Cardinal Events 2004 - 2005 through Nov. 16 Oct. 28 Faculty Exhibition. Lower Gallery. Then & Now: An KVLU 30th-anniversary celebration, featuring live Alumni Survey 1962 to 2004. Upper Gallery. music, food and refreshments. 6-8 p.m., Katharine & HOLD THE DATE Reception 7-9 p.m. Sept. 10. Dishman Art Museum Company, 1495 Calder. Reservations (409) 880-8164 CARDINAL Cadence Sept. 9 Oct. 29 Red, White & YOU From the President 2004 Cardinal Smash Tennis Banquet. 6 p.m. Spring 2005 class schedule distributed The Staff Cardinal Club Room. Montagne Center. Reservations Homecoming (409) 880-2319 Nov. 1 The 2004-2005 academic year is off to a great start with record Spring 2005 advising begins Cardinal Cadence is published by the Division of Sept. 13 Feb. 26 University Advancement, Lamar University, a member of enrollment on the first day of classes. College of Fine Arts and Communication Lecture Nov. 2 The Texas State University System and an affirmative Lamar University Alumni Hundreds of students moved into Cardinal Village Saturday, Series presents Leonard Pitts Jr., nationally syndi- Lamarissimo! Faculty Artists. 7:30 p.m. action, equal opportunity educational institution. cated columnist and Pulitzer Prizewinner. 7:30 p.m. Julie Rogers Theatre. Tickets (409) 880-8144 Homecoming 2005 on Saturday, Feb. Aug. 21 – bringing all three phases to full occupancy with more University Theatre 26, provides a day full of opportunities Brian Sattler, Executive Editor, Director of Public Relations Nov. 4 than 1,500 student residents – and a number of students are living Red, White & YOU Alumni Reception. Houston. Cynthia Hicks ’89, ’93, Editor Oct. 5 to revisit, reunite and see first-hand the in the renovated Brooks Hall as well. (409) 880-8921 or (800) 298-4839 Louise Wood, Writer Lamarissimo! Wind Ensemble and Concert Band momentum at your alma mater! open 2004-2005 season. 7:30 p.m. Julie Rogers We continue toward our goal of hiring 100 new faculty, with Chris Castillo, Writer Nov. 8 A Friday evening Red, White and Theatre. Tickets (409) 880-8144 Spring registration begins plans to create and fill another 10 new faculty positions this year. YOU celebration welcomes you back Contributors: Oct. 7 - 9 The university’s Academic Master Plan is proving to be an excellent guide as we focus Nov. 12 to campus from wherever you may have landed after Melissa Gabriel, Susan Holland, writing On the Verge, presented by Lamar Theatre. Baseball Coach Jim Gilligan inducted into Texas resources to further strengthen Lamar’s academic excellence. Allen Moore, Philip McCollum, Ron Strait, Michael Stravato, Nightly 8 p.m., Sunday 2 p.m. University Theatre. Baseball Hall of Fame. 6 p.m. J.W. Marriott graduation. Join us for Red, White & YOU The university’s overall excellence is being boosted by the start of Lamar’s Rohn Wenner, photography Tickets (409) 880-2250 Houston. 5150 Westheimer. Tickets $50. Homecoming! Reservations (713) 408-1044 two newest doctoral programs, the Ed.D. in educational leadership and a Ph.D. Circulation includes 54,000 copies distributed to alumni, Oct. 11 Special homecoming activities are planned for faculty, staff and friends of Lamar University. If you have Academic Lecture Series presents Gen. Barry Nov. 16 alumni of the College of Engineering and the Class in audiology. The College of Engineering is at work toward gaining coordinating McCaffrey, international affairs expert and NBC received more than one copy of this publication, please Dinner and Twelve Strangers. LU Alumni host dinner of 1955. board approval for the university’s fifth doctoral program, a Ph.D. in chemical let us know. News military analyst. 7:30 p.m. University Theatre. for students studying a particular major to meet (409) 880-8741 For more information, visit our website at: engineering. professionals in that field. [email protected] or Changes of address may be sent to: (409) 880-8921 Oct. 13 - 14 www.lamar.edu/alumni or contact the alumni Fulfillment of the university’s Facilities Master Plan continues apace with University Advancement, Grad Fair. Seniors prepare for December Nov. 18 - 23 office at (409) 880-8921 or (800) 298-4839. renovations to existing academic buildings across the campus. In addition, P. O. Box 10011, Beaumont, Texas 77710, or by Commencement. Setzer Student Center. email: [email protected] Baby with Bath Water, presented by Lamar Theatre. construction of the new dining hall will begin this year, and architectural plans 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. (409) 880-8359 Nightly 8 p.m., Sunday 2 p.m. Studio Theatre. Tickets (409) 880-2250 for the new state-of-the-art recreation center are being drawn. Division of University Advancement Oct. 18 Camille Mouton, Vice President, University Advancement Distinguished Faculty Lecture. Sponsored by Entergy Lamar University continues to work with chamber, city and county officials in Nov. 30 Janice Trammell ’85, ’93, Director of Development Texas. Terri Davis, assistant professor of political Lamarissimo! A Cappella Choir Holiday Concert. science, presents "Politics and Dissent: The U.S. developing a stronger economic presence. With much to add in expertise, research Mona Halvorsen ’95, Director of Advancement Services 7:30 p.m. Julie Rogers Theatre. Constitution in Times of Crisis." 7:30 p.m. Lamar Tickets (409) 880-8144 and innovation, the university has potential to become a center for economic P. O. Box 10011 University Theatre. Post-lecture reception. Dishman development in Southeast Texas. Beaumont, Texas 77710 Art Museum Dec. 1 - 9 (409) 880-8419 or fax (409) 880-8409 Senior Thesis Exhibition. Reception 7-9 p.m. Our annual giving campaign will begin soon. With tuition on the rise through- email: [email protected] Oct. 19 Dec. 3. Dishman Art Museum out the state, scholarships and other opportunities are more important than ever for Dinner and Twelve Strangers. President and Mrs. Lamar University Alumni Office Jimmy Simmons’ host music majors for this dinner, Dec. 2 students seeking higher education. Lamar is one of the best values in Texas. When visiting campus, you’re invited to stop by the one of a continuing series sponsored by Alumni Cardinal Lights: A Holiday Carnival at Lamar University, featuring food, games for all ages and Nonetheless, your participation in this campaign can make a real difference to Alumni Office at the John Gray Center, Building B, Affairs. Music majors may reserve seats by calling 855 Florida, Suite 102. the Career Center, 880-8879. Information on hosting, entertainment. Carnival at 4 p.m. and lighting of students here. Please give generously! [email protected] or (409) 880-8921 “Cardinal Lights” at 6:15 p.m. adjacent to Plummer Thank you for your support of Lamar University! Juan Zabala, Director of Alumni Affairs Administration Building. Reception and Dessert Gala Oct. 22-23 at 6:30 p.m. in Setzer Student Center. LU Alumni Office La Dolce Vita. Two days of fine wine and cuisine to P. O. Box 10005 benefit the Dishman Art Museum. University Dec. 3-5 Beaumont, Texas 77710 Reception Center, Mary and John Gray Library. Lamar Puppet Theatre on the road at Dickens on the (409) 880-8921, or (800) 298-4839 Reservations (409) 880-8959 Strand. Galveston. Information (409) 880-8150 James M. Simmons Email: [email protected] www.lamar.edu/alumni Dec. 13-17 President Oct. 25 All College of Engineering Seminar Bill Nylin, presi- Master’s Thesis Exhibition. 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Price claims Golden Torch honor by moving to more favorable conditions.” Therefore, finding the very specialized teeth Richard Price, associate professor of mathematics, of sharks gives a good indication of the sea recently accepted a 2004 Golden Torch Award for conditions of the site. Lifetime Achievement in Academia from the National High-tech way to cleaner water Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), the largest stu- Water is an issue with tremendous dent-managed organization in the country dedicated Students step into importance to the future of Texas and to raising the profile of African-American engineers. campus life at WOW Mexico, and Lamar University is The award celebrates the accomplishments of individ- Williams keynotes working on solutions to ensure clean Week of Welcome, known as WOW, intro- uals, corporations, and academic institutions that LU commencement water as industry grows in the region. espouse the organization’s mission to “increase the duced students and their parents to life on David Cocke, holder of the Gill number of culturally responsible black engineers who State Senator Tommy Williams, R-The Woodlands, was campus Aug. 21-24. Events included Paint Chair in Chemistry and Chemical excel academically, succeed professionally and positive- the keynote speaker for Lamar University’s summer the Town Red, a midnight barbecue and Engineering, and his research partner, ly impact the community.” Price has been mentoring commencement Aug. 14 in the Montagne Center. karaoke at the Card Rock Café and conclud- Jose Parga of the Technological Richard PRICE engineering students at Lamar for 26 years in his role Lamar conferred 335 degrees, including two doctorates. ed with freshman convocation. Students Institute of Saltillo, Mexico, recently pre- as director of minority recruitment and retention for Carla Hearn, a social work checked in at the Mary and John Gray sented their achievements to the USAID the College of Engineering. Information about NSBE major from Chester, earned the Library before Move-In at Cardinal Village Synergy in Development 2004 Conference may be found at www.nsbe.org. Plummer Award as the top female and Brooks Hall. in Washington, D.C. graduate in the class of August Arts and Sciences; Dana Cope of the Students found classrooms, met Of particular interest to attendees at 2004. James Treadway, the male College of Charleston; and Ben Brown of departmental representatives and attended the conference was research into a bicycle- Gen. Barry McCaffrey Plummer recipient, was attending Mexico’s National Institute for workshops on topics such as taking essay powered water treatment plant using the will speak Oct. 11 law school orientation in Houston Anthropology and History found the region exams, how to study and using the library. project’s electrocoagulation process. With and unable to participate in com- yielded fossils in a globally significant geo- Seminars are designed to familiarize stu- the capability of producing 10 liters of clean A national expert on the war mencement. He is a history major graphic and geologic setting. The team dents with campus opportunities and pre- water with only 20 minutes of peddling and on terrorism, Gen. Barry Carla HEARN from Slidell, Texas. found fossils of 20- to 30-foot sharks, pare them for success in and out of class. at a cost of less than 2 cents to treat that McCaffrey will speak at 7:30 including great white sharks, bull sharks, amount, the device is attracting the atten- p.m. Oct. 11 in the University rays and a diverse assortment of drum fish, tion of numerous Third-World countries, Theatre as part of the Cornyn visits campus Stalking ancient catfish and other fishes. The area that is Cocke said. Academic Lecture Series spon- Gen. Barry MCCAFFREY now a mountainous rain forest once was a The Lamar Mobile Electrocoagulation sored by the College of great whites in Panama shallow tropical seaway. Unit was used to treat arsenic-contaminated Engineering. The lecture is open to the public. Lamar’s Jim Westgate and other North American sci- The team’s fossil discoveries document well water in Torreon, Mexico, in a test ear- McCaffrey is the Bradley distinguished professor entists recently teamed with naturalists from ANCON the marine animals and ecological condi- lier this year. Ecolimpio, a Mexican envi- of international security studies at the United States Expeditions of Panama in a search for fossil remains of tions that existed prior to the closing of ronmental company, bought the pilot plant Military Academy at West Point. He serves as a giant great white sharks (Carcharodon megalodon) the Straits of Panama. Beginning about and signed an economic agreement based national security and terrorism analyst for NBC News and other fossil sharks in Panama’s Darien Rain Forest 15 million years ago, the collision of the on the tests with Kaselco, a Shiner, Texas, and also writes a regularly scheduled commentary on and the Canal Zone. continental plates with the Pacific Ocean electrocoagulation company. national security issues for Armed Forces Journal. Westgate, associate dean of Lamar’s College of plate began forming a ridge of islands, completing a land bridge that connected U.S. Sen. John Cornyn visited campus Aug. North and South America approximately 13 to highlight the importance of educa- Peer advisors, student- tional partnerships to increase and keep athletes, faculty, staff 3.5 million years ago. and student organization Discovering shark teeth is a great help good job opportunities in Southeast Texas. Cardinal Village III representatives working in dating these changes, Westgate said, Cornyn received a briefing from university with LU’s Office of and community leaders on research oppor- residence hall Student Affairs wel- because “sharks are great gauges of water opened in August. comed a record 1,635 depth, salinity and temperature.” Unlike tunities in the field of advanced materials, incoming freshman This newest addition other species that either must adapt to which provides innovative potential to during orientations this to the village com- summer — students’ changing environments or perish, sharks develop new industries in the area. plex accommodates family members lifted “are mobile and will sidestep these stresses that total to 2,542. 500 students.

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Breojia Keil, left, practices administering a shot during the Nightingale Experience as Marjorie Antwine watches. The two juniors attend Central High School in Beaumont.

