Breaking the Color Barrier

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Summer 2006 • Vol. 5 • No. 2 Magazine Breaking the Color Barrier

Lingophiles: Reading in Tongues

Awakening a ‘Sleeping Giant’ SUMMER 2006 Angelo State University Alumni Magazine Angelo State University

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Angelo State University Features President: Dr. James Hindman Provost and Vice President for Academic and Breaking the Color Barrier 14 Student Affairs: Dr. Donald V. Coers Benjamin Kelly made history and opened doors Vice President for Finance for other African Americans when he played for and Administration: Sharon Meyer San Angelo College in the 1950s. Director of Lingophiles: Reading in Tongues 20 22 Alumni Relations: Lynsey Flage For two ASU faculty members, it’s all in the translation as they find fun and wisdom in ASU Alumni Magazine their knowledge and use of languages. The Angelo State University Alumni Magazine is published three times a year Awakening a “Sleeping Giant” 22 by the ASU Office of Alumni Relations in Fred Rike takes over the Ram Basketball program conjunction with the university News and with his down-home philosophy and big-time goals. Publications Office. ASU Alumni Association ASU Station #11049 Sections San Angelo, TX 76909-1049 (325) 942-2122; Fax: (325) 942-2737 [email protected] President’s Message 4 27 News and Publications Office Angelo State University Letters 6 ASU Station #11021 San Angelo, TX 76909-1021 Campus News 7 (325) 942-2248; Fax: (325) 942-2238 Back to the Lab…Living in the Past… [email protected] Shear Delight…High Honors…Briefs Publisher: Lynsey Flage Athletics 24 Editor: Preston Lewis Swell Belles…Baseball Brothers… Director of Graphics: Michael Martin Softball Swings...Gridiron Spring Design Assistant: Carrie Whitesell Alumni News 27 Writers: Jason Hunter ASU Traditions…Shaping Education… Dave Wester 28 A Life in Balance…Class Notes…Lambs & Lambelles Contributors: Jennifer Rios Calinda Shely Mathew Thomas Julia Valles On the cover: In 1953 Ben Kelly was the right Jenny Walthall man at the right time, becoming the first black to enroll at San Angelo College and likely the first to play foot- © 2006 Angelo State University ball at a previously segregated college in Texas. All Rights Reserved

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Angelo State University Alumni Magazine SUMMER 2006 letter from the association president

Dear Fellow Alumni,

I moved to San Angelo 26 years ago to attend ASU and have called San Angelo home ever since. I graduated from ASU in 1983 with a B.B.A. in management and have worked in the solid waste hauling industry since then. My time at ASU introduced me to many wonderful friends as well as faculty and staff who helped shape me into whom I am today. I can attribute much of my business success to the excellent education I received at ASU.

It is truly an honor to be president of the ASU Alumni Association for 2006-07. I am delighted not only to be a part of the very university of which I hold such fond memories Lawrence Kennedy, Jr. but also to represent the many outstanding alumni the university has produced. One of my goals for the Association is to increase alumni participation and membership. It is through membership that we are able to keep the Association growing and to provide monetary and voluntary support to Angelo State University.

We have so many loyal members who give both time and money to support the Alumni Association and university, but there are many alumni that we do not reach. The ASU Alumni Association can offer much to alumni in the form of communication and university involvement. Our task as an Association is to reach as many alumni as we can, educate them about these benefits and get them involved in supporting the university.

In an effort to enhance our resources so we can reach more of our exes, the board of directors has voted to raise the dues at the individual, friend and joint membership levels, effective Sept. 1. Though this is the first dues increase since 2001, our expenses have been rising steadily due to the new LeGrand Alumni Center and the economy, reducing our flexibility to reach out to more of our former students.

With the revenues from the increase, we plan to enhance our website and to continue to improve our publications. Along with the fee increase, the board also voted to provide additional benefits to our members and to make a greater distinction between century club levels. Look for details to come, but I am advising you now in case you want to renew your membership this summer at the current rate.

I truly believe that Angelo State University is an outstanding university, opening many doors for students wishing to further their education. The ASU Alumni Association keeps those doors open, reminding graduates and former students of the lasting impact of their Angelo State education and experience so they can in turn, nurture and help other students grow.

I look forward to this wonderful opportunity I have been given to serve as your new president. Feel free to e-mail me with any ideas or suggestions you may have.

Lawrence Kennedy, Jr. Class of 1983 [email protected]

SUMMER 2006 Angelo State University Alumni Magazine 2006-2007 Norris Fly Flage L. Gomez Ridgway Robertson Board of Directors Alumni

Association Butler Garcia Gray Jones Nikolauk Executive Committee President – Lawrence Kennedy, ’83 (pictured left)...... Trashaway Service, Inc. 1st Vice President – Lloyd Norris, ’73...... Chairman, Town & Country Food Stores 2nd Vice President – Brad Fly, ’00...... CPA/Manager of Tax Services, Armstrong Backus & Co. Secretary/Treasurer – Lynsey Flage, ’97...... Director, ASU Alumni Relations Past President – Louis Gomez, ’84...... Owner, Gomez Bookkeeping & Tax Service Pfeiffer Flanagan Hamilton Past President – Tom Ridgway, ’79...... Owner, Ridgway Florist Past President – Charles “Dick” Robertson, ’71...... CEO, The Dreher Company

Newly Elected Dudra Butler, ’79...... School Service Worker, San Angelo ISD Arnold Garcia, ’73...... Editorial Page Editor, Austin American-Statesman Hughes Rainey Willman Sandra Hawkins Gray, ’84...... Co-Owner, Gray’s Transmissions Vance Jones, ’79...... Executive, Texas Bank Bill Nikolauk, ’84...... President, 1st Community Federal Credit Union Faron Pfeiffer, ’79/’82...... Senior Research Assoc., Texas A&M Research Center

Newly Appointed Kent Flanagan, ’68...... Professor, Middle Tennessee State University Barnhart Blanton Box Jeff Hamilton, ’85...... Pharmaceuticals Representative, Schering-Plough Stacia Hughes, ’00...... Product Development, West Central Wireless Robert Rainey, ’96...... Sales, Data Management, Inc. Steve Todd, ’94 (not pictured)...... Manager, Duncan Disposal Ronnie Willman, ’78...... Network Support, Verizon

Continuing to Serve Eustis O. Gomez Harrison Barbara Barnhart, ’77...... International Host Family Coordinator Scott Blanton, ’88...... Veterinarian, Green Meadow Veterinary Hospital Kyle Box, ’81...... System Engineer, Verizon Steve Eustis, ’73...... Steve Eustis Company, Realtors Oscar Gomez, ’68...... Retired, Former Vice President, Verizon David Harrison, ’72...... Senior Vice President, Texas Bank Harper Henderson Lacy Delilah Wilcox Harper, ’78/’84...... Homemaker, Civic Volunteer Joey Henderson, ’87...... Porter Henderson Implement Company Lance Lacy, ’81/’91...... Owner/Realtor, Lacy & Co. Realty Joe Lee, ’80...... Owner, Dean’s Marine Jean Ann Block LeGrand, ’72...... Civic Volunteer Kathy Munoz, ’89...... News Director, KLST-TV (CBS) & KSAN-TV (NBC) Lee LeGrand Munoz

Angelo State University Alumni Magazine SUMMER 2006 yousaid... Dear ASU Alumni Association: Dear ASU Alumni Association:

I just read the Spring 2006 publication of On behalf of the Writer’s Conference com- the ASU Alumni Magazine and want to con- mittee, I would like to thank (the ASU Write to us: gratulate you and your staff for a job well Alumni Association) and Board for your done. The articles were most informative generous donation to the 10th Annual Writ- ASU Alumni Association and well written. I especially enjoyed read- ers Conference in Honor of Elmer Kelton. ASU Station #11049 ing the “2028: An ASU ‘Space’ Odyssey” Allowing us to utilize the Alumni Cen- San Angelo, TX 76909-1049 article by Preston Lewis and reviewing the ter’s ballroom for our Friday luncheon en- [email protected] Class Notes. abled us to host a special gathering for our Please keep up the good work you and English majors and graduate students in your staff are doing and continue the strong connection with the conference. Students communication effort. We are all proud to were able to interact and dialogue with be ASU graduates and alumni! Thanks. our honored guest, Mr. Elmer Kelton, our keynote speaker, Mr. Tim O’Brien, and our Oscar C. Gomez (’68) other conference speakers…. Irving The Alumni Center is truly one of the finest facilities on this campus, and we are Dear ASU Alumni Association: grateful that you allowed us the opportunity to utilize its gracious atmosphere for I received my ASU Alumni Magazine today our luncheon. and that is the best one that I have received since I graduated in ’85. Great job! Mary Ellen Hartje Jeff Hamilton (’85) Associate Professor of English Lubbock Angelo State University ASU LeGrand Center elegant meeting and event space 942-2122

SUMMER 2006 Angelo State University Alumni Magazine Newscampus Exchanging Meetings for Labs

ith the precision that you might ex- tablishment of the Physical Therapy pro- Wpect from a physicist, Dean David gram. Although some preliminary work H. Loyd Jr. will step down from his posi- had been done on creating that program tion 10 years to the day he assumed the when he assumed the dean’s position, he leadership post in the College of Sciences. and Graduate Dean Carol Diminnie spent Loyd will be returning in the fall to full- a lot of their time his first years as dean time teaching, his first love. After a decade getting PT up and running. as dean, though, Loyd has developed some “I think that is a very important pro- opinions about the position. gram for Angelo State,” Loyd said, “and “Deans don’t do much,” he said, “ex- I’m proud of the part I had in recruiting cept help other people do things. I think those faculty, getting the program going a very large number of things have been and putting together what I think is an ex- accomplished by the faculty in this college cellent PT program.” while I have been dean, the vast majority He is also pleased with the develop- of which would probably have been ac- ment of the Meats Lab in the Agriculture complished no matter who was dean.” Department and the initiation of Nursing’s Loyd’s respect for faculty and their on-line program leading to a bachelor of achievement comes largely from his self- science in nursing. Additionally, new mi- perception as a professor who happened nors and majors were introduced in the to be dean rather than as an administrator Departments of Agriculture, Chemistry who once had been a teacher. and Biochemisty, Physics, Biology, Math- “I think I probably have been a little ematics and Nursing, all important steps in guilty of never thinking of myself as a keeping the curriculum current and attrac- dean,” he said. “I was a faculty member tive to students. here for 27 years so as I interacted with His work with the special academic faculty I didn’t see myself as different. scholarship program, initiated by Presi- Sometimes, I may have failed to realize dent James Hindman, for the Departments that people perceived me differently.” of Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry and As dean, Loyd was one who was more Biochemistry plus Modern Languages apt to drop by a faculty member’s office in the College of Liberal and Fine Arts with a question, rather than invite the pro- has been gratifying as well because of Photo by Jim Bean fessor to his. the increased ability for ASU “to attract Though he has taught introductory phys- “There are two reasons for that,” Loyd some very high level students into ics courses while serving as dean, Loyd is said. “One is I’m impatient and the other is those departments.” delighted to begin teaching some advanced then I can control how long the meeting is.” Additionally, he has enjoyed working classes, including modern physics which Coming in as dean, Loyd said he knew the last decade with the West Texas Medi- covers quantum mechanics, x-rays, nuclear he would be involved in a lot of meetings, cal Associates Distinguished Lectureship physics and other fields that arose in the first but “you don’t really grasp how many in Science honoring Dr. Roy E. Moon. four decades of the 20th century. that’s going to be and how much of your That lectureship has attracted to campus “We have eight to 10 labs that we do ev- time that’s going to take up.” over the past 30 years some of the top sci- ery semester that were Nobel Prize-winning Even so, those meetings and their results entific minds in the world, including three experiments when they were first done,” added up to a lot of accomplishments for the Nobel laureates during his tenure as dean. Loyd said. “I am pleased that the rest of College of Sciences during his tenure. His contacts with Nobel Prize recipients the department is perfectly happy for me to At the top of that list would be the es- will fit nicely with his fall teaching plans. teach modern physics in the fall.”

