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alumni past. The association is the link that forges a strong bond between alumni and the university. Through the contributions and talents of alumni and friends, we support the goals, values and accomplishments of Texas State and its alumni.

Goal 1

Raise funds to support scholarships, programs and endowments.

Goal 2

Establish and foster meaningful and lasting relationships with alumni, former students and friends. Edmondson

From the president

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an you believe that 2007 is almost over? I know time flies when you’re having fun, and I guess it flies when you are planning as well! Your board of directors has been busy planning all year. Our main goal for 2007 is to revise the Strategic Plan, and we are well under way. The Strategic Plan is extremely important to the success of the association. The planning process has made us take a hard look at our past performance. There are areas where we did very well and some where we could have done better. The plan will truly be a map that will guide us as we grow from good to great. It is a worthy cause as it will empower us to support a very deserving entity, Texas State University. A strategic plan is simply a document that identifies where we want to be in the future and how we plan to get there. We have recently revised the vision and mission statements and also the goals for the association. Our changes from the previous plan are subtle, but they are an attempt to more accurately describe the direction in which we feel we should proceed in the years to come. The points that follow will provide you with an update on our progress. We now want to solicit your input to assist us as we map the future for your Alumni Association.

Vision statement

The Texas State Alumni Association will build and advance Texas State traditions, pride and loyalty.

Mission statement

The Texas State Alumni Association promotes the future by embracing the www.txstate.edu

Goal 3

Develop and sustain interactive relationships with Texas State students.

Goal 4

my path, and my life has never been the same. So, Brock – on behalf of countless alumni, I say thank you. See you soon, Justin Edmondson ’88, ’01 President Texas State Alumni Association

Feb. 9 — Scholarship Gala 2008

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ou are invited to the Texas State Alumni Association Scholarship Gala for 2008, Saturday, Feb. 9, in the LBJ Student Center ballroom. Table sponsorships are available at $900 for a table of eight people. Individual tickets are available at $90 per person. The social will begin at 5:30 p.m., followed by dinner and program. We will honor our Alumni Achievement Award recipients and celebrate awarding $100,000 in scholarships.

Fund and build the Texas State Alumni Center. The next step in the planning process is to identify specific outcomes we would like to accomplish in support of each of these goals. For example, under Goal 3, I would like for us to determine the best method to inform students about the mission of the association and how we can help them while they are students as well as when they become alumni. I would sincerely appreciate any suggestions you have regarding intended outcomes and our goals. After all, this is your association. You can e-mail your suggestions to me at [email protected], and I give you my word that I will consider each one. I’d like to close this letter on a personal note. Each year the Alumni Association selects one professor to receive the prestigious Teaching Award of Honor. In September President Trauth and I presented this year’s award to Brock Brown, an associate professor in the Department of Geography. It was a special moment for me because I am a product of the Geography Department. Brock is one of those professors who changes lives. His passion and energy are not only famous, they are also contagious. Many young scholars enroll in one of his classes with the intention of simply completing an elective, but find themselves changing their major to pursue a career in geography. I was one of the fortunate ones influenced by Brock and so many others in the department. I changed

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he annual ring ceremonies get larger with each year. It is a very special time of year when students invite family and friends to come and watch as they get their official Texas State ring and follow the long tradition of dipping their hands in the waters of the San Marcos River. Above, from left, Rob Prazak, Johnathan Nelson, Brandon Schawe, Kyle Hall and Israel Ruiz show off their new rings at the May ceremony.

Golf Tournament April 12

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he Greater San Marcos Area Alumni Chapter’s 8th Annual Alumni Golf Tournament is set for Saturday, April 12, with tee off set for 1 p.m. Proceeds from the golf tournament go to Texas State scholarships for area high school graduates. All alumni and friends are invited to participate, and various levels of sponsorship are available. Get your team together and join in this friendly rivalry! Contact Kevin Gilley at K.Gilley@txstate. edu for tournament information or if you would like to assist in planning this very successful event. hillviews

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from left, are Arlene Pace ’85 of Austin, Johanna Haley ’72 of San Marcos, Justin Edmondson ’88 of San Marcos, President Trauth, Moore, Chuck Dicker ’72 of New Braunfels, Susie Hawkinson ’83 of Schertz and Robert Cotner ’72 of San Marcos.

Ahrens visits Bobcat in China

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hile on a visit to China, Lynn Ahrens ’03 presented Tim Hilbert ’79 a flag from Texas State. Tim is the owner of Tim’s Texas Barbecue in Beijing and is opening Tim’s Texas Road House next to the new U.S. Embassy there. Tim’s daughter Heather graduated last year.

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oland Altinger ’85 of Friendswood, left, his father Hans and daughter Anna visit with Pope Benedict XVI at the Castel Gandolfo papal summer retreat in the hills south of Rome this summer. Roland, who played on the Bobcats’ national football championship teams in 1981 and 1982, and his family were traveling to the old family homestead in Germany before detouring to Italy. Hans Altinger and Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict, were boyhood friends.

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obcats don’t come any more loyal than Steve ’79 and Grace “Kelly” ’81 McCullough. When they moved to Grand Junction, Colo., they could hardly bear to part with their Texas State license plate. So they got the next best thing. The

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obcats serving overseas in Afghanistan and Iraq send their well wishes to family and fellow Bobcats back home:

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Sgt. John Peary ’03 is currently serving in Afghanistan on active duty with the 235th Military Police Company Army National Guard under the 82nd Airborne Division in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. He became a nontraditional student at Texas State after serving four years in the Marine Corps. An industrial technology graduate and member of Pi Kappa Alpha, he re-enlisted in the Army National Guard and was deployed to Afghanistan. Peary’s wish is a place or wall, possibly in the Alkek Library, devoted to alumni or students who have served in Iraq or Afghanistan.

McCulloughs relocated to Colorado from Houston two years ago. Both Steve and Grace are lifetime members of the Alumni Association and huge supporters of Bobcat football.

Money for scholarships

he Alumni Association Executive Committee presents checks representing the association’s support to the university and $100,000 in student scholarships to President Denise Trauth and Provost Perry Moore at the opening football game Sept. 1. Making the presentation,

Training Team Qalat Garrison. This is his second recall to active duty since transferring to the Naval Reserves. Janus is a marine biology graduate, and when he is not “playing Navy” overseeing operations of FOB (Forward Operating Base) Apache or mentoring the Afghanistan National Army, he resides in San Diego, Calif., with his wife Tricia ’82, and son Will.

Robert Reed ’88 worked on his paddle ball skills while at Tallil AB, Iraq, near Nasiriyah, where he was chief of safety for the base. He is now retired and moved this summer from San Antonio to Houston to begin a new job. Jose Carranza ’06 from Los Fresnos is serving as a first lieutenant with the U.S. Army in AlKasik, Iraq.

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Shameca Ragan ’07, Waco, is a member of Gospel Expressions Association, IMPACT Movement and Unlimited Praise Ministry. Melissa Satterwhite Copp ’06, Hewitt, moved to the Waco area after graduating with a master’s in legal studies in December 2006. Krista Brefogle White ’06, Bastrop, works as a technical writer for 21st Century Technologies in Austin. Ryan Foster ’02, Lewisville, is pursuing a doctoral degree at the University of North Texas in the counseling program and has received a $20,000 graduate fellowship. Jason Farrell ’00, Round Rock, married Andrea in 2006 and is working for Northwestern Mutual as a financial representative in Austin.

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David DeLuca ’91, LaGrange, has been elected president of Texas State Teachers Association, Region 2, and served as the All-State Band coordinator for the Association of Texas Small School Bands 2005-07. He is looking forward to celebrating his 14th wedding anniversary to Kim. They have two children, Millicent, 17, and Christopher, 12.

1980s

Christine Boyett Barr ’86, Paris, Tenn., is a weekly columnist for the Paris Post-Intelligencer newspaper and is working on her first book. Stewart Spencer ’84 & ’05, San Marcos, currently teaches English and civics to immigrants and specializes in financial literacy education. Gerri Morgan Kilti ’83, Austin, recently relocated from Georgia.

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Scott and LouAnn Frazier Medbury ’75, Sugar Land, have a son Warren who graduated from Texas State in May 2006 with a B.S. in computer science and applied mathematics. Dennis Thumann ’75, Littleton, Colo., loves living in the Rocky Mountains with his three children, Aubree, 17, Abby, 12, and Andy, 10. Joyce Marshall ’73, Mansfield, made a latein-life career change six years ago to work for Glaxo Smith Kline. She has since been promoted to executive pharmaceutical sales www.txstate.edu

representative, finished No. 2 in the region and was selected to the Regional Leadership Development Program for 2007.

1960s

David Parsons ’69, Conroe, has a new book of poems, Color of Mourning, available through Texas Review Press/Texas A&M University Press Consortium.