Students meet Florence Nightingale KVLU lines up new program Students incorporate Montagne Center floor Earth & Space Science Forty-one potential nursing students from 14 area Lamar public radio KVLU has added six ’Universal Design’ into kitchen gets makeover expedition prepared teachers high schools met an icon from the past – Florence new programs to their lineup, including Sound Money, The Beaumont chapter of RISE – Resource. The Montagne Center floor received a for JASON project Nightingale, the British nursing pioneer. LU, Christus The Splendid Table, Speaking of Faith, St. Paul Sunday, Information. Support. Empowerment – makeover with new graphic elements – St. Elizabeth and St. Mary hospitals hosted the Pipedreams and Composer’s Datebook. Find the full Local teachers earned graduate credit while asked interior design instructor Sarajane including a 16-foot-wide rendering of the two-day Nightingale Experience aimed at familiariz- programming guide or listen live at trekking through Louisiana’s disappearing Eisen to teach a class in which students current Cardinal mascot logo – replacing ing students with nursing as a profession and the job http://dept.lamar.edu/kvlu. wetlands. Eight teachers spent a week in the could design a kitchen using the principles the vintage graphics. Jones Hardwood opportunities available within the field. swamps and marshes of Louisiana and of universal design, a method of designing Floors, a Texas company, completed the Brian Boudreaux, 15, practices Southeast Texas learning about why more administering an IV under the environments to meet the needs of all peo- refurbishment in time for the new sports Inaugural mentor program than a square mile of those wetlands are dis- watchful eye of nursing student ple, no matter what age or disability. The season. Kristal Fruge, a senior nursing Faculty earn Research Enhancement appearing each month and how state and nurtures first-year students blueprints are to be used to create a new student. Boudreaux is a junior federal scientists and engineers hope to slow Port Neches-Groves High School Grants for 2004-2005 The Foundations of Excellence (FOE) in the First kitchen for the RISE office facility in student who is considering nurs- additional losses. The teachers prepared for Beaumont. RISE is a federally funded ing as a career. He was among Lamar University has awarded 10 Research Year Experience will sponsor a new mentor program the 2004-2005 JASON Expedition curricu- program that provides skills training and 41 potential nursing students Enhancement Grants to faculty members for the for fall 2004 and spring 2005 semesters. The goal of lum in which they train almost 200 peer from 14 area high schools who 2004-2005 academic year. Grant recipients and their the program is for faculty and staff mentors to create support to assist individuals with disabilities visited Lamar University, teachers about wetland destruction, so they, in living an independent life. Christus St. Elizabeth and St. departments are Kenneth Dorris, chemistry; Xing nurturing and personalized university experiences for in turn, may teach this year’s unit to nearly Mary hospitals for the Fang, civil engineering; and Kendrick Aung, mechani- new students, thus easing the transition from high A employee of Jones Hardwood Floors paint 15,000 Southeast Texas students who par- Nightingale Experience. LU and cal engineering (co-recipients for a joint project); school to college and assisting in the enrichment, Christus hosted the two-day Show takes logos onto the ticipate in the JASON Expedition annually. program aimed at familiarizing Chung-Chih Li, computer science; Jerry Lin and retention and graduation of college students. Each Montagne Center court students with nursing and the Mien Jao, civil engineering (co-recipients); Julio mentor will work with an average of three students, UP helm this summer to repre- job opportunities available sent the new Lamar Morales, health and kinesiology; Dehu Qi, computer and training is provided. Mentors and students will within the field. Mark Show, a junior com- University sports logo. science; Martha Rinker, psychology; and Rafael attend opening receptions each semester, then develop munication major from Tadmor, chemical engineering. their own schedules to meet regularly – at least Pearland, is the new In addition, Helen Lou, assistant professor of biweekly – throughout the semester. Chris Costello, top center ,eighth-grade science University Press editor for teacher for the Texas School for the Deaf in chemical engineering, and Rebecca Boone, assistant fall 2004 and spring 2005. Austin, laughs as the group’s tour guide feeds professor of history, received release-time research lollipops to a nutria during a swamp tour out- awards, enabling them to reduce their course loads by Conference benefits technology- side of Baton Rouge, La. Other teachers pic- tured, from left, are Bridgette Different from one class in order to devote time to research. enhanced education at Lamar New Media Consortium Odom Academy, and Jan Ruppel from Upper Texas Coast Water-Borne Educational Center. At the invitation of the American Association of State recognizes tech-savvy efforts Lamar’s Paula Nichols, director of the JASON Go Center Colleges and Universities, four Lamar executives Expedition, is seated beside Costello. Lamar University was among 50 colleges attended a national conference on the use of informa- Go Center is a cooperative and universities worldwide identified in the tion technology to better recruit and serve students. project between Lamar New Media Consortium’s search for proven “The Key to Competitiveness: Understanding the University and Central High School that turns high leaders among higher educational institu- Next-Generation Learner” was the subject of the con- school students into college graduates. Jay Spencer, tions in the application of technology to ference, also sponsored by Microsoft and EDU- regional coordinator of the Region 5 Go Center at teaching, learning, research or creative CAUSE. Lamar was among 12 universities from Central High, uses management resource skills to expression. Lamar will join 150 other col- across the country selected to participate in the pro- encourage high school students to attend college. leges, universities and museums who have gram June 9-11 at the University of Central Florida in Spencer receives help from several first-generation col- been invited to join NMC during the 10- Orlando. Representing Lamar at the event were lege students, many of whom are from Lamar’s year history of the organization. “Selection President James Simmons; Stephen Doblin, provost McNair Scholars Program. The students act as men- to be part of this elite group is considered a and vice president for academic affairs; and Cliff tors for the college hopefuls. The Go Center was the mark of excellence,” said Steve Doblin, Woodruff, assistant vice president for information brainchild of Madelyn Hunt, Lamar professor and provost and vice president for academic technologies. executive director of the McNair Scholars Program. affairs at Lamar. Higher-education institu- tions of all types are included among those who were recognized.

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When the father of a Lamar University stu- Ozen High School, he spent four years as a about the transplant, sharing the information dent encountered a medical crisis, he had parent coach for her softball team. She grad- only with members of her immediate family. one viable option left: a kidney transplant. uated from Ozen in 2000 before beginning She didn’t want anyone to discourage her Lamar recently received word from U.S. Rep. Hopper and David Cocke, Gill Chair in researchers will develop, test and demonstrate Tina Gipson, a 22-year-old education study at Lamar. making the donation. Nick Lampson ’68, ’72, D-Beaumont, that Chemistry. enhanced fuel-cell membranes, catalysts and major, now wears a scar on her right side During a three- to four-month period, Sometimes, she finds it strange to have the Defense Appropriations Conference “The help and support of Congressman thermal management for optimized power, from a medical procedure that changed her she said, she went through two full days of a piece of her body living within her own Report for fiscal year 2005 includes $2.5 Lampson and Senator Hutchinson were Hopper said. Using a test bed developed at father’s life. She doesn’t view the scar as a testing in Houston to ensure she was a com- father, Tina said. But overall, she feels joy million for the Advanced Laser Electric Power invaluable,” Doblin said. “Over time, I expect Lamar, researchers will validate fuel-cell appli- badge of courage, but instead as something patible match. The testing cost $5,000 and that she could give her kidney to her father, program, which would allow the College of great things for our university and Beaumont cations for a variety of laser applications. that had to be done. required that Tina be in perfect health. she said. Engineering to conduct military research. as a result of this project.” Researchers will also conduct feasibility “I just decided I’d do it. I decided I Lamar University and the community Although it was a major surgery, she Lamar will partner with Alabama- Advancements in research made under experiments on alternative advanced power wasn’t scared at all. I did what I had to do,” came to the rescue. Sororities and fraternities would encourage relatives to consider donat- based Radiance Technologies to develop the grant can be applicable to other technolo- sources and energy storage devices. the soft-spoken LU student said. For a while, on campus held a fund-raiser, and area ing organs to help keep their loved ones fuel-cell power for military vehicles. gies, Hopper said. “This grant could have a Cocke, who has 16 years experience in she said, her father tried to discourage her entertainers lent their talents for a show and alive, she said. “Laser-operated instruments are becoming long-term impact on our area and on Lamar fuel-cell research and development, is the from donating her kidney. Eventually, she barbecue to offset the cost of testing. Whenever Herman Gipson goes out in commonplace on military vehicles, and because fuel cells will be a larger part of the principal investigator for the grant. He will won him over. “We got help from everyone on public, he exclaims how happy he is to have these use diesel fuel for power,” said be joined by a dozen other LU research ❥ Fifty-seven-year-old Herman Gipson campus,” she said. An anonymous donor a second chance. Jack Hopper, dean of the College of scientists in engineering and chemistry as a ’71, describes his daughter as a woman who stepped up to the plate to help them raise “He’s been excited every day since May Engineering. “If diesel fuel is replaced This grant could part of the university’s Fuel Cell Group. thinks, makes a decision and acts on it. And the final $1,800. 19, 2003,” Tina said. The father and daugh- with fuel cells, the vehicles can be built As a subcontractor under the pro- that’s how it happened. She learned what it “Lamar just took over,” Herman ter recently celebrated the one-year anniver- lighter and can run farther and faster.” have a “long-term gram, Radiance Technologies Inc., an would take, made a plea to the public to pay Gipson said with appreciation. sary of the successful transplant. “He A fuel cell is an electrochemical ener- employee-owned systems engineering and impact on our area for testing, then got the procedure done. For The surgery took five hours and left reminded me that it was our (new) birth- gy-conversion device that converts hydro- technology development company with Tina, it was all part of the plan. Tina weak and in pain. Herman Gipson said day,” she said. gen and oxygen into water, producing 145 full-time employees, will establish an and on Lamar. “The average person on dialysis lasts 5 he began feeling better immediately after the While walking down the street, she said, electricity and heat in the process. It is office at Lamar and staff it with on-site to 7 years. My Dad did it for 10 years. He surgery. The surgery took place over the sum- she sometimes gets stopped by people who much like a battery in that it can be technical employees serving as a commer- was at the end of his rope. A transplant was mer, and Tina returned to school in the fall. tell her what a “proud and noble” thing she recharged while power is drawn from it. way electric power” is produced in the future.” cial link and military agency interface. The the only option left,” Tina said. Herman Gipson was concerned about did. She disagrees. She believes it was just “The partnership with the U.S. Army He also sees potential for developing labora- company now has contracts with the U.S. Dialysis is a process of cleansing a his daughter’s health, but she wouldn’t hear part of her life plan. and Radiance Technologies may well become tory discoveries into businesses – including Army Space and Missile Defense Command, patient’s blood by passing it through a spe- of it. “She said, ‘Let’s go do this’,’’ he said. “She is very, very special,” Gipson said. a defining moment in the stature and nation- creation of commercial “clean air” power U.S. Army Intelligence and Security cial machine, a process made necessary when “She never made me feel like she was feeling “I appreciate it.” al visibility of the College of Engineering products – and the resultant boon to eco- Command, U.S. Air Force National Air the kidneys are not able to filter impurities sorry for me.” Herman Gipson’s dietary restrictions and Lamar University,” said Steve Doblin, nomic development in the region. Intelligence Center, National Aeronautics out of the blood. It gives patients with kid- It took about four months to recover have been lifted. Before the surgery, he had provost and vice president for academic The project will develop and adapt fuel- and Space Administration, and seven univer- ney failure a chance to live productive lives. from surgery, Tina said. But by October of to limit his fluid intake. Now, he can dine on affairs. He credits the reputation of the engi- cell technologies for U.S. Army high- and sities in Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky and Even on dialysis, Herman Gipson 2003, she was working out in the gym. his favorite meal — his wife’s gumbo — and neering college’s faculty and hard work by low-power laser weapon systems. Lamar North Carolina. remained active. While his daughter attended She was cautious about whom she told enjoy it to the fullest and savor the flavor.

