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FORWARD THINKING
With an eye to the future, the
University announces bold initiatives.

southwestern university’s core purpose
Fostering a liberal arts community whose values and actions encourage contributions toward the well-being
of humanity.
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Martin Aleman Jr. ’68, Austin
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L. James Bankston ’70, Houston
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Robert W. Dupuy ’69, Dallas
Thomas A. Forbes ’71, Austin
James W. Foster ’72, Houston
Jack Garey, Georgetown
Roberto L. Gómez ’69, San Antonio
Sarah Gould-Stotts ’10, Charlottesville, Va.
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winter 2011
On the Cover
Renovations to the historic Roy and Lillie Cullen
Building are nearly complete. All 467 of the
building’s windows have been replaced, and
work is in progress to replace the elevator and
reconfigure both the second and third floors for
office and classroom space.
In every issue
4 | President’s Message
14 | On Campus
16 | Athletics
30 | Engaging Find
32 | Alumni News
34 | Class Notes
39 | Last Word
Features
6 | Going Boldly into the Future:
New initiatives look ahead
while preserving our Core
Purpose and Core Values.
18 | Academics In Focus: Broad Strokes
Art History students also learn
the philosophy, religion, history,
politics and class structure
of a time period or culture.
22 | 2011 Alumni Awards
Five SU alumni are recognized
for their extraordinary
accomplishments.
28 | Behind the Lectern: Big Events
The Brown Symposium, The
Shilling Lecture and The Writer’s
Voice feature big names.
 The integration of the
A. Frank Smith, Jr. Library
Center and Information
Technology Services will
allow Southwestern students
additional opportunities
for communication and
collaboration.

n a new book titled The
Innovative University,
Clay Christensen and
Henry Eyring conclude
that traditional colleges
and universities are
going to have to “change their DNA”—and
change it quickly—if they are going to weather
the storms that are threatening institutions of
higher education.
They explain that to survive and thrive in the
new landscape of higher education, schools are
going to have to rewrite the rules of the game.
The winners will be the ones that can success-
fully scale back their spending on luxuries such
as climbing walls, and compete instead to make
students more curious, more committed to a
meaningful cause, more contemplative and more
compassionate.
That’s good news for Southwestern, because
this is our DNA!
In the coming months and years, Southwestern
will change as will much of American higher
education. Our goal is to steward our University
through this change so that we are known as
an innovative, sustainable, relevant and distinc-
tive provider of educational experiences that are
essential to successful and fulfilling lives in the
21st century.
At my annual State of the University address to
faculty and staff in September, I outlined a series
of new initiatives that are designed to help us take
a new path forward. These initiatives include the
possibility of adding several new degree programs
as well as a January Term.
Another initiative will be to integrate the opera-
tions of our A. Frank Smith, Jr. Library Center and
our Office of Information Technology Services
under the leadership of a Chief Information Officer
(CIO). Many of our peer institutions, including
Bryn Mawr, Allegheny, Rhodes, Connecticut
College, Middlebury and Occidental have already
undertaken this step as a way of ensuring that
students and faculty have access to the best infor-
mation possible in this new digital age. A search
committee that includes representatives from
across campus has been appointed to identify the
best possible candidate for the new CIO position.
At the end of October, we announced two other
initiatives that are being made possible by gener-
ous gifts from three of our alumni. We will be
reinstating football in the fall of 2013 and fielding
a new women’s varsity lacrosse team in the spring
of 2014. More details on all of these initiatives can
be found in this issue of the magazine.
None of these initiatives are without contro-
versy, and we have had many lively discussions
on campus since they were unveiled. While
these changes may be hard for some to accept, I
hope members of our community will eventually
support them as a way to ensure a bright future
for the University.
But what is more important than all of these
changes and initiatives is that we continue to
embrace our core purpose: Fostering a liberal
arts community whose values and actions
encourage contributions toward the well-being
of humanity. As James T. Laney, former president
of Emory University once said, “We are created
to serve. If we do not care for something larger
than ourselves and do it with a sense of heart,
then we ourselves shrivel up. Society, the larger
good itself, atrophies. The sense of service and
the sense of ambition are twin aspects of educa-
tion, and that we must take into account. What
it means to be an educated person is not only to
be a mind and to seek one’s own interests, but
also to realize that as one enlarges their range of
interests and serves them, one is fulfilled.”
This is what Southwestern is about.
Jake B. Schrum ’68
President
Our Path Forward
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president’s message

Southwestern Science Center
engaging minds. tr a nsfor ming li v es.
Southwestern’s highest fundraising priority is to create an exemplary undergraduate
science facility, which will foster a cross-disciplinary community and will enhance
Southwestern’s tradition of excellence in science education.
Our plan is to create a new science center to house multiple teaching and research
laboratories, classrooms, offices and multidisciplinary gathering spaces.
To learn more about Southwestern’s planned new science facility, please visit
www.southwestern.edu/giving/sciences

ince its inception, Southwestern has been think-
ing ahead about the way it educates and prepares
future generations. Today, Southwestern continues
to think ahead. Noting a “renewed sense of urgency,”
President Jake B. Schrum ’68 announced at his
September 2011 State of the University address a
series of bold new initiatives designed to help provide
a path forward for the University amidst a continually
changing higher education environment.
Provost and Dean of the Faculty Jim Hunt says Southwestern has a history
of rising to the occasion, but also notes that “we must work diligently to
ensure that our students are getting the educational experience they deserve.”
With the student experience top of mind, the Board of Trustees charged
Schrum with pursuing bold initiatives and putting Southwestern on the path
toward achieving the goals the University community outlined in Shaping
Our Future, The Strategic Plan for 2010–2020. (See Page 7 for a summary.)
“The immediate initiatives and those that are longer-term will all benefit
the students and the institution going forward,” Hunt says.
Sarah Gould-Stotts ’10, a member of the Board, adds, “Southwestern
needs these initiatives to stay competitive in the field of higher education,
to continue providing its students with the highest-quality liberal arts educa-
tion, and to continue making ‘valuable contributions to the well-being of
humanity.’”
leading the way
Rick McKelvey, vice president for university relations, suggests that now
is not the time to be overly reflective, but intentional. “President Schrum,
the senior staff and the Board are fully aware that the hardest work is ahead,
and that there is an urgent need to be intentional about defining and vetting
these bold initiatives with an eye to implementation as soon as possible, in
order to strengthen Southwestern’s position as a leading liberal arts institu-
tion and—most important—to benefit our students.”
1895: The University became a co-educational institution.
1907–09: Southwestern graduated three of the first five
Rhodes Scholars in Texas.
1914: The tradition of inviting contemporary speakers and
artists to campus began.
1949: William C. Finch became president and was later
credited with refining the University’s focus on liberal arts
education.
1981: Roy B. Shilling was elected president, transform-
ing Southwestern from a regional to a national liberal arts
college and making $60 million in campus enhancements
during his tenure.
1994: Southwestern was awarded one of only 280 chapters
of Phi Beta Kappa, which celebrates and advocates excellence
in the liberal arts and sciences.
2000: President Jimmy Carter was the keynote speaker at
the inauguration of President Jake B. Schrum ’68, garnering
the largest crowd ever assembled on campus.
2002: The Paideia®
Program was launched at Southwestern.
2005: Southwestern began offering Living Learning
Communities to strengthen the First Year Seminar program.
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BOLDSTEPS
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In addition to the integration of the A. Frank Smith, Jr. Library Center
with the Office of Information Technology Services and the addition of
football and women’s lacrosse, these bold initiatives include the following
three proposals designed to increase revenues and support the University’s
academic mission:
• A January Term that will offer students more options for completing their
educational requirements, and faculty more opportunities for teaching.
• Working with The Methodist Hospital Research Institute of Houston to
develop a curriculum for a new master’s degree in translational medicine.
Often called “bench to bedside,” translational medicine seeks to quickly
move research findings into medical practices that improve patient care.
• The focus of Southwestern’s current Quality Enhancement Plan on the
Paideia®
Program—if approved in 2012 by the Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools (SACS)—will equate to “Paideia for all” and will
help Southwestern recruit students and raise the level of intentionality
for interdisciplinary studies on campus.
There are ongoing conversations about other academic initiatives, includ-
ing a Master of Arts degree in teaching and a possible re-envisioning of the
business program.
While the Board of Trustees has approved the proposals, they will also
require approval through the University’s governance councils and accredi-
tation from the SACS, as well as the Texas Higher Education Coordinating
Board, explains Hunt.
supporting our core
Schrum says, “These initiatives represent a critical path to sustaining our
mission. Every action is being taken to sustain and enhance the Southwestern
Experience—to support the social sciences, the humanities, the natural
sciences and the fine arts that lie at our core.”
Chairman of the Board of Trustees Merriman Morton says of the initia-
tives, “The positive expectations of these initiatives will be that the financial
strength of the University will continue to be strong; there will be contin-
ued focus on academic excellence; the commitment to provide a positive
educational and maturing experience for students will continue; and the
commitment to fulfill our Core Purpose and Core Values will continue.”
Shaping Our Future:
The Strategic Plan for Southwestern
University 2010–2020
www.southwestern.edu/plan
Overarching Vision:
Over the next decade, Southwestern University will
continue to position itself as a top-tier, national liberal
arts and sciences college by building upon its greatest
strength—providing a transformational, residential, liberal
arts and sciences education that empowers an increas-
ingly diverse range of students to lead fulfilling lives in a
global community.
Strategic Direction:
Focus on our academic mission—our commitment to
providing every student with an education that extends
beyond the simple transmission of knowledge and skills
to a concept of learning as a broad, integrated and trans-
formational process.
Supporting Strategies:
Enhance Our Campus
Experience and Residence Life
Create a more vibrant, diverse and student-friendly campus
that will enhance the campus experience and the quality of
student life, and will contribute to attracting and retaining
students that are best able to benefit from Southwestern’s
academic mission.
Build Far-Reaching
Visibility and Recognition
Build far-reaching visibility and recognition for the
University as an exceptional national undergraduate liberal
arts and sciences institution known for engaging minds
and transforming lives.
Ensure the Financial Vitality
and Overall Sustainability
of the Institution
Ensure the financial vitality and overall sustainability
of the institution by building an ever-stronger financial
foundation that will increase our ability to invest in our
academic enterprise, undergird our commitments and
reach our aspirations.
the Blueprint
“Southwestern…is one of the few jewels
of the Southwest whose mission is to
prepare a new generation to contribute to
a changing society, and to prosper in their
jobs, whatever and wherever in the world
they may be.”
—Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way
You Think About Colleges (2006–2007 edition)