Others 2000s

Jennifer Sutton ’07, San Antonio, will be attending Mercer University School of Law and expects to graduate in 2010. Michelle Baier ’06, Kingwood, is currently attending graduate school at UT-Dallas in speech pathology and plans to graduate in December. Ana Garza ’06, San Marcos, is currently attending Texas State, pursuing her master’s degree in legal studies. She plans to attend law school after she graduates in December. Minh Nguyen ’06, Austin, will be participating in the 2007 Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program. She will be working as an assistant language teacher in Gifu Prefecture, Japan, for the next year. Frank Bustos ’04, Austin, currently works as a financial adviser for AXA Advisers. Brady Richeson and Rebecca Warner ’04, Canton, Ga., are excited to announce their engagement. Jose Sosa ’04, San Antonio, is currently employed at UTHSC in San Antonio. Laura Ascherl Dietert ’03 & ’05, Bellaire, served two months in Ecuador as a WorldTeach volunteer this summer as part of her commitment to education and public service. Gina Garcia ’03, San Antonio, currently attends nursing school in San Antonio and says she enjoys life. Colin and Melissa Goodnight ’03, were married on Jan. 24, 2004, are living and working in Houston, and say they are on their way out of the Rat Race. Jamie Kelly-McCord ’03, Richmond, welcomed a baby daughter, Gianna Benae, into her life a year ago. Jackie DeVooght ’02, Temple, is happy to announce her engagement to be married and hoping for a long and happy life. Marcy Young ’02, recently relocated to Houston to be the 5 a.m. producer at KHOU channel 11. Trent and Kay Baker Jones ’01, Fort

Worth, were appointed by the Southern Baptist International Mission Board on March 21 to serve as missionaries in South America. Trent will serve as strategy coordinator, and Kay will serve in communication outreach/development and ministry. Melita Hohman Croom ’00, Kansas City, Mo., graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City with Doctor of Pharmacy and Master of Public Administration degrees. She will begin a one-year appointment with the UMKC Drug Information Center as a fellow of drug policy development and management. Charles Gruber ’00, San Antonio, is currently involved with the formation of a new community bank in San Antonio. Kimberly Gunn ’00 & ’04, Gardner­ville, Nev., completed her Master of Public Administration degree in 2004 and was awarded a management fellowship in Reno, Nev., by the International City/County Management Association. She currently manages the legislative program for the Nevada Department of Wildlife. Jeffery Hernandez ’00, Ft. Hood, deployed to Iraq and served as the aviation logistics officer in the 615th ASB, 1st Cavalry

Mark Reeve ’72 of Cuero was inducted into the Texas High School Coaches Hall of Honor this summer. With a head coaching record of 156-314, Reeve holds the sixth all-time highest winning percentage among Texas coaches. His 16 years as a head coach have taken him to Victoria High, Plano West Senior High and Cuero High. In 33 years of coaching, he has also coached at Frisco High, Pearsall High, and San Antonio’s Southwest, Jefferson and Clark high schools. In Pearsall, he coached current Bobcat Head Coach Brad Wright. Reeve and his wife Jan ’72, Cuero’s junior high principal, are parents of Travis ’98, an assistant coach at Cuero High, and Charlie ’04, running backs coach with the Bobcats. (Photo courtesy Cuero Record)

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Division from February 2004 to March 2005. He is currently assigned as a troop commander in the 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment at Ft. Hood. Noelle St. Amant Joseph ’00, Alexandria, Va., is working as a case manager for adults with mental retardation. Ruben Quiroz ’00, Molesworth, United Kingdom, currently serves as an intelligence officer at the Joint Analysis Center of the Royal Air Force. He, his wife Janice and daughter Alana Rochelle plan to return to the United States in 2010.

1990s

Hugo Gutierrez III ’99, San Antonio, was named one of the “40 Under 40: San Antonio’s Rising Stars” by the San Antonio Business Journal. He is currently the business development executive at Falcon International Bank and serves on the McCoy College’s Latin American Business Program Advisory Council. Lisa Yacso Overmyer ’99, New Orleans, La., has been promoted to vice president of administration with Water & Energy Savings Corp. Jessica Young ’99, San Antonio, has been elected to the board of directors for the Housing Crisis Center. She currently is an associate in Thompson & Knight’s Trial Practice. Kimberly Lyle Bostian ’98, Coppell, has been married for eight years and has

Coach Mac (Vernon McDonald, men’s basketball coach 1961-77) was extremely proud. His boys – both Texas State alumni and now basketball coaches themselves – were named Texas High School Coaches of the Year for 2007 by the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches. Donny McDonald of Kyle ’75, head girls basketball coach at Hays High School since 1994, was named 4A Girls Coach of the Year. His brother Lynn ‘77, who has had 10 seasons as head boys coach at Clear Lake High, was named 5A Boys Coach of the Year.

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a daughter who strives to be a Bobcat someday. David and Heidi Nelson Knight ’98, Buda, have two daughters, Payton, 5, and Avery, 1. Matthew Leschber ’98 and his family reside in Buda and own and operate 1836 Realty. Lindsey Mask ’98, Washington, D.C., is currently the press secretary for Rep. Buck McKeon (R-Calif.). Michael and Megan Miller ’98, Farmers Branch, have three dogs, Celis, Millee and Beegirl, and Michael currently is an account executive for Maritz Travel. Amber Presley ’98, recently relocated to Austin from San Francisco. Reymundo Chapa ’97 & ’05, Madison, Wis., currently attends the University of Wisconsin-Madison pursuing a Ph.D. in anthropology/archaeology focusing on the Andes of South America, primarily Peru and Bolivia. Jeff Cook ’97, San Antonio, was named one of the “40 Under 40: San Antonio’s Rising Stars” by the San Antonio Business Journal. He is currently the regional CEO of United Healthcare. John and Cheryl Flanders Fisher ’97, Cypress, married in 1998 and have two sons. Cheryl is currently an elementary assistant principal with Cypress Fairbanks ISD. Jennifer Rugg Haworth ’97, Dallas, currently serves as the vice president, sales and marketing for WebCE, a company she has been with since 2001. Peter and Jenny Vega ’97, Burkburnett, have three children, Alex, 8, and twins Luke and Lily, 2. Peter flies a T-37 with the United States Air Force. Jeffrey Downey ’96, San Ramon, Calif., has been awarded the professional insurance designation, chartered property and casualty underwriter, by the American Institute for CPCU. He is currently employed as assistant underwriting manager for Zenith Insurance Co. Susan Lee ’96, Cordova, Tenn., has been honored with the Nancy Guillory Award for 2007 by the Texas Association for Play Therapy. Darrell Willingham ’96, Houston, was recently hired by Access Sciences Corp. to serve as director of enterprise content and record management technology and principal consultant. David Deaton ’95, Houston, was named a Rising Star by Super Lawyers for 2006 and is currently a partner in the Business Transactions Section of the Houston office of Jackson Walker.

Trace Joyce III ’95, Lytle, was married in 2001 and welcomed his son Whitt in August 2004. Robin Barrow ’94, Dallas, has been named the vice president in the retail division with Colliers International. She has been honored with the Best Deals Awards by the Dallas Business Journal and was made a member of the President’s Circle at the Weitzman Group. Robin is a member of the North Texas Commercial Association of Realtors and International Council of Shopping Centers and is involved with Common Cares Cancer Foundation. Chris and Kimberly Hunse Murr ’94, Frisco, were married Oct. 3, 2003, in Frisco. They have a son Landon, 2. Evelyn Allen Smith ’94, Lakeside, Calif., received a master’s degree in audiology from California State-Northridge in 1994 and a doctorate of audiology in 2006. She currently works as an audiologist in San Diego. Sherman and Kimberly Burgess Taylor ’94, Manor, have two sons and a daughter. Kimberly is currently employed by Maximus and is also an adjunct instructor for the University of Phoenix-Austin. Her first book, Babes in Christ: A Handbook for Motivational Enlightenment, was published in January. Armando Cortinez ’93, Washington, D.C., was nominated by his Congressional representative to attend the two-day National Hispanic Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C., and currently works for the National Marrow Donor Program. Pamela McClain ’93 & ’95, Austin, has been elected a shareholder with Clark, Thomas & Winters. She is board certified in personal injury law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Greg Nichols ’93, Austin, has been promoted to senior associate with TBG Partners. Frank Willis ’93 & ’97, Severna Park, Md., conducts medical research focused on contracture reduction in orthopedic and physical medicine. Mike ’96 and Thilde Tarver Smith ’92, Round Rock, own a real estate brokerage office, and have two children, daughter Cloe, 10, and son Ty, 12. Joseph and Adriana Dickerson ’92, Laredo, have two sons, Andrew and Patrick. Joseph is an attorney, investor and entrepreneur and has published a book, The Road Map to Rich. Robert and Toni Tirk Cypert ’91, Haltom City, welcomed their son Anthony Otis in December 2002. Toni is a self-employed fall/winter 07

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Jeffrey Herndon ’89 & ’93, Rockwall, is an assistant professor of political science at Texas A&M-Commerce and has released the publication Eric Voegelin and the Problem of Christian Political Order. Kim Oles Newton ’89 & ’93, Los Angeles, has one son, Oscar James, 18 months old. Allen Partridge ’89, Indiana, Penn., has a new book available, Creating Casual Games for Profit and Fun. Barbie England-Russell ’88, has relocated back to Austin to be near family. Ruben Esquivel Jr. ’88, Houston, is a real estate broker with over 10 years’ experience with Cosmopolitan Realty. Karen Cooper ’87, El Dorado, Ark, has been selected to receive the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Power of Art Award. She has two sculptures on display at the Wichita Center for the Arts, a portrait that is to become a part of the Clinton Collection at the Clinton Presidential Library and a sculpture displayed at the Dallas Museum of Contemporary Art. April Rodriquez Hendrix ’87 & ’95, Austin, works for a government agency and is a personal life coach. She was married in 2005 and has cats. Bruce Smith ’87, Houston, has been named the Small Business Person of the Year by the Small Business Administration. Bruce currently serves as the president of Safety Vision. Eric Wilson ’87, Tulia, is currently the athletic director/head football coach at Tulia High School. Gary Parks ’86, Bryan, teaches criminal justice at Bryan High School after working www.txstate.edu

17 years in the criminal justice system. Douglas Dickerson ’85, Fulshear, is a senior executive recruiter specializing in finding engineers, executives and other employees for international drilling contractors and exploration and production companies. He and his wife live on a lake and enjoy traveling to Costa Rica to visit his father, who lives on a ranch high in the mountains. Matthew Wendel ’85, Washington, D.C., has joined the Office of the Chief of Protocol as deputy assistant chief of protocol for visits at the White House, where he has served for the past six years. Fernando Quiz ’83, Del Rio, says his daughter is continuing the Bobcat legacy after enrolling as a business major this fall. Marilyn Ruiz King ’81, Newnan, Ga., has been a military wife for over 26 years. She and her husband plan to retire in two years. David Mendiola ’80, Elkhart, was appointed state district judge in Harris County by Gov. George Bush in 1996, was elected in 1996 and re-elected in 1998. He returned to private practice as associate general counsel for Cooper Industries in 2000. In January 2004 he returned to public service as the general counsel to Gov. Rick Perry. Currently David serves as a member of the Texas Supreme Court.

