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Magazine Design: Mike Rhodes From the President Cover illustration: Mike Rhodes, Brian Sattler Cover: Band member Cameron Wolfe, quarterback Andre Bevil and Spirit Team member Amber Tallant CARDINAL All across campus, we see evidence of vibrant changes taking Cadence DEPARTMENTS place. I am very pleased to announce that Lamar University’s T h e S t a f f 14 On campus 24 Arts & Culture 27 Athletics 46 Class notes accreditation has been reaffirmed by the Council on Colleges of Spirit Team Captain the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). This is Cardinal Cadence is published by the Division of University Alexis Werner Advancement, Lamar University, a member of The Texas vitally important as it allows Lamar to offer federal financial aid to State University System and an affirmative action, equal students; but, more important, it is a “stamp of approval” that our opportunity educational institution. Construction update programs meet or exceed standards of excellence recognized across 4 All across campus, the landscape is changing the country. This accomplishment is a result of the hard work of Brian Sattler, Executive Editor, Director of Public Relations Cynthia Hicks ’89, ’93, Editor, Publication Specialist our faculty and administrators, particularly those in the College of 11 World-class act Education and Human Development, who have been instrumental in the development of Larry Acker, Assistant Director, Writer Professor of French Ken Rivers brings Lamar’s new and hugely successful online graduate degrees. Beth Gallaspy ’09, Marketing Specialist, Writer the world to his students As the summer unfolds, tremendous energy is evident across campus as we prepare for a Louise Wood, Media Specialist, Writer historic fall semester. Enrollment will very likely rise to record levels. Much activity centers on Frances Simpson ’95, Senior Administrative Associate 13 Team spirit the rejuvenation of the university’s football program. Construction is moving rapidly on the Contributors: Cardinals remember history-making season athletic complex that will host the Cardinals and thousands of fans in the first gridiron contests Mary Baswell, Erik Cox, Sharon Forret, Patrick Murray, since 1989. Don’t forget to reserve your tickets! And remember, the men’s and women’s Rush Wood, writing 30 It’s Game Day! Cardinal basketball teams will follow football and continue the excitement. Keith Carter, Michelle Cate, Pete Churton, Joel Gothe, Cardinal lights hit the field . . . come see 11 Several new and newly renovated academic buildings will also be part of the campus scene Brandon Gouthier, Christi Grudier, Keith Huckabay, the Cards make history in the coming year. Our music programs will return to the now state-of-the-art Music Building, Brandon Thibodeaux, Rohn Wenner, photography and hundreds of students will call Cardinal Village Phase 5 their home away from home. Work Circulation includes 68,000 copies distributed to alumni, 34 Fast forward will continue through the fall to complete the high-tech laboratories of the new addition for faculty, staff and friends of Lamar University. If you have Analytical chemist Bonner Denton ’67 sees each Lamar’s chemical engineering program. received more than one copy of this publication, please August as a chance to prove his personal best Like all state agencies, Lamar is facing a reduction in its 2012-2013 biennial budget. let us know. Coming on top of deep cuts already made in the 2010-2011 biennial budget, the university will Changes of address may be sent to: 37 True timber have approximately $8 million less in state support. Lamar administrators, deans, department University Advancement, Lamar historians capture Stark history chairs, faculty leaders and staff are working hard to identify ways to trim budgets and improve P.O. Box 10011, Beaumont, Texas 77710, or by efficiency while maintaining educational excellence. This is, of course, challenging, as the E-mail: [email protected] 7 40 A at heart university has experienced nothing short of dramatic growth during the past decade. After 60,000 surgeries, Dr. Jimmy Howell ’54 Division of University Advancement THE FACE OF THE CAMPAIGN We remain committed to ensuring student academic success; delivering high-quality still scrubs up 37 Camille Mouton, Vice President INVESTINGINTHEFUTURE instruction; and supporting research, scholarship and professional service vital to faculty devel- Floyd F. McSpadden Jr., Director of Planned Giving 40 opment. We will also continue to invest in areas that create opportunity for future growth and Janice Trammell ’85, ’93, Director of Development 5 A wealth of spirit 42 Online or beyond the wire additional revenue. Regardless of the financial situation, we will maintain our momentum as we Tracie Bryan Craig, Director of University Reception Centers Students will come to know a love of the arts Between convoy duty and patrol, Cpl. Aaron through the chair he created continue to work together to meet the needs of Southeast Texas and beyond. P.O. Box 10011 Taylor makes the time to finish his degree Meanwhile, the response to Lamar’s Investing in the Future comprehensive campaign Beaumont, Texas 77710 continues to grow. The campaign is now at $69 million raised—on track to meet the $100 (409) 880-8419 or fax (409) 880-8409 6 LUxury view 44 A caring professional million goal by 2013. We are blessed to have such wonderful alumni and friends. First-class accommodations overlook Dr. Jane Fitch ’78 finds balance in Leonard Field multi-faceted career Thank you for all you do for Lamar University. Lamar University Alumni Office When visiting campus, you’re invited to stop by the Legacy Society: A new tradition 8 Uncommom brew With Cardinal Pride, Alumni Office at the John Gray Center, Building B, Planned giving allows alumni and friends to 56 855 Jim Gilligan Way, Suite 102. choose how they wish to be remembered Karen Glavimans ’73 is blending a coffee company around the perfect cup Juan Zabala ’07, Executive Director of Alumni Affairs and 9 DreamMakers Advancement Services Tackling the music world James M. Simmons LU Alumni Office Many donors are making a difference in one of 58 President P.O. Box 10005 the most meaningful ways: helping a student No lollygaggin’ for former quarterback John Lamar University Beaumont, Texas 77710 begin a lifetime of learning Evans -90 . . . he gets audiences jumpin’ (409) 880-8921, or (800) 298-4839 E-mail: [email protected] The right treatment 58 THETEXASSTATEUNIVERSITYSYSTEM 10 www.lamar.edu/alumni The Beaumont Bone and Joint Institute marks a BOARDOFREGENTS 30-year relationship by giving a state-of-the-art Janice Trammell, Executive Director treatment center Brian McCall, Chancellor | Plano Lamar University Foundation P.O. Box 11500 LAGNIAPPE Ron Blatchley, Chairman | Bryan Trisha S. Pollard | Bellaire Beaumont, Texas 77710 (409) 880-2117 Charlie Amato, Vice Chairman | Michael Truncale | Beaumont 22 We got the beat The Showcase of Southeast Texas Kevin Lilly | Houston Greg Wilkinson | Dallas takes the field this fall Ron Mitchell | Horseshoe Bay Donna Williams | Arlington Cardinal Cadence (USPS 017-254) is published biannually 32 Cardinal Views David Montagne | Beaumont by Lamar University, Division of University Advancement, 855 E. Florida, Beaumont, Texas 77705. 60 Football season tickets 6 home games for $60 2 | CARDINALCADENCE 38:2 JULY 2010 JUNE 2010 38:2 CARDINAL CADENCE | 3 1 2 CAMPAIGNIMPACT 1 The lofty ceiling of the Field House Building will let shouts of victory soar. 2 The expansive new weight room will have plenty of room for equipment to the future keep the Cards fighting fit. A wealth of spirit The crowning touch – workers hose closest to Homer method to complete the endowment of the complete the roof of the Field House Lavelles Walles ’41 knew Walles Chair. Mr. Walles’s foresight and at Provost Umphrey Stadium. him as down to earth and planning is a perfect example of how a direct, as outgoing, open planned gift can fulfill a lofty aspiration to 3 and unassuming. benefit Lamar University.” T“He was rather disarming,” said W.S. Walles also funded two scholarships at Lamar: the Homer and Jane Walles “Bud” Leonard ’50, ’53, ’76, a retired Jane and Homer Walles, with Keith Carter Lamar administrator and longtime friend. “I Presidential Scholarship and the Wade C. don’t think Homer ever met a stranger. He Sr., Della H. and Homer Walles Scholarship prompt others to do so. wasn’t pretentious in any way, shape or in Business. “He was concerned about what his form. He loved a good story.” Having earned an associate degree neighbors would think. Because here’s a guy “Everybody liked Homer,” said his wife, from Lamar Junior College in 1941,Walles who cut his own grass, did his own yard 4 Jane. “He had a great personality, and he “had a soft spot in his heart” for the univer- work and lived in the house where he was didn’t put on any airs whatsoever.” born,” Leonard said. “He was To Lamar University, frugal in so many ways.” Homer Walles is a legend: A native of Port Neches, friend, Distinguished Alumnus It was obvious he felt strongly about Lamar, Walles lived in the family home and pioneer. He was the first on Marion Street all his life, donor to pledge $1 million to what the university had done for him and except for a three-year stint in 3 The grand staircase sweeps down Lamar, having set up several what it meant to the community. the Air Force. After later grad- into the Athletic Complex lobby. trusts to establish Lamar’s first uating from the University of —W.S. “BUD” LEONARD 4 The future Morgan Suites offer a good academic chair. “ Texas, he began a 45-year view of Provost Umphrey Stadium’s Homer Walles died July 2, career at Texaco, where he home side where chair-back seats are 2009, at the age of 87. But his served as purchasing agent. being installed below the Dan F. and The Morgan Suites will legacy lives on through the Wade He and Jane married in Sandra A. Smith Press Box. enhance the appearance C. Sr., Della H. and Homer L. Walles Chair sity, said Leonard, who retired as vice chan- 1977 after a courtship began with a blind of the Montagne Center when construction is in the Visual and Performing Arts, created cellor of development for the Lamar date to a dance club. “Homer was an complete. by Homer and Jane Walles, in 1984 University System and was instrumental in absolutely fabulous dancer,” Jane said. through gifts from Homer Walles, a implementing the endowment. At Lamar, the couple was a constant 5 Stacks of acoustic tile and panels in the band hall will soon find deferred gift funded by the Homer L. “He didn’t know where, he didn’t presence, from Le Grand Bal to art open- their place on the ceiling and walls. ” Walles Trust and a bequest through his know how much, he just wanted to help ings, theater productions and concerts. Jane 6 The entrance to the addition to Cherry Engineering for the estate. The gift bears the name of Homer Lamar. It was obvious he felt strongly about and Homer served on the Friends of the chemical engineering program will soon open. and his parents. Lamar, what the university had done for Arts board and, said Leonard, “They loved Internationally acclaimed photographer him and what it meant to the community.” the arts. They were thrilled with the arts 7 The brighter, more open design complements new departmental Keith Carter, University Professor of Art, It turned out to be a $1 million mile- programs at Lamar.” offices in the Music Building that feature extensive acoustic treatments and soundproofing throughout. holds the Walles Chair. “To endow the first stone. “That was the big deal,” Leonard Upon establishing the chair, Walles chair at Lamar and then have it filled by a said. “It opened the door for lots of good said: “Jane and I are excited about the 8 Cardinal Village Phase 5 will soon be ready for students man of international stature is just frosting things in the future.” impact which the Walles Chair in the Visual to call it their home away from home. on the cake,” Leonard said. At first, Walles didn’t want the gift and Performing Arts may have upon the “A planned gift in the form of a charita- publicized. “Bud got after him, and they fine arts program within the College of Fine 5678 ble remainder trust provided Homer and talked and talked,” Jane Walles recalls. Arts and Communication at Lamar Jane Walles the opportunity to fulfill a “I said, ‘Listen, Homer, we’ve never University. We have been watching the work dream in endowing the chair,” said Floyd had a million-dollar gift. The first one is and development of the college for some McSpadden, director of planned giving. going to break ground for us,” Leonard time now, and we believe that the creation “The charitable trust provided lifetime said. “It’s going to show that people care of a chair of this nature . . . will create a income for Mr. Walles, certain tax benefits about Lamar and there are opportunities stirring atmosphere in the arts at Lamar and, most importantly, the long-range here to make that kind of gift. It will University.”—LW

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“Lamar University played will receive 16 tickets to each home game and parking passes. Each an important role in our lives, suite includes a bar with four stools overlooking two tiered rows of and we are honored to play a six seats each, a total of 16 seats. The suites will open to the front small role in making this and will feature motorized windows that can be lowered as desired. endeavor successful,” Glen The gift continues a pattern of giving by the Morgans to their Morgan said. alma mater. In 1984, Glen Morgan made a generous gift to establish “Glen Morgan’s support a scholarship in his father’s name. His support came at a time when of Lamar athletics is a tremen- very few alumni were making such significant gifts, said Camille dous help in bringing football Mouton, vice president for advancement. back to the university,” A native of Beaumont, Morgan graduated from Lamar in 1975 Simmons said. “We are with a bachelor’s degree in business, then attended delighted to have the Morgan School of Law, earning a juris doctorate in 1978. He was admitted name as a permanent part of to the Texas bar in 1978. He is a partner at Reaud, Morgan and the new football complex.” Quinn in Beaumont. “The suites will be Teri Morgan graduated from Lamar University in 1985 with a absolutely first rate,” said bachelor’s in speech pathology/audiology. While in school, she was Billy Tubbs ’58, special assis- active in the Lamar music department and performed at football tant for athletics/consultant to the president. “It wouldn’t be possible to build them without the Morgans’ generosity. We are very thankful for their sup- port of Cardinal football and Lamar athletics.” When fans come to see the Cardinals play football this fall, they will enjoy an out- standing facility. That complex includes Provost Umphrey Glen Morgan and James Simmons Stadium with the Dan F. and BRIAN SATTLER Sandra A. Smith Press Box overlooking the W.S. “Bud” Leonard Field. At the south end of the Simmons and Teri Morgan field, the new 54,000-square-foot athletic complex will encompass the former Higgins Field House. Fans will keep track of the progress games in Cardinal Stadium. Teri currently serves on the board of of the game on the jumbo video board made possible by Education Family Services of Southeast Texas and has served on the board of First Federal Credit Union. South of the complex is the Coach CASA. Vernon Glass Field of Champions where Lamar’s team has been hard In addition to his leadership of many organizations in his pro- at work preparing for the 2010 fession, Morgan served as a board member of the Lamar University LUxury view season. Foundation and is an honorary member of the International Morgan Suites overlook Leonard Field play will begin in fall 2011. Brotherhood of Electrical Workers’ Local 479, Beaumont by Brian Sattler The Morgan Suites are Professional Firefighters Local 399, Beaumont Police Officers s LamarUniversitypreparesforthereturnoftheCardinalstothe being built at the north end of Association and Texas State Building and Construction. gridironthisfall,itisaddingtheMorganSuitestothelistoffirst-class accommoda- the field in the area beneath the “The return of football after 21 years has generated incredible Ations inthenewfootballcomplex. university’s Montagne Center excitement and enthusiasm in Southeast Texas,” Simmons said. “This Named in recognition of a generous gift from the Morgan Charitable Red Room. gift and the suites are icing on the cake. Foundation on behalf of Glen ’75 and Teri (Tammen) Morgan ’85, the luxury The suites are leased for “Thanks to the generosity of donors like Glen Morgan, the suites will “put us on par with some of the best collegiate stadiums,” said $25,000 per year with a three- university is making good on its commitment to a first-class football President James Simmons. “Glen and Teri have made it possible for us to build year commitment, officials program with state-of-the-art facilities.” these luxury suites that are a capstone to the overall project.” said. Revenue from leasing the The gift is part of the university’s “Investing in the Future” comprehensive The second floor of the Morgan Suites suites will support football will offer a commanding view of the field campaign that now totals more than $68 million toward a $100 million goal. through retractable windows. scholarships. Each leaseholder

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MIRABEAU Legacy Society: A new tradition $300,000 REGENTS Choose how you want DreamMakers $100,000 PRESIDENTIAL to be remembered $50,000 goals, but personal planning goals as well,” McSpadden NAMED said. “Our desire is to work with our donors and their SCHOLARSHIPS $15,000 advisors to develop a plan that satisfies these important goals.” Presidential Scholarships brother for students majoring in an aca- Kebodeaux ’83 for undergraduate or gradu- Potential planned giving donors realize benefits DEWITT SCOTT & JOE THOMAS demic area leading to a bachelor’s degree ate accounting majors. from two major areas. Donors can gain immediate tax DUCKWORTH MEMORIAL PRESIDENTIAL with specialization in athletic training. CHARLES R. KNIGHT SCHOLARSHIP IN benefits under current law by making lifetime gifts of SCHOLARSHIP IN BUSINESS | established HOWARD AND SYBIL EASTEPP EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCES | established appreciated assets, placing assets in charitable trusts or by the Gay D. ’80 and William F. Scott ’70 SCHOLARSHIP IN NURSING | established by by Steve ’70 and Oonagh Rhea to honor purchasing charitable-gift Family Foundation for freshmen in any their children Lynn and Becky Eastepp, Knight’s legacy for junior or senior geology major in the College of Business. annuities. This option is very Debbie Eastepp Keith ’79, Larry Eastepp majors. attractive for individuals who CLAYTON AND GEORGIA LAU PRESIDENTIAL ’81, and Ann Eastepp Schaeffer ’05 and CHARLES R. MATTHEWS SCHOLARSHIP IN are concerned with annual SCHOLARSHIP IN BUSINESS | established husband Mark ’88, ’89, ’91, ’93 and grand- Roy Steinhagen, MARCHING BAND | established by the income tax issues. The second by Clayton ’69 and Georgia (Graeter) Lau children Laura Keith Davis -94 and hus- Janie Steinhagen, band Ernie and Leslie Eastepp Weaver ’00 chancellor emeritus of The Texas State option incorporates an estate ’68, for undergraduate and graduate majors Mark Steinhagen and University System to express his support in the College of Business and husband Troy for nursing majors. President James Simmons tax perspective in which any for the return of football to Lamar assets designated to the Lamar R. JOE WARE PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARSHIP DR. SAMUEL L. EVANS MEMORIAL University for a student in any major who SCHOLARSHIP IN HISTORY University Foundation for the IN EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCES | estab- | established by is a member of the marching band. he desire to recognize individuals his daughters Victoria (Evans) Touchet ’65, Nancy Frank, Bill Frank and Floyd McSpadden benefit of the university trans- lished by R. Joe Ware ’58 and family for DR. FLOYD AND MARIE MCSPADDEN SR. undergraduate earth and space sciences ’71 and Stephanie (Evans) Whitehurst -65 who have made the commitment to fer to the foundation without MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP IN PRE-MED | majors. for undergraduate and graduate history benefit Lamar University through a will or other form of any taxation upon the death of the donor under current majors. established by Patti and Floyd McSpadden planned gift has prompted the establishment of the Lamar law. F. DAVID WINTER JR., MD ’72 PRESIDENTIAL in memory of his father for undergraduate DR. H. E. EVELAND MEMORIAL University Legacy Society. Longtime Beaumont resident One of the most common vehicles for planned giv- SCHOLARSHIP IN PRE-MED | established by students in any major in the College of SCHOLARSHIP IN GEOLOGY | established by Arts and Sciences. and estate-planning attorney Floyd McSpadden directs ing is the charitable-gift annuity—popularly known as Fred and Betty Winter in honor of their his wife, Doris, in memory of Dr. Eveland planned giving at LU, the newest branch of the Division of University son David for a freshman pre-med major. T the gift that gives back. The individual makes an irrevo- for junior and senior geology majors. DR. RAUL S. ORNELAS MEMORIAL Advancement. cable gift to a charitable foundation, and, in return, they SCHOLARSHIP IN TRUMPET | established by McSpadden joined the development team in receive not only an upfront charitable deduction, but Named Scholarship Endowments THERESA AND J. C. GIGLIO SCHOLARSHIP IN family and friends in memory of Ornelas BUSINESS | established by their children for a music major whose primary instru- Sample Charitable 2009 to discuss planned giving options and the asso- also a steady source of income during their lifetime. The MARILYN T. AND GILBERT T. ADAMS, JR. Charles Giglio -73, Jo Beth Jenkins and ment is the trumpet. Gift Annuity Rates ciated tax incentive opportunities with potential charitable gift annuity is one of many vehicles that can SCHOLARSHIP IN PRE-LAW | established by Gerri Christopher for students of all majors their children Gilbert Adams III, Mary (Single life - based on suggested rates by donors. Planned giving will be an important compo- be tailored to fit a donor’s wishes and financial profile. in the College of Business. DR. JACK ORRICK SCHOLARSHIP FOR PRE- the American Council on Gift Annuities) nent in assisting Lamar to reach its $100 million goal “In my opinion, making a legacy gift to the Lamar Margaret Groves, Caroline Faubus, MED STUDENTS | established as a legacy Catherine Matthews and Julianne LeBlanc AGE RATE for the Investing in the Future comprehensive cam- University Foundation to benefit the university says the Three separately endowed scholarships, the gift by Dr. Orrick, a native Beaumonter for sophomore, junior or senior political RUTH KAIGLER GOODE AND D. REX GOODE who has always been interested in Lamar’s 60 5.2 paign. donor has a strong belief in the future of the institution science majors. SCHOLARSHIP IN ART, IN MUSIC AND IN development, for a pre-med major. 62 5.3 The founding members of the Legacy Society and they want to have a stake in that future,” McSpadden THEATRE were established by the estate of MISS MARY ALICE MEMORIAL 66 5.5 gathered for a welcome reception in the Dishman Art added. “In many cases, these gifts won’t be realized David Rex Goode Jr.for students in the respec- DOAK C. PROCTER JR. MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP IN DANCE | established by 70 5.8 Museum in May to recognize their commitment to during the lifetime of the donor, and they understand tive departments of art, music and theatre. SCHOLARSHIP IN BUSINESS | established friends and family for students majoring in 75 6.4 Lamar via planned giving. Contrary to popular belief, that it is so important to sow the seeds for future by Patti and Floyd McSpadden in memory dance. I. “BUTCH” AND ANNA “2-2” HOFFER of her father for undergraduate students in 80 7.2 planned giving opportunities are not only for the eld- generations.”—LA MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP IN any major in the College of Business. CATHERINE HURLEY CLARK SCHOLARSHIP 85 8.1 erly. One member of the socie- ENTREPRENEURIAL STUDIES | established IN NURSING | established by Ron Clark in 90+ 9.5 ty is only 40 but has already by Marsha and Lewis Hoffer (son) for PETER BOYD WELLS JR. SCHOLARSHIP IN honor of his mother for students accepted to made a long-term commit- Leave a lasting legacy undergraduate or graduate students major- HISTORY | established by family and friends the associate degree of nursing or Bachelor MINIMUM GIFT AMOUNT IS $25,000 To discuss planned giving options available to potential Legacy Society ing in business with a concentration in for history majors in all class levels. ment to benefit the university. of Science degree in nursing programs. entrepreneurship. “There are several donors and to learn about the possible tax benefits in making a legacy gift, To begin your own scholarship endowment or OTHO L. DAVIS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP IN planned-giving vehicles available to potential donors contact Floyd McSpadden, director of planned giving, at (409) 880-7895 or CHARLES M. AND NADINE KEBODEAUX to add a gift to an existing scholarship, please ATHLETIC TRAINING | established by Grace that can address not only their charitable planning by e-mail at [email protected]. SCHOLARSHIP IN ACCOUNTING | estab- contact the Lamar University Foundation at (Davis) England ’55 in memory of her lished by their sons Keith ’78 and Chris (409) 880-2117.

8 | CARDINALCADENCE 38:2 JULY 2010 JULY 2010 38:2 CARDINAL CADENCE | 9 CAMPAIGNIMPACT The right treatment World-class act summers, I have sented “as a lasting symbol of this high brought my students honor and esteemed title.” to the world,” said “Wow, look at this. I won a gold Rivers, who originated medal and didn’t even have to go to and directed the first Vancouver to get it,” Rivers said, Global and adding, “I’ve been very fortunate to have International Studies received a number of the honors that Certificate Program at Lamar bestows, and I think this is proba- Lamar and has led 12 bly the one I value the most. It is a life- European study- time-achievement kind of award, and it abroad tours.