Angelo State University Alumni Magazine SUMMER 2006 Newscampus Living in the Past

hen history professor Dr. John M. WWheeler retired at the end of the spring semester, the university’s Informa- tion Technology office was able to dispense with its last 16mm film projector as he was the only teacher still using one. “How quaint, some may have thought,” said Wheeler, “but it was really a historical experience.” After all, his last generation of students had grown up in an era of videocassette players, DVDs and PowerPoint presentations and likely never heard the clatter of the standard audio-visual medium of their elders. Even getting back their papers was a probably turned me on to a reverence and an “It was always most gratifying to me historical experience for Wheeler’s stu- interest in things past. And, I guess part of when some students in a class came how- dents as he typed his comments on an old it was the Civil War experience, especially ever reluctantly to realize history is a story Royal, the last working manual typewriter among Southerners.” that made things the way they are today and in the History Department and possibly the In college, first at Hendrix College in came to really enjoy hearing about it as I entire university. Conway, Ark., then at the University of did,” Wheeler said. “The more people laughed about it, the Arkansas and later Tulane University, he “Many students come to this campus more defensive I became,” Wheeler said. learned that Braxton Bragg was not as great saying ‘I hate history’ and, because of our His devotion to the battered Royal, a general as his grandparents had believed. department, not because of me, many of though, was most appropriate. After all, Though he was fascinated by the War them come to say ‘I like history,’ which is a the typewriter was a product of 19th century Between the States, he studied the Progres- long way from ‘I hate history.’ America, Wheeler’s historical specialty. sive Era and Gilded Age because of a glut “This department has been, from the time A native of Camden, Ark., Wheeler of Civil War historians in the wake of the I first came until now, really like a family,” he grew up in the home of historically con- era’s centennial. He joined the Angelo State said. “I think in our department we have an scious grandparents born barely two de- faculty in 1971 and, upon the retirement of ethic that students should read and write a lot cades after Appomattox. Consequently, he the late Dr. Jack Bates, he started teaching and that that is a part of their education.” heard many stories about the Civil War and the Civil War in 1984. That pedagogical philosophy fit well about his distant relative, Confederate Gen. Wheeler was known for using the Pulit- with Wheeler’s belief that he “wanted a Braxton Bragg. zer Prize-winning novel The Killer Angels grade to be meaningful.” Many found his In fact, the first book he ever purchased, in his undergraduate history courses. He classes meaningful, too, the student body using money he had saved from his paper utilized the novel because it “can personal- electing him in 2003 as the favorite profes- route, was Pictorial History of the Confedera- ize a historical story and people can identify sor in the College of Liberal and Fine Arts. cy. There on page 119 was a portrait of Brax- with the characters and come to feel it in In retirement Wheeler is splitting his ton Bragg, that great Confederate ancestor. a way that just straight history doesn’t al- time between San Angelo and Camden, Additionally, his grandmother would low.” In fact, Wheeler once had a student’s where he is helping coordinate a preserva- take him to Poison Springs, “the local Civil father call him and tell him that the book tion effort in the Clifton and Green Streets War battlefield,” and look at the forested had changed his son’s life. Historic District. landscape. “‘What tales these trees could While Wheeler would never claim to Additionally, he has put away the Royal tell,’ she would say,” Wheeler recounted. want to change people’s lives, he did hope typewriter for good and is reading more “Hearing that kind of poetry as a child to alter their attitudes about history. books on history.

SUMMER 2006 Angelo State University Alumni Magazine Newscampus Shear Delight

o manual labor ever produced softer Angelo’s founding until recent decades has Other families contributing interviews Nhands than sheep shearing, a skill that declined in importance with the rise of syn- and materials for the exhibit included the has almost disappeared in West Texas and thetic fibers and low-cost wool imports from Santiago Uriegas Jr. family of San Angelo, the United States. Australia and New Zealand. Other factors the Daniel Ruiz family of Eola and the Ed- Even though shearing sheep was hard, marking the decline of the industry, which die and Stephen Franco families of Rock- physical labor, the lanolin in the wool kept Campbell describes as “quickly and quietly springs. Additional support came from So- the workers’ hands as soft as down. disappearing,” are the rise of predators and nora Wool Warehouse, Sandy Whittley of Such hands-on details as that are being the development of more profitable land TSGRA, Dave Richardson of San Angelo, preserved for posterity by Angelo State’s uses, whether for urbanization or hunting. Sue Mims of Water Valley, Rick Albin of West Texas Collection (WTC), beginning For Shannon Sturm, the ASU history Midland and Fred Campbell of Paint Rock. with a major spring exhibit “Clipped: Sheep graduate student who has done the bulk The traveling exhibit was built by Mu- Shearers and the West Texas Wool Industry.” of the research on the exhibit, the greatest seumscapes of Richardson and made pos- A WTC traveling exhibit of the same name satisfaction has come from working with sible by a gift from Mrs. Eva Camuñez is scheduled to debut in July in Kerrville at the families of sheep shearers, 99 percent Tucker to the Friends of the Porter Hender- the annual meeting of the Texas Sheep and of whom were Hispanic. son Library and West Texas Collection. Goat Raisers’ Association (TSGRA). “We get to tell the public that what they The traveling exhibit, scheduled for “It’s a dying art,” said WTC Head did was important,” Sturm said. “No one several local museums in West Texas, in- Suzanne Campbell, “even though sheep ever told them that it was important. It was cludes sections on sheep shearing and the shearing has been a way of life in West just a job.” wool industry, the progression of shearing Texas since 1877 when John Arden and The exhibit also marked the debut of tools and techniques, sheep-shearing fami- Joseph Tweedy brought the first sheep to a bronze sculpture of sheep shearing by lies and demise of the industry. the region.” San Angelo artist Raul Ruiz, whose fam- “Sheep shearing was one of the few oc- But what was once a mainstay of the ily has been involved in the industry for cupations that was passed on from father West Texas economy from the time of San many generations. to son, from generation to generation,” Campbell said. The WTC exhibit and research will make the sheep shearers’ story, if not their skills, accessible for generations to come.

Woolly Tales The West Texas Collection is seeking to preserve for the historical record the story of the sheep shearers and the region’s wool industry. All individuals willing to share documents, photos and other materials on the wool industry in West Texas should contact the West Texas Collec- tion at (325) 942-2164 or by e-mail at [email protected].

Photo courtesy of the West Texas Collection.

Angelo State University Alumni Magazine SUMMER 2006 Newscampus Honors Program Aims High

he Angelo State University Honors Pro- aged to present their work at the regional Tgram is hitting its stride, graduating its honors conference. first full class in May and steadily increas- “Learning how to write research propos- ing its numbers. als and how to get reports published, that’s a The first group of 23 honors students really good enhancement that you receive,” entered the program in August 2002, and said Lori Loomis, a biochemistry major the program has grown each year since. who will attend the University of Texas “These students,” said Honors Program Southwestern in Dallas for graduate work. Director Dr. Nick Flynn, “have seen some The close academic relationships be- very interesting and sometimes challeng- tween students and teachers also give those ing changes made to a developing program seeking a graduate degree a leg up. During since it started, and the fact that they have their senior year, students have the option stuck it out through our growing pains is a of going before a board comprised of hon- remarkable feat.” ors faculty. The students have traveled to national The board members ask detailed ques- meetings in cities across the country and tions about the student’s academic work volunteered with such organizations as and goals. After the meeting, the commit- Christmas in April, Habitat for Human- tee writes a composite letter of recommen- ity and Toys for Tots. Honors participants dation for the student to use in applying to also attend extracurricular events such as graduate schools and professional schools symphonies and plays. or for employment. The board also gives “We’re really trying to develop well- them invaluable experience answering fac- Honors Senior Lori Loomis with rounded students,” said Flynn, a biochemistry ulty questions in a pressure environment. Program Director Nick Flynn. professor. “For instance, we’ll have science The atmosphere of the meeting is similar majors take an honors government course. It to what graduate students will face for takes them out of their comfort zone, and it their thesis defense or what job-seekers helps them grow as individuals.” will experience in an interview. Despite stringent academic and extra- “When you’re in the Honors Program, curricular activity requirements, enrollment then we get to know you really well,” Fly- in the program has risen, with 35 students nn said. entering in fall 2005. The program’s success In addition to Loomis, several other has helped garner financial support, with the students have their sights set on graduate Abell-Hanger Foundation of Midland offer- work or professional school. Audrey Sato ing a $4,350 matching grant to help support will graduate with a biology degree and be- student activities. The grant requires the gin medical school in the fall at the Texas Honors Program to raise comparable money College of Osteopathic Medicine in Fort from other sources by Aug. 31. Worth. Calinda Shely will attend ASU as One especially attractive aspect of the a master’s degree candidate in English. curriculum for prospective honors students “Though some of the classes may initially is an emphasis on preparing them for grad- be difficult, the opportunity to have frequent uate and professional school. In one hon- open discussions and to interact with those ors course, students are required to write a whose opinions are different from your own research proposal, and students are encour- is definitely valuable,” said Shely.

10 SUMMER 2006 Angelo State University Alumni Magazine Newscampusbriefs

ASU Takes ity of our biology program Accounting for Success Angelo City Council on Feb. Academy Awards and the research we conduct ASU accounting graduates 21. ASU’s initial request had Angelo State biology stu- at both the graduate and un- once again had one of the been turned down by a 4-3 dents took top research hon- dergraduate levels.” top pass rates on the Certi- vote of the council in Decem- ors this spring in the competi- fied Public Accountant exam, ber. The closure had been re- tion conducted at the annual Physics Chapter Tops with 18 students passing 16 quested to help make room meeting of the Texas Acad- The national Society of Phys- of 24 sections attempted for a new 500-bed residence emy of Science in Beaumont. ics Students (SPS) has once during the October/Novem- hall, Centennial Village. Graduate students Molly again named ASU’s chapter ber testing window. During the public debate McDonough and Carson among the top 10 percent of ASU’s pass rate of 66.67 over the request and the city Brown took first and second society chapters nationwide. percent led all four-year col- planning staff’s evaluation of place respectively in the mas- The award is based upon leges that had more than it, Hindman said he believed ter’s degree division while the chapter’s community one candidate sit for the the closing of Rosemont had Eeshita Dastidar finished first outreach activities, the num- exam. This marked the sec- gotten confused with larger, in the undergraduate com- ber of active members and ond straight testing period in pre-existing city traffic issues petition. All three students involvement with the local which ASU students have led around campus. As a result, did their research under the and national physics com- the state. Hindman said he thought it direction of Dr. Loren K. Am- munities. The award for the was in the best interest of merman of the ASU biology 2004-05 school year is the Rosemont Remains the university to abandon the faculty. chapter’s fourth consecutive In the spirit of being a good request and to move ahead Their projects competed such honor. neighbor, ASU President with the construction be- against other student re- There are 100 phys- James Hindman has with- cause of the urgent need for search across all scientific ics majors at ASU, and the drawn the university’s request new housing on campus. disciplines. As TAS competi- weekly meetings usually at- to close Rosemont Drive be- Closing the 840-foot long tions are conducted each year tract about 20 attendees – a tween West Avenue N and section of Rosemont had in undergraduate, master’s strong number considering Shamrock Drive. been recommended in the and doctoral divisions, ASU the academic demands of a The action came during a university’s Centennial Mas- students this year took top physics major. public hearing before the San ter Plan 2028. The new resi- honors in all the divisions in “One of the things we which they entered. Twenty- have is a strong sense of com- nine universities were repre- munity, and SPS is a part of sented at the conference. that,” said physics professor Each first-place recipient Toni Sauncy, who advises the received a $1,500 honorar- group along with professor ium and each second-place Christian Poppeliers. “Phys- finisher received a $1,000 ics students have rigorous prize. McDonough also re- course schedules. It’s amaz- ceived the $300 TAS gradu- ing they can find any time for ate student presentation extracurricular activities.” award for her work. The chapter’s leaders are “ASU had a fantastic president Morgan Lynch, vice meeting,” Ammerman said. president Marshall Preas and “The results reflect the qual- secretary/treasurer Tina Klepac. Centennial Village

