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THE SOUND OF MARIACHI
Texas Tech University’s Mariachi Los Matadores brings to life the music of Mexico.
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WATER, WATER, EVERY WHERE ... Red Raiders own and run Aqueous Engineering in Tyler, Texas.
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TOTAL ECLIPSE
The Texas Tech campus in Junction will host students and scientists for April’s total eclipse.
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A 100-YEAR FAMILY TRADITION
Mark Murfee, a 2023 graduate, and his relative Anna Belle Collins Collier, a 1929 graduate, belong to a large Red Raider family.
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WEARABLE ARTISTRY
Cody Bush is an artist who’s spent his life creating in both his professional and personal life.
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THANKS A MILLION
A small group made donations in excess of $1 million to the Frazier Alumni Pavilion expansion.
DEPARTMENTS
THINKING BIG AND BOLD 6
THROUGH THE ARCHES 8
RETROSPECT 40
ASSOCIATION NEWS 46
ALUMNI NEWS 50
Journey across the globe with fellow Red Raiders through the TTAA Traveling Techsans program.
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Spring/Summer
Dutch Waterways
Cherry Blossoms in D.C.
Normandy Sites
Saar/Moselle River Cruise
California Rail Discovery
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Alaska Cruise
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Autumn Beauty: NYC to Montreal
Dordogne
Great Lakes
D-Day Anniversary: London to Paris
Fiji Islands Cruising
Rose Bowl Parade
Learn about these trips and more at texastechalumni.org/travel, or contact Jim Douglass at jim.douglass@ttu.edu.
I RECENTLY ATTENDED THE COUNCIL OF ALUMNI ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVES (CAAE) WINTER INSTITUTE IN CALIFORNIA, AN ANNUAL MEETING PROVIDING THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH ALUMNI COLLEAGUES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. At the meeting, I participated as a session panelist. One of the questions we addressed was, “What’s the purpose of an alumni association?” The answer seemed easy enough, so I immediately referred to our purpose and mission at TTAA — To connect, inspire and love our Red Raider family, to support our university, build relationships and foster growth.
A lot of thought and effort went into these words adopted by our National Board several years ago, but putting them into practice is a daily opportunity. What exactly does it mean to “connect” with our alumni? We routinely communicate, but do we connect? The Texas Techsan has long connected our graduates through shared stories, alumni programs, chapter news, class notes, etc. It’s been my intent through this column to provide honest, heartfelt perspectives on our team and role keeping our Texas Tech tribe informed, engaged and connected.
On the flight to San Diego, I finished John Maxwell’s “Everyone Communicates, Few Connect,” an insightful read on how people and organizations genuinely connect with others. He shares lessons on the value of building authentic relationships through meaningful conversation. While simple enough in theory, it’s challenging in practice. I often hear from alumni who share opinions on a variety of issues. I've learned to lean in and embrace these opportunities to listen to other perspectives, thereby fostering a relationship of trust. Not "listening to respond" but "listening to learn." These opportunities strengthen trust through genuine conversation. In light of rising concerns about artificial intelligence, intentional listening boosts authentic intelligence.
The critical part of connection is listening more and talking less, enabling others to feel heard, valued and appreciated. Maxwell states,“The ability to connect with others begins with understanding the value of people.”
The TTAA values our Red Raider family. While we often send outbound communications to our tribe, our genuine desire is to connect as we share in the continued success and growth of Texas Tech. Whether celebrating a century past, the century ahead, academic accomplishment or athletic achievement, we revel in the best interests of our students and alumni.
Established by the class of 1927, the TTAA has been around from Texas Tech’s early existence and takes a long-term view in continued service and support. A growing membership is imperative for our success, so we’re especially grateful to our loyal annual members who are building on the foundation for our future.
The true power of connection does not come from superficial interactions with others. It comes from connecting with people long-term. In ongoing relationships, we are able to make an impact of real value.
- John Maxwell
In addition to the one-on-one interactions our team routinely has with students, alumni and friends, we support programs that help build stronger connections and relationships that are mutually beneficial. Historically, the association has hosted Homecoming and Distinguished Alumni events, long-held traditions. In the modern era, TTAA has restored the university’s ring tradition, launched the Legacy Club and more recently, Legacy University. Our global chapter network has surpassed 100 chapters and connects with grads in creative ways at the local level. The TTAA app keeps alumni in the know, and Techsan Connection is our growing alumni networking platform. The 1923 Society representing almost 2,000 of our members offers additional ways to be engaged at a higher level.
Again, our purpose as an alumni association is to support our university, build relationships and foster growth. Your sustaining membership helps make that happen. Feel free to reach out at any time by phone, email or in person. Let’s connect! Contact me at 806.834.0587 or curt.langford@ttu.edu.
THE TTAA'S "100 REFLECTIONS" SCULPTURE INITIATIVE HAS BEEN WELL RECEIVED WITH 100 PILLARS AVAILABLE FOR DEDICATION. This centennial gift from the TTAA to the university will be a stunning addition on campus between the SUB, Library and Ag Pavilion, paying tribute to Texas Tech's first century. Contributions have already surpassed the sculpture creation cost, site development, installation and maintenance endowment. Presented as an all-class gift to TTU, continued contributions will help fund scholarships for next-generation Techsans. Thank you to Emily Wilkinson, executive director of Public Art at Tech, for her administrative guidance on this once-in-a-hundred-year campus enhancement. Thanks also to everyone who contributed to make this vision a reality, which is scheduled to be unveiled during Homecoming next fall.
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THERE'S NO ARGUING THE ACHIEVEMENTS AND AMAZEMENTS OF PATRICK MAHOMES WHO HELPED SECURE KANSAS CITY'S FOURTH LOMBARDI TROPHY. As featured on our cover with his third Super Bowl trophy, he represents Red Raider nation well both on and off the field with a humble attitude despite his sustained success. Kansas City has amassed a subtribe of Chiefs followers among Techsans proud of Patrick, and TTU proudly reinforces his Red Raider roots inside Arrowhead Stadium. Ironically, Mahomes helped win KC's second title in 2020, fifty years after the late Texas Tech great E.J. Holub did so in 1970. To quarterback three titles in the last five years puts Patrick in rarified air not just within the NFL, but all professional sports.
Also a baseball talent, the Detroit Tigers drafted Mahomes in the 37th round, but he declined the draft to enroll at Texas Tech in 2014 where he began winning and wowing the hearts of Tech fans. He's the most recognized talent to famously play through Lubbock since Buddy Holly. The TTAA congratulates Patrick and wishes him continued success as the greatest of all time. He is One Of Us!
DAVIS COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES & NATURAL RESOURCES HONORED THREE LEADERS WITH THE GERALD W. THOMAS OUTSTANDING AGRICULTURALIST AWARDS DURING THE 96TH PIG ROAST. These honors are awarded annually to recognize individuals in various areas of agriculture: agricultural production, public service and agribusiness. The outstanding agriculturalist awards, established in 1969, are named for Gerald Thomas, who served as dean of the Davis College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources from 1958-1970. The annual dinner, held at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center on Nov. 9, 2023, celebrated these award recipients, as well as scholarship donors and recipients and intercollegiate judging teams.
PEGGY R. DONNELL BROWN, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, THROCKMORTON, TEXAS. She received her bachelor’s degree in secondary education from Texas Tech in 1959 before returning to the R.A. Brown Ranch. Over the years, the Brown Ranch has received many accolades, including the National Beef Cattle Association Cattle Business of the Year, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Vision Award, American Quarter Horse Association Best Remuda, Texas Family Land Heritage Award and the Texas Simmental Family of the Year. While managing the ranch office and raising a family, Brown served on the Texas Tech University Human Sciences Dean’s Advisory Board and the National Ranching Heritage Board of Directors. In addition, she was a member of the Throckmorton School Board.
FRED UNDERWOOD, AGRIBUSINESS, LUBBOCK.
He received a bachelor’s degree in business administration and management from Texas Tech in 1971. Underwood is president and CEO of the Trinity Company, a Lubbock-based cotton bale storage facilities company. Under his leadership, the family-owned company manages more than 671,500 square feet of storage at seven locations throughout West Texas.He serves as chairman of the Cotton Warehouse Association’s Ways & Means Committee and was previously the organization’s
president. Underwood is both past vice president and past director of the National Cotton Council and has been a member of the advisory committee of Plains Capital Corporation. In addition, he is past president and chair of the Cotton Warehouse Association of America. In 2017, Underwood was honored with a Texas Tech Department of Animal & Food Sciences’ Hall of Fame Distinguished Service Award.
K. MICHAEL CONAWAY, PUBLIC SERVICE, FORT WORTH, TEXAS. He received his bachelor’s degree in accounting from East Texas State-Commerce. Following graduation, he began a 30 plus year accounting career with Price Waterhouse Coopers in Dallas, Texas. Later in his career, he served on the Texas State Board of Public Accounting. Conaway followed that stint with entry into fulltime public service and was elected in 2002 to the U.S. House of Representatives for the newly created 11th District of Texas, a position he would hold for 16 years. Conaway was on the agricultural committee, along with the armed services, budget, and ethics committees. In addition, he worked for a dozen years on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. He was named chair of the House Agriculture Committee in 2015. He retired in 2021. Today, he’s active as director of government relations with Washington D.C.’s Conaway Graves Group, which was formed in 2021.
MARCOS SANCHEZ PLATA, PH.D., FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL & FOOD SCIENCES , WAS APPOINTED TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON MICROBIOLOGICAL CRITERIA FOR FOODS. The purpose of the committee consisting of 30 total members is to provide impartial scientific advice and recommendations to federal food safety agencies that assures the safety of foods. Members of the committee are chosen based on their expertise in microbiology, risk assessment, epidemiology, public health, food science and other relevant disciplines. Plata will serve a two-year term on the committee.
THE TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT HELD A DEDICATION CEREMONY FOR THE NEWLY INSTALLED MILITARY WALL OF HONOR AND MILITARY & VETERANS TRIBUTE WALK. The ceremony, held on Nov. 17, 2023, celebrated the installment of a brick walkway added to Memorial Circle on the east side of Pfluger Fountain, as well as an additional wall within the interior of Memorial Circle.
The tribute walk is dedicated to all service members who attended Texas Tech, while the wall is adorned with 10 bronze plaques each honoring a different military hero. Memorial Circle was originally dedicated by the Texas Tech War Veterans Association to “All Whose Service Has Brought Honor to College and Country” in 1948, according to the Texas Tech Alumni Association website.
PHOTOS BY ANDREA WATSON
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF STRICKLING SENIOR LEADERS WILL PROVIDE A $1,000 SCHOLARSHIP TO EVERY SENIOR IN THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION. The generous gift made by Roxane and Ben Strickling was announced on Nov. 27. With roughly 277 seniors graduating from the college each year, this gift will have the largest scholarship impact made by an individual on an annual basis in Texas Tech history. Seniors in the College of Education are enrolled in TechTeach, a program requiring them to spend the entire school year teaching as a teacher candidate with the help of their professors and mentor teachers.
The Stricklings are loyal Texas Tech alumni who have supported the university through philanthropy since 1984. Roxane graduated with her bachelor’s degree in elementary education and taught kindergarten and second grade in the Midland Independent School District. She followed in the footsteps of her mother, Frances Ratliff, who also graduated from Texas Tech and taught junior high in Midland ISD. Ben graduated with a bachelor’s degree in petroleum engineering in 1979 and is the chairman of the board of Blue Arrow Operating. Ben has been in the oil and gas industry for more than 40 years and was inducted into the Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering Petroleum Engineering Academy in 2015. He also serves on the Texas Tech University System Foundation Board. Roxane and Ben reside in Midland.
THE SCHOOL OF ACCOUNTING HAS BEEN RENAMED THE TERRY LYONS SCHOOL OF ACCOUNTING, AFTER A GENEROUS GIFT WAS MADE TO THE JERRY S. RAWLS COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND THE SCHOOL OF ACCOUNTING BY TERRY AND SUSAN LYONS The Lyons family has been loyal supporters of Texas Tech University for more than 30 years. The gift, announced Dec. 4, will fund student scholarships, support faculty research and expand industry connections.
Terry graduated from Rawls College in 1980 with a bachelor’s degree in accounting and was named a Distinguished Alumnus of the Lyons School of Accounting in 2022. In 1998, after becoming a licensed CPA and working for Ernst & Young, Terry founded Academic HealthPlans. In January 2020, Terry sold the company to Risk Strategies, where he now serves as the national education practice leader. He and Susan reside in Colleyville, Texas, and have four children – Paige, Holden, Jameson and Layton — two of whom are also Texas Tech alumni.
THE UNIVERSITY SET AN AMBITIOUS GOAL to complete 1 million volunteer hours during its Centennial Celebration. When tabulations were completed, it was revealed that 50,751 members of the Texas Tech community logged 1,137,933 hours of service during the centennial year.
debuts at No. 75 on the list, which celebrates American innovation at schools that promote innovation throughout the U.S. Texas Tech is widely recognized within the NAI. Since 2012, 11 current faculty members at Texas Tech have been named NAI Fellows. They hail from within the Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering and the Gordon W. Davis College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources.
The NAI is a member organization comprising U.S. and international universities and governmental and nonprofit research institutes with more than 4,000 individual inventor members and fellows spanning more than 250 institutions worldwide. It was founded in 2010 to recognize and encourage inventors with patents issued from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), enhance the visibility of academic technology and innovation, encourage the disclosure of intellectual property, educate and mentor innovative students and translate its members’ inventions to benefit society.
THE MUSEUM OF TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY IS HOSTING A VIRTUAL EXHIBIT ON LEGENDARY LUBBOCK BOOTMAKER WILLIE LUSK. An African American, Lusk was well-known for his leather artistry and he made more than 160 pairs of boots for connections in Las Vegas and Hollywood. The exhibit states: “Declared ‘the best boot maker in the world’ in 1951, Lusk was featured in the Wall Street Journal, Sports Illustrated and Ebony magazines.” The virtual exhibit was curated by Education Curator Jill Hoffman, Ph.D., and includes photos, videos and biographical information about Lusk.
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TEXAS TECH MEN’S TRACK AND FIELD SHOWCASED FOUR OF THE FASTEST 60-METER DASH TIMES IN THE WORLD AT THEIR VERY FIRST MEET OF 2024. DON’DRE SWINT earned his spot as current fastest in the world, winning the race in 6.52 seconds at the Stan Scott Memorial meet held Jan. 13 in the Sports Performance Center. Other athletes included SHAWN BROWN in second with a time of 6.53 seconds, JALEN DRAYDEN in third with 6.57 seconds, and TERRENCE JONES in fifth with 6.61 seconds. Jones is an NCAA co-record holder for the event, with his time of 6.45 seconds from the 2022 indoor season. These results look very impressive for Texas Tech, as only nine collegiate athletes have ever broken 6.50 seconds in the 60-meter dash and these four athletes are already close to the mark very early in the season. The University of Tennessee is the only school to ever have multiple collegiate athletes beat these times.
During the week of Jan. 29, the Texas Tech men remained the No. 1 team in the nation for a second-straight week, while the women’s team slid slightly to No. 13 in the week two U.S. Track & Field and Cross-Country Coaches Association. The women’s side got a huge boost in the rankings index thanks to TEMITOPE ADESHINA’S No. 1 high jump mark of 1.96m (6-5) which is the current world leader. ALYSSA COLBERT sits third in the NCAA with her 60m time of 7.19.
Just before press time, the men’s team won the Big 12 Tournament, held in Lubbock. The team won the Big 12 Tournament for the second year in a row and the fourth time in seven years.
ON FEB. 19, TEXAS TECH CLIMBED BACK UP THE NATIONAL RANKINGS AT NO. 23 IN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25 AND USA TODAY COACHES POLLS. The following day, Feb. 20, the Red Raiders fought back to earn an 82-81 win over TCU. The win over TCU followed a 79-50 win over Kansas the previous week in Lubbock before falling 82-74 at Iowa State. Earlier in the season, on Jan. 29, Texas Tech rose to No. 15 in the Associated Press Top 25 and USA Today Coaches Poll after winning 11 of its last 12 games and having the best start to Big 12 play in program history. The No. 15 national ranking was the highest since the program was No. 12 in the AP Top 25 at the end of the 2022 season.
Don'Dre Swint Shawn Brown Alyssa Colbert TEXAS TECH ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS TEXAS TECH ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONSTHE 2024 TEXAS TECH SOFTBALL SIGNING CLASS HAS EARNED A NO. 2 NATIONAL RANKING BY EXTRA INNING SOFTBALL WHICH IS THE PROGRAM'S HIGHEST RECRUITING RANKING IN HISTORY. The Red Raider signing class that was announced in November included Brenlee Gonzales, Kiley Huffman, Cassie Johnson, Sam Lincoln, Bailey Lindemuth, Sydney Shiller and Hailey Toney, who will all join the program next fall. Along with being the top-ranked recruiting class in Red Raider softball history, it's believed to be the highest ranked recruiting class throughout all Texas Tech athletic programs. In the Extra Inning Softball recruiting ranking, Tech was only behind Oklahoma which signed eight players. The Red Raiders were in front of LSU, Tennessee and Arkansas to round out the top-5 of the recruiting ranking.
TEXAS TECH’S ANNUAL SPRING GAME WILL MOVE TO ASTOUND BROADBAND STADIUM IN MIDLAND ON APRIL 20 BECAUSE OF THE ONGOING CONSTRUCTION AT JONES AT&T STADIUM. The Spring Game rounds out 15 allocated practices for head coach Joey McGuire and his program as the Red Raiders will return to the Permian Basin for the first time since 2019. Kickoff is slated for 1 p.m. Since the end of the 2023 season, Texas Tech has already started two additional projects at Jones AT&T Stadium with the demolition of the Football Training Facility and the creation of a new visiting locker room facility. Texas Tech will also begin this spring installing a new video board and sound system on the north end of Jones AT&T Stadium. Each of those projects is part of the $240 million south end zone and Womble Football Center project that is scheduled to be completed this summer ahead of the Aug. 31 season opener between the Red Raiders and Abilene Christian. The 2024 season has seven home games scheduled: Abilene Christian (Aug. 31), North Texas (Sept. 14), Arizona State (Sept. 21), Cincinnati (Sept. 28), Baylor (Oct. 19), Colorado (Nov. 9) and West Virginia (Nov. 30).
LUBBOCK (JAN. 29) – FRESH OFF A TOP-25 RANKING IN THE D1 BASEBALL POLL THAT WAS RELEASED EARLIER IN THE MONTH, THE TEXAS TECH BASEBALL PROGRAM CHECKED IN AT NO. 18 IN BASEBALL AMERICA'S PRESEASON POLL, THE PUBLICATION ANNOUNCED MONDAY. With three of six polls released thus far, Tech has been ranked No. 21 in the D1Baseball poll and was tabbed No. 28 in the PG College Top-40 rankings. Tech was one of four Big 12 teams to crack the top-25, as TCU checked in at No. 6, followed by No. 13 Texas. Oklahoma State was slotted at No. 21 to round out the Big 12 teams in the poll. In total, Tech will face seven of BA's top 25. In addition to the three ranked Big 12 teams, Tech will face No. 5 Oregon State, No. 8 Tennessee and No. 15 Stanford. The ranking is the second national news story for Tech Baseball on the day, as infielders GAVIN KASH and KEVIN BAZZELL were named Second and Third Team All-Americans by D1Baseball earlier on Monday.
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Mariachi is a TRADITIONAL FORM OF MEXICAN FOLK MUSIC utilizing string and brass instruments accompanied by ensemble members singing in harmony. Numbers vary, but the group usually has at least four members.
Running deep through the veins of Hispanic heritage, the tradition of mariachi music has a long history of bringing people together, being incorporated into both daily lives and milestone events. Some sources speculate mariachi originated in Western Mexico, although the exact birthplace of the genre is unknown. The roots of mariachi travel as far back as the 1500s when Europeans began arriving in Mexico, bringing instruments and musical styles with them. The result was the combination of musical elements
of the Europeans and indigenous people, eventually leading to the birth of mariachi.
By the second half of the 19th century, mariachis were well documented at rural fiestas or celebrations. In America, since the first half of the 20th century, mariachi is also enjoyed in Texas, Southern California and parts of the American Southwest — there are even reports that mariachi ensembles exist all over the globe.
An undisputed fact, though, is that mariachi’s heart and soul belongs to Mexico.
BY Layne Burnett | PHOTOS BY Trace Thomas
Left: Alexandra Andrade, South Plains College (guitar), Middle: Damian Ramirez, Explore Business & Industry, Freshman (vihuela), Right: Gabriela Olivares, Lubbock Christian University (vihuela)
Elias Martinez, Creative Media Industries, Sophmore (arpa)
Continuing the tradition of mariachi is Texas Tech University’s Mariachi Los Matadores, directed by associate professor of musicology Lauryn Salazar, Ph.D. Born and raised in San Francisco, California, Salazar’s background in the genre began at a young age. She was surrounded by music, with her grandfather, great-grandfather, uncle and many cousins on her mother’s side of the family being musicians.
Salazar attended Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, to pursue her bachelor’s degree in music. It was when she was presented with an opportunity to apply for a grant through the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program that Salazar realized the lack of research in the field of mariachi.
“It really bothered me, and I thought,‘You know what? I can do this better,’” Salazar says.