From left: Regent David Montogne ’74, Dr. Todd Clarke, Dr. Shawn Figari, Dr. David Teuscher, Dr. Marshall Hayes ’69, Lamar honored Dr. Wagdy Rizk, Dr. Keith Hill, Coach Ray Woodard, Dr. Curtis Thorpe and President James Simmons. Rivers, professor of French, as the 2010 usclestrains,dislocatedshouldersandsprainedanklesareonlyafew schools,” Yonker said. “It will definitely be a great asset to our University Professor, Dr. Rivers is the pillar oftheinjuriesexpectedwhentheLamarCardinalshitthefootball athletes in getting them back in action as quickly as possible.” with officials applaud- of our French program. fieldinSeptember.JoshYonker,Lamar’sheadathletictrainer,willbe A physician at the former Beaumont Bone & Joint Clinic, ing him as the pillar of He is capable of teaching preparedtodealwithvirtuallyalltypesofsportsinjuriesinanew, the late Dr. James Shuffield, was the first team physician for Lamar’s French pro- every single course we state-of-the-artsportsmedicinetreatmentcenter.TheBeaumont Lamar athletics. Several orthopedic clinics merged in 1995 to gram and an accom- “ offer, and, indeed, the Bone&JointInstitutehasmadea$250,000gifttothe“Investing form the Beaumont Bone & Joint Institute, which comprises 17 plished researcher and intheFuture”comprehensivecampaigninrecognitionofitsmorethan30-yearrelationshipwiththe local physicians. Several physicians of the institute will provide author whose publica- demands of scheduling M tion record is diverse Lamarathleticsprogram.Thegiftisearmarked for the new athletic complex, treatment in their particular areas of specialization when needed, have led him to do just and, more specifically, the athletic training program. and, in addition, two and significant. The that over many years “Many of our physicians and staff at the Beaumont Bone & institute physicians professorship, awarded of service. Joint Institute are Lamar University graduates,” said Dr. Curtis will provide direct support to Yonker and his athletic training for life, is the universi- —STEVEN ZANI, Chair,Department of Thorpe, a member of the Institute and head team physician for staff. ty’s most prestigious English and Modern Languages Lamar athletics. “The deci- That staff comprises faculty honor. sion to support Lamar ath- three full-time trainers, seven “Dr. Rivers has letics was The Beaumont Bone & Joint Sports graduate students and 10 served Lamar extraor- unanimous when we began Medicine Facility will be one of the best undergraduate students dinarily well . . . and his mark of excellence is not just about me. It’s about the discussing this gift because in the conference and will rival the majoring in kinesiology or of exercise science. The athletic is apparent throughout French program—and two decades of our association as alumni facilities at other, larger schools. training program offers the university’s mod- helping build it into a success. This is a and with the medical treat- —JOSH YONKER internships for graduate stu- ern languages program wonderful recognition of that.” ment of Lamar’s athletes.” dents to obtain their state —in the courses he has Rivers has taught beginning French, “ BRIAN SATTLER taught, the leadership ”senior-level phonetics and every course in In addition to providing medical care, injury evaluation and license by providing opportunities for hands-on training in injury support to the LU athletic training staff, the Institute was in con- evaluation, therapeutic rehabilitation and basic first-aid. ncampusandbeyond,Kenneth he has provided, the scholarship he has between. He has advised, guided and sultation with Yonker and involved in the research to determine “The Beaumont Bone & Joint Institute is very proud and Riversworkstobroadenhisstu- conducted, the relations he has cultivated taught thousands of students—entirely in the type of equipment needed at the sports complex. The happy to support Lamar University and the athletic program. We dents’ horizons.Overmorethan and, in big ways and small, the students French—employing video clips, movies, ” twodecadesatLamarUniversity, he has educated,” said Stephen Doblin, language labs and the Internet to empha- hydrotherapy pools and rehabilitative equipment selected for the recognize the importance and the impact of Lamar to Beaumont he’sbroughtglobalperspectivetohiscourses,dis-O provost and vice president for academic size the cultural context of language as sports medicine treatment center are used by many National and the entire area,” Thorpe said. “We feel that bringing back Football League teams and National Basketball Association football will upgrade every aspect of Lamar University and playing aflairforteachingthatearnshimhigh affairs. well as the people, history and institu- franchises. especially enhance student life on campus.”—LA marks. During a ceremony April 21, tions of the French-speaking world. “Our sports medicine clinic will be one of the best facilities “I have tried to bring the world to President James Simmons conferred the Rivers holds three degrees in in the conference and will rival the facilities at other, larger my classroom. And, during numerous medallion of University Professor, pre- French, including a doctor of philosophy,

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 10 | CARDINALCADENCE 38:2 JULY 2010 JULY 2010 38:2 CARDINAL CADENCE | 11 from the University of Four LU faculty members earn 2010 University Merit Awards California at Berkeley and has taught at the college Lamar University honored four faculty members with 2010 University Merit Awards in recognition of scholarship, service, level for 36 years. He was classroom performance and interaction with students. honored as Lamar’s 2005 Distinguished Faculty RICHARD GACHOT, assistant THOMAS THOMPSON, assistant Team spirit Lecturer, making his presen- professor of interior design. professor of finance. tation on “The Meaning of Master of arts in architectural Ph.D. , University of Texas at 1960-61 Cardinals, coaches remember a history, University of Texas, Arlington; master of science in the Movies: 100 Years of where he is completing doctor administration, George Shirley and Jack Martin history-making season on the court Cinema in the U.S. and of philosophy in architectural Washington University; bache- Around the World.” In history; master of architecture, lor of business administration, heirseasongotofftoalacklusterstart,but gram.” and I really appreciated his contributions to 1997, Rivers earned the Columbia University; bachelor University of Texas at Austin the1960-61Cardinalbasketballteam“just Indeed, it was. The Cardinals were the team.” College of Arts and of science, Denison University, Columbus, Ohio...... areas of expertise include investments, security seemedtogetbetterandbetter,”saidtheir Lone Star co-champions in each of the next In the Cardinals’ season finale—a 97- Sciences’ Excellence in studied in Paris at the Sorbonne and Paris School of analysis and portfolio management . . . stresses coach,thelegendaryJackMartin.With two seasons, and they won the inaugural 71 victory over Howard Payne, played Architecture . . .program director of interior design social, environmental and ethical issues through the Teaching Award. As a recipi- Martinandhisfirst-yearassistant,BillyTubbs’58,attheT Southland Conference championship out- before a then McDonald Gym record of in Department of Family and Consumer Sciences use of case analyses and challenges students to eval- ent of an LU Research . . . organized and led study-abroad trips to New uate financial implications surrounding local issues helm,thehighlycompetitiveCardsturnedthingsaround right in 1963-1964. At the end of that 3,400 fans—Barrum scored a career-high Enhancement Grant, he York and Paris, emphasizing architecture and design . . . known for leading Student Managed tobecomethefirstteaminLamarUniversityhistoryto decade, the 1968-1969 Cardinals enjoyed 32 points. traveled this summer to . . . supervised a student in the design of a “green” Investment Fund, a $250,000 portfolio held by the winaconferencechampionship. their best season to date by winning their “Barrum was an excellent ball-handler , where his itinerary concept car . . . spearheading efforts to receive Lamar University Foundation. Under his eye, stu- After beginning the season with a 9-8 first 15 games and going 20-4 over all. and a very good guard,” said Martin. “He included the Cannes Film Council of Interior Design accreditation . . . dents manage this fund and acquire the experience record, they won their final 10 games to go Led by Johnston, Aaron and Barrum, had a knack for taking the ball to the basket Festival where he was a cre- involved off campus in the Beaumont Main Street of professional money managers . . . advisor to 12-2 in the Lone Star Conference and set a the 1960-61 Cardinals opened their season and scoring.” and Envision Beaumont. Lamar’s Finance Association. dentialed visitor in 2003. standard of excellence for future Lamar with a 65-53 home win over Rice, beat The biggest role players for the Rivers is faculty spon- “New course technologies, oral histories, case studies, com- “Dr. Thompson has impressed us as a good teacher and teams. The players and coaches gathered Northeast Louisiana three times and played Cardinals that season were Godfrey, Davis, sor of the French Circle, the puter imaging and a relentless emphasis on creativity excellent researcher, with service that far exceeds the Feb. 26-27 to reminisce about those glory competitive road games against perennially Newman and Augsburger. French Film Festival and have contributed greatly to his instructional successes.” – expectations of an assistant professor.” – HENRY days during Lamar’s annual Basketball tough Western Kentucky and Houston “While Wayne couldn’t stand it if he Lamar’s chapter of Pi Delta STEPHEN DOBLIN, provost and vice president for aca- VENTA, dean, College of Business. Players Reunion Weekend. before opening LSC play with an 80-58 didn’t have a good night, Guy Davis was a demic affairs. Phi French honor society. Martin, who celebrated his 87th birth- romp over Texas A&I. In their next-to-last low-key sort of fellow but a very depend- QIANG XU, assistant professor of He served as president of day last August, made the trip from his conference game, the Cardinals set a then able and steady guard,” said Martin. “He SANDRA RICHARDSON, assistant chemical engineering. the East Texas chapter of the retirement home in San Antonio to attend, school record with 110 points in a 39-point was the opposite of Wayne. Wayne was professor of professional pedagogy Ph.D. in chemical engineering, American Association of and mathematics. master’s and bachelor’s degrees and Tubbs, now Lamar’s special assis- whipping of Sul Ross State. wired and raring to go, and Guy was always Teachers of French. Rivers Ph.D. and M.A., Purdue in environmental engineering tant/consultant to the president, also joined “Johnny was the first big-time post reserved. He never got excited about his edited and published the University, B.S., Dillard and chemical engineering, in the activities. Seven of the eight 1960-61 player we had,” said Martin. “Aaron went in game, but we could always count on him third edition of A Survey of University . . . teaches mathe- Tsinghua University, Beijing, players—Wayne Aaron ’61, James Barrum cycles. He was a team-first type of player. for good, defensive play. French Literature, a literary matics in College of Arts and China . . . uses a variety of inno- ’62, Guy Davis ’62, Dale Godfrey ’61, Jerry He pushed everyone. He would fuss at “It was a wonderful thrill to me to anthology in five volumes Sciences and professional peda- vative techniques in courses, including software Cammack ’62, Larry Augsburger ’63 and Johnny if he didn’t think Johnny was get- have the opportunity to coach those young gogy in College of Education and Human demonstrations, online materials, group projects described as “a standard for Wesley Newman -62 attended. Only ting enough rebounds. men. They were good, competitive players, Development—disciplines joined by her interest in and his own research . . . principal or co-principal the discipline.” He also pub- but they were good students, too. I really math education . . . developed a capstone course in investigator on 18 funded projects, resulting in Johnny Johnston ’61 was absent, because of “If something wasn’t going just right lished Transmutations: mathematics for those seeking secondary teacher more than $1 million from the National Science an illness in his family. for us, Wayne would really push the other appreciated being around them because of Understanding Literary and certification and two courses in Academic Foundation, U.S. Department of Defense and lead- “We had a great mixture of players players to get things straightened out and their collective attitude. They had good Pictorial Caricature, the first Partnership program that enables educators to study ing petrochemical companies . . . member (by invi- who just seemed to get better and better as to focus on winning. He was a great leader, senses of humor, but when it got down to academic study of how cari- online and earn master’s degrees in administration tation) of National Science Foundation panel that that season progressed,” said Martin, winning a ball game, they catures function in literature and teacher leadership . . . founded and directed reviewed grant proposals . . . active in Lamar’s still the winningest coach in Lamar would really get after it.”— Lamar Achievement in Mathematics Program American Institute of Chemical Engineering student and visual art. He is under history with a 335-283 record over RW Enrichment Camp and co-chairs Mathfest and chapter and the Chinese Student Association. contract to produce a three- 25 seasons. “It meant a lot Celebration of Teaching . . . has successfully volume anthology of works “Dr. Xu’s research activity has been exceptional; his pub- authored or co-authored grants totaling almost $1.3 to our program to get that first by French playwright lication record is extremely impressive. His commitment million . . . 2009 Advisor of the Year, Texas State championship. to service is significant not only at Lamar but at the Moliere. —LW Teachers Association. “It was extremely difficult in Back row: Jack Martin, Larry national level.” – JACK HOPPER, dean, College of those days to win road games in our Augsburger, Dale Godfrey, Wesley “She challenged me in the way few professors have ever Engineering. Newman, space left for Johnny conference, but those guys stuck challenged me.” – STUDENT EVALUATION Johnston, who was unable to together and battled their way to attend; Billy Tubbs “Dr. Richardson plays an important role in recruiting some tough road wins. That season Front row: team manager Dan more teachers because of her teaching strengths and Shaddock, James Barrum, Jerry was a jump start for the rest of our pro- enthusiasm for her subject.” – HOLLIS LOWERY- Cammack, Guy Davis, Wayne Aaron MOORE, dean, College of Education and Human ////////////////////////////////////////////////// Development. 12 | CARDINALCADENCE 38:2 JULY 2010 JULY 2010 38:2 CARDINAL CADENCE | 13 on campus on campus

LU posts McCall named TSUS chancellor Nearly 1,500 degrees awarded all-time record On April 20, 2010, the Board of Regents of The Texas State University Lamar University conferred nearly 1,500 degrees during spring com- System named Brian McCall of Plano as chancellor of the seven-institution, mencement ceremonies May 15 in the Montagne Center. Because of the enrollment 99-year old system, the oldest university system in Texas. large number of graduates and growth at the university, Lamar conducted With a total headcount of 14,054 McCall has been president of the Dallas-based Westminster Capital two ceremonies for the second time in its history. The first was in for the spring 2010 semester, the Corp. since 2000 and a member of the Texas House of Representatives December 2009. university has set a new record not since 1991 where he has held several key posts, including chairman of the State Senator Tommy Williams, R-The Woodlands, addressed gradu- only for its highest spring enroll- Committee on Calendars, member of the Committee on Higher Education, ates in both ceremonies—at 9:30 a.m. for the Colleges of Arts and ment, but also for the largest enroll- BRIAN MCCALL and member of the Legislative Budget Board. Sciences, Business and Engineering and at 2:30 p.m. for graduates in the ment in the university’s history. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from , a Master of Colleges of Education and Human Development, Fine Arts and Traditionally, fall enrollments Liberal Arts from Southern Methodist University, and a Doctor of Philosophy in the Humanities, Communication and General Studies. are higher than those in the spring, Aesthetics, from the University of Texas-Dallas. Additionally, he was a visiting post-graduate student in Graduates hail from 15 countries, 17 states outside Texas and 263 but continued growth in Lamar’s international politics at Oxford University. cities and towns in Texas. Lamar conferred a record 17 doctorates, 826 non-traditional online programs He is the author of Power and the Texas Governor: Connally to Bush, published by the University of master’s degrees and 676 bachelor’s degrees. appears to have altered that pattern. Texas Press in 2009. May 2010 doctoral graduates in educational leadership Fall 2009 enrollment was 13,994. Headcount is up 4.22 percent over last spring, when 13,485 stu- dents were enrolled. Students are TEA commends principal education program MBA students Engineering students enrolled for 133,754 semester cred- Evaluators from the Texas Education Agency all five primary areas of evaluation: commitment join elite win big in space it hours, an increase of 5.26 percent recently presented their final report following a and collaboration, admission criteria, curriculum, over last spring (127,066). review of Lamar University’s master’s-level prin- program delivery and on-going support, and pro- international design challenge Enrollment in Lamar’s online cipal education program. The team found the gram evaluation. competition A team of mechanical engineering students won Academic Partnership master’s in university in compliance in each of the five areas In addition, under area of curriculum, the multiple awards including Top Design Team/Best Four, four-member teams of MBA stu- education programs remains strong of review and commended the university for the team issued the following commendation: Overall and Forum Favorite at a recent showcase dents competed against 24 other elite and is up about 1.5 percent with quality of its curriculum, officials said. “Lamar University’s Principal Program is to be for the Texas Space Grant Consortium Design teams from schools across the U.S. and 4,000 graduate students. Lamar offers the M.Ed. in Educational commended for providing a comprehensive, Challenge near NASA’s Johnson Space Center. The around the world to solve a real-life sus- A slack economy aids retention Leadership both on campus and online through research-based instructional program. It is techni- Lamar Launderers team designed a washing tainability challenge presented during the and promotes higher education as a its partnership with Higher Ed Holdings. The cally appropriate for distance learning.” machine to use in space that requires very little first round of the Aspen Institute’s 2010 career strategy, said Kevin Smith, team found Lamar’s program in compliance with water and about one third of the energy needed senior associate provost at Lamar. Business & Society International MBA for a traditional washing machine. “With the Other highlights in the tally Case Competition in April. The teams had amount of conserved energy, we could probably include 13 percent growth in the 72 hours to prepare a paper and presenta- sell it to a commercialized industry as well,” said College of Engineering. The Construction management courses go online tion addressing a challenge faced by a large team member Justin Coletta of Houston. Other College of Fine Arts and global conglomerate. Members of the team members are David Cutler II and Timothy Construction management students will soon Communication grew more than College of Business Board of Advisors and Stephens, both of Beaumont. Their faculty advi- be able to obtain at least 90 percent of their 12 percent. Lamar’s College of Arts representatives of area businesses judged sors are Ken Aung and Jenny Zhou, associate profes- degree requirements online. and Sciences gained 6.5 percent. the LU effort. The winning team was sors of mechanical engineering at Lamar. The team Two initial course offerings, introduction Tessa Elizondo Tony Hussey The College of Education and of Port Arthur, also was honored with Best Model, Best Paper, to construction management and commercial Calandre Carr Dan Human Development is now of Lumberton, and and Best Oral Presentation, Best Poster, Best Patch, construction, will be available to students Williams Lamar’s largest college in terms of , both of Beaumont. Other pro- Best Photo Documentation and Best online for the fall 2010 semester. Two addi- majors with more than 5,000 stu- grams represented in the competition Collaboration for working with nine businesses for tional classes will be offered online each semes- dents pursuing degrees in educa- include teams from Dartmouth College, financial support and mentoring. ter until the majority of the 19 construction tion. The university’s fastest-grow- University of Pennsylvania, New York management core courses are available. ing traditional program was its University, Northwestern University and “The purpose is to expand the program master’s in business administration, MBA programs in Canada, Finland, so that more non-traditional students can have up 45 percent over a year ago. and Venezuela. “This was an opportunity Students build vacuum system, access,” said Steve McCrary, director of the This growth places Lamar to give our students some of the hands-on Reese Construction Management Program. clean room for assembly University in an excellent position experience that the classroom can’t give “Many of our construction management stu- Earth and space science majors enrolled in the course space vacuum physics and under the direction entering the base counting period them,” said Brad Mayer, College of dents are working in the construction field and of department chair Jim Jordan created a “clean room” environment. The students built a vacuum for the next legislative session, Business associate dean. need the flexibility online courses provide.” system to house a highly sensitive quadropole mass spectrometer and other devices designed to Smith said. That counting period More information is available by contacting operate in a vacuum. Commercially available clean rooms used in industry and research can cost up begins this summer. program director Steve McCrary at (409) Steve McCrary to $1 million. The clean room designed on the same principles but constructed of commonly avail- and students 880-8916 or [email protected]. able materials is achieving measurements of air purity on parity with these systems, Jordan said.

14 | CARDINALCADENCE 38:2 JULY 2010 JULY 2010 38:2 CARDINAL CADENCE | 15 on campus on campus Faculty notes Student projects Wright provides insights in OKC bombing documentary | MSNBC con- of the bombing took place and where a make history day sulted scholar Stuart Wright, professor of sociology and director of similar plot was planned but foiled 10 years The Department of History hosted Texas History Day Feb. 25, research in Lamar’s Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, as earlier,” Wright said . . . Honors students attracting students from high schools and middle schools across part of a television documentary commemorating the 15th anniversary honor Zani | Honors Program students Southeast Texas to activities with the theme of “Innovation in of the Oklahoma City bombing, which claimed 168 lives and injured voted Steven Zani as the 2010 Honors History.” “National History Day reinforces classroom teaching by 680 on April 19, 1995. Professor of the Year. rewarding students for their scholarship, individual initiative and “The McVeigh Tapes: Confessions of an “I am more proud of this award than cooperative learning,” Mary Kelley Scheer, associate professor of American Terrorist” premiered April 19 on any other award I could receive on campus, history and event coordinator, said. MSNBC. because it is voted for by the honors stu- STEVEN ZANI Wright is known internationally as an dents,” said Zani. He teaches honors classes authority on religious and political move- and has served on the honors council for five years. ments and violence. He has been a consult- “The program itself is thriving; it’s got extraordinary students, it’s STARS launches Summer ant, legal advisor or expert witness in high- a great opportunity for faculty to create classes that deal with interest- From left, Cindy Colichia, Delores Black, Valarie Black and Julie Alford profile litigation such as the McVeigh crimi- ing subjects and pushes the students in new directions,” said Zani, Intensive Program 2010 nal trial and Branch Davidian civil trial. who is also chair of the Department of English and Modern STUART WRIGHT Student Advising and Retention Services (STARS) increase stu- MSNBC contacted Wright last November Languages . . . Liu first to receive NSF Distinguished Staff Awards dents’ success during its Summer Intensive Program. The program after the producer read his 2007 book, Patriots, Politics and the award | Jane Liu, assistant professor of recognize service is grant-funded through the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Oklahoma City Bombing. The network flew him to New York where computer science, has won a presti- Board, with Lamar being one of only three schools to receive the he spent four hours being interviewed in the MSNBC studio at gious $400,000 National Science Five Lamar University employees earned Distinguished Staff Awards at Julie Alford grant, said Shannon Tait, grant manager for summer programs. Rockefeller Plaza. Foundation Faculty Early Career Lamar’s annual staff recognition program April 15: of The June 3-July 8 program offers second-year college students “It was intense but exciting,” Wright said. “The interview covered Development award. She is the first Orange, senior academic advisor in the Center for General Studies; Delores Black help in mastering their reading and writing skills, ultimately bol- a range of topics about the development of the insurgency leading up Lamar faculty member to receive this , Vidor, senior administrative associate in the Department Valarie Black stering their chances for success in ENGL 1301 and beyond. to the bombing. I talked about McVeigh’s links to the Patriot and national recognition, which acknowl- of Music; , Beaumont, Setzer Student Center’s assistant Cindy Colichia Targeting first-generation, low-income students, the program militia movements, the planning of the bombing and the network of edges junior faculty who exemplify the director for student organizations; , administrative coordi- provides academic support through reading and writing seminars, insurgents that helped him carry out the bombing.” role of teacher-scholars through out- nator at the Texas Academy of Leadership in the Humanities, and Sherri Shoefstall learning communities, group and individual tutoring, weekly din- Wright contends in his book that the characterization of McVeigh standing research, excellent education , director of the STARS program, both of Nederland. ner workshops and cultural trips. as a “lone-wolf ” terrorist is inaccurate and that McVeigh was part of a and the integration of education and social network of movement actors. “I carefully document his contacts research within the context of the with other terrorist cells, his ties to Elohim City, where the planning JANE LIU mission of their organizations. INSPIRED academies motivate students Lamar University’s INSPIRED team hosted of Lamar comput- computing academies for middle school stu- ing undergraduates dents this summer. INSPIRED—Increasing to perform research Student Participation In Research and outreach under Development—is supported by a National the direction of Science Foundation Broadening Participation Lamar computer in computing grant and grants from science faculty. The ExxonMobil. middle school Because the U. S. Bureau academies John Eveland ’81, Richard Eveland, of Labor Statistics predicts are part President James Simmons, Doris that computing careers are of the Eveland, Dr. Kenneth Eveland ’68 The students learned to program among the fastest growing INSPIRED outreach activities. Panoramic photo memorializes Eveland and Thomas Eveland ’71 IntelliBrainBots using Java to navigate a in this country, the INSPIRED undergraduates maze, Doerschuk said. They also learned to Lamar University recently honored the mem- graph produced by Richard Ashmore, a Department of Geology) decided to memori- INSPIRED mission is to prepare the instructional materi- create simple animations and to create their ory of Professor Emeritus H.E. “Ed” Lamar alumnus, geology instructor and alize Eveland for his dedicated service to increase the number of U. als, organize the event and teach own web page. Guest speakers spoke to stu- Eveland, founder of the Department of award-winning photographer. Lamar, its students and the geological com- S. women and minorities the children under the direction dents about computing careers in different Geology. Eveland served as chairman of the The new photographic work, entitled munity. The specific choice of the large who earn computing degrees of faculty mentors, said Peggy fields, such as medicine, business and engi- department from its conception in 1951 “The Window, 2009,” is displayed on the panoramic photograph by Ashmore was a to help meet the demand for Doerschuk, professor of computer neering, and students learned how to prepare until his retirement in 1983. first floor of the Geology Building. scene from the Chios Mountains of Big Bend computing professionals in today’s science and director of the program. for college. Faculty, friends and family joined After Eveland’s death in May 2009, his National Park to capture Eveland’s passion high-tech society. Forty-four students from eleven area together for the March 25 unveiling of a family and faculty of the Department of for the study and teaching of geology. INSPIRED provides support for teams schools participated in the latest academies. commissioned, 9-foot panoramic photo- Earth and Space Science (formally the

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At the podium Tadmor to lecture on force Animation authority in Government and Public Service, in collaboration with the and motion Oct. 11 Regional Alcohol and Drug Abuse Advisory Coalition, hosted the Lamar University has honored Rafael Tadmor, an associate profes- Asbury shares conference. sor in the Dan F. Smith Department of Chemical Engineering, as success strategies the Distinguished Faculty Lecturer for 2010. Force and Motion: From Ancient Egypt to Lamar University will be the topic of his Cinematic talent Kelly Asbury -80 Engineering wel- RAFAEL TADMOR was on campus March 19, sharing comes Lubrizol exec lecture, sponsored by ExxonMobil, to be presented at 7:30 p.m. his experiences with students. Oct. 11 in the University Theatre. The lecture will survey the concept of force from Larry Norwood Christine Zabala, Jasmine Banks and Paul Rizk Asbury attributed his success to his ’73 worked his way antiquity through a ground-breaking 2009 Lamar discovery that prompted articles in Lamar art teacher, the late Jerry through process engineering, pro- journals around the world. The lecture will be open to the public without charge. Newman, for the advice and direc- duction and technology in the ’70s Ambassadors expand tion that helped him secure a spot and ’80s at several Lubrizol at the Art Institute of California. KELLY ASBURY Additives’ facilities before being to 36 students named vice president of operations Among Asbury’s film credits are The Lamar Ambassadors Program has been for the company in 2004. In 2008, LARRY NORWOOD Oscar-nominated films Shrek 2 and Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron. expanded to meet the demands of the growing he became corporate vice president During his career, he has served as an artist on many films, including university. Twenty-nine students were recently for operations. Norwood spoke to engineering students recently as Shrek, Toy Story, Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, Beauty selected to serve as Ambassadors and will join the All College of Engineering lecturer. He is a College of and the Beast and Little Mermaid. He is currently directing a new ani- seven returning Ambassadors in representing the Engineering Advisory Council member. mated film Gnomeo and Juliet. student body at official university events during the 2010-2011 academic year. Business hosts Sigma Xi science society hosts “Lamar University is fortunate to have many ExxonMobil Scholars lecture on Texas beachings alumni and friends who are dedicated to supporting the goals of our university,” said President James From left: Stephanie Smith, Alicia Bodin, Stormy Strickland, James Watkins, Christi Grudier, Shannon Copeland in Residence Sigma XI, the Lamar University chapter of the Scientific Research Simmons. “The Ambassadors are excellent represen- Society, hosted Errol Ronje of the Texas Marine Mammal Stranding tatives of the students who benefit from the support The College of Business hosted busi- Network in a lecture March 26. of these loyal friends.” ness ethics experts O.C. and Linda College Panhellenic Council helps Ronje discussed the kinds of cetaceans that strand on southeast Ambassadors serve Lamar University by assist- Ferrell as ExxonMobil Scholars in Texas beaches and what individuals should do if they find one. Ronje ing in recruiting qualified prospective students, individuals with disabilities Residence April 15. is a field coordinator for the Texas Marine Mammal Stranding building goodwill among alumni and community The College Panhellenic Council raised money and volunteered at the Annual O.C. Ferrell is professor of mar- Network, which is dedicated to the conservation of marine mammals supporters at various public functions, and repre- Stars of the Arc Celebrity Style Show and Dinner, which is one of the main fundraising keting, Bill Daniels Professor of through rescue and rehabilitation, research and education. The net- senting the student body to visiting dignitaries. events for the Arc of Greater Beaumont, a non-profit organization dedicated to improv- Business Ethics and Creative O.C. FERRELL work’s state office is in Galveston, and its operations are divided into “Being a Lamar University Ambassador is ing the lives of adults and children with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Enterprise Scholar at the University of the Sabine Pass, Galveston, Port Aransas, Corpus Christi and South both an honor and a great responsibility,” Joia Southeast Texas. New Mexico. He also is editor of e-businessethics.com. Often a Padre Island regions, as well as a program in western Louisiana. Bush, Houston, nursing, president said. “Our goal The College Panhellenic Council, which includes Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Chi source for news media, he has been quoted in USA Today and inter- is to ensure that visitors to Lamar University Omega and Zeta Tau Alpha sororities, conducts a community service project each viewed on the NBC Today Show on understand the tremendous impact of their semester and chose to raise money for the Arc. “Members of the Greek community topics related to business ethics and Hands across the sea support and that they feel welcome when they at Lamar University are very dedicated to serving the community, and this is just an social responsibility. Linda Ferrell is The Kappa Kappa Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor visit our university.” example of the many philanthropic activities that they conduct each year,” said Shannon associate professor of marketing, Bill Society of Nursing welcomed international speaker Ulla Peterson of More information about the program is Copeland, College Panhellenic Council advisor. Daniels Professor of Business Ethics, Sweden as keynote speaker for the Annual Nursing Research available by calling the Office of Alumni Affairs The College Panhellenic Council raised more than $500 to donate to the Arc through and Albert & Mary Jane Black Conference. Peterson’s presentation on “Burn out of health care at (409) 880-8921. various fundraisers on campus. Members volunteered at the Annual Stars of the Arc Professor of Economic Development workers” addressed challenges common to health care workers on Celebrity Style Show and Dinner on May 14, helping 70 individuals with disabilities. at the University of New Mexico. both sides of the Atlantic. She is an ethics content expert for the Peterson is currently researching the elderly and reminiscence. AACSB Ethics Educational Resource Her visit to Texas to consult with Cindy Stinson ’75, ‘80, LU nurs- Center and has spoken at a number ing faculty, about research for Stinson’s In partnership with local of AACSB International conferences dissertation became an opportunity to LINDA FERRELL city and community on teaching business ethics issues. make the conference on “Health Care organizations, Lamar Challenges in a Global Society” an University has produced Brooks Conference attracts area leaders international event. a wall mural by artist Bill Conference sponsors are the Anderson that depicts The 2010 Brooks conference brought Southeast Texas leaders and Joanne Gay Dishman Department of the Golden Triangle area more than 30 prominent speakers together on campus March 25 for Nursing, Christus St. Elizabeth for the Southeast Texas a day-long series of programs on topics ranging from substance Hospital and Memorial-Herman Baptist Regional Airport. abuse to public administration and policy. Lamar’s Jack Brooks Chair Hospitals. It serves the dual purpose of CINDY STINSON, ULLA PETERSONA