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Ann Ragsdale Duncan ’79, Celeste, works for a small “at risk” alternative school in Garland. She and her son raise Corriente cattle for team roping. Ann enjoys camping and trail rides with her horses. Kenneth Kleid ’79, Flower Mound, was active duty with the Air Force for 13 years, flying the F-111D, EF-111A and F-16C. He serves as a captain on the Canadair 700 for ASA (Delta connection). Currently Kenneth is deployed to Iraq with the Air National Guard. Andy and Edie Buffington ’72, Hurst, report that their son Ryan has completed his final year of residency at Methodist Hospital in Houston as chief resident and will be opening his Buffington Family Medicine practice in January 2008. Their daughter Amanda enters law school this year, and Edie continues to teach special kids at Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD.

1950s

Grace Louise Allen Jackson ’57 & ’59, Springfield, Mo., announces the publication of her new historical adventure novel, Exiled! From Tragedy to Triumph on the Missouri Frontier. Charles Barsotti ’55, Kansas City, Mo., 1995 Distinguished Alumnus, has published a new book of cartoons from the New Yorker magazine called They Moved My Bowl.

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Turn your vacations into Alumni Association donations Book your personal and business travel on our new travel website, www.TxStateTravel.com! Every time you do, the Texas State Alumni Association will receive a portion of the travel commissions – at no additional cost to you. You get the same low rates offered by other travel websites while helping to raise funds for the Texas State Alumni Association. It’s that simple! hillviews

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artist, and Robert is active duty in the Army. Brad Nabors ’91, Humble, and his wife have settled back in Texas after living in Moscow, Munich, Boulder, Palo Alto and Johannesburg, with their three children, Katie, 6, John, 4, and William, 1. Valerie Vogt Todorovich ’91, Phoenix, Ariz., has been elected to Gust Rosenfield, an organization that provides legal counsel to individuals, private and public corporations and governments. Scot Courtney ’90, San Marcos, has a new book called Student Body of Law for Texas: Everything College Students Need To Know about the Law published by Palari Publishing. Margaret Roach Nollen ’90, Marietta, Ga., recently joined H.J. Heinz Co. as vice president of investor relations. She is active with the National Investor Relations Institute.

San Antonio

Student Chapter

The Student Chapter of the Alumni Association hosted its twice-yearly Trading Up Day in May. Members handed out Texas State T-shirts to anyone who traded in a tee from another university. By the end of the day, the group had 12 tin trash cans full of “other” university tees to haul to Goodwill Industries of Austin, which shipped them to their El Paso facility. Faculty, staff and coaches help the students with this big event every year.

Events held the second Thursday of each month Alumni had a wonderful opportunity to meet anthropology professor Jerry Melbye as he talked about his research on the mummies from Guanajuato, Mexico, (page 14) and Texas State’s new program on forensic anthropology.

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Laredo

Alumni in the Laredo area met at Jerry and Angie Sanchez’s office for a reception for Dean Denise Smart of the McCoy College of Business Administration. The Sanchezes are both 1990 graduates, and Jerry’s office is full of SWT and Texas State memorabilia.

Events held first Thursday of the month The San Antonio Chapter hosted another highly successful wine tasting mixer at Bin 555 on the West Side in San Antonio. Chapter President Debbie Christensen arranged for a talk on wine by one of the staff’s senior sommeliers. The San Antonio Chapter enjoyed another fantastic meal at Azuca’s Nuevo Latino in the downtown district. Nancy Nusbaum, associate vice president for finance and support services, gave the alumni an update on the university’s Campus Master Plan.

The Student Chapter had a joint mixer with the Greater San Marcos Chapter at Riley’s Tavern in Hunter. A record crowd showed up for fierce games of washers and horseshoes. Mario Herrera and Keisha Quintero take aim.

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Events held second Thursday of the month Vern Seifert, retired chair of allied health sciences and health administration, and his wife Nancy Lee visited with Health Professions Dean Ruth Welborn, center, as she updated our San Marcos alumni on the new nursing program at the Round Rock campus. The San Marcos Chapter joined forces with the Student Chapter to host and prepare food for the Charles S. Cock House Museum for its weekly Cottage Kitchen. From left are Marsha Moore ‘72, Sue Cole ’72, Marian Loep ’94, associate alumni director Kevin Gilley, student Raymond Martinez, Debbie Heinsohn ’79, student Leah Gilbert, Robert Cotner ’72 and student Mario Herrera. All proceeds from the day go to support preservation efforts of the San Marcos Heritage Association.

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s an alum of Texas State, you may purchase a variety of high quality, competitively priced insurance products through the Texas State Alumni Association. These plans are administered by the Marsh Alumni Services. For more information on any of the plans listed below, contact Marsh directly at 888.560.2586.

Events held third Thursday of the month

Short-term medical

Are you between jobs? Or perhaps a recent grad? Chances are you’re in need of temporary medical insurance until you become part of an employer’s plan. The Short-Term Medical Plan provides comprehensive, temporary medical coverage.

Catastrophe major medical

While we like to think that it will never happen to us, a serious accident or illness could occur. Would your current health insurance or Medicare cover all of the expenses? The Catastrophe Major Medical Plan is designed to help pick up where your basic health insurance, or even Medicare, leaves off.

Alumni gather from all over Houston to attend mixers. Head Football Coach Brad Wright gave the Houston Bobcats an update on the 2007 Bobcat football team at Champp’s Americana.

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Events held third Thursday of the month Dallas area alumni turned out for the annual watermelon polo game at the home of chapter president Quinn Grayson.

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Houston area alumni gathered recently at Texadelphia. From left above are Angela Childress, Lynn Kiesewetter, Karen Carr, Shawn McGinnis and Kim Wright.

Auto/home

The Texas State Alumni Association has teamed up with Liberty Mutual to offer Texas State Alumni Group Savings Plus – a program that provides savings of up to 10 percent on your auto and home insurance. Group Savings Plus also features convenient automatic account deductions with no down payment or finance charges, as well as 24-hour claims and roadside assistance.

Disability income

You select a monthly benefit that’s best for you – up to $10,000 per month to help provide an income when a covered disabling accident or illness prevents you from working. All alumni of Texas State and/or spouses of alumni, under age 60, who have been actively working (at least 30 hours a week) are eligible to apply for the Group Disability Income Plan. In June, alumni from across the Boerne area came to hear Provost Perry Moore discuss exciting things that are going on at the university.

For the next meeting of your area alumni chapter, click the chapters link at www.TxStateAlumni.org.

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You may be thinking, I already have life insurance. Why would I need more? Chances are, you probably do not have enough. Financial experts recommend you have life insurance coverage equal to six times your annual income. The 10-Year Term Life Plan offers up to $1 million in coverage.

Long-term care

Private long-term care insurance pays many expenses not covered by Medicare and helps prevent you from having to “spend down” your assets, a prerequisite for Medicaid assistance. More importantly, it helps protect your freedom to choose a nursing home facility or home health care provider. That’s a liberty you may not have with Medicaid.

Medicare supplement

The Medicare Supplement program can help keep intact the savings you’ve spent a lifetime building in the event of a prolonged illness or a severe injury. The plan is designed to help cover those expenses not covered by Medicare.

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Alumni Association Century Club Alumni by choice

College Station | Ray Corder Jr., Plano | Mike Davis, Maxwell | William Deloache Jr., Spring | Randal Farnsworth, Spicewood | Garrett Graham, Houston | Gene Harkins, Taylor | William Heck, Panorama Village | Nancy Nagel Hudson, Houston | Evelyn Hughes, Colorado Springs, Colo. | Virgil Jackson, Oklahoma City, Okla. | Glynn and Ann-Cile Key, McDavid, Fla. | Josefina Martinez-Reyna, Austin | Gus Pullen III and Angela Pullen, Missouri City | Deborah Johnson Robertson, Buda | LizAnn Shary-Orr, Austin | Joanne Smith, San Marcos, VP for student affairs for Texas State | William Strange, Fort Garland, Colo. | Patty Sherrill Sullivan, San Marcos | Charlie and Joy Williams, Longview

Mark and Jane Baxmann, Sugar Land | Mary Camden, Houston | Jerome Cates Jr., Houston | Frank and Alexis Christensen, Converse | Jonathan Christensen, Converse, is beginning his sophomore year at Texas State. | Charles Collins,

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Pamela Geraci, Austin Catherine Anderson, Round Rock Brian Miller `05 & `06, Houston Trista Rogers, Houston Sarah Steiner, McAllen Ariana Chavarria, Laredo

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Jeffrey ’96 and Becky Spurlock ’94 & ’95 Mundkowsky, San Antonio

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Tina and Robert Hernandez `06, Austin Melinda Harrod Keller, San Antonio

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James Barney, Arlington, serves as a member of the Executive Committee on the Alumni Association Board of Directors. John Kudela, La Jolla, Calif. Deborah Liptai Brown, Highlands Randy Starbuck, Seguin. Gen. Starbuck is a 1999 Distinguished Alumnus. Bob Covey, Houston, 1989 president of the Alumni Association, currently heads up a new Alumni Advisory Board for the College of Education.