She received the grant around the same time she began taking classes in ethnomusicology, jumpstarting her career in the two disciplines. Salazar continued to earn her master’s degree and Ph.D. at the University of California, Los Angeles, before arriving at Texas Tech in 2013 to teach courses in Hispanic music and direct the mariachi ensemble.
Salazar says her dissertation was approximately only the fourth or fifth to ever be written on mariachi. Other notable career achievements of Salazar’s include playing with the two-time grammy award winning Mariachi Divas, serving as cultural consultant on the Disney film “Coco” and serving as a consultant for the mariachi stamp series by the United States Postal Service.
“What I love about it is that it really is music of the people,” Salazar says. “And I love that this is still very much a living, breathing tradition.”
Group Photo Left to Right Starting at the Top: Diego Gutierrez, Esteban Romero; Luis Barron, Abel Galindo, Francisco Vargas; Abram Camacho, Damian Ramirez, Aaron Hernandez; Gabriela Olivares, Pauline Rasmussen, Cheyenne Perez; Elias Martinez, Alexandra Andrade, Yaira Carreon, Lauryn Salazar, Ph.D.
While it is Salazar’s understanding that there was a mariachi club at Texas Tech in the 1990s, today’s mariachi ensemble originated in a world music ensemble organized by a former colleague, prior to Salazar's joining Tech’s musicology department. When the class studied the music of Mexico, mariachi music became popular within the group, leading to the formation of Mariachi Los Matadores.
Today, the ensemble is open to all, with the only prerequisite for musicians being proficiency in and access to an instrument. This inclusivity has led to non-music majors, students from surrounding colleges, and even community members becoming members of Mariachi Los Matadores.
“I actually see that as a really positive thing and that we really do represent the entire campus,” Salazar says. “And we have that community engagement by having students who are not Texas Tech students.”
Although 24 musicians are enrolled in the ensemble, which rehearses twice a week, to earn academic credit through Tech, Mariachi Los Matadores is comprised of 35 members in total, reflecting great community interest in mariachi beyond just earning required credit toward a degree.
For Esteban Romero, who graduated from Tech and playing with the group in December 2023, mariachi serves as a means of connecting with others.
“It’s been a way for me to connect with a lot of people,” Romero says. “Obviously, my friends in school whenever I was in middle school or high school, but I also do it professionally here in town—it’s how I earn my money. And it’s given me this opportunity to connect with the community in a way that I feel like I otherwise wouldn’t, especially the Hispanic community here in Lubbock.”
The band consists of violins, trumpets, guitarróns, vihuelas, guitars and flutes. In addition to a regular fall and spring concert, Salazar says Mariachi Los Matadores gets asked to play at events in and around Lubbock, averaging about eight performances a semester.
I D O THINK, ESPECIALLY F O R THE LATINO COMMUNITY HERE IN LUBBOCK, THIS PR O GRAM IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT
To accommodate the students’ interest in the genre, Tech launched a concentration in mariachi offered to music majors, available for the first time this academic year.
“I can think of just maybe a handful of other universities that have something,” Salazar says. “…but it’s an exciting step forward.”
Leaning on contacts she developed during her early days in the field, Salazar is able to secure music from high-level mariachi groups for her students to play. A majority of the music played by Mariachi Los Matadores, for example, is from the band book of the three-time grammy award winning Mariachi Los Camperos.
“Their director, Jesus Guzman, is my mentor,” Salazar says. “He also teaches mariachi at UCLA, and I was his TA for about 13 years… He's given me permission to use his music, so basically, my students are able to play Grammy Award winning arrangements that you really don't have access to (outside of the band).”
Not only does Mariachi Los Matadores serve Tech’s Hispanic community, but also the Hispanic community of Lubbock high schools. At the very first concert since she began directing the program, Salazar invited the mariachi program at Lubbock High School to perform a couple songs with the collegiate group.
“What really struck me was a lot of the parents afterwards — people who've lived in Lubbock all their lives and their families have been here for years and years and years — telling me that was the first time they'd ever been on the Texas Tech campus,” Salazar says,“and Lubbock High is just down the street and I'm thinking, ‘Okay, building the community is going to be incredibly important.’”
Since then, other Lubbock high schools have also incorporated mariachi programs.
“I do think, especially for the Latino community here in Lubbock, this program is incredibly important,”Salazar says.
“We also definitely sort of help with that mission of being a Hispanic serving institution in that, in a way, having this ensemble shows that Texas Tech does have a commitment to its Hispanic students, even though the ensemble is open to everyone.”
Romero says the group also helps spread Hispanic culture to the surrounding community.
“It helps a lot of students discover a new culture,” Romero says.“…and now it’s kind of exploding, not just here in Lubbock but everywhere in the United States. So, it’s really exciting to see that the culture is spreading, and I think Texas Tech is helping that very well.”
Mariachi Los Matadores' next performance is set to take place April 4, at 8 p.m. in the Allen Theatre located in the Student Union Building and is free to attend. For more information, scan the QR code.
Although in the past mariachi has long been a male-dominated field with little academic opportunity, Salazar says that is beginning to change.
“I really think where the shift is happening is if you look at the education movement,” Salazar says, “and especially here in Texas, I would say since the late ’90s.”
The University Interscholastic League added mariachi to their list of statewide competitions beginning in 2016, when they reached out to Salazar for guidance developing contest guidelines. Since then, more schools across the state have formed mariachi programs.
“For UIL to actually acknowledge mariachi is kind of a huge deal because it effectively in Texas put mariachi on the same level as band, orchestra, and choir,” Salazar says.
Texas Music Educators Association has also joined the mariachi movement, creating an all-state mariachi ensemble annually.
“As you have more academic mariachi programs, it's taking away that stigma,” Salazar says, “Today, I would argue since about 2015, you now have in some cases, more girls participating in mariachi programs at K through 12 than even boys.”
Even though most mariachi directors are still men, Salazar anticipates that to change “as those girls grow up and possibly pursue this music.”
“Texas is at the forefront of this movement,” Salazar says, “and I find myself as one of the few mariachi academic experts, kind of riding that wave. I did not expect that when I went to graduate school in 2002, but it’s exploding.”
Beyond mariachi, Salazar says major record labels have been showing great interest in many genres of Mexican regional music, including mariachi, banda and norteño music.
“It also just shows the prevalence and importance that this music is kind of going mainstream in a lot of ways.”
Agua . . . eau . . . wasser . . . acqua . . .
The Aqueous Engineering Team. Center is Bryan Ziegler '99, founder and president. From left are Gui Fernandes, engineer-in-training, and Maegan Minkel Schneider '02, project engineer. To Ziegler's left are Jaime Veloz '22, engineering intern, and James Harling, engineer-in-training.
No matter what you call water, the wet stuff is necessary to sustain life. Water is vital to cleansing and purifying. It also is beautiful and can create a serene, relaxing environment. Swimming or fishing, watching a stream bubble through the woods or listening to the rhythm of ocean waves is soothing. Being near bodies of water also makes people feel in touch with nature. When streams, lakes, rivers or oceans aren’t nearby, people seek ways to bring this precious element closer to home.
Since 2013, Bryan Ziegler’s firm, Aqueous Engineering in Tyler, Texas, has provided expertise in civil engineering and aquatic engineering. He and his team of civil engineers design structures that control the flow of water so it drains properly. They also design water features such as pools.
“We’re a unique firm – almost like a boutique with six to seven people,” Ziegler says. “We’ve worked in 20 states, Mexico and Puerto Rico. We’re a small firm in a small East Texas town, yet we’ve taken on design projects for some of the largest architectural and commercial development companies in the country.”
Three-fourths of their projects are aquatic — designing pools and water elements for hotels, businesses, large venues, private homes and residential communities. The other quarter involves working with architects on structures and grounds.
Ziegler didn’t just wake up one morning and decide he wanted to become an engineer, but his upbringing and natural talents pointed him in that direction.
“I grew up in the East Texas town of Quitman,” Ziegler says. “My dad had two jobs — he worked in the oil field and also was an auto mechanic. He opened a garage so he could work on cars. He was very mechanical and always tinkering. A little piece of that interest rubbed off on me. My mother was a registered nurse but also very artistic. She always was painting, sewing and decorating. I got some of my dad’s mechanical side and some of my mom’s artistic side, so I was interested in design. Engineering seemed a good fit.”
He took all his basic courses at East Texas State University. Texas Tech University wasn’t even on his radar for college. Then the Lady Raiders won the NCAA National Championship in 1993 and Red Raider linebacker Zach Thomas began receiving acclaim, which got Ziegler’s attention. A postcard from the admissions office further piqued his interest. Visiting the campus cinched his choice of schools.
With 30 college credits under his belt, Ziegler enrolled at TTU. He started his Red Raider years taking classes both
in architecture and civil engineering. He felt fortunate to work with the talented professors in the civil engineering department. The late Ernst Kiesling, Ph.D., Horn Professor, served as a mentor to the student engineer. He also enjoyed learning from Scott Norville, Ph.D.; Ken Rainwater, Ph.D. and William "Penny" Vann, Ph.D. The four professors made a profound impression on him.
“They made learning fun,” he says.“The folks at Texas Tech are outstanding. Glenna Andrews, who coordinated scholarships in CE, was super-helpful with job postings and keeping us informed about opportunities. They all went above and beyond to help students. It was a great place to ‘grow up.’”
Being an upperclassman, Ziegler was able to live off campus. Although his studies were demanding, he still had fun. He and his friends enjoyed playing intramural football and basketball.
After deciding both civil engineering and architecture were a perfect fit for him, he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering and a master’s degree in architecture in 1999. (He became a licensed architect in 2018.)
At Texas Tech, he discovered something else that was a perfect fit – his wife, Brandy Bedell Ziegler, who earned a master’s degree in architecture in 1999. His architecture classes were the reason their paths crossed.
“I say that God led me to West Texas so that I would meet my wife of 24 years,” he says.
Photos on this page show The Independent in Austin, Texas. The website for the complex refers to it as, "The tallest residential building west of the Mississippi." © 2019 PATRICK Y WONG/ATELIER WONG PHOTOGRAPHY ©
The two married after college and moved to Dallas in 2000. Brandy worked as an architect with BGO Architects. Bryan took a position as an engineer with Brockette-Davis-Drake where he oversaw portions of a large utility replacement project for the City of Dallas water utility department.
Later that year, the couple planned a ski trip to Colorado. They found job openings there that would be ideal for each of them and arranged for interviews while visiting the area. Once home from the slopes, both were offered positions to work together at Mountain Design Group in Evergreen, Colorado. Beginning in March 2001, they enjoyed working as a team for the small engineering firm. The two also loved living in Colorado.
Suddenly things changed. They had a sweet life in Colorado but decided they needed to live closer to home and family after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States. They moved back to Texas in 2002.
“SOME OF OUR UNIQUE PROJECTS HAVE INCLUDED DESIGNING MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR WATERPARKS, AND AMENITY POOLS ATOP HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS IN MANY OF THE LARGEST CITIES IN THE COUNTRY.”
“Brandy went to work for Fitzpatrick Architects in Tyler, where she now is director of design,” he says. “I worked for C.T. Brannon Corp., an engineering consulting firm there. I was fortunate to be able to learn so much under Terry Brannon and his firm’s leadership. I worked on many creative engineering projects, including aquatics.”
Ziegler became the firm’s youngest minority partner in 2009 and when he hit the 10-year mark with the firm, he began planning to take the plunge and follow a career dream — opening his own firm. Aqueous Engineering, which opened in 2013, allowed him to pursue his passion for aquatics engineering.
Inspiration is a 638acre master-planned community in St. Paul, Texas, adjacent to the city of Wylie.
“Some of our unique projects have included designing multi-million dollar waterparks, and amenity pools atop high-rise buildings in many of the largest cities in the country,” he says.“We’ve designed a variety of different wave pools and lazy rivers. The process has enabled us to work with all types of machinery and pipework — things that make our work really interesting. Some of the most challenging designs we’ve completed are the rooftop pools on high-rise buildings. There
are already so many pipes in buildings that you have to be careful to make sure you don’t interfere with them.
“Probably my favorite part of the job is being part of a team and producing a successful design that no one team member could have completed alone. Knowing you’ve helped another individual achieve a goal they might not have been able to without you is very rewarding. It’s a great feeling to help people.”
On a personal level, Ziegler’s family has grown up alongside the firm. He and Brandy have two daughters. Sophie is a senior at Tyler Legacy High School who plans to study media and communications at Texas Tech this fall. Maya, a high school sophomore at Legacy High School, is a star soccer player still considering her post-high school options.
Aside from work, Ziegler and his family are active in Green Acres Baptist Church. He also is active in several professional engineering, architecture and aquatic organizations.
“Our company has been blessed beyond wildest imagination,” he says.
Maegan Minkel Schneider’s father was a pilot with the United States Air Force Thunderbirds, so her family moved around during most of her childhood. Although
she changed schools often, one constant was her love of math. She was really good at it, too. She just wasn’t quite sure how she wanted to use it in a career.
While in high school in Wichita Falls, Texas, Schneider had the opportunity to shadow a geologist, which led to a chance to talk with engineers about their jobs. It was the light-bulb moment was when she realized she wanted to become an engineer.
“I applied to study petroleum engineering at Texas Tech,” Schneider says. “My mom graduated with an elementary education degree with an Engliish minor, and my brother also attended Tech. Petroleum engineering was my major when I started college. I also applied for and was accepted into the Honors College, partly so that I could live in Gordon Hall (the honors residence hall at the time).
“I pledged Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, where I was the scholarship officer and the philanthropy officer. My roommates and I played intramural sports, and I also worked as a lifeguard at the YWCA.
“After two years in the petroleum engineering program, I realized that I really liked civil engineering. I’d enjoyed all my classes there, so I changed majors.”
The CE faculty members were a big draw to the department, too. Schneider recalls that the late Penny
The W.T. Brookshire Conference Center in Tyler, Texas, is part of the Rose Complex, is home to the largest rose garden in the nation.Vann, Ph.D., Associate Professor Emeritus and adviser to Chi Epsilon the civil engineering honor society, served as a mentor to her. Another faculty member who made a big impact on her was Ken Rainwater, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus.
Schneider joined Aqueous Engineering 10 years ago. She’s the sole woman at the firm, but she’s certainly no lone ranger.
“We all work together,” Schneider says of her position at Aqueous Engineering.“I’m the only one who does land development — the others do the aquatics. My biggest challenge is staying on top of things while keeping our clients happy.
“One of my favorite things about working at Aqueous is the group of people we’ve assembled,”she says.“It’s nice to have coworkers you also can hang out with outside of the office. Several of us have kids in the same age range, so that’s good, too. We all have something in common.”
“THANKS TO THE CIVIL ENGINEERS AT AQUEOUS ENGINEERING, WATER CAN BE ACCESSIBLE EVEN TO PEOPLE WHO ARE THE FURTHEST FROM A NATURAL SOURCE. THE FIRM’S KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS ENABLE THEM TO BRING THIS PRECIOUS COMMODITY TO FOLKS WHO MAY NOT BE ABLE TO BE NEAR IT OTHERWISE.”
After earning her bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Texas Tech University in 2002, she lived and worked in the Dallas/ Fort Worth area for a while.
“Dr. Rainwater, who was in water resources, helped me to find my first job in Dallas,” she says.“I then relocated to Tyler, to join an engineering firm. I was looking for another engineering position when I happened to work on a joint project at Tyler Junior College with the architecture firm where Brandy Ziegler worked. I really liked her and heard that her husband was starting an engineering firm, so I contacted him.”
At Aqueous Engineering, she has received acclaim for her designs for some of the largest companies in East and Northeast Texas. On top of all that, she was named “East Texas Young Engineer of the Year.” Schneider graduated with a master’s degree in civil engineering with an environmental specialization in 2008 from the University of Texas at Tyler.
Just as she was busy outside of the classroom in college, Schneider stays busy outside of work. She is a former adjunct professor at the University of Texas at Tyler. She also is a former board member of Meals on Wheels, Discovery Science Place and Whitehouse ISD Education Foundation and a former volunteer with Hospice of East Texas. She currently serves on the Whitehouse ISD Board of Trustees. She and her family are active in Dayspring Methodist Church.
Schneider met her spouse, Paul, a civil engineer who graduated from the University of Arkansas and works for TxDOT, 20 years ago, when she was working in Dallas. Her grandmother, who lived in Tyler, set up Schneider and Paul, who worked in Tyler, on a blind date with the help of her physical therapist — who happened to be Paul’s aunt.
“I think she thought that at the ripe old age of 22, I was becoming an old maid," she says. "Paul and I met one week after I graduated fr om Texas Tech, and it was a match. I also think my grandmother thought it was a way to get me back to Tyler. We celebrate our 20th wedding anniversary this March."
The couple has son, Holden, a high school junior, and daughter, Hattie, a freshman. They both love soccer. The family lives in Whitehouse, a small town near Tyler, where Schneider serves on the school board. It also happens to be former Red Raider and current Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes’ hometown, she adds.
Going back to Schneider’s love of math ...
“I still use math every day,” she says of her favorite school subject. “In fact, I still have my big, nerdy calculator from college. I think it’s my longest relationship.”
Rounding out the Red Raiders at the firm is Jaime Veloz, an engineering intern who graduated with a bachelor’s in civil engineering in 2022. Schneider notes that Rainwater sent him to the firm. He was a summer intern there and after graduation, returned as a full-time.
“What appeals to me the most in the field of water engineering is the challenge of applying my academic knowledge to the management of a natural resource,” Veloz says. “As I got closer to graduation, I pictured myself working more on the construction side of engineering but once I received an internship at Aqueous Engineering, I discovered a completely different side of engineering and so began my journey in water engineering.”
Veloz praises Ziegler and Schneider for their leadership. A plus for him is that because they are Red Raiders, the two firm veterans are familiar with the training Veloz received in college. He says he hopes to have his own firm someday, and when that time arrives, he feels they will be supportive of him.
“The combination of the academic knowledge I gained at Tech in the field of engineering and the actual hands-on experience of being in a working environment has provided me with a deeper understanding and skills in engineering that I hope to continue to grow from with each passing day,” he says.
Thanks to the civil engineers at Aqueous Engineering, water can be accessible even to people who are the furthest from a natural source. The firm’s knowledge and skills enable them to bring this precious commodity to folks who may not be able to be near it otherwise.”
To learn more about Aqueous Engineering, LLC, please visit www. aqueousengineering.com.
THIS SPRING, ON APRIL 8, 2024, JUNCTION WILL BE A PRIME SPOT FOR EXPERIENCING AN ECLIPSE, THIS TIME IT WILL BE A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE.
The map at right illustrates the path of the annular eclipse that occurred in October 14, 2023, as well as the path of the total eclipse that will occur April 8, 2024.
hosted students from area schools for the events surrounding the October 2023
Simon Parmley’s photograph shows the beginning phase of the Oct. 14, 2023, annular eclipse.
n Oct. 14, 2023, large swaths 8. Totality will begin at 1:30 p.m. near Del Rio and trace a line northeast across Texas. Totality will last from a few seconds to about 4.5 minutes depending on where you are along the path.”
There will not be another total solar eclipse visible from the contiguous United States until 2044. If you are not in the path of totality for the solar eclipse, then you will only be able to see a partial solar eclipse.
Because the Junction campus is science-centric, it was used as a base for multiple science experiments, from launching of weather balloons to observing wildlife movement to using the event as experiential learning for area students.
“For the April event, we’re going to have about 155 people,” says Robert Stubblefield, director of operations over the Junction Campus. “It’s going to be a closed campus because I can’t exceed our capacity… it’s going to be a huge deal.”
Part of the group of 155 will be students. Brett Mosley is a teacher for TTU K-12, Texas Tech’s online curriculum program, and spends much of his time teaching at the Outdoor School at the Junction Campus. Mosley will be leading students during the eclipse experience.
“The eclipse was a neat thing, it gave us a reason to come out on a Saturday and host the kids,” says Mosley. “It gave us a focal point for our activities…because certain things will obviously only happen during the eclipse (like the unusual shadows cast). So, to see the kids experience that in real time was fantastic — we showed them what to expect in the classroom, and then when we walked outside and they were able to watch the weather balloons launch, then they started noticing the shadows on the ground… The one in April should be great because we’ve got girls from Talkington (School for Young Women Leaders in Lubbock) coming.”
In April,Mosley will host more than 60 students from two different programs. Scientists from Texas Tech’s Department of Physics and Texas Tech’s Department of Natural Resources Management will be present to perform research. As with the annular eclipse in October, the NASA Grant Balloon Team will launch weather balloons again. The balloon team is a collaboration between the University of New Haven, University of Bridgeport, University of Delaware, Olin College and Salish Kootenai College – Montana.
Robert Stubblefield, director of operations for the Junction Campus, views the annular eclipse using the eclipse safety glasses distributed by the university.
A PBS-Lubbock team will document the event through video and interviews and Exploratorium, a NASA-funded group from California, will broadcast the eclipse live from the Junction Campus to more than 160 million people.
Texas Tech owns about 400 acres of undisturbed land bisected by the headwaters of the South Llano River. The acreage, located in the town of Junction, Texas, has long been referred to colloquially as “The Junction Campus,” and officially as the “Texas Tech University Center at Junction.”
