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Design by Mike Rhodes Cover illustration by Bill Anderson CadenceCARDINAL DEPARTMENTS From the President 4 On campus 34 Athletics The Staff Cycle prototype tested . . . EPA awards grant . . . high-tech Baseball preview . . . basketball schedule . . . cross-country feats simulation benefits nursing students . . . Senate finance Cardinal Cadence is published by the Division of committee visits campus Arts & Culture University Advancement, Lamar University, a member of 37 Calendar poet . . . course toward equality . . . on the marquee . . . The Texas State University System and an affirmative 5 Dreambuilders meaning of the movies action, equal opportunity educational institution. On Dec. 22, the Montagne Center will witness the smiles and 28 Class notes Making dreams come true: Brian Sattler, Executive Editor, Director of Public Relations 40 cheers of family and friends as scores of LU seniors receive hard- A Dinner and 12 Strangers . . . Alumni events A report on giving Cynthia Hicks ’89, ’93, Editor won diplomas. Amid the well-deserved pomp and circumstance, Louise Wood, Writer these students will have a heightened sense of accomplishment as Chris Castillo, Writer FEATURES they celebrate this crowning achievement - despite the interrup- tion of Hurricane Rita. They, like their university, have shown incredible resilience Contributors: A lesson in vision and tenacity. Daucy Crizer, Drew Lacey, Amanda Rowell, 9 Margaret Toal, writing Academy helps superintendents see solutions The arena is also the epicenter of players’ and fans’ excitement as the Cardinals Jim Anderson, Scott Ecklund, Gary Hardeman, men’s and women’s basketball teams continue their seasons on the boards. Matthew Staver, Neil Ralston, Rohn Wenner, photography 10 Riding the waves In the wake of Hurricane Rita’s blow to Southeast Texas, some 800 Lamar Circulation includes 54,000 copies distributed to alumni, NOAA lab director Eddie Bernard charts course students found the interruption in their college pursuit substantial enough to prevent faculty, staff and friends of Lamar University. If you have of oceanographic research 9 their continuation with the fall semester. We are working hard to help these students received more than one copy of this publication, please let us know. return for the spring semester to get their college careers back on track. 13 No kitsch in this kitchen Gleaming new dining hall is set to debut One exciting development for all returning students will be the grand opening of Changes of address may be sent to: the new dining hall. It is a beautiful, well-designed facility that promises to further University Advancement, P.O. Box 10011, Beaumont, Texas 77710, or by 14 Moving mountains enrich Lamar’s campus experience. email: [email protected] Bill and Dick Scott convey success Meanwhile, work continues on the greatly expanded, state-of-the-art Sports Division of University Advancement Recreation Center, the capstone of our recent university life enhancements. 18 Rx: Special needs, special care Camille Mouton, Vice President Patti Moss spearheads project to help others The university could not take advantage of such enhancement opportunities Janice Trammell ’85, ’93, Director of Development 13 in disaster’s path without the support of Lamar’s alumni and friends. You continue to make a real Mona Halvorsen ’95, Director of Advancement Services 10 Loraine Thibodeaux, Director, University Reception Centers difference in the life of the university. Your support - time, talent and treasure - make 20 Stones with stories special opportunities possible for today’s students. I encourage you to participate in P.O. Box 10011 Beaumont, Texas 77710 Lamar couple net first-ever fossil Lamar University’s annual fund. I thank you for your generous continued support. (409) 880-8419 or fax (409) 880-8409 LAGNIAPPE email: [email protected] 22 Ingredients for inspiration 17 Cardinal Views Linda Evans Shepherd peppers life lessons with Lamar University Alumni Office 51 Cadences a little laughter With Cardinal Pride, When visiting campus, you’re invited to stop by the Alumni Office at the John Gray Center, Building B, 52 Make plans: 14 855 Florida, Suite 102. Homecoming March 3-4 24 Images of Marvin Hayes 18 Artist’s talent paints a multi-faceted portrait Juan Zabala, Director of Alumni Affairs James M. Simmons LU Alumni Office President P.O. Box 10005 Beaumont, Texas 77710 Lamar University (409) 880-8921, or (800) 298-4839 Email: [email protected] www.lamar.edu/alumni

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2 | CARDINAL CADENCE December 2005 - February 2006 24 December 2005 - February 2006 CARDINAL CADENCE | 3 on campus on campus Recruiting up at LU Career Center Every college student approaching graduation Since fall 2004, 72 companies have LU Center joins in knows that job one is finding one. The transition recruited engineering majors through the career The role of technology in the aftermath of a natural five-year $50-million from student status to career presents many center. Representative from eight companies disaster and the various communication methods used new challenges, but, thankfully for Lamar have interviewed engineering students on cam- by faculty and students was the subject of a paper EPA research grant University students, the LU Career Center staff is pus this fall: BP, ExxonMobil, GE, Halliburton, Tech talk presented in October at the E-LEARN 2005 World Lamar University’s Gulf Coast Hazardous ready to help. Lyondell, MeadwestVaco, National Instruments Substance Research Center joins with RTI The Career Center in the Galloway Building and TOTAL Petrochemicals. Conference in Vancouver, B.C. International, Research Triangle Park, N.C., is a busy place. Already during the fall 2005 “We are seeing a lot more interest in our Jenny Penland, who holds a joint appointment with in announcing the award of a five-year U.S. semester, recruiters from 79 companies have graduates, thanks in large part to the enthusias- the College of Education and Human Development and Environmental Protection Agency Scientific, recruited students on campus. From AFLAC to tic and aggressive promotion of Lamar and our College of Arts and Sciences, and Des Rice, associate pro- Technical, Research, Engineering, and Winter & Associates, the list includes media, students by the Career Center staff,” said Jack fessor of educational leadership in the College of Modeling Support (STREAMS) program government, education, technology, health, busi- Hopper, dean of the College of Engineering. Education and Human Development, presented the paper, grant worth up to $50 million. ness, industry and more. “They work closely with Jim Thomas, who titled “A Canopy of Change for the 21st Century Educator.” The Lamar center’s involvement in the The recruiting business has been particu- directs our co-op program, and our chairs and Through blogs, e-mails and the news media, students program is about 15 percent of the total larly brisk for engineering graduates, said Teresa faculty get the word to our students. Then the and faculty kept each other informed, demonstrating soci- grant, or about $1.5 million per year, said Simpson, coordinator of recruiting, career devel- company recruiters see a large turn-out of quali- ety’s dependency on technology as well as the crucial center director T.C. Ho. The center will opment and placement at Lamar. ty students when they interview.” role that communication plays in daily life. administer research portions of the grant, dis- tributing the work among its nine university Des Rice and Jenny Penland members. At the podium “The majority of the EPA contract will Mattress Mack shares business acumen be focused on remediation, and RTI is James “Mattress Mack” McIngvale, owner of Gallery Furniture expert at that,” Ho said, “but research sup- in Houston, started the business in 1981 with “$5,000 and a Riders test student-designed cycle prototype port for the effort will fall to the universities dream.” He and his wife, Linda, parlayed that investment into who are members of the Gulf Coast Three mechanical engineering sen- two-wheel hand-cycle, using two the single most successful furniture store in the United States. Hazardous Substance Research Center.” iors watched in anticipation as smaller wheels for balance. McIngvale addressed budding entrepreneurs on campus as Member institutions are Lamar Tom Rupakus took the prototype Eventually, it evolved into a three- part of the Entrepreneurship Executive Lecture Series Dec. 6, University, Louisiana State University, of their hand cycle out for a test wheel hand-cycle designed specifi- sharing how hard work, customer service, grassroots marketing, Mississippi State University, Rice University, JAMES MCINGVALE ride on a November afternoon. cally for paraplegics. quality and sound management philosophies grew the business. Texas A&M University, University of Rupakus, of Dickinson, and “These are very talented, very Presidents Bush and Clinton asked the McIngvales to lead the Houston-area response Alabama, University of Central Florida, Beaumont resident innovative students. to the tsunami relief effort. The couple reprised their role after the devastation wrought by University of Houston and University of Todd Freeland are They design it. We Hurricane Katrina, focusing on raising funds for job placement, education and housing in Texas at Austin. paraplegics. After just supervised the Houston area for displaced people from Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. “Researchers at these universities will Rupakus’ test ride them,” Yuan said. do research to evaluate technologies for EPA on campus, stu- “These students Superfund cleanup,” Ho said. dents A.J. Jackson learned a lot.” They The program will support efforts to Hobbyist finds multimillion-dollar market niche and Seth Irwin of used software to fight pollution and restore ecosystems. RTI Mark Etheridge ’80, president of Advanced Lab Concepts Inc., Sweeney and Chris analyze their data International is one of five companies award- discussed the “Middle Market Niche – Survival, Growth and Alexander of and tools in the lab ed the STREAMS contract by the U.S. EPA Competing with International and Venture Capital Driven Pasadena listened as to test their proto- SETH IRWIN Office of Research and Development. Opponents” before an audience of students, faculty and the the two men shared types, adapting their This five-year contract will allow RTI to public Nov. 14 and 15. He presented the lecture as the ideas on how to improve their pro- design to best serve riders, he said. provide support to the EPA Office of ExxonMobil Executive in Residence for the College of totype, a project in the works since The students are making mod- Research and Development as well as EPA Business and hosted a faculty colloquium as well January 2004. ifications based on feedback from program offices and other federal agencies. as a discussion with graduate students. Robert Yuan, chair of the civil Rupakus and Freeland. Eventually, The program will be managed by EPA’s Etheridge developed a woodworking hobby engineering department, is over- Yuan hopes the students will patent National Risk Management Research into a multimillion-dollar venture that now seeing the project, and Andrew the cycle. After modifications are Laboratory in Cincinnati, Ohio. equips the nation’s top research Green ’54, founder of Composite complete, a model cycle will be The contract will support the develop- laboratories. Technology Inc., is a volunteer manufactured with composites, ment and evaluation of technologies, processes consultant. which will be very lightweight and and tools to prevent or reduce pollution of air, The project began with a very durable, Yuan said. land and water, and to restore ecosystems. MARK ETHERIDGE

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Students savor the thrill of victory It was a week filled with maps, detours, mer dreamers who have Lamar University roadblocks, pit stops and more, but it was already completed their students Carolyn not a typical road trip. The “I Have A degrees or are currently Breedlove of Batson Dream” Program’s (IHAD) Amazing Race to working toward that goal. and Wayne Jefferson College took students on a much more mem- Bryan Cooper ’03, who of Nederland get orable journey during the organization’s annual Summer Institute. earned a B.S. in psycholo- acquainted with Sim The event, which is designed to introduce young people to gy from Lamar, shared his Man, a high-tech experiences about balanc- teaching mannequin ing time between his academic, professional and social life while that helps simulate maintaining membership in a fraternity. He encouraged dreamers the clinical setting. not to fear the transition to college but instead become involved on It will be part of a campus and always keep their studies as the main focus. clinical lab set up at Sponsorships made the journey possible: Entergy, Lamar University, Beaumont Independent School District, Allstate and Sam’s the university for Club, as well as in-kind donations from Beaumont Coca-Cola Bottling students obtaining an Company, Domino’s Pizza, Dunkin Donuts, Jake Mazzu Produce and associate degree in Nursing Popeye’s Chicken & Biscuits. nursing from LU, The “I Have A Dream” Program has mentored more than four students excel LSC-Port Arthur and college life, held particular significance this year as dreamers are hundred dreamers since its inception in 1988 and has enjoyed suc- LSC-Orange. entering their final year of high school and will soon be embarking cess. Of the 300 dreamer graduates from 1996 to 1999, 65 percent on their own race after graduation. More than 40 students attended are pursuing higher education, and approximately 110 students are on state exam three days of classes on a variety of topics relevant to the collegiate attending Lamar University. More than 85 dreamers have graduated experience, including making the transition from high school to from college or technical school through the assistance of an IHAD One hundred percent of Lamar University’s associate college, choosing a major, emotional pitfalls and financial aid. scholarship. More information about the program is available by degree in nursing (ADN) students who took the state Grant creates clinical nursing lab on campus A highlight of the camp was an opportunity to hear from for- calling (409) 832-1999. licensing exam passed with flying colors. Lamar University has received a $332,600 matching funds from the family of Edna “We are very pleased with all 36 students who grant to create a nursing lab for associate Horn Gay, will increase learning time in took the boards,” Eileen Curl, chair of the Department degree nursing students at Lamar, Lamar the clinical lab setting and the number of of Nursing, said. She attributes their outstanding per- State College–Orange and Lamar State associate-degreed nurses in the workforce. formance to many factors, including a new curriculum College–Port Arthur. Each school will add 10 students to its Assessing the costs of Rita that began in fall 2003, when the students were admit- The Texas Higher Education nursing program. ted into the nursing program. Coordinating Board awarded the grant to The grant targets four areas in which Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst was joined by Senate Finance “This also is a compliment to the faculty and the university to create a state-of-the-art many nursing students have limited clini- Committee Chairman Steve Ogden and Senate Finance students. The faculty spent a great deal of time provid- clinical learning lab. Faculty from the three cal experience: obstetrics, pediatrics, criti- Committee members Senator Tommy Williams and ing a high-quality education for these students, and it’s schools developed 20 teaching modules for cal care and mental health, Curl said. Senator Kyle Janek on a visit to the Lamar University great to see this kind of outcome,” she said. the students. The lab will include IV simulation as campus Nov. 15 where they were briefed by President The new curriculum puts more emphasis on “We are developing an innovative well as interactive male and female man- James Simmons and key staff on the hurricane damage to critical care nursing, Curl said. In addition, the nursing way to provide the best education while nequins, which can simulate vital signs, Lamar and the on-going recovery. students participated in hands-on education while increasing the number of nursing students medical conditions and childbirth. The following day, the Senate Finance Committee using high-tech equipment, like Sim Man, a mannequin we admit,” Eileen Curl, chair of the “Students can monitor the contractions and held a hearing on budget issues the department recently obtained to simulate the Department of Nursing, said. actually hear the fetal heartbeat,” Curl said. concerning Hurricanes Katrina clinical setting, she said. The program, Nursing Southeast In addition, students can hear the heart and and Rita in the John Gray Center Dr. James Simmons reported about the hurricane The life-sized model, purchased in part with a Texas Regional Innovation Project on respiration rate of the model, she said. where they heard testimony from damage and restoration of the campus. contribution from the family of Edna Horn Gay, makes Effective Simulations, also known as Associate degree students from LSC- more than a dozen key state realistic heart, lung and bowel sounds. Using a com- Nursing STRIPES, seeks to meet the Port Arthur and LSC-Orange will access agency leaders on storm-related puter program and monitor, an instructor can change growing need for educated health care the clinical lab at Lamar in the afternoon costs to state agencies as well as testimony from local government, Sim Man’s vital signs and other body functions to professionals. The project will have a and evening, she said. The project is fund- Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, Senator Steve Ogden industry and the public. mirror the symptoms of a patient with a certain centralized clinical lab that replicates the ed for 21 months. and Senator Tommy Williams observe restoration disease or medical condition. live clinical setting and will be housed Students alternate clinical lab time work at the library. at Lamar University. The grant, with with live clinical work at area hospitals.

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* Engineering students gain a hand through Presidential Scholarships Dan F. Smith ’69 grew company in 1989. Smith is now president ********* up in Port Arthur. As and chief executive officer of Lyondell Shipbuilder and Beaumont civic leader a Lamar chemical Chemical Co., one of the world’s largest Ralph A. Leaf retired in 1977 as general engineering student, chemical producers, headquartered in manager of Bethlehem Steel Co.’s his co-op assignment Houston. From his own experience, Smith Beaumont Division shipyard, having man- began with the for- attests to the value of internships, summer aged the modernization of the shipyard fol- rom Beaumont to Midland and school leaders insights into education more than 300,000 people. In the past three mer Atlantic jobs and co-op programs in understanding lowing WWII to meet the demands of the Arkansas to Oklahoma, Lamar beyond their experience through workshops years, his international speaking schedule has Richfield Company the real work world. This belief led him to off shore drilling industry. Leaf was named FUniversity’s Superintendents and training with business leaders. Attendees taken him to 32 countries. (ARCO) refinery in establish the Dan F. Smith Presidential Knights of the Neches Man of the Year in Academy has shaped the future of school dis- participate in leadership training in San “The Superintendents Academy was Port Arthur and culminated in permanent Scholarship in Engineering. Each year, 1973 and served as director of the tricts and state education for the better. The Antonio and at Columbia University in New one of the very best (conferences) I have employment upon graduation. Piloting Lamar has three or more interns at various Beaumont Chamber of Commerce. Leaf ’s academy, launched in 1993, is an intensive York, where they tour an inner-city school. ever participated in. It’s absolutely world through numerous assignments in two of Lyondell locations, and Lyondell usually widow, Kathleen (Betty) Leaf established training program aimed at creating better In sessions at Lamar, students work in class, in all aspects,” Jukes said. It’s unique ARCO’s divisions and corporate headquar- hires three to five Lamar graduates. Smith the Ralph A. Leaf Presidential leaders and proactive educators. About 400 teams, discussing real-world solutions to for superintendents and their own board ters, Smith became a vice president of also lends expertise to Lamar as a member Scholarship in Engineering in memory of superintendents from Texas, Louisiana, educational problems and stay in contact via members to meet for an extended period of Lyondell in 1985. He was named chief of the College of Engineering Advisory her husband. She serves on the board of the Oklahoma and Arkansas have graduated e-mail, developing a support system with time, he said. This allows district leaders to financial officer and executive vice president Council, and he was named a distinguished Lamar University Foundation. from the program. their peers. find common ground. of Lyondell when it became a public alumnus in 2003. “We always talked about what was The academy, a component of Lamar’s Carrol Thomas, Beaumont superintend- going on locally, statewide and nationally,” Center for Executive Leadership, takes a year ent, said the academy taught him to prepare said Shirley Neeley, Texas commissioner of for the future. * Students’ needs recognized no matter their discipline education and a 1998 academy graduate. “Don’t accept the status quo. We have Sometimes, educators get tunnel a responsibility, as leaders, to prepare our Barbara Warren, wife of Michael Warren, pro- and operated 35 Southeast Texas restaurants that employed more vision when viewing problems, Neeley said. kids for tomorrow,” Thomas said. fessor and chair of the Department of Biology, than 500 people. A belief that people who work to attend school The academy helps superintendents look Little Cypress-Mauriceville has established the Dr. Michael E. Warren make the best employees led him to pay tuition and book costs for beyond today. “We asked ourselves, ‘What Superintendent Pauline Hargrove said the Endowed Scholarship in Biology. She created employees who pursued degrees at Lamar. Allred lived by the credo do you want your district to look like in 20 academy was the best staff development it as a birthday gift in recognition of “his that you have to “put back into the community what you take from years? What is stopping you from reaching program she has ever participated in. By tremendous love for teaching, his extraordinary it.” Besides being active in many civic organizations, he was a life- that goal?’” said Neeley, a former superin- looking at issues as a team, synergy devel- dedication to his students, his expertise in biolo- time member of the Cardinal Club. The scholarship honors him and tendent. Under her leadership, Galena Park oped, and the group used critical thinking gy, his service to Lamar University and his love for his family.” The the principles by which he lived. school district became an exemplary school skills to tackle educational roadblocks, she scholarship will be a lasting tribute to an educator who “places no ********* district in 2004 – the only one among the said. limitations on the time and expertise he invests in his students.” For Former students, family, colleagues and alumni 24 Harris County districts. Shirley Neeley and Bob Thompson In addition, academy organizers work him, the success of his students is his legacy. established the Dr. William C. “Bill” Nylin By brainstorming and networking diligently to ensure the information they ********* Scholarship in Computer Science in honor of his with other superintendents, she broadened “The academy’s original objective present is cutting edge, Hargrove said. Ibby Morian has a life-long love of the arts and wishes to make a dif- dedication and hard work in building an education- her knowledge base. “It’s one of the great- was to help superintendents And possibly the most important les- ference in the lives of young artists. She has established The Isabel al foundation marked by excellence for Lamar com- est experiences I’ve had in staff and profes- son for superintendents was to stay focused Stafford Morian Art Award to help studio arts students to pur- puter science students. The endowment’s creation, sional development,” Neeley said. become receptive to change and on their ultimate goal: the success of their chase art supplies. Morian attended the Shipley School in Bryn unknown to Nylin ’65, was revealed to him during a reception at the The academy has a great reputation more aggressive change agents.” students. “The main thing is doing what is Mawr, Pa.; the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia; Dishman Art Museum in September. Nylin earned a degree in math- statewide and nationally, said Neeley, who — BOB THOMAS right for the students,” Hargrove said. the Glassell School of Art in Houston; and Lamar University. She ematics from Lamar in 1965 and a doctorate in computer sciences has also served as a guest speaker for the Bob Nicks, superintendent for has long been involved with the Dishman Art Museum and is a past from Purdue in 1972. He was the first faculty member in computer academy. And, with alumni in 15 states, to complete. Superintendents attend with a Midland school district, said leaders learned president of Friends of the Arts, a community organization that sciences at Lamar to hold a doctorate and accepted a position in word of its success is spreading. grant from the Texas Education Agency. to look beyond their districts’ resources. works to enhance programs in the College of Fine Arts and 1975 as associate professor of computer science in the mathematics “The academy’s original objective was Admission is competitive, with scholarships, During one exercise, superintendents pon- Communication. department. Two years later, he became director of the newly created to help superintendents become receptive to valued at $10,000, covering books, fees, dered how they would react if budget cuts ********* computer science program. He then advanced to several positions: change and more aggressive change agents,” training and out-of-state travel associated left them with no additional funds for facili- Jan Allred and daughters Patricia Moore and Brenda McMakin have executive vice president for finance and operations, vice chancellor said Bob Thompson, executive director of with the academy. The center also spearheads ties. “Those mind-expanding, developmental created the Bruce Allred Memorial Scholarship in for finance for the Lamar University System and deputy chancellor. the Center for Educational Leadership, the Principals Academy, developed for princi- activities were very thought provoking,” he Entrepreneurial Studies. Early in life, Bruce Allred developed a After 20 years of service, he left Lamar to join Conn Appliances Inc., which oversees the academy. “One thing pals to hone their decision-making skills. said. “I think it opened our thought process work ethic that would produce a Dairy Queen empire. He owned where he is president and chief operating officer. alumni tell us is they feel more comfortable Ian Jukes, director of an international to what education might become.” with change.” consulting group, is no stranger to confer- — CC A major focus of the academy is to give ences. He speaks about 200 times a year to

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when you’re not only creating 1976, and 1977 saw him accept the Everybody stretched out on mattresses, and Riding new knowledge, but also directorship of the Pacific Tsunami we drank from straws. It certainly stimulated Warning Center in Ewa Beach, interest in mirrors and optics.” applying this knowledge for Hawaii. “Hawaii and tsunami was a Eddie met Shirley Fielder ’70 before a humanitarian reasons. That’s good combination. I liked both of the speech he was to give while campaigning for the subjects, and I was able to go scuba student body president. “I was standing out- a combination that really diving every weekend,” he said. “It side the old gymnasium going over some was a great tour. I met some really notes. I was a little concerned because I was appeals to me.” talented scientists who influenced my a Greek talking to independents about vot- waves research.” ing for me. Shirley, one of the independents, The many minor rumblings of the —EDDIE BERNARD In just 10 years after graduation saw me as she approached the gym and said, earth rarely penetrate our awareness from Lamar, Bernard was appointed ‘Don’t be nervous, we’re all friends here.’ until we are struck by their startling deputy director of NOAA’s Pacific That evening turned out to be a real chal- Marine Environmental Laboratory in lenge. Little did I know that she was my power. For Eddie Bernard ’69, those Seattle and began a deep ocean tsuna- opponent’s campaign manager who later subtle ebbs, flows and eruptions hold mi observational program. orchestrated his victory. Since our marriage, I He was on the fast track. “I like to say, ‘I lost the election, but I won the fascination because he, more than most, guess that came about because of my girl.’” Shirley later became a member of knows the life-saving value of prediction interest in leadership,” he said, “which Alpha Chi Omega sorority and earned a definitely came about during my time bachelor’s degree in elementary education. in reducing the untold devastation and at Lamar.” Bernard was student body The couple have one daughter, Beth, who human suffering that can result. vice president and chose physics over graduated from the University of math his junior year. “The mathemat- Washington in 2000. They recently celebrat- SCOTT ECKLUND SCOTT ics track was just too theoretical,” he ed their 35th wedding anniversary. By Cynthia Hicks experiences in your life are like that. They said. “I couldn’t quite connect the In 1982 Bernard became director of stick with you.” knowledge with the world we live in, but PMEL, leading a staff of 175 scientists, engi- ne of the world’s leading experts on tsunamis learned to love the ocean – in all Bernard wanted to explore the under- physics did that.” neers and technicians. During his 24-year its glory and ferocity – as a boy on the beach of Bolivar Peninsula. Today, he is currents beneath that link. That voyage took Two people who had significant influ- tenure, he has created a spirit of camaraderie Odirector of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Pacific Marine him from Lamar to Texas A&M, as a gradu- ence on his future aspirations were Lamar while leading purposeful research at PMEL. Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) in Seattle, Wash. ate student, to Hawaii, where he began his Professors Roy H. Biser and Joseph F. Pizzo, “My style has been to develop mutual respect Eddie Bernard remembers the fishing trips he took with his father. “That’s where I pioneering life’s work in tsunami research, both of whom nurtured a love for the field among our people regardless of stature. This Global reach of the December 26, 2004 Sumatra Tsunami developed my fascination with and eventually to Seattle, Wash., where he of physics. During Bernard’s senior year at turns out to be practical because harmony is waves and decided I would currently lives. South Park High School, Roy Biser gave an needed in the hostile environment of the become an oceanographer,” he After graduation from Lamar, Bernard enthusiastic lecture on the virtues of physics ocean. We’re asking people to leave their said. He recalls a crabbing trip hunted for oil as a geophysicist with Pan as a career. That lecture prompted Bernard to homes and, under adverse conditions, to do when he was seven and a les- American Petroleum Company – “I tried it take Biser’s freshman physics class at Lamar. a lot of difficult things. We must make sure son he learned from longtime for three months and was bored to death, “I was fortunate to have classes with Joe we let them know that we appreciate all the fishermen. A hurricane had quite frankly” – before beginning graduate Pizzo, who made physics exciting. He was sacrifices they’ve made for research.” blown through. “There was study at Texas A&M. “I wanted to get such a great speaker, and then he would go “All the projects we have here have a just a gazillion crabs out out and see the world, get on ships out and drink a beer with us. That’s how common goal. We’re here to serve society there,” he said. “I remember and travel,” he said. In 1970, he you really got to know about physics, was to and benefit the taxpayer,” Bernard said. His my father asking the old- received a commission with talk with him after class.” motivational style has worked. Under his timers, ‘What’s the deal?’ and NOAA Corps as an officer and His wasn’t a college career of all work leadership, NOAA scientists developed the they said after a hurricane and spent the first three years aboard the and no play. An optics class inspired the world’s largest ocean observing system for a full moon, there will always NOAA Research Vessel RESEARCHER. Sigma Phi Epsilon member to create a little the detection and forecast of El Niños; dis- be lots of crabs. I learned a After his tour with the National Ocean social activity. “We had a fraternity party that covered the world’s first deep ocean, under- very good lesson that day – Survey, he applied for a research position we called the ‘mattress and movie party.’ We water volcanic eruption; created the world’s the connection between with NOAA’s Joint Tsunami Research Effort rented some sci-fi movies with big monsters first fisheries forecast; developed science and environmental events and the in Honolulu. He earned a doctorate in phys- killing everybody, and we used mirrors to technology to produce the world’s first fore- natural response to it. Some ical oceanography from Texas A&M in project the movie onto the ceiling. cast of tsunami impacts; and pioneered the www.pmel.noaa.gov/tsunami

10 | CARDINAL CADENCE December 2005 - February 2006 December 2005 - February 2006 CARDINAL CADENCE | 11 technology to disseminate real-time oceano- the last time someone died from a tsunami of that happen simultaneously two miles graphic data to the world via the internet. in the United States?” below the surface, that’s a huge revelation,” No kitsch Even the futuristic and technology- Through more than 2,000 funded pro- “It was a valid question to ask,” he said, Bernard said. “I think the monitoring of savvy Jetsons would take a second posals during the past 24 years, Bernard has “but you just need to know that we’re oper- underwater volcanoes using this technology is in this been responsible for the accountability of ating on geological time scales here, and we an important contribution that we have made look at these upscale interiors and approximately $650 million. His staff has don’t have the data to make those kinds of – one of those serendipitous discoveries.” kitchen spent more than 12,000 days at sea on predictions.” For Bernard, watching the slow Discovery keeps Bernard coming back time-saving, taste-enhancing gadgets. oceanographic research vessels and published deterioration of that effort was his greatest for more. He enjoys developing research that more than 2000 research articles. challenge as lab director during the last 24 spans hundreds of investigative areas in the The lab’s suite of projects investigates years. “I was under pressure to redirect the world’s oceans and atmosphere. “People ask ocean climate dynamics, fisheries oceanography, tsunami research dollars to other activities. me, ‘How do you prepare for the next day?’ In January 2006, a hip bistro ambience and El Niño, tsunamis, and underwater volcanoes. The most difficult thing I had to do was and I say, ‘A good night’s sleep.’ I never the aroma of fresh-baked goods will greet Bernard expects exciting discoveries address the lack of appreciation for the know what’s going to happen when I walk students in a new space where college life from research into the microbial world nature of the tsunami hazard and try to con- into my office, and that’s what I love about meets haute cuisine. It is all part of the top- around volcanic vents on the ocean floor. vince people that this was a problem worth the job. It’s like going to school every day. notch dining hall that caters to sophisticated “It’s just one of these fields that’s emerging studying. It shouldn’t be at the top of the Everybody’s learning new things, sharing palates even as it draws architectural inspira- with huge implications for the pharmaceutical list, but it should not be at zero either. I was disciplines. And we’re doing that in a con- tion from a visual palette of textures, patterns industry and, perhaps, the refining industry. watching some great research being starved structive way. We’re trying to save people’s and furnishings. Lamar’s dining options will The cycle of life on the seafloor has several to death.” lives and understand the environment. It expand three-fold. implications for energy programs. Sulfuric That all changed Dec. 26, 2004. gives you a special feeling when you’re not Making this possible is “the best kitchen acid is a bad actor here on land, but down Bernard had been expecting a big earthquake only creating new knowledge, but also in Southeast Texas” – the machine behind on the seafloor sulfuric acid is a source of to generate a tsunami in Alaska, a repeat of applying this knowledge for humanitarian the cuisine – said Tim Bautsch, project food. There are worms that live on the sul- the 1964 Alaska tsunami. “Never did I reasons. That’s a combination that really superintendent for Davis Brothers fur. We may find that these microbes have dream of anything the size of the Sumatra appeals to me,” he said. Construction, the facility’s builder. “It can properties that can make the drugs of the tsunami. It was such a powerful tsunami and Research ideas have their own cycle of rival any kitchen on the I-10 corridor future more effective.” He likes the idea that had such a horrific impact that it validated life, and Bernard witnesses this every day in between Houston and Baton Rouge.” Some this research combines the earth and the globally the need for tsunami research.” Seattle’s lush climate as well as deep in the have even called it Beaumont’s five-star ocean interface – a theme throughout At the behest of the U.S. State ocean. He hopes to participate in the cycle of restaurant, he said. PMEL’s research. Bernard sees physics and Department, Bernard recently led the U.S. knowledge, too. Another career goal is moti- “It is going to be state-of-the-art,” said CHRIS CASTILLO society meeting and blending in the effort to delegations in Perth, Australia, and vating people through teaching. “I so admire Jim Lahair, director of food services at crew time to receive training before the product, Lahair said. coexist with the environment. “We have one Hyderabad, India, to design and establish an people like Roy Biser and Joe Pizzo. It Lamar for Chartwells Dining Services. While spring semester begins Jan. 8. “This is the big time,” he said. He has planet, and if we don’t take care of it, and we Indian Ocean tsunami warning system. “The would be gratifying to devote more time to Bautsch’s workers were completing construc- The old dining hall seats 268 students, anticipated working in the building since its don’t understand it, then we could be inad- tsunami modeling and measurement stan- the educational aspects of tsunamis.” His tion on the $6.2-million project in mid- and the new facility will seat 600. groundbreaking, but his role in shaping the vertently harming it.” dards that we have developed at PMEL will recent appointment as affiliate professor at November, Lahair looked forward to train- Chartwells serves breakfast to 200 to 500 facility began with input into the design to He says that the biggest problem facing be used in other oceans,” he said. An inter- the University of Washington may provide ing staff to operate the new facility. students daily, while 800 to 1,200 show up ensure it was functional and user friendly. oceanography is the lack of data. “We have national consortium of nations is being the opportunity. Lamar also has the recipe right when it for lunch and the same number for dinner, Guests are greeted by a towering circu- lots of models and lots of theories, but we formed to adopt the Pacific Ocean tsunami During his 35-year federal career, comes to style. The 25,000-square-foot din- Lahair said. lar station with a futuristic design that reach- have precious few measurements that can warning system that has been based on Bernard has received two Presidential ing hall’s design blends with the architectural About 1,600 students have meal plans, es toward the vaulted ceiling beneath the actually help us understand what’s going on research conducted at PMEL during the past Awards for distinguished service to the style of adjacent Cardinal Village. Inside is but they don’t all eat at the university. With cupola. Even the dishwashing area is first in the ocean.” Bernard sees the lab’s role as 30 years. nation from Presidents William Clinton 13,000 square feet of dining area. the new dining hall, student participation is rate. Learning to use the high-tech machin- making measurements easier and cheaper so Study continues. “The excitement in (1993) and George W. Bush (2002). In Furnishings of booths, barstool seating, expected to increase significantly. The new ery is “going to be the biggest challenge,” scientists can record data at a reasonable cost. earthquake monitoring now,” he said, “is 2004, PMEL received a U.S. Department of tables and a variety of mod chair styles will facility is open to faculty, staff and members of Lahair said. “I don’t think anyone has seen “The basic premise, which goes back to GPS technology. Traditional seismic instru- Commerce Gold Medal recognizing the suc- add atmosphere. In addition, a private din- the community as well. With designed-in effi- anything like this before.” Physics 101, is if you measure over time ments can’t sense the signature of slow earth- cessful transfer from research to operations ing area will provide seating for 40. Groups ciencies, he anticipates handling the increased With the open dining area, vaulted ceil- with great precision, then you can put quake phenomena, but GPS receivers are of the technology to detect tsunamis in the may reserve this area for special events or demand by hiring between 15 and 20 new ings and first-rate sound system, Ferguson together a theoretical framework to predict,” detecting these and other tectonic fluctua- deep ocean. More recently, on Dec. 6, 2005, meetings. employees. said, the dining hall is sure to attract students. he said. tions. I think this technology will enable us in Washington D.C., Eddie Bernard and six There is no question that the venue was Dining options will triple with an They’ve got the recipe right when it Until the tragedy of Dec. 26, 2004, to monitor the earth in ways we haven’t in other scientists and engineers from PMEL a long time coming, considering Lamar’s expanded salad bar, grill and bakery, along comes to style and substance. tsunami research was a low priority in the the past, and that’s good for science.” were each awarded a U.S. Department of current dining hall is 50 years old, said Mike with pizza, stir fry, pasta, deli and Mexican Striking interiors, high-tech equipment United States to the point of being targeted PMEL scientists have also used pressure Commerce Gold Medal recognizing their Ferguson, vice president for finance and food stations. In addition, the new food and taste-satisfying food are the right ingre- for termination. Bernard found it very technology, which is the brains of the tsuna- research and development in creating a operations. Construction was about 90 per- court-style floor plan will cut down on lines dients for students – as well as other guests – difficult to obtain support for a deep ocean mi detection system, to measure the contrac- tsunami forecasting capability. Bernard cent complete in November, he said. Davis and increase quality. A built-in oven will be to find themselves too tempted to eat any- measurement system because everyone tion of a volcanic caldera during a volcanic continues to dedicate his efforts to applying Brothers plans to hand over the keys to part of the pizza station, just feet away from where else but here. would ask the same question, “When was eruption on the seafloor. “When you see all science for the public good. Lahair the day before Christmas, giving his the customers, providing a hotter, fresher — CC

12 | CARDINAL CADENCE December 2005 - February 2006 December 2005 - February 2006 CARDINAL CADENCE | 13 By Brian Sattler Rail tales convey business bounty ill Scott ’70 and his brother, “When I graduated that business, and we still operate it Moving Dick ’75, went into business today,” Bill said. Bwith $3,500 and a pickup truck from Harvard on the “There are people other than the in 1975. In April 2005, they sold about aficionados with model railroad sets who 65 percent of their business, Trans- Neches (Lamar) in fall in love with the romance of the Global Solutions Inc. to Kinder Morgan 1975, I was putting rails,” Bill said. “Railroading and con- mountains Energy Partners, L.P. for approximately struction got into both our blood, and $245 million. my accounting degree our thoughts of going back to law The seven bulk terminal operations to good use writing school and graduate school were replaced the Scotts sold to Kinder Morgan were by plans for bigger and bigger projects.” projected to handle about 10 million tons payroll checks out of Today, the brothers have ample of petroleum coke in 2005. The sale of opportunity to fulfill that passion since the operations in Jefferson County at the our pickup truck. Trans-Global runs the Austin Area Port of Beaumont, ExxonMobil and — DICK SCOTT Terminal Railroad (AATR), a short-line Premcor, and in the Houston area at the headquartered in Round Rock. The Port of Houston and the TGS 154-mile line runs from Austin to Deepwater Terminal on the Houston Ship Channel, have, in Georgetown and from Llano to Giddings where it connects a way, brought the hard-charging pair full circle. with Union Pacific Railroad. The shortline transports many Both brothers are former football players for Thomas products, primarily aggregates including crushed limestone Jefferson High School. “It was fun growing up in Port and granite. This business accounts for 25 to 30 percent of Arthur,” Dick said. “It was amazing how the local plant the Scotts’ remaining business. In addition, Trans-Global folks would turn out to be the fathers of the kids we played operates Austin Steam Trains, which run excursion trips on football with. We had lots of good support from the com- the line between Austin and Burnet. In 2004, Austin vot- munity when we were getting started in business.” ers approved regular passenger service on the line to begin One of the fledgling company’s first jobs was for Joe in 2007. Brousard II at the Beaumont Rice Mill where Dick and Bill “I guess the pinnacle of being in the railroad business supervised the work force directly. It wasn’t until their sec- is to run your own railroad,” Dick said. DICK AND BILL SCOTT BRIAN SATTLER ond year in business that they were able to hire supervisors. Railroading was a key element of their business from “When I graduated from Harvard on the Neches the outset. “We started out maintaining the tracks for local (Lamar) in 1975, I was putting my accounting degree to industries,” Bill said. Today, Trans-Global operates 78 good use writing payroll checks out of our pickup truck,” locomotives in switching operations for refineries for more Dick, who is president of the company, said. Their than 30 refineries and chemical plants as well as the AATR. accounting professor at Lamar, Richmond Bennett, helped While there is a certain romance to the rails, the reality the two set up their first books. is, “There is nothing easy about railroading. It’s either hot, Bill, who is chairman and chief executive officer of the cold, or wet, and everything is heavy,” Dick said. company, followed a different course “You either like it or you hate it at Lamar, his eyes set on law school. ’cause it’s all hard work,” Bill added. “In the 1960s (a degree in) govern- When Kinder Morgan bought ment was a good vehicle (to get into Trans-Global’s bulk handling business, law school), and there were a lot of it was the largest west of the Mississippi people who studied political science River and larger than any single busi- and then went into law,” he said. ness on the Mississippi in terms of total During his college years, Bill tonnage handled. worked for a railroad construction and “Probably the best compliment we engineering business associated with could have been paid by Kinder the Kansas City Southern Railroad, and Morgan was that they kept virtually Dick worked there summers while in everyone on payroll and gave them high school. “We started out laying good employment,” Bill said. “It and spiking crossties in the railroad worked out well for all our employees.” construction business, we maintained About 50 percent of the employees of

14 | CARDINAL CADENCE December 2005 - February 2006 AUSTIN STEAM TRAIN ASSOCIATION December 2005 - February 2006 CARDINAL CADENCE | 15 move these products from the refineries and The Dishman Art Museum is transformed for an producers to and from the port facilities. evening of elegance before the La Dolce Vita vintner “We had a fantastic work force,” Bill dinner Sept. 16. The cooking seminar and wine pairing Sept. 17 completed the weekend of fine wine and said. “Engineering, plant operations, manu- haute cuisine to benefit the art museum. facturing and construction of the conveyor systems – there was no part of the bulk-han- Executive Chef Michael Bomberg of San Antonio, dling business we operated that we didn’t assisted here by Geno Roussin, makes culinary magic control.” at the La Dolce Vita cooking seminar. Bo-Mac Contractors Ltd., a company owned by Lamar alumnus Jerry Reese ’66, built the docks for the Scotts at ExxonMobil in Beaumont and Shell Oil at Deer Park. “Jerry and his team were always great to work with,” Bill said. “We could depend on them to provide the dock structures on time and on budget.” AUSTIN STEAM TRAIN ASSOCIATION Through the years, the brothers have invested heavily in waterfront real estate and now own more than 1,000 acres with over a mile of waterfront in Jefferson County Trans-Global made the move to Kinder waterfront is higher risk but has greater alone. For recreation, Bill operates the Morgan. reward. The joint ventures we did with Star S game ranch on the James River near “Even after we sold the bulk side of the Mitsubishi and Cemex certainly taught us a Mason, and Dick heads to properties near business, we still have more than 400 lot and increased our credibility.” the Hill Country-meccas of Wimberley and Perennial arts patron Sallye Keith shares employees. It’s still a pretty good-sized busi- Through the ’90s, Trans-Global’s rail and Dripping Springs. a moment with President James Simmons ness,” Dick said. bulk-handling business grew larger in Both brothers’ wives are Lamar alumnae. at the dinner. And it has been a good business, but Houston than in Jefferson County. In early Dick’s wife, Rose (Modica) Scott, graduated not without its seasons. 2000, a large project for Premcor Refining in with a history degree in 1972, and Bill’s wife, Committee members Katharine Carmichael with Tom ’77 and Charlotte “Our business has had ups and downs,” Port Arthur helped balance out the business. Gay (Duckworth) Scott, graduated with a (Lusignan) Stirling ’77 are among dozens Dick said. “We had many trials and tribula- In Jefferson County alone, the company was B.B.A. in accounting in 1980. enjoying the cuisine and complementary wine at the pairing. tions, as almost everybody does in a business handling a million tons a year at the Port of The Scotts have been a part of without outside investment.” Beaumont, a million tons of petcoke at Southeast Texas since 1957, when they At first, just borrowing money was a ExxonMobil in Beaumont, and 1.8 million moved from Fort Worth just in time to hard sell. After being turned down for a tons of petcoke for Premcor in Port Arthur. experience Hurricane Audrey. “I think my loan by a bank they had patronized for years, In Houston, the company was handling mom and dad and everyone in the family First Security Bank in Beaumont came 4 to 5 million tons of petcoke a year. Trans- was wondering what in the world we’d Lourdes and Dr. Joseph Kong join Nell through with their first $50,000 loan. Dick Global operated the Houston Bulk Terminal gotten into,” Dick said. McCallum Morris at the vintner dinner. had worked there part time while a student for the Port of Houston from 1989 to 2004, The business was always a family affair, at Lamar. “Ruth Lebourgeois said, ‘Shoot, handling petcoke for Conoco Phillips and with their mother, Nita Scott, involved with I’ll help you,’ and the rest is history. We did Lyondell Citgo. the administration of the business from the business with them for a long, long time,” In 2003, the company built a bulk start and their father, DeWitt, also becoming Dick said. terminal facility, TGS Deepwater. This involved when “in the late ’70s Mom and In that downturn, diversification proved facility handled petcoke for Shell Oil on land Dad purchased the first locomotives we Woody DeLuna, sommelier invaluable. “We had parts of our business Trans-Global owned on the Houston Ship leased to industry and formed their own with Republic Beverage Co., shares secrets of the that went away, but we reorganized and Channel between the Deerepark refinery and company, Econo-Rail Corp. to provide plant vine with guests at the branched out into different things.” the bridge on Beltway 8. Today, Kinder switching services to the local petrochemical vintner dinner. The rail business has “always been a Morgan handles 2.4 million tons per year at industry,” Dick said. Now in her 80s, Nita dependable cash flow” and helped pull them the Deepwater facility, Dick said. “still takes a lot of pleasure from being Dean Henry Venta offers a gift in through that difficult time. But it was on Trans-Global had become a vertically thanks to Mark Etheridge ’80, who involved in the business.” spoke to business majors, faculty and the waterfront where Trans-Global went integrated transportation provider, furnish- “It is our family’s intention to stay visitors Nov. 14 -15 as the 2005 from bust to boom. ing in many cases a full range of services involved in the community and to help oth- ExxonMobil Executive in Residence Lamar University Alumni Advisory Board Executive Committee for the College of Business. Etheridge, “We have made more money on water- between the refinery producers and the over- ers create success stories as well as give back members Kirk Smith '93, Jill Roy '90, center; and Paula O'Neal president of ALC, which equips the '69, '79, look forward to taking orders for Jimmy Simmons and front real estate and operations than we have seas consumers. Trans-Global operated a to the community, which has been so good nation’s top research laboratories, Friends CDs. The compact disc showcases performances by on land-based activities,” Bill said. “The fleet of trucks, rail cars, barges and a ship to to us over the years,” Bill said. spoke about how he turned a wood- Pres. James Simmons and more than 30 alumni musicians. The working hobby into a multimillion-dol- CD is $20, with proceeds benefiting Lamar alumni programming, lar business and about challenges (409) 880-8921 or 800-298-4839. facing U.S. manufacturers. 16 | CARDINAL CADENCE December 2005 - February 2006 December 2005 - February 2006 CARDINAL CADENCE | 17 with stories

for Lamar students while she was an adjunct instructor. the strata for evidence of climatic changes. During It seems a little unfair that it would be her husband who made these studies, she became interested in the fauna the spectacular finds, Dee Ann laughs. He too, is a little incredu- evident in the top of the lower portion of the lous. After 25 years specializing in economic geology and igneous formation. It is there that Roger made his recent discoveries. rocks, he has received considerable ribbing from his “hard-rock” “I was encouraged to go out and look at this area in 1979,” colleagues over his “soft-rock” finds. He credits his good fortune Roger said, “but it wasn’t until about three years ago that I made to bringing a new set of experienced eyes to the research project. my first survey of the area and saw the potential to map the fossil- Renowned paleontologist W. A. Cobban of the U.S. bearing strata over great distances.” Geological Survey confirmed the significance of his find. During the fall semester of 2004 and last summer, he worked The couple visited Cobban in Colorado for five days in to update the geologic maps of Big Bend National Park, a project Lamar couple net first-ever fossil September. With more than 56 last undertaken in the 1960s. years of experience at the USGS, New surveys made with By Brian Sattler “I remember the four of us Cobban curates an extensive collec- modern tools such as Global tion of invertebrate fossils that fills standing there in the shade of the Positioning Satellite technology several acres of storage in truck and someone saying ‘We’re will provide the National Park Lamar University geology Colorado. Service and geological survey with professor Roger Cooper “Bill was extremely helpful to about to become famous,’” an improved geologic history and and his wife and fellow both of us and incredibly patient — DEE ANN COOPER understanding of the park. geologist, Dee Ann ’97, in answering my many ques- Together with the recently made the first find tions,” Roger said. “Both of us Stevenses, Roger Cooper has of a Cretaceous Era fossil squid with preserved soft body learned a tremendous amount.” pursued the work in 2004 on parts in the United States. The significance of the squid development leave from the uni- Shortly after his first remarkable discovery, Roger finds were also confirmed by Kirk versity. He received a Research found a second, larger fossil squid in the same Boquillas Johnson, chief curator and chair Enhancement Grant from Lamar Formation in Big Bend National Park. The fossils are of the Department of Earth for 2005-2006 to help fund the estimated to be 89 million years old. Sciences of the Denver Museum research with other support from “I remember the four of us standing there in the of Nature and Science, and Neil the park service and geological shade of the truck and someone saying ‘We’re about to Landman of the American survey. become famous,’” Dee Ann said of the moment they and Museum of Natural History in The fossils remain in the their research team members, retired Lamar University New York City. couple’s hands while they work geology professors J.B. and Margaret S. Stevens, realized Roger made another exciting on scientific papers for submis- they had an exceptional fossil in their hands. fossil find in the same area: the sion to the Journal of “The importance of soft body parts is that it helps second known discovery of the Paleontology and other scholarly Dee Ann Cooper and W.A. Cobban us understand how the animal behaved and lived,” Roger vertebrae of a elopid fish. The publications. These papers will said. Preserved soft body parts are also extremely rare. fossil was identified by Ken Carpenter, chief preparer and curator of include descriptive articles on the two squid finds and the fish, as For soft tissues to become fossilized, the animal must be vertebrate paleontology of the Denver Museum of Nature and well as a paper on the faunal assemblage – or animal community – covered rapidly by material that shields it from bacteria Science. The only other known specimens of this fossil fish were which now numbers more than a dozen identified species. and scavengers. discovered in 1939 and 1941 in upper cretaceous rocks northeast of The detail evident in the fossil is remarkable. “If you look Dee Ann, who fulfilled her master’s thesis with Dallas, some 500 miles away from the Coopers’ find in the Trans- closely, you can even see the squid’s eye,” Dee Ann said. guidance from J. B. Stevens, has made numerous Pecos region. And you can bet that when the couple returns to Big Bend in research and teaching visits to the area since the mid- Dee Ann, along with J.B. and Margaret Stevens, has been the future, they will keep a sharp eye out for more remarkable

BRIAN SATTLER 1990s. Her work included several mini-session field trips studying the Boquillas Formation since the early 1990s, researching stones with stories to tell.

18 | CARDINAL CADENCE December 2005 - February 2006 December 2005 - February 2006 CARDINAL CADENCE | 19 medical history. A software program imports “The database will facilitate a more transport individuals by land. the data into a mapping program. Mapping rapid response and evacuation procedure for Moss says a collaborative nursing the data allows emergency personnel to view any city,” he said. approach was used in the development of Patti Moss, project manager for the Disaster Planning for an area and see where special-needs individu- Smith said had the database been fully the project outcomes. The project team the Special Needs Population Project reviews software als are located. The model developed is in operational, they would have been able to joined with emergency and nursing units to with colleague Sgt. Robert J. Smith of the Beaumont the form of a CD with key links to websites, have buses, ambulances or emergency per- plan their approach. Texas Nurses Police Department. such as www.disaster-research.us, which pro- sonnel go by each residence to check on Association representatives became involved vides the form for special-needs patients to individuals and to assist in the evacuation. during the process to facilitate public-policy complete for assistance. “It will take support from the state to imple- change regarding open records for special The packets have been distributed by ment it statewide. Implementation will needs population. mail and to churches and area agencies, such require communications and cooperation As a result of this legislative initiative, as Meals on Wheels, Home Health and Area from each region,” he said. Texas Government Code 418.75: Certain Agency on Aging. Information Confidential was signed into In May 2005, the team initiated legislation. After two years of trying to contacts with local church representatives facilitate a change, the records are now who are interested in developing a model closed to the public. to help churches assist the special-needs “The cost of the project for the last members of their congregations. seven years has been approximately $27, “Plans include the development of a 400,” said Moss. “Funding was provided CD,” said Moss, “as well as a community by Lamar University, Entergy and workshop for local pastors and church Christus St. Mary Hospital.” leaders to assist them in implementing Jordan Moskoff, assistant director of this model.” adult emergency services, said he worked

CHRIS CASTILLO The project was produced at a sixth- with Moss in San Augustine, where she grade level, piloted and adjusted for com- had created a medical clinic to aide evac- prehension level and readability for the uees and local residents. “I found Ms. elderly. Iva Hall, assistant professor of nursing, worked on the Moss to be not only the medical back- “The CD was created as a simple point- special needs project with Moss, Smith and Rose Pinchinat, bone of the region, but also the most knowl- Special needs, special care instructor in nursing. Hall is pictured with a special needs and-click interface and is designed to run on edgeable leader regarding the needs of the patient in a slide included on the main menu of the program. PC or Mac,” she said. community,” Moskoff said. “In addition to “America’s present need is not heroics, but healing; not The program was tested in Southeast caring for patients in the makeshift clinic, she nostrums but normalcy; not revolution, but restoration.” Texas during the Hurricane Rita evacuation Smith also says for the database to be also went out to survey the residents and and restoration. manageable, the definition of special needs evacuees in the community to determine By Amanda Rowell “We were able to use the program, but population should be clearly defined as “only need and tend to their well being.” the problem was that we had very limited those who are medically fragile, and/or phys- The program has plans to respond to hough quoted by Warren G. Harding some cases, evacuation – Moss and Smith, door-to-door and collect data from residents information in the files,” said Smith. “Many ically or mentally challenged.” future natural disasters, and its project team in 1920, few other phrases could along with a project team, created the so needs can be identified and recorded for of the 200 people we have in the database “We had people self-defining themselves is working hard to perfect it, implement it Tdescribe the current state of the Disaster Planning for the Special Needs access in an emergency. only needed evacuation information, such as as special needs due to the fact that they statewide and translate the program packets country. And while showy heroics are rarely Population Project. The project has provided a model for routes and where they can get gas, and not were out of gas or had no car,” he said. into Spanish. welcome, heroes always are. They are out “This project began as a result of nurs- how technology can aid in the exchange of actual evacuation assistance.” Their task now Moss and Smith say one of the most “Those who care for special-needs there, healing, restoring and making negative ing research conducted after an extended crucial information between public safety is to ensure that special-needs individuals impressive things they accomplished during populations now have access to a visionary situations seem much more positive. power outage from an ice storm in January and health agencies involved in disaster plan- submit their information so that the database Rita was they were able to use military air- community resource,” said Moss. “Overall, Patti Moss, assistant professor nursing, 1997,” said Moss, “exposing our vulnerabili- ning and individuals with special needs. is up-to-date and includes reference for the craft to move about 8,000 people from the the project has established a new standard and Robert Smith ’76, assistant emergency ty in Southeast Texas.” These individuals may complete a form, people who need medical or other special Southeast Texas Regional Airport after the of disaster preparedness that mandates the management coordinator for the city of She says the week-long power outage available in an information packet and on- evacuation assistance. majority of Beaumont’s emergency vehicles inclusion and consideration of special- Beaumont, are such heroes. They recognize served as a catalyst in recognizing the lack of line, to provide their physical location and Smith said they had to set up the sys- were in Houston, where the storm was origi- needs populations.” how extremely fragile the area’s special-needs an adequate disaster plan for the special- medical needs such as oxygen requirements, tem to pilot the database of individuals and nally expected to hit. “We also used population is in the face of any power-sap- needs population, particularly the elderly and medications, do a survey of the needs of residents. The Beaumont school district buses to evacuate ping event, whether natural or man-made. In the sick. By January 2005, the project team mobility Rita evacuation illuminated the benefits of people from our city who did not fall in the answer to the need for an organized, special- began to build a database of the population. and the database for the future in terms of category of special needs,” said Smith. needs response in an emergency – from con- Moss says, the project becomes more quickly assessing the numbers and Under normal circumstances, the use of firming that individuals receive the care they “mobile.” By using PDAS, hand-held per- requirements of special-needs ambulances, wheelchair-accessible vans and require to transportation to hospitals or, in sonal digital assistants team members can go individuals in Beaumont. air-conditioned buses would be used to

20 | CARDINAL CADENCE December 2005 - February 2006 December 2005 - February 2006 CARDINAL CADENCE | 21 Laura, Paul, Linda and Jimmy Shepherd Linda and Paul Shepherd with Laura

young people at church, and, after Laura’s acci- dent, began writing about faith and hope. “After I began writ- ing, people asked me if I spoke,” she said. “I have a drama background so I IngredientsIngredients said ‘yes.’” So she became an “The inspirational speaker in excitement surrounding addition to a writer and is the founder of forfor her brother” brought the Advanced Writers and Speakers Laura awake, Association. Shepherd said. The Potluck Club comes from a life- In 1986, Shepherd and her husband, “It was a very slow process. There time of observing people, attending Paul ’78, along with 19-month-old Laura, were long periods when her eyes were church and trying to be a good Christian. spent the Christmas holidays in open like 24 hours, then she would close “My dad and my mother are both won- inspirationinspiration her eyes maybe two weeks,” she said Beaumont with family. The day after derful story-tellers,” Shepherd said. “We Christmas, Shepherd and her mother about her daughter. spend the dinner hour laughing at the took Laura with them to go shopping at Laura never recovered to become an events of the day.” Parkdale Mall. average child or teenager, but she is the Humor helps people survive. The ride home from the mall love of her family and friends. “There’s so much to cry about in life if changed their lives. They collided, going “Laura is severely damaged, but she we can’t find the humor, we can’t find the almost 60 mph, with a minivan at the still enjoys life,” Shepherd said. Though joy,” she said. intersection of Texas 105 and Keith Road. Laura is paralyzed and bedridden, she Even in her despair when she spent “It was something I couldn’t ever communicates with her tongue and par- weeks in the hospital with Laura, she have imagined,” Shepherd said. ticipates in family life. could manage to find humor. She looked When she regained consciousness, Her life with Laura strengthened the forward to a doctor who would visit “and By Margaret Toal she was surprised to find herself still alive. faith she had learned during her child- we would just stand there and laugh at the Her mother was ok. But there was no hood days at First Baptist Church in silliness of life in the hospital,” she said. crying from Laura in the baby seat in the Beaumont. Her parents are Leroy and That sense of observation has vie makes the oven-baked brown rice with soups, while than someone from Texas is someone from California. back. The baby seat had been flung out Verna Evans, and her father served on the brought the small town of Summit View Lizzie is partial to oven-fried eggplant. Deputy Donna Like the people in any town of any size, the citizens of of the car with Laura still strapped in. Beaumont City Council. Shepherd grew to life in the novel. Though the book has makes the spicy apple cider, and Lisa Leann thinks no Summit View talk about each other. And the women of the Laura had a skull fracture and was up in Beaumont’s South Park area, and been out only a few months, readers are one can resist her daffodil cake. Potluck Club pray for them in a way in taken to St. Elizabeth Hospital in she is a graduate of South Park High buying it, talking about it and forming E School. Lamar University was a natural These ladies of the Potluck Club can cook a which the prayers often share information Beaumont, where she stayed in a coma for their own Potluck Clubs. Shepherd and lot of dishes and dish a lot of talk. about the problems. a couple of months. Then, the Shepherds choice for her. Everson have a Potluck Club Website They are the creation of Linda Evans Shepherd finds humor in the stories flew her to a hospital in Colorado, closer “I lived closer to my college than I (potluckclub.com), where fans can find Shepherd ’79 and her co-author Eva Marie about everyday life and people trying to live to home. There, doctors later told her did to my high school,” she said. study guides to help them understand the Everson. Their new novel, The Potluck Club, a Christian life. And she knows in the end, Laura was in a vegetative state and would While at Lamar, she met Paul characters and the lessons they learn. was released in August and has been selling everyone struggles and everyone can find never regain consciousness. Shepherd, whose father, Jim Shepherd The book has a bonus. Besides offer- in major stores like Barnes & Noble hope in religious faith. On the Webpage was a physics professor. She graduated in ing humorous stories, it provides the Booksellers. The Potluck Club isn’t her first book, but “lindaandlaura.com,” Shepherd tells 1979 with one of the first bachelor of recipes for Goldie’s breakfast casserole, “It’s about women in the high country it is her first novel. She has written 18 inspi- about considering disconnecting Laura’s fine arts degrees. Her degree focused on Lisa Leann’s cinnamon rolls and other of Colorado who meet for food and goss-uh rational books and has become a popular ventilator and then taking an overdose of art, music and drama. foods shared, in prayer, of course, by … I mean prayer,” Shepherd says. speaker for women and church groups. In pain pills to kill herself. But she didn’t After they married, the Shepherds the Potluck Club. Shepherd is a transplanted Beaumont addition, she has a syndicated radio pro- “because I had faith and hope,” she said. went to the University of North Texas, And the adventures won’t end. native who also lives in the high country of gram, Right to the Heart, with segments of She learned it is difficult to distin- where she acquired a teaching certificate Another edition of the Potluck Club Colorado, in Longmont. Her Christian faith about three minutes. The segments are little guish a coma from a vegetative state, and and he earned a graduate degree in engi- is set to be published in 2006, and is depicted in some of the characters, who stories with a laugh and a lesson. she had faith Laura would one day return neering. He got a job in California, and Shepherd said she and Everson will attend Grace Church in the small town of Shepherd learned her lessons through to her. In December 1988, Shepherd she became a technical writer in 1981. soon begin writing the third install- Summit View, where the only thing worse tragedy and survival through her faith. gave birth to son Jimmy. She worked as a volunteer with ment for 2007. MATTHEW STAVER MATTHEW

22 | CARDINAL CADENCE December 2005 - February 2006 December 2005 - February 2006 CARDINAL CADENCE | 23 I MAGES OF M ARVIN H AYES By Louise Wood

The portrait of Marvin Hayes ’63 is a me the most pleasure,” Hayes says. creation of many colors. “MARVIN HAYES IS A VISIONARY Though he spent his early years The strokes on the canvass began amid the bayous and rice fields of with a small town in Mississippi, a ARTIST. HE, AS IN THE CASE OF HIS Southeast Texas, Hayes settled into the World War II shipyard in Orange and a city. Manhattan inhabited him, even for GREAT PREDECESSOR, WILLIAM tiny house in Hamshire where, to the the more than two decades he made great benefit of the art world during BLAKE, HAS ‘KEPT THE DIVINE Connecticut his home. Away from the the next 50 years, two people saw tal- city, he served as a caregiver and as a ent in the dirt-poor kid, the star of the VISION IN TIME OF TROUBLE.’ ALL community activist. six-man football team who could run Hayes was born in Canton, Miss., the 100 yards in 10.2 seconds. VISIONARIES ARE UNIQUE, AND and, before he was 2, his family moved Thanks to a high school English to Orange, where his father, Aubrey, THOUGH HAYES ADMIRES BLAKE, teacher and an accountant with artistic was stationed with the Navy during talent, the sketch began of an extraordi- HE GOES HIS OWN WAY INTO THAT World War II. Shortly after the war, he nary life and career. Hayes worked his moved to Hamshire with his parents way through Lamar University, hitch- REALM WHERE THE EYE, THE HAND and older brother, Aubrey Jr. His hiking 25 miles a day to do so. His tal- mother, Myrtle, was a nurse, and he AND THE IMAGINATION COINCIDE ent earned him a scholarship to gradu- says, “I think she delivered all the ate school at Columbia University. He IN EXTRAORDINARY WAYS . . .” babies in Hamshire.” became a successful illustrator, whose There, the seeds of Hayes’ art were

work appeared in a veritable who’s who – JAMES DICKEY planted. “There wasn’t much art in of the magazine-publishing world Hamshire, but there was one artist – I before he went on to a career in fine art always called him Mr. Bennett. He saw and international fame in one-man exhibitions, museums and that I was an artist. He was an accountant for the rice dryer private collections. there, but he was also a wonderful painter and taught me how to Hayes’ 1977 masterwork, God’s Images, illustrates the Bible paint. I was poor as dirt, and he took me to the Beaumont Art through 53 etchings, with text by poet-novelist James Dickey. League for drawing classes.” The impressive volume sold more than 100,000 copies, attract- Another inspiration was Juanita Martin of Saratoga, his ing glowing reviews from the New York Times and The New high-school English teacher. Hayes said. “I was not terrific in Yorker and comparison to William Blake. In 1985, the Vatican English – I was dyslexic – but she recognized I was a good artist, Museums in Rome exhibited the works, which remain in the and she encouraged me in that,” he said. Vatican collection. A complete set of the etchings is a treasured Hayes was athletic – big, tall and fast – and played all the part of the Dishman Art Museum’s permanent collection. positions – offensive and defensive – on Hamshire’s six-man For almost 43 years, Hayes has been affiliated with the football team. His senior year, the team was undefeated and Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, where fortuitous won in the top level of competition. He was named to the circumstances led him soon after he arrived at Columbia. Today, All-Region team. he works in the education, drawings and prints, media, and Legendary coach Bear Bryant recruited him to play for objects conservation departments. Texas A&M, and he well remembers the day Bryant and an His friends, colleagues and collaborators span the art world assistant paid a visit to the Hayes home. from artist David Stern to musician Dave Brubeck and actors Eli “We had a very small house, and my mother made dinner Wallach and Anne Jackson. He helped celebrate Wallach’s 90th for them: fried wild rabbit, cream gravy and hot biscuits. I birthday Dec. 7 by archiving the actor’s photo collection and remember they ate four dozen hot biscuits between them. There compiling a library of his 103 films. were only 200 or 300 people in Hamshire, and, when they went Hayes has received dozens of humanitarian awards for to leave, all of them were on our lawn.” endeavors ranging from the arts to health care. In 1983, Lamar Hayes received a scholarship to A&M, but, after one season honored him as a distinguished alumnus. on the football team, he saw his college athletic career cut short “I’m proud of the gift God gave me – to paint. That gives when his mother became ill. He returned home to care for his

Self Portrait

24| CARDINAL CADENCE December 2005 - February 2006 December 2005 - February 2006 CARDINAL CADENCE | 25 Boston, Smithsonian, National Portrait Gallery, Brooklyn, Bibliotheque Wing Chair Nationale and New York Joy Public Library. Among his collectors have been Louis Lady Elgin Auchincloss, Jacqueline Modern Art, who later introduced Hayes to the Hayes had entered another phase of his life and Onassis, David Rockefeller, Met’s director, James J. Rorimer, as well as to was unable to attend the showing. Barbara Walters and Anwar Wind Poet Theodore Rousseau, then head of European painting His mother became ill, and Hayes again Sadat. Daniel and sculpture. He became friends with Rousseau, became her caregiver. “I was the only one in the For the Metropolitan mother and become the family breadwinner. who helped him secure an assistantship at Columbia. family who could do it. I didn’t have a nursing home to put my Museum, Hayes produced a 360-degree, virtual-reality panorama of “She had to have an operation, and, because she had “I had applied with Dr. Meyer Shapiro – prob- mother in or my grandmother or my grandfather or my great- the Gubbio Studiolo, an 11-year restoration project, and assisted diabetes, it took her more than a year to recuperate. And of ably the United States’ most prominent art educa- grandfather. I did the cooking, the cleaning, the shopping. I nursed Carmen Bambach, curator of drawings and prints, in digitizing the course we had to pay for the operation too.” End of Summer tor – and had no inkling I’d get an interview, much them, giving medicine and taking blood and blood pressure.” 15th- to 18th-century Italian and Spanish drawing collection of more Hayes stayed out of school for a semester, then received a less get to work for him. Rousseau wrote me this terrific letter of All the while, he said, “I was working as hard as I than 8,000 objects – the Met’s largest collection. He scholarship to Lamar and a job offer from Lamb Printing. “I had introduction. Shapiro had already interviewed 60 or 80 people and could to make slides as fast as I could and sell them worked on Leonardo da Vinci and Peter Paul Rubens done some freelance work – menu covers – for the Beaumont had 200 to 300 applicants, but he selected me. as fast as I could to make a living for everyone. It drawings shows, among others. He tracks news of Country Club. They saw them, and they asked me to come to “For the next two years, I ran his slide show. He had a reputa- was like putting your thumb in a dike. There the Met and preserves it on DVDs for the muse- work for them.” tion for bombarding you with images. He had three projectors, and was no end to it. I don’t regret that I did that um library and the staff members involved as a Hayes had a stellar collegiate career, serving as president of you had to memorize which slide went when and where. I hooked because I had to. There was no other choice.” courtesy from the media departments. Kappa Pi, the honor society for art stu- up an electric Singer sewing machine His mother died in 1988, 15 years after Hayes has lectured and given seminars and dents. Its advisor, Myrtle Kerr, edited pedal where I could control one of the his father’s death in an auto accident. workshops at Yale, Harvard and Columbia uni- the society’s international magazine, and “I’M PROUD OF THE GIFT projectors with my feet. I was the first Hayes approaches his own physical prob- versities, the Rhode Island School of Design and he was the student editor. “I was the art remote-control projector controller.” lems optimistically. Besides compensating for Carnegie Institute, as well as the Met and editor of everything,” he says. GOD GAVE ME . . . I HAVE A GREAT LIFE.” After graduating from Columbia, his dyslexia over the years, he copes with fail- Lamar. A member of the Microsoft Windows Nonetheless, Hayes says, “I – MARVIN HAYES Hayes became an award-winning illus- ing eyesight because of glaucoma, which development team, he was an early proponent remember being called ‘trailer trash.’ At trator, with work in Esquire, McCall’s, threatened his artistic career in the early and innovator of digital imaging and an expert the time, I had a friend who had bought Playboy, Redbook, Reader’s Digest, Time and Good 1980s. He takes four kinds of medication six in scanning, color calibration and large-format a really beautiful trailer, and I thought it was a compliment. That’s Housekeeping. Encouraged by Rousseau, he turned to fine art, to eight times a day, so, he says, “It’s fairly printing. how dumb I was. I was off the farm.” Only years later did he realize working primarily in egg tempera and copperplate etchings. good right now.” His latest venture is recording lectures to the term was derogatory. Eventually, Hayes’ work would be featured in one-man shows in He lived in Wilton, Conn., from 1965 to DVD, beginning with a presentation by architect His good grades earned him a scholarship to Columbia – and the United States, Europe and South America and as sought-after 1991, when he returned to New York City. Honored James Wines. He is videotaping the lectures every a move to America’s artistic epicenter. “I couldn’t wait to get there,” acquisitions in museums and private collections. as a humanitarian in Connecticut and in New York, two weeks. “I had done other lectures for friends, but he says. God’s Images is Hayes’ piéce de résistance, a monumental Hayes received the Nursing and Home Care Emissary Award Sound of Soft this was my first commercial job,” he said. “My first Cecil. B. Columbia placed him in an 11th-floor apartment on Central endeavor that, because of its biblical significance, is sure to endure for design work he did for Brubeck’s annual concerts for nurs- de Marvin production.” Park. “It was 333 Central Park West at 93rd Street. I was so excited as an important legacy. Its creation began when representatives of ing and care personnel. “He still sends me tickets to concerts he gives Hayes and his partner of 12 years, Frank Bara, live in a first- because I envisioned having a balcony overlooking the park,” he Oxmoor House Inc. of Birmingham, Ala., were in New York and in New York,” Hayes said. floor apartment on West 67th Street, a historical landmark next says. “But it was on the other side, so I had a view of what looked saw Hayes’ work. The publisher planned a new version of the Bible Over the years, Hayes has sent more than 40 students to col- door to ABC headquarters. “We are surrounded by ABC,” he said. like a set from West Side Story. and contracted with Hayes to provide 12 illustrations. lege with interest-free loans, and he supports artists in all fields with “But it’s a lovely old building.” “I think it was the pantry to the original apartment, with one “They liked them so much that they signed me up to do 38 grants. (One, Steve Lutvak, will soon bring his first musical to Hayes carries his zest for life into the kitchen, where cooking is little window. It was probably about 9 feet by 6 feet, and I barely more. I actually did 53 all together,” Hayes said. “They realized Broadway.) He donates time and expertise to teaching people to a favorite pastime. could get a bed and a little table in there.” that with the text of the Bible and the etchings, they would have to use the computer and helping the unemployed write resumes. “We have a friend who works at ABC, and he comes here for When he arrived in New York, Hayes said, “I had a little box get hernia insurance to get it out of the stores. So they decided to Those benefiting from that assistance number in the thousands. He lunch every day. I fix lunch, and it has turned into somewhat of a of paintings I had brought from Texas, thinking, ‘I’ll sell these to do the book another way. James Dickey saw the etchings and said, uses his computer skills to teach and assist cancer researchers. salon. A lot of people in the building have art-related jobs, and they make money.’ I had no idea how I was going to survive. I had ‘I’ve always wanted to do a treatment of the Bible.’” Hayes helped Norwalk Hospital raise more than $50 million. show up regularly. Some are writers who read their offerings. It maybe $300, and it was $60 a month for rent. So I had to find a Hayes and Dickey, best known for his novel Deliverance, trav- He designed posters and programs for the Norwalk Symphony to gets very exciting.” way to get through the summer.” eled all over the United States for interviews. The book sold more help raise funds. Other honors include Wilton’s Distinguished Hayes takes his culinary avocation seriously. One day, on the elevator to his apartment, Hayes made the than 100,000 copies and can still be found via online booksellers. Citizen Award and the Partners in Caring Award for Connecticut. “I fix Cajun things, and, at the first of the year, I have hopping acquaintance of René d’Harnocourt, director of the Museum of By the time the etchings were exhibited at the Vatican in 1985, Museums exhibiting his work include the Metropolitan, jack,” Hayes says. “I don’t let these Yankees get by with too much.”

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Class of 1956 Steering Committee members Shirley (Woodell) Coffman ’56 and Colleen (McDonald) Marks ’56 plan special group reunion events for fellow alumni returning to campus for Homecoming 2006 weekend March 3-4.

Elsie (Booz) Placette ’63, B.S. elementary Martha (Ener) Fazand ’67, B.S. education, Kelly W. Gerland ’71, B.B.A. marketing, Charles H. Van Metre ’73, B.S. environ- hygienist for Dr. William Wambaugh in We hope you enjoy 50s education, retired after 27 years of lives in Tyler with her husband, Frank is senior vice president of BCH mental science, is a senior consultant at The Woodlands. After practicing dental reading about former Walter G. Tinkle ’55, teaching seventh grade. She lives in ’67, B.A. history, who is executive vice Associates in Houston. He and his wife, JD Consulting in Houston and lives in hygiene for 28 years, she recently made B.B.A. accounting, Houston. president of Threlkeld and Co. Insurance. Susan, live in Katy. Lake Jackson with his wife, Carol. her first mission trip to Africa. She lives classmates. If you have in Conroe with her husband, Jerry, who is retired as owner of Larry L. Vacek ’63, B.S. mechanical Bonnie L. Etie ’68, B.S. health, is a Wayne C. Hairgrove ’71, B.A. sociology, is Karen (Champagne) Miller ’73, B.A. gov- a maintenance manager at Baker Oil Tool news to share – a Tink’s Antiques in engineering, retired from G.E. Aircraft retired teacher and lives in Beaumont. retired and lives in Gordon with his wife, ernment, is retired from teaching after 30 in Houston. Beaumont and lives in Engines in 2001 and lives in West Lou Ann (Etheridge) ’70, B.S. elementary years with Conroe school district. She position announcement, Janell Joachimi ’68, B.S. elementary Sour Lake. Chester, Ohio, with his wife, Kathleen. education. She is a retired teacher. lives in New Waverly with her husband, Laurence Binder ’75, B.A. speech, ’86, education, lives in Brenham. She and her husband, Tommy, live in Port Arthur with her husband, James, a milestone, achievement, Michael. M.Ed school administration, is owner of Bessie (Holman) Smith Marcus W. Walsh ’63, B.S. geology, Doreta (Smith) Keith ’71, B.S. home eco- Beaumont. They have two children, Erin sales manager for Kay Electronics in Jim Guest ’69, B.S. biology, is pastor of Bluebonnet Hills Alpaca Ranch. He is wedding, baby – or ’56, certif. secretarial and his wife, Patricia, are both retired nomics, is a homemaker and lives in John A. Pellerin ’73, B.S. art, and his wife, and Michael. Beaumont, and has two daughters, both Hunt Memorial United Methodist assistant superintendent of secondary know the whereabouts science, is retired from and live in Corpus Christi. Victoria with her husband, Bob, who is Charlotte (Suire) ’72, B.S. medical technol- of whom attend college. Church in Dumas and lives in Amarillo instruction for Cypress-Fairbanks school Daisy (Smithson) Whisenant ’76, B.S. the Port Arthur school retired but represents Victoria County ogy, live in Baton Rouge. of a lost alumnus, we Charles F. Browning ’64, B.S. govern- with his wife, Karen. district. He and his wife, Donna (Clyburn) home economics, earned a master’s Sally (Wade) Switzer ’82, A.A.S. dental district, where she and on the South Central Texas Water ment, is an attorney for Browning and The Rev. David D. Placette ’73, A.A.S. busi- ’76, B.S. music, who is a counselor for degree in education from Stephen F. hygiene, is a registered dental hygienist at want to hear from you. her husband, Melvin, Merlaine Kruse ’69, B.A. speech, is now Advisory Committee and is director of Beck Associates in Kerrville. He lives ness data processing, was ordained a the school district, live in Navasota. Austin State University and a postgradu- Kids Healthy Teeth in Katy. She and her live. director of community programs for the the Edwards Aquifer Authority. Send us your news: in Hunt with his wife, Judy. Catholic priest in 2004 and is a parochial ate administration certification at the husband, David, who is a registered radi- Rural Development-Alaska after having Lindy (Glass) Gohmert ’75, A.A.S. dental Merlin C. Haney ’58, Don S. McNaughten ’72, A.A.S. drafting, vicar for St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Parish University of Texas at San Antonio. She is ographic technologist at West Houston Write to Cadence, Evangeline (Lacey) Green ’64, B.S. served as assistant director of communi- hygiene, opened a real estate business, B.S. geology, is retired is a piping designer for Taylor and Hill in Beaumont. He lives in Port Arthur. principal of Jimmy Elrod Elementary Medical Center, live in Katy with their elementary education, B.A. English, ty and business programs. She lives in Texas County Realty, in Cuero in 2003 P.O. Box 10011, and lives in Houston. in Texas City. He lives in Houston. School in San Antonio and lives on Fair two children, Keith and Claire. earned a master of education in super- Palmer, Ala. Garry Ross ’73, B.A. English, ’75, M.A. with her husband, Richard. They live in Oaks Ranch with her husband, Tom, and Beaumont, TX 77710, James LeBlanc ’59, vision in 1983 and retired from Port Karen (Kersey) Olson ’71, B.S. education, history, earned a master’s in history from Cuero and have three children. Sharlotte (Schmidt) Spence ’83, B.S. edu- William W. Plaisance ’69, B.B.A. busi- son, Matt. email [email protected] B.S. chemical engi- Arthur school district as an adminis- is chief of police for Wichita Falls school Baylor in 1975 and his doctorate from cation, is a teacher for Deer Park school ness management, is retired and lives in Patricia (Sturrock) Lynch ’75, B.S. elemen- neering, retired in trator. She is now city secretary for district and lives there with her hus- Texas A&M in 1986. He is dean of aca- Jean (Drake) Carlin ’77, B.S. music, is district. She lives in Pasadena. or call (409) 880-8421. Lockhart with his wife, Conda. tary education, earned her master’s degree 2000 as vice president the city of Port Arthur, where she lives band, Charles, who is a professor at demic and student affairs at Texas A&M retired and lives in Beaumont with her in counseling in 2001 from Stephen F. Susan G. Kelly ’84, B.S. chemical engi- of manufacturing with with her husband, Don. Midwestern State University. University at Kingsville and has served as husband, George, who is also retired. Austin University and has her own prac- neering, is a technical specialist for TCEQ Ameripol Synpol. He chief administrative officer of the system Jerald D. Outlaw ’64, B.A. government, 70s Helen (Smith) Owen ’71, B.S. elementary tice as a licensed professional counselor. Mary (Bonnet) Latino ’77, B.S. chemistry, in Beaumont and lives in Bridge City and his wife, Betty, own and operate the center since 2001. He lives in Dallas. is a retired scout executive for Boy Jerry W. Bradshaw ’70, B.S. commercial education, is a trainer at HSO ’82, M.B.A. business administration, and with her husband, John, a senior drafts- Circle LT Ranch in Beaumont. She lives in Nacogdoches with her Scouts of America and lives in art, is a teacher and coach at Woodlands Marketing and lives in Katy with her Anna (Sopchak) Babin ’74, B.B.A. husband, Lamar, who is retired. is a human resource manager for Chevron man for Mark Whitely and Associates in Bethany, Okla., with his wife, Jeanna, Christian Academy and lives in Conroe husband, Craig. Their daughter Kelly, accounting, is president of Catholic in Pascagoula, Miss. Beaumont. Scott J. Ryal ’75, certif. respiratory thera- who is also retired. with his wife, Debbie. In May, he was married in September. Charities of the Diocese of 60s py, is a registered respiratory therapist for Patty Renfrow ’77, B.S. government, Rudy D. Martinez ’84, B.S. mechanical Ronald E. Platt named The All-Greater Houston Galveston/Houston. She lives in Houston ’62, B.B.A. economics, is Patricia E. Spencer ’65, B.S. elementary Phyllis (King) Lee ’72, B.S. health and East Texas Medical Center in Tyler. He earned a master’s degree in 1981 and engineering, earned a master’s degree in Assistant Football Coach of The Year by with her husband, Simon ’74, B.S. com- retired from Jefferson County Drainage education, retired from Gallaudet physical education, teaches for lives in Palestine with his wife, Nancy doctorate in 1982, both in political sci- 1996 and a doctorate in 2004, both in the Greater Houston Football Coaches munication disorders. District 6 and lives in Beaumont. His University in 2004 and is a visiting Beaumont school district and lives in (Pardoe) ence from Rice University. She is a pro- mechanical engineering from the Association. ’73, certif. vocational nursing, wife, Annette, was a longtime associate professor at Texas A&M University at China with her husband, Robert, who Michael L. Heather ’74, B.S. chemical who is a registered nurse at the fessor at the University of Queensland’s University of South Carolina. He is an professor of English and foreign lan- Corpus Christi in the Department of Ron Legnion ’70, B.S. physical educa- is also a teacher for the district. engineering, is retired from Dow Gynecology Association of East Texas. business school in Australia, where she engineering manager at Farmers Marine guages at Lamar before her death in Educational Administration and tion, is a financial advisor for Raymond Chemical and lives in Lake Jackson. His They have a daughter, Bethany, who mar- teaches public administration and public Copper Works Inc. and lives in David “Rick” Carter ’73, B.S. health 1998. Research. She lives in Rockport with James Financial Services and was wife, Deborah (Havron) ’75, B.S. medical ried this past August. management. She lives in Brisbane. Galveston. education, ’74, M.S. health and physical John L. Selman her husband, Ronald, who is president appointed to the firm’s 2006 technology, died in August 2004. ’62, A.A.S. machine education, earned his doctorate in exer- Debra (Cordingly) Siegel ’75, B.A. second- Richard L. Schweizer ’78, B.S. geology, is James K. Reid ’84, B.S. art, is manager of of Ron Outen Associates. Chairman’s Council, which is limited to tools, ’92, A.A.S. welding, is the engi- cise science physiologic psychology Bobby J. Meigs ’74, M.Ed. counseling project manager for PTS Laboratories in Control Solutions International where he the top 50 advisors across America. He ary education, is a select personal shopper neering manager for Gill Services Inc. in Marion V. Crampton ’66, B.S. home from Louisiana State University in and development, is retired from the Houston, where he lives. performs information technology audits lives in Beaumont with his wife, Susan for Marshall Fields in Chicago, where she Houston. He lives in Spring with his economics, ’75, M.Ed. special educa- 1978. He is chair and professor of the Texas Public School System and lives around the globe, supporting public com- (Blanco) ’69, B.S. elementary education. and her husband, Larry, who is self- Bruce W. Busmire ’79, B.B.A. accounting, wife, Joan. tion, retired as a diagnostician. She and department of Exercise Sports Science panies’ compliance with requirements of in Houston with his wife, Anna, who is employed, live. earned a master of business administra- Richard H. Valley C.R. “Dick” Sherron her husband, Harold, live in Spring. ’70, B.B.A. accounting, at Texas Tech University. He lives in also retired. the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. He lives in ’62, B.S. biology, is Bridget (Kulcak) Studer ’75, B.S. speech tion from Northwestern University and is is senior financial analyst at Duke Wolfforth with his wife, Lynn (Phend) League City with his wife, Belinda. corporate medical director for Trinity Mary E. Posey ’66, B.S. education, Ronah (Irving) Phelps ’74, B.S. music therapy, lives in Lufkin with her husband, senior vice president and chief financial Energy Field Services in Houston, ’75, B.S. elementary education, who is a Industries and a medical doctor for Stat retired as a counselor with Port Arthur education, is a manager for technical John, who is a doctor. officer, treasurer and controller for Noble Matt C. Underwood ’84, A.A.S. industrial where he lives. teacher. Care. He and his wife, Eleanor, live in school district and lives in Lumberton. publications at Baker Hughes Inteq in Corp. in Sugarland. He lives in Houston electronics technology, has been a valida- Cheryl M. Hunt ’76, B.A. education, ’80, Beaumont. Thomas E. Westbrook ’70, B.S. secondary Randy Drewett ’73, B.A. history, earned Houston. He lives in Willis. with his wife, Patty. tion technician at Hospira Inc. in Austin Rouel Rothenberger ’66, B.S. secondary B.S. special education, is a special educa- Kay (Clark) Havard education, is retired and lives in Buna. his law degree from South Texas State for 20 years. He lives in Manor with his ’63, B.S. health, lives education, is retired after 32 years as John Stevens ’74, B.A. political science, is tion teacher for Klein school district. She Paul L. Kendall ’79, B.S. computer science, College of Law and has been a lawyer wife, Cari, who is an information special- in Houston with her husband, Ardis principal of both Thomas Jefferson Mary (Marcyniuk) Collier ’71, B.S. ele- a lawyer for the U.S. Department of lives in Humble. B.S. math, is a senior consultant for in Texas for 28 years. He is a partner ist for Texas Mutual Inc. ’62, B.B.A. accounting, who is a man- High School in Port Arthur and of mentary education, lives in Beaumont Justice in the Eastern District of Texas. Accudata Systems Inc. in Irving. He lives with Drewett, Cragle, PLLC and lives Anita (Cane) Murchison ’76, M.Ed. ele- aging partner with Havard and Batte in Azle High in Azle, where he lives with with her husband, Richard, who owns He lives in Beaumont with his wife, in Fort Worth with his wife, Carol, an Anthony J. Durkin ’85, B.S. physics, is an in Beaumont with his wife, Kristyne mentary education, lives in Bridge City Houston. his wife, Cheryl (Cook) ’66, B.S. ele- Erco Inc. in Beaumont. Marcia (Miller) ’84, M.Ed. supervision. assistant professor at the University of assistant professor at Beckman Laser (Rowe) ’86, B.S. elementary education. with her husband, Barry ’71, B.B.A. Sharon (Trask) Killough mentary education. Cheryl teaches Texas Southwestern Medical School. Institute at the University of California in ’63, B.S. elemen- Gladyne “Deanie” (Boultinghouse) DeLee Debra (Goodman) Thomas ’74, B.S. accounting, who is senior vice president kindergarten for Azle school district, Michael J. Fox ’73, A.A.S. diesel Irvine, where he lives. tary education, lives in Leander with her ’71, M.Ed. elementary education, is a communication disorders, is a speech of Bridge City State Bank. where she is the department head and mechanics, is director of Fleet Services husband, Don, who is retired. retired educator from Port Neches- pathologist for Beaumont school district, Bonni (Allen) Haiber ’85, B.B.A. market- plans to retire in May 2006 with 30 in Williamson County and lives in Mary (Lovoi) Welch ’76, B.S. speech, 80s Peter L. Kleinjan Groves school district and volunteers on where she lives. ing, works for GlaxoSmithKline in ’63, B.A. math, is a years service. Georgetown with his wife, Cheryl, who Linda (Joynt) Barrett ’80, B.S. communica- several community boards. She lives in earned her master’s degree in audiology LaHabra, Calif., where she lives. software engineer for L3 Com in Brenda (Kirkland) Vickery ’76, A.A.S. tion, is advertising manager for the Port Arthur with her husband, James, a is a pharmacy technician for in 1978 and has been a teacher with Arlington and lives in Kennedale. dental hygiene, is a registered dental University Press at Lamar. She lives in Kyle Spivey ’85, B.B.A. general business, lawyer. Georgetown Healthcare Systems. Beaumont school district for 23 years.

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and his wife, Candace (Read) ’04, M.Ed. Karen (Legnon) Gilman ’91, B.S. communi- Angela M. Dugay ’94, B.S. criminal justice, Lance A. Broussard ’97, B.S. chemical Richard B. Jackson ’99, B.S. criminal jus- Toby F. Nash ’02, B.B.A. accounting, Concetta (Dwyer) Gernentz ’04, B.S. family counseling and development, own cation, is director of communication for is a felony probation officer for Jefferson engineering, is area manager for Nalco tice, holds the rank of first lieutenant in earned his law degree from Texas Tech and consumer sciences, is employed by Homestead Restaurant in Hillister, which the Diocese of Beaumont and is editor of County Adult Probation in Port Arthur, Co. and lives in Spring with his wife, the Marine Corps and lives in University in 2005 and is an associate for Citi Financial and lives in Groves with her THE DATE Texas Highways magazine featured in its the East Texas Catholic. She lives in where she lives. Crystal (Ray) ’97, B.S. chemistry, B.S. Montgomery, Ala., with his wife, Germer Gertz L.L.P. in Beaumont. He husband, Kevin. September 2005 issue. Beaumont. biology. She opened her medical practice Britainey (Cox) ’00, B.S. interdisciplinary, lives there with his wife, Kelli (Harlow) Anitrea (Champine) Goodwin ’94, B.A.A.S. Cheryl (Cormier) Guidry ’04, B.A.A.S. IS SET in 2005 in The Woodlands and is part of and their new daughter, Scarlet Grace. ’03, B.S. family and consumer sciences, Karen (Bass) Grant ’86, certif. respiration Marcus D. Norman ’92, B.S. political sci- applied arts and sciences, ’00, M.Ed. applied arts and sciences, lives in the Sadler Clinic physicians group. They ’05, M.S. family and consumer sciences, technology, is a nurse manager at ence, earned his law degree in 1998 and school administration, is principal of West Richard A. Knox ’99, B.S. criminal justice, Beaumont and conducts an after-school have a daughter, Brianna. who is a clinical dietician at the Medical Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center in Waco. is a financial advisor for Merrill Lynch in Orange-Cove Middle School. She lives in is a builder for David Weekly Homes in theater arts and creativity program and a Center of Southeast Texas. She lives there with her husband, Gary, Dallas. He lives in Sachse. Orange with her husband, Wayne. Travis Edwards ’97, M.Ed. school admin- Pearland, where he lives with his wife, four-week summer program, Camp Austin Area Alumni Party who is a firefighter for the Bellmead Fire istration, is superintendent of West school Kelly, and sons, Kannon and Rhett. Anay P. Shukla ’02, M.S. industrial engi- Bright Star. She lives in Beaumont with Patrick T. Abercrombie ’93, B.B.A. market- Patrick Ryan ’94, B.S. civil engineering, Saturday, January 7, 2006 Department. district. He lives in Waxahachie with his neering, works for TATA Motors and her husband, John. ing, is vice president of Merrill Lynch recently became the highway engineer for Cheryl M. Munson ’99, B.S. political sci- wife, Teresa. lives in Pune, India, with his wife, Elizabeth A. Pressler ’86, B.A. sociology, is Commodities Inc. in Houston. He lives the Texas Department of Transportation, ence, earned a master’s degree from the Lacey (Withers) McGallions ’04, B.S. fami- 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. Shweta. a registrar at the Art Museum of in Spring with his wife, Stephanie, and responsible for Pecos, Reeves and Terrell James B. Neale ’97, B.B.A. general busi- University of Texas in 2001 and is a pro- ly and consumer sciences, is a special edu- Matt’s El Rancho Southeast Texas and lives in Beaumont their children, Noah and Olivia. counties. He lives in West with his wife, ness, ’98, B.B.A. management informa- gram analyst for NASA in Houston. She Laura (Howell) Traylor ’02, B.S. kinesiolo- cation teacher for Lumberton school dis- with her husband, Mark ’88, B.A. graphic Nicole, and their daughter, Abigail, age 5. tion systems, is vice president of the lives in Bacliff. gy, is a teacher and coach for Lumberton trict. She lives in Silsbee with her hus- Patricia (Acosta) Harris ’93, B.A. English, 2613 South Lamar Boulevard, Austin design. He’s an electrician for Miller Southeast Texas Baseball Academy. He school district. She and her husband, band, Deryl. ’02, M.Ed. counseling and development, Nikki (Bowman) Brown ’95, B.S. social Larry Robertson ’99, B.S. political science, Electric. lives in Beaumont with his wife, Tiffany. Chris, wed in April 2005, live in teaches journalism at Ozen High School work, lives in Collierville, Tenn., with her earned a law degree from Saint Mary’s Jason R. McKey ’04, B.S. kinesiology, is Beaumont. Stephanie (Gerac) Chiquette ’88, B.S. in Beaumont and lives in Lumberton. husband, Joseph, who is the area region Leo J. Nolan ’97, B.A. sociology, is a University School of Law and is a law regional coordinator of university pro- speech communications, is marketing manager for Kinder-Morgan in Memphis. teaching assistant for Beaumont school clerk for Justice David Wellington Chew. Willie J. Broussard ’03, B.S. family and grams in Texas and Oklahoma for Ducks Karyn (Kupiec) Hawkins ’93, B.B.A. mar- Beaumont and Mid-Jefferson manager for Albert at Bay Suite Hotel district, where he lives. consumer sciences, is an employment Unlimited. He oversees fund-raising and keting, ’95, B.B.A. accounting, is finance Rita (Hurt) Cullums ’95, B.S. psychology, in Ottawa, Ontario, where she and her recruiter for Harrah’s Entertainment Inc. volunteer relations for all university pro- director of United Way of Beaumont. She ’99, M.Ed. counseling and development, Michael P. Hyde ’98, B.S. biology, is an County Alumni husband, Benoit, live. 00s in Lake Charles, La. He is pursuing a grams in the two states. He lives in and her husband, Hugh, who is a senior has her own practice, Rita Hurt-Cullums optometrist and owns Lumberton & Robert W. Arnold ’00, B.S. general studies, master of business administration degree Austin. Red, White & You Celebration Leslie (Little) Brown ’89, A.A.S. nursing, vice president with Smith Barney, live in MS LPCT, in Beaumont. She lives there Orange Family Vision in Orange. He is a loan officer at Centex Home Equity in human resources management and is ’00, B.S. nursing, ’04, M.S.N. nursing, is Beaumont. with her husband, Robert, and she is lives in Lumberton with his wife, Christina (Root) Mecom ’04, B.B.A. Monday, February 27, 2006 in Sugar Land. He lives in League City. serving as an adjunct instructor in family a nursing instructor at Lamar University. pursuing a doctorate in psychology at a Katherine, who is also an optometrist, accounting, is an accountant at FivePoint Heather (Griffin) Kilgore ’93, B.A.A.S. and consumer sciences at Lamar. She lives in Beaumont. program in Colorado Springs. and their 17-month-old son, Timmy. Jeremy B. Jackson ’00, B.A. sociology, Credit Union and lives in Nederland with 5:30 – 8:00 p.m. applied arts and sciences, was selected as graduated from basic combat training at Katy (Potts) Hebert ’03, B.S. general stud- her husband, Joshua. William L. Fontenot ’89, B.S. biology, the “2005 Citizen of Year” in Lumberton Lauren LaFleur ’95, B.A. English, is news Tara (Girndt) Johnston ’98, M.S. audiology, Poblano Grill Fort Jackson in Columbia, S.C., in March ies, lives in Port Arthur with her husband, works for the Southwest Texas Bone and for her volunteer work with families in and lifestyles editor at the Jacksonville earned her doctorate in audiology from Jeremy P. Tomlin ’04, B.S. political science, and lives in Orange. Neil, and their son, Brennan, who was Joint Institute in Del Rio, where he lives Hardin County. She lives in Lumberton Daily Progress, where she began as a the University of Pennsylvania and is an is a primary care sales representative for 3350 Dowlen Road, Beaumont born in July 2005. with his wife, Michelle. with her husband, Jeff ’92, A.A.S. reporter in April 2004. She lives in audiologist at Central Texas Ear, Nose and Brady Mazzola ’00, B.A. criminal justice, King Pharmaceuticals in McAllen, where real estate, who is councilman and Jacksonville. Throat Clinic. She is a member of the is a professional tennis player and runs Judith A. Johnston ’03, B.B.A. account- he lives. Hamzah B. Kammapu ’89, B.S. chemical mayor pro-tem for the city. American Speech-Language and Hearing Watering Seeds, an organization dedicat- ing, became a certified public auditor in engineering, owns Fresno Enterprises in Mark Adams ’95, B.A.A.S. applied arts Jessica (Lynch) Whittington ’04, B.S. Association and lives in Round Top. ed to enlarging the vision and developing May 2005 and is a C.P.A. for Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia, where he Donald J. McKinnon ’93, B.A. history, B.A. and sciences, ’96, B.S. earth science, is a interdisciplinary studies, works in the Houston Area Alumni Party the potential of physically challenged indi- Pricewaterhouse Coopers in Houston, lives. Spanish, ’00, M.Ed. counseling and payload safety engineer at NASA in Timothy E. Kimble ’98, B.S. mechanical Vidor school district, where she and her viduals through athletics. He lives in where she lives. development, is a counselor for Houston, where he trains astronauts to engineering, is a senior product engineer husband, John, live. Thursday, February 16, 2006 Matthew L. Puckett ’89, B.S. physical edu- Woodland Hills, Calif. Nederland school district, where he lives. perform his and others’ experiments while for Intier Automotive Seating System in Heather (Ruff) McAdoo ’03, B.S. dance, is cation, B.S. kinesiology, ’96, A.A.S. nurs- Brent M. Monk ’05, B.S. computer 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. in space. He recently led the first integrat- Nove, Mich. He lives in Canton, Mich. Dana (Donnell) Babineaux ’01, B.S. com- owner and director of Sassafras Dance ing, is nursing supervisor for the Austin Thomas R. Reid ’93, B.A.A.S. applied arts science, lives in Warren and works for a ed payload on a Russian spacecraft and munication, is a sales representative for Co. and is a cheerleader for the Houston Regional Clinic. He lives in Austin with and sciences, ’02, M.A. history, served as Andrew S. Tsang ’98, M.E.M. engineering law firm in Port Arthur as a system TwoRows teaches a weekly science course at Lamar. Johnson & Johnson and lives in Texans. She lives in Austin with her hus- his wife, Karen (Buenik) ’91, B.B.A. mar- staff administrator for the Army Reserve management, is a contact engineer for administrator. Beaumont with her husband, Slate ’94, band, Justin. 2400 University, Houston keting, who works for the Texas before becoming a lecturer in the Lamar Bruce A. Jagers ’96, B.S. communication, ExxonMobil in Mont Belvieu. He lives in B.B.A. marketing, who is vice president Rachel E. Pitts ’05, B.S. chemical Department of Insurance in the Division University history department. He lives is director of WPEC News 12 in West Pearland. Robert Reid ’03, M.Ed. school administra- of Air Comfort Inc. engineering, is a production engineer Meet the Cardinal Baseball Team of Worker’s Compensation. in Woodville. Palm Beach, Fla. He lives in North Palm tion, is principal of Bancroft Elementary Amber (DeRouen) Banken ’99, B.S. psy- for Total Petrochemicals and lives in Beach. Kimberly (Johnson) Bidlingmyer ’01, B.S. in West Orange and lives in Port Arthur. Coaches and Players Hank P. Whitehead ’89, B.S. mechanical Barbara A. Veal ’93, B.S. medical technol- chology, ’01, M.S. psychology, works in Deer Park. kinesiology, is an executive assistant for engineering, is a project engineer for ogy, is a medical technologist at Gulf Derrick J. Sonnier ’96, B.S. communica- private practice at Community Shashider R. Velugati ’03, M.S. civil engi- the Milwaukee Admirals hockey team. Rebecca A. Smith ’05, M.E.S. chemical Coca Cola Classic tournament ExxonMobil in Beaumont, where he lives. Coast Regional in Houston. She lives in tion, is a company commander for the Counseling Center in Groves. She lives in neering, is a staff engineer for French and She lives in Milwaukee with her husband, engineering, is a materials engineer for Fresno. U.S. Army in Fort Riley, Kan. He is cur- Nederland with her husband, Jared. Parrello Associates in Holmdel, N.J., and begins Feb. 17 at Rice Brian, who is the assistant men’s basket- Anniston Army Dept. in Anniston, Ala. rently deployed to Operation Iraqi lives in Edison. Bobby H. Anderson ’94, B.A.A.S. applied Elizabeth (Barton) Hayes ’99, B.S. nursing, ball coach at the University of Wisconsin- She lives in Oxford. 90s Freedom and commands a 95-soldier arts and sciences, is a traffic officer for the is a registered nurse at Lake Charles Milwaukee. Jennifer (Lee) Vincent ’03, B.S. family and Patricia (Brown) Whittle ’90, B.S. criminal combat engineer company. Brandi (Isadore) Zeno ’05, B.S. chemical Beaumont Police Department. He and his Memorial Hospital. She and her husband, consumer sciences, works for the justice, is an assistant manager for April L. Colligan ’01, B.S. communication engineering, works for the U.S. Postal wife, Tracy (Eubanks) ’88, B.A. Spanish, Michelle A. White ’96, B.M. music, ’04, Todd, live in Sulphur, La. Jefferson County Juvenile Probation Winthrop Management. She lives in disorders, ’03, M.S. speech pathology, is Service and lives in Beaumont with her who teaches in the Vidor school district, M.M. music, earned a master’s degree in Department and lives in Port Neches Office of Alumni Affairs Berkhamsted, United Kingdom, with her Donna G. Hypolite ’99, B.B.A. accouting, is the speech language pathologist for husband, Damien. live in Beaumont. organization and management from with her husband, Mark. husband, Jon, who is an account manager a senior internal auditor for the County Humble school district. She lives in Capella University in 2005. She is vice www.lamar.edu/alumni for EMC. Keisha (Jones) Christian ’94, B.S. nursing, of San Mateo, Calif. She lives in San Kingwood. Christi (Hood) Wakefield ’03, B.S. interdis- president of administration at GreenTree is a registered nurse for Evadale school Francisco. ciplinary studies, is a second-grade teacher Administration in Beaumont, where she Yolanda L. Cruz ’01, B.S. psychology, is a (409) 880-8921 district. She lives in Silsbee. with Beaumont school district. She and lives. residence manager for Boston University. her husband, Charles, live in Lumberton. She lives in Washington, D.C. (800) 298-4839

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A Dinner and Twelve Strangers We will miss...

Is it a reality TV premise? Perhaps a newly Alumni Nellie (Shuttlesworth) Horton ’66, DuPont Sabine River Works in Faculty, Staff and Friends B.A. English, ’72, M.A. English, Orange and was in the Marine discovered Agatha Christie whodunit? Well, Benjamin F. Wilkes John A. Bruyere ’37, A.A.S. gener- died May 19, 2005. She also earned Reserves. Survivors include his wife, , 82, died Aug. 25, no . . . but for these students, it can be just as al studies, died July 27, 2005. He her master’s degree in library science Melissa; sons, Tommy Gordon, 2005. He retired in 1983 after exciting. Class time, lab time, research and attended the Julliard School of from Sam Houston State. She lived Frank Carpenter, Jay Carpenter and serving as a professor of mechani- internships are necessary and valuable to skill Music where he earned his master of in Orange, taught English for many Sam Carpenter Jr.; and daughter, cal engineering with Lamar music degree and Columbia University for 29 years, the development, but the opportunity to have years at West Orange-Stark High Shenna Carpenter. University where he earned a doc- School and was the librarian at University of Texas at Austin for frank conversations with professionals who’ve Kathryan Dee (Ingmire) Buechel ’74, torate. He was a member of the Little Cypress-Mauriceville High two years and Tulane University M.Ed. elementary education, died “been there and done that” is golden. Metropolitan Opera Association for School before retiring to serve as for one year. He was also an avid Aug. 21, 2005. She retired after A Dinner and Twelve Strangers seeks to many years and co-founded the librarian of the Stark Museum for world traveler. He is survived by Montclair College School of Fine teaching in Houston and was a his wife, Priscilla. provide just that opportunity. These dinner 18 years. Survivors include her hus- and Performing Arts. He served as member of The Daughters of The band, Jack; daughter, Charlotte Dock B. DeMent, 91, died July 23, guests may sit down with strangers, but they second lieutenant in the Army dur- American Revolution and of Grace McClain; and son, Jack. 2005. He taught math for 20 years get up from the table with friends who are ing World War II. Survivors include Presbyterian Church. Survivors Kenneth M. Ramke ’66, B.S. electrical include her son, Jalil, and daughter, for Lamar University until he more enlightened about the profession his wife, Helen. engineering, died Aug. 29, 2005. Carol Wells. retired in 1977. He lived in Pea Mary (Meyers) Axtell they’ve chosen and what it takes to succeed ’59, B.S. ele- He retired from NASA where he Ridge, Ala. Survivors include his Rafael R. Orozco ’77, B.B.A. out of classroom and in the workf orce. mentary education, died Dec. 31, was a security branch chief for 32 wife, Frances; son, Crit DeMent; accounting, died March 18, 2005. A 2005. She retired from Texaco Inc. years and lived in Houston. and four sisters. Engineering students visited with Joe retiree of Texaco with 39 years of Larry ’77 and Nancy Beaulieu, back row left, recently hosted A Dinner and Twelve Strangers for communication and was a longtime supporter of Survivors include his mother, Alice (Baxter) Vincent Domino ’75, president and chief executive service, he was a member of Our , 95, died Lamar, especially through scholar- Melba; wife, Wanda; daugher, students: from left, Alma Polydore, Amanda Rowell, Dawn Stout, Kimberly Pulito and Tina Richard front row, and Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church Oct. 24, 2005. She worked in the officer of Entergy Texas. “We discussed issues ships in the College of Engineering. Melissa; and son, Mike. and served in the Air Force. Mary and John Gray Library until such as career advancement, business ethics Burnie Cook Jr., Brian Sherman, Ryan Baker, Steve Collora, Ben Dubose. Survivors include her daughter, Margaret B. Barry ’68, M.A. English, she retired in 1982. She was a Hattie McKinley. Steven K. Setliff ’78, B.S. chemical and the role of education in one’s success,” died Oct. 11, 2005. She began her charter member of Study Club for Jack E. Treaster engineering, died March 16, 2005. Domino said. the alumni, sign up to attend. Groups of 12 – learned from us. I would encourage anyone ’59, B.B.A. business teaching career during World War II more than 50 years. She was mar- He was a 25-year employee of administration, died April 27, 2005. in San Angelo before teaching ried to her husband, Albert, long- Students always enjoy a good meal, and with 10 students, one faculty member and who is interested in helping our students to BP/Amoco and was vice president He was a longtime resident of Port English at Thomas Jefferson High time volunteer assistant coach at the career tips provide even more nutrition. the host – allow conversation to flow without become involved in the program and invite and general manager of BP Arthur and served as a sergeant in School for many years. She retired Lamar, for 65 years before his pipelines. He was a member of “The dinner was great, and the food was becoming too fragmented. 12 strangers to dinner.” the Army during the Korean War. in 1976 and moved to Georgetown death in December 2000. Grace Point congregation in excellent (Mrs. The alumnus can The casual environment promotes a He was also a board member for the and, later, to Austin. Survivors Survivors include her daughter, Municipal Utilities District in Port Naperville and lived in Mount Frances, and her son, Albert. Beaulieu’s chicken determine the loca- relaxed atmosphere outside of a restrictive include her daughters, Cecelia, Clare Arthur and a member of Procter Laurel, N.J. Survivors include his and Peg. Robert F. Wolcott ’59, B.S. secondary spaghetti)!,” said tion and structure: A time limit so that students and host feel com- Baptist Church. Survivors include wife, Terri; sons, Jordan Kent and education, died Oct. 2, 2005. He Tina Richard, com- restaurateur catered fortable talking about the pros and cons of a his two sons, Steve and Scott, and Kathleen (Thomas) Bridges ’69, B.A. Austin Setliff; and parents, John and worked for Lamar University in the munication major. “I dinner at his estab- career, surprising opportunities, expectations, his sister, Mavis Triebel. English, died Aug. 29, 2005. She JoAnn Setliff. earned a master’s degree in psychol- public information office during the Alban L. Neel Peggy (Wilson) Carlucci ’85, B.A. felt so comfortable lishment to talk with rewards and, yes, mistakes. ’61, B.S. elementary ogy from the University of Houston 1970s and as a journalist during studio art, died Nov. 8, 2005. She talking with Larry business students Frank ’78 and Cathy (Bebeau) Zummo education, died Aug. 27, 2005. He and taught high school English for World War II and the Korean War. studied at The Glassell School of Art served in the Navy from 1949 until 13 years before retiring in 2001. She He lived with his wife, Marilyn, in and Nancy Beaulieu. about entrepreneur- ’78 hosted a poolside barbecue for nursing in Houston and the Anderson 1958 and later worked as a school was a member of The First Baptist Beaumont for 40 years, and spent They opened up their ship; an executive and students. “The students’ interest in their Ranch Summer Arts Center in teacher in Austin while pursuing his Church of Deming, N.M., and the most of his professional career work- Aspen, Colo. She also participated home to us. We were engineering alumnus future careers was stimulating and exciting,” master’s degree. He retired in 1988 Daughters of the Republic of Texas. ing at the Beaumont Enterprise. He in several Lamar University summer just sitting around in hosted a dinner at a said Cathy, a career nurse. “Their questions after serving as principal of West Survivors include her two brothers, was active in the Press Club of Columbia Elementary and Charlie art trips to Rome and London. She Southeast Texas. Survivors include the living room talk- local restaurant; and, and concerns made us realize that this genera- James and George. Brown Intermediate schools for was a professional artist and photog- his sons, James and John, and ing about when we often, alumni choose tion of young people will touch every avenue many years. Survivors include his Samuel E. Carpenter, ’72, died Oct. rapher, won numerous awards and daughters, Jean Sensat, Susan Hanes were going to gradu- to host the students of today’s health care field and really make a wife of 54 years, Helen; son, Jon; 17, 2005. He was an All-Lone Star participated in several exhibitions. and Mary Hall. Donations in his ate, what jobs we were looking to get and at home. difference.” and daughter, Patti Philips. Conference tailback on the Lamar She was a lifetime member of the name may be made to the Press University football team in the early Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Club of Southeast Texas Memorial what we could expect. If you, as a student, The staff of the Office of Alumni Affairs Stephen D. Sipes ’61, B.B.A. man- 1950s, a four-year starter at tailback which she served as docent, teacher Scholarship, c/o Lamar University agement, died Sept. 3, 2005. He have this opportunity to meet with someone will help arrange the dinner and coordinate in Lamar’s first four years as a uni- of docents, board member and pres- Foundation, P.O. Box 11500, lived in Houston for 43 years after who is in your field, sign up for A Dinner with the Career Center to recruit students versity. He was included in the inau- ident. Survivors include her hus- Beaumont, Texas 77710. To host A Dinner and Twelve Strangers graduating from Lamar and was a and 12 Strangers.” and faculty. gural Cardinal Hall of Honor induc- band, Joseph, retired from Lamar as Call (409) 880-8921 retired data processing manager for tion class in 1973 and is the all-time a professor of music, and sons, The Office of Alumni Affairs and the First Lady Susan (Williams) Simmons Wing Corporation after 26 years of Or e-mail [email protected] leading scorer with 33 touchdowns Jackson and Allen Osborne. Career Center sponsor the program. Alumni ’68, a real estate agent and education gradu- service. Survivors include his wife, and 198 career points. He worked volunteer to host dinners, and students who ate, said, “The students were delightful, and www.lamar.edu/alumni Sharon; son, Scott; and daughter, in the maintenance department at Suzi Danton. are pursuing a degrees in the career areas of we learned as much from them as they

32 | CARDINAL CADENCE December 2005 - February 2006 December 2005 - February 2006 CARDINAL CADENCE | 33 The seasoned return: Cardinal Sanches pursues baseball Olympic play mound for Lamar. Senior William Delage 98 innings pitched. He limited opponents Brian Sanches, who was a three-year letter- and junior Derrick Gordon have 59 starts to a .238 batting average. winner on Lamar’s baseball team, was between them. Gordon, a native of Beaumont, posted previewBy Daucy Crizer named to the USA Baseball Regional Delage, a native of Nederland, was 6-5 a 4-7 record with a 3.95 ERA in 20 appear- Olympic Qualifying Team Roster, with a 3.31 earned run average last season. ances, making 14 starts. He struck out 102, announced USA Baseball. He appeared in 18 games, starting 15, and which ranks as the seventh best single-sea- The Nederland native played for struck out 66 and walked 32 in a team-best son total in school history, with 43 walks in Lamar from 1996 to 1998, joined the 91 1/3 innings pitched. minors and, this past season, played for the 2006 BASEBALL SCHEDULE Junior Steve Scranton-Wilkes Barre Red Barons, the FEBRUARY Macfarland, a native of Philadelphia Phillies Triple-A team. He 3-5 Fri.-Sun. Texas-Pan American Classic Edinburg Marlboro, N.Y., worked his posted a 5-3 record with a 3.69 earned run 3 Fri. vs. Gonzaga Edinburg 3:00 p.m. way into the starting rota- average. He pitched in 51 games, earning 4 Sat. vs. Northern Colorado Edinburg 3:00 p.m. tion by the end of the sea- 5 Sun. vs. Oklahoma Edinburg 2:00 p.m. two starts, with 75 strikeouts and 27 walks 10 Fri. Texas-Pan American Beaumont 4:00 p.m. son. He posted an 8-2 in 83.0 innings pitched. 11 Sat. Texas-Pan American Beaumont 2:00 p.m. record with a 4.16 ERA and The 24-player roster represented the 12 Sun. Texas-Pan American Beaumont 1:00 p.m. three saves. He pitched in United States at the 2005 CONCEBE

NEIL RALSTON 14 Tues. Prairie View A&M (DH) Beaumont 1:00 p.m. 17-19 Fri.-Sun. Rice/Coca-Cola Classic Houston 26 games, earning seven Regional Olympic Qualifying Tournament 17 Fri. vs. Long Beach State Houston 1:00 p.m. starts, with 59 strikeouts in Phoenix, Ariz., Nov. 15-19. The roster The 2005 season ended on a bittersweet note for Head Coach 18 Sat. vs. Oklahoma Houston 4:30 p.m. and 46 walks in 67 IP, and was made up of professional, non 25-man Jim Gilligan and the Lamar Cardinals. With its 9-3 win over 19 Sun. at Rice Houston 3:30 p.m. limited opponents to a .235 roster players of the 30 Major League Southeastern Louisiana, Lamar advanced to the Southland 24-26 Fri.-Sun. Cardinal Classic Beaumont 24 Fri. Michigan State Beaumont 6:30 p.m. batting average. He was Baseball organizations. This is the sixth Conference Tournament Championship game. It also gave Gilligan 25 Sat. Kentucky Beaumont 3:00 p.m. named honorable mention time USA Baseball has utilized Major his 1,000th career-coaching win, making him the 32nd coach in second-team All-America by the American Baseball Coaches 25 Sat. Michigan State Beaumont 7:00 p.m. All-SLC. League affiliated professional players for NCAA history to reach the milestone. Association (ABCA) and was invited to participate in the USA 26 Sun. Arkansas State Beaumont 3:00 p.m. Also back for the international competition, following the The Cardinals lost, however, 4-1 to Texas-San Antonio in the Baseball National Team Trials. 28 Tues. Houston Beaumont 6:30 p.m. MARCH Cardinals are sophomores 1999 Pan Am Games, 2000 Olympic championship game, giving the Roadrunners the league’s automatic Also back for the Cardinals are shortstop Colt Crawford, desig- 3-5 Fri.-Sun. Lamar Classic Beaumont Tim Erickson, a native of Games, 2001 World Cup, 2003 Olympic bid to an NCAA Regional. Lamar did not receive an at-large bid, nated hitter C.J. Ebarb and first baseman Will Henderson. Crawford, 3 Fri. Iona Beaumont 6:30 p.m. Sour Lake, and Allen Qualifier, and 2005 World Cup. which ended a streak of three straight post-season appearances. a senior from Alvin, was third on the team with a .330 batting aver- 4 Sat. Connecticut Beaumont 5:00 p.m. 5 Sun. New Orleans Beaumont 3:00 p.m. Harrington of Groves and The U.S.A. team posted a 5-0 record Lamar posted a 38-23 record last season and finished second in age with 37 runs scored, 14 doubles, three home runs and 31 RBI. 7 Tues. at Houston Houston 7:00 p.m. senior Chuckie Platt of Santa to win the CONCEBE Olympic Regional the SLC standings with a 16-11 mark. It is the fifth straight season Ebarb, a senior from Jasper, hit .295 with 17 runs scored, six 10 Fri. *at Southeastern Louisiana Hammond, La. 6:30 p.m. Fe. Erickson was named to Qualifying Tournament and advanced, along that the Cardinals have posted at least 37 wins. doubles and 13 RBI. He also serves as Ambort’s backup at catcher. 11 Sat. *at Southeastern Louisiana Hammond, La. 3:00 p.m. the Collegiate Baseball/ with Canada, Nicaragua and Panama, to the Despite the disappointing end to last season, there is plenty for Henderson, a senior from Beaumont, hit .231 with 14 doubles, four 12 Sun. *at Southeastern Louisiana Hammond, La. 1:00 p.m. 14 Tues. at Louisiana Tech (DH) Ruston, La. 3:00 p.m. Louisville Slugger Freshman COPABE Olympic America’s Tournament the Lamar faithful to be excited about for the 2006 season. Lamar home runs and 27 RBI. 17 Fri. *Texas-San Antonio Beaumont 6:30 p.m. All-America Team. in Havana, Cuba, in August 2006. In that returns 18 letterwinners, six position starters and five of its top seven The Cardinals return two-thirds of their outfield in senior Matt 18 Sat. *Texas-San Antonio Beaumont 2:00 p.m. In addition to all event, the four teams representing CON- pitchers from last year’s squad. Lambeth and sophomore Collin Delome. Lambeth, a native of 19 Sun. *Texas-San Antonio Beaumont 1:00 p.m. 21 Tues. Louisiana-Lafayette Beaumont 6:30 p.m. these returning players, the CEBE will compete against the top four Junior All-American catcher Michael Ambort headlines the list of Fernley, Nev., hit .267 with 35 runs scored, 11 doubles, three home 24 Fri. *Stephen F. Austin Beaumont 6:30 p.m. Cardinals coaching staff regional qualifiers from both the Caribbean returning players. He led the team in hitting with a .336 batting aver- runs and 28 RBI. He also led the team with 12 stolen bases. 25 Sat. *Stephen F. Austin Beaumont 2:00 p.m. assembled another outstand- and South American regions for two bids to age and set a new single-season school record with 18 home runs. He Delome, a native of Buna, hit .307 with 35 runs scored, 11 dou- 26 Sun. *Stephen F. Austin Beaumont 1:00 p.m. 28 Tues. Texas A&M Beaumont 6:30 p.m. ing recruiting class that has the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. also scored 57 runs; had 73 hits, 15 doubles and 65 runs batted in; bles, four home runs and 37 RBI. He set a new single-season school 31 Fri. *at Nicholls State Thibodaux, La. 6:30 p.m. Lamar poised for a run at the The third and fourth place finishers in Cuba and posted an outstanding .987 fielding percentage. record with nine triples. He batted .381 with six runs scored and six conference championship. will advance to a secondary Olympic qualify- A native of Rockville Center, N.Y., Ambort was named SLC hit- RBI to earn SLC all-tournament honors. * Southland Conference Games ing event to be held in 2007. ter of the year and was a first-team All-SLC selection. He was named A pair of veteran left-handers highlights the returnees to the All times are central and subject to change.

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A roster consisting of two freshmen, a sopho- Zealand . . . I knew I was fit and ready for more, two juniors and two seniors wouldn’t the season.” The Wright stuff give a lot of coaches a great feeling heading In the conference meet, Graham ran into competition. But when your freshman and the 6,000-meter course in 21:55, and was Meet Patrick Allen Wright: Calendar sophomores are just as good as your juniors followed by fellow freshman Stacey Poet. and seniors, you don’t tend to worry too much. Monteau (Anahuac) who covered the course Note the week of Jan. 15-21, 2006. GARY HARDEMAN The Lady Cardinals cross country team in a time of 22:15. Amanda King, a junior Mark those dates. They’re Wright’s seven posted the best finish in school history at the from Tauranga, New Zealand, was fourth; “As your kids perform better, you have to days of fame in the Texas Poetry Calendar. It’s Southland Conference Championships this Jacqueline John, a senior from Iowa, La., continue to challenge them,” Clark said. “This quite an honor for the Lamar lecturer in year, and a school-best fourth-place finish at sixth; and Natasha Williams, a senior from year, we upgraded our schedule, and our worst English – one that places him in an elite the NCAA South Central Regional in Waco. Nederland, placed 11th. Amber Prather, a result was a fourth-place finish at the regional group of Texas poets selected for the annual The team has just the right mix of upper- sophomore from Houston, finished 31st and meet. Every other meet we went to, we took publication from among hundreds who sub- classmen and underclassmen to get head track Clerc Koenck, a sophomore from Anacoco, first or second. The next challenge out there mitted entries. coach Trey Clark and cross country coach Sita La., 33rd. for them is to see if we can get to the national “It’s an honor because not that many Waru fired up for competition—and excited Seniors John and Williams and juniors meet.” people are represented,” said Wright ’80, ’84. about the future of their program. King and Prather played major roles in making Both coaches will continue to push their The publisher, Dos Gatos Press of “Anytime you have two freshman finish sure the conference title stayed in Lamar’s runners to new heights. Austin, selected Wright’s Delusions of a two and three, you have to be excited,” Clark hands. John and King also earned all-region “Last year, we won the conference meet Modern Quixote for inclusion in the 116- said. “Those two ran great.” honors for their performance at the regional and then ran our worst race of the season at page volume. There’s a poem for every week The Lady Cardinals were powered by meet, finishing 17th and 18th respectively. regionals, because our girls couldn’t see past a – a few of them have two short poems. freshman Renee Graham who was Lamar’s top “The upperclassmen do a great job of conference title,” Waru said. “This year, we ran “The editors said they liked this poem a great at conference and at the regional meet great deal. One of my friends calls it my sig- finisher in every race she ran. The Hawera, pushing the team in the right direction,” he PATRICK ALLEN WRIGHT New Zealand, native took second place at the said. “They are the ones who show the under- because we knew we had more work to do.” nature piece. It’s a first-person poem, and it conference meet and 15th place at the South classmen what it takes to be successful.” With five runners returning to the team does kind of capture my personality in a Gwynn, was a mentor. The thesis com- likes to write haiku and, he says, “My poet- Central Regional, earning a trip to the NCAA The Lady Cardinals will replace John and next year, and a strong recruiting class coming way,” Wright says. “I’ve always referred to it prised 81 poems and an afterword explain- ry sometimes has that flavor.” He also has a Championship meet. Williams next year, and the young talent that in, Lamar women’s cross country will try to as one of my several surrealistic poems ing the writing process for several of the black belt in martial arts. “I had a positive attitude coming into this has helped push Lamar to the front of the SLC run down a third straight conference title in because I take life experiences, and I turn poems. “That really is important to me Wright continued to write after leaving season because I knew how hard I had worked pack will be a year older and wiser. Clark and 2006. As the team continues to reach the goals them into animated scenarios.” because a lot of people have done them Lamar and earning secondary teaching certi- over the summer,” Graham said. “I had some Waru will add to the solid foundation they set before them, the success they could have is Wright’s appreciation for poetry began since then,” Wright said. “The argument fication from Texas A&M University and really good times in the races I ran in New have built. immeasurable. when he was a boy growing up in against it was that a creative thesis wasn’t mid-management certification for adminis- — DL Nederland and Hardin County. “There significant enough, so Bob Barnes took me tration from the University of Texas-Pan were a lot of books in my family,” he said. under his wing to prove that you can learn American. He was a teacher and administra- Cardinal hoops 2006 BASKETBALL SCHEDULE “I always liked the ones that had fairytales. a lot from writing poetry.” tor in Edinburg and McAllen in the Rio Lamar, which returns nine letterwinners “As I grew older, I didn’t know anything Also during his Lamar career, Wright Grande Valley but returned to Southeast JANUARY and four starters from last year’s 18-11 4 Wed. *McNeese State Beaumont 7:00 p.m. about my writing skills or abilities, but my set what he believes is a record for the most Texas in 1995 and joined the Lamar faculty squad, was picked to finish second in the 7 Sat. *at Texas State San Marcos 7:00 p.m. senior English teacher at Hardin-Jefferson publications in Pulse. The literary magazine in 2000. With Gwynn’s encouragement, he 2005-06 Southland Conference 12 Thurs. *at Stephen F. Austin Nacogdoches 7:00 p.m. published 45 of Wright’s poems, also bestow- got more serious about publishing his work. 14 Sat. *Texas-Arlington Beaumont 7:00 p.m. asked us to write an epigram as a little exer- Preseason Coaches Poll. The Cardinals 19 Thurs. *Louisiana-Monroe Beaumont 7:00 p.m. cise. When we came back to school the next ing the Eleanor Poetry Award three times. Why poetry? return more than 70 percent of their 26 Thurs. *at Nicholls State Thibodaux, La. 6:00 p.m. day, she had put my epigram on the bulletin Wright, 52, is a Vietnam veteran, “I write to see how well I can put an 28 Sat. *Stephen F. Austin Beaumont 7:00 p.m. scoring and 83 percent of their rebound- FEBRUARY board. That was a big kick for me.” having served in the military between high image on the page. Sometimes it’s an inspi- ing from last year. They ranked seventh 4 Sat. *at McNeese State Lake Charles 3:00 p.m. After graduating from Hardin- school and Lamar. “During that time, I ration that wants to get onto the page. in the NCAA last season at 80.6 points 8 Wed. *Texas State Beaumont 7:00 p.m. wrote,” he said. “I wrote mostly bad poetry, Other times, it’s just something that I’ve 11 Sat. *at Texas-San Antonio San Antonio 2:00 p.m. Jefferson in 1971, he earned bachelor’s and per game and also ranked 38th in steals 15 Wed. *Sam Houston State Beaumont 7:00 p.m. master’s degrees in English from Lamar. but it was poetry nonetheless. When I got thought about. Most of my poems, though (8.8) and 40th in blocked shots (4.6). 18 Sat. *at Texas-Arlington Arlington 2:05 p.m. His master’s thesis made Lamar history, and out of the Army, poetry became practically – that are any good – came out on their 23 Thurs. *at Northwestern State Natchitoches, La. 6:30 p.m. Headlining the list of returning players is 25 Sat. *at Louisiana-Monroe Monroe, La. 7:00 p.m. Wright is proud of that landmark. therapeutic for me. It was very cryptic – own. It’s almost as if a poem was inside senior forward Alan Daniels, who earned MARCH “I wrote the first creative thesis ever nobody but I could understand what I said. waiting to happen, and I was ready with first-team All-SLC honors last year after leading the conference in scoring at 1 Wed. *Nicholls State Beaumont 7:00 p.m. I was trying to hide the meaning.” pen and paper in hand.” 3 Fri. *Southeastern Louisiana Beaumont 7:00 p.m. accepted at Lamar University,” Wright said. 19.9 ppg, which ranked 27th in the NCAA. He is the first Lamar player to 7-12 Tues.-Sun. Southland Conference Tournament Campus Sites Former department chair Robert Barnes During almost three years in Asia, he — LW lead the conference in scoring since All-American Don Bryson in 1965. Daniels * Southland Conference Games chaired his thesis, and, like R.S. “Sam” developed an interest in Oriental ideas. He was named to the Collegeinsider.com Preseason Mid-Major All-America Team. All times are central and subject to change.

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A course toward equality

Fifty years before Johnnie R. Ware and Earl V. White had FEB. 14 FEB. 9 Tiger Woods won his learned to play golf as youths working as ArtsNotes Lamarissimo! Lamar Wind Ensemble Lights! Faculty Artists and Chamber Music 7:30 p.m. 10th major tourna- caddies and waiters. Toast to the Arts Le Grand Bal 2006 – – will honor businessman First United Methodist Church ment in the PGA, six Denied the right to play at Tyrrell Park, Frank Messina for his contributions to Lamar. Messina is presi- MARCH 7 amateur black golfers they found two young, black lawyers to Camera! dent of Messina’s Liquor Inc. The Bal is scheduled March 25, Jazz Bands won a major victory of help them challenge the city. Theodore R. with an art auction and reception from 7 to MARCH 23 LAMAR THEATRE their own. Those Johns and Elmo Willard III had recently 9 p.m. in the Dishman Art Museum and Wind Ensemble and Concert Band FEB. 16-21 golfers used the court graduated from law school and were pas- Action! KENNETH RIVERS dining, dancing and entertainment from 8 An Evening With Israel by Israel Horowitz system to fight for the sionate about civil rights reform. Their suit p.m. to midnight in the Montagne Center. APRIL 25 Directed by students Michael Janssen, Cardinal Singers and right to play at became part of a civil rights campaign being After the lights went out because of The annual gala benefits students in the Andrea Garcia and Adam Conrad Lamar Dance Company Beaumont’s municipal waged across Texas by the NAACP. Hurricane Rita, Lamar’s 16th annual College of Fine Arts and Communication. Studio Theatre Performances at 7:30 p.m. golf course, establish- In Fair Ways, Robertson chronicles the Distinguished Faculty Lecture is back on Call (409) 880-8137 for reservations . . . in the Jefferson Theatre APRIL 20-25 ing legal precedent parallel stories that converged – of the the marquee, rescheduled for 7:30 p.m. Jan. Despite Hurricane Rita, six students from FRANK MESSINA Tickets: 880-8415 Vieux Carre by Tennessee Williams along the way. Robert plaintiffs, their attorneys and the third play- 30, 2006, in the University Theatre. A the Lamar’s NewDance Ensemble per- Directed by Adonia Placette ROBERT ROBERTSON Robertson ’65, an er in the decision: U.S. District Judge reception is planned afterward in the theatre formed at the inaugural Fort Worth Dance Festival Oct. 21-23. University Theatre lobby. adjunct instructor in Lamar J.R. Cecil, who had just been They are Emily Lockard and Nicole Daigle of Beaumont; Katy ADDITIONAL OFFERINGS Performances at 8 p.m. weekdays and history at Lamar, tells their story in a new appointed to the bench by President Honoree Kenneth Rivers, professor of Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays King of Fannett; and Melanie Bohacek, Allison Fulton and JAN. 15 French, will speak on “The Meaning of the Tickets: 880-2250 book, Fair Ways: Eisenhower and Leslie Davis of Houston. Festival organizers had invited the Kim Ellis, clarinet, Movies: 100 Years of Cinema in the U.S. How Six Black “ . . . a wonderful story, rich who, as a con- Lamar students to appear in all six per- and Dwight Peirce, piano Golfers Won Civil servative and Around the World.” The lecture is formances over the two weekends, but, with detail and local color and MARCH 5 DANCE Rights in Republican, sponsored by ExxonMobil. because of the evacuation and the clos- personality, that sheds an illuminating Nick Rissman, piano, Beaumont, Texas, would seem an As the music crescendos and the screen ing of the university, they were unable FEB. 4 and Galen Wixson, cello NewDance Ensemble published by ray of light on one aspect of the story unlikely candi- lights up, Rivers will lead a cinematic jour- to work with their choreographer and Art Museum of Southeast Texas 7:30 p.m., University Theatre Texas A&M of desegregation, showing how the date to help ney through a century of great filmmaking. instructor, Alice Howes, for more Performances at 2 p.m. University Press. most unlikely persons can have a bring about “From the ribbon-cutting in 1905 at than a month. That forced the students Using public case major impact on the important change. that humble nickelodeon in Pittsburgh, to miss the first weekend of perform- papers, public events of our lives.” Cecil’s which was featuring The Great Train ances at the festival. “The students put Robbery, to the high-tech and high-stakes records, newspa- – JOHN BOLES, landmark 1956 in long rehearsal hours,” said Howes, pers and oral his- William P. Hobby Professor of History, Rice University. ruling desegre- computer-generated epics of today, motion “and they managed to prepare for the Rita energizes ‘new’ tories, Robertson gated Lamar pictures have affected the lives of countless performance in just two days so they could join the second recreates the scene in State College of Technology. millions in America and throughout the weekend of performances” . . . The 45th issue or Lamar’s literary Lamarissimo! season world,” Rivers said. Beaumont on the eve of Jim Nantz of CBS Sports magazine, Pulse, features the work of 20 student writers, five of The Lamarissimo! concert series has been blowing He will show clips from “classics and desegregation. applauds Robertson’s book as whom received awards for their contributions. Ashlynn Ivy of and going to rave reviews for 15 years. And it rarities,” including The Great Train Robbery, In the summer of 1955, “a story that cuts to the core Groves earned the Eleanor Poetry Award for best overall poem wasn’t about to let the inharmonious hand of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Rashomon, Horse the golfers attacked the Jim of sports and society. It and the deSchweinitz Poetry Award for best poem in open form. Hurricane Rita keep the acclaimed off-campus talent showcase from mak- Feathers, Casablanca and Vertigo. Crow caste system when they reminds us how far we have Matthew Crumpler of Orange received the Barnes Poetry ing beautiful music for Southeast Texans. “That should give everyone a good filed a federal lawsuit for the come . . . in the last 50 years.” Award for best poem in traditional form, and Carrie Zoch of The revised lineup began with the holiday choir concert Dec. 13 and sampling of the different styles of U.S. and right to play at Tyrrell Park. Robertson, who earned Beaumont received the Pulse Essay Award for best essay. Mike continues this spring with rescheduled and regular dates, moved from the world cinema and some of the ways in Their attorneys asked the judge his master’s in history from Dunklin of Bullard received both the Rowe Poetry Award and Julie Rogers Theatre to the Jefferson Theatre. (See Marquee) which films have had meaning for different to render a decision that would Lamar, is a Beaumont busi- the Pulse Fiction Award for best short fiction. Kelly Tibbetts of Since its inception in 1990-91, Lamarissimo! has represented a partner- peoples in different eras,” Rivers said. “The not only integrate the local golf ness executive and leader in Port Arthur received the Pulse Poetry Award, which is chosen by ship between Lamar and the community, with the sponsorship of area busi- audience will see not only films they are course but also set precedent area history organizations. He the staff of the literary magazine. The back cover honors Henry nesses essential to the series’ success. This season, two new underwriters familiar with, but also clips from 1902 and for desegregation of other was a featured author at the Rule, regents’ professor of English, who died this year, with pub- join the “friends of Lamarissimo!” roster. J K Chevrolet sponsored the holi- 1903 that blow you away with their creativ- public facilities. Texas Book Festival Oct. 29-30 in Austin, lication of his poem, The Beat of My Mother’s Heart. Copies of day concert, while American Valve and Hydrant will sponsor the ity, unimaginable for such an early era.” Booker T. Fayson, Joseph P. Griffin, participating in a panel, “Remembering the Pulse are available from the Department of English and Modern artists/chamber performance on Valentine’s Day. Three longtime sponsors The lecture is open to the public William Narcisse, Thomas A. Parker, Dream: Civil Rights in the ’60s.” Languages, (409) 880-8558. return: Bo-Mac Contractors Ltd., ExxonMobil and Entergy Texas. without charge.

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Weaver Mr. & Mrs. Greg Austin Mrs. Vivian Godkin Dr. Brenda & Mr. Harry Nichols Weller, Green, Toups & Terrell, L.L.P. between September 1, 2004, and August 31, 2005. Amounts listed are cumulative; Mr. & Mrs. James D. Austin Greater Houston Community Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Jay R. Old, Jr. Wells Fargo donors’ gifts to the Cardinal Club, Friends of the Arts, KVLU and other affiliated Ms. Jane D. Baker Mr. & Mrs. J. Wallis Gregorcyk Mr. & Mrs. Hermann Ortega Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Wheeler BASF Corporation Mr. & Mrs. Mike Grimes Mr. Albert J. Osina, Jr. Mrs. Jill Scoggins & Mr. David E. Widener organizations have been combined for this report. Dr. & Mrs. Wendell C. Bean Ms. Betty R. Guarnere Mr. & Mrs. Joe Penland Mr. & Mrs. Ted W. Wiggins Beaty Insurance Agency Dr. & Mrs. Tim Hagler Philippine American Community of Texas Estate of Sammy P. Wilcox Your tax-deductible donation to Lamar’s Annual Giving Campaign equips Beaumont Founders Lions Club Mr. & Mrs. J. R. Hancock Mr. & Mrs. Gerald A. Patrizi Mr. & Mrs. William M. Withers Lamar with essential resources to address challenges as they arise and enables the Beaumont I.S.D. Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Hansen Peak Sulfur, Inc. Woodhead & Reidy Advertising Beaumont Realty, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Harrison Mr. & Mrs. J. R. Perlitz Bob & Karen Wortham Foundation university to seize unexpected opportunities. Investing in the 2006-07 Annual Dr. Russ Bebeau Mr. & Mrs. Dan Hetzel Pfizer, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Wortham Dr. & Mrs. Aiyanadar Bharathi Mr. & Mrs. Sid Hodges Philippine Association of Beaumont, TX Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Wyble Giving Campaign ensures the value of a Lamar University degree will continue to Mr. & Mrs. Joey Blazek Dr. & Mrs. Joe W. Holland Dr. Adonia D. Placette Zummo Meat Company GivetoLU.lamar.edu rise as we achieve the highest levels of academic excellence. Mr. & Mrs. Jack Blume, Jr. Home Furniture Co. Port Arthur Noon BPW Club, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Frank S. Zummo Ms. Edra H. Bogucki Dr. & Mrs. Jack R. Hopper Mr. & Mrs. John Powell Mr. & Mrs. Pete F. Zummo Thank you for helping make dreams come true. Mr. & Mrs. Jimmy E. Booker Mr. & Mrs. Toliver W. House, Jr. PRN Medical Services, Inc. Dr. & Mrs. Brent W. Bost Mrs. Sally House Mr. Doak C. Procter III Mr. Jack Boychuk Mr. & Mrs. Chuck T. Houston Pronto Medical Services, Inc. Cardinal Council Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey A. Boychuk Mr. & Mrs. Ed L. Hughes Ms. Deborah J. Prosperie ($500-$999) Mr. & Mrs. David A. Brandom I.B.E.W. Local Union #479 Provost & Umphrey Law Firm, L.L.P. Quota Club of Southeast Texas Dr. & Mrs. W. Brock Brentlinger Industrial Transportation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Charles Pyle Al T’s Seafood & Steak House Ms. Eunice H. Bromley Infocus Camera & Imaging, LLC Quality Mat Company Mr. & Mrs. A. Morris Albright, Jr. A Report On Giving SEPTEMBER 1, 2004, TO AUGUST 31, 2005 Mrs. Suzy Bromley Mr. Michael M. Jamail Mr. & Mrs. John B. Quigley American Society for Quality Control Mr. Robert F. Brown Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. James Republic Beverage Company Mrs. Bobbie Applegate & Dr. Joe Pizzo Mr. & Mrs. H. Nelson Bruns Ms. Lucille F. Jarisch Reserve First Partners, Ltd. Ms. Melinda P. Ardoin Mr. & Mrs. Hez A. Aubey Cook, Shaver, Parker, & Williams Wilton & Effie Mae Hebert Foundation Press Club of Southeast Texas Mr. & Mrs. Jon B. Burmeister President’s Circle Ms. Vivian Liddell Drs. Betty & David D. Reynard Ms. Emeline Auzenne ($5,000 & Up) Cotton Cargo Mr. & Mrs. Alton D. Heckaman, Jr. Primavera Systems, Inc. H. E. Butt Grocery Co. Jason’s Deli Mr. Warren W. Rice Dr. & Mrs. L. Randolph Babin Mr. & Mrs. Will B. Crenshaw Mr. & Mrs. Hunter Henry Puffer Sweiven The Harry S. & Isabel C. Cameron Mr. & Mrs. Randy Jarrell Mr. & Mrs. John Riedmueller Mr. & Mrs. J. Mike Babin 1st Capital Reserve, L.P. Debb’s Liquor Hibernia National Bank Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Reese Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Alan J. Kane Mr. & Mrs. Dale Rose II Mr. & Mrs. Neal W. Baker 1st National Reserve, Ltd. Mr. & Mrs. James C. Dishman, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Edward Hurwitz Rocky’s Roadhouse Cardinal Risk Management Kane Environmental Engineering, Inc. Sales & Marketing Executive Club of Mr. & Mrs. Steven C. Barkley Academy Sports & Outdoors Mr. & Mrs. George A. Dishman, Jr. ISP Elastomers Mr. & Mrs. Michael S. Rogers Alternatives, Inc. KBTV-TV Channel 4 Beaumont Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Beaulieu Beaumont Country Club Ms. Patricia A. Adams & Mr. Thomas Dr. & Mrs. Stephen A. Doblin J. K. Chevrolet Ms. Regina J. Rogers Casa Ole/Crazy Jose’s Restaurant Mr. & Mrs. Mark Kim Rev. & Mrs. Jim D. Salles Mr. & Mrs. Jeff G. Beaver S. Granger Mr. & Mrs. Joe Domino Ms. Maxine Johnston Mr. & Mrs. Tim W. Salles Cavett, Turner & Wyble, LLP Kinsel Automall Mr. Randall L. Sampson Ms. Doneane E. Beckcom Mr. & Mrs. Charles V. Alberto Domino’s Pizza Keating Family Foundation SBC Mr. & Mrs. Wayne P. Cerniglia Mr. & Mrs. Joe Bob Kinsel, Jr. Dr. Anita L. Riddle-Schmidt & Mr. Dr. & Mrs. Barry Berndt Mr. & Mrs. Michael E. Aldredge Eastman Chemical Company Mrs. Thomas J. Keating Mr. & Mrs. Don Shaver Mr. & Mrs. George B. Chase Kirby Corporation Steven Schmidt The Honorable & Mrs. David E. Bernsen Mr. & Mrs. James Alexander Mr. David W. Eckley Mrs. Sallye Keith Ms. Sandra S. Simmons Dr. & Mrs. Brandon Chenault Dr. Hikyoo Koh Dr. & Mrs. Russ Schultz Mr. & Mrs. Jim W. Bishop Mrs. Bruce Allred Mr. & Mrs. Johnny Edson KFDM-TV Channel 6 Mr. & Mrs. Dan F. Smith Chevron/Texaco Chemical Company Ms. Jackie H. Koh SE Texas Gastroenterology Assoc. Mr. & Mrs. Nader Bood Mrs. Ruth Brookner American Institute of Chemical Engineers Mr. & Mrs. P. Charles Eldemire Mr. & Mrs. L. Clayton Lau III Southeast Texas Water/Culligan William C. & Antoinette M. Childs Mr. & Mrs. Leslie A. Lakie Sempra Energy The Honorable & Mrs. Jack B. Brooks Mr. & Mrs. Richard Ashley Mr. & Mrs. Brian Ellis Mrs. Betty Leaf Nelda C. & H. J. Lutcher Stark Foundation Lamar State College-Port Arthur Mr. & Mrs. Scot E. Sheldon Mr. Rodney Broussard Mr. & Mrs. David R. Atnip Mr. & Mrs. Rodgers E. Ellis Dr. & Mrs. David J. Lehmiller Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Richard T. Christ Lamar University Club Dr. Sallye J. Sheppeard Mr. Shawn Bruno Babe Didrikson Zaharias Foundation Inc. ENGlobal Engineering, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Leslie Letulle Dr. Bette A. Stead Dr. & Mrs. Hsing-Wei Chu Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Lanning Dr. & Mrs. James M. Simmons Mrs. Betty L. Buchanan Beaumont Bone & Joint Institute Entergy - Texas Lockheed Martin, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Henry I. Strait Dr. & Mrs. Jerry D. Clark Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Larsen Mr. James G. Smith Mr. Donald R. Burnett Beaumont Music Commission Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Esposito Mr. & Mrs. Wilfred H. Long, Jr. Mrs. Elizabeth Sutton Mr. Pete Cloeren Mr. & Mrs. John Lovoi Mr. & Mrs. J. Mark Smith Mr. & Mrs. Carlo J. Busceme III Mr. & Mrs. Jack E. Butler Beaumont Rice Mills, Inc. ExxonMobil Mr. Harry Lucas, Jr. Mr. R. Allan Sutton Coburn Supply Company, Inc. Mrs. M. L. Lefler, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. O. R. "Butch" Smith C & I Mechanical, Ltd. Beaumont Southeast Z.A.T. Mr. & Mrs. Paul F. Ferguson, Jr. Don M. & Maryann Lyle Foundation Temple Inland Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Ernest W. Cochran Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Legnion Mrs. Marguerite Smith Dr. & Mrs. Phillip Chaney Mr. & Mrs. Robert Bertrand Ferguson Sports Foundation, Inc. Lyondell Chemical Company Texas Dairy Queen Ms. Edith E. Coco Mr. Michael J. Lindsay Dr. & Mrs. Michael L. Smith Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. Better Business Bureau Mr. Mark E. Fertitta McDonald’s Restaurant Texas Instruments Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Rusty Coco Lindsay & Morgan, P.L.L.C. Mr. & Mrs. Mitch Smith Dr. & Mrs. Stephen N. Cherewaty Bmt. Area Edu. Fed. Credit Union First United Methodist Church of Dr. & Mrs. J. Robert McLendon The Modern Group Mr. & Mrs. Hadley Cohen Living Faith Outreach Society of Plastic Engineers Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, L.P. Bo-Mac Contractors, Ltd. Beaumont Mr. & Mrs. Darin McNeil Mr. Beau Theriot Conn’s Inc. Mr. & Mrs. John J. Lovoi Southland Conference Chick-Fil-A Mrs. Virginia W. Christopher Mrs. Glenda N. Breazeale Five Point Credit Union Mr. & Mrs. Frank G. Messina J. Walter Thompson U.S.A. Inc. Mr. Mike L. Coy Mr. & Mrs. Joseph M. Lovoi Mr. & Mrs. Jeff L. Stagg Mr. & Mrs. F. Blair Clarke Mr. Joe E. Broussard II Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Frank Mr. & Mrs. Jensen G. Millar Mr. & Mrs. Greg M. Thompson Mr. & Mrs. Grady H. Crawford, Jr. LTC Financial Services, Ltd. Mr. & Mrs. Randall W. Stanton Claybar Funeral Home W. J. & Lela Budwine Charitable Fuddrucker’s Mr. Mickey L. Minyard Dr. & Mrs. Curtis D. Thorpe Mr. & Mrs. Stan L. Davis LU Social Work Student Association State Farm Co. Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Don C. Coleman Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Fuljenz Mr. & Mrs. William B. Mitchell Mr. & Mrs. J. Michael Turner Del Papa Distributing Company Lumberton I.S.D. Mr. & Mrs. Roy N. Steinhagen Mrs. Beverly Collie Mrs. Lela Budwine Ms. Rebecca L. Fussell Mobiloil Federal Credit Union Mr. & Mrs. Robert Turner Deloitte & Touche Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Joseph M. Mahlie Dr. & Mrs. James B. Stevens Mr. Dan R. Cone Mr. & Mrs. Rocky Chase Mr. & Mrs. Tyrrell Garth Motiva Enterprises Universal Coin & Bullion, Ltd. Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. Doguet Mrs. Betty H. Mahlmann Mr. & Mrs. Tom Stirling Mr. & Mrs. David Cook Mr. & Mrs. E. G. Cordts, Jr. Dr. Tamerla D. Chavis Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Gauf The National Christian Foundation Vanguard Charitable Endowment Doguet’s Rice Milling Company Mr. & Mrs. Frank J. Maida Stuart-Griffin-Perlitz Foundation Crockett Street Chaz De La Garza & Associates, LLC Dr. & Mrs. Jack M. Gill Dr. & Mrs. William C. Nylin Program Rev. C. M. Duplissey Dr. & Mrs. Bobby K. Marks Dr. Carol Sullivan Mr. & Mrs. Nathan H. Cross Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital Mr. Brooks Goodhue Parigi Property Management, Ltd. Mamie McFaddin Ward Heritage Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Duty Mr. & Mrs. Elvis L. Mason Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Sutton, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Daleo, Jr. Cintas Corporation Julia Gordon Gray Trust Mr. & Mrs. Sam C. Parigi, Jr. Foundation Mr. Larry D. Eastepp Mr. & Mrs. Johnny May Dr. & Mrs. John Taylor D.A.R./Col. George Moffett Chapter Coca-Cola Bottling Company Mrs. Leah Greenberg Parker Lumber Company Dr. & Mrs. Michael E. Warren El Paso Energy Foundation Mr. James L. C. McFaddin, Jr. Texas State Bank-Beaumont Mr. & Mrs. Keith V. Davis The Coin Group Mr. & Mrs. Paul S. Gupton Mr. Scott Parker Mr. & Mrs. Bill Whittle EMHUGH, LTD Dr. & Mrs. Scott A. McKenney Dr. Janine E. Thompson Mr. & Mrs. C. Lynn Daughrity Don’s Seafood & Steakhouse, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. C. W. Conn, Jr. Ms. Norma S. Hall Mr. & Mrs. Paul W. Pigue Mr. & Mrs. Morris Windham Dr. Grace & Mr. Bill England MCM Elegante Hotel Time Warner Communications Mrs. Geraldine W. Dozier Mr. & Mrs. Dan Coody Mr. & Mrs. Clinton W. Harwood PKD Trust Dr. & Mrs. Ralph A. Wooster Enterprise Rent-A-Car Mr. & Mrs. Floyd F. McSpadden, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Joseph V. Tortorice, Jr. Dr. Richard A. Drapeau

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Steven Manriquez Mr. & Mrs. John M. Wells, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Ernest R. Davis Safety Dr. & Mrs. Richard D. Newman Mr. & Mrs. C. E. Vallee, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Clifton J. Bergeron, Jr. Mr. Rich Courville Mrs. Fai C. Gore Mr. & Mrs. Spencer R. Dyer Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Mason, Jr. West Orange-Cove C.I.S.D. Mr. & Mrs. Rey de la Fuente Mr. Peter Imm Ms. Karen B. Nichols Dr. & Mrs. John W. Via Mr. & Mrs. John M. Bergeson Clear Lake Shores Counseling Center Mr. Van Greer Mr. & Mrs. Frank A. Eastman Mr. & Mrs. Stan N. Mathews Mr. & Mrs. David E. White Ms. Anna Dean Mr. & Mrs. Mike Ireland Mr. & Mrs. Lipscomb Norvell, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. T. W. Voss Mr. & Mrs. Mark Beshears Mr. Roussel Clement Mr. & Mrs. Kent Griffin Echo Maintenance, LTD Matrix-A & B Builders-CBI Mr. & Mrs. Terry W. Wood Mr. & Mrs. Marc L. DeChellis Isle of Capri Casino Mr. & Mrs. Mike Nugent Mr. & Mrs. Kevin E. Wagner Dr. & Mrs. Alfred Bessell Mr. Joe D. Cline Mrs. Sally M. Griffin-Byrd & Dr. Mr. & Mrs. Gary W. 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Harper Jan Girouard & Associates Mr. & Mrs. Lucky Ott, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Murray Anderson Ms. Mildred T. Elmore Kingwood Country Club Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Pledger Mr. & Mrs. Jerry C. White Mrs. Vickie Bonura Mrs. Mary B. Crittenden Dr. & Mrs. Purvis E. Harper Golden Triangle Dairy Queens, Inc. Ms. Janet B. Palermo Dr. Valentin V. Andreev Emerson Electric Company Kitchen Koncepts Ms. Maudie Pope Dr. John C. White Mr. & Mrs. Michael Borel Rev. & Mrs. Byron Crocker Dr. & Mrs. Patrick Harrigan Golden Triangle Neuro Care LLP Dr. Beverly & Mr. Carl Parker Dr. & Mrs. Paul H. Andreini Dr. & Mrs. H. E. Eveland Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Klein Mrs. Elizabeth Buchanan-Price & Mr. & Mrs. Mike White Mr. Gayle Botley Dr. Robert E. Crosser, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Joshua T. Harris Mr. Herb Goldstein Mr. W. L. Pate, Jr. Dr. Elvis H. Arterbury The Examiner Dr. & Mrs. J. S. Kong Mr. Albert J. Price, Sr. Mrs. Charlene M. Williams Ms. Kathleen L. Boudreaux Mr. & Mrs. C. C. Crutchfield, Jr. Hartmann Building Specialties, Inc. 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McCarty & Dr. Rick Mr. Ray Brown Mr. & Mrs. Glenn L. Dutton Mr. & Mrs. Ray Hooper Hirasaki Mr. & Mrs. Dean R. Sauerwein Mr. & Mrs. Ed Bos Mr. & Mrs. Charles J. Giglio Mr. & Mrs. Fred W. Loeb, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Kevin J. Roy Altemose, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James T. Brumfield Mr. & Mrs. W. Robert Dyer, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. William M. Horton Mr. & Mrs. Lewis Hoffer Mr. & Mrs. Bill Scott Mr. & Mrs. Hoyt C. Bothe Giglio Distributing Co., Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Jasper J. Lovoi, Jr. Ms. Paula M. Salter Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Ambort Mr. Brett Brunk Easy’s Mr. & Mrs. Herman H. Horwitz Holiday Inn Midtown Seven Up Bottling Company Mr. & Mrs. Sydney Boyd Mr. & Mrs. P. J. Gilbert Mr. & Mrs. Thomas L. Lowrance Sam’s Club Foundation American Valve & Hydrant Bruno & George Wines, Inc. Mr. Mark T. Eddingston Mrs. Mary A. Howell Dr. & Mrs. Larry Holly Mr. Steven G. Shallock Brentwood Country Club Mrs. Mary A. Glasgow Mr. Ralph V. Lunsford Mr. Mike Sanders Mr. & Mrs. Emery Anderson, Sr. Dr. & Mrs. Mark Bruyn Mr. & Mrs. Robert T. Edgar Mr. & Mrs. Craig E. Hoyal Honeywell Foundation Shell Oil Company Foundation Mr. & Mrs. J. Earl Brickhouse Dr. & Mrs. Cecil R. Glass Dr. & Mrs. James S. Mackin Schaumburg & Polk, Inc. Mr. Paul Andrues Mrs. Beatrice R. Buller Mr. Edward G. Edson III Mr. & Mrs. David F. Huber Ms. Christi S. Hood Shepherd’s Uniform & Linen Rev. Beauregard Brown III Mr. & Mrs. Cole B. Gober Mr. & Mrs. Pete Maida Mr. Harry I. Schoppe Mr. & Mrs. Michael Apuzzo Ms. Amy Burchfield & Mr. Jeff Mr. & Mrs. James R. Edwards Mr. & Mrs. John C. Huber III Mr. & Mrs. Richard E. Hopkins Supply Co. Mr. & Mrs. Tandy N. Bruce Mr. & Mrs. Warren Goehringer Market Basket Stores Mr. & Mrs. James E. Schulte Mrs. Catherine Armstrong Green Mr. & Mrs. Lum C. Edwards, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. William D. Hudson Mr. & Mrs. Tony Houseman Mr. & Mrs. Terry G. Shipman Ms. Judy Brunton Dr. & Mrs. Charles Gongre Mr. & Mrs. Donald J. Maloney Dr. & Mrs. Stanley Schwartz Arnold’s Billiard Supply Mr. & Mrs. Chester R. Burkhalter Mr. & Mrs. George D. Eicke Mr. Buck M. Huff Howell’s Discount Furniture Dr. & Mrs. James Shuffield Bryan’s 797 Mr. Rex Goode Marlowe & Company Scottish Society of Southeast Texas Mr. & Mrs. Fred Arnold Mr. Benny Burnett Mr. & Mrs. Chris Eldredge Mrs. Ramona B. Hutchinson Dr. Madelyn & Mr. Travis Hunt Mr. & Mrs. Luis G. Silva Mr. & Mrs. Howard H. Bundy II Mayor & Mrs. Guy N. Goodson Mr. & Mrs. Bobby K. Martin, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. William S. Shepherd Mrs. Judith Z. Aronow Mr. Bruce Burnham Elena’s Mexican Restaurant Ms. Lou Anne Huval I-Corp, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Brian Sutton Dr. & Mrs. William S. Burkes Mr. & Mrs. Christopher W. Graham Mr. Tom Martinez Mrs. Mary Frances Sherlock Mrs. Marjorie Arrington Mr. & Mrs. Andy R. Burns Mr. W. Pete Elliott, Jr. Dr. Betty A. Iles Mr. Steve Ingraham Mr. & Mrs. Kirk M. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Bob Burns Mr. & Mrs. Bill E. Grantham Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. Matheny Mr. & Mrs. C. L. Sherman, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Daryl D. Attaway Burns Properties, Inc. Ms. Wendy B. Ellzey Dr. Peter C. Isaac Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Jenkins Dr. Lulu L. Smith & Dr. Wesley W. Mr. & Mrs. Carlo J. Busceme, Jr. Green Beanery Cafe & Shops Mr. James Mathews Mr. Michael A. Short Mr. Lynn R. Aucoin Mr. & Mrs. Barney H. Bursack Mr. Joseph C. Elwell Ms. Elizabeth A. Jackson Dr. & Mrs. Andrew Johnson Washburn, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Tim Byrom Mr. & Mrs. Paul B. Greenwood Dr. Barbara Mathis-Tarbutton & Judge & Mrs. Mickey Shuffield Mr. & Mrs. Jim Austin Mr. & Mrs. Carlton A. Butler Mrs. Ethel May Emmons Mr. Ernest James Dr. & Mrs. Barry W. Johnson South Hampton Refining Company Mr. James R. Callas Mr. & Mrs. Autry M. Greer Mr. George Tarbutton Sigma Engineers, Inc. B & J Vacuum Tank Service Wiley & Richie Butler Dr. Erwin Engert Mr. & Mrs. Glen Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Thomas L. Johnson Southeast Texas Human Resource Mr. Richard C. Cantella, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Jim Griffith Mr. Heath McGallion Mr. & Mrs. I. M. Singer, Jr. B & L Mail Presort, Inc. Dr. Betty J. Byram Mr. Tim Erickson Mr. & Mrs. Paul L. Jones Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Jones Association Dr. & Mrs. Joseph B. Carlucci Mr. & Mrs. John C. Guidry Mr. & Mrs. Marc L. McLemore Ms. Diane L. Smith Dr. Mary Alice Baker Mr. & Mrs. Gregory A. Byrd Mr. Barry W. Evans Mr. Leslie Z. Jones Dr. & Mrs. Elmore P. Kalbaugh St. Elizabeth Health & Wellness Mrs. Mary Dale Carper Mr. & Mrs. Edward L. Gunderson Mr. Jeff McManus Mr. Eric Smith Dr. Lynn D. Ball Byrd, Smithey & Associates Excalibur Limousine Ms. Mary Jones Mr. & Mrs. Tom Kiehnhoff Center Carrabba’s Italian Grill, Inc. Dr. Mehmet Gurgun Dr. Lisa D. McNary Dr. & Mrs. Kevin B. Smith Drs. Griselda & Restituto Baluyot Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Cacioppo Mr. & Mrs. Leroy W. Faulk, Jr. Ms. Sandra B. Jones Mr. & Mrs. Larry King Mr. & Mrs. T. Max Stallings Mr. & Mrs. Russell E. Chase, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. M. Wyatt Haisten Mr. James D. McNicholas Southeast Texas Men’s Senior Ms. Vani A. Bandekodige Mr. Dennis Calder Mrs. Lois Ferguson Mr. & Mrs. Terry Jones Mr. & Mrs. Brad A. Klein Mr. Thilo Steinschulte Mrs. Barbara Chase-Hopkins & Mr. Mr. & Mrs. Larry G. Hamlin The Medleh Group Management Co. Baseball League Ms. Debbie Bando & Mr. Charles Mr. David L. Calderwood Mr. Felipe Fernandez, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Jordan Mr. & Mrs. Jack Koshkin Mr. & Mrs. Ken M. Suiter Don Hopkins Mr. Jimmy D. Hamm Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Megna Mr. Russell L. Staley Duit Cardinal Exxon Service Center Mr. & Mrs. R. T. Fertitta, Jr. Mrs. Sheila G. Jordan Mr. & Mrs. Joe D. Koshkin Sutton & Jacobs, LLP Mr. & Mrs. Brent Christopher Mr. & Mrs. Don H. Hancock Melody Maid Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Ed Stedman, Jr. Bank One Mr. Richard N. Cardwell Mrs. Marian Finnell Mr. & Mrs. Donald Jowers Dr. & Mrs. Mark J. Kubala Ms. Anna M. Nesmith & Mr. Mike Mr. & Mrs. Todd Christopher Ms. Nana Hanyu & Mr. David J. Ms. Mary A. Merrell Stone, Doiron & Wolfrom Mr. & Mrs. Isaac Barbosa Mr. & Mrs. Joseph D. Carona, Sr. Ms. Sherri D. Fitzgerald JP Morgan Chase Foundation Carol Tyrrell Kyle Foundation Tarver Mr. & Mrs. Michael Clanahan Deutmeyer Milt’s Seafood Plant, Inc. Dr. & Mrs. John W. Storey Mr. Charles E. Barbre, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Kim L. Carroll Mr. & Mrs. Perry S. Fleckman Mr. Gerall E. Kahla Dr. & Mrs. Michael A. Laidacker Thermacon Service Company Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth L. Clark Mr. Henry Hardy, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Gene C. Monger Mr. & Mrs. Don Streety Mr. & Mrs. W. A. Barclay, Jr. Ms. Amy Chance Mr. & Mrs. Myers L. Foreman Mr. & Mrs. Richard Karnes Lamar State College-Orange Ms. Rose M. Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Willard W. Clark, Jr. Mrs. Maarit K. Savola-Harp & Mr. Mr. & Mrs. J. David Moore Strong Pipkin Bissell & Ledyard, L.L.P Mr. & Mrs. Don Barnes Mr. David Chance Mr. & Mrs. William E. Fouts Mr. & Mrs. Vernon Kelinske Dr. & Mrs. J. D. Landes Mr. Matt M. Thompson Dr. & Mrs. Henri Clarke Russell Harp Mr. Manuel Moreno, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Derryl Stutes Dr. & Mrs. James A. Barrum Mr. & Mrs. Tony L. Chauveaux Mr. Danny R. Francis Mr. & Mrs. Howard G. Kessel Mr. & Mrs. John R. Landis Three Bones Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Bill E. Cogswell Mr. & Mrs. Ben B. Harper Mr. & Mrs. Randall G. Morgan Mr. John Surma Mr. Irby Basco Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Chavez Games People Play Mr. & Mrs. Randy Kimbrough Mr. & Mrs. Floyd A. Landrey Mr. & Mrs. Henry Thurston, Jr. Dr. Bobbie H. Colbert Ms. Mary K. Harris Motorola Foundation Mrs. Yvonne A. Sutherlin Dr. Barbara & Mr. Reginald Batty Dr. & Mrs. Daniel H. Chen Mr. & Mrs. Harry E. Gardiner Ms. Ann M. Kimtantas Lane Management Group Mr. & Mrs. Jake Tortorice, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Alan B. Coleman Dr. & Mrs. John F. Harvill Mr. & Mrs. Roger V. Moye Mrs. Trudeen Swain Dr. William K. Baxley Dr. & Mrs. Richard T. Cherry Mr. & Mrs. Scott Garvie Mr. Jim King Mr. & Mrs. Rick Lane Mr. & Mrs. David W. Trammell Dr. & Mrs. Ed Collins Mr. & Mrs. W. B. Hataway Mr. & Mrs. Ronnie R. Moye Mr. Michael D. Tanous Mr. & Mrs. Jim V. Bazzoon Mr. & Mrs. Charles B. Childress Mr. & Mrs. Burke Gautreaux Dr. & Mrs. James F. Kirby Mr. David LeBlanc Trans-Global Solutions, Inc. Complete Litigation Support Mr. & Mrs. Paul N. Hay Mrs. Anita Murphy Mr. John R. Taylor The Bead Barn Mr. & Mrs. Terry W. Chilton Mr. & Mrs. William H. Genn III Mr. & Mrs. Lanny Kirkland Dr. & Mrs. John D. LeBlanc Mr. & Mrs. Billy Tubbs Mr. & Mrs. Gerald R. Condon Mr. James L. Hayes II Mr. Michael S. Murphy Texas Coffee Co. Mr. & Mrs. L. H. Beard Mr. & Mrs. John P. Chirafis Mr. & Mrs. Jimmie J. Gentile Mr. Randy Kirwin Mr. & Mrs. Bob Lee Mr. & Mrs. Paul Traylor Mr. & Mrs. Gregg L. Conway Mr. Jerry J. Hebert Ms. Norma H. Murphy Thirsty’s Mr. & Mrs. Allen Beaty Dr. & Mrs. Jai-Young Choi Mr. & Mrs. Gary L. George Mr. Kou-Nain Ko Mr. & Mrs. Ben Lewis Universal Travel Service Mr. Ian Cormie Mr. & Mrs. Alan R. Hefty Mr. & Mrs. Habeeb M. Nacol Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. Thompson Beaty Overhead Door, Inc Mr. & Mrs. William N. Christian Mr. Michael D. Getz Dr. Ryan Konarik Mr. & Mrs. Charles B. Locke USG Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. D. Bruce Coryell Mr. & Mrs. Lewis Hiltpold Mr. David Nance Mr. & Mrs. Skylar Thompson Beaumont Foot Specialists Mr. & Mrs. Gary Christopher Gideon Distributing, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Mike Kord Mr. Gilbert I. Low Mr. Srinivas N. Varati Mr. & Mrs. Jerry M. Cozby Dr. Betsy & Judge Earl Hines Nance International Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Kirk D. Tiller Beaumont Plaza Holiday Inn Ms. Beth Gallaspy & Mr. Peter P. Dr. & Mrs. Frank A. Giglio Captain & Mrs. Michael J. Kunst Dr. Howell J. Lynch Mr. & Mrs. Joe C. Vernon Crabtree Barricade Systems, Inc. Mr. Bertal E. Hjerpe National Communications Inc. Torchy’s Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth E. Beaver, Sr. Churton Ms. Helen L. Gilbert Mr. Ken LaFleur Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Lyons Mr. & Mrs. Carl Waldman Mr. & Mrs. Bo Crawford Holy Cross Brothers National Society of Black Engineers Dr. & Mrs. Donald E. Trahan Mr. & Mrs. Larry P. Begnaud Mr. James K. Clark Mr. Burton Gilliam Ms. Linda A. Land

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Ms. Linda E. Lang Mr. & Mrs. James E. Payne Mr. Steve Streety Mr. Mark G. Zummo Mr. & Mrs. Richard I. Avila, Sr. Ms. Charlotte Boling Laser Recon Mr. & Mrs. John E. Payton Mr. Alan D. Sturm B J Ford, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Bollich Mr. Frank J. Lass III Mr. Robert M. Peck Mr. Kyle Stutes Ms. Magdalena Ornelas & Mr. Mr. Richard L. Bolling Mr. Anthony L. Latino Mr. & Mrs. Curtis L. Peet, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Andrey J. Swiesciak- Red Bird Roster Mateen Babar Ms. Monica C. Bonnell Mr. & Mrs. Richard Laurette Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Perrella Maddox ($1-$99) Babe Zaharias Memorial Golf Course Mr. & Mrs. Gregory P. Bonura Ms. Eileen H. Law Mr. & Mrs. Mark Petkovsek Mr. & Mrs. Alex Szafir, Jr. Ms. Meredith Bahl Mr. Randy Bonura Mr. Christopher Lawrence Philip Morris Companies, Inc. Dr. & Mrs. Charles Tanner A 1 Maida Fence Co. Mr. & Mrs. Leroy J. Bailey Mr. & Mrs. James K. Booher Mr. Cody LeBlanc Mr. Marion Phillips III Mr. Allan Tapley A-1 Glass Company Mr. & Mrs. Sam Bailey Mr. Odis Booker Mr. & Mrs. Gerald K. Lee Pine Island Turf Farm Target Mrs. Hattie C. Abbott Mrs. Elizabeth E. Baird Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Boone Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Lee Mr. & Mrs. Jackie L. Pinner Mr. & Mrs. D. C. Teel Ms. Kay N. Abernathy Mr. & Mrs. Michael L. Baker Mr. & Mrs. Jim B. Boone Ms. Teresa Lee Ms. Elizabeth Pittman Mr. & Mrs. Jack D. Tenner Mr. & Mrs. Stephen W. Abshier Mr. & Mrs. Ray Baker Mr. & Mrs. Jimmy Boone Planned Mr. & Mrs. William Lepp Mr. & Mrs. Alan H. Plummer, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Bill Tennison Mr. Gerald Abshire Balboa Company Mr. Cullen P. Bordages Mr. Bill Lierman Mr. & Mrs. Joe E. Polk Mr. & Mrs. John A. Tessler Mr. Carl V. Accardo Mr. & Mrs. Byron Balentine Ms. Margie Boren Little Hawk Car Wash Mr. & Mrs. David R. Pollard Mr. & Mrs. Paul Teten Ms. Jenny E. Achilles Ms. Carol Ballance Ms. Beulah Bosarge Mrs. Helen C. Locke Mr. & Mrs. W. Ken Poston II Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Theall Mr. John R. Achterhoff, Jr. Dr. Alice & Mr. Charles Ballew Mr. & Mrs. David L. Bost, Jr. Ms. Berti Loken Mr. Donald L. Potter, Sr. Mrs. Polly Thomas Mr. Alvin T. Adams, Jr. Mr. Mithun Banerjee Boston Red Sox Dr. Lynn Lokensgard P.P.G. Industries Foundation Dr. R. Blaine Thomas Mr. Charlie Adams Ms. Donna Barber Ms. Lucia Bouchat giving Dr. Thomas A. Lombardo Ms. Imelda Pradia Mr. Christopher J. Thurston Dr. Connie Barker Mr. & Mrs. Donald L. Boucher A lasting legacy Mr. & Mrs. Gilbert T. Adams M & D Supply Dr. & Mrs. Jay C. Proctor Mr. & Mrs. Dana L. Timaeus Mr. & Mrs. Gilbert T. Adams, Jr. Ms. Staci L. Barnett Mr. Gene W. Boudreaux Dr. & Mrs. Li-Chen Ma Mr. & Mrs. James F. Raithel Mr. James T. Timmons Mr. & Mrs. Jimmie F. Adams Ms. Bitsy Barr Mr. Kevin L. Boudreaux Mr. & Mrs. Dan Mabry Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Ramsdell Dr. & Mrs. Timothy K. Colgan Dr. R. Christopher Adams Ms. Carolyn Barras Mr. Preston Boudreaux Mr. M. P. MacBride Mr. & Mrs. David G. Randazzo Tizzy’s Hair Salon Mr. & Mrs. David H. Adams Mrs. Eunice S. Barrett Mr. & Mrs. Jerome D. Bourgeois Mr. Chris Maida Mr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Rasnick Mr. Jon Trahan Dr. & Mrs. Charles F. Adkins Mrs. Genevieve F. Barrett Dr. & Mrs. J. Gardiner Bourque lanned giving sparks a thoughtful process to arrange a Mr. Salim M. Makdsi Mr. John Read Mr. Thomas M. Trenta Mr. John E. Adkins, Jr. Ms. Mary F. Barrett Ms. Alexine Boutin Mr. Carlo J. Malley, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Bob Reaves Mr. & Mrs. Walter H. Triebel Mr. Vic Afshar Ms. Jeri Barron Ms. Ann Boutte major gift to a charitable organization such as Lamar Mr. Robert Mark RecordSearch Dr. Rocco J. Tritico Mr. Hossein Aghazeynali Mr. Kenneth R. Barry Mr. & Mrs. Frank D. Boutte Mr. & Mrs. Don C. Marshall Redlac Enterprises Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Truncale Mr. & Mrs. David C. Agnew Basco Construction, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. James A. Bowen University or its foundation. There is a special satisfaction Mr. & Mrs. Casey Matthews Mr. Ronald D. Reed Mrs. Uliana N. Trylowski & Mr. Mr. Virgil G. Agnew Mr. Ryan R. Baskin Mr. & Mrs. Steve A. Bowker P Mr. & Mrs. Bill Maxey John C. Reimers, D.D.S. Jesse J. Doiron, Jr. Mr. Faiz Ahmed Mr. Ernie F. Battle Mr. Henry M. Bowman, Jr. in making a gift to a cause that has become particularly Ms. Rose Maxwell Mr. & Mrs. Don Richards Mr. & Mrs. Walter L. Tucker, Jr. Ms. Anita Ahrens Mr. & Mrs. Ron Baumer Mr. Tony Bowser meaningful to you. Mr. & Mrs. J. Kevin Mc Knight Mr. & Mrs. Wade G. Richards Mr. & Mrs. John H. Tucker Ms. Ruth Chaffin Airhart Mr. & Mrs. E. A. Baumgartner Ms. Jan Boyd Mr. & Mrs. Larry D. McAnulty Mr. & Mrs. Clyde P. Richmond Mr. Irl Unruh Mr. & Mrs. Pete Albertini Mr. & Mrs. Oscar K. Baxley, Jr. Mr. Tarrant B. Boyd II Perhaps you are a graduate of Lamar and hold a special place Mrs. Jacqueline L. McClintock Mr. & Mrs. Walter Riedel Dr. Tracie D. Updike Mr. Alan W. Aldredge Mr. Jim Baxter Mr. & Mrs. Jerry N. Boynton Mr. & Mrs. Dexter McCoy Mrs. Ellen W. Rienstra Dr. Glenn H. Utter Mr. & Mrs. John K. Alexander Ms. Linda P. Baxter Ms. Mysti Rudd & Dr. Jerry W. in your heart for the university. Or, perhaps you know the Mr. & Mrs. Mack McCullough Drs. Dianna & Kenneth Rivers Mr. John K. Vague Ms. Beverly Alexandre Bayou Din Golf Club Bradley Mr. & Mrs. Chris McDonald Dr. Charlie W. Roberts Value Carpet Shoppe Rev. & Mrs. Ben Alford Beaumont Carpet Ms. Greta A. Brannan importance of education and feel a strong bond with the university Mr. & Mrs. John D. McElroy Mr. & Mrs. Ivan D. Robertson III Mr. & Mrs. Marvin D. Vander Weg Ms. Madeline Alford Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Beavers Ms. Linda Brasher Mrs. Ruth S. McGuire Mr. & Mrs. C. Mitch Robinson Mr. L. Bruce Varley Mr. Naveed Ali Dr. Bryan L. Beck Ms. Sara Brasher in its important mission to educate students from diverse areas of Mr. Paul H. McHenry Mr. & Mrs. Jeremy C. Roebuck Mr. & Mrs. John Vaughn, Jr. Mr. John F. Allen III Chaplain R. Patrick Beck Mr. & Mrs. Raymond M. Brassard Mr. & Mrs. Elmer D. McKey Mr. & Mrs. Dan W. Rogas, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Ginter Vurlicer Ms. Louise B. Allen Mr. Donald C. Beckert Ms. Roxanne E. Braswell the state, nation and world. Mr. Fred B. McKinley Ms. Katheryn I. Rogers Mr. Walter Wagner Allied Bail Bonds Ltd. Ms. Brenda B. Bedair Breaux Dental Lab Services Mr. Tim T. McMurray Mr. & Mrs. Val E. Rose Mr. & Mrs. Perry J. Walker Ms. Elaine Allums Mr. Wallace Bedair Ms. Carmen I. Breaux For most individuals, a gift that helps an educational institution Mr. & Mrs. L. W. Mecklenborg Mr. & Mrs. John B. Ross Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Walker Ms. Daina Alston Dr. Dave D. Bedworth Mr. & Mrs. Roy L. Breaux, Jr. Mr. R. P. Medlin Dr. & Mrs. Rod W. Ruppel Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Walla Mrs. Jean F. Altemus Mr. Randolph P. Beeson Mr. & Mrs. John K. Brett make a difference in the lives of students is very special. In the most Judge & Mrs. James Mehaffy, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Mark S. Russo Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Wallon Mr. & Mrs. Brian R. Alter Mr. Clarence R. Bell, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Briggs meaningful way possible, a planned gift to Lamar University Dr. & Mrs. Chip Mercer Mr. & Mrs. David E. Rutledge Dr. Bin Wang Mr. & Mrs. Nelson T. Alter Ms. Emily Bell Mr. Russell Brister Ms. Julia S. Mickum & Mr. Troy Ryan’s Steakhouse Mr. Donald Wanoreck Ms. Julie S. Altnau Mr. & Mrs. Milton H. Bell Mr. Roy L. Brittain celebrates your lifetime and your wish to share its rewards with this Fontenote Julian Salter Company Mr. Leldon W. Ward Mr. & Mrs. R. M. Alvis Ms. Winifred Bellido Mr. & Mrs. Benny M. Brocato MiLady’s Doll World Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Salter Mr. Ray H. Ward Mr. & Mrs. John M. Ambort Ms. Pamela H. Bennett Mr. & Mrs. Frank E. Brocato and future generations. Ms. Syble C. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Audwin M. Samuel Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Wascom Ms. Linda Ambort & Mr. Greg T. Mr. & Mrs. Richmond O. Bennett III The Brock Family Living Trust Mr. Pete Mitchell San Jacinto Glass Co. Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth R. Watkins Failla Captain & Mrs. William A. Bennett Mr. & Mrs. Jerry R. Brock A planned gift usually involves the use of a financial or legal Mr. & Mrs. Dennis L. Moncla Mr. Billy Sandefur Mr. & Mrs. David Weaver Mr. & Mrs. Jan M. Ambort Mr. & Mrs. John M. Benoit Ms. Marion A. Brock Mr. & Mrs. John T. Montalbano Dr. Pamela & Mr. Stephen Saur Mr. Kelly L. Weaver, Jr. American Air Systems, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Jerry W. Benson Mr. & Mrs. Norm Brodeur document such as a will, a life insurance policy, a trust or an Mr. & Mrs. Ted Moor III Ms. Beverly S. Schalon Mr. & Mrs. Sonny Wegner American Real Estate Corp. Mr. Jonas A. Bergeron Mr. Michael E. Brooke Mr. & Mrs. Bobby L. Moore Mr. & Mrs. Brian F. Schmidt Mr. Bo Weinbaum Dr. Marinel M. Ammenheuser Mr. & Mrs. David L. Bergeron Mr. & Mrs. Steven J. Brookner annuity. Although most planned gifts are arranged now and Mr. & Mrs. Ray M. Moore Mr. & Mrs. Timothy R. Schreck Mrs. Nell Weisbach Dr. Michael N. Amsden Mr. Adam Berjiny Mrs. Lauren G. Brooks Ms. Phyllis Morgan Mr. Michael Schwartzberg Dr. & Mrs. Scott A. Weiss Ms. Nancy Amsden Mr. Mike J. Bernhardt Mrs. Patricia D. Brooks received at some future time, planned giving also includes major Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Morris J. G. Scott & Sons Contractor, Inc. Ms. Victoria Weldon Dr. & Mrs. Ronald A. Amuny Mr. Jose M. Berrios Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Broome, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Jesse V. Morua Mr. Bryce M. Scott Mr. Gary Wells Mrs. Betty Anderson Ms. Rebecca J. Berry Mr. & Mrs. Paul A. Broussard outright gifts of cash and other possessions. Planned gifts are Mr. Stephen Mosely Mr. & Mrs. James G. Scott Mr. & Mrs. Wilton G. White Mr. Ernest W. Anderson Mr. Ronnell H. Berwick Mrs. Doris M. Broussard Drs. Gisele & Jimmy Moss Mr. Jack Seeley Mr. & Mrs. Jo Ben Whittenburg Mr. George L. Anderson, Jr. Ms. Yolanda B. Bessard Mrs. Jane Broussard usually made from assets, but they may also be paid from current Mr. & Mrs. James D. Mudd Mr. Dave Shaw Mr. & Mrs. John W. Wieden Dr. Jean & Mr. W. Anderson Mr. George Beverley Mr. Johnathan E. Broussard income, as are life insurance premiums. Mr. & Mrs. Manuel Mullenax Mr. & Mrs. Mel W. Shelander Dr. MaryE Wilkinson & Mr. Grady Mr. & Mrs. Keith Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Sam Bevilacqua, Jr. Dr. Crystal & Mr. Lance Broussard Mr. & Mrs. James M. Myers Ms. Martha Sheppard Dorrough Mr. & Mrs. Ronnie Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Sam Bevilacqua, Sr. Mrs. Sara Broussard A planned gift can often mean benefits to you such as income Mr. & Mrs. Raj Nair Mr. & Mrs. Craig J. Sherlock Mr. Charles P. Williams Mr. & Mrs. Bobby H. Anderson, Jr. Mr. Phani K. Bhamidipati Mr. & Mrs. Bernard P. Brown, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Rowdy L. Nash Dr. & Mrs. Sam W. Showalter Mrs. Elta Smith Williams Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Andrie Mr. Alfred A. Biehle Mr. Christopher E. Brown tax savings. A gift can sometimes be structured so that the donor Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Nathan Silva Venture Group, LLC Mrs. Gladys S. Williams Mr. Travis N. Andrus Mr. & Mrs. Jack L. Bihm Ms. Cynthia V. Brown Ms. Nancy B. Neild Mr. & Mrs. Bobby D. Simon Mr. & Mrs. Jeff H. Williams Mr. & Mrs. Ted Anzell Mr. Alan Bills Mr. John T. Brown retains the income or the use of the gift for his or her lifetime, or Ms. Deloris L. Nelson Ms. Madhvika Singla Dr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Williams Ms. Nicola Appleton Dr. & Mrs. Robert R. Birdwell Mr. Leonard K. Brown Dr. & Mrs. John L. Nelson Mr. & Mrs. Alfred E. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Louis M. Williams, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Terry R. Archibald Mr. & Mrs. Christopher L. Bisel Ms. Leslie L. Brown can provide a charitable gift now and still provide for grandchildren Mr. & Mrs. Ray A. Nelson Mr. & Mrs. John C. Smith Mr. & Mrs. R. O. Williams, Jr. Architectural Alliance, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Roy Biser Ms. Lori J. Brown Nesbitt Dental Lab Mr. Michael O. Smith Mr. Rudy C. Williams Ardmore Addition Mr. Brad Bishop Mr. Paul Brown in the future. Mr. & Mrs. Larry G. Nesbitt Dr. Sheila & Mr. Mack Smith Mr. Moodye Williamson Ms. Maribel L. Armendarez Mr. Michael D. Bishop Mr. & Mrs. Michael F. Brugger Ms. Nina Newkirk Mr. Scott Smithhart Willow Creek Publishing Company Ms. Lucille Armintor Ms. Valarie Black The Neil Brumfield Family Your planned gift Mr. & Mrs. William P. Nickum Smith-Hayes Optical Services, Inc. Mr. George J. Wilson, Jr. Mr. Richard J. Armstrong Mr. & Mrs. George S. Blackmon Mr. Scott Brumley Lamar University Nimmo & Associates Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Smithson Mr. & Mrs. J. D. Wilson Mr. & Mrs. M. Arnaud Blackwell Construction Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Ed D. Brune will create a lasting impact Mr. & Mrs. Peter W. Nimmo Dr. & Mrs. Steve Socher Mr. Fred C. Winograd Mr. & Mrs. Eddie Arnold Mrs. Sug Blackwell Dr. Janiece Buck Dr. & Mrs. Charles L. Nix South Texas Auto Sales Ms. Anne F. Winslow Mr. Aubrey S. Aron Mr. & Mrs. Gene E. Blankenship Mr. Vinaya M. Budithi on our students, faculty Advancement Mr. Albert E. Nolen Mrs. Kay M. Spector Mr. David C. Wong Mr. & Mrs. Lonnie T. Arrington Dr. & Mrs. Don E. Blanton Mr. Jimmy Buehrig and researchers, all of Mrs. Ann Ohmstede Ms. Linda Spencer Mr. & Mrs. Sam M. Wood, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Mark W. Arrington Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Blaylock Ms. Donna C. Buesing P.O. Box 10011 Ms. Susan J. Oliver Mr. Harold Spies Mr. & Mrs. Monte Woodard Mr. Tom Arrington Blessed Sacrament Church Mrs. Eleanor N. Buettner whom carry forth the Dr. Mary Olsen Mrs. Marion H. Springer Mr. & Mrs. Bill Worsham Mr. Edgar Asbury Mr. Randy Kirwin Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Bullard Beaumont, TX 77710 Mr. Lynn Olson Dr. & Mrs. Malur Srinivasan Mr. Dennis Wright Ms. Nancy M. Atchison Ms. Linda T. Bloss Ms. Roberta E. Bullington vision of excellence that Mr. & Mrs. Jay Orcutt Star Fabrication Mr. & Mrs. M. J. Yennie Athletic Arena Dr. & Mrs. Brian Blount Ms. Margaret M. Burbank 409-880-8422 Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence J. Osborne Mr. & Mrs. James J. Steffek Mr. Marion Young Mr. & Mrs. Johnny Atkins Bluebonnet Hills Alpaca Ranch Mr. & Mrs. William Burkhardt is the hallmark of our Mr. & Mrs. Michael W. Palmer Mr. & Mrs. Mark Steinhagen Dr. Feras Zabad Mr. Gene Atkinson Ms. Belinda Bluiett Burks Specialty Processing, Inc. The Palms Golf Course Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Stelly Dr. & Mrs. Victor A. Zaloom Mr. Sean D. Atnip Mr. Talmadge Bluiett, Sr. Rev. Francis Burlton founders and supporters. [email protected] Mr. Harry N. Pappas Mr. & Mrs. Randy L. Still Ms. Penny Zemke Ms. Becky Auld Dr. & Mrs. Douglas Boatwright Mr. Timmy G. Burnett Mr. & Mrs. John E. Pate Stork Southwestern Laboratories, Inc. Mr. Alan G. Zimmermann Ms. Angeliqueca E. Avery Mr. & Mrs. Sam W. Boaze, Jr. Ms. Dixie L. Burns Mr. & Mrs. Thad Patin Ms. Sarah O. Streetman Mr. & Mrs. Gregory J. Zummo Ms. Marnie Avila Mr. John K. Bodensteiner Mr. & Mrs. Steven M. Burns

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Mrs. Zeila Alexander Mr. Norbit Emanuel Mrs. Anita Lokensgard Mr. C. V. Shinn Mr. Bruce Allred Mrs. Virginia R. Fitzpatrick Mr. Raymond N. Ludwig Mrs. Bessie L. Slaydon Ms. Della Archer Ms. Angeline Girolamo Mr. Carlton S. Mahlmann Mr. Michael Brooks Smith In Memorium Mr. Joseph K. Armintor Ms. Barbara A. Goldstein Mr. Donald Marrs Mr. Shelby Smith Mrs. Mary L. Balsamo Ms. Bonnie Goldstein Mr. Steve Marshall Mr. C. P. Snelgrove We took each other sight unseen. No had window units for air conditioning, but there Mr. Don Barton Mrs. Ruth K. Goode Mrs. Pauline McCarthy Mrs. Thelma Sonnier Between September 1, 2004, Mr. Gordon Baxter Mrs. Harold S. Grace, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. F. L. McDonald Mr. Charles Albert Stead Sr. one at Lamar had ever seen me, and, were none in the classrooms. Temperatures were and August 31, 2005, Mr. Lawrence Bonura Dr. John E. Gray Ms. Camelia McFaddin Mrs. Emma Genevieve Stead although I grew up in Baytown only slightly cooler during the evening classes, but, with donations were received in Mr. Daniel J. Bromley III Mr. & Mrs. Richard T. Green Mr. Valentine McFaddin Mr. Thilo Steinschulte Mr. Kevin Brooks Ms. Ginger Greenberg Mrs. Dolores McQueen Mr. William P. Stringer 70 miles away, I had never seen open windows, thousands of mosquitoes descended memory of the following Sister Rita Estelle Broussard Ms. Amanda G. Guevara Mr. Floyd F. McSpadden Sr. Mr. Henry Studeny alumni and friends of Lamar Mrs. Mary F. Bruns Mr. Ernst F. Gunderson Mr. Sylvan Mellinger Dr. Walter A. Sutton Lamar. Fifty years ago, I arrived in upon both instructor and students. University. If you would like to Mr. Mary Louise Calais Ms. Patsy Ann Harris Mr. & Mrs. Oliver Monk Mr. Morris Rae Sweat Mr. Pat Chaffin Mr. Jack House Mrs. Denise Elizabeth Durio Dr. Robert A. Swerdlow Beaumont to take a position as In spite of the heavy teaching load, the dress honor the memory of someone Mr. Wes Christopher Mr. Tom E. Jackson Morgan Ms. Ella C. Terrell instructor of history at Lamar State code – males wore ties and females wore dresses or in this special way, please send Mrs. Ione Frugia Benson Compton Mr. Ivan P. Jones Dr. Annette E. Platt Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Thompson College of Technology. skirts – the heat, the mosquitoes, and the low pay your contribution to Lamar Mr. C. W. Conn, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Walter K. Juncker, Sr. Mrs. Elizabeth A. Plummer Mr. Harold “Pete” Uzee Dr. Betty Coody Mr. Thomas J. Keating Mr. Kevin A. Poston Mr. Edwin R. Van Zandt I had just completed two years ($3,600 for nine months for an instructor with a University, P.O. Box 10011, Ms. Helen Cook Mrs. Charlene L. Kiker Mrs. Barbara Louise Ridings Mrs. Jennifer F. Watson Beaumont, Texas 77710. We Dr. James L. Cooke Mr. Daniel Kohlhofer Mr. & Mrs. Ben J. Rogers Mrs. Mary Ann Wills Welty of military service, 18 months of Ph.D.), I have fond memories of those early days at Ms. Katrinka Crawford Mrs. Carol Kyle Mrs. Leona Rush Mrs. Jean Williams will notify the families of your Mr. Dock B. Dement, Jr. Mr. Keith Wayne LaBure Ms. Lila M. Salles Mr. G. A. Wimberly, Jr. which were with the Historical Lamar. The students (at least most of them) seemed thoughtful generosity. Mrs. Ruby Ann Dupuis Mrs. Nancy J. Lampson Dr. Harold Saltzman Mr. Parker Windham Division of the United States Army eager to learn, and the instructors (at least most of Mr. & Mrs. Edward G. Edson Mr. Robert LeBlanc Mrs. Belle Schultz Ms. Ashley Marie Yancey Mr. Wade Ehrensberger Ms. Joan A. Letulle Mr. & Mrs. J. D. Sellers in Germany. My employment at them) seemed eager to introduce their students to Mrs. Patsy Ann Ellis Mr. Carl D. Levy Mr. Gregory A. Sessum Lamar had been completed by mail their academic disciplines. while I was still overseas. I had Several of my students in those days later had another job offer at what is today successful educational careers. Charles Alexander, $1 Million + Mr. & Mrs. Don M. Lyle Entergy - Texas BRIAN SATTLER the University of Central Arkansas at Leland Bellot, Archie McDonald and John W. Mr. & Mrs. Michael E. Aldredge Mr. & Mrs. Wayne A. Reaud Friends of Spindletop Conway but was encouraged by my Storey all obtained their Ph.D.s and became award- Mrs. C. W. Conn, Jr. The Robert A. Welch Foundation Hibernia National Bank Cardinals for Life major professor at the University of Texas to accept winning university history professors and authors. Mr. & Mrs. David Danziger Mr. Rudy C. Williams Mr. & Mrs. Hunter W. Henry, Jr. the Lamar position. It’s a decision I have never Many others in my early classes, including Wanda The University recognizes and ExxonMobil IBM Corporation extends its sincere appreciation Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Green $250,000 - $499,999 Mrs. Betty Leaf regretted. Landrey, W.T. Block, Ellen Walker Rienstra, Judy to those who have supported Mr. & Mrs. William B. Mitchell BP Amoco Foundation, Inc. The Meadows Foundation At that time, Lamar Tech, as it was then called, Walker Linsley, William Seale, Wayne Cutler, Robert Lamar University throughout SBC ChevronTexaco Corp. Mr. & Mrs. Ted E. Moor, Jr. had an enrollment of nearly 4,000 students, many of Robertson, Fred McKinley and Ronald Ellison, the years. Cardinals for Life are Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital Provost & Umphrey Law Firm, L.L.P. whom were attending class in the evening hours. As have all published historical monographs. those alumni and friends who $500,000 - $999,999 H.E. and Kate Dishman Charitable Ms. Regina J. Rogers a new instructor, I was assigned two evening classes That first year, 1955-1956, convinced me have cumulatively made Mrs. Kate Dishman Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Bill Schindler significant contributions. Dow Chemical Company Mr. & Mrs. George A. Dishman, Jr. Shell Development Company that first year and three classes in the afternoons. that I wanted to spend my academic life at Lamar. Dr. & Mrs. Jack M. Gill E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. Mr. & Mrs. Ed Stedman, Jr. Today, I cannot recall all the difficulties, and I enjoyed working with my fellow faculty mem- Houston Endowment, Inc. Edmonds Educational Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Homer L. Walles pleasures, of my early years at Lamar. Preston B. bers and the students. Like myself, many of them Williams was head of what was then the came from hard-working, middle-class families Department of History and Government. He guid- that saw the value of learning. Lamar afforded us ed me through the early days of teaching, and I the opportunity to share our interests. Mr. & Mrs. Michael E. Aldredge Mr. Harry E. Garner Mr. W. S. “Bud” Leonard owe much of my decision to stay at Lamar to him. Oh, there would be frustrations along the way, Heritage Society Mr. Paul Andrues Mr. J. C. Giglio Mr. & Mrs. Roger S. McCabe Senior faculty members in the department, especial- and from time to time, many of us would become Mr. David J. Beck Dr. & Mrs. Jack M. Gill Mr. Charles I. Miller ly Merrill Rippy, were also encouraging mentors to discouraged. But looking back 50 years, I regard an inexperienced, but eager, young instructor. my decision to accept the written offer from Dr. The Heritage Society honors alumni Mr. Gregory W. Bischoff Dr. Charles Gongre Mrs. Jeanette Mills and friends who have made planned gifts Ms. Joan E. Brenizer Mr. Rex Goode Mr. Ray M. Moore I do remember how hot the classrooms were F.L. McDonald to join the history faculty at Lamar for the future of Lamar University. These Mr. King A. Campbell Mrs. Peggy H. Gregory Mr. Thomas E. Morris for about seven months of the year. The offices of State College of Technology as one of the best gifts come in the form of bequests, life Dr. Joseph B. Carlucci Mr. Tom L. Harken Mr. Bill Munro deans, department heads and some senior faculty decisions of my life. insurance and life income arrangements Mrs. Phyllis Denby Ms. Lucy F. Jarisch Dr. Jack Orrick such as charitable remainder trusts and charitable gift annuities. If you would like Mr. Keith Dorman Mrs. Helen R. Johnsen Ms. P. J. Paine to become a member of the Heritage Mr. Phillip M. Drayer Ms. Maxine Johnston Ms. Pat Park Society by making a provision for Lamar Mr. Harvey Du Bose Mrs. Hubert B. Kaszynski Mrs. Grace H. Riley University’s future through a bequest or Mrs. Myrna Dunnam Mr. Leslie A. Lakie Dr. John Schnick Ralph Wooster trust, please contact Janice Trammell, Mr. P. Charles Eldemire Mrs. Gus F. Landegren Ms. Patricia A. Snyder Regents’ Professor of History director of development, with the Division Ralph Wooster celebrated his fiftieth anniversary as of University Advancement at Lamar Dr. & Mrs. H. E. Eveland Dr. J. D. Landes Mr. & Mrs. Homer L. Walles a Lamar University faculty member Sept. 1, 2005. University, (409) 880-8422. Mrs. Mary Ann Faust Mrs. Jerry Baldwin LeBlanc Mr. James H. Wells, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Dennis Flaherty Mrs. M. L. Lefler, Jr. Mr. Rudy C. Williams

50 | CARDINAL CADENCE December 2005 - February 2006 December 2005 - February 2006 CARDINAL CADENCE | 51 HOMECOMING MARCH 3-4, 2006 Catch a game. Enjoy the band. Take a tour with classmates.

Don’t miss this opportunity to reunite with friends and classmates for Homecoming 2006. This year, we celebrate the golden anniversary of the Class of 1956 and reunite alumni who were involved in the social fraternities and sororities at Lamar University. Reunion events for all alumni and individual reuniting groups will be held during the weekend.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS From new residence halls For more information please contact: to recent and ongoing FRIDAY, MARCH 3 Office of Alumni Affairs renovations — this is a 2:00 pm | Cardinals’ Baseball Game – Vincent-Beck Stadium unique opportunity for www.lamar.edu/alumni 6:00 pm | Tailgate Parties and Reception – Montagne Center alumni to see the many 7:00 pm | Men’s Basketball Game – Montagne Center (409) 880-8921 exciting and energizing 9:30 pm | Reunion Party. Band – “Mid-Life Crisis” – Quadrangle (800) 298-4839 changes to the campus SATURDAY, MARCH 4 of their memory. 9 – 11:00 am | Open House and Group Reunion Events – Campus Tours

11:30 am | Greek Alumni Reunion Lunch – (Tickets may be purchased at Homecoming) | Class of 1956 Golden Anniversary Reunion Lunch 2:00 pm | Cardinals’ Baseball Game – Vincent-Beck Stadium