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Kelly Frels, Houston, 1974 president of the Alumni Association and 1978 Distinguished Alumnus, currently serves on the advisory boards for the College of Liberal Arts and the College of Education. He has been elected to chair the board of the Texas Environmental Research Consortium. Mary Herder Martin, Victoria Ed and Bonnie Martindale Longcope, San Marcos

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James Collins, Angleton | Regan Schmidt, Fredericksburg | Rebecca Squyres, Houston Jordan Anderson, San Marcos | Jose Macedo Jr., Austin | Anthony McNickle, Houston | Mark Sanders, Austin | Leticia Sierra, Cedar Creek | Jamal Yusuf, Austin Ryan Beimer, Austin | Chip Bubela, Austin | Joshua Campbell, Kingsland, is living on Lake LBJ and working for his father’s company, Seco Developments. | Linda Carter, Spring Branch | Debra Dreiling, Converse | Lorayne Garay Bond, Blanco | Michael Hauler, Austin | Adriana Hurtado, San Antonio | Wesley Marshall, Rockport | Joshua McCool, Kyle | Stephanie Mensah, Missouri City | Sheena Morris, Fredericksburg, Va. | Christopher and Brandy Radford Peckne, Conroe | Rozlyn Rugeley, San Marcos | Wesley Thomason, Houston | Eric Watson, New Braunfels Kyle Beesley, Clute | Arthur Campsey III, Austin | Justin Cheek, Houston | Jenifer Cotcher Martin, Austin | Christie Hill-Troglin ’02 & ’04, Washington, D.C., is currently a Ph.D. student at Gallaudet University. | Sandra Irvin, San Marcos | Keely Jalowy, Alameda, Calif. | Tim Morris, Seguin | Jill Philp, Austin | Xavier Ramirez, McAllen | John Simpson, Helotes | Jahna Smith, Buda | Arthur and Lindsey Geeslin Stringer Jr., Waco | Gloria Tracy-Martinez, Cibolo | Claudio Valenzuela Jr., Uvalde | Dondi Williams, Blanchard, Okla. Marco Aponte, Austin | Elizabeth Ascott ’03 & ’06, Austin | Andrés Bolívar-Colimodio, Austin | Rebecca

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vila Hernandez Ruiz told that to her nine children so many times that it became a mantra for the family. She said it, and they believed it. She instilled in them a belief that they could go to college, so they did, and seven of them came to Texas State. Evila Ruiz did not go to college herself. Even though she loved to learn, she was forced to leave school at age 12 when her mother died to help rear her three siblings. She married and before long found herself the divorced mother of three daughters. She worked at whatever jobs she could find – cooking, housekeeping, cleaning – to feed her family. Her brother Arturo had four children when his wife died, and Evila soon was helping to rear those four as well – all in the same house, with one bathroom. She later married Jose Ruiz, a self-taught electrician and auto mechanic who ran the Spanish language movie theatre on the weekends, and they had six more children. It was Evila’s yearning for education that fortified her determination that her children would have the education she was denied. “She made sure we knew about the world outside Lockhart,” says daughter Sylvia. “She bought us two or three newspapers at a time and every local Sunday paper. And a long list of magazines. At mealtime we talked about the books we were reading and about politics and the news, whatever was going on at the time. And then there was the encyclopedia….” The family loves the story about the encyclopedia. It was the early 1960s when a predator salesman came to the door of their house they describe as “surrounded by dirt, chickens and dogs, with wallto-wall kids.” He was selling the World Book Encyclopedia, and if she bought it that day, she would get a free portrait of President John F. Kennedy. “That sold it right there,” remembers son Richard. “We all worked that summer picking cotton. She saved her money and ours, and the books arrived. She didn’t really want to tell Dad about them, so she hid them under my uncle’s bed and brought them out one at a time.” “But what a revelation for us!” says Joe Albert. “They opened to us a world we didn’t know existed.” Evila helped her children with their homework and made sure they did it. She became a regular visitor to their schools, elementary through high school, checking with teachers on their progress. And when they finished high school, they would go to college. “There was some subtle but clear way that she set up the expectation that we were going to college,” remembers son Rudy. “We accepted it as naturally as if we had been told there was a 13th grade after the 12th.” She and Jose did whatever jobs they had to do to make college happen. Her brother Oscar helped. Siblings helped siblings.

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Of Evila’s nine children, seven graduated from Texas State – Emily (Cole) ’63, Susie ’72, Rudy ’74, Philip ’75, Richard ’76, Joe Albert ’81 and Sylvia ’85. The other two, Juliette (Vira) and Virginia (Yanez), went to business college. Together Juliette and Virginia have seven children – all of whom graduated from college. Emily, Susie, Rudy, Philip and Richard have master’s degrees as well; Susie also has a law degree; Emily’s two boys are college graduates; and Philip’s daughter Caitlin is now a Texas

Above: Texas State graduates in the Ruiz Family: Bottom step – Ariana Ruiz ’99 (married to Rudy), Emily Cole ’63 & ‘69, Rudy Ruiz ’74 & ‘79, Susie Ruiz ’72; middle step – Jody Yanez ’83 (married to Valentin Yanez, Virginia Ruiz Yanez’s son), Sylvia Ruiz ’85; back row – Valentin Yanez ’81, Philip Ruiz ’75 & ‘81, Richard Ruiz ’76, Joe Albert Ruiz ’81. Left: Caitlin Ruiz, daughter of Philip and Cheryl Ruiz of Lockhart, is currently a Texas State junior majoring in international studies with a minor in Japanese; Evila and Jose Ruiz.

State student. As Juliette’s son John says, “We were programmed from day one to go to college!” Reflecting on the life of her mother, who died in 2002, daughter Emily says, “It’s amazing the influence that one forward-thinking woman can have on the lives of so many. We all realize that by living our lives just half as well, and as unselfishly as Mother did, we can pay this forward for generations to come.” “Ours is the story of one family, but it could be anyone’s story,” says Rudy. “There’s no big secret – just believe you can do it.” “And despite whatever social, economic, cultural, racial and academic obstacles that have to be overcome – never, ever quit,” adds Philip.

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ock band Blue October’s latest album Foiled went platinum and clinched the No. 1 spot on the VH1 Top 20 countdown this spring, remarkable feats accomplished by the talented quintet that includes Texas State alumnus C.B. Hudson ’99 of San Marcos. Hudson calls the group’s music an amalgamation of hard rock, jazz, blues, classical music, funk and R&B. “Whenever we write, we don’t think about genres, we don’t think about radio, we don’t think about writing — the word we don’t like to say — a hit,” he said. “We just write music from the heart.” Hudson had a B.S. in psychology with a minor in business and was enrolled in the M.B.A. program when he was having lunch one day at the Kismet (which means “fate”) Café in San Marcos. “(Blue October vocalist) Justin Furstenfeld walked in and sat on a table,” Hudson recalls. “That’s when I presented him my demo.” Although nine hours short of an M.B.A., Hudson is glad he enrolled. “The Texas State M.B.A. program had an emphasis on team effort. That has prepared me to be in a band because we are all a team — and it taught me a good work ethic,” he said.

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Melissa Lawson Del Gaudio, Austin | Sharla Walker DeMedeiros, Austin | Christy Hebert Fargo, Cypress | Edmundo Galvan, Austin | Ryan Lurich, Plano | Janice Panigeo, Barrow, Alaska, is the finance director for the city of Barrow. She has six grandchildren, loves camping and is elated the sun came up in January 2007 after having set in November 2006. | Debbie Peden, Cedar Park | Sonya Pruski, Stockdale | Cynthia Sadler, Austin | Rodney Schwarzlose, Seguin | Kimberly Nelson and Ronnie Selsor, San Antonio | Stephen Touchet, Austin | John Walker, Dallas Matthew Adler, Dallas, is the current co-president for the Dallas Alumni Chapter. | Lisa Rath and Kurt Atkinson ’96, Katy | Kathy and Thomas Castoldi, San Marcos | Luis Galvan Jr. ’94 & ’95, San Antonio | Khanh Huynh ’94 & ’95, Austin | Marian Borthwick Loep, Kyle, is the current coordinator of Parent Relations. | Murphy Matus, Austin | Barbara Niels, Pflugerville | Jeffry Ratcliff, Austin | Robert Rendon, San Antonio | Barry Schmick, San Marcos | Aimee Spradling, Burnet | Jeffrey Suchomel ’94 & ’97, Hurst | Sherry Sumerlin, San Antonio | Carlos Villarreal Jr., Laredo | Don Wallace, Georgetown | Michael Wiedemann, Houston Andrea McLaughlin Allely ’93 & ’00, Dripping Springs, is the 2002 Alumni Association president and currently serves on the Past Presidents Council. | Gregory Andrade Sr., San Antonio | Fred Balmos ’93 & ’96, Buena Vista, Colo. | Robert Haynes, Seguin | Stephen Hofmann, Bentonville, Ark. | Robert Hunsaker, Arlington | Gregory Hunter, Oakland, Calif. | Cindy Hinman Lacher, Rowlett | Laurie Lyssy ’93 & ’00, San Antonio | Keith Monroe, Bay Village, Ohio | Paula Reidler, Houston | Marcel Sendejo, Austin | John Stock, Missouri City | Andrea Crocker Zack, Austin Gregory Adams, Garland | Michael Bomar, Austin | Kellie Bryson, Johnson City | Andrew and Rebecca Rich Cable ’98, Wimberley. Andrew is a judge and mediator for Omni Dispute Resolution, and Rebecca is a sales manager for Ballay Pharmacy Co. | Erik Chall, La Vernia | James Griffin, San Antonio | Jennifer Stapleton Hanley, Jacksonville, Fla. | Ty and Andrea Jones ’94 Henderson, Rockwall | Judy Thornton Keller, Sugar