In the early 2000s, it received the designation of “Llano River Field Station,” because of the large number of collaborative research projects performed on the campus — the U.S. Forest Service, Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, Texas A&M University, to name a few. The Llano River Field Station is the largest inland field station in the state.
The station is the site of multidisciplinary research focused on water, natural resources and education. Its stated goal is to “serve as a destination for scientific research, nature and ecotourism, ecosystem and water resource management, and education and training programs for kindergarten through 12th grade students, undergraduate and graduate students, landowners and the public.”
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Mark Murfee ’23, who graduated during Texas Tech's centennial year with a bachelor's degree in digital media and communications, represents the latest member of a proud family tradition spanning the university’s 100-year history from its inception. Anna Belle Collins Collier ’29, a relative of Mark’s, holds the distinction of being the first student to arrive at Texas Technological College, where she worked as a secretary to the campus architect during the college’s construction.
In contrast to Anna Belle, who came to Lubbock from the small town of Channing, Texas, Mark hails from the sprawling Dallas Metro area. He was drawn to Texas
Tech by its smaller community atmosphere and friendly environment.
to have some significant flaw,” says Mark.”I didn’t find anything like that with Tech, only opportunities to succeed. It was easy to see what my parents loved about the school, and I’ve truly enjoyed my four years here.”
to Texas Tech, with his brother, Joseph Louis “Joe” Murfee, V ’21,’22; father, Joseph Louis “Jay” Murfee, IV ’92; mother, Nan Vanderberg Murfee ’93; grandparents, Joseph Louis “Joe” Murfee, III ’66; Pam Price Murfee ’67 and Jack Vanderburg ’65, all having attended Texas Tech. His great-grandfather, Everett Vanderburg, even marched in the band during Texas Tech’s inaugural Cotton Bowl appearance and met his wife, Louise, at the school. Great-grandparents Louis and LaWanda Murfee also attended Tech, as did numerous cousins, aunts and uncles.
ANNA BELLE COLLINS COLLIER ’29, A RELATIVE OF MARK’S, HOLDS THE DISTINCTION OF BEING THE FIRST STUDENT TO ARRIVE AT TEXAS TECHNOLOGICAL COLLEGE.
Tech, we had eight family members attending the university,” says Nan Murfee, “including three sets of twins. My dad and his sisters each had twins, including me and my brother. We’re all Tech graduates. My brothers and I each met our spouses at Tech. With our son Mark graduating, wrapping up this current generation of family at Texas Tech is bittersweet.
Great-Great-Aunt Anna Belle when I was very
Murfee shows off his Official Texas Tech Ring.
CADEN SANDOVAL/CRANBERRY LAB 1929
For the last nine years, Cody Bush has worked Designer for James Avery. as a CAD (computer-aided design) Technical
For seven decades, James Avery Artisan Jewelry, headquartered in Kerrville, Texas, has been handcrafting bracelets, necklaces, charms, earrings and other fine jewelry. A true Texas icon, James Avery’s catalog features more than 1,000 distinct designs that cater to anyone’s personal taste and style.
Before these designs are retail-ready and become staple pieces in customer collections, they travel through several different phases of development with creative input from talented artisans and designers.
For the last nine years, Cody Bush, a 1999 graduate from the School of Art, today known as the Talkington College of Visual and Performing Arts (TCVPA), has worked as a CAD (computer-aided design) technical designer for James Avery. In this role, Bush is responsible for ensuring designs meet production requirements, while keeping the jewelry’s signature style handcrafted feel.
“I receive CAD designs and prototypes from the conceptual group and then it’s my job to modify or rebuild them while maintaining the original design intent and aesthetic in such a way that it’s more compatible with whatever downstream process that we’ve decided to put it into,” Bush says.
This process involves the use of several different CAD programs such as Rhino 3D, ZBrush and SoildWorks. 3D printing is also used to create physical prototypes for general viewing, checking fit and tolerance, design approvals, and then producing the molding models essential to the entire production process.
A typical design begins with market research and looking for inspiration to generate a concept; then the team will ideate
through sketches and participate in critique. Next, the final render is generated and goes through an approvals process. Several iterations are tested through CAD, then print, cast and a finished final prototype is sent off for final approval.
Bush explains through his role at James Avery,he will usually start by examining the prototype for any handwork done after casting that needs to be added back into the CAD file. Then, he imports the provided CAD file and begins modifying or rebuilding it to be more compatible with downstream processes as well as adding in any hand work or requested design changes. Next, Bush prints visual prototypes to show the changes, check scale and fit of parts. Once those are
Top and bottom: While Cody helps bring to life designs via CAD at James Avery, he has been an artist in his own right, creating beautiful jewelry.
shown and discussed and changes are approved, the finished CAD files are sent to the 3D printer to create a rapid prototype of the proposed design for final approvals.
As technological advances continue to change the creative process for artists everywhere, Bush is determined to find space to incorporate some traditional handwork of the past.
“Nowadays, I'm doing more 3D printing than anything else,” Bush says. “But I'm hoping to get back into doing more handwork and the combination of the two because I really like the fusion of old school and new school.”
Bush’s enthusiasm for jewelry making has spanned decades, but it wasn’t until his coursework as a studio art major at Texas Tech University that he considered it as a potential full-time career path.
“I was always interested in jewelry,” Bush says.“Even in high school I was tinkering around with making jewelry, but I wasn't thinking at that point in my life, ‘Hey, I want to be a jeweler or metalsmith,’ I just knew that I wanted to do something in art and be creative.
It wasn't until I got into college at Texas Tech and took my ‘Intro to 3D Design’ class that I really discovered a passion for it.”
Bush credits Robly Glover, M.F.A, an esteemed professor of jewelry design and metalsmithing at Texas Tech, for helping set his trajectory in the jewelry industry. Since 1988, Professor Glover has been teaching Red Raiders in the School of Art and is still an active faculty member today.
One of Bush’s most memorable assignments in Glover’s “Intro to 3D Design” class was a wax carving/ lost wax casting project. Lost wax casting is a technique used in jewelry making and sculpture where a student begins by creating a model from hard carving or soft wax, then surrounds the wax with a mold. Next, heat is used to melt the wax trapped inside, leaving a cavity that can be filled with molten metal that hardens into the final metal piece.
“[The wax carving/lost wax casting project] got me really, really excited about jewelry making,” Bush says. “So as soon as I could, I took the metalwork and jewelry class and that was sort of the end of it.
"The metalwork and jewelry program was awesome. Rob is an incredible teacher and a great guy. I really got along well with all my fellow students and majors in there and just had a really, really good time. I thoroughly enjoyed myself.”
As self-proclaimed 3D printing guru, Bush uses this innovative equipment in his day-to-day career and is constantly learning alongside the fast-moving technology. Outside of work, he takes time to print creative solutions to household problems.
“I don't actually make a whole lot of visual art these days,” Bush says.“I'm mostly building designs in CAD and
“That was one of the reasons I was drawn to jewelry is because IT'S FUNCTIONAL AS WELL AS BEAUTIFUL. You can actually wear it and it has a purpose."
3D printing functional things that I need around the house — some sort of tool, parts for my bike, things like that. I'll put a lot of fun design into those kinds of projects, though.”
Recently, Bush 3D printed himself a custom pair of ergonomic handlebar grips for his mountain bike that make his ride more comfortable.
“It took me a lot of trial and error, a lot of iterations and testing,” Bush says. “Eventually I got it to where they would print in two materials successfully and be very functional but also really cool looking.”
Captivated by the duality in jewelry, Bush says he has always appreciated the blend between aesthetics and practicality. Even while exploring 3D printing skills outside of his professional career, Bush said he is still able to connect those endeavors with his metalwork and jewelry-making.
Left: Cody’s
James Avery’s
James Avery
Cody and his wife, Kenna, are both Red Raiders and artists. Kenna earned a bachelor of fine arts in art in 1998 and teaches art for Kerrville Independent School District. Her areas of specialty are portraiture, painting and hand-building with clay and drawing.
“Being able to 3D print these things that are functional and nice-looking objects, is still keeping in tune with my nature of making metal work and jewelry,” Bush says. “That was one of the reasons I was drawn to jewelry is because it's functional as well as beautiful.
“You can actually wear it and it has a purpose. It's not just something that you set there and look at — to me, it is more like a wearable sculpture. So that's always been a draw in art to me, is to make functional objects.”
During his time at Texas Tech, Bush found his professional calling in jewelry making. He also met his future wife Kenna, a fellow Department of Art graduate with a degree in art education. Bush first encountered Kenna during high school at a regional gifted and talented conference. Years later, they reconnected through a mutual friend and started a life together.
Wearable art took on a new meaning when Bush had the opportunity to design his and his wife's wedding bands. Utilizing his skills with CAD and 3D printing, he brought a unique touch to the process.
“Both of our rings involved CAD and 3D printing,” Bush says. “I actually had my ring 3D printed in titanium. I had my wife’s ring printed in wax and then cast, and a friend of mine set all the stones.”
More recently, Bush once again had the opportunity to design wedding bands for a family member, this time his mother. He personally designed and 3D printed the rings before collaborating with a local jeweler for the casting and finishing touches.
Bush's journey through the intricate world of jewelry seamlessly blends his love for aesthetics and functionality in his art, showcasing a fusion of traditional craftsmanship and cutting-edge technology.
work for is technical, involving 3-D modeling; Middle: Cody works on Kerrville campus. Right:When the Texas Tech Alumni Association embarked on a mission to expand the Frazier Alumni Pavilion in order to better serve its members and the university, many alumni donated money and purchased bricks, pavers and benches to own a little piece of the project and to help defray construction costs.
A small group made donations of $1 million or more — their loyalty and generosity is being recognized in this issue of the Texas Techsan. These kind people are featured in the following pages in the order in which they donated their gifts.
COMPILED BY JENNIFER RITZ & JEAN ANN CANTORE
The McMahans provided the lead $1 million gift to the Frazier Alumni Pavilion expansion. “When the Texas Tech Alumni Association first approached us about helping expand the Frazier Pavilion, we were a pretty easy sell,” George said. “The Frazier is a Lubbock treasure, not only for Texas Tech, but the community as well because of its multi-functionality.”
DID YOU CHOOSE TO ATTEND TEXAS TECH? I wanted to be an automotive engineer, so it just seemed like a school with “technological” in its name was the best place; it was still Texas Technological College when I started. The close-knit feel of Texas Tech appealed to me because I grew up in a small town: Smithville, Texas.
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE MEMORY OF YOUR TIME AT TEXAS TECH? Football games! I’ve been a huge fan of Texas Tech football for more than 60 years now. It has been amazing to witness the growth and expansion of the football stadium and the associated facilities since we started at Tech in 1962. The fact that the Frazier Alumni Pavilion is adjacent to the stadium and that it’s our favorite game-day gathering spot made our gift to the expansion that much more meaningful.
WHY DID YOU DETERMINE IT WAS IMPORTANT TO MAKE THIS DONATION TOWARD THE FRAZIER ALUMNI PAVILION? We were (and are) frequent visitors to the Frazier before the football games plus had attended a number of community/non-Texas Tech events that were held there; we knew it wasn’t big enough, particularly on game days. We were an easy sell! It’s gratifying to see the Frazier completed and know that we were a part of such an important project.
TELL US ABOUT YOUR CAREER. I started my career as a Honda motorcycle dealer — G&G Honda Sales — but did a complete u-turn and got into residential land development in 1995 when a partner and I developed Papalote South. Eventually, I founded George McMahan Development, LLC., and went all-in on real estate development. That was a good career move and let me earn the money with which to help with this and several other major projects at Texas Tech.
TELL US ABOUT YOUR HOBBIES. Well, many might think one of my hobbies is boring: work! I retired for a brief period, but I quickly realized I was happiest when I was working on projects. Right now I’m in the middle of three separate major developments. I also enjoy
dirt biking and motor-homing, which allows me to spend a lot of time outdoors.
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE TEXAS TECH TRADITION? The Masked Rider’s grand entrance at every football game! That entrance is the best in college football.
OF WHAT RECENT ADDITIONS ON CAMPUS ARE YOU THE PROUDEST? There have been SO MANY! But this south end zone project has to be the best thing done on campus with the United Supermarkets Arena coming in a close second.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO ENCOURAGE OTHER RED RAIDERS TO BELONG TO TTAA? Texas Tech is an amazing school with amazing leadership! They do a very good job of stewardship of donor dollars and really care about the students and the community. In order for Texas Tech to continue to be competitive and successful, alumni need to be engaged.
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE TTU ACCOMPLISH IN THE FUTURE? It’s important that we continue to support Texas Tech students, continue to strengthen the university’s academic standing and that we be even more competitive in all intercollegiate sports.
H-E-B, with sales of $43 billion, operates more than 430 stores in Texas and Mexico. Known for its innovation and community service, H-E-B celebrates its 119th anniversary this year. Recognized for its fresh food, quality products, convenient services and a commitment to environmental responsibility and sustainability, H-E-B strives to provide the best customer experience and lowest prices. Based in San Antonio, H-E-B employs more than 154,000 Partners in Texas and Mexico and serves millions of customers in more than 300 communities.
WHAT MOTIVATED H-E-B TO DONATE TO THE TEXAS TECH ALUMNI ASSOCIATION FRAZIER ALUMNI PAVILION? H-E-B has a long history of investing in Texas Tech University academic programs. H-E-B and the Texas Tech Alumni Association share the same customers across the state, so this was a natural partnership.
WHAT VISION DID H-E-B HAVE FOR HOW THIS GIFT WOULD BE USED? As the Alumni Center was being expanded, H-E-B wanted to support the construction of a gathering space for TTU friends, families and faculty for university events.
WHY IS THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION IMPORTANT TO H-E-B? H-E-B and the Texas Tech Alumni Association each are rooted in Texas tradition. Our missions and cultures align as we both are relationship-driven to secure our past with the promise of the future.
HOW DOES H-E-B FEEL ABOUT THE FINAL PRODUCT – THE FINISHED PAVILION EXPANSION? The pavilion has the best pregame view in town on game days!
HOPE HONEKE
HOPE HONEKE
The Dozier family and Texas Tech have a decades-long relationship. My aunt, (my dad’s older sister) enrolled in Tech in the late 1930s at the age of 16. She was the first in our family to graduate from college. My dad followed her after he was discharged from the Navy after WWII in the late 1940s. Then I enrolled at Tech in 1974, my little brother Allen in 1978 (and also graduated from TTU Law School) and then my little sister in 1980. My oldest daughter, Jenna, then enrolled in 2003 and graduated, and I also paid for my ranch manager’s son (Tele De La Cruz) to attend and he graduated too, so there is a host of degrees from Texas Tech held by various members of the Dozier family. We are all very proud, dedicated Red Raiders!
WHY/HOW DID YOU CHOOSE TO ATTEND TEXAS TECH? I never really even considered going anywhere but Texas Tech. I was very active in FFA Judging competitions during high school, so I had attended many judging contests at Tarleton, Texas A&M, Oklahoma State and Texas Tech. Having grown up in small town west Texas (Anson), I knew I would fit in well at Texas Tech, and did.
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE MEMORY OF YOUR TIME AT TEXAS TECH? A variety of football game and basketball game big wins while I was there. Me playing Judo at Texas Tech and qualifying for the 1976 US Olympic Team Trials (which my dad talked me out of since I would miss a year of school). Cockroach races in Wells Dormitory. Great food at Murdough Hall. Since graduating, favorite memory is the Graham Harrell to Michael Crabtree touchdown pass to beat UT in final seconds of the game.
WHY DID YOU DETERMINE IT WAS IMPORTANT TO MAKE THIS DONATION TOWARD THE FRAZIER ALUMNI PAVILION? I felt compelled to donate to the Frazier Pavilion expansion for several reasons: for me and my family, the Frazier has always been a big part of the game day experience on football Saturdays — it’s always very enjoyable. Also, I feel Curt Langford and Jim Douglass have done such a great job with TTAA and help in every way possible, so I wanted to give back.
TELL US ABOUT YOUR CAREER. My career has been a very enjoyable and rewarding one. As a pain management anesthesiologist, there is no better feeling than having a patient who entered my front door in severe pain leave out the back door without pain and smiling. For me, it is one of the most rewarding branches of medicine to practice.
Dozier is an anesthesiologist and pain management doctor in Abilene; Dozier and his dog, Remi.
TELL US ABOUT YOUR HOBBIES.
My main hobbies are hunting and fishing, which I have been fortunate to be able to do since my youth. I have hunted and fished in multiple countries on the African continent, New Zealand, Australia, Mexico, Argentina, Greenland, Canada, Alaska every summer, Costa Rica every winter, and Panama, as well as all over the continental U.S.
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE TEXAS TECH TRADITION? The Masked Rider at football games and all of the other events attended by the Masked Rider.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO ENCOURAGE OTHER RED RAIDERS TO GIVE TO THE TEXAS TECH ALUMNI ASSOCIATION? The continued expansion and growth of the whole university system on a national and international level is important. I think we are blessed to have the incredible talent in leadership positions that we currently have. From Dr. Mitchell as Chancellor, Dr. Rice-Spearman leading the Texas Tech Medical Schools forward, to Texas Tech Athletic Director Kirby Hocutt, who has expertly maneuvered all the various sports teams in national contention on an annual basis, few other universities can come close to what we have at Texas Tech. There are only a small handful of university systems in the U.S. that have undergraduate, dental, medical, law and veterinary schools under the same umbrella. We are the only one in the Big 12 and the only one in Texas!
I believe everyone should give back to the schools, organizations, people, etc. that were important to them along life’s journey. Certainly, the education and life experiences I received at Texas Tech were very instrumental in my life journey, and I would encourage everyone to consider that idea and give as they are able.
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE TEXAS TECH ACCOMPLISH IN THE FUTURE? I look forward to seeing Texas Tech continue to grow, lead and excel.
Kenneth Irwin started our banking family in 1950 when he and Janet moved to Gruver, Texas, from Missouri and Kenneth began a 60-year banking career at the Gruver State Bank,” said John Irwin, chairman of the Western Bank Board of Directors and son of Janet and Kenneth. “We are proud to honor their banking legacy and longtime Texas Tech relationship with this donation.”
WHAT MOTIVATED WESTERN BANK TO DONATE TO THE TEXAS TECH ALUMNI ASSOCIATION FRAZIER ALUMNI PAVILION? Our families have a long, rich history with Texas Tech University and the alumni association. Debby Odom graduated from Texas Tech in 1972, and John Irwin was the first to attend in 1970. Throughout the next 50 years, more than 20, Odom and Irwin family members have attended Texas Tech. Most recently, John Irwin’s oldest grandson graduated in 2022 and his granddaughter is currently attending Tech. Western Bank proudly employs more than 40 Red Raiders. Western Bank, along with our family, loves Texas Tech, and we are excited to show our appreciation and loyalty once again to the institution that has meant so much to our community. The ties to Texas Tech run deep at Western Bank and within our family, and we will continue to do our part to make our university one of the best in the nation.
WHAT VISION DID THE WESTERN BANK GROUP HAVE FOR HOW THIS GIFT WOULD BE USED? Our vision for the gift was to help finish paying off the debt remaining at the Frazier while also completing the West Side of the facility for the promenade.
WHY IS THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION IMPORTANT TO YOUR FAMILY/WESTERN BANK?
The Alumni Association is a network of Red Raiders that aligns with not only our 20 family members who have graduated from Texas Tech University but also our countless number of alumni employees and customers that we serve across Texas: the Panhandle, West Texas, Permian Basin and the Big Country.
HOW DOES WESTERN BANK FEEL ABOUT THE PLANNED FINAL PRODUCT OF THE FRAZIER ALUMNI PAVILION EXPANSION? The completion of the Western Bank Promenade in August 2023 created an outdoor space that can be utilized by not only Western Bank for gamedays but for keeping all alumni connected with the university. Daily, thousands of students walk through the promenade and will soon be Tech graduates and members of the Alumni Association.
DEBORAH “DEBBY” IRWIN ODOM | BBA ’72 Business Education
KENTON P. ODOM | BBA ’00 General Business
JODI L. RECEK ODOM | BS ’99 Recreation & Leisure Services
GRANT B. ODOM | BGS ’99 General Studies
W. RYAN WELLER | BBA ’01 Finance
JILL A. ODOM WELLER | BBA ’02 Accounting
DANIEL L. ODOM | BBA ’04 Marketing
LISA B. HARPER ODOM | Friend
JOHN S. IRWIN | BBA ’74 Finance
MARIJANE “JANIE” MCWHIRTER IRWIN | Friend
JOHN “JASE” S. IRWIN, JR. | BS ’02 Agricultural and Applied Economics
LINDSEY N. JENNINGS IRWIN | BSN ’03 Nursing
JEFF IRWIN | BBA ’02 Finance
MARY J. “MARY JANE” IRWIN NEILSON | BS ’03 Human Development & Family Studies, MED ’04 Elementary Education
BRAXTON J. IRWIN | BA ’22 University Studies
MARK K. IRWIN | BBA ’76 Management
KYLE IRWIN | BBA ’94 Finance
KIMBERLY IRWIN | Friend
CLINT J. IRWIN, JD | BS ’79 Agricultural Economics
JODY IRWIN | Friend
O’Donnell, Texas native John Billingsley grew up on his family’s farm and ranch 40 miles from Lubbock. He graduated from Texas Technological College in 1961 with an accounting degree. Billingsley soon launched a CPA firm in Midland, Texas, which he sold to Arthur Young. He purchased the Western State Bank of Midland and became involved in residential and commercial real estate, manufacturing, oil and gas mineral interests, and renewable energy.