Angelo State University Alumni Magazine SPRING 2006 11 Newscampusbriefs

dence hall was named Cen- us there, but they can help us “It was a real joy to see ander S. Cano, College of tennial Village in recognition get close.” the growth in each individ- Liberal and Fine Arts; biol- of the master plan. The 139-page book is ual in the company,” San- ogy major Carla E. Ebeling, The university has estab- available from the ASU Book- ford said. “We all learned so College of Sciences; profes- lished a new Facilities Plan- store or Panther Creek Press, much from each other and sional accountancy major ning and Construction office P.O. Box 130233, Spring, TX really worked together … It Lacie Hawkins, College of to oversee master plan imple- 77393-0233. was all over too soon.” Business; and curriculum and mentation and to coordinate instruction-secondary educa- related building issues across Change of Scenery Top Grad Students tion major Selina Jackson, campus. John Russell will Eldra Sanford switched cos- The College of Graduate College of Education. head the office as director tumes, so to speak, during Studies named outstanding Other nominees were Eliz- and Rick Stinnett will serve as the Arts@ASU’s spring pro- students in each of ASU’s oth- abeth Bankhead, Curry Daw- construction inspector. duction of “Proposals,” a Neil er four colleges during the an- son, Brandon Hefner, Regina Simon comedy. nual spring honors banquet. Howard, Mellisa Huffman, Let There Be Light Sanford, the drama pro- Top graduate students Carrie Pilant, Cathy Richard- English Professor Chris Ellery gram’s costume designer for were history major Alex- son and Ingo Rumohr. has condensed three decades the past six years, wore the of life into All This Light We director’s cap for “Proposals.” Live In, a new volume of po- While noting that the research etry published in March by involved for a production is Viva la Revolución Panther Creek Press. much the same for a costum- Images from Angelo “Poetry is a threshold to er or director, she indicated State’s West Texas Col- self knowledge and deepens the final product “is ruled by lection (WTC) will be on our involvement with and the director’s vision.” display in Del Rio during commitment to life,” Dr. El- “As a director,” Sanford the month of June as lery said. said, “you can fully realize your part of an exhibit on the The life experiences in All own creative inspiration.” Mexican Revolution. This Light We Live In range University Theatre Director “The People of the from the mundane of wa- Bill Doll had originally been Revolution” features 43 ter aerobics in the ASU pool scheduled to direct “Propos- photos from WTC’s ex- in “Pool” to the poignancy als” but wound up directing tensive holdings on the of burying parents in “Palm the musical “West Side Sto- Mexican Revolution and Sunday.” Written over the ry.” In the truest tradition of may be seen at Casa de past 30 years, the book’s 84 the theatre, Sanford stepped la Cultura, 302 Cantu, poems were penned in a va- in so the show would go on. Brown Plaza, in Del Rio. riety of styles and forms. “The whole turn-around WTC materials on Ellery said the book’s title was healthy for the University exhibit come from the reflects his interest in -tran Theatre and, I would think, it Meador Collection, John scendence. “Most of us are was refreshing for our pa- Hardman of Ohio and trying to find through our ex- trons,” Doll said. Joe R. Montelongo. Call perience in this world some- The directing opportunity (830) 768-2287 for hours thing beyond that experi- was a great but ephemeral of the exhibition. ence. Maybe words can’t get experience for Sanford.

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A personalized paver: the unique gift with a lasting impression. hen Benjamin Kelly entered the game for the San Angelo BREAKING WCollege Rams on a hot Sep- tember night in 1953, he stepped not only onto the football field at Bobcat Stadium but also into history. Kelly’s appearance against Phoenix College in SAC’s 1953 season opener likely marked the first time a black athlete had played for a previously all-white collegiate football team in Texas and perhaps in all the states that once made up the Confederacy. “To me,” said former ASU Athletic Di- rector Phil George, “Ben is like a gift to this institution.” George should know. He was an assistant Ram football coach at the time and was present the day Kelly first inquired about playing for the Rams. “What Ben did for this school in relationship to integration could not have been written nearly as well even if it had been a movie script because this was a human, walking it on a daily basis without any structure as far as a formula to go by. In other words, there’s not enough talent in the film-writing area to tell this story as well as Ben lived it,” George said. In all, Benjamin Kelly suited out for 19 games in a Ram uniform before leaving San Angelo in 1954 for the National Football League. In many, if not all, of his SAC con- tests Kelly entered the game as a target of dirty play, racial epithets and abusive fans. And though he traveled with the team, he often was forced to eat in the kitchens of segregated restaurants or to find his own ac- commodations on overnight trips. Despite the hardships of 1950s Jim Crow segregation, Kelly persevered and earned not only the love of his teammates but also the respect of his opponents, winning All-Pioneer Conference honors in both years of his SAC career. Though the walls of segregation were beginning to crumble by Sept. 19, 1953, when Benjamin Kelly played his first collegiate game in Texas, it was still eight months before the Supreme Court would make its pivotal decision in Brown vs. Stories by Preston Lewis Board of Education. That May 17, 1954, Photos by Tina Miller decision overturned the “separate but Historical Photos Courtesy of equal” doctrine originally ruled as con- the West Texas Collection stitutional by the 1896 Supreme Court in and Ben Kelly Plessy vs. Ferguson.

14 SUMMER 2006 Angelo State University Alumni Magazine Kelly, though, had not the impending visit. waited for Brown vs. Board Educated at North Texas of Education. Graduating State College, the Univer- from San Angelo’s Blacks- sity of Texas and Stanford hear High School in 1950, University, Johnston became he had gone to the University president in 1952 and would of Illinois and played on the leave in 1954 for a position freshman team for the Big with George Pepperdine Col- Ten school. Then he had lege in Los Angeles. But in spent two years in the Army August of 1953, he was the before returning to San Ange- right man at the right time lo where he desired to resume for the decision. his education and continue Kelly marched over to his football career. Johnston’s office and wait- Taking matters into his ed while Johnston finished own hands, Kelly visited his phone call. After Feist campus unannounced and informed SAC’s president walked into the athletic of- of his visitor, Johnston in- fices in the basement of the vited Kelly into his office. old gym located behind the Through the open or cracked University Auditorium at that Paul K. “Buddy” Horne, Max Bumgardner and Benjamin Kelly in 1954. door Feist overheard the time. Kelly found Max Bum- conversation, which she gardner, the athletic director later related in substance to and head football coach, and Phil George Kelly then inquired who did have the George. After Kelly asked to attend San preparing for the 1953 season. Both coaches authority. After Bumgardner told him SAC Angelo College, Feist recalled, as George remembered Kelly from his playing days at President Rex F. Johnston would have to described it, “a real loud silence.” Blackshear and were pleasantly surprised to make the decision, Kelly asked if Johnston “You have to understand what a real see him again as they had lost track of him. would see him. The football coach replied loud silence is,” George said. “That is a re- George remembered Kelly gently rock- that Dr. Johnston might and pointed Kelly sponse to a profound question of which you ing back and forth from foot to foot before to the president’s office on the first floor of are hesitant to answer. And she said it (the he asked if he could come out for the team. the Administration Building. pause) seemed like forever, but I bet you it “He wasn’t nervous in our presence, As soon as Kelly left, Bumgardner wasn’t 40 seconds long at the most.” even though we were a segregated society picked up the phone to alert Johnston’s Johnston finally broke the quiet and ad- in those days,” George recalled. “To me I secretary, Virginia Feist, that Kelly was dressed Kelly. “If I felt as strongly about think that is important for people to under- on his way over. The line was busy, thus it as you do, I’d go across the hall to the stand (that) it wasn’t pocket segregation. In Johnston received no advance warning of registrar’s office and I’d enroll.” other words, it wasn’t that athletics was segregated and other parts were integrated. The whole civil society in our part of the country was segregated – public schools, everything. I’m even talking about the Mickey Mouse things, the water fountains, the buses, the eating establishments. I mean, to be honest, it was a cruel deal.” Then came the crucial question, as George remembered Kelly saying, “Coach Bum, I want to come to San Angelo Col- lege and play football for the Rams.” According to George’s recollection, Bumgardner, never one to avoid an issue head-on, responded, “Ben, that’s fine. We’d like to have you, but you know we can’t have you. We’re a segregated school so there’s no way that I could let you come here and play football for the Rams.” Phil George

Angelo State University Alumni Magazine SUMMER 2006 15 And that was it. San Angelo College and progressive attitude in facing the situ- was integrated. No demonstrations. No- ation of enrolling Kelly and giving him the body barring the front door. Just men of chance to make the squad.” Milburn also principle doing what was right and long observed that Blackshear had drawn its overdue, despite decades of southern bar- greatest crowds ever during the years that riers to opportunity for blacks. Kelly played for the Leopards. Johnston’s decision on Kelly came so With the community watching, Ben- quickly and so shortly before 1953 fall jamin Kelly reported for practice that fall classes began that Bumgardner and George with several other newcomers. Paul K. had more concerns than time. First, certain “Buddy” Horne came from the McCulloch Texas laws at that time actually prohibited County community of Lohn. Jimmy Gaf- whites and blacks from competing against ford and John A. Blocker arrived from each other in an organized venue. “Now, Lubbock High School where they had won can you imagine something like that being two consecutive state football titles. a law?” George asked a half century later. Horne was an undersized halfback, Ben Kelly, 1953 The coaches, though excited to land a who was forever grateful to Bumgardner player of Kelly’s size and talent, had other and George, for the athletic scholarship worries. “What’s going to be the reaction that allowed him to get the college educa- of our student body, our fans because this tion he might not otherwise have gotten. is something totally unprecedented in the Both Lubbock High players had aspired And that was it. State of Texas?” George recalled. to go to the University of Texas before com- “Another concern was the reaction of ing to San Angelo. Gafford, who had been San Angelo College our players, who all came from segregated an All-State and All-American lineman at programs, on showing up for fall workouts Lubbock and had received a scholarship was integrated. and finding this big, strong black man suit- offer from Austin, had just gotten married ing out in the dressing room with them,” that summer and realized “marriage would No demonstrations. George said, especially since the coaches not fit at the University of Texas.” had too little time to notify players before Blocker never received a scholarship of- Nobody barring they arrived. fer from UT, laughing today, “I, like a lot of And, finally, though weeks away from football players, thought I was better than I the front door. their season opener, the coaches were most really was.” Blocker came to SAC playing apprehensive about the “reaction of oppo- fullback, the same position listed for Kelly. Just men of principle nents on the field of competition.” All were in for a surprise at their first play- Despite these anxieties, the two ers meeting when Bumgardner announced doing what was right coaches did not fret, George said. “We that Kelly would be joining the team. knew enough about Ben and his personal Blocker remembered that Bumgard- and long overdue... character and his ability to play the game ner called everyone together and “told the of football, which seems to help a lot of team that Benjamin Kelly … was (to be) people understand.” the first black to play below the Mason- By the end of August word of Kelly’s Dixon Line. Now, I don’t know that he try out with the team had spread through knew that or that he had researched that or the community. San Angelo Standard- somebody had told him, but that’s what he Times sports writer Blondy Cross wrote told the squad.” that the local sports buzz was whether Even coming off two state champion- or not Kelly would make the team. “The ship teams, Gafford was familiar with Lub- fellow seems to have quite a hefty back- bock’s black Dunbar High School and its ing among the Caucasian fan population,” “strong football team and good athletes.” Cross wrote, speculating that the “average Gafford recalled, “Personally, I knew it American seems to delight in cheering on was time for us to do that (integrate). I the underdog in getting on top.” don’t remember anybody on the team that Bob Milburn, another Standard-Times had any reservations about Benjamin com- sports writer, noted that “pioneering al- ing. He became our friend. We supported ways has been difficult” and “both the col- him and he supported us.” lege trustees and Coach Max Bumgardner Horne said he remembered a smooth should be commended for their realistic transition. “I guess we were a little hesitant

