern pioneered the establishment of an interdisciplinary faculty that teaches future health care professionals about the ethical, humane and spiritual dimensions of healing.

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BRIEFLY In August, Bayer CropScience and the American Museum of Agriculture announced the renaming of the museum: the Bayer Museum of Agriculture. The 25-acre

site is situated on the rim of the Yellow House Canyon and is home to a fantastic assortment of farm equipment that dates back to the 1600s.

The museum is undergoing an expansion, which will open in the late spring or early summer of 2014. The expansion will feature a new Bayer CropScience exhibit, located in a new Central Exhibit Hall (a rotunda) along with interactive crop displays, an interactive farming game, a new gift shop and reception desk, plus administrative areas for special events, research and training.

The Bayer Museum of Agriculture currently features interactive cotton exhibits, horse-drawn plows, household items, such as washing tubs and countertop appliances dating back to the pioneering days of agriculture, a unique exhibit of 71 pedal tractors, 700 collectible toy tractors, a 1920s replica Blacksmith shop, a tractor repair shop, an antique tool room, an exhibit on the history of cotton ginning, and much more.

This is an update to the article that appeared in the May/June 2009 issue of the Texas Techsan magazine.

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Red Steagall

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Texas Tech Alumni Association announces the establishment of the Red Steagall Scholarship Endowment at Texas Tech University. The endowment will provide scholarships for students in the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources.

Steagall is a beloved Western icon known for his many talents, which include music, acting, storytelling and poetry. He has entertained and is admired by countless numbers of people.

He has friends all over the country, including circles of friends in the world of rodeo, ranching and equine, Hollywood and Nashville, as well as the Western art world. In fact, the scholarship endowment is the idea of a group of some of Steagall’s closest friends.

They want to honor him on his 75th birthday, Dec. 22, 2013, with this special gift.

“Red has been a long-time friend of many of us and has given of his time and talent sacrificially over the years,” says Rob Farrell of Dallas. “For instance, we have a Cowboy Gathering in the springtime, and Red is always there and has been for the last 20 years, and he’s the governor—he’s a living example of the Spirit of the West.

We also do a history trip every year, and Red puts it all together, arranges everything and does all the heavy lifting as a gift to his friends. We all wanted to do something to say THANK YOU to Red for his selfless attitude and his love toward all of us.”

A highly accomplished person, Steagall has been recognized for his many talents. Just a few of his numerous honors include being officially inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City in 2003 and being inducted into the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame in Fort Worth in 2004. He was named “2006 Poet Laureate of the State of Texas” during ceremonies at the State Capitol in Austin. Steagall also is the composer of the Grammy Award Winning song “Here We Go Again.”

The son of a schoolteacher, Steagall grew up knowing the importance of education. Because of scholarship funds, Red was able to get a college education.

That fact in itself makes the endowment a fitting tribute to this native Texan. The endowment will ensure that Steagall’s legacy continues to help others and make an impact on education for years to come.

For more information about the endowment or to make a contribution, please contact David Low, chief financial and administrative officer, Texas Tech Alumni Association, at david.low@ttu. edu or 806.742.3641.

To learn more about Red Steagall, please visit www.redsteagall.com.

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Distinguished

Alumni Awards - 2014 -

You are invited to ceremonies honoring

The 2014 Texas Tech University

DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI

Friday, March 28, 2014

R ecepti on 6:30 P. M. | Di n n e r 7 p . m .

Jim Angle ’69

Steven G. Gamble, Ph.D. ’67, ’68, ’76

Judge T. John Ward ’64

Washington, D.C.

Portales, N.M.

Longview, Texas

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Jim Angle

J im A ngle currently serves as chief national correspondent for Fox News Channel (FNC). He joined FNC in 1996 as a senior White House correspondent.

Most recently, Angle reported on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), the 2013 immigration reform bill and President Obama's second inauguration in 2013 from Washington, DC. During his tenure at FNC, he has provided coverage of major political news from Washington, including key issues like social security, tax reform, energy, immigration and the economy within the Obama and Bush administrations. During the presidential election in 2000, he reported live from former Vice President Gore's headquarters in Nashville, Tenn., during the Florida recount process. He also traveled overseas with former President Bill Clinton and covered both his reelection in 1996 and impeachment trial in 1999.

Prior to joining FNC, Angle was a correspondent at CNN, where he covered politics and the economy. Before CNN, he reported on economic policy as a correspondent for ABC News, and contributed to "World News Tonight," "Nightline" and "Good Morning America."

From 1990-1993, he anchored the popular national program "Marketplace," a daily half-hour show on money and business on NPR. He also spent seven years as NPR's senior White House correspondent, covering both the Reagan and Bush administrations.

Angle has received numerous awards and honors for his reporting.

He was a recipient of the Merriman Smith Memorial Award, awarded by the White House Correspondents' Association, for outstanding presidential news coverage for broadcast journalism in 2001 and 2003.

Additionally, he has twice been honored with the "Excellence in Financial Journalism Award" for his reporting on economic issues on "Nightline" in 1994 and 1995. Renowned columnist Nat Hentoff praised Angle as "One of the most fair, incisive, and informed investigative reporters on the Washington scene."

Angle received his B.A. in political science from Texas Tech University and earned his M.A. in Latin American Studies from the University of Texas at Austin.

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Steven G. Gamble Ph.D.

E ducation has been a lifelong passion for Steven G. Gamble, Ph.D. He currently serves as the ninth president of Eastern New Mexico University and is also president of the Eastern New Mexico University System. He holds the rank of professor of history at ENMU. Gamble earned a doctorate in American history with a minor in American Literature from Texas Tech University in 1976. He earned a master’s degree in history in 1968 and a bachelor’s degree in history from Texas Tech in 1967. His area of study was—and still is—Texas history.

While a student at Texas Tech, Gamble was involved in intramural sports and Air Force ROTC. He also worked as a night manager of the Student Union Building pool room.

Before entering Texas Tech in Fall 1964, Gamble had a strong educational background at Department of Defense schools in Guam, Alaska and Japan, as well as at Big Spring High School in Texas.

Gamble arrived in Portales on Aug. 1, 2001, after being president of Southern Arkansas University since 1992.

Since Gamble has been at ENMU, enrollment has grown approximately 63 percent. Enrollment in 2001 was 3,585, and the university has had 12 consecutive years of increasing enrollment, culminating in a total of 5,856 in Fall 2013. In addition, since 2001, ENMU has obtained more than $127,000,000 for capital improvements to campus facilities. The condition of the school’s physical plant has been rated as the best of New Mexico’s universities.

The Eastern New Mexico University system consists of the main campus in Portales and campuses in Roswell and Ruidoso. The system offers a variety of associate’s, bachelor’s and master’s degrees. ENMUPortales is the third largest university in the state. While at ENMU, Gamble has served on numerous state committees, including chair of the Articulation Committee and membership on the Formula Funding Task Force and New Mexico Computing Application Center Board.

Gamble was president of the Southern Arkansas University system from 1992 to 2001. During his tenure there, he served as chair of the Arkansas Higher Education Council, Strategic Planning Committee and Productivity Committee, and as a member of the Technology Task Force and Executive Council.

Prior to becoming president of the SAU System, Gamble was the vice president of Academic Affairs at West Texas A&M University from 1987 to 1992. He was an associate professor of history.

Gamble’s career began at Angelo State University, now part of the Texas Tech University System. From 1979 to 1986, he was director of admissions and assistant professor of history at Angelo State University.

From 1976 to 1979, he was an admissions officer at Texas Tech University. While in graduate school, from 1973 to 1976, he was a part-time instructor in the history department and an oral historian at Texas Tech.

Gamble served as a captain in the aircraft maintenance career field on active duty in the United States Air Force from 1968 to 1972 and retired from the Air Force Reserve as a lieutenant colonel in 1995.

He has one son, Joseph Alford, and one grandson, Caulder.

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T he many friends of former F ederal J udge T. John Ward have used words such as honorable, loyal, and hardworking to describe him, and those are the traits that have contributed to his success in the legal field.

Ward earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry in 1964 from Texas Tech University before obtaining his J.D. from Baylor University School of Law in 1967.

Throughout his legal career, Ward has spent more than 31 years as a trial lawyer trying more than 250 cases to jury verdict. His current practice includes intellectual property litigation, mediation & arbitration, oil and gas law, and complex commercial litigation.

Throughout the course of his career, Ward has been a partner at several law firms, including Brown McCarroll & Oaks Hartline both in Houston and as the founder of the Longview office. Currently, Ward is a partner with Ward & Smith Law Firm in Longview, Texas.

In 1999, U.S. President Bill Clinton appointed Ward to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern Division of Texas. Judge Ward served on the federal bench for 12 years, before returning to private practice in 2011. In addition to being licensed in Texas, he is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, as well as the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas.

Ward is a Life Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation and has served as a member of the Judicial Conference Committee on Court Administration and Court Management. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and was a Judicial Fellow during his years on the bench. Ward currently is an Advocate of the American Board of Trial Advocates. He has served on the Board of Governors of the Fifth Circuit Bar Association and is a member of the Honorable T. John Ward American Inn of Court for East Texas, established in his honor in 2006.

Baylor University School of Law named Ward “Baylor Lawyer of the Year” in 2004. In 2009, he was recognized as “Trial Judge of the Year” by the Texas Chapters of American Board of Trial Advocates. This year, he was inducted into the prestigious International Academy of Trial Lawyers (IATL).

Beginning in college, Ward always found time for community service. While a student at Texas Tech, he was active in Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity and Phi Delta Theta social fraternity. He was a varsity cheerleader and was named Mr. Texas Tech his senior year.

Today, Ward remains committed to the community. He serves on the Good Shepherd Health System Board of Directors. He has also served for many years on the Good Shepherd Health System Foundation Board of Directors and the Good Shepherd Medical Center Board of Trustees. In addition, he has served on the East Texas Literacy Council Advisory Board and is a ruling elder at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church in Longview.

Ward and his wife, Elizabeth “Cissy” Clark Ward, have three children, Susan Elizabeth Ward, Johnny Ward and David Ward and five grandchildren.

Cissy served a six-year term on the Texas Tech University Board of Regents from 1991 to 1997.

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Two Two Rare Believe

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I wrote a story for the May/June 2000 issue of the Texas Techsan about the Soechting family and their business, Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch in New Braunfels, Texas. We don’t get to write follow-ups very often, but when Tiffany contacted me about their amazing news, I knew the Red Raider family would want to hear all about it.

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Left: Tiffany and Nakato I got to visit with Tiffany ’92 in June and observe Carol, Wasswa and Nakato. Amazing, exciting, heartwarming…words can’t describe. When it’s feeding time, Nakato nuzzles Tiffany nonstop when she enters his pen. His attachment to her is obvious. My three sons and my nephews were with me, and Nakato had quite a time rubbing his baby giraffe lips back and forth over their short haircuts while they stood at the fence of his pen.

Below: Carol, the mother, Wasswa and Nakato on the right

On May 10, 2013,

history was made in Comal County. Carol, a Reticulated Giraffe, gave birth to a healthy set of twins—they’re the 19th and 20th giraffes born at the New Braunfels Wildlife Ranch. They are the only living set of twin Reticulated Giraffes in the United States, and only the ninth set of living twins born in the zoos of the world. Three-quarters of twin pregnancies in giraffes abort early in gestation or are stillborn. These guys are a modern wonder!

Wasswa is the female and is the smaller of the two; her name is African for the “first born of twins.” The male, Nakato, is the coordinating name given to the “second born of twins.” At left, this image was snapped shortly after the twins' birth.

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Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch is part of the Soechting family’s ranch. Founded in 1884, the ranch was declared a Land Heritage Property by the State of Texas in 1992. The Wildlife Ranch was started in 1984 by Raymond and Trudy Soechting, parents of T. Dudley Soechting ’89 and Shawn Soechting ’92, who both attended Texas Tech and received their degrees in agricultural education. Upon graduating from college, both T. Dudley and Shawn returned to run the ranch. T. Dudley is married to Laurie Frederick Soechting ’89, who received her degree in finance. Shawn married Tiffany Crapps Soechting ’92, who received her degree in animal science—the two were high school sweethearts.

The Ranch covers 400 acres of Texas Hill Country terrain and provides four miles of paved roads where guests drive through and witness the natural animal behaviors of more than 500 animals from 40 exotic, native and endangered animal species worldwide. The natural, free-roaming environment is home to many unique animals, including the Southern White Rhinoceros, North American Buffalo, Reticulated Giraffes, as well as many zebras, emus, ostriches, elk, gazelle and wildebeests.

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Here’s some of the scoop about these two: • Wasswa, the first-born female, was four-and-ahalf feet tall and weighed 95 pounds, which is smaller-than-average.

• Nakato, pictured at left, was five-and-a-half feet tall and weighed 125 pounds, which is average.

• Giraffe gestation is 15 months. They birth in a standing position. Offspring drop six feet to the ground. They are able to stand and nurse within one hour.

• Two hours post-birth Nakato still was not able to stand. With a threat of heavy thunderstorms, the hard decision was made to take him to an isolated facility for safety. Animal caretakers at the ranch and the veterinarian also were concerned that Carol, the mom, would not be able to produce enough milk to support both babies.