“It’s not about each entity,” Joey
King ’93, executive director of the
National Institute for Technology
in Liberal Education (NITLE), and
vice president for innovation at
Southwestern, says of the forth-
coming integration of the A. Frank Smith, Jr. Library
Center and the Office of Information Technology
Services. “It’s about the information and infor-
mation services the University can provide to its
constituents.”
Provost Jim Hunt sees the integration as an
“opportunity to strengthen the role of the library
and instructional technology in the academic
program” as well as enhance the campus experi-
ence and the quality of student life as outlined in
the Strategic Plan.
Neither King nor Lynne Brody, dean of library
services at Southwestern, can say specifically how the post-integrated
library will look physically, but they agree that there will most likely be
more space devoted to students in the form of an “information commons”
or “knowledge center” where students may have opportunities ranging from
individual study to group projects and casual conversation to roundtable
discussions. Todd Watson, director of systems and networks, says that this
idea goes hand-in-hand with providing the campus community with the
ability to access as well as discern information. “One of our goals is to teach
students how to be information literate,” he says.
According to King, Southwestern is the latest among its peer institutions
like Occidental, Middlebury and Rhodes, to adopt the “best practice” of
library and ITS integration. As part of the process, Southwestern has begun
a search for a new Chief Information Officer (CIO), who will oversee the
integration and will help the University best take advantage of digital tech-
nology in service to the liberal arts.
King, Brody and Watson are on the search committee for the new CIO
and feel strongly that he or she should have not only a clear vision of infor-
mation technology, but of the pedagogy of the institution as a whole. King
says, “Southwestern will not take a cookie cutter approach.” Watson echoes,
“We’re not trying to reproduce other schools’ models; rather, we want to
customize the program to Southwestern.”
Brody adds that “the new CIO’s ability to understand and articulate the
mission and the liberal arts focus of this institution will allow for the infu-
sion of technology that will enhance rather than change the services we
already provide … Our intent and hope is that our services will improve
through the process, becoming stronger and better for our students, faculty,
staff and other constituents.”
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Library/ITS Integration
INITIATIVES
“This initiative addresses
the reality that most
students in today’s world
search for information
via the avenues that
technology provides.
Research continues to
reinforce this strategic
direction…as a key
component to move
Southwestern forward as
an institution.”
—Merriman Morton
Chairman of the Board of Trustees
THE

A Richer Learning Experience
In response to the often-asked question, “Will there still be books in
the library?,” the answer is yes. Brody says, “Students will find themselves
having a richer learning experience thanks to new innovations in the way
they are instructed. Characteristic of the Southwestern course experience,
a strong faculty presence and personal interaction will continue, but will
be enhanced by technology.”
Watson’s hope is that there will be an increased focus on technology
and how it can enhance the academic program. He says, “It’s important to
step back and see how both organizations can work together to enhance
the student experience.”
Because information is increasingly available in new ways, Southwestern
has the opportunity to gain access to significantly more information and
resources. King references a recent NITLE pilot study that provided millions
of digital holdings to students who previously had access to virtually none
in their field of study (Chinese, in this case). As a result, students said their
“lives have been changed.” King adds, “The key is that if students, faculty
and others want information, Southwestern will endeavor to provide it, as
well as to have the library staff be as available as they’ve always been or
even more so.”
Some see the integration as a transition that embraces the liberal arts
philosophy of adapting, learning, changing and growing. Brody responds
that “in theory that is true, as long as the core values of a liberal arts educa-
tion—creative thinking, careful reading and analysis of texts—are not lost
or diluted, and as long as we’re careful to maintain a balance by building
on and enhancing our current strengths.”
King, Brody and Watson agree that the focus during the integration should
remain on serving the Southwestern community. Watson says, “We have a
bright future. It’s all about providing students, faculty and staff with access
to the best information and resources available. Brody adds, “I see this as
a positive move that will enhance the services that are already available.”
In a 2007 article published in Reference Sciences Review,1
author Steve McKinzie asks the question, “Can academic
libraries and information technology (IT) services work
together closely?” The answer, he says, is certainly yes.
“They can and have done so since the dawn of automation. …
Even so, in recent years the bond between the two has grown
more intimate. The combination of their shared commitment
to the effective management of information and the library’s
increased dependence on digital resources has brought the
two together.”
The goal for academic institutions, McKinzie explains, should
be “a superb library and IT coordination that serves faculty
and students effectively. … Service and real cooperation
among staff and professionals are the central goals of merged
service organizations. Beyond that, nothing else matters.”
Chris D. Ferguson, who oversees a blended organization as
associate provost for information and technology services
at Pacific Lutheran University, says “The (library/IT) mergers
work best at small colleges.” David W. Dodd, CIO at Xavier
University, who oversaw their recent library/IT integration,
tells his staff, “Go fearlessly into the future.”
1 Steve McKinzie, (2007) “Library and IT mergers: how
successful are they?,” Reference Services Review, Vol. 35
Issue: 3, pp. 340 – 343
Graduate in less than four years, add a minor,
study abroad—these are just a few reasons why
Southwestern students would like the option of a
January Term.
“The primary reason for considering a January
Term is the potential to provide innovative educa-
tional opportunities for our students,” says Provost
Hunt. Present on many residential liberal arts
campuses (including Southwestern at one time), the
structure of the January Term allows for educational
experiences that may not be available in the fall and
spring semesters. Hunt explains that courses offered
during January Term may provide opportunities for
off-campus learning activities, opportunities for
collaborative efforts between faculty across disci-
plines, and opportunities for students who may need
to complete additional course requirements. In addi-
tion, he says, “Revenue from a January Term would
provide additional resources that the University could
use for its highest priorities, the highest of which is
our Strategic Direction, as laid out in Shaping Our
Future: The Strategic Plan for Southwestern University
2010–2020.”
//JANUARY TERM
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More than 40 percent of all Southwestern applicants
express interest in our science programs and about
one in five students majors in one of the natural
sciences. In addition, Southwestern science students
have research experiences typically available only to
graduate students at larger research universities, and
three quarters of our graduates who have applied to
medical, dental and veterinary school over the past
15 years have been admitted.
These statistics emphasize the importance of our science programs as well
as the opportunities for collaborative research offered to our students with
organizations such as the Welch Foundation’s Summer Scholar Program,
the Texas Life-Sciences Collaboration Center, and—most recently—The
Methodist Hospital Research Institute (TMHRI).
In May 2010, Dr. Charles Millikan ’68, a member of Southwestern’s Board
of Trustees and the vice president for spiritual care and values integration
for The Methodist Hospital System of Houston, invited President Schrum,
Provost Hunt and Professor of Biology Ben Pierce to TMHRI to hear a proposal
for collaboration between Southwestern and the research institute.
“The opportunity to work with TMHRI in Houston is a chance for
Southwestern students to be exposed to world-class scientists, internships
and a possible master’s degree in translational medicine,” explains Vice
President McKelvey. Three Southwestern students had such an opportunity
when they were selected as 2011 summer interns at TMHRI, resulting in an
evolving relationship with one of the leading healthcare systems in the U.S.
Since then, Mauro Ferrari, president and CEO of TMHRI, has suggested
that the relationship between the two institutions could continue in a
number of ways. Recently, Pierce and Associate Professors of Biology Maria
Todd and Maria Cuevas have met with TMHRI representatives to discuss the
possibilities, including that of a master’s degree offered by Southwestern
in collaboration with TMHRI.
While exploring TMHRI’s vision for collaboration with Southwestern, Hunt
explains, “If a master’s program were approved and initiated, it would be
a fifth-year program and would start small with approximately 10 students
per year.”
Translational
medicine is a medical
practice based
on interventional
epidemiology and is
regarded as a natural
progression from
evidence-based medicine.
It integrates research from
the basic sciences, social
sciences and political
sciences with the aim of
optimizing patient care
and preventive measures
which may extend beyond
healthcare services. In
short, it is the process
of turning appropriate
biological discoveries into
drugs and medical devices
that can be used in the
treatment of patients.2
2 http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/17/
grove-backs-an-engineers-approach-to-
medicine/?ref=technology “Grove backs an
engineer’s approach to medicine”; New York
Times blog
Collaboration in the Sciences
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exploring
Opportunities