As a serial entrepreneur, Billingsley has started and operated over 70 companies. He also has written two books, “Texas Wind Force” and “In Pursuit of a Vision: Business Lessons from My Life as a West Texas Entrepreneur.”
WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE TO ATTEND TEXAS TECH? My parents made that decision for me! They were both well educated people. There was no doubt — even before I was born — that I was going to attend college. In fact, my mother enrolled in Texas Technological College in 1937 but took a hiatus to have a family. She returned and graduated in 1954. My parents told me, “Once you get that diploma, they cannot take it away from you.”
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE MEMORY OF YOUR TIME AT TEXAS TECH? I graduated in three years, while working to put myself through school, so I didn’t enjoy much of a social life. I took a full load of classes and worked 50-plus hours a week at Underwood Cotton Compress, motels and convenience stores.
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE TEXAS TECH TRADITION? I have to say the football. I played in high school – and once even broke my collarbone without realizing it for about eight or nine plays. We were taught to play with pain, and I had never broken a bone before, so I didn’t realize what had happened right away. My cousin, Charlie Billingsley, was a star running back at Permian High School, who was portrayed by Tim McGraw in the movie Friday Night Lights. Football is in my blood, and I’ve been rooting on the Red Raiders football team for decades now.
WHAT RECENT ADDITIONS TO TEXAS TECH MAKE YOU THE PROUDEST? I founded Tri Global Energy which developed about 40 renewable wind farms, including 10 wind farms within 90 miles of Lubbock, The company became one of the five largest developers of renewable wind energy in America, so it gives me particular pleasure to see my alma mater taking a leadership role in wind energy. Tri Global Energy regularly hosted summer interns from Texas Tech, and we
Top: John B. Billingsley was named a 2023 Distinguished Alumnus of Texas Tech University by the TTAA.
Bottom: His mother, J. Verna Street Billingsley, had this picture taken at the cotton compress before heading to Lubbock for Texas Tech graduation.
hired several outstanding young people full-time after graduation. The students and faculty at The National Wind Institute will go on to make new discoveries in this field with world-wide potential.
WHY WAS IT IMPORTANT TO MAKE THIS DONATION TOWARD THE FRAZIER ALUMNI PAVILION? I toured the Frazier Pavilion in 2018 during its construction. It was very clear this Pavilion was going to be a significant addition to the campus — and expose thousands of people to Texas Tech. I was happy to contribute $1.2 million to pay off the construction debt in time and avoid penalties. I also contributed $400,000 to build the large patio as part of the Pavilion.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO ENCOURAGE OTHER RED RAIDERS TO GIVE TO TTAA? It’s simple — your gifts to Texas Tech University literally change lives. This school changed my life. I met people from all walks of life, and my time at Texas Tech opened my eyes to a whole new world.
WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU’RE NOT WORKING? One of my favorite quotes by Warren Buffett is: “Read 500 pages every day. That’s how knowledge works. It builds up, like compound interest.” I read — about two to three hours a day — and that is no exaggeration. Ask my wife, Harriett. That time is sacred — I believe you must read to lead. One of my favorite books is “The Goal” by business consultants Eliyahu M. Goldratt and Jeff Cox. I ask everyone on my team to read it and apply it to what we do.
PHOTO COURTESTY OF JOHN BILLINGSLEYIN THE TEXAS TECHSAN, FROM 1987-1989, there were a series of articles by James G. Allen, titled “And then there were 10.” The series ran for 11 issues. One for each of the first 10 presidents, then a closing article. Of note, Allen served Texas Tech from 1927-1972. After retirement he went on to work with the Dads Association, which he helped found. At the SWC/SCL, we have reference files for most of the presidents. Additionally, some have manuscripts collections, oral histories and there are also presidential records within the University Archives. As of Texas Tech’s centennial, there have been a total of 17 presidents, not including interims. So, let’s take a brief look back at the first 8 presidents, who were part of Texas Tech’s early growth, roughly the first 50 years.
BRADFORD KNAPP
PAUL WHITFIELD HORN, PH.D.
PRESIDENT OF TEXAS TECHNOLOGICAL COLLEGE, 1925-1932
The first president of Texas Technological College was Paul Whitfield Horn. Within the reference file, there is various information. Horn was born in 1870, in Missouri. Horn earned an M. A. from Central College. He then began his teaching career. Horn’s career included teaching, serving as a superintendent, serving as president of the Texas State Teachers Association, and for a brief period he led the American School Foundation in Mexico City. Horn was awarded three honorary doctorates. Before becoming Tech’s first president, he was the president of Southwestern University in Georgetown. President Horn served at Tech until his death in April 1932. He had been in ill health and passed away at the president’s residence. Campus closed for his funeral and the community mourned the passing of the first president. In the first yearbook, Horn addresses the students. He writes in part, “May there never be room at Texas Tech or in the hearts of those who attend it for bitterness, for jealousy, for sectional strife, for bickerings, or for petty selfishness.” Still a good message today.
Bradford Knapp, the second president, was born in Iowa, in 1870. Knapp received a chemistry degree from Vanderbilt, and a B. L. degree from the University of Michigan. Knapp worked in agriculture, education, and law. Before coming to Lubbock, he had served as a dean at the University of Arkansas and as president at Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College and Alabama Polytechnic Institute. Knapp was awarded an honorary doctorate from Agricultural College of Maryland. He is remembered for various accomplishments. Knapp asked the state for funding for a library for Texas Tech and received it, no small feat in the economic conditions of the thirties. Within the reference file is a small booklet by Knapp titled “The Difficulty of a Task Presents No Just Reason for Refusing It” which he wrote for the Alabama Farmer. Knapp’s years at Tech saw the challenges of a growing institution, much like his predecessor. He passed away in June of 1938, from a heart condition. In the yearbook of 1933, Knapp writes in the “Prexy’s Letter,” “Tech is just beginning to build its life, its character, and its spirit. Some characteristics are already manifest – democracy, earnestness, friendship, willingness to work, an atmosphere of quiet endeavor and genuineness. These are apparent in its student body, its faculty, and in the very atmosphere of its campus.” I think we can still see this today.
Clifford B. Jones was no stranger to Texas Technological College. He was born in Colorado in 1885. He lived in various states, but first came to West Texas in 1911. He had followed his father who had come to be manager of the Spur Ranch. Jones was his assistant. Jones ended up staying in the area and working for S. M. Swenson and Sons. Jones also became involved in banking. He had been part of the drive to get a college in West Texas. He was a member of the first board of directors of the college. In 1927, he became chairman of the board. Jones did not hold any degrees and there was hesitancy for appointing him as president, but the appointment was finally approved. Jones would serve as a stalwart supporter of the young institution and his business sense was helpful. He stepped down in 1944, for health reasons. Jones was given President Emeritus status and retained that until his death in November 1972. In the 1940 yearbook, President Jones writes to the graduating seniors,“It is our fervent hope that your years at ‘Tech’ have deepened your innate appreciation of the finer, better things of life, and that they have helped you to a philosophy of life that includes reverence, faith, patriotism, kindliness, courtesy, perseverance, tolerance – without which the mere mechanics of an education pale into insignificance. ” The world has changed since these words were written, but there is still value today.
DOSSIE MARION WIGGINS, PH.D. PRESIDENT OF TEXAS TECHNOLOGICAL COLLEGE, 1948-1952
WILLIAM MARVIN WHYBURN, PH.D.
William M. Whyburn was born in Texas in 1901. He was schooled in Texas. Initially he entered North Texas State College, then attended the University of Texas, where he would receive his B. A. (1922), M. A. (1923), and Ph. D. (1927). Whyburn was a National Research Fellow at Harvard. He was part of the first faculty at Texas Technological College. He went on to be a professor at UCLA and the department chair there. Whyburn became the fourth president of Tech in 1944. In his series about the presidents, James G. Allen writes of Whyburn, “No Texas Tech University president was more purely academic… the youngest and first with an earned doctorate.” He would serve as president until 1948. After his resignation, he went on to a career at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. He passed away in May 1972 in North Carolina. According to Allen, Whyburn’s “emphasis on academics and an administrative perceptiveness…left an indelible and invaluable imprint on Texas Tech.”
Dossie M. Wiggins was born in 1895, in Louisiana. His family moved to Canadian while he was young. In 1919, he received his bachelor’s from Hardin-Simmons. He became a principal and a coach and worked at several Texas schools. Wiggins served in World War I. He went on to receive a master’s and doctorate from Yale. He served as a professor and dean at Hardin-Simmons, then left there to be the president of Texas College of Mines and Metallurgy. Dr. Wiggins in 1948, became the fifth president of Texas Technological College. His tenure at Tech was a period of growth, which included buildings, additions and enrollment. He is credited with initiating the student center building. Fraternities and sororities came to Tech while he was at the helm. Allen describes Wiggins as energetic and always slightly amused. He was appreciated for starting landscaping on the campus. During his presidency, the “Riding into the Sunset,” was gifted to Tech. His time as president reflected a period of growth, but he would step down in 1952, to take a bank position in Lubbock. Wiggins remained in Lubbock until his passing in 1978.
Edward N. Jones was born in Kansas in 1899. He received his Ph. D. from the University of Iowa. Jones was a professor and department chairman in biology at Baylor University. He later became a dean there. He went on to be the president of Texas College of Arts and Industries in Kingsville. Under Wiggins, Jones was named the first vice president of Texas Tech. Jones had been a candidate for the presidency when Wiggins was selected. After Wiggins' departure, Jones would become the sixth president in 1952. Allen describes Jones as a dedicated family man and as truly interested in each “student’s growth as a citizen.” His wife died during the initial years of his presidency. Allen points out that during his presidency, Tech became “…the second largest state supported education institution in Texas…” and that he considered Jones very ethical. In the summer of 1959, Jones announced that he would be stepping down due to health reasons. Jones went on to serve in various positions such as secretary of the Christian Education Commission of the Baptist General Convention of Texas. He passed away in 1984 in Dallas.
GROVER ELMER MURRAY, PH.D.
Robert C. Goodwin was born in 1898 in Texas. He would attend Howard Payne College, serve during World War I, and then teach chemistry. He attended the University of Wisconsin. He received his master’s degree from the University of Texas, and his doctorate from Harvard. While working on his doctorate, he accepted a teaching position at the University of Florida Gainesville. Goodwin came to Texas Tech in 1930 as chairman of the chemistry department. He became dean of the graduate school in 1938, then dean of arts and sciences in 1945. When Jones resigned, he became acting president. He was appointed as the seventh president of Texas Technological College in 1960. He would serve until 1966 and step down in part to a director’s rule that administrators could only serve until the age of 65. Goodwin was almost 68 at the time. Goodwin retired and returned to Florida, where he passed away in 1993. Allen points out that during Goodwin’s presidency, enrollment increased by more than 50%. Additionally, Allen credits him with “steadily and perceptibly strengthening Texas Tech’s research program.”
PRESIDENT OF TEXAS TECHNOLOGICAL COLLEGE/TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY, 1966-1976
Grover E. Murray was born in 1916 in North Carolina. He received his first degree from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. At Louisiana State University, he completed his Ph.D. in 1941. Murray then worked in exploration, but was asked to return to LSU as a professor. Murray remained at LSU for 18 years, where he was a professor and served as the vice president and dean of academic affairs. In 1966, Grover E. Murray was inaugurated as Texas Technological College’s eighth president. Murray guided the college into a university. With Murray at the helm, a host of accomplishments for Texas Tech occurred, such as the creation of the International Center for Arid and Semi Arid Land Studies (ICASALS). In 1969, Texas Technological College became Texas Tech University. Both the medical and law schools came to fruition during his presidency. Murray stepped down from the presidency in 1976. He continued to teach, participate in his discipline and remained very active in various endeavors. He served on various boards, as a consultant, and won numerous awards. Murray passed away in May 2003. At his memorial tribute, Idris Traylor, Ph.D., referred to him as a Renaissance man, “who was always ‘doing’ and his great legacy to us is what has been ‘done.’”
This is just a brief glimpse of the first eight presidents of Texas Tech, the men who helped guide us to where we are today. Their contributions were many and they are remembered for various reasons not mentioned here. Yet, each played a role in Texas Tech and that is appreciated. The next presidents, at the helm leading up to the centennial, will be covered later.
THE TEXAS TECH ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
WISHES TO EXPRESS APPRECIATION TO OUR NEWEST MEMBERS WHO JOINED AT THE CENTURY LEVEL AND ABOVE.
COMPILED BY
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Adam ’05 & Alline Schoppe ’11
Chelsea ’13 & Trey Warnock
Gold
Edgar Earl Baldridge, IV ’23
Prof. Gerry W. Beyer & Margaret M. Beyer
Gabriel ’15 & Melissa Garcia
Paul Hamman, IV ’01 & Amanda Hamman
Michael & Holley Hardwick
E. Matthew Heinrich, M.D. ’98 & Laura Heinrich
Robbye ’98 & Shawn Kirkpatrick
Julie Lewis
Reagan ’02 & Crystal McMillan
Felicia Redmond ’84 & Thomas Medelberg
Henry & Melinda Musselman
Sandra Nieto ’11
Robbie Schroeder
Raelye Self, Ed.D. ’14 & Joe Self
Cynthia ’05 & Ryan Smith
Lauren Swartz, M.D. ’13 & Douglas Swartz, Ph.D.
William White ’99
Silver
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Charles Green ’80 & Bobby Sowell
Steve & Kristy Whiteker
Bronze
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Amy ’95 & Brian Applegate
Joseph ’10 & Melissa Baeza ’09
Beau ’04 & Traci Carroll
Jose Esparza ’09
Debra Gunter ’95
Christopher ’91 & Kerri Johnson
Shari ’83 & Billy Sellers
Abigail ’19 & Clay Adam
Steven Lee Adams, Jr.
Ed & Sharon Albrecht
Linda Alderson & Greta Smallin
Reagan K. Anders ’11 & Christy Blakney ’92
Rebecca ’01 & Jerry Andrus
Patrick ’07 & Sterling Anthony
Ben & Amy Aubrey
Brad ’08 & Meagan Baker ’09
Matthew Baker ’11
Steven & Therese Barrett
Erin Doyle ’13 & Justin Belle
Penny ’98 & Michael Benavidez
Casey ’07 & Laura Berend
Erica P. Black ’17
Marci ’02 & Joseph Brewton
Donald ’79 & Karen Brydon
Tony ’95 & Lori Carver
Eric & Marie Chew
Michael Chew ’92
Samuel Clarot
Charles Cochran
Brandon Cox
Sydney ’17 & Alex Crane
Thomas ’80 & Caren Crane
Caleb Crosswhite ’11
Jason ’97 & Angela Dear ’00
Siria Dutchover ’01
Payton Fedako
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Courtney A. Garcia ’13 & Susy Garcia
Paul ’15 & Jessica Garcia
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Gillian ’17 & David Gibbon
Gary ’92 & Laura Glassman
Bernie ’70 & Donna Gonzalez
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Raquel ’07 & Kevin Harris
Sally Hayes ’97
Nathan & Charity Hefley
Christina Hernandez ’15
Gregory Hernandez ’90
Theresa Hernandez-Tijerina ’23
Latisha ’07 & Noah Huntington, Pharm.D.
Lisa Ivy ’15
Amy Curry James
Megan Jett ’06
John Wesley Johnson, II ’08 & Cearra Johnson
Stacy ’94 & Michael Johnson
Kristina Kastl ’99 & Sean Sullivan
Stacy ’94 & Edward Keith
Zachary ’98 & Jennifer Klotzman
Mackenzie ’13 & Austin LaFreniere
Christopher ’10 & Valerie Landry
Holly Lankford ’92
Jeffri I. Long ’10
Pamela Lookabaugh ’87
Trevor ’13 & Allison Lopes ’12
Robert Lopez ’10
Maria ’17 & Ron Luardo Jr.
Frank ’89 & Amy McClendon
John Griffith ’86 & Yudy Maldonado
Michelle Maresh-Fuehrer Ph.D. ’06
Patrice Marshall ’05
Erik Martinez & Sarah McCarty
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Peter ’91 & Kimberly Micus
Luke & Jocelyn Midkiff
Andrew ’10 & Elizabeth Midkiff
Alex Milano
Luke & Lauren Mohon
Drayton Mora
Leonard Nail ’98
Scott Najar
Joshua ’15 & Rebecca Neel
Jaclyn ’11 & Anthony Osterhaus
Val Pagan, III & Melisa Pagan
Nipuni Palliyaguru
Patrick Phillips ’20
Faust Pollock, III ’03
Colene Rice
Mary Jane Ritchey ’97 & Eric Ritchey ’08
Kimberly Rivas ’02
D.J. ’08 & Carissa Russell
Gracie ’16 & Zack Schoor
Debbie ’94 & Tony Serbantez
Xiaobo She Ph.D.’10 & Ke Liu Ph.D. ’09
Justin Sims ’23
Raj Pal Singh, M.D. ’10
Walter Smith, Ph.D. & Kathryn Smith
Josh & Diane Stearns
Gail Stennis
Krista Stoutner ’00
Douglas ’12 & Sandra Stratton
Greg Tapp
Paul ’89 & April Temple
Brooke Vadala ’96
Paul ’97 & Kimberly Vann ’03
Alex Vescovi ’12 & Natali Flores
Jonathan Villarreal, Ph.D.’20 & Brittny Villarreal
Samantha Voges ’18
Robert & Tonya Waller
Alan & Billie Gray Warts
John & Laura Weitzel
Karen ’91 & Russell West
Stephanie Fletcher ’16 & Alexis Wevanos
Mashay White ’11
Christopher ’04 & Kim Willis
Ben Phillips, III & Lisa Willson
Tori ’09 & Donald Wilson
Kyley Wuensche ’03
The Haley and Timmons families grew up together in the Hub City. Best friends since elementary school, Taylor and Jenny Timmons, and Hunter Haley knew they wanted to give back to the community they loved. While in college, Hunter's wife Kelti, an Austin native, introduced him to Summer Moon Coffee. Together, the couples wanted to bring this popular coffee shop's unique recipes to Lubbock.
"We knew it was time Summer Moon Coffee met our favorite piece of West Texas and had faith that the unique and delicious oak-roasted coffee would be welcomed and appreciated by the people of Lubbock," said Haley.
Summer Moon is considered a culture and not just a coffee shop. The beloved Moon Milk is Summer Moon's signature sweet cream which compliments the oak roasted coffee. The Haley and Timmons families considered it the perfect match - Summer Moon Coffee and Lubbock. With the incredible growth throughout the city, these business owners decided to bring the craft and community to one of the thriving areas of the Hub City.
"We had no doubt our hometown would appreciate the craft and comfort that Summer Moon Coffee embodies," said Haley. "We are so grateful to invite the Lubbock community into the warm and welcoming Texas coffee culture that drew us to Summer Moon in the first place." For more about Summer Moon Coffee and these Lubbock natives, check out lubbockeda.org.
1. The Independence Bowl Pre-Game Tailgate, held at the Shreveport Fairgrounds Exhibit Hall, Dec. 16, drew Red Raiders from many places.
2. Houston-area TTAA chapters and future Techsans gathered for a mixer with Coach Krista Gerlich and the Lady Raiders on Dec. 29 at the Sheraton Houston Brookhollow Hotel.
3. The new Four Corners Chapter welcomed a great crowd to their Dec. 7 gathering at the Durango, Colorado, DoubleTree Inn.
4-5. The Albuquerque, New Mexico, Chapter enjoyed a meal at Frontier Restaurant Dec.8.
6-7. Russ Webb '91, North Richland Hills, Texas, a former member of the TTAA National Board, has a busy life outside of owning Silver Oak Commercial Realty, LLC. He is a world traveler who recently visited Turkey. He also is a devoted grandfather to grandson Shep Webb.
ONE OF THE MOST MOVING parts of Raiders Rojos Graduation Convocation each semester is hearing from the families of some of the graduates, and the December 2023 ceremony was no different.
After each participating graduate received their cultural stole embroidered with the Raiders Rojos Alumni Network and Texas Tech Alumni Association logos, the crowd listened as siblings spoke about the journeys they have witnessed as their family members worked toward degrees and spoke about the positive impact seeing these journeys has created in their own lives.
Parents also spoke about watching their children succeed and become role models for whole families.
“To all the graduates, I can speak for everyone in this room, we’re so proud of you for all your hard work and dedication in earning your degree,” Michelle Garcia, a parent, said. “This is not an easy task. You did it and no one can take that away from you.”
The Texas Tech Alumni Association is proud to help support this event by providing funding for the stoles, which have always been hand-sewn by Lubbock Independent School District students — first at Cavazos Middle School and
OUR 100 CHAPTERS CELEBRATE 100 REMARKABLE YEARS.
Please welcome our 100th chapter, TTAA Galveston Island. Thank you to Chris Snead, TTAA vice president, for helping to reinvigorate the Galveston Island Chapter, and a very special thank you to Jill Smith, chapter representative, for her leadership with this chapter and all South Texas/Houston Chapters. We cannot wait to see the FUN events that come from the island! Chapters across the globe are working to help us achieve the mission and purpose of TTAA. We are so proud of our chapter contributions in 2023.
now by students at Lubbock High School. The Raiders Rojos Alumni Network has been hosting the convocation event since 2003.