8 Cardinal Cadence September - November 2004 September - November 2004 Cardinal Cadence 9 America of the 1960s. With an older brother Which she did. During her first year, recognize the significance of their voice.” She and younger sister, she was part of a close- Davis earned among the highest teaching will use art, literature and music as well as knit family. Her father, Billy T. Burney, who evaluations in the UT system and honors as a constitutional interpretation. died in 2003, was a high school graduate faculty fellow. “Teaching is easy for me,” she “Our world collapses on us in eight-sec- who spent 26 years working at a manufactur- now says. “I’m definitely in the vocation I’m ond sound bites,” Davis says. “We’ve turned ing plant before starting his own valve com- supposed to be.” our authoritative text over to the interpreters. Places pany. He earned a college degree soon after Davis believes she’s an effective teacher I have a different take on the Constitution. Terri earned her first. Her mother, Jackie, is a because she’s a good storyteller, in large part We need to reclaim it as American citizens. full-time homemaker whose impact becomes because of her heritage. “I spent my 20s run- We are its authors and interpreters.” in the increasingly significant, her daughter says. ning away from being from Sulphur Springs. Off campus and away from the class- Outside the classroom, Davis is an advi- I wanted to be a Vassar girl, a Wellesley girl. I room-consultant-speaker circuit, Davis loves sor to The Washington Center for Civic wanted to be Ivy League, so I studied the to fish, golf and garden. She’s the ultimate Education and a nationally known Lamar Cardinals baseball fan, vocal in speaker and resource on the “The family is the most basic unit of the stands and seldom missing a game. heart Constitution. In 2001, she returned She’s traveled the globe, to political societies, and when mothers to Sulphur Springs High School as and fathers teach the children their destinations including China and, most keynote speaker for commencement recently, this July, to Ireland. “I went by – a long journey indeed. As a child, voices matter, it gives them a sense myself with a rail pass, a bus pass and a Terri Davis was just she says, “I was shy and very much a of advocacy in the political system.” backpack,” she says. “I am so proud bookworm, though a tomboy. that I had the courage to spend my 2 years old when an When I was a sophomore in high school, I French existentialists, and I learned about fine 43rd birthday in Belfast, Northern Ireland, decided it was time to not be shy anymore.” wine, art, literature and music,” she says. on the Day of Protest.” She ran for a student council office and “But once I stepped into a classroom, I The University Press once ran a profile assassin’s bullet ended was elected. She became editorial page editor realized how important it was to be from the on Davis with the headline: “I never want to of the school newspaper and, eventually, pres- South because southerners learn by story- say I wish I would have.” That was her phi- ident of student council. After graduating telling. That’s the way I learned in my home losophy of life. “There are a lot of things I the life of President from Sulphur Springs High in 1979, Davis and from my teachers. I found that if I read wish I wouldn’t have done, but there are very worked as a paralegal and attended the out of a book, it didn’t work with students. few things I’ve wanted to do that I haven’t at John F. Kennedy, but University of Texas at Tyler at night. “It took So I was able to construct stories and teach least attempted . . . It was blow and go and me nine years to get a bachelor’s degree in the same way I learned.” explore and learn and do.” political science,” she says. She went on to Students often write on evaluations that The past year has been profoundly sig- the images replayed on earn a master’s degree in interdisciplinary Davis makes her classes interesting through nificant, with the deaths not only of her studies from UT-Tyler and applied to doctoral stories. She also has a little trick up her father, but also of her faculty colleague Bert programs. The University of Texas made the sleeve. “The attention span runs 20 minutes,” DuBose and U.S. District Judge John television a few years most attractive offer. she says. “That’s tops for anybody. So I Hannah, the husband of her close friend, WHO: Terri Davis, assistant professor of political science. “I applied and just hoped I’d get in,” throw in ridiculous stories that are always U.S. Magistrate Judith Guthrie, who herself WHAT: “Politics and Dissent: The U.S. Constitution in Times of Crisis.” she says. “I not only got in, but I got a teach- true – and my life is filled with hysterical sto- suffered a heart attack. later became indelibly 2004 Distinguished Faculty Lecture, sponsored by Entergy Texas ing stipend. Also when I got to UT, I found ries. Then I get back to the Constitution.” “It caused me to look at the significance WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 18 out for the first time that there were women Davis is known for helping athletes with of family and friends to rejoice in the pleasure etched in her memory. WHERE: Lamar University Theatre, with reception afterward in like me. They were smart. They liked to study skills and for mentoring students, of the community you have. My philosophy Dishman Art Museum. study and they, too, had earned places in the many of whom “have gone on to do in life has changed and has expanded my doctoral program.” amazing things,” she says. existence in ways I never thought possible.” “They would show and re-show the honors, most recently as Lamar’s Davis grew up in a democratic family – If one characteristic distinguishes Davis’s “I have students who are getting doctor- Over time, Davis’s perception of her film clippings,” Davis recalls. “I remember Distinguished Faculty Lecturer for 2004. with a small ’d’. “We all had a voice and actu- career, it is her reputation as a dynamic and ates, who are practicing law are or in law hometown has changed too. “It was way too seeing it when I was 5 or 6 and realizing that There were other influences: “The first ally voted on matters affecting the family,” energetic teacher whose classroom presence school,” Davis said. “I also have students small, way too parochial, way too restrictive was the president. The violence was bad thing I remember about politics is watching Davis said. “When Dad decided to start his and dramatic impact on students draws high who are mothers who have written me and in terms of the roles people were supposed to enough, and the depiction was bad enough, television, probably when I was 12, and see- own company, everyone sat down to discuss marks. But her first foray into a classroom at said, ‘I’m a better homemaker for having had play. I loved my family and friends, but I was but it wasn’t just that. It was understanding ing on the news that the United States had it, and we all got a vote. There was always UT began in sheer terror. “Oh, gosh, that you as a mentor.’ The thing I try to do with rebellious. I wanted to get out,” she says. “I just what had transpired.” put up a wheat embargo against Russia. I the feeling that my voice mattered.” was an experience,” she says with a shudder. my students is to give them options.” think the turning point came when my The experience illustrated the relevance asked my dad, ’What’s an embargo?’ A two- That is a theme she plans to stress in her “In high school, I went to state in persuasive As she prepared her lecture, Davis real- grandfather died. The funeral procession of public figures to its citizens. It was one of hour conversation ensued with him explain- lecture, “Politics and Dissent: The U.S. speaking. I’d done drama. I’d done debate. ized her biggest challenge is that she won’t be went through town, and people quit mow- life’s lessons that would lead Davis toward ing supply and demand, international eco- Constitution in Times of Crisis.” But when I walked into an auditorium with teaching, per se. But, she says, “I not only ing their lawns. They took off their hats. The her calling – now as an assistant professor of nomics, why you have economic embargos, Davis’s hometown of Sulphur Springs, 450 students and got up on stage, nothing am a teacher, but I am also engaged in teach- world stood still. And it occurred to me, political science at Lamar. It is a career she as opposed to going to war. It was him 80 miles east of downtown Dallas and Dealy came out. I told them to just be patient with ing citizens, and that’s a very important role ‘This is your hometown. This is a pretty loves and that has brought her an array of telling me all about the world.” Plaza, epitomized small-town southern me, and I’d get it going.” for me. I hope to empower everyone to good place to be from.’”

10 Cardinal Cadence September - November 2004 September - November 2004 Cardinal Cadence 11 During a recent visit to Beaumont, the Prader-Willi Syndrome Valrie Rush Sexton shows 6-year-old Association about publishing it. She Sallie Curtis student Austin Seabourne eventually got a family friend, artist how Prader-Willi Syndrome affects Bonnie Branson, to illustrate the some children. book, using photos of Michael, Storybook Marie’s playground and even Sexton to get the likenesses just right. The day never came when Sexton walked to the mail box to pick up a big check for her years of beginning work developing the book. All pro- ceed from the book go to the Prader-Willi Association. But Sexton didn’t do it for the money, she said. “From the begin- ning, they told me I wouldn’t get paid, and I said that was ok because Valerie Rush Sexton ’73 never had the confidence to write a children’s book, but two children that wasn’t the purpose,” she said. created a fire that made her look beyond her own ability to the needs of those suffering with She wrote the book to educate and Prader-Willi Syndrome, a rare genetic disorder that affects about one in 10,000 newborns. help students. Michael’s mother “I’m an advocate for disability awareness education,” said Sexton, speech language pathol- said the book has changed her Vogist and teacher at Center Road School in Vernon, Conn. family’s life, Sexton said. After earning her bachelor’s in speech pathology from Lamar University, Sexton earned a Now, Michael is 13 and is master’s degree in 1977 from the University of Southwestern Louisiana, where she specialized attending a school for children with in speech pathology and learning disabilities. She and her husband, Robert ’73, ’81, also a special needs. Marie, four years Lamar alumnus, with degrees in physics and mechanical engineering, both work for the younger, is suffering from diabetes, Vernon Board of Education in Connecticut. so her eating must be monitored Until she met Michael, the inspiration for her book, Sexton had never even more closely, Sexton said. heard about Prader-Willi Syndrome. Children with the syndrome are miss- The book received a rave ing the mechanism in the hypothalamus part of the brain that tells review from their most imporant them when they are full, so the drive to eat is constant. critic – Michael. “Parents are forced to keep food under a lock and key to keep “They usually stop talking about the storm. The book, which uscript about the youth and his daily challenges. “Michael loves it. He calls it their children from eating all the time,” Sexton said. have low muscle tone retells Sexton’s account of that day, shows how The pair decided to join forces on the project. ‘my book.’ He goes around school To distract Michael from the chronic feeling of hunger, his and have very soft- Sexton located a book on thunderstorms and Michael’s family agreed to let the boy’s telling people the book is about mother would pack his lunch in a lot of small Ziplock bags, Sexton looking bodies. So started to read. That did the trick. The story was name and likeness be in the book. The character him. He is just so happy. There are said. “In his mind, he thought he was getting a lot of food because some parents choose so compelling that Michael asked to take the Marie is based on another child at the school not too many things he’s going to his mother had things in a lot of small bags.” to use growth hor- book home that evening. who wished to remain anonymous. By consult- have shining in his life, so this is a Food is also an issue for a girl Sexton calls Marie. One day, mones. That helps After teaching Michael for several years at ing with teachers and care-givers, the team good thing,” said Sexton, who has teachers found torn animal cracker wrappers in the bathroom Sexton’s them not only to grow – Lake Street School in Vernon, Conn., Sexton ensured that every aspect of the three-year project been teaching since 1974. class shared with another teacher. The teacher used the food as treats for because they tend to be decided a book needed to be written on Prader- was accurate. her students. Wrappers were found on the floor, and cookies were even short of stature – but it also Willi. She discovered only one other book had “It has changed me. Once, I didn’t think I ✺ found in the toilet. Marie was questioned, and she denied getting into the food helps solidify their muscles and been published about the condition and thought could do the book,” Sexton said. To order the book, contact the and making the mess. Later, she confessed. Sexton determined Marie was probably unable make them a little more solid,” Sexton it too lengthy for children and needed to have She initially tried to get a friend to write the Prader-Willi Syndrome Association to get into the cookie packages because her motor skills weren’t properly developed. explained. better illustrations for a classroom setting. book, but that individual was working on anoth- by calling (800) 926-4797, visit Sleepy, listless PWS babies mature into easily excitable, constantly hungry children with Sexton’s book follows the lives of Ignorance can lead to cruelty, and Sexton er project at the time. www.pwsausa.org or send learning disabilities. People suffering from the syndrome undergo physical therapy and occupa- Michael and Marie, two unique children who believed a storybook would be the best way to Taking a writing class finally convinced her $8 plus $1.50 shipping and tional therapy to offset problems with their motor skills. Some people with Prader-Willi are have much in common with kids their age, tell the Prader-Willi story to other children. she could succeed. It took several drafts and handling to the association at mentally challenged, although they have superior long-term memories. Obsessive-compulsive but who also have special needs. In one When Sexton began work, she learned that numerous revisions, but the writing team eventu- 5700 Midnight Pass Road, Suite 6, behavior also exists in many of the people with the disorder, as does the need for routine and scene, Michael is so frightened by a thunder- Michael’s teaching assistant, Debbie Erbe Fortin, ally achieved success. After getting rejections Sarasota, Fla., 34242. predictability similar to autistic behavior. storm that he disrupts his class and won’t also had the idea of developing a children’s man- from three different publishers, she approached ✺

12 Cardinal Cadence September - November 2004 September - November 2004 Cardinal Cadence 13 Joseph Malbrough ’86 credits much of his success to taking resulted in revenue loss for United Way Atlanta. The chances. regional United Way board decided to shift its focus to tar- Taking risks, faith and hard work were all vital compo- get Atlanta-based businesses with 50 to 250 employees. nents in making Malbrough what he is today. Now at 40, The move proved fruitful. Malbrough is assistant vice president of new business devel- Malbrough started with United Way in April 2003. In opment for United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta. He heads 2001, Atlanta’s annual campaign came $1 million short of up the new business initiative, aimed at recruiting small and its goal. That next year, in 2002, the goal was off target by medium-size Atlanta companies to run employee fund- $7 million. In 2003, the regional United Way office raised raising campaigns year round. $72.1 million – making it the fourth-largest United Way in In his first year, Malbrough’s team generated nearly the United States and giving it a 1 percent increase from $600,000 in new revenue and recruited 23 Alexis de the previous year. Tocqueville Society Members – individuals who committed “It is very challenging in Atlanta. It’s a large communi- $10,000 annually to United Way. ty, with over 4,000 non-profits in the Atlanta metropolitan “When I moved from Beaumont, I had never been to area,” he said. “United Way is unique. No other non-profit Atlanta or Georgia before. I moved here on a whim with does what we do and impacts the number of people we no job prospects,” Malbrough said. “Sometimes, you have impact. We have a good reputation in the community. We’ll to take a chance.” celebrate our 100th anniversary next year.” As a communication student at Lamar, Malbrough It’s Malbrough’s job to build relationships with CEOs learned hands on about management training from Mary and presidents of Atlanta businesses. So, if he reads about a Alice Baker. She was working as a consultant and had hired business expanding or hears about a leadership change or several students as interns to assist a local company with its expansion at a company, he is on the phone ready to invite customer-service department. them to be part of United Way. Malbrough and his wife, “We trained them how to be more professional and Cara, live outside Atlanta proper in Smyra with sons, Evan customer friendly and showed them how to handle com- and Jared. plaints. That was great training that I was able to bring into He is proud to say that 91 percent of every dollar corporate America once I finished college,” he said. donated to United Way is reinvested in the Atlanta commu- An internship at the Beaumont Chamber of nity. And the community is aware of United Way’s fiscal Commerce during his senior year gave him experience and responsibility, he said. “We see ourselves as kind of a man- “We mobilize paved the way toward work in Atlanta. “That gave me the ager of a community mutual fund. We work with hundreds together resources entreé to the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce.” of volunteers. We invest in 442 strategic programs that Malbrough spent the last decade at the Metro Atlanta yield the best returns for the community. Helping that no other Chamber of Commerce, most recently as manager of key “We mobilize together resources that no other organi- organization can accounts. He was the first accounts manager in the cham- zation can assemble. We bring together businesses and vol- ber’s history to generate more than $1 million in revenue unteers, government entities and non-profits to work on assemble. We bring and was the top producer for nine years in a row. the big-picture issues, like ending chronic hopelessness and together businesses Nearing 40, Malbrough felt he needed another ensuring children start school ready to succeed,” he said. change. One day, at the Atlanta chamber, the United Way Malbrough also serves on the board of the Southeast and volunteers, called. The Atlanta branch was looking for someone to Chapter of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF. The organization government entities approach small-and medium-sized businesses to get supports child survival, protection and development world- and non-profits to involved in an employee campaign. Within a day, wide. Malbrough is organizing an AIDS awareness dinner, business Malbrough called the United Way to say he had the perfect which will be hosted by former Atlanta Mayor Andrew work on the big- candidate – himself. Five months later, he was hired. Young. The goal of the dinner is to get more African- At United Way Atlanta, the focus has generally been Americans involved and aware about the AIDS epidemic in picture issues.” major employers, he said. With businesses downsizing, the Africa, Malbrough said. find a Way — Joseph MALBROUGH work force for those companies has shrunk over time. That