Land | Kimberly Lambert Layton, Avondale, Ariz. | David Lindeman, Colorado Springs, Colo. | Kimberlyn Hays and Troy Moldenhauer ’97, Schertz | Kevin and Amy ’93 Norris, Houston | Kevan and Kelly Peek ’93 Price, New Braunfels | Brian South ’92 & ’95, Austin | Vincent Williams is an Air Force major stationed in Izmir, Turkey, and assigned to the NATO CIS Services Agency

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ilbert Rodriguez of Del Rio has taken on Texas State’s HSI status as a personal challenge. One of the university’s goals is to become a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) by 2012, which means that 25 percent of undergraduate enrollment must be Hispanic by then. Rodriguez is helping to make it a reality. In 2005, he and David Howard ’91 founded the Del Rio Bobcat alumni group, which hit the ground running. In their first year, the group gave four $500 scholarships to area students, donated $1,000 to the Texas State band, hosted the Texas State salsa, jazz and mariachi bands for a Del Rio concert and paid for lodging, held an engineering summit across the border in Acuña with two Texas State professors and toured Mexican manufacturing plants with them, joined Texas State recruiters at the local high school, encouraged the local bank president to hire more Texas State graduates and cooked for Texas State students on a nearby anthropology field trip. The following year they increased the number of scholarships to eight, hosted two fundraisers, brought members of

All three Rodriguez sons go to Texas State – Alan, left, Gilbert III, front, Carlos Dante, back, shown here with Dad ’79.

the Acuña city staff and maquiladora owners to campus to tour science facilities and meet faculty, hosted a symposium on “Water and Population in Growing Border Cities” with 10 science and engineering faculty from Texas State and civic leaders on both sides of the border, and connected with alumni in El Paso, Eagle 98 hillviews

Pass and Laredo to begin a Bobcat Border Welders Equipment in 1956. Seven years later, with news of the pending construcAlliance. Rodriguez is used to making things tion of Amistad Dam, the company owner happen. He took over his family busi- asked him if he would move to Del Rio ness, Del Rio Welders Equipment, when and manage a store there. He did and then his father died unexpectedly in 1992 bought it in 1976, while Gilbert Jr. was in and has transformed it, with the help college. Soon after Gilbert Jr. began work, he of his brother Charlie, into a high-tech company, expanding into Mexico with talked his father into opening a second annual sales of $5 million. He branched store in Eagle Pass. A third came in 1993 into other industrial gases and equipment, in Ciudad Acuña, in anticipation of five safety equipment, power tools, generators coal-fired power plants that were to be and propane equipment. The company built southwest of Piedras Negras. That is now licensed by the Food and Drug store now provides industrial supplies to Administration to provide medical gases 1,500 manufacturers in and near Acuña. and supplies Laughlin AFB, the largest pilot training base in the Air Force, with aviator breathing oxygen, meeting the toughest military standards. The successful businessman and community activist admits that he was not always a go-getter. “I was not gifted in academia,” he says with a grin. “I The construction of Amistad Dam brought the Rodriguez family to Del Rio, graduated from high where Gilbert Rodriguez now operates one of his three industrial supply school about 325th stores. When not working, he’s an active recruiter for Texas State. out of 450 or so.” He spent two years at Laredo Junior College and then trans- National chains have made countless ferred to Texas State, where his sister offers for the company, but Rodriguez Diana ’77 was already enrolled. “That insists that “this is a family business.” To Rodriguez, being in business in the first semester, I flunked out of every class, including handball!” he says. He sheep- community means being involved in the ishly returned to Del Rio and got an ulti- community. He’s been a baseball and matum from his father – “This is your last soccer coach and scout leader for his three sons; he’s on the boards of the San Felipe chance!” Rodriguez credits Celia Morgan, who Country Club, Del Rio National Bank retired in 1994 as a distinguished professor and the Shumla School, which sponsors of economics emerita, with “lighting a fire educational programs on environment under me.” Several other faculty helped and cultural heritage. Rodriguez’s wife Genevieve is a bilinwith the transformation, he says, naming Randall Bland, Ted Hindson, Dan Farlow gual education teacher. Their three boys and Richard Henderson, political science, are now at Texas State – Gilbert III, senior and Robert Galvan and James Champion, criminal justice and Spanish major; Alan, modern languages. He graduated in 1979 junior anthropology major, and Dante, with a double major in political science sophomore industrial engineering major. Rodriguez’s efforts at helping reach the and Spanish. Returning to Del Rio, he didn’t have the HSI goal, along with other initiatives at heart to ask his father to send him to law the university, are paying off. This fall, school, so he started working in the family 23 percent of undergraduate students business. Gilbert Sr. had begun working – and 25 percent of new freshmen – are as a delivery and route driver with Laredo Hispanic. fall/winter 07

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Karen Schempp and Griz Adams ’88, Boerne | Keith and Robin Fry ’90 Alkek, Round Rock | Bret Baldwin, Irving | Raymond Briones, Round Rock | Chuck Bucek Jr., East Bernard | Andrew Crider ’87 & ’88, Allen | Kathleen Disabato-Evans, San Antonio, is a current member of the Alumni Association Board of Directors. | Kimberly Huette ’87 & ’90 and Christopher Garmoe ’89, Weimar | Jonathan Helm, Fort Worth | Jeannene Washburn Herber ’87 & ’07, San Marcos | Stephen ’87 & ’90 and Deborah ’88 & ’90 Herod, Dallas | Don Huelsebusch, Bryan | Holly White Jozwiak, Midland, Mich. | Keith Lane, Arlington | Lanny Ledesma, Buda | Jenny McGaughey Lee, San Marcos | Scott Moody, Needville | Daniel O’Dell, Austin | James and C. Allison Reid Orchid, Derry, N.H. | Scott Purcell, Urbandale, Iowa | Steve Ramseur, San Antonio | Kelly Smith Rose, Coppell | James Wingard, San Marcos Jeffrey Barger, Sebastian, Fla. | Bobbie Dicus Brown, Catonsville, Md. | Russell Calhoun Jr., Katy | Cathy Cantu Cook, La Vernia | Kimberlee Davis, San Marcos | Theo Gerlich, La Vernia | John Gingrich, Reading, Pa. | Victor and Denise McCullough Grant, Colleyville | Julie Braun Harvey, Cypress | Rolando and Diana Perez Ortiz, Laredo | Janene Smith and Paul Panamarenko ’93, San Marcos | Kim Leonard Paul, Highlands Ranch, Colo. | Leah Knox Roberts, Pearland | Richard Spoon, Lafayette, La. | Thomas Sutherland ’86 & ’94, Austin | Sophie Rouse Teltschik, Columbus | Tim Wakeland, Vero Beach, Fla. | Robin Warner Humphrey, Cameron | Scott and D’Laine Dunn Westmoreland, San Angelo Rhonda Woodard ’85 & ’89 and Bradley Alm ’89, San Antonio | Laura Bounds ’85 & ’88, Deland, Fla. | Maria Delgado, San Antonio | Daniel Garber, Coppell | George Gentry Jr., Cibolo | Wendy Nelson Hebestreit ’85 & ’88, Albuquerque, N.M. | Craig Pope, Duncanville | Terry Richter, Grand Prairie | James Rogers, San Marcos | Rodney Spitler Jr., Rosharon | Elena Fondacabe Stallings, Menlo Park, Calif. | Jennifer Meis and Kenneth Tyler Jr., Yoakum | Brent Winkler, Bulverde | William Wright, Mount Vernon Rosario Barrientos ’84 & ’87, Kyle | Joseph Brown, Menlo Park,

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Calif. | William Butler, Cibolo | Cindy Skrla ’84 & ’87 and Joseph Campbell ’01, Houston | Randall Deavers ’84 & ’94, Georgetown | Logan Giesie, Wharton | Sandra Michalewicz ’84 & ’91, San Marcos | Paul Neilson, New Braunfels | Lynette Baldwin Pierson, West Linn, Ore. | John Rodriguez, Wimberley | Mike Russell Sr., Wimberley | Ernestine Kapavik Sutherlin, Kerrville

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’86, Garland | Dwight and Ruth Arledge Dalrymple, Richmond | Kelly Phillips Emery, Cleveland | Debra Herauf Furst, Bartonville | Maria Gomez ’81 & ’87, New Braunfels | Sally Luttrell, Richardson | Mark and Jana Beaird Mayfield, Marble Falls | Larry Patrick, Boerne | Steve and Cindy Vallandingham ’84 Peirce, San Antonio | Lucille Picard, Fair Oaks Ranch | Susan Hobson Pickering, South Pasadena, Calif. | Jandis Price ’81 & ’82, Dallas | Susan Saenz-Solis ’81 & ’94, San Antonio | Roger Souders, Spring | Martin Stalnaker, Houston | Mark Westerbeck, Stafford, Va. | Jeannie Meyer Wood ’81 & ’83, Highlands, works for NASA and is a single mom living in the Houston area with two boys, ages 15 and 13, two dogs and a horse.