18 | CARDINALCADENCE 38:2 JULY 2010 JULY 2010 38:2 CARDINAL CADENCE | 19 on campus on campus Engineering students honored Beyond the classroom Students take at IEEE competition Students take first at conference. Among 11 university teams from encompassing Texas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and research on Four seniors in the Phillip M. Drayer Department of Electrical Engineering were across Texas, the Lamar team shared first place with Texas State Arkansas. The win qualified Unrated to compete in the NCCS honored April 17 for excellence for their winning design papers in a recent com- University when they gathered at Texas A&M University April 9-10 National Tournament for the first time in Lamar history . . . the road petition sponsored by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), to participate in the third annual Model Arab League conference, a Nursing students win ‘Brain Bowl.’ Senior nursing students won top Ben Griggs, a 2008-2009 the world’s largest professional association for the advancement of technology. student leadership development program hosted by the Bush honors in the “Brain Bowl” contest at the February Texas Nursing McNair Scholar and senior Garret LaBove of Beaumont won first place in the undergraduate student School of Government and Public Service. The Lamar team dele- Students’ Association convention in San Antonio. Winning the political science and French paper competition for his design of a fault current limiter with smart grid tech- gates were: Bryce Romero, Wesley Howard, Saif Quraishi, Jason Riley, competition by 200 points more than the nearest competitor, the BEN GRIGGS double major, presented his nology that could be used in electrical transmission networks to address electrical all of Beaumont; Matthew Rager, Fort students from the research, “How surges more efficiently than mechanical devices used today. Worth; Nathan Landolt, Vidor; Sierra JoAnne Gay Dishman Enlightenment Literature Influenced the French The team of Aaron Brown of Sour Lake, Roman Reyes of Port Arthur and Grigsby, Houston; Rebecka Gage, Hill Department of Revolution of 1789,” at the University of Houston- Michael Ward of Beaumont won second place in a competition co-sponsored by Top Lake; Nick Ellis, Hutto; Josh Gage, Nursing competed Clear Lake’s 16th Annual Student Conference for IEEE Region 5 and the Center for Commercialization of Electric Technologies. Hill Top Lake; and Catherine Garmon, against 15 other teams Research and Creative Arts April 22. He will study They designed a direct current electrical system powered by solar panels for Vernon. The Lamar team took home from 13 colleges and international affairs at the University of Liverpool this home use to store energy in a battery. “If you put this in your house, you would six individual delegate awards and universities across summer as a McNair Scholar. save money on your electric bill because there’s a wide variety of things in your won joint first place overall, defeating Texas, including the Math students present research in Utah. Nick house that run off DC,” Reyes said. nine other teams . . . Intramural team University of Texas at Duplan of Port Neches; Cindy Hall, Freeport; Jessica makes history. Lamar’s Unrated, a Austin and Texas Tech Nguyen and Cynthia Willis, Batson, presented their four-time defending intramural bas- University. Winning research in mathematics, under the direction of Kumer ketball women’s champion team, won team members are Kyle Das, assistant professor of mathematics, at the 2010 Top students earn named awards the 2010 National Campus Addcox and Mason Center of Undergraduate Research in Mathematics in Lamar University honored three students April 12 for their exceptional service at Championship Series (NCCS) Weems, Beaumont; Provo, Utah. “Not only did we present our research at the 2010 Toast to Leadership Awards Program. Regional Tournament, hosted by Savanna Benson and the CURM conference,” Batson said, “we watched Georgia Gilzow of Bay City, a double-major in mechanical engineering and University of Texas at San Antonio. Grant Snyder, Port other student presentations and learned about topics physics with a minor in space science, earned the Bess Gentry Award, recogniz- Unrated beat seven teams in the tour- Neches; Jared Boynton, we otherwise would not have been introduced to. ing her as outstanding senior woman. She is an engineer with L-3 nament and then University of North Orange; Ashley Laverne Furthermore, professors and students from all over the Communications. Ritchie Acosta of Houston, a civil engineering major, earned Texas in the championship game 35- Team Unrated won the 2010 National Campus Championship series and Gregory Watson, United States attended the conference and it was a real the C. Robert Kemble Award as outstanding senior man. He plans to pursue a 31. Twenty-four teams competed in this regional tournament, Groves; Lindsey Street, Dayton; and Mallory Zittle, La Marque. joy to meet and learn about them,” she said. master’s degree in structural engineering. Bethany Aiena of Sour Lake, a psychol- ogy major with a biology minor, received the Ann Shaw Award in recognition of exemplary student leadership. She plans to pursue a Ph.D. in clinical psychology. Freddie Titus, instructor and director of developmental studies, was named facul- Vehicle gets 1,215 miles per ty member of the year, and Valarie Black, assistant director for student organiza- Students form tions, was named staff member of the year. A team of senior mechanical engineering students achieved a fuel- organization to efficiency equivalent to 1,215 miles per gallon at the March Shell Eco-Marathon in Houston with an ultra-light vehicle they benefit Hispanic Teaching majors share skills with designed and built. More than 40 teams from across the country competed. engineering students Pietzsch-MacArthur The students placed third in their category and 10th overall Members of the Society of Hispanic Professional Teacher education majors are sharing their love of reading, writing and teaching with their car, nicknamed Kardinalstein, which is powered by Engineers, a new student organization at Lamar with students at Pietzsch-MacArthur Elementary School in Beaumont. The a 1,000-watt hydrogen fuel cell. The competition challenges stu- University, won three awards for their academic Literacy Block program is a reading program that pairs upperclassmen in the dents to build the most fuel-efficient vehicle possible. achievements and dedication to the organization at the teacher education program with elementary-age students in a unique one-on-one “Originally we started out with an aluminum tube frame car. recent Region 5 Development Leadership Conference reading program designed to bolster the reading and writing skills of the elemen- Trying to lighten the load as much as we possibly could, we chose in Fort Worth. tary students and the teaching skills of the college students. to step in another direction and make the car out of carbon fiber,” The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers “The feedback we get from our teacher education students is amazing,” said Dustin Dixon of Buna, team leader. “We were trying to see if chapter came to campus last fall through the work of said Stacey Bumstead, an instructor in the Department of Professional Pedagogy. we could make something that’s never been done before.” junior civil engineering major Maricela Guerrero of “They take the theories they learned in the classroom and apply them to the Other team members are Mark Barber of Pilot Point; Hamshire, who serves as chapter president. At the reading and writing difficulties the children are experiencing. They get so excited Jonathen Barberena of Houston, driver; Matt Fitzgerald of March 26-28 conference, Miguel Valdez, sophomore when they actually get to see how those skills translate to a classroom setting.” Kountze; Bryan Garza of Baytown; Kendall Harris of Bridge mechanical engineering major from Houston, earned City; Michael O’Bannion of Beaumont; Boramy Seang of honors for Outstanding Academics. Guerrero won Houston, reserve driver; and Josh Walton of Humble.The group’s Dedicated Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers faculty adviser is Kendrick Aung, associate professor of mechani- Spirit Member. The chapter took home the Region 5 cal engineering. The team also got helpful advice from Lamar Membership Point System Award. alumnus and composites pioneer Andrew Green.

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smostLamarUniversitystudentsdeservedlysettle “It appears that we have students from almost corps style, which allows for any type of music, such as pop, clas-

intoaslower,morerelaxedroutineforthehot every Southeast Texas high school in the band, so it sical and traditional. Formations may be pictures, shapes or lines. CHEER UNIFORM DANCE UNIFORM SoutheastTexassummer,oneselectgroupisshifting really will be the ‘Showcase of Southeast Texas,’ “The corps-style show can be anything from Journey to intohighgeartoprepareforitsdebutthisfall.The which is the slogan the students themselves selected Mahler, you never know,” said Kara Phillips ’09, graduate assistant first night is going to feel like.” LUMarchingBand,nicknamed“TheShowcaseofSoutheastA and voted on.” of bands. “In fact, for the first home game, we are planning a After almost 14 years as artistic director of the Lamar Spirit Texas,”willspendswelteringsummerafternoonspracticing In addition to recruiting students, Deppe has Journey tribute. We think it will be very popular. Team, which performs at LU basketball games and in the commu- marching stylesandlearningnewmusic. hired a director of athletic bands. Ryan Smith, a gradu- Phillips and Kerry Coleman, Lamar music graduates, will nity, Griner has branched out to oversee spirit programs for the Scott Deppe, Lamar’s director of bands, was ate of Stephen F.Austin State University,takes charge gain valuable experience this fall as graduate assistants to Lamar’s return of football. hired almost two years ago to form the marching of the marching band and the pep band Aug. 1. band program. In addition to attending classes, they will conduct, “I feel the excitement in the community,” she said. “I can feel band in preparation for the return of “We’re lucky to have Ryan join our staff,” said teach, prepare music, inventory instruments and help with march- the intensity building. We have about 200 student employees at football to Lamar. Deppe. “He brings a wealth of talent and energy to ing band rehearsals. the rec center, and the buzz is starting to really happen. When “It’s been a lot of the position. He’s going to be the true lifeblood of the Auditions will take place this summer for drum majors, students come in for auditions, they are excited, and I can feel recruiting, and a lot of hard marching band.” twirlers and colorguard members. The plan is to appoint as many that. I get chill bumps when I talk to people about it.” work, but I’m pleased with Travis Fife, director of marching percussion, as three drum majors. Twirlers and the colorguard will add dynam- Setting the stage for pre-game and half-time performances, how well it’s all coming rounds out the marching band team. Fife is in ic visual elements to the band’s performance. The colorguard will Griner described the spectacle of the Dance Team of 27 members together,” Deppe said. charge of the drum line. He will score and arrange use flags, sabres and rifles. and Cheer Squad of 19 members as they join the marching band to all of its music. To prepare for their performances, students are required to intensify the gridiron experience. Before the game, the Dance Team The LU Marching Band will perform at every attend marching band camp. “It’s going to be intense,” said Phillips. will don traditional costumes—skirts, jackets, hats and boots—for a home game and select away games beginning with “We’re going to have students from all different backgrounds and Kilgore Rangerettes-type performance. For halftime, they’ll change their debut Saturday, Sept. 4, at McNeese State in playing levels, and by the end of the week, they’ll need to conform into jazz pants and tops for a contemporary show. Lake Charles, La. The home opening game will be and work as a unit. The camp will teach marching fundamentals, Griner’s team includes Kristyn Henderson ’07, cheer and Saturday, Sept. 11, when Lamar takes on Webber military and corps styles, and the music for our shows.” mascot coordinator, and Brixey Blankenship ’06, Dance Team International University from Florida. All the preparation and practice paves the way for a heart- coach. Both are Spirit Team alumni. Joining them are assistants Football fans are in for a real treat and some fun pounding return of the LU band tradition for the first time in Danese Fondren, Danri Fondren ’08 and Amber Bell. They surprises when the LU Marching Band takes more than 20 years as these students take W.S. “Bud” Leonard planned to finalize the two groups after June auditions before the the field. Before each home game, the band Field with rhythm and true Cardinal style.—SF final countdown begins for show time Sept. 11.—LW will march from the music department’s home in Brooks-Shivers Hall through campus and across the bridge over Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway to Dancin’ ProvostUmphrey Stadium. Before entering the stadium, they will march through all the tailgating areas for the fans and then to the music proceed up the band ramp into the he Dance Team, the Cheer Squad and, of course, the stadium to start their pregame show. Big Red mascot are revving up for an exciting season of The pregame performance will be a football at Provost Umphrey Stadium. military style of marching, including block for- T “Just imagine what it’s going to look like, when you see the THEN NOW mations, and more traditional marching songs. cheerleaders on the sideline, the dancers in the stands and the Drum major Music education It will also feature a tribute to Texas that segues Lanny Ross major Cameron marching band on the field,” said Brenda Griner ’87, ’03, associate Graham -69 Wolfe wears into The Star-Spangled Banner. The band’s director of programs for recreational sports and leader of Lamar’s from the the new LU halftime show will feature the more contemporary 1966 Lamar marching band newly reorganized spirit programs. “I can only imagine what that yearbook. uniform BRIAN SATTLER

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Paul Griffith, associate profes- director for the department, hosted Lamar’s sor of English, released his Literary Festival that included award-winning Grammy winning arranger-band- book Afro-Caribbean Poetry Texas authors Bob and Jean leader Marion Evans takes a turn and Ritual April 27. The Flynn Feb. 1 and Andrew directing the Lamar Jazz Band “A” book reaffirms the impor- Geyer Feb. 22. Authors read at the March 2 Lamarissimo! con- tance of myth and symbol in excerpts from their work in cert. The performance featured folk consciousness as a mode the Dishman Auditorium ‘I always take this nine of Evans’ arrangements, and of imaginative conceptualization in oral cul- Lecture Hall, with receptions others by such well-known Evans place with me’ proteges as Quincy Jones. ture. “It examines the archtypal human inter- hosted by Sigma Tau Delta. ests informing the folk art, that is, how the As part of the ANDREW GEYER Keith Carter’s striking images of Beaumont landmarks

MICHELLE CATE mind and the outer world interact to formu- festival, R.S. “Sam” Gwynn host- make recognizable locations seem magical and exot- late ideas about who we are and what we ed poetry guest speaker Alan ic. Those images, by the world-renowned Lamar art are,” said Griffith… PULSE, Lamar Michael Parker, who read from professor and photographer, were featured in the University’s student literary magazine his newest collection of poetry, June issue of debuted its 50th anniversary edition in Elephants and Butterflies, on Feb. Texas Monthly October 2009 with a Poets of Pulse Poetry 17… Lamar University hosted magazine. The Reading that featured six student creative the 2010 Conference of College Teachers of special issue, writing award winners Tara Tatum, Rachel English March 4-6 at the Holiday Inn “Where I’m From,” Quinn, Jason Duncan, Caitlin Griffin, John Beaumont Plaza. Karen (Miller) Priest ’77, ’84 compiled the Hillin and Mary Baswell. The Lamar- and Dale Priest essays of promi- Longman Award winners for 2009, also served as local nent Texans, included in the magazine, were Sean Klink, arrangements chairs. including writers, MICHELLE CATE Jennifer Gore, Scotty McWilliams and Patricia Guests of the confer- artists and politi- From the cancan to the colorfully contemporary, the Cardinal Singers Earl. The Lamar–Longman Award winners ence included Jerry cians. Carter contributed a 10-page photo essay on and Lamar Dance Company provided an exuberant and electrifying for 2010 were Miles Caston, Micah Moore, Craven, Moumin Beaumont and the Southeast Texas region. finale to the 20th Anniversary Season of Lamarissimo! Tasha Tolliver and Justin Weeks and will be DALE AND KAREN PRIEST Quazi and Karla “It was interesting to me to write about my featured in the journal’s 51st Morton, 2010 Texas Poet Laureate. Nine hometown, but I didn’t do it from a tourist-bureau edition in 2010, for which members of Lamar faculty and staff present- perspective. I wrote about why I stay here and what Le Grand Bal 2010–A Night in I have enjoyed about this region since my boyhood,” Casablanca–transforms the PULSE hosted its first cover art ed papers, and three were honored with Carter said. “When the editor called me to ask if I’d Montagne Center into an exot- contest in more than a decade… awards for their submissions. Jennifer Ravey ic oasis, replete with tropical Sigma Tau Delta, the interna- received the American Literature Award, be involved in the project, I was honored to partici- flowers, shimmering candles tional English honor society, Pamela Saur won the Popken Rhetoric pate. This was a chance to share our area with the and other touches. The black- hosted its annual English Award, and Karen Priest earned the British rest of the state.” tie event honored the majors’ reception Nov. 3. The reception Literature Award… The Writing Center, Carter is the recipient of the Texas Medal of Renaissance of Lamar Arts and holds the endowed Walles Chair in Visual University. The Friends of the included a keynote address from chair Steven located on the first floor of the Mary and Arts hosts the gala evening of Zani of the Department of English and John Gray Library, celebrated National and Performing Arts at Lamar. His work has been art, fine dining, dancing and Modern Languages… Jim Sanderson, writing Poetry Month by hosting a poetry contest in exhibited worldwide, and he released his 11th book entertainment to benefit the April. Melissa Hudler ’93, ’99, director for the last fall. College of Fine Arts and center announced winners Mary Baswell, Saif “I try to take my culture and my hometown with Communication. Among Bal Quraishi Jenny Vo me wherever I go. The natural diversity of people in revelers are, from left, Kenny and … Lamar faculty, staff, Southeast Texas has always interested me—the over- ’75 and Lynda (Martin) and alumni took part in the Stark Museum of Moncla ’75 and Barbara Art’s book discussion of The Tulip by Anna lapping folklore, music and religious aspects. We have Warner, front row, and Jim Pavord May 18. The panel, which included a gumbo culture that has shaped me as an artist. Warner, Maureen (Wiggins) - Steven Zani, Michael Saar, Jason Duncan and Nowadays I travel widely, but I always take this place 73 and Dean Winchell, Albert Mary Baswell, along with moderator Andy with me.” Nolen ’70, ’75 and Melissa Edwards. JIM AND SUMMER SANDERSON ’04 Coughlan ’01, ’05, discussed the tulip’s allure AND MELISSA HUDLER ’93, ’99

24 | CARDINALCADENCE 38:2 JULY 2010 JULY 2010 38:2 CARDINAL CADENCE | 25 A r t s&C u l t u r e Axle Wisor, 12, seated, right, plays the title role in John Turner Davis, one of three one-act plays in Horton Foote’s trilogy Harrison, Texas, presented Feb. 11-16 by Lamar Theatre. Other cast members, from left, are Kristen Davis, as Paul; Christi Grudier, Miss Fanny; Maci McFarlin, Hazel; and Carley Stewart, Sulphur Springs. Wisor is the son of Jeffrey Wisor, ArtsNotes assistant professor of theatre, and Donna Rae Wisor ’06. JOELGROTHE

The Christus Health Foundation paid tribute Industrial Carillon, Lamar students interpreted Midsummer to President James Simmons at its 30th Lamar’s new-music Night’s Dream, Falstaff, Macbeth and Romeo annual gala June 12. Chicago—billed the ensemble, presented the and Juliet, under the direction of Kerry “world-famous rock ’n’ roll band with final concert in the Jennings . . . With styles ranging from classi- horns”—headlined the gala, so it was appro- 2009-2010 “Living cal to modern and serious to lighthearted priate that Simmons, “Beaumont’s own king Composer Series” and genres from cancan to contemporary of horns,” was the 2010 gala honoree, said March 29, with ballet and hip hop, the Lamar Dance

Ivy Pate, Christus Southeast Texas regional LIBBY LARSEN Grammy Award winner Company stimulated the mind and senses at vice president for philanthropy . . . On May Libby Larsen as special its spring concert April 15 and 16. “Dance 8, Simmons performed with the Jimmy guest. Larson is one of America’s most pro- Stimulus” was its theme, with choreography Simmons Jazz Ensemble at the fifth annual lific and most perfo- by faculty members Lou Arrington and Julie City of Beaumont Jazz + Blues Fest, where rmed living composers, Parker and students Angel-Marie Goines and Beaumont blues great Barbara Lynn received with more than 400 Havord Trusty . . . A new exhibition in the the second Dr. Raul Ornelas Lifetime Music works to her credit. Dishman Art Museum April 9-23 displayed Nick Rissman the cutting edge of video art, exploring such Achievement Award . . . The return of foot- is he2009-2010scheduleturnedintoadream the Year,” Plumley said. “But what was even ers for the Lady Cardinals. universal themes as family, religion, concepts ball and the marching band this fall will alter Industrial Carillon’s seasonfortheLamarUniversitywomen’s better was winning the Southland “It was just a great season, Lamarissimo! of time and space, territorial issues, immigra- the 2010-2011 schedule. founder and director basketballteam. Conference and going to the NCAA and I am so proud of what these tion, humanitarian concerns and the individ- Lamar jazz bands will present the Oct. 5 sea- . . . The Lamar Civic Tournament. This team really came young ladies accomplished,” said Orchestra celebrated the NICK RISSMAN ual versus society. Extreme Sensibility: son opener, previously featuring the Wind TThe Lady Cardinals posted one of the together.” Lamar Coach Larry Tidwell, works of timeless composers Debussy, Taiwanese Contemporary Video Art included Ensemble and Concert Band. The fall season best seasons in program history, going 26-8, Strong athletes fought beside who was named the Division I Mendelssohn, Copland and Rimsky- works created through digital, animation and will continue with faculty artists Nov. 4 and winning the Southland Conference regular- Plumley. Senior forward Darika Hill Women’s Basketball Coach of the Korsakov at it spring concert April 27, fea- interactive arts . . . Ten art students displayed the holiday choir concert Dec. 5. The bands season and tourna- was named to the conference’s second Year by the Texas Association of turing guest performances by will open the spring season March 3, with ment champi- team; freshman forward Kalis Loyd Basketball Coaches. “They repre- Brian Kelley, winner of the the finale April 28 showcasing the Cardinal onships, and was named to the third team and jun- sented Lamar in a first-class fash- 2009 Lamar Piano Singers and Lamar Dance Company . . . advancing to the ior forward Trashanna Smith earned ion, both on and off the court.” Competition; Lamar students KALIS LOYD NCAA Tournament honorable mention accolades. Hill Tidwell has been a big Nicholas Allen and Trevor HullabaLU! will bring an evening of rev- for just the second was the MVP of the Southland Conference reason for the rise of the Lady Cardinals. In his Duell; and guest conductor elry to Southeast Texas time ever. three seasons at Lamar, the Lady Shelly Duell. Kelley will be a Aug. 19. The variety show Led by Cardinals are 65-32 and have had a win- senior at Orangefield High junior point ning record in each season. Prior to will feature community School. Kurt Gilman, associate guard Jenna I think we have a chance to challenge Tidwell’s arrival in Beaumont, Lamar performers in an evening professor of music, conducts JENNA PLUMLEY Plumley, the had not had a winning season since the the orchestra . . . James Han, for the championship again. We’re filled with song, dance and conference’s Player of the Year and 1994-95 team went 16-12. director of choral activities, comedy acts. Festivities Newcomer of the Year and the Texas going to be a fun team to watch Lamar’s success has not gone selected “Home, My Home” —COACH LARRY TIDWELL ALLISON GOLIAS GETZ begin at 6:30 p.m. with Basketball Coaches Association Division unnoticed outside of Southeast Texas. as the theme of the spring choir concert May their senior thesis projects April 30-May 16 cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, with the perform- I Women’s Basketball Player of the Year, “ The Lady Cardinals were selected to 2. Selections reflected not only a hometown in the Dishman Art Museum, with works the Lady Cardinals had a high-flying play this November in the prestigious ance at 8 p.m. in the University Theatre. Allison or everyday home, “but also represents our ranging from painting, photography, print- offense that finished 16th in the nation in Tournament and was joined on the all-tourna- Preseason WNIT Tournament, which will be Golias Getz chairs the event. Judy Sebesta, childhood memories or our eternal home,” making and drawing to computer graphics. points per game. ment team by Plumley. Senior Brittney part of an ambitious non-league schedule that Han said. The Grand Chorus and A The show showcased art by Brandon Bazar of chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance, Plumley, who transferred to Lamar from Williams graduated with 1,483 points, the will see Lamar participate in a tournament at Cappella Choir performed works by Mozart, Fort Worth; Lauren Beck, Beaumont; will direct the show, with musical direction by Oklahoma, led the team in scoring at 14.3 third highest total in Lamar history. Arizona State as well as play a road game at Faure and Bach . . . Lamar Opera Theater Scarlett Blanchard, Nome; Melissa Carter and Betsy Hines, assistant professor of music. points per game. She was fifth in the nation Guard Ashley Crawford was named to perennial power Tennessee. presented operatic renderings of Shakespeare Megan Crosby, both of Orange; Lakisha Tickets are $50 a person, (409) 880-8037, and in assists, averaging 6.6 per game, and sixth the all-district academic” team for her efforts “We’re going to have a tough non-confer- masterpieces May 4. Using music by some Darden, Houston; Emily Deroche, Nederland; proceeds benefit scholarships for theatre and nationally in 3-pointers, draining an average on the court and in the classroom. Crawford, ence schedule, but that will help us get ready of the world’s greatest composers, including Jamie Havard, Beaumont; James Little, of 3.2 per game. who was pursuing her master’s degree in for our conference games,” Tidwell said. “I dance students Haydn, Britten, Mendelssohn and Verdi, Lumberton; and Jeffery Wheeler, Beaumont. “It was an honor to be named Player of kinesiology, was one of the top defensive play- think we have a chance to challenge for the