If you are not a member of the Texas Tech Alumni Association or the Raiders Rojos Alumni Network, consider belonging today. Your membership dollars help support the work of Raiders Rojos and all the programs of the TTAA. Visit www.texastechalumni.org/join.
Visit the TTAA Facebook page to see more from the last Raiders Rojos Graduation Convocation by scanning this QR code.
In 2023 alone, our alumni chapters helped us to host more than 150 events across the United States. These events supported us in keeping our alumni engaged and connected. In 2023, our TTAA chapters represented earnings of $281,250 in scholarships (up from $201,000 in 2022) and $1.64 million in endowment dollars.
It has been an incredible year. Thank you all for your support!
Each participant receives a stole crafted by Lubbock High School students. TTAA Raiders Rojos honored at the Hispanic Convocation. TTAA
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JOHN F. SCOVELL (BBA Accounting) & DIANE KING SCOVELL (BS Human Sciences) Dallas, Texas, were recognized as the 2023 Outstanding Philanthropists by the Association of Fundraising Professionals Chapter of Greater Dallas as part of the chapter’s National Philanthropy Day awards. John played quarterback for Texas Tech and is a member of the Texas Tech Athletics Hall of Fame. He graduated first in
his class before earning his MBA at Harvard University. John is co-founder and chairman of Woodbine Development, a real estate investment, development and management company. Diane is an active member of the Dallas community, participating in a multitude of organizations in the city. The couple’s three sons also played football and received bachelor’s degrees at Tech. John is a former TTU regent and both he and Diane are former members of the Texas Tech Alumni Association National Board of Directors.
DAVID R. HOLLAND (BA Journalism) Weston, Colorado, is a travel golf journalist and is a contributor for travelgolf.com and GolfPass. Publications he has written for include GolfWeek’s Superintendent News, Colorado AvidGolfer, Midwest Golfing Magazine, South Central Golf Magazine, Fairway to Green (United Kingdom) and Golf Vacations Magazine. David is the author of The Colorado Golf Bible and
A GLIMPSE AT TEXAS TECH’S HERITAGE In the 1964 "La Ventana" yearbook, Cal Wayne Moore's photo of Joyce Cheek and Travis Peterson at Mackenzie Park seems to span the winter and spring seasons. PHOTO RESEARCHED BY JEAN ANN CANTORE
JAMES A. BRYANT (BBA ’88 Finance) San Francisco, California, has co-authored “The Future of Finance with ChatGPT and PowerBI: Transform your Trading, Investing, and Financial Reporting.” The book addresses a new era of financial decision making that comes with the combination of finance, analytics and artificial intelligence in today’s rapidly evolving economic landscape. According to the book, finance and data analytics along with AI can no longer be seen as separate disciplines and professionals have to be comfortable in both in order to be successful. The book combines finance concepts, visualizations through Power BI and the application of AI and ChatGPT to provide a more holistic perspective. Bryant discusses this topic using multiple real-world companies as case studies. The book aims to help readers gain mastery over new investing ideas, Power BI tools, and integrating ChatGPT into their workflows. Additionally, the book provides powerful insight to help readers transform their approach to investing and trading by blending AI-driven analysis, data visualization, and real-world applications.
CHARLES “CHUCK” W. LANEHART, JR. (BA ’74 Journalism, JD ’77 Law) Lubbock, and ALAN J. BURTON (BA ’79 English) Denison, Texas, wrote “Fatal Exam: Solving Lubbock’s Greatest Murder Mystery,” which explores the Dec. 4, 1967, murder of Texas Tech custodian Sarah Alice Morgan by Benjamin Lach, who was a student of the university at the time. Lanehart is a Lubbock attorney and regular contributor to the Lubbock AvalancheJournal Caprock Chronicles history feature series. After Lanehart had a story on the case published in the series, he began to collaborate with Burton, who had begun researching the case in 2003. The crime, which took place in the science building the day prior to Texas Tech’s annual Carol of Lights celebration, is reconstructed in this book. The co-authors compile interviews, journalist archives, courtroom transcripts, and the personal experiences of Lubbockites to create a timeline of the story.
an award-winning former sportswriter for The Dallas Morning News. He also worked for the Dallas Cowboys Weekly, United Press International and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. David was owner and publisher of Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex Football Magazine from 1978-1991 and is a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel who served during the Vietnam War and Desert Storm.
SHANE H. CAMPBELL (BS Agricultural and Applied Economics) Corpus Christi, Texas, has joined Cinnamon Shore full-time as vice president of construction and development.Cinnamon Shore is a New Urban community in Port Aransas, Texas, with elevated design standards and the beach experience on the Texas Coast. A Texas native with more than 27 years of industry
experience, Shane will work closely with General Manager of Development Daniel Mazoch to ensure that Cinnamon Shore continues to meet the highest standards. With Shane’s addition, the team will see an increase in the capacity for development and construction and find new ways to use its strong, internal capabilities. Immediate projects include the build-out of neighborhood town centers at Cinnamon Shore North and Cinnamon Shore South, as Shane and Daniel plan for future development on the Gulf-front and bayside of Mustang Island, the narrow, barrier isle near Corpus Christi, Texas, where Cinnamon Shore is based. Shane remains on the advisory board at Alys Beach where he formerly was an executive, signifying alignment with the values and goals for such master-planned, coastal communities.
KEITH R. HALMAN (BBA Management Information Systems, MS ‘06 Business Administration) Grapevine, Texas, has been appointed by Gov. Greg Abbott to the Department of Information Resources for terms set to expire on Feb. 1, 2025. The board coordinates, monitors, and directs information resources management within state government. Keith is the associate vice chancellor and chief information officer for the Texas Tech University System and serves as the interim chief information officer for Texas Tech University. Additionally, he serves on the board of the Lonestar Education and Research Network. Previous roles Keith has held include executive director of business technology services at the University of Texas at Arlington and director of business systems development at Datamatic. His wife is Claudia.
DANIEL I. VAUGHAN (BA Journalism) Dallas, Texas, celebrated his 900th broadcast in the American Association of Professional Baseball, an MLB Partner League, ranking him 2nd for the most games called in league history. Dan worked as a play-by-play broadcaster for many minor league baseball teams prior to spending the last 13 years with the American Association of Professional Baseball. He currently serves as director of media and broadcasting for the Explorers in Souix City, Iowa, coordinating all media communications, as well as being the voice of the Explorers as their play-by-play broadcaster. Over the years as a broadcaster, he has worked with many athletes, including Alex Rodriguez and Michael Jordan. His wife is GayMarie.
ORAS “ROSS” N. FARANSSO (BS Mechanical Engineering) Missouri City, Texas, was appointed as the new CEO of Nexus Project Development Services. As the head of Nexus PDS, Ross will spearhead the company’s path-to-close roadmap for project development, including meeting intense project financing requirements. He has prior experience working for ExxonMobil, Black & Veatch and, most recently, KBR as the head of business development. Ross is also on the board of directors for the Engineering and Construction Contracting Association. His wife is Sarah.
Darrell W. ’81 & Deena Adams
Scott Asher, Ph.D. ’98 & Stephanie Asher ’99
Jan W. Baca ’70
John B. Billingsley, Jr. ’61
Bryant Bonner, Ph.D. ’95 & Whitney Bonner ’96
Patrick C. Bryan ’06
Lt. Col. Mark H. Bryant ’83 (Ret.)
Danielle ’11 & James Caldwell ’87
Ralph Campbell, Jr. ’59 & Kay Campbell
Regent Clay ’97 & Ashley Cash
Donald ’82 & Vicki Chenault ’82
Regent Tim ’81 & Annette Culp ’81
Thomas Curtis, AIA ’80 & Gloria Curtis ’79
Charles ’59 & Barbara Cummings
Mike Davis
Lisa ’91 & Patrick DeGroote ’90
Alan ’80 & Jo Douglas ’80
Helen J. Geick ’61
Christian Hasenoehrl ’92
Tom ’87 & Jerri Jacobs
Peggy W. James ’64
Walter L. Johansen ’77
Stephen R. Johnson ’78
Lenin & Vera Juarez
David ’74 & Janis King
Randall ’07 & Shauna Klaus ’07
John Kuczek, D.V.M. ’00 & Emily Kuczek
Brandon ’01 & Sheri LaBonte ’97
Rowland C. Lawson ’84
Lanny ’77 & Joni Layman ’79
John D. ’17 & Stephanie Leidel
Heather ’96 & James Marchlinski
Brandon ’00 & Kimberly May ’03
George ’66 & Linda McMahan ’66
Michael J. McVean ’84
William R. Moler ’88
Glenn D. Moor ’84
John ’15 & Marye Nickens
David Peeler, Jr. ’63 & Jeanne Peeler
Joyce W. Perkins ’64
Corrie ’05 & Sean Rae ’05
John ’71 & Ann Redmon ’71
Monticia Sauer ’87 & Ralph Sauer, Jr. ’86
Adam ’05 & Alline Schoppe ’11
Jerry ’52 & Maxie Scott
Donald ’80 & Susan Sinclair ’81
Lisa ’83 & Mike Skaggs ’82
James ’74 & Alice Skinner
Anita R. Smith ’63
Barry ’79 & SuDeline Street ’79
Chase ’05 & Rebecca Street ’08
Ben Strickling, III ’79 & Roxane Strickling ’77
Dale ’65 & Cheryl Swinburn
Eric ’91 & Katy Taylor
Joseph ’20 & Casey Thieman
Diane ’68 & Jerry Turner ’68
Randall ’84 & Dona Vines ’86
Chelsea ’13 & Trey Warnock
Bryant ’98 & Alison Williams
Ella ’70 & Ray Williams ’71
Sharon Willingham ’81
Capt. John (Ret.) ’62 & Ann Woody
Bobby Adkins, Jr. ’90 & Nicole Adkins
Amy ’00 & David Akins ’01
Bruce ’91 & Melissa Anderson
Steve F. Armstrong ’70
J. H. Baldwin, Jr. ’59 & Mrs. Sue Baldwin ’62
Robin Beard ’12 & Carl Beard, Ph.D.
Hayley G. Booher ’04
Holly ’74 & Doug Brooks
Bill ’74 & Karen Brown ’74
Dusty ’08 & Sarah Burger
Steve ’83 & Elizabeth Burleson ’84
Amy ’87 & Tom Burress ’82
Frank Busby, Ph.D. ’68 & Cheryl Busby ’69
Joe Ed ’64 & Jo Canon ’66
Danielle Carey ’90 & Russell Carey, III ’88
Maria R. Carter ’87
Donald ’69 & Robbie Champion ’69
Alicia ’00 & Michael Chaney ’00
Holt ’00 & Kaye Cowden ’78
Lynn F. Cowden ’80
John Czapski, AIA ’78 & Teresa Czapski
William ’72 & Ann Daniel
Morgan Sosebee, Ph.D. ’96 & Leslie Daniel ’81
Amy Daughters ’91 & William Daughters, II
Ashley ’12 & Cody Davis ’11
Celia ’74 & Mike Davis ’74
Thomas DeLoach, Jr. ’90 & Jacquie DeLoach
Michael Doherty, D.V.M. ’73 & Ginger Doherty
Johnny ’88 & Joyce Dossey
Bob ’73 & Pamela DuLaney ’77
Henry ’87 & Laura Ehrlich
Jan M. Elliott
Ian ’01 & Susan Fairchild
James ’72 & Dinah Gaspard ’72
Randy ’77 & Linda Golden ’77
Ralph G. Goodlet, Jr. ’82
Wade Griffin, Jr. ’98 & Sarah Griffin
Ashlee ’07 & Kyle Groves
Michael & Karen Gunter ’86
Will ’69 & Karen Hagood ’71
Matthew ’01 & Rebecca Halbgewachs ’00
Josh ’98 & Diane Ham ’99
Jeffery A. Harbaugh ’80
Dan Hart, AIA ’90 & Jennifer Hart ’92
Chris ’96 & Jennifer Hayden ’96
Michael ’97 & Lesley Hedlund ’99
Wayne Henry ’75
Brad ’90 & Kimberly Heffington ’90
Chad ’99 & Heather Henthorn ’00
Richard ’73 & Emilee Hervey
Thomas ’95 & Stephanie Hilbun ’95
LeeAnn M. Hinkle ’00
Jorjanna ’70 & Steve Hipes ’69
Thomas ’70 & Leslie Hix ’71
Jeffrey ’80 & Karlene Holloman
Allen ’78 & Linnie Howard
Don J. Howe ’71
Christopher ’91 & Robin Huckabee ’92
Brian Hawker ’97 & Andrew Hunter
Donald ’66 & Janice Jackson
Forrest Jackson, Jr. ’91 & Kimberly Jackson
Marcy ’87 & Mr. Jeff Jackson
Steven ’96 & Lesley Jeffcoat ’96
John ’90 & Ann Marie Jeter
Wilson ’88 & Lendy Jones
Jerrell ’92 & Peg Kendrick
Kathryn ’80 & Russell Laughlin ’81
Jeff Lawlis, CPA ’89 & Meghan Lawlis
Jason ’98 & Stacy Lewis ’98
Mark Mankins, M.D. ’81 & Cyndi Mankins
Troy A. Marchbanks ’02
Vickie ’89 & Dale Matlock
Mark ’86 & Kelly McCormick ’90
Monica ’84 & Stephen McCormick
Raymond McKim, III ’77 & Betty McKim
Joe ’86 & Tracy McMeans ’87
Anne ’76 & Robert McNaughton ’84
Aaron McNeece, Ph.D. ’64 & Mrs. Sherri McNeece
Lamar ’83 & Philip Meaders ’84
Robert ’82 & Sarah Miers
Eric ’84 & Melissa Miller ’84
Joshua ’04 & Kristin Moose ’04
Kevin G. Morton ’83
Gary ’82 & Leslie Moss
T. Kevin Nelson ’92 & The Honorable Ginger Nelson ’92
Skyla ’07 & Nick Patterson
Mike ’79 & Martha Petraitis ’81
Ralph D. Pettingell ’08
Stephen ’90 & Christina Poore
L.J. Porras, Jr. ’06
Janice V. Posey ’63
Mary Jo Price ’53
Cindy ’90 & David Proctor ’91
Michael ’98 & Rebecca Pubentz ’99
Jack ’72 & Janet Reed ’71
Jacque ’72 & Sam Rich
Joshua ’06 & Kristina Robertson ’06
Melanie A. Robertson ’05
John Roueche, III ’88 & Elise Roueche
Nancy R. Ruff, Ed.D. ’69
J. Greg ’82 & Deena Sargent
Amy ’05 & Landry Scott ’05
Diane ’68 & John Scovell ’68
Melinda Sebesta ’83 & Robert Sebesta, Jr.
Deborah H. Sellers ’88
Josh M. Shuster ’00
Kenneth Slack, Jr. ’71 & Betsey Slack
Garrett ’09 & Rachel Stauder
Max ’67 & Doris Swinburn
Eric ’91 & Katy Taylor
Fred ’71 & Pam Underwood
Regent John Walker ’68 & Lisa Walker
James ’80 & Susan Wedel ’83
Monty ’85 & Becky Whetstone
Edward Whitacre Jr. ’64 & Linda Whitacre ’65
Karen E. White ’81
William ’99 & Jennifer Whitten ’00
John Wilkins, Jr. ’88 & Karen Wilkins ’89
Foy ’64 & Jo Ann Williams ’64
Molly ’84 & Tom Williams ’85
L. E. Willis, III ’84 & Lorie Willis
Gary L. Moss And Leslie W. Moss CO Trustee
James Wedel Farms
The Capital Trust Company of Delaware
Ken ’63 & Renee Abraham ’71
Austin Adams ’17 & Christy Petry, Ed.D.
Mark L. Adams ’79
Grant ’81 & Johnna Adamson
Robert Adcox ’95 & Keeley Orman-Adcox ’95
Todd ’86 & Mary Aiken
Isaac L. Albarado ’04
Brandon ’17 & Kelsie Albus
David ’86 & Lisa Alderson
Charlotte Alexander ’82 & VADM John Alexander ’82
Curt ’07 & Nikki Alexander
William ’84 & Julianna Alford
Janis & Robert Allen
Jesse Allen, PE ’80 & Veronica Allen
Lori M. Allen ’93
Timothy ’80 & Kandee Allen
Geneva A. Alvis
Paula & Greg Ammons
Alexis J. Anderson ’74
Cynthia ’78 & Jeffrey Anderson ’80
David ’84 & Susan Anderson ’85
Michael Anderson, JD ’03 & Elizabeth Anderson
Russell S. Anderwald ’99
Jamie ’73 & Conrad Appleton
Vincent ’90 & Gretchen Arena
Andrew ’74 & Kathy Armstrong
John ’04 & Kimberly Arrick
Kate ’09 & Mitchell Austin ’09
Ryan ’01 & Angela Austin
Landon W. Autrey ’23
Larry ’84 & Tiffany Autrey
Bridget D. Awbrey ’97
Christopher Aylor, PE ’98 & Stacia Aylor ’97
Kim ’86 & Craig Bagley
Danya ’96 & Cal Bailey
Charles ’73 & Leslie Baker
Justin Balderas
Edgar E. Baldridge, IV ’23
The Honorable Nelson Balido, Jr. ’93 & Sandra Balido
Corey Ball, M.D. ’97 & Jessica Ball ’01
Peter ’85 & Mary Bambace
Timothy P. Barkley, D.D.S ’78
Christopher C. Barnes ’08
Todd ’91 & Amy Barnes
Kyle Barnett, M.D. ’87 & Melissa Barnett
Doug ’69 & Nancy Barnhart
Bryan ’80 & Wendy Barrows ’75
Scott Collen ’89 & David Bartsch
Liz ’90 & Devin Bates
John ’91 & Christin Bator
Jason ’95 & Alysia Battistoni
Joe Baumgardner, II ’81 & Melanie Baumgardner
Frank Bayouth, II ’87 & Julia Bayouth
Denise & James Beachley ’88
Andy ’09 & Samantha Bean
Brad T. Beard, CPA ’91
Caroline Bell ’75
Angela ’96 & Kenneth Benner ’96
Stephanie M. Bennett ’10
Nelda F. Benninger
Polly ’02 & Rex Benson ’01
Gail Bentley, Ph.D. ’75 & David Bentley ’73
Bill ’78 & Paula Benton
Howard Berg, M.D. & Peggy Berg
Darron ’86 & Susan Bergstrom
Linda Berry ’70 & Trey Berry ’71
Sara Cody ’92 & Steven Berry
William ’80 & Cathy Berry
Gerry Beyer, JD & Margaret Beyer
John ’89 & Paige Bick
Danny ’75 & Terri M. Bills
Richard ’93 & Michelle Bingham
Rodney & Martha Bishop
Billie K. Black
Brandon ’02 & Erin Black
Renee ’89 & Scott Blakely ’86
Philip & Meredith Blanchar ’96
Katie & Ronnie Blanco
Charles ’63 & Sara Blocker
Norman K. Blocker ’59
Peter S. Boecher ’79
Mikell K. Bollinger, MPA ’81
Jennifer ’92 & Russell Bols
William Bomberger ’79 & Sharon Simandl
Lesa B. Booker ’82
Amy ’94 & Tripp Boren ’96
Dawn Kelley ’84 & Marcus Borhani, PE
Darren W. Boruff ’89
J. P. Bosco, III ’15
David C. Bowden ’90
Mike Bowie, PE ’76 & Glenna Bowie
Zachry N. Bowman ’03
Susan Boyd ’81 & David Deason
Michael G. Brady ’75
Heather ’00 & Charles Branch
Julie ’99 & William Brandt ’98
Mari-Kathryn Braswell
Susan ’75 & Michael Breitling
James & Pegge Breneman ’73
Clark Briggs ’71 & Kay Graham Briggs ’74
Michelle ’96 & Timothy Bright ’98
Larry ’69 & Judith Britton
Paul ’78 & Rebecca Brochu
Stephen ’16 & Lorilee Broderson
E. R. ’61 & Martha Brooks
Joe & Melanie Brooks
Keith ’00 & Toni Brorman
Eddie ’84 & Marilyn Broussard ’83
Betsy ’72 & Douglas Brown
Elena R. Brown
Collen ’94 & Cheryl Brownlow
Jeffry ’11 & Julie Brunson
Joe ’11 & Sabrina Bryand
Bob ’74 & Felice Bryant ’75
Fred Bryant, Ph.D. ’70 & Janis Bryant
Ronald Bryant, CPA ’73 & Rebecca Bryant, RN
Burr ’72 & Shelley Buckalew
Robert C. Buckner ’80
Lacie ’04 & Matt Bullard
Kevin & Cathy Bunch
Gayle ’88 & Jerry Burleson ’88
Blythe Burns ’16
Brent ’84 & Lori Burns
Emily ’05 & Patrick Burns ’04
Ryan ’01 & Mallory Burns
Brian E. Buro ’82
Dal ’80 & Kim Burrous ’81
Jetta & Ron Burton
Jake Bustoz ’99
Dwain Butler, Ph.D. ’68 & Beth Butler
Ronald Butler, II ’82 & Lorilei Butler
Gary & Melissa Cain
Stacy ’05 & Trey Caliva
Robert ’63 & Toni Cammack
Ben ’77 & Marsha Campbell
Scott ’88 & Tricia Campbell ’88
Adan ’02 & Carmen Cano
Kenna Cantrell ’86 & Karen Pace
Russell ’88 & Lindsey Cantwell
James ’82 & Bonnie Cardow
Stephanie L. Carl, M.D. ’90
Lesle ’83 & Stephen Carlisle
Howard R. Carlson, IV ’08
Mindy L. Carr ’94
Neal ’04 & Elizabeth Carlton
Melissa ’96 & Darin Carrasco
M. C. ’79 & Mary Sue Carrington
Andrew Carter ’84
David R. Carter ’87
Wesley R. Carter
Alberto A. Castillo, Jr. ’96
Timothy Kotrla ’92 & Lisa Castillo
Carrie ’92 & John Castleman ’94
Adam ’05 & Catherine Cathey ’05
Andy ’81 & Jeanne Caulo ’81
Lt. Com. Kirk Chandler (Ret.) ’91 & Rhonda Chandler ’91
Chino Chapa ’82
Evalis ’91 & Jesus Chapa ’90
Chris ’94 & Jessica Chapman
Kyle ’98 & Ivette Chapman
Sam ’69 & Linda Chase
Alice ’71 & Art Chavez ’74
David Cheatham ’89 & Daniel Paettie
Andrea ’07 & Heath Cheek ’03
Sheran & Tommy Childress
Randal ’06 & Brittani Christopher
Mark A. Cina ’75
Jorda ’96 & Lexi Cire
Peggy E. Clark ’64
Lt. Gen. Robert Clark, (Ret.) ’70 & Susan Clark
Brandy ’99 & Travis Clegg ’03
Curtis W. Clerkley ’81
Jami ’05 & Joshua Clevenger
Bobby ’73 & Rhonda Clifton
Charles M. Clodfelter, M.D. ’92
Molly A. Collie ’86
Gary ’96 & Kelly Collins
Janice ’83 & Jeffrey Conner ’83
Denise ’73 & Daniel Cook
Tim ’80 & Paula Cooper
Charles C. Corbin ’90
Jennifer B. Costello ’99
Chris Cottrell, M.D. ’94 & Jana Cottrell
Kim & Pamela Coulter
The Honorable David Counts, III ’83 & Jill Counts ’83
Boyd ’90 & Teri Cowan ’89
Bob Craig, Jr. ’73 & Dana Craig ’79
Cody ’04 & Lauren Craig ’02
Bobbe O. Crawford
Rebecca ’03 & Adam Crawford
Jon ’08 & Aurelia Crider
Kelly & Terry Crofoot
Brenton ’96 & Carrie Croley ’95
Andy Crowson, D.D.S. ’81 & Nancy Crowson ’81
Charles ’76 & Salty Cruser
Steve ’89 & Yvonne Cullen
Justin ’06 & Shawn Culpepper
William L. Cumiford, Ph.D. ’77
Ronald ’75 & Barbara Cummins
J. Kirk ’75 & Kay Cunningham
John Cunningham, M.D. ’00 & Kandis Cunningham
Casey ’89 & Mindi Curnutt ’89
Missi M. Currier, Ph.D. ’08
Thomas Curtis, AIA ’80 & Gloria Curtis ’79
Jackie Curtis, Jr. ’81 & Gail Curtis
William ’73 & Lynn Dampeer
Shari J. Damron ’72
Eugene A. Dane ’87
Mark Daniels ’81
The Honorable Jim Bob Darnell ’70 & The Honorable Kara Darnell ’98
Chandra L. Davenport ’01
Steven ’79 & Lisa Davidson
Jason ’96 & Brooke Davis
Jewell Davis, M.D. ’77 & Kathy Davis
Kenneth ’84 & Lisa Davis
Sean ’86 & Donna Davis
Enoch ’60 & Frances Dawkins
Audra Day, Ph.D. ’99 & Miles Day, M.D.