• At four days old, Nakato was re-introduced to his family at the giraffe facility. He was placed in the enclosure next to his mother and sister. Short, supervised visitations in the same enclosure were given because Carol showed mild aggression toward Nakato as she believed him to be a threat to “stealing” milk from Wasswa.

For more information and to view videos of Wasswa and Nakato, visit www.WildlifeRanchTexas.com.

Pictured, from left, are Tiffany and Shawn’s sons: T.Dexter, 17 and Zane, 13; Tiffany ’92; Shawn ’92; Trudy and Raymond Soechting; T.Dudley '89 and Laurie ’89. T. Dudley and Laurie's daughters aren't pictured.

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Editor’s note: I had Chimy’s in my idea file for a couple years, ever since I found out the owners are Red Raiders. When I mentioned that I planned to feature Chimy’s in the Techsan, my former interns and students I knew at Tech would get downright giddy. Just the mention of Chimy’s got them fired up. We plan our issues about nine months to a year in advance, so it took me a while to work it into the lineup. So, here’s to all the Red Raiders who’ve attended Tech since 2002, for whom Chimy’s is synonymous with their time in Raiderland…Cheers!

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Kyle Wright ’01, left, and Mark Wright ’74 have made Chimy's a knock-out place for the (mostly) collegiate crowd to hang in Lubbock, Fort Worth and Norman, Okla.

Every self-respecting college town has one.

Close to campus

Casual

Good grub

Cold beer

Best margaritas in town

A watering hole that becomes legendary, a place remembered for tasty food, cold beer and famously good times. If there’s one constant among coeds, it’s that they’ll seek out a place with an attitude of eternal happy hour. Since 2002, that place has been Chimy’s.

“We wanted it to be a place where you could come in and hear good tunes, grab some nachos and a bucket of coldies and, here come your friends,” explains Kyle Wright ’01, owner of Chimy's Cerveceria restaurants. “We envisioned Chimy's being a campus staple, not just an ordinary taco place where you just eat and run — it needed to be a hangout.”

And he hit his mark with the college crowd.

“I love going there because it’s really laid back,” says Katelyn Perry, current intern for the Texas Techsan, who’ll graduate in December. “I don’t feel like I have to get dressed up to go. It’s chill…just an awesome place to hang out with friends. It’s not your typical bar. I love their nachos and quesadillas. Usually my friends and I, we’ll get nachos and split them while we drink our margaritas. I also like to go during lunch because it’s relaxing—I went almost every day this summer.”

It’s fairly crowded most nights, but on the weekends, which start on Thursday in most college towns, the line to enter trails out the door.

Kyle knew early on what the formula for success was—he had a front row seat to learning about the restaurant business. His father, Mark Wright ’74, opened The Spoon—aka the Texas Café—on 50th Street in 1980, as well as The Oyster Bar—the one on 34th Street and the one at 58th and Slide Road, both of which opened in the ’80s. He sold all three of those a little more than a decade ago so that he and Kyle could focus on Chimy’s. Mark operates the original Chimy's in Lubbock.

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Kyle was living in Jackson Hole, Wyo., when his father first approached him about opening a restaurant back in Lubbock. An avid fisherman, Kyle was living his dream.

“I lived in Jackson Hole every summer during college,” he says. “After graduation I moved there permanently. I was fly-fishing all the time and was working at a fly shop there, Westbank Anglers.”

Kyle was lukewarm about leaving Wyoming. He knew he’d start his own business eventually, but that was eventually.

“My dad was supposed to come see me in Jackson Hole on 9-11,” recalls Kyle. “He ended up having to drive the whole way because the airports were shut down.”

The Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks caused Kyle to reevaluate his priorities.

“I decided I wanted to be closer to family and build a business with my dad,” he says.

By October, Kyle had packed up his things and headed south. He and Mark put their heads together and came up with the Chimy’s concept. Chimy’s is on Broadway Avenue and sits less than a block east of Texas Tech’s main entrance. It’s in an old two-story building and both men lived upstairs while they worked on finishing out the restaurant downstairs.

“We did all the work ourselves,” says Kyle.

“We operated on a shoestring budget at first and had friends who came to work for us. Our general manager in Lubbock is a guy named Raymond Morin, and he helped put together our kitchen. Raymond and his son Alvin have been with us since day one, and they really have their heart and soul in our concept. It was a tough two-to-three years. We finally figured out a recipe for success and got things running smoothly.”

Mark says because the kitchen space was limited, they wanted to keep the menu simple.

As for the name, he says it took a while to settle on that, but they finally decided on a shortened version of chimichanga. And yes, “Chimychangas” are on the menu—there are seven varieties.

“Dad and I decided to do three to four meats and do them well,” Kyle explains. “So we chose chicken and beef fajita meat, taco meat and fish, for tacos. Later we added a spicy pulled pork, then nachos, which is our signature dish. But burgers and sandwiches are favorites among the regulars, and they’ll bring friends in to try the Mexican Panga,

Let the Good Times Roll: In addition to ice-cold cerveza, the Wrights created a stellar lineup of margaritas.

Both Kyle and Mark note that part of their success is because of their employees, who grace each Chimy's locale with a welcoming atmosphere.

The Mexican Panga Sandwich includes grilled chicken, green chile and pepper jack cheese on a jalapeño bun. A couple other items worth trying, if you’re in the mood for a burger or sandwich, are

The West texasan

Burger: a Chimy burger with bacon, cheddar cheese, avocado slices and grilled onions, and The Pulled Pork Sandwich: pulled pork, green chile and pepper jack cheese on a jalapeño bun. There’s also the house-made queso, salsa and guacamole, nachos, quesadillas, fish tacos, crispy tacos, soft

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“Chimychangas,” and an array of burgers and sandwiches.

photos by Jerod Foster

As for their drink selection, there’s obviously beer, but their claim to fame is their premium margaritas. How awesome are they? Well, there’s a 2-margarita limit for starters.

“Before we opened Chimy’s, I had been thinking about the fact that there wasn’t a really good margarita in Lubbock,” says Mark.

So, they tinkered with their recipe until they came up with six different margaritas, aptly named after luxury cars: Lexus, Cadillac, Benz, Ferrari, Porsche and Lambo. Each is made with a different top-shelf tequila, and each has either GranGala or Cointreau.

“We experimented using real fruit juice and taking customer input, and we finally figured out a recipe that worked,” Kyle says.

Katie Leigh Meeks ’08, lives in Stillwater, Okla., now, but recalls fondly her times at Chimy’s.

"I loved going to Chimy’s,” says Meeks. “It was always great food and a good time. It's hard to beat the greatness of their chimichangas and margaritas!"

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EXPANDING THE BRAND The first Chimy’s opened in February 2002, and Kyle says it was a steady process of improvement that allowed him to think about opening a second location.

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Norman

“It was my idea to expand, I knew the concept would do well in other towns, and we found this location in Fort Worth,” says Kyle, who now lives in Fort Worth. “I was worried the space wouldn’t work, but dad assured me it would.”

As usual, Mark’s intuition was spot-on. The Ft. Worth location, which opened at the end of 2006, is located near downtown on Foch Street, right off 7th Street. Chimy’s is smack in the middle of West 7th District, also called So7. The area is undergoing revitalization and has blossomed into a fabulous place to shop, dine and party. The Fort Worth location is also a sort of home-away-fromhome for Red Raiders.

“We host game-watching parties at the Fort Worth location and our clientele is easily 60 percent Texas Tech alumni, and about 20 percent TCU,” says Kyle. “Close to 60 percent of our night business is Tech folks, the rest are young professionals. A lot of our waitresses come over from the Lubbock location while they are furthering their education. My Fort Worth manager, Wes Lunsford, has made the Fort Worth location feel like home for any Tech game-watching parties that the Alumni Association regularly hosts.”

The father-son duo opened a third location in 2012 in Norman, Okla., near campus on Buchanan Avenue. They plan to open more locations in Texas. There are also two independently operated Chimy’s franchises, one in San Marcos, and one in College Station. They are owned by Tech alum Chad Baccus ’01.

This page, from top: Chimy's welcomes co-eds in the college towns of Lubbock, Fort Worth and Norman, Okla.

There are two franchise locations, which aren't operated by the Wrights, in San Marcos and College Station.

Right-facing page, from top left, clockwise: Festive signs in the Fort Worth point the way to iconic places; revelers prepare to cheer Tech to victory prior to the Texas Tech-TCU game in September; Part of the Chimy's crew roasts green chiles from New Mexico on the patio in Lubbock; Mark Wright and Kyle Wright are seated with father and son Alvin Morin, front, and Raymond Morin, back. The Morins manage the the Lubbock location and have been with Chimy's since its inception.

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SORRY FOR PARTYING Kyle and Mark pride themselves on maintaining an atmosphere conducive to both relaxation and revelry at all Chimy’s. They throw killer tailgate parties prior to football games, they roast New Mexico chiles in the fall (in Lubbock) out by the patio—all of their locations have patios tailor made for partying. They celebrate celebrating.

If you’re lucky enough to be close enough to patronize a Chimy’s, don’t be sorry for partying — it’s expected!

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- or go home Neal Leonard was 16 when he got his first big taste of the family business.

“My dad said, ‘You’re going to be a cattle buyer,’” says Leonard, who today is CEO and chairman of family-owned Leonard Holding Co. in San Antonio, Texas.

At the age of 12, Leonard began spending summers working for L&H Packing Co., his family’s beef slaughter facility. He put in time on the kill floor and in the boning room—from 6 a.m. until 3 p.m.—then he’d go play in a baseball league at night.

Buying cattle was a step up.

“I went up to the sale barn in Blanco and bought nine cows and two bulls,” he says.

“I thought it was a huge deal at the time.”

Leonard reflects on that trip with mirth, noting that L&H Packing Co., the business for which he was purchasing the cattle, slaughtered more than 950 head of cattle a day. So while the 11 animals he purchased didn’t make a huge impact on the day’s production, it made a lasting impact on him.

It was his first step toward running his family’s businesses.

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Leonard says he has always had a competitive nature, which was intensified by playing sports.

A natural athlete, he excelled in baseball, football, golf and track.

“I think I’ve always had an innate desire to win and succeed,” he says.

That desire has served him well—from success in sports to success in business. He was a standout outfielder at Clark High School, with dreams of playing Division I ball.

“When I was a sophomore in high school, I had some friends who graduated and went to Tech,” says Leonard.

What he learned from those friends, coupled with a trip to Lubbock he took with his parents, made him realize Tech would be a great fit. It offered two things he wanted: an opportunity to play baseball and a college of agriculture.

“I decided I wanted to play Division I baseball,” he says. “I also really wanted to go to an ag school because I planned to major in some type of ag business or ag economics.”

His senior year, the Clark baseball team made the playoffs.

And though he’d received lots of

According to Texas Tech’s archives, only three Texas Tech baseball players have hit for the cycle: Jon Weber and cousins Clint Bryant and Neal Leonard. Although the feats were accomplished in two different seasons, they actually came just 23 games apart.

Leonard’s came against Eastern Michigan (March 3, 1996). He got only four trips to the plate, scored twice and drove in six runs.

He entered the game in the top of the third inning with an RBI double. In the fourth inning, he had a two-run single and added a three-run homer in the sixth. He led off the eighth inning with a triple to left centerfield.

Information taken from texastech.com, the official athletic site for the Texas Tech Red Raiders.

offers from junior colleges, he says he hadn’t heard much from the bigger schools. Until Frank Anderson, an assistant baseball coach at Texas Tech from 1990-1999, watched Leonard play at one of the playoff games.

“I was actually playing in the finals with a ruptured appendix,” Leonard says. “I was in the hospital the next week when Frank called to offer ‘books.’ I was basically a preferred walk-on whose scholarship was books,” he says with a big smile on his face.

His love of the sport is still evident, and I’m sure he thinks the joke was on Tech—he would’ve played for free.

“I wanted to be a Red Raider,” Leonard says.

Chris Snead ’95, associate vice president at the Texas Tech Alumni Association, founded the Texas Tech baseball spirit organization “The Hecklers.” He has followed Tech baseball closely since he was in high school.

“I knew Neal because I hung around with a lot of baseball players,” Snead says. “Neal was all-out, all-in whenever he played.

He was definitely intense, but also a cool cat. You’d never see him cut up too much. He was about as levelheaded as you could get and always kept his nose to the grindstone. He’s the type of guy that any coach would say, ‘I wish I had 100 guys like him.’”

Randy DuRoss ’96, was a teammate of Leonard’s, and the two became friends early on in their collegiate careers.

“I’m from La Verne, Calif.,” says DuRoss, who lived down the hall from Leonard in Weymouth. “I didn’t own one pair of boots when I hit Lubbock. Neal had quite a few pairs of boots. I’d sneak down to his room to borrow a pair when we were going out. He’s the one who helped me pick out my first pair of boots.”

DuRoss gave Leonard the nickname ‘Slick’ because of his Texas fashion sense, which included wearing dusters—long jackets that almost reached the ground, Wranglers—worn long enough to bunch up on your boots a la George Strait—and, of course, boots.

DuRoss also notes that Leonard was the quintessential Red Raider whose love for his school was obvious.

“He got along with everyone,” DuRoss says. “He busted his backside, too, and was always rooting for the team. He has a great personality.”