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Marcelo Castaneda ‘00 and Ashley Patton, June 30, Richardson Christopher Cortez and Keely Jalowy ’04, Jan. 27, Wallis Luis Guevara and Gloria De La Cruz ’95, May 19, San Antonio Jack Hughes ‘02 and Charlotte Squier, March 4, League City Gouss Joseph and Noelle St. Amant ’00, May 5, Arlington, Va.

Grady Adams, San Antonio | Jeffrey Avant, Dilley | Wilbert Blayney, San Antonio | Matt Cawthon, Waco, 2001 Distinguished Alumnus | Julie Downey, McQueeney | Moses Escobedo, San Antonio | Mark and Sharon Handrick ’85 Hampton, New Braunfels | Bryan Hart, Baltimore, Md. | Kari MaCaulay Hollway, Houston | Mary Clay and Randall Hoyer ’81, Columbus | Michael Kaase ’80 & ’84, Austin | Richard Martin ’80 & ’82, McAllen | Timothy Orem, San Antonio | Virginia Dunne Price, Mineral Point, Mo. | Charles and Janet Moehlman Proschko, Yoakum | William Rundhaug, Bastrop | Gregory Spears, Victoria Lila Aguirre ’79 & ’86, San Antonio | Frank Arnold, San Antonio | Kimberly Banks Beckman, San Antonio | Paul and Donnita

As reported between Jan. 1 and Aug. 17, 2007 Matthew Jones ’04 and Lora Charles Pagel and Kimberly McElreath ’05, April 28, Waco Hale ’99, Sept. 23, 2006, Victoria Casey Koehn ’99 and Deluca Goonesekera, May 12, Kyle Phillips and Linda Folks ’88, Dec. 30, Lakeway Houston Gavin Lewis and Anisa Farro ’04, May 18, Austin

Alexander Ripley and Jessica Hewett ’06, Oct. 12, 2006, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

James and Stephanie Tucker Lindler ’05, Dec. 21, Charleston, S.C.

Paul Truett and Julia Lucky ’04, March 7, 2006, Temple

Christopher Motal ’00 and Jill DeShano, April 21, South Bend, Ind.

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Wendy Bennett, Irving | Charles Bird, Corpus Christi | Kathleen Bishop ’78 & ’89, Austin | Michael and Dianne Hunt Bowman, Houston | Joseph Brandesky Jr. ’78 & ’82, Lima, Ohio | Phillip Clampitt, De Pere, Wis. | Barbara Reid Falkenhagen, Galveston | Debra Faubion, Galveston | W.P. Hayes, San Marcos, has owned and operated Smiling Eyes Photo Gallery in Gruene for 32 years. He also owns Gruene River Inn, a 14-room inn on the Guadalupe River. | James Hudson, Austin | Jon Moore, San Marcos | Bobbie Dreiss Morgenroth, Missouri City | Joseph Niland Jr., San Antonio | Lynette O’Briant ’78 & ’90, El Campo | Monte Pitman, Kerrville | Nancy Flick Riley, San Antonio | Robert Seals, Riverside, Calif. | Catherine Shippy Tedrick, Denton Antonio Collazo, Chester, Va. | Jerry Haecker, San Antonio | George Koplos, Goshen, Ky. | Clayton Pick, Temple | Pedro Saenz, Aurora, Colo. | Charles and Vicki Bourgeois Sandburg, Oklahoma City, Okla. Leslie Kiefer Amann, Houston | Stephen and Michelle Yager Braden, Bryan | James Chiles III, The Woodlands | Edward Dvoracek Jr., Waco | Jim Mazurek, Boerne | Nancy Jungman and Monte Nusbaum, San Marcos | George Pena, Mission | Joe Powers, Houston | Thomas Pressley, Pleasant Hill, Calif. | Robyn Reynolds, Orange Grove

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Margaret Sweeney ’73 & ’76 and Dennis Dunn, San Marcos. Margaret is a 1999 Distinguished Alumna. | Elaina Glockzin, Bryan | Joyce Marshall, Mansfield | Leon Rosen, Killeen | Vaughn Smith, Dripping Springs | Richard Yoe, Las Vegas, Nev. David Bludau, Austin | Jimmy Duecker, Stonewall | Alvin Frerich, Red Rock | Lydia and Oscar Galvan ’78, Buda | Elsie Short and Edmond Gille Jr., Houston | Cecil Kelley, Live Oak | Dennis Krackau, San Marcos | Tommy Levisay, Bangs | Thelma Bailey ’72 & ’80 and James Long Jr. ’73, San Antonio | Joe and Lisa Rosborough ’76 Pfau, Bellaire | David Robinson

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Alter Holand, McAllen | Mary Ann Johnson, Austin | Ronald ’71 & ’80 and Glenda Davee ’73 Morrison, Round Rock | John Schott, San Marcos, is a 2001 Alumni Achievement Award recipient. David Boyd, Wimberley | Dennis and Emily Leffler ’71 Burk, Bedford | Michael Coyle ’70 & ’75, Katy | Janice Dyer, San Antonio | Michaelyn Dixon Emmons, Garland | John Fitzgibbon Jr., Laredo | Clyde and Judy Cervenka Gottschalk, Temple | Pat Hoffmann, San Antonio | Bill and Ellen Binnion Hudnell, San Antonio | Candice Gibbons and Billy Mikeska ’71, San Angelo | Beverly Bosworth ’70 & ’80 and Lawrence Pesek ’71, Fredericksburg | Ronald Philo ’70 & ’73, San Antonio Homer Bludau, Newport Beach, Calif. | Wayne Brascom, Horseshoe Bay | Bertha Estes, Port Isabel | Paula Mace Fisher ’69 & ’00, San Marcos | Cindi Dunn and Dennis Gorka ’71, Richmond | Patricia Hemsell, Dallas | Jo ’69 & ’74 and Conrad Housler ’76 & ’79, San Antonio | Darrell Hunt, Lubbock, is the current head coach for girls track and JV basketball and a biology teacher at Monterey High School. His wife Melynn is the assistant athletic director for Lubbock ISD. Their two sons are coaches and teachers — Doug in Georgetown and Kyle in Godley. | Bruce Lockhart, San Marcos | John Marambio ’69 & ’70, San Diego, Calif. | Roy Meyer, Temple Eddie Dunn, Corpus Christi. | Sidney and Ann Natho Hathaway, Peoria, Ariz. | Emil Stavinoha, Castroville | Janet Kahl Van Eman, Midland | Truett Whitmire, Jourdanton | John ’68 & ’71 and

Baby Bobcats As reported to Alumni Relations between Jan. 1 and Aug. 17, 2007 Trinity, born to Tracy `92 and Tanya Cerna Beach`93, March 29, 2006, Dallas Virginia to Greggory and Patrick Burk, grandparents Jerry ’69 and Linda Gregg Fields ’66, Aug. 11, Houston Lark Kathleen to Scott and Kelly Nelson Feille ’03, March 15, Fort Worth Gita Jayanti to Jessica and John Guerra ’66, Jan. 3, Westlake, Ohio Julia Belle to Kevin and Jennifer Stapleton Hanley ’92, March 19, Jacksonville, Fla. Dylan Samuel, to Charlotte and Jack Hughes ‘02, June 29, 2006, Houston 100 hillviews

Abigall Shay, to James and Stephanie Tucker Lindler ’05, May 18, Charleston, S.C. Justin Carl to Justin and Natalie Bethel Long ‘99, Feb. 15, San Antonio Cristian Alejandro to Ronnie and Frances Vasquez Lopez ’02, Feb. 19, Austin Kiya Jordan to Ashley and Kevin Moore ‘02, Dec. 12, Sugar Land Jackson Lee to Jeff `96 and Jessica Moore Meischen `93, March 30, 2006, San Antonio Carter to Sean and Jill Enders Moran `01, Aug. 23, 2006, San Antonio

Lucy Elizabeth to Jill and Scott Purcell ‘87, Jan. 20, Urbandale, Iowa Brice Martin, born July 19, 2004, and Brinkley Morgan, born Dec. 20, to Darold and Tami Rice Reeves ’90 & ’98, San Marcos Jack Ryan to Ryan and Lea McCormack Robinson ’97, June 21, 2006, San Antonio Nicholas William to Greg and Annette Grandy Royal ‘03, March 23, Austin Robert Dane to Patti and Mike Stockman ‘90, March 21, 2006, Houston

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Bernadette Young live in Manchaca, where Bernadette (Dusty) retired from the IRS in 2007 and John continues to work hard at being retired.

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Jerry ’67 & ’76 and Shirley Simmons Cotton, Helotes | Harry Engelke Jr., Seguin | Mary Bloodworth Hill, El Campo | Jenny Grounds, Aubuer, Calif. | Ronald Kast, Beaumont | Dan and Cynthia Lindly ’73 Locker, Brownwood. Dan is a 2001 Distinguished Alumnus. | Leland Pospisil, San Antonio | Janie Griswold Simms, Dumas | William and Patricia Walker Taylor, Fort Worth | Len Tyler, Carthage, N.Y. Ray Bizzell, Bertram | Jack Bond, Germantown, Tenn. | Linda Gregg and Jerry Fields ’69, Houston. Jerry is a 2007 Distinguished Alumnus. Marlene Olson Jowell, Jacksonville | Frankie Kubecka, Cedar Rapids, Iowa | Marilyn Wagner and Donald

Stewart ’67, Corpus Christi | Kathleen Kelly Urban, Kingston, Wash.