Leticia L. De Larrosa ’00
Bill Dean, Ed.D. ’61 & Peggy Dean ’66
Steven Dean, PE ’92 & Kallie Dean
Doug ’93 & Rachel Deaton ’93
Maribel DeJesus ’20
Edgar ’89 & Cindy Delgado
Monica ’03 & Benny Delgado
Brenda Deming, Ph.D. ’75 & Kenneth Stewart
Todd ’86 & D’Aun Denton
Marcus ’00 & Ashleigh Dickerson
Jason ’99 & Cheri Dickerson ’99
Joseph Dockery, Jr. ’93 & Kim Dockery
Deborah Dixon, PE ’78 & Jerry Dixon ’77
Donald Doherty, Jr. ’75 & Lori Doherty
Joseph H. Dominey
Frank Dominguez, III ’06
Keith M. Donahoe ’92
Teresa ’80 & George Dorch
Donald ’87 & Claire Dotson
Mark Doty ’98
Jim ’70 & Patti Douglass ’85
Belle R. Dowell
Clark ’68 & Frances Dowell ’68
Michael B. Dowell
John ’66 & Edie Downs
Charles & Mary Doyle
David ’82 & Allison Doyle
Dillon ’05 & Brindley Drake
Jack ’64 & Vicky Driskill
Scott Dueser ’75
Christina Woods Duffy, JD & Bryan Duffy ’21
Georgianna ’73 & James Duke ’73
Mason ’00 & Nicole Dumas ’18
The Honorable Robert Duncan ’76 & Terri Duncan
Daniel ’79 & Carolyn Dungan
Marc ’90 & Susanne Dunham
Brenda L. Dykes ’62
Cora ’07 & Jeremy Dziuk
Alisa ’02 & Kyle Dzygun ’03
Robert ’72 & Bonny Eakens
Donna ’82 & J. R. Edinburgh
Shane ’95 & Eddie Edler
Reverend Richard Edwards ’73 & Jo Beth Edwards
Howard ’66 & Rita Ehler
Clay A. Elkins ’96
Pat Ellebracht ’53
Tate ’92 & Janice Elliott
Brian ’93 & Sharon Ellis ’94
John ’90 & Rhonda Elmore
Tracy ’77 & Cary Elms ’94
Michael ’73 & Patty Erspamer ’74
Cindy Eschenburg ’81 & Robert Eschenburg, III ’81
Edward ’99 & Linda Esparza ’81
John ’97 & Leah Esparza ’95
Jeff ’04 & Jennifer Estrada ’15
Jay & Sarah Eulenbach
Charles Fabling, Jr. & Lee Fabling ’69
David ’76 & Jetti Fahle
Christopher ’15 & Lacey Fails ’16
Edie ’83 & Scott Fanning ’82
Quinton A. Farley ’81
Jesse Faught, Jr. ’73 & Brenda Faught
Case ’07 & Lindsay Fell
LeQuinne Ferebee ’71
Jeremy ’98 & Amanda Ferrell
Jan ’75 & Karl Fescenmeyer ’75
Mark ’82 & Maria Fewin
Missy Finck ’71
Jenne ’78 & Thomas Finke ’78
Edward ’87 & Julie Fletcher ’87
Benton ’77 & Linda Floerke
Phillip L. Flournoy ’14
Kim C. Ford ’83
Nicky ’83 & Betty Fowler
Chris J. Foyt ’05
Regent L. Frederick ’78 & Mrs. Ginger Francis ’79
Michael W. Frederick ’89
Dustin C. Freeman ’15
Michael ’91 & Aimee French
Aaron Friedman ’21
Daniel ’79 & Delores Fromme
James ’92 & Michelle Fuller
Linda ’69 & Terry Fuller ’77
Richard ’88 & Lori Furr
Melinda ’84 & Ricky Gaddis
Stephen ’72 & Danette Gallagher
Steven G. Gamble, Ph.D. ’67
Gabriel ’13 & Melissa Garcia
Teresa ’95 & William Gardner
Anthony L. Garner ’04
Joe ’84 & Linda Garner ’83
Enrique A. Garza ’90
Jorge Garza, II ’94 & Patricia Garza ’05
Linda ’89 & Larry Gaston
Connor A. Gates ’19
Steven D. Gatlin ’73
John ’74 & Anne Gavin
Christopher ’07 & Mary Gellner ’05
Shawn ’00 & Christina Genenbacher ’00
David R. George ’86 & Kathleen O’Shea ’88
Gregg ’92 & Cynthia Gerber
Bryan ’92 & Krista Gerlich ’93
Barrett J. Gibson ’00
Jack ’88 & Holly Gilbert
Jodie D. Gildersleeve ’06
Stephany Gillan ’95 & Lt. Col. Bryan Gillan
Donald ’97 & Melonie Gillilan
Leslie ’85 & Andrea Gillit
Vance Ginn, Ph.D. ’06 & Emily Ginn ’06
James ’73 & Joy Gissler
Patrick A. Gonzales ’21
Kara ’00 & Larry Good ’00
Bryan ’73 & Nancy Gossett
Diane ’71 & Robert Gossett ’70
Jeremy ’99 & Lauren Gott
Addison Gradel, Ed.D. ’82 & Tammie Gradel ’17
Dennis Graham, D.O. ’71 & Angi Graham
Jane ’73 & Paul Graham ’73
LaNette Gray
Benjamin ’05 & Lauren Greek ’05
Ellen Green ’61 & Norris Green, Jr. ’60
Justin & Kasey Green
Mary Ann Green ’64
Wendy ’94 & Weslee Green ’96
Dan ’93 & Dana Gregory ’92
Todd Gregory ’85
Steve J. Greig ’90
Geneva Griffin ’51
Jeffrey ’11 & Katie Griffin
Ronald C. Griffin ’96
Brian Griggs, AIA ’04 & Jaime Griggs
Matthew K. Grigsby ’94
JoAnn Grooms ’83 & Randy Grooms, Jr. ’83
Ferhat Guven ’96
Terri Guy ’73 & Dan Guy, Ph.D.
Tony R. Hahn
Louise ’86 & Scott Haigler ’86
Luke ’00 & Beth Haile
Eddie ’53 & Jerri Hajek
Jon Hale, Jr. ’80 & Gaye Hale
Rickey ’74 & Sherrie Hale
Brett ’86 & Sonia Hall
Harvey Hall, PE ’72 & Sarah Hall ’73
Ivan ’64 & Martha Hall
John P. Hall ’04
Russell ’98 & Krystal Hall
Sarah M. Hall
Zachary A. Hall ’10
Arthur ’70 & Beverly Hamelin ’70
Phillip Hamman, IV ’01 & Amanda Hamman
Bobby Hammond, Jr. ’75 & Cynthia Hammond
Ron ’68 & Nancy Hammonds
Chancellor Emeritus Kent R. Hance ’65
Darrin ’94 & Maureen Hanson
Cecila ’82 & Robert Hardin
Kenneth ’89 & Stephanie Harding ’89
Holley & Michael Hardwick
John Hardy, M.D. ’99 & Nancy Hardy ’99
Greg ’75 & Shannon Hargrove ’78
David Harkins, Ph.D. ’92 & Victoria Harkins, Ph.D. ’92
Jim ’86 & Nancy Harman ’81
Allen ’86 & Beverly Harp
Sam ’72 & Dolores Harper
Sandra Harper, Ph.D. ’74 & Dave Harper
Erin B. Harrelson ’11
Barkley ’04 & Krystin Harris
Blayne S. Harris ’11
Owen Harrison, III ’73 & Lois Harrison
Melanie U. Hart ’81
Robert Hart, M.D. ’80 & Susan Nelson, M.D.
Natalie Y. Harvill, PE ’97
Jace ’22 & Karlie Hassoldt
Tim ’51 & Tommie Hatch ’51
Karen Havins ’93
Garry Hays, II ’00 & Erin Hays
Nathan H. Hays ’11
The Honorable Phillip Hays ’81 & Tricia Hays ’80
Richard ’76 & Marietta Hayter
Kristen ’98 & Shane Hazel ’98
Daniel ’81 & Nita Heinchon ’81
Don J. Heinrich ’74
E. Matthew Heinrich, M.D. ’98 & Laura Heinrich
Laura ’95 & Chuck Heinz
Stephen Helbing, Jr. ’75 & Joy Helbing
Eric Hellman, M.D. ’13 & Lia Hellman ’14
Cheryl Helms ’78 & Lloyd Helms, Jr. ’79
James ’86 & Margaret Henderson
Jo ’63 & Victor Henderson ’64
Alan ’64 & Cassandra Henry ’67
Ryan ’94 & Melynn Henry
Danny ’76 & Mary Jane Henson ’75
Jeremy Hernandez, M.D. ’99 & Staci Hix-Hernandez, M.D. ’99
Brian D. Hess ’92
J. Pat & Nancy Hickman
Kelli ’90 & Ross Hilburn ’89
Ronald ’70 & Edith Hilliard
Bill Hinchey, M.D. ’74 & Joann Hinchey
Embry ’65 & Martha Hines ’89
Douglas ’76 & Valerie Hlavaty ’76
Carey Hobbs
Patricia Hodge, MPH ’73 & Richard Hodge ’72
Robert W. Hodge, II
Greg ’86 & Lori Hoes
Joellen Hogan ’76 & Ted Hogan, Jr. ’77
Lamicha M. Hogan, Ph.D. ’22
Hailey ’20 & Hawks Holder ’21
Chad ’09 & Sydney Holliday
Braden ’01 & Emily Hood ’02
Robert ’60 & Kyle Hood
Dan Hook ’57
Paul ’72 & Iris Horton
Stan ’86 & Whitney Horton
Bill ’79 & Cynthia Howard ’78
Denney ’81 & Janette Howard
Kevin ’93 & Suzanne Howard ’94
James Huckaby, CPA ’66 & Clara Huckaby
Elizabeth L. Huddleston ’68
Dale ’86 & Jennifer Hudspeth ’86
Charlotte ’70 & John Huffaker ’70
Walter Huffman, JD ’67 & Kathy Huffman
Laura ’97 & Scott Hughey
Rachel ’92 & David Hunn
Jimmie ’56 & Betsy Hunt
Debbie ’72 & Steve Hurt ’71
Jeffrey H. Hutchings ’99
Monica ’94 & Michael Hutchison
Andrew Ickert, PE ’00 & Rachel Ickert, PE ’01
Brandon ’87 & Neasa Iden
Jon ’14 & Melanie Irvine
Nancy ’80 & Rex Isom ’78
Shannon ’11 & Travis Isom ’10
Cherylon ’84 & Jimmy Jackson ’84
Joshua ’00 & Amy Jackson
Tim ’85 & Leslie Jackson ’85
Cory ’02 & Randy James
Tami I. James ’90
Glenn January, Sr. ’75 & Paula January ’80
Roger ’74 & Deni Jeschke
Alfonzo ’06 & Jerrica Jimenez
Christopher ’08 & Margaret Joachim
Byron ’70 & Robbie Johnson ’71
Carla Johnson ’62 & The Honorable Philip Johnson
Cutter Johnson ’14
Jeremy ’00 & Trina Johnson ’99
Melanie ’95 & Scott Johnson ’94
Amy Jones ’95 & Hamlin Jones, IV ’96
Betsy Jones ’77 & The Honorable Robert Jones ’78
Chelsea ’15 & Jace Jones ’17
Chris ’68 & Donald Jones ’68
Craig ’72 & Dowanne Jones
David Jones ’69
Kaitlyn A. Jones ’14
Lona F. Jones
Lynette Jones
Steve ’70 & Ginny Jones
Theron ’88 & Ida Jones
Adaryll D. Jordan ’99
Doug ’78 & Courtney Jordan ’86
Van Josselet ’74
Pedro N. Juri, Ph.D. ’79
Gust ’96 & Tish Kallas
Mary K. Kallus, Ph.D. ’93
The Honorable James ’75 & Leslie Keffer ’76
Debra Keffler ’75 & Richard Keffler, Jr. ’75
James ’68 & Susan Kelly
Michael ’99 & Lacey Kendrick
Michael Stinson ’66 & Pamela Kennedy
Mike ’75 & Julia Kerr
Rebecca ’00 & Ryan Kerr ’03
Brice Key, MBA ’94 & Darby Key
Michael & Tracy Kiefer ’87
Max Kiesling, Ph.D. ’89 & Rebekah Kiesling
Vanessa L. Kilgore ’06
MAJ Anthony Killa (Ret.) ’95 & Angela Hartman-Killa
Marli ’07 & Kaden Kimberlin
Truitt ’00 & Kay Kimbrough ’01
Abby ’16 & Matthew King ’10
Christopher ’95 & Heather King
Robby ’94 & Amy Kirkland
Laura ’75 & Mike Kirkpatrick ’74
Robbye ’98 & Shawn Kirkpatrick
Chris Kirksey, PE ’84 & Betsy Kirksey ’83
Brenda ’84 & Michael Kitten ’91
Tio ’69 & Janell Kleberg
Casey S. Klesel, Pharm.D. ’09
Jeff ’76 & Kim Klotzman ’77
Terry ’71 & Linda Knight
Tara ’92 & Scot Knight
Susan ’89 & Thomas Knittle ’89
Jon ’84 & Michele Kocen ’84
Barbara Kornfuehrer
Melody H. Kramer ’71
Brandon ’04 & Callie Kuehler ’09
Serena B. Kundysek ’90
Brant C. Kuykendall ’06
Keenie ’67 & Jack Kyle
Zurick ’85 & Paula Labrier
David M. Ladewig ’09
Marcus ’94 & Paige LaGuardia ’93
James K. Lambeth ’21
Kerren Lampe, Ed.D. ’74 & Richard Lampe, M.D.
Erin ’03 & Travis Land ’02
Julie ’96 & David Lane
Curt ’90 & Jill Langford ’90
Scott ’92 & Tyfani Lanier ’94
Jeffery ’91 & Kendra Lansdell ’91
Michael D. Lao ’04
Keith ’80 & Jackie Larkin
Aaron ’03 & Jaime Larmer ’04
Ronald D. Larson ’70
Jon-Paul ’00 & Melissa Lascalere
Andrew ’07 & Regan Latham
Carol ’94 & Douglas Lathem ’94
Cynthia ’79 & Kyle Laughlin ’93
D’Linda ’87 & Tom Law ’89
Marcy Lawless ’93 & Robert Lawless, Ph.D.
Bernardo ’84 & Patty Lawrence
Shery Layne ’81
Carol Layton, Ed.D. ’93 & Bradley Layton ’09
Kelly ’78 & Robert Leach
Peyton ’91 & Kelly Legg ’92
Susan E. Lehmann ’71
Rachel ’97 & Brendan Leigh
Carol Leito ’79 & James Leito, III ’79
Phil D. Lemons ’82
James G. Lenhardt ’92
Louis Lester, M.D. ’85 & Sylvia Lester
Andrew ’12 & Ashley Lewis ’11
Gary ’73 & Kay Lewis
Julie Lewis
Lee ’74 & Jill Lewis
Regent Michael Lewis ’72 & Robin Lewis
Scott Liles, AIA ’91 & Amanda Liles ’92
Kobi ’05 & Robert Lincoln
Geoffrey ’93 & Caroline Lochausen
Gary ’68 & Sally Loden ’69
Robert ’96 & Rebecca Lothringer
Christopher ’93 & Stacy Loveless ’92
David ’87 & Maria Low ’90
Sarah ’99 & Timothy Lowry ’99
Maj. Gen. Vince Luchsinger, Ph.D. ’59 & Lou Luchsinger, Ed.D. ’81
Eleanor ’77 & Ronald Luke
Kyle M. Lukert ’96
Sandra W. Lutz, Ed.D. ’74
Ronald ’86 & LaDon Madden
Arrington Madison, M.D. ’17 & Bradley Madison ’10
Julio Madrigal, Ed.D. ’82 & Dolores Madrigal
Jennifer ’05 & Michael Majors ’03
Jeffrey Marshall, CPA ’97 & Kathryn Marshall ’96
Brad ’77 & Carol Martin ’77
Maj. Gen. Thomas & Lt. Gen. Wendy Masiello ’80
Larry Mask ’80
Gretchen ’03 & Gary Massingill
Sheena K. Mattimoe-Campbell ’90
Ken Brame ’70 & Judy Mattox
Peggy ’76 & Gregg Maxwell
Jana & Mark Mayfield
Jan Maykus
Joe Bob Mayo, CLU ’70 & Jo Mayo ’71
James McAteer, CPA ’73 & Monika McAteer
Analisa ’08 & Casey McCain ’09
Clinton ’08 & Sarah McCalla ’11
David ’80 & Janet McCalla
Kimberley McCann ’95
Mark ’80 & Paula McClellan ’82
Brian ’75 & Wetonnah McCoy
Beverly J. McDuff ’54
Joni W. McIlvain ’59
Gae McInroe, Ph.D. ’91 & Kevin McInroe ’91
Kevin ’94 & Kristi McIntosh
Kathleen ’04 & Ryan McKenzie ’98
Michael ’67 & Barbara McKenzie ’68
Kelly H. McKinzie ’90
Amy McLane ’97 & Drayton McLane, III
Collin ’16 & Rebekah McLarty ’16
Kevin ’73 & Karen McMahon ’73
Bart ’87 & Vivian McMeans
William R. McMillan ’02
Tom W. McMorris ’67
Daniel ’88 & Whitney McWilliams
Kyle ’03 & Jacklyn Meismer
Lt. Col. Leonard Melcher (Ret.) ’68 & Shirley Melcher ’69
Paul Meriwether, M.D. ’76 & Carol Meriwether
Ilah Coffee Merriman ’57
Kelly A. Methvin ’08
Lori ’99 & Mark Mettille
Julie K. Meyer ’83
Ryan ’03 & Haley Meyer
Amy ’88 & Trey Miller ’87
Brett ’97 & Jodi Miller ’97
Frosty ’68 & Vicki Miller
Jacob ’01 & Jennifer Miller
Lon E. Miller ’71
Mark F. Miller, Ph.D. ’82
Nicholas ’96 & TeriAnn Miller
Lindsay ’81 & Karen Mills
Stephanie ’86 & Timothy Mills ’86
Michael ’85 & Jennifer Minnis
Douglas E. Mires ’68
Mary R. Mitchell ’93
Amy A. Moore ’03
Dennis Moore, CFP ’04 & Aubrey Moore ’04
Freddy ’81 & Penny Moore ’80
Gwendolyn K. Moore ’02
Marc H. Moore ’04
Patrick ’94 & Kathryn Moore
Patrick ’82 & Rene Moore ’82
Clark Mooty, M.D. ’01 & Heather Mooty ’03
Brad ’82 & Carla Moran ’88
Jennifer M. Moran ’89
Chris ’79 & Pamela Morphew ’80
Bette J. Morris ’56
Cathy ’77 & Craig Morris ’78
Dennis ’70 & Diana Morris ’72
Marvin ’73 & Peggy Morris ’71
Trey Morris, M.D. ’03 & Jerome Morris ’10
Larry W. Morton ’84
Janet G. Moseley ’65
Mitchell ’05 & Laura Moses
Mike Moss, AIA ’83 & Leslie Moss ’81
Wendy J. Moss ’94
Tommy ’75 & Debra Mrazek ’81
Henry & Melinda Musselman
James ’11 & Paula Mustin
Stanley ’72 & Linda Nadolski ’72
Bill ’77 & Sharon Napier ’76
Mrs. Nancy Neal ’85 & Thomas Neal, M.D.