For Leonard, his years at Tech were as much about fulfilling a dream as they were about abandoning adolescence and preparing for life post-college.

“I absolutely learned a lot as an ag eco (agricultural economics) major,” he says. “I think, though, that as much as college teaches you about your degree, it teaches you about being an adult. Along with my classes, we had a 56-game road schedule, I played summer and fall ball and was practicing at least four hours a day.”

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Leonard’s family has deep roots in Texas—he is a sixth generation Texan. On his mother’s side, he can trace his Lone Star lineage back to the German ancestors who landed at Matagorda Bay in the 1800s. They made their way from the coast to New Braunfels and, later, Boerne. On his father’s side, he comes from a long line of Texans who made a living in the cattle business. Leonard’s paternal grandfather, Al Leonard, and a friend of his, after working much of their lives in the beef packing industry, started L&H Packing Co. in 1963.

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And that’s where things began to sizzle. Leonard’s grandfather, Al, and father, Ken, expanded the business in 1979 to include Surlean, a customfood manufacturer. In 1982 the family started its first non-food venture, New Earth, a composting business.

Leonard started working with the company at 24. His younger brother Clayton, who is now president of New Earth, and a handful of cousins who are about the same age, joined him a few years later. Leonard was eager to learn and prepared to work hard.

“On my first day, my dad called me into his office and showed me an article from the Wall Street Journal,” recalls Leonard. “The article was about family businesses and how the third generation killed the business. My Dad said, ‘Don’t kill the business.’ I’ve remembered that article and it was a challenge I decided to accept.”

Leonard worked as a production supervisor, a cattle buyer and as vice-president of sales. At the age of 31, he was named president of Leonard Holding Co., which oversees L&H Packing Co., Surlean and New Earth. By 2009, he was CEO and chairman of the holding company. At about the same time, his brother and cousins were also moved into leadership positions.

After almost a decade at the helm of Leonard Holding Co., he is proud to note that this “third generation” rose to the challenge, and things are cooking at a blazing hot temperature. In 2005, Leonard Holding Co. employed 600 employees at three locations. Today, they’ve expanded to six locations with 800 employees. Profits have risen by about 62 percent. In 2005 Leonard Holding Co. generated $250 million; in 2013, that number has climbed to more than $400 million.

The first few years as the holding company’s leader weren’t always easy, Leonard notes. He looks back now and realizes it was a time of intense growth and learning for him. He mentions that he’s grateful to all the longtime employees who showed him kindness and patience in the early days.

Also helpful to the “third generation” was their faith.

“We got together early on and realized that running a family business wasn’t easy,” he says. “We all believed that a family that prays together, stays together. I was in my late 20s when we started a Bible study. It’s not mandatory. We meet once a week and the corporate structure doesn’t enter into it. We are just there to pray and remember that we’re family.”

That mentality trickles down. Leonard Holding Co. employs chaplains who are there 24 hours a day, on all shifts, for employees who are in need of a faith booster.

“It’s not something we force employees to use, but it’s part of our value system. We choose to honor God at our company,” Leonard says.

Leonard’s faith was tested in 2006 when he suffered a shattering loss: the passing of his wife, Gayla Leonard ’96. He says the change in him was complete. There wasn’t an aspect of his life that the tragedy didn’t touch.

When we discussed the topic, he pointed to a few verses in the first chapter of the book of James: “Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.”

The traumatic experience instilled in Leonard a sense of grace.

“I’ve had the Lord on my side from the beginning,” he explains. “We are all walking wounded. We’re close to God at some points and pretty far away at others. That event changed me in good ways—I feel like it’s helped me have sympathy. My life before was absent of sympathy.”

What that has meant as a father and a leader is, he says, incalculable.

Leonard, pictured at the Dallas Surlean Plant, is also a member of the Texas Tech Alumni Association National Board of Directors.

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Neal Leonard ’95 Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Economics CEO and Chairman Leonard Holding Company Businesses within the holding company L&H Packing Co., Surlean Foods and New Earth Number of employees 800 Total business locations 6 2013 Revenue >$400 million

- l&h packing co. This is where it all started. Neal’s grandfather, Al Leonard, and a friend of his, pooled their resources and experience and opened L&H Packing Co. in San Antonio in 1963. The two men started small, specializing in cow boning. L&H Packing would purchase carcasses from an outside source and further process the beef by separating the meat from the bones, hence the term “boning.”

Because they didn’t want the bone to go to waste, they constructed a rendering facility as a disposal method for the bone. The rendered bones were, and still are, sold to third parties.

Their next step was establishing a beef slaughter facility, which was feasible because they already had a rendering plant. Renderings are the parts of a cow that aren’t sold as retail cuts, such as the hide, blood and, as previously mentioned, bones. Leonard says his grandfather often quipped, “We sell everything but the ‘moo.’ If we could catch it, we’d sell it.’

Al Leonard had a vision of a vertically integrated company and decided to start Surlean Meat Co. in 1979. His plan was to use Surlean as another segment of the food service industry. Surlean would further process the beef L&H Packing Co. slaughtered.

In order to increase the quantity of cows processed, the family modernized the slaughter facility in 1984. More than 950 head are slaughtered daily, which adds up to roughly 260,000 cows annually.

The family continued to streamline and make improvements, and, consequently, L&H Packing Company is now one of the largest processors of lean beef in the Southwest.

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What started as a modest, vertically integrated company connected to L&H Packing has become a stand-alone powerhouse. Surlean Foods, formerly Surlean Meat Co., started out providing beef to the restaurant industry. That beef was slaughtered by L&H Packing and processed by Surlean Foods.

In the 30-plus years since its inception, Surlean has continued to modify and improve their products. Today they manufacture a staggering array of custom food products for a well-known line up of restaurant chains.

So, while some beef slaughtered at L&H Packing is sold to Surlean Foods, it’s just a small portion of what Surlean Foods produces. The custom-food manufacturer processes tons, literally tons, of other foods.

The company employs a culinary team comprised of food scientists and chefs who follow food trends and create innovative products for the restaurant industry.

The company doesn’t limit itself by creating product lists because they’re constantly changing their offerings to accommodate the rapid pace of the American food industry.

Furthermore, they can and will create anything clients request. So the next time you dig into that baconavocado-bleu-cheese-grilled onion-and-mushroombuffalo-sauced-burger at your favorite eatery, it just might have been the brainchild of a Surlean employee.

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What follows is a brief list of restaurants with which Surlean Foods does business as well as examples of products produced at both locations in San Antonio and Big D.

RESTAURANTS AND FOOD SERVICE COMPANIES Whataburger

Taco Cabana

Taco Bell

Taco Bueno

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foods Black Beans, BBQ beans, beans and rice, pinto beans, refried beans Queso, dips and gravies Side dishes, including macaroni Salsas Soups Casseroles Custom sauces—chocolate, caramel, etc.

Marinated whole muscle —chicken breasts, etc.

Burger patties, fresh or frozen Fajitas and custom-shredded meats Taco meat and carnitas Custom-prepared and fully-cooked dishes such as pot roast, beef stew, kabobs and more

An intriguing tidbit about one of Texas’ favorite burger joints: every bit of beef sold in Whataburger restaurants is processed by Surlean Foods. Whataburger was so happy with the beef provided by Surlean, they requested that the company build a plant in Dallas in order to meet their need for fresh ground beef. Surlean rose to the occasion and, in 2011, the 75,000-square foot Dallas Surlean Foods location opened. It’s a fancy, shiny, state-of-theart facility that processes beef for Whataburger, but like the San Antonio locale, it manufactures a variety of food for a number of clients.

- new earth A cow and bull slaughter plant that runs almost 1,000 head through a day is going to have a lot of waste. What to do? Turn it into a profit. Bull manure, you say!

But it’s really true. In 1999 New Earth was created as a way to turn animal waste into something useful. Truckloads of organic waste, such as manure, expired fruits and vegetables and wood/brush waste are delivered to New Earth’s composting facility in San Antonio.

The waste taken in by New Earth reduces the amount of organic waste dumped into area landfills, and, in turn, provides a valuable product that enriches the earth.

They produce a dizzying array of landscape products such as enriched top soil; manure compost; turf dressing; garden soil; potting soil; nursery mix; a variety of mulches and xeriscaping products like red cedar, crushed granite and river rock.

New Earth has grown substantially in the last 15 years. They recently opened a second plant in Conroe, Texas, that services Houston. The two locations boast more than 500 wholesale customers that include businesses, developers, municipalities and manufacturers. Since their products are produced for wholesalers, you won’t see the name “New Earth” on labels where you purchase their compost, mulch or other garden products, but if you live near San Antonio or Houston, there’s a good chance you’ve purchased their products.

continued growth The companies, as well as Leonard himself, have gone through tremendous growth in less than 10 years. He credits the hard work of his employees and “surrounding himself with good people.”

Leonard refuses to rest on past success, and in 2011 he completed an executive MBA from the Southern Methodist University’s Cox School of Business.

When asked if he plans for further expansion, he quickly responded, “We’re gonna keep growing.”

You can bet on that.

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by Les li e Cr an fo r d

C apital O ne M ascot Challenge 2013 voting is underway.

Raider Red, Texas Tech University’s costumed mascot, and the reigning Capital One National Mascot of the Year, will defend his title in the 2013 Capital One Mascot Challenge.

Last year’s win against 15 other collegiate mascots netted Texas Tech’s mascot program a $20,000 scholarship. The grand prize remains the same for the new voting season.

This year’s competition pits Red against mascots from the University of Arizona, Boston College, Colorado State University, East Carolina University, Louisiana State University, Michigan State University, the University of Montana, the University of Kansas, the University of Oregon, South Florida University, the University of Tennessee, the University of Toledo, Virginia Tech University, the University of Wisconsin and Western Kentucky University.

The upcoming contest also features new challenges involving Facebook and Twitter. Aside from the previous ‘click-and-vote’ option on capitalonebowl. com, Capital One is providing fans two additional ways to support their favorite mascot. Fans can show love for their mascot by completing the weekly 25-point challenge and posting it on Facebook or Twitter. A weekly 100-point challenge is a true test of mascot pride; upload the required photo or video as evidence and Capital One will add 100 points to that mascot’s total.

In 2012 Red took second place out of 16 mascots in regular-season voting to contend for the most votes nationwide; he then faced the first-place and undefeated Cocky the Gamecock from the University of South Carolina in the final round.

The Capital One National Mascot of the Year is determined by Internet voting and additional social media challenges. Twelve weeks of regular-season voting end Nov. 24 with playoffs beginning the following day, including quarter-final, semi-final and championship voting weeks. The winner will be announced during the 2014 Capital One Bowl (Jan. 1). Each of the 2013 participants also will receive $5,000 for their university mascot program.

Vote at www.capitalonebowl.com or on Twitter with #CapitalOneRaiderRed.

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Capital one mascot challenge

Raider Red Defends National Championship in Mascot Contest

Fans can follow Raider Red on Facebook.com/TTURaiderRed and Twitter @TTURaiderRed. The 16 contestants are selected by a panel of judges from Capital One from among the mascot entries received from all eligible NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision and Football Championship Subdivision schools.

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getting to know Texas Tech Alumni Association Board Members

Victor Hackett, Jr. In what city do you reside?

Marlton, N.J. The township was founded in 1688 and is 11 miles from Philadelphia and 80 miles from New York City.

What is your position on the Alumni Association Board?

I am chair of the Diversity Committee. Our committee works to improve minority participation in the association and provide opportunities for underrepresented minority students in the university.

What was your major and class year at Tech, plus any other degrees earned?

I received my B.A. in social welfare from Texas Tech in 1976 and master’s degree in public administration from Texas Southern University in 1978.

Where are you employed and what is your position?

I retired as an officer from the U.S. Air Force and also retired as chief executive officer from the American Red Cross in Long Island, N.Y. Presently I am a regional health planner for the State of New Jersey charged with preparing the state’s healthcare system to respond to emergencies including bio-terrorism events.

What are the names of your family members?

My wife, Linda, is senior program director, community and government affairs for the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City; my daughter Rashaun is a pharmacist; and my son Victor, III, is an attorney and vice president of a local bank. I have three granddaughters, Morgan, Chloé and Emily.

Major activities in which you were involved as a student at Tech: I was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, president of the Black Student Union and a member of Air Force ROTC. What is one of your fondest memories from your Tech days?

Having dinner with Martin Luther King, Sr., partying with Stevie Wonder and walking and talking with Dr. Grover Murray.

What is one thing you’ve enjoyed seeing occur recently at Texas Tech?

The tremendous growth and prestige that the university has achieved.

What is your favorite book?

I enjoy reading travel books and magazines from cover to cover.

What is the last movie you saw?

I recently saw “The Butler,” which I thought was outstanding.

What are your interests and hobbies?

I enjoy snow skiing, traveling both foreign and domestic and gourmet dining.

Cassandra Lee “Sandy” Devlin Henry In what city do you reside?

Lubbock, Texas What is your position on the Alumni Association Board?

National Board Member What was your major and class year at Tech, plus any other degrees you may have earned?

I received my BA in English and French, with a secondary teaching certification in 1967. I earned my master of science in interdisciplinary studies-English, French, tourism in 2003.

Where are you employed, and what is your position?