16 SUMMER 2006 Angelo State University Alumni Magazine that had never been in a situation like this that were feeling their way on trying to figure out how to react while watching their teammates go through the same thing. “Were there some negative terms and a little extra effort on hits, a little more physical activity during that time? Yes,” George recalled, but “by the end of the week, it was a whole different reaction. The transition was so fast, not based in my thinking on what the coaches did, but (on) how Ben handled it. He never reacted negatively to anything that Dr. Rex Johnston, 1953 could be construed as being a negativism to- the ward him. He was totally positive.” In the end, Kelly won over his teammates Black & White of SAC Integration Jimmy Gafford and John Blocker with not only his skill but also his attitude. Blocker, who wound up playing more So smoothly went Benjamin Kelly’s to do anything and we were just waiting halfback and slotback than Kelly’s fullback admission to San Angelo College to see because we didn’t know. We didn’t position, said “You couldn’t have picked in 1953 that Phil George, an as- know him, but I can’t remember anybody a better person to integrate with. And, he sistant Ram football coach at the being upset, anybody saying I’m not going set a standard that probably couldn’t be time, has always believed that to do this. Never any of that. I think all of matched, too, because not only was he not some behind-the-scenes activity us knew the coaches we were playing for, a hot dog, he was an excellent human be- by President Rex Johnston had Max Bumgardner and Phil George, would ing. His work ethics were wonderful and, laid the groundwork. not have put up with any conversations of you know, I think everybody on the team “Now I still think in the back those kinds.” considered him to be their friend.” of my mind,” George said, “that Of course, Kelly still had to prove him- Gafford said, “I think all of us really Dr. Johnston and the Board of self on the football field, the great equal- took it as an honor that we had the privi- Trustees had to have at some time izer among pigskin athletes. lege of playing with the first black and I or another said someday we are “The nice thing about football,” said can’t think of a better person for it to have going to need to do this.” Blocker, “is it really doesn’t matter what been than Benjamin Kelly.” George’s suspicions are correct. you’ve done or who your daddy was or Horne summed up his feelings suc- Correspondence from the pres- your momma was or what your bank ac- cinctly. “He was a hero.” ident’s office show that as early count is, if you can perform on the field.” By the time of that hot September night as August of 1952, Johnston had Kelly could produce on the field, but in San Angelo when Ben Kelly broke the written to the president of Del in his case it likely did matter who his color barrier in Texas collegiate football, Mar College in Corpus Christi with mother was. the coaches and players were more worried a simple three-sentence letter: “Ben’s mother,” said George, “evidently about winning the game than its historical “How did you handle the was a really special, gracious lady, and Ben significance. registration of Negroes who ap- shared with me one time that his mother While the Rams took the game 26-0, the plied for admission to Del Mar? taught him – and see if I can say this right greatest victory that night came against the Mr. Barnes tells me that you were – if somebody is prejudiced toward you or racial discrimination that had stained the very effective in your treatment does things negative (to you), that’s not your south’s heritage since the Civil War and Re- of the Negro situation. Since I problem. That’s their problem. Stop and construction. While Benjamin Kelly rushed wish to take the matter up with think how profound that is.” for 35 yards on six carries in his debut my Board next Wednesday, I shall Kelly carried his football talent and against Phoenix College, his biggest gain appreciate your answering my the teachings of his mother, Maggie Kelly, that evening came against segregation. letter as soon as you can.” over to the football field that first week of “He is the best example that I can re- The office files also include a fall practice in 1953. member,” said George, “of turning the typewritten note labeled “Negro George said, “The first week the play- other cheek.” Situation” indicating that John- ers were back, the first one or two days, That cheek would be bruised again and ston or someone in his office had maybe into the third day, were the most again over the next two football seasons. . polled other Texas junior colleges emotional. By emotional we are talking that had admitted blacks. Though about it was such a graphic step and our (To be continued in the fall issue) undated, the note is likely from players were 18, 19, maybe 20 years old – continued on page 19

Angelo State University Alumni Magazine SUMMER 2006 17 Mary McFall Kelly, Timing Led to SAC’s First Black Graduate

or Mary Frances Simpson, football player Benjamin Kelly opened the Fdoor to San Angelo College. She enrolled with him in the fall of 1953, as did Annie Laura Owens. Both coeds were graduates of San Angelo’s Blackshear High School, like Kelly. Simpson would go on to become SAC’s first black graduate. Today, under her married name Mary McFall, she practices general law in Dallas. McFall acknowledges that she benefit- ed not only from Kelly’s SAC admission but also from the timing of her 1953 high school graduation. “My sister had applied to San An- gelo College in 1951 and they turned her down,” McFall remembered. “In fact, they gave her money to go to Prairie View and paid for part of her education. I was really going to go to Prairie View. That’s where I had always wanted to go. “Then we got word that Benjamin Kel- ly had been accepted, so I applied and it was just that simple. My father thought it would make sense economically to go to school in San Angelo.” McFall, who had turned 17 just weeks before she was to start college, visited the SAC campus with her mother to enroll because the family did not know what to expect from the college. “Nobody even seemed to pay any attention or act like it was anything unusual,” she recalled. “I thought the education was good,” Mc- Fall remembered. “It really wasn’t a bad experience as I didn’t experience any hostility.” But indifference and race lines still exist- ed. During those years, she said the city was divided into almost separate racial communi- ties of blacks, whites and Hispanics, all with limited interaction. Downtown San Angelo, Photo by Ron Bland though, was the magnet for all races.

18 SUMMER 2006 Angelo State University Alumni Magazine the “I think there was probably some pres- Her parents, both educators, stressed sure, in a sense, for people not to embrace the importance of an education and helped Black & White continued from page 17 you in those days,” McFall said. “Down- direct her toward college in spite of the ob- town was the center of activity and every- stacles of a segregated South. In retrospect, mid-1952 and it showed “Amarillo, body went to town. I remember seeing she said there was probably more pressure Howard County at Big Spring, Texas classmates downtown who wouldn’t speak on her at the time than she realized. Southernmost College at Browns- to me or would act like they hadn’t seen me “Coming from an all-black school, ville, Texarkana and Midwestern before. I just think there was some pres- there was the notion that we had an inferi- University at Wichita Falls” as hav- sure for white students not to fraternize or education,” McFall said. “People in the ing admitted Negroes. with people of a different race.” black community were just kind of anxious The notes listed “the reaction “Benjamin might have had a different for you to do well. Of course, there was to such policy” at each location. At experience,” McFall said. “It has always something good about that, too, because Amarillo, “students didn’t pay any been easier for the majority culture to ac- in those days they ran the honor roll in attention … One or two hysterical cept athletes. So with me, nobody was the newspaper and people would come up people registered protest.” In Big overly friendly except a few people, who and say ‘Oh, you made the newspaper and Spring, “no change in student at- were very friendly.” we’re so proud of you.’ In retrospect that is titude” was recorded. Brownsville At the top of that list was a faculty a lot of responsibility for someone 17 years reported “students didn’t mind. couple, Rev. C.E. Bludworth of the Bible old to think she has to do well so as not to No kickback from patrons whatso- Department and his wife, Rosa Bludworth, let down the whole race.” ever.” No decreases in enrollment of the English Department. McFall was named outstanding student at were reported at those locations. “They were really kind people,” McFall SAC when she graduated and then went on to Texarkana “went to court” recalled. “Rosa taught English and really Texas Southern University for a year before and “won case on legal technical- befriended me, invited me to events. When becoming one of the first blacks to enroll and ity, not on merit,” while Wichita I graduated, they gave me a $50 scholarship, graduate from the University of Texas when Falls had an appeal that would which was a lot of money back then.” it opened its doors to African Americans. go before the U.S. Circuit Court She remembers vividly one incident She was among the first black women admit- of Appeals in November though when she, her sister, her mother and her el- ted to the University of Texas School of Law, a handwritten note indicated derly grandmother got on a city bus. but marriage and a family sidetracked her “looks like we will lose it.” “I think my grandmother sat in the law ambitions until she was able to resume Johnston watched the prog- wrong place and the bus driver spoke to her legal education in the 1970s. ress of the appeal by Wichita her very harshly,” McFall said. “This black Her admiration for those people who Falls Junior College District and soldier on the bus stood up for my grand- tried to right racial wrongs, such as Thur- Midwestern, previously known as mother, but the bus driver came at him. My good Marshall who argued Brown vs. Hardin Junior College, to a lower grandmother asked the soldier to get off the Board of Education before the Supreme court decision to de-segregate. bus, so he wouldn’t get into trouble.” Court and later became the first black ap- The June prior to Benjamin Kelly’s McFall said the driver followed the sol- pointed to the high court, and some of her visit to Johnston’s office, the Tex- dier onto the street, then called the police, experiences in a segregated San Angelo as Attorney General’s office had though by the time officers arrived, the sol- pushed her toward the legal profession. forwarded to the SAC president a dier had disappeared. “I was really inspired to go to law copy of the opinion affirming the “And then, of course, we couldn’t eat school by Thurgood Marshall and the Civil lower court decision that Hardin everywhere,” she continued, “not even at a Rights movement,” McFall said. “Most Junior College must admit blacks, drive-in, even in our own car. I remember people think the movement didn’t begin stating that “manifest inequali- one time my family went to a drive-in and until the ’60s, but it was a gradual buildup. ties in the treatment of Negro ordered our food. They brought it to us (in a All the legal cases that led to the ’60s be- students may not be condoned sack) and then expected us to drive off with gan in the ’40s.” . for under the clear mandate of the food. We asked for a (window) tray so the Fourteenth Amendment sub- we could eat in the car. They refused to get stantially equality is required.” us one so we gave them back the food and So even though the currents drove off without paying.” of legal change were flowing in the direction of de-segregation, Johnston and the SAC Board of Trustees, which included Porter Henderson and Robert G. Carr, to their credit did not fight the issue. – continued on page 32

Angelo State University Alumni Magazine SUMMER 2006 19 Lin•go•philes Reading in Tongues By Jason Hunter

ome ASU professors are showing religions and even looked at atheism and, Bible in English is like watching television that foreign language is more than after reading the Christian philosophers in black and white, and reading it in the Sjust a laborious degree requirement, like Augustus and Aquinus, I chose Chris- original language is like watching televi- but rather a gateway to expanding one’s tianity because it was the most consistent. sion in color.’ understanding of the world. “Learning to read the Bible in ancient “In praying, for me, it makes for a more Dr. David A. Huckaby of the math fac- Greek and Hebrew seemed like a natural meaningful experience,” Huckaby said. “I ulty has been studying the Bible in ancient extension. God gave me the gift of intel- can pray the Lord’s Prayer in Greek, and I Greek and Hebrew for several years, and Dr. ligence, and this is a way to use that gift.” can recite the Psalms in Hebrew. It lets me Susana Badiola, who teaches philosophy, In 1997, Huckaby picked up a Greek get into the mindset of the writers.” has been translating works into her native grammar book and began working through Learning a foreign language can give tongue of Spanish for more than a decade. it to learn the language in which the New students a relative perspective on their own Foreign languages have a practical Testament is written. A couple of years language and culture. place for many people beyond the class- later, he began learning Biblical Hebrew, “In American high schools today, kids room, said Dr. Elisabeth-Christine Muel- the language of the Old Testament. don’t study a lot of grammar,” Muelsch sch, interim head of the ASU Department Both required him to learn a new alpha- said. “At the college level, as the students of Modern Languages. About 60 foreign bet, in addition to a new grammar, a new are learning the grammar of a foreign lan- language majors are enrolled at ASU, and vocabulary and a new worldview. Huck- guage, they also are learning more about many of them combine their foreign-lan- aby’s math background helped him learn standard English grammar. guage studies with majors in teaching, the both the technical and interpretive aspects “Language has a very interesting emo- arts, business and psychology. of translation. tional component. For example, I was “You not only convey the language, but “Math is extremely creative,” Hucka- raised in Germany, and there are distinct also the culture,” Muelsch said. “For in- by said. “You don’t see that in freshman regional ways of speaking. When I hear stance, in other languages, all nouns have courses, but, at higher levels, it is very cre- someone speaking like they speak in my gender, and it impacts your world vision. ative. It’s a demanding creativity. village, there’s an immediate bond. Lan- “In linguistics classes, we learn about “Being good at logic and structure makes guage is not only a tool of communicating Eskimos and how they have thousands of you good at studying grammar. Creativ- information, but also of making emotional words describing specific types of snow. ity also comes into play. The world of First and psychological connections.” In English, we just call it ‘snow.’ What is Century Palestine is very different from ours. While the benefits of learning a lan- important in your culture is differentiated When I read an ancient text, I want to read it guage are myriad, most American students in your language.” as an ancient Israeli would read it. begin foreign language education later After choosing to follow Christianity “When I read it in English, it’s easy to than students in other countries. Language through a comparative process while an say, ‘I know what this means,’ ” Huckaby instructors face an uphill struggle in con- undergraduate at the University of Texas, said. “When I read it in Greek, I know it can veying the salience of a foreign language Huckaby said he wanted to use his gift of mean ‘this’ or ‘this’ or ‘this.’ It opens inter- to cynical students. intelligence to gain a deeper understanding pretations you’ve never thought of before.” “When we teach little kids at our Satur- of the Bible. By reading the Bible as it was original- day German classes, they are very enthusi- “I became a Christian through an in- ly written, Huckaby said that it adds a new astic,” Muelsch said. “All the kids are with tellectual route,” said Huckaby, who was dimension to his faith. “You get a fuller it, they want to learn, and it’s playful. raised Lutheran. “I studied all the major picture. Someone once said, ‘Reading the “College students are more concerned

