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Thousands of alumni, parents and friends joined students on the Hilltop for SMU’s 95th annual Homecoming Weekend, November 7–10. Highlights included the annual Distinguished Alumni Awards ceremony and dinner; class reunion parties; the parade and Boulevard cele- bration leading up to the football game in Ford Stadium, where the Mustangs clinched an exciting 59-51 victory over East Carolina University, and Lucas Rhamy of Beta Theta Pi and Olivia Matthews of Chi Omega (above) were crowned the Homecoming king and queen at halftime.

SMU recognized (from left) Distinguished Alumni Scott J. McLean ’78; Whitney Wolfe Herd ’11 (Emerging Leader Award); Jennifer Burr Altabef ’78, ’81; and Martin L. Flanagan ’82 at the annual Distinguished Alumni Awards celebration and dinner on November 7.

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THINGSHAPPENING HERE Pg. 03 A FALL TO REMEMBER MUSTANG ATHLETICS GENERATED ITS Shaping SMU For A Changing World OWN EXCITEMENT ON CAMPUS: FROM A SMU celebrated unprecedented investments and exciting achievements last fall, 10-3 FOOTBALL SEASON (35 YEARS IN THE with two history-making gifts and an unforgettable football season. MAKING) TO ANOTHER MEN’S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP TO A WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL TEAM REGULAR SEASON FINISH IN FIRST PLACE IN THE AAC WEST.

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SMU alumni don’t shy away from tough topics as they help create a climate of understanding and inclusiveness in our Unprecedented Gift Visionary Impact communities. Pastor Richie Butler ’93 The Moody Foundation made the A $50 million gift from Carolyn L. (left) leads honest largest gift in SMU history with a and David B. Miller ’72, ’73 to the conversations about $100 million commitment to create the Cox School of Business builds on their race relations; Ashlee Hunt Kleinert ’88 advocates University’s eighth degree-granting decades-long support of academics, for sex trafficking survivors; and school – the Moody School of Graduate athletics, scholarships and other areas. Hallie Hovey-Murray ’16 provides a and Advanced Studies. public voice for those with autism. Their stories begin on page 16. Photo by Hillsman S. Jackson page 04 page 07

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Dallas-Fort Worth is one of the fastest- led to a $50 million commitment to the

READERS growing metropolitan areas in the country. Cox School of Business, the largest single People move here for jobs, opportunities alumni gift in SMU history. We also and quality of life. Like our surrounding gathered to initiate a new strategic plan city, SMU embraces a world of people for our Lyle School of Engineering. and possibilities, creating a place that Through these unprecedented partner- everyone can call home. With that ships, we become an even more attractive inviting attitude, big things happen here, campus for potential students. exceeding expectations and clearing the Making people feel like they belong path for world-changing impact. comes naturally to us, but it is also strate- In the past few issues of SMU Magazine, gically nurtured. We seek out top- we have shared stories that highlight performing students from all walks of life our University’s key differentiators – and all parts of the world, knowing “Enterprising Spirit,” “Research With they’ll thrive here because all Mustangs Impact” and “SMU, Dallas and Beyond.” are valued. This issue of the magazine This edition looks at another defining illustrates how living, studying and characteristic: our “Welcoming Commu- socializing with fellow students of many President R. Gerald Turner nity.” It takes note of the breadth of backgrounds in our Residential Commons backgrounds and experiences that makes enhance our students’ college experience. individuals fighting to overcome major us dynamic and the purposeful connec- And we take a moment to celebrate the life challenges. tions that make a difference. success of several of our athletic teams SMU’s culture of inclusion embodies What happens on our campus magnifies that have drawn national attention and who we are as a University, where we opportunities for the greater community. reenergized Mustang pride. are in a cosmopolitan city and what we This fall, the vision and generosity of our Our commitment to having candid can do with a shared passion. Whether donors set the stage for a limitless future conversations and embracing diverse it is a student’s first day in class, an for our campus and beyond. In these perspectives creates graduates who take alum’s return for Homecoming, an out- pages, we celebrate the launch of our Uni- those values to their communities and of-town visitor’s trip to campus or a versity’s eighth degree-granting school, find their own ways of championing donor’s commitment to the school’s future, the Moody School of Graduate and tolerance, respect and inclusiveness. it is my hope that all feel more than Advanced Studies, made possible by a Pastor Richie Butler ’93, Ashlee Hunt welcome here. historic gift of $100 million from the Kleinert ’88 and Hallie Hovey-Murray ’16 Moody Foundation. You’ll also learn how are great examples of how our alumni David B. Miller’s 1968 basketball advocate for finding common ground on scholarship to SMU was the beginning of polarizing issues, open hearts and R. GERALD TURNER a long history with the University that minds to embrace change and support President

VOL. 70, NO. 2 SPRING 2020 Designers The Matchbox Studio, Becky Wade Copyright © Southern Methodist University 2020 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 Office of Marketing and Communications retains the right to External Affairs Allison Slomowitz 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, Catherine Womack ’08 Director for Access and Equity/Title IX1 Coordinator is designated to handle inquiries regarding the nondiscrimination policies, including [ PAGE ] the prohibition of sex discrimination under Title IX. The Executive Director/Title IX Coordinator may be reached at the Perkins Administration Building, Room 204, 6425 Boaz Lane, Dallas, TX 75205, 214-768-3601, [email protected]. Inquiries regarding the 2 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.

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] FEATURES FEATURES $100 M COMMITMENT CR

SMU will take a major step forward in serv- ing the talent and research needs of a challenging world, thanks to a land- mark $100 million commitment from the Moody Founda- tion that will fund the University’s eighth degree-grant- ing school – the Moody

[ PAGE ] School of Graduate 4 and Advanced Studies.

10744_SMU_Spring2020_Miller-Moody_MECH.indd 4 2/14/20 9:12 AM M R 01862-03-09-R1.indd 5 EATESSCHOOL MOODY • • Turner. “This is a transformational moment moment atransformational is “This Turner. the is commitment Foundation Moody The Moody School will be the portal to all of all to portal the be will School Moody organization with a challenge to with research organization for any point entry –the resources our “The said. Turner opportunity,” create Gerald R. President SMU said gift,” of this like SMU for innovative ideas, data- ideas, for innovative SMU like for leaders apipeline and problem-solving, history. SMU in gift largest driven research and technology that can MOODY FOUNDATION MAKESLARGESTGIFT INSMUHISTORY be a full partner in commercial and global global and commercial in partner afull be nies and institutions look to universities universities to look institutions and nies for SMU and Dallas, signaling that SMU SMU that signaling Dallas, and for SMU to tackle those challenges. those tackle to approach the University for partnership.” University the approach is a premier institution with the means to to means the with institution apremier is “As the Texas economy booms, compa- “As booms, economy Texas the reach and power the overstate “We cannot The Moody Foundation gift will include: will gift Foundation Moody The visiting faculty, as well as adeanship as well as faculty, visiting Endowment and operational funds to to funds operational and Endowment in funds operational and Endowment support of SMU faculty and renowned renowned and faculty ofSMU support ILLION • • • when people from different disciplines and I am eager to see what the combination combination the what see to eager I am of world-changing students and faculty faculty and students of world-changing executive director and chairman. “We all “We all chairman. and director executive Foundation’s the '92, Moody-Dahlberg ces uate and Advanced Studies will encourage encourage will Studies Advanced and uate ofGrad- School SMU’s Moody ways. unique broad perspectives are free to collaborate in in collaborate to free are perspectives broad know that transformative discoveries come strengthen the future of Texas and Texans Texans and ofTexas future the strengthen through big ideas like this one,” said Fran- one,” said this like ideas big through and support such innovative connections. connections. innovative such support and “The Moody Foundation exists to world-changing research world-changing Endowment and operational funds to to funds operational and Endowment to funds operational and Endowment provide flexibility in stimulating inter- support financial competitive provide he Construction of Moody Hall, to serve as as serve to Hall, ofMoody Construction disciplinary work recruit leading scholars conducting conducting scholars leading recruit facilitate faculty and student interaction interaction student and faculty facilitate students for graduate that generates research interdisciplinary adquarters for the Moody School and and School Moody for the adquarters operations during the 2020-21 academic year. academic 2020-21 the during operations will resources exceptional with coupled produce on this campus, in the region and and region the in campus, onthis produce across Texas.” The Moody School will begin formal formal begin will School Moody The SMU President R. Gerald Turner Gerald R. President SMU 2/18/20 8:03 AM [ PAGE 5

] FEATURES “The profound nature of the Moody Foun- • Strengthen collaborations with other by the Moody Foundation will guarantee dation’s gift is the latest example of the universities, including UT Southwestern the strength of the school in perpetuity, growth of SMU’s status academically, pro- Medical Center, major corporations and while the operational funds included in grammatically and philanthropically,” said other entities in producing high-impact the gift will provide for immediate impact. SMU Vice President for Development and research projects SMU currently offers 25 Ph.D. programs,

FEATURES External Affairs Brad E. Cheves. “With awarding about 70 of the advanced degrees The creation of the Moody School will the sophisticated way the Foundation has annually to students from all over the world. increase the reputational value of an SMU structured this investment, SMU and the These degrees are administered through graduate degree. Research with impact new Moody School will be well prepared in the students’ individual schools – Dedman depends on strategically growing SMU’s terms of facilities, endowed resources and College of Humanities and Sciences, Lyle talented pool of exceptional faculty and operating funds to execute its important School of Engineering, Meadows School of attracting the best and brightest master’s mission, which itself supports the Univer- the Arts and Simmons School of Education and Ph.D. students and postdoctoral fel- sity’s strategic plan.” and Human Development. Eventually all lows. Together they provide the academic graduate degrees granted from Dedman, framework for discovery. The investment in graduate-level educa- Lyle, Meadows and Simmons Schools will “SMU has long offered premier under- tion and research is expected to: be administered jointly through the Moody graduate and professional programs,” said School, and graduate students will receive • Inspire and enable greater interdis- Provost and Vice President for Academic a diploma that credits their master’s degree, ciplinary collaboration and creative Affairs ad interim Peter K. Moore. “The doctorate or Ph.D. to both their individual problem-solving creation of a graduate school will enable the school of study and the Moody School. • Attract students with the strongest aca- University to build on its excellent gradu- The Cox School of Business, Dedman demic backgrounds and potential ate educational programs in the sciences, School of Law and Perkins School of The- • Increase research grant funding humanities, engineering, arts and educa- ology do not offer Ph.Ds. and will continue • Boost the University’s reputation for tion to fuel research, strengthen teaching to manage internally the highest degrees research excellence and reputation, and deliver greater impact awarded in their respective fields. But the • Place SMU shoulder-to-shoulder with in everything we do. It also means more Moody School will link interdisciplinary other prestigious private universities opportunities for undergraduates, who research and professional development that historically focused on undergrad- are mentored through association with from all SMU schools. uate education, but have strategically research faculty, graduate students and expanded services and support for grad- postdoctoral fellows.” uate students The broad endowment funding provided

ABOUT THE MOODY FOUNDATION

William L. Moody, Jr. and his wife, Libbie Rice Texas became evident, and, in 1966, a Dallas the Arts. In recognition, the City Performance Hall Shearn Moody, laid the groundwork for the family’s office was established to oversee local initiatives. was renamed Moody Performance Hall. dedication to community involvement and philan- Now, the great-granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. SMU and the Moody Foundation have enjoyed thropy when they established the Moody Founda- William L. Moody, Jr. and a 1992 graduate and a decadeslong partnership. During those many tion in 1942 in Galveston, Texas. The Foundation trustee of SMU, Dallasite Frances Moody-Dahl- years, the two organizations have joined forces was created to benefit present and future Texans, berg, along with her brother, Ross Moody, and to make SMU facilities such as Fondren Science and, starting in the 1960s under the leadership niece, Elizabeth Moody, leads the Foundation Building in Dedman College of Humanities and of Mary Moody Northen, it began awarding grants as chairman and executive director. Under their Sciences, Owen Arts Center in Meadows School throughout the state, often focusing on capital guidance, the Moody Foundation has expanded of the Arts and Moody Coliseum exceptional projects for private colleges and universities, as its statewide giving and continuing partnering with resources for the SMU campus and the greater well as support for children’s health projects, local groups to fund major projects. Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. libraries and historical preservation initiatives. At UT Southwestern, they have supported the In addition, the two organizations have col- Beginning in the mid-1980s, led by Robert L. Children’s Research Institute with major equip- laborated to empower faculty research at the Moody, Sr., now chairman emeritus, major invest- ment and created the position of Robert L. Moody, Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education ment in local Foundation-initiated projects related Sr. Faculty Scholar. In 2017, they collaborated with and Human Development, aiming to quantify data to traumatic brain injury and the development of the City of Dallas to support the AT&T Performing and identify solutions to homelessness among

[ PAGE ] tourism in Galveston were a key focus. As the Arts Center and, in order to enhance small and students in the Houston/Galveston area as well as 6 reach of the Foundation expanded and strength- growing nonprofit performing-arts organizations developing cutting-edge programs to help adults ened, the need for a permanent location in North in Dallas, they established the Moody Fund for and students achieve literacy.

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01862-03-09-R1.indd 7 IMPAC VISIONARY When former Mustang basketball standout David David standout basketball Mustang former When CAROLYN L. AND DAVID B. MILLER ’72, ’73 ’72, DAVID B.MILLER AND L. CAROLYN SMU AND THE COX SCHOOL OFBUSINESS COX SCHOOL THE AND SMU In this excerpt of the newspaper profile, their gen- their profile, newspaper ofthe excerpt this In B. Miller and his wife, Carolyn, made the largest largest the made Carolyn, wife, his and Miller B. MAKE A $50 MILLION COMMITMENT TO COMMITMENT MILLION A$50 MAKE erous spirit and their love for family, community lovefor family, community their and spirit erous columnist Cheryl Hall ’73, who earned herjour- who earned ’73, Hall Cheryl columnist and SMU shine through. shine SMU and publicity-shy couple for couple publicity-shy University, about the the from wrote degree nalism stone made headlines in Dallas. Longtime business business Longtime Dallas. in headlines made stone mile- Hilltop the history, SMU in gift alumni single

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] FEATURES BY CHERYL HALL ’73 “ HE TREATS PEOPLE WITH How does a guy who went to Southern Meth- odist University on a basketball scholarship strike it so rich that he can give his alma FEATURES DIGNITY AND RESPECT mater more than $100 million? He parlays the finance education that REGARDLESS OF WHAT THEIR LOT IN LIFE IS. he earned at its Edwin L. Cox School of Business into co-founding one of the world’s largest private equity firms. HE’S A BELIEVER IN COLLECTIVE THINKING And just how David B. Miller came to do that is one of those under-the-radar success tales that Dallas is so famous for. FROM SMART MINDS.” Last month, Miller and his wife, Carolyn, made headlines when they gave SMU $50 Kyle Miller ’01 speaking about his father, David Miller '72,'73 million — the biggest individual donation in the University’s 108-year history. The Millers’ moment in the spotlight But frankly, a lot of people outside the protecting battered women and sheltering was unusual for this Highland Park couple SMU community don’t know who Carolyn the homeless. who have quietly given tens of millions of and David are. But $50 million is hard to keep under philanthropic dollars since 2006. David was a three-year varsity standout wraps, especially when one intent of the The Miller name is already on the event center from 1968-72 and earned his under- Millers’ huge gift was to lead others to center of Moody Coliseum and the floor of graduate degree and M.B.A. in finance at SMU’s next major fundraising campaign. its basketball court, the campus student Cox in the early 1970s. The Millers sat down for the first time center at SMU-in-Taos and the ballroom Today Miller is a co-founder and man- ever as a couple to share how they came to of the new indoor training center. aging partner of global private equity firm spread such enormous largesse. The couple’s latest donation is intended EnCap Investments LP, which completed to keep the Cox School competitive by mod- its 21st fund last year with 350 institutional MAGICAL MOMENT ernizing and building facilities, hiring partners. That brought the total amount of David Miller keeps a scrapbook close at additional endowed faculty and expanding funds under its management to nearly $40 hand in his home office. Its title: “A Dream undergraduate and graduate scholarships billion since its inception in 1988. Come True.” to increase student diversity. Carolyn, a former elementary school “That dream was to play basketball at teacher in Garland and social worker, SMU,” he says, flipping through the worn closely guards her privacy while pages of newsclips and mementos assem- rolling up her sleeves to work bled by his mother. for social causes such As Miller was about to graduate from as aiding seniors, Richland High School, the team’s star cen- ter had nearly a dozen scholarship offers but not the one that really mattered to him — SMU. “There was just nothing bigger in the southwestern part of the country than SMU basketball,” he recalls. “Doc Hayes was their legendary coach. My senior year, SMU beat Louisville, the No. 2 team in the country, in the NCAA regional tournament. I was a passionate fan.” Two days after National Signing Day, the first day high school players can commit to a college, David told his mother at breakfast that he’d reconciled himself to becoming a Red Raider at Texas Tech University. But

[ PAGE ] Fay Ann Miller, now a 92-year-old SMU 8 alum, urged her son to hold out for one more day.