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Thomas Chalk, Fairfield, Calif. | Donald Childs ’65 & ’68, Alvin | Margaret Gonder-Odell ’65 & ’70, Pasadena, Calif. | Charles Hall, League City | Ron Mullen, Austin | Glenn Murray, San Antonio | John Yoe, Las Vegas, Nev. Sue Juel Bradford, Georgetown | Martha McCall and Fred Cole, Harlingen | Mary Coates Dietrich, Luling | O.C. ’64 & ‘69 and Johanna Stallman Haley ’72, San Marcos. O.C. enjoys hunting and land investing. Johanna is marketing Sueno del Mar Resort in Belize. They have two daughters — Tricia McNatt, who lives in Las Vegas, working in commercial talent and pursuing an acting career, and Angie Krackenberger, who with husband Patrick presented O.C. and Johanna with their first grandchild,

Ashton Patrick. Johanna is Alumni Association president elect. | Lee Herry ’59 & ’64, New Braunfels | Peter and Linda Laurel ’66 Huizar, San Antonio | Juan Jasso, Rockledge, Fla. | Sara Lou Felty Leclerc, San Antonio | Warren and Cheryl Brown Williams, New Braunfels

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taying connected is what Lindsay Johnson strives to do as a lifetime member of the Texas State Alumni Association. A former president of the association’s Student Chapter, Lindsay graduated from Texas State last spring and moved to Houston, but her involvement with the university continues. “I still want to maintain a permanent connection to my university, as well as make a contribution that would support future students. Even though I am not in San Marcos to see the great changes first hand, I will remain tied to Texas State through my membership,” she says. Lindsay recently took a giant step in solidifying that connection by becoming a Lifetime Alumni Member. This year the Alumni Student Chapter begins its third year, and Lindsay was involved with the organization from its conception. She started out as chapter treasurer and worked her way up to president. Starting and developing a new organization was a lot of work, she says, but making that “one big footprint on campus” was worth it. That “one big footprint” was made when the chapter started Trading Up Day, where students trade a Tshirt from another university for a Texas State tee. The event started a new tradition with the chapter creating a huge impact with students. Lindsay said, “Seeing the reaction of students on campus with school spirit and wanting to get involved was incredible.” Students began associating the Trading Up Day with the Alumni Student Chapter, which also gets involved with other events throughout the year such as Homecoming and Bobcat Build. Lindsay believes that connecting with an organization on campus is vitally important — a good “breather” from studies — and allows students to develop new peer relationships and connect with others not in their major field or school. Lindsay took a job in Houston with Merrill-Lynch Commod-

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ities as a senior specialist, a position where she had to learn “a whole new business.” The most challenging parts of leaving

school and working full time are “adjusting to the real world” and living on a set “time schedule,” she says. “I’m still doing homework!” She hopes to stay faithful to her plan of reconnecting with alumni friends and wants to become involved with the Houston Alumni Chapter. Lindsay says her experience as an officer with the Student Chapter allowed her to implement the leadership skills and character qualities needed to be successful in the real world. She emphasizes to students how important getting connected is. “Connections are something you will have for the rest of your life,” she says, “whether they are through relationships at school or work. Staying connected is the key that will open many new doors that last a lifetime.”

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Lankford, Taylor | Bill Nicholas ’58 & ’65, San Marcos | Ralph Parr, Houston

Patsy Walker Lee, San Antonio | Robert and Kita Hyatt ’62 Rutherford, Boerne. Robert is a 1993 Distinguished Alumnus.

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Milton Johnson, Corpus Christi | Leroy Lorenz ’59 & ’72, Giddings | Betty Baldridge Piland, Austin

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LaVell Miller Alumbaugh ’58 & ’73, San Marcos | Patricia Anderson, El Campo | Frederick ’58 & ’63 and Dorothy Simons Baetge, New Braunfels | Monico Cisneros, Lockhart | Jay Dunnahoo, Kerrville | Eddy ’58 & ’63 and Carolynn Gless

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Friends we will miss Pedro Abrigo ‘63 Mary Adams ‘42 & ‘45 Margaret Allbritton ‘40 Carl Allred ‘70 Nathan Altman ‘04 Carl Anderson Rejoyce Andrews ‘84 John Arkwright ‘49 & ‘53 Helen Hofheinz Arnold ‘30 Hazel Arrington ‘41 Martha Barker Arrington ‘33 & ‘43 Brenda Atkins ‘71 Ruby Allee Avant ‘49 William Avey ‘24 & ‘38 Faye Baird Chester Baker ‘58 Paulina Browner Baldwin ‘42 Vance Baldwin ‘49 Searcy Barber ‘39 Louise Barden ‘41 Ellis Barnett ‘13 Lorena Sudduth Barnett ‘41 Florene Barr ‘70 John Barron ‘31 Waller Bartels Ada Barton ‘49 Amy Bartz ‘98 Horace Bates ‘41 Jesse Bates ‘35 & ‘59 John Baugh Kayte Bean ‘85 Tempe Speck Beasley ‘36 Gil Becker Joshua Beierman ‘05 August Benner ‘40 Horace Bennett ‘49 & ‘50

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Alton Berry, Lampasas | Patrick Roszel, Lawrence, Kan. | Geneva Treybig Smedley, Kenedy Jim Muecke, Houston | David Ziemke, Camden, S.C. Charles and Paula Mellenbruch ’56 Mitte, Victoria | Howard Raeke ’55 & ’58, Henrietta | Ted and Jannet Traylor ’56 & ’86 Smith, Austin | Harvey Vogel ’55 & ’58, Seguin Howard Eckols, Cypress | Fred Fricks, Houston | Glenn Peavy ’54 & ’55, Burnet

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Robert Bennett ‘32 & ‘40 Carl Bergquist Connie Bevii David Biggers ‘94 Stanislaus Bily ‘37 Bill Black ‘72 Franklyn Bless ‘50 Barbara Bliss ‘89 O.P. (Bob) Bobbitt Juanita Petermann Bode ‘60 Jack Boggus ‘78 James Borgmann ‘91 Marjorie Borsheim ‘75 Paul Bowen ‘42 John Brandstetter ‘34 & ‘40 Ronald Breeden Mary Breeding ‘42 Marion Brieger ‘42 Emeley Brooks ‘50 Gary Brown ‘68 Jeraldean Brown ‘41 Joyce Brown ‘43 Nell Brraubach ‘36 Tom Brundrett ‘75 Vivian Lane Bryan ‘59 Melva Robinson Burge ‘38 Hattie Hodges Burke ‘42 & ‘51 Myrtle Hornsby Callan ‘42 Dorothy Campbell ‘44 Katherine Berkley Cannon ‘54 Paul Carlisle ‘47 & ‘50 Hollis Henderson Carroll ‘40 Cheryl Leblanc Carter ‘87

Jennifer Carter Roberto Castro ‘56 & ‘58 Martha Carroll Cervenka ‘63 Truett Chance ‘36 Albert Chovanec ’41 & ‘42 Julia Chovanec ‘41 John Church ‘81 LaNeta Cielakie ‘92 Lexie Vivian Clay ‘39 & ‘40 Annie Cocreham Cleveland ‘43 Edward Click III ‘79 Alton Cobb ‘63 Scott Cockrell Jr. ‘39 & ‘41 Thomas Coers ‘49 Elsie Coffman ‘41 Ogden Coleman ‘76 John A. Collier ‘76 John D. Collier ‘70 Ruth Spore Comstock ‘42 Fern Cone M.H. Connelly ‘30 Sara Ayarzagoitia Contreras ‘82 Alma Cook ‘41 Ruby Chandler Cooper ‘60 Herbert Copeland ‘77 Gustavo Cordova ‘00 Mary Loggins Covington ‘38 Allie McKinnon Coward ‘41 Irene Cox Elizabeth Crisp ‘59 Melba Crofford ‘88 Bobbie Whitaker Crosby ‘50

Marla Patterson Crowe ‘84 Willis Cude Zelma Dance Bernice Bouldin Davis ‘42 & ‘47 Bessie Wilson Davis ‘36 & ‘41 Michael Davis Ione De Steiguer Charles De Viney ‘74 Laura Debesse ‘90 Rena Smith Deck ‘38 & ‘56 Dionicio DeLeon Philip Dibrell ‘77 Milford Dickens ‘56 Raymond Dickey ‘68 Rosemary Holman Diers ‘71 Genevieve Dillard Samuel Dixon Sr. ‘70 Kevin Donovan ‘86 Robert Doolen ‘82 Diane Scrutchin Doran Jesse Dorrington ‘49 Barbara Dragoo ‘77 & ‘80 W. L. DuBose ‘56 Luna Duckworth Trentie Duckworth William Dunlap ‘50 Norma Durbin ‘71 Agnes Dworsky ‘38 Rochelle Brown Easley ‘80 Truby Jenkins Easley ‘42 Lyle Edge ‘56 & ‘58 Marva Ellison ‘75 Kenneth Engler ‘84