I am the president of the Science Spectrum, a nonprofit museum for public science education.

What are the names of your family members?

Alan, husband; Ryan, son; Lauren Sandhu and Lee Henry, twin daughters; son-in-law, Johnny Sandhu; granddaughters, Meryn, 6; Harper and Hollyn, 1-year Sandhu twins; All Tech graduates and three future graduates!

Major activities in which you were involved as a student at Tech: I was involved in Mortar Board, Junior Council, President’s Hostess and was a member of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority.

What is one of your fondest memories from your Tech days?

Decorating homecoming floats and my friends.

What is one thing you’ve enjoyed seeing occur recently at Texas Tech?

Efforts toward Tier One Status and the new buildings on campus.

What is your favorite book?

Two I’ve enjoyed reading are “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” and “Cadillac Desert.”

What is the last movie you saw?

I enjoyed “The Butler” and “Lincoln.”

What are your interests and hobbies?

I like to do hands-on things, travel, a little gardening, a little photography, fix-it projects.

What character trait do you value highly in an individual?

Genuineness and the gift of friendship.

If you could ask five or six people to your home for an evening, who would they be?

Bill Gates, Steve Martin and his banjo, Jacques Cousteau, the Wright Brothers, Gene Kelly and Abraham Lincoln.

What character trait do you value highly in an individual?

Honesty and integrity.

If you could ask five or six people to your home for an evening, who would they be?

Jesus Christ, Martin Luther King, Jr., President Lyndon Baines Johnson, and my mother and father, who are both deceased.

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

Platinum ($2,500 or more annually)

Mr. & Mrs. G. Barney Adams ’75 (Kandy Adams ’75) Lubbock, TX Mr. & Mrs. Grant Adamson ’81 (Nelda Adamson) Austin, TX Mr. & Mrs. Larry K. Anders ’78 (Nesa J. Anders ’81) Plano, TX Mr. & Mrs. Mike Baca (Jan W. Baca ’70) Vega, TX Ms. William B. Baker ’06 Parker, CO Mr. & Mrs. C. Bob Black ’58 (Billie K. Black) Horseshoe Bay, TX Mr. & Mrs. Bryant Bonner ’95 (Whitney Bonner ’96) San Antonio, TX Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Brawley ’95 (Sabrina Brawley ’94) Haslet, TX Mr. & Mrs. Richard Breedlove ’70 (Lorrie Breedlove) Spring, TX Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Brown ’59 (Elena Brown) Lamesa, TX Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Broyles ’51 (Helen P. Broyles) Fort Worth, TX Lt. Col. Mark H. Bryant ’83 (Colby Ethan) Salt Lake City, UT Mr. & Mrs. Steve Burleson ’83 (Elizabeth Burleson ’84) Midland, TX Mr. Clay Cash ’97 Midland, TX Mr. & Mrs. Donald G. Chenault ’82 (Vicki L. Chenault) Austin, TX Mr. Floyd E. Cotham, Jr. ’83 Dallas, TX Dr. & Mrs. Todd K. Cowan ’81 (Veronica I. Cowan) Fort Worth, TX Mr. Richard R. Davila, II Lubbock, TX Mr. & Mrs. Enoch L. Dawkins ’60 (Frances Dawkins) New Orleans, LA Mr. & Mrs. David A. Domino ’86 (Lisa K. Domino) San Anotonio, TX Mr. & Mrs. Gayle M. Earls ’59 (Dolores J. Earls) Frisco, TX Mr. Daniel F. Frye, III ’73 Austin, TX Mrs. Merle Fulton Lubbock, TX Mrs. Helen J. Geick ’61 Lubbock, TX Mr. Ralph G. Goodlet, Jr. ’82 Dallas, TX

Mr. & Mrs. J. Todd Gregory ’85 (Nancy Gregory) Fort Worth, TX Mr. & Mrs. B.R. “Rip” Griffin (Geneva Griffin ’51) Lubbock, TX Mr. & Mrs. William B. Hagood ’69 (Karen G. Hagood ’71) Dallas, TX Mrs. Julianna Hawn Holt ’69 Blanco, TX Mr. H. Wayne Henry ’75 APO, AE Mr. Bob L. Herd ’57 Tyler, TX Mr. & Mrs. Christopher C. Herrin ’82 (Cheryl Herrin ’83) Tampa, FL Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Hix ’70 (Leslie Hix ’71) Houston, TX Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Holloman ’80 (Karlene Holloman) San Francisco, CA Mr. Peter M. Holt Blanco, TX Mr. & Mrs. Tom W. Jacobs ’87 (Jerri L. Jacobs) Katy, TX Mr. & Mrs. Leon Jeffcoat ’66 (Patricia E. Jeffcoat ’66) Midland, TX Ms. Kathy G. Johnson ’77 Houston, TX Mr. & Mrs. Parker C. Johnson ’97 (Victoria N. Johnson) Houston, TX Mr. & Mrs. David L. King ’74 (Janis King) Tyler, TX Mr. & Mrs. Tom Mase (Liz Mase) Mertzon, TX Mr. & Mrs. Russell Mathis ’80 (Wendy Mathis) Midland, TX Mrs. Joan McComb ’67 Lubbock, TX Mr. & Mrs. L. Brent McGavock ’95 (Amy McGavock ’94) Lubbock, TX Mrs. & Mrs. Mark R. McGuire ’83 (Nancy Q. McGuire ’77) Livingston, TX Mr. & Mrs. Michael McKenzie ’68 (Barbara McKenzie ’69) Sulphur Springs, TX Mr. Glenn D. Moor ’84 Lubbock, TX Mr. & Mrs. Joe H. Price (Mary Jo Price ’53) San Antonio, TX Mr. Michael R. Proctor ’90 Midland, TX Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. Pubentz ’98 (Rebecca Pubentz ’99) Kingwood, TX

Mr. & Mrs. John W. Redmon ’71 (Ann R. Redmon ’71) The Woodlands, TX Mr. & Mrs. Michael H. Riordan ’00 (Jennifer Riordan ’00) Naperville, IL Mr. & Mrs. Douglass C. Robison ’79 (Angie Robison) Midland, TX Mr. & Mrs. Robert T. Rose (Susan M. Rose ’76) Scottsdale, AZ Dr. Nancy R. Ruff ’69 Clinton, WA Mr. & Mrs. John Scovell ’68 (Diane Scovell ’68) Dallas, TX Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth H. Sheffield, Jr. (Catherine Sheffield ’79) Colleyville, TX Ms. Anita Smith ’63 Slidell, LA Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Smith ’65 (Gail Smith ’68) Dallas, TX Mr. & Mrs. Marlis E. Smith ’54 (Shirley C. Smith ’54) Englewood, CO Mr. & Mrs. Tom S. Stacy ’75 (Melinda M. Stacy) Austin, TX Mr. & Mrs. James H. Stone ’50 (Evelyn B. Stone ’48) Hattiesburg, MS Mr. & Mrs. Barry C. Street ’79 (SuDeline Street ’79) Kress, TX Mr. & Mrs. Dale V. Swinburn ’65 (Cheryl Swinburn) Tulia, TX Mr. & Mrs. Max Swinburn ’67 (Doris Swinburn) Dimmitt, TX Mr. & Mrs. Raymond P. Swofford, Jr. ’47 (Sarah Swofford ’47) San Diego, CA Mr. & Mrs. Mickey D. Tucker ’77 (Schelley A. Tucker) Cypress, TX Mr. Tommy W. Velasquez ’93 Wheeler, TX Mr. & Mrs. Randall W. Vines ’84 (Dona E. Vines ’86) Montgomery, TX Mr. & Mrs. John P. Wald, Jr. ’80 (Karen M. Wald ’80) Southlake, TX Mr. & Mrs. John B. Walker ’68 (Lisa A. Walker) Houston, TX Mr. & Mrs. Edward Whitacre ’64 (Linda Whitacre ’65) San Antonio, TX Mr. Dan White ’79 Granbury, TX Mrs. Lori D. William ’04 Parker, CO *As of September 23, 2013

Gold ($1,000 to $2,499 annually) Mr. & Mrs. Mike R. Abbott ’63 (Diane Abbott) Lubbock, TX Mr. & Mrs. Ken Abraham ’63 (Renee Abrahma ‘71) Lubbock, TX Mr. Darrell Adams ’81 Seymour, TX Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Adcox ’95 (Keeley K Orman-Adcox ’95) Dripping Springs, TX Mr. Michael Akeroyd San Antonio, TX Dr. & Mrs. Russell S. Akin ’05 (Jill L. Akin) Midland, TX Dr. & Mrs. Richard G. Alexander ’58 (Janna Alexander) Arlington, TX Mr. Robert Allen (Janice Allen) Friendswood, TX Mr. & Mrs. Ronald G. Althof ’79 (Deirdra Althof) Newburgh, IN Mr. & Mrs. David Anderson ’84 (Susan Anderson ’85) Lake Oswego, OR Mr. & Mrs. Dennis W. Anthony ’75 (Loraine C. Anthony) Friona, TX Mr. & Mrs. Chris Aulds ’84 (Terry Aulds) Dallas, TX Mr. & Mrs. Larry G. Autrey ’84 (Tiffany Autrey) Colleyville, TX Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Baker ’73 (Leslie E. Baker) San Antonio, TX Mr. & Mrs. Duane Baldridge ’86 (Cynthia Baldridge) Houston, TX Mr. & Mrs. David E. Barber ’65 (Sandra R. Barber) College Station, TX Mr. & Mrs. Doug E. Barnhart ’69 (Nancy Barnhart ’69) Rancho Santa Fe, CA Mr. & Mrs. Joe Beaty ’69 (Patricia Beaty ’75) Coppell, TX Mr. & Mrs. Edward Benninger ’65 (Nelda Benninger) San Antonio, TX Mr. & Mrs. Oran H. Berry, III ’71 (Linda L. Berry ’70) San Angelo, TX Mr. & Mrs. Brent C. Bertrand ’87 (Tonya H. Bertrand ’86) Round Rock, TX Mr. & Mrs. Hubert P. Bezner ’49 (Victoria M. Bezner) Dallas, TX

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

Dr. David S. Cockrum ’94 San Louis, MO Mrs. Kathryn E. Comfort ’83 San Antonio, TX Mr. John M. Conrad ’77 Lake Jackson, TX Mr. & Mrs. Paul M. Coppinger ’84 (Belinda Coppinger) Fort Worth, TX Mr. & Mrs. James F. Coulter (Greer N. Coulter ’97) Houston, TX Mr. & Mrs. John C. Covey ’77 (Teresa C. Covey) San Angelo, TX Mr. & Mrs. Holt Cowden ’00 (Kaye Cowden ’78) Midland, TX Mr. Lynn F. Cowden ’80 Skellytown, TX Col. Jimmy D. Cox ’63 Danville, VA The Hon. & Mrs. Tom Craddick ’65 (Nadine Craddick ’69) Midland, TX Mr. & Mrs. Brenton A. Croley ’96 (Carrie E. Croley ’95) Carrollton, TX Mr. & Mrs. Tim G. Culp ’81 (Annette L. Culp ’81) Midland, TX Mr. Charles Cummings ’59 Fort Worth, TX Mr. & Mrs. Jim Daniel (Mary Daniel ’78) Houston, TX Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth G. Davis ’84 (Lisa G. Davis) Tulsa, OK Mr. & Mrs. Sean D. Davis ’86 (Donna Davis) Baltimore, MD Dr. & Dr. Miles R. Day (Audra R. Day ’99) Lubbock, TX Dr. & Mrs. Bill F. Dean ’61 (Peggy M. Dean ’66) Lubbock, TX Mr. & Mrs. Richard A Derr, Jr. ’89 (Stacey R. Derr ’88) Lubbock, TX Mrs. Sue A. Derr ’50 Colleyville, TX Ms. Jane B. Dickson ’74 Stephenville, TX Ms. Whitney D. Dillon ’08 Midland, TX