For 10 years, the Paideia®
Program at Southwestern has endeav-
ored to transcend conventional approaches to teaching and
learning through a student-driven, faculty-led experience. The
program has promoted connections between academic courses,
offered intercultural and diversity experiences, encouraged civic engage-
ment, and supported collaborative or guided research and creative works.
While approximately 25 percent of Southwestern students have benefited
from these experiences, the University hopes to offer the experience to
an increasing number of students going forward—to ALL Southwestern
students, in fact.
If the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools approves Southwestern’s
proposed Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) in June 2013, implementation
of the faculty development phase of the project will begin the following
academic year, with initial implementation in the fall of 2014. “This is not
a major overhaul,” Provost Hunt says, “but a redesigning of the curriculum
already in place…in effect, it will be ‘Paideia for All.’”
While students typically use the curriculum guidelines of the catalog
under which they entered Southwestern, they may choose instead to adhere
to the guidelines of the most recent catalog. In the “Paideia for All” model,
the First Year Seminar would become an introduction to a topic/theme that
students would then follow throughout their time at Southwestern. Three of
their eight required general education courses would be clustered around
this topic/theme. Professor of Art History and member of the QEP commit-
tee Thomas Howe suggests that the topics/themes might include: chaos
theory, sustainability, global warming, evolution and behavioral sciences,
food culture and health, and more.
The program would culminate with an upper-level seminar or salon,
maintaining the mutual support and challenge of the current faculty-led
Paideia cohorts. Howe says the committee would also like to maintain the
current Paideia aspects of “interdisciplinary critical investigation which
precedes responsible engagement, encouraging habits of lifelong integra-
tive, interdisciplinary discourse and engagement, assisting students as
they develop into public intellectuals who become members of an alert,
informed electorate.”
Hunt says that while professors may need to look at curriculum in a
new way under the redesigned program, students are sure to benefit from
interdisciplinary study through which additional connections are made in
the clustered courses, as well as through civic engagement opportunities
and intercultural experiences.
“From my perspective,
Paideia’s guiding principles
are at the core of a liberal
arts education and this
program empowers
students to make
meaningful connections
between their academic
interests, future goals
and personal passions.
Every Southwestern
student should have an
opportunity to make
those connections
because they are so
integral to maximizing the
Southwestern Experience.”
—Sarah Gould-Stotts ’10
Paideia for All
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SOUTHWESTERN is exploring the viability of institut-
ing a Master of Arts in teaching degree, which would
allow students to receive an undergraduate degree in
a discipline other than education and continue with a
fifth-year master’s program to complete certification.
“We’re having an ongoing discussion about this
and alternate options in the Education Department,”
says Provost Hunt, who explains that any changes
to the academic program must first go through the
University’s governance process.
Currently, the Education Department offers
students the option to major both in education and
a content field, completing in four years what a
master’s program might offer in five. A four-year dual
major program is competitive with five-year programs
offered by Southwestern’s peer institutions, primarily
serving those seeking secondary teaching certifica-
tion in content fields like mathematics, English and
history. However, some Southwestern graduates
decide late in their academic career to seek teaching
certification and cannot meet all the requirements
in a four-year time frame.
In spite of current negative trends in the economy
and in the field of education, Southwestern has
maintained steady growth in teaching graduates.
Hunt and the members of the Education Department
hope to have enough information to make a deci-
sion on whether to move forward or not by the
fall semester.
MASTER OF ARTS IN TEACHING// 4

Thanks to $6 million in gifts from former
student athletes, Southwestern will rein-
state its football program in fall 2013 and
will create a new women’s varsity lacrosse
team in spring 2014.
As the T-shirts of many Southwestern
students and alumni can attest, Pirate foot-
ball has been “undefeated since 1950.”
That was the year that then President
William C. Finch and the Board of Trustees
reluctantly announced that football would
be dropped from the intercollegiate athlet-
ics program.
First mentioned in the faculty minutes
of Nov. 19, 1895, intercollegiate football officially began at Southwestern
in 1908. The team gained national attention as a powerhouse team under
the leadership of Coach Randolph M. Medley when Southwestern went
9-1 during the 1943–44 season, winning the Sun Bowl in January 1944 and
again the following year.
Sixty years later, Board Chair Merriman Morton says, “Probably no initia-
tive has received more conversation and comment among alumni, students
and faculty than the decision to reinstate football at Southwestern.”
Joe Seeber ’63, a former Southwestern basketball player, and his
wife, Elaine, have pledged $5 million to launch the new programs.
Red McCombs ’49, who played football at Southwestern, and his wife,
Charline ’50, have pledged $1 million. Brent and Joanne Powers Austin ’74
also have made a gift to support the new programs.
“Both Mr. Seeber and Dr. McCombs were varsity athletes at Southwestern
and their generosity is representative of the culmination of their love of
amateur athletics and their commitment to Southwestern,” says President
Schrum.
Adding football and women’s lacrosse will bring Southwestern’s comple-
ment of varsity teams to 20—on par with the University’s peers in the
Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference and the Associated Colleges of
the South. Glada Munt, director of intercollegiate athletics at Southwestern,
says that the addition of both programs is expected to strengthen student
recruiting, with football expected to attract up to 100 male students and
lacrosse to bring in 20 female student-athletes.
Munt also says that, once fully functioning, Southwestern football should
be able to sustain itself financially and should generate a surplus that could
be used for other University priorities like updated facilities, for example.
While home football games will be played at the new Georgetown stadium
complex, the University plans to use land it owns on the east side of campus
to build facilities to support both of the new programs, including two practice
fields, a 15,000 square-foot field house, and a new track to support the track
and cross-country programs. There are also plans to upgrade the existing
locker rooms for field sports in the Corbin J. Robertson Center. These plans
address one of the supporting strategies of the Strategic Plan—enhancing
the financial vitality and overall sustainability of the institution—which
calls on the University to “develop a long-range vision and initiate an East
Campus master plan to enhance our academic enterprise, enrich the lives
of all members of the Southwestern community, and provide a foundation
for the future growth and prosperity of the institution well into the next
century with self-sustaining activities and operations.” 
6“There are many places
you can get an education,
but not many places
transform lives the way
Southwestern does. This
isn’t about football—it’s
about transforming lives.”
—Joe Seeber ’63
Enhancing Athletics
To see a video of Joe Seeber ’63 speaking about his
decision to make a gift to bring back football and
add women’s lacrosse, visit http://bit.ly/sufblax
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Be Southwestern!
Who do you know that may follow in your
(Pirate Bike) tracks?
No, not the living legacy you left in Austin
when you almost got that Captain Ruter tattoo.
Your academic tracks. Like you, the successful
Southwestern student of the future:
 Is highly motivated.
 Looks for intellectual challenges.
 Is civic/community minded.
 Makes learning a top priority.
Got a name or two? Good! Now, go to
www.southwestern.edu/referastudent and
send them our way.
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 During the 2010–11 academic
year, 104 Southwestern
University students gave a total
of 3,275 volunteer hours to the
Operation Achievement program.
Operation Achievement, a mentoring program
that Southwestern has run for nearly 25 years in
partnership with the Georgetown Independent
School District, has received a gift from the
Margaret A. Cargill Foundation of Minnesota that
will enable the University to continue offering the
program for at least five more years.
Operation Achievement serves students from
all three Georgetown middle schools. Director
Joni Ragle says the program helps students by
providing them with Southwestern mentors who
serve as positive role models and by teaching
them problem-solving skills.
Operation Achievement is a student-run orga-
nization with six Southwestern students serving
as “staff supervisors” and three who serve as lead
mentors. The entire staff formulates policies and
procedures for the program and plans and imple-
ments all the activities. Three of the staff supervi-
sors serve as liaisons with the middle schools.
Another 50-85 Southwestern students from a
variety of majors serve as mentors in the program
each semester. In 2010–2011, 104 Southwestern
students gave a total of 3,275 volunteer hours to
the program.
Sherry Adrian, associate professor of educa-
tion, says, “Operation Achievement is vital to
our department for the opportunities it provides
to our students, and because it aligns with our
department’s mission of educating and support-
ing students in the public schools.”
Sophomore education major Lindsey Ruther
says, “We aren’t just helping with math problems,
we are changing lives for the better. We are build-
ing relationships with these students that in turn
help with self-confidence, academic success and
peer relations.”
In addition, students participate in a weekly
“enrichment activity.” Science classes have led
hands-on experiments, coaches and athletes have
offered sports clinics, the Music Department has
invited the students to rehearsals, the Theatre
Department has provided tickets for plays, and the
Police Department has taught self-defense classes.
Each semester, the students do a community
service project, and the program culminates each
spring with an “All-Campus Day,” when these
potential future Pirates tour the Southwestern
campus, attend classes with their mentors, eat in
The Commons and see what a college dorm is like.
“We’re thrilled the program will be able to
continue,” says Ragle.
Operation Achievement
Receives Financial Boost
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on campus
“We aren’t
just helping
with math
problems, we
are changing
lives for the
better. We
are building
relationships
with these
students that
in turn help
with self-
confidence,
academic
success and
peer relations.”

