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28 Page Magazine The University of Texas at San Antonio Summer 2003 MAGAZINE Vol. 19, No. 3 IN THIS ISSUE Exploring Texas’ missions Why we love our canine companions Climbing Mexico’s highest mountain SUMMER 2003 FEATURES 12 MISSION MAN Exploring The Art and Architecture of Texas Missions with Professor Emeritus Jacinto Quirarte. 16 DOG DAYS OF SUMMER An academic’s best friend. Meet purebred and pound-puppy pooches and the professors and staffers who love them. 22 ORIZABA Assistant Professor Stephen Brown climbs the highest mountain in Mexico—and determines just how high it is. 2 UTSA Sombrilla TABLE OF CONTENTS DEPARTMENTS 24 Class Notes 5 In the Loop A preview of Alumni Gala. Breaking ground on the Biotechnology, Sciences and Engineering Building; news 27 Perspective from the Texas Legislature; a history of Retiring art professor James Broderick video games; fun at the Folklife Festival; shares his photographic point of view. and more campus news. 28 Looking Back 8Investigations Making friends at the Digging for Toyota; putting pavement first Roadrunner Camp. in the fast lane; simplifying the Rules. On the cover 9 Q&A Professor Emeritus Jacinto Quirarte. Robert McKinley’s job is to keep his See “Mission Man,” beginning on nose in other people’s business. page 12. Photo illustration by A chat with the director of the Institute Mark McClendon and Karen Thurman. for Economic Development. On this page 12 Roadrunner Sports From “Dog Days of Summer.” Freshman golfer talks about his long game Story begins on page 16. and his long-term goals. Also, sports briefs. Photography by Mark McClendon. Summer 2003 3 UTSA Sombrilla Magazine Summer 2003, Volume 19, Number 3 The University of Texas at San Antonio Ricardo Romo, President Editor: Lynn Gosnell Art director: Karen Thurman Associate editor: Rebecca Luther Web design: Juan Fitzmaurice Copy editor: Judith Lipsett Contributors: Tim Brownlee, Randy Degner, Jeanne Lassetter, Tina Luther ’01, Stephanie Mota ’01, Retha Oliver, Kris Rodriguez Photographers: Patrick Ray Dunn, Mark McClendon Assistant director of multimedia imaging: John Poindexter Assistant director of publications: Frank Segura EDITOR’S NOTEThe dogged Director of publications: Elton Smith pursuit of knowledge Office of University Advancement I recently attended a conference sponsored by the Council for the Advancement Vice President for University Advancement: and Support of Education where I picked up a lot of new ideas and inspiration Sonia Martinez Assistant Vice President for University from experienced teachers and colleagues. One of the sessions that drew a fair Communications: David Gabler crowd was titled “Measurement and Accountability.” Director of Alumni Programs: Jane Findling Those of us who took a seat in the stadium-style classroom wanted to learn how to quantify our day-to-day accomplishments, how to measure our effective- Sombrilla Advisory Board ness, and of course, how to communicate those numbers back to our bosses and Palmira Arellano ’86 constituents. In this day and age, we all want our money’s worth. My colleagues Guy Bailey, UTSA and I learned a lot in that session, but it also got me thinking about the limits—as Ernest Bromley ’78, ’80 Renee Crittenden-Garcia ’96 well as the benefits— Marjorie George ’84 of measurement. Richard Lewis, UTSA In this issue of Sombrilla, our feature stories lend themselves to some impres- Janice Odom, UTSA sive numbers. For example, Jacinto Quirarte, professor emeritus of art history, Rick Riordan has spent a good portion of his 70-something years filling in a great gap of Noe Saldaña ’91, UTSA knowledge about the art and architecture of Texas’ missions. He traveled hun- Melissa Fletcher Stoeltje ’80, ’87 dreds of miles and spent thousands of hours in libraries, archives and the mis- Martha Treviño ’97 sions themselves—looking, drawing, thinking. He produced a book that has won Write back! three awards (so far). But, despite these We welcome your letters pertaining to Sombrilla’s statistics, when freelance writer Retha Oliver returned from her first content. Please send them by mail interview with the Quirartes, she characterized the feature in a way we didn’t or e-mail to the addresses below. expect— “It’s a love story,” she said. Letters may be edited for length or clarity. Environmental scientist Stephen Brown’s mountaineering challenge could also be reported by the numbers. He was part of an expedition that climbed Sombrilla Magazine is published three times a year by the Office of University Publications, Orizaba, the third-highest mountain in North America. Why? Ostensibly, to test UTSA, 6900 North Loop 1604 West, San Antonio, and study some GPS equipment—to measure the mountain! Yet, Brown’s endear- Texas 78249-0619. It is mailed without charge to ing first-person account of his team’s determination and joy upstages the story of alumni, faculty, staff and friends of The University scientific discovery. Perseverance, yes, but passion, too. of Texas at San Antonio. Which brings me to our dog stories. By featuring these