01862-03-09-R1.indd 8 2/18/20 8:13 AM 10744_SMU_Spring2020_Miller-Moody_MECH.indd 9 “So they had moved to the deep waters in the the in waters deep the to moved had they “So And the rest is history. My dream came came My dream history. is rest the And wouldn’t move the needle,” Miller recalls. recalls. Miller needle,” the move wouldn’t investors. most by worthless the bust, went times boom energy when institutions financial largest oneofthe was PMC for Pitts, Miller and Custard, scrap- Custard, and Miller PMC for Pitts, and an oil to form Republic left Zorich, Bob Hughes Medical Institute, a huge medical ahuge medical Institute, Medical Hughes with million $20 raised fund PMC’s first Mustang Club and a $100 pledge to SMU’s to pledge a$100 and Club Mustang other friends from Republic Bank. Republic from friends other three and Zorich Miller, by co-founded to ofopportunity awealth was There erties. M.B.A. his and scholarship on abasketball partners sold out and moved back to Texas. to back moved outand sold partners Gulf of Mexico and international explora- would he that himself promised he diploma, gas company in Denver. Seven years later, later, years Denver. Seven in company gas could. heever if back give general operational fund in 1979. in fund operational general buy. You just had to find the money.” buy. find to You had just never paid a dime in tuition. He says that that Hesays tuition. in adime paid never my coach, and they offer me a scholarship. scholarship. mea offer they and my coach, actually was who Prewitt, Bob replacement, major insurance companies. insurance major foundation in Washington, D.C., and two two D.C., and Washington, in foundation which Bank, National Republic for Dallas’ true.” three institutional investors: Howard Howard investors: institutional three opportunities onshore domestic that Pitts Frank L. oilman legendary late, the tion and were selling their domestic prop- domestic their selling were and tion adopted son, says Linda Pitts Custard, Pitts’ Pitts’ Custard, Pitts Linda says son, adopted pay itforward. able to M.B.A. his receive to stage the hecrossed as day, there next the and school high the at and his son-in-law, Bill Custard — formed —formed Custard son-in-law, Bill his and PATH TO BIG RICH TO PATH ing together energy properties viewed as as viewed properties energy together ing Southwest. the in so he fellowship, teaching ona finance in is the legendary coach Doc Hayes and his his and Hayes Doc coach legendary the is (short for Energy Capital) Investments — Investments Capital) for Energy (short “The major oil companies had all decided decided all had companies oil major “The up show “I herecalls. magical,” was “It That same year, Miller — backed by —backed Miller year, same That In 1980, the 30-year-old and his buddy, his and 30-year-old the 1980, In He started his career in energy lending lending energy in career his He started Little did he know just how much he’d how much be just know he did Little the to gift $25 a was donation first His PMC eventually became part of EnCap Miller earned his undergraduate degree degree undergraduate his earned Miller Frank Pitts considered Miller his his Miller considered Pitts Frank you know, and he appreciated you know, heappreciated and years ago. years Partners LLC, an independent oil and and oil independent an LLC, Partners called it the “2016 M&A M&A “2016 itthe called Journal &Gas Oil Deal of the Year.” ofthe Deal David’s son, Kyle Miller, made headlines headlines Kyle made David’s son, Miller, David’s entrepreneurship David and Carolyn married 19 years ago — ago years 19 married Carolyn and David of his own three years ago. years three own of his He head. his gone to has cess he founded last year. last he founded Silver Hill Energy Holdings LLC, which degrees in elementary education and in in and education elementary in degrees master’s holds also She 1974. in College at education Hendrix elementary in degree “And not Imay couch. onthe while Carolyn ofBill. wife and daughter gas company, with $12 million in seed seed in million $12 company,gas with gerontology. billion to Dallas-based RSP Permian Inc., Inc., Permian RSP Dallas-based to billion believer in collective thinking from smart “David says. she business,” remained.” respect them. Frankly, if you think about about youthink if Frankly, them. respect of founder 40-year-old the says minds,” He’s a is. life lotin their ofwhat regardless and word their were assets valuable most for $2.4 later money. years itfour Hesold justremains as down-to-earth she thinks,” David says, looking over at over looking says, David thinks,” she their Bebee, that Miller sister, Meredith friendship deep the but separated, that’s probably the solution. the probably that’s country, the onin going that’s discord the the second marriage for each. marriage second the a publicly held Permian producer. The The producer. Permian held a publicly 30 him Imet when hewas as suc- his of None man. affable to approach ethical his and a town of about 12,000, before earning her her earning before 12,000, ofabout a town I leanings, political ofher some with agree is a very personable, warm, warm, personable, avery is integrity. LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON MUTUAL ADMIRATION MUTUAL “She’s softened me.” “She’s softened “He treats people with dignity and respect respect and dignity with people treats “He partnership business “The as awildcatter, was “Daddy “I have massive respect for her and what what for and her respect massive have “I In 2012, Kyle started Silver Hill Energy Energy Hill Silver Kyle started 2012, In Kyle says his father taught him and his his and him taught father Kyle his says Carolyn grew up in Magnolia, Arkansas, Life, a program for trafficked girls,” Pro- girls,” for trafficked aprogram Life, Dallas, parent of the Austin Street Center Center Street Austin ofthe parent Dallas, olyn is a story in her own right. “She’s right. own her in astory is olyn obvious.” the with And lives. their over of control relation- abusive an leave to empowered humanitarian persona. An example of that Senior Source and Shelter Ministries of Ministries Shelter and Source Senior duo. They both have their great strengths strengths great their have both They duo. ship,” Carolyn says. “Most abusers are con- are abusers “Most says. Carolyn ship,” then some.” awonderful are David and “She says. thro is Center Street Austin for the need the asense women gives Genesis So trollers. and Genesis Women’s &Support. Genesis and Shelter an extraordinary person who has a great agreat who has person extraordinary an and passions. Carolyn holds her own and and own her holds Carolyn passions. and is her involvement with New Friends New New Friends with involvement her is increase in homelessness in Dallas County, “It’s so important for women to feel for to women important so “It’s The causes closest to her heart are The The are heart her to closest causes The SMU trustee Caren Prothro says Car- says Prothro Caren trustee SMU speaking about Carolyn Miller Carolyn about speaking SMU Trustee Caren Prothro Prothro Caren Trustee SMU 2/14/20 9:12 AM [ PAGE 9

] FEATURES 10744_SMU_Spring2020_AthleticSpread_06.indd 1 2/13/20 2:20 PM What a fall semester it was for the Mustangs! Football posted its most wins since 1984, achieving a 10-3 record and receiving an invitation to the Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl to play Florida Atlantic University (11-3). Although FAU, playing on its home field, won 52-28, the loss didn’t diminish a season of numerous highs for the Mustangs, which included recapturing the Iron Skillet by beating TCU 41-38 on its home turf. The men’s soccer team (18-2-1) again won the American Athletic Conference Championship and reached the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament. The women’s volleyball team finished its regular sea- son in first place in the AAC West, propelled by the efforts of Holly Heim ’22, who earned the AAC Setter of the Year title. And men’s basketball bounded off to an 8-0 start. For more information on all SMU athletics, visit smumustangs.com.

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The SMU community celebrated the beginning of a new era on the Boulevard with the dedication of the Indoor Perfor- mance Center, featuring Armstrong Fieldhouse, on September 6. Located at the corner of Bishop Boulevard and Binkley Avenue, the Indoor Performance Center is constructed in a Collegiate Georgian architectural style that blends with the traditional campus environment and features an indoor turf field as well as training, fitness and special event spaces. “The Indoor Performance Center has long been a goal for our University, and we thank all the donors for making it a reality,” SMU President R. Gerald Turner said. “Students and student-athletes are already filling this beautiful multipurpose Members of the SMU community, including donors, alumni and students, celebrated a facility with Mustang spirit. We look new era on the Boulevard with the dedication of the Indoor Performance Center, featuring forward to all the ways this welcoming Armstrong Fieldhouse, on September 6. space will enhance the SMU community and the Dallas community.” “The Indoor Performance Center is another visible, tangible Armstrong Fieldhouse, the primary component of the facility, was made reflection of the University’s commitment to competing at the possible by Bill Armstrong ’82 and Liz highest level of intercollegiate athletics.” – Rick Hart Armstrong ’82 and The Armstrong Foundation. and Bennie M. Bray; Richard H. Collins development and external affairs. “We “Our family has a time-honored tradi- ’69 and The Calvert K. Collins Family are grateful to our supportive donors tion of ‘boulevarding’ before home games, Foundation; Daniel M. Doyle, Jr. and who share our commitment to creating and some of our fondest memories involve Nicole Kudelko Doyle ’94; Jennifer Gelety an outstanding campus environment SMU football,” Bill Armstrong said. Flanagan ’82 and Martin L. Flanagan ’82; in every way.” “Events of all kinds are at the heart of the a gift in honor of Kyle D. Miller ’01; The 67,000-square-foot Indoor Perfor- college experience, so we see this project Ashley B. Smith and G. Stacy Smith; mance Center is located in the heart of as a real win-win for SMU.” and William J. Ware ’01 and Richard ’68 campus on the former site of Perkins Nata- “We believe the college experience and Katherine Ware. torium and Barr Pool, in close proximity extends well beyond the classroom and is Other major donors include Blake P. to the Loyd All-Sports Center. In the past integral to a full education,” Liz Armstrong Bozman ’93 and Tara Bozman; Ashlee two decades, SMU has invested more said. “It’s really fun to be involved on Hunt Kleinert ’88 and Chris Kleinert ’88; than $200 million to build new athletics campus and very rewarding to know we Rogge and Cathy Dunn Family; Kate facilities and renovate others – all reflec- are impacting the future of SMU.” Dykes and Sonny Dykes; Albon Head ’68, tive of championship-level competition. Many generous donors made the Indoor ’71 and Debbie Head; Irina Huemiller and “The Indoor Performance Center is Performance Center possible. In addition Thomas L. Huemiller ’91; Lane M. Seliger; another visible, tangible reflection of the to the Armstrongs, donors of more than Kim M. Shaddock and William C. Shad- University’s commitment to competing $1 million are Gary T. Crum ’69 and dock ’74; Natalie Green Stollenwerck ’64 at the highest level of intercollegiate Sylvie P. Crum; Paul B. Loyd, Jr. ’68 and and Tom J. Stollenwerck ’62, ’65. athletics,” said Rick Hart, SMU’s director Penny R. Loyd; David B. Miller ’72, ’73 “This is beyond exciting to celebrate of athletics. “The future is bright for and Carolyn L. Miller and The David B. this special facility that elevates the SMU SMU Athletics.” Miller Family Foundation; and Garry experience and inspires new energy for A. Weber ’58. our campus community, our alumni To learn more about the Indoor Performance They are joined by $1 million donors [ PAGE ] and everyone who visits the Hilltop,” said Center’s features, or to make a gift, please visit Kathryn H. Arata ’87, ’91 and Stephen L. 12 Brad Cheves, SMU vice president for smu.edu/ipc. Arata ’88; Stephanie Chantilis Bray ’85

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Dallas entrepreneur, industry leader and researchers to be nimble in the educator Bobby B. Lyle ’67 builds on the fast-changing tech landscape.” farsighted generosity that named the The Lyle Future Fund will Lyle School of Engineering 11 years ago provide seed capital to bridge the by designating $10 million to power a new gap between a new idea’s concep- strategic vision for the school. The bold tion and its maturation to the future-focused model will combine innova- point where it can draw external tion, agility and swift responses to shifts in funding. Qualified projects will technological capabilities with enduring receive significant backing institutional support. for up to five years – long enough “Bobby Lyle’s vision, then and now, to establish a leadership stake speaks to the core needs of engineering in a promising field. By partner- education to prepare students to solve ing with thought leaders and problems, drive the economy and change industry captains at the vanguard

lives through problem-driven research of emerging research, the Lyle Junior civil engineering major Darriana Druery ’21 and and real-world experience,” said SMU Presi- School will be able to select stra- Bobby B. Lyle ’67 at the launch of a new strategic vision dent R. Gerald Turner. tegic investments for the greatest for the Lyle School of Engineering on October 25. The ability to react quickly to promising impact based on market needs. new ideas is essential for technological Lyle hopes others will be inspired Engineering Innovation, held by Lyle trailblazers. To take advantage of opportun- to follow his lead and invest in problem- School Dean Marc Christensen. ities with transformative potential, Lyle’s driven research and practical experiences Lyle also has directed financial support investment will support the school’s that will prepare students to become to Lyle School scholarships, the Lyle Future Fund by establishing endowments innovators, creators, entrepreneurs and School Research Impact Fund, SMU for Accelerating Emerging Research and leaders. Fund for Lyle Engineering, TEDxSMU Accelerating High Tech Business Innova- Since his generous commitment in and the construction of Caruth Hall. tions. The fund also will support two 2008, Lyle has remained engaged as a During the past 11 years, the Lyle School additional strategic portfolios: Transform- mentor and advocate for the school, has followed his lead and developed ing the Engineering Education Experi- designating funds to endow key faculty impact- and solution-focused education ence and Transformative Technology for positions, including the Bobby B. Lyle by establishing the Hunter and Stephanie Social Good. Endowed Centennial Distinguished Chair Hunt Institute for Engineering and “Researching and prototyping new in Cyber Security; the Bobby B. Lyle Humanity, the Hart Center for Engineer- ideas must happen quickly to be competi- Endowed Centennial Chair in Engineer- ing Leadership, the Caruth Institute for tive, while traditional fundraising takes ing Entrepreneurship to advance Engineering Education and the Darwin time,” Lyle said. “This transforma- engineering entrepreneurship education; Deason Institute for Cyber Security. tional plan allows engineering school and the Bobby B. Lyle Professor of