Mrs. & Mrs. Mike K. Dobbins ’88 (Tracy Dobbins) Fort Worth, TX Dr. & Mrs. Michael A. Doherty ’73 (Ginger R. Doherty) New Braunfels, TX Mrs. & Mrs. Stefan K. Dorman ’99 (Johnna Dorman) Houston, TX Mr. & Mrs. Jim A. Douglass ’70 (Patti Douglass ’85) Lubbock, TX Mr. & Mrs. John C. Downs ’66 (Edie Downs) Sadler, TX Mr. Scott Dueser ’75 Abilene, TX Mr. & Mrs. Jason Elliott (Robin L Elliott ’95) Little Elm. TX Dr. W. T. Fogarty ’80 Dallas, TX Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Foster, Jr. ’58 (Ann B. Foster ’58) Plainview, TX Mr. Reynolds L. Foster ’67 Dallas, TX Mr. & Mrs. Terry E. Fuller ’77 (Linda S. Fuller ’69) Southlake, TX Mr. & Mrs. Ricky Gaddis (Melinda Gaddis ’84) Katy, TX Mrs. Belinda A. Gafford Lubbock, TX Mr. & Mrs. James L. Gaspard ’72 (Dinah A. Gaspard ’72) Dallas, TX Mr. & Mrs. W. Dan Gibson, Jr. ’80 (Karen Gibson) Denver, CO Mr. & Mrs. Bryan B. Gossett ’73 (Nancy K. Gossett) Midland, TX Mr. & Mrs. Dan Guy (Terri S. Guy ’73) Santa Fe, NM Dr. & Mrs. Nadim G. Haddad ’88 (Christine Haddad) Potomac, MD Mr. & Mrs. David H. Hadden ’78 (Pamela A. Hadden ’87) Allen, TX Mrs. Karen Hamel ’93 Lubbock, TX Mr. & Mrs. Bobby E. Hammond Jr. ’75 (Cynthia Hammond) Irving, TX Chancellor & Mrs. Kent R. Hance ’65 (Susie Hance) Lubbock, TX Mr. & Mrs. Keith R. Hansen ’68 (Glenda G. Hansen) Granbury, TX Mr. & Mrs. Owen Harrison ’73 (Lois Harrison) San Angelo, TX Mr. & Mrs. Daniel D. Hart ’95 (April Hart) The Woodlands, TX Dr. & Dr. Robert I. Hart ’80 (Susan E. Hart) Baton Rouge, LA Mr. & Mrs. Ron C. Hatfield ’70 (Candy Hatfield) Dallas, TX Mr. & Mrs. Daniel W. Heinchon ’81 (Nita C. Heinchon ’81) San Antonio, TX Mr. & Mrs. Alan R. Henry ’64 (Cassandra L. Henry ’67) Lubbock, TX Mr. & Mrs. Scott V. Henry ’78 (Sharon K. Henry) Richardson, TX Dr. & Mrs. William W. Hinchey ’74 (Joaan C. Hinchey) San Antonio, TX Mr. Robert W. Hodge, II Midland, TX Mr. & Mrs. Gregory R. Hoes ’86 (Lori Hoes) Garland, TX Mr. & Mrs. Ted W. Hogan Jr. ’77 (Joellen Hogan ’76) Odessa, TX Mr. Stanley K. Horton ’86 Houston, TX Mr. & Mrs. Don J. Howe ’71 (Vickie Howe) Alpharetta, GA Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Huckabee ’91 (Robin Huckabee ’92) Fort Worth, TX Mr. & Mrs. James E. Huckaby ’66 (Clara J. Huckaby) Austin, TX Mr. Chris A. Huff ’07 Milton, FL Mr. & Mrs. Kerry M. Hunt (Debbie Hunt) Wolfforth, TX Mr. & Mrs. Ken Huseman ’75 (Jaye Huseman) Midland, TX Mr. & Mrs. Drew M. Ingram ’79 (Laura J. Ingram ’79) Midland, TX Mr. & Mrs. Rex Isom ’78 (Nancy Isom ’80) Idalou, TX Mr. & Mrs. Steven Jeffcoat ’96 (Lesley Jeffcoat ’96) Midland, TX Mr. & Mrs. Wilbur H. Johnson ’65 (Patricia J. Johnson) El Paso, TX Mr. & Mrs. Troy D. Jones ’57 (Lona F. Jones) Paradise Valley, AZ Mr. Van Josselet ’74 Dalhart, TX Mr. Phillip S. Kahlich ’09 Hereford, TX Major & Mrs. Anthony D. Killa ’95 (Carolyn T. Killa) Atlanta, GA Mr. & Mrs. M. Chris Kirksey ’84 (Betsy B. Kirksey ’83) Austin, TX Mr. & Mrs. Steven J. Kolb ’09 (Ansley A. Kolb ’08) Midland, TX Mr. David M. Ladewig ’09 Houston, TX Mrs. Peggy B. LaFont ’61 Plainview, TX Mr. & Mrs. A. Lance Langford ’87 (Brenda L. Langford) Austin, TX Mr. Rowland C. Lawson ’84 Soldotna, AK Mr. & Mrs. Lanny G. Layman ’77 (Joni Layman ’79) San Angelo, TX Mr. Robert J. Lewis ’49 Fairfax, VA

Mr. Todd M. Lindley ’09 Green River, WY Mr. & Mrs. Russell H. Logan ’51 (Carol L. Logan) Colleyville, TX Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Loveless ’93 (Stacy Loveless ’92) Cos Cob, CT Mr. & Mrs. Larry K. Lowe ’67 (Ashley Lowe) Lubbock, TX Mr. Robert J. Manalli ’94 Maurepas, LA Mr. & Mrs. Justin Mason (Denise Mason) Seminole, TX Mr. & Mrs. Wendell W. Mayes, Jr ’49 (Mary Jane Mayes) Austin, TX Mr. & Mrs. Bob Mayo ’69 (Jo C. Mayo ’71) Petersburg, TX Mr. & Mrs. John N. McAnulty ’96 (Michelle McAnulty ’98) Sugar Land, TX Mr. & Mrs. George H. McCleskey, III (Royan McCleskey ‘95) Southlake, TX Mr. & Mrs. Mark T. McCloy ’73 (Annette McCloy) Jal, NM Mr. & Mrs. Brian F. McCoy ’75 (Wetonnah L. McCoy) San Marcos, TX Mr. & Mrs. Chance A. McDaniel ’97 (Kaci B. McDaniel ’03) Midland, TX Mr. & Mrs. Paul McDonald ’81 (Karen McDonald ’81) Flower Mound, TX Mr. & Mrs. George G. McDuff ’58 (Beverly J. McDuff ’54) Lubbock, TX Mr. & Mrs. Don E. McInturff (Pauline L. McInturff ’48) Lubbock, TX Mr. & Mrs. M. Ryan McKenzie ’98 (Kathleen K. McKenzie ’04) Sulphur Springs, TX Mr. & Mrs. Robert McNaughton ’84 (Anne McNaughton ’76) Midland, TX Mr. & Mrs. Philip Meaders ’84 (Lamar Meaders ’83) Irving, TX Dr. John S. Menzies ’75 Cleburne, TX Ms. Patsy Middleton ’57 Austin, TX Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Miers ’82 (Sarah Miers) Abilene, TX Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Mikolajczyk ’60 (Hilda Mikolajczyk) Broussard, LA Mr. & Mrs. Lon E. Miller ’71 (Gertrude P. Miller ’65) Lubbock, TX Mr. & Mrs. Jacob A. Miller ’01 (Erica Miller) Lubbock, TX Mr. & Mrs. Charles B. Mitchell ’56 (Bettye A. Mitchell) Houston, TX Mr. Michale J. Montgomery ’76 Ennis, TX Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Morris, III ’99 (Leslie Morris) North Attleboro, MA Mr. Kevin G. Morton ’83 Grapevine, TX Mr. & Mrs. Tommy Mrazek ’75 (Debra Mrazek ‘81) Plano, TX Mr. & Mrs. James A. Mueller ’80 (Kathleen M. Mueller) Spring, TX Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Munn ’61 (Janice Munn) Odessa, TX Mr. & Mrs. Lester J. Murdock (Jo Anne C. Murdock ’60) Dallas, TX Mr. Parameswaran Nampoothiri ’01 (Leena Devakikutty) Houston, TX Mr. & Mrs. Juan J. Nevarez ’95 (Iris R. Nevarez) Southlake, TX Dr. James D. Norcross ’87 Irving, TX Mr. & Mrs. Michael W. Norton ’85 (Melanie T. Norton ’86) Houston, TX Mrs. Keeley K. Orman-Adcox ’95 Dripping Springs, TX Mr. & Mrs. John C. Owens ’71 (Cynthia M. Owens ’73) Lubbock, TX Dr. & Mrs. Brian Papworth ’88 (Mardi Papworth) Albuquerque, NM Mr. Bob J. Paradiso ’79 Houston, TX Mr. Paul E. Parkinson ’74 (Crystal Parkinson) Plano, TX Mr. & Mrs. Gary S. Payne (Debbie Payne) Austin, TX Mrs. Joyce W. Perkins ’64 Bryan, TX Mr. Gary R. Petersen ’68 Houston, TX Mr. & Mrs. Mike J. Petraitis ’79 (Martha M. Petraitis ’81) Midland, TX Mr. David R. Pickering Lubbock, TX Mr. Matthew A. Poerner ’11 San Antonio, TX Mr. & Mrs Stephen S. Poore ’90 (Christina B. Poore) Mercer Island, WA Mr. & Mrs. Jeffery M. Pratt (Amy C. Pratt) Round Rock, TX Mr. & Mrs. David E. Proctor ’91 (Cindy B. Proctor ’90) Georgetown, TX Mr. & Mrs. Scott R. Pullen ’80 (Carroll A. Pullen) Sugar Land, TX Mr. & Mrs. Terry H. Putman ’69 (Mendy W. Putman ’81) Colorado Springs, CO Mr. & Mrs. Gil H. Radtke ’82 (Ann G. Radtke) Houston, TX Dr. & Dr. George R. Raschbaum ’82 (Rene Raschbaum) Atlanta, GA Mr. Jerry S. Rawls ’67 Los Altos, CA Mr. Samuel M. Ray, IV ’66 (Sandra L. Ray) Plano, TX

Mr. & Mrs. Jeffery F. Rea (Michelle S. Rea) Odessa, TX Mr. Richard D. Rhodes ’71 Tyler, TX Mr. & Mrs. Walter Rinehart ’60 (Joyce Rinehart) Lubbock, TX Mr. & Mrs. James S. Rivera (Dr. Cynthia D Rivera ’88) El Paso, TX Mr & Mrs. Rokki Roberts (Kathy H. Roberts ’72) Houston, TX Mr. & Mrs. Rex F. Robertson ’81 (Debra Robertson ’81) Dallas, TX Ms. Terry L Rolan ’85 Houston, TX Mr. & Mrs. John E. Roueche, III ’88 (Elise W. Roueche) Houston, TX Mr. & Mrs. John Saenz ’96 (Suzanne Saenz ’95) Seminole, TX Dr. & Mrs. Martin Salazar ’78 (Margie Salazar) Lubbock, TX Mr. & Mrs. Alan J. Sales ’75 (Kathy A. Sales ’74) Alba, TX Mr. & Mrs. David E. Salter ’72 (Lana L. Salter) Oklahoma City, OK Mr. & Mrs. W. Joseph Sammons ’78 (Susan A. Sammons ’78) San Antonio, TX Mr. & Mrs. Robbie R. Sartain ’79 (Kathleen M. Sartain ’79) Midland, MI Mrs. Sammie F. Saulsbury ’58 Tyler, TX Dr. Alan C. Schauer ’77 (Regina Schauer) Austin, TX Mr. & Mrs. Ryan W. Schneider ’01 (Mindy B. Schneider ’02) Woodway, TX Mr. & Mrs. Ricky C. Scott ’81 (Lori J. Scott ’80) Lubbock, TX Mr. Bill D. Senter ’51 Abilene, TX Mr. Rodney M. Shank ’81 Angel Fire, NM Mr. & Mrs. Joe M. Shannon ’89 (Brooke M. Shannon ’88) San Antonio, TX Mr. & Dr. Reagan W. Simpson (Nancy D. Simpson ’75) Austin, TX Mr. & Mrs. James E. Skinner ’74 (Alice B. Skinner) Dallas, TX Mr. Kenneth L. Slack, Jr. ’71 Dallas, TX Mr. & Mrs. John P. Smith (Ashlee M. Smith ’07) Midland, TX Mr. & Mrs. Lucian Smith ’74 (Kristin Smith ’76) Hunt, TX Mr. Robert D. Smith ’82 Fort Worth, TX Mr. & Mrs. Stephen R. Souter ’71 (Jill H. Souter) Alamo Heights, TX Mr. & Mrs. Phil D. Staley ’70 (Sharon D. Staley ’71) Houston, TX Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Stark (Diane Stark) Midland, TX Mr. & Mrs. Clifford Stewart (Lynne Stewart ’78) Dallas, TX Mr. & Mrs. Larry G. Strickland ’70 (Linda F. Strickland) Colleyville, TX Mr. & Mrs. Ron W. Stroman ’70 (Carolyn S. Stroman) Midland, TX Mr. &Mrs. David Stroud (Terrie Stroud ‘75) Amarillo, TX Dr. Marcus N. Tanner ’11 Wolfforth, TX Ms. Kate Tatarowicz Frisco, TX Mr. Tim R. Tate ’00 Frisco, TX Mr. & Mrs. Lance L. Taylor ’99 (Dawn M. Taylor ’00) Frisco, TX Mr. & Mrs. Tommy E. Taylor ’85 (Gwen Taylor) Midland, TX Mr. & Mrs. Fred Timberlake, Jr. ’68 (Kay G. Timberlake) Lubbock, TX Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Turner ’68 (Diane Turner ’68) Blanco, TX Mr. & Mrs. Wes Turner (Julie Turner ’06) Fort Worthm, TX Mr. & Mrs. Fred A. Underwood ’71 (Pam Underwood) Lubbock, TX Mr. & Mrs. Bobby G. Waddle ’55 (Shirley D. Waddle) Desoto, TX Mr. & Mrs. Ben B. Wallace ’76 (Patricia H. Wallace) Corpus Christi, TX Mr. & Mrs. Dan G. Webster, III ’61 (Molly I. Webster) San Antonio, TX Mr. & L. Bryant Williams, Jr. ’61 (Mrs. Brenda J. Williams) Kerrville, TX Mr. & Mrs. D. Andy Williams ’91 (Camille Williams) Dimmitt, TX Mr. & Mrs. Lewis Williams ’57 (Jamelle Williams) Montgomery, TX Mr. & Mrs. L. E. Willis, III ’84 (Lorie L. Willis) San Antonio, TX Mr. & Mrs. Justin D. Wright ’01 (Sheri L Williams ’ 01) Abilene, TX Mr. Lee Wright ’ 87 Flower Mound, TX Dr. & Mrs. Scott W. Wyrick ’87 (Lenore P. Wyrick) Texarkana, TX Mr. Wesley B. Youngblood ’ 74 Spring, TX Mr. & Mrs. Greg M. Zielinski (Donna J. Zielinski) Lubbock, TX *As of September 23, 2013

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This list reflects names received and compiled as of Aug. 14.