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Cards score Alumni pros Lady Cards junior of Bridge City; Alisha Broussard of Groves; Stroud competes with game greats. Former guard Jenna Plumley Megan Ogden of LaBelle; Whitney Poe, Lamar standout Chris Stroud ’04 has seven was named the Destini Ray, Chelsea Thibodeaux and Hailey career Top 10 finishes on the PGA Tour, but Southland Young of Lumberton; Meagan Silva of none may have been as impressive as his finish Conference Women’s Porter; Erin Hebert, Alexis Hollier, Shelby at this year’s Players Championship. Playing Basketball Player of Plaia and Cori Spencer of Port Neches; Ellen against what is the Year and Byars and Brittany Colvin of Silsbee; and arguably the JENNA PLUMLEY Newcomer of the Cesiley Cloteaux of Vidor . . . Francis toughest field in Year . . . The Lamar University women’s Kasagule set school and Southland golf, Stroud fired a basketball team has been selected as four-day total of 9- one of 16 teams to play in the under-par to tie for November Preseason WNIT for the 10th place. CHRIS STROUD upcoming season. “This is a big deal Despite some putting woes on Sunday, Stroud for Lamar,” women’s basketball still walked away with $237,500, his largest coach and interim athletic director payday as a professional. Often referred to as Larry Tidwell said. “The WNIT is “the fifth major,” the 145-man field at The one of the most prestigious presea- Players Championship featured the game’s son tournaments.” . . . The Texas greats, including Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, espitegoingintothe2010Southland Jonathan Dziedzic rose to the top of the games, and Dziedzic, who had a win and a Association of Basketball Coaches Ernie Els, Paul Casey and Lee Westwood . . . ConferenceBaseballChampionships SLC’s strikeout chart. save during tournament play, joined Moore has named standout point guard Jenna Conference records as he qualified for the Riegger eyes Top 10. Former Lamar golfing astheNo. 7 seed in the The dramatic home run was the sixth of on the 11-player, all-tournament team. Plumley as its Division I Women’s Basketball NCAA Track and Field Championships in great John Riegger ’85 is enjoying a career eight-team field, the the season for Latulippe, a junior catcher With junior shortstop Aaron Buchanan Player of the Year and Lady Cardinals head the men’s 1,500 meters. Kasagule is one of renaissance on the Nationwide Tour as he Cardinals made Corpus from League City who finished the season and junior second baseman Andy Mena lead- coach Larry Tidwell as its Division I three Lamar athletes who competed at the picked up a victory in the 2010 Rex Hospital Christi’s 3,500-seat with a .302 batting average. Dziedzic, a ing the way with respective averages of .349 Women’s Basketball Coach of the Year. The NCAA Championships . . . The men’s track Open, his second-ever win on the tour and first Field their own little playground. freshman left-hander from Humble and .347, the Cardinals batted a stout .301 association is the largest state basketball team finished 1-2 in the 3,000-meter steeple- since 2007. After finishing the 2009 season D association in the nation, with an enrollment chase at the Southland Conference Beginning with a 4-3 victory over sec- Atascocita, struck out eight Baylor batters to for the season. Senior outfielder Quentin ranked 88th on the money list, Riegger has ond-seeded Northwestern State in the first improve his season total to 114 in 94 Luquette led them in runs batted in with 52 of more than 4,500 members . . . Guard Championships—Joonas Harjamaki taking already earned almost twice as much this sea- round, the Cardinals swept through the four- innings, moving him one ahead of the 113 and in stolen bases with 18, and Moore was Ashley Crawford was named to the First first and Matt Johnsen second. Harjamaki son in just eight tournament starts. The win, day tournament to win it in stunning fashion strikeouts accumulated by Texas-Arlington’s the home run leader with 10. Team 2010 Academic All-District Women’s became Lamar University’s first outdoor and one other Top 10 finish, has Riegger ranked and earn Lamar’s first NCAA Tournament Jason Mitchell in 112 innings. Senior right-hander Matison Smith Basketball Team for District 6. The kinesiol- track and field All-American in 21 years with 11th on this year’s money list with the Top 25 berth since 2004—its 13th overall. With his eight K’s in the season finale, topped the pitching staff with a 10-4 record ogy major had a 3.95 GPA as an undergrad- a seventh-place finish in the men’s 3,000- at year’s end earning a spot on the PGA Tour . . . Coach Jim Gilligan’s gallant club fol- Dziedzic zoomed past former Cardinal pitch- and a 4.68 earned run average, and his 117.1 uate and a perfect 4.0 GPA as a graduate meter steeplechase at the NCAA Track and Former Red Sox first baseman and alumnus lowed the win over Northwestern State with ers Mike Pasqualichio, Craig Fisch and Rick innings pitched rank third on the Cardinals’ student . . . Nineteen students signed as Field Championships June 9-12. Samuel Kevin Millar ’93 has signed as an MLB analyst back-to-back triumphs of 10-7 and 9-3 over Nesloney into second place on Lamar’s one- all-time, one-season list. members of LU’s new Cheer Squad—the Kosgei, who holds the 10,000-meter school for Fox Sports . . . Tubbs earns honored spot. No. 6-seed McNeese State, which had defeat- season strikeout list. With 127 in 2002, only Mena was voted to the All-SLC third first Cardinal cheerleaders in 21 years. record, was named to the Southland Billy Tubbs ’58, special assistant/consultant to ed them four times during the regular season. Clay Hensley, who now pitches for the team, while Luquette, Smith and junior Members of the squad are Connor Hargroder Conference’s 2009-10 cross country the president, was inducted The Cards then overwhelmed regular-season Florida Marlins, has had more one-season pitcher Eric Harrington (8-3, 5.02 ERA) and Karen Lovell of Beaumont; Samantha and indoor and outdoor track and field all- into the Southland champion Texas State 17-7 in the champi- strikeouts than Dziedzic. made the honorable mention list. Other Briggs, Miranda Fisette and Alexa Richmond academic teams. Conference Hall of Honor onship game. Before Latulippe and Dziedzic came to Cardinals batting over .300 were junior first during the conference’s The Cardinals were assigned a No. 4 the forefront during the Fort Worth baseman Wade Mathis (.328), junior third FOOTBALL KICK-OFF BANQUET annual honors ceremony seed in the Fort Worth Regional where they Regional, the center stage at Whataburger baseman Pablo Salinas (.323), Luquette and dinner June 3 in SUNDAY, AUGUST 29 went up against the nation’s fifth-ranked Field belonged to outfielder Anthony Moore. (.310) and Moore (.309). 4 PM OPENING RECEPTION • PLAYER AUTOGRAPH Galveston. Tubbs has been a BILLY TUBBS TCU Horned Frogs on their home field in After collecting 10 hits in 16 at-bats for a siz- The Cardinals finished the season with a SESSION • SILENT AUCTION • CASH BAR part of Lamar athletics for 25 years—as a player, the first round. Playing before a partisan zling .625 average, the senior from Cedar 35-26 record, marking the 21st time in assistant coach, ticket manager, head coach and crowd of 3,135 in , the Hill was voted the SLC Tournament’s Most Gilligan’s 33 years at the helm for them to 5 PM DINNER, PROGRAM & LIVE AUCTION director of athletics. He won eight conference MONTAGNE CENTER Frogs pulled away to a 16-3 win. Valuable Player, and he was named the reach that plateau. Their five-game winning championships as a coach, and, since his return The Cardinals bowed to Baylor 6-4 in CB360 National Primetime Player of the streak to open the season included a 13-7 vic- Individual tickets $100 • Table sponsorships available to the school as athletics director in 2002, Lamar an elimination game the next day but not Week. He hit three home runs in tournament tory at ninth-ranked Rice University.—RW teams have pocketed 21 Southland Conference before Joey Latulippe slugged a three-run play, drove in six and scored six. Visit lamarcardinals.com and click on the story for championships in nine different sports. home run in the ninth inning or before Latulippe, who hit safely in all four more details and RSVP forms. Or call (409) 880-8422

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2 Le Grand Bal . . . 1. Lenny and Melissa Caballero 2. Will -67 and Joy (Hopkins) Crenshaw ’69, and Jack and Shirley Wright 3. Guy Stonecipher and Micah Lindsay ’06 4. Lynda (Martin) ’75 and Kenny Moncla ’75 and Melissa Edwards 5. Elizabeth and Russ Waddill 6. Laura (Stanton) ’05, ’06 and Craig Escamilla ’06, ’09 7. Mike and Cindy Lindsay and Miranda and Chris Yohe 8. Joseph ’72 and Sandy Fertitta, Kit Ohmstede ’82, ’03 and Ric Arena 9. Brad Klein and Johnnie (Slovak) Broussard ’84 and Catherine (Broussard) 78 9 1 Klein ’84 and Joe Broussard IV

Dean Jack Hopper and Music department interim chair Camille Mouton, vice presi- Robert Culbertson, left, greets dent for advancement, accept Virginia Bean and A.B. Bernard a check for $136,863 from at the Lamarissimo! jazz concert Kathleen Jackson, public March 2. A.B. Bernard is presi- affairs manager, and Mark T. dent of BGI Contractors, which Bradley ’81, maintenance sponsored the performance. manager, ExxonMobil’s Beaumont Chemical Plant, on behalf of ExxonMobil’s Matching Gift Program.

Author Sarah Vowell, seated, poses with Brenda Nichols, Steven Zani and Jennifer Ravey ’04, ’07 at a reception and book-signing after Vowell’s Academic Lecture Series presentation April 6. Longtime U.S. Rep. Jack Brooks ’41 and his wife, Charlotte, attend Nichols is dean of the College of Arts and the 2010 Brooks Conference March 25 at Lamar, joined by confer- Sciences, which hosted the event. Zani, chair of ence leaders Michael Pennington, left, Terri Davis and James the Department of English and Modern Vanderleeuw. The three are faculty members in the Department of Languages, served as event chair. Ravey is an Political Science, where Vanderleeuw holds the Brooks Chair in adjunct instructor of English. Government and Public Policy.

Legacy Society . . .

1. From left: Buzz ’70 and Cathy Long with Sharon (Smith) ’83, ’89 and Roger McCabe 2. Susan (Williams) Simmons ’68, left, with Dennis ’96 and Dawn Carl 3. Charlotte Jungen ’97 and President James Simmons 3 1 2 32| CARDINALCADENCE 38:2 JULY 2010 JULY 2010 38:2 CARDINAL CADENCE | 33 Fast/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////forward Lamar alum races into sports car history by Brian Sattler

Bonner Denton ’67 is highly regarded for his Association have been the governing bodies and official time- Garrett AiResearch turbochargers. They we’re going to go and race Bonneville,” to work on the problem. work in analytical chemistry but is also driven keepers for speed-racing aficionados since 1948. were the largest racing turbos in the world Denton said. “What we did to solve the problem is to make sports car history. “For us, the beauty of Bonneville is that it’s one time a when Denton installed them. To maximize After gaining experience with dragsters put 600 pounds of lead right behind the . year. You have a whole year to get ready for the next their effect, Denton designed a cold-water in the quarter mile, Denton’s first efforts at headlights,” Denton said. “If you think MA University of Arizona Galileo professor, a Fellow of Speedweek, so you can work around a full-time university chiller for the intake air that consumes 100 Bonneville were with his serial No. 1 Bocar, about it, a dart or an arrow has the weight the Royal Society of Chemistry a Fellow of the American career,” he said. pounds of ice on each run. Altogether, the a sports car built by fighter pilot Bob in front, and the aerodynamic drag, the Association for the Advancement of Science and a Lamar “In ’09, we set another record in a different class. We did- behemoth cranks out some 2,400 horse- Carnes in Lakewood, Colo., in the late feathers, are in the rear. You want to make Distinguished Alumnus, he’s currently developing devices that n’t go as fast as the year before, but we feel we would have if power. Getting all this power to the salt is 1950s that Denton acquired in 1965. sure your center of mass is in front of your can detect hidden explosives a thousand times more sensitive we had stuck around (they’d averaged 272.732 over the third the job of special-rated Bonneville Goodyear “We had pulled a mold off of that car center of aerodynamic drag if you have a than anything now available—capability the military and mile of the two runs). We were having oil-pressure problems, tires or Mikey Thompsons rated for 600 and started building a street car, and, while short wheel base and your traction is poor.” homeland security covet. and I didn’t want to blow another motor up ‘cause they’re kind mph. The next year, the left front tire He is also known for breaking land speed records at the of pricey,” Denton said. At around $50,000 for a complete Several of Denton’s racing team are blew out, and “I slid for quite a ways legendary Bonneville Salt Flats Speedway, where he continues engine, “on a university professor’s salary, you really don’t want Lamar graduates. His crew chief, George and hit the five-mile timing light at to drive himself into sports car racing history. In 2008, Denton to go around doing that kind of thing.” DeLaMatyr ’64, graduated with a bache- 258.985 mph, which is a very effective was officially clocked at speeds greater than 300 mph. Oil pressure wasn’t the only problem. “I never could lor’s in mechanical engineering and is I received one very good way of triggering the timing light.” It “We already had the world’s fastest sports car, but when get more than 70 percent of the throttle without heading way president of Mechanical Technology in also destroyed four feet of body and we qualified at least off course, and I had to back out of it a whole series of times. Corpus Christi. George’s brother, education at Lamar. two feet of frame. “We were in no on one pass at more We didn’t go nearly as fast as the car would have gone,” Richard, graduated with the same degree —M.BONNERDENTON shape to make the return run.” than 300 mph, Denton said. in 1968. Corky Wheeler, of Wheeler “ When the association changed the people went crazy. That Denton first set a record in his car, “Bonner’s Bad Truck Body in Beaumont, earned a bach- rules to allow a 130-inch wheelbase speed has never been Berkeley,” in 2002 at 254.138 mph. He started building the elor’s of fine arts in graphic design in and major modifications forward of achieved by a sports car car in the mid-’90s and first raced it in 2000. Denton’s highly 1964, and the late Nickey Felsher, who was we were doing that, we decided to go race it the dash, Denton bought the 1959 Berkeley before,” Denton said. modified 1959 Berkeley is classic, vintage British roadster general manager of Gulf Coast Machine and at Bonneville,” Denton said. body. The car originally had a 15-horsepow- Every August, the behind the dash, but Denton built an aerodynamic custom Supply Co., also attended Lamar with “Production sports cars with small er Excelsior motorcycle engine. He maestros of speed descend body from the dash forward. Modified sports car rules allowed Denton. frontal areas mean short wheelbase, and, on stretched the frame to 130 inches and onto the 47-square-mile Salt him to stretch the front of his car to the maximum of its 130- A Beaumont native, Denton built his the salt, short wheelbases” are prone to spin streamlined the front end with hopes of set- Flats in northwestern Utah inch wheelbase. The entire car is 180 inches long. first car in his mother’s garage when he was or flip or do worse things,” Denton said. “I ting records. for Bonneville Speedweek to “That’s where science and technology come in. You have 14 and began racing cars while in high was clearly going to go with a Bocar body, “I want to change the rules back to test themselves and their to be knowledgeable about aerodynamic forces,” Denton said. school. The first car he built was a 1929 and we moved the front axle forward one what they were, but I knew I’d just sound machines on the three-mile “What you want to do is build a car that will not fly. We hope Model A Ford with a Chrysler hemi and inch so the Bonneville car had a 91-inch like sour grapes if I didn’t participate under and five-mile courses. August is not to fly, but quite frankly, I never intended this car to go eight carburetors. It was not just unreliable, wheelbase.” the new rules,” he said. Denton would like prime for racing because the salt much over 300 mph.” a friend quipped, “but unsafe on jack The first year, it ran more than 200 to see two classes, the competition sports is at its best. While notably even, The 540-cubic-inch, electronic fuel injection, aluminum stands.” mph. The next year, “every time I got the class with the longer wheel base he is cur- salt flats are not like pavement. Donovan engine runs on $15-a-gallon gasoline, consumed at a The inspiration to race at Bonneville car over 240 mph we spun out,” Denton rently running and a modified sports class “It’s really something between wet rate of four to five gallons during the 90 seconds it takes Denton also began in that garage while the boys said. “That’s a good way to get your adrena- with no changes in body length, width or sand and slushy 1.5- to 2-inch deep to cover the 5-mile course. The fuel is rich with tetra-ethyl turned wrenches beneath a picture of the line very, very high. Try spinning a car at contour and with the wheel base restricted snow most of the time,” Denton lead—essential to avoid early detonation but so hazardous that Kenz and Leslie Streamliner, America’s 240 plus miles per hour. The first time to close to stock. said. The Bonneville Nationals Inc. “you wash your hands right away if you get any on you.” fastest car in the 1950s that was clocked at around is amazing.” After spinning out on Denton graduated from Lamar with and the Southern California Timing Providing 22 pounds of boost are twin, custom-built 255 mph. “I said to George that someday three different runs, the team headed home bachelor’s degrees in chemistry and psychol-

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Denton extremely well in the research field. Virtually every inductively coupled plasma instrument sold today throughout the world has technology directly traceable to the Denton research group, and he holds scores of patents. “I have some really bril- liant people who are senior scientists,” Denton said. He is also quick to credit the graduate students that make the group’s accomplishments possible. Some of that brilliance is shining on the group’s latest project, a device that can “sniff out” high explosives. “If one goes to an airport right now, the explosive detection technology requires swipes to pick up crys- ogy. While he was a student, he was a mem- out.” It was the mid-1950s, and color televi- tals off of surfaces, or you walk into this box ber of Kappa Alpha order and the American sion was just starting to become popular. with a puffer that blows crystals off of you,” Chemical Society student club. Coastal Electronics was a major color TV Denton said. “The only technology that’s After graduation, he headed to the retailer. They also were the RCA and Link deployed at airports today that can smell University of Illinois to pursue his Ph.D. two-way radio distributors in Southeast explosives is a canine. A dog can smell TNT Denton is quick to give credit to his LU Texas and did all the service work on two- from 2 to 3 feet. There is one commercial chemistry professors, Margaret Cameron, way radios for the Jefferson County instrument that can smell explosives, devel- oped at MIT, and it has a stand off of 3 to 5 True timber Roger Yeric, Anne Harmon and Harold Sheriff ’s Department. Denton had

Baker, for preparing him well. researched well, and his keen interest and inches. BRIAN SATTLER “When I showed up for graduate unusual aptitude for electronics caught “We have technology that can smell ELLEN RIENSTRA ,LEFT, AND JO ANN STILES school, I looked at the people around me Stockard’s eye. Soon Denton had his own TNT from over 140 feet away,” Denton by Louise Wood from Harvard, Cal Tech, UCLA, Purdue workbench alongside the company’s two said. “While it is still in the prototype labo- illiam Henry Stark had a the English Romantics. and all these other big schools, and I said, full-time technicians. ratory stage, we are negotiating a large grant way with words, writing of Henry Jacob Lutcher Stark was the oldest—and ‘Uh oh. I hope I can do okay.’” When he “The third bench became ‘Bonner’s with the Department of Defense to carry it flowering trees and beautiful favorite—grandchild of Frances Ann Lutcher and star took the entrance exams, he found that his bench,’ and often times I fixed the job by into a fieldable stage.” cruises down the river in let- of the Stark family drama. At 49, he assumed leader- Lamar preparation was not only adequate, myself, wrote up the billing and we shipped Denton’s racing team is eager to get ters to his future wife, ship of the family interests and was a dominant force in but that he had excelled. “I received one the TV sets back,” Denton said. Louis the car back into the field as well. In the Miriam. He played fid- the community who, among other lasting very good education at Lamar,” he said. “As couldn’t hire Denton—he was too young— months since the speed runs in 2009, dle in the town band. A mill worker by trade, ventures, established a boys’ band and a far as fundamentals of chemistry, I had a but he wanted to do something for him. “I Denton and his crew have modified he became a sawyer—a dangerous job girls’ drum and bugle corp—known as better grounding than almost any of them.” suggested they put money into an account Bonner’s Bad Berkeley yet again, this time requiring a strong physique, great physical the Bengal Guards—at Orange High So well grounded, in fact, that Denton was that I could use to buy test equipment,” creating a custom dry sump oil system. The skill and quick, aggressive wits. With little School. He spared no expense to assigned to teach quantitative analysis rather Denton said. “That’s how I purchased my first challenge was finding a way to house formal education, he went on to prove make the Guards the finest group than freshman chemistry like his peers. first oscilloscope kit—it still works—and a 28 quarts of oil in the cramped space of the himself a genius at business, expanding of its kind in the nation. Denton’s interest in motor sports and variety of other test equipment.” car, a feat accomplished with a custom-built on a vast timber empire. Nelda Childers Stark was chemistry parallels his passion for electron- Denton worked for Stockard for a holding tank between the car’s frame Miriam Melissa Lutcher Stark was a known as Blossom—or Orange ics. When he was 11, Denton went to number of years, then, when business was and body. serious, sweet-natured young woman, an Blossom—when she was a child. Coastal Electronics Co. on Calder and intro- slow, Stockard arranged a job with Wally Denton and his volunteer crew will head heiress who, soon after arriving in Orange She was recognized as the best duced himself to the owner, Louis Stockard. Electronics Supply. Later, when Denton to Bonneville in August to give the Berkeley at the age of 19, caught the eye of the enter- dancer in her high school and then “I told him I’d come in after school every entered Lamar, he worked for the chemistry another shot at the record book. They hope prising young mill worker. They married at the took up the cornet to became the first day to work for free because I wanted to department, maintaining all of its radiation the latest modifications and a dash on the salt palatial Sabine River home of her parents, Henry HENRY JACOB LUTCHER female in the Lutch Stark Boys Band learn more about electronics,” Denton said. test equipment and other instrumentation. are a recipe for success. Jacob and Frances Ann Lutcher. Miriam collected rare during the 1920s, including a memorable performance “Mr. Stockard said ‘Okay. Here’s a broom. He also moonlighted as a TV repairman, books at a time when few women did so, with her on the summit of Pike’s Peak. With thanks to Lori Stiles, Arizona State, Your first job is to sweep the place out.’ So primarily for motels in town. library distinguished by early and significant editions of These are just a few of the new-found friends for her assistance. every day I came in, and I swept the place That aptitude for electronics has served

36 | CARDINALCADENCE 38:2 JULY 2010 JULY 2010 38:2 CARDINAL CADENCE | 37 LUTCHER STARK CHAUFFERS ORANGE LADIES TO A PARADE. FRANCES ANN LUTCHER LUTCHER STARK AS A YOUNG MAN LUTCHER STARK WATCHES BENGAL GUARDS PRACTICE. friend of Nelda fiddle in the town band. That’s what letters transferred their operations to Orange, buy- Stark and a mem- and diaries are so wonderful for. All those ing thousands of acres. The Lutcher & ber of the Stark details. And their speech. It showed how he Moore Lumber Co. would become one of Foundation board. framed things and what he was thinking.” the largest lumbering concerns in the “She knew every- Rienstra and Stiles travel to Orange nation—and the beginning of this extraordi- thing about every- from their homes in Beaumont three times a nary family. thing,” Rienstra week on the average. That’s more than a Nelda and Lutcher Stark established the said. thousand trips since the project began. While foundation in 1961. When Lutcher Stark “We inter- focusing on three generations of the family, died Sept. 2, 1965, Nelda assumed leader- viewed all kinds of their research involves the entire Lutcher- ship, overseeing the restoration of the W.H. fascinating people Stark family tree. Stark House (the home of Miriam from the Orange “The Lutcher and Stark and W.H. Stark, built in 1894) area,” Stiles said. families were everything as far and construction of both the Miriam Melissa Lutcher Stark, Carrie The two traveled to other locations in Texas, as the foundation was con- Frances Ann Lutcher from yesteryear being written indelibly into Launa Lutcher Brown. William Henry Stark as well as to Williamsport, Pa., for research on cerned, so they decided Theater for the Performing history by Ellen (Walker) Rienstra ’62, ’80 and Nelda Childers Stark, among others. the early Lutcher family. “We met so many they needed the family his- Arts and the Stark and Jo Ann Stiles, who retired from the “That family is full of fascinating sto- delightful people everywhere we went.” tory. Of course, the out- Museum of Art, built to Lamar history faculty in 2002 after a 35-year ries,” Stiles said. In the fall of 2003, the And, said Rienstra, “The oral-history growth is the history of house the family’s collec- career. From a room with a view in an Nelda C. and H. J. Lutcher Stark interviews give color. Everyone will remem- Orange. That’s where we tions. Nelda Stark died almost century-old office building on Front Foundation commissioned the two veteran ber a story—about Lutcher Stark and others. came in,” Rienstra said. Dec. 13, 1999, but the Street in downtown Orange, Rienstra and historians to do research and writing on the Some even remembered his parents. One “We can’t do this foundation continues to Stiles work tirelessly to put together the Lutcher-Stark-Brown family history and to recalled seeing Miriam in her garden, dressed unless we really know Texas carry out the Starks’ vision to know those people and beginning to pieces of a puzzle while enjoying what they begin an oral history project. in white, and talked about how elegant she and U.S. history,” Stiles said. of improving the quality of understand how they managed to put some- describe as a “lovely view” of the Sabine Letters. Diaries. Photographs. School looked. The stories are just invaluable.” “You have to put those people life in Southeast Texas. It thing so huge together,” Stiles said. “They River. It’s a huge building, and they’re its yearbooks. All reveal faces, personalities and Rienstra and Stiles have spent years por- in the framework of the time in recently restored Shangri La, had to be aggressive, and they had to be only occupants—other than boxes and boxes characters of their subjects. And interviews— smart. They’re characters, and their character ing over an estimated 400,000 items in the which they lived.” LUTCHER STARK IN HIS PRIMEwhich reopened in of family archives, treasures spanning almost capturing the wealth of knowledge, stories archives, dating to the 1830s. And the num- Their story began in January March 2009—72 years after is so interesting that sometimes we look at two centuries—the puzzle pieces, so to speak. and memories that would otherwise be for- ber keeps growing “because they keep bring- of 1877 in Pennsylvania, where two success- Lutcher personally supervised them and shake our heads.” They have no less dazzling a vantage ever lost. The oral history is just one of their ing us more things,” Stiles said. ful young Williamsport lumbermen, Henry construction of the botanical gardens, named “That’s one of the fascinating things point to history as they weave together the projects and, Rienstra said, “That was one of “They’ve got several buildings we’re just Jacob Lutcher and Gregory Bedell Moore, for the mystical land in the 1933 literary clas- about history,” Rienstra said. “Jo Ann and I threads of a family dynasty to create an the things they wanted us to do immediately now going through,” Rienstra added. “We realized the Susquehanna River Valley was sic Lost Horizon. A freeze and two hurricanes are both social historians, so we look at what enduring tapestry for the ages. because a lot of the folks were not going to want any and everything that pertains to the running out of timber. They had heard of the failed to keep his dream from becoming a people did with their environment and with For more than seven years, Rienstra and be around.” history of the family, of Orange, the houses, vast forests in Southeast Texas and Louisiana, reality. their own initiative.” Stiles have been delving into the family So far, Rienstra and Stiles have inter- the Depression, the war. Everything.” and they decided to see for themselves. They Eventually, their voluminous work will Stiles describes the experience as members’ personalities and pursuits, idiosyn- viewed about 80 people for the oral history But, she said, “We look for letters and traveled by rail to Beaumont and, upon be housed in an archive. There’s also a book “overwhelming.” And, she said, “We learn cracies and achievements—and all the tiny project. Many of the subjects have been in diaries. Those are our favorites. When reaching Orange, found a wonderland of in their future—on the life and times of by the day.” details that turn black and white into color. their 80s and 90s. The first was Eunice William was writing to Miriam, he would huge pine and cypress forests and natural Lutcher Stark and his family. “We stay overwhelmed. We really do. Henry Jacob Lutcher. Frances Ann Lutcher. Benckenstein, a businesswoman, lifelong describe the picnics and the trips and playing advantages for large-scale lumbering. They “I really have enjoyed beginning to get But it’s so much fun,” Rienstra said. “It’s