REIMAGINING THE HEART OF SMU

The 32-year-old Hughes-Trigg Student Center is undergoing a multi- phase renovation to create a contemporary space where SMU students can gather to socialize and study. Phase One of the renovation began on the first level and was completed in time for the fall 2019 term. New features include expanded dining options in the Mane Course with the addition of a Cinco Taco and full-service Chick-fil-A. The Varsity (left) features new seating, game tables and big-screen televisions. Phase Two, which began in December, will renovate the third level, which comprises offices for student life and leadership. Completion is expected by the end of the spring 2020 semester. To learn more about naming opportunities, visit giving.smu.edu/hughes-trigg-renovation or contact Paula Voyles, assistant vice president for school and project development, [ PAGE ] at 214-768-4686 or [email protected]. 13

News_pgs 12-15_SMUMag_03.indd 13 2/13/20 3:32 PM Transforming Arts Education Owen Arts Center renovation kickoff inspires a new challenge NEWS SMU’s Meadows School of the Arts paved the way toward the future of arts education with a kickoff of the Owen Arts Center renovation on November 8. The $34 million initiative will improve academic spaces in the north wing for visual arts, art history and creative computation, while creating grand, welcoming and accessible exterior entrances. At the celebration, a $1.8 million challenge gift from Indianapolis philan- thropist and former SMU Meadows parent G. Marlyne Sexton was announced, creating a new incentive for others to become part of this trans- formative project. Previously, Sexton had given $3.2 million toward the project, bringing her total commitment Celebrating the Owen Arts Center renovation kickoff were (top row, from left) SMU Vice President for Development and External Affairs Brad E. Cheves; Nancy C. Rogers; Gene to $5 million. and Jerry Jones; Algur H. Meadows Dean Samuel S. Holland; Linda Evans, past president and With this new gift, Sexton encourages CEO of The Meadows Foundation; and SMU President R. Gerald Turner; (bottom row, admirers of the arts to help the Meadows from left) SMU Student Body President Darian Taylor ’20; G. Marlyne Sexton and her daughters, Nicole Sexton ’87 and Tracy Copeland ’82; and SMU Trustee Caren Prothro, School reach the remaining $3.4 million chair of the Owen Arts Center Transformation initiative. needed for the revitalization of the arts hub, which will enrich the experiences “For us, art, education, SMU and and artistic opportunities for students of students and the community for years Dallas just go together,” said Linda and faculty. to come. Perryman Evans, past president and G. Marlyne Sexton’s gift will estab- The renovation launched as the CEO of The Meadows Foundation. lish the Sexton Family Courtyard, Meadows School of the Arts marked the “We’ve supported the Meadows the renovated west entrance to the 50th anniversary of its naming. Estab- Museum and the Meadows School, building; the Sexton Family Art Studio lished at SMU in 1969 and named in which have risen to exciting new levels and Terrace, an expansive indoor- honor of benefactor Algur H. Meadows, of renown, and we are proud of the outdoor space; and the Sexton Family it is one of the foremost arts education stature both have achieved.” Creative Computation Suite, where institutions in the United States. The Foundation’s commitment students will push the artistic bound- “The improvements will serve as a became the impetus for several signifi- aries of technology. catalyst for Meadows to attract the next cant gifts. Additional major donors to the generation of talented and diverse visual Reflecting their passion for connect- project include the Hoblitzelle Foun- artists, art historians and multidisci- ing the arts to the community through dation; the Moody Foundation; the plinary creatives and draw scholars and public spaces, Gene and Jerry Jones Vin and Caren Prothro Foundation; visitors from across the region and committed $5 million to transform the Barbara Thomas Lemmon; Jennifer around the world,” SMU President R. east entrance. The Joneses’ commit- Burr Altabef ’78, ’81 and Peter A. Gerald Turner said. “We thank our donors ment will create the Gene and Jerry Altabef; Sarah F. Perot ’83; The Spaht for their generous support.” Jones Grand Atrium and Plaza. Family Foundation; Martin S. Cox A community of supporters has made Dallas art collectors and patrons ’75,’78; Nancy M. Dedman ’50; Lee H. the Owen Arts Center renovation possible. Nancy C. and Richard R. Rogers com- Ford; Chadwick/Loher Foundation, Initially, The Meadows Foundation mitted $5 million to establish the new Arlene and John Dayton; Charlene provided a $10 million matching grant as Nancy C. and Richard R. Rogers Center Cline Marsh ’91; PMC Esping part of its historic 2015 commitment of for Visual Arts, which will provide a Foundation; Ann M. Shaw; and [ PAGE ] $45 million to SMU. physical space that expands academic Emily Rich Summers ’66 and 14 Steve Summers ’66, ’67.

News_pgs 12-15_SMUMag_03.indd 14 2/13/20 3:32 PM “The University is grateful to these William B. Jordan Gallery: New generous donors for their part in gallery for student critique sessions, strengthening the Meadows School as a temporary exhibitions and gallery top arts and cultural institution,” said talks named in memory of William B.

SMU Vice President for Development Jordan, founding director of the NEWS and External Affairs Brad E. Cheves. Meadows Museum and former chair “Their support will continue to benefit of the Division of Fine Arts, through generations and contribute to SMU’s a fundraising effort spearheaded by rising national and international reputa- Dr. Jordan’s friends, former students tion as a trailblazer in arts education.” and colleagues. Gallery Conference INSPIRING SPACES Room: Elegant conference FOR ASPIRING ARTISTS room located next to the Composed of three interconnected Main Gallery and Jordan buildings designed by noted architect Gallery used for meetings George Dahl in the 1960s, the 250,000- with distinguished guests square-foot Owen Arts Center is of the University and for the largest academic building on the faculty and student pres- SMU campus and a top arts and entations and seminars. cultural institution in Dallas. Studios: Specialized This first phase of the Owen Arts studios for drawing, paint- Center renovation will modernize the ing, printmaking, photog- north wing of the building from raphy and other disci- Hillcrest Avenue to Bishop Boulevard. plinary studies located on multiple Highlights include: levels, including the newly created, Nancy C. and Richard R. Rogers expansive Sexton Family Art Studio Center for Visual Arts: Home to the and Terrace on the top floor, with academic pursuits of art, art history accompanying terrace suited for en plein and creative computation, including air painting; and on the first floor, a renovated studios, galleries, classrooms new Foundations Studio for learning and offices with a new formal entrance the fundamentals of techniques, on the north side of the building. processes and principles in- Gene and Jerry Jones Grand Atrium volved in the creation of art. and Plaza: Revamped Bishop Boulevard Sexton Family Creative entrance and glass-enclosed atrium Computation Suite: Fully creating ample space in a natural light equipped technology labs environment for formal and impromptu and classrooms for students performances, concerts and events. to explore computing as a Sexton Family Courtyard: Lush space creative medium, integrat- along Hillcrest Avenue suitable for ing aesthetic principles and performances and gatherings, serving as practices from the arts the west entryway for the Greer Garson with analytical theories and Theatre and Hamon Arts Library. processes from computer Main Gallery: The original home of the science and engineering. Meadows Museum restored as a gallery Jennifer Burr Altabef Student Lounge: (from top) to display rotating exhibitions and to Located on the third floor of the Greer 1. Sexton Family Courtyard along serve as an elegant entertainment space, Hillcrest Avenue will serve as the Garson Theatre, an informal space for west entryway for the Greer with access to the Dean’s Suite. students to work, study and relax. Garson Theatre and Hamon Arts Dean’s Suite: Offices for the Dean of Barbara Thomas Lemmon Art History Library. Meadows School of the Arts and key 2. William B. Jordan Gallery, named Suite: Offices for key art history leader- in memory of the founding director academic leadership prominently located ship and The Lady Tennyson d’Eyncourt of the Meadows Museum. on the first and second floors adjoining Visual Resources Laboratory. 3. Sexton Family Art Studio the Main Gallery. 4. Gene and Jerry Jones Grand Atrium [ PAGE ] Learn more at smu.edu/TransformOwenArts. 15

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FEATURES is greater than what LETS divides us.” ’ –RICHIEBUTLER’93

Pastor Richie Butler ’93 creates opportunities for safe conversations about the divisive issue of race [ PAGE ]

16 By Susan White ’05

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] FEATURES The event has been held by design several an epiphanic moment when hearing stories NCAA for recruiting violations. He was times at the church, in majority white and of encounters with racism, just as he did. recruited out of high school to play defen- upper-class University Park, to send a He relates his own moment of clarity: sive back by the late SMU alumnus and message, Butler says, because it is an area A 70ish white man was asked the question, pro football great Forrest Gregg ’55, whom where people of color perceive they are “What was your first encounter with Butler still considers a mentor.

FEATURES not welcome. racism?” At the time, Butler says he “He was good man who modeled hard Dozens of members from the church thought: “How can he speak to that?” But work, discipline and focus, and didn’t have participated in “Together We Dine,” the man went on to recall that when he was allow us to settle for second-rate,” Butler which has provided “enlightening experi- a child, his family was driving through recalls. “Even though the odds were ences for our congregation,” says the Rev. West Texas and stopped at a diner to eat. stacked against us (the team went 2-9 in Paul Rasmussen ’04, HPUMC senior pastor They were served by an African-Ameri- 1989), win, lose or draw, we were to fight, and a member of SMU’s Board of Trustees. can waiter, and the little boy said, ‘Thank to give our best effort and not back down.” “Sharing a meal and being in conversation you, sir.’ His father told him to never say Other mentors for the double major in with people from different parts of Dallas, ‘sir’ to a Negro. Even though he was a child, psychology and religious studies included who had different experiences growing he knew this man was a human being Clarence Glover, who taught the course up around race and discrimination, was and wondered why couldn’t he say ‘sir’ to “Black and White”; history Professor powerful. It reminded me that the more another person. The man said he and his Kenneth Hamilton; law Professor C. Paul we understand what someone else has siblings spent the rest of their father’s life Rogers III, who has served as the SMU lived through, the greater the possibility trying to liberate him from racism. faculty athletics representative since 1987; for connection and relationship, even if “I tell this story because it made me and religious studies Associate Professor opinions differ.” realize that race affects us all in different Richard Cogley. He also interned with Some of the diners have continued to ways,” Butler says. “Views on race are then-Congressman Martin Frost (D-Texas) participate in small, diverse groups around formed at an early age and are deeply in Washington, D.C. “I found people who the topic after dining together to learn rooted in personal experience.” saw potential and took an interest in my more “about the realities of racism in our development,” Butler says. “They encourag- community in a setting that allows for SETTING THE GROUNDWORK ed me to push forward, to be all that God openness and honesty,” Rasmussen says. wants me to be.” Butler was raised by a single mother in a Others have taken “Together We Dine” Butler says his SMU experience helped low-income area of East Austin. He at- back to their places of employment, where shape who he is today. “I learned how to tended a Baptist church and excelled in there were racial tensions that aren’t think critically and reflect on the infor- athletics, which led to a scholarship to discussed openly. mation I was receiving, rather than just play football at SMU in 1989, when the Butler hopes that individuals at “Together memorize and regurgitate facts. At SMU football program was being revived after We Dine,” who come from across racial, I was exposed to a world different from my a two-year ban because of sanctions (known economic and social spectrums, experience working-class upbringing in East Austin.” as the “death penalty) imposed by the

“It’s hard to demonize the ‘other’ when you have a relationship with them, when you see them as a human being.” – RICHIE BUTLER [ PAGE ] 18 (HAVING A CONVERSATION) Butler leads a "Together We Dine" session at Highland Park United Methodist Church.

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] FEATURES young woman carrying a alone, leaving the Kleinerts with a new difference by speaking up – and they still backpack walked into perspective on a growing problem that do now.” the Fairmont Dallas bar, has been termed a global epidemic. Ashlee and Chris Kleinert were in- sat next to Ashlee Hunt That experience six years ago became volved with New Friends as their three Kleinert ’88 and her their “paradigm shift,” Kleinert says. The children were growing up. However, like

FEATURES husband, Chris ’88, and real-time glimpse into the darkness amp- most kids, it took them a while to recog- ordered a glass of water. lified her understanding of the women nize their parents’ wisdom. In her cutoff overalls and she had met at New Friends, who were Their oldest son, Tyler Kleinert ’14, ’15 , tank top, she stood out in rebuilding their lives with the help of earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in the crowd of suits and counseling, support groups, education sport management from SMU and serves cocktail attire. The and job training. as managing director of The Tritex Group, Kleinerts, who were at “It made us sick when we didn’t know a startup venture firm focused on entrepre- the downtown hotel for a what to do,” she says. “We’ve never neurial and civic initiatives. The group’s social event, thought she forgotten her.” enterprises include Baldo’s Ice Cream & looked too young to sit at Kleinert first got involved with New Coffee, a popular artisanal ice cream Athe bar. They guessed Friends through her mother. Nancy Ann shop located across from campus on she was about 17 or 18. Hunter Hunt ’65 co-founded New Friends Hillcrest Avenue. An undergraduate More conspicuous, though, was the New Life in 1998 with civic leaders Pat economics class taught by Beth Wheaton young woman’s trembling discomfort. Schenkel and Gail Turner, wife of SMU opened his eyes to the magnitude of the “She was constantly looking over her President R. Gerald Turner. Over the trafficking problem. Wheaton is a senior shoulder, scanning the room and scrap- past decade of volunteering with the non- lecturer of economics in the Dedman ing her nails along the bar’s surface,” profit, she has spent time with survivors College of Humanities and Sciences who Kleinert remembers. “She seemed as she assisted with meals and childcare studies the economics of human terrified.” and listened to their stories. On her own, trafficking. Kleinert, a longtime volunteer with she has devoured grim statistics about “He told me, ‘You’re right, Mom, it’s New Friends New Life, a faith-based the international criminal scourge that happening,’” Kleinert recalls about her Dallas nonprofit offering a comprehen- affects millions worldwide. son’s epiphany. She applauds that “inter- sive program for human trafficking She has learned a lot about human esting and genius approach” to helping survivors, recognized the behavior of a trafficking, maybe more than she ever young people grasp the issue through the young woman being exploited. wanted to know. On a topic that can be lens of its everyday economic impact. “Her pimp likely sat among the patrons, awkward – or even dangerous – to broach Daughter Connie Kleinert Babikian keeping watch while she waited to join a in public, Kleinert has become a vocal ’12, a senior finance analyst for Hunt Oil john in a hotel room,” Kleinert says. advocate for victims. Company, holds bachelor’s degrees in When her husband suggested passing finance and economics from SMU and along a note about New Friends and the WALK THE TALK volunteers with New Friends New Life. phone number, Kleinert hesitated. Creating a community that is welcom- She served as chair of its 20th anniver- Through her volunteer work, she knew ing to people from all walks of life starts sary recognition luncheon in 2018. that if the pimp were watching, such with frank discussions about thorny Their younger son, Travis “T.J.” contact could put the trafficking victim in topics. Since her student days, Kleinert Kleinert ’16, was motivated by his inter- peril. Torn by the possible ramifications has appreciated the freedom that SMU est in human rights to pursue a law of their intervention, the couple decided provides to explore and discuss crucial degree at SMU Dedman School of Law. not to risk placing her life in jeopardy. issues – when she was a student, when Now a third-year student, he has provided Eventually she walked out of the bar her children were students and today. pro bono legal services for the Genesis “SMU students now have such high Women’s Shelter and Support legal aid awareness and regard for human rights program, assisting women with restrain- issues,” she says. ing orders and custody rights. He also has “Everyone can She graduated with a B.A. in history volunteered as a children’s activity di- from SMU’s Dedman College of Human- rector at Genesis as well as at St. Philip’s be part of the ities and Sciences. One of her favorite School and Community Center in Dallas. professor was the late Glenn Linden, a revered historian. A HUGE HUMAN COST turnaround.” “It touched me, the way he portrayed Kleinert continues a family legacy of history as the lives of real people whom taking action where there is need. Her [ PAGE ] – ASHLEE HUNT KLEINERT’88 we could learn from,” she says. “Through- parents, Nancy Ann and Ray L. Hunt ’65, 20 out history, individuals have made a established the Judge B. Elmo Hunter