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Mr. Marvin E. Baker, Jr. `87

Mr. Thomas D. Knobloch `01

Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Balch `67 (Mary Balch `65)

Mr. John T. Kountz `11

Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Beatty `93 (Melinda Beatty `94)

Maj. & Capt. Mark E. LaDrew `97 (Camille LaDrew)

Mr. & Mrs. Ruben Bela `89 (Amy Bela)

Mr. Michael D. Laman `07

Mr. & Mrs. Bob Berry `75 (Kathy Berry)

Mr. & Mrs. Scott Lanie `92 (Tyfani Lanier `94)

Dr. Martin A. Bishop `11

Ms. Leslie E. Laws `73

Mr. C. Scott Bowyer `82

Mr. Jim E. Laws `82

Mrs. Mary F. Burleson `53

Mr. & Mrs. David Leathers `79 (Lynda O’Neil Leathers)

Mr. & Mrs. Brian Calhoun `74 (Sherilyn Calhoun)

Mr. Michael J. Lewis `08

Mr. & Mrs. Scott Campbell `88 (Tricia Campbell `88)

Mr. Jarrett B. Lidell `06

Mr. John B. Campbell `07

Dr. & Mrs. Kurt Loveless `78 (Paula Loveless `79)

Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Chaffin `83 (Trisha Chaffin `82)

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Lundberg `57 (Lois Lundberg)

Mr. Ray W. Chang `91

Mr. Theodore J. Lyons `05

Mr. & Mrs. Joshua Chapa `12 (Alexa Perez `12)

Mr. & Mrs. James Marks `82 (Veronica Marks)

Mr. & Mrs. James Bartosh (Deborah Bartosh `80)

Mr. Duane A. Cox `10

Mr. & Mrs. Justin Mason

Maj. & Mrs. Terrence Brown `75 (Sarah Brown)

Rev. & Mrs. William C. Curry `82 (Kathy S. Curry)

Mr. & Mrs. Justin S. McAnally `13 (Chelsea McAnally)

Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Bunch

Mr. & Mrs. Guy Davis `87 (Lisa Davis `79)

Dr. Whitney L. McFarland `08

Mr. & Mrs. Gary Butler `91 (D’Yon Hawkins-Butler `82)

Mr. & Mrs. Galen Dillewyn `00 (Karen Dillewyn `99)

Mr. Jackson A. McHorse `11

Ms. Melinda F. Cain `04

Ms. Whitney D. Dillon `08

Mr. Jeffrey M. McMillan `11

Mr. & Mrs. Wesley Chapman `02

Mr. Mark E. Dillon `79

Mr. & Mrs. M. Doyce Middlebrook `64 (Paula Middlebrook)

(Rachel F. Chapman `06)

Mr. Eric D. Estelle `04

Mr. & Mrs. Wendell Moore `55 (Ruth Moore)

Mr. Gregory M. Duncan `10

Mrs. Shelly Faught `05

Mr. & Mrs. Jose Moreno `95 (Rosemary Moreno)

Mr. Jeremy M. Gott `99

Mr. Jonathan P. Fleming `06

Mr. & Mrs. David Morgan `86 (Cindy Morgan)

Mr. & Mrs. Michael W. Hefton `93 (Ronda Hefton)

Mr. Claude L. Fletcher

Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Morrison `10

Dr. Artis A. Hinds `90

Mr. & Mrs. Enrique Garza `90 (Cheryl Garza)

Mr. Matt Z. Mosser `99

Mr. Jon-Aaron M. House `05

Mr. Matthew T. Gredell `10

Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Myers `78 (Betty Myers)

Mrs. Sharon M. Light `83

Mr. Jeffrey B. Gunter `99

Mr. Noel Olivas `03

Mr. Charles F. Maitland `79

Ms. Casey L. Harmon `06

Mr. Russell J. Padalecki `10

Mr. & Mrs. Herschel Sanders `81 (Anne B. Sanders)

Ms. Megan R. Harper `11

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Petty `77 (Melissa Petty `76)

Mr. Robert P. Sharp `90 (Janet Sharp)

Mr. & Mrs. Gary Hays `88 (Melissa Hays)

Mr. & Mrs. Cary Pillers `88 (Pamela Pillers `87)

Dr. & Mrs. Wayne Smith `67 (Connie Smith)

Mr. & Mrs. Scott Heitmeier `87 (Angie Heitmeier `86)

Ms. Robin R. Poonja `10

Mr. & Mrs. Bryan Springston `80

Dr. Judith Henry `75

Mr. Zachary B. Pullin `06

Mr. Joseph M. Hodge `05

Mr. & Mrs. Clayton Rabel `96 (Kristen Rabel)

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Stewart `77 (Kandy Stewart)

Mr. Evan R. Hofer `09

Mr. Gabriel G. Ramirez `08

Ms. Janee’ S. Thomas `01

Ms. Sandra C. Hon ’09

Mr. Christopher W. Ratley `84

Mr. & Mrs. Todd Thompson `82 (Kasey Thompson)

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Hughes `83 (Cindy Hughes)

Mr. Hugh Reed (Mrs. Christine Gray)

Mr. & Mrs. E. Wade Wilson `86 (Lori Wilson)

Mr. & Mrs. Kerry Hurst (Kim Hurst)

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Reyes `94 (Missy Moore-Reyes)

Mr. & Mrs. John Zwiacher `74 (Ann Zwiacher `74)

Mr. & Mrs. Thayer Hussey (Polly Gregory-Hussey)

Mr. Boyd L. Robinson, Jr. `11

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Mr. Richard C. Jones ’11

Valerie A. Ryan, M.D. `02

Mr. John L. King `63 (Carlan King)

Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Salley `80 (Nancy Salley)

Mr. Patrick T. Adams `06

Mr. Matthew R. King `10

Mr. Aaron M. Sellars `11

Mr. Ronnie B. Anderson `72

Mr. & Mrs. David King (Sherry King `80)

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Shults `12 (Caitlin Shults `12)

Ms. Anita R. Smith `63

///Gold Mr. & Mrs. Mike Dobbins ’88 (Tracy Dobbins) Mr. Robert W. Hodge, II Mr. & Mrs. Kerry Hunt (Debbie Hunt) Mr. & Mrs. Steven Jeffcoat `96 (Lesley Jeffcoat `96) Mr. Todd M. Lindley `09 Mr. & Mrs. Tommy Taylor `85 (Gwen Taylor) Mr. Lee Wright `87 Mr. & Mrs. Justin Wright `01 (Sheri Wright `01)

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Mr. & Mrs. C. Eugene Shumate `76 (Carrie Shumate)

Mr. & Mrs. Jesse Carr `90 (Robin Carr)

Ms. Elizabeth M. Gonzales `12

Mr. Christopher E. Smith `07

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Carter `76 (Donna Carter)

Ms. Amanda K. Greening `12

Maj. George E. Spoth `78

Mrs. Rona R. Chambers `66

Ms. Allison C. Griffey `06

Mr. Tim P. Stephens `81

Dr. & Mrs. John Champion `71 (Nancy Champion `71)

Mrs. LaVerne K. Griffin

Mr. & Mrs. J. T. Stumph `96 (Denise Stumph)

Mr. Eric Charping `96 (Susan Charping)

Ms. Ashlie Haas `12

Mr. & Mrs. Mason Troutman `05 (Diedra Troutman)

Hua Chen, M. D. `08

Mr. & Mrs. James Haile `67 (Jacquelyn Haile `69)

Mr. & Mrs. Loyd Turner `76 (Karen H. Turner `76)

Dr. & Mrs. Yang Cheng `72 (Greta Cheng)

Mr. Zachary A. Hall `10

Mrs. Lela J. Vela `11

Mr. Corey S. Cisneros `08

Mr. & Mrs. William Hall `71 (Deborrah Hall)

Mrs. Beverly B. Vuckovich `88

Charles M. Clodfelter, Jr., M. D. `92

Mr. Matthew G. Hall `09

Ms. Gracie R. Walling `09

Mr. James Coalson `61 (Sandra Coalson)

Mr. James G. Hallman `12

Mr. & Mrs. Monte Williams `78

Lt. Col. & Mrs. Darren Cole `94 (Cassandra Cole)

Mr. Lee Hammond 80

Mr. Tyler C. Williams `11

Mrs. Julia K. Compton `04

Mr. & Mrs. James Haney `12 (Janis Haney)

Mr. & Mrs. Roger Williamson `83 (Linda Williamson `80)

Mr. Carl R. Condra `80

Mr. Ryan J. Hanford `03

Ms. Lori D. Woelfel `96

Ms. Molly J. Cook `09

Lt. Col. & Mrs. Keith Havenstrite `89 (Tanya Havenstrite)

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Mr. Chance K. Copeland `09

Mr. & Mrs. Ron C. Helm (Janet Helm `78)

Mr. Floyd E. Cotham Jr. `83

Mr. & Mrs. David Henricks `11 (Valerie Henricks)

Mr. & Mrs. Kyle Abernathie (Sarah Abernathie `87)

Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Cranfill `05 (Marcella Cranfill)

Ms. Samantha M. Hensley `10

Mr. & Mrs. Ben Ables `94 (Brenda Abels)

Dr. Kathleen Crowley `73

Mr. Raymundo Hernandez `09

Mrs. Debbie A. Adams `80

Mr. & Mrs. Christian Cruz `05 (Lillian Cruz)

Mr. James Hernandez `10 (Ms. Andrea Thomas `12)

Mr. Timothy Addison (Judi Addison)

Mr. & Mrs. W. Brad Cummins `75 (Laurie Cummins)

Mr. Hudson Hickman `74

Mr. & Mrs. Fred Alexander `67 (Earnie Alexander)

Ms. Melodie Cunningham `84

Mr. Robert Hicks `73

Roy D. Alston, Ph. D. `70

Ms. Shari J. Damron `72

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Hinson `86 (Lori Hinson)

Mr. Terrill Amburn `06 (Carla Amburn)

Mr. Steven Deckert `82 (Lisa Deckert `82)

Mr. Colin Hodges `82

Mr. Michael D. Anderson `98

Mr. & Mrs. Mark T. Dehlinger `89 (Rebecca Dehlinger)

Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Holmes `04 (Christina Holmes `07)

Mrs. Billie B. Anderson

Mr. & Mrs. Rudy Dismuke `81 (Martha Dismuke)

Ms. Sarah C. Holmes `10

Mr. Billy Anderson `11 (Tara Petty-Anderson `11)

Mr. & Mrs. Eddy Drake (Donna Drake `84)

Mr. & Mrs. Russell Huebner `02 (Johnell Huebner `02)

Luther B. Archer, Association AIA `05

Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Dromgoole `78 (Carol Dromgoole)

Ms. Donna E. Huffington `77

Ms. Jessica A. Baber `09

Ms. Jazsmine V. Duncan `10

Mr. & Mrs. James Hyatt `63 (Saundra Hyatt `68)

Mr. & Mrs. Cal Bailey `96 (Danya Bailey)

Mr. Michael P. Dunlap `98

Mr. Lawrence S. Johnson `49

Ms. Deborah A. Baker `73

Ms. Sarah E. Eads `11

Mr. & Mrs. Jon Jones `90 (Brenda Jones)

Mr. Steve A. Ball `02

Mrs. Tammy K. Earsley `86

Mr. Maurice E. Jury `45

Mrs. Barbara J. Barton `49

Mr. John Elshaw `81 (Evelyn Elshaw)

Mr. & Mrs. Ricky Kellison `72 (Mary Kellison `51)

Mr. Jordan J. Barwinski `13

Mr. & Mrs. Ronny Erekson `80 (Denise Erekson)

Ms. Mary A. Kemp `73

Candace Beck, Ph.D. `88

The Honorable & Mrs. David Farabee (Terri Farabee)

Mr. Nathaniel R. Killion `05

Ms. Cecily D. Berg `95

Ms. Katharine F. Farmer `07

Ms. Deborah M. Kind `85

Mr. & Mrs. Glen Beyer `72 (Barbara Beyer)

Mr. Paul E. Faulk `81

Mr. Bryan M. King

Mr. & Mrs. James Bittikoffer `77 (Nancy Bittikoffer)

Mr. Perry W. Flippin

Gregory T. Kitten, Ph.D. `84

Mr. Johnny Bowdoin

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Foreman `72 (Mary Foreman)

Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Krause `91 (Marnie Krause)

Dr. & Mrs. Raymond Bray `97 (Libbi Bray`83)

Mr. Tyler Francis `11

Mr. William Lawlis `11 (Amanda Lawlis)