14 Cardinal Cadence September - November 2004 September - November 2004 Cardinal Cadence 15 CARDS ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL

encouraged me to take advantage of this . . . what I could see, it was a peaceful rally, and I New York has been everything I expect- From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., I walked faithfully got to stand in the middle of it and talk to ed — big, busy and fast. We found a great Conventional wisdom around Fleet Center to see who I could protesters about their views. I can’t wait to little pizza place — Little Italy Pizza, the interview, and from 3 to 11:30 p.m., I assist- begin my fieldwork and mingle with the choice of Mayor Bloomberg, near City Hall ed on the news broadcasts . . . Not only have media personalities. Park. The Italian guys who run it are great hile most who were so inclined watched the 2004 political August, Beth Yelverton, a May 2004 I become more knowledgeable about ele- Day two: The night kicked off with and will probably miss the two little girls conventions filtered through the commentary and news- marketing graduate from Orange, and ments of TV production, but I have learned great music and even better speakers. from Texas. Little Italy itself is quaint and Wcasts of network and cable news, four Lamar University Heather Volrie, a senior communication about our world of politics and why each To everyone’s surprise, the Bush twins romantic. Times Square is glamorous and students experienced the conventions live, participating in a process major from Beaumont, attended the Republican one of us has a reason to be involved. introduced their father, who then introduced exciting. Wall Street is historic and impres- that is unique to American politics. National Convention in New York. First Lady Laura Bush. The girls did a fine sive. And the 2004 Republican National The students were accepted into the convention program of The Hamilton and Volrie attended the conventions as Knight Fellows HEATHER VOLRIE job of speaking on behalf of their family — Convention is huge and fun. It is one big Washington Center. They attended briefings, discussions, issue forums of The Washington Center, where they filled internships with national and acknowledged their previous escapades. pep rally! Arnold S., the irrepressible gover- 21, broadcast communication, Beaumont and host-city events before beginning their fieldwork assignments – media. Geiger and Yelverton attended as McMaster Scholars of the On the final day of the convention, nor of California, delighted us with his patri- volunteer activities with party organizations, media or interest Lamar University Honors Program, which provided grants for them I might never return to there was a packed house and heightened otic passion. He reminded us that being a groups – at each convention. to participate in research and other educational experiences. Beaumont. Just kidding, security for President Bush’s arrival. Being Republican around his wife’s family isn’t easy In July, T.J. Geiger, a senior history major from Kingsland, and Here, they share their impressions of people, but that is how much close to the president — or at least in the and scornfully considers any economic pes- E.R. Hamilton, a sophomore communication student from Houston, experiences and events. fun I am having in New same building — is something not everyone simist a “girlyman.” attended the Democratic National Convention in Boston. And in York. We are staying at gets to experience. It was interesting to I walked into the middle of a mob of Pace University in lower watch reactions to his speech. This was my protestors in Times Square Sunday with my Manhattan — close to last day to work with my friends at Capital 9 credentials showing quite clearly. They were everything. I have News in Albany and New York 1. From get- yelling remarks like “drop dead” and “go T.J. GEIGER education, sex edu- and realized that only enjoyed the company of ting popcorn for Mayor Bloomberg to meet- home.” It was an intimidating experience. 19, history and English, Kingsland cation, social services events like this could put me the people in The ing media personalities like Jakie Reid and The police and the Secret Service are sup- and, of course, protecting a woman’s in the mind-set I was in. It On the eve of the Democratic Convention, Washington Center pro- Teri Okita, this has been one of my most posed to take a relatively nonpartisan stance. right to choose. was the first time that I have ever, the Veterans For Peace, gathered in Faneuil gram. We attended sem- eventful college trips. I also had the opportu- Once in a while, however, we run into a col- Reg Weaver spoke to us Wednesday truly felt what it means to be an American. Hall, the place where the Sons of Liberty inars with speakers nity to meet music celebrities like Sean P. orful character who chooses to let his prefer- morning. He’s the president of the National The Democratic Convention provided and abolitionists met in ranging from Secret Diddy Combs and Andre 3000 of Outkast. ences show. One officer asked if eating our Education Association and a passionate, me with a clear understanding of civic years gone by. VFP is com- Service agents to pro- Republican cookies would turn him into a dynamic speaker . . . Teachers’ unions are responsibility and our obligations to our posed of men and women choice activists. Republican. I replied, “No, but it might often referred to as special interests. I’ve state and each other. The BETH YELVERTON who served in the U.S. Before the conven- make you a sweeter person.” never understood how a group of those Washington Center pro- 22, marketing graduate, Orange military in war and peace- tion, we were able to It has been interesting to observe the entrusted with our nation’s most precious gram made sure each time, dating to World wander around the city I just got back from painting signs for the impact of Sept. 11, 2001. We are staying resource — our children — and one that individual was able to Ward II. They seek the on our own. The stereo- convention. If you see a California or only a few blocks from the World Trade advocates better wages, better working con- leave with more knowl- abolition of war and violence through radical types of New Yorkers Arizona sign, it might be one of mine! I’ve Center site and have seen how it changed the ditions and increased resources for class- edge than when he or she arrived . . . This is pacifism. . . Before Sept. 11, 2001, their have been wiped from seen Staten Island, Ground New York skyline and the hearts of New rooms, can be lumped under the banner of significant in identifying the issues most membership totaled about 600. Now, it my mind. I really like Zero, Wall Street, Times Yorkers. It is as if the citizens are walking special interests. When we invest in people important to us and how we approach them. exceeds 4,500 . . . Daniel Ellsberg, of this city and want to Square, Madison Square around with the twin towers imprinted on — in what Robert Reich called human capi- Politics is the most efficient form of freedom Pentagon Papers fame (a top-secret study of return to see more when I have a chance . . Garden, the pier, Trinity their hearts along with the names of those tal — returns exceed expectations. We must of speech and, by this, we are privileged to U.S. decision-making in Vietnam he leaked On the Saturday before the convention, Church, City Hall, Little they lost. Every time you see a firefighter or invest in our schools, communities and hos- participate in choosing who is to represent us. to the press in 1971), spoke of the need for there was a pro-choice march across the Italy, Chinatown and other police officer, you feel respect. The thought pitals rather than slash their funding. Working with Capital News 9 was truly transparency and accountability in govern- Brooklyn Bridge and a rally near City Hall, places. The Brooklyn of the ones who rushed into peril is sobering an experience to remember. There were three ment. Never have so many disparate voices just a block from where we are staying. From Bridge is outside my window. and saddening. broadcasts from the convention, including a of the left been so united. E.R. HAMILTON report for the David Letterman show, all of Tuesday morning, I went to volunteer 20, broadcast communication, Houston which were live . . . I spoke with my field at an EMILYs List luncheon. EMILY stands The morning of my first day in Boston, I supervisor about three weeks before my for Early Money rIses Like Yeast. It raises thought only of what I was to learn . . . The arrival in Boston, and a plan was set into money for female, pro-choice candidates. pride in being around the current and future motion concerning my internship . . . Today, at a $120-per-plate fundraiser, I was leaders of America filled me with the excite- Although those plans did, indeed, change, assigned to greet people and direct them to ment of a 10-year-old. my goals did not. . . . Howard Dean, Jesse seats. I met some of the speakers, including As I entered the Jackson and P. Diddy Diane Feinstein, Nancy Pelosi and our own streets of Boston, a were at the hall Ann Richards. Richards’ emotional and smile remained on my before the conven- powerful appeals elicited a standing ovation face as I admired the tion started, and as she connected with the crowd on a architecture of the city my supervisor number of issues: healthcare for children,

16 Cardinal Cadence September - November 2004 September - November 2004 Cardinal Cadence 17 President James Simmons with Bruce and Jan Allred

Red roses and Cardinal-red elegance awaited members of President James Simmons guest- the President’s Circle and Heritage Society when President conducts the Symphony of James Simmons and First Lady Susan Simmons hosted top Southeast Texas at the Fourth of donors for a reception, dinner and “state-of-Lamar” report July celebration at Beaumont’s July 9 in the University Reception Center. Riverfront Park.

Susan Simmons greets Ann Pigue ’51, Abraham and Norma Motiee daughter of late President John Gray. High school students participating in Lamar’s Texas Honors Leadership Program join in the Fourth of July festivities.

Joy Crenshaw ’69 and Betty Leaf

Maxine Johnston, with Jerry LeBlanc Charles ’59 and Eleanor Garrett with Jack ’58 and Linda Gill On the LU-llaby stage, Cheryl Guidry enchants the audience with her rendition of Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man from the musical Showboat.

President Simmons applauds Stephen and Suzye Doblin, with as members of the Lamar Patricia and Edward Hurwitz ’62 Brass Quintet take a bow at the Fourth of July concert. From left are Robert Culbertson, Scott Weiss, Raul Ornelas, Wayne Dyess and Russell Tipton.

Michael Getz ’78 and Allison Nathan Golias are among the LU-llaby of LU-llaby of Broadway cast member Les Warren, Broadway patrons enjoying an array a communication instructor at Lamar, escorts his of taste treats donated by area mother, Nell Warren, to the reception preceding restaurants. the June 8 fund-raiser for theatre scholarships.

18 Cardinal Cadence September - November 2004 September - November 2004 Cardinal Cadence 19 do, but compared to 1999, today’s campus has three new state-of-the- art residence halls; several renovat- ed academic buildings and other LOOKING renovations underway; new boundary fences, directional signs, security cameras, and lighting; beautiful grounds; attractive gar- dens; clean buildings; and a pleas- ing entrance to campus. Plans BACK, and commitments for a new recre- ational sports facility, dining hall and office/classroom facil- and educational leadership – are opening ity are all part of the LOOKING their doors this fall, and two new master’s plan for future growth. programs and several new and restruc- Donor support for the tured baccalaureate programs have added university has been growing breadth and depth to the university’s as well, with Lamar’s friends offerings. Numerous support programs and family contributing AHEAD were created or have seen growth in the more than $18 million to the university past six years, such as the Texas Academy since 1999. More than $5 million of that for Leadership in the Humanities, the uring the past several Honors Program, the Foundations of years, Lamar University Excellence initiatives, the Centers for Developmental Studies, as well as has been an institution Distance Education and General Studies. rediscovering its drive Dynamic new student orientation pro- to achieve. The suc- grams and a Week of Welcome for new cesses of that continu- students are among new initiatives at the university. ing effort are evident Because of this growth – even in the when comparing meas- face of a flat state urements from 1999 to appropriation -- the today. In this six-year university has been span, Lamar University has seen significant able to move for- ward on a faculty improvements in many measures. salary equity plan DCompared to 1999, Lamar international stu- Lamar’s faculty has years, and key hires were made in many that has helped bring faculty salaries, by DUniversity’s student enrollment has dent enrollment by also seen great improve- academic departments. rank, from the bottom to the mid- total went directly to creating or increas- grown 27 percent, with an expectation of 106 percent. ment since 1999. The accomplishments dle of the state’s universities. ing endowments for student scholarship record enrollment this fall. In Lamar’s stu- Reversing the trend of of Lamar’s faculty have Likewise, LU has a fully funded support. the same period, first-time-in- dents are finding the late 1990s, LU’s fac- attracted attention from classified pay plan, five straight Helping guide these many accom- college student enrollment academic confidence ulty has grown in both across the state and nation, years of faculty and staff raises, and plishments is careful planning, detailed in grew 28 percent. But it isn’t earlier and attaining number and quality. and, compared to 1999, healthy balances in all fund accounts such documents as the academic master just numbers that have success as a result: the six-year gradua- Today, Lamar enjoys the addition of 50 the university now is seeing – all of which help the university plan, facilities master plan and salary equi- improved. Lamar has seen a tion rate has increased by more than 23 full-time faculty, not including the 27 a five-fold increase in spon- recruit and retain the quality people ty plan. This fall, the university begins dramatic increase in the diversi- percent. Student’s SAT scores have who join this fall, and plans are in sored research dollars – more than $4.6 it needs to deliver educational excellence. preparations for its Southern Association ty of its student population. Since 1999, remained steady, while the number of progress to add more faculty during the million this year alone. Through the efforts of many, united of Colleges and Schools (SACS) reaffir- LU’s African-American enrollment has high-scoring students has increased, and next few years as budgets allow. Three Lamar’s academic programs have by a common vision, the process of trans- mation, a process it enters with even grown 49 percent, Hispanic by 42 per- the size of the university’s honors pro- more endowed chairs and a distinguished made significant strides since 1999. Two forming the appearance of the Lamar greater strength, renewed purpose and cent, Asian-American by 17 percent and gram has doubled. professorship where added in the past six new doctoral programs – in audiology campus continues. There is still much to continuing vision for excellence.