AN EARLY PHOTO OF THE SABINE RIVER AND THE ORANGE WATERFRONT

38 | CARDINALCADENCE 38:2 JULY 2010 JULY 2010 38:2 CARDINAL CADENCE | 39 He learned from ed in when I was maturing in the depart- professors and fellow students who influ- DeBakey, who has been honored worldwide ment of surgery,” Howell said. “I guess I’ve enced his next steps. “The chair of the biolo- on numerous occasions for groundbreaking operated on about 60,000 people, about half gy department was Edwin Hayes, who I research and dozens of innovations in surgi- of them on the heart. The procedure I’ve remember very well. Edwin was a very deep cal techniques and instruments. He learned done most was coronary bypass. I’ve proba- fellow. He looked the part and played the heart surgery from Dr. , bly done 14,000 or so of those cases.” This part. He was an excellent teacher,” Howell another much-honored innovator who holds procedure, which he had a hand in develop- said. Through the encouragement of Hayes several firsts in the field. Other pioneers in ing, is now probably the most common and two students who were a year ahead of cardiovascular surgery who served as teachers operation in the United States, Howell said. him, Howell decided to pursue premedical during his residency and later became col- Away from the hospital, Howell has studies. After those two students—C.W. leagues included Dr. Stanley Crawford, Dr. pursued interests befitting a true Texan—oil Drawhorn and Floyd Pollard—moved on Oscar Creech and Dr. George Morris. When and cattle. He started his oil and gas explo- from Lamar to Baylor College of Medicine, Howell completed his residency in 1963, ration company about 30 years ago. The Howell followed a year later. He began his DeBakey invited him to join the department interest in cattle goes back even further. He studies at Baylor in 1953 and received his of surgery at Baylor College of Medicine, has a 12,000-acre ranch south of Liberty bachelor’s degree from Lamar upon comple- where he has spent his entire career. During with about 2,000 head of cattle. He and his tion of his first year of medical school. “I that time, he saw innovations in treatments wife, Roberta, have four daughters, two sons think Lamar’s a good institution as I’ve seen for aneurysms with DeBakey’s development and 13 grandchildren. “They’re all good, it develop,” Howell said. “Since I’ve left of the Dacron graft. Howell participated in productive people,” he said. One daughter is there, it’s really grown significantly to be a the advent of open heart surgery after the a nurse, but no one else shared his inclina- super nice and good school.” pump oxygenator was created and became tion toward the health professions other than Through the years, Howell has also had standard equipment in cardiac the opportunity to watch the operating rooms. Working evolution of the Texas Medical A surgeon with DeBakey, he was Center and to teach many of involved in early research on I try to teach mine [my students] the best the medical students, residents artificial hearts. And with his and fellows who have passed colleague Dr. H. Edward that I can—the very best technique, how through the complex. “They’re Garrett in 1964, he performed to treat people morally and ethically, and young people, and they’re the first successful coronary how to do good surgery. My contention is eager to learn, eager to do. It’s BETHGALLASPY artery bypass surgery. “We if you can do a good“ operation, they don’t good to teach them,” Howell didn’t know it was successful need much post-operative care. said. “I try to teach mine the by Beth Gallaspy at the time because this was best that I can—the very best at heart experimental work we were —DR. JIMMY HOWELL ’54 technique, how to treat people fter more than half a century in the operating rooms associated with Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. Jimmy Howell ’54 has barely slowed his pace. In his busiest years, the doing,” Howell said. morally and ethically, and how innovative cardiothoracic surgeon routinely worked 16-hour days that included per- He and Garrett initially to do good surgery. My con- forming six to eight operations and overseeing 80 to 100 patients at a time with the developed a technique to tention is if you can do a good help of the dozen or so surgical fellows, residents and medical students. Today, Howell bypass blockages in the small vessels of the his mother, Maggie Howell. She attended operation, they don’t need much post-opera- still begins most mornings in surgery about 7 a.m., but he only performs one or two leg using the saphenous vein. After this Lamar later in life, after the death of tive care.” Like anything else in life, the way Adaily operations before returning to his office to see patients and take care of business. His normal workday proved successful as a treatment for gangrene Howell’s father, to become a nurse. Howell to become good at surgery is through prac- is about 10 hours long now. of the foot, he and Garrett decided to doubts his mother, who died in 2008, was tice, Howell said. With one case a week, a “It gets to be a way of life to you, and as long as you’re good, I guess you keep doing it,” Howell, 77, attempt the same technique to bypass block- influenced by his medical career in that deci- surgeon might not do a great job. With 10 sion. “She was a” very strong-willed person, cases a week, he will do better. With 20 cases said from his 18th-floor office overlooking the sprawling complex in Houston. “If it ages of coronary arteries. The first two looks like you’re beginning to weaken or something, well, then you quit. So far, I still think I’m pretty good attempts failed, and the third patient initially and she did about what she wanted to do all a week, the result will be better still “because at it.” appeared to suffer some tissue damage. The of her life,” he said. it’s a repetitive process. When you’re doing Howell became very good at heart and vascular surgery by training with pioneers in the fields and by doctors backed away from the procedure and Howell remembers his own studies at things, you learn how to do it better. You see adding his own significant contributions along the way. He began medical school at Baylor College of returned to a previous treatment, which Lamar fondly. After graduating from Stark something that’s not just right, and you Medicine as Dr. Michael DeBakey, chairman of the department of surgery, was in the process of building involved opening the artery and removing High School in Orange in 1950, he enrolled make an adjustment, so you learn.” Perhaps one of the strongest surgical programs in the country. When the time came for Howell to decide the focus the blockage; however, they later realized in what was then Lamar Junior College that’s why after 60,000 surgeries and nearly for his residency, surgery was the natural choice. that their third bypass operation had actually because it was close to home and an easy 50 years on the faculty at Baylor College of “It was a new era” Howell said. “Nobody had ever operated on the heart much. It was sort of a sacred been a success. The technique was revived commute. “Lamar was a great place for me Medicine, Howell is in no hurry to quit. He item. Once people learned that they could operate on it successfully, it became something that was exciting after the Cleveland Clinic performed a suc- to start off and had great teachers,” Howell still has things to learn and people to help. to do to correct abnormalities—valvular, congenital and acquired abnormalities. It seemed a very exciting cessful coronary bypass operation in 1967. said. At Lamar, which became a senior col- frontier in medicine.” “That was the thing I was most interest- lege during his studies, Howell encountered

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In October 2009, Taylor learned of There is “a lot of downtime, and, all of Lamar’s online program just three weeks a sudden, stuff comes up and everyone before he deployed to Afghanistan. He real- wants it done yesterday,” Taylor said. ized that although he would not be able to Missions may change at a moment’s notice Online take the biology classes that required hands- “like the weather back in Southeast Texas. on lab work, the B.A.A.S. program provid- We have a saying here, ‘Semper Gumby’ ed a way to keep working toward a degree. which means always flexible.” He became one of the first to enroll in the That flexibility has taken him to “some program. After he completes his military really remote places hundreds of miles from or beyond service, he plans to take those biology class- anything resembling civilization to cities es with an eye toward veterinary school. that are a much dirtier, less developed ver- “I have developed a unique rapport sion of our towns.” Different, too, are the with Aaron,” said Tony Sarda, his academic many children seen working in shops, sell- advisor at Lamar. “Much of our conversa- ing wares on the side of the road, carrying the wire tion happens via email, and many are water. And the traffic: “I’ve seen a car with exchanged on Afghanistan time. On occa- 15 people inside and four kids riding on the Lamar student Cpl. Aaron Taylor sion, Aaron will call the office from the field roof,” Taylor said. “I saw a guy on a motor- and let me know he is doing okay as he cycle the other day with his 9-month-old completing degree online counts down the days to his safe and long- child in front of him balanced on the gas by Brian Sattler awaited return to Texas.” tank, and his wife and two more kids Taylor credits Sarda with making his behind him. It is really crazy.” He calls participation possible by assisting in getting going out the hardest and the neatest part— him enrolled, providing class and book hard for the preparation, and the uncertain- hether online or beyond the wire, Aaron Taylor information, and helping with any issues ty, but the opportunity to see the people of of Vidor is a man on a mission. A corporal in that popped up. “Trust me, as soon as I am the country is something he relishes. the Marine Corps, Taylor is serving with able to get back to Texas I plan on giving Outside the wire, Taylor likes to share Company G of the 2nd Marines Special him a great big bear hug,” he said. candy with the children. “I have had my Operations Battalion out of Camp Lejeune and Taylor keeps very busy, which helps the wife buy $100 worth of candy and send it is currently deployed to Afghanistan in support time pass more quickly. “Out here I’m either to me,” he said. “It is really what makes me ofW Operation Enduring Freedom. He is also completing his college degree doing work, on convoys, studying, talking get through the day, seeing them smile. That at Lamar University. to the family or at the gym,” he wrote. is how we are going to win this war, by When he’s not on convoy duty or probing for the enemy somewhere That continues a pattern for the student ath- showing the younger generation that there was his second Afghanistan tour, and he felt in the contested region, he is taking courses through Lamar’s 100-percent- lete who excelled in football, basketball, is something better out there.” like luck was running out, close friends said. online Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences program. He is on track to track and power lifting, but also participated There is no denying the dangers of the “He, like many other service members, graduate in August. in choir, studied the martial arts and worked mission, the uncertainty of life and the bond paid the ultimate price so that people can A senior, Taylor left Lamar to join the Marines with 120 credits part time, all while keeping up with his among Marines. It all came together when live the lives they do,” Taylor said. “He did- earned—just a few courses short of completing his degree in biology. He schoolwork. “I’m the guy who wants to do the company lost one of its own. n’t do what he did for recognition but said in an e-mail that he decided to enlist because “I wanted to do some- everything all at the same time,” he said. “He is someone I thought very highly because he loved what he did and had a thing that I knew was going to require a 100 percent effort and something As a radio field operator by trade, of and aspired to be like,” Taylor said of sense of purpose in protecting his country. I that I would never forget I accomplished.” Taylor serves as the radio chief within his Gunnery Sgt. Robert Gilbert, 28, of think sometimes people forget all the sacri- It is a decision his wife, Tammy, fully supported. “We were meant to unit. It is his responsibility to ensure all Richfield, Ohio, felled in an ambush. A fices that are made, not just by the people be together,” he said of Tammy, whom he has known since the two were in equipment is fully operational for his com- Marines’ Marine and the youngest ever pro- that lose their lives, but the sacrifices that third grade. Their son, Aaron Hilton Taylor Jr., was born on his father’s pany, which includes 106 people comprising moted to gunnery sergeant, Gilbert died of families make, too.” birthday in 2008. “I have absolutely the best wife in the world,” he said. a headquarters element and three teams. his wounds on his birthday March 16 at the For those service men and women in “Both of them mean the world to me.” From radios to cryptographic devices to National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, harm’s way, the long list of sacrifices don’t While he takes a lot of ribbing from the other Marines about not yet vehicle communications, that adds up to a Md., with family and friends at his bedside. have to include giving up the opportunity graduating, it is not a decision he regrets. “I wanted to start at the bottom lot of high-tech gear. Like all Marines, he’s A couple of days before the ambush, his for the future that higher education can and work my way up,” he said. “I felt that if I understood the enlisted side, an integral part of the team outside the wire Kevlar vest had been credited with saving bring thanks to online programs like then became an officer, I would be a more effective leader.” when he serves as a gunner on convoys. his life from a different Taliban bullet. It Lamar’s B.A.A.S.

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delivering patient care and appreci- ate the role that nurses play. A caring Fitch is not the only one in her household with a desire to continue learning. Her husband completed an MBA at Rice University while they lived in Houston and started a software company. “That’s what’s allowed me to be so mobile and be an professional academic gypsy,” she said. His From her LU nursing education to multiple roles expertise in writing managerial software has also helped in her as a physician and professor in Oklahoma today, work. She mentions a problem, Jane Fitch has spent her career caring for others and often he writes software to solve it. They love to travel and by Beth Gallaspy have enjoyed the opportunity to live in many different parts of the r. Jane (Knott) Fitch ’78 has a low- Fitch was president of the first class of country. The Fitches have visited all maintenance lifestyle to balance out a nurses to receive bachelor’s degrees at 50 states—a goal they set when demanding, high-maintenance, multi- Lamar University. She then worked in the they married—and are about faceted career as a physician, teacher, intensive care unit of St. Elizabeth halfway through visiting all 11 U.S. administrator and advocate. Hospital for about a year to gain experi- presidential libraries and museums. ence before attending nurse anesthesia To accommodate a life that keeps DSince 2001, Fitch has been at the University of school at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. After career prompted Jane’s enrollment at Lamar. She started college at them on the go, the Fitches try to keep their home low maintenance. Oklahoma College of Medicine and the OU Medical completing that program and going to work as a nurse Duke University in their native North Carolina but transferred when They have no children, plants or pets but enjoy spoiling their many Center where she holds the John L. Plewes Chair and anesthetist, she became increasingly frustrated as she strug- John took a job as a materials engineer with Texaco in Port Arthur nieces and nephews at every opportunity. serves as professor and chair of the Department of gled to fully understand her patients’ needs and the proce- after he finished college. She commuted from Port Arthur to Lamar Fitch attributes her interest in education to the value her parents Anesthesiology, chief of anesthesia service and medical dures she performed. The anesthesiologists she worked with a few other women in her nursing class. placed on it. Her father is a retired Southern Baptist minister, and director for perioperative services. “The most enjoyable and with seemed to easily grasp all the elements of what was “We weren’t a very large class, but we all developed a close her mother ran a patent attorney’s office. “My whole life, they the most rewarding parts are the clinical aspects of the job happening around them. She realized their additional edu- relationship because we all realized we were going to set the stage for emphasized the importance of education and likewise the aspect of —taking care of patients—and the educational aspects. cation and training made the difference and decided to fol- the future of nursing at Lamar. We were the first class going through, picking a profession where you’re giving back to society and you’re Being able to train the next generation of anesthesiologists low the same route. Fitch completed medical school at the and I think we all felt a sense of responsibility that we need to make really trying to leave a mark on society by making it better than you is incredibly rewarding and is why we do what we do,” said University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston and sure that we do our part to make this program a success. Now, all found it,” Fitch said. For her, that meant becoming a nurse, then a Fitch, who previously served as residency program director an anesthesiology residency and fellowship at the these years later, I’m incredibly proud of how the nursing department doctor. Her brother is a surgeon. Her sister is a retired school princi- at OU as well. University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle. She and the nursing program there has grown and the reputation that it’s pal. “The three of us all went into areas where they’re the helping More challenging, but also important, are the has remained in academic medicine ever since. She moved developed. We really did enjoy our time there,” Fitch said, noting professions.” administrative components of the job—managing limited from a faculty position at Yale University to a division chief that she remains in touch with some of her instructors and class- Already she can see the impact of her work. Anesthesiologists resources and making doctors’ voices heard as state and and vice chair at Baylor College of Medicine before joining mates. “It really was a fun time.” she trained are working across the country, including in Beaumont. national political leaders develop new regulations impacting the OU faculty. Fitch believes her experience as a nurse has been a help to her in Since 2001, she has doubled the size of OU’s anesthesiology residen- the practice of medicine. “As a physician and as a patient “I enjoy teaching and training our residents,” she said. her medical career and to the residents she trains. “I will be the first cy program to 12 residents per year and added a fellowship program. advocate, we have to make sure we educate our legislators “They keep you on your toes. They’re always asking ques- person to say I think nurses make better physicians and I think nurse Still to come, she is working to establish two more fellowships and about what’s in the best interest of patients and our tions. What better way to learn something than to teach it to anesthetists make better anesthesiologists. I think my nursing back- assist in establishing a new surgery center and comprehensive cancer specialties, or even better than that, we need to have more someone else? I just find that very stimulating, which is why ground really gives me a better perspective for the overall healthcare center. “I’m hoping to stay busy doing this for about 10 more years physicians running for office and advocating for rules, I’ve always chosen to be in that academic environment.” team and the various roles that people play. I think it likewise has and then be able to retire and maybe dabble in politics, if I want to regulations and laws that recognize the concerns of patients As she moved through nursing school, nurse anesthe- made it a lot easier for me to be able to navigate the healthcare sys- at that point,” she said. and physicians,” Fitch said. She became interested in the sia school and along the path toward becoming a physician, tem and work with other people in the healthcare system, especially For Fitch, that willingness to try something new is, well, noth- political aspects of organized medicine when she began her Fitch received steady encouragement and financial support nursing colleagues because we also speak a common language and ing new. It’s been part of her life since joining the first nursing class career as a physician. Her experience in healthcare goes from her husband, John. The high school sweethearts will come from a similar background,” she said. Fitch strives to use that at Lamar to receive bachelor’s degrees and continues to serve her back even further. celebrate their 34th wedding anniversary this year. John’s knowledge to help new residents understand the team approach to well with each new challenge that arises.