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] FEATURES Legal Center for Victims of Crimes ogy makes it easy for johns to re- Ongoing communication with state Against Women at SMU Dedman School main anonymous. They can select their lawmakers is another crucial conduit for of Law in 2014 (see page 23). The Center is victims and pay in cash through websites opening eyes to the problem and hearts to named in honor of Kleinert’s maternal and mobile apps. change. Kleinert and fellow New Friends grandfather, a distinguished legal mind The National Human Trafficking volunteers actively support legislation

FEATURES and public servant who served as a judge Hotline ranks Dallas as No. 2 in the state that penalizes sex trade consumers and in Western Missouri for 38 years. New for trafficking activity – a stain on the protects its survivors. Thanks to this Friends New Life refers clients to the city, as far as Kleinert is concerned. She steady discourse, the laws are catching clinic, whose services include helping worries about Dallas becoming defined up, she says. trafficking survivors clear their criminal by it. After the state’s 86th legislative session records. “Trafficking is evil,” she says. “A last year, two bills that help sex traffick- “Watching the previous generation do perpetrator sells human beings like ing survivors were signed into law by something about an issue fosters a feeling commodities and eventually discards Gov. Greg Abbott at the New Friends of responsibility to pass forward that them like trash.” New Life Youth Resource Center. Senate hands-on, caring style,” Kleinert says. Bill 20 enhances tools to fight online sex The work of the Hunter Center and CANDID CONVERSATIONS trafficking, increases the penalties for New Friends is more important than While the topic of sex trafficking can buyers and creates a process for victims ever. The Polaris Project, a nonprofit be a conversation killer, it’s too important to clear their criminal records of certain organization that operates the National to avoid. Dodging it doesn’t mean the pro- offenses committed solely as a victim of Human Trafficking Hotline, describes blem doesn’t exist, Kleinert says. “Sex trafficking. House Bill 2613 makes it a sex trafficking as modern-day slavery. trafficking thrives in the dark,” she says. crime to operate a stash house for Traffickers prey on the vulnerable. They “Awareness, education and dialogue light prostitution or human trafficking and groom victims by creating dependency, the path to stop it.” allows law enforcement agencies to use often providing clothing, food, lodging She embraces opportunities to talk money from asset forfeiture of contra- and emotional support. Once they have about New Friends New Life’s restorative band from a stash house to help traffick- established trust, they pressure or coerce programs and encourage the public to ing survivors. The laws took effect on victims into prostitution. become involved. However, she’s careful September 1, 2019. Traffickers are always on the prowl for to assess her audience first. new victims. They often approach run- “I’ve learned to gauge interest in how CALL TO ACTION away teens within their first 48 hours on much they want to know,” she says. Last year, Kleinert partnered her pop- the street, according to the Dallas Police More often than not, people want to ular Ruthie’s Rolling Café food trucks Department. learn about the crime that hides in plain with Dallas’ Café Momentum, a nonprofit The sex trade is big business in Texas. sight, she says. To engage as many people that works with at-risk youth, many of A recent study ranks the state as second as possible in their efforts, New Friends whom are homeless and vulnerable to in the nation, between California and created a men’s auxiliary in 2015, the traffickers. Graduates from that organi- Florida, for trafficking activity. In Dallas, Men’s Advocacy Group. Chris Kleinert zation’s culinary training program can sex trafficking is a $99 million a year served as the organization’s inaugural secure paid externships on the food illicit industry, according to a 2014 report chair. trucks. “We talk about signs of human funded by the National Institute of The group spells out its mission as trafficking with our employees,” she said. Justice. mobilizing men “to take action against “Unfortunately some of these kids have Addiction, domestic violence, home- sex trafficking and exploitation by been on the inside of it.” lessness and other social ills foster the raising awareness through advocacy, Sex trafficking happens everywhere feeling of powerlessness and vulnerabil- education and volunteerism.” A key and touches all parts of society, Kleinert ity that traffickers home in on, Kleinert component of its educational focus is the says. “It’s hard not to see trafficking, once says. Once the victim becomes depen- manKINDness Project, an interactive you know the signs.” dent, “a pimp will say, ‘I’ve been taking learning curriculum aimed at teens and A case in point: Kleinert contacted care of you, and now I need you to help young men. It’s designed to challenge authorities after observing a suspicious me,’” she says. masculinity myths and nurture respect situation at a Dallas-area business park She points out that sex trafficking can for females and one another. MAG vol- where the Ruthie’s business offices were be more lucrative and less risky than unteers lead young men to connect the located in 2011. She reported an uptick in drug trafficking, which carries stiffer ways demeaning language, including parking lot traffic and a sudden surge of criminal penalties in Texas. A person obscene comments and jokes, attitudes men frequenting a neighboring office can be sold 10 times per night compared and behaviors contribute to an environ- space. After a period of surveillance, law [ PAGE ] to the one-time sale of cocaine or heroin, ment where sex trafficking is ignored or enforcement shut down what was, indeed, 22 Kleinert explains. Also, today’s technol- tolerated. a trafficking operation.

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Hallie Hovey-Murray ’16: A new voice for autism advocacy

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] FEATURES to the kids,” Hovey-Murray says. “It’s so growing up in Richmond, Virginia, school much easier and so much more fun for was not easy for her. She misbehaved in them to have that puppet, especially with her elementary classrooms, acting out students who are really shy or may not when she was overwhelmed. Before doc- be verbal.” tors diagnosed her with autism, she was

FEATURES Even with her background in theater expelled from multiple schools. and the performing arts, she said that “Nobody [at SMU] knew that, and it was learning ventriloquism was one of the hard- kind of my big secret,” she says. “I didn’t est things she’s ever done. “Talking with want anyone to know because I was very your mouth closed is so challenging, and focused on being successful in my career make it easier it takes months to learn how to move your and being able to do things like start a hands the right way,” she says. business and go to law school. I was going But, as her impressive resume and deter- to be in professions where it’s important for the next mined personality suggests, Hovey-Murray to have a good reputation, and I was concern- is not one to shy away from a challenge. ed that autism would be considered this young woman As an undergraduate history major at huge insurmountable character flaw.” SMU, Hovey-Murray excelled in and out At the time, though, the secret weighed of the classroom. on her. So she prayed about what to do. She joined a soror- And then she took a leap of faith. ity, “dabbled” in “I wrote that article in about seven athletics as a rower minutes,” she says. “It was very freeing in and served as a way, because it was like, OK, this is out debate and speech there, this is not something I choose to be president. She ashamed of anymore.” honed her critical- At her father’s suggestion, Hovey-Mur- thinking skills and ray also published the article as an op-ed gobbled up advice in her hometown newspaper in Virginia. and wisdom from She says she was overwhelmed by the beloved instructors, positive responses she received both in such as the late Dallas and Richmond. professor of history “The feedback was really positive, and Jeremy deQuesnay that inspired me to continue using the Adams. small platform I’d been given to speak up She thrived, but about it and try to make it easier for the she also had a secret next young woman who starts college weighing on her. with autism,” she says. None of her profes- Soon Hovey-Murray was being invited sors or classmates to give speeches and share her story to knew how much larger and larger audiences, something she had struggled to she says she was extremely well prepared get to where she was. to do in part because of skills she’d picked None of them knew she had autism. up at SMU. Before she could discover her life’s mis- “I’ve had to work so hard to be a good who starts sion and dedicate herself to making the communicator,” she says. “I used to not be world a more inclusive place, she had to good at personal communication, so I made college with share her own truth. She decided to do so a point to transform myself into the best during the final semester of her senior communicator I could possibly be. And at year at SMU. SMU, my debate coach, Dr. Ben Voth, was autism.” It was an impulse decision, she says. wonderful, absolutely wonderful. Doing She was on a deadline for an online article public debates at SMU really gave me the – HALLIE HOVEY-MURRAY ’16 when she decided to use that opportunity tools that I needed to be successful as a to share her story. speaker and presenter.” “Hi, my name is Hallie and I have Hovey-Murray likes to point out that [ PAGE ] autism,” she began the piece. she is not alone – around one in five 28 In the post she explained how as a girl Americans has a disability of some sort,

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] FEATURES Up Close With The SMU Alumni Board And Young Alumni Board ALUMNI What is your favorite SMU tradition? Did you have a favorite dish as a student? Think of your answers, then enjoy read- ing the responses to these and other questions shared recently by some members of the SMU Alumni Board and Young Alumni Board.

Q. What was your go-to meal as a student? Brenda Myers Brown ’70, ’77, Dallas, TX: The yummy food in our on-campus cafeterias Carol Hallene King ’76, Bethesda, MD: In our room, tomato soup with cheese Billy Hightower II ’14, San Francisco, CA: Chick-fil-A, Pizza Hut and Torchy’s Tacos Katelyn Hall ’15, Dallas, TX: Digg’s Taco Shop hamburger

Q. Complete this sentence: “If it weren’t for SMU, ....” SMU Alumni Board Jennie Koets Nance ’90, Atlanta, GA: I simply would not be the person I am today. My closest and dearest friends are still my SMU friends. My first jobs out of college in Washington, D.C., occurred because of my school internships and my SMU colleagues, and my career grew out of my experiences and skill sets that SMU helped me develop. As much as I enjoyed my college years, the continued connections in the decades since have been just as rewarding.

Q. What is your favorite SMU tradition? Carol Hallene King ’76, Bethesda, MD: Football games and seeing Peruna run the field Bridget Brandon ’84 Argyle, TX: Greek life at SMU Geoffrey R. Small ’86, Southlake, TX: SMU Football and Celebration of Lights Bora Laci ’13, Richardson, TX: Celebration of Lights Billy Hightower II ’14, San Francisco, CA: Boulevarding SMU Young Alumni Board Katelyn Hall ’15, Dallas, TX: Being a part of the MOB in SMU basketball’s student section and cheering on the Mustangs

Q. Why do you choose to give back to SMU?

ALUMNI BOARD MEMBERSHIP is open to all Jordan Kragen ’12, Dallas, TX: After being involved as a student, alumni through an application and nominations process. it was natural for me to continue on the Young Alumni Board. If you have questions, email [email protected]. Geoffrey R. Small ’86 Southlake, TX: SMU’s impact on my life, Self-nominations are due December 31. then and now, is incomparable and giving back to SMU – first as an alum and now as current parents (three times over!), LEARN MORE: smu.edu/alumni was an opportunity that I/we just couldn’t miss. Billy Hightower II ’14, San Francisco, CA: The opportunity to give back to the campus that helped me get where I am, impact other potentials students and be a voice from a demographic

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] ALUMNI Nancy McIlveen Jackson owns the Na’Kayshions Wedding and Event Center 72 75 W W in Cedar Hill, Texas, which celebrated its 12th anniversary in business last summer. Gary Hammond was inducted into the Dr. David A. Fullerton leads the Division of Joe White, founder of Kids Across Amer- Southwest Conference Hall of Fame. A Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University of

ALUMNI ica and president of Kanakuk Kamps, former Mustang football standout from Colorado School of Medicine. He also holds has received the 2019 Missourian Award, 1969-72, Hammond’s NFL career spanned the John T.M. Wright Endowed Chair in which acknowledges the most accom- six years, during which he played for the Heart Valve Surgery. Patsy Morriss and plished citizens of Missouri for their local, New York Jets and the St. Louis (now Donald Morriss ’76 received the Spirit of regional and national impact. He is a Arizona) Cardinals. He is the senior vice Texas A&M-Texarkana Award to honor national speaker and the author of more president for office leasing at Sabre Realty their support of the university’s mission to than 20 books about leadership, faith Management, and lives in North Texas prepare students for leadership and training and navigating the struggles of with his wife, Beverly Kuck Hammond service. Donald is the president of F.W. everyday life. ’72. The couple have three daughters and Offenhauser and Co. Patsy is a community 10 grandchildren. Gail Norfleet is a Dallas leader, serving on the boards of several artist whose fifth solo exhibition of her nonprofit organizations. Edward Rust, Jr. 71 work was held November 2-December 7 at received the Distinguished Alumni Award W the Valley House Gallery. Gillian Triggs from Illinois Wesleyan University, his Leslie Mueller, award-winning artist and was appointed assistant secretary-general undergraduate alma mater. Rust, who producer, created and hosts the 30-minute to serve as the assistant high commis- holds J.D. and M.B.A. degrees from SMU, TV series Museum Access, airing on sioner for protection in the Office of the is the retired CEO of State Farm Insur- PBS stations nationwide as well as on United Nations High Commissioner for ance Co. He serves on the boards of Illinois Amazon Prime. She takes viewers behind Refugees. She is a barrister and solicitor of Wesleyan University, Caterpillar, Inc., the scenes at some of the country’s best the Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia, S&P Global and Helmerick and Payne, Inc. museums, focusing on an intersection vice-chancellor’s fellow at the University of entertainment and education. Gerald of Melbourne, president of the Asian Olson published Money, Morality and Law: Development Bank Administrative Tri- 76 W A Case for Financial Crisis Accountability. bunal, and also holds several other promi- He holds a J.D. degree from SMU. nent appointments. Triggs holds a Master John U. Clarke joined the board of direc- of Laws degree from Dedman Law. tors for Thermon Group Holdings, Inc. Clarke is a partner of Dallas-based Turn- bridge Capital, LLC. Tim Wallace, CEO of Dallas-based Trinity Industries, Inc., was included among D CEO magazine’s Dallas 500 edition, which celebrates the most influential business leaders in North Texas. Wallace is the third generation to lead the company that was founded in the 1930s by his great uncle.