Mark ’85 & Susan Nelson
Michael ’02 & Carrie Nelson
Melissa ’86 & Rod Nelson ’89
Nathan ’05 & Rachel Nash
Crystal Neustadt ’03 & Jean Neustadt, III
Jerry ’81 & Shelli Nevans
James ’90 & Michele Newcomb
Nicholas ’10 & Rachel Newman ’12
Lyndel ’55 & Billie Newsom
Coby B. Nichols ’98 & Armando Pando
Garrett ’16 & Sydney Nichols ’15
Jody ’05 & Leigh Nichols
John D. Nichols
Lucy ’79 & Mark Nichols ’79
Sandra S. Nieto ’11
Benny ’74 & Vicki Nixon ’73
Jane ’08 & Keith Nodskov
The Honorable Ben Nolen ’86 & Dana Nolen ’88
Melanie ’86 & Michael Norton ’85
Kenneth ’74 & Deborah Norvell
Angela O’Daniel ’90 & LTC Gary O’Daniel ’89
Deborah I. Odom ’72
Kim ’88 & Jerry Ostert
Selena ’02 & David Overholt
Melvin ’73 & Rebecca Owen
Michael Owen, M.D. ’70 & Loretta Owen ’71
Mr. John ’71 & Mrs. Cynthia Owens ’73
Juan Padilla, Jr. ’76 & Nancy Padilla
Salina ’00 & Brian Palmerton
Bob J. Paradiso ’79
Joe Parker, Jr. ’73 & Marjorie Parker ’73
Paul ’82 & Crystal Parkinson
Stanley D. Pastusek ’83
Braden ’13 & Lauren Pate ’10
Janeen C. Patterson
Roe ’95 & Tonya Patterson ’95
Carolyn Pawelek
Todd ’92 & Kimberly Payton
Bob ’71 & Jaclyn Pearson ’72
Philip ’80 & Lianne Pearson
Craig ’98 & Kayla Peltoma ’02
Roberto Pena, Jr. ’93 & Denise Pena
Brandon ’07 & Nicole Penn ’05
Vanessa ’20 & Elliott Perez
Marvin Perry, Jr. ’67 & Peggy Perry ’66
Brenda J. Peters ’74
Gary R. Petersen ’68
J. Anthony ’80 & Lisa Petrelli
Steve ’93 & Stacey Phillips ’93
Jane ’83 & Scott Piercy ’78
Bill ’69 & Ginger Pittman
Jerry Pittman, CPA ’66 & Susan Pittman ’66
Steve ’75 & Kelley Pitts ’82
David R. Portalatin ’89
James ’00 & Patricia Potratz
Clay ’95 & Lisa Powell ’89
Robert ’91 & Victoria Powell
Kevin ’94 & Patricia Powers
Denver ’14 & Alison Pradon
Gregory ’96 & Heather Prather
Daniel ’21 & Amanda Price
Terry L. Price ’75
Col. James Pryor (Ret.) ’87 & Charlotte Pryor ’88
Michael ’75 & Deborah Pryor
Scott ’80 & Carroll Pullen
Mendy ’81 & Terry Putman ’69
Dean ’82 & Christi Quinn
Charles Railsback, M.D. ’64 & Jackie Railsback
Ben ’76 & Jeannie Ralston ’77
Benjamin G. Ralston ’08
Janie ’79 & Isidro Ramirez ’73
Lyndsey A. Ralston ’07
Rebecca Ramirez ’01
David ’73 & Cathy Ramsey ’73
Jill Rankin, PE ’96 & Daniel Rankin ’96
Gregory Rasco ’93
Samuel M. Ray, IV ’66
John & Karen Reagan
Felicia A. Redmond ’84 & Thomas Medelberg
Mr. B. Jack ’72 & Mrs. Janet Reed ’71
Steve ’72 & Barbara Reichmuth
Matthew ’96 & Tracie Reiter ’97
Becky ’74 & Jack Rentz ’74
Marcos Reyes, M.D. ’05 & Raina Reyes
Anisse B. Reynolds
Diane Reynolds, DNP ’01 & Jorge Rodriguez
Christopher & Danielle Reznicek
Ann Lee Rhodes ’71
Hannah ’12 & Travis Rhodes ’17
Rhonda Rhodes ’88 & Terry Howard
Joseph ’04 & Christen Rians
Alison Richardson, MS ’87 & Michael Richardson ’85
Shaun ’97 & Stephanie Richardson ’97
David ’82 & Jill Ricks
Melissa ’92 & Robert Rico
Chance ’13 & Chloe Riggins ’22
Julie ’81 & Tommy Rigsby ’79
Clayton ’86 & Cathleen Riley
Walter ’60 & Joyce Rinehart
Amy ’07 & Cody Ritchey
Steve ’70 & Becky Rivers
Allison Rix ’96 & Lewis Rix, III ’95
Randy & Holly Robbins
Kathy E. Hager Roberts ’72
Clark Robinson, M.D. ’89 & Michelle Robinson
Susan R. Robinson ’70
Jon Kevin ’82 & Kay Robison
Jamie Rocha ’00
Joshua Rodgers, Pharm.D. ’03 & Tiffany Rodgers, Pharm.D. ’01
Xavier E. Rodriguez Austin ’16
Brooks Rogers, M.D. ’87 & Keith Rogers
Evan M. Roll ’14
Julie ’85 & Stephen Roper ’84
Susan ’76 & Robert Rose
Kendra ’91 & Christopher Rosenbaum
Paul ’68 & Judy Rostad ’68
Heath ’94 & Kimberly Rousser ’96
Monica M. Rowe ’98
Steven A. Rowe, Jr. ’02
April & Jeff Rumsey
Shelby L. Russell ’85
Tyler Russell, CFP, RICP ’07 & Jenny Russell
Dawn ’89 & Alan Rust
Britt Sadler ’95
John ’96 & Suzanne Saenz ’95
Desiree Sage ’80
Jim ’93 & Melinda Salyer ’93
Keith Samples ’77
Rachel ’99 & Jason Samsel
Sherry ’77 & Alan Sancibrian
Stacy ’98 & Gilbert Sandoval
Sammie F. Saulsbury ’58
Carolyn Sawyer ’74 & L. E. Sawyer, Jr.
James Saye, III ’81 & Ann Saye
Richard Scales ’60
Bob Schlinkman, Jr. ’71 & Anne Schlinkman
Alan ’91 & Kristy Schluter ’90
Robert ’93 & Beth Schmid
Ryan ’01 & Mindy Schneider ’02
M ’Lissa ’00 & Jeremy Schoening
Denise ’79 & Eric Schrader ’79
Robbie M. Schroeder
Robin Schulte-Straley ’00 & Todd Straley ’99
Steven ’76 & Karen Schultz
Ernest Schutt, III ’75 & Diana Schutt
Cortney Bowen-Schwalbe ’99 & Ken Schwalbe
Lori ’80 & Ricky Scott ’81
Jerry ’52 & Maxie Scott
Matt ’05 & McKensey Scurlock ’05
Raelye T. ’14 & Joe Self
Kayce ’01 & Roy Sellers
Pamela ’77 & Thomas Sellers ’77
Melinda ’72 & Stephen Shanklin ’71
Daniel ’93 & Karina Shaver
Justin ’01 & Robbie Shepherd ’03
Brandi & Chris Shields
William ’83 & Cindy Shields
Kim Shinn, PE ’78 & Nan Shinn
Ginny ’71 & John Shoaf ’72
Gary H. Shores ’63
Linda Short
Kevin Sieck, M.D. ’95 & Tisha Sieck
Jeffrey ’89 & Meredith Sipes ’91
James ’69 & Lynn Slack
Steven ’75 & Katherine Smethie
Bobby ’80 & Sabrina Smith
Curtis ’84 & Katy Smith ’84
Cynthia ’05 & Ryan Smith
Drue ’93 & Jill Smith ’92
Gary ’58 & Alice Smith
Jim ’87 & Michelle Smith ’87
Kenny ’83 & Joanna Smith ’85
Lesley Smith, PE ’86 & Amy Smith
Kristin Smith ’76 & Lucian Smith, III ’74
Robert ’82 & Tabitha Smith
Stephanie M. Smith ’99
Rainey ’99 & Travis Smith ’00
Bill ’63 & Sonya Smyrl
Chris ’95 & Susan Snead ’93
Brian ’89 & Julie Snellgrove ’90
Lary C. Snodgrass ’70
Jeanne ’75 & Gary Snyder
Clayton ’90 & Darla Sorrells
Heather & Mateo Soto
Steve Souter, FAIA ’71 & Jill Souter
Kent ’75 & Judy Springer
Bryan ’80 & Sheri Springston ’81
James & Shanna St. Clair
Justin ’02 & Roxann St. Clair ’02
Donna A. Stallard ’70
Steve ’74 & Kathy Stallings
Mark ’99 & Amanda Staudt
Daniel ’01 & Kayla Stephens ’02
Lynne ’78 & Clifford Stewart
McArthur Stidom, Jr. ’89
John Stokes, CPA & Vicki Stokes
Scott H. Storm ’80
Cody ’10 & Jaclyn Street ’08
Colton ’04 & Devin Street ’04
Scott ’83 & Patrice Streit
Rustin ’01 & Alison Strickland ’01
Larry ’70 & Linda Strickland
Nancy I. Stringfellow ’72
William Stripling, IV ’89 & Denise Stripling
Mark ’81 & Cindy Stroud
Bryan ’97 & Amy Studer ’17
L. Biff Sturgess ’94
Nicky ’79 & Vicki Summitt
Michael ’74 & Lynn Surovik ’74
Julie ’82 & Kelly Sutton ’84
Ashley ’19 & Joel Swain
John ’74 & Julia Swallow ’89
Jessica ’11 & Cory Swan
Douglas Swartz, Ph.D. ’12 & Lauren Swartz, M.D. ’06
Phil ’72 & Michelle Swatzell
Greg ’79 & Shelley Sweatt ’79
Sara ’09 & Stephen Sweny ’10
Jordan N. Swick ’17
Bill ’87 & Shawna Tankersley ’87
Dalton Tarwater, Ph.D. ’59 & Nancy Tarwater ’59
Paul ’87 & Terri Tarwater
Lance ’99 & Dawn Taylor ’00
Jan Taylor ’67 & Robert Taylor, Jr. ’71
Terrell Taylor, Jr. ’86 & Johnette Taylor
Toni ’84 & William Taylor
Carrie ’98 & David Teague ’97
Charles ’83 & Marita Tedder
Christopher M. Tejeda ’07
Samuel ’09 & Samantha ten Brink
Dean ’79 & Mary Katherine Tetirick ’79
Russell Thoma, PE ’80 & Jency Thoma ’82
Carolyn Thomas ’72
William ’83 & Julie Thomas
Gracelyn ’97 & Russell Thomasson ’98
Allison Thompson ’02 & Christopher Thompson, M.D.
Carolyn ’05 & Justin Thompson ’06
Greg ’90 & Jamie Thompson ’90
Matthew ’11 & Sarah Thompson
Robert ’75 & Diane Thompson
Patrick Thornton ’89 & Loretta Talley
Tracy Thrash
Dwayne ’67 & Elizabeth Tidwell ’66
Don ’69 & Betty Tomlin
Mitchell ’82 & Tonya Toups
Troupe ’83 & Sharla Trice
Lindsey ’97 & Paul Tubbs ’98
Elesha & Troy Tucker
Chance ’08 & Kim Turner
Gary J. Turner ’82
Jerry ’68 & Diane Turner ’68
Karen ’83 & Loyd Turner ’76
Lane ’89 & Kim Turner ’90
Anne ’71 & Jerald Tyre
Justin ’98 & Brooke Underwood
Renee B. Underwood ’78
Jarrod ’02 & Amanda Upton ’10
Phillip ’08 & Michelle Urrutia
Anne VanBeber, Ph.D. ’79 & Hance VanBeber
Larry Vanderwoude ’21 & Paula Barber
Brian ’93 & Teresa Vardeman ’93
Dr. Tamara S. Vardy ’94
Kristin ’02 & Travis Vargo ’01
Ben ’92 & Kellie Veazey ’91
Rozanne C. Veeser ’63
Kyle ’89 & Carla Villyard
Clinton Vincent, PE ’99 & Ann Wells
Courtnie ’11 & James Vinson ’13
John Vollet, Ph.D. ’69 & Lucy Vollet
Bobby G. Waddle ’55
Catherine ’93 & Kevin Waggoner ’95
David K. Waggoner, JD ’83
Fred P. Wagner, Ph.D. ’50
Kent ’84 & Beckey Waldrop ’89
Daniel ’79 & Bredgitt Walker
David ’78 & Michelle Walker
Richard ’73 & Catherine Walker
Ben ’76 & Patricia Wallace
Michael D. Walleck ’95
Corey D. Waller ’95
Tracey G. Waller ’93
Todd ’99 & Twallah Walling
Collin ’12 & Kaitlan Walterscheid ’14
Sally Ann Walton
Juifeng ’86 & Lu Wang
Leslie & Donald Ward
The Honorable T. John Ward, Sr. ’64 & Elizabeth Ward ’86
Jill & Martin Warren
Velma G. Warren ’77
Jim ’72 & Lavenia Weathers
Samuel Weaver, III ’65 & Carolan Weaver
James ’75 & Claudia Webb
Molly I. Webster
Michael ’05 & Tori Weems ’05
Cam ’91 & Stacey Welch
Janelle ’79 & Terence Welch
Kendra M. Wendel ’04
James ’91 & Cheryl Werner ’91
Mark ’83 & Sherri Whatley
Herman Wheatley, Jr. ’65 & Barbara Wheatley
Patricia Wheeler ’93 & Charles Wheeler, D.O.
Prentice White ’64
William J. White ’99
Tony ’79 & Cindy Whitehead ’81
David ’64 & Carla Wight
Kitty Harris, Ph.D. ’83 & Morris Wilkes ’75
Mary B. Wilkinson ’77
Peter Wilkinson, Jr. & Teresa Wilkinson
Bryant Williams, Jr. ’61 & Brenda Williams
Dale Williams, Pharm.D. ’04 & Jennifer Williams
David Williams, M.D. ’93 & Adrienne Williams
Scott ’74 & Diane Williams
Thomas ’79 & Kellie Williams
Christina ’99 & Shayne Wilson ’97
John L. Wilson ’74
Joseph Wilson ’87 & Megan Taber
Annette ’84 & Jeffrey Wise ’83
Elizabeth ’88 & Erik With ’89
Andrew ’10 & Meghan Woelke ’14
Cathy ’85 & Karl Wolfe ’86
Candace & Robert Wood
Tanya Wood, Ed.D. ’99 & Donald Wood ’82
Gary Wood, Ph.D. ’73 & Sheryl Wood
Leonard ’84 & Rhonda Wood
Shayne ’90 & Jennifer Woodard
Mark ’77 & Claudia Woods
Michelle Worthy, DNP ’21 & Roy Worthy
Gary ’78 & Melinda Wright ’80
Stephen Wright, Jr. ’95 & Jennifer Wright
Keith ’07 & Samantha Wyly
Scott Wyrick, M.D. ’87 & Lenore Wyrick
Jeff ’82 & Deborah Yarbrough
Justin ’02 & Ashley Yarborough
Scott & Shannon Yocham
Martha & Robert York
Nathan A. Young ’98
Tyler ’06 & Emily Young
William ’95 & Jennifer Young ’96
Wesley B. Youngblood ’74
Britny ’08 & Ignacio Zambrano ’07
David ’92 & Adrienne Zugheri
Amarillo National Bank
Charities Aid Foundation of America
National Christian Foundation
JPMorgan Chase Bank
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SARAH J. BRISCOE (BS Architecture, BS Civil Engineering) Houston, Texas, was named Garver’s new Houston structural practice leader. Sarah has worked on projects in and around Houston and across the country, leading structural design and documents preparation for buildings in different sectors, including industrial, educational, municipal and healthcare. She has experience with various structural systems, including reinforced concrete, structural steel and wood framing. Prior to Sarah’s new role, she worked as a structural engineering manager for H2B. Her many projects include a 40,000-square-feet, $16 million instructional arts facility at Lone Star College in Houston; a 30,000-square-feet, two-story city hall building for the City of Mont Belvieu, Texas; and the renovation of a 20,000-square-feet community living center, alongside an 18,000-square-feet building addition, for the Robert J. Dole Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. Garver is an
employee-owned multidisciplined engineering, planning and environmental services firm with more than 1,000 employees across the United States.
ANDREA E. GAGE CHEEK (BA Public Relations) Dallas, Texas, was the co-chair of the 50th Anniversary Cattle Baron’s Ball headlined by Shania Twain and featuring Randy Rogers Band held on Oct. 14, 2023. The annual American Cancer Society fundraiser was held at Southfork Ranch in Parker, Texas, and had more than 3,400 people in attendance. Andrea, along with other co-chair Isabell Novakov, led the committee of 100 women to pull off the event which included dinner, dancing, entertainment, raffles and both a live and silent auction. Her husband, R. HEATH CHEEK (BA ’03 Political Science), is TTAA Centennial Chair on the Texas Tech Alumni Association National Board of Directors.
RYAN W. VINSON (BBA Petroleum Land Management) Fort Worth, Texas, is the founder of Energy Domain – a tech-enabled online marketplace that integrates data, analytics and alerts to improve the way oil and gas properties are bought, sold and leased – which engaged Palace Road Partners, LLC of Dallas, Texas to serve as an outsourced valuation team for shared clients, providing investment banking-level service with improved efficiency at greatly reduced costs for deals valued between $5MM–$100MM+ back in November.Additionally, in January, Energy Domain successfully acquired market intelligence technology product Energent from U.K.-based Westwood Global Energy Group. With Energent, Energy Domain has acquired a market intelligence product that uses an artificial intelligence model to interpret satellite imagery, tracking rig locations, identifying frac crews and providing valuable completion activity data. Ryan is also the co-founder of 5M’s Minerals Management, which later created MineralWare, a mineral management platform, and Energy Freelance (now EnergyHire), a marketplace for hiring energy experts.
The United Family has invested in the lives of Red Raiders for generations.
WENDEE C. LANGDON PAYNE, PH.D (MS Animal Science, Ph.D. ’12 Animal Science) Floydada, Texas, has been reappointed by Gov. Greg Abbott to the Texas Animal Health Commission for a term set to expire in 2029. According to the TAHC website, regulations are made and adopted by 13 governor-appointed commissioners who represent the general public and various livestock industries and professions. The commissioners serve staggered six-year terms and meet as needed to study the regulatory needs of the agency, review public comments on proposed regulation changes and adopt new rules when necessary. Wendee earned her bachelor’s degree in agriculture and animal science from West Texas A&M University in 2005. She is an associate solution consultant for Infor, a multinational company headquartered in New York City that provides industry specific, enterprise software licensed for use on premises or as a service. She also is a former member of the American Society of Animal Scientists, National Association of Equine Affiliated Academics and Equine
Science Society. Today, she volunteers at the Texas Tech Therapeutic Riding Center, helps on her family’s beef cattle ranch and is heavily involved in Lubbock Alumnae Panhellenic as the official representative for her sorority. In addition, Wendee serves as an Emeritus member of the Dean’s Advisory Council for the Texas Tech Graduate School. Her husband is Justin.