20 Cardinal Cadence September - November 2004 September - November 2004 Cardinal Cadence 21 Photo courtesy of Ron Strait

Bill Childs ’62 and his son, Chris ’90, run their wild-game ranch operation with precision and passion. Eight years after purchasing the former horse ranch near Kerrville, they opened it for guided hunting, fishing and camera- safari adventures. From the on-staff biologist to the creation of 10 pristine lakes along its spring-fed creeks, the 1,000 acres of Shonto Ranch have benefitted from attention that keeps business in tune with nature. Bill’s passion for “getting it right” and his penchant for customer service were hallmarks of Precision Tune, a concept he built into a thriving business Bventure that at its zenith was attracting more than 3 million customers a year. Between the ranch’s rocky ramparts lie lush meadows and groves of native pecan. Springs feed meandering crystal-clear, rock-bottomed creeks teeming with largemouth bass, catfish, perch and, in cooler months, rainbow trout. Near the center of the ranch, Bill and his wife, Antoinette (Modica), have built a new ranch home to complement the existing centennial house. Broad wrap-around porches catch the slightest breeze, and a columned walk- way joins the homes. Even on hot summer afternoons, a cool breeze often flows down the valley to rustle the leaves where shade-dappled cattle lie, a few of some 30 cow-calf pairs that graze along with a wide array of native and exotic species on the property. Helping Bill and Chris run the ranch is wildlife biologist C.D. McGehee, who came there with 17 years experience at the legendary Y.O. Ranch. That knowledge is essential in managing a variety of species that includes: axis, elk, red stag and sika; blackbuck, gemsbok oryx, waterbuck, grant gazelle, sable, impala, springbok and dama gazelle; zebra; Indian red, aoudad, mouflon, Corsican, Hawaiian black and Texas dall; feral and Russian wild boar; wild turkey and trophy Texas whitetail.

22ShontoCardinal Cadence September - November 2004 RanchSeptember - November 2004 Cardinal Cadence 23 A native of Beaumont’s South Park, to the customer. Childs attended a military school in The first Precision Tune store Alexandria, La., before coming to Lamar to opened at the corner of Fourth Life’s rhythm pursue a general business degree (In 1999, and College Street in Beaumont, Section of the State Bar of Texas. he was honored as a Distinguished followed shortly by a second store If she has to leave Houston, it would Alumnus). “While a lot of my friends went in Groves. With the concept Bill CHILDS be a difficult choice. A self-avowed “home- to Louisiana schools, I chose Lamar because worked out and two stores open in rhyme body,” she enjoys the closeness of family; it was a good school and because of the for business, Childs decided to advertise on needed tune-ups every six months or 6,000 most of hers is in Houston. The exception advantage of being able to walk to school,” television. miles. Today, sophisticated electronics and was her late grandmother, who was a pas- Childs said. “A ll heck broke loose,” Childs said. other improvements have vastly increased the tor in Beaumont for 20 years and the rea- During college, he worked at the local Soon, sales volumes were rolling skyward, efficiency and durability of cars. The busi- son Gladney came to Lamar. Sears store and planned to enter the compa- and he was opening more stores in Port ness has adapted by offering other services, She began study in the pre-medical ny’s management program after graduation. Arthur, Lake Charles, Corpus Christi, and now is known as Precision Auto Care. program, having graduated from the Yet when a friend encouraged him to explore Lubbock and Monroe, La. Meanwhile, the Childses’ son Chris had Michael E. DeBakey High School for another venture – janitorial service – Childs The next big break came when Business fallen in love with the Texas Hill Country Health Professions in Houston, a rigorous saw it as the best place to start his career. Week magazine profiled a West-Coast fran- while attending graduate school in Austin, magnet school. But in pre-med, she missed It was January 1963 when the recent chise operation and interviewed Childs by and he encouraged his parents to make it a feeling of challenge. An earlier experience graduate got the contract to provide custodial phone. Precision Tune’s business volume their home. It wasn’t until after selling helped change her focus. In 1986, Gladney services for the newly opened First Security and profitability – both markedly better than Precision Tune that they had time to visit the had been in an auto accident, hit by a National Bank, a “flagship of the time.” That the West Coast competitor’s – were men- area. Similarly smitten, they soon began drunk driver who later sued her. Although job opened many more opportunities, and tioned near the end of the article. looking for a ranch to call their own. he eventually dropped the case, a sense of the business flourished as Childs expanded it “The phones started to ring off the Shonto Ranch was one of the first injustice stayed with her. into other unskilled labor markets. wall,” Childs said, with people seeking fran- properties they visited. “I knew it was a “It’s strange how your circumstances “We were furnishing a lot of people in chise opportunities. While he had franchised great place,” Childs said, but the asking price can lead you into a certain path without the town,” Childs said of the company that a couple of stores by this time, it was that was “astronomical.” They continued look- DeMonica Gladney ’90 was only 7 years old when your realizing it,” she said. “Subconsciously grew to almost 600 employees. “It was a article that “knocked the doors off ” and ing, off and on, over a five-year period she found she had a knack for bringing comfort and it always bothered me. I guess after he hit really good business,” he said, though not as launched his tune-up business into a new before the call came that the owners were encouragement to people through poetry. me, he figured, ‘She doesn’t know the law.’ stable as he would have liked. The work was league. ready to sell. Today, the Houston native is a corpo- a premature infant to the need to look to The whole process seemed so unfair.” So, tied to the business cycle – so when “housing Two factors created the unique window Most recently operated as a race-horse rate attorney for Exxon Mobil Corp., but the future rather than relive the past. she called her mother while at Lamar and and auto markets would boom and then all of opportunity that made Precision Tune farm, Shonto Ranch became theirs in 1992. she’s still writing poetry – rhythmic verse in Gladney’s mother was the inspiration said, “I want to go to law school.” After of a sudden hit the skids, we would have to wildly successful. First, the major oil compa- After eight years of limited hunting, it was an uplifting style. She chooses broad for the last section of the book, which that decision, the time on education and cut back employees,” Childs said. He grew nies were in a headlong rush away from full- apparent that it would be beneficial – in fact themes that speak to the heart and the tri- gathers poems that celebrate mothers – career sped by, she said, and “before I tired of the downside – and the very real service to self-service stations. This made necessary – to increase hunting; the deer als of life tempered by faith and love. Her their support, their strength and their sacri- knew it. I decided I have to take some time pain of having to let people go – so he began available thousands of former service station population was getting out of hand. The book, Reflections from God, is a compilation fice. She said, “My mother always encour- for me . . . I’ve got to find my passion.” to look in earnest for business opportunities bays that could be purchased or leased at recreational hunting and fishing operation of inspirational poetry she has written. aged me to do my best and made many Publishing the book became priority one. that might prove more stable. fire-sale prices. Childs converted hundreds began, and, with the aid of heavy equipment Gladney recalls how adults would sacrifices to help me to succeed.” Gladney Gladney receives energy and ideas Even in that quest, he didn’t abandon into Precision Tune shops. In a little less and sound biology, Chris created nearly 40 come to her with their problems, and says a common thread links her poems: the from the response to her work. She often the business. Today, Childs’ son, Patrick ’90, than a dozen years under Child’s leadership, acres of ponds along Turtle, Fall and South she wondered, “I’m a child, why are they importance of having spiritual insight into gives dramatic readings of her poetry. It’s runs SanServe Building Services, a group of Precision Tune grew to 365 stores with 80 creeks, where today eight-pound bass are a talking to me?” She would just start the many changes and challenges that like “I’m painting pictures with words.” companies with 800 employees and with more in development. Most of these stores commonplace catch. writing, she says, and her words took people face in everyday life. She receives “tons of e-mails. I’ve gotten a more than 30 industrial clients from Corpus were franchised between late 1978 and Today, Shonto Ranch is fashioned as a the form of poetry. Gladney has faced her own challenges. lot of feedback on the poem called Christi to Baton Rouge. SanServe provides 1987. That year, the business recorded 3 hunting preserve for the successful executive. Her late maternal grandmother The pressures of a demanding career that Releasing the Past, people saying they’ve out-sourcing services in a wide array of non- million customers, and Childs sold the com- With first-class accommodations available in reaffirmed to her later: “This is a gift; you began when she was a briefing attorney in been dealing with certain things for years, technical fields such as warehousing, packag- pany to East Coast investors who later took nearby Kerrville, and, soon, an 18-hole golf have to take advantage of it.” “I felt like appellate court can at times eclipse other and they’ve realized they need to let it go.” ing, shipping and receiving, and janitorial. the company public, a move he had earlier course – across the highway – the ranch has that was sort of my special gift and that I pursuits. In 1994, Gladney joined After publishing her book, Gladney In the early 1970s, Childs read of a new considered. already hosted CEOs, presidents and execu- could encourage people and not necessarily ExxonMobil, where she practiced litigation decided to continue her passion for writing. business being tried in California, an auto “I like to build businesses. I like to tive vice presidents of some of the largest tell them what I think they should do,” and environmental law before moving to “I started thinking small. ‘I’ll just do this tune-up chain that seemed to offer great design businesses. I like to start businesses,” corporations in America, as well as many Gladney said. the natural gas and power marketing area. book, and this is it.’ Then I realized, ‘Wait a promise. So, he planned a Las Vegas vaca- Childs said. “But when it gets to be admin- international guests. Her grandmother was eager to see her An honors graduate of the University of minute, I have many more books to come.’ tion with the idea of getting a first-hand istrative and sit-in-the-office-all-day, it’s not From living on South Park’s Zavalla completed book, which Gladney had talked Houston Law Center, she has been presi- So, I just decided to take a step of faith,” look. He liked the basic idea, but, after fun.” So, when the offer came, the decision Drive to watching zebra cross his driveway, about doing for 15 years. Her subjects dent of the Houston Lawyers Association she said. She’s now working on two self- more research, decided to “change the con- wasn’t difficult. Bill Childs has found a way to stay in tune range from the joy found in the miracle of and chair of the African-American Lawyers help books and another book of poetry. cept somewhat” as well as the presentation When Precision Tune was founded, cars with his entrepreneurial spirit.

24 Cardinal Cadence September - November 2004 September - November 2004 Cardinal Cadence 25 High above the Gulf, right hand on the volunteering for military service. “If you Finally, primary flight training began, at the stick, left on the throttle. In one pocket, a weren’t gung-ho about the service, there was military-run, but civilian-operated, Jones rosary, the other, a grease pencil. His target something wrong with you,” Rodrique said. Field in Bonham, Texas, where civilian flight – a four-engine bomber – swiftly grows larg- He graduated from Thomas Jefferson instructors taught fledgling aviators the er against the blue as he swoops down, High School in 1943, and, five days later, at aligning his gun sight. Closer now. Beads of 17, he was sworn into the U.S. Army Air sweat now roll in rivulets around his oxygen Corps. Inspired by two fellow Eagle Scouts, mask. Close enough to see the flashes from he had wanted to be a Naval pilot, but the the tail guns as the gunner struggles to line Navy recruiter wouldn’t talk to him until up with the fighter. The gunner is either he’d turned 18. The Army offered a delayed lucky this day, or his training is paying off – enlistment. bullets ring out against the wing, propeller While waiting for the call, he worked and windscreen. He banks sharply, breaking on a survey crew at the construction of a off the pursuit ... and, with a wry smile, says rubber plant in Port Neches, an experience to himself: Good job – you’ll give it to ’em! that later blossomed into a desire to earn an As a pursuit pilot with the once-secret engineering degree. Pinball program, Hank Rodrique ’47 regu- While taking exams for classification at larly flew fighters against B-24s over the Lackland AFB in San Antonio, Rodrique Gulf of Mexico, helping train the men who learned of Capt. Peter Rodrique’s death would protect America’s bomber crews in when his Douglas A-20 Havoc airplane the skies of Europe and the Pacific. But long exploded in flight on a mission to the before he was flying in the face of friendly Marianas Islands — both he and his crew fire, he was dreaming of flight. died instantly. It was April 1943. “I just sat Sometimes, young Hank would climb there knowing my best friend and idol had atop the family garage on Thomas Boulevard been killed,” Rodrique said. with a model plane and a tin can. A few Rodrique steeled himself, and, after turns of the propeller, and the doomed craft undergoing many more physical and mental basics in the 175-hp Fairchild PT-19 Cornell. was nearly ready. Soon, with its kerosene- examinations at Lackland, was classified as a After nine hours of flying time in the low- soaked tail ablaze, the frail balsa craft would pilot candidate and was assigned to the Class wing, open-cockpit plane, Rodrique’s trail thick black smoke on its final flight 44B, to graduate in February 1944. A sim- instructor turned him loose. “When I made across the yard. ple case of the mumps put him back to the the first turn out of traffic, I looked back and Rodrique’s father — a Louisiana sugar- class of 44C, meaning that with successful I saw the back seat empty,” he says, “I was cane farmer — had moved the family to Port training, he would graduate on March 12, flying the airplane by myself!” Still, he was Arthur where the prospect of steady work in 1944, receiving his coveted pilot’s wings just apt to finger the rosary in his pocket. the plants meant stability through the two weeks after his 19th birthday. After completing primary, it was on to Depression years. His son would often ride Pre-flight followed classification, which basic. The first words Rodrique remembers bikes with Peter, an older cousin and boy- consisted mostly of flight theory, hearing at Perrin Field in Sherman, Texas, hood idol — to the old Port Arthur Texaco learning Morse Code and were “Your country club days are over!” Airport. One day, the pair were treated to a a lot of physical Gone were the genteel civilian $1 airplane ride by their fathers — neither of training. instructors — replaced by whom would go up themselves. “They were second lieutenants “upset ol’ farm boys,” Rodrique said, “but I was in hog heaven.” He and Peter grew inseparable. A few flips of the calen- dar, and the world was at war. Now, his friends and family were heading away to fly and to fight. For some, there would be a final flight. Yet, the pull of the sky overpowered the prospect of death, and the model maker eagerly joined the line of American youth