77 W Richard Green, chairman and CEO of Firstrust Bank, is the third generation to lead the family business started by his Class of 1970 grandfather in 1934. Green was featured recently in Philadelphia’s Main Line maga- 50-YEAR REUNION zine for continuing the legacy of customer MAY 15–16, 2020 and community service. See his story at mainlinetoday.com. Peter Lodwick (J.D. Save the date for a once-in-a-lifetime reunion weekend experience! ’80) was elected the 100th president of the This spring celebration coincides with SMU’s 105th Commencement Salesmanship Club of Dallas, a nonprofit and highlights your many achievements since graduation. dedicated to building and repairing smu.edu/50years Visit for more information, including details emotional health through the programs of about joining your reunion committee. Momentous Institute. Lodwick is manag- [ PAGE ] Look for your invitation in your mailbox this spring. ing director and general counsel of RGT 32 Questions? Call 214-768-9327 or email [email protected].

AlumNotes_SMUMag_05.indd 32 2/13/20 3:18 PM Wealth Advisors. Laura Hensley Smith Nicolás González ’16: received the Outstanding Lawyer Award from the Arkansas Bar Foundation and Evolution Of A Young Artist Arkansas Bar Association in June for excellence in the practice of law and out-

standing contributions to the profession. ALUMNI The exhibition, A Path Less Taken or El Camino Menos Tomado, was the first She is an attorney with Eldredge & Clark, one-person show for Dallas native Nicolás González (B.F.A. ’16), on display in spring LLP in Little Rock. 2019 at Deep Ellum’s Umbrella Gallery. González’ art, a culmination of his work from the previous 11 years, displayed a range of emotions, moving from aggressive 78 to ambiguous to pensive, a metaphor, perhaps, for the evolution of González as W an artist. Mary Alice McSwain Ahlgren completed And it was Meadows School of the Arts faculty and alumni who helped González a half marathon on all seven continents as hone his vision for the artist he has become today. When he enrolled in his first art a member of the Seven Continents Club. class at Brookhaven College in 2009, he butted heads with his first art professor This will place her 44th on the worldwide – and now mentor – Chong Chu ’82, also an SMU art alumnus. “I really wasn’t that Finishers List for women. Trevor Rees- interested in fine art and had never stepped foot in a museum. Chong encouraged Jones received the Lifetime Achievement me to take one of his painting Award as part of D CEO magazine’s courses. There, I discovered I was 2019 Oil and Gas Awards program. The a natural painter and fell in love Dedman Law alumnus is the founder with the medium.” and CEO of Dallas-based Chief Oil and By 2014 he had earned his Gas, LLC. He received the L. Frank Pitts associate’s degree and transferred Energy Leadership Award from the to the Meadows School that fall Maguire Energy Institute at the Cox on a full scholarship. The intimacy School in 2017. The Very Rev. Mark E. of SMU’s art program enabled Wedig, O.P., Ph.D., was installed as the González to work closely with a 10th president of Aquinas Institute of number of the program’s faculty, Theology in St. Louis on September 14. who encouraged him to take his He previously served as associate dean painting in new directions. for graduate studies, College of Arts and While at SMU González also Sciences, and professor of theology in the pursued work in the community Department of Theology and Philosophy through an Engaged Learning at Barry University in Miami, Fla. Wedig Fellowship and a Maguire Public is a Dominican Friar of the Province of Service Fellowship. In 2015, he St. Martin de Porres (Southern Province). collaborated with now Professor Emerita of Art History Janis Dallas artist Nicolás González ’16 79 Bergman-Carton to create and W manage a summer program for children at Pike Park Rec Center, now named Robert W. Dudley retired this year as CEO Santos Rodriguez Center. of BP, a position he had held since 2010. González says he considers receiving the inaugural Mary Vernon Painting Prize Dudley, who holds an M.B.A. from SMU, in 2016 an inspiration boost for his career. Vernon, now professor emerita of art, told worked at BP for two decades. Lisa Fine, him it was time “to transcend from an art student into an emerging artist, and to a fabric designer and owner of Lisa Fine invest in my passion and time with painting materials that are rich in pigment and Textiles, published Near & Far: Interiors I surfaces that are delicate to the touch. She said, ‘Let the world know that you are a Love. Her creations have been featured in painter, a serious painter, who knows how to paint.’ When I received the Prize, it several home decor publications, includ- enabled me to purchase some higher-quality painting supplies …. Through these ing House Beautiful, Milieu, Elle Décor, specific materials, my abilities as a painter have greatly expanded, and allowed me and more. R. Lamar Haynes was Veranda to have a better understanding that the quality of the painting surface and the type interviewed for The Last Stand of Payne of paint are very important.” Stewart: The Year Golf Changed Forever, Today, González is working on creating and submitting an idea to the City of a new book chronicling the last year in Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs for a public artwork focused on the memory the life of the legendary golfer. Haynes of Santos Rodriguez, a young boy shot and killed by a Dallas police officer in 1973. was a friend and former SMU golf The project is a collaboration between González and three additional artists/ teammate of Stewart, who died in 1999. fraternity brothers of Sigma Lambda Beta, with whom he co-owns the online [ PAGE ] Keith D. Jackson was elected chair of Gallery 86. 33

AlumNotes_SMUMag_05.indd 33 2/13/20 3:18 PM the Semiconductor Industry Association Missouri Constitution. He is a shareholder Board of Directors. He is the president, 81 at Carnahan, Evans in Springfield. W CEO and director of ON Semiconductor in Washington, D.C. Idalene Kesner, Utpal K. Goswami was named president dean at Indiana University’s Kelley of Santa Barbara City College. He was 84 W ALUMNI School of Business, was recently profiled president of MCC-Longview in the Metro- in a Dean’s Q&A column at Poets and politan Community College district in Mark Blinn (J.D. ’87, M.B.A. ’98) was Quants for Undergrads about her path to Kansas City, Mo. Louis Weinzelbaum elected to the Emerson, Inc. Board of higher education. joined Old Second National Bank in Chicago Directors. Blinn has more than 20 years as its group market president and senior of experience operating multi-industrial managing director. He is responsible businesses. In 2014, he was named a 80 for developing and growing commercial Cox School Distinguished Alumni. W banking business and leading the profes- Robin Hazard displayed her paintings Robert H. Dedman, Jr. (J.D. ’84) received sional services practice. Cynthia LaFavre at the Rockport Center for the Arts’ the 2019 Historic Hotels of America Stew- Yorks published the novel The Side Door. Standing Out exhibition in Rockport, ard of History and Historic Preservation Texas, last summer. Her work has been Award from Historic Hotels of America. exhibited throughout the U.S. and is He serves as chair of SMU’s Board of 82 included in many corporate and private W Trustees. Marcy Gregg, a Charlotte, N.C.- collections, including the American Bank based artist, exhibited her solo collection Gary Goss joined Barry Slatt Mortgage in Houston and the Cancer Treatment Standing Still at the Anne Neilson Fine as senior vice president in the firm’s San Center in Corpus Christi. Learn more at Art Gallery. Gregg’s abstract paintings Diego office. James Hildreth performed a robinhazard.com. spring from a love of color and line. Learn concert at Ohio Wesleyan University to more at marcygreggart.com. Thomas G. showcase its new Rexford Keller Memo- Gresham became president of the Delta rial Organ. Hildreth is an instructor 85 W Council, an economic development organi- in the university’s Department of Music, zation serving Northwest Mississippi. He and also plays the organ for Columbus Aart de Geus is chairman and co-CEO of is also the president of the convenience Symphony Orchestra and Broad Street Synopsys, a California-based computer store chain Double Quick, Inc. William L. Presbyterian Church. integrated systems design firm. He Hutchinson appeared on the Lifetime net- appeared in Electronic Engineering Times magazine, which featured lengthy profiles work’s Marrying Millions. George W. Jones 83 received a Distinguished Alumni Award chronicling the careers of semiconduc- W from his alma mater Pekin Community tor industry leaders. He holds a Ph.D. Teresa Garrett was named director of High School in Pekin, Ill. Jones spent his from SMU, and received the Lyle School the Greater Lake Area Chorale, in Lake career in Texas, serving as the director of Engineering Distinguished Alumni Ozark, Mo. Ambassador Antonio Garza, Jr. of Visual and Performing Arts at Garland Award in 2008. Cindi Jones married Jack joined the Board of Directors for the Texas ISD for more than two decades until his Rubarth on May 4, 2019, at St. Michael Tribune media company. Garza serves retirement in 2018. He is a recipient of the and All Angels Church in Dallas. They on SMU’s Board of Trustees and serves as Texas Music Educators Conference Music honeymooned in Venice, Dubrovnik, counsel in the Mexico City office of White Administrator of the Year Award and the Santorini, Athens and London. She is a and Case, LLP. He received SMU’s Dis- Lifetime Music Administrators Achieve- graduate of Northwestern Law School. tinguished Alumni Award in 2007 and ment Award from the Texas Bandmasters They will continue to live in Dallas with the Dedman Law Distinguished Alumni Association. He also received the Lifetime a revolving door for their six children. Award in 2001. Elizabeth Hixon Kerr Achievement Award from the Richardson Dr. E. Michelle Morgan is leading an was sworn in January 2, 2019, as a special Arts Alliance after serving as the commu- effort to restore a vacant Dallas hospital district judge for Oklahoma County, nity band conductor for 34 years. Brad building and reopen it as the Legacy of Oklahoma. Beth Mooney, CEO of KeyCorp, Kisner and Jane Collins Kisner ’83 retired Hope Health and Wellness Center to serve has been elected to the Board of Directors in June after more than 24 years as direc- a neighborhood in need of health care for Ford Motor Company. Mooney received tors of music, worship and arts at First services. See her story at dallasnews.com. the Cox Distinguished Alumni Award United Methodist Church, Corpus Christi. Joel Reifman became the U.S. Consul in 2008. Joseph D. “Chip” Sheppard, III The 2015 recipients of the Soli Deo Gloria General in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. was named Lawyer of the Year by Mis- award from Perkins School of Theology, Michele Wong-Krause was appointed to souri Lawyers Weekly for his community the couple continue their volunteer work the American Public Transportation service in bringing medical marijuana while Brad continues as an adjunct pro- Association’s Executive Committee. She to the State of Missouri and helping fessor of music at Texas A&M University, is the owner of the Wong-Krause law firm draft Medical Marijuana Constitutional Corpus Christi. [ PAGE ] Amendment 2, now Article XIV of the 34

AlumNotes_SMUMag_05.indd 34 2/13/20 3:18 PM in Dallas, and also serves as secretary on chairman and CEO of the NFL Super Bowl United Kingdom-based firm BAE Systems the Dallas Area Rapid Transit Board of LIV champion, the Kansas City Chiefs, as group finance director. He also will Directors. and a member of SMU’s Board of Trustees. join the defense, security and aerospace He was profiled inD Magazine as a family firm’s executive committee. Lee Mulca- enterprise leader. See his story at dmag- hy’s paintings were exhibited at the 24th

86 azine.com. Stephen Konstans has been annual community show in September ALUMNI W promoted to senior vice president and in Redstone, Colo., and were on exhibit at John Bull retired as San Antonio Munic- named as the Financial Officers Practice Art Basel Miami in December. His gallery ipal Court Presiding Judge after 20 years Leader for Pearson Partners Interntional, and studio are located in Aspen. Huan of service. Jeffrey S. Hawn was named a global retained executive search firm. T. Nguyen was promoted to the rank of among the nine Coolest Identity Gover- Mark Styslinger joined the Darden School rear admiral last fall. He will serve as the nance CEOs of 2019 in Solutions Review Foundation Board of Trustees. He is deputy commander for cyber engineering magazine. Hawn is chairman and CEO of the senior vice president of Altec, Inc. in at the Naval Sea Systems Command on Quest IT. Jill Lear, a Hailey, Idaho-based Birmingham, Alabama. the Washington Navy Yard. Robert L. artist, debuted Urban Sprawl: Trees in Pattonwas appointed to the Texas Parks Cities, a new collection of multimedia and Wildlife Commission by Texas Gov. paintings, drawings, works on paper and 89 Greg Abbott. Patton is president of Texas W photographs that document living trees. Capitalization Resource Group, Inc. Amy Her work is among the permanent col- David Blewett was elected to the Dallas Sabin joined the Dallas office of Stew- lections at Wright State University Art City Council representing District 14. ard Partners Global Advisory, LLC as a Galleries in Dayton, Ohio, and the Philip Paul Caldwell will direct the Seattle Men’s managing director and wealth manager. Isles Collection in New York. See more Chorus in a world premiere of a new William Erick “Rick” Talbot joined the at jilllear.com. work, Love Beyond Borders, which he also market research, analysis and consulting contributed to as a composer. The work firm ACG Research as a principal analyst was inspired by the lives of LGBTQ Mus- for intelligent transport networking prac- 87 lims who have settled in North America W tice. The Rev. Dr. Jerry A. Taylor (D.Min. after years of seeking asylum. Sabina ’95) spoke last summer on the necessity of Clark K. Hunt was named Master Entre- Carr joined the San Antonio Botanic courage at Abilene Christian University, preneur of the Year 2019 by Ernst and Garden as its CEO. Brad Greve joined the where he is associate professor of Bible, Young. He is the CEO of FC Dallas and

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01862-30-48.indd 35 2/14/20 12:37 PM missions and ministry and executive director of the Carl Spain Center on Race 91 93 W W Studies and Spiritual Action. Gregory Webb joined travel technology firm Travel- Leslie Clay joined The Warren Center Monica Neal Hertzman was elected pres- port as its CEO. as its vice president of development. The ident of the board of Attack Theatre, a

