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Smu Homecoming Weekend 2019 FALL 2019 08672_Cover_R2.indd 2 8/30/19 10:35 AM SAVE THE DATE November 7-10, 2019 SMU HOMECOMING WEEKEND 2019 THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY November 7 November 8 November 9 SMU DISTINGUISHED CLASS REUNIONS HOMECOMING PARADE AND ALUMNI AWARDS SMU Undergraduate Classes SMU REUNION VILLAGE Recognizing extraordinary achievement, ’74, ’79, ’84, ’89, ’94, ’99, ’04, ’09, ’14 Food, family activities and more! outstanding character and Cox School of Business Graduate Classes SMU vs. EAST CAROLINA good citizenship ’54, ’59, ’64, ’69, ’74, ’79, ’84, ’89, ’94, ’99, ’04, ’09, ’14 Dedman School of Law Graduate Classes ’59, ’64, ’69, ’74, ’79, ’84, ’89, ’94, ’99, ’04, ’09, ’14 For more information, please visit smu.edu/homecoming. SMU.AD.20011308672_IFC.indd HomecomingAd 1 19[5].pdf 1 8/30/198/21/19 10:41 3:35 PM AM fall Volume Seventy 01 2019 Features Departments To Our Readers 02 News 03 Features 12 Alumni 30 Etc. 48 Pg. 03 04 Game Changer On The Boulevard CELEBRATING A NEW Located at the corner of Bishop Boulevard and Binkley Avenue, the new multi- HOME FOR DIGITAL purpose Indoor Performance Center, featuring Armstrong Fieldhouse, supports EXPLORERS SMU’s commitment to outstanding facility resources for the entire campus com- GROUNDBREAKING FOR THE GERALD J. FORD munity. One of the first major events at Armstrong Fieldhouse will be the annual HALL FOR RESEARCH AND INNOVATION IN- SMU Distinguished Alumni Awards ceremony and banquet on November 7 TRODUCED THE NEW INTERDISCIPLINARY during Homecoming Weekend. HUB THAT WILL PROVIDE THE SMU COMMU- NITY WITH RESOURCES TO SOLVE COMPLEX PROBLEMS AND CREATE NEW ENTERPRISES, THANKS TO THE GENEROSITY OF DONORS GERALD J. FORD ’66, ’69 AND HIS WIFE, KELLI O. FORD (PICTURED). ON THE COVER FALL 2019 Meadows School of the Arts celebrates the 50th anniversary of its naming in honor of benefactor Algur H. Meadows, an oil boom Mustangs Excel In Business Love And Charity Renaissance man with a head for business and “Admit that you don’t have all the At Perkins School of Theology, student an eye for art. And answers,” says SMU Trustee David Stephanie Bohan seeks to enhance her just as the school has grown in its influence Huntley ’80, chief compliance officer and spiritual experience to strengthen her 8/23/19 12:32 PM on the performing, senior executive vice president at AT&T. role as executive director of the Agape 08672_Cover_R1.indd 2 visual and communication arts, it is tak- He and other Mustangs share wisdom Clinic, a nonprofit medical operation that ing its place in the future world of data gained on their paths to success. serves the underserved in East Dallas. arts and creative computation. See story on page 18. page 12 page 26 08672_01_TOC-R2.indd 1 8/30/19 10:08 AM SMU, Dallas And Beyond A great university helps build a great Together, SMU and Dallas READERS city, and the reverse is also true – a great city helps build a great university. create a global gateway SMU and Dallas are proof. Robert H. Dedman, Jr. ’80, ’84, chair of that shapes and positions the SMU Board of Trustees, describes graduates for success, our relationship with our nation’s ninth largest city as “an economic and cultural no matter what paths they cauldron of creativity.” Our strategic pursue. Dallas location offers limitless potential and countless opportunities to prepare graduates for lifetime success in our own backyard and across the globe. This bra- and future. This is the third area of focus zen can-do spirit we share with Dallas is in our exploration of the four key mes- one of SMU’s most potent differentiators. sages that define SMU and set us apart on We call it “SMU, Dallas and Beyond.” the shifting higher education landscape. More than a century ago, SMU’s They include “Research with Impact,” President R. Gerald Turner founders had a bold vision for a university “Enterprising Spirit” and “Welcoming Community.” on the Texas prairie that captured the breaking STEM-school project. Powered In these pages, you’ll learn more about imaginations of the region’s business by the innovative collaboration of SMU, the art and the science that make Big D pioneers and philanthropists. The attrac- Toyota Foundation, the Dallas Indepen- like no other city. First, we celebrate tion continues today. SMU is a recognized dent School District and the West Dallas Dallas’ rich legacy of philanthropy – dem- talent importer for 24 Fortune 500 head- neighborhood, this unique partnership onstrated through the contributions of quarters in the Dallas-Fort Worth area – is reinventing relationship opportunities its earliest leaders. This generosity has with 59 percent of our students choosing to for education, community and business – served as the foundation for SMU’s vision relocate here from other states. Together, for Dallas and beyond. and growth for decades. This year, the SMU and Dallas create a global gateway I invite you to join us for this Mustang Meadows School