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SUMMER 2007 Angelo State University Alumni Magazine AlumniAngelo State University Magazine contents Summer 2007 Vol. 6, No. 2 7 News Angelo State University Member, The Texas State University System The Chosen...... 7 Board of Regents: As the next president of Angelo State, Dr. Joseph C. Kent M. Adams, Chairman, Beaumont Bernie C. Francis, Vice Chairman, Carrollton Rallo brings to campus a new vision that extends far Dora G. Alcalá, Del Rio beyond the banks of the Concho River. Alan W. Dreeben, San Antonio John E. Dudley, Comanche Dionicio “Don” Flores, El Paso Ken Luce, Dallas Cover Story Pollyanna A. Stephens, San Angelo Greg Wilkinson, Dallas Magdalena “Maggie” Manzano, Campus Gone Wild...... 12 Student Regent, Huntsville From the Mall to the halls, it’s a jungle out there. Chancellor: Just ask naturalist Terry Maxwell of the biology faculty. 12 Charles R. Matthews, Austin

Angelo State University: President: Dr. James Hindman Features Provost and Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs: Dr. Donald V. Coers On the Air: Ram Radio and TV...... 18 Vice President for Finance and Administration: Sharon Meyer ASU’s state-of-the-art broadcasting facilities are Director of Alumni Relations: Lynsey Flage helping students launch careers, both in front of ASU Alumni Magazine and behind the cameras and microphones. The Angelo State University Alumni Magazine is published three times a year by the ASU Office of Alumni Relations in conjunction with the university Dedication Spelled S-h-i-r-l-e-y...... 20 News and Publications Office. Shirley Morton would do almost anything for ASU Alumni Association ASU except agree to this story. But we insisted. ASU Station #11049 San Angelo, TX 76909-1049 A Family Tradition...... 26 (325) 942-2122; Fax: (325) 942-2737 18 [email protected] Of their 12 children, Isaac and Felicitas Castro of

News and Publications Office Old Glory saw eight graduate from ASU in a genuine Angelo State University American success story. ASU Station #11021 San Angelo, TX 76909-1021 (325) 942-2248; Fax: (325) 942-2238 [email protected] Sections Alumni Magazine Publisher: Lynsey Flage Letters...... 6 Editor: Preston Lewis Director of Graphics: Michael Martin Campus News...... 9 Design Assistant: Carrie Whitesell Photographer: Tina Miller The French Connection … Texas Nursing … Briefs Writers: Tom Nurre, Jr. Ronn Rowland ...... Dave Wester Athletics 22 Contributors: Ashley Bruner Rams Rebound … ’Belles Survive … Julia Valles 26 Jenny Walthall Champions Return … Hoops Hoopla … Back to Work

On the cover: Biology professor Terry Maxwell and one of his chalk drawings, this one a poison dart frog, that adorn the blackboards of ASU biology classrooms.

Angelo State University Alumni Magazine SUMMER 2007 letter from the association president

To all fellow Alumni:

I am honored to be your new Alumni Board President for 2007-08. The ASU Alumni As- sociation board is here to do one thing – to promote Angelo State University. Our goal is to help Angelo State become the best university it can be by offering monetary support as well as promoting ASU to everyone we come in contact with.

There are many exciting things happening at ASU. We will soon be welcoming a new university president and the Centennial Village project is on the horizon for a new residence hall. In addition to the on-campus housing, there are many more new student apartments Lloyd Norris being built close to the campus by a private firm. This should allow us the living quarters needed to see our student population grow.

The LeGrand Alumni and Visitors Center is one of the shining stars on campus. The Alumni Center is constantly being used for everything from ASU receptions to wedding receptions to board meetings.

We continue to need your support as an ASU alumnus. For as little as $50 a year, you enjoy the benefit of supporting ASU as well as keeping up to date with everything that goes on at your alma mater. Please encourage all your alumni friends to become members of the Alumni Association. The more members we have in the association, the more we can contribute to Angelo State.

I’m looking forward to the New Year. Many exciting things are happening at ASU, and I want you to be a part of the excitement.

Sincerely,

Lloyd Norris Class of 1973

SUMMER 2007 Angelo State University Alumni Magazine 2007-2008 Fly Flage Kennedy L. Gomez Ridgway Arvedson AssociationAlumni Board of Directors Box Coleman Lee Maloney Peterson Willmann

Executive Committee President – Lloyd Norris, ’73 (pictured left)...... Chairman, Town & Country Food Stores 1st Vice President – Brad Fly, ’00...... CPA/Manager of Tax Services, Armstrong Backus & Co. Secretary/Treasurer – Lynsey Flage, ’97...... Director, ASU Alumni Relations Past President – Lawrence Kennedy, ’83...... Retired Past President – Louis Gomez, ’84...... Owner, Gomez Bookkeeping Mathews Nichols Rainey Past President – Tom Ridgway, ’79...... Owner, Ridgway Florist

Newly Elected Marsha Multer Arvedson, ’74...... Senior Staff Chemist, ExxonMobil Chemical Co. Kyle Box, ’81...... System Analyst, Verizon Randy Coleman, ’84...... Director, Community Medical Center Community Health Club Smith Ruiz Barnhart Joe Lee, ’80...... Owner, Dean’s Marine Darcy Maloney, ’86...... Business Consultant, ASU Small Business Development Center Eric Peterson, ’82...... CPA, Evans, Eckert & Peterson PC Ronnie Willmann, ’78...... Network Engineer, Verizon

Newly Appointed Ryan Mathews, ’98/’00...... Donor Recruitment Representative, United Blood Services Butler Eustis Garcia Lisa Nichols, ’92/’97...... Director of Development, Big Brothers Big Sisters Robert Rainey, ’96...... Software Sales, Data Management Inc. Amber Simmons Smith, ’02...... Marketing Director for Sunset Mall, Jones Lang LaSalle Willie Ruiz, ’88...... Whole Claims and Collections Supervisor, Verizon

Continuing to Serve

Barbara Barnhart, ’77...... Artist and Independent Travel Agent O. Gomez Gray Harrison Dudra Butler, ’79...... School Service Worker, San Angelo ISD Steve Eustis, ’73...... Steve Eustis Co., Realtors Arnold Garcia, ’73...... Editorial Page Editor, Austin American-Statesman Oscar Gomez, ’68...... Vice President, Verizon Sandra Hawkins Gray, ’84...... Co-Owner, Gray’s Transmissions David Harrison, ’72...... Senior Vice President, Texas Bank Jones Lacy LeGrand Vance Jones, ’79...... Executive Vice President, Texas Bank Lance Lacy, ’81/’91...... Co-Owner/Realtor, Allison-Lacy Real Estate Jean Ann Block LeGrand, ’72...... Civic Volunteer Kathy Muñoz, ’89...... News Director, KLST-TV (CBS) & KSAN-TV (NBC) Bill Nikolauk, ’84...... President/CEO, First Community Federal Credit Union Faron Pfeiffer, ’79/’82...... Senior Research Assoc., Texas A&M Research Center Muñoz Nikolauk Pfeiffer

Angelo State University Alumni Magazine SUMMER 2007 yousaid... Dear Alumni Association: Alumni Chapter Contacts Our reunion with the 1957 Rams turned out wonderfully, primarily through you and your staff’s efforts in our behalf, plus Texas Virginia the wonderful use of the LeGrand Alumni Abilene Southside and Visitors Center facilities. Your attitude Donald L. Plumley (’94) Tim Gette (’68) and enthusiasm are contagious. It was a [email protected] [email protected] “Special Time” for all of us. Austin Washington D.C. Jason Adams (’94/’99) On behalf of our players, their families, [email protected] Kevin Schwalb (’97) special guests, Toddy and myself, we want [email protected] Houston to sincerely “Thank You” from the bottom Ryan Pelzel (’99) Washington of our hearts. [email protected] Tacoma/Seattle The whole weekend adds greatly and Laredo Marty Wooten (’84) warmly to our memories. Raj Gandhi (’96) [email protected] [email protected] With deep appreciation, Lubbock Thailand Phil George and the Jeff (’85) & Mindy (’86) Hamilton Adisak Laosirirat (’86) 1957 Ram Basketball Players [email protected] [email protected] Midland Dear Alumni Association: Brandon Pinson (’92) [email protected] I am writing to thank you and the Alumni Odessa Board for your generous donation of the James L. Seaton (’02) LeGrand Center’s ballroom for the 11th [email protected] If you are interested in Writers Conference Luncheon Feb. 23, as San Antonio being an ASU contact well as in past years. The beautiful room Greg Metz (’99) [email protected] made an ideal backdrop both for our stu- in your area, please call dents meeting in person with this year’s Arizona ASU Alumni Relations at featured writer, Prof. Tobias Wolff, and for Anna (Kinsey) Nickell (’67) honoring the conference’s namesake, Mr. [email protected] (325) 942-2122 or e-mail Elmer Kelton. New York [email protected] for Sincerely, Ray Vohra (’95) Dr. Linda Kornasky [email protected] more information. ASU Writers Conference Committee

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SUMMER 2007 Angelo State University Alumni Magazine campus Vital Stats: Dr. Joseph C. Rallo Born: Oct. 15, 1949, Staten Island, N.Y. Education: B.A., Lafayette College, 1971. News J.D., School of Law, Western New England College, 1976. M.A. and Ph.D., Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, 1978 and 1980. The Chosen: Dissertation: The European Community and the Multinational Enterprise. Fields of Specialization: The Politics of Trade Policy: Japan, the European Union and the United States; Technology Policy in the European Union; Dr. Joseph and Comparative Security Policy (Italy). Academics: Provost and Academic Vice President, Western Illinois University, Macomb, Ill., 2003-07. Business Dean, University of Colorado at C. Rallo Colorado Springs, 1999-2003. Department Head, then Business Dean, Ferris State University, Big Rapids, Mich., 1992-99. Assistant/Associate Professor of International Relations, Michigan Technological University, 1988-92. Director, West European Program, U.S. Air Force Academy, 1982-88. Assistant Professor of International Relations, Rutgers University, 1981. Funded Research: 15 Collaborative and Individual Projects. journey that began in New York in the U.S. Air Force Reserve, currently $1.76 Million in Funding. City on the banks of the Hudson serving as both Admissions Liaison Offi- A Publications: River will bring Dr. Joseph C. Rallo to San cer for the U.S. Air Force Academy and Books: Defending Europe in the 1990s: Angelo and the banks of the Concho this as individual mobilization augmentee to The Division of High Technology, summer as the fourth president of Angelo the commandant, Air Command and Staff St. Martin’s Press, 1986. State University. College at Maxwell AFB, Ala. Book Chapters: Four Named by Chancellor Charles R. Mat- For Rallo, he was merely following in Invited Papers/Presentations: 28 thews in February as the sole finalist to suc- his parents’ footsteps. His father emigrat- Faculty Honors: ceed Dr. James Hindman and confirmed ed from Italy to the U.S. at the depths of Fulbright Senior Research Scholar, 1987. in March by the Board of Regents of The the Great Depression to escape the poverty NATO Fellow, 1987. Clements Award, Outstanding Educator, Texas State University System, Rallo comes of his homeland. Within a decade, his fa- U.S. Air Force Academy, 1986. from an Italian family that valued higher ther had completed college at Brooklyn Coble Award, Outstanding Faculty Paper, education and believed in the military. College and enlisted in the U.S. Army to U.S. Air Force Academy, 1984. As a result, Rallo has developed a dual serve in World War II. After the war the Military: Active Duty career that straddles both higher education elder Rallo went on to earn his Ph.D. from U.S. Navy, 1981-86. and the armed forces. His academic career Columbia University in modern languages U.S. Air Force, cross-commissioned, 1986-88. has spanned 27 years, including the last and literature. Military: Reserve Duty four as provost and academic vice presi- Rallo’s mother was the first woman in U.S. Air Force, various duties, 1988-2004. dent at Western Illinois University, where the family to not only complete college, Commander, 34th Aerial Port Squadron, he also served as interim president briefly. but also to earn a graduate degree, in her 440th Air Wing, 2004-06. Admissions Liaison Officer, U.S. Air Force His military career began in 1981 with case from Rutgers University where her Academy, 2004-present. a commission in the U.S. Navy. He was son would later hold his first academic ap- Individual Mobilization Augmentee (IMA) to cross commissioned in the U.S. Air Force pointment as an assistant professor. the Commandant, Air Command and Staff in 1986 and spent two additional years on “Both of my parents stressed the im- College, Maxwell, AFB, Ala. active duty. Today he remains a colonel portance of education, but also the respon- Languages: French and Italian