ALUMNI nonprofit agency provides evaluation, Pittsburgh-based nonprofit, contemporary therapy services and support to children dance company, for which she has served 90 with developmental delays and disabil- on the board for six years, the past three as W ities. Melissa Godbold (M.S. ’96) was vice president. She also is a member of Marilyn Bennett, who earned her M.Div. promoted to special agent in charge of the the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s Jack degree from Perkins School of Theology, Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Okla- Heinz Society and serves on the PSO is director and co-executive producer of homa City field office. She was the chief Board’s Technology Working Group. the documentary From Selma to Stonewall: of staff for the criminal, cyber, response Jeff Matsler, recently retired U.S. Army Are We There Yet?. The documentary and services branch at FBI headquarters Bioethicist, became the newest clinical features the Rev. Gil Caldwell, a black, in Washington, D.C. Steven Hudson was ethicist in March at Wellstar Health Sys- straight preacher, and Bennett, a white, appointed to the Florida Fish and Wildlife tem’s Center of Ethics in Atlanta. He is lesbian activist, who form a bond as they Conservation Commission by Florida also part of the faculty for the Sherman B. seek to find the intersection between Gov. Ron DeSantis. Hudson is the presi- Nuland Yale University Center for Bio- the civil rights and the LGBTQ equality dent and CEO of Hudson Capital Group. ethics teaching military medical ethics. movements. Learn more at fromselma- Matt Pondjoined Corrosion Resistant He holds an adjunct position as Instructor tostonewall.com. Huw Edwards concluded Alloys LP in Houston as its CFO. Claudia of Ethics at the Uniform Services Univer- a 17-year run as music director and con- Schaefer joined Caliber Collision, a lead- sity of Health Sciences, the Department ductor of the Olympia Symphony Orches- ing auto body and paint repair company, of Defense’s premiere medical school, tra in Olympia, Washington. Richard as its chief experience officer. She was the in Bethesda, Maryland. He writes and House, Jr. joined FlexShopper, Inc. as its chief marketing officer at Jamba Juice. lectures nationwide on the cultural CEO. Dr. Nancy Loerke Kragt received challenges surrounding medical ethics the Exceptional Achievement Award decision-making as well as issues regard- from the Northwest Osteopathic Medical 92 ing PTSD and moral injury. Tasha M. W Foundation. She is an emergency med- Mosley was named district attorney of the icine physician in Anchorage, affiliated Frances Moody-Dahlberg was among the Clayton County Judicial Circuit in Geor- with Alaska Regional Hospital where she 10 Best Dressed at the annual Crystal gia. She was the solicitor general in the serves as Emergency Department chair. Charity Ball Fashion Show and Luncheon same agency. Andrea Solka co-leads the Heidi Safer Lane is co-founder and chef in Dallas. Moody-Dahlberg is executive Girls Inspired Greatly About the World of of Dallas-based The Juice Bar, which director and chairman of the Moody Technology (GIGAWOT) summer camp, recently opened its fourth location. She Foundation. She serves on the SMU Board led by IBM Dallas, for middle school girls recently discussed the popular healthy of Trustees. Allison McComiskey is chair interested in STEM fields. Solka, who concept’s success in a D Magazine feature. of the Environmental and Climate holds an M.B.A. from SMU, retired from See her story at dmagazine.com. Michelle Sciences Department at the U.S. Depart- IBM after a 15-year career. Albert Tan was Latour represented the United States ment of Energy’s Brookhaven National named to the National Law Journal’s inau- in November in her third international Laboratory. She has conducted research gural list of Finance, Banking and Capital Kettlebell Sport Lifting competition from Antarctica to Alaska and now Markets Trailblazers, which recognizes at IUKL Worlds in Serbia. She is a board oversees the agency’s chief lab on climate lawyers who have made an impact in the member of U.S. Kettlebell Sport Lifting research. Michael Powell joined Simmons legal industry. Tan is a partner at Haynes (USKSL) and is actively campaigning for Bank as mortgage division president, and Boone, LLP. Rahsaan Thompson this sport to be added to the Olympics. overseeing all aspects of the bank’s joined Opiant Pharmaceuticals, Inc. as She and her coach own the only Kettlebell mortgage process. Molly Wood exhibited general counsel. Sport Lifting gym in Las Vegas, Nevada, her Omnia Vanitas photograph series at and are developing the sport though the Muscatine Art Center in Muscatine, youth around the country. Doug Motl Iowa. Her work focuses on botanicals as 94 W joined UMB Capital Finance, in Dallas, metaphors for human experiences and is as senior vice president and director of displayed at Olson-Larsen Galleries in Paul Acker joined Addison, Texas-based originations. Pamela Greenberg Stouten- Des Moines and Talley Dunn Gallery in Fish City Grill and Half Shells as the burgh joined Epic Insurance Brokers and Dallas. Wood also teaches photography at company’s first chief financial officer. Consultants as a principal consultant Des Moines Area Community College. 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ALUMNI was featured in the Daytona Beach News- raising a proud Mustang, Rowan (class the dangers related to recreational drug Journal Fathers’ Day story about the hotel of 2032). Richard Beck was a speaker at use. The Hon. Amy Clark Meachum is his father has owned for more than 40 the Lenoir-Rhyne University Institute campaigning to become the first woman years. Lisa Cornwell was inducted into for Faith and Learning lecture series. elected Chief Justice of the Texas the Arkansas State Golf Association Hall He recently published Trains, Jesus and Supreme Court in 2020. Since 2011, she of Fame. She is a TV anchor for the Golf Murder: the Gospel According to Johnny has presided over the 201st Civil District Channel. Ian L. Derrer and Daniel James Cash. Ryan Berube participated in the Court in Travis County. Joseph Dax were married in August 2019 in Santa Swim Across America – Dallas Open Phelan returned to his hometown of St. Fe, New Mexico. Derrer is the general Water Swim to raise funds for cancer Louis last year to shoot his second feature director and CEO of the Dallas Opera. The research at Baylor Charles A. Sammons film,Kirkwood, a suspense thriller about Rev. Jane Graner joined Trinity United Cancer Center. He is a senior financial a former police detective and his estranged Methodist Church in Duncanville, Texas, adviser at UBS. The 1996 Olympic gold son working together to solve a murder. as pastor. Dr. Sukanya Misra, senior vice medalist and former men’s swimming He made his directorial debut in 2015 president of Mastercard’s India tech- team standout was inducted into the with the movie Jasmine, another thriller nology hub, was profiled by the digital SMU Athletics Hall of Fame in 2015. that received international acclaim. economic news portal YourStory.com Jennifer K. Dunlap was selected to serve about bridging the skill gap for women in as secretary for the YWCA Greater technology fields. Charleston Board of Directors. She is a 98 W partner at Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein, LLP in Charleston, S.C. Josh Lerner, Toni Hickey was named among the 2019 97 Women of Influence by the Indianapolis W wealth management advisor, was recently recognized as Financial Advisor of the Business Journal. She is deputy general Emily Hughes Armour (’02 M.B.A.) was Year for Northwestern Mutual – Greater counsel and chief IP counsel at Cummins, named executive director for creative Chicago, which he joined in 2001. He has Inc. in Indianapolis. Kimberly Schlegel Whitman was among the 10 Best Dressed at the annual Crystal Charity Ball Fashion Show and Luncheon in Dallas. Andrea Williams joined the Los Angeles Master Chorale Board of Directors. She is a managing director at Oaktree Capital Management. Chad Wolf, the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Strat- egy, Policy and Plans, was sworn in as MUSTANGS ARE ALL ABOUT HELPING OTHER MUSTANGS. the new Acting Secretary of the DHS in Our digital community, exclusive to SMU, makes it easy. Join today and tag friends, November. He is married to Hope Solomon discover mentors, post and find jobs and stay connected wherever you are. Wolf ’98; they have two children.

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] ALUMNI Weber is a veteran of two spaceflights – Jared Pope, a human resources attorney Village restaurant in Gulfton, Texas, STS-70 in 1995 and STS-101 in 2000 – log- in Dallas, launched an innovative approach wrote about entrepreneurship in a recent ging more than 450 hours in space. She to workplace harassment called Work edition of Houston Business Journal. See works as a consultant in innovation and Shield, the only platform that removes his story at bizjournals.com/Houston. high-risk operations and is an acclaimed the employer from directly handling the

ALUMNI speaker. reporting and investigative process for workplace harassment claims. He earned 06 W his J.D. degree from SMU Dedman 03 School of Law. George Salazar, the human- Brandon Blaise Brown and Laura Eliza- W computer interface technical discipline beth Alfonso were married April 20, 2019, Dominic Lacy is the chief innovation lead at the NASA Johnson Space Center, in Miami, Florida. He is a web developer officer for Communication Service for the received the John F. Kennedy Astronautics at the University of Texas at Dallas. The Deaf social venture fund, which builds Award, given to an individual who has couple live in Richardson, Texas. Joshua partnerships with businesses owned or made an outstanding contribution by pro- Peugh, founder and artistic director of led by people who are deaf. Stacy Malphurs moting the nation’s space programs. He Dallas-based Dark Circles Contemporary was promoted to vice president of supply was recognized for his passion surround- Dance, and Brandon Carson ’16, a Los chain management at Southwest Airlines ing education and dedication as a NASA Angeles-based composer, have collab- Co., where she has worked since 2011. outreach ambassador. orated on the new production Pete, a Matthew A. Miller joined commercial modern twist of J.M. Barrie’s classic Peter real estate lender Greystone as managing Pan story. Carson is pursuing a graduate director of its seniors housing finance 05 degree at the California Institute of the Arts. team. Gianna Ravenscroft joined Reliant W Christina Stephenson joined the Dallas Funding in San Diego, Calif., as general Ryan Binkley, CEO of Generational Group, office of law firm Crowe and Dunlevy as a counsel. She specializes in banking received the Albert Schweitzer Leader- director. Emily Stroope, an attorney with and finance law. The Rev. Thomas A. ship Award from Hugh O’Brian Youth McGlinchey Stafford, has been named Williams joined Trinity United Methodist Leadership (HOBY) for exemplary leader- to the 2019 edition of Texas Super Lawyers Church in Beaumont, Texas, as pastor. ship professionally and personally during Rising Stars. She regularly handles real the annual Albert Schweitzer Leadership estate title contests and contract disputes Awards Gala in November. He received in the firm’s Dallas office. 04 his M.B.A. from SMU. William “Billy” W Crockett, songwriter and creative director Gene Besen joined the law firm Bradley of Blue Rock Studio near Austin, partici- 07 W Arant Boult Cummings, LLP as a partner pated in The Dallas Morning News’ Duets in the government enforcement and live conversation event, where he per- Jason M. Graham was awarded a 2019 investigations practice in Dallas. Gregory formed and discussed storytelling. Monika Faculty Development Summer Grant Francis joined construction manage- Ehrman joined the board of directors from the University of Scranton where he ment firm Structure Tone Southwest, for the energy firm Matador Resources is an associate professor of mathematics. Dallas, as vice president of healthcare. Company. Ehrman, who holds a J.D. Allison Bramlett London was highlighted Jacob Hayward became principal at degree from SMU, is a professor of law in Birmingham magazine, with her busi- Siloam Springs Middle School in Siloam at the University of Oklahoma. Yodi S. ness partner Katherine Ross, as co-owner Springs, Arkansas. He was assistant Hailemariam, an attorney with Drinker of Party Sally Greeting Cards. The cards principal at Har-Ber High School in Biddle in Washington, D.C., was named feature watercolor illustrations and Springdale, Arkansas. Jeffrey Jensen a Rising Star for 2019 by the Minority hand-lettered quirky messages ranging joined MedSys Group, a healthcare Corporate Counsel Association. She is a from plays on pop culture or witty banter business management firm, as its client senior associate in the firm’s Information between friends. Learn more at partysally. relationship executive. He oversees Privacy, Security and Governance group. com. Jarrett Reed joined the Dallas office of managing new and current client relation- Hailemariam was one of only 13 attorneys Sheppard, Mullin, Richter and Hampton, ships across the healthcare IT spectrum nationwide chosen by the MCCA “who LLP as a partner in the law firm’s real from the company’s office in Plano, Texas. are leading the charge for change in their estate, land use and environmental prac- Inna Kizenkova was appointed vice pres- communities and the legal profession.” tice group. ident of Air Distribution Partnership at Elizabeth Tapp Ortega joined HCA Hous- business travel management firm CWT. ton Healthcare as CEO of The Woman’s Mikhail Orlov is CEO of Weby Corp., an 08 Hospital of Texas. Hope Shimabuku W omni-channel retail company, which presented at Clemson University’s first Jordan Bolch was profiled by Yahoo recently moved its headquarters from Patent Bootcamp for Women in Minorities Finance as a business executive juggling a Arlington to North Richland Hills, Texas. in STEM. She holds a J.D. degree from [ PAGE ] parallel creative career as a recording 40 SMU. Omer Yousafzai, owner of Afghan

AlumNotes_SMUMag_05.indd 40 2/13/20 3:19 PM artist with two albums. He is the second PRECIOUS PONIES generation CEO of Atlanta-based Race- Trac Petroleum, Inc. See his story at jordanbolch.com. Andrea Bouressa was appointed by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to

serve as the first judge of the 471st Judicial ALUMNI District Court in Collin County. Amber Venz Box is president and co-founder of style startup RewardStyle. The company recently announced the expansion of its Dallas headquarters in anticipation of Rylynn Sinclair Nelson and Brayden Sloane Isabella Bailey, born on June 17, Hollister Nelson, born on May 9, 2019, are adding more senior-level engineering 2019, is the daughter of Richlynn Kaiser the daughter and son of Stephen ’14 and positions. Luca Cacioli was promoted to Bailey ’99 and David Bailey. She joins big Megan Nelson ’14. CEO at CEIA USA, a leading manufac- sister, Ashton Ivy. turing firm that specializes in security, military/ground search and induction heating systems. He holds an M.B.A. from SMU. Rick Calero joined BNY Mellon Wealth Management as head of Lending and Deposits where he is responsible for growth strategy. Dr. Jonathan Chism published the books Saints in the Struggle Harper Catherine Cucinotti, born on and 30-Day Journey with Martin Luther Gustavstav Andrew Nollmann,,borno born on July 17, 2015, and James Logan Cucinotti, June 19, 2019, is the son of Andrew ’13 and King, Jr. He is an assistant professor of born on April 18, 2019, are the children of Cassandra Robinson Nollmann ’13. history at the University of Houston- Sara Rankin Cucinotti ’18 and Joe Cucinotti. Downtown. Erin England was named to the Park Cities People 20 Under 40 list profiling neighbors who are leaders in business, philanthropy and community volunteering. England is a partner at law firm Haynes and Boone, LLP. Emily Ernst performed in Two Gentlemen of Verona for the Flatwater Shakespeare Company in Lincoln, Neb., and also recently directed Camila Pirkey, born on November 26, Charlotte Marianne Jelliffe, born on 2019, is the daughter of Xinia ’14 and the Lincoln Community Playhouse’s April 29, 2018, is the daughter of Derrick Pirkey. production of Mame. Jordan Mathis, a Katherine Hall Jelliffe ’08 and Christopher Fort Worth, Texas-based visual artist, “Chip” Miller Jelliffe ’12. Grandparents are Dawn Renzetti Hall ’81 was interviewed on KERA’s Art and Seek and David Manchester Hall ’81. program about his passion for time-lapse videography. His photography clients include HBO, BBC, MTV and the NFL. See his story at artandseek.org. Thomas Morstead, Pro Bowl punter for the New Orleans Saints, recently joined the ownership group of a New Orleans-based Everett Ryan Taylor, born on March 3, 2019, juice and smoothie bar franchise, Main is the son of Josh ’99 and Rebecca Taylor. Squeeze Juice Company. Daniel C. Porter joined the Bellmead Police Department in Francesnces Deyo Keeney y,,bornonMay born on May 8, 2019, is the daughter of Taylor Thornley Bellmead, Texas, as its chief. Trey Rome, Keeney ’09 and Carter Keeney. She was founder and CEO of Home Tax Solutions welcomed by big brother, Taliaferro, 2. LLC (HTS), was honored by two business magazines: US Business News named Home Tax Solutions as Best Property Tax Lender 2019 in Texas, and Wealth & Finance Magazine presented it with Submit your Precious Ponies to [email protected] by June 12, 2020. Please send Henry Day Webb, born on the 2018 Money Management Award. image files at the largest size with the names and November 23, 2018, is the son of Daniel ’08 [ PAGE ] class years of alumni parents (and grandparents) and Isabel Webb. He was welcomed 41 and your child’s name and birthdate. by big brother, Harrison.