British Business
Eight Southwestern students who studied
abroad in London last semester—Isaac Bernal,
Sarah Chatfield, Dempsey Jones, Jennifer Juergens,
Veronica Luna, Marlena Serrano, Kamna Tripathi
and Lizette Villarreal—participated in internships
while there.
Maria Kruger, internship coordinator for the
Office of Career Services, explains that students
can express an interest in internships after they
are accepted into the London program and
then the Center for Academic Programs Abroad
arranges several interviews for them when they
get to London.
David Olson, assistant professor and director
of communication studies internships, says that
while it can be difficult to fit an internship into a
class schedule and cultural experiences in a new
city, it is worthwhile because it gives students an
added perspective they might not get as interns
in the U.S.
Tripathi, a junior communication studies
major, interned with Action for Advocacy, a social
justice organization based in England and Wales.
Villarreal, a junior communication studies major,
worked as a marketing intern with INTO Higher,
a network of university-based study centers. She
says, “This internship experience (showed) me
how interconnected the world is, and how all it
takes is a little bit of patience, understanding and
a lot of improvisation to form successful relation-
ships with other cultures.”
In addition, Bernal interned with the Terrence
Higgins Trust fundraising and press teams,
Chatfield interned with Phoenix Futures; Juergens
interned with Shelter England; Luna interned with
Youth Net; Jones interned at three different radio
stations; and Serrano interned with the Royal
Aeronautic Society.
Doing Well at Doing Good
What would you do if you had $3,000 to give
away? That was the challenge facing students in
the new First Year Seminar (FYS) titled “Doing
Good and Doing It Well: The Theory and Practice
of Philanthropy,” taught by Assistant Professor of
History Melissa Byrnes.
“I thought an FYS with a focus on philanthropy
meshed well with our students’ interests and the
University’s core purpose,” Byrnes says. The class
included a broad theoretical discussion of philan-
thropy from multiple disciplinary perspectives,
and included a local, practical project in which
students were asked to solicit grant proposals
from area nonprofits and select one of them to
receive a grant.
The students originally had $1,500 to give to
a deserving local organization, but when Scott
Alarcon from the Georgetown Health Foundation
visited the class, he was so impressed with the
students that he offered to match the amount with
one caveat—the class couldn’t take the easy way
out and divide up the money.
The students received four proposals and then
visited each site. “The opportunity to be part of
a professional group doing a real site visit with
the local organizations was nerve wracking at
first but one of the best things I’ve done here so
far,” said first-year student Angelyn Convertino.
The organization selected to receive the grant
was the Boys & Girls Club of Georgetown, which
is using the money to start a garden to teach the
children it serves about gardening, as well as
about the importance of good nutrition.
“I thought an FYS with a focus on philanthropy
meshed well with our students’ interests and the
University’s core purpose...”
BIT OF A STRETCH
“It was something we had already thought would
be a fun thing to do in the future, so we said to
ourselves, ‘well, why not now?’” Erin Cressy says of
the theatre production company that she and fellow
sophomore Emma Martinsen founded in Houston
with their friend Wiley DeWeese, a student at New
York University.
Creating Bit of a Stretch Theatre Company turned
out to be not much of a stretch at all. The group’s
first production, Floyd Collins, sold out two of four
performances. Set to do at least one show during
summer 2012, Cressy says, “We can’t do shows while
school is in session … we have to start planning and
reserving spaces and getting rights to shows—it’s
a really long process.”
As Bit of a Stretch is meant to be purely nonprofit,
Martinsen, Cressy and DeWeese cover most of the
behind-the-scenes work on their own, including
costumes, lighting design and operation, music,
directing, producing and finances.
These skills help in their classes at Southwestern
as well. Cressy and Martinsen are taking their
first directing class, even though they’ve already
directed three plays together. Cressy says, “We’ve
already been practicing the theory but we just didn’t
know it.”

Senior men’s soccer player Alex Keller and
senior swimmer Sarah Ayers were the 2011 recipi-
ents of the esteemed Dr. Tex Kassen and Dr. Carla
Lowry Athlete-of-the-Year Awards.
Keller, a midfielder from Houston, led the
Pirates in goals, assists and points in 2011. One
of the team captains, he started in 18 of the 19
contests in which he competed, scoring nine
goals—two game winners—and assisting nine
times for a total of 27 points, making him the
fifth highest point getter in the SCAC.
For his outstanding play, Keller was an SCAC
Player-of-the-Week, as well as All-SCAC First Team
and NSCAA All-West Region Second Team. He led
the Pirates in every way imaginable as evidenced
by his selection to the SCAC All-Sportsmanship
Team and SCAC Fall 2010 Student-Athlete
Academic Honor Roll.
“Not only was AK one of the most dynamic
forwards in the conference, but he was also one of
the classiest individuals to compete at any level,”
says Head Men’s Soccer Coach Don Gregory. “It is
an honor to say that AK made a massive imprint
on our program with his friendly personality and
outstanding character.”
Ayers, also from Houston, exploded in the
pool during the 2010–11 Pirate swim season. She
was the SCAC Event Champion in the 100 back
and earned an NCAA “A” Cut qualification and
All-SCAC Team pick. Representing Southwestern
at the NCAA Championships, Ayers came in
seventh place in the 100 back event, earning
Southwestern’s first-ever All-America honors in
swimming.
While serving as the team captain, Ayers was
named SCAC Swimmer-of-the-Week and is the
current record holder in the 100 back, 100 fly, and
400 free relay. She was also selected to the CoSIDA
Academic All-District team for her outstanding
work in the classroom.
“This award truly exhibits Sarah’s talents
and abilities that have enabled her to achieve
success athletically and academically,” says Former
Assistant Men’s and Women’s Swimming Coach
Sarah Woodbury. “She is a strong leader and has
been a vital part of the team’s success.”
Kassen and Lowry are former Southwestern
Directors of Athletics who expected excellence
from all who wore the Southwestern uniform.
They were advocates for all student-athletes and
had great respect for those who worked hard,
were exceptional performers and exemplified
great sportsmanship.
Keller and Ayers were honored and received
their awards at their respective sporting events
during the 2011–12 academic year.
Keller, Ayers Named
2011 Athletes of the Year
Ayers photo by Shelley Dormont ’11
pirate athletics

World-renowned distance runner and five-time
Olympian Francie Larrieu Smith (above, center) has
been Southwestern’s head cross country and track and field
coach for 13 seasons.
She recently returned from her duties as an assistant track
and field coach for the 2011 Pan American Games, held in October
in Guadalajara, Mexico. “This type of coaching was never my
goal, but it’s been fun and rewarding,” she says. The Pan Am
Games opportunity was Smith’s third international coaching
experience. “This time was different,” she says, “because it
was track and field (rather than cross country) and track and
field is my thing!”
She says she especially enjoyed helping the athletes negoti-
ate the starting line and call room process. “I was able to help
because I’ve been there,” she says, “and I know it can be nerve
wracking.”
During the course of her 30-year career, Smith established
36 U.S. records and 12 world bests in distances ranging from
1,000 to 10,000 meters. She was selected by Runner’s World
magazine as “The Most Versatile Runner of the Quarter Century.”
As an Olympian, she had her best finish in 1988 with a fifth place
finish in the 10,000 meters at Seoul, South Korea. As a crowning
achievement, she was the flag bearer for the U.S. Olympic Team
in Barcelona, Spain (1992).
Smith holds a Master of Education degree in sports admin-
istration from The University of Texas at Austin. During her
tenure at Southwestern, she has taken two athletes to the
NCAA Cross Country Championships and has coached athletes
to South/Southeast Region honors 17 times and All-SCAC honors
16 times. In track and field, she has coached two athletes and
three relay teams to SCAC Championship titles and 24 athletes
to All-SCAC honors.
Hit the Switch // Thanks
to a generous anonymous gift, Southwestern’s
soccer and lacrosse programs are embarking on
a new era of competition at Southwestern—night
games. New lights for the soccer/lacrosse field,
a pedestrian walkway and a parking lot were
installed this fall. A dedication ceremony was
held on October 21, when the Pirates took on
SCAC Conference opponent, Hendrix College.
The new lights will allow the teams to practice
and compete on the field later into the evening,
reducing the amount of class time missed by
student-athletes. Night games will also improve
the fan experience for students and community
members, and elevate the competition environ-
ment for Pirate athletes. However, Glada Munt,
associate vice president and director of intercol-
legiate athletics, notes that the new lights will be
used judiciously to stay in line with Southwestern’s
energy conservation and green initiatives.
“This addition will take the (soccer) program to
an even higher level as the night venue will be a
significant boost to recruiting and to student and
fan attendance,” said Coach Gregory. “It has been
a dream for quite a while to play under the lights,
and now ‘hitting the switch’ will be a reality.”
An additional gift from a former Southwestern
athlete provided funds to run a fiber optic cable to
the field. This will allow the University to broad-
cast the games live online.
Arrrr! PIRATEDATA
2,520rolls of tape the
athletic training
staff uses
throughout
the year.
1,080gallons of
Gatorade
consumed
annually.
1,750baseballs the
Pirates use in one
season.
$224average cost
of a team
meal (including
coaches, trainers
and managers)
for the men’s
lacrosse team.
3holes-in-one during
competition under
Coach Dan Ruyle
(Kristen Davenport ’09;
Ben Thompson ’05;
Robert Kneisley ’06)
Go to www.southwesternpirates.com
for scores, stats and additional information
about Pirate Athletics.
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academicsinfocus
“Through art, we discover the economic condi-
tion, the political messages, and the religious
traditions of the day.”
Including Howe, Southwestern’s Art History
Program includes four full-time faculty members—
two from Harvard University, one from Yale
University and one from the University of Chicago.
“We are intentional about building diversity into
the curriculum. We want our students to be able
to reflect and think critically as they interact
with research,” says Kimberly Smith, associate
professor of art history, specializing in modern
(European) art.
Though the department is small, it is 50-50
Western and non-Western in the fields the faculty
cover. This is very unusual in any department;
thus, the program is well equipped to prepare
students for international careers in the world in
which this generation of students will live. All
four faculty work internationally and are fluent
in the language and culture of the countries in
which they work: Smith in Germany/Austria,
Patrick Hajovsky in Central and South America,
Allison Miller in China, and Howe in Italy, where
he leads a large archaeological and arts manage-
ment project near Pompeii.*
“We all feel responsible to give students a global
introduction to art history,” adds Hajovsky, associ-
ate professor of art history, whose focus is Latin
American art and who is currently researching
and writing a book on Montezuma, within an
Aztec context.
Miller, assistant professor of art history, is the
newest member of the department. She says,
“Art history is an anchor for studying history in
“Prior to innovation, one needs a huge depth of
knowledge.” —Thomas Noble Howe
he study of art history
at Southwestern exposes students
to high-quality historical and expe-
riential learning, all framed by the
perspective of a broader liberal arts
education.
The art history major consists of six broad
areas of study—East Asian, Latin American, pre-
modern (classical and medieval), early modern
(renaissance and baroque), modern and design
history—and is a scholarly discipline that enables
students to develop visual literacy and critically
assess the complex meanings of material culture
within diverse settings.
Thomas Howe, professor of art and art history
and holder of the Herman Brown Chair, says
that art history in particular is a rigorous and
demanding degree program at Southwestern.
“Our students become visually literate, learn to
speak rationally about the irrational and to back
up their assertions with research and evidence.”
He adds, “We teach that art can and often
should be considered using a broad, contextual
approach.” By studying art objects in relation to
contemporaneous political and historical events,
students may learn about the philosophy, religion,
history, politics, class structure and more of the
time period.
By studying the aesthetics, one learns that
objects, works, images and architecture are tied
in intricate ways to the culture. Howe explains,
 Assistant Professor of Art
History Allison Miller leads
students in the examination
of an East Asian handscroll
facsimile.
photos by Shelley Dormont ’11
The rigorous and demanding Art History major at Southwestern