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about fulfilling their language requirements, You try to capture that, but you can’t. You instead of learning for fun. Film is a good way have to be a good writer to be a good trans- to get students involved in another culture. lator, and you also have to capture the rich- Today’s students are much more visual.” ness of what is being said without leaving Susana Badiola, a philosophy professor, something out. grew up in Madrid, Spain, and spent summers “Without creating my own novel, I was in Brighton, England, learning English. limited in expressing what Stevenson was While she was earning her doctorate at trying to say,” Badiola said. “When they the University of Madrid, Badiola translated offered the ‘Scottish Tales’ translation to Robert Louis Stevenson’s “Scottish Tales” me, I discovered it was a world that was into Spanish in 1995. Her publisher liked her very challenging, very time-consuming. work so much that she was asked to translate “Translating philosophy is much more Stevenson’s “The Master of Ballantrae” in of a technical matter. You don’t need to be 1998. She also translated two stories from a poet when you translate philosophy.” “New Arabian Nights” in 2001. Badiola’s impeccable command of “I was very lucky – I’ve always loved two major world languages has opened literature,” Badiola said. “When they gave many doors. me that opportunity, I went for it. I love “I’ve developed beautiful and great Stevenson. He’s a genius – his mastery of friendships because of an ability to speak the language is incredible.” another language,” Badiola said. “With Badiola also has translated scholarly English, you can go places. It really helps books and articles from English to Spanish, with human relationships. The experience and has written Spanish-language journal of being a foreigner forces you to express articles. In her translations, she strives to ideas in a different way. keep her words as true to the original text as “Because of my understanding of lan- possible, but she understands that her inter- guage, to speak a different language is to pretation will never be the definitive one. have a different world view. There are “Sometimes the problem is, without differences between languages that con- betraying the author’s intent, to convey vey a different world view. For instance, what he’s trying to say,” Badiola said. “It’s in American English, people don’t ‘die,’ cruel – you’re always leaving something people ‘pass away.’ In Spanish, you say out. English has a precision and accuracy someone ‘has died.’ That says a lot about with verbs that’s lacking in Spanish. In attitudes toward death. order to capture the detail of the English “When you learn to think in a different verb, you may need a whole extra sentence language, you open your mind to differ- in Spanish, but you do not want the result ent ways of seeing things,” Badiola said. to be too wordy. “You understand different worldviews, “Stevenson’s style is accurate and pre- and, in a way, you can say you look at the cise. He’ll choose a verb for its ambiguity. world differently.” .

Angelo State University Alumni Magazine SUMMER 2006 21 red Rike gave up his tickets to the baseline for 40 minutes. I believe guys Final Four in Indianapolis last April want to play this way and this style of play Fso he could come to San Angelo and is fun to watch.” begin his tenure as head coach of the Ram His philosophy is sure to put points on basketball program. the board, wins in the books and fans in And if he is as good at predicting NCAA the stands. Division II basketball results as he was at “One of the things that caught my eye picking the winner of this year’s Division I when this job came open, just from talk- Final Four, then some championship days are ing to coaches in the league and around the in the future for Angelo State University. State of Texas, is that you can win here,” Named the new Ram Basketball coach Rike said. “You have got everything you on the eve of the Division I championship need to win on the national level.” game between UCLA and Florida, Rike ASU’s assets include facilities and a said he liked Florida going into the Final strong overall athletic program headed by Four and was sticking with his choice to coaches who have proven the university’s take home the national championship, competitiveness on the national level. which the Gators did the next day, 73-57. “I’ve traveled from coast to coast as a “During my interview with the ath- coach and a player and have not seen a bet- letic director, Kathleen (Brasfield) said she ter facility at the Division II level than the thought ASU was a sleeping giant in men’s Junell Center/Stephens Arena,” Rike said. basketball,” Rike said. “Well, we are going “The facilities here are first class. I can’t to awaken that giant.” wait to show them to our first recruit.” His ensuing comments about national Athletic Director Brasfield said, “Fred’s championship possibilities certainly kept reputation for solid basketball knowledge, awake the crowd attending the news con- commitment to academic achievement and ference announcing his appointment. a knack for molding young men into qual- “If we don’t compete for national ity people certainly is impressive.” Rike Photos by Tina Miller championships,” Rike said, “we’ll break “We believe Fred will build a highly down the wall trying. I want our team to be competitive basketball program by re- something the people of San Angelo and cruiting quality student-athletes, sup- our alumni can be proud of. We will be porting their academic pursuits, retaining ‘blue collar’ with a pressure defense and players who will set a high standard for play an up-tempo style that is baseline to younger players and establishing disci-

22 SUMMER 2006 Angelo State University Alumni Magazine pline and accountability for those partici- sity for a season before returning to TJC to pating in the program.” take over the head coaching role. A West Texas native, Rike was one of At Tyler Rike’s squad quickly found seven candidates interviewed out of 96 ap- success, posting a 27-9 record in 1995-96 plicants to become the fourth men’s bas- and earning conference and region titles ketball coach in ASU history. He moved to en route to another NJCAA playoff berth. San Angelo from the University of North Rike was named the TEAC and Region Texas where he had served the previous XIV Coach of the Year in just his second five seasons as associate head coach. season as a head coach. The next year, Rike comes from an athletic family, Rike’s Apaches were ranked No. 1 in the so much so that his mother was known nation by several publications, including around Haskell and later Tulia, where he Dick Vitale, Street & Smith and College graduated from high school, as “Basketball Sports Review. Mom.” His parents, John and Mary Rike After three seasons as the head coach at of Haskell, broke up many a fight when TJC, where he posted a 61-33 record, Rike the new Ram coach and his brother, James, returned to NCAA Division I when he was now a coach at Abilene Cooper, played named an assistant coach at the University basketball on the driveway. of Memphis along side current UNT head In addition to the competitiveness, his coach Johnny Jones. The two were assis- parents helped instill perseverance in him. tants on the Tigers’ coaching staff for two “Once I wanted to quit baseball, not be- seasons before Jones was named Memphis’ cause I didn’t enjoy it but because I wasn’t interim head coach prior to the 1999-2000 good at it,” Rike said, “but my parents told campaign. Immediately, Rike was promot- me this family doesn’t quit.” ed to associate head coach for the Tigers. Those home-schooled lessons aided In his first season at Memphis, Rike Rike in his athletic and coaching career. was a key figure in the Tigers’ recruiting He attended Tyler Junior College, where he class that was ranked No. 7 in the nation. Fred Rike, wife Kimberley, daughters Jessie was named all-conference after his sopho- The squad went on to the championship of Kay and Allie Katherine balancing basketball more season. In spite of his success on the the North Division of Conference USA and court, the best thing that happened to him advanced to the second round of the NIT. at TJC occurred in an English classroom After his three successful years at Mem- when non-traditional classmate Linda phis, Rike spent the 2000-01 season as an Jones asked if she could introduce him to assistant coach at Georgia State University her daughter. Rike began dating Kimber- under legendary coach Charles “Lefty” ley Jones and ultimately Linda Jones be- Driesell before reuniting with Jones at came his mother-in-law. Today, Rike and UNT. During his season at GSU, the Pan- his wife, Kimberley, have two daughters, thers boasted a 29-5 record and earned a Allie Katherine, 10, and Jessie Kay, 7. berth in the NCAA Tournament, where After finishing at TJC, Rike spent a they advanced to the second round. season at Sam Houston State University Over his last five seasons with North before completing his senior year at West Texas, Rike helped guide the program to Texas State University where he earned a its best non-league start in 30 years during bachelor’s degree in physical education in the 2004-05 season, an accomplishment 1989. Two years later he earned his mas- that lead to the nation’s No. 29-ranked re- ter’s degree in health and kinesiology at cruiting class in 2006. the University of Texas at Tyler. “I really wanted to be a head coach again,” He began his coaching career in 1990 Rike said, “but not just anywhere. Things as an assistant coach at TJC, where the had to fit. I want to win and win big.” Apaches claimed both the Texas Eastern He found the fit at Angelo State, despite Athletic Conference (TEAC) and Region three straight losing seasons, including an XIV championship, advancing to the NJ- 8-19 campaign in 2006 and 0-12 in Lone CAA National Tournament in 1993. The Star Conference South Division play. next year, Rike made his first move to With time Rike expects to turn his blue NCAA Division I, taking a position as an collar coaching philosophy into gold collar assistant coach at Louisiana Tech Univer- results for Angelo State. .

Angelo State University Alumni Magazine SUMMER 2006 23 Tracksters Take Second in LSC The Angelo State men’s and women’s track and field teams each finished second behind Abilene Christian University in the Lone Star Conference Championship April 21-22 in Stephenville. The Rams compiled 162 points, 44 points out of first place, while the Belles scored 167 points, but could not overtake ACU with 290 points. ASU finished with athletes winning conference championships in seven events. For the Rambelles Adree Lakey won championships in the javelin and shot put while her sister, Kandra Lakey, earned the discus title. Christina Johnson On the men’s side Justin Boyd took the 400-meter hurdles while Spencer Ty- ler grabbed a championship in the discus. Belles Return to National Tournament Ryan McWilliams earned the conference decathlon title and Dustin Hafernick won To the outside world, the Angelo State though ASU held the tie-breaker and the LSC’s 3,000-meter steeplechase. women’s basketball team would be re- claimed the No. 2 seed in the LSC Post- Over the course of the season, the building this past season, but not to Belles season Tournament. men’s squad had two automatic qualifiers head coach Sally Walling Brooks. For the third-straight season, the and six provisional qualifiers plus a provi- “I don’t believe in rebuilding years,” Belles advanced to the conference title sional relay team for the NCAA Division II Brooks said. “My philosophy is to build game, but fell short of a three-peat, drop- Track and Field National Championships. our program on classes of recruits that ping an 83-68 decision to West Texas The women’s team had one automatic come in and continue to improve during A&M in the championship. qualifier, seven provisional qualifiers and their time on the court. Yes, we lost some The Belles entered the NCAA Divi- a provisional qualifying relay team for the great players last year, but we knew in sion II South Central Regional Tourna- national championship meet. the off-season that we had the talent to ment as the fourth seed, but lost to Cen- continue what we had started.” tral Missouri State, 79-68, in the first And so they did, finishing 22-9 for round of the national playoffs. Rambelles Make their fourth-straight and eighth-overall 20- “Not a lot of programs in the region win season as Brooks inched closer to her can say that they have made it to the na- Tournament 300th career coaching victory (294) and tional tournament each of the last five It came down to the wire, but the Angelo 150th career win (139) at the ASU helm. seasons,” said Brooks. “It’s just us and State softball team earned a fourth con- The 2005-06 Belles accomplished this Washburn, and the Lady Blues won a na- secutive trip to the Lone Star Conference in spite of losing two 1,000-point scorers tional title two years ago. That’s pretty Postseason Tournament by taking the first and one of the top shooters in the program’s elite company.” game of an April 22 doubleheader at East- history. Though Brooks entered the season Though losing forward Christina ern New Mexico University. with a young roster without much play- Johnson to graduation, the Belles will The 9-3 win left the Rambelles with a ing time, that would not stop the youthful return leading scorer Kandra Lakey and 31-24 season record. The Rambelles’ 13-9 squad from making a fifth-consecutive ap- guard Britinee Davis, both second team conference slate earned them third place in pearance in the NCAA Division II Nation- All-LSC South Division selections, for- the LSC South Division. al Tournament. ward Meghann LeJeune, the LSC South The Rambelles are two years removed Angelo State was in the hunt for the Division Co-Newcomer of the Year, and from the squad which won the 2004 NCAA LSC South Division crown for the ma- point guard Ashiea Haynes, who took Division II National Championship. Se- jority of the season, but a pair of losses LSC-South honorable mention honors. nior Jessica Stroud ended her ASU career to eventual division-winner West Texas “We’ll put five seniors on the floor this season as the last remaining player A&M relegated the Belles to a second- next year,” Brooks said, “and seniors from that championship team. place division tie with Tarleton State, play with a lot of urgency.”