AlumNotes_SMUMag_05.indd 41 2/13/20 3:19 PM His company was named a winner of the Mickey Dollens ’11: On A Wild Ride 2019 Dallas 100TM Awards by the Cox From Bobsledding To Legislating School of Business’ Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship. Lauren Romo married Andrew Morrison in September at La

ALUMNI Mesita Ranch Estate in Santa Fe, N.M. For someone only nine years out of college, it’s been a wild ride for Mickey Dollens ’11, She is the marketing manager at Lovely but he’ll be the first to say that SMU shaped him in ways he didn’t realize while he Bride in New York. Geoffrey M. Smit has was on the Hilltop, which has enabled him to maintain a steady course since h been appointed Gulf Coast office leader Born in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, a town of about 35,000, Dollens arrived at SMU at human resources consulting firm on a football scholarship in fall 2006. His SMU experience broadened his perspec- Mercer, where he has worked for 17 years. tive and exceeded his expectations, he says. “I met new friends from different parts of the world. One of my roommates was from India, and we still keep in touch today. SMU opened up my mind to different cultures, beliefs and possibilities.” 09 He majored in English with a creative writing specialization and minored in W psychology. In creative writing he learned the importance and structure of storytell- Alana K. Ackels, a litigation, labor and ing; in poetry, he learned how to deconstruct a poem. “Those things are applicable employment attorney with Bell Nunnally, to things I do every day. I didn’t know has been named to Best Lawyer’s Best it at the time, but SMU was preparing Lawyers in America list for 2020. Markus me for everything that I am doing now.” Neubauer was named to the Park Cities Dollens was only months away People 20 Under 40 list profiling neighbors from graduating when his brother, who who are leaders in business, philanthropy had a history of depression, died by and community volunteering. Neubauer suicide. Because his brother had always is associate principal and civil engineer at wanted Dollens to try out for the NFL, Pacheco Koch, Inc. He and his wife, Lilly, he showed up for SMU’s Pro Day, run the family and lifestyle blog Open where he did not impress the NFL, but Hearted Home. Sarah Nolen performed did get recruited to the U.S. bobsled Judy Saves the Day! at the Ballard Institute team. “I played defensive line at SMU, and Museum of Puppetry at the University so I got pretty good at pushing things of Connecticut last summer. Nolen is the around. And it just so happens that my resident artist at Puppet Showplace body type, speed and power were what Theater in Brookline, Mass. Theresa they wanted. I ended up competing Pham and her husband, Leo Bienati, on Team USA for three years,” he says. co-founded wellness beverage company When his bobsledding days ended, Holy Kombucha. The Dallas Morning News an old friend from SMU put Dollens to featured the couple’s story from startup work in the Oklahoma oil fields. But business to empire. Alissa Reitmeier the oil business was on the wane, and Mickey Dollens ’11 Rothermich joined WIAT CBS 42 in after working a year in the field, Dollens Birmingham, Ala., as the morning news and most of his crew were let go. co-anchor. He then parlayed his SMU English degree into a teaching job at U.S. Grant High School, a Title I school in South Oklahoma City. “Many of the young people I taught came from tough backgrounds. But I loved teaching so much that I bought a house 10 right down the street from Grant High,” he says. W Within two years, however, Oklahoma cut millions of dollars in state education Katlin Maw Alavi, a vice president in funding and about 800 teachers were furloughed across the state, including Dollens. the San Francisco office of Aon, has He decided to channel his life experiences and SMU degree to run for the Okla- been named to the 2019 Young Guns list homa state legislature – as a Democrat in a Republican stronghold. Running on a published by Insurance Business America platform of public education, better mental healthcare for people like his brother, magazine. Dr. Sara Cooper joined the and economic diversification for an oil-dependent economy, he took almost 60 percent staff of Georgetown OB-GYN in George- of the vote in the general election. town, Texas. Christina Jones Dandar Today Dollens splits his time between serving as a state representative in the (M.Ed. ’14), an educator at West Dallas Oklahoma Legislature and as executive director of the Energy Assist Foundation, Community School, was recently profiled the nonprofit arm of the OKC Energy FC soccer team, which plays in the USL. in D Magazine for her lifestyle blog The And he still lives down the street from U.S. Grant High School with his wife and Potted Boxwood, launched in 2014 as a two children. creative pursuit. Katrina Eash was named [ PAGE ] “SMU prepared me for all things life has thrown my way,” he says. “I’m very 42 grateful to be part of the SMU family.”

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She focuses on four premier of My Hero Academia. He is as an associate in its Dallas office. commercial and general litigation. The the voice actor for the show’s character Carson McCain directed the play Lungs by Rev. Peter Norton joined the ministry Mirio Togata. His other acting perform- Duncan MacMillan in July at Fort Worth’s staff at Warrensburg United Methodist ances include numerous anime produc- Stage West Theatre. See her story at Church in Warrensburg, Missouri. tions, television commercials and theatre theaterjones.com. Jason Napolitan opened Harrison Papaila has joined Winstead venues. Janielle Kastner created the Top Round roast beef restaurant in PC’s Real Estate Development & Invest- Untitled Dad Project podcast with Spoke Dallas. Taylor Miller Turner is the founder ments Group as an associate in the Dallas Media, a production company founded by and owner of Hazen and Co. jewelry. office focusing on commercial financing fellow SMU alumna Alia Tavakolian ’12. 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’50 Richard F. Bacon Richard ’50 ’53 Jack E. Anderson, Jr. Anderson, E. Jack ’53 Beall Haberle Glynda ’52 Amirkhan Hunter Inez ’51 8/31/19 8/31/19 Farrow Krebs Tunnell 9/21/13 9/21/13 8/22/17 Hargrave Shelton Nagy Nagy Shelton Gordon Cohen Cook Virginia M. Rogers Jr. Hendrix, E. Robert WrightHelenLee Hearon Jr. Gowan, E. Robert Walker G. William Jr. J. Reeg, Louis 6/29/16 Dr. Lovely B. Raymond 10/25/19 T.John Tanner George R. Murphey 10/11/19 7/25/19 Sharp Prideaux Wheeler T. Buell, II Buell, T. ’51 10/13/19 10/13/19 ’51 Workman Simmons Simmons Workman Jr. Jr. Regester, Whitehead Brown Whitehead O’Connell Kilbourne Crisp, Jr. ’71 7/18/19 ’71 Cooley Purtell C. Propp Warner 11/8/19 11/8/19 7/14/19 7/14/19 Dechert Skaggs Jr. 6/8/14 6/8/14 7/28/19 8/15/19 5/24/19 5/24/19 10/21/19 10/21/19 11/12/19 Donald E. Marquis Marquis E. Donald Ruth Wilson Sherman Juliet Blevins Hay Hay Blevins Juliet Betty J. McLain McLain J. Betty Nelia Peyton Thorp Thorp Peyton Nelia 10/2/19 10/2/19 8/18/19 8/18/19 1/10/18 Jarvis W. Ford Jarvis 8/28/19 8/28/19 Marion Hardy Emerson Marion ’56 5/30/19 ’56 11/5/19 , 6/12/19 , 6/12/19 1/19/13 12/12/18 Dennis D. Temple 9/15/19 9/15/19 Lawrence S. Wrightsman, John Maroney, Jr. Maroney, John 10/26/19 10/26/19 Esther Schroeder Ellis Ellis Schroeder Esther 10/24/19 10/24/19 7/10/19 Warren G. Singletary, Singletary, G. Warren Thomas J. Manton, Jr. J. Manton, Thomas Rosemary Redditt Anton C. Dirksmeyer Dirksmeyer C. Anton Sam E. Giller E. Sam James A. Williams A. James 8/6/19 8/6/19 10/31/19 10/31/19 James D. Webb, III James Ernest E. Raines 6/12/19 6/12/19 6/28/19 Dr. 6/28/19 Eugenia Watkins John R. Lester R. John 9/10/19 9/10/19 Sherwood Turney 2/18/13 2/18/13 9/2/19 9/2/19 12/20/13 Barbara Chase Chase Barbara 10/9/19 Rev. 6/4/18 6/4/18 6/27/19 6/27/19 , D.D.S. 6/6/19 6/6/19 D.D.S. , 11/2/19 Dr. 11/2/19 Mary Brooks Morton Dearing Morton ’65 11/17/19 ’65 9/25/17 Richard B. B. Richard Stuart R. Tears R. Stuart 6/2/19 6/2/19 11/2/19 6/25/17 6/25/17 Lloyd A. A. Lloyd Howard W.Howard 7/23/19 7/23/19 Peggy Peggy 7/26/19 7/26/19 Bonnie 6/10/19 6/10/19 John E. E. John Eleanor Fox 5/18/19 2/18/19 2/18/19 Dorothy Robbie M. George O. 9/8/19 Dr. 6/28/19 6/28/19 8/13/19 8/13/19 Frances Franklin Cecil W. Cecil Janice Janice Milton

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’54 Rev. Dr. John F. Allen, Sr. ’89 9/11/19 10/13/19 Sue Espenshade Smith 10/4/19 6/14/19 Lance C. McFaddin 11/22/19

ALUMNI Ruth Mathison Beeman 7/20/19 Roger Capt. John N. Wolcott, USN, Ret. Rev. Donald D. Murphy 1/20/18 Jerry W. Blackmar, Jr. 9/7/19 Dr. James N. 5/29/19 Donna L. Younker 11/1/19 D. Sebek 6/25/19 Rev. Dr. David E. Cather ’55 7/26/19 Judy McVeigh ’59 Mary Louise Shay Christie 8/20/18 Stephens 6/21/19 Homer C. Turner, Jr. Cordell 10/29/19 Durwood D. Crawford Mary Iley Cox 9/19/19 Dr. Chickford B. 8/10/19 Weldon E. Wink 10/7/19 ’59 11/13/19 John W. Earnshaw 6/5/14 Darrell 10/22/19 Marvin B. Dunn ’62 ’64 Dorothy Demaree Anderson 6/6/19 Wilton J. Goodwin 10/31/19 Patricia 10/12/19 Charles J. Gillespie 10/19/19 Michael L. Dennis 9/27/19 Shirley Krebs Irvin ’72 10/28/19 Leroy G. Benjamin L. Grimes, III 10/3/19 Helene Williams Crabtree 11/18/19 Rev. James Johnson ’56 10/17/13 Sue Smith Kelly Smith Irwin 9/18/19 Rev. Robert E. W. Hardwick 7/25/19 Sharon Jobe Hegi 8/13/19 Renvia Jernigan Lander 7/1/19 Langley 8/5/19 Jack K. Leeka, Sr. ’67 8/28/19 Peter G. Martens ’70 6/16/19 Julia Thomas McLaran 10/20/19 John 11/7/19 Martha A. Madden ’63 7/30/19 Rev. Robert R. Sewell 8/1/19 C. Ramey 6/17/17 John H. Reese 11/2/18 Grace Ducles Miara 11/17/14 Dr. Paul S. ’65 Cloyd J. Dowling, Jr. 8/26/19 Byron E. Rev. Robert E. Scoggin, Sr. 7/27/19 Michaelson 8/5/19 Rev. Martin C. Franklin, Jr. ’67 6/3/19 Ronald J. Roberta Heilhecker Skidmore 8/4/19 Oetting10/19/19 Donald P. Pettingill Minner 9/14/19 Michael W. Ramsey Charles R. Tabor, Sr. ’61 7/20/19 Rev. 5/13/13 Rev. Charles D. Saviers 8/22/19 7/27/19 Joan Roberts 5/1/19 Rev. Dr. Buist B. Wilson 7/6/19 Russell B. Smith ’62 6/24/19 John P. Arnel B. Smith, Jr. ’91 6/28/19 John R. ’55 Donald C. Apeland ’57 7/17/19 Louis J. Tate 5/24/19 James R. Waller, Jr. Witcher 10/27/19 Boudreaux, Jr. 2/8/19 Rev. Dr. Kenneth 7/30/19 Martha Toler Williams 3/7/18 ’66 Henrietta Herbert Cragon 7/11/19 Dr. M. Dickson ’58, ’75 8/13/19 John W. ’60 John J. Baird 9/3/19 Rev. Edward C. Thomas R. Cuthbert, Jr. ’80 10/28/19 Hicks, Jr. ’59 6/12/19 Rev. Mansfield E. Blythe, Jr. 2/24/19 William P. Bowdry, Eddie P. Howell 11/3/19 Linda Reid Hunt 10/22/19 Linda Jackson Lockett III 8/21/19 Franklin D. Eckert 9/12/13 Medlen 9/10/19 William R. Neil 5/29/19 9/22/19 Joan McDougle 9/21/19 Thomas Robert A. Fanning 11/2/19 Robert L. Ronald M. Reel ’67 8/20/19 Rufus S. H. Seltzer, Jr. 10/6/19 Dr. Patrick R. Lott, Jr.6/1/19 Rev. Edwin T. Silliman Scott ’69 10/30/19 Marion Moore White Thomas 9/14/19 Dr. James N. Wurgler 7/6/19 Hope Monagin Thompson 8/23/19 George B. Williams ’74 8/10/19 11/13/19 Nicholas J. Zotos 9/2/19 6/10/19 Sam A. Turneabe 9/10/19 Dr. ’67 Roy M. Brown 8/5/19 Philip H. ’56 Benjamin R. Collier 7/24/19 Rev. David L. Wilemon 8/18/19 James F. Jackman 10/13/19 Emlyn M. Miller Braxton L. Combs 8/19/19 Conrad K. Williams, Jr. 9/24/19 9/2/19 Daniel M. Millet 6/9/19 James C. Dean 11/3/19 Beverly Mahoney Jones ’61 Robert L. Beeman 8/29/19 Roy L. Epp Sadler 7/7/19 Jack S. Singleton 7/27/19 5/28/19 Patty Boothe Kirby 10/16/19 6/7/19 Ellen Rosenfeld Harrison ’68 Virginia Dunlap Arsers ’72 7/14/19 Llewellyn Douglas Krech 3/13/13 9/18/19 William T. O’Connor, III Fred H. Boyd 8/3/19 Robert L. Coburn Robert A. Mitchell 10/17/19 Dr. Darrell 10/26/19 Thomas D. Pinion 6/28/19 11/8/19 Thomas E. Egbert 11/9/19 Dr. P. Patton 7/9/19 Bryan L. Simms, Sr. Howard D. Rose ’66 7/28/19 Charles L. Janet Koch Ellis 10/28/19 Jeffrey T. 7/11/13 Weidner 6/17/13 Whipple ’70 5/18/19 William J. Witt, ’57 Alice Fleet Dickey 8/3/19 Dr. Patrick E. ’62 Reyburn U. Anderson 10/3/19 Ward F. III 7/10/19 Green ’61 10/20/19 Rev. Glenneth A. Beebe 7/7/19 Harold R. Cobb 8/9/13 ’69 Rev. Brian G. Eble 10/4/19 George W. Harrington, Sr. 10/10/19 Dr. Dee H. Richard F. Coerver, III 12/10/18 Dr. W. Fazakerly 8/28/19 John M. Fincher Norton, Jr. 10/14/19 Joe Waddill, Jr. C. Ferrell, Sr. 9/5/19 Rev. Ira L. 5/27/19 Robert J. Fletcher 6/6/19 10/31/19 James F. Weldon 6/9/19 Grissom 4/2/19 Dr. Donald B. Hall ’75 Thomas A. Fry, III 8/7/19 Thomas G. ’58 Rev. Thomas B. Adams 5/30/19 Linda 6/10/19 James M. Herold 11/20/19 Gartrell 6/11/19 Dr. Arvis B. Henderson Hensley Fields 8/28/19 Patrick D. Benjamin F. McWilliams 8/11/19 James 11/18/19 Tedford E. Kimbell 7/5/19 Fremming 9/27/19 Jack T. Hill 6/27/19 D. Miller 6/26/19 Leslie F. Noell, Jr. ’69 Raymond M. Love, Jr. 5/18/18 Clyde W. Dr. John L. Humphrey 6/5/19 Dr. Billie 9/7/19 Heidi Holt Pain 11/16/19 Dr. Schremp 11/7/19 Sylvia Lichtenstein Johnson Laney 7/27/16 George F. Moss Charles L. Sledge 4/30/19 Gareth W. Silven 9/5/19 Dr. Eugene I. Taylor, Jr. 9/27/19 Joan C. Mulcahy-Thompson Tolman 6/1/18 Wallace E. Walker ’72 1/30/13 Rev. Abel Vega, Sr. 6/24/19 7/1/19 William G. Robinson, Jr. 11/11/19 6/27/19 ’70 Dr. Alexis Pedden Clayton 7/17/19 Robert W. Shrader 6/2/19 Kenneth R. ’63 Frances Roberts Albright 6/15/19 Robert L. Ellis 6/24/19 James P. Slawson 8/17/19 James F. Smith, Jr. Henry B. Angus 10/14/19 Robert M. Graham 11/13/19 Charles D. Mulhearn Bath 9/6/19 Rev. Tony G. Campbell [ PAGE ] 46