JOSEPH B. PETERSON, JR. (MS Exercise and Sports Sciences) Amarillo, Texas, was named Amarillo’s 2023 Black Man of the Year by Gateway to Success, Inc. Joseph is a local financial advisor for Edward Jones and earned his financial planner certification in 2022. He has served on boards for nonprofits United Way of Amarillo and Cal Farley’s Boy’s Ranch. Joseph has also served on the city boards for Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone #1 and the Amarillo Fireman’s Relief and Retirement Fund. In addition, he served on the Amarillo Chamber
of Commerce and the Texas Panhandle Builders Association. Joseph has volunteered with the Youth Success Project and 101 Elite Men, a youth mentorship organization. He was twice recognized with the Ted Jones Spirit of Caring Award for Edward Jones for exemplifying the values, culture and spirit of giving back for the organization. His wife is Angela.
SUMMAR M. SCHILLER (BBA Accounting, MSA Accounting) Fort Worth, Texas, has been promoted to the role of tax managing director of Hartman Wanzor McNamara LLP, a 10-year-old Fort Worth accounting firm formerly known as Hartman Wanzor LLP. Summar joined Hartman Wanzor in 2017 as a manager and was promoted to senior manager in 2019. Previously she was a senior tax associate at BDO USA, LLP. She has worked for 10 years in public accounting and received her CPA license in 2015.
CALEB M. MILLER (JD Law) Midlothian, Texas, has been awarded the Reich Chandler Outstanding Advocate Award by the Texas Trial Lawyers Association. The award is given to an association member who displays a balance of tradition and professionalism. Caleb’s passion for trial law began while clerking in his third year of law school for a plaintiff’s attorney representing injured victims. Caleb currently practices with Aldous\Walker LLP, and this year, was named to Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation list and was honored by The Best Lawyers in America® for a fifth year. Throughout his career, Caleb has tried numerous jury trials while securing substantial compensation for his clients. His practice touches on cases involving car accidents, trucking wrecks, serious injuries and wrongful deaths.
JOHN R. NICKENS (MBA General Business) New Orleans, Louisiana, has served the last five years as the head of Louisiana Children’s Medical Center’s Health Maternal and Child
Health Services and as president and CEO of Children’s Hospital New Orleans. In February 2023, John was appointed to serve LCMC Health as the new president of Hospital Services and Chief of Pediatrics. Most recently, he was named the interim CEO of University Medical Center in downtown New Orleans. Since assuming leadership of Children’s Hospital New Orleans in 2017, John has overseen the completion of the hospital’s $300 million campus transformation, expanding its clinical space by 230,000-square-feet. Additionally, under his guidance, the hospital launched unique programs, including the only pediatric burn program from Louisiana to Georgia, one of seven accredited pediatric rehab and brain injury programs in the country and the only psychiatric program in the Gulf Coast region exclusively dedicated to children and adolescents in crisis. John also helped establish the collaboration between academic medical programs Children’s Hospital New Orleans, LSU Health New Orleans and Tulane University School of Medicine. Recently, he has been recognized as a Changemaker by St.
Charles Avenue Magazine and was selected as part of Adore Magazine’s A-List. He was also recognized as Executive of the Year by Biz New Orleans Magazine. John began his career at Texas Children’s Hospital and went on to hold various administrative positions at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston and then returned to Texas Children’s where he held the position of executive vice president. He currently serves on the boards for the Audubon Institute, Louisiana Children’s Museum and Baylor University. His wife is Marye.
ACTIVE-DUTY MILITARY | U.S. NAVY SPECIAL WARFARE OPERATOR 2ND CLASS AND NAVY SEAL NATHAN GAGE INGRAM ’19; Roanoke, Texas, Jan. 11, was reported missing at sea alongside another SEAL, Navy Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Christopher J. Chambers, while conducting a night-time seizure of a vessel illegally transporting advanced lethal aid from Iran to resupply Houthi forces in Yemen. Search and rescue efforts concluded Jan. 21. Chancellor Emeritus Kent Hance has endowed a scholarship in Ingram’s honor.
ROSA ARREZOLA ACOSTA ’81; Brownfield, Texas, Jan. 6. Survived by husband, Edward Acosta.
RICHARD WITTE “RICKEY” ALEXANDER ’74; Austin, Texas, Nov. 26. Student Body president. Survived by wife, JUDY LAYTON ALEXANDER ’74.
TRAVIS GAYLE ALLEN ’48; Aurora, Colorado, Nov. 7. U.S. Army Veteran.
MARY OLA “SKEET” ANDERSON ’48; Wimberley, Texas, Jan. 5.
MICHAEL KEETH ARMSTRONG, M.D.’62; Lubbock, Jan. 17. U.S. Air Force Veteran.
JOYCE DAVIS ARTERBURN ’54,’66; Lubbock, Dec. 2. Taught physical education at TTU for 32 years. Founding sponsor, High Riders women’s spirit organization, 1976. TTU Woman of the Year, 1981. TTAA Distinguished Service Award 1984; Athletic Hall of Fame Inductee, 2003.
WELDON ERNEST BECKNER, ED.D. ’65; Arlington, Texas, Jan. 4. Professor Emeritus of educational psychology and leadership, 1966-1992. Then, vice president of academic affairs at Wayland
Baptist University. Retired in 2006 as professor of educational leadership at Baylor University.
FINUS JACK BRANHAM, SR. ’60; Lubbock, Nov. 23. U.S. Air Force Veteran. Survived by wife, JOYCE TOMLINSON BRANHAM ’65.
THOMAS “TOM” BROCKMAN ’77; Kress, Texas, Jan. 18. U.S. Navy Veteran, Vietnam. Survived by wife, Jean Brockman.
LEANN ARNSPIGER BRYAN ’76; Dallas, Texas, Nov.22. Survived by husband, Tom Bryan.
LEONARD E. BRYANS ’50; Dallas, Texas, Jan 24. U.S. Navy Veteran, WWII.
DAVID SIDNEY “BUCK” BUCKBERRY ’74; Lubbock, Dec. 5.
MARTHA LOU SAGESER BURNETT ’48; Cotton Center, Texas, Nov. 8.
JANE OFFUTT BURNS, PH.D.; Lubbock, Nov. 6. Held the Frank M. Burke Chair in Taxation in the Rawls College of Business Administration. Taught taxation classes for many years and mentored numerous graduate students. Wrote two books and many articles about taxation.
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DAVID DUGAT BURTON ’83; San Benito, Texas Jan 19. Survived by wife, DEANNA COWAN BURTON ’82,’83.
JAMES A. BUXKEMPER ’64; Lubbock, Oct. 31.
LOIS FOSTER CAMPBELL ’55; Hurst, Texas, Nov. 6.
ELIZABETH “BETTY” RENNER CARPENTER ’47; San Antonio, Texas, Dec. 5.
TEDDY “TED” CARTER ’70; Lubbock, Dec. 5. Survived by wife, Carol Carter.
LUIS ELI CASAUS, ED.D. ’73; Albuquerque, New Mexico, Nov. 15. Survived by wife, Emily G. Casaus.
BARBARA “ELAINE” GUNTER COFFMAN ’69; Charlotte, North Carolina, Jan. 6. Bestselling author who went by the pen name “Elaine Coffman.”
GWENDOLYN LOUISE “GWEN” CHRISTIAN CORN ’69; Farwell, Texas, Jan. 20.
JERRY NELL REEVES DEMPSEY ’55; Odessa, Texas, Jan. 17.
The first student-athletes to represent Texas Tech University competed in the Scarlet & Black in 1925. In the 99 years since, collegiate athletics has evolved from an extracurricular activity to one of the most-watched spectacles in the world. Over the past century, the best athletes from Texas, all over the country, and around the world have called Lubbock home while proudly representing Texas Tech.
Two years ago, college athletics evolved once again.
When name, image, and likeness (NIL) was introduced by the NCAA, student-athletes, for the first time ever, could make money for being student-athletes. They are not paid to play, but are now allowed to do television ads, post about brands on social media, sell their own custom merchandise, and much more.
Over 85% of student-athletes on full-ride scholarships live in does not simply provide spending money to student-athletes — it allows them to fully focus on their studies and compete at the highes
Enter: The Matador Club.
100% of all donations go directly to Texas Tech student-athletes.
Since its inception, The Matador Club has signed over 275 student-athletes to these unique NIL deals, supported more than 400 charity events, and completed 1,600 hours of service in the Lubbock community.
We've been able to extend our impact beyond the field. It's helped us actively engage in community service, showing that being an athlete isn't just about playing a sport, but also about making a positive difference where it matters most.
- BEHREN MORTON, TEXAS TECH FOOTBALLSo far, The Matador Club has signed Texas Tech’s entire football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, baseball, and softball programs to team-wide deals — one of the most comprehensive efforts by an NIL collective in the entire country, along with NIL deals spanning across other sports such as men and women’s track and field and golf. The goal is to support every single Red Raider at Texas Tech University.
The Matador Club was founded to ensure that Texas Tech rises to the top of this new landscape while at the same time benefiting the Lubbock community that has molded every proud Red Raider for over a century.
Here’s how.
Matador Club connects Texas Tech student-athletes with local Lubbock charities via NIL contracts – using NIL to attract and retain top talent to Texas Tech while benefiting the local community. Student-athletes promote and volunteer at these non-profits, earning money for doing so through their NIL deal.
Being part of the Matador Club and securing a NIL deal has been a game-changer for me academically. It's not just about the support for my athletic career; it's about the opportunities it has opened up, allowing me to focus more on my studies without financial stress weighing me down.
- CHANCE MCMILLIAN, TEXAS TECH BASKETBALLThe team-wide deal offered to our team meant a lot. You hear a lot about men’s sports getting NIL deals, but for The Matador Club to offer our entire team an NIL deal was a game changer. Thank you to all of the donors and supporters. You’re making a massive difference in our lives!
- BAILEY MAUPIN, TEXAS TECH WOMEN’S BASKETBALLNIL is changing the lives of our student-athletes.
Now, The Matador Club is changing the way Red Raiders support those very student-athletes they cheer on every week.
Red Raiders and Texas Tech fans everywhere are invited to join the Matador Club. With a one-time or monthly donation, you can directly influence the future of Texas Tech Athletics — playing a part in March Madness buzzer beaters, big bowl game wins, Omaha walk-offs, and bringing home Big 12 Championships — all while contributing to the charities and nonprofits that work so hard to make a difference in Lubbock.
The future of Texas Tech Athletics is now, and Matador Club is taking the Red Raiders there.
Become a part of it today at matadorclub.org.
NELSON CHARLES DOMETRIUS, PH.D. ; Gulfport, Florida, Jan. 24. Professor Emeritus of political science, on faculty since 1978. Director of Graduate Studies, Master of Public Administration Program and Center for Public Service and chair of the Department of Political Science. Published multiple books and articles. Survived by wife, PHOEBE DOMETRIUS ’98.
LERAYNE MITTS DONELSON ; Stratford, Texas, Jan. 27. Longtime TTAA member.
JACK DON DULANEY ’48; Shallowater, Texas, Dec. 5. U.S. Navy Air Corps pilot, WWII. Survived by wife, Dorene Dennis DuLaney.
CARSON “DONNELL” ECHOLS ’59; Lamesa, Texas, Nov.11. Davis CASNR Gerald Thomas Outstanding Agriculturist, 1971. Inducted into TTU Rodeo Hall of Fame. Chair, TTAA National Board of Directors, 1972. Mr. Texas Tech, Student Body president. Survived by wife, SHARLA PEPPER ECHOLS ’59.
JAMES SAMUEL “SAM” ERWIN ’75; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oct. 31.
RALPH TIMOTHY “TIM” EVANS Texas, Dec. 23. Survived by wife, Rita M. Evans.
DONALD L. “DON” FORD ’75; Tomball, Texas, Nov. 21. Survived by wife, BETTY TAYLOR FORD ’69,’75.
GARY EDWARD FORSYTHE, PH.D .; Lubbock, Oct. 30. Associate professor of history, 2000-2023, taught ancient history, languages and literature. Published nine books and numerous scholarly articles and book reviews.
BARBARA FORTENBERRY ’97; Lubbock, Dec. 26.
JAMES BRUCE “JIM” GALLOWAY ’64; Lubbock, Nov. 6. U.S. Navy Veteran, Vietnam.
KRISTINA MARIE HAEUSSLER GARRETT, PH.D. ’12; community instructor in TTU Human Development & Family Studies program. Professor of psychology at South Plains College for almost 10 years. Survived by husband, Terry Garrett.
GARY R. GRINNELL ’76; Houston, Texas, Oct. 20.
MELVA CHARLENE “SUE” IDSARDI HACKLER ’69;Lubbock, Nov. 23. Survived by husband, Joe Hackler.
JOANNE DOBBS HALE ’61; San Antonio, Texas, Nov. 26. ’50; Slaton, Texas, Jan. 29.
MARK HAVINS; Lubbock, Jan. 30. Former student and longtime supporter of TTAA and TTU. Survived by wife, KAREN MCDUFF HAVINS ’93.
CHERIE MICHELLE KUYKENDALL HEBISEN ’96; Lubbock, Jan. 19. Survived by husband, BRIAN L. HEBISON ’99.
JEANNEA TOM CHERRY HILL ’78; Lubbock, Nov. 2.
RICHARD LEIGH HORRIDGE ’71; Houston, Texas, Nov. 19. Survived by wife, June Horridge.
SHIRLEY ARTHUR HOULETTE ’84; Lubbock, Jan. 23.
GAYLA LYNN CAUTHEN HUFF ’60; San Antonio Texas, Nov 8. Survived by husband, ROBERT W. “BOB” HUFF, M.D. ’58.
MARY “BETH” YOUNG IGAL ’63; Ralls, Texas, Jan. 9.
FLOYD JAMES JENSEN, JR. ’57; Waco, Texas, Dec. 30. U.S. Navy Veteran. Survived by wife, Barbara Dan Hudson Jensen.
WAYNE HENRY JOHNSON ’72; Nashville, Tennessee, Nov. 21. Survived by wife, LEE ANN BERRY JOHNSON ’67.
CHARLES SAMUEL JONES ’76; Lubbock, Nov. 27. U.S. Air Force Veteran.
DOUGLAS DAVIS “DOUG” KENNY ’66; San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 14. Survived by wife, Jenny Campbell Kenny.
MAGGIE BRIAN GRAHAM KOSTRA ’76; Plainview, Texas, Jan. 19.
BRAXTON RANDOL LEE-JONES ; Lefors, Texas, Jan. 28. Sophomore student in cell and molecular biology.
BARBARA ANN HINKSON LUST ’58; Lubbock, Dec. 10. Survived by husband, Glenn Lust ’56.
DELBERT MCDOUGAL; Lubbock, Nov. 10. Generous donor to and supporter of Texas Tech. Rawls College of Business Administration Distinguished Alumnus,2001; RCOBA Outstanding Entrepreneur. Strong promoter of Lubbock’s growth and major city developer.
DIANE LYNN SMITH MARTINEZ ’73; Lubbock, Nov. 24. Survived by husband, Gilbert Martinez.
DAVID LEE MAY ’71; Amarillo, Texas; Sept. 25. Texas Tech University Track & Field and Football Letterwinner.
JOY SUE DOWNING MOUTOS ’57; Lubbock, Jan. 12.
GABRIEL ONYEAGU ; junior, university studies; Missouri City, Texas, Jan. 4.
JOHN PERKINS ’63; Ransom Canyon, Texas, Nov. 21. U.S. Army Veteran. Survived by wife, Rosemary Sue Brehm Perkins.
TERRY PITTS ’70; Lubbock, Dec. 20.
GLENDA KAY HARRIS RAWLS ’62; Lubbock, Dec. 23.
RICHARD LEE REDINGTON, PH.D.; Lubbock, Oct. 10. Professor Emeritus of chemistry and biochemistry, 1967-2004. Published more than 50 papers on infrared and laser spectroscopy. Designed and built an infrared beam system for MIT’s Harrison Laboratory, where he was an invited visiting researcher each year. Survived by wife, Theresa Weinzettel Redington.
TRAVIS ASHFORD SIMPSON ’81; Lubbock, Oct. 31. Distinguished Engineer, Whitacre College of Engineering, 2006. Survived by wife, CAROL MATHEWS SIMPSON ’83 .
EVELYN JOY SMILEY, M.D. ; Austin, Texas, Nov. 24. Longtime TTAA member.
EVELYN SUE BURKS SMITH ’53; Lubbock, Jan. 22.
RODRIGO NICOLAS TORRES; Tomball, Texas, Dec. 9. Senior computer science major.
ROBERTA LYLES TURNER ’82; Victoria Texas, Nov. 21. Survived by husband, STEPHEN L. TURNER, M.D. ’83.
ROBERT VILLALPANDO, JR. ; Lubbock, Sept. 26. Longtime TTAA supporter and former TTU student. U.S. Army Veteran, 14 years; 23-year career with Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Survived by wife, REBECCA RAMIREZ ’01, ’05, attorney, managing director of compliance and risk management, TTUHSC. Former member, TTAA National Board of Directors.
RENÉE ROBINSON WAITS ’77, ’05; Lubbock, Nov. 9. Survived by husband, John “Herbie” Waits.
JONELLE MINTON WARNER ’88; Lubbock, Dec. 31. Survived by husband, JAY “REID” WARNER ’62.
SARA MARIE WATERS; Lubbock, Jan. 30. Professor of art, 36 years. Taught, sculpture, ceramics and drawing. Exhibited at the Institute of Contemporary Ceramic Art, Shigaragi, Japan; Southwestern Bell; Compaq Computers and the Texas Tech University Museum. Artist resident, Dorland Community for the Arts, Temecula, California; Shigaragi, Japan and Michigan Center for the Arts. Sabbatical, Shetland Islands, 2001.
MARY “SHERILYN” BILLINGTON WEST ’66; Allen,Texas, Nov. 3. Survived by husband, RAY E. WEST ’67.
ELNA “JEAN” ELDREDGE WILLIAMS’50; Lubbock,Jan.4.
FRANCES HOUNSHELL WILLIAMS; Bastrop, Texas, Jan. 19. Doctoral student in educational leadership. Survived by husband, Tim Williams.
CHERYL LIANA HUNTER WISELEY ’66; Lubbock, Jan. 7.
TRENTON THOMAS WOODWARD ’94, ’96; Austin Texas, Nov. 5.
Introducing “100 Reflections,” a centennial gift to the university from the Texas Tech Alumni Association.
Consisting of 100 pillars with 100 polished, reflective Double Ts to symbolize each of the 100 years of Texas Tech’s history, this new public art piece will be an iconic addition to the Texas Tech campus. It will be a uniquely Texas Tech place where students and families will take graduation photos for the next 100 years.
The structure will vary in height, with the pillars growing progressively taller to represent the university’s rise from its legislative start in 1923 to its current status as a flagship university and the continued growth into the next century.
Designed by Minneapolis-based artist Randy Walker, the sculpture “is both one and many; singular and openended. Like the university itself, there are many ways of experiencing it: from up close and from a distance, grounded and reaching for the sky. The flat Double T has been transformed from an iconic brand to an environment, constantly shifting with changing light and the generations of students who come to view it.” It will be among the largest Double Ts on campus.
The artwork will be installed in an open space between the Student Union Building, the Texas Tech Library and the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, near an area now known as Red Raider Plaza.
This places it in the heart of campus where students, potential students, faculty, alumni and friends can reflect on the past 100 years and its bright horizons into the future.
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Just one year short of a 60-year tenure in the Edward E. Whitacre College of Engineering, Kishor Mehta, Ph.D., P.E., is a legend in wind engineering.
His awards and honors are many. He was the first person from Texas Tech to be elected as a member of the National Academy of Engineering, served as the program director of structural and architectural engineering for the Engineering Directorate at the National Science Foundation and starred in an episode of Bill Nye the Science Guy, just to name a few.
But perhaps his most recognizable achievement was developing the Enhanced Fujita Scale, which has been used in the United States since 2007 to categorize the intensity of tornadoes.
While Mehta is most well-known for his renowned contributions to the body of research, his impact at Texas Tech extends beyond the classroom and laboratory. What many people may not know about the father of the Enhanced Fujita Scale is that he has been making philanthropic contributions to the university since 1977.
Through current gifts, as well as beneficiary designations, from his retirement account, Mehta has established both a scholarship and a professorship in the College of Engineering: the Kishor C. and Mary Ann Mehta Graduate Endowment and the K. C. Mehta Professorship Endowment.
The scholarship provides funding for graduate students in the National Wind Institute and stems from his work developing the doctoral program in wind science and engineering at Texas Tech. With the creation of endowments that will benefit students and professors for generations to come, Mehta has ensured that his legacy, and the excellence of wind engineering at Texas Tech, will live on in perpetuity.
“Texas Tech as an educational institution graduates future generations of professionals,” Mehta said. “My contribution to Texas Tech leaves a legacy that promotes education of students on a long-term basis.”
For information on smarter ways to give, contact Nathan Rice at 806-742-1781 or Nathan.Rice@ttu.edu. ttusystem.myplannedgift.org
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The 1923 Society is made up of any current TTAA member giving at the Gold, Platinum or Diamond level. These alumni receive automatic admission into this society at no additional cost. Members of the 1923 Society receive exclusive access to events and special member-only benefits.
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT BELONGING TO THE 1923 SOCIETY, VISIT TEXASTECHALUMNI.ORG/1923SOCIETY.