24 SUMMER 2006 Angelo State University Alumni Magazine Ronnie and Tristan Gaines

Capital Gaines on the Diamond am left fielder Ronnie Gaines is a senior on the varsity squad while Tristan Rams Advance Rknown for his spectacular field- was a member of the freshman team. ing but his best catch may be when he Growing up, the brothers were four to Post Season snagged his brother, Tristan, to play for years apart and ran with different groups, Angelo State University. but that failed to prevent moments of com- The Angelo State baseball team fin- “I thought it would be fun to play on petitiveness between them. “He had his ished the regular season with a 40-14 the same team as my brother,” Ronnie said. friends and I had mine,” Ronnie said, “but record, earning a berth in the Lone “I encouraged him to come here. I stayed when it came to playing each other in the Star Conference Tournament. on him trying to get him here. I told him it back yard, it would be a fight every time.” The Rams finished atop the LSC’s would be fun here playing with me.” The brothers have grown closer in col- South Division with a 16-4 record Consequently, the speedy outfielder lege because they are not only teammates and entered the LSC Tournament as did double duty as a recruiter to get little but also roommates. the top seed. brother Tristan to come to San Angelo “We’re always together off the field,” The 2006 campaign was the sec- from hometown Temple. said Ronnie. “We’re always together at the ond consecutive winning season for Ronnie was named first team All-Lone house, hanging out, so it’s fun.” a baseball program that only began Star Conference South Division last season Their relationship also gives them the last year. after batting .344 with 38 RBI and was on unique opportunity to help each other get After sweeping No. 11 Texas pace to better those marks this season. He better. It also helps the coaches work with A&M-Kingsville in the next-to-last has also left his mark with the glove, mak- Tristan because they can almost use Ron- series of the regular season, ASU en- ing catches that fans will still talk about nie as a coach. tered the national NCAA Division II even after he graduates. “The good thing is that Ronnie gets on rankings for the first time at No. 22. “There were other schools,” Tristan to Tristan more than I do,” said Ram head After next sweeping Tarleton said, “but I thought that I could learn a lot coach Kevin Brooks. “I use Ronnie as a State in the final series of the season, from him and that would help me.” coach with Tristan because of his influence the Rams jumped up to No. 13 na- A two-year letterman for Temple High and because they live together.” tionally before heading into the LSC School, Tristan batted .397 and established Considering Ronnie’s quality of play, in- Tournament in Abilene. himself as a team leader his senior year. cluding going 7-for-8 with three home runs, This season at ASU marked the first five RBI and six runs scored in his final two time they have been on the same team. home games, Tristan’s potential bodes well During high school in Temple, Ronnie was for Ram baseball in the coming years.

Angelo State University Alumni Magazine SUMMER 2006 25 ‘Competitive’ Spring Gives Rams Focus for 2006

by Dave Wester

he Rams were trading hits rather than “Daniel stepped up and had an out- TValentines this past February as foot- standing performance spring for us,” said ball coaches started spring practice early Carr on his sophomore-to-be. “We are this year rather than waiting until March very happy with his progress. He made or April, the traditional window for sea- some runs that Kyle couldn’t make. It will sonal drills. give us some great competition at the tail- “There are several reasons for moving back position this fall.” up our spring practices,” said football coach Carr is a believer that competition Dale Carr, “but the main reason was to deal brings out the best in a player. Much of with any injuries that arose. Someone is spring practice was focused on players going to get hurt in spring ball. We were fighting for starting roles as well as starters very fortunate with injuries this spring, but holding off those who want their jobs. if we had lost anyone, let’s say to a knee “If we can develop competition at each Running back Daniel Thomas injury, we could have had him back in Au- position in the spring, then we have accom- gust rather than September. plished a major goal,” Carr said. “There “Many Division I programs have are very few athletes that will go the extra 2006 ASU Football Schedule moved the spring schedule in a similar distance and make themselves better if no fashion,” continued Carr. “We also have one is pushing them. This spring was very Sept. 2 Western State (Colo.) 6 p.m. several players that participate on the track competitive. These guys want to be good Sept. 9 East Central (Okla.) 6 p.m. and field team and this will give them more and they want to run with the first string.” Sept. 16 at Central Oklahoma 6 p.m. time to compete in the spring. We encour- Carr and his Rams open up the 2006 Sept. 23 Open age that with our athletes and bring it up season on Sept. 2 when they host Western Sept.30 at Midwestern State 7 p.m. when we make recruiting trips.” State (Colo.) in their only non-conference Oct. 7 Eastern New Mexico 6 p.m. Carr compared his spring drills at game of the season. ASU’s 2006 schedule Oct. 14 at Abilene Christian 2 p.m. ASU with his experiences in the junior boasts six home games and four road games Oct. 21 TX A&M-Commerce* 6 p.m. college ranks. as the Rams take a break from the 11-game Oct. 28 West Texas A&M 6 p.m. “We use the spring to get on the same schedule of the past two seasons. For their Nov. 4 at Tarleton State 7 p.m. page,” Carr said. “The more we can get evening games this year, the Rams are mov- Nov. 11 TX A&M-Kingsville 2 p.m. accomplished now, the better we will be in ing the kickoff up to 6 p.m., an hour earlier * Homecoming the fall. We spend a lot of time on special than game starts in the past. teams to get where we trust ourselves on the field. In junior college, you only get one spring with each player and don’t have Join us before each home game for time to develop special teams.” Carr bore witness to a very competi- Food • Games tive ASU spring. Freshman tailback Kyle Giveaways • Cash Prizes Fox, who had a stellar 2005 campaign for the Rams, rushing for 1,407 yards and The pre-game party at the LeGrand 15 touchdowns, was not 100 percent this Alumni and Visitors Center begins spring due to fall injuries. Fox’s limited two hours before kick-off duty allowed others to show their skills at that position, including Daniel Thomas, who served as Fox’s primary back up last For more information, season and rushed for 402 yards and sev- call 325-942-2122 or visit en touchdowns. www.angelostatealumni.com

26 SUMMER 2006 Angelo State University Alumni Magazine CampusThe rituals that haveTraditions become a part of Angelo State University life and lore.

Gum Tree: Its Bark Worse than Its Bite Gum Tree Recollections?

Story by Preston Lewis missions Office sent out a postcard with the If you were the culprit who made the Research by the Staff of gum tree on the front and with an invitation first deposit on the gum tree or if you the West Texas Collection to visit campus on the back. ASU recruit- know something about its evolution, ers then incorporated a stop at the gum tree please contact the Alumni Association ngelo State University’s “gum tree” on the campus tour in an effort to create a with your story. Astands without a doubt as one of the “memorable experience” for visitors. Someone deserves the glory – or stickiest traditions among all collegiate rit- “We would give them a piece of gum at the blame – for initiating one of the uals anywhere and likely one of the few to the start of the tour,” Cossich remembered. quirkiest campus traditions anywhere. have received a presidential reprieve. “Then, when they stopped at the gum tree Tell us your recollections about the Located at the southwest corner of the to hear the story, the tour guide would in- gum tree and when you attended ASU. Porter Henderson Library, the tree nev- vite the prospective students to leave their Your responses will be shared with er fails to elicit reactions, ranging from pieces of gum on the tree, to leave their the University Archivist in the West “yuck” to “cool,” for the thousands of mark at ASU.” Texas Collection and will become part pieces of used chewing gum plastered to About the time that marketing effort be- of campus lore. the gnarly bark. gan, the tree began to split apart – some said The tree is actually a mesquite speck- from the weight of the gum – and became a Contact us at led with the pastel colors of used chew- potential hazard. Grounds maintenance con- ASU Alumni Association ing gum. No one is certain who stuck the sidered cutting it down, but ASU President ASU Station #11049 first piece of chewing gum to the bark, James Hindman gave the gum tree a reprieve, San Angelo, TX 76909-1049 but many others followed that innovator’s directing the groundskeepers not to remove it (325) 942-2122 lead. Neither is anyone certain when the without first checking with Cossich. Fax: (325) 942-2737 tradition began, though it was likely after Cossich asked that the tree be saved and e-mail: [email protected]. 1967 when the library was built. grounds maintenance used cables and turn- Legend has it that a gum-chewing suit- buckles to keep it from falling apart as it was or placed his chaw there prior to asking his apparent gum would not hold it together. girlfriend to marry him. When she said When the gum tree’s fate was in doubt, yes, the happy young man attributed his one staff member with a historical curios- good luck to his gum deposit. Since then, ity – and apparently not much else to do – hundreds of students have left their chew- inspected the mesquite and counted 3,157 ing gum on the mesquite to bring them identifiable pieces of gum, including one good luck on tests and in life. wad that measured 10 square inches. Another story says the tradition origi- Today the gum tree remains a stop on nated from the days when chewing gum the campus tour given by the Admissions was a near felony on campus and students Office. And, it has even gone high-tech, avoided being caught with it in school being a brief topic in the office’s Power- buildings. One student, according to this Point presentations to prospects and high tale, had to run into the library to check out school counselors. a book, so he left his chewing gum on the “Prospective students are more inter- tree. When he returned, he found another ested in it than parents and think it is cool,” wad of gum plastered nearby. Uncertain said Admissions Director Fred Dietz. which piece was his own, he left them both “Parents think it is disgusting.” where they were. Over the years, the piec- Even though the gum tree still draws es multiplied. stares and groans from first-time campus In 2002 Monique Cossich, ASU’s di- visitors, it has become an accepted, though rector of admissions at the time, used the odd, tradition on campus. gum tree in part of the university’s market- As Dietz said, “It’s something to ing effort to prospective students. The Ad- chew on.”

Angelo State University Alumni Magazine SUMMER 2006 27 Angela Valenzuela Changing Education for the Better

Dr. Angela Valenzuela, Class of ’81, is shaping the way Texas and the nation think about education and about meeting the needs of a new multicultural generation of students.