26 Cardinal Cadence September - November 2004 September - November 2004 Cardinal Cadence 27 because they had to teach basic trainees when real airplane which was coming at you like While completing this exercise, news Calif.; and the T-38 Talon and F-5 Freedom they wanted to be in tactical airplanes.” the ones over Berlin,” Rodrique said. He came of the dropping of the atomic bomb Fighter being developed by Northrop in Worse still, Rodrique drew the captain as his remembers well the day he first saw the on Hiroshima. A few days later, orders Hawthorne, Calif. instructor: “One of the meanest, red-faced bright orange RP-63 Pinball, a specialized ended all gunnery training at Harlingen, and In 1964, Rodrique entered the space Irishmen you’d ever meet,” he recalls. Bell P-63 Kingcobra. Its leading edges, nose the use of any tactical aircraft, so Rodrique program, then in its infancy, as America “I don’t know if his attitude was inten- and windscreen had received the thickest applied for a job as an instrument check pilot raced to put the first man on the moon. tional, but it sure was memorable,” armor, with thinner plates along the sides - and instructed instrument flying in the T-6 This involved operations performed by the Rodrique said. On their first flight, the 1,488 lbs. of additional weight in all. until he separated from the service on space division of GE, headquartered in impatient captain launched the 450-hp Beneath many plates were sensors that, when Christmas Day 1945. Valley Forge, Pa. There he was assigned to Vultee BT-13 “Vibrator,” from the grass hit, would cause a counter in the cockpit to “As soon as I got home, I enrolled in the development of the Mississippi Test rather than the paved runway — without the record a hit and flash a light in the propeller night classes at Lamar,” he said. There, he Facility. This facility was being constructed tower’s okay — then gave Rodrique the con- spinner where the 37mm canon was normal- met Sally Runte at a school dance. “She in the swamps of the Mississippi Gulf Coast trols but no instruction other than to climb ly mounted, giving the student gunner some couldn’t take her eyes off me, and I couldn’t by the U.S. Corps of Engineers, but GE was to 5,000 feet and level off. Soon, “the cap- high-speed flight, it was a demanding aircraft would see every time we turned on the base instant gratification — the “Pinball effect.” take my eyes off her,” Rodrique said. The responsible for outfitting the buildings, and tain was screaming in my ear, and I couldn’t to fly, but once the problems were overcome, leg,” Rodrique said. To convince the potential pilots that it couple married a year-and-a-half later. providing the equipment to the rocket-pow- understand what he was trying to say,” it would record one of the lowest attrition Rodrique graduated from Del Rio three was safe to fly the unusually heavy aircraft, He earned his degree in mechanical ered missiles which would carry the first man Rodrique said of his first attempt to fly the rates of any American combat aircraft in days before D-Day, with orders to report to Bell Aircraft Co. sent its chief test pilot. To engineering at UT in June 1950, becoming to the moon. This work was completed after unfamiliar airplane. Back on the ramp, the Europe. Harlingen Army Air Field where he was convince the pilots that they’d be protected the first male member of his family to earn a the first moon mission, and the facility con- captain’s epithets and oaths did little to Upon graduation from Ellington, assigned in the training of aerial gunners in it, several hundred rounds of the special college degree, and went to work immediate- tinued in operation as a multi-agency facility, increase Rodrique’s knowledge or improve Rodrique learned his next assignment was who would later be aboard the B-17 Flying lead-graphite 30-caliber bullets were fired at ly for General Electric in the company’s now called the Stennis Space Center. his technique. “I learned it, but I learned it B-26 transition at Laughlin Field in Del Rio. Fortress and the B-24 Liberator in combat the Pinball plane as the pilots looked on. engineering test program, moving through Rodrique took early retirement from GE in the hard way,” he said. “I wasn’t too pleased,” Rodrique said. The units. There, he was to tow aerial targets Not one penetrated the armor. several plants and programs in the first two 1975 to remain in Pass Christian, Miss., Rodrique finished basic training in reputation of the plane struck home, he said, with the B-26, operating from an auxiliary As for flight safety, it took plenty of years. His focus was on jet engine develop- where he made his home until his return to January 1944, and headed to advance flying having already lost a friend from the Boy base on lower Padre Island, meeting up with power to keep from “dropping like a rock.” ment, and during his career with GE, Texas in 2001. school at Ellington Field, south of Houston. Scouts, Jimmy Lehay, in a B-26 crash the B-24s 100 miles off shore. Each student was Lots of power all the way through touch- Rodrique was a part of the design and test- A few years ago, after Sally died, Hank There he plied the skies in an AT-10 twin- previous year. “All of this builds on your given 2,000 rounds of 50-caliber color- down, judicious use of the brakes and special ing of many of the jet engines that powered married Erbel (Simmons) Perkins ’67, ’73, engine Beechcraft trainer. mind,” he said. tipped bullets. Accidents, though rare, could technique to get maximum aerodynamic America’s air armada — from the B-36 his childhood sweetheart. The couple first At graduation, “My mother pinned my As they pulled up to the main gate be serious. One B-26 tow plane was shot drag were necessary for safe landings. Peacekeeper, an aircraft so large it earned the met on a family outing to Gilchrist Beach. wings on me,” he said, “but my father had upon arrival in Del Rio, they had to yield to down. “All they ever found was one oxygen On every mission, there were 12 stu- nickname “Aluminum Overcast,” to front- “Six decades later, I married her after she had promised that, wherever I was in the U.S., a military flatbed truck leaving the post. bottle and a tire,” Rodrique said. dents, each assigned 2,000 live rounds — so line fighters like the F-86-D Super Sabre. raised her family, and I had raised mine,” he he would be there to celebrate the occasion.” On the trailer were the crumpled remains of To better learn the challenge facing the the Pinball pilot could expect to fly into This program took Hank to Edwards Air said. Erbel had dropped out of Lamar Yet, when the day finally came he was so ill, a B-26. “It was all rolled up,” Rodrique gunnery students, Rodrique went through 24,000 bullets. A pilot might fly as many as Force Base where the development and test- College in her second semester to marry and he couldn’t make the short trip from Port said. “There were no wings left.” the course himself, qualifying as an operator three missions in a day. Rodrique, however, ing of the J-47-33 engine was being con- start a family before returning to Lamar Arthur. “When I arrived home, later that That same day, he was assigned to a of the Martin upper turret. Shooting at ban- never got more than 30 hits on a mission, ducted by GE’s civilian test pilots. University to earn bachelor’s and master’s night, tears came to my father’s eyes because barrack — a tar-paper shack sleeping six — ners was helpful, but didn’t represent the real and half that was typical. “That’s a lot of After the Edwards assignment, degrees in English with a Spanish minor. he couldn’t keep his promise,” Rodrique dropped his bags and headed to the showers. challenge which would face defensive gun- misses,” he said. Rodrique was assigned by GE to Perrin Air She taught freshman English at Lamar as a said. Soon, he heard a plane preparing to take off. ners over Europe and the Pacific — targeting Still, it wasn’t long before the bright Force Base — coincidentally, the same base graduate assistant while working on her mas- Rodrique had seen B-25 Mitchell “It was a Sunday, so it was a mainte- much faster aircraft bent on blasting their orange planes were pockmarked. “The pin- where he had gone through basic flight ter’s. Then a doctoral fellowship took her to bombers — the type made famous by nance test flight,” Rodrique said. “While I planes from the sky. As gunnery technology balls were ugly,” he said. “We carried a training in the BT-13 “Vibrator,” back in the University of Southern Mississippi, General Jimmy Doolittle’s carrier-launched was still in the shower I heard the aircraft, improvements were introduced into the stu- grease pencil with us. Every time you would 1943. There, he was responsible for the where she taught for several years. A career raid on Japan — and that was the plane he after about 10 minutes of flight, winding up, dent training program, Bell P-39s were used see a new hit you would ‘X’ it off.” engine maintenance of 111 F-86-D Super change took her into higher education wanted to fly. Yet, now another twin-engine going faster and faster, making a funny to fly “camera missions,” whereby the stu- By this time, America and its allies had Sabres. The next assignment was to work on administration at Rice University, where she bomber was in America’s air armada: the noise. Shortly afterward, the plane spun in dent aimed cameras, instead of guns, at the achieved victory in Europe, and the school design concepts for a new engine, designated served as human resource director until her Martin B-26 Marauder. and hit right on the edge of the runway. I target airplane. After each mission, instruc- was gearing up to train gunners on the new the J-79, being developed by GE in retirement to the Hill Country in 1991 to “Everyone knew the B-26 was the most looked out the window and could see the tors and students would review film to keep remote turrets for the B-29 Superfortress in Cincinnati, Ohio. This engine was being marry Clarence DeBusk, who died in 1998. dangerous,” Rodrique said of the plane smoke rising.” Both the pilot and flight score. “It was good because there were preparation for the final drive toward Japan. developed principally for the B-58 Hustler, Hank and Erbel married in 2001. known as “The Widow Maker” and “The engineer were killed in the crash. going to be airplanes coming from every Then, “someone in headquarters realized the first USAF Mach II supersonic bomber. Today, the flyboy has turned cowboy. Flying Coffin.” The plane had been rushed “If that didn’t put the fear of God into direction in combat,” Rodrique said. they had a bunch of B-26 pilots flying fight- Subsequent programs Hank managed for On the couple’s Hill Country ranch near into service without the normal prototype me, nothing would,” Rodrique said. “I The camera-based training was working ers,” Rodrique said. Those “26” pilots who General Electric were the development of Fredericksburg, there is more concern with program. Earlier B-26 training took place in became much more religious after flying the well, but it was very time consuming, so a had been flying the Pinball were sent to Regulus II supersonic missiles designed to the stray calf then the stray bullet — a far cry Florida, where its many accidents led to the B-26.” While there, another B-26 crashed, new secret program was developed. Matagorda Island to qualify for a single- be fired from a submarine; the General from his younger days over the Gulf of saying “One a day in Tampa Bay.” With killing seven. “That crash left a big burned “It would give the student a chance to engine rating appropriate to the planes they Dynamics 880 and 990 commercial jet Mexico. 4,000 horsepower and a wing optimized for spot at the edge of the runway that we feel what it was like to shoot a real gun at a had already been flying for months. transports being produced in San Diego,