Rubin Faseler ‘39 & ‘47 John Faulk Stephen Fey ‘47 & ‘50 John Fisher ‘76 JoAnn Cravens Ford ‘55 Mary Yarbrough Foreman ‘74 Russell Forester ‘34 Morris Franklin ‘38 William Gangel Sam Gardner Susie Gardner ‘62 Doris Askey Garner ‘22 Geraldine Hester Gary ‘39 Isie Glimp Reynaldo Gomez ‘71 John Gonder ‘38 & ‘40 Erwin Graeter ‘42 Chuck Graham ‘79 Lessie Graham ‘85 Andrew Graves Jeffrey Grubbs Gloria Compean Guajardo ‘86 Gary Gummelt ‘74 Connie Gustafson ‘82 & ‘85 Louis Gutting Priscilla Alger Guyler ‘32 Ted Haese ‘47 Ed Hamilton George Hammack ‘77 Gordon Hammer ‘77 Karen Gorka Hammerschmidt ‘91 Robert Hamrick ‘78 Marilyn Hansen ‘87 Virginia Stephens Haralson ‘41

Jason Harmeyer Ralph Harrel Billy Harris ‘48 Evelyn Harris Joseph Harris ‘94 Eugene Harrison ‘92 W. O. Hatfield ‘59 Veronica Hayes ‘91 Mary Haynes ‘24 & ‘38 Mary Hefner Dorothy Henderson Howard Henderson ‘62 Larry Herber ‘74 Nathan Herzog ‘05 Jody Bell Hess ‘96 John Hess ‘90 Alfred Hill Carl Hoagland Bryan Hogan ‘95 Janice Horne ‘84 Eunice Houston Douglas Huddleston ‘98 Justine Schraub Huey ‘49 Jefferson Humphries ‘90 & ‘94 O.C. Jackson ‘50 William Jackson ‘77 Clare Jaks ‘30 & ‘46 Mary Gill Johnsen Carmen Johnson ‘88 Christopher Johnson ‘92 Claudia Taylor (Lady Bird) Johnson Tracy Johnson ‘89 Colby Jonas ‘05 Dennis Jones ‘83 Horace Jones ‘79 William Jordan Jr. ‘50

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Tom and Rowena ’51 & ’52 Lightfoot, Conroe Ray ’50 & ’53 and Virginia Schultz ’53 Akins, New Baden | Frank ’50 & ’56 and Barbara Dybala ’86 Brauner Jr., La Grange | Lloyd Hejtmancik, Houston | Ross Hoff, Victoria | Louise Clemons Priestly, Franklin | Roy Ragsdale, San Antonio | Earl and Betty Blackburn Scott, Harlingen John ’49 & ’53 and Irene Lewis Arkwright, Austin | Edmund Chavez, Moscow, Idaho | Marvin Deviney, Georgetown | Francoise Sechet and George Harrod Jr.,

Henry Karshis ‘82 L.A. Ketch ‘00 Mitchell Koenig ‘83 Aubrey Dunn Kolodzey ‘41 Chester Kowalski ‘79 Douglas Krueger ‘65 Allen Labay ‘49 Eileen Baethge Land ‘43 C. Raymond Landrum ‘36 & ‘48 Richard Lansdale Miramar Delgado Leal ‘43 & ‘52 Michael Lee ‘84 Cora Lewis ‘44 Mallory Franklin Lewis ‘55 Mary Ivey Leyendecker Sylvia Lindsley Lawrence Linhart Marcia Cossey Littlestar ‘80 Bill Looney Albert Lopez ‘82 Colon Lott ‘76 Miley Tiller Lorenz ‘40 & ‘43 Zella Lovell ‘64 Lynda Lowery ‘87 Helen Rogers Lowman ‘50 & ‘63 Sam Lucchese Jr. ‘65 James Lyon Catherine Harbich Maeker ‘50 & ‘63 Lonita Makinson Harold Marburger ‘49 James A. Martin ‘81 Sally Clack Martin ‘86 Michael Matthews ‘73 Emma Mayes Carolyn McCord

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George McCulley Ed McGee Hazel McGlothing ‘42 William McKinnon Frankie Gibson McKnight ‘70 Norman McNeil Marjorie Finlay Medland ‘60 Mary Barnes Melden ‘36 Beth Merritt ‘91 Charles Messmer ‘81 Rubie King Meyer ‘57 Felix Mikus ‘38 Paul Milam ‘23 Homer Miles Taylor Miller ‘90 Van Miller ‘68 Doyle Mims Darrel Minifie Lennox Moak Jesse Moeller ‘40 & ‘61 Arwerd Moellering Howard Moon Donna McBroom Moore Robert Montgomery Jr. ‘84 Inez Moore ‘50 Wendell Moore ‘84 Henry Morgan ‘29 & ‘29 Virginia Evans Morgan ‘37 Mike Morris ‘78 Randie Motheral Claude Mullins ‘49 Jim Neuhaus Loy Schorlemer Newberry ‘53 Angie Showalter Nichols ‘87 Gordon Nichols ‘76 Tess Norris

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Connie Schmidt Novikoff ‘55 Howard Nunley C. E. O’Bryant Sr. Raymond Ohm ‘51 & ‘54 Nora Kuykendall O’Quinn ‘79 Kathleen Overstreet ‘00 Jacquelyn Owen ‘62 & ‘65 Jose Pacheco ‘73 Kelly Padon ‘86 Lois Salyer Page ‘41 Gordon Parker Jr. ‘68 Lucile Barlow Parks Teyran Patterson ‘04 Grace Brown Payne ‘40 Vicki Gomillion Pearson ‘69 Farley Peebles ‘46 John Penn ‘47 Jose Perales ‘77 Bruce Perry ‘90 Gerhard Petermann ‘39 James Peterson ‘03 Mildred Cluiss Petras Lelia Biggs Petre ‘37 Nola Radke Pfeil Debra Picha ‘77 Elizabeth Pieper ‘00 Deane Magee Pittman ‘35 William Poteet ‘35 Martha Powell Albert Pridgeon ‘78 Lloyd Prilop ‘83 Joseph Ragsdale Omar Ramirez ‘78 Suzanna Ramon ‘82 Richard Ray Jr. ‘41 J. Lloyd Read Annetta Reaves ‘78 Charles Redus ‘49

Samuel Reed Jr. ‘42 Drew Reese ‘49 Daniel Reiter ‘07 Otila Campos Reyna Dusty Rhodes ‘81 Cora Miller Rietz ‘60 Anthony Ripperger ‘83 Charles Risley ‘76 Donald Roberson ‘55 Bobby Roberts ‘57 & ‘63 Gerald Roberts Henry Robinson Thomas Roche ‘46 Cirildo Rodriguez Caleb Rosson ‘79 & ‘81 Elizabeth Roth ‘96 Williemett Andrus Rowland ‘35 Norma Rudolph Booker Russell George Russell Estella Szillat Sager ‘26 & ‘51 Charles Salmon ‘74 Roxie Sanders Autumn Sansom ‘01 Earl Saxon ‘80 Herbert Scholler ‘48 & ‘51 Stanley Schwertner ‘39 Robbie Scott Sr. ‘70 Perdie Southern Scull ‘42 Clinton Shanefelter ‘79 Mary Sherman Richard Simmons ‘89 Charles Sims ‘87 John Smith ‘73 Nannie Chapman Smothers ‘50 Deborah Haltom Snell ‘94 Frankie Sortland ‘82 Henry Speck ‘39

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David Crooks Stearns Mark Stevens ‘79 Vevi Stevens ‘40 Charles Stone Iris Capper Strey ‘70 Vivian Stubbs Allie Birdwell Summers ‘21 Maurine Rohne Suter ‘68 Ino Varnhagen Tatsch ‘18 Dorothy Albrecht Taylor Elise Montgomery Taylor ‘58 Bonnie Oakes Thiede ‘51 David Threadgill ‘75 Carlos Tijerina ‘77 & ‘79 & ‘81 John Tombs Timothy Trip ‘77 Linda Trojan Lynn Tulloch Felix Turnbough Jr. ‘69 Robert Turpin Jack Valenti Bobby Vance ‘81 Arthur Vaughan Armandina Vela ‘56 Rosa Gutierrez Verastigui ‘79 William Vernon ‘78 & ‘79 Duane Vincent ‘57 & ‘59 Jesse Vinyard Myron Vogan Joe Vogel ‘40 Nicholas Wagener William Walden Byars Walters ‘63 Maxine Ellis Watts ‘37 & ‘58 Katherine Scull Welch ‘42 Pamela Wessels ‘90 Craig White ‘71

Sue White ‘36 Aaron Whitener ‘25 Elizabeth Whiteside ‘85 George Whitney Heather Wiggins ‘95 Jerry Brumbalow Wilhelm ‘68 C. B. Wilhite ‘56 Roy Willbern ‘38 & ‘42 & ‘87 York Willbern ‘35 Jonathan Williams ‘86 & ‘89 Lee Williams Jr. ‘52 & ‘55 Patricia Scott Williams ‘59 & ‘64 Vernice Flowers Williams ‘45 Edith Adams Wilson ‘59 Robert Wolf ‘79 & ‘82 Homer Wolff ‘49 Paula Wolking ‘81 Darla Dees Wood ‘88 Vernel Wood ‘70 Barbara Secrest Wooten ‘43 Jack Worthington ‘60 Woodrow Worthington ‘40 Larry Wright ‘95 & ‘96 Richard Wright ‘80 David Yates ‘70 Ventura Ybarra ‘82 Rocky Young III ‘80 Warren Young ‘57 Barbara Barton Younts ‘53

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