28 SUMMER 2006 Angelo State University Alumni Magazine hether it is teaching students in Second, she demonstrated the impor- her classes, writing her award- tance of maintaining the Spanish language Wwinning book Subtractive and the children’s culture and community- Schooling, serving on Austin’s Task Force based identities. Where these are dimin- on Hispanic Quality of Life-Education or ished in worth, the children’s education is shepherding her two daughters through devalued in their own minds. Schooling is public schools, University of Texas at Austin more about who they are not and what they ...there is no professor Angela Valenzuela is helping re- lack rather than who they are and what they define what an education could and should possess as members of a dynamic culture “ be, especially for minorities. with a rich historic past and present. greater investment “What you have is a process that objec- Valenzuela’s conclusions are borne not tifies children more than one that really val- only out of her research but also from her than in people. ues them from a relational perspective,” Dr. personal experience as in the case of the Valenzuela said of today’s K-12 education. lack of support for Spanish in public schools Nowhere is this more evident than in the when she attended. “I like to think I didn’t current emphasis, if not fixation, on stan- lose it (Spanish fluency) as much as it was dardized testing such as the Texas Assess- taken away from me,” she said. Thus, she ment of Knowledge and Skills or TAKS. “I derived the term “subtractive schooling” to – Dr. Valenzuela don’t oppose testing, rather it’s the use of represent how the educational system takes testing,” she said. “Tests narrow the curricu- away from rather than adds to the skill sets ” lum. They tend to marginalize children and children bring to the classroom. they encourage certain kids to drop out.” At Angelo State, she said, “I feel like I sity and then a year as a visiting scholar in The results of most standardized tests, blossomed and I discovered that I had an Mexican American Studies at the Univer- she said, “are flawed because you can’t aptitude in a way that K-12 didn’t provide sity of Houston. separate out the coaching to the test from me.” As an English major, she found that In 1999 she joined the UT-Austin fac- the test score itself. As a result, many stan- reading minority literature, primarily Afri- ulty and in December was promoted to full dardized tests become self-fulfilling proph- can-American and Jewish-American, “re- professor, one of only a handful of His- ecies that doom some children to a life of ally had an impact on my thinking. I could panic women ever to attain that rank there. unfulfilled potential.” relate to it.” Today she serves on UT’s curriculum and The fault, as she identifies it, is that Another “transformative” part of her instruction faculty and holds appointments schools continue to function the way they ASU education was a university trip to in the Center for Mexican American Stud- always have without regard to the change in Mexico. “I grew up feeling and being a mi- ies and as director of the new Education demographics, particularly in border states nority and in Mexico I was in the majority. Policy Alliance, which was established at like Texas where more than half the K-12 I had never experienced that type of space UT-Austin to provide policy-relevant data student population are ethnic minorities. and I found it liberating, psychically, emo- to legislative bodies, state boards of educa- Valenzuela sees the answer to this prob- tionally to actually be in the center rather tion and the public. lem as more community-centered teaching than at the margins.” Her husband, Dr. Emilio Zamora, is a and greater local assessment of test results. Her excitement at the new world of ideas member of the UT history faculty and they Her 1999 book Subtractive Schooling: U.S. she found at ASU convinced her mother to have two daughters, Luz, 10, and Clara, Mexican Youth and the Politics of Caring, attend college when Valenzuela was a se- 13, who, Valenzuela laughs, “are probably which earned the American Educational nior. “I remember that tingling sensation of the most highly educated kids in the State Research Association Outstanding Book going and registering her for her freshman of Texas on high-stakes testing.” Award, articulated some of her findings year classes,” Valenzuela recalled. Later her Despite her criticism of the current based on studies at an unnamed Houston- mother, who passed away in November, educational system, Valenzuela is an opti- area high school. confided in her oldest daughter, that she mist, a trait she gets from her father, a San First, she determined that the Mexican “never wanted to lose me and that (attend- Angelo minister. culture’s definition of educación is broader ing college) was her way of remaining con- “One thing he taught me that always conceptually than the English definition, nected to an important part of my life.” stayed with me is that there is no greater in- encompassing both formal learning in After graduating from ASU, Valenzu- vestment than in people,” Valenzuela said. school but also family input in determining ela earned a M.A. in sociolinguistics from “I really feel that so many of these mat- moral, social and personal responsibility. the University of Texas and then attended ters are issues of will and they’re issues of When schools ignore the family’s cultural Stanford University where she earned an- policy and that my purpose is to be part of role, they undermine their own effective- other M.A. and a Ph.D., both in sociology. these discussions and to bring many others ness in reaching the children. She taught for seven years at Rice Univer- into the discussion as well.” .

Angelo State University Alumni Magazine SUMMER 2006 29 orking as a high-level executive at grounds, and it’s about what you can do.” Wone of the nation’s largest corpora- Before taking on the COO duties, Hobbs tions can be a time-consuming endeavor, was vice president for financial analysis and but for Landel Hobbs, Class of ’84, life is operations support at AOL Time Warner. He all about balance. oversaw budgeting, financial forecasts, op- Landel Work has its place, but so does family erational analysis and profit improvement and avocation. for the corporation’s various divisions, in- The chief operating officer for Time cluding AOL, Warner Brothers, Time War- Warner Cable has exhibited strong business ner Cable, Warner Music, Time, Inc., HBO, acumen in his rise from an associate at ac- Turner Broadcasting, New Line Cinema counting firm KPMG upon graduation from and the WB Network. Hobbs ASU to his current position, but he also Hobbs previously worked for Turner Life in Balance takes time out for his family and for satisfy- Broadcasting in Atlanta, joining the firm in ing his passion in music. 1993 and working as senior vice-president, Even though his job keeps him busy week- controller and chief accounting officer. His days in Connecticut, he devotes his weekends initial purpose in working for TBS was to to be with his family in Atlanta. In addition improve the communications giant’s bud- to previously playing in jazz ensembles and get process. Subsequently, he acquired risk small professional recording groups, Hobbs management, financial reporting, treasury, also is a major patron of the musical arts. shared services, tax, accounts payable, pay- “You always have to have a balance,” roll, purchasing, credit and long-range plan- Hobbs said. “I always had a good balance ning responsibilities. when I was at ASU. Hobbs also was executive sponsor for “Now, I work 12-13 hours a day, five the corporation’s information technology days a week, and on the weekends, I fly back functions. He helped improve the timeliness to Atlanta to see my wife and kids. When I and quality of financial reporting, enhanced go home, my weekends are for family time. shared services in the payroll area and imple- I like that balance.” mented staff counseling and career develop- Hobbs, who earned his bachelor of busi- ment programs. Hobbs’ services were vital to ness administration from Angelo State, has the company during the Y2K scare. He and also been vice president for financial analysis his team worked diligently to make sure that and operations for AOL Time Warner and chief all TBS systems would continue to function financial officer of Time Warner Cable. Hobbs well into the new year, the new century and has also worked for Turner Broadcasting in At- the new millennia. lanta and Banc One Illinois Corp. in Chicago. Before joining Turner Broadcasting, To him, business is business, whether Hobbs was senior vice-president and audit you are counting beans or calling the shots. director for Banc One Illinois Corp. in Chi- “I try to understand business from the cago. In that capacity, he oversaw the inter- customer’s perspective,” Hobbs said. “If nal audit group that focused on real estate, you really understand business, then the acquisitions and mergers. Hobbs was also numbers fall out naturally. The only differ- a senior manager for KPMG Peat Marwick ence now from when I began is that I spend from 1984 to 1990. more time with people, making sure we A graduate of Azle High School, near have the right people in the right roles.” Fort Worth, Hobbs has returned to San An- As an executive in one of the world’s gelo as an ASU Distinguished Alumnus in largest corporations, Hobbs often comes 2001 and as the Wells Fargo Distinguished into contact with graduates of the nation’s Lecturer in Business in 2002. best-known business schools, such as Har- Those trips back to campus have been vard, Penn and Yale. But, their Ivy League most meaningful to Hobbs, who believes pedigrees don’t intimidate him. ASU placed him onto his upward track. “What I’ve found is that we’re all put to- “It was the foundation for everything,” gether the same way,” Hobbs said. “Educa- Hobbs said. “It gave me the basis for ev- tion is important, but it isn’t everything. It’s erything I’ve done. I’ve always been in- all about your work ethic and attitude. I work quisitive, and I learned that throughout my with a lot of folks from a lot of different back- college years.”

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1967 1988notesCapt. Jo Henderson re- 1998 James Milton Swift, Lt. Col. Jaime Sampayo, turned to the United States Charles Shanley was married to Terri (’64-’67), has married to Sarah, is the chief in January from deployment recently hired as an executive retired from his position as of military justice, 19th Air in Iraq, where she was part recruiting consultant with the general manager – human Force at Randolph Air Force of the nursing staff at the Air Baytown recruiting firm John resources at Chevron Corp. Base, San Antonio. They Force Theater in Balad. M. Floyd and Associates. have three children, Gabriel, 1978 Isaac and Rachel. Lt. Col. 1996 Capt. Jerrod Duggan Rhonda Ruffin Halfmann, Sampayo earned a juris doc- Dr. Sara Paton, married was relocated in May to married to Brian, is a teacher tor degree from Creighton to Neil, is a professor of epi- Wright-Patterson Air Force in Wall ISD and lives in San University School of Law in demiology at Wright State Base, near Fairborn and Angelo. They have two 1991, an LL.M. in Interna- University in Dayton, Ohio. Beavercreek, Ohio. daughters, both of whom tional Law from Katholieke are ASU graduates. Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, Brian Ricci, married to 1999 and is pursuing a Ph.D in Katie, is a casualty team Summer Holubec is a pa- 1981 criminal law. manager for State Farm in tient and family educator at Alan Mark McNiel, Allen. He has a beautiful Children’s Hospital of Boston married to Janet, is the vice 1995 baby girl, Sophia Katherine, and lives in Brighton, Mass. president of program opera- Kent Kuykendoll, and is an avid runner, partici- tions at Edvance Research, married to Roberta, is an pating in his second mara- 2000 Inc., in San Antonio. account executive for Dell thon last December. The Matthew McMillan Computers in Woodstock, Ill. family resides in McKinney. is currently an assistant pro- 1984 They have three daughters, fessor in animal science at Maj. Tim Shelton, U.S. ages 5, 3 and 7 months. Sam Houston State Univer- Air Force (retired), married to sity in Huntsville. Sheryl, is currently a senior operational security analyst Capt. Kristofer Johnston, at the Joint Information Op- married to Deborah, is a erations Warfare Command logistics readiness officer at in San Antonio. Misawa AB in Japan.

1986 2004 Lt. Col. Bryan N. Angle, Orlan Simpson, married married to Suzen (’79), re- to Vickie (’80), is the assistant turned from Iraq in Decem- principal at Robert Lee ISD. ber. He is currently chief of ophthalmology, aerospace Johanna Gonzales is a vision, at Kirtland Air Force teacher at SPCAA SHAPES Base in New Mexico. SALUTE – Rams gather in San Antonio to celebrate the promotion Head Start in Idalou. of John Blumentritt to the rank of colonel. Attending are, from left, Lt. Col. Jaime Sampayo (‘88), Maj. John Landolt (‘92), Col. Blumentritt – continued on page 32 (‘83), Maj. Darcy Maloney (‘86) and Col. Kurt Pfitzner (‘84).

Angelo State University Alumni Magazine SUMMER 2006 31 the Black & White continued from page 19 ROTC As George later recalled for the West Texas Collec- CLASS Deployments tion, Johnston “and the board, especially Porter Hender- son, acted responsibly. They didn’t play politics with the Capt. Ronnie Jewell (’99) issue for their own gain. The whole affair was handled was deployed to Erique Soto with dignity. They took positive steps toward making notesCONTINUED changes they recognized needed to be made.” Cono, Honduras, in April for four months. In fact, according to a New York Times article in Keely Kolar is an account October of 1954, Texas junior colleges had responded service representative for Capt. Aaron C. Milner quicker to Brown vs. Board of Education than had the Kolar Advertising and Mar- (’00) was scheduled for state’s four-year colleges. “Integration was well under- keting in Austin. deployment to Ali Al Salem, way in Texas public junior colleges,” wrote Times corre- Kuwait, in May. spondent John N. Popham, who listed successful efforts James Joshua Nelson, in Amarillo, San Angelo, Big Spring and Corpus Christi married to Crystal, is in the Capt. Monyca Byrne the previous year and in Victoria, Odessa, Borger, Edin- U.S. Air Force and is current- (’98) is a C-17 pilot sched- burg and Wharton in 1954. ly stationed in North Dakota. uled in June for deployment While Benjamin Kelly became the first black to enroll to Al Udeid Air Base in Doha, in SAC and likely the first to play intercollegiate football Kevin R. McSpadden Qatar, for four months. in Texas at a previously segregated school, he was not is a high school tennis coach the first to attend SAC classes. SAC faculty taught some and English teacher at night courses at Goodfellow Air Force Base in the early Sterling City. 1950s. After President Harry Truman ended segregation in the military in 1948, blacks were able to take SAC courses on the base, though the names and numbers of those servicemen have been lost to history.