28 Cardinal Cadence September - November 2004 September - November 2004 Cardinal Cadence 29 Twenty-five candles: cause for celebration for anyone, but on three years of study in internal medicine, specializing in nephrology, that special day, Greg (not his real name) not only celebrated his the management of patients with kidney disease, transplants and 25th birthday but also a milestone he could not have reached with- hypertension, at Georgetown University in Washington D.C. out the love of his parents. Each have donated a kidney for trans- After completing his fellowship at Georgetown in 1969, he plant – and their support through long hours of recovery and years came to Austin as the first nephrologist in the city. “Nobody even of dialysis and treatment. Through it all, he’s lived a fairly normal knew what that was at the time,” Moncrief said. He would do a lot life – from Little League to college studies – yet none of this would to change that fact. have been possible save for a grandmother’s impassioned plea when In dialysis, blood is brought into contact with a saline solution he was only a few days old. balanced to the patient’s own fluid across the semipermeable mem- Dr. Jack Moncrief ’58 remembers her call from Tennessee. brane that does not allow the cellular elements – red blood cells, “Her grandson had been born with no kidney function, and his doc- white blood cells, protein and platelets – to transport. Diffusional tors said there wasn’t anything to be done,” Moncrief said. “They force causes only the smaller molecules – kidney poisons as urea – to had sent him home and said he was going to die in about a week.” transport through the membrane into the fluid. Moncrief told her to bring the baby to Austin. Although the In hemodialysis, the patient’s blood is passed through a tube procedure Moncrief would use had never been performed on an into a machine that filters out waste products. The cleansed blood is infant, his earlier animal trial had shown great promise. There was then returned to the body. In peritoneal dialysis, a special solution is nothing left but to try. That procedure, continuous ambulatory peri- run through a tube into the peritoneum, a thin tissue that lines the Dr. Jack MONCRIEF toneal dialysis, saved Greg’s life and sustained him until he was old cavity of the abdomen. The body’s waste products are removed enough to undergo a transplant and receive his first donor kidney. through the tube. Moncrief ’s practice may be in Austin, but his influence on the Moncrief ’s major contributions would be in peritoneal dialysis, removed to reach acceptable blood levels. began to manage the whole process, Moncrief said. Today, he profession extends throughout the nation and beyond. With eight which had fallen from favor. Once the only dialysis technique, dat- Before peritoneal dialysis of this type, infants without kidney continues to manage patients not only with kidney transplants but medical patents, he has made significant contributions through ing from the late 1800s, peritoneal dialysis was only done on an function died. “You can’t do hemodialysis on a newborn infant. The with liver and pancreas transplants as well. research, but his real passion is people. intermittent basis – the doctor would “put a tube through the vessels are so small that you simply cannot establish an access that you His love for children goes beyond the clinic. In 1980, a Moncrief sees a full load of patients at his office and in the abdominal wall, run fluid into the abdomen, and exchange the fluid can get into repeatedly,” Moncrief said. Peritoneal dialysis is the only Colorado vacation inspired Moncrief and his wife, Betty, to set up a Moncrief Dialysis Center, which is associated with DaVita, a national every 30 minutes for about 10 hours.” After a couple of days method of dialysis for a newborn. camp for chronically ill children. dialysis provider. As director, Moncrief manages about 90 patients at passed, the whole procedure would have to be repeated. Then, a Although hemodialysis is the established method in the U.S., “We knew there were a lot of children on dialysis, who had trans- the unit that operates from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through semi-permanent access device was created that could be surgically peritoneal dialysis is the preferred method of treatment in most plants, and other medical diseases that were too ill to go to most sum- Saturday. At a point when many might be tempted to stash their implanted, making peritoneal dialysis possible over an extended peri- developing countries. In Mexico, 90 percent of dialysis is peritoneal mer camps,” Moncrief said. Few camps offered medical care in step stethoscopes and rest on their laurels, he still puts in long hours – od. Even this procedure, however, was not very effective, and by the dialysis versus less than 20 percent in the U.S. with their needs. So, together, they created a camp in Lake City, but that’s been his lifestyle from an early age. early 1970s, the technique was largely abandoned in the U.S. as Peritoneal dialysis offers benefits for adult patients, Moncrief Colo., accepting children on chemotherapy, with lung disease, heart “My family ran a grocery store,” Moncrief said, “a little mom- hemodialysis gained favor in the medical community. said. “It is self-dialysis,” he said. “It is easier than having a hemodial- disease and liver transplants. Betty recruited the typical camp staff – and-pop operation.” The three Moncrief boys did all the grocery Moncrief ’s most successful patent is Continuous Ambulatory ysis machine in your home, one that not only occupies you, but a counselors, cooks and caretakers – while he recruited the physicians sacking and stocked shelves. “We lived comfortably, but were not Peritoneal Dialysis. It originated in response to one patient’s trou- family member as well.” and nurses who provided care. wealthy. I simply could not afford to live in a dormitory, so I lived bles. “Every time we operated to establish an access to his circula- A second successful patent, the Moncrief-Popovich Canister, For 12 years, the camp made high-country camp experiences at home. Fortunately for me, Lamar was right there.” tion, he clotted off,” Moncrief said. “We were looking for a way to addressed the method of implanting the catheter used for peritoneal available to about 50 campers for three- to four two-week sessions, While attending Lamar, he continued helping in the family keep this guy alive for a transplant.” dialysis. Moncrief, and his partner Robert Popovich, Ph.D., devel- serving as many as 1,500 children before illness at home led the business and also worked nights in a clinical laboratory at St. Therese As they discussed his case, Moncrief and his associate realized oped a procedure that greatly reduced the incidence and severity of couple to put the camp up for sale. Betty had been diagnosed with Hospital in Beaumont. “That is how I got my interest in medicine,” they could use a much smaller volume of dialysis fluid than the two post-operative infections. cancer and so began a six-year period of surgery and chemotherapy. Moncrief, a 1983 Distinguished Alumnus, said. liters typically added and drained every 30 minutes. They determined Moncrief also helps manage transplants numbering in the hun- Today, the couple have cause to celebrate and enjoy participating in He graduated from Lamar in 1958 with a bachelor’s degree in that four exchanges of two liters every 24 hours would remove the dreds. “People think of a transplant as a surgical procedure, but it is arts events whenever possible. biology and headed to the University of Texas Medical Branch in poisons from the patient’s blood more effectively. That technique not,” Moncrief said. “A transplant is an immunological event.” As a On a Thursday evening, after seeing a full round of cases in the Galveston to pursue his medical degree. After interning in Detroit, he reduced the total fluid used from 30 liters to eight. nephrologist, he manages the post-surgical care that seeks to preclude clinic, you are likely to catch the doctor with another case in hand – one was drafted into the military, and served two years in the Air Force, “If you use eight liters, then you put two in, and the patient can organ rejection. containing the alto saxophone that he is teaching himself to play. As a doing general practice and pediatrics. Finding he preferred “taking walk around with it,” Moncrief said. The patent’s intake of drink Moncrief helped manage the first heart transplant in Austin near- member of a 40-piece band, he finds time to share a little music at char- care of patients when they weren’t asleep,” he shifted his focus from and food add another two liters to the equation over the 24-hour ly two decades ago, and has trained surgeons in how to use drugs to ity events. Whether through medicine or music, Jack Moncrief sees life surgery to internal medicine. He returned to Galveston to complete period, helping reach the target of 10 liters of fluid that must be manage patients’ immunological system. With time, cardiologists as an opportunity to help others find a cause to celebrate as well.