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“My vision for ASU sibility to give back to the society which the College of Business and Administra- provided these opportunities to its immi- tion and the Graduate School of Business is to maintain its grants,” Rallo said. “This is one of the key Administration of the University of Colo- reasons that I have spent my entire profes- rado-Colorado Springs. The last two years historic focus and sional career in public institutions of high- of that appointment he served as director er education.” of the Colorado Institution for Technology role as the In subsequent academic appointments, Transfer and Implementation. intellectual leader Rallo taught at the U.S. Air Force Academy “As a former business dean,” Rallo and Michigan Technological University, said, “I believe that a university has the Haley Butts for the region, heading international exchange programs major responsibility to its community in at both institutions. His international pro- the area of economic development and en- while providing our gram responsibilities meshed well with his trepreneurship.” academic background as he held his bach- Rallo not only brings to ASU his var- graduates with the elor’s degree in Russian history, his law ied academic, business, military and inter- degree in international trade and his mas- national experience but also a vision of the skills, outlook, and ter’s and doctoral degrees in international university’s future. For starters he pointed trade policy. He has published extensively to the recent recommendations of the Na- temperament to on global business topics with an emphasis tional Conference of State Legislatures in on the European Union and Japan. Transforming Higher Education: Nation- successfully compete Rallo was selected in 1978 as the first al Imperative-State Responsibility. anywhere in the world.” American Fellow to the European University “Its key finding,” Rallo said, “may be Institute, established by the European Union summarized as the American higher edu- in Florence, Italy, as its primary educational cation system must prepare students for the – Joseph Rallo and research institution. He also has been a 21st century global society, which demands Fulbright Scholar and NATO Fellow and has different priorities, different skills and testified before United States Senate com- different knowledge. ASU’s FY 2006-09 mittees on technology relations between the Strategic Plan echoes this finding with its United States and the European Union. assertion of the need to ‘educate students “Exposure to international issues is for living and working in a competitive vital to the education and success of our global society.’ students,” he said. “As Thomas Friedman “My vision for ASU,” he continued, “is notes in his widely read book The World to maintain its historic focus and role as Is Flat, we are now ‘in the process of con- the intellectual leader for the region, while necting all the knowledge pools in the providing our graduates with the skills, world together.’ An understanding and ap- outlook, and temperament to successfully preciation for the culture, traditions and compete anywhere in the world. To be suc- aspirations of others is essential to our cessful the vision must be embraced by the own success. An education at Angelo State community which it represents. Together I must include multiple venues to open these know that we can achieve these goals.” international vistas to our students, faculty In the end, Rallo envisions graduates and community.” leaving ASU with the ability to not only At Ferris State University Rallo contribute to society from the banks of chaired the Department of Management the Concho and Hudson Rivers, but also for three years before becoming dean of from the banks of the Nile, the Thames, the College of Business for four years. the Amazon, the Volga, the Rhine and the From 1999-2003 Rallo was dean of both Yellow Rivers. .

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The French Connection By Tom Nurre

American film icon John Wayne, often with 24 novels and hundreds of short stories viewed as the epitome of American mas- to his credit, many of which were adapted culinity and individuality, may owe some to the movie screen and television. of his movie success to the wimpy French, “I think he is a quite fascinating char- or at least to their story-telling ability. acter, really amazing,” Muelsch said. “But, So contends Dr. Elisabeth-Christine most interesting to me are the many con- Muelsch, an Angelo State University notations to French culture in his writing.” French professor who believes that the For example, Haycox’s story “Too Hot” classic western movie “Stagecoach,” which about a group of Oregon settlers of varying propelled Wayne to stardom, was strongly nationalities uses different ethnic mentali- influenced by a work of French literature. ties and colorful accents similar to tech- When she first viewed “Stagecoach,” niques of various French authors, includ- Muelsch saw similarities to the storyline and ing Maupassant. characters in the novella Boule de Suif by Muelsch received research funding French author Guy de Maupassant. Though through ASU’s President’s Circle Enrich- set in different times, locations and settings, ment Grant Program, which allowed her to both stories center around a prostitute who consult the Haycox collection at the Uni- must take extreme measures to ensure the versity of Oregon and talk to his son, who safe passage of her fellow travelers. provided valuable personal insight. She Muelsch, her interest piqued, decided to presented her research on the interrela- investigate, and her research led her to Amer- tionships between Haycox, Maupassant, ican western author Ernest Haycox, who Boule de Suif and “Stagecoach” during penned numerous popular westerns in the an international conference last year in 1930’s and 1940’s, most notably the novel Bu- New York. An article on her findings is gles in the Afternoon. His short story “Stage scheduled to run this year in the inter- to Lordsburg” became the basis for the movie national journal “Excavatio.” “Stagecoach,” directed by John Ford. Meanwhile, her ASU “I think there are many similarities be- students have the chance tween Ford’s movie and Maupassant’s work,” to study both Haycox’s Muelsch said. “But, obviously, Ford had to and Maupassant’s works tailor his story to the American market.” and “Stagecoach” in the However, it is through Haycox that the new class French 2372, French connection is revealed. Muelsch’s French Literature in Trans- research showed that while serving as a lation, subtitled “French military policeman and rifle instructor in Text-American Film? Hol- France during World War I, Haycox devel- lywood’s Fascination with oped an interest in the French language and French Culture.” culture, stimulating his interest in writing. Students can then judge He was further exposed to the French for themselves whether su- influence in American literature and theatre per-American John Wayne while attending Reed College and the Uni- owes his big movie break versity of Oregon after the war. That was to the effete French and followed by a 28-year career as a novelist their literature. . Elisabeth-Christine Muelsch

Angelo State University Alumni Magazine SUMMER 2007 campus News Texas Nursing Shortage Hits Critical

ehind the nursing shortage so obvious Bin the employment sections of just about any Texas newspaper lurks another shortfall – nursing educators. Until the nursing educator deficit is solved, the state faces little prospect of cor- recting the shortage of nursing caregivers. That assessment comes from Dr. Leslie Mayrand, head of the Angelo State Univer- sity Nursing Department and chair of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) Task Force to Increase RN Graduates in Texas. Mayrand McBride Savage “Here in San Angelo there is a nurse shortage,” Mayrand said. “Statewide it’s bad in the fact that we are not able to meet the future demand with the seats and fac- tributing to the statewide task force’s find- arillo. She chose ASU’s program because ulty available.” ings, but also by adding a new online nurse it is totally online. In fact, it is a serious enough prob- educator track in the ASU master’s pro- “At the time, I didn’t realize what a seren- lem that the Texas Legislature during its gram and by encouraging ASU students to dipitous choice I was making,” Savage said. 2007 session is using information from the seriously consider that as a career path. “I have grown to love ASU and its faculty.” THECB task force report to identify solu- While less than 5 percent of gradu- The online convenience of the nurse tions to the shortage. Legislators’ success ate nursing students are enrolled in nurse educator program also helps retain students may well help determine the quality and educator programs statewide, 45 percent by offering greater flexibility. The task quantity of nursing care available to baby of ASU’s graduate nursing students are force study showed that nursing students boomers in their later years. enrolled in the online nurse educator pro- are generally older than those in other pro- Projections by the Texas Center for gram. Sarah McBride of San Angelo is one grams and have greater family and financial Nursing Workforce Studies show that the of those students. responsibilities. It is these responsibilities, state’s nursing programs need to increase “Before I started, I couldn’t decide rather than academic struggles, that lead to graduates by 50 percent by 2010 to meet the between nursing and teaching,” McBride the vast majority of nursing “drop-outs.” expected demand for nurses in 2020. How- said. “Then I found out that through this “They’ve got to have some flexibility ever, the THECB study shows most schools program I can do both and it worked out in their schedules because that’s where we simply lack the faculty to accommodate perfectly for me. I can work full-time and lose a lot of them,” Mayrand said. “That more students. On top of that, about 22 go to school full-time since I can do my we do our program completely online percent of all nursing faculty surveyed in class work at night. Plus, I don’t have to get makes us unique. But, it’s very rigorous. 2004 were expected to reach retirement age up early to go to class.” Students take the same courses as ad- within in the next two years and about 70 Mayrand noted that the online program vanced practice RNs.” percent within the next five to 15 years. has reached far beyond San Angelo. Despite the rigor of the online curricu- Even though THECB figures show ap- “We also have students in places like lum, Savage believes ASU was the cor- plications to the state’s college nursing pro- Amarillo, Midland, Odessa and Lub- rect choice. “The program is well run, the grams are up 94 percent since 2001, barely bock,” Mayrand said. “They take the on- classes are interesting and challenging and half of those students – 56 percent to be line courses at ASU and their clinicals and the instructors are personable, sincerely exact – go on to earn their diplomas in student teaching at their home colleges. caring and supportive.” nursing. Consequently, the shortage will Hopefully, when they finish, that means Those are qualities the professors of not only persist, but is likely to get worse. they will stay there as new instructors.” ASU’s nurse educator program hope to Mayrand is helping address the short- For instance, Kelly Savage is taking instill in their students as they work to ad- age behind the shortage, not only by con- her ASU nurse educator courses from Am- dress the shortage of Texas nurses. .

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Biz Whiz eral challenges and, again, the national SPS has desig- because if all the readers I have Dr. Corbett F. Gaulden, Jr., pro- our students have proven to nated the ASU group an Out- are just my age, I’ll go out of fessor of marketing and inter- be among the best in the na- standing Chapter, ranking it print in another 20 years.” im dean of the School of Busi- tion,” said Dr. Kirk Braden, in the top 10 percent of soci- Conference organizers were ness at the University of Texas assistant professor of animal ety chapters nationwide. The also flattered to host Wolff. of the Permian Basin, has been science and team adviser. award is based on a chapter’s “You can hardly pick up a named dean of the College of Blanket native Cody Bundick community outreach activities collection of short stories that Business, effective July 11. led the way for ASU, finishing and student participation. his stories are not in and all of Gaulden has taught at 10th out of 54 competitors and Chapter activities were us have taught his stories for UTPB since 1983, advancing receiving the Rachel Hamilton spearheaded by the Peer Pres- years,” said Mary Ellen Hartje, through the ranks to full pro- Spirit and Motivation Award. sure Team’s “Physics on the associate professor of English. fessor. He has been UTPB’s Other team members were Road” program that features interim business dean for the Thomas Epting of Sherman, physics demonstration visits Top Staff 2006-07 academic year. Randi Whitlock of Bandera, to local and area schools. Four ASU staff members received Prior to joining the UTPB Matthew Menchaca of Helotes The success of the Peer Pres- Employee Excellence Awards in faculty, he served as an assis- and Blake Hinckley of Mason. sure Team also led to the ASU February for exemplary job per- tant professor at Arizona State chapter being honored with a formance during 2006. University. His other teaching Honors Program Honored Marsh W. White Award and They were Michael Mar- experience came at Louisiana The ASU Honors Program corresponding grant of $300 tin, director of graphics, News State, Southwestern Louisiana gained new prominence when from the national SPS. and Publications; Jeff Sefcik, and Northeast Louisiana. it was featured at the National The chapter’s leaders are Computer Center manager/en- He holds a B.S. from Collegiate Honors Council last President J. Andy Russell, Vice terprise resource planning tech- Southeastern Louisiana, his November in Philadelphia. President Marshall Preas, Sec- nical lead, Information Tech- M.B.A. from Northeast Loui- Dr. Nick Flynn, program retary Jennifer Hendryx and nology; Lisa Sheppard, budget siana and his Ph.D. in market- director since its inception, Treasurer Cassidy Smith. Fac- and payroll assistant, Budget ing with a quantitative science presented details of the pro- ulty adviser is Dr. Toni Sauncy. and Payroll Services; and Cindy minor from LSU. gram’s “Introduction to Hon- Weeaks, coordinator of reports, ors” class, which prepares Wolff in the Ram’s Den Registrar’s Office. Bullish at Nationals incoming freshmen to partici- Writing enthusiasts were Martin was recognized for Proving that size doesn’t mat- pate in the Honors Program. treated to both the works and his role in revamping the ASU ter, the ASU Meat Judging He covered the class’s design, the insight of award-winning Alumni Magazine. Sefcik was Team bulled its way to a fourth components and purpose. novelist and short-story writer praised for his critical role in place finish at the Internation- He was put on the national Tobias Wolff at the 11th Annual the three-year implementation al Meats Judging contest last agenda after making the Writer’s Conference in Honor of a new software that unified fall in Dakota City, Neb. presentation to the regional of Elmer Kelton in February. all administrative systems. Competing against 13 Divi- Great Plains Collegiate Honors Wolff delivered the con- Sheppard was cited for sion I schools, ASU finished in Council earlier in the year. ference’s keynote address, her dependability, diligence the top 10 of all eight judging read story excerpts and an- and ongoing commitment to categories, including five top Understanding Physics swered queries from faculty serving the university. Weeaks five placings, at what is con- The ASU chapter of the So- and students. was honored for her effective- sidered the “National Cham- ciety of Physics Students re- “It was a very flattering ness in handling her regular pionship” of meat judging. ceived both kudos and cash invitation to this conference,” job responsibilities and new “The International Meats from the SPS national organi- Wolff said. “It’s especially im- duties required by the transi- Judging Contest is an intense zation in February. portant to writers that young tion to a new software system competition filled with sev- For the fifth straight year, people are reading their work in the Registrar’s Office. Angelo State University Alumni Magazine SUMMER 2007 11 Stories by Preston Lewis