academicsinfocus
environment.” For those who choose a career
path other than in the arts, experience shows
that they still carry their love of and knowledge
about art with them.
TODAY’S WORLD
Howe goes on to discuss the future of research
in a small, liberal arts school like Southwestern,
explaining, “In the ‘Flat World’ of Thomas
Friedman**, technology allows both faculty and
students to work at an ambitious international
level, which I foresee leading to an evolution of
researchers heading to smaller colleges … espe-
cially those who enjoy teaching at the undergradu-
ate level as we do.”
Working nationally and internationally allows
faculty to help students with networking opportu-
nities both in the U.S. and abroad. Many art history
students—about one half to three fourths—study
abroad as part of their Southwestern Experience. In
summer 2010, now senior Georgia LoSchiavo and
Katherine Maples ’10 traveled to Italy with Howe
to work on an ancient garden.
More than 2,000 years old and possibly the
largest well-preserved formal garden ever found,
the garden was located in the ancient Roman city
of Stabiae that was buried with the eruption of
Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79. Howe has been leading
excavations at Stabiae since 1999.
general … art makes history come alive!” Fluent
in Mandarin Chinese, Japanese and Latin, Miller’s
specialty is East Asian art. She says she enjoys
observing her students as they discover that East
Asian art is “more than Mulan.”
The art history major offers excellent prepara-
tion for any field requiring critical thinking, broad
cultural knowledge, and research and writing
skills. In addition to preparing students for Master
of Arts and Ph.D. programs in art history, it is an
appropriate major for work in other areas of the
visual arts or in other academic disciplines like
history or philosophy. Howe says, “Art history
is also great preparation for fields such as law,
business or medicine.”
Senior art history major Kelly Johnson adds,
“Studying art history provides the opportunity
to learn a little bit about everything. Because art
engages with culture throughout history in so
many different ways, the discipline has the poten-
tial to tap into theory, science, politics, identity,
religion, technology and on and on.”
Because the current generation of students will
most likely change careers three or four times,
Howe says, “One of the most important things
about a liberal arts education is that it allows you
to change direction, taking your previous training
into your next … no one will be better prepared
than a student who is educated in a liberal arts
 Professor of Art History
Thomas Howe says it is
important for faculty to care
for students while giving them
more and more independence.

academicsinfocus
Here in the U.S., one of the most successful
off-campus opportunities for Southwestern
students, according to Howe, has been the New
York Arts Program, a full-semester, full-credit
program, which introduces students to the world
of established art and media professionals and
organizations in New York City. Southwestern
participants have been accepted to internships
with such prestigious organizations as Sotheby’s,
the Metropolitan Museum, Carnegie Hall and
Rockefeller Center, where they begin network-
ing for their future careers. Johnson, for example,
participated in the program and interned at the
Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at
the Brooklyn Museum and the Whitney Museum
of American Art. She says of the experience, “my
education definitely prepared me for the working
art world.”
A number of Southwestern art history majors
have found positions in the area of cultural
management, for which they are well-prepared,
thanks to their ability to learn a foreign language,
their understanding of culture and history, and
their ability to write and communicate well and
to recognize important issues.
One such alumnus, Albert Bui ’06, went on
to earn a Master of Industrial Design degree at
the Rhode Island School of Design. He has since
worked for DMX, an environmental branding
company in Austin, and for Berlin Cameron
United, a creative advertising agency in New York.
He currently freelances as a branding strategist
for small, start-up companies.
Other alumni have found positions such as assis-
tant to the creative director for Vogue magazine;
chief registrar and manager of collections for
West Point Museum, tenure-track professor at
Susquehanna University, and post-doctoral fellow
for the Center for World Heritage Research at the
University of Florida.
FACULTY ROLE
Howe explains that the art world is a difficult
one to break into. “We (the Southwestern art
history faculty) are gatekeepers to that world.
It may seem harsh at times, but it is our job to
prepare our students for that intense but privi-
leged world. We care for our students, but feel
strongly that it is important to give them more
and more independence and ‘push them out of
the nest’ so they are ready for that world.”
Alumni like Bui agree that they were very well
prepared at Southwestern. “The transition from
Southwestern to graduate work was almost seam-
less,” Bui says. “My writing abilities were quite
strong compared to my peers and I was able to
flush out large passages of critical text with confi-
dence.” Even as a student, Johnson also agrees.
She says, “I’m considering pursuing a career as
a museum curator, but wherever I end up after
graduation, I can use my critical thinking and
writing skills developed (at Southwestern) in
any job situation.”
Bui adds that he owes much of his design
editing eye to Howe, as well as Professor of Art
Patrick Veerkamp. “Thanks to them, my ability
to read emotional symbolism from visual and
physical form is priceless and I incorporate this
skill into every moment of my design work.”
He advises current students to “Be fearless!
Keep your eyes open and trust your point of view
… observations of the world—especially human—
will come in handy and you’ll get paid for it!”
* With an international reputation as an architectural historian
(ancient and modern), architectural design teacher, archaeologist
(Greek and Roman), art historian (Greek, Roman, post-Modern)
and cultural properties manager of “archaeological parks,”
Howe has, for the past decade, been coordinator general of
the Restoring Ancient Stabiae Foundation near Pompeii, Italy,
serving as chief coordinator of archaeology and architectural
planning. (Visit http://www.stabiae.com/fountation_site/usa/
index.html for more information.)
** Thomas Friedman was Southwestern’s 2012 Shilling Lecturer.
(See Page 29 or visit www.southwestern.edu/about/shilling for
more information.)
“Art history is
an anchor for
studying history
in general … art
makes history
come alive!”

Each year, a committee
of Southwestern alumni
collects recommendations
from the SU community
and selects a number
of their peers to receive
annual Alumni Awards. The
Association of Southwestern
University Alumni hosts an
awards presentation during
Homecoming and Reunion
Weekend. Colleagues, friends
and family members contribute
to the citations that are read
to the recipients during the
presentation.
portraits by Lance Holt
alumni
awards
Southwestern
2011