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husband, Charles. worldwide sales leader for IBM. He and his Find out online where Texas representative industrial supervision, live in Orange. Tommy Fain Jr. ’80, B.M. music education, e hope you enjoy reading about former classmates. If you have news wife, Sherry (Tilkins) ’69, certif. secretarial sci- for the Fellowship of Christian earned a master’s degree and educational Nancy Hurlbut ’68, B.B.A. secretarial science, to pick yours up Toni (Passmore) Anderson ’79, B.M. music- ence, live in Round Rock. Athletes. He and his wife, Janis, live in doctorate from Texas A&M-Commerce and Wto share – a position announcement, milestone, achievement, is retired and lives in Ragley, La., with her lamar.edu/alumni vocals, earned a master’s in vocal perform- Port Neches. is associate director of bands at Lake Dallas husband, George. Michael O’Brien ’71, B.S. mechanical engi- ance from the New England Conservatory wedding, baby – or know the whereabouts of a lost alumnus, we want Middle School. He lives in Plano. neering, had a 35-year career in the interna- Lorri McNight ’77, B.S. psychology, is vice and a doctoral degree in higher education Alan Sampson ’68, B.B.A. general business, to hear from you. tional oil and gas equipment and packaging president of lending for City Bank New from Georgia State University. She is profes- Karen (Bankhead) Guidry ’80, B.S. elementary was honored as namesake for the 2009 Eagle Sister Charles Anne Solomon ’74, M.Ed. business. He is retired and owns a golf Mexico in Ruidoso. She was appointed to the sor of voice and chair of the music depart- education, teaches in the Beaumont school Scout Class of the Three Rivers Council of counseling and development, was awarded Send us your news: course and a construction and demolition Supreme Court of New Mexico Judicial ment of LaGrange College. district, where she lives with her husband, the Boy Scouts of America. He and his wife, the 2010 Spirit Award by the Diocese of landfill business in Tulsa, Okla. He and his Performance Evaluation Committee member. Emery. Norma ’75, B.S. speech, live in Beaumont. Brownsville for her work in their diocesan Charles Feagin ’79, B.S. criminal justice, is a Write to Cadence, P.O. Box 10011, Beaumont, TX 77710, wife, Glenda, live in Jenks, Okla. school office for the last nine years. She lives Rene Rangel ’77, B.A. Spanish, earned a mas- correctional officer with Jefferson County. He Steve Hankins ’80, B.S. music, is head band Minnie (Mearlon) Melton ’69, B.S. communi- e-mail [email protected] or call (409) 880-8421. Mary (Provost) Charrier ’72, vocational nurs- in Weslaco. ter’s degree in bilingual education from lives in Village Mills with his wife, Susan. director for Heritage Middle School in the cation disorders, is retired but works part ing, returned to college in 1989 and earned a Texas A&M-Kingsville and is coordinator for East Central school district in San Antonio. time as a speech and language therapist in Philip White ’74, B.S. chemical engineering, Hal Johnston ’79, A.A.S. industrial electricity, master’s degree in marriage and family thera- support services in the Santa Rosa school He and his wife, Elizabeth, live in Cibolo inventor or co-inventor of 40 patents at the Port Arthur school district. She has is a consulting engineer. He and his wife, is an electrical designer for Galewsky and py in 1997 from the University of district, where he lives. and have three children. Helena. He and his wife, Ann, live in authored a children’s book, Chuckles and Josie (Solito) ’70, certif. secretarial science, Johnston Consulting Engineers in 30s Houston–Clear Lake. Beaumont. Hurricane Rita. live in Pearland. Dr. Michael Bearb ’78, B.S. psychology, Beaumont. He lives in Sour Lake. Ronald Strybos ’80, B.S. chemical engineer- Leonard Fugate ’39, A.A. general studies, Jay Dickstein ’72, B.B.A. economics, owns earned a doctoral degree from the University ing, is facility manager for Air Liquide in Nancy (Maynard) Irle ’62, B.S. elementary edu- Stu Slifkin ’69, B.S. sociology,retired in Diane (Ritchie) Goode ’75, B.S. communica- Hyattye Simmons ’79, B.A. government, earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical Skip Dickstein Photography and lives in of Texas-SW Medical Center at Dallas. He Beaumont. He and his wife, Gwen, live in cation, earned a master’s degree from Nicholls February 2009 after more than 30 years in tion, is a board member of the Grapeland earned a law degree from the University of engineering from the University of Texas at Stillwater, N.Y. practices with the Cardiac Anesthesia Group Kountze. State University and is retired. She lives in logistics and transportation with Tiffany & Co. Public Library. She and her husband, Charles Texas School of Law and received the 2009 Austin. He had a 46-year career in electronic in Jackson, Tenn., where he lives. Friendswood, with her husband, Don. Walter Jones ’72, B.S. mechanical engineer- ’69, B.A. sociology, live in Grapeland. Texas General Counsel Forum’s Magna Stella Susan (Brodeur) Gilbert ’81, B.S. elementary manufacturing. He lives in Beaumont. Lynda (Isakson) Stout ’69, B.S. education, is ing, and his wife, Linda (Messer) ’70, B.A. David Block ’78, B.S. speech, earned a mas- Award for excellence in leadership and man- education, teaches eighth-grade American LaVerne Kinnaird ’62, certif. vocational nurs- proud to be the second generation of four Sassy (Layton) Kerr ’75, B.S. secondary edu- history, live in Minneola, Fla. ter’s degree in information resource manage- agement for a non-profit or government history in Lumberton, where she lives with ing, lives in Belle Chasse, La. generations of Lamar graduates: her father, cation, is head of the science department at ment from the Air Force Institute of agency. He is general counsel for the Dallas her husband of 29 years, David. They have 40s Al Isakson; her daughter and two sons; and Chuck Mason ’72, B.S. biology, was the Lumberton Middle School in Lumberton. Reona (Monson) Hughes ’63, certif. vocational Technology and a master’s degree in liberal Area Rapid Transit and lives in Dallas. three children: Leaha, Hayden and Nathan. two grandchildren. recipient of the T. Kelsey Lamb Sr. Business She lives in Beaumont. Alma (Wells) Price ’44, A.A. general studies, is nursing, practiced nursing for 21 years and arts from Texas Christian University. He is Leaha is the producer for LUTV news. Ethics Award given by Beaumont Rotary. a retired teacher and lives in Birmingham, Ala. lives in Independence, La. Larry Walker ’69, B.B.A. business administra- Suzy (Debney) Mudge ’75, B.S. elementary coordinator for institutional effectiveness and Tex Glazier ’81, B.B.A. marketing, is chief tion, ’97 M.Ed. counseling and development, David Muse ’72, civil engineering, is project education, ’84, M.Ed. counseling and devel- accountability at Austin Community College 80s Leon Norwood ’46, A.A. general studies, lives John Hunsucker ’63, B.S. mathematics, earned operating officer for The Daniel Group in is director of Christian Counseling Center director for the Block Island farm project for opment, earned her doctoral degree from St. and lives in Round Rock. in Haskell, Okla., with his wife, Ima Jean. a master’s degree in math from Louisiana State Michael Bienvenu ’80, B.S. law enforcement, Houston. He and his wife, Sherri (Van SETX and was selected as runnerup Trustee of Deepwater Wind. He had a 33-year career Mary’s University. She is associate professor University-Baton Rouge, a master’s degree in Gary Garrison ’78, B.S. speech, is executive ’95, A.A.S. process operating technology, is Breemen) ’82, certif. office administration, Dudley Letbetter ’48, A.A. general studies, the Year of 5,400 large hospitals by Modern with Mobil and ExxonMobil, managing and program director for counseling at Texas industrial engineering from Texas A&M- director of creative affairs for The Dramatists an operator for ExxonMobil. He and his live in Argyle. lives in Beaumont. Healthcare 2010. He serves as trustee for operations of on- and offshore projects in A&M in San Antonio. She lives in Helotes. College Station and a doctoral degree in math Guild of America. He lives in Westport, Conn. wife, Josephine, live in Beaumont. Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas. He and Dallas, Houston, Newfoundland, Canada, Thad Angelle ’82, B.B.A. general business, is Melba (Forsythe) Hayes ’49, A.A. general from Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge. Randall Odom ’75, A.S. law enforcement, his wife, Beverly, live in Beaumont. Peru, Norway and Nigeria. Deepwater Wind Celeste Salhab ’78, B.S. deaf education, M.S. Jane (McBroom) Busby ’80, B.S. nursing, is chief executive officer of MCT Credit Union. studies, is retired and lives in Lake Charles, He is owner and chief executive officer of the works for the Texas Commission on Law is trying to become the first company in the audiology, teaches technology in the Hardin- school nurse and director of health services He lives in Orangefield with his wife, La., with her husband, Glyn. National Aquatic Safety Co. in Dickinson, Enforcement in the curriculum division for U.S. to build offshore wind farms. He lives Jefferson school district in Sour Lake. She in the Bridge City school district. She lives in Candace, and three sons. where he lives. officer standards and education in Austin. Mary Katherine Nederland with her husband, Donald ’79, 70s in Spring, with his wife, He lives in Round Rock. lives in Beaumont. Carol (Giron) Batiste ’82, M.Ed. educational Don Hannegan ’64, B.S. industrial engineering, (White) ’72, B.S. elementary education. A.A.S. drafting technology, ’90, A.A.S. com- 50s Nancy (Pearson) Adams ’70, B.S. elementary Marty (Peveto) Taylor ’78, is science depart- leadership, retired as principal of Willie Ray is drilling hazard mitigation strategic manager Mark Rouse ’75, B.S. oceanographic technol- puter electronics and robotics, ’92, B.S. education, ’71, M.Ed. elementary education, Russell Konesheck ’73, B.S. mechanical engi- ment head and teaches in the Bridge City Smith Middle School in Beaumont. Bette Stead ’57, B.B.A. general business, for Weatherford International. He has been ogy and geology, is senior program analyst industrial technology, who is a senior engi- earned her doctoral degree in 1995 from neering, is senior mechanical facilities engi- school district. She and her husband, Hyman, received the 2010 Mayor’s Volunteer commissioned by the University of Texas for the Minerals Management Service in neer at Huntsman in Port Arthur. Texas A&M University at College Station neer for Mustang Engineering in Houston. ’74, A.A.S. drafting technology, ’75, A.A.S. Houston Award from The Women’s Home. Petroleum Engineering Extended Training New Orleans. He had a 32-year career with and is an associate professor at Lamar He and his wife, Karen (Euers) ’73, B.S. biol- She earned a master’s degree in business Program to author a textbook on Drilling the federal government and is now working University. She lives in Lumberton. ogy, live in Katy, where she is veterinarian from the University of Texas-Austin and a Hazard Mitigation technologies. He lives in in the area of offshore renewable energy. He and owner of Animal Hospital of Katy. They doctoral degree from the University of Fort Smith, Ark., with his wife, Joy Marie. Jay Hankamer ’70, B.S. industrial engineer- and his wife, Ann, have been married 30 have four children and two grandchildren. Houston. ing, ’71, M.E. industrial engineering, is sen- years, and live in Slidell, La. Carmen Schroedter ’64, certif. industrial elec- ior vice president of resort development for Chris Richter ’73, B.A. French, is contract John Knox ’58, B.S. mechanical engineering, tricity, is vice president of Automation USA Diane (DeBerry) Woodard ’75, B.S. education, LU alumnus receives lifetime achievement award Silverleaf Resorts Inc. in Dallas. He and his administration competency manager for the and his wife, Barbara, celebrated their 50th in Lafayette, La., where lives with his wife, teaches special education in the Columbia- wife, Yvonne (Roush) ’68, B.S. home eco- U.S. region for Dupont Beaumont Works. Don Phillips ’64 was honored with textbooks, including a book of the year award for wedding anniversary Feb. 27, 2010. They Harolyn. Brazoria school district. She and her hus- nomics, live in Carrollton. He lives in Beaumont. have two children and two grandchildren band, James, live in West Columbia. the Texas Industrial Engineering operations research, and more than 150 peer- Mike Carman ’65, certif. refrigeration and air and live in Los Gatos, Calif. Jane (Nichols) Kingsley ’70, B.B.A. account- The Liberty-Dayton Chamber of Commerce conditioning technology, is retired and lives Brenda (Stephens) Escamilla ’76, B.B.A. Lifetime Achievement Award Feb. reviewed journals and proceedings. He has been ing, retired from a 33-year career with the named John Simmons ’73, B.B.A. account- John Bedsole ’59, B.S. mechanical engineer- in Winder, Ga., with his wife, Jeanne. office administration, lives in Midlothian, Va. Beaumont school district. ing, the 2010 Citizen of the Year. He has 26. He was recognized for 43 the principal or co-principal investigator for ing, is retired and lives in Livingston with his She has four sons. Anita (Nugent) Gerlach ’66, B.A. English, served as a state tax consultant for 32 years wife, Nancy. Bill Scott ’70, B.S. government, was recog- years of achievement and service in research grants in excess of $18 million and serves earned the Presidential Award for Excellence in and lives in Dayton. Skip Hebert ’76, B.A. political science, is nized with the Ernest Thompson Seton level Claud Sibert ’59, B.S. chemistry, ’72, M.S. Science Teaching. She lives in Glorieta, N.M. owner of Hebert Real Estate Appraisers in education, specifically in the field of industrial as the Homeland Security research coordinator of membership at the 2010 Eagle Scout Walter Barrutia ’74, M.Ed. engineering, ’79, chemistry, retired and lives in Nederland with Groves, where he lives with his wife, Lora. engineering, which focuses on maximizing the for the engineering programs at Texas A&M. William Bloodworth Jr. ’67, M.A. English, Recognition Dinner/Council Awards E.D. engineering, returned to Peru after 22 his wife, Alice. earned a doctoral degree from the University Banquet. Bill and his wife, Gay ’80, B.B.A. years in the United States. He is a graduate Bill Peveto ’76, B.B.A. accounting, is vice efficiency of processes and systems. “Many in the field considered Don to be one of Texas at Austin. He was named a Most accounting, live in Nederland. professor at San Marcos University in Lima, president for Harper and Pearson Co. in Phillips played football for the Cardinals and of the top five industrial engineering researchers Distinguished Alumnus from Texas Lutheran where he lives, and steered the passing of the Houston. He lives in Austin. 60s Ron Couvillon ’71, B.B.A. management, is University, where he received his bachelor’s Education Accreditation Law, in order to coached tight ends and wide receivers as a stu- in the country,” said Victor Zaloom, associate marketing specialist for Southern Champion Mohammad Ahmed ’77, B.S. mechanical Richard Adams ’62, B.B.A. marketing, taught degree. He and his wife, Julia, have two chil- improve the quality of education in Peru. Tray in Chattanooga, Tenn. He and his wife, engineering, is a pressure vessel specialist for dent assistant coach. He joined the faculty of dean of the College of Engineering and chair of school for 34 years and retired in 1996. He dren and live in Augusta, Ga., where he is Joan, live in Whitwell, Tenn. Nelson Fernandes ’74, B.S. electrical engi- Bechtel in Houston, where he lives. lives in Richwood. president of Augusta State University. Texas A&M University in 1975 and serves as a the Industrial Engineering Department. neering, is senior project engineer for AK Kyle Johnson ’71, B.B.A. accounting, retired Stephen Collazo ’77, B.S. secondary education, Tipton Golias ’62, B.S. biology, president of Phil Primm ’67, B.B.A. marketing, is manag- Steel Inc. in Rockport, Ind. He and his wife, Chevron Distinguished Professor of Industrial Nominees for the award are selected by as chief financial officer for Southern Heat ’86, M.Ed. school administration, was recog- Helena Laboratories, won the 2009 Van ing partner for Pencal. He and his wife, Alva, Elizabeth, live in Newburgh, Ind. Exchanger. He and his wife, Jeanie, live in nized for winning his 300th game as a head Engineering. Prior to his current appointment, he members of the Texas executive committee of the Slyke Award from the American Association live in Greensboro, Ga. Tuscaloosa. Rudy Simpson ’74, B.S. secondary education, basketball coach at Kelly High School in for Clinical Chemistry for his contributions held faculty positions at Purdue University and Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE), an inter- Sharon (Oliver) Tortorich ’67, B.B.A. market- is a turnaround coordinator for Hovensa. He Beaumont. He is regional manager with to the science of clinical chemistry and labo- Ron Montgomery ’71, B.S. chemical engineer- the University of Texas. A prolific author and national professional society. ing, is retired and lives in Fulshear, with her lives in Christiansted, Virgin Islands. Primerica Financial Services and the Southeast ratory medicine. 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encourages Gina (Vallot) Heinlein ’82, B.S.N. nursing, is a neering department at Jordan University of Michael Wilson ’88, B.B.A. marketing, Carmen (Angelle) Jordan ’90, B.B.A. finance, University. She is the district instructional registered nurse with Christus Hospital St. Science and Technology in Jordan. He was earned a master’s degree from the University is executive vice president for Encore Bank in technology specialist in the Hardin-Jefferson parents to Elizabeth. She lives in Beaumont. the first dean for the School of Technological of Houston in Clear Lake and is executive Houston. She and her husband, Matthew, school district. She lives in Beaumont. Science at the German-Jordanian University director for Community in Schools for live in Sugar Land. Vianney Martawibawa ’82, B.S. mechanical Youzhi He ’94, M.E. engineering, earned a LU and established the industrial engineering Goose Creek school district. He lives in engineering, is general manager of ITW Gene Stewart ’90, B.S. electrical engineering, master’s in business from the University of and management department at Sharjah Baytown. Welding in Singapore, where he lives with is systems engineer for ExxonMobil in Michigan and is senior engineer for University. He is chairman of the industrial his wife, Kalin, and two sons. Melissa (Custer) Boyett ’89, B.S. elementary Beaumont. He lives in Lumberton with his Schaeffler Group. He and his wife, Jun engineering and management department education, teaches at Pine Forest Elementary in wife, Selah. Yang, live in Rochester Hills, Mich. Michael McEachern ’82, B.B.A. personnel at the University of Sharjay in the United Vidor, where she lives with her husband, Neil. administration, earned a master’s degree Arab Emirates. Kevin Stone ’90, B.M. music education, ’08, Cherie (Louvier) Loyacano ’94, B.S. interdisci- GoBigRed from the University of Houston and is chief Chris Coffey -89, criminal justice, is assistant M.M. music, is director of bands in the plinary studies, ’09, M.Ed. teacher leader- Theresa (Ward) Oemig ’85, B.S. elementary executive officer of Renaissance Hospital superintendent for the Dallas County Barbers Hill school district. During his 18- ship, lives in Porter with her husband, David education, teaches at Big Creek Elementary Groves. He lives in Port Neches. Juvenile Department. He lives in Cedar Hill. year career, he has been invited to adjudicate ’93, B.S. criminal justice. He earned a mas- Parents have questions too. in Cumming, Ga., where she lives with her bands and is a former director of athletic ter’s degree in education from the University Deborah (Seiver) Gernentz ’83, B.B.A. husband, Michael. Steven Floyd ’89, B.B.A. finance, is vice presi- bands at Lamar University. of Houston. accounting, is senior consultant for Interdyn dent and trust officer of specialty assets for Lamar University is forming a Parents and Families Organization, Debra (Hartman) Petree ’85, B.S. sociology, Progressive Group in Houston. She lives in Wells Fargo Bank in Corpus Christi, where Ted Wiggins ’90, B.B.A. accounting, is chief Charles Wintill ’94, B.S. mechanical engineer- specifically focusing on parents and family members of Lamar stu- teaches in the Beaumont school district, Beaumont. he lives with his wife, Shelly. financial officer for Performance Companies ing, is engineering manager for PetroQuip where she lives with her husband, Ray ’82, dents. “After successfully engaging alumni and community lead- in Cleveland and serves on the Lamar Energy Services in Houston, where he lives. Wyman Hopkins ’83, B.S. criminal justice, B.A. political science, who teaches and Lorie (Thompson) Gibson ’89, B.S. elementary ers, we are now focusing on the parents of our current stu- University College of Business Accounting retired from a 25-year career in law enforce- coaches in Lumberton. education, teaches in the Little Cypress- Hap Call ’90, B.A. history, ’95, B.S. electrical Advisory Board. He and his wife, Sandra, dents,” said Linda LeBlanc, assistant director of alumni affairs. ment and teaches at Foster High School in Mauriceville school district. She lives in engineering, is an electrical engineering Rose Thomas ’86, B.S. chemical engineering, live in Livingston. Richmond, where he lives. Beaumont. specialist for ExxonMobil in Beaumont, “It is the perfect time to involve this group.” is staff engineer for ExxonMobil Research Teresa (Burwick) Fisher ’91, B.S. biology, is where he lives with his wife, Susan. The organization will help keep families of LU students John Tisdale ’83, B.S. communication, ’88 and Engineering in Fairfax, Va. Karen Lindsey ’89, B.S. elementary education, science department chair at Manvel High M.A. history,earned a doctoral degree from the is district dyslexia evaluator for the Katy Chris Jamison ’95, B.B.A. marketing, is informed about activities and opportunities at Lamar and offer Betsy (Durso) Branch ’87, B.A. history, earned School in the Alvin school district. She lives University of North Texas. He is an associate school district. She lives in Bellville. senior vice president for Bank of the Ozarks ways for families to become involved with the university. a law degree from the University of in Pearland with her husband, Shawn ’91, professor and associate director of the Schieffer in Frisco, where he lives. Mississippi in 1990. She is a partner in the Amy (Toomim) Long ’89, B.S. dance, co-hosts B.S. electrical engineering, who is a project In the program’s inaugural year, the university will host events School of Journalism at Texas Christian family law firm of McCurley Orsinger a talk radio show called Rational Radio engineer for Powell Industries. Kelli (Hudson) McLaurin ’95, B.S. sociology, for parents and family members—from tailgate parties to more struc- University in Fort Worth, where he lives. McCurley Nelson & Downing. She lives in Report in Dallas and teaches classes at North teaches at the Academy of Accelerated Lisa Gloude ’91, A.A.S. child care and develop- tured functions—with a goal of establishing an annual Lamar University Susan (Swendig) Wisenbaker ’83, B.S. Mesquite. Central Texas College in Corinth. She lives Learning. She lives in Fresno. ment, teaches at Our Mother of Mercy Parents and Families Weekend. mechanical engineering, ’95, B.S. physics, in Denton with her husband, Terry. They Don Cunningham ’87, B.S. mechanical engi- Catholic School in Beaumont, where she lives. Lisa Morrison ’95, B.A.A.S. applied arts and teaches math at Montezuma-Cortez High have two sons. A Parents Advisory Committee, made neering, is program director for nuclear opera- sciences, is lead science teacher at Ogden “We’re here to help parents School and lives in Dolores, Colo., with her Yolonda Kelley ’91, B.S. elementary tions for Siemens Energy Inc. in Orlando, Fla. Kathy Portie ’89, B.S. communication, ’94, Elementary in the Beaumont school district. up of parents who have established rela- husband, Robert. education, is program director for profes- help their students” He lives in Altamonte Springs, Fla. M.A. visual arts, is sports editor for the Big She lives in Winnie. tionships with Lamar, provided input on sional development services for THIRST — JUAN ZABALA, executive director of alumni affairs Kenneth Booker ’84, B.S. music theory and Bear Grizzly in Big Bear Lake, Calif., where John Curtin ’87, B.B.A. finance, is senior vice Teacher Training in Houston. She lives in Chad Anderson ’96, B.S. chemical engineer- forming the organization. The committee composition, earned a master's degree from she lives. president for Citibank in Dallas. He lives in Sugar Land. ing, is operations manager at Huntsman met with members of the alumni office staff, President James Simmons and Camille Mouton, the University of Houston and a doctoral Prosper. John Sudela ’89, B.S. civil engineering, is Chemical Corp. in Port Neches. He and his degree from the University of Texas at Vivian (Briscoe) Ballou ’92, B.B.A. general vice-president for University Advancement, to share ideas. design engineer for the Beaumont district for wife, Hope, live in Nederland. Austin. He teaches at Lee College in Timothy Mathis ’87, B.B.A. management, is business, is owner of Neighborhood The advisory committee comprises 24 parents: Roxanne and Karl Barnes, Evelyn and Jack the Texas Department of Transportation. He Baytown and has composed more than 70 management assistant in surgery at Cedars- Redevelopment Associates in Port Arthur, Kristen (Ritchey) Bellanger ’96, B.B.A. market- and his wife, Misty, have two children. Briggs, Jennie and James Dees, Sheryll and Jerry Plaia, Connie and Milt Prewitt, Traci and pieces of music in his career. Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, Calif. where she lives. ing, is senior vice president of operations at He lives in West Hollywood, Calif. FivePoint Credit Union. She lives in Orange. Wagdy Rizk, and Peggy and Juan Zabala, all of Beaumont; Susan and Greg Thompson, Orange; Robert Hall ’84, B.S. mechanical engineering, Kenneth Barry ’92, B.B.A. marketing, is sen- Gail and Brian Binagia and Fran and Don Duplan, Port Neches; Anita and Billy Greer, Sour Lake; works for CB&I Engineering in Beaumont. Carolyn (Leach) Pineda ’87, B.S. mathematics, 90s ior managing director for Sunbelt Securities Victoria McCleery ’96, B.A.A.S. applied arts He lives in Sour Lake with his wife, Nancy. is vice president of services for Intergraph in Inc. in Beaumont. He lives in Orange. and sciences, is career services specialist for and Angela and Zeb Zbranek, Winnie. Paul Bordelon ’90, B.B.A. marketing, is gen- Houston. She lives in Lumberton. Tarrant County College in Hurst. She lives Joia Bush of Houston, a Lamar University student ambassador, understands the value of Rich Harrist ’84, B.S. government, earned his eral manager of Harper and Associates in Kendra (Rayon) Edwards ’92, B.B.A. office in Bedford. law degree from the University of Oklahoma Rebecca Summerlin ’87, B.S. elementary edu- New Orleans. He lives in Metairie. administration, teaches in the Devers school reaching out to parents. “It’s just as important for the parent to feel as welcome as the stu- and is senior attorney for Cooper and Scully. cation, teaches math at Marshall Middle district, where she lives. Tiffany (Nash) Prudhomme ’96, B.B.A. dent,” said Bush. “Parents who understand how the university is trying to help their child suc- Willie Crysel ’90, B.A.A.S. applied arts and He lives in Pipe Creek. School in Beaumont, where she lives. accounting, is senior manager for the nation- sciences, is a scheduler for Newtron and lives Teri Langston ’92, B.S. kinesiology, earned a ceed are more likely to be engaged in helping their student to succeed. al office of accounting standards and com- Ron Sims ’84, M.Ed. school administration, Theresa Hill ’88, B.B.A. accounting, is a in Beaumont. master’s degree in educational leadership. “The organization will be of great assistance to parents of first-generation students,” said munications group for Deloitte and Touche earned his bachelor’s degree from Louisiana financial analyst for Beech-Nut Nutrition. She teaches and coaches at Niles West High Gina Giblin ’90, B.A. sociology, earned her in Wilton, Conn. She lives in Stamford, Bush. “These parents may not have firsthand experience with the workings of a university. The Tech University. He later earned his Ed.D. She lives in Little Falls, N.Y. School in Skokie, Ill. She lives in Chicago, law degree from South Texas College of Law Conn. She was selected as recipient of the from Texas A&M University. He is superin- Ill., with her husband, Steve Heuerman. organization can help them understand the curricular and social opportunities and become Todd Hoffman ’88, B.B.A. accounting, is a and is in private practice in Dallas. Harlem YMCA’s 2010 Black Achievers in tendent of the Lumberton school district, more active in their students’ academic careers.” partner for PricewaterhouseCoopers in Cynthia Parra ’92, B.A. history, ’92, B.A. Industry Award, which recognizes some of where he lives. Bill Griffin ’82, A.A.S. diesel mechanics, ’90, Houston. He lives in The Woodlands. political science, is assistant director of opera- today’s most talented and committed James Dees ’90, who earned an MBA from Lamar, and his wife Jennie ’78 (B.S., biology) B.M. music education, is an investigator for Jackie (Ardoin) Spears ’84, B.S. sociology, tions for the Setzer Student Center at Lamar African-American men and women for their serve on the steering committee to develop a mechanism for parents to partner with the Jennie Riddle -88, music education, received Premier in Houston. He lives in Pearland. M.Ed. educational technology, is division University. She lives in Beaumont. successes in business and the community. the Dove award for Songwriter of the Year, university to guide all students through their educational experience. “A Lamar University that chair of business and technology for Lamar Peggy (Dorsey) Haley ’90, B.S. elementary and her song, Revelation Song, received the Jeff McKinnon ’93, B.A. Spanish, ’93, B.A. Heather (Jones) Skeen ’96, B.S. interdiscipli- prepares students to be successful in their professional field improves the community as a State College in Orange, where she lives education, teaches in the Port Arthur school Dove award for Worship Song of the Year. history, ’00, M.Ed. counseling and develop- nary studies, lives in Crosby, with her hus- with her husband, Jack. district. She lives in Port Neches, with her whole,” James said. ment, is counselor at Nederland High band, James, and three children. Dominique (Dor) Rogers ’88, B.B.A. finance, is husband, Carl. For more information about the parents and family organization contact the Office of Julie (Gordey) Wesseling ’84, B.B.A. account- School, where he lives with his wife, Brooke. executive director and a licensed professional Wayne Wells ’96, B.S. criminal justice, is ing, is financial manager at Telluride Medical Peggy (Deville) Henderson ’90, B.S. mechani- Alumni Affairs at (409) 880-8921 or e-mail [email protected]. counselor for Supporting Others Through Tammy (Simmons) Stansbury ’93, B.S. inter- principal at Ogden Elementary in Center in Telluride, Colo. She lives in cal engineering, was awarded the Society of Mentoring in Duncanville, where she lives disciplinary studies, is a landman for J. Mark Beaumont, where he lives. Ogden Ridgway, Colo., with her husband, Danny. Women Engineers Distinguished Service with her husband, Arthur. Smith and Associates. She lives in Elementary was recipient of a 2009 National Award for her more than 20 years of service Fikri Dweiri ’85, B.S. electrical engineering, Livingston. Center for High Educational Achievement Parents: Get your free LU Parent car decal by calling (409) 880-8921 or e-mailing Sue Ellen Ware ’88, B.A. English, is a 2009 to the organization. She is a senior nuclear obtained a doctoral degree in industrial engi- (Just for Kids) in Science Award, as well as Reaud Excellence in Education Award nominee technologist at Comanche Peak Nuclear Cindy (Brast) Gault ’94, B.A.A.S. applied arts [email protected]. If you are the parent of a current LU student or know of neering from the University of Texas- being a 2010 National Blue Ribbon for Teacher of the Year. She teaches English at Power Plant and lives in Granbury. and sciences, earned a master’s degree in Arlington. He established the industrial engi- Nominee School. someone who is, please contact us. the Pathways Learning Center in Beaumont. educational technology from McNeese State