portraits of campus “dog people” we bring our readers a different view of UTSA staff and faculty members . one that goes beyond such measurable quantities as salary level, Editorial office: MS 2.01.10 Phone: (210) 458-4939 win-loss record, or the amount of federal funding brought to campus. Our staff E-mail: [email protected] and faculty (including me and my dog, Ollie) were more delighted to pose with their dogs than we could have imagined. WE’RE ON THE WEB Can we calculate the amount of joy these companions bring to the lives of www.utsa.edu/pub/sombrilla these teachers and staff people? Maybe, but it would have to be in dog years. — Lynn Gosnell E-mail address corrections to [email protected] 4 UTSA Sombrilla intheLOOP ¡Bravo! Faculty, staff and student achievements Luis Haro, assistant professor of cell and 15th Annual International Academy of molecular biology, elected president of the Business Disciplines Conference; commu- Society for Advancement of Chicanos and nication student Brett Owen awarded sec- Native Americans in Science; architecture ond place and philosophy student Jamie student Natalia Berdyukova Beard, award- Furrh awarded fifth place in the 78th annu- ed second place in the 2002–2003 Student al Battle of Flowers Association Oratorical Design Competition sponsored by the Contest, “Barbed Wire: The Taming of Association of Collegiate Schools of Texas”; Richard Gambitta, chair of the Architecture and the American Institute Department of Political Science and of Steel Construction for the design of a Geography, named chair of the board of 50,000-square-foot fine arts center in directors of Goodwill Industries of San downtown Chattanooga, Tenn.; communi- Antonio; Professor of History Felix D. cation students Leslie Hennig, Catherine Almaraz Jr. awarded the King of Spain’s Jung, Ana Marinez, Mandie Monkhouse Medal of the Order of Civil Merit for his and Nicole Nuese recognized with honor- “long-term commitment to research and able mention for their public relations composition devoted to the Spanish campaign at the Public Relations Student Borderlands in North American History”; Society of America’s National Bateman Betty Travis, chair UNDER CONSTRUCTION UTSA broke Case Study Competition; student Steven of the Department of Mathematics and ground for the new Biotechnology, Sciences DaLuz awarded “Best in Show” at the Science Education, named chair of the and Engineering Building in a May 28 cere- Regional Artist Consortium of San Antonio 9–12 Assessment Committee for the mony that marked the beginning of con- exhibition for his oil/acrylic- National Council of Teachers of struction for the $83.7 million project. The on-panel painting “Immersed”; Associate Mathematics; student Miriam Juckett five-story atrium building will be the largest Professor Ali Kanso El-Ghori honored named Outstanding Student Majoring for the best practitioner-oriented paper for in Chemistry for 2003 by the American at UTSA when it is completed in 2005. It will his study, “Struggling to Restore a Battered Institute of Chemists; Harvey Graff, house faculty offices and research and Corporate Reputation: The Tobacco Department of History, elected to the exec- instructional labs to accommodate graduate Dilemma Facing Philip Morris utive committee of the Society for students studying biotechnology, biology, Executives,” and communication student the History of Children and Youth; student biomedical engineering, electrical engi- Lisa Pfeiffer honored for the best under- William Tiemann awarded Best neering, civil engineering and chemistry. graduate student paper for her case study, of Show and recognized with fellow The 227,000-square-foot facility was “H-E-B’s Commitment to the Community: students Yvette Shadrock and Tessa designed by FKP Architects Inc., Houston, ACase Study of a Grocery Chain’s Martinez as Emerging Texas Artists at and will be built by J.T. Vaughn Construction Potential Public Relations Problem,” at the the Texas State Arts and Crafts Fair. Inc., San Antonio. Campus News in Brief 10 AND COUNTING In July, the Coordinating $2.8 million to support the Center for University) provided funding to make the Board approved plans for two new doctoral Biotechnology and Bioprocessing Education Internet2 Abilene Network available at an programs, one in cell and molecular biology and Research (CEBBER), a joint program affordable price to K–12 schools, colleges and the other in environmental science and between UTSA and Brooks City-Base. and universities, libraries and museums engineering. The latter is a joint degree pro- Construction, renovation and equipment throughout Texas. The network will allow gram between the College of Engineering and costs have been funded largely by federal Texas students to exchange large data files, the College of Sciences. This brings the total dollars, primarily through the efforts of Sen. participate in videoconferences and online of doctoral degrees offered by UTSA to 10. Kay Bailey Hutchison. courses and perform other class projects BIOTECH FUNDING The U.S.
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