For her dedication to those in need, for her
commitment to personal values that serve to help
others, and for her ability to restore the term
“politician” to its best definition—one who serves
the public—The Association of Southwestern
University Alumni proudly presented Joan with
the 2011 Distinguished Humanitarian Award.
Joan Bray ’67
Distinguished Humanitarian Award
The Distinguished Humanitarian Award is presented to
alumni who have made a global impact on the human
race by their actions while exemplifying Southwestern
University’s Core Purpose, which encourages “contribut-
ing to the well-being of humanity.”
“Most everything Joan Bray does has the well-
being of humanity at its core,” say her friends
and colleagues.
A champion in the effort to elect more women
to public office, Joan established herself as a
formidable player in the Missouri State House
of Representatives. Subsequently elected to the
Missouri State Senate, she continued her advocacy
for those in need on a local, statewide and even
national level.
Joan is known for practicing what she preaches
and “walking the talk,” particularly in the area of
public transportation. So dedicated to the cause,
a fellow senator gave her the nickname “Iron
Wheels.”
With a reputation as a no-nonsense, fiscally
conservative Democrat, Joan is known for her
willingness to represent her values in a some-
times hostile political environment, unafraid to
defy the majority if need be. As an outspoken
legislator, she dedicated her life’s work to human
rights and equality.
The words humble, warm and caring have
been used to describe Joan’s character, as well
as driven, high-energy and laser-focused. Many
colleagues have a strong respect for Joan’s views,
even when they are in opposition to their own.
She is admired for her tireless years of advocacy,
diplomacy and leadership, as well as for her gift
of seeing both the big picture and the details of
an issue, and her ability to confront brutal facts
with compassion and honesty.
Joan’s commitment to the truth and respect for
all has enabled her to work with colleagues across
the aisle to accomplish her priorities. Colleagues
consider her to be helpful, reliable and someone
who can be counted on to represent her constitu-
ents to the best of her ability. Widely regarded
as a competent, principled and effective Senator,
Joan has been a role model and mentor to many.
“Joan’s commitment to the
truth and respect for all has
enabled her to work with
colleagues across the aisle
to accomplish her priorities.”
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he became Medical Director of Angelo Clinic
Association and then Medical Director of Shannon
Health System.
Dan genuinely cares about others and always
focuses on helping patients have healthy, happy,
productive lives. Over the years, he began assum-
ing leadership roles and, because he also cares
about issues facing the community and the
country, chose to pursue a business degree from
the University of North Carolina. He became Chief
Medical Officer and then CEO of Shannon Health
System prior to his appointment to the THA.
In the five years since taking the helm at the
THA, Dan has influenced state and federal health
care policy, developed a strong public educa-
tion program regarding the need for health care
reform, established a hospital physician executives
program, and served on the American Hospital
Association Regional Policy Board.
With a long-standing connection to
Southwestern—his uncle, Durwood Fleming, was
Southwestern’s 12th president—Dan has recently
become Vice Chair of the newly formed Science
Center Advisory Council and a member of the
University’s Board of Visitors.
Energetic, optimistic, compassionate, creative,
diligent and trustworthy, Dan is known to be
a leader and an inspiration to others, includ-
ing his wife, Alice Schorre Stultz ’72, whom he
met at Southwestern, his three children, John,
James and Lisa Stultz-Bleakley ’98, and his five
grandchildren.
For his interest in others both profession-
ally and personally, for his willingness to take
responsibility for his actions while considering
the views of others, and for being a great example
of the Southwestern Experience, The Association of
Southwestern University Alumni presented Dan
with the 2011 Distinguished Professional Award.
Dan Stultz ’72
Distinguished Professional Award
The Distinguished Professional Award is presented to
Southwestern alumni who have performed exceptional
civic and/or professional services in a given geographic
area or field of endeavor. Recipients represent the highest
standards and exemplify the University’s Core Values.
As a practicing physician for 28 years and now
the President and CEO of the 475-member Texas
Hospital Association (THA), Dr. Dan Stultz is a life-
long learner and a shining example of the liberal
arts experience.
Friends agree that he is the “whole package”
both personally and professionally, and that his
Southwestern Experience as an athlete and pre-med
student was integral to preparing him for success
in both medicine and business.
After graduating from Southwestern, Dan went
on to The University of Texas Medical School
in Houston and completed his residency at the
University of Kentucky. His career in internal
medicine began in 1978 in San Angelo, where
“Energetic, optimistic,
compassionate, creative,
diligent and trustworthy,
Dan is known to be a leader
and an inspiration to others.”

Marjorie Stripling Schultz ’70
Distinguished Southwestern
Service Award
The Distinguished Southwestern Service Award is
presented to an alumna/us who serves the University
over a long period of time; serves his or her community,
state and nation, and is a leader in his or her chosen
profession, business or vocation.
As one of four sisters who attended
Southwestern, as well as the wife of an alumnus
—Al Schultz ’71—it is not surprising that
Southwestern has had an enduring presence in
the life of Marjorie Stripling Shultz. But, she has
also had an enduring presence and influence in
the life of Southwestern.
Over the years, Marjorie has “Been
Southwestern” as a member of the Development
Committee and the Campaign Cabinet, as well
as an Alumni Board Officer and a member of
the Board of Trustees. In addition, her service
to Southwestern has included being a member
of both the Brown Society and the 1840 Society.
A partner in the Houston law firm that bears her
name, Marjorie is board certified in estate planning
and probate law, and is the long-standing Chair
of the Planned Giving Council. She and Al have
shown their support and love of Southwestern by
funding several annual scholarships.
She has also worked for the past decade as
pro bono counsel for the University’s Office of
Planned Giving to help advance Southwestern’s
mission. Always thoughtful and interested in
the people with whom she speaks, Marjorie has
provided professional services of the highest
caliber and has shared her wisdom and talents
with the alumni and friends interested in naming
the University as a beneficiary in their estate plans.
President Jake B. Schrum ’68 says, “As an expert
estate attorney, Marjorie has continuously been
willing to share her professional experience with
alumni and friends of Southwestern, helping the
University become the beneficiary of significant
commitments. In the simplest terms, Marjorie
facilitates our ability to provide the Southwestern
Experience to future generations.”
Respected for her legal prowess and invalu-
able counsel to the University as a whole and to
individual donors, Marjorie is also appreciated for
her straightforwardness and generosity, which
goes beyond simply writing a check, to support-
ing a cause or an organization about which she
cares deeply.
It is for her commitment to those with whom
she works, for her extraordinary energy and forth-
rightness in all areas, as well as for her devotion
and service to the University, that The Association
of Southwestern University Alumni proudly
presented Marjorie with the 2011 Distinguished
Southwestern Service Award.
“Always thoughtful and
interested in the people with
whom she speaks, Marjorie
provides professional
services of the highest
caliber.”

Friends and colleagues say that Sylvia’s intelli-
gence, energy, vibrancy, charisma, grace and poise
are continuously growing and thriving … and that
there is nothing she can’t achieve. In fact, in the
10 years since graduating from Southwestern,
Sylvia has already had an active career in the areas
of sales, communications, research, marketing,
project management, instructional design, public
affairs, fundraising and grassroots advocacy.
As a student, Sylvia worked tirelessly to promote
the common good of the student body and always
stood up for what was right. She and her class-
mates also helped revive the “spirit” of the late
J. Samuel Barcus, Class of 1890, who served as
Southwestern’s first alumnus president from
1924–1928. Thanks to Sylvia, Barcus now has
the opportunity to make late night visits to the
library and guest appearances at SING!
Continuing her service to Southwestern as
an alumna, Sylvia has been an Annual Giving
Board Member, a member of both her 5- and
10-Year Reunion Planning Committees, and the
Communications Chair of the Greater Georgetown
Association of Southwestern Alumni.
Because of her work ethic and positive atti-
tude, Sylvia stands out in a crowd. With a sense
of fairness and constant thirst for the truth, Sylvia
is never one to say “Don’t confuse me with the
facts.”
Prior to her current professional position as
Technical Trainer with Harte-Hanks, she was the
Coalitions Director for the Texans for Kay Bailey
Hutchison organization. Senator Hutchison has
said, “Sylvia’s time at Southwestern has had a
profound influence on shaping the committed,
dedicated person she is today.”
For her strength and conviction, for her enthusi-
astic and positive attitude, and for always thinking
of others first, The Association of Southwestern
University Alumni presented Sylvia with the 2011
Distinguished Young Alumna Award.
Sylvia Mayer, ’01
Distinguished Young
Alumna Award
The Distinguished Young Alumna Award is presented
to Southwestern University students who have gradu-
ated in the last 10 years and whose achievements in
the civic and/or professional realm set a standard of
excellence. Recipients represent Southwestern’s finest
young alumni and the University’s commitment to a
values-centered curriculum and development of the
whole person.
When Sylvia Mayer enters a room, every one
knows it!
Described as a beacon of light, Sylvia has long
worked to support others and encourage them to
have a positive outlook, and is known for being
motivated not by accolades or awards, but solely
by what she stands for.
“As a student, Sylvia worked
tirelessly to promote the
common good of the
student body and always
stood up for what was right.”

Pamela Gregory Rossman, ’72
Ms. Homecoming Award
The Mr./Ms. Homecoming Award is an honor bestowed
upon a member of the Southwestern University faculty
as a token of the affection and respect of former students.
The award carries special meaning to the recipient, as
it symbolizes the strength of the University: the strong,
personal relationships between students and faculty,
clearly indicating that alumni recall with apprecia-
tion the contributions of the recipient to the students’
education and development.
In her 28 years of service to Southwestern,
Pam Rossman has taught piano, accompanied
the University Chorale, and has been the Chapel
Organist and its Music Coordinator. Pam’s
colleagues say that she helps make their jobs
“pure joy.”
Described as kind, generous, gifted and
caring, friends and fellow alumni agree that
Pam’s undying support of Southwestern, along
with her quiet confidence and integrity, make
her a wonderful example of teachers who make
a difference.
While a student at Southwestern, Pam met and
later married Mike Rossman ’73, Southwestern’s
director of admission. Mike describes Pam as
loving, committed, spiritual and passionate
about music and says that she carries the mark
of Southwestern teachers like Drusilla Huffmaster
Anderson and others who came before her.
Pam has always understood the power of music
to impact people. Using her love of classical music
to express her spirituality, Pam plays the organ
in a way that has brought many people both to
tears and to levels of great joy, all with a sense of
reverence. She is also able to identify and call forth
students whose musical gifts, used in a public
way, contribute to the lifting of others’ spirits.
Pam’s belief that good music is worth the effort
it takes to perform is proven by her rigorous prac-
tice routine. But she’s not all music all the time.
She also enjoys drinking her coffee and water-
ing her flowers in the morning—when the water
levels at Lake Georgetown allow it—as well as
her three crazy dachshunds, who allow Pam and
Mike to share their home.
For her commitment to uplifting the
Southwestern community and to making a differ-
ence in the lives of so many people in such a
profound and memorable and musical way, The
Association of Southwestern University Alumni
presented Pam with its highest honor bestowed
upon faculty, the 2011 Ms. Homecoming Award.
“Described as kind, generous, gifted
and caring, friends and fellow alumni
agree that Pam is a wonderful example
of teachers who make a difference.”