of the Arts marks the that shapes and positions graduates for adventure. We may come here from 50th anniversary of its naming for bene- success, no matter what paths they pursue. different places and parts, but SMU is the factor Algur H. Meadows, one of Dallas’ We also play an essential role in pre- place we can all call home. Pony Up! paring the diverse talent our region needs early oil industry leaders, who graciously to fuel its economic engine into the 21st shared his eye for art and his heart for century. In this issue of SMU Magazine, education with SMU. we shine a light on our deepening In addition, you’ll catch a behind- R. GERALD TURNER relationship with Dallas – past, present the-scenes glimpse of the fact-finding and President brainstorming phase of the ground- VOL. 70, NO. 1 FALL 2019 Designers The Matchbox Studio, Becky Wade Copyright © Southern Methodist University 2019 SMU MAGAZINE is published by the Office of Marketing Photography Hillsman Jackson, and Communications, Development and External Affairs, in Vice President for Development and Laura Graham ’17, Kim Leeson, Guy Rogers III, fall and spring for alumni and other friends of SMU. The Brad E. Cheves Allison Slomowitz Office of Marketing and Communications retains the right to External Affairs determine editorial and advertising content and manner of presentation. The opinions expressed in the magazine do Assistant Vice President for Marketing and Printer ColorDynamics not necessarily reflect official University policy. Letters to the Communications Regina Moldovan editor and contributions to the Class Notes section are welcomed. Send correspondence to: Editor, SMU Magazine, Editor Susan White ’05 Office of Marketing and Communications, PO Box 750174, Dallas TX 75275-0174; email: [email protected]. Senior Editor Patricia Ward Southern Methodist University (SMU) will not discriminate in any employment practice, education program, education activity, or admissions on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, genetic information, or veteran status. SMU’s commitment Contributors Kim Cobb, Cherri Gann ’15, to equal opportunity includes nondiscrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity and expression. The Executive Nancy George ’79, ’18, Director for Access and Equity/Title IX1 Coordinator is designated to handle inquiries regarding the nondiscrimination policies, including the prohibition of sex discrimination under Title IX. The Executive Director/Title IX Coordinator may be reached at the Perkins [ PAG E ] Monifa Thomas-Nguyen, Administration Building, Room 204, 6425 Boaz Lane, Dallas, TX 75205, 214-768-3601, [email protected]. Inquiries regarding the 2 Catherine Womack ’08, Elaine Gantz Wright application of Title IX may also be directed to the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Education. 1 Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, 20 U.S.C. §§ 1681-1688. 08672_02_Readers-R1.indd 2 8/30/19 10:11 AM GAME CHANGER NEW INDOOR PERFORMANCE CENTER FEATURES NEWS ARMSTRONG FIELDHOUSE Conceptual Rendering The SMU community celebrated the the annual SMU Distinguished Alumni campus and student groups when not beginning of a new era on the Boulevard Awards ceremony and banquet on Novem- programmed by Athletics. with the dedication of the Indoor Per- ber 7 during Homecoming Weekend. • Miller Boulevard Ballroom is located formance Center, featuring Armstrong The Indoor Performance Center is loca- on the ground floor, inside the main Fieldhouse, on September 6. ted in the heart of campus on the former entrance off Bishop Boulevard. It serves Located at the corner of Bishop Boule- site of Perkins Natatorium and Barr Pool, as a multipurpose space that can vard and Binkley Avenue, the multi- in close proximity to the Loyd All-Sports accommodate banquets, presentations, purpose Indoor Performance Center fea- Center. The 67,000-square-foot brick meetings, hospitality and other social tures an indoor turf field as well as building faces Owen Arts Center, the reno- gatherings for athletics, as well as training, fitness and special event spaces. vation of which will kick off on Friday, campus and community events. Many generous donors made the Indoor November 8, at 4 p.m., during Homecom- • Crum Terrace, located on the second Performance Center possible, including ing Weekend. Together, these investments floor and visible from Bishop Boule- Bill Armstrong ’82, Liz Martin Armstrong in the student experience will transform vard and Binkley Avenue, is a premier ’82 and The Armstrong Foundation; the Boulevard. outdoor event space. Paul B. Loyd, Jr. ’68 and Penny R. Loyd; FEATURED SPACES David B. Miller ’72, ’73, Carolyn L. Miller • Weber Observation Deck, located and The David B. Miller Family Founda- • Armstrong Fieldhouse includes two indoors on the second floor, overlooks tion; Gary T. Crum ’69 and Sylvie P. Crum; scoreboards, a video board, glass roll-up the Armstrong Fieldhouse and offers and Garry A.
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