48 | CARDINALCADENCE 38:2 JULY 2010 JULY 2010 38:2 CARDINAL CADENCE | 49 class notes GET YOUR Baseball More than 300 alumni and parents powered up on burgers and dogs RED ON tailgate gathering to cheer for the Cards on the diamond May 20. ANDJOINUS Marie (Alvarado) Tucker ’97, B.S. communi- degree in educational administration from Alisa Hicklin ’02, B.S. politi- degree from Texas cation, ’09, M.Ed. administration, is speech Prairie View A&M University. He is assistant cal science, earned a doctoral Red White & You Kickoff Woman’s instructor in the Alvin school district, where principal at Vincent Middle School in the degree from Texas A&M in University and is a she lives with her husband, Hans. Beaumont school district and was named 2006. She is assistant profes- Monday, October 4 business office 2010-2011 Region 5 principal of the year. sor at the University of supervisor at St. Kevin Waterfallen ’97, B.S. computer science, 5:30-7:30 pm Oklahoma and lives in Luke’s Episcopal is an engineer for United Space Alliance. He Keith Harvey ’01, B.S. political science, ’05, Bistro LeMonde Norman. Hospital in lives in Porter with his wife, Tracy. B.S. dietetics, teaches in the Conroe school Houston. She district and lives in Spring. Jeremy Hunt ’02, B.M. music, Laura (McCurley) Distefano ’98, B.B.A. lives in Pearland, and his wife, Annie, had their accounting, ’98, B.B.A. economics, is senior Dr. Jeremy Huff ’01, B.S. biology, has joined with her husband, Michael. first child, Hattie, on Aug. 23, 2009. manager for Deloitte in Houston. She lives Beaumont Internal Medicine and Geriatric Cheri (Coon) Nahhas ’03, B.S. communication, in League City with her husband, Brian ’99, Associates. He attending the University of Dottie (McIntyre) LeBlanc ’02, B.S. communi- earned her master’s degree from Texas Woman’s B.S. earth science. North Texas Health Science Center in Fort cation, is field sales trainer for Reckitt University.She and her husband, Ahmad, live in Worth and completed his internship and resi- Benckiser. She lives with her husband, Jarrel Jimmerson ’98, B.B.A. management New York with their daughter, Zoey. dency at the University of Texas Health Matthew, in Daphne, Ala. information systems, is data warehouse Science Center in Houston. His parents are Laura Ramberg ’03, B.G.S. general studies, is a application architect for Accenture in Austin. Venkat Lingareddy ’02, M.E. civil engineering, Vicky (Hubbard) Huff ’92, A.A.S. nursing and parole officer for the Texas Department of He and his wife, Annette (McCloud) ’96, B.S. lives in Hyderabad, India, with his wife, Gene Huff ’87, A.A.S. nursing. Criminal Justice in San Angelo, where she communication, live in Cedar Park. Madhavi. lives with her husband, Clay. Heath McGallion ’01, B.B.A. finance, is Sam Kash ’98, B.S. communication, is busi- Kelley Martin ’02, B.S. psychology, earned a account vice president for UBS Financial Marco Sanchez ’03, M.E. industrial engineer- ness development manager for Tiger doctoral degree in psychology from The Services in Beaumont, where he lives with his ing, is an engineer with Mason Construction Industrial. He lives in Sour Lake. American School of Professional Psychology wife, Mikala (Griffin) ’09, B.A. English. She is and lives in Beaumont. at Argosy University in Washington, D.C., 1. Dean Jack Hopper with Darrell Cruse ’99, B.S. kinesiology, is defen- a sales assistant for Remax-Beaumont. and is working on a postdoctoral fellowship at Bobby Smith ’03, B.B.A. accounting, is senior sive coordinator and teacher in the Boles son, Brad ’87, and grandson, Colleen (Reagan) Milam ’01, M.S. nursing Children’s Medical Center of Dallas, specializ- auditor for Tenet Healthcare in Dallas, where school district in Quinlan, where he lives. Holden 2. Celia Coleman, administration, is chief nursing officer for ing in the evaluation of treatment of autism he lives with his wife, Carolyn. standing, and Ellen Rienstra Michael Hart ’99, B.A.A.S. applied arts and Glen Rose Medical Center. She lives in spectrum disorders. Jacqueline (Bennight) Wenski ’03, B.S. inter- ’62, ’80 3. Morris Lee ’73, sciences, ’99, B.G.S. general studies, teaches Glen Rose. 12 3 Justin Owens ’02, B.S. chemical engineering, disciplinary studies, teaches third grade in the ’79, greets friends. for the Beaumont school district. Devyn (Lusk) Mitchell ’01, M.E.M. engineering is a captain in the Marine Corps. He and his Fort Bend school district and lives in Pearland, Lanny Marshall ’99, B.M. music, lives in management, ’04, M.B.A. business adminis- wife, Jessica, live in Poway, Calif. with her husband, Travis. tion systems, is a computer support specialist Corey Thoe ’04, B.S. mechanical engineering, Saurabh Gupta ’05, M.E. mechanical engineer- Shonte (Jean) Leonard ’06, B.S. communica- Kirbyville, with his wife, Brenda (Hinson) ’92, tration, and her husband, Ryan ’04, M.B.A. Anna Phillips ’02, B.A.A.S. applied arts and Jennifer Wright ’03, B.S. interdisciplinary stud- for Faust Distributing Co. in Houston. He ’04, B.S. industrial engineering, earned a mas- ing, is an engineering specialist for Intecsea. tion, ’06, B.S. family studies, ’10, M.Ed. B.S. interdisciplinary studies. They teach in business administration, have a daughter, sciences, and her husband, Fleming, celebrat- ies, teaches in the Beaumont school district, and his wife, Saundra (Fregia) ’07, B.S. inter- ter’s degree in business from the University of He lives in Katy. school administration, teaches in the the Kirbyville school district. Rebecca Elaine, born April 15, 2010. They ed their 50th wedding anniversary. They live where she lives. disciplinary studies, live in Kingwood. She Texas in 2007. He is a licensed professional Beaumont school district, where she lives with live in Beaumont. Summer Lydick ’05, M.A. visual art, owns The Vickie McGee ’99, B.A. history, is personnel in Beaumont. teaches in the Crosby school district. engineer and works as a reliability engineer for her husband, David. Srimanth Brindavanam ’04, M.E. industrial Painted Wall in Beaumont, where she lives. coordinator for Walmart Stores Inc. She lives Brandon Monk ’01, B.A. political science, ConocoPhillips in Sweeny. He and his wife, Sam Sharp ’99, B.A.A.S. applied arts and engineering, is a project manager for the state Lawanna (Rideaux) Liedy ’04, B.S.W.social Justin Lewis ’06, B.A. chemistry, graduated in Kountze. earned a law degree from the University of Lynsie, live in Pearland. Kristin Mattingly ’05, B.B.A. accounting, ’05, sciences, ’02, M.S. deaf studies, is president of Tennessee. He lives in Nashville, Tenn., work, earned a master’s degree in social work from University of Texas Health Science Houston in 2004 and works for the Monk B.B.A. finance, is an accountant for the city of Ben Thames ’99, B.S. industrial technology, is and chief executive officer of ThinkDeaf with his wife, Sirisha (Seri) ’05, M.S. environ- administration from Case Western Reserve Amber Woodard ’04, B.B.A. marketing, ’09, Center at San Antonio School of Medicine Law Firm in Port Arthur and lives in Beaumont and lives in Lumberton. a first officer for Expressjet Airlines. He and Communications in Cleveland. He and his mental science, who is a business intelligence University in Cleveland, Ohio. She is a work- B.S. exercise science and fitness management, and will complete his residency training in Nederland. his wife, Suzanne (Vicknair) ’95, B.A. English, wife, Wendy, live in Splendora. engineer for Kroll Background Services. force specialist at Beaumont Workforce is a fitness specialist for Christus St. Elizabeth Todd McCormick ’05, B.B.A. marketing, and internal medicine at Louisiana State live in Groves. She teaches language arts in Jana (Chauvin) Morgan ’01, B.B.A. manage- Solutions. She and her husband, Gerald, live Hospital’s Health and Wellness Center. She Brenda Chavez were married Nov. 20, 2009. University in Shreveport. Shametta Benefield ’03, B.S. criminal justice, Chris Coy ’04, B.S. sociology, teaches and the Port Neches-Groves school district. ment information systems, and her husband, in Beaumont with their son, Gerald III. lives in Vidor. They honeymooned in and live in Katy. is a child protective services supervisor in coaches at Hyde Park Baptist Schools in Vipin Lillaney ’06, M.E. chemical engineering, Brandon ’03, B.S. communication, live in Pearland, where she lives. Austin, where he lives with his wife, Heather. Richard Morris ’04, B.S. communication, is a Felicia Alexander-Branch ’05, B.A.A.S. applied Amanda Shaw ’05, B.S. political science, earned works for Parkson Corp. and lives in Orange. process operator for ExxonMobil. He lives in arts and sciences, is an equipment foreman, her law degree from South Texas College of Pompano Beach, Fla. 00s William Effendy ’03, M.S. computer science, Damon Derrick ’04, B.B.A. marketing, earned Swapna Pradhan-Kadam ’01, M.S. chemistry, is Beaumont. dispatcher and medium operator for Fluor- Law and joined the Houston office of Jackson is senior quality assurance engineer for a law degree from the University of Prashanth Pabbati ’06, M.S. chemistry, is a Richard LeBlanc III ’00, B.B.A. marketing, is a scientist for Cookson in Bangalore, India, Daniels Corp. She and her husband, Karl, cel- Walker as an associate. She lives in Crosby. Siperian Inc. in Foster City, Calif. He lives Mississippi and is a staff attorney for Stephen Prabhi Naralasetti ’04, M.E. chemical engi- process chemist for Reagens USA in Pasadena. associate general counsel for The Planet in where he lives with his wife, Jitendra. ebrated their ninth wedding anniversary in Milpitas, Calif. F.Austin State University. He and his wife, neering, is a senior manager for Supremesoft Scott Sheridan ’05, B.S. civil engineering, is He lives in Webster. Houston, where he lives. The Planet is the March 25, 2010, and live in Port Arthur. Sugam Shrestha ’01, M.S. environmental stud- Jamie (Nelson) ’04, B.B.A. human resource Corp. He and his wife, Sudha, live in vice president of Daniel Scott Engineering, in world’s largest privately held Internet Web Seth Farris ’03, B.B.A. marketing, is ware- Eric Perez ’06, B.G.S. general studies, is a ser- ies, is project manager for the Texas management, is a senior human resources rep- McLean, Va. Amanda (Rowe) Breaux ’05, B.S. communica- Alvin, where he lives with his wife, Emily hosting company. house supervisor for Wilson Warehouse. He geant in the Army and has returned from duty Commission on Environmental Quality in resentative for Stephen F.Austin State tion, is marketing manager for La Madeleine (Ponthieu) ’08, B.S. interdisciplinary studies. and his wife, Amanda (Parker) ’01, B.B.A. Martin Novich ’85, A.A.S. mid-management, in Iraq. He and his wife, Heather (Deaton) ’09, Andy Miller ’00, B.S. chemical engineering, is Austin. He lives in Pflugerville. University. They live in Nacogdoches. de Corps Inc. in Dallas. She lives in He is a registered professional land surveyor. management, live in Groves, where she is an ’04, B.S. industrial technology, is manager of B.G.S. general studies, live in Killeen. His senior operations engineer at BASF Corp., in Carrollton with her husband, David ’03, B.A. Stephanie Chesson ’02, B.S. criminal justice, is accounting manager for Sterling Shipyard. Amanda Digmon ’04, B.G.S. general studies, is health and safety for Huntsman in Port Cody Chance ’06, B.B.A. finance, is a commer- family and Heather’s family pooled their Port Arthur. He lives in Beaumont. history. He teaches and coaches in the community development manager for the a business education teacher at Kountze High Neches. He lives in Kingwood. cial credit analyst for Capital One, in money and gave him a truck upon his return Bradley Johnson ’03, B.B.A. marketing, is a Carrollton-Farmers Branch school district. Rekina Smith ’00, B.S. food and nutrition, ’03, American Cancer Society in Bryan. She lives School. She lives in Kountze. Houston. He and his wife, Haley (Celeste) ’05, from Iraq. They requested a Lamar alumni product trainer for Robert Bosch LLC. He Amit Phanse ’04, M.E. civil engineering, is a family and consumer sciences, ’05, M.P.A., in College Station. Lisanne (Reeves) Chancey ’05, B.S. chemical B.A. English, live in Houston. sticker to have on his truck before they gave lives in Dallas. Crystal (Simmons) ’04, A.A.S. nursing, and project engineer for The VMC Group in public administration, works for the Jefferson engineering, is a run plant engineer at Dow the truck to him. Cynthia Crenshaw ’02, B.A. criminal justice, Randy Dorrell were married Nov. 20, 2009. Bloomingdale, N.J. He lives in Parsippany, Brandi (Blanchard) Fasulo ’06, B.S. industrial County Victims’ Assistance Center and lives Peter Jungen ’03, B.S. civil engineering, is a Chemical Co. in Freeport. She and her hus- works for the Internal Revenue Service in They live in Lumberton. N.J., with his wife, Swara. technology, lives in Beaumont with her hus- Tara Schrieber ’06, B.S. political science, is in Beaumont. pavement engineer for the Texas Department band, Brett, live in Pearland. Austin, where she lives. band, Anthony, who is assistant body shop audit coordinator for EnerVest Ltd. in of Transportation. He lives in Beaumont. Brandy (Harrington) Henley ’04, B.S. psycholo- Mahesh Sriramshetty ’04, M.E. mechanical Frederick Barlow Jr. ’01, B.S. interdisciplinary Dr. Tyler Dabel ’05, B.S. biology, is a dentist manager for Kinsel Ford. Houston, where she lives. Traci (Yawn) Cross ’02, B.G.S. general studies, gy, ’04, B.S. biology, is a forensic scientist for engineering, is an engineer for Worley Parsons studies, teaches in the Vidor school district, Nicole (Madden) Lewis ’03, B.S. chemical engi- in Nederland. He lives in Beaumont. is a second-grade teacher at Warren Jefferson County Regional Crime Laboratory. in Houston, where he lives. Rachel Goss ’06, B.G.S. general studies, ’09, Shafi Shaik ’06, M.S. chemistry, is a research where he lives. neering, is supervisor of global logistics and Elementary. Her husband, Darren ’03, B.B.A. She and her husband, Johnathan, live in Nicholas Elizondo ’05, B.B.A. economics, ’07, M.Ed. educational leadership, teaches in the scientist for Capricorn Pharama Inc. in trade compliance for Champion Technologies Jayme (Trimble) Theriot ’04, B.B.A. finance, Yolanda Cruz ’01, B.S. psychology, is director marketing, ’03, B.B.A. management, is store Beaumont. M.B.A. business administration, is a general Goose Creek school district. She lives in Frederick, Md., where he lives. in Houston. She and her husband, Jacob ’03, ’07, M.B.A. business administration, is an of student life for Educational Housing manager at Conn’s in Nederland. They live in accountant for Golden Pass LNG in Sabine Baytown. B.S. psychology, live in Liberty. He is a sci- Laura Hunt ’04, B.S. interdisciplinary studies, accountant for LyondellBasell Industries in Elisha Stanley ’06, B.S. fashion retail merchan- Services in Brooklyn, N.Y. She lives in New Beaumont. Pass. He lives in Bridge City. ence teacher and department chair in the teaches in the Hallsville school district, where Houston. She and her husband, Cody, live in Lori (Kimball) Gossett ’06, B.S. interdisplinary dising, ’06, B.B.A. general business entrepre- York City. Robert Ellison ’02, B.S. electrical engineering, Cleveland school district. she lives with her husband, Charles ’85, B.S. Dayton. Chris Ferguson ’05, B.B.A. marketing, is inter- studies, teaches in the Nederland school dis- neurship, earned a B.F.A. in fashion design Duaine Harris Sr. ’01, B.S. sociology, earned a is a licensed professional engineer in the state chemical engineering. net sales director for Covert Auto Group in trict, where she lives. from American Intercontinental University in Kara (Melancon) Mabe ’03, B.B.A. manage- master’s degree in counseling and a master’s of Texas. Austin. He lives in Hutto. Atlanta, Ga. She lives in Manhattan, Kan. ment information systems, earned a master’s Paul Kulish ’04, B.B.A. management informa-

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1 23 1. From left, Pat Tubbs, Homer Taylor ’77, B.B. Davis -81, Billy Tubbs ’58 and Ike Mills ’77 2. Jack Martin, Dale Godfrey ’61, Guy Davis ’62 3. From left, Larry Augsburger ’63, Don Bryson ’65, Jack Martin, Billy Tubbs ’58, Larry Lopez -60, Joe Lee Smith and Rush Wood

Carrie (Hebert) Strong ’06, B.S. fashion retail and fitness management, is a personal trainer Ralph Harrington III ’08, B.B.A. manage- Willis Bassham Jr. ’09, M.Ed. teacher leader- merchandising, is a human resource generalist for Lifetime Fitness in Houston. He and his ment, is manager at Jason’s Deli. His wife, ship, married Moriah (Ahlfinger) ’09, M.Ed. for FivePoint Credit Union. She lives in wife, Casey, live in Spring. Vanessa (Vaquere) ’09, B.B.A. general busi- administration, June 20, 2009. Both are Nederland. ness, also works for Jason’s Deli, and they teachers at Garland High School, and they Lauren (Hughes) ’07, B.G.S. general studies, live in Nederland. live in McKinney. Radha Sunkara ’06, M.E. industrial engineer- and Justin Sartin were married Dec. 12, 2009. ing, is an industrial engineer for Panasonic They live in Lake Charles, La. Mary Janssens ’08, B.S. communication, Caleb Blanchard ’09, B.B.A. management, Automotive Systems Co. of America in works as a child protective service investigator works for Georgia Pacific. He and his wife, Athena (Russell) Tallmadge ’07, B.G.S. general Peachtree City, Ga., where he lives. for the Texas Department of Family and Brittany, live in Cleveland. studies, works in sales at Controlled Fluids in Protective Services in Orange. She lives in Prici Arizmendi ’07, B.S. psychology, is a guid- Beaumont. She and her husband, Justin ’07, Shanna Cormier ’09, B.B.A. finance, is contract Port Neches. ance consultant for ComPsych in Chicago, Ill., B.G.S. general studies, live in Nederland. He administrator for Camp, Dresser and McKee where she lives. is service manager at Equipment Depot. Tarah (Burns) Shepherd ’08, B.S. criminal jus- Inc. in Houston, where she lives. tice, teaches in the Dayton school district. She Matthew Broussard ’07, B.B.A. management, Kartheek Thalakanti ’07, M.E. chemical engi- Andre Dean ’09, M.Ed. administration, teaches is married to Joshua Shepherd ’07, B.S. crimi- is a personal banker for Chase bank in neering, is a process engineer for AMEC in the Carrollton-Farmers Branch school dis- nal justice, who is a Texas Department of Houston, where he lives. Paragon in Houston, where he lives. trict and lives in Keller. REUNION 2010 Public Safety trooper. They live in Humble. Guy Crossley ’07, B.B.A. management infor- John Villforth ’07, B.S. psychology, completed Michelle (Lombard) DeAngelo ’09, M.Ed. Nina Shrestha ’08, M.E. civil engineering, is a mation systems, ’09, M.B.A. business admin- Navy basic training at Recruit Training administration, earned her principal’s certifica- Don’t miss the chance to reunite with your group! civil engineer for Chow Lazer. She lives in istration, is an academic computing specialist Command at Great Lakes, Ill. He is the son tion and lives in Denton. Newark, Calif. for the College of Business at Lamar of Paul Villforth ’04, M.S. family and consumer Mark Eaves ’09, B.S. communication, is a University. sciences. Kristin (Huntley) Villanueva ’08, B.A. history, video editor and producer for Lamar teaches in the Dallas school district, where she James Cunningham ’07, B.S. industrial engi- Quinetta Andrus ’08, B.S. criminal justice, University in Beaumont, where he lives. lives with her husband, Oscar ’07. B.A. neering, is a field service engineer for Lufkin teaches math in the Port Arthur school district English. James Eshliman ’09, B.A.A.S. applied arts and Industries Inc. in Lufkin, where he lives. and lives in Beaumont. sciences, teaches in the Beaumont school dis- Quang Vu ’08, B.S. chemical engineering, is a Jona Gilchrist ’07, B.A. music, is an accounts Amber Barnes ’08, B.M. music, is assistant trict. He lives in Lumberton with his wife, process engineer for Alpha Sim Technology in receivable clerk for LD Service in Beaumont, band director in the Humble school district, Kelsey (Mullins) ’04, B.S. criminal justice, ’09 Katy. He lives in Houston. where she lives. where she lives. M.Ed. administration. She also teaches in the Cathy Warmack ’08, B.S. music, teaches pri- Beaumont school district. Aaron Johnson ’07, B.A.A.S. applied arts and Carly (Siewert) Barnett ’08, B.F.A. studio art, is vate violin lessons and plays for volunteer sciences, is an agent for Texas Farm Bureau shift supervisor for Starbucks in Kelowna, Thelma George ’09, B.S.W.social work, is symphonies and orchestras. She lives in Insurance in Beaumont. He lives in Port Neches. British Columbia, where she lives with her social service director at Woodridge Nursing Scottsdale, Ariz. OCTOBER 2, 2010 OCTOBER 8-10, 2010 OCTOBER 9, 2010 NOVEMBER 19-20, 2010 husband, Joshua. and Rehabilitation in Houston, where she Aditya Khare ’07, M.E. industrial engineering, Emily (Eisen) Wheeler ’08, B.S. communica- lives. FORMER FOOTBALL CARDS AND MARCHING BAND CLASS OF is a business analyst for SQA Labs Inc. in Stephen Boone ’08, B.S. mechanical engineer- tion, is program services coordinator for the Phoenix, Ariz., where he lives with his wife, ing, is a project engineer for Englobal in Lisa (Doucet) Gray ’09, M.P.A. public adminis- PLAYERS TECHSANS ALUMNI 1960 Julie Rogers “Gift of Life” Program in Roopa. Beaumont, where he lives. tration, is a parole officer for the Texas Beaumont. She and her husband, Jeffrey ’10, Department of Criminal Justice in Beaumont, Sivansanthosh Komirelly ’07, M.E. chemical Lisa Chalow ’08, B.A.A.S. applied arts and sci- B.F.A. studio art, live in Beaumont. where she lives. engineering, is a process simulation engineer ences, works for the Texas Department of Natasha Wright ’08, B.S. criminal justice, is a for Cape Software in The Woodlands. He and Family and Protective Services and lives in Dane Hayton ’09, M.Ed. administration, works child protective services investigator for the his wife, Santhoshi (Thalakanti) ’08, M.E. elec- Beaumont. for Fort Bend school district. He and his wife, Texas Department of Family and Protective trical engineer, were married Nov. 25, 2009. Misty, live in Houston. Patrick Gonzales ’08, B.S. civil engineering, is Services. She lives in Houston. Priya Patil ’07, B.S. electrical engineering, is a a water quality engineer for BP Products Jerlynn Hill-Goolsby ’09, B.S.W.social work, is Megan (Christopher) Baker ’09, M.Ed. admin- specialist engineer for network design for North America in Texas City. He and his wife, a caseworker for Community In Schools. She Details 409.880.8921 | 800.298.4839 | lamar.edu/alumni istration, works for the Montgomery school Verizon. She lives in Richardson. Morgin (Cryer) ’08, B.B.A. accounting, live in lives in Port Arthur, with her husband, Jason. district, where she lives. Seabrook. She is an accountant for the City of Richard Radomski ’07, B.S. exercise science Texas City.

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We will miss...