The 34th annual
Brown Symposium,
Back to the Foodture:
Sustainable Strategies
to Reverse a Global
Crisis, was held on
Southwestern’s campus
Feb. 27–28, 2012.
Developed by Laura
Hobgood-Oster, profes-
sor of religion, the
Symposium’s topic was
food—a celebration of food culture. “Bountiful
food is celebration, creative food is art, particular
foods mark cultures, lack of food is deadly. Food
is so central to who and what we are that we, too
often, take it for granted. But many humans are
not afforded this luxury,” she says.
“Now, we find ourselves at the brink of a poten-
tial crisis. A growing human population coupled
with food production practices that are potentially
devastating for the environment, other animals
and human health (factory farming, monoculture,
intensive agriculture) threaten life in many forms
—both human life and entire ecosystems.”
This year’s Brown Symposium considered food
from many angles and pondered ways we can
rethink our relationship with this most basic,
beautiful and complex of needs.
Featured speakers included: Richard Wilk,
Indiana University; Winona LaDuke, Honor
the Earth; Amie Breeze Harper, University of
California, Davis; Wayne Pacelle, Humane Society
of the United States; and Jo Luck, Heifer Project
International.
Hobgood-Oster explains that Symposium partic-
ipants learned that there are differences in food
culture around the world. The food culture in the
U.S. is “unsustainable and unhealthy, and now
we’re exporting this culture.” She says this is not
something to fear, but to be aware of. “We need
to sustain appropriate food cultures and, unfor-
tunately, agriculture is the enemy of biodiversity.”
Participants also learned about new ways of
producing all kinds of food which are better for
humans, animals and the environment, and that
the healthiest diets in the world (Mediterranean,
SE Asian) don’t consist of all the same foods, but
include a wide variety of local foods.
As part of the Symposium, Patrick Veerkamp,
professor of art, co-curated an art exhibit titled
“Culinary Cultures: A Ceramics Perspective.” In
addition, Bruce Cain and David Asbury, associate
and assistant professors of music respectfully,
performed a concert titled “River of Words,”
featuring a special piece commissioned for the
Symposium.
There was also a farmer’s market and a canned
food drive. Hobgood-Oster encouraged partici-
pants to read the labels and be thoughtful about
the foods they donated.
The Brown Symposium is presented by
Southwestern University on an annual basis. Open
to the public without charge, the Symposium
is funded through an endowment established
by The Brown Foundation, Inc., of Houston for
professorships at the University.
Brown Symposium Goes
Back to the Foodture
Illustration by Nick Ramos
behind the lectern

Dave Eggers, author of six books and the
founder of and editor for McSweeney’s, an inde-
pendent publishing house based in San Francisco,
was the 2011 visiting author in The Writer’s
Voice Series sponsored by the A. Frank Smith, Jr.
Library Center.
Eggers’ best-selling book, A Heartbreaking Work
of Staggering Genius, was a finalist for the Pulitzer
Prize for General Non-Fiction. His 2006 novel,
What is the What, won the 2009 Prix Médicis for
best foreign work of fiction and was a finalist for
the National Book Critics Award for Fiction. His
most recent work, Zeitoun, is a nonfiction account
of a Syrian-American immigrant and his extraor-
dinary experience during Hurricane Katrina.
Eggers spoke on November 1 to students,
faculty, staff and the public in a full-to-capacity
Alma Thomas Theater. In reaction, sophomore
Jacob Brown said, “Eggers is a perfect fit for
Southwestern. He not only stands for lifelong
learning in his range of interests … but he’s also
dedicated to civic duty—changing the world for
the better.”
Discussing his writing as well as his passion for
helping others, Eggers specifically shared his expe-
rience with 826 Valencia, a nonprofit writing and
More than 2,000 gathered to hear the 2012 Shilling
Lecture speaker, Thomas Friedman, foreign affairs
columnist for The New York Times.
Friedman has won three Pulitzer Prizes, and
according to Foreign Policy magazine, “Friedman
doesn’t just report on events; he helps shape them.”
Vanity Fair called him “the country’s best newspaper
columnist,” and he has been named one of “America’s
Best Leaders” by U.S. News & World Report.
Friedman’s most recent book, That Used to Be Us:
How America Fell Behind in the World We Invented
and How We Can Come Back is about the major
challenges facing the U.S., the reason the country is
not addressing those challenges effectively, and the
policies America needs to adopt to ensure prosperity
at home and strength abroad in the 21st century.
His book Hot, Flat and Crowded: Why We Need a
Green Revolution — and How It Can Renew America,
was a #1 New York Times bestseller, and his previous
bestseller, The World is Flat, has sold more than four
million copies. Other bestselling books by Friedman
include Longitudes and Attitudes: The World in the
Age of Terrorism, The Lexus and the Olive Tree and
From Beirut to Jerusalem, which serves as a basic
text on the Middle East in colleges and universities
nationwide and won the National Book Award.
The Roy and Margaret Shilling Lecture Series,
endowed in 1999 by The Brown Foundation, Inc., of
Houston, to honor Southwestern’s 13th president,
Roy B. Shilling Jr., and his wife, Margaret, brings to
campus internationally prominent speakers on topics
relating to ethics, public service and public policy.
The 2012 lecture was sponsored in part by Sodexo.
Emi Anderson, Class of 2013, said “As a political
science major, having Thomas Friedman come to
speak was one of the most exciting things that could
happen. Whether you agree with his viewpoints or
not, being engaged in the ... discussion is a valuable
experience.”
That Used to Be Us...
The Shilling Lecture welcomed New York Times foreign affairs columnist and Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas Friedman
Eggers Promotes Storytelling, Giving Back
tutoring center for youth in the Mission District of
San Francisco, which he co-founded in 2002 with
Nínive Calegari. Local communities have since
opened sister 826 centers in Chicago, Los Angeles,
Brooklyn, Ann Arbor, Seattle, Washington, D.C.
and Boston.
For his work, Eggers received the 2007 Heinz
Award in the Arts and Humanities, was named
in 2010 to Poets and Writers magazine’s list of
the “Fifty Most Inspiring Authors in the World,”
and was one of the winners of the 31st annual
American Book Awards, given for literary works
that cover “the entire spectrum of America’s
diverse literary community.”

This is a story of the American dream and the
dark currents that threaten to drown it in a mili-
tarized and extra-legal America after 9/11.
Zeitoun illuminates the experience of the 2005
flood that followed Hurricane Katrina in New
Orleans in a way that takes us far from the scenes
of devastation in the Lower Ninth Ward and chaos
in the convention center. In this book, we see
the flood through the eyes of a successful small-
business owner, Abdulrahman Zeitoun, a Syrian
immigrant paddling through the city in his canoe
trying to help his neighbors while his American-
born wife, Kathy, and their children worry about
him from safe havens inland. They worry even
more when he seems to disappear without a trace
as he finds himself incarcerated with no access
to lawyers, courts or phones. That anyone had
such experiences—not to mention that tens of
thousands of poor people were simply abandoned
to the storm and flood—is deeply unnerving to
those of us who want to believe that our country
is decisively different from say, authoritarian Syria.
At first, Dave Eggers’ tale of Zeitoun in the flood
seems like a grand adventure. When the storm
waters first recede, then begin to rise rapidly
around his house (bringing the realization that
some levees must have failed), Zeitoun takes
charge of his situation, camping out on the roof
of his garage and feeding neighbors’ dogs. As he
begins to paddle around his neighborhood in his
canoe, his quiet approach enables him to hear the
distress cries of trapped neighbors and rescue
them, even as military parties speed by in fan
boats, hearing nothing and stopping for nothing.
But then this romantic tale takes a darkly tragic
turn. Zeitoun, a Syrian friend, a tenant and another
Zeitoun
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review by Thomas McClendon, Professor of History
man are roughly arrested (for no reason they can
discern) at one of his rental properties. They soon
find themselves incarcerated in cages erected on
the bare asphalt in a hastily converted bus station:
Camp Greyhound. The look of the place reminded
Zeitoun of nothing so much as pictures he had
seen of Guantanamo Bay. While guards, some
of them veterans of Iraq or Afghanistan, accuse
Zeitoun and his fellow immigrant of being “Al
Qaeda,” and taunt them with pork-based MRE
meals, no formal charges are brought, and they
are not allowed to make a phone call or to see
a lawyer. Their transfer, a few days later, to a
Louisiana prison brings the expectation that a
more orderly process will emerge, but in fact
the nightmare continues. A chance encounter
with a missionary, who phones Kathy at Zeitoun’s
request, leads eventually to Zeitoun’s release, after
more than three weeks of incarceration.
Zeitoun focuses our attention on two very
important American stories. One is the story of
Hurricane Katrina’s flood, a product of govern-
ment neglect of critical infrastructure and failure
to rescue citizens left stranded in the city as a
result or their poverty or infirmity. The other is
a story of the dark forces that have undermined
the rule of law in America since 9/11. It tells us
a great deal indeed about what has gone wrong
with America.
Eggers and the Zeitouns have since established
the Zeitoun Foundation “to aid in the rebuilding of
New Orleans and to promote respect for human
rights in the United States and around the world.”
I urge you to read this book and to contribute to
the foundation.
engaging find