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In July, Lamar University, FOX News Radio, Entergy, Market Basket and KBTV put on the “Water-A-Thon 2004.” Representatives from the organizations participated at 12 Market Basket locations throughout the Golden Triangle, by giving away Palmer Cup water and Lamar athletic gear, a six-hour broadcast with live No blarney for Stroud at Ballybunion presented by As Chris Stroud ’04 continues his journey into professional golf, he stopped to make Monster.com. interviews, and the chance to donate to the Lamar athletics one last showing as an amateur at the 2004 Palmer Cup and proved again that he is Photos courtesy of the department. The “Water-A-Thon” was a success: Not only did Golf Coaches Association Gilligan enters Hall of Fame one of the top collegiate golfers of 2004. The good news just keeps rolling in for Lamar baseball coach Lamar raise $7,000 toward athletics scholarships, but LU also of America. Aug. 6, Stroud began play with the other U.S teammates at the Ballybunion Jim Gilligan. On the heels of being selected for the Texas had the chance to get out into the community and show how Golf Club in County Kerry, Ireland. He and his teammate Jason Hartwick, from the Baseball Hall of Fame, Gilligan was named the 2004 American important it is to support the hometown university and give University of Texas, won the only four-ball match for the U.S. team. Aug. 7, Stroud Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings South Central Coach of students a chance to get an education. was paired again with Hartwick and they again captured a victory over the the Year. He will share Hall of Fame honors with such baseball Europeans. Later that day, Stroud earned a match-play victory by defeating Alex greats as Astros Jeff Bagwell and Craig Noren. Overall, Europe won the cup, but Stroud said he was happy with just being Be part of the club Biggio. part of the experience. “Ireland was a beautiful country with very friendly people,” Don’t miss out on becoming part of the “Overwhelmed,” Gilligan said when Millar, Lucas back he said. Stroud said the course reminded him of the Pebble Beach course in 2004-2005 Cardinal Club. With your help asked about being inducted into the Hall California with the 100-foot cliffs dropping off into the ocean. and support, Lamar University can attract of Fame. “To be in the induction class student athletes Now that Stroud has graduated from Lamar, he plans to pursue a career with the best and brightest athletes, first-class with Biggio, Bagwell and the other out- The athletics department the PGA. He plays golf every day to keep sharp and volunteers with the Lamar facilities and a high-quality education. standing inductees is a tremendous honor hosted its third annual men’s golf team. His next step toward the PGA is qualifying school at the Become part of the team and sign up and also a tribute to all the great players Jim Gilligan and his wife, LaVerne Verizon Wireless Cardinal Blackhorse Golf Course in Houston. for your membership today!! that I’ve coached at Lamar, and I hope they are as excited and Club Classic July 12 at For additional information about the proud about this honor.” Brentwood Country Club, Cardinal Club, contact the Athletic Gilligan guided the Cardinals to a 41-16 record this season, with all the proceeds going Development Office at (409) 880-2319, which included the school’s all-time best 10th Southland toward athletic scholar- Major players in the minors e-mail us at [email protected] Summer 2004 started off with a bang! Coming off its third consecutive year of being the Conference regular-season title and its second SLC tournament ships and facility improve- or check out our web site at Southland Conference champions is one of the many accomplishments of the Lamar Cardinal base- championship in the last three years. Lamar advanced to the ments. This year’s winner http://dept.lamar.edu/athletics. NCAA Regional in the Cardinals’ third straight appearance. In was the team of Terry Garth, Brian White ’89 (assistant golf ball team. In fact, seven former Cardinals are now playing on minor league baseball teams across 27 years at his alma mater, Gilligan has led Lamar to 11 confer- coach), Robert Verde and Andy Ternes ’02 with a collective score the country. With all the exciting success in 2004, next year’s season can’t come fast enough. ence championships, 11 NCAA regional appearances and four of 54. After the tournament, supporters of Lamar athletics gath- conference tournament titles. He has a career record of 962-601 ered for a dinner and live auction. Kevin Millar, a former (.615), which ranks him as the 16th active and 33rd all-time Cardinal baseball player now with the Boston Red Sox, and for- winningest coach in NCAA history in wins. mer NBA great John Lucas were the celebrity speakers. Millar The Baseball Hall of Fame ceremony is scheduled Nov. 12 and Lucas spoke on the importance of supporting university ath- at the J.W. Marriott Houston, 5150 Westheimer, with a recep- letics to create scholarships and provide the tools student athletes tion at 6 p.m. and dinner at 7 p.m. Tickets are $50 each. need to succeed in life. The dinner and live auction helped raise CHRISTOPHER BUECHNER BENJAMIN COX JORDAN FOSTER RYAN FINAN JOSH HARRIS JONATHAN HUNTON KYLE STUTES Reservation information is available from George Scroggins at more than $23,000 for the university’s athletics scholarship fund. 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Tues., Nov. 23 Jarvis Christian Beaumont 7:00 p.m. Mon., Nov. 22 Wiley College Beaumont 7:00 p.m. Sat., Nov. 27 North Texas Denton 7:00 p.m. Sat., Nov. 27 Loyola-New Orleans Beaumont 2:00 p.m. Mon., Nov. 29 Texas College Beaumont 7:00 p.m. received a graduate degree in 1995. She married for 51 years to her husband, Felice M. (Jeansonne) Girouard ’61, Certif. Sat., Dec. 4 Univ. of Houston Beaumont 7:00 p.m. We hope you enjoy retired from teaching and co-owns Tom, a professor at Victoria College. secretarial science, lives in Fort Worth 40s Younique Boutique in Montgomery, They have four children and three grand- with her husband, Marvin, who is presi- Tues., Dec. 7 Texas Pan Am Beaumont 7:00 p.m. Thurs., Dec. 2 Oklahoma Norman, Ok. 7:00 p.m. reading about former James H. where she lives with her husband, children. dent of Pier 1 Imports. Michael. They have three children and six Sat., Dec. 11 Arkansas Tech Beaumont 7:00 p.m. Sun., Dec. 5 A&M-Corpus Christi Beaumont 7:00 p.m. classmates. If you have George ’47, Robert L. Miller ’57, B.S. history, is retired Howard T. Horton Jr. ’61, B.S. chemical A.A. pre-med, grandchildren. Mon., Dec. 13 USAF Academy Beaumont 7:00 p.m. Wed., Dec. 8 LeTourneau Beaumont 7:00 p.m. and lives in Whitehouse, Texas, with his engineering, is a consultant for Horton news to share — a earned bache- Barney E. Smith Jr. ’55, B.B.A. account- wife, Dee. Engineers Inc. and lives in Katy. lor’s and mas- ing, retired as manager of safety and secu- Thurs., Dec. 16 Rice University Houston 7:05 p.m. Sat., Dec. 11 Centenary College Beaumont 2:00 p.m. ’57, B.B.A. accounting, ’61, B.S. elementary educa- position announcement, ter’s degrees rity from International Specialty Felix P. Ortega Jr. Sally G. Hosea lives in San Antonio with his wife, Maria. tion, is a retired teacher for Henderson Sat., Dec. 18 Wiley College Beaumont 7:00 p.m. Thurs., Dec. 16 Prairie View Beaumont 6:00 p.m. from Sam Products. He lives in Pearland with his milestone, achievement, Both are retired. school district, where she lives. Houston State wife, Ruth, who retired as an executive Thurs., Dec. 22 Tulsa Tulsa, Okla. 7:00 p.m. Wed., Dec. 22 Louisiana-Lafayette Lafayette, La. 6:00 p.m. University. He wedding, baby — or secretary from Rockwell. Patricia H. Roach ’57, B.S. elementary Noel R. Jones ’61, B.B.A. accounting, and his wife, Tues., Dec. 28 Arkansas State Beaumont 7:00 p.m. Thurs., Dec. 30 Oral Roberts Beaumont 5:00 p.m. education, taught for 25 years before lives in West Monroe, La., with his wife, Martha, are Charles G. Snoek ’55, B.S. commercial art, know the whereabouts retiring to become self employed. She Mary Elizabeth. Both are retired, have Thurs., Dec. 30 Central Okla. Beaumont 7:00 p.m. both retired and retired from the UPJOHN Company in lives on Lake Livingston with her hus- two children and one grandson, and are CONFERENCE of a lost alumnus, we live in Kalamazoo, Mich. He and his wife, band, Ken Roach ’57, Certif. industrial expecting a granddaughter in October. Fredericksburg. Lunella, recently moved from Onalaska, CONFERENCE want to hear from you. electricity. They have two children and Texas, to Spring Hill, Tenn. Thomas W. Jones ’61, B.A. general busi- Mon., Jan. 3 South Alabama Mobile, Al. 7:00 p.m. Raymond A. four grandchildren. Wed., Jan. 5 Southeastern La. Hammond, La. 7:00 p.m. ness, lives in Houston with his wife, Send us your news: George ’49, Lionel A. DeRouen ’56, B.B.A. manage- Robert O. Stuart ’57, B.B.A. industrial Wanda. Thurs., Jan. 6 Southeastern Louisiana Hammond, La. 7:00 p.m. A.A. chemistry, ment, lives in Missouri City, Texas, with Sat., Jan. 8 Texas State Beaumont 7:00 p.m. Write to Cadence, management, is president of SixSigma received his his wife, Donna Kaye. Both are retired. ’61, B.S. kinesiology, lives Sat., Jan. 8 Texas State Beaumont 2:00 p.m. Inc. in Indianapolis, Ind., where he lives Jerry B. Nichols Wed., Jan. 12 McNeese Beaumont 7:00 p.m. bachelor and in Colleyville with his wife, Dorothy. P. O. Box 10011, Peggy J. (Biddle) Dodson ’56, B.A. with his wife, Pam. Thurs., Jan. 13 McNeese State Beaumont 7:00 p.m. master of sci- Both are retired. Sat., Jan. 15 Open English, earned an M.A. in education and Beaumont, TX 77710, ence degrees in Phillip H. Taylor Jr. ’57, B.B.A. general Thurs., Jan. 20 Southeastern Louisiana Beaumont 7:00 p.m. has taught Texas history for 47 years at Forrest D. Nuckols ’61, B.B.A. general Wed., Jan. 19 Southeastern La. Beaumont 7:00 p.m. chemistry from business, is a retired professor who lives email [email protected] Cleveland Junior High School. She has business, is retired and lives in Waco with Sat., Jan. 22 Stephen F. Austin Nacogdoches 4:00 p.m. the University in Fayetteville, Ark., with his wife, Gloria. Sat., Jan. 22 Stephen F. Austin Nacogdoches 6:15 p.m. been married for 47 years to her hus- his wife, Sherry. of Texas at Thurs., Jan. 27 Nicholls State Beaumont 7:00 p.m. or call (409) 880-8421. band, Glen, who is a columnist and pho- Kelvin B. Tibbetts ’57, B.S. math, is retired Austin. He is ’61, B.S. ele- Wed., Jan. 26 Nicholls State Beaumont 7:00 p.m. tographer for the Cleveland Advocate. and lives in Panama City, Fla., with his Bennie C. (Walker) Rienstra retired and lives mentary education, is retired and lives in Sat., Jan. 29 Louisiana Monroe Beaumont 2:00 p.m. They have three sons, five grandsons and wife, Louise. Sat., Jan. 29 Louisiana Monroe Beaumont 7:00 p.m. in Denton with a fourth granddaughter on the way. Fort Worth. his wife, Shirley. Larry M. Frank ’58, B.S. electrical engineer- John C. Sigona ’61, B.S. graphic design, is Thur., Feb. 3 Northwestern State Natchitoches, La. 7:45 p.m. Thurs., Feb. 3 Northwestern State Natchitoches, La. 5:45 p.m. James A. Henderson ’56, B.B.A. general ing, is married and lives in Beaumont. business, received his law degree in 1965 retired and lives in Groves. Sat., Feb. 5 Texas-San Antonio Beaumont 2:00 p.m. Forrest J. Sarver ’58, B.S. sociology, Sat., Feb. 5 Texas–San Antonio Beaumont 7:00 p.m. and is now a partner in Henderson & ’61, Certif. office 50s received his M.S. from Michigan State Dona K. (Criss) Terry Thurs., Feb. 10 Sam Houston Huntsville 5:15 p.m. Kemp law firm in Houston, where he administration, retired as an administra- Wed., Feb. 10 Sam Houston Huntsville 7:30 p.m. ’52, Certif. University in 1971. He retired from the Johanna M. (Cascio) LaGrappe lives with his wife, Jan. tor for IBM Corporation, after a 30-year Sat., Feb. 12 Texas-Arlington Arlington 1:30 p.m. secretarial science, retired as an adminis- U.S. government, where he worked for Sat., Feb. 12 Texas–Arlington Arlington 7:00 p.m. ’56, B.B.A. marketing, career. She lives in Houston. Thurs., Feb. 17 Northwestern State Beaumont 7:00 p.m. trative secretary for the city of Port James A. Jackson the Department of Defense. His wife, Wed., Feb. 16 Northwestern State Beaumont 7:00 p.m. Arthur, where she also lives. received an M.S. in marketing in 1976 Misuzu, is a retired bank officer. They have George J. Thorn ’61, B.S. chemistry, Sat., Feb. 19 Texas State San Marcos 4:00 p.m. and is now marketing educational coordi- two children and live in Gresham, Ore. retired as regional hospital manager for ’52, Certif. secretar- Sat., Feb. 19 Texas State San Marcos 6:30 p.m. Ione W. (Rush) Martin nator for Texas City school district. He CIBA-Geigy. He lives in Alpharetta, Ga., ial science, lives in Madisonville with her Harold Wallace Johnson ’59, B.S. Wed., Feb. 23 Texas-San Antonio San Antonio TBD lives in Texas City with his wife, Patsy with his wife Doris ’60, B.A. history, a Wed., Feb. 23 Texas–San Antonio San Antonio 8:00 p.m. husband, Tom. They are both retired. electrical engineering, is retired and (Skipper) ’58, B.S. elementary education, retired teacher for Fulton County Schools Sat., Feb. 26 Sam Houston Beaumont 7:00 p.m. Sat., Feb. 26 Sam Houston Beaumont 2:00 p.m. lives in Village Mills. Donald R. Autry ’55, B.S. geology, is who also works for the district. in Atlanta. retired and lives in Georgetown with his Edward Kern ’59, B.S. mechanical Charles D. Jones ’56, B.B.A. general busi- Harold J. Trammell ’61, B.B.A. general Thurs., Mar. 2 Louisiana-Monroe Monroe, La. TBD wife, Rena. engineering, retired from Westinghouse Wed., Mar. 2 Louisiana Monroe Monroe, La TBD ness, retired from Burlington Northern business, lives in Texarkana with his wife, Foundation where he worked as an engi- Foundation and lives in Shawnee Carolyn. David D. Bedworth ’55, B.S. industrial neering manager. He lives in Sarver, Pa., engineering, is professor emeritus of Mission, Kan., with his wife, Ruth, who All Times Central and Subject to Change with his wife, Christine. Frank L. Carter Jr. ’62, B.S. chemical engi- Arizona State University in Tempe, is also retired. neering, ’63, M.S. math, retired as senior where he lives with his wife, Virginia. Robert D. Kanoy ’56, B.S. sociology, is research engineer for Shell Development Bernard A. Benson ’55, B.S. biology, is retired and lives in Jasper with his wife, 60s and lives in Houston. retired and lives in Houston with his Billie. Marvin D. Blanton ’61, B.S. mechanical Charles P. Damon ’62, B.S. civil engineer- wife, Margaret. LU to host tourneys Bernard “Bernie” Lake ’56, B.S. sociology, engineering, retired from the Department ing, retired from the Federal Highway Sara (Greer) Camlin ’55, B.S. art, lives in lives in Placentia, Calif., with his wife, of Army in 1999, where he worked as an Administration and lives in Denver with Lamar University will host the 2004 Southland Conference tournaments for Richmond, Va., with her husband, Cecil. Ann. Both are retired. operation research analyst for 34 years. his wife, Mary, who is a management He moved to Groves and lives there with analyst for the Federal Highway Be part of the home team with Lamar University ’55, Certif. secretar- Shelby C. Pierce ’56, B.S. electrical engi- women’s volleyball and cross-country teams. The SLC volleyball tournament will Charla (Mouton) Cupit his wife, Wanda, who is also retired. Administration. ial science, lives in Goodyear, Ariz., with neering, is president of Pierce Consulting Basketball. Purchase your 2004-2005 season be Nov. 19-21 in the Montagne Center. The SLC cross-country tournament her husband, William ’56, B.S. vocal Services in Flossmoor, Ill., where he lives Harold M. Browning ’61, Certif. machine Henry A. Landrum ’62, B.S. chemical engi- will be at Idylwild Golf Club Nov. 1. More information is available at the music. They lived in Hawaii for 25 years with his wife, Marguerite. tools, is a machinist for Union Carbide. neering, retired as chief process engineer tickets and see Billy Tubbs and Leonard Drake for CF Industries in Donaldsonville, La., and are now retired. Helen B. (Shelley) Shaw ’56, B.S. elemen- He lives in Port Lavaca. lead the Cards in conference play. Catch us Athletic Ticket Office at (409) 880-1715. tary education, lives in Pflugerville with after a 27-year career. He lives in Baton Jacqueline (Gosnay) Daughtry ’55, B.B.A. Mitchell L. Clemmons ’61, B.S. chemical Rouge with his wife, Patricia. office administration, lives in Marble Falls her husband, Charles. Both are retired. engineering, is retired and lives in Glen if you can! Order your season tickets ’63, B.S. electrical engi- with her husband, Billy ’56, B.B.A. man- Darwyn L. Johnson ’57, B.S. electrical Ellyn with his wife, Nancy. They have Robert R. Creason agement. one grandson and two more grandchil- neering, retired as a principal engineer. today by calling (409) 880-1715. Come out and support your 2004 Lady Cardinals volleyball team! engineering, retired from Lockheed Martin and lives in Granbury with his dren on the way. He lives in Las Cruces with his wife, Leonard J. Fontenot ’55, B.S. industrial Betty. For season ticket information, please call the ticket office at engineering, retired from Boeing Co. in wife, Norma Jean. Carolyn Garner ’61, B.A. elementary edu- ’63, B.S., ’64, M.A. (409) 880-1715. Matches are in the Montagne Center, and their 1992. He lives in Malakoff with his wife, Bobbie L. Felder ’57, B.S. elementary edu- cation, lives in Dallas with her husband, James L. McKenna Betty. The couple recently celebrated 50 cation, is a retired elementary school Clayton, who retired from Bank One. English, has been teaching for 40 years. schedule, along with slates for cross-country and baseball, are years of marriage. teacher who has worked for Crossroads They have been married 41 years and He is a professor at San Jacinto College have two children and two grandchildren. in Pasadena, Texas, and lives in Seabrook available on the web at http://dept.lamar.edu/athletics Gay Y. (Yeager) Munguia ’55, B.A. history, Home Heath for five years. She has been

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with his wife, Mary Lee (Larson) ’66, B.S. American Hospital Association presented Danny Lynn Kelley ’69, B.S. biology, Craig D. Parrish ’74, B.B.A. accounting, is a Mark Lynn Roberts ’84, B.S. criminal jus- her husband, Les. Timeca Allen-Shaheed ’98, B.B.A. office Mentor a Lamar elementary education, who taught for 26 its highest honor, the Distinguished Service received his doctorate in medicine from the pipeline controller for Chevron Texaco in tice, ’84, A.A.S. law enforcement, and was administration, is a donor services associate Dimitar Rangelov ’92, B.S. mechanical engi- years before retiring. Award, to Waters in May, and he was the University of Texas Medical School in Houston. He lives in Katy with his wife, recently promoted to lieutenant colonel for the Medical Benevolence Foundation. neering, is a manufacturing engineer for winner of the Texas Hospital Association’s 1973. He worked as a self-employed family Dianna, who is an accounts clerk for with the U.S. Marine Corps. He was She plans to pursue an M.B.A. focusing on University student ’63, B.S. secondary educa- Visteon Corp. in Sterling Heights, Mich. Max D. Miller Earl M. Collier Award for Distinguished physician before retiring and becoming Pepper Lawson. assigned to the 3rd Force Service Support healthcare administration, and she and her tion, is professor emeritus at the Medical He lives in Macomb with his wife, Lisa. Hospital Administration in 1995. He lives medical director for the University of Texas Group in Okinawa, Japan, and now lives in husband are starting their own business, Have you ever wished you knew College of Georgia. He lives in Augusta, Michael G. Hayes ’75, B.S. environmental in Abilene. Medical Branch. He lives in Pleasanton Camp LeJeune, N.C., with his wife, Shizue. Darice (Jackson) Farris ’93, B.A. applied representing a healthcare company. They Ga., with his wife, Melva. sciences, is environmental manager for with his wife, Jeanette (Gregg) ’69, B.S. arts and sciences, is the human resources live outside Houston with their son, Travis. then what you know now? Would Sandra (Broussard) Gilliland ’66, B.S. Sasol North America Inc. in Westlake, La., Donna Gunter ’85, B.S. communication dis- In May, ’63, B.S. graphic education, who is a retired teacher and coordinator for Goldstar EMS in Jasper, Dewey Mosby speech/hearing, is a speech-language where he lives with his wife, Natalie, a sen- orders, is president and chief visionary offi- Pam (Blakelock) Caswell ’98, B.S. elemen- you like to share the kind of design, retired and was named director owner of Dusooso Ranch. where she lives with her husband, John, pathologist for Blue Island School District ior engineer for DuPont in Orange. cer for SOHO Business Solutions. She tary education, lives in Orange with her emeritus of the Picker Art Gallery at who is the director of operations for knowledge that only comes in Orland Park, Ill., where she lives with Robert A. Nelson ’69, B.S. sociology, is pres- owns WomensBizCoach.com, a virtual husband, Cecil. Colgate University. He has written several ’77, B.S. chemical engineer- GoldStar EMS in Port Arthur. her husband, Paul. ident of RAN Enterprises in