Clarissa Jayroe ’09, M.Ed. administration, Alumni Dr. Chester Drawhorn ’53, biology, died Oct. Dec. 23, 2009. 25, 2009. ’87, A.A.S. refrigeration and air conditioning 21, 2010. Monica (Gilchriest) Petty ’92, A.A.S. nursing, works for the Mesquite school district and 1, 2009. Robert Wilcox ’69, B.B.A. management, technology, ’99, B.A.A.S. applied arts and died Jan. 26, 2010. Jean (Venza) Sowers ’27, A.A. general stud- Buzz Abshier ’64, B.B.A. management, died John Ford ’80, A.A.S. diesel mechanics, died lives in Heath. died Sept. 24, 2009. sciences, died Oct. 15, 2009. ies, died Dec. 16, 2009. Roy Mazzagatti ’53, B.S. electrical engineer- Jan. 16, 2010. Sept. 23, 2009. Johnny Smith ’92, B.S. political science, died ing, ’54 B.S. mathematics, died March 17, Jay Wadenpfuhl Ken Thayer ’73, B.S. elementary education, Dec. 24, 2009. Melissa (Greckel) Johnson ’09, M.E. adminis- Martha (Linville) Straughan Charles Budd ’64, certif. industrial electricity, -60s, music, died June 19, 2010. Jerry Gaskill ’80, B.A. history, died April 29, ’27, A.A. general 2010. died Feb. 11, 2010. tration, teaches in the Frisco school district. studies, died Nov. 21, 2009. died March 19, 2010. Velmarie (Stephens) Cude ’70, certif. vocation- 2010. Rachel (Leach) Stuck ’92, A.A.S. computer Henry Stutzenburg ’53, B.S. geology, died Joel Jeffcote ’74, B.B.A. accounting, died drafting technology, died Jan. 9, 2010. She lives in Coppell. Robert Collins Jean (Gardner) Chase ’64, B.S. home eco- al nursing, died Feb. 3, 2010. Mark Henderson ’80, A.S. industrial electrici- ’35, A.A. general studies, died Dec. 28, 2009. Dec. 20, 2009. nomics, died Oct. 28, 2009. Doris (Jones) Hill ty, ’84, B.B.A. accounting, died Jan. 19, Sarah (Shofner) McGown -93, elementary Kristal (Swearengen) LaBerge ’09, M.Ed. Dec. 31, 2009. ’70, B.S. sociology, died Boyce Foreman ’54, B.S. mechanical engi- Phillip Loupe ’74, A.A.S. industrial electricity, 2010. education, died March 14, 2010. Mary (Dunshie) Speer Kenneth Donovan ’64, B.S. elementary educa- Feb. 8, 2010. administration, teaches in the Waller school ’35, A.A. general stud- neering, died Dec. 24, 2009. tion, died Sept. 18, 2009. died Feb. 9, 2010. Donald Matusek ’80, A.A.S. diesel mechanics, Janice (Swain) Boswell district and lives in Cypress. ies, ’63, B.B.A. general business, died May James Jones ’70, certif. industrial electricity, ’94, B.S. interdiscipli- Guy Williford 13, 2010. ’54, B.S. business administra- Waleman Pitts ’64, B.B.A. general business, died Nov. 21, 2009. William Paradoski ’74, B.S. communication, ’83, A.A.S. refrigeration, died Oct. 10, 2009. nary studies, died Jan. 24, 2010. Gary Long Jr. ’09, B.S. mechanical engineering, tion, died Dec. 24, 2009. died Sept. 16, 2009. Lindsey Walker ’35, A.A. general studies, died Oct. 9, 2009. Terry Russell ’70, B.B.A. management, died Patricia (Stevens) Allison ’81, certif. vocation- Steven Sepulvado ’94, A.A.S. refrigeration is a machinery engineer with LyondellBasell Milt Wing died March 21, 2010. ’54, B.S. chemistry, died Sept. 23, Charles Afflerbach ’65, B.S. medical technol- March 19, 2010. Rick Henderson ’75, B.S. communication, al nursing, died Jan. 27, 2010. and air conditioning technology, died Dec. Industries. He and his wife, Valerie, live 2009. died Dec. 15, 2009. 20, 2009. Dru (Sheffield) Coates ’37, A.A. general stud- ogy, died Nov. 2, 2009. Wilmer Sanford ’70, B.A. sociology, died Feb. John Bergeron ’81, A.A.S. drafting technolo- in Pearland. Mark Brown ies, ’56, B.S. elementary education, ’69, ’55, B.B.A. marketing, died Elizabeth (Bledsoe) Brown ’65, B.A. history, 28, 2010. Betsy (Castille) Lynch ’75, B.S. elementary gy, ’88, B.S. industrial technology, died May Reginald Singleton ’94, A.A.S. food service Sept. 6, 2009. education, died Feb. 7, 2010. 27, 2010. management, ’94, B.S. hospitality adminis- Laura Maricle ’09, M.Ed. teacher leadership, M.Ed. elementary education, died May 15, died April 14, 2010. Elton Smith ’70, B.F.A. graphic design, died 2010. Anthony Dugas tration , died June 1, 2010. teaches in the New Caney school district. She ’55, B.S. chemical engineer- Wayne Holbrook -65, accounting, died Jan. Sept. 24, 2009. Glenda (Walker) Ridgeway ’75, certif. voca- William Bowman -81, marketing, died March Julius David ing, died Nov. 12, 2009. tional nursing, died Sept. 4, 2009. 10, 2010. Glenn Stilley ’94, B.S. kinesiology, died lives in Porter. ’37, A.A. general studies, died 12, 2010. Linda Stevenson ’70, B.A. sociology, died Jan. Oct. 1, 2009. Marjorie (Peebles) Gore ’55, B.S. sociology, Walter Roberts ’75, A.A.S. drafting technolo- Diana Fernandez, ’82, B.B.A. finance, ’85, March 28, 2010. Alba Montoya ’09, M.Ed. administration, Joseph Mattox ’65, B.B.A. management, 6, 2010. Geraldine (Turney) Jenkins ’37, A.A. general died March 12, 2010. gy, died Sept. 27, 2009. B.B.A. accounting, died May 26, 2010. Michael Hartnett ’95, A.A.S., occupational teaches first grade in the Aldine school district died Jan. 24, 2010. Dortha (Maxey) Vaughan ’65, B.A. English, studies, died Oct. 8, 2009. George McDuffie ’55, B.S. mechanical engi- George Wentz -75, fine arts, died March 6, Jeffrey Jackson ’82, M.B.A., business admin- safety and health, died April 2, 2010. and lives in Houston. Marion (Hall) Springer ’65, A.A.S. nursing, ’70 M.A. English, died March 7, 2010. Anne Meeker neering, died Jan. 1, 2010. 2010. istration, died Nov. 25, 2009. Robert Dean ’96, B.S. political science, died ’37, A.A. general studies, died ’65, B.A. English, died May 11, 2010. Barbara (Allen) Ainsworth, ’71, B.S. secondary Morgan (Dougay) Moore ’09, A.A.S. nursing, is May 15, 2010. Michael McNamara Oct. 8, 2009. ’55, B.B.A. general busi- Connie (Martin) Atmar ’66, B.B.A. account- education, ’77, M.Ed. supervision, died Neil Allen, ’76, B.F.A. studio art, ’95, M.A. Will Crowell ’83, B.B.A. marketing, died a nurse at Christus Hospital St. Elizabeth Eleanor (Hunt) Krueger ’38, A.A. general stud- ness, died April 21, 2010. ing, ’98 M.Ed. special education, died Dec. March 22, 2010. visual arts, died May 28, 2010. March 3, 2010. Brent Guillot ’97, B.S. medical technology, Beaumont. She and her husband, Dwight, live died Oct. 24, 2009. ies, died Sept. 20, 2009. Dale Kanoy ’56, B.S. social science, died May 12, 2009. Melanie Brunette ’71, B.A. history, ’76, M.E. John Key ’76, A.A.S. business data process- Paul Bronson, ’84, M.Ed. school administra- in Beaumont. Mildred (Campbell) Yates ’40, A.A. general 13, 2010. Ruby (Jones) Bray ’66, certif. vocational nurs- supervision, died May 15, 2010. ing, ’76, B.S. computer science, died March tion, died March 13, 2010. Kaye (Devillier) Kennamer, ’97, B.G.S. general 15, 2010. studies, died March 28, 2010. David Myrick ’09, M.Ed. administration, teach- studies, died Jan. 8, 2010. Raymond Meyer -56, died Oct. 18, 2009. ing, died March 11, 2010. Weasey (Tyson) Carter ’71, B.B.A. secretarial Angela (Andreozzi) Phillips ’84, M.Ed. special es in the Channelview school district. He lives LaRue (Fischer) Choate ’44, A.A. general Charles Fiorenza ’57, B.B.A. general business, Bobby Covington ’66, B.B.A. management, science, died Dec. 14, 2009. Loretta (Ainsworth) Westmoreland ’76, B.S. education, died Sept. 15, 2009. David Dudley -02, nursing, died Oct. 16, elementary education, ’87, M.Ed. school 2009. in Houston. studies, ’55, B.S. medical technology, died died March 24, 2010. died Nov. 11, 2009. John Hackbarth ’71, B.B.A. accounting, died Leroy Poulson ’84, B.G.S. liberal arts, died administration, died March 13, 2010. Jan. 1, 2010. April 12, 2010. May 14, 2010. Joe Jones ’04, B.S. biology, died Sept. 29, Glen Newsom ’09, M.Ed. administration, John Martin ’57, B.S. physical education, Hoyt Neal ’67, B.S. music-instrumental, died Memorial contributions may be made to Edna (Canter) Mattox ’46, A.A. general stud- died May 21, 2010. Feb. 20, 2010. Kimberly (Broussard) Marcel 2009. works for the Hitchcock school district, where William Hammond ’71, B.S. government, died Lamar University College of Education and ’85, B.B.A. gen- ies, died Feb. 28, 2010. eral business, died Jan. 21, 2010. Adita Singh ’04, M.E. chemical engineering, he lives. Clara (McGill) Bean ’58, B.S. home econom- Mary (Jones) Humphrey ’67, B.S. elementary Oct. 16, 2009. Human Development, P.O. Box 10011, Mary McCall ’07 Ph.D. chemical engineering, died May ’46, A.A. general studies, died ics, died Sept. 21, 2009. education, died April 26, 2010. Gayle Henry ’71, B.S. elementary education, Beaumont, Texas 77710. Fred Smith ’85, A.A.S. industrial electronics, Guillermo Ovalles ’09, M.Ed. administration, is Jan. 22, 2010. 31, 2010. Bernie Cook ’58, B.B.A. general business, Betty (Cousins) Laake ’67, certif. vocational died March 19, 2010. Lillian (Hart) Wray ’76, B.S. elementary educa- died Oct. 7, 2009. a bilingual teacher for Sheldon school district. James Grady Teresa Fowler ’09, M.Ed. administration, ’47, A.A. general studies, died died Sept. 9, 2009. nursing, died Jan. 24, 2010. Donald Hickey ’71, certif. diesel mechanics, tion, died Feb. 1, 2010. Charles Cravens ’86, M.Ed. special education, He lives in Humble. Feb. 1, 2010. died Sept. 9, 2009. Bobby Gardner ’58, B.S. chemical engineer- James Lewis ’67, B.B.A. accounting, died died April 8, 2010. James Dattalo ’77, A.A.S. industrial electrici- died Jan. 15, 2010. Ralph Massey Erika Segrest ’09, B.B.A. marketing, is manag- ’47, A.A. general studies, died ing, died Feb. 12, 2010. Oct. 24, 2009. John Norwood ’71, certif. diesel mechanics, ty, died Oct. 7, 2009. Aaron Dupuis ’86, B.S. sociology, died Jan. Sept. 16, 2009. er for Chili’s Bar & Grill in Houston, where Dr. Joe Allen -59, biology, died Jan. 20, William Settle ’67, B.S. mathematics, ’67, died Dec. 28, 2009. Virginia (Carpenter) Gillespie, ’77, M.Ed. spe- 25, 2010. Faculty, staff and friends Bruce Bishop she lives. ’48, A.A. general studies, ’53, 2010. B.S. electrical engineering, died Dec. 23, Charles (Blackmon) Smith ’71, certif. vocation- cial education, died Feb. 24, 2010. Alan Hebert ’86, A.A.S. drafting technology, Marsha Daggett, retiree, died Nov. 24, 2009. B.S. industrial engineering, died May 7, 2009. died Sept. 1, 2009. Stephanie (Allen) Simmons ’09, B.S. family and Thomas Gravett ’59, B.S. chemical engineer- al nursing, ’81, A.A. nursing, died Feb. 11, Deborah Grable ’77, B.B.A. marketing, ’84, Elizabeth (Edmonds) Eisen, died April 6, 2010. 2009. consumer sciences, is a senior administrative ing, died Sept. 24, 2009. Phyllis (Murphy) Smith ’67, B.A. English, ’76, M.B.A. business administration, died May Charles Jackson ’86, A.A.S. instrumentation 2010. George Kleespies ’48, A.A. general studies, B.S. sociology, died Feb. 12, 2010. 31, 2010. associate at Lamar University. She lives in John Johnston ’59, B.S. geology, died Sept. Frank Stokes ’71, B.S. elementary education, technology, died Nov. 10, 2009. died Feb. 8, 2010. Lila (Harlow) Henry, died Jan. 3, 2010. 19, 2009. Stephen Solis ’67, B.A. Spanish, died Sept. 5, died March 25, 2010. James Shankle ’77, A.A.S. drafting technolo- Charles Morvant ’86, A.A.S. diesel mechanics, Beaumont with her husband, Troy, who is a Henry Hutchings Arthur Klein ’48, A.A. general studies, died gy, died March 29, 2010. , retiree, died March 31, supervisor for United States Industrial Services Robert Scott Jr. ’59, B.S. civil engineering, 2009. Byron Lemmon ’72, A.A.S. diesel mechanics, died March 9, 2010. Jan. 11, 2010. 2010. in Orange. They live in Beaumont. died Jan. 31, 2010. Elsie (Grantham) Woolf ’67, certif. vocational died March 29, 2010. Mary Thompson ’77, B.S. elementary educa- Michael Castillo ’87, A.A.S. business data J.D. Landes Norman Moore ’48, A.A. general studies, died tion, died Nov. 25, 2009. , retiree, died May 13, 2010. Richard Collier Jr. ’60, B.B.A. general busi- nursing, died Oct. 20, 2009. Billy Marshall ’72, A.A.S. mid-management, processing, died October 9, 2009. Darla (Peterson) Vazquez ’09, M.Ed. teacher Dec. 17, 2009. Memorial contributions may be made to ness, died March 21, 2010. Joel Wrotan ’67, B.S. history, died Feb. 28, died Jan. 20, 2010. Charles Trum ’78, B.S. sociology, died Feb. 3, John Kloss ’87, B.B.A. finance, died Oct. leadership is a bilingual teacher in the Aldine Lamar University, College of Business, P.O. Leonard Davis ’49, A.A. general studies, died 2010. Clayton Garner ’60, B.B.A. general business, 2010. Margaret (Shelton) Randall ’72, B.S. elemen- 2009. Box 10011, Beaumont, Texas 77710. school district. She lives in Houston. Oct. 2, 2009. died Jan. 27, 2010. Stephen Young ’67, B.S. music, died April 8, tary education, died May 29, 2010. Joseph Victorian ’78, B.S. industrial technol- Rose (Hrychorchuk) Weatherholt, ’87, B.S. Bill Maddox, retiree, died Jan. 2, 2010. Justin Walters ’09, B.S. electrical engineering, Kelly Guarnere ’49, A.A. general studies, died ogy, died Nov. 3, 2009. Hubert King ’60, B.S. physical education, died 2010. Thomas Shea ’72, B.B.A. marketing, died secondary education, died Nov. 20, 2009. Dec. 31, 2009. John Miller, employee, died May 17, 2010. is an engineer for BP Corp. North America Jan. 24, 2010. Mary (Dickens) Ellis ’68, B.S. elementary edu- Oct. 26, 2009. Jesse White ’78, A.A.S. industrial electricity, Kathryn (Draper) Wright ’87, M.B.A. business Richard Neumann and lives in Richmond. Robert Harbour ’49, A.A. general studies, ’55, died Feb. 1, 2010. , retiree, died Feb. 10, William Vann ’60, B.S. mechanical engineer- cation, died April 13, 2010. Janice (Getz) Alexander ’74 certif. vocational administration, died Jan. 11, 2010. B.B.A. marketing, died May 2, 2010. 2010. Laurie (Struzik) Weeks ing, died March 24, 2010. Elizabeth (Gregory) Hunt ’68, B.S. elementary nursing, died Jan. 13, 2010. Bobbie (Grimes) Boyett ’79, certif. office Deann (St. Clair) Huhn, ’89, B.S. elementary ’09, M.Ed. administra- Yvonne Simon Billie (Irvine) Harris ’49, A.A. general studies, administration, ’81, B.B.A., office adminis- , retiree, died Sept. 7, 2009. tion, is an assistant principal in the Prosper John Bynum ’61, B.S. physical education, education. Veigh (Dickerson) Conn ’73, B.S. elementary education, died Nov. 23, 2009. died March 20, 2010. tration, died Sept. 12, 2009. Karl Wadenpfuhl Sr. died June 13, 2010. school district. She lives in Frisco. died Sept. 9, 2009. William Norfleet Jr. ’68, B.B.A. marketing, education, died Jan. 6, 2010. Linda (Jones) Boone ’90, A.A.S. nursing, ’92, Dr. John Lewis ’49, A.A. general studies, died Bonnie (Turn) Fahey ’79, B.S. nursing, died Beatrice Walker, retiree, died Dec. 27, 2009. Charles McLin ’61, B.S. mathematics, died died April 2, 2010. Pete Elliott ’73, B.B.A. marketing, died May B.A.A.S., applied arts and sciences, died Krystal (Hoadley) Williams ’09, B.A.A.S. applied Jan. 13, 2010. March 18, 2010. Sept. 3, 2009. Juanita Price ’68, B.S. physical education, 16, 2010. March 27, 2010. William Walker, died April 10, 2010. arts and sciences, is account executive for the Lorraine (King) Wilson ’49, A.A. general stud- died May 14, 2010. Bernardo Martinez ’79, A.A.S. industrial elec- Thomas Cudd ’90, A.A.S. nursing, died April Beaumont Enterprise and lives in Vidor. Wendell Radford ’61, B.B.A. general business, Derwin Koleada ’73, M.B.A. business adminis- Kathryn White, retiree, died April 17, 2010. ies, died Nov. 17, 2009. Johnie (Emerson) Cutrer tration, died Jan. 25, 2010. tricity, died Dec. 29, 2009. 4, 2010. died April 8, 2010. ’69, B.A. English, Mae (Spell) Kane Willey, retiree, died March Cynthia Lusignolo ’10, Ed.D. educational lead- Billy Howell ’50, A.A. engineering, ’54, B.S. Victoria Nele ’79, certif. vocational nursing, Lois Rogers ’61, B.S. elementary education, ’74, M.Ed. counseling and development, Jud Price ’73, B.S. physics, ’78, M.Ed. super- Chris Sekaly ’90, B.B.A. finance, died Jan. 25, 2010. ership, is superintendent of the Liberty school civil engineering, died Oct. 9, 2009. died April 9, 2010. died Oct. 25, 2009. died Jan. 3, 2010. vision, died Feb. 3, 2010. 11, 2010. district, where she lives. Ann (Talley) Schweikert ’50, A.A. general Margie Dobbs Bebe (Ford) Robinson -79, office administra- Marie (Risinger) Arnall ’62, B.B.A. secretarial , ’69, B.S. home economics, Conrad Reynolds ’73, B.S. secondary educa- Kay (Wall) Self ’90, B.A. English, died May studies, died May 26, 2010. tion, died Sept. 15, 2009. Nicole (DuPree) May ’10, M.Ed. educational science, died Dec. 13, 2009. died May 8, 2010. tion, ’02, B.S. chemical engineering, died 4, 2010. Rodger Hargraves ’51, A.A. general studies, Ellen (Sumner) Gatza March 27, 2010. Scott Williams ’79, M.Ed. secondary educa- administration, is an assistant principal in the Frank Phelan ’62, B.S. chemical engineering, ’69, B.A. sociology, died Kenesaw Bernsen ’91, B.A.A.S. applied arts ’54, B.S. biology, ’80, M.S. biology, died tion, died April 18, 2010. Denton school district, where she and her died May 27, 2010. Dec. 5, 2009. Stanley Shelander ’73, B.B.A. general busi- and sciences, ’92, B.S. psychology, ’95, M.S. Feb. 14, 2010. J. Donald Guidry ness, ’77, B.B.A. accounting, died April 5, Mary (Pete) Dyson ’80, A.A.S. business data psychology, died Nov. 12, 2009. husband, Perry, live. Irene Dobie ’63, certif. vocational nursing, ’69 B.S. chemical engineer- Ben Westerterp ’51, certif. general studies, 2010. processing died Jan. 20, 2010. died Dec. 13, 2009. ing, died March 7, 2010. Jane Miller ’91, B.B.A. accounting, died May died Feb. 23, 2010. Lionel Rowland Jerrel Swan ’73, A.A.S. industrial electricity, Ouida (McCullough) Edwards -80, died April 25, 2010. Bobby Shepherd -63, physical education, died ’69, M.A. history, died Sept.

54 | CARDINALCADENCE 38:2 JULY 2010 JULY 2010 38:2 CARDINAL CADENCE | 55 in my life. When we landed, the runway was small village of Puligny-Montrachet in the took samples when she attended the Fancy covered in ice, and it was the smoothest Burgundy region of France after hearing Food Show in New York in June. landing I’ve ever had. When my eyes started about a small roaster there. “The guy was Central Market acknowledged Mokk-a running because of the cold, the tears just about 85 years old with a tiny little shop that as The Most Innovative New Product on the froze to my face.” When she realized she looked like something out of a Harry Potter Market. “I just flipped. Central Market has needed to either move there or quit, she sold movie and one very small roaster. He said, been so supportive and so wonderful to the company to her Joint Venture Partners ‘No commercial. No commercial.’ Of course, work with,” she said. Mokk-a is on the and the camp’s Portuguese catering company. he only roasted for the village.” Once she Whole Foods shelves in the southwest “It was an interesting time,” she said. “I explained her interest and asked if he would region, and Glavimans expects to be in knew how to say beer and thank you. That consider selling the recipe for one of his cof- Market Street stores in Dallas by September. was the extent of my Russian.” fees, Glavimans said, “He basically started She’s found success with Kings Supermarkets It was during that adventure that she talking about the blend and about how he in New Jersey and Balducci’s in Maryland, met her husband, and in 1995 she moved to roasted it. He handed me three bags of coffee, another 30 stores. Trader Joe’s likes her Holland. In 2006, she was marketing coffee wished me luck and sent me on my way.” coffee but prefers a private label. Glavimans equipment in the U.S. for a company in What became Mokk-a’s Café Svenska, is considering whether or not to pursue and sent its coffee to Whole Café Italia and Café France went into the Foods, which expressed interest. With the bags for the first time in November 2008, difficulties inherent in trying to get a fresh and the first sample went to Central Market. product imported into the U.S. after 9/11 Her coffee was on the shelves in May 2009. and the Homeland Securities Act, the presi- “I came back in September,” Glavimans said, dent decided not to pursue the opening, but “and they asked when I was going to expand the idea nagged at Glavimans. An e-mail dis- the line again.” She wanted to add a Dutch cussion with a Small Business Administration coffee, but “I tried a lot of coffees, and they counselor culminated with, “Why don’t you weren’t what I was looking for,” she said. “I

BRANDONTHIBODEAUX do it yourself?” wanted a real Dutch coffee that was 100 per- “I had this image of the most-loved cof- cent high-grown arabicas.” A friend’s brother those 300 stores because, for now, she wants Karen (Hawa) Glavimans ’73 etweenTraderJoe’sandSprouts,WholeFoodsandBalducci’s,Glavimansworkshercontactsper- fee in Denmark. It was real hard to think I told her about a roaster with whom he to build her brand rather than producing for son topersonwhenshe’sintheStates.Whenshe’sathomeinHolland,shemakescoldcallstothe could create something without having them played tennis. His family has been roasting another label. She has targeted Sprouts in travels, determined to listofstoreswhereshewouldliketoseehercoffeeontheshelves. behind me,” Glavimans said. for almost 200 years in one of the oldest vil- Arizona and Whole Foods stores in England, But when she was in Sweden for a lages in eastern Holland. The roaster agreed as well as the 600 stores Marks and Spencer bring a little of Europe to BIt’s been a challenge and a little bit of an adventure, but Glavimans has built a cof- weekend with friends, she particularly to work with her, so she added Café Holland has in England and other parts of the world. American coffee palates. fee company with sales experience gained from 30 years as an insurance benefits con- enjoyed the coffee at a café and chatted with to her line in March. She’s also working on adding a Web shop to sultant and business developer. Her company—Mokk-a—offers coffee connoisseurs four the owner. The roaster was local, so she went Café Italia is a blend of seven beans, while her site mokk-a.com. distinct blends from Sweden, Holland, France and Italy. The last time Glavimans to talk with him. “I said, ‘I’m not sure what the other coffees are five-bean blends sourced Slowly, the business is starting to build. by Cynthia Hicks stepped off into the unknown to build something from nothing, she ended up traveling I’m wanting to do, but your coffee is really from India, Africa, the Caribbean and South Having never worked in retail, she’s learning Siberia—the end of a chapter in her work life that began in Dallas. nice. Would you consider selling me the America. “It’s just the recipes for these special as she goes. “So far, it’s one of the top-selling After earning a bachelor’s degree in psychology, Glavimans, a Cardinal cheerleader recipe?’ He gave me the recipe for the blend. blends developed by little roasters in various coffees in Central Market. I’ve developed a and Alpha Chi Omega sorority member, moved to Dallas. Two tiring years of behind- Europeans tend to think only Americans countries,” she said. “They create a coffee the big following there, so if I can do the same the-desk work helped her decide she wanted to sell—real estate and then insurance. She would try something so crazy,” Glavimans people in their country like.” with Whole Foods and the rest of them, then ended up in employee benefits for 17 years and put that experience to work when she said. “So I had one blend and wondered, “Every country has its little idiosyn- we’ll be fine.” started her first business—part ownership in a small employee benefits consulting firm ‘Now, what am I gonna do?’’ crasies. I know in my head what I want, so I Glavimans has been selling since 1976. with multi-national corporate clients. A childhood friend lives in Italy. Her really have to search to find what I’m looking “I’m used to the difficulties of getting to the Burnout led to her “first crazy idea” and a business in . She developed a husband is now president of a consortium for, but so far I’ve been lucky,” she said. person you need to talk to, and I have a lot benefits program for the 1,300 Russian workers for the first joint venture to drill for that promotes the export of Italian products “What I’m finding in my tastings is that of patience with it. That’s what it takes,” she oil in Siberia. The formula of safety, oil production and performance allowed workers to other countries. Glavimans asked her if people’s palates have evolved as people have said. “When I’ve trained sales people in the to earn monthly credits with which they could buy clothes, appliances, electronics and she knew of a good coffee roaster in Italy. gotten more into coffee. They’ve become past, I’ve told them, in that first conversa- food from a catalog Glavimans produced. That opening led to a coffee Glavimans liked connoisseurs of coffee and when they try my tion, you connect with that person. If you “Everything was new then and just getting off the ground,” Glavimans said. “We and a meeting with the roaster outside of coffee, they like them.” can make a friend in that first conversation, signed 28 contracts in the first six months. As it turned out I had to go to Siberia and Naples. After much talk, pizza and cham- Business continues to grow. Central then when you get in front of them, every- travel from camp to camp to meet with each camp boss.” It was 40 degrees below zero pagne, she bought her second blend/recipe. Market anticipates further expansion of her thing is easier.” the first time she traveled to Siberia in December 1993. That was before Aeroflot air- With it in hand, Glavimans jumped on a line. She enlisted the help of professional Glavimans has made a few friends over lines was privatized, and she flew three hours from Moscow to Raduzhny. “I almost plane to Houston, handed it to her roaster tasters to find an Austrian coffee. “I had four cups of her coffees. She’s looking for the next died,” Glavimans recalled. “The carpet was pulled up. Frans, my husband now, had one and said, “Go to work.” She returned to different coffees, and we didn’t like any of one to share a flavor with as she searches for part of a seat belt. You had to hold your luggage in your lap. I’ve never prayed so hard Holland and, a few days later, drove to the them.” But she has found a Swiss blend and the next perfect cup.

56 | CARDINALCADENCE 38:2 JULY 2010 JULY 2010 38:2 CARDINAL CADENCE | 57 years later, he got an opportunity to play sound, which he describes as so far, but he’s not finished professional football with the New “high energy, roots, honky taking over the world yet. He York/New Jersey Knights in the fledgling tonk, rockabilly.” When is pleased with his success as a World League of American Football. That Evans and his wife split in songwriter as more of his songs lasted two seasons until the NFL bought and 1999, he decided to make find their way into movies and temporarily shut down the league before a change in his work life onto the records of other artists. Tackling moving it to Europe. Evans decided he’d had as well. “It’s an honor when someone enough; however, his time in New York did “At that stage of the will cut one of your songs,” help revive his interest in music. He and the game, I thought if I’m Evans said. “I like getting a new punter, another Texan named Bobby going to do the music thing, now’s the idea in my head and being able the music Lilljedahl, played together to pass the time time to do it and kind of jump off the deep to actually create it, turn it into something. with the kicker sometimes joining in on har- end. Trying to be a musician and make It’s like little babies. You write a song and monies. Evans started writing songs to suit enough money just as a musician is a tough you think, ‘OK, this is a good one.’ And you Lilljedahl’s country crooner voice. They even deal. I can’t even explain how tough that tweak it, and it gets recorded, and you see if world recorded one that played during the halftime was,” Evans said, mentioning the scarcity of everybody else likes it or not. It’s still really of a televised game. By the time he returned big record deals in the age of Internet music personal to you. I love the songwriting Former LU QB John Evans now a to Texas, he had written more than 20 songs downloads. “I kind of just focused on being aspect of it. It’s therapeutic. I like being in Texas music powerhouse and was ready for his debut at Jamming Java a songwriter, building a following where I control of what I’m doing. in Clear Lake City. could make a living off of the shows that I “I still book my shows. I’ve got a band by Beth Gallaspy “Once you get paid for playing, it’s hard played. I would sell records along the way to that I’ve got to take care of. I love those to get rid of the bug,” Evans said. “I guess I supplement however much money I made guys. I’ve got a family of songwriters that I played that for four or five months. It was from a show.” get to hang out with, and I get to hang out mainly a songwriter show. From there, I met Evans progressed from his first record with people with like minds, so I don’t nec- some other songwriters and singers and Riding Shotgun with songwriting buddy essarily feel like a weirdo for being a musi- ohn Evans -90 sums up his approach to life in his cell phone started playing open mics in Houston.” In Ronnie Walker under the band name Evans cian and not having a regular job. I like just voice mail message explaining why he can’t pick up at the the meantime, Evans kept working wherever Walker to his first John Evans Band release going for it. I like challenges, and this chal- moment—He’s busy taking over the world. he could to make a living—painting houses, Biggest Fool in Town, which he cut in 1999 lenges me. It’s always something new.“ Evans’ blend of humor, confidence and determination, curbs, parking lots—before finding his “first and released nationally in 2001, followed by Many of the qualities Evans needs as a which helped him succeed on the football field during his years real job” in the specialty division of Sterling Out of Control. Later came Circling the musician and bandleader were first learned at Lamar University, has made him a growing force on the Texas Manufacturing in Houston. By day during Drain, which dealt with the vagaries of the on the football field. “You have to learn all music scene. The hard-to-define sound of the John Evans Band the week, he produced stadium seats, vinyl music business he experienced when his dis- these different personalities and learn how to has won a cadre of devoted fans and accolades, including cushions and the first hard-surface mouse tributor went out of business, and Ramblin’ make those personalities work together,” said Houston Press Music Awards. His songs have been covered by pads on the market. By night, especially on Boy, a full-on rocker. Evans and his band Evans, who was inducted into the Cardinal Jother popular Texas artists, including Roger Creager, Hayes Carll weekends, he kept writing songs and playing toured for two solid years on those albums Hall of Honor in 2001. “I built so many and Adam Carroll. His eighth album, Lollygaggin, debuted in music, trying to build enough of a following and “completely starved to death.” Although friendships with those players. It’s just like October and spent about five months on the Americana charts. to allow him to pursue music full time. By they played well-known, well-regarded ven- having a team of brothers around you.” It’s a long way from his first show—the tiny stage of a friend’s the late 1990s, he and his band were playing ues all over the country, including CBGB in Playing with the Lamar team also helped coffee shop in Clear Lake City in around Texas and Oklahoma most weekends, New York, they often shared the bill—and Evans develop mental toughness and adapt- 1993, soon after his football mainly to college crowds, making friends in the profits—with four or five other bands. ability. “In writing songs and the music busi- career ended. the business and developing his own unique The band “kind of ness, the whole gamut is taking risks and PETECHURTON Evans started playing guitar imploded,” and Evans sticking your neck out and trying to be dif- in third grade and toyed with writing songs during his college days, but didn’t take it seriously. recorded an acoustic ferent and vulnerable. If you’re scared, you’re He was too busy playing football. A quarterback, Evans signed with Lamar out of J. Frank Dobie record, Sideshow, while he never going to make it in this business.” High School in Pasadena in 1986. He played a few games his freshman year and was considered pondered his next move. As he continues making his way in the one of the top quarterbacks in his division nationally by his senior year in 1989, which became His two most recent music business, Evans is getting ready to cut the last year of Lamar football for more than 20 years. records, Lucky 13 and the his next record and looking forward to play- “There had been rumors before I got there that the program was in jeopardy. I just kind of current Lollygaggin’, have ing a gig or two especially close to his heart. ignored it and hoped it would go away,” Evans said. “The coaches did a good job of trying to been with Fort Worth- “I’m super stoked about the football season,” keep it off our brains so we could focus on football.” After that final season and the decision to based Smith said Evans, who never had a chance to return end the program, Evans wanted to keep focusing on football but a hoped-for NFL contract never Entertainment. for a Lamar game as a fan. “I’m going to materialized. By that time, he had a wife and child. He left Lamar after his fourth year, a few Evans feels good play some tailgate parties. Look for the big credits shy of a degree, and started working as a pipefitter’s helper to support his family. Two about what he’s achieved tall goofy guy with Buddy Holly glasses.”

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