Be Southwestern!
Dear Southwestern University Alumni,
As my term as president of The Association of Southwestern University
Alumni draws to a close, I encourage you to view your relationship with
The Association and Southwestern as reciprocal. If you will, the value of
that relationship will increase. Take advantage of what The Association
has to offer you personally and professionally. You not only have a great
education on which to build your life, you have an extraordinary network
of alumni to draw on for friendships, career connections, advice, intel-
lectual inquiry and conversation. In turn, you can help other alumni,
Southwestern students and your alma mater by “Being Southwestern”
wherever you are.
Here are five areas on which I urge you to focus:
I. Alumni Leadership Development and Recognition
• Help identify potential leaders.
• Mentor young alumni.
• Share the accomplishments of alumni you know.
II. Relational Connections
• Plan informal gatherings of SU alumni.
• Get involved with a local association, your class reunion
or an alumni connection group.
III. Professional Networking
• Identify potential employers and promote job openings.
• Consider sponsoring a Southwestern internship at
your workplace.
IV. Visibility and Recruitment
• Refer prospective students to Southwestern.
V. Support Southwestern
• Give a portion of your time, talents and financial support
to Southwestern.
Southwestern is truly a lifelong experience. I have been serving
Southwestern in various capacities since I graduated. I have given and I
have received through this relationship. It is satisfying when you can help
shape the future of an institution that helped shape you, and rewarding
to develop fulfilling personal and professional relationships. It has been
an honor to serve as your president.
Be Southwestern.
Steve A. Raben ’63
President, The Association of Southwestern University Alumni
Association
of Southwestern University Alumni
The
Alumni Association
Mission
To be a community that fosters a lifelong Southwestern
Experience by: spanning generations and geographies,
connecting ideas and individuals, inspiring learning and
service, inviting diverse perspectives and strengthening
loyalties so that The Association becomes vital in the lives
of alumni and their University.
Alumni Council
2009–2011
Steve Raben ’63
President
Blake Stanford ’81
President-Elect
Nisa Sharma ’92
Class Relations Chair
The Rev. Dr. Paul Barton ’83
Nominations and Awards Chair
Sarah Walthall Norris ’68
Homecoming and Reunions Chair
Maxie Duran Hardin ’73
Local Associations Chair
Katherine Merrill Andre ’99
Alumni Connection Groups Chair
The Rev. Milton Jordan ’62
Assembly Program Chair
Yesenia Garcia ’03
Assembly Program Chair-Elect
Lisa Dreishmire ’91
Alumni Communications Chair
Ken Holley ’71
Lifelong Learning Chair
John Dapper ’91
At-Large Member
Theodore Caryl ’76
At-Large Member
John Curry ’70
Trustee Representative
Zoe Martin ’12
Student Representative

During Student and Parent Orientation in August,
Southwestern welcomed 22 legacy students
among the 2011 first-year and transfer class.
They are pictured here with their relative who is
a Southwestern alumna/us. If you have a relative, friend or
other student whom you think would be a great addition to the
Southwestern family, please complete the Refer a Student form
at: http://www.southwestern.edu/referastudent.
alumni news
7STOPS2007 graduates Dustin Coates, Meagan Elliott and Josh Franco recently founded an online magazine
called 7STOPS. Each month, they publish seven long-form, fiction and non-fiction articles which are variations on a theme and
include perspectives from all over the world. Several Southwestern alumni have already contributed. Elliot says, “7STOPS
is essentially our liberal arts education in magazine form.”
To read the latest issue or to find out how to submit an article, visit: www.7stopsmag.com
Homecoming and Reunion weekend 2011AT A GLANCE
Number of
alumni attendees
(topping last year’s
record of 1,085)
Total number
of attendees
(again, breaking
last year’s record
high of 1,514)
Class Reunions
Homecoming
Cup Champion
2011 was the inaugural
year for the Homecoming
Cup, sponsored by Student
Foundation, in which student
organizations/groups enter to
participate in the Homecoming
Parade, Capture the Cup and
SING!, accumulating points for
each event. The organization/
group with the most points by
the end of the weekend wins
the Homecoming Cup.
SING! Winner
Best float in the
Homecoming
Parade
Capture the
Cup Winner
1,099
1,537THIRTEEN
DELTADELTADELTA
ZETA TAU ALPHA
PI KAPPA ALPHA
DELTA
DELTA
DELTA

Over the past five years, Southwestern has more
than doubled the amount of need-based financial aid it offers
to students ($6.5 million). Unfortunately, the demonstrated
financial need of Southwestern students and their families
has increased by $10 million.
We hope you are able to help Southwestern close the gap
between student need and what the University can provide.
The return on an investment in a Southwestern student can
be exponential.
Every Gift Matters.
Please visit www.southwestern.edu/giving
to learn more about students like
Student Body President Brady Kent,
and support Southwestern scholarships.

The Original Social Network // The following Class Notes were submitted Jan. 8, 2011 through Aug. 31, 2011. Share your accom-
plishments, achievements and life milestones with friends and classmates! Submit your Class Note by visiting www.sualumni.net. Select
“Connect” from the main menu, then “Class Notes.” You may also e-mail your Class Note to alumni@southwestern.edu.
1948
Robert Coleman, Wilmore, Ky., celebrated his 60th
wedding anniversary to Marietta with his family in
the summer of 2010. Robert retired from the Billy
Graham Seminary, but continues teaching as an
adjunct professor at Asbury Theological Seminary
and was a visiting professor at Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary. He has written more than
20 books, many of which have been translated into
multiple languages. Still involved in preaching and
pastor schools, he served as dean of pastor schools
for the Billy Graham Seminary which has schools all
over the world.
1961
Mary Louise Meyers Gulley, Houston, was
installed in May 2011 as the Regent of the George
Washington Chapter (Galveston) of the Daughters of
the American Revolution for the 2011-2013 term. The
George Washington Chapter was formed June 17,
1895, as the first D.A.R. chapter in Texas.
1967
JonMorrison,Socorro, N.M., runs the Old Prospect’s
Bakery. In addition to baking and selling artisan sour-
dough and yeast breads, he sells cinnamon rolls at
1976
Laurence Musgrove, San Angelo, has written a
book titled Handmade Thinking: A Picture Book on
Reading and Drawing. He is a professor and head
of the department of English and modern languages
at Angelo State University.
1980
Kathleen MacLean Ragsdale, Weir, is the
Environmental and Conservation Services Director
for the City of Georgetown, and was named the 2010
Manager of the Year for the city.
1981
Vicki Pierce Stroeher, Huntington, W.Va., is an
associate professor of music at Marshall University.
She is an expert on 20th century English composer
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976). She was invited to
present her paper “’Without Any Tune’: The Role
of the Discursive Shift in Britten’s Interpretation
of Poetry” at the Literary Britten Conference in
Sept. 2011 at the University of Cambridge in the
United Kingdom. During the same month, Vicki and
two colleagues made transcriptions and conducted
research toward a volume of correspondence
his local farmer’s market using a recipe from the
old Southwestern Student Union Building from the
1960s. He says, “Smelling them bake brings me back
to the old SUB and Southwestern.”
Ken Peters, Georgetown, has retired as pastor of
New Braunfels Presbyterian Church after 25 years of
ministry. Prior to becoming a clergyman, Ken taught
history at Texas A&M University for seven years.
He and his wife, Marilyn, have recently relocated
to Georgetown.
1975
Randy Mitchmore, Houston, has been elected
Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the American
Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry’s Charitable
Foundation. The foundation’s main program is to
help (at no cost) survivors of domestic violence
who have had their smile damaged from abuse.
Leading a nationwide network of volunteer dentists
and laboratories, Give Back a Smile has a vision
of “Restore a Smile, Restore a Life.” For more
information, visit: http://www.aacd.com/index.
php?module=cms&page=610
Reunion
Years
class notes
Dr. Timothy Boone ’77, Houston, was elected the president of the
American Board of Urology to serve a term from January 2011 through December
2012. His role as president is to oversee the process of certification and recertifi-
cation to practice urology in America, protecting the best interests of the public.
Since 2000, Boone has been Chief of Urology at Methodist Hospital and is
a senior member of the Texas Methodist Hospital Research Institute (TMHRI),
where he is conducting multiple clinical trials dealing with urology problems—
from new drugs to devices. His main focus is on neurologic disorders affecting
the bladder-like spinal cord injury and multiple sclerosis. Boone also maintains a
clinical professor appointment at Baylor College of Medicine, where he teaches
urology residents, and participates on a weekly basis in a basic science labora-
tory that he started at Baylor more than 10 years ago.
A biology major at Southwestern, Boone says that Southwestern helped
prepare him for his current professional position through one-on-one instruction,
especially in physiology. Setting his sights on medicine at Southwestern, Boone
was an early M.D./Ph.D. student at The University of Texas at Houston. He says,
“I preferred the lab and research projects so graduate studies appealed to me
more than medical school classes.”
Boone is glad to be able now to “give back” to Southwestern students by
helping coordinate and foster interaction between Southwestern and TMHRI for
research and education. (See Page 10 for more information on Southwestern’s
collaboration with TMHRI.) He believes that new science center at Southwestern
is a “must” for recruiting and educating students who have a lot of choices and
are very discerning. He says it will also help keep good faculty. “A university is
only as good as its faculty who are engaged in teaching and are up to date in
their field.”
Boone and his wife, Angela, have four children. Their daughters, Christie and
Blair, live in North Texas, where Christie is finishing a physics degree and Blair
has her student teaching experience remaining before she starts in elementary
education. Their son, Bolton, is a first-year student at Baylor, and son, Connor,
is a sophomore in high school. Still closely connected to the University, Boone’s
uncle was Southwestern’s 12th president, Durwood Fleming, and his cousin is
Dan Stultz ’72. (See page 24.)

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