Mr. & Mrs. James Brown (Sue Brown)

Mr. Edward Franco (Nora Franco `70)

Mr. Joe Lehmberg `00 (Lori Lehmberg)

Lt. Col. Walter Bruning `89 (Kathleen Bruning)

Mr. Hutchison L. Franklin `10

Mr. & Mrs. Vernon Lewis `83 (Melissa Lewis)

Mr. Cole J. Bryan `07

Dr. Laura L. Franklin

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Lewis `93 (Michelle Lewis)

Ms. Tommie J. Buchanan `99

Mrs. Amber M. Freeland `00

Ms. Judy N. Lillegraven `12

Mrs. Shannon D. Bullard

Mrs. Susan R. Freeman

Ms. Judy Lim `12

Dr. Ty `03 & Dr. Elizabeth Bullard

Christopher Garza, CPA `92

Mr. William M. Lockhart `77

Mr. Steven Burzinski `07 & Dr. Shiloe Burzinski `05

Dr. & Mrs. Zhanyu Ge `98 (Huifand Liu)

Mr. Eric P. Lundberg `10

Capt. & Mrs. Steven Butts (Camella Butts)

Mr. John Michael P. Gesing `11

Mr. Julius E. Lyonga `06

Mrs. Mary Margaret Campbell `82

Mrs. Christi D. Gibbs `03

Mr. & Mrs. Randall Maddox `76 (Mary Maddox)

Mr. Edgar I. Canales `10

Mr. & Mrs. David Godfrey `72 (Roxie Godfrey `75)

Ms. Sandra S. Magruder `88

Mr. & Mrs. W. Michael Carlisle `71 (Dannie Carlisle)

Mr. & Mrs. Bill Godlove (Charlotte Godlove)

Derrill B. Manley, Jr., Ph.D. `87

`90

(Kelly Hicks)

(Shari Hodges `84)

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Dr. & Mrs. Elliot Marcus `01 (Philomena Marcus)

Mr. Travis W. Sharp `08

Mr. & Mrs. Olan Tisdale `79 (Nanette Tisdale)

Mr. Juan Martinez, Jr. `79

Mr. Daniel Short `06 (Ms. Jennifer Hensley `06)

Mr. Thomas Tolar `93 (Elizabeth Tolar)

Mr. Jacob W. Mathews `11

Ms. Susan G. Simmons `07

Mrs. Margaret A. Toups `90

Mr. & Mrs. Caleb Matott (Farah Matott)

Ms. Virginia B. Smith `88

Mr. Brandon L. Urech `04

Ms. Meredith A. McCarty `05

Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Smith `79 (Cindy Smith)

Dr. James Van Tassel `57 (Mary Van Tassel)

Mr. Ellis C. McCasland `83

Mr. & Mrs. Joshua Snider `04 (Alexis Snider `04)

Mr. & Mrs. Edward Veal `97 (Janet Veal)

Mr. & Mrs. Don McClendon `50 (Mary Jo McClendon)

Mr. James C. Sprouls `68

Ms. Rachel M. Verbout `09

Mrs. Sara S. McCullough `01

Mr. Derek B. Stanley `06

Mr. & Mrs. Walter Verkamp `79 (Jenny Verkamp)

Mr. & Mrs. William McKee `75 (Lydia McKee `75)

Mr. & Mrs. James C. Stegin (Elizabeth Stegin)

Mr. & Mrs. Aaron Vilfordi `04 (Lisa Vilfordi `05)

Ms. Karen McMillen

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Stewart `90 (Kathryn Stewart)

Mr. Louis W. Wallace

Dr. Mike E. McMurry `06

Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Stillwell `98 (Tiffany Stillwell)

Maj. Michael M. Walsh `11

Ms. Paula McNeese `75

Mr. & Mrs. Scott Stoerner `99 (Shelbi Stoerner `99)

Mr. & Mrs. Jonelle Warner `62 (Jonelle Warner `88)

Mr. Richard McPherson `72 (Pam McPherson `78)

Mr. Patrick D. Stoltze `65

Mrs. Jeannie B. White

The Honorable Gerry H. Meier `72

Mr. Aaron M. Storm `07

Ms. Alison A. Whitmire

Mr. Christopher D. Meinzer `11

Mr. David A. Sutton `09

Mr. Joseph C. Wilson

Ms. Brenda O. Mejia `11

Mr. & Mrs. Van Swain `06 (Shannon Swain)

Mr. Jared L. Winder `09

Mr. & Mrs. Corey Miller `08 (Shanna Miller `09)

Mr. Jaw-Horng Tarng `83 (Gloria Tarng)

Ms. Kimberly K. Woodard `97

Ms. Macie M. Mills `09

Mr. Hunter G. Temperton `11

Mr. & Mrs. Mark Worley `12 (Kelly Worley)

Mr. & Mrs. Joel Montgomery (Angel Montgomery)

Mr. Zachary N. Thompson `11

Ms. Juana R. Young `71

Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Mountain `06 (Jennafer Mountain `06)

Dr. James Thompson `69 (Elizabeth Thompson `68)

Mr. Jim Zachary `72 (Cynthia Zachary)

Mr. & Mrs. David Murphy (Billye G. Murphy)

Mr. Fred Timberlake `68 (Kay Timberlake)

Ms. Mary A. Naegele

Mrs. Jerry H. Tirey `59

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Jeffrey P. Nelson, M.D. `00 Mr. Colin H. Norwood `07 Mr. Tyler R. Owens `10 Mr. & Mrs. James Palet `85 (Ingrid Palet) Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Parker `79 (Susan Parker) Mr. & Mrs. John Parks `65 (Mary Parks `65) Mr. Landon D. Parnell `05 Mr. Vinay Patel `05 Mrs. Kimberly D. Perdue `97 Mr. Kevin M. Phelan `08 Dr. & Mrs. Scott Porter `72 (Catherine Porter `73) Mr. & Mrs. Harry Prewett `78 (Caron Prewett `79) Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey P. Ratheal (Kathy Ratheal) Ms. Selena D. Reagan `02 Mr. Thomas D. Reagor, Jr. `12 Ms. Julie A. Reams `96 Mr. Lance B. Reese `10 Mr. Glen R. Rhodes `83 Mr. & Mrs. Brook Roberts (Amanda Roberts) Ms. Melanie A. Robertson `05 Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Robins (Cheri Robins) Ms. Regina D. Sandoval `00

When it comes to a graduate degree, the experience is everything. With more than 160 master’s and doctoral programs, Texas Tech University Graduate School offers tremendous opportunities for an educational experience that will change your future.

Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Schmeltz `05 (Kathryn Schmeltz `06) Dr. & Mrs. Jay Schrock `85 (Janet Schrock) Mrs. Patricia W. Sedberry `79

http://www.gradschool.ttu.edu

Mr. Baljit Sehbi `00 (Sujata Sehbi)

From here, it’s possible.

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Congratulations Honors Ambassadors!

Our Honors Ambassadors team welcomed 19 new Ambassadors this year! The Ambassadors group is committed to helping shape the future of the Honors College, not only in the legacy of leadership they leave behind in the projects they implement, but also in reaching out to a wide range of prospective students and helping to bring a diversity of fresh faces and ideas into the College.

Ambassadors are selected as representatives that embody the outstanding quality of Honors students, which includes a commitment to an innovative, well-rounded education and demonstration of leadership.

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

From the 1963 "La Ventana" The big news in 1962-63 was a telephone in every room--in both men's and women's dormitories. No more crowded telephones in the halls, no more overloaded dormitory switchboards, no more lonesome nights without talking to that special someone across campus--all these inconveniences would be things of the past. But the phone-in-everyroom-fad brought its own problems--no time for study, crowded trunk lines and "systems" to beat the campus switchboard. Shown clowning in celebration of the new phones, nevertheless, are left to right, Karen May, Ginger Rabjohn, Polly Dahl and Janice Player.

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2015 Texas Tech Alumni Association Directory Project is About to Begin!

Every five years, the Texas Tech Alumni Association prints an alumni directory, and the 2015 directory project is about to begin!

FRIENDS Gilbert N. Brown

Lewisville, Texas,

was elected as senior vice commander

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

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

for the Department of Texas, Military Order of the Purple Heart.

Dallas, Texas,

Clay Cockerell

a physician, has just launched a skincare line for people living with eczema and sensitive skin care conditions. He and his wife, Brenda West Cockerell

(’77 BSE Elementary

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’54 MBA Management) Lawrence, Kan., recently retired and moved from his former home in Missouri to Lawrence to be closer to his son. As he was making the move, he decided to donate his collection of Gene Zesch pieces to some type of organization or facility that could properly display them to an appreciative audience. He chose to donate his collection to the National Ranching Heritage Center at Texas Tech University. Zesch sculpts Western-themed wood carvings.

’64 T. John Ward

Longview, Texas,

a former federal judge, has been Published by

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alumni news in Chicago. Since retiring from the federal bench, John has helped Ward & Smith build its intellectual property litigation and mediation practices through his work for clients in a variety of industries.

’70 Bill Henry

(BBA Finance) Dallas,

Texas, McQueary Henry Bowles Troy, L.L.P. (MHBT Inc.) chairman and chief executive officer, was named the winner of the 2013 Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) Drex Foreman Award.

The award was presented at IIAT’s 116th Annual Conference and Trade Show in Dallas on June 28. Named after Drex Foreman, who served

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’74

as the chief executive director of

and committees. This year, Henry

IIAT for more than 30 years, the

became the inaugural chairman of

award is the highest honor IIAT

the Insurance Industry Charitable

bestows annually to an independent

Foundation (IICF) for the Texas

Sandra Stecher Harper

agent who has contributed greatly

Southeast region and the foundation

Secondary Education) Abilene, Texas,

to the independent agency system.

has raised more than $300,000 in one

has been selected by the McMurry

Bill’s career in insurance started in

year. His wife is Cheryl.

Board of Trustees as McMurry

1972 when he began working for the Texas Employers’ Insurance Association (TEIA) servicing Fortune 1000 accounts. He left TEIA in

’72 (BS Park

(BSE

University’s new president. She becomes the first woman serving as a full-time president of an Abilene university. Harper was president of Our Lady of the Lake College in

1983 to found McQueary & Henry,

Hayes Caldwell

Inc. with Joe McQueary. In 1996,

Administration) Tyler, Texas, is

Baton Rouge, La. In 2011, Sandra was

McQueary & Henry merged with

celebrating his 50th year at Caldwell

named a Distinguished Alumna by

Bowles/Troy & Associates to become

Zoo, where he began working when

the Texas Tech University College of

McQueary Henry Bowles Troy,

he was 14. His uncle, D.K. Caldwell,

Education. Her husband is Dave.

L.L.P. (MHBT Inc.). Henry has been

originally opened the zoo in his

actively involved with IIAT on a

backyard in 1937 as an education

local and state level for more than

program for a local preschool. Today

30 years, representing the industry

the 85-acre zoo is home to more than

by participating in numerous

2,000 animals and 250 species. His

Kyle Womack

insurance company advisory boards

wife is Michele.

Horseshoe Bay, Texas, has been

’75 (BS Civil Engineering)

named to the Texas Board of Professional Engineers. He is appointed for a term that will expire in September 2017. Womack is a licensed professional engineer and vice president of business expansion at Parkhill, Smith and Cooper Inc. He is a member and former director of the National Society of Professional Engineers, member and past president of the Texas Society of Professional Engineers, and a member and past board member of the Texas Council of Engineering Companies. He is also a member of the Texas Tech Civil Engineering Academy. His wife is Brenda Baker Womack , (’72 BSE Elementary Education).

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alumni news

’82 Mica Endsley

(BS Industrial

Engineering) Arlington, Va., has been appointed the U.S. Air Force’s first female chief scientist. From 1990 to 1997, Mica joined the industrial engineering faculty at Texas Tech, first as an assistant professor and then as an associate professor, teaching in the area of human factors and expanding her work on situation awareness to other areas including air traffic control, driving and military command and control. Mica received the Distinguished Engineer Award from the Texas Tech Whitacre College of Engineering in 2010.

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

November/December 2013 Classes OLLI Artist Series: Find Your Inner Drummer • Russian Composers of Song, Symphony & Piano Music • Capturing the Moment with Quick Sketches • Staying Safe While Traveling Abroad • Texas Tech Goes to Spain • History of Water & the Llano Estacado • Giovanni Bellini’s Frari Triptych of 1488 • Cooking Demonstration for Thanksgiving • Landscaping With Texas Native Plants • One on One With Dr. David Cho • Making Your Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwich of Life Last • Readers Circle • OLLI Film Series • Chance & Necessity in Human Affairs.

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

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Jay Gibson

(BBA Accounting, ’85 JD

Law) Dallas, Texas, has announced that he has joined the Dallas law firm of Elliott & Thomason, LLP, now Elliot, Thomason & Gibson, LLP. After 14 years in a big firm environment, Jay is excited to be back in a position that allows for greater flexibility and creativity in helping clients address continue to focus his practice in two principal areas: real estate and business

’85 Erna Grasz

(BS Electrical

Engineering) Livermore, Calif.,

and goals for their children with

Foundation, was recently named a

sustainable solutions.