AlumNotes_SMUMag_05.indd 46 2/13/20 3:19 PM AlumNotes_SMUMag_05.indd 47 ’78 Kun-Man Kun-Man ’78 Chow F. Gonzalez Timoteo ’77 Barber G. David ’76 Corley Muente Dolores ’75 Aufill B. Charles ’74 J. Franklin Carl ’73 Bassett G. Billy ’71 ’72 McIntosh Letchworth Bogusz 7/16/19 Blevins Hanlon, III Phillips Mooney 10/16/19 Landes Vogel Horak Mapes Andrew M. Miller 8/17/19 Jr. Segner, H. Milo III Sweeney, H. Thomas Johnston Paxton Doris Benton R. Donald Richard E. Worringham Rev. 7/6/19 Renegar G. Delward Wierzbowski E. Ronald 11/19/19 Col. 8/26/16 8/26/16 Rev. Rev. G. Sauter Flowers Malone Gray 7/7/19 7/7/19 Millis Ret. 10/27/19 8/7/19 8/7/19 Jr. Krochman, Venters Venters Rogge Bynum Rogge L. Underwood, Jr. Underwood, L. Mascorro K. Tompkins D. Koustoubardis D. 6/12/19 Jerry W. Styles W.Jerry Styles William B. Boyett 11/20/19 8/17/19 Wenford G. Sanders G. Wenford Mitchell K. McMurry K. Mitchell 9/2/19 Scott R. Presley R. Scott Robert E. Hicks, Jr. Hicks, E. Robert 11/16/19 Clarence J.Clarence Handlogten Pamela Dillard Stone Dillard Pamela 9/21/19 9/21/19 8/18/19 8/18/19 5/30/19 11/16/19 9/2/19 9/2/19 11/3/19 11/3/19 ’78 10/4/19 ’78 1/22/19 Carthel V. Pruitt V. Pruitt Carthel 10/10/19 Cmdr. 10/10/19 Cmdr. , USN, Ret. 3/30/19 3/30/19 , USN, Ret. Jack L. Paris, Jr. Paris, L. Jack Jerry B. Smith B. Jerry Charles F. Sugg Charles 9/3/14 8/19/19 8/19/19 Barbara Russell Russell Barbara 10/25/18 10/1/19 10/1/19 Brian L. Webb John W. Hamilton W.John Hamilton 9/24/19 9/24/19 Herman W. Eubanks Herman Diane Holmes McKee Holmes Diane 6/20/18 9/27/19 9/27/19 7/2/19 Dr. William D. Ratliff, III D. Ratliff, William 10/20/19 10/20/19 11/19/19 Rev. Dr. 11/19/19 Paul G. Veale, Jr. Veale, G. Paul John P. Reilly 11/3/19 11/3/19 10/23/19 10/23/19 11/20/19 9/27/19 9/27/19 8/3/19 8/3/19 10/25/19 10/25/19 ’73 9/4/19 ’73 10/24/19 Dr. 10/24/19 James R. Moss Moss R. James David K. K. David Katherine K. Thomas W. Thomas 12/21/18 6/4/19 6/4/19 10/10/19 10/10/19 7/24/19 7/24/19 Edward A. Jeri J. Crowley Jeri Bruce W. Bruce 6/24/19 6/24/19 11/22/19 ’77 9/27/19 ’77 Rudolf E. E. Rudolf Haskell H. H. Haskell Vaughn B. B. Vaughn Pamela Pamela Richard M. M. Richard 6/12/19 6/12/19 Anne P. Steven F. Gary L. 10/26/19 10/26/19 , USAF, 11/22/19 8/28/19 8/28/19 11/22/19 8/31/19 8/31/19 11/8/19 Andrew ’74 Marvin Nancy Nancy Terry Terry 6/28/19 6/28/19 Mary 7/2/19 7/2/19 Gregg Gregg Scott

9 Mechtilde Palacios Garcia ’98 Tinney Snyder Alexis ’97 ’95 Fincher L. Contessa ’93 Timothy W. Heinen ’92 Sr. Cochran, B. Thomas ’91 Foley S. Kimberly ’90 P. III Kennedy, Thomas ’87 N. Peppard Alan ’86 Helm Sheen Elizabeth ’85 D. Davison Dan ’84 Titus Wilson Mary ’83 Bunch L. James ’81 Segroves Roushey Mildred ’80 P. Joseph Abraham ’79 ’08 Barrett Mullen Celeste ’07 Johnson Stringfellow Tiffany ’06 Nelson M. Kellie ’04 P. Jens Brock-Utne ’02 Gannon S. Jeffrey ’01 J. Blake Kyle ’99 Dr. Layman Neaves DeMaio, Jr. DeMaio, Petrus A. Schools Schools A. Stout Kalpesh R. Patel Patel R. Kalpesh 10/22/19 Rev. Rev. 8/16/19 vonHartitzsch Swetman M. Juanita Andrew G. Khoury, 6/16/19 Skwirz Kois Marylee 11/29/17 Moore M. Dwight Bowman DeJarnette Wheeler Haywood Pilkington 10/29/19 10/1/19 Hyde King A. Dash 4/4/19 David D. Feinstein D. Feinstein David Christy Germany Summers Summers Germany Christy 9/11/18 Rev. Rev. 9/11/18 6/6/19 6/6/19 10/29/19 10/11/19 10/11/19 8/30/19 Darrell R. Thedford Thedford R. Darrell 6/5/19 Mark R. Willis 10/12/19 10/12/19 5/30/19 10/1/19 4/22/19 9/11/19 9/11/19 7/25/19 7/25/19 Roger H. Templeton H. Roger Elizabeth Waterhouse Waterhouse Elizabeth 9/14/19 9/14/19 3/24/18 Clay Schroepfer M. Mary Lukert Peek Peek Lukert Mary 10/11/19 7/29/19 7/29/19 Leslie E. Hodge Hodge E. Leslie 5/30/19 Warren S. Zeller, III III Zeller, S. Warren 6/8/19 7/27/19 Priscilla WoodPriscilla 10/1/19 10/1/19 8/19/19 10/8/19 9/6/19 6/30/19 John H. Lyon, Jr. Lyon, H. John 11/12/19 7/12/19 7/12/19 Esq. 8/24/19 8/24/19 Esq. 8/28/19 8/28/19 8/2/18 8/2/18 7/27/19 Samuel J. 9/25/19 12/11/17 7/5/18 7/5/18 10/31/19 10/31/19 11/5/19 10/6/19 11/20/19 Melissa C. C. Melissa 8/19/19 8/19/19 Thomas L. Timothy M. M. Timothy Dean M. 6/13/19 6/13/19 Theresa 8/16/19 8/16/19 Patricia Patricia 11/2/19 David M. M. David Gregory E. E. Gregory Alan V. 9/19/19 Jerrold Jerrold Glenn

Edward R. Biehl R. Edward Christopher Berti P.Janet Balch SMU Community Frank B. Michael ’15 D. Kelly Jordan ’14 Christopherson Jankowski Cheryl ’11 Schultz Dodson Sarah ’10 ’09 Douglas E. Yeager E. Douglas Perkins “Shorty” Clarence Patel Ami Donna K. Morris Lunsford C. John Sterling Havens R.E. DeWayne Clay Jack Haotian Chen Brooks E. James Dr. Harrison VanLandingham 10/15/19 6/30/19. Museum, Meadows director, former and 1968-96, history, art of professor first-year student, 9/28/19. chemistry, 1962-2017, 10/14/19. 11/26/19 School of Business, 12/23/18. Business, of School 1969-2011, 8/20/19. Management, Facilities of Office 1/11/20. Sciences, and Humanities of College curriculum, 1966-1992, 9/2/19. directing and acting of head and School of Law, 1966-96, 8/31/19. Law, of School 1966-96, Dedman coordinator, publications 10/28/18. Law, of School Dedman development, 9/25/19. 1980-1999, office, Life’s Student of Dean from retiring second-year student, 9/22/19. 9/22/19. student, second-year Earth and Man (ISEM), 9/13/19. (ISEM), Man and Earth of Study for the Institute chair, vice and 1980-81; interim, ad president SMU 1973-80; Sciences, and Humanities of College Dedman of dean 1952-2011; provost and sciences earth Michael Duren Duren Michael , Dedman School of Law Law of School , Dedman Michael C. Duda C. Michael , graduate student, Cox Cox student, , graduate , editorial advisor and and advisor , editorial , professor emeritus , professor , professor emeritus , professor , SMU staff member, member, staff , SMU , adjunct associate associate , adjunct , Dedman School of Law Law of School , Dedman , director of alumni alumni of , director , professor of theatre theatre of , professor 7/3/19 7/3/19 , junior, Dedman Dedman , junior, 7/22/19 8/16/19 8/16/19 6/21/19 Jared S. Wilson S. Jared , staff member, member, , staff 9/4/19 Callan Callan emeritus, 11/14/19 of of

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Under the leadership of Matthew B. Myers, programs, Executive Education, which ETC. dean and Tolleson Chair in Business provides a two-way learning opportunity Leadership, the Edwin L. Cox School of for executive “students” and the faculty Business marks a century of business members who teach them, offers another education at SMU in 2020. As the Cox avenue for outreach into the business School enters its second hundred community. years, Myers – the school’s ninth dean – Q. How will the Miller family’s shares his vision for SMU Cox and for $50 million gift transform business how Carolyn and David Miller’s recent education at SMU? $50 million gift will enable SMU to David Miller ’72, ’73, who attended SMU prepare students for a 21st-century global on a basketball scholarship, earned marketplace. his B.B.A. and M.B.A. at SMU Cox. David Q. What is your vision for the Cox and his wife, Carolyn, understand the School of Business? value that a strong business school You’ll hear me say this often because it’s brings to a dynamic, evolving global city. Matthew B. Myers true: You cannot have a world-class Their gift will support the Cox School’s city without a world-class university, and strategic plan, which seeks to modernize more often than not, a world-class future-proof curricula, those programs the business school curriculum, offer business school is a part of that univer- that focus on building complex skill- more and broader scholarships to be com- sity. Our vision for the Cox School is based graduates (technologically skilled petitive in continuing to attract high- to strengthen key relationships with our with leadership and problem-solving achieving students, collaborate across partners in North Texas and beyond strengths, combined with social acumen) the SMU campus on a range of inter- and expand our considerable strengths. will attract the attention of the best disciplinary programs and enhance the That includes the recruitment and employers, and thus the best students. school’s facilities. In short, the Millers retention of high-achieving students and are making it possible for SMU Cox to Q. What are challenges in the business world-class faculty members who teach continue expanding our influence as world that the Cox School faces today? them while also engaging in cutting-edge a business school, and thereby helping research; a competitive yet supportive Today’s and tomorrow’s students, be they expand the University’s influence and academic environment; the implementa- business or other majors, are earning that of Dallas and North Texas. We are so tion of innovative academic programs their degrees in an evolving world. One grateful to the Millers for their vision and multidisciplinary degree options; the of the big shifts underway is the rapid and generosity. dedication of a hardworking staff; and growth of technology and innovation in Q. How can SMU alumni support the the advantage we have of being located in the global economy. Data-driven decision- Cox School’s goals for the 21st century? a business-friendly state in the heart of making is creating new opportunities. Alumni play a huge role in the success of an economically diverse city. The nimbler we are in meeting varied career interests and in providing students SMU and the Cox School, and we strive Q. How do SMU and the Cox School options about how best to prepare them- to make our alumni proud of their alma educate students for a rapidly changing selves to pursue those interests, the better mater. Our global alumni network is marketplace? the career outcomes. The Cox School critical – both in the importance of word Curricula in SMU Cox degree programs, offers experiential learning courses that of mouth and in the willingness of alumni as with programs in other business prepare students for real-world projects, to help current students and fellow schools and universities, need to adapt making them competitive when it comes alumni. Through their generous support, quickly to the changing marketplace and to post-graduation job opportunities SMU and the Cox School will shine address the fact that we are preparing and helping prepare them for leadership brightly throughout the 21st century our graduates for jobs in the post-indus- roles once they take those jobs. and beyond. trial world that don’t even exist yet (the In addition to multidisciplinary under- World Economic Forum predicts that by graduate degree options that the Cox To buy tickets to the Cox 100 Anniversary Gala, 2022, 75 million jobs will have disap- School offers with other SMU schools, which will benefit Cox School scholarships, peared while 133 million new jobs will we have expanded degree offerings at or to support the Cox School of Business, visit [ PAGE ] have emerged, many unidentifiable the graduate level. Beyond traditional www.smu.edu/coxgiving or contact Ashley Pitts, 48 today). While there is no way to build [email protected].

AlumNotes_SMUMag_05.indd 48 2/13/20 3:19 PM Save the date for Founders’ Day Weekend, April 16-19, when you can enjoy the blooming beauty of the campus and a variety of activities. Highlights will include Celebrating 100 Years of Business Education at SMU, a special evening spotlighting the Cox School of Business and commemorating a Hilltop milestone, and Sing Song, the annual student musical competition, both on Friday. On Saturday, there will be family-friendly fun at the Meadows Museum open house and at the annual spring football game in Ford Stadium. For more information: smu.edu/FoundersDay

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