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Angelo State University Alumni Magazine SUMMER 2006 33 Lambs & Lambelles

Vicki Wilkinson Hall (’89) and Brian Paige Avery was born on Oct, 16, 2005, Hall (’90), along with big brother Andrew, to Tanya (’98) and Brian Norris. welcomed Travis William on May 30, Roe Anne Reinhardt Day (’93) and 2005, in Bedford. husband Capt. Eugene Randall Day, Jodie and Shawn Uptergrove (’97) U.S. Army, welcomed their first child Cash are proud parents of Kolsen Michael, born Moreau, 9 lbs., 1 oz., on Nov. 29, 2005. 9 lbs., 4.5 oz., on July 15, 2005. Alison and Brad Romike (’98) celebrat- Stacy (’96) and Scot Albert are the ed the birth of their daughter Georgia Lea, proud parents of Reagan Caroline, born 9 lbs., 8oz., on Jan. 18, 2006. July 28, 2005. Celeste Pharr and Scott Hecox (’02) Samuel David, born on Aug. 12, 2005, welcomed Noah Scott, 6 lbs., 2 oz., into was welcomed by his older sister, Georgia the world on Jan. 25, 2006. Grace and his parents Jeremiah and Austin Michael arrived on Feb. 6, 2006, Leslie Ardoin (’92) Williams. to proud parents Karli (’98) and Kathy and Sam (’96) Robinson Chuck Jenkins. celebrated the birth of their son Shandy Reyes Copher (’03) and Baran, on Aug. 30, 2005. Larry Copher celebrated the birth of Amy (’02) and Brian (’00) their son Dylan Charles, 8 lbs., 9.6 oz., Lindahl welcomed their new arrival, on Feb. 22, 2006. daughter Elizabeth Jean, on Aug. 31, 2005.

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DIAMOND CENTURY CLUB Alison and Brad Romike, Tomball Frank Coniglio, Bayard, NE Oscar and Corine Gomez, Irving Hudson and Eloise Russell, San Angelo Robert Condry, Del Rio J. Milton and Terri Swift, Montgomery Michael and Betsy Ryan, San Angelo Donald and Pat Cox, San Angelo Robert Williamson III, Dallas Oron Schuch, San Angelo Kim Cox, San Angelo Jay and Michelle Young, Dallas Cyndi Seger, Ft. Worth X B Cox, Jr., San Angelo Reed and Liz Shahan, San Angelo Marie Crumly, Corpus Christi PLATINUM CENTURY CLUB Carlton and Betty Lou Smith, R. 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Randy and Debbie Dews, Dallas Claudia Waite, New York, NY Ernest and Sharon Felts, San Angelo Robert and Jenny Eubank, San Angelo Tommy and LaJan Walter, Diane Fischer, Knoxville, TN Jim Kramer, San Antonio Jacksonville, FL Bruce and Lynsey Flage, San Angelo Dr. Robert and Jean Ann LeGrand, Richard Way, San Angelo Gary and Marilyn Flage, San Angelo San Angelo Melody McDonald Wilkinson, Ft. Worth Dean and Janice Fox, Kaneohe, HI John Norman, Houston J. Nelson and Beth Word, San Angelo George and Joanne Gamache, Jim Ratcliff, Georgetown Donnie and Francis Young, Bloomington, IL Mrs. Lloyd D. Vincent, San Angelo Somerset, NJ Richard T. Gerth, Jr., Flint Mike and Ruth Wheeler, San Angelo Lupita Zermeno, Cedar Hill Candyce Gregston, San Angelo Gary and Frances Grogan, San Angelo SILVER CENTURY CLUB ACCESS-SILVER CENTURY CLUB Rhonda Halfmann, San Angelo Nathan Alexander, Garland Dr. John and Sharon Alexander, Charleston Hall, Georgetown T. Dean and Lisa McInturff, San Angelo Gary and Patty Stokes, San Angelo Dr. Ross Alexander, San Angelo San Angelo Dan and Anne Hamilton, San Angelo Richard McKinney, San Angelo George and Evelyn Strebeck, Craig and Kim Bagley, Weatherford Luke Burnett, San Angelo Jeff and Mindy Hamilton, Lubbock Ruberta McMillan, Rowlett San Angelo Thelma Bennett, San Angelo Coy and Linda Byrd, San Angelo Syble Haney, San Angelo Dee Michalewicz, Buda Frank and Brenda Sturzl, Lakeway Betty Blakely, Georgetown Hector and Rebecca Cantu, San Angelo Randy Harbin, San Angelo Jesse and Laura Montez, San Angelo Verna Pruitt Taylor, Austin Dr. Scott and Shelley Blanton, Evans Croad, San Angelo David and JoNell Harlow, San Angelo Kathy Munoz, San Angelo Michael Vallandingham, Austin San Angelo Lee and Connie Dressler, San Angelo David and Katie Harrison, San Angelo Ewell Murphy, Jr., Houston Jerry and Rose Vandergriff, Lane Bowen, San Antonio Colin Feldhaus, San Angelo George and Sande Vincent Harrison, Ed Nalepka, Midlothian San Angelo Kyle and Pamela Box, San Angelo Duane Fisher and Mary Ornelas, San Angelo Bill Neil, San Angelo James Waterbury, Bel Air, MD David and Kelly Bryant, San Angelo San Angelo Jeff Harrison, San Angelo J. Karen Nelson, Temple Dana Whisenhunt, San Angelo Bobby Bunyard, San Angelo Peter and Marian Grace, San Angelo Don Harvey, Houston Patricia and Alvin New, San Angelo Marianne White, San Angelo J. Brent Burney, San Angelo Frank and Rose Martinez, San Angelo Charles and Sharon Hayden, Lisa Nichols, San Angelo Troyce and Rebecca Wilcox, Danny Daniels, Jr., Lake Jackson Rick and Renea McGee, San Angelo San Angelo Linda Norris, San Angelo San Angelo Troy and Lisa Deubler, Irving Enola and Tom Nurre, San Angelo Jeb and Genny Henderson, San Angelo Darrell O’Neal, Victoria Darrell and Karen Wilde, Roanoke Norman and Linda Dierschke, Ken and Renee Peel, San Angelo Joe and Su Henderson, San Angelo Dean Parnell, Universal City Carolyn Williams, Plano San Angelo James and Alysa Powers, San Angelo Joey and Lezlye Henderson, James and Blossom Parry, San Angelo Susan Willyard, San Angelo Bill and Virginia Edgar, San Angelo Tonya Quain, San Angelo San Angelo Linda Patrick, Plano Dr. Kelly and Lesa Wilson, San Angelo Gary and Stacy Erwin, San Angelo Alicia and Mark Raley, San Angelo Carlynn Hicks, Boerne John Perry, San Angelo Ralph and Elene Wilson, San Angelo Becky Fitch, Flower Mound Willie Ruiz, San Angelo Jean Hierholzer, Kerrville Hal and Marshell Peter, San Angelo Milburn Wink, Robert Lee Bradford and Mercyla Fly, San Angelo David and Elvia Saborio, San Angelo H. Lee and Michelle Higdon, Faron and Barbi Pfeiffer, San Angelo Rodney and Betty Winn, San Angelo Charles “Skip” Foote, Chantilly, VA Stanley and Jeanie Slate, San Angelo Central, SC Cindy Pond, San Angelo Jane Wurtenberg, San Angelo Donna Fowler, San Angelo David and Elizabeth Starnes, Jeff and Diane Holbrook, Universal City Richard and Jill Preston, Eldorado Wayne T. Franke, Austin San Angelo E. James and Bobbie Holland, Victor and Trish Probandt, San Angelo ACCESS-CENTURY CLUB Arnold Garcia, Jr., Austin Erick Ybarra, San Angelo San Angelo Rob and Tara Rainey, San Angelo Mary Jean Anderson, San Angelo Jim and Dana Glossbrenner, Summer Holubec, Brighton, MA Tom and Janet Ridgway, San Angelo Mark Busenlehner, San Angelo San Angelo CENTURY CLUB R. Kevin Housley, Christoval C.A. and Shirley Roberson, Fort Worth Michelle DeRuss, San Angelo Homer and Annetta Gray, San Angelo Robert Aguilar, San Angelo Cathy T. and Don Hughes, San Angelo Dick Robertson, San Angelo Guy Choate, San Angelo Marjorie Hamilton, El Paso Gus Alexander, San Angelo Roy Ivey and Sarah Logan, San Angelo David and Candace Samuelson, Roger Collins, San Angelo Ray and Delilah Harper, San Angelo Barbara and Maurice Archer, Lamesa Peggy Jordan, San Angelo Abilene Angel Flores, Jr., San Angelo Ronny L. and Carol Harrison, Nita Archer, San Angelo Kathryn Kelly, Austin Norm and Diane Schaule, Canyon Lake Enoch Garcia, San Angelo San Angelo MV Armour, Midland LeeRoy and Betty Kiesling, San Angelo Phillip Schneemann, San Angelo Lauren Green, San Angelo G. Bryan Heflin,Monahans Bob O. Ballentine, San Angelo Patrick and Diana Kimbrell, Doyle and Lynn Schniers, San Angelo Charles Guenat, San Angelo David and Carol Herreman, Lewisville Jaynell Bodine, Sterling City San Antonio Gordon and Yvonne Schrank, Larry Guevara, San Angelo Joe and Jennifer Hoelle, San Angelo Rhonda Bolton, San Angelo Donald Klein, Fort Worth St. Cloud, MN Grady Harlow, San Angelo Tommy Howard, Waco Nathaniel Booker, Austin Keely Kolar, Austin Oron and Dorothy Schuch, San Angelo John Hemphill, San Angelo Mickey and Linda Jones, Sanger David and Ann Boswell, Austin Jack Lewright, San Angelo Gene Schweizer, Orlando, FL Alejandro Herandez, San Angelo Jerry Lee, Bedford Gary and Leslee Bowen, San Angelo Jack and Betty Lieber, San Angelo Kenny Scudder, Odessa Cecil Leach, Llano W. Bonham and Marcille Magness, Bo Brannon, Grandbury R. Kyle Longley, Gilbert, AZ James and Melissa Seaton, Odessa Cpt. Michael McGill, San Angelo Houston Kathleen Brasfield,San Angelo Valerie Lopez, Uvalde Jeff and Sherry Sefcik, San Angelo Lenora Mercer, San Angelo Jeff and Amy McCormick, San Angelo Mike Brest, Greenville, RI T. Justin MacDonald, Kerrville J. Keith and Debra Shahan, San Saba Mark Murphy, San Angelo Mark McNiel, San Antonio Tim and Bonnie Brewster, Eden Gary and Gretchen Book Massingill, Brian and Jeannie Shannon, Lubbock Chad Reel, San Angelo Mike and Brenda Morris, San Angelo Dean Buchanan, Cedar Park Plainview Jacqueline Shannon, San Angelo Matthew Sage, San Angelo Shirley and Chuck Morton, San Angelo Jef and Wendy Butcher, Artesia, NM H. Dan Mathews, Houston Steven Shelton, League City Gwendolyn Smith, San Angelo Lloyd and Sheri Norris, San Angelo Steve Calvert, San Angelo Brian and Patti May, San Angelo Lisa Shoemaker, Lebanon, MO W. Truett Smith, San Angelo Russell Nyman, Houston Scott and DeAnna Campbell, Harold and Doris May, Spur Paula Simon, Colorado Springs, CO David Starnes, San Angelo Morgan O’Donnell and San Angelo Martha May, San Angelo Bill and Sue Sims, San Angelo Michael P. Taylor San Angelo Erick Galindo, Denton Glen and Marcie Carter, Midland John E. Mayer, San Angelo Bobby Sims, Santee, CA Enrique Vasquez, San Angelo Ace and Billie Phinney, Mereta Jerry and Nida Casillas, Katy Mary Mays, San Angelo Spencer and Julie Sincleair, Salado Pamela Wakefield,San Angelo James Plagens, Big Spring Lana Choate-Pierce, Englewood, CO Mack McCoulskey, San Angelo Guy Smith, Newark, DE Sarah Yancey, San Angelo Laurin and Sharon Prather, Lubbock Bill E. Coggins, Jr., Golden Valley, MN Dale and Ellen McDonald, San Angelo Shivraj Sohur, Arlington, MA

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