Jefferson Award winner in the San

Volunteers around the globe are

Francisco Bay Area for her service

encouraged to assume key roles, thus

in funding education and developing leaders. The prestigious annual Award recognizes “unsung heroes.” Erna

while impacting the lives of children and communities in East Africa.

was nominated by an Asante Africa

’90

Foundation volunteer Sonja Stewart Africa as well as her impact on local and global volunteers. Both Asante Africa Foundation’s educational programs and leadership culture revolve around empowering people to use existing talents and leadership skills to accomplish results.

Communities in Kenya and Tanzania partner with the Asante Africa Foundation to achieve education access

Thanksgiving Tailgate The Austin Chapter of the Texas Tech Alumni Association invites you to our tailgate on Thanksgiving Day at East 18th and Trinity. Thanks to our friends at MillerCoors for making it possible.

Visit AustinTTU.com for details!

Thank You to Our Sponsors

The Austin Chapter would like to thank the sponsors of our 2013 Scholarship Breakfast and Spring Fling Golf Tournament for their generous support.

Don Hewlett Chevrolet Buick, Don Hewlett Volkswagen Wells Fargo • Frost Bank • Gracy Title • Hance Scarborough, LLP • Hill Partners • PPG • T. Stacy & Associates, Inc. • Austin Texas Tech Alumni Third Thursday Networking Lunch • Cain & Skarnulis, LLP • M!ne Austin • Red Arc One

building their own skills and resumes

for her outstanding work in East

and solve their legal needs. Jay will

transactions. His wife is Bethlyn.

founder and CEO of the Asante Africa

• Sandalwood Management • Spivey & Grigg, LLP • CLS International – Chuck & Jean Strehli • Frost Bank • RRR Specialties, Inc. • Carl Noble, Noble Insurance • Lone Star Bank • Austin Golf VIP Card • Chas Architects • Hejl, Lee & Associates

Sean Conti

(BS Physical Education)

Houston, Texas, was recently named regional vice president of business development for Fisher Investments.

His wife is Jennifer.

Nina M. Allen Giglio

(BAR

Architecture Design) Charlotte, N.C., President of HALL|Building Information Group, was elevated to Fellowship in the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) at the CSI National Convention on Sept.

14. Fellowship is the second highest honor CSI bestows upon members and recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to the construction industry. Nina currently serves as the Immediate Past President of Specifications Consultants in Independent Practice, CSI liaison to the Associated General Contractors’ Consensus Docs Committee, and is the coauthor of several construction related books including being the Senior Executive Editor for Architectural Graphic Standards and Architectural Graphic Standards for Residential Construction.

Connect With the Austin Chapter Facebook.com/TTUAustin

Twitter.com/TexasTechAustin

AustinTTU.com

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’00 Michael Tristan

(BBA General

’05 Robert Rogers (BS

Civil Engineering,

the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association/Women’s Professional Rodeo Association circuit called Cowboy Christmas. $9,875 of his

Business) Dallas, Texas, has joined

’06 MS Civil Engineering) Sachse,

winnings was from a second-place

the law firm of Thompson & Knight

Texas, has been promoted to senior

finish at the Ponoka Stampede in

LLP as Counsel. Michael will be

project engineer at Thornton

Ponoka, Alberta. Hunter is now

based in the firm’s Dallas office and

Tomasetti, a leader in engineering

ranked third in the PRCA’s steer

will focus his practice on litigation

design, investigation and analysis

wrestling world title race with $40,118

matters involving complex commercial

serving clients worldwide.

in regular season earnings. His

transactions. He has represented

’06

clients in state and federal courts in Texas, New York, Illinois and other jurisdictions across the country. He

wife is Bristi Arnold Cure (’05 BS Agricultural Communications, ’06 MS Agricultural Education).

(BS Agricultural &

represents clients in a wide variety of

Hunter Cure

matters, with a distinct emphasis on

Applied Economics) Holliday, Texas,

litigation involving the energy and

earned $16,355, the highest among

financial services industries. His wife

all steer wresting competitors, on

is Jennifer Allen Tristan (’02 BA Public Relations).

’02 Phil Madison

(BA Advertising,

The swagger is back at

’08 MA Mass Communications) Nacogdoches, Texas, successfully defended his dissertation “Polygamy is Creepy, Wrong and Sick!

(However I Find it Fascinating): Parasocial Processing, Parasocial Contact Hypothesis and Polygamy” at Manship School of Mass Communication at Louisiana State

Texas Tech

and in the West Texas housing market!

University. Phil is an assistant professor of mass communications at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas. His wife is Leticia.

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alumni news

’07 Tori Polk

(BBA General Business)

Hewitt, Texas, recently finished eighth in the long jump at the IAAF World Championships. Tori went 22 feet, 1 inch on her fourth attempt.

Her mark was second best on the U.S. team.

’09 Lucas Pequeño

(BS Exercise &

Sports Sciences) Lubbock, has been promoted from the position of banking officer to lender at Peoples Bank. Lucas joined Peoples Bank in 2009 with five years of banking

Texas Tech University Public Administration Program

“From here, it’s possible.”

Study public administration at Texas Tech University at its beautiful campus in Lubbock, Texas. The Texas Tech MPA Program offers numerous advantages: Knowledgeable faculty who have published in their fields and are also involved in applied research and service in the community.

• Specialty tracks in: • Public Management • Health Care Administration • Non-Profit Management • Policy Analysis • A new PhD option • Dual Degrees in Law and Economics • Internships for practical experience • Scholarships and Financial aid packages available • Accredited by the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA) Texas Tech’s MPA Program offers the advantages of reasonable tuition with small classes at a major university and an alumni network in positions of responsibility in federal, state and local government and health and nonprofit organizations.

Now accepting applications for Spring 2014 and Fall 2014.

Texas Tech University Public Administration Program Box 41015, Lubbock, TX 79409-1015 For information contact Era Ibarra at 806.834.3729 / era.ibarra@ttu.edu or visit www.mpa.pols.ttu.edu

You’ve got the questions.

Can I still use the career center as an alumni? What is the best way to grow my network?

How do I hire Tech students? How can social media help me find a job? What style of resume is the most common? How do I negotiate the best salary for me? What steps should I take to make a change in my career? What do I wear to an interview? When should I start looking?

We’ve got the answers.

University Career Center FOCUS Career Assessment • StrengthsQuest • Strong Interest Inventory RaiderJobs • Resume Critiques • Mock Interviews • Career Counseling

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~lubbock’s favorite annual holiday concert DECEMBER 17 | 7:30PM ST. JOHN’S UMC LSO BRASS QUINTET

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alumni news experience and began as a teller supervisor. He then went to the accounts payable department and worked as an accounting clerk and assistant controller. Lucas stays active in the local community by serving as a United Way loaned executive and

In Memoriam Nolan Ellmore Barrick, a former faculty member, Lubbock, died July 4.

Dale Alexander Battle, a former student, Houston, Texas, died Sept. 8, 2011.

serving as youth coordinator at the

Clay Birdwell ’76, Hereford, Texas, died Aug. 7.

San Ramon Catholic Church.

Charlene Phelps Blume ’44, Levelland, Texas, died July 16.

Ralph H. Brock ’75, Lubbock, died July 14. He is survived by his wife Carolyn

’11 Jacob Karam

(BA University Studies)

Moore ’69, ’79.

James “Jay” Caperton, a friend, Lake Jackson, Texas, died June 27.

Lindsey Kohutek Culver ’09, Wolfforth, Texas, died July 7.

Gary Alan Dawson ’83, Lubbock, died Aug. 4.

Memphis, Tenn., a record-setting

Robert D. Dryden ’73, Portland, Ore., died July 7.

quarterback for the University of

Joe Kirk Fulton ’54, Lubbock, died Aug. 1. Joe was the first official Masked Rider for

Memphis, was playing piano for the kids at St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., when

Texas Tech University. He is well known for his famous ride at the Gator Bowl in 1954 when he led the Texas Tech football team onto the field against Auburn. A statue of Joe, on Blackie, graces the grounds of the Frazier Alumni Pavilion at Texas Tech. In 2010, Joe was inducted into the Hall of Honor at Texas Tech.

11-year-old Breanna Bercegeay sat

Nina Ruth Short Gammill ’39, Lubbock, died July 26.

down with him for a duet. Their

Robert Jacob Harbison ’05, Houston, Texas, died Dec. 19, 2006.

duet lasted for 10 songs and can be

Robert “Bob” Hilliard, a friend, Shelton, Conn., died June 28.

found on YouTube. Breanna was

Douglas duane Housouer ’65, Addison, Texas, died July 14.

diagnosed with acute myelogenous

Judson Dana Maynard, a former professor of music, Denton, Texas, died June 27.

leukemia—an aggressive cancer of

Sherri Brooks McCord ’80, ’91, Magnolia, Texas, died July 29. She is survived by

the blood and bone marrow in June.

her husband Gary McCord ’86.

Kevin F. McKool ’83, Colleyville, Texas, died July 30.

’13 Zachary Haskin

(BA Spanish, BBA

Lamoine Tune Peveler ’50, Lubbock, died Aug. 11.

Tyler Gregory Sharp, a current student, Lubbock, died June 24.

Jean R. Smith ’45, Lubbock, died Aug. 6.

International Business) Wichita Falls,

Jerry Starkes ’67, ’68, Lubbock, died July 28.

Texas, received a scholarship from

JEss Stiles, Lubbock, longtime Texas Tech football coach, died June 19.

the Fullbright U.S. Student Program,

James “Jim” Richard Stiles ’72, Lubbock, died July 17.

sponsored by the U.S. Department of

Jan Tillery '74 Tuscaloosa, Ala., former First Lady of Texas Tech, died Sept. 1. Her

State. Zachary will travel to Brazil to work as an English teaching assistant at a federal university from March to December 2014.

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husband is former Texas Tech University President Guy Bailey.

Gerald W. Thomas, a friend, Las Cruces, N.M., died July 31. Gerald served as Texas

Tech Dean of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources from 1958 to 1970.

Jack Williams ’49, Levelland, Texas, died July 8.

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.

For more information, contact the Texas Tech Alumni Association at 806.742.3641.

The Newest Star in Texas Lubbock’s new upscale hotel is earning its Stars. Located within a cheerleader’s shout of Texas Tech University in the thriving downtown district, the Overton Hotel & Conference Center is everything you expect, in a place you never expected.

Call today to schedule your next event with a touch of West Texas hospitality. overtonhotel.com ✯ 806.776.7000 ✯ 2322 Mac Davis Lane ✯ Lubbock ✯ Texas NOV / D EC 2 0 1 3

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student spotlight c om pi le d by J ean An n Canto r e

and computer engineering students won the “Educational Design” Category at the 2013 Sandia National Laboratories MEMS University Alliance Design Competition. Led by lead designer Bryan Kahler , team members Courtney Pinnell , Steve Mani and Philip Henry designed the Semaphore Man, an interactive educational tool that teaches STEM concepts. The device can be used to teach number systems, variable bit rates, and the transmission of unique signals via multiple signaling schemas.

T exas T ech electrical

Jeevan Maddala , a T exas T ech student who graduated with a doctor of philosophy in chemical engineering in August, was recently awarded a $225,000 National Science Foundation Small Business Technology Transfer (NSF STTR) grant to help commercialize his doctoral work. The project, titled “Development of a Computational Tool for Modeling, Simulation, and Design of Next Generation Discrete Droplet Microfluidic Systems,” is a collaboration with Raghunathan Rengasamy, Ph.D., a professor of chemical engineering. The NSF grant will allow him to focus for the next year on the development and demonstration of a software system.

Ketan Khare , a doctoral student in the Department of Chemical Engineering, won first place in the poster competition at the Polymer Composites and High Performance Materials Workshop in July 2013 in Santa Rosa, Calif. The American Chemical Society (ACS) Division of Polymer Chemistry organized the workshop. Ketan Khare’s poster was titled “Effect of the chemical functionalization of carbon nanotubes on the thermo-mechanical properties of cross-linked epoxy-carbon nanotube nanocomposites.”

chapter of Sigma Delta Pi, the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society, was named an Honor Chapter for its outstanding activities in 2012-2013. The chapter was one of about a dozen chapters recognized. Nearly 600 chapters across the country participate by submitting an annual report detailing activities and projects. This year was the ninth consecutive year that Texas Tech has received this honor. In addition, because it earned Honor Chapter status for a complete triennium (2010-13), Texas Tech was one of only nine chapters nationwide to be confirmed for the prestigious Octavio Paz Award. This was the third consecutive triennium that Texas Tech received this award.

T exas T ech U niversity ’ s

T he Texas Tech University Twirlers placed first out of 19 teams in July at the 48th Annual America’s Youth on Parade (AYOP) National Baton Twirling Championships at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind. The team placed first overall in the senior division of the National Dance Twirl Championships. According to Head Twirler Christy Hogue, this is the first time the twirlers won first place at a national competition.

Collectively, team members won a total of eight first place titles and nine additional top 10 titles in individual events. Hogue received the Majorie Gilbert Teddy Bear Scholarship Award, which is awarded to five college twirlers. The line also placed first in the dance twirl division at a regional and state competition. Line members include Camille

Crawford, Meagan Franklin, Christy Hogue, Summer Johnson, Sarah Rendon, Alyssa Snyder, Julie Szamatulski and Sydney Webster.

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