ome universities may have repu- tations as party schools, but when Sit comes to wildlife on campus few can match Angelo State University. Just ask naturalist Terry Maxwell, an ornithologist and biology faculty member since 1976. Better yet, take a stroll with Dr. Maxwell along the Mall and glimpse the campus through his trained eyes. When you do, you will discover the campus, far from being a sedate haven, is a dangerous, sometimes violent world for some species. “A biologist walking across campus is always looking at the living things around them, but I don’t know that the students do,” Maxwell said. While most students, faculty and staff blithely go about their daily routines, a life-and-death struggle is occurring all around them. It is the age-old battle between hunter and prey, the survival of the fittest. It is there daily, even if it offends modern sensibilities. “Now I enjoy predators,” Maxwell said. “From my perspective, the wildlife richness of the campus is enhanced by them being here. There are people and I’m sure we have some students who have some sensibilities about killing that would make predators unappealing to them, but it’s part of nature. It may offend some of our sensibilities, but from my perspective Great we are unreasonably offended if that’s the horned owl case because that’s the nature of life and pigeons, the latter two being particularly troublesome because of their roosting habits and the resulting droppings. The great-tailed grackles, Quiscalus mexicanus, are large, iridescent and noisy blackbirds that roost in groups at night. They are a particular problem in the residence hall parking lots on the east end of campus where they gather in trees. “If you have a thousand grackles in one live oak tree, the heat collects beneath the foliage and makes a nice little microenviron- ment of modified temperature for the night,” Maxwell said. “The resulting microenviron- ment appears to benefit the birds.” The problem is that the night deposits the birds make are not going into the bank. Instead, they are going on the bumpers, Cooper’s hawk windshields, hoods, trunks and fenders of student vehicles. “They leave their droppings on those cars and it can take the paint death out there. Those organisms are not amidst us and getting their breakfast every off,” Maxwell said. The only solution, he humans and our senses of morality about day around us. It just fascinates me that added, is to trim the trees so heavily as to ourselves don’t really apply to them from they are successful around here.” practically denude them, defeating the pur- my perspective.” Maxwell calls the Cooper’s hawk “a pose of planting the trees to begin with. As an ornithologist, Maxwell’s pri- campus manager’s best friend” because Birds can cause other problems as well, mary expertise is in birds, an interest he they help reduce the feral rock pigeons that even some hazardous to humans. Take traces back to the age of 12 when his father are such a maintenance problem due to the Texas State Bird, the mockingbird. gave him a guidebook on birds for Christ- their roosts and droppings around campus Known for its exceptional mimicry, Mimus mas. Later, he and his father spent hours buildings. “Cooper’s hawks are our allies polyglottos can imitate dozens of birds and together trying to clean ducks that had on campus. I don’t know how effective they other sounds. mistaken oil puddles for ponds at an aban- are, but at least they make some contribu- “I have heard mockingbirds back in our doned Humble Oil tank farm on the north tion to controlling the pigeon problem.” parking lot imitating car alarms,” Maxwell side of San Angelo where he grew up. The campus’s other common feathered said. “They are notorious mimics and they So, when Maxwell looks to nature on predator, the great horned owl or Bubo vir- can imitate absolutely anything. About campus, he starts with the birds and the ginianus, is the largest owl in Texas, stand- three or four years ago, one started hang- predators among them, the primary feath- ing up to 25 inches in height and having a ered hunters on campus being the Cooper’s wingspread of up to 60 inches. A nocturnal hawk and the great horned owl. bird, the great horned owl generally avoids “Cooper’s hawks are specialists on people. Even so, they have been known to catching other birds,” Maxwell said. “They roost around the Administration Building. are migrants and come in for the winter, “The great horned owl has at times but are very rare in the summer months.” been called the tiger of the air,” Maxwell Known by the scientific name Accipi- said. “It’s a very effective predator. Small ter cooperii, Cooper’s hawks became com- rabbits, things of that sort, are well within mon on campus in the early 1990s with its prey range. My suspicions have always the influx of white-winged doves into the been that where they occur on campus they Concho Valley. Those doves, along with are eating the fox squirrels. I think at dusk the abundance of feral pigeons, provide an an unwary fox squirrel best take care.” ample food supply for the hawks, which While the Cooper’s hawk and the great are roughly the size of a crow and have a horned owl are the only observed avian wingspread of up to three feet. predators on campus, numerous other bird “You don’t think of a tame college species are common, including mocking- campus as a place for a big hawk,” Max- birds, blue jays, house finches, sparrows, well said, “but here they are living right cactus wrens, great-tailed grackles and Fox squirrel

Angelo State University Alumni Magazine SUMMER 2007 13 ing out around the crosswalk and other faculty members on campus are on Johnson Street and started more knowledgeable in that area, Maxwell mimicking the beeping sound is still a close observer of nature, in- for blind students.” cluding campus mammal life. Fearing the bird’s call “The fox squirrels are the classics might lead to a pedestri- at habituating to students,” Max- an injury while crossing well said. “My experience with the busy thoroughfare, them on campus is that they just Maxwell notified grounds practically ignore the students. administrators of his I’ve often wondered how the concerns. “They never said students feel about them, if the anything, but we didn’t have reverse is not true, too, that the a problem after a while.” students have become habitu- Other birds come and ated to them and neither one is go, too, for other reasons. paying attention to the other.” Cardinals, or Cardinalis cardi- While squirrels are mostly nalis, though still seen occasion- innocuous unless they get in- ally on campus, are not nearly as side a building, the Mexican numerous as they were in the 1980s ground squirrel, Spermophi- and through the mid-1990s when Dr. lus mexicanus, is “a little Lloyd D. Vincent was ASU president. hole-digging, spotted-back” “President Vincent had an absolute animal that can be a real pest for passion for pyracantha bushes, a shrub campus groundskeepers. that puts on a bright red berry,” Maxwell Mockingbird “A while back, there was said. “Cardinals need shrubbery rather than a pair of them that lived in a trees and we had more shrubbery in those shrub flower bed by the Carr days and, as a result, more cardinals.” in this part of the Education-Fine Arts Build- The pyracantha shrubs, however, have world, the cactus wrens ing,” Maxwell said. “They’d largely died out because of an endemic root will come.” get out and throw dirt on the problem that makes it difficult to maintain Maxwell noted that the cac- sidewalk and dig their hole. I them in this part of Texas. As a result, car- tus-yucca plot in front of the Cav- always thought they were great dinals are not nearly as numerous on cam- ness Building at the intersection of Dena fun, but I’m not a maintenance man. When pus as they once were. Drive and Johnson Street has attracted a we go to all the trouble and expense to beau- Then there are the blue jays, the house pair of cactus wrens, Campylorhynchus tify the campus and then have these ground finches and sparrows, all common on cam- brunneicapillum. squirrels dig it all up, that is a problem.” pus. The blue jays, Cyanocitta cristata, are “What fascinates me most about them Unlike the fox squirrels and Mexican very social and family-oriented birds with is these birds are going about their daily ground squirrels, most of the mammals on the male and female raising offspring for lives, even in the midst of class changes,” campus den up during the day and prowl a year. During the summer months, house he said. “Hundreds if not thousands of stu- the campus at night. finches, Carpodacis mexicanus, roost on dents walking up and down the walks and “Virginia opossums, raccoons, striped campus. English sparrows, Passer do- here’s a pair of cactus wrens feeding their skunks, I have seen all of those on campus,” mesticus, are abundant as well, roosting babies and paying essentially no attention Maxwell said. “I’m actually surprised I see in shrubs. Because of their roosting habits whatsoever to all these students.” as few raccoons as I do. I would have pre- these birds do not present the same prob- “If you went into the wild and got that sumed at two or three o’clock that raccoons lems as the pigeons and grackles. many people walking near cactus wrens, would be more common, but I’ve seen a lot “There’s another bird that’s fascinating they’d quit what they were doing and of opossums and one or two skunks.” on campus and you pretty much have to be temporarily leave the area. On campus, The mammals most feared on campus, an ornithologist or a birder to be aware of it,” though, they habituate to the kids and they largely because of old wives tales, are bats, said Maxwell. “It’s the cactus wren. Cactus practically ignore them.” Maxwell said. wrens have unique vocalization, a chirping Even more than the cactus wren, fox “The Mexican free-tailed bats are mi- sound, very distinctive chirping sound. squirrels, or Sciurus niger, are probably gratory bats and when they are migrating, “With cactus wrens I’m reminded of the the most adaptable to the campus envi- particularly in the spring as sunrise hap- movie ‘Field of Dreams’ and that expres- ronment with its numerous oak trees and pens, they’ve got to find a place to roost. sion ‘if you build it they will come.’ Well, if abundant supply of acorns. Though careful Often that means they end up getting in- you build a cactus environment apparently to point out that he is not a mammalogist side buildings.”

14 SUMMER 2007 Angelo State University Alumni Magazine Probably three or four times a year, “I’m surprised,” said Lincoln’s Maxwell estimated, the Biology Depart- Maxwell, “that a rattle- Sparrow ment will get a call to remove one of the snake got on campus, bats, Tadarida brasiliensis, from a univer- surprised, not shocked.” sity building. For all of his observa- “Some of the people populating the tions about the world around building will have all the traditional fears him, Maxwell also watches that the bats are going to get in their hair human behavior and he has and that they’ve all got rabies,” Maxwell concerns about today’s gen- Song said. “Certainly, it can be a problem with eration of students and their Sparrow bats and one should always be cautious interaction, or more precisely around them, but the vast majority of bats their lack of interaction, with are perfectly healthy and they don’t like to the natural world. get into your hair.” “I’m curious,” he said, “if Over the years, ASU Police Chief James they take their cell phone off their Adams, whose officers patrol the campus ear long enough to notice the nature around around the clock, has received dozens of them. Aside from the aesthetic enjoyment, reports of animals on campus. “There is there is the practical side of a natural an abundance of wildlife on campus,” he ecology operating out there. Natural eco- said. “I know we have a rather large rac- systems have influence over their lives in Swamp coon that hangs around our building.” ways that they don’t think about.” Sparrow Adams said the public has notified Part of the problem stems from the loss University Police of everything from bats of an agrarian background or connection to raccoons and from skunks to a wild pig in the lives of most young people today, he that was reported but never confirmed near said. During his youth many, if not most, the Administration Building. of his acquaintances came from the farm Generally, the animals are left alone or had parents and grandparents who did. except when they might pose a danger to “There was a connection to the land,” students, such as the three-foot-long rattle- he said. “People who grow up rurally have snake killed by police outside the Center common sense about their understanding for Human Performance about 10:45 p.m. one June evening in 2005. – continued on page 31

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Angelo State University Alumni Magazine SUMMER 2007 15 His art avocation, though, blended nicely with his formal education as he holds a bachelor’s degree in wildlife management and a Terry Ph.D. in wildlife and fisheries science, both from Texas A&M, as Maxwell well as an M.S. in biology from Angelo State. He has used his artistic talents to illustrate his love of nature, especially birds. Today the former Biology Department head is curator of birds for the Angelo State Natural History Collection, a prime resource for field biology. He is also one of the most popular professors on campus, twice named by the Student Senate as the outstanding faculty member in the sciences. He has also been honored by the Fac- ulty Senate and the Alumni Association for teaching excellence. His first chalkboard portrait, long gone, was that of a tiger. “The first one I did was kind of a challenge,” Maxwell said. “Can I do a piece of wildlife portraiture on a blackboard with chalk? It worked out so I tried some more.” Like the tiger, some others were erased over the years but the dozen still remain. It’s been at least a decade since Maxwell last put chalk to board. “Part of the reason I haven’t done any more is that my artistic urges are being partially solved by illustrating my column,” he said. “I did not know how much was involved in journalism and I thought I would whip off a column a week. Well, even though it’s one column a week, it’s practically a second career. So I haven’t gotten back to doing them. I enjoyed it thoroughly and I would like some day to do a few more.” he blackboards in Cavness Rooms 111, 119 and 123 surely Even so, he wonders if progress has perhaps passed him and Tmust hold some type of record for longevity without being his artistry by. erased. The reason is Dr. Terry C. Maxwell and his colorful chalk “I am one of the few people apparently remaining who pas- renderings of wildlife. sionately defends holding on to the old-timey black blackboards,” His eye-catching chalk portraits of a fish, two salamanders, two he said. “Everybody’s gone to the fancy whiteboards with the birds, three frogs and four large cats are all 15-20 years old. Not erasable marker or the green boards with the yellow chalk. only do biology students see his illustrations but also the readers of “I practically chain myself to a blackboard when they are the San Angelo Standard-Times and the Wimberly News, both of threatening to take it down and replace it because I can’t do my art which run his weekly nature column “Naturally Texas.” on anything but a blackboard,” he said. “I’m sure the day that I “I never had any really formal instruction in illustrating art, which retire somebody in charge of boards will say thank goodness he’s is basically what I do,” Maxwell said. “It’s a lifetime of practice.” gone and we can put something modern up there.” .

16 SUMMER 2007 Angelo State University Alumni Magazine ou don’t have to be a naturalist like she thought had been dropped on the sec- three or four possums. Any catch of a rac- YTerry Maxwell to have a run-in with ond floor of the Math-Computer Science coon was really a feather in my cap as they campus critters. Building. When the “stick” lifted its head, are such smart little devils.” Athletic Director Kathleen Brasfield she realized it was a small snake, which She used humane traps and turned her recalled leaving the Junell Center about 11 security came and removed. catches over to maintenance men who re- one night after a volleyball game in 2002, Preston Lewis of News and Publications leased the animals out on the ASU farm. the first season in Stephens Arena, when walked over to the Houston Harte Univer- “I’ll not talk about the infestation of she and assistant coach Marcie Sanders sity Center about 7:30 a.m. one October honey bees, rats, squirrels or turkey vul- encountered a porcupine on the landing of morning in 2005 when he spotted a skunk tures that have been part of our life over the outside stairs leading to the coaches’ cavorting in the shrubs just west of the Mall these past 12 years,” she said. parking lot. entrance. Lewis used the side door. In January Toni Sauncy of the phys- “He didn’t seem very happy,” Brasfield Many years ago, Janetta Paschal recalls ics faculty observed a hawk hunting and said. “He rattled his quills, and Marci and walking from the library to the UC with a eating its prey on the Mall on multiple oc- I fought over who got in the door first.” friend who had just visited two campuses in casions. She was fascinated by the bird’s They escaped through the first-floor doors Denton and was enthralled with all the squir- reaction to the students who were snap- and sprinted to their cars. The porcupine rels. No sooner than he said, “You’ll never ping photos. “It seemed very comfortable had left by the time security arrived. find that happening here on the ASU cam- around the students.” Last May, Carl Halfmann, energy con- pus,” a squirrel hopped off a retaining wall Perhaps the saddest story of all came trols technician with Facilities Manage- and scampered in front of them. “All right,” from Financial Aid Director Lyn Wheeler, ment, heard a rustling under a handicap responded her friend, “make a liar of me!” who spotted what she thought was an injured ramp at the physical plant and discovered Said Paschal, “There are so many more dove under her car. Concerned, she tried to another porcupine. He trapped the animal of the little rodents on campus now than coax it out so she could provide help. At one in a trash can and later released him in a there were 25-plus years ago.” point she actually touched the bird before it wooded area away from campus. When it comes to animal encounters, scampered away. Finally, Wheeler flushed Halfmann last summer also was called few ASU people can match first lady Ann the bird out from under her car only to see a upon to catch a 16-inch bull snake that had Hindman’s experiences at the president’s hawk swoop down and grab it for supper. crawled into a student’s room in Carr Hall. home a couple blocks north of campus. “I felt really bad,” Wheeler said, “that Elsie Campbell of the math faculty had “Over the 12 years we’ve been in this my attempt to rescue the bird took him/ a similar experience in April of 2004 when home, I – notice I did not say Jim – have her from hiding to his/her probable death. she stooped down to pick up a stick that trapped close to two dozen raccoons and Very sad.” .

Angelo State University Alumni Magazine SUMMER 2007 17 contemporary popular music and student programs and has been the launching pad for several DJ’s on San Angelo’s commer- cial radio stations. Senior communications major Kari Walker of Winters is the program director for Ram Radio. She is responsible for construct- ing the play lists of music and programs, production efforts and training other student DJ’s. Around all that she also broadcasts her own show and daily morning newscasts. “We have top quality, great equipment By Tom Nurre here,” she said. “The hands-on experience Photos by Tina Miller and opportunities we have at ASU are great, especially since we are not a big school.” Walker also works part-time at San Angelo’s Foster Communications radio group both as a board operator for local sports broadcasts and as an overnight DJ. “The biggest difference is that Ram Radio is only on the internet, so we don’t need all the equipment they have,” she said. “We do use the same (computer) programs for editing and production and we have more opportunities than people realize. You get prepared enough to catch on quickly wherever you go to work.” Over the last few years, almost every radio station in San Angelo has had on-air talent that started at ASU, including current DJ’s on KIXY, KKCN and KDCD. Pat Turner, Ram Radio/TV adviser But, it is not only on the air that ASU radio students have excelled. Tracy Scott, program director at KKCN and a former ASU com- erhaps no students on campus can cluding computers, cameras, edit bays, mix- munications student himself, has had good Pgarner more real-world experience er boards and software. The programming luck with them in other positions as well. than Angelo State majors in communica- for both is done completely by students, “We have hired several ASU students tion and journalism. who gain valuable hands-on experience that and have been completely satisfied with all And since 2001 when ASU’s Ram Ra- cannot be taught in the classroom. of them,” said Scott. “We’ve had interns in dio and Ram TV stations began broadcast- Ram Radio can be accessed on the in- marketing, promotions and on-air positions, ing, students have had the latest in equip- ternet 24 hours a day, seven days a week, at and they have all excelled, many to the point ment and facilities to complement the www.angelo.edu/services/ramradio. As that we brought them on full-time.” opportunities they find off campus at local budding future disk jockeys, radio journal- “ASU has an excellent communica- radio and television stations. ists and programmers, the student workers tions program and the quality of gradu- The combination of academic and com- use the sound and recording equipment to ates they turn out is exemplary,” he added. mercial opportunities has been producing hone their on-air skills and learn the intri- “Not only do I encourage applicants from successful broadcasters for decades, rang- cacies of radio programming. In 2006, Ram ASU, I actively pursue ASU students when ing from Renay San Miguel, who is today Radio was added to the popular “MySpace” we have employment opportunities.” a weekend news anchor for CNN, to Satcha website, with exciting results. Ram TV has found a home on Channel Pretto, a 2001 ASU graduate who is co-host “Adding Ram Radio to MySpace really 6 of the local Suddenlink cable system and of Univision’s weekend edition of “Primer expanded our listening audience,” said Pat on San Angelo’s FOX affiliate, KIDY. Stu- Impacto” or “First Edition.” Turner, instructor of communications and dent programs, including local interview Housed on the third floor of the Porter Ram Radio/TV adviser. “This whole gen- shows, university events, text messages Henderson Library, both the radio and TV eration is on MySpace.” and the sports show “Ram Center” reach facilities feature all-digital equipment, in- Ram Radio’s format consists mainly of about 22,000 homes. The programs air on

18 SUMMER 2007 Angelo State University Alumni Magazine cable 7-10 p.m. Monday through Thursday opportunity as a reporter,” Sanchez said. tographer and when classes are in session. KIDY puts the “ASU gives its students the chance to worked his way student programs into even more homes know exactly what it is to be in broadcast- up to a director with its Sunday morning broadcasts. ing. Going out to the community and in- position, which Student reporting and production teams terviewing citizens for stories while still in inspired him to also cover many local seasonal events, in- college opened my eyes to what the job of begin his higher cluding the annual San Angelo Stock Show a reporter is.” education. and Rodeo and Christmas at Old Fort Con- Turner said, “Rarely do you walk out “I started cho. Working in groups of eight-10, students of college with the number of on-air cred- working at the rotate through all the on-air, reporting and its that our students get. I’m really proud TV station and decided that’s what I want- production positions it takes to produce the of what we offer them because it’s unusual ed to do,” Conner said. “The equipment is shows, gaining valuable experience in every to get this type of program at a university a little bit different at ASU, more simpli- aspect of TV broadcasting. Through both of our size.” fied. But, it’s great for students to get expe- the communication and journalism degree Junior communication/journalism major rience that will help them get a job.” tracks, they also get a well-rounded education Cody Rodriguez started working at KLST in After graduating, Conner became a in reporting, writing and news judgment. 2003 as an assistant morning producer after full-time director at KLST and currently “Because not all the students want to be Turner referred him for the job. In less than a handles the station’s prime-time newscasts. on-air, we have them learn all the positions year, he was promoted to executive producer Perhaps the strongest advocate for the through rotation,” Turner said. “The ones and is currently in charge of coordinating the Ram TV program is ASU alumnus Kathy that do want an on-air career are jumping content of KLST’s prime time newscasts. Muñoz, news director at KLST and KSAN. up and down to be the interviewer or field However, he has not ruled out a future move At Turner’s urging, she started her TV ca- reporter on each project.” to the other side of the camera. reer at KLST in 1993 and keeps the pipe- Several students who started on Ram “Ms. Turner told me that production line open for other ASU students to follow TV have used that experience to land on- jobs are good places to get your foot in in her footsteps. air, production and master control jobs at the door at a TV station, so I applied for “Every time there is a job opening local TV stations KSAN (NBC) and KLST the job,” Rodriguez said. “I like the fast here I call ASU and have them put it on (CBS). Nicole Sanchez is an ASU graduate pace of working on breaking news, but I their bulletin board,” Muñoz said. “I’m ex- who has become a familiar face to local TV also like the fun feature and entertainment tremely happy with the students that come viewers. While still a student, she started at stories. I would consider an on-air job for to us from ASU.” KSAN as a producer and was promoted to something like that.” “It’s my personal philosophy that they reporter when she graduated in 2006. Rodriguez also acknowleged the qual- need to learn all the behind-the-scenes jobs “Without the experience I gained at ity of the studio and production equipment before they go on camera,” she said. “The ASU, I don’t believe I would have this at ASU as well as Turner’s “rotation” for way Pat (Turner) rotates them is very im- preparing him for success. portant because they get to see the whole “It’s all nice equipment pie instead of just a piece of it. When they and is right up there with what come to us, they already understand the lo- they have at KLST,” he said. gistics of a newscast.” “Plus, you get to learn all the Prospective broadcasters are also tak- terminology and things you ing more notice of the ASU programs and need to know for a job. I got enrolling in greater numbers as Ram Ra- to taste a bit of everything. dio and Ram TV gain popularity. For the You get to learn what you 2006 fall term, several classes were filled like, don’t like, want to do and to capacity and had to be closed because don’t want to do.” so many students wanted to be involved. “The best thing is the new Turner credits the administration for al- studio,” he added. “It’s a real lowing her area to put together the high nice studio with so many op- quality programs. tions for things that can be “Every time I asked ‘why don’t we,’ done by the students.” the university was supportive,” she said. Nathan Conner, a 2004 “Without that support we would not have ASU graduate, actually went the equipment and programs to provide this about his TV career from the opportunity for the students. We recently opposite direction. He started leased our TV studio to a local advertising Kathy Muñoz and with no experience at KSAN agency and they were very complimentary. Cody Rodriguez in 2001 as a live shot pho- These are truly professional facilities.” .

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results of the highest order for ASU for decades. She is a wonderful person – consider- ate, thoughtful, kind and fair minded. She is a team player who makes those around her successful. She is a special person!” Morton is likely the only person in the er spelling skills earned her a job in She took business courses and became history of the university to walk into the H1967 and that job turned into an An- active in the Ramettes, SAC’s drill team. As president’s office, sit down and prop her feet gelo State career for Shirley Morton, who captain of that group she met Vice President up on his desk. Of course at the time she over the last four decades has been one of Lyndon B. Johnson during a campus visit. was dressed up as Roscoe in the first mod- ASU’s most involved – though often behind Three decades later she would meet Texas ern iteration of his costume and was trying the scenes – and most loyal employees. Gov. and future President George W. Bush, to convince Dr. Vincent to authorize the Over the years, Morton captained the though not while dressed in the white boots, purchase of the outfit. spirit squad, married a Ram basketball fringed mini-skirt, vest, blouse and cowboy “He looked at me and said, ‘What do player, traveled thousands of miles sup- hat as she had been for LBJ. After gradu- you want, Shirley?’ Apparently, he knew porting Ram and Rambelle teams, met two ation from SAC, she worked three years at who it was because he could see my panty- future U.S. presidents, organized the first General Telephone while her husband com- hose under the pants’ leg.” Discover ASU, modeled the first modern pleted his degree. The brazen ploy worked, however. Vin- Roscoe costume, recorded donations for the Hired as secretary to the director of spe- cent approved the purchase and Roscoe has President’s Circle since its inception and at- cial services just five months after Angelo been a fixture at ASU events ever since. tended countless university athletic events, State awarded its first bachelor’s degree in In her first position, she handled finan- receptions, lunches and dinners. And, she 1967, Morton has been a fixture ever since. cial aid, placement, as career development owes most of that to her good spelling. In the 40 years since, Morton notes with was then known, recruiting and special She and her husband, Charles M. pride, she has worked under two vice presi- projects. In 1986 she proposed and orga- “Chuck” Morton, had entered an Abilene dents – Cauthen and Michael P. Ryan – and nized the first “College Day,” later renamed cafe to grab a bite to eat before attending a two presidents – Lloyd D. Vincent and “Discover ASU” and today conducted four game at Abilene Christian College back in James Hindman. Today she is the admin- times a year as the university’s major re- 1967. As she passed a table, she heard a fa- istrative assistant and coordinator of special cruiting event to draw prospective students miliar voice say, “There’s Shirley. You ought activities in the Office of Advancement and to campus. to hire her because she can spell.” University Relations. Along the way she has coordinated nu- One of her friends had pointed her out to “Shirley Morton,” said ASU President merous special events on campus, her first Dr. Ollie S. Cauthen, director of special ser- Hindman, “exemplifies what makes Angelo being the dedication of the Porter Henderson vices and later vice president of university State University special – devotion, high eth- Library in 1967 when State Sen. Dorsey B. affairs at ASU. In addition to that, Cauthen ical standards, commitment to excellence, Hardeman spoke. Most recently, she co- was a notoriously bad speller, who needed student-centeredness, hard work and service. ordinated logistics for the January round of someone to fill a secretarial position. Her institutional memory, sharp analytical candidate interviews that helped determine With little formal interview, Morton was powers and diplomatic skills have produced ASU’s next president, Dr. Joseph C. Rallo. hired Oct. 16, 1967, at a salary of $4,000 and In the course of sending out invitations was assigned an office – where the Admin- Ramette Captain Shirley Ehrig and arranging events, she’s come to know hun- istration Building mailroom is today – that welcomes Vice President dreds of ASU alumni and supporters. As a re- “was so small that the work-study student Lyndon Johnson to campus. sult, her institutional memory is phenomenal. had to stand up so I could get to my desk.” She has helped organize all the groundbreak- Of course, Morton already knew her ings for the buildings that have re-shaped the way around campus, having earned her as- look of the campus since her student days. sociate degree from San Angelo College “The groundbreaking and dedication of in 1964. As a self-described “Miles girl,” the Junell Center is probably my favorite,” she saw SAC as both her only and her best she said. “Of course, it has two wooden higher education option, particularly since basketball courts. I can only guess how she lacked a car. many basketball games I have attended at “I never thought about going anywhere the Cow Palace, Coliseum, CHP Building else,” she said, “and it was great. Every- and now the Junell Center.” body knew everybody pretty much, par- Certainly, basketball has been a constant ticularly the ones who lived on campus.” role in her life. Her SAC intramural team

20 SUMMER 2007 Angelo State University Alumni Magazine went undefeated, if her memory serves her correctly, and she married a Ram basketball player. Her daughter, Tracy, was born the night Chuck was playing in a basketball game for the Rams. “He fouled out,” she recalled. But her daughter went on to play basketball for the Belles from 1985-89. Those were some of Morton’s most favorite years at ASU because she was not only rooting for the Blue and Gold but also for her daughter, who today is a math teacher and head basketball coach at Madison High School in San Antonio. “Her senior season we did not miss a game, home or away. Of course, Chuck drove the ASU bus.” Bus and van trips were a large part of her life between 1975 and 1988 when she voluntarily sponsored the cheerleaders. “I only missed two football games, ei- ther home or away, during that time,” she said. “We drove many miles. Often times we would leave for Edmund, Kingsville, Huntsville or Nacogdoches on Saturday morning, go to the game and return home afterward. Our goal was always to get home before the sun came up.” Such dedication has brought her recognition over the years, such as being inducted into the Hall of Fame for the Lone Star Con- ference, which she served as secretary/treasurer “and unofficial social director” from 1984-1994. Just last year she was recognized with an ASU Employee Excellence Award. “My time at ASU, ASC and SAC has been a real blessing to me and my family,” Morton said. “I have had the opportunity to do many different kinds of things, travel to many places, and to work with truly dedicat- ed and competent individuals. And now I’m looking forward to Dr. Rallo getting to the Shirley Morton will wade into anything for her beloved Angelo State. campus. It’s time for the next chapter.” . Below: Shirley and Chuck Morton are courtside regulars at ASU basketball games.

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Angelo State University Alumni Magazine SUMMER 2007 21 Rams Rebound ’Belles Survive When Angelo State first-year men’s basketball coach Fred Rike A cracked skull, two knee surgeries, a torn ACL, a car accident, a began his first practice last October, he knew he had a challenge broken finger, two concussions, an allergic reaction to an ant bite in front of him. That did not scare him, it excited him. and a heart attack. That excitement translated into some of the most suspenseful That sounds like the script for one of television’s medical games in seasons for the Rams, who finished not only with an im- dramas. Unfortunately for the Angelo State women’s basketball proved 9-17 overall record but also with high hopes for next year. team, those were just some of the obstacles that the ’Belles had to Those hopes start with junior forward Marcus Hubbard, a 2007 overcome to advance to their sixth consecutive NCAA Division II first-team All-Lone Star Conference South and second-team South National Tournament this spring. Central all-region pick. Hubbard finished the regular season ranked “This was the most challenging season in my 16-year coaching second in the league in scoring and fifth in rebounding. With Hub- career,” said ’Belle head coach Sally Brooks, who suffered a mild bard returning and with Rike having a full recruiting season going heart attack on Feb. 12, just two months after collecting her 300th into his second season, things are looking up for Ram basketball. career victory. “But it was the most rewarding one as well.” Coming off of a winless conference season in 2006 and picked The ’Belles finished the 2006-07 season with a 17-12 overall to finish last in the division this season, Rike’s squad snapped that record, falling in the first round of the South Central Region Tour- conference losing skid in the first South Division game of the year, nament to perennial powerhouse Washburn University, 74-54. With downing reigning champion West Texas A&M, 94-84, at home. An- their 2007 NCAA bid, the ‘Belles ended the season tied with gelo State ended the year with a 4-8 mark in division play, including three other universities for fifth place on the list of consecutive wins over three teams that advanced to the league tournament. Division II basketball tournament appearances. In a year with a lot of slim vic- ASU had high hopes entering Marcus Hubbard Kandra Lakey tories and narrow losses, no victory the season, returning five seniors was closer than ASU’s 89-88 deci- from last year’s squad along with sion over Midwestern State. Trail- second team All-Lone Star Con- ing by five points with 20 seconds ference pick junior Kandra Lakey. left, Ontario McKee made a three- The ’Belles opened up the season pointer with 10 seconds left. Roger with four wins, including a one- Johnson stole the inbound pass, then point home victory over eventual Hubbard scored a basket and drew regional champion Texas A&M- a foul with two ticks on the clock. Commerce, but the injuries began Hubbard made the free-throw and to mount and Angelo State dropped the Rams held on for the victory. four of six games in December. In spite of a demanding non- In spite of all the medical prob- conference schedule and the ever lems, the season could have turned tough LSC contests, the scrappy out differently had the ‘Belles not Rams made a solid transition to suffered six losses of three or few- Rike’s style of disciplined play er points over a 12-game span mid- and solid defense. Unlike the past way through the season. Even so, nine seasons, the Rams played no ASU rebounded to end the regular NAIA opponents this year and season with four wins in its last ended up facing 12 teams that five games to take some momen- would advance to their respective tum into the postseason. conference tournaments. “Our five seniors came to- In addition to Hubbard, senior gether and bonded throughout the guards Ontario McKee and Turner tough times this season,” contin- Phipps each garnered All-LSC ued Brooks, who closed out her South Division recognition as hon- seventh year at the helm of the orable mention players. . ’Belles. “It’s hard to get to the

22 SUMMER 2007 Angelo State University Alumni Magazine Clark Collins Messbarger Brooks Hoops Hoopla national tournament and to get there six Angelo State placed two players and two per game during her ASU tenure ranks straight times is extremely hard. This sea- coaches on the Lone Star Conference all- second in both categories on the school’s son has reminded me of that fact.” time squad announced this spring to cel- all-time list. The ’Belles ended the season in a ebrate the LSC’s 75th Anniversary. Playing from 1993-95, Collins be- three-way tie for second place in the LSC’s Rambelles Kelly Clark and Nicole Col- came ASU’s first women’s basketball All- South Division with an 8-6 mark in league lins joined Ram coach Ed Messbarger and American in 1994. She led ASU to its play. ASU hosted a first-round conference current ’Belle coach Sally Walling Brooks first regular and postseason tournament tournament game, edging Southeastern on the diamond jubilee list. They were titles in 1994, when she was named LSC Oklahoma State University, 56-55, before selected from the hundreds of candidates Player of the Year and tournament MVP. falling to Texas A&M-Commerce, 65-59, associated with LSC basketball since the She retired with 15 school and/or LSC in the league semifinals. conference’s founding. records. Her 25.5 point per game career Lakey was again named second team Clark played from 1982-86 and be- scoring average still stands as ASU and All-LSC South after leading the ’Belles in came the ’Belle’s first major impact play- LSC records. both scoring and rebounding. Senior point er. Clark remains to this day the ’Belles Brooks, who began at ASU in 2000, guard Asheia Haynes joined Lakey as a sec- all-time leading scorer and rebounder was one of five selections still active in the ond-team pick while senior guard Britinee with 1,863 points and 1,077 rebounds. Her LSC. She is the winningest coach in ’Belle Davis garnered honorable mention. . average of 17.9 points and 10.4 rebounds history. She is a two-time LSC South Coach of the Year and has led the ’Belles to three LSC tournament crowns, four Champions Return LSC South titles and six-straight NCAA Division II National Tournament appearances. She has posted a winning season each year at ASU. Messbarger coached the Rams for 20 seasons, ending in 1998. He guided ASU to two LSC titles and was LSC Coach of the Year in 1984 and 1988. At his retirement, Messbarger ranked third in NCAA Divi- sion II career wins with a 665-515 mark and second in all-time coaching appearances among coaches at any level of play. He is a member of the LSC Hall of Fame. .

Members of the San Angelo College Rams team that won the 1957 National Junior College Basketball Championship came home Feb. 17 for a reunion to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their accomplishment and to see a championship banner unveiled in their honor in Stephens Arena. Introduced to ASU basketball fans that night were Bill Jiles, Milton Nickel and Frank Trevino in front and Billy Tankersley, Arnold Patton, Don Koonce and Coach Phil George.

Angelo State University Alumni Magazine SUMMER 2007 23 2007 ASU Football Signees

Derrell Allen Ath 5-11 197 Tyler Stephen Boyles OL 6-4 268 Odessa B.J. Bradley DL 6-3 223 Schertz Brandon Clark DB 6-2 183 Cibolo Conner Cook OL 6-5 250 San Antonio Tony Dabney WR 5-9 172 Rowlett Dustin Duhon LB 6-2 205 Sonora Chas Freeman RB 6-0 220 San Angelo Wade Goode OL 6-4 284 Midland Brandon Harris DB 5-10 185 Cedar Park Dominique Jones DB 6-1 169 Marlin Chris Jones DL 5-11 286 West Markeeith Jones DB 5-10 181 Dallas Paden King TE 6-3 235 Seguin Carr, Rams Get Back to Work Sebastian Lafaele DB 6-1 205 San Antonio Greg Lewis OL 6-3 263 San Antonio Brandon Lewis DL 5-11 289 DeSoto Despite a 3-7 record last fall, Angelo State head football coach Dale Carr did not hang Will Mezger QB 6-4 192 Lampasas his head. He got busy recruiting. Michael Murphree OL 6-4 302 Monahans Carr and his coaching staff the first week of February signed 29 newcomers Mbato Nkwocha OL 6-2 286 Plano to the Ram football team. All 29 came from the State of Texas as Carr continued Zach Petit DL 6-2 246 Austin to focus on local and in-state talent. Keefer Preece OL 6-5 278 Hamilton “We hit all our needs with this recruiting class,” said Carr, who will begin his Braden Ritchey TE 6-5 235 Boyd third year with the Rams this fall. “Offensively, we filled holes from tailback to Deandre Rudolph OL 6-4 287 Cibolo center. Defensively, we added depth at defensive back and up front. We are going Michael Simpers RB 5-10 177 Missouri City to be a young team next season and there is no reason that some of these players Bryan Smith Ath 6-3 175 Waco signed won’t make it on the field this fall.” Chase Strother OL 6-4 262 Sweetwater Carr added nine offensive linemen to his roster, filling a visible need from the Trey Wier DL 6-2 221 Austin 2006 season. Lavorick Williams WR 6-2 195 Odessa “You can’t recruit too many offensive linemen,” Carr said. “It’s the hardest position to sign and the hardest to keep. We feel very good about the group of guys that we’re bringing to support us up front.” 2007 ASU Football Schedule Filling defensive needs, the Rams added five defensive backs and five defen- 8/30 at Sam Houston State 6 p.m. sive linemen. 9/8 at East Central (Okla.)** 6 p.m. “We brought in defensive backs that have good size and some very talented de- 9/15 Central Oklahoma** 6 p.m. fensive linemen,” Carr said. “Four of the five defensive backs that we signed are true 9/22 Open cornerbacks and I don’t think you can sign too many cornerbacks. Almost all the 9/29 Midwestern* (Family Day) 6 p.m. defensive linemen that are coming back for us are young. It’s going to be a young line 10/6 at Eastern New Mexico* 7 p.m. for us this fall but the future is pretty impressive.” 10/13 ACU* (Homecoming) 6 p.m. 10/20 at Texas A&M-Commerce** 2 p.m. Continuing with the tradition he began last spring, Carr’s Rams took the field 10/27 at West Texas A&M* 6 p.m. for spring drills in mid-February. The Rams’ wrapped up their four-week spring 11/3 Tarleton State* 6 p.m. workout with a March 8 scrimmage. 11/10 at Texas A&M-Kingsville* 7 p.m. The Rams will kick off the 2007 season at NCAA Division I-foe Sam Hous- * LSC South Division Game ton State University at 6 p.m. Aug. 30, a Thursday, in Eliot T. Bowers Stadium in ** LSC Crossover Game Huntsville. ASU’s home opener is slated for 6 p. m. Sept. 15 when the Rams host the University of Central Oklahoma at San Angelo Stadium. .

24 SUMMER 2007 Angelo State University Alumni Magazine CampusThe rituals that haveTraditions become a part of Angelo State University life and lore. Shades of Glory Research by the Staff of the West Texas Collection

ver the years Angelo State Univer- school bus blue and gold than to dress Osity’s school colors have faded, so it in black and gold. to speak, along with the memories of how Though the theme is the same, what was once black and gold became to- the second version of the school’s day’s well-recognized blue and gold. tinted transition involved athlet- In the end, it appears that ASU’s prede- ic uniforms. According to this cessor, San Angelo College, made the col- version left by another board or change more for economic than for aes- member, when it came time thetic reasons. Even so, it remained for a to purchase uniforms for later ASU president to make the definitive the athletic squads, the decision on Angelo State blue and gold. blue uniforms were cheaper At first black and gold evolved as San than black uniforms, sort of a Angelo College’s colors when the insti- blue-light special from the supplier. tution was established downtown in a So, the frugal board, ever conscious of ju- $250,000 two-story building at the corner dicious use of local tax and tuition monies, of North Oakes and East Second streets bought the more economical uniforms and from the Pantone in 1928. Why black and gold became the informally changed the college’s colors in Matching System, a method college’s colors has been lost to posterity. the late 1940s. used by printers to help standardize the col- Black was certainly a practical choice Then in 1953 SAC’s trustees formally ors of inks to get desired results in print. from a printing perspective because of the and officially changed the colors from Years later when asked if he helped high cost of color publications at the time. black and gold to blue and gold. After such make the decision, the designer smiled, “I Gold, then as now, remained more prob- a formal edict from such an august body, was just in the room.” Dr. Vincent decided lematic on a printing press, particularly for one might think the matter was settled. on Pantone Blue 287 for ASU blue and Pan- a genuine gold sheen. Far from it. After all, blue comes in shades tone Gold 123 for the ASU gold. Those re- Through the 1930s and on into the 1940s, of navy, royal and even baby, not to men- main to this day the official ASU colors. black and gold remained the official colors tion some 126 shades of printing ink, plus However, ASU’s color quandary did until about the time that the college decided another 324 blue hues that can be derived not end there. The development of the to move from its downtown location to its through process color by mixing cyan (C), World Wide Web created a new issue: current campus on West Avenue N. magenta (M), yellow (Y) and black (K) How to ensure the colors on the ASU web- It would make a great story to say that inks on the printing press. site matched the standardized print colors. the school changed the colors to mark a And then there’s gold or yellow, which This is not as easy as it may seem, new start for the college. In reality, mon- comes in some 60 individual inks plus an- since inks use pigments and websites use ey or, perhaps more accurately, the lack other 135 different CMYK hues. As a re- combinations of light, in this case red, of money caused the switch. Two stories sult, the blue and gold used in publications green and blue (RGB) to produce color. have endured. and uniforms varied significantly between Matching is doubly difficult since the on- In the first, then Board Chairman Por- 1953 and 1967, when Dr. Lloyd D. Vincent, screen colors can be manipulated by the ter Henderson, whose name would later a physicist by education, became ASU’s brightness and tint adjustments on the adorn the ASU Library, recalled the col- second president. monitor. However, on a properly calibrat- lege needing to purchase a bus for school With the precision one would expect of ed screen, the RGB equivalent for ASU and athletic travel. The bus, of course, was a physicist, Dr. Vincent decided to deter- blue or Pantone 287 is R0-G56-B150. to wear the school colors. Here enters two mine a blue-and-gold standard that would The RGB for ASU gold or Pantone 123 is variations of the story. First, the cheapest be utilized on publications and as closely R252-G201-B23. bus was blue and gold which was deemed as possible on uniforms and other repre- So, the next time you cheer for ASU close enough for the board to make the sentations of the school’s colors. He asked blue and gold, remember you are also purchase. The second variation is that it ASU’s new graphic artist to submit for cheering for Pantone 287/R0-G56-B150 was cheaper to paint the newly acquired his review a selection of blues and golds and Pantone 123/R252-G201-B23. .

Angelo State University Alumni Magazine SUMMER 2007 25 Isaac and Felicitas Castro

26 SUMMER 2007 Angelo State University Alumni Magazine a family tradition By Tom Nurre

hile numerous parents can boast Castro was joined in Old Glory in 1963 is what education can do for you.’ I never Wof having multiple children at- by his wife, Felicitas, a native of Bryan, wanted to be an airline pilot, but I learned tend and graduate from Angelo State, prob- Texas, and their six children. Ultimately, the lesson that the sky is the limit. At age ably no other mother and father can match the seven immigrants all became natural- nine, I decided to become a lawyer.” Isaac and Felicitas Castro of Old Glory. ized citizens and six more Castro children The younger Isaac graduated from ASU Of their 12 children, nine attended were born in Texas. in 1977 with a bachelor’s degree in govern- ASU and eight finished with degrees, al- Of the 12 Castro siblings, five were ment, then proceeded to the University of most certainly a single-family record for their high school’s valedictorians and 11 Texas School of Law where he received his siblings. Today the Castro progeny are went on to earn college degrees. Doctor of Jurisprudence in 1980. Today he scattered throughout West Texas as well as “We are so grateful that through love, practices law in Hamlin and has passed on in Arkansas and Florida. They include a discipline, respect and encouragement they the family tradition to his son, Matt, cur- doctor, a lawyer, two teachers, a store own- kept an open mind about the need for a rently a sophomore at ASU. er, a naval officer and a clinical director. good education in order to succeed and be Manuel Castro, the oldest sibling, was Their’s is an American success story fruitful to themselves and society,” the elder the first to graduate from ASU in 1971 borne of the love and hard work of their Castro said. “Each was encouraged to reach with a degree in education. He taught for parents and the values they instilled in their own potential as an individual.” 30 years at Lincoln Junior High in San An- their children. The Castro family saga be- “Although my parents didn’t have the gelo before retiring in Christoval. gan in 1960 when Isaac Castro, a Mexican opportunity to obtain a formal education,” Manuel was followed at ASU by his national, took advantage of the Bracero said Isaac M. Castro, fifth of the 12 siblings, brothers Joe, Class of 1973, Eustaquio, Program, jointly established by the U.S. “they understood its value. I remember my Class of 1976, Isaac, and Pete, Class of and Mexican governments to legalize mother telling me many times as we were 1981. Today Joe, with his wife, Marcia, runs and control migrant farm labor along the working in the fields during the summers, the 50 Stars Stop store and lives near his Southern U.S. border, and moved to Old especially when I complained about the parents in Old Glory, a Stonewall County Glory to work on the cotton farm of the heat and fatigue, that the only sure way out community settled by German-Americans late Hal Yakey. of that kind of work was education.” as Brandenburg in 1909 and renamed for “On one occasion that we were hav- the American flag during World War I to ing this discussion, she noticed an airliner reflect local patriotism. high in the sky,” he added. “She pointed Joe went to ASU during another Amer- to it and said in Spanish, of course, ‘That ican conflict. In the summer of 1969, during the height of the Vietnam War, he was deciding between Cisco Junior College

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Angelo State University Alumni Magazine SUMMER 2007 27 With so many Cas- tros attending college during such a short time span, money was often tight for the family. While their parents provided what finances they could, each of the Castro siblings saved Isaac M. Joe Staqui Pete Silvia Laura money from various jobs, worked while at and Hardin-Simmons University, knowing “Since I was a child, I dreamed of school and depended on each other to that at any time he could be drafted into achieving a college education,” Silvia said. make it through. the military. “My parents instilled in me the desire to “We all worked, starting as children,” “To my surprise, I received a call from achieve and always emphasized the im- Staqui said. “We worked on the farm and my older brother Manuel advising me that portance of education. I chose to attend any money we made went into a money pot he had enrolled me at Cisco Junior Col- ASU because my older brothers had great to help us all pay for college. My parents lege, had obtained for me a deferment and learning experiences there and they spoke made huge sacrifices for us and we knew to get ready to go to college,” Joe said. highly of ASU. I guess I wanted to follow we were going to college, no ifs, ands or “After graduating from Cisco, I enrolled at the Castro family tradition.” buts about it.” ASU and stayed with Manuel to help with Janie earned a bachelor’s degree in bi- Added Joe, “As a united family with rent and expenses.” ology and then took her associate degree very close ties, one way or another each one Stationed in Florida, Capt. Eustaquio, in respiratory care from Howard College of us supported and was supportive to the or Staqui, Castro-Mendoza is the sibling in San Angelo. She and her family live in others. By working and sharing our labors, farthest from home. The Navy officer is as- Mountain Home, Ark., where she is the each of us helped the others in any way pos- signed to the U.S. Southern Command in Director of Clinical Education Respira- sible, financially and with encouragement.” Miami. After graduating from ASU with tory Care at the University of Arkansas- Even with as much pride as they took both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in bi- Mountain Home. in seeing their children achieve their edu- ology, he was commissioned in the Navy in “We were many children, but our par- cations, Isaac and Felicitas Castro found 1983 and has also attended the University of ents always instilled in each of us that we it difficult to watch their close-knit family Montana, the Naval War College, Southern could attain our goals and education was shrink with each graduation. Methodist University and Virginia Tech. the way to go,” Janie said. “I chose ASU “It was not easy for us to see each one “ASU is a phenomenal school,” Staqui because so many of my siblings went there leave home and our hearts ached as we said. “I’ve attended four different colleges and had good experiences.” saw each one graduate,” Isaac said. “But, and I believe ASU provided me with a solid Laura currently teaches at Brady High we knew it was each one’s beginning to foundation that is second to none. I could’ve School. The ninth of the 12 Castro sib- find their own world and to search for their gone anywhere in Texas, but I chose ASU lings, she was the final ASU graduate place in society.” over places like Texas A&M and Texas. in her generation when she received her Isaac will turn 82 on May 30 and Fe- We felt comfortable at ASU, obviously, and 1987 bachelor’s degree in education. A licitas will be 78 in November. They have most of my family went there.” fourth sister, Maribel, also attended ASU, been married for 61 years and live in a Dr. Pete Castro, the youngest brother to but transferred to the University of Tex- country home just outside of Old Glory attend ASU, has been a practicing physi- as-San Antonio to complete her physical where they spend their time gardening, cian in Brady for 12 years. After graduating therapy degree. caring for their pets and babysitting grand- from ASU, he attended the Texas College of kids. While their children often bring their Osteopathic Medicine in Fort Worth. own families to visit on weekends, holi- Three sisters –Silvia Alvarez, Class days and birthdays, Isaac and Felicitas also of 1984, Janie Castro-Rios, Class of 1985, like to take trips to see them and how their and Laura Gonzalez, Class of 1987, – also lives are going. graduated from ASU. Silvia earned a “We take great pride that our children bachelor’s degree in chemistry and later saw the opportunity for a better life and returned for her teaching certification. A respected our wishes and dreams for them San Angelo resident, she has been with the to become part of a great society and offer San Angelo Independent School District their contribution for a better tomorrow,” since 1987 and currently teaches fourth Isaac said. “We are both thankful to God grade at Bradford Elementary. and happy for all their successes.” .

28 SUMMER 2007 Angelo State University Alumni Magazine Eric Rees and Eric Garcia Photos Courtesy of Joey Hernandez, Texas Tech, and Lockheed Martin Corp.

ot yet two years removed from earn- evaluate and calibrate a group of soft- curriculum that the ASU Computer Sci- Ning their computer science degrees, ware instruments known as Verification ence Department requires to graduate,” two Angelo State alumni are touching the and Validation (V&V) tools. V&V tools said Rees, “that he asked me to join both future of the nation’s space program. are used to determine whether a software the SequenceL and NASA projects during As graduate students at Texas Tech system meets required specifications and our first meeting. I walked outside of his University, Eric Garcia and Eric Rees, both functions according to its original design. office and into the hall and literally did a class of ’05, are helping develop software “NASA can’t test every possible com- little dance while a couple of people gave for the Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) bination of events in a flight simulator,” me some incredibly odd looks.” that will replace the nation’s Space Shuttle said Rees, “and thus relies on V&V tools Garcia said, “The greatest thing about in 2010. to ensure that the system is following the this industry is not only are we intellectu- In addition to their work at Texas Tech, specifications perfectly, eliminating poten- ally challenged every day, but we’re also the two ASU alumni spent last summer at tial malfunctions due to a combination that able to be creative in everything we do.” NASA’s Ames Research Center in Moun- did not get tested in a flight simulator.” Both computer scientists find it hard tain View, Calif., working on software However, NASA needed something to to believe how far their careers have ad- reliability testing for the CEV, recently test the V&V tools. That’s where Rees and vanced since they were ASU students, re-named the Orion spacecraft. Orion is Garcia came in. They designed the Reli- much less when Garcia was attending ultimately designed to go to the moon and able Software Testbed to evaluate the re- Greenwood High School and Rees go- eventually to Mars. liability of the V&V tools used by NASA ing to Reagan County High School. Rees, “We have been doing some exciting in Orion’s embedded autonomy software. who grew up in Big Lake, admitted that things here at Texas Tech,” said Garcia of Their program inserted numerous errors in he, like a lot of computer science majors, Midland. “To be working on cutting edge the mission critical software and then tal- went into the field with aspirations to de- technology with the country’s brightest lied the number the V&V tools caught and sign computer games for one of the large scientists is like playing in the Super Bowl. missed, providing a reliability score. gaming companies. It really is a rewarding experience.” “In deep space exploration,” Garcia Now instead of using their talents to They began as assistants on a NASA said, “NASA needs its science vehicles to expand the imaginary boundaries of cy- project directed by Tech Professor Dr. make control decisions autonomously, in a berspace gaming, Rees and Garcia are Daniel Cooke and a Tech doctoral can- short time frame that requires no commu- helping the nation push farther into the didate to test prototype Onboard Abort nication with mission control on earth.” realm of outer space. Executive software that uses SequenceL, Garcia and Rees feel lucky to be work- “It’s a near indescribable feeling,” a functional programming language de- ing at Tech under the tutelage of Dr. Cooke, Rees said, “knowing that decisions we veloped at Tech, to calculate a safe flight lead developer and creator of the Sequen- help make now will help shape at least abort procedure should a major malfunc- ceL language and the coordinator of all a part of the course for humanity’s first tion occur during ascent. Texas Tech projects with NASA. attempt at a permanent presence on the Then they worked at the Ames Re- “Dr. Cooke was so impressed with the Moon and the eventual attempt for a search Center to develop a “testbed” to research I had done at ASU as well as the manned Martian landing.” .

Angelo State University Alumni Magazine SUMMER 2007 29 Suzanne is a staff scientist 2002 with Biogenldec. The couple Amber Simmons Smith, is enjoying life in Arlington, married to Joe, is marketing Mass., with their children, director for Sunset Mall. Arjun, 3½, and Raina, 1½. 1st Lt. Traci L. Bowman 1993 moved in July to the beauti- CLASS ful island of Terceira, Azores. Troy Michael Deubler, Bowman is part of the 65th married to Lisa, is the project Logistics Readiness Squadron manager for Fidelity Invest- as a vehicle management ments in Irving. flight commander. 1994 Michael E. Patyrak, 1950 Pamala Kay (Halbert) Susann R. Brundret, M.D., returned to campus to notes deliver the commencement Salas, married to Steve J. married to Bruce, is a nurse at Joe E. Mikeska, Jr., mar- (’81), is a registered childcare Shannon. Bruce is a pilot for address at ASU’s December ried to Gayle, is a physician provider. Steve is the mainte- U.S. Customs. graduation ceremonies. He is in Albany. nance coordinator at Ethicon. a first-year radiology resident 1995 at UT Southwestern/Park- 1952 1986 Mark A. Fraley, married land Memorial Hospital in Eddie Robert Edwards, Melody M. Wilkinson, to Karen, is a CPA for Ernst & Dallas. He graduated No. 1 married to Rae, is retired and married to Edward, is an Young LLP in San Antonio. in his class at the UT Health living in San Saba. attorney for Cooley Manion Science Center. Jones CCP in Fort Worth. 1996 1970 2003 1992 Joseph W. Lown is the Donnie Young, married mayor of San Angelo. Donald Eugene Brown, to Francis (’70), is the corpo- Lisa Lemons Nichols is married to Georgia, is an ana- rate vice president of world the director of development 2001 lyst at Verizon. Georgia is the wide operations for Johnson for Big Brothers Big Sisters. Capt. Matthew Baril just program director for Texas & Johnson. Shivraj Sohur, married to returned from a deployment Child Protective Services. in Afghanistan and is cur- st 1973 Suzanne, is a junior faculty 1 Lt. Joel Pitman, mar- member in the Department of rently an inspector/evaluator ried to Kelly Hegemeyer, was John Michael Wheeler, Neurology at Harvard’s Mas- at the wing level at Nellis AFB recently reassigned to Langley married to Ruth (’73), is a sachusetts General Hospital. in Las Vegas, Nev. AFB, Va., from Hill AFB, Utah. planning analyst for Ethicon in San Angelo. HIGH FLYERS – Angelo State Air Force ROTC grads Maj. Justin LeMire, left, 1978 Class of ’95, and Maj. Tyrel Curry, Class of ’96, hoist the university colors DeAnna Campbell is after a 14.7-hour sortie from Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory, the manager of student to Afghanistan and back. LeMire, an instructor weapons system officer, st th employment for Our Lady was on his 21 combat sortie while Pilot Curry was on his 10 combat mis- of the Lake University in sion. Both are stationed at Dyess AFB in Abilene. San Antonio. 1981 Deanna Marie (Smoot) Hicks is a retired lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force and lives in San Angelo. She is a volunteer math tutor for SAISD, Girl Scout leader, AARP tax aide volunteer and Central High School mentor.

30 SUMMER 2007 Angelo State University Alumni Magazine Pitman earned the Bronze Star Campus Gone Wild Another example of a species’ impact while serving in Iraq in early – continued from page 15 on our lives and our economy is the Mexi- 2006 as a commander of a can free-tailed bat. Despite people’s fears combat logistic patrol flight. of the countryside and the wildlife that oc- of the flying mammal based on so many Janet Alicia (Neighbors) cupies it. Kids that grow up in the city on old wives tales, they are indeed a threat to Abernathy, married to asphalt and behind plate glass have less op- agricultural insect pests. Bryan (’01), is a stay-at-home portunity for that sort of naïveté to be lost.” “The bats consume prodigious quanti- mom with her son Kaden. As a result, they get their understand- ties – 1,000 tons nightly – of these insects,” Bryan is the office manager ing of the natural world from house pets Maxwell said. “In particular, the corn ear- at Medical Arts Pharmacy. or Disney movies that personify animals, worm moth that migrates into Texas from giving them human emotions and charac- the south is attacked by free-tailed bats 2005 teristics. Consequently, students and even flying out of Central Texas caverns. This Rebecca Diane Slone is a many adults today have romanticized no- moth is better known out here as the cot- special education teacher in tions about wildlife and are squeamish ton bollworm. Between it and several ar- San Angelo. about what really occurs in nature. myworm pests, damage to American agri- “They’re naïve about the natural world culture goes to the tune of at least a billion 2006 and all out there that impacts their lives in dollars annually. It would be even higher Aundrus Poole is an ac- a lot of ways,” he said. “For instance, plants if these bats did not consume a significant tor living in Austin, where impact how much water comes down the percentage of these pests.” he is currently filming a streams into our reservoirs and animals, Without such an understanding, stu- recurring, speaking role in so many ways, impact their lives and dents may not only be missing what Max- on the popular NBC series they’re not aware of it.” well believes is one of life’s pleasures but Friday Night Lights. For instance, the white-tailed deer, also shortchanging their own futures. Odocoileus virginanus, has become the “They grow up to be voters,” Maxwell WAY TO GO! center of the region’s hunting industry and said. “If they don’t understand the existence “is particularly important on rangeland of nature out there and its relevance and if The Concho Valley Alumnae where some livestock raising is in decline,” they don’t even understand agriculture, Chapter of Sigma Kappa So- Maxwell said. All students benefit from that which is related to nature, and where their rority was recently presented industry indirectly because of the monies steak comes from, people like me worry with the Eleanor Dygert Had- hunters spend on lodging, food and services about how they will make decisions at the don Award (Honorable Men- when they visit the region. Those dollars voting box on issues they don’t understand.” tion) for significant increase translate into taxes which flow to universi- A good place to start on that path to in membership. ties, helping students get an education. a more sophisticated understanding of na- Maxwell pointed out that some stu- ture, Maxwell believes, would be for them DEPLOYMENTS dents benefit directly. “That economy pays to take a walk around campus and observe Several graduates of Angelo for many students’ higher education where where the struggle for survival continues State’s Air Force ROTC De- we find parents deriving hunting-based in- on a daily and nightly basis in an other- tachment 847 have recently come,” he said. wise tranquil environment. . been deployed overseas. The officers and their years of graduation are: Darby L. Anable, 1999 Did you fall in love at ASU? Miguel Colon, 2004 James Detweiler, 1997 If so, we would like to hear your story for possible use in a subsequent Christine R. (Morgan) issue of the Alumni Magazine or on the Alumni Association website. Dossman, 2004 If you would like to share your story of romance, especially if it is sen- Tam T. Duong, 1992 timental, humorous or just plain unbelievable, please take time and send Lori R. (Dockendorf) us a synopsis of what happened then and what has happened since. Hodge, 2002 Anton Malkowski, 2003 Your stories should be sent to [email protected]. Russ Parramore, 1997 Please put “Love Story” on the subject line and let us know Breanne (Beagle) about romance at Angelo State. Tabor, 1999.

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Michael and Marianne celebrated the arrival of their Payne White (’87) celebrate second son Franklin Waidlein the birth of their son Christopher Delk on Oct. 9. Ian White. George and Sande (’73) Har- Michael Dean Mitchell, Jr., rison welcomed new grandson (’99) and Brooke Holling- Asher George Etchison on Feb. 1. sworth Mitchell (’05) are the proud new parents of Colby Assistant Football Coach Hank Dean Mitchell, born on Dec. 26. McClung and ASU Director of Development Rhonda Stacia (’00) and Lane McClung welcome to their Hughes (’98), along with family Isabel Janette McClung, three-year-old big brother Tate born Jan. 25. are proud to announce the birth of Sealie Lane Hughes on Nov. 1. Kimberly (’04) and Deen Burrus celebrate the arrival Melissa and John Delk (’96) of Grandon Ray Burrus.

Please let us know of your new arrival and receive a “Future ASU Graduate” beanie plush Ram.

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34 SUMMER 2007 Angelo State University Alumni Magazine ASU Centuryas of March 19, 2007 Club

DIAMOND CENTURY CLUB Laurin and Sharon Prather, Lubbock Frank Coniglio, Bayard, Neb. Oscar and Corine Gomez, Southlake Dick Robertson, San Angelo Robert Condry, Del Rio J. Milton and Terri Swift, Montgomery Alison and Brad Romike, Spring Branch Donald and Pat Cox, San Angelo Jay and Michelle Young, Dallas Hudson and Eloise Russell, Kim Cox, San Angelo San Angelo X B Cox, Jr., San Angelo PLATINUM CENTURY CLUB Michael and Besty Ryan, San Angelo Darla and Dwain Custer, San Angelo Jeffrey and Debbie Brennan, Oron and Dorothy Schuch, San Angelo Danny Daniels, Lake Jackson Mill Creek, Wash. Cyndi Seger, Ft. Worth Alex and Kay Decuir, San Angelo Randy Russell, Frisco Brian and Jeannie Shannon, Lubbock Darryl DeSeve, Manassas, Va. Joel and Suzanne Sugg, San Angelo Carlton and Betty Lou Smith, Michele Dierschke, San Angelo San Angelo Robert and Paula Dowler, San Angelo GOLDEN CENTURY CLUB Dave Stinnett, San Angelo Russell and Linda Dressen, Abilene Andy and Korina Baker, Coppell Delbert G. and Margaret Tarter, Jim and Diana Dyer, San Angelo Dale and Joy Chase, San Antonio San Angelo Van and Angela Echols, Lubbock Larry Clark, Richmond Larry and Sue Thorp, Santa Fe, N.M. Steve Eustis, San Angelo Ronnie D. Hawkins, Alexandria, Va. James Truelove, Richardson James and Tracy Farley, Lubbock Jim Kramer, San Antonio Michael Vallandingham, Austin Robbie Faught, San Angelo Kent and Nevie Lacy, San Angelo James Waterbury, Bel Air, Md. Ernest and Sharon Felts, San Angelo Dr. Robert and Jean Ann LeGrand, Richard Way, San Angelo Diane Fischer, Knoxville, Tenn. San Angelo Melody McDonald Wilkinson, Bruce and Lynsey Flage, San Angelo John Norman, Houston Fort Worth Gary and Marilyn Flage, San Angelo Jim Ratcliff, Georgetown Noel and Jacque Williams, Dean and Janice Fox, Kaneohe, Hawaii Frank and Brenda Sturzl, Austin Franklin, Ky. George and Joanne Gamache, Mrs. Lloyd D. Vincent, San Angelo Ralph and Elene Wilson, San Angelo Bloomington, Ill. Mike and Ruth Wheeler, San Angelo J. Nelson and Beth Word, San Angelo Jessica Garcia, Coppell Tony Williams, Van Alstyne Donnie and Francis Young, Susan H. Golden, Roswell, N.M. San Antonio Pete and Patricia Gomez, Sonora SILVER CENTURY CLUB Candyce Gregston, San Angelo Dr. John and Sharon Alexander, ACCESS-SILVER CENTURY CLUB Gary and Frances Grogan, San Angelo San Angelo Dr. Scott and Shelley Blanton, Clifford and Susan Guess, Lewisville Dr. Ross Alexander, San Angelo San Angelo Rhonda Halfmann, San Angelo Carole and Steve McNabb, Brownwood Shivraj and Suzanne Sohur, Marsha and Steve Arvedson, Houston Luke Burnett, San Angelo Charleston Hall, Georgetown Dee Michalewicz, Buda Arlington, Mass. Craig and Kim Bagley, Weatherford Bruce and Susann Brundrett, Dan and Anne Hamilton, San Angelo Leesa Monroe, Arlington Gary and Patty Stokes, San Angelo Bob O. Ballentine, San Angelo San Angelo Jeff and Mindy Hamilton, Lubbock Jesse and Laura Montez, San Angelo George and Evelyn Strebeck, Eddie Bates, Beaumont Hector and Rebecca Cantu, Marjorie Hamilton, El Paso Mike and Brenda Morris, San Angelo San Angelo Thelma Bennett, San Angelo San Angelo Syble Haney, San Angelo Ewell Murphy, Jr., Houston J. Steve and Renee Taylor, Midland Betty Blakely, Georgetown Molly Criner, San Angelo David and JoNell Harlow, San Angelo Bill Neil, San Angelo Verna Pruitt Taylor, Austin Nathaniel Booker, Austin Lee and Connie Dressler, San Angelo David and Katie Harrison, San Angelo J. Karen Nelson, Hewitt Jerry and Rose Vandergriff, Lane Bowen, San Antonio Leticia Franco, San Angelo Sande Vincent Harrison, San Angelo Patricia and Alvin New, San Angelo San Angelo Kyle and Pamela Box, San Angelo Sherry Gardener, San Angelo Joe and Su Henderson, San Angelo Lisa Nichols, San Angelo Karen Vaughan, Alpharetta, Ga. Dean Buchanan, Cedar Park Jim Jones, San Angelo Joey and Lezlye Henderson, Linda Norris, San Angelo Tommy and LaJan Walter, Bobby Bunyard, San Angelo Chad and Justina Reel, San Angelo San Angelo Darrell O’Neal, Victoria Jacksonville, Fla. Kevin Campbell, Phoenix, Ariz. Willie Ruiz, San Angelo Carlynn Hicks, Boerne Joshua and Doris Owusu, Frisco Clayton and Diane Weishuhn, Wall Guy and Eva Choate, San Angelo David and Elvia Saborio, San Angelo Jean Hierholzer, Kerrville Dean Parnell, Universal City Marianne White, San Angelo R. Danny Daniel, Carrollton David Starnes, San Angelo Dr. H. Lee Higdon, Central, S.C. James and Blossom Parry, San Angelo Troyce and Rebecca Wilcox, Troy and Lisa Deubler, Irving Pamela Venable, San Angelo Jeff and Diane Holbrook, Universal City Linda Patrick, Plano San Angelo Norman and Linda Dierschke, Phil and Michele Webb, San Angelo E. James and Bobbie Holland, Hal and Marshell Peter, San Angelo Darrell and Karen Wilde, Keller San Angelo Ronnie and Pauline Willmann, San Angelo Eric Peterson, San Angelo Dr. Kelly and Lesa Wilson, San Angelo David and Delta Emerson, Dallas San Angelo Sarah and James Howell, San Angelo Faron and Barbi Pfeiffer, San Angelo Milburn Wink, Robert Lee Gary and Stacy Erwin, San Angelo Paul and Frances Zimmerman, R. Kevin and Vicki Housley, Christoval Michael and Lisa Phillips, Spring Rodney and Betty Winn, San Angelo Becky Fitch, Flower Mound San Angelo Roy Ivey and Sarah Logan, San Angelo Sylvan and Carol Polunsky, San Angelo Bradford and Mercyla Fly, San Angelo Richard Jimenez, San Angelo Cindy Pond, San Angelo ACCESS ASU-CENTURY CLUB Charles “Skip” Foote, Chantilly, Va. CENTURY CLUB Sherri Jones, San Angelo Richard and Jill Preston, Eldorado Robert Alexander, San Angelo Wayne T. Franke, Austin Ronald and Alice Adams, Austin Joanne F. Gass Jones, Lubbock Jeff and Tonya Rainey, San Angelo Jeremy Boerger, San Angelo Jim and Dana Glossbrenner, Robert Aguilar, San Angelo Peggy Jordan, San Angelo Kerry and Jamie Skiles Rainey, Darryl Boynton, San Angelo San Angelo Gus Alexander, San Angelo Kathryn Kelly, Austin San Angelo Don E. Brown, San Angelo Homer and Annetta Gray, San Angelo Barbara and Maurice Archer, Lamesa LeeRoy and Betty Kiesling, San Angelo Rob Rainey, San Angelo Roger Collins, San Angelo Laren Green, San Angelo Nita Archer, San Angelo Patrick and Diana Kimbrell, Tom and Janet Ridgway, San Angelo Angel G. Flores, San Angelo Ronny L. and Carol Harrison, MV Armour, Midland San Antonio C.A. and Shirley Roberson, Fort Worth Lacy Foster, San Angelo San Angelo Eugene and Ethel Berger, San Angelo Donald Klein, Fort Worth Gary and Patricia Rodgers, Austin Donna Fowler, San Angelo G. Bryan Heflin,Monahans Dr. Jaynell Bodine, Sterling City J.D. and Kathy Koehn, San Angelo Pamala K. Salas, San Angelo P. Gilbert Gallegos, San Angelo David and Carol Herreman, Lewisville W. Travis Bond, Crosbyton Keely Kolar, Austin David and Candace Samuelson, Tiffany N. Hagan, San Angelo Dan and Terri Herrington, Boerne Britnie Bordelon, Groves Jerry A. Lee, Bedford Abilene John Hemphill, San Angelo Buddy Johnson, Houston David and Ann Boswell, Austin Jack and Betty Lieber, San Angelo Norm and Diane Schaule, Canyon Lake Alejandro Hernandez, San Angelo Lawrence Kennedy, San Angelo Gary and Leslee Bowen, San Angelo Valerie Lopez, Uvalde Doyle and Lynn Schniers, San Angelo Joseph L. Holcombe, San Angelo W. Bonham and Marcille Magness, Bo Brannon, Granbury T. Justin MacDonald, Kerrville Gene Schweizer, Robert Lee J.W. Lown, San Angelo Houston Kathleen Brasfield,San Angelo Gary and Gretchen Book Massingill, Kenny Scudder, Odessa Valerie Matthews, San Angelo Jeff and Amy McCormick, San Angelo Mike Brest, Greenville, R.I. 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Matthew Sage, San Angelo Russell Nyman, Houston Jerry and Nida Casillas, Katy Mary Mays, San Angelo Bill and Sue Sims, San Angelo M. Todd Smith, San Angelo Morgan O’Donnell and Stephen and Kay Castle, Midland Mack McCoulskey, San Angelo Bobby Sims, Santee, Calif. Eric Smith, San Angelo Erick Galindo, Denton Lana Choate-Pierce, Englewood, Colo. T. Dean and Lisa McInturff, San Angelo Spencer and Julie Sincleair, Salado W. Truett Smith, San Angelo Ace and Billie Phinney, Mereta Bill E. Coggins, Jr., Golden Valley, Minn. Dr. Bill McKinney, San Angelo A. Amber Smith, San Angelo Sarah Yancey, San Angelo Rev. James Plagens, Big Spring Barry and Karla Cooper, Edmond, Okla. Richard McKinney, San Angelo Guy Smith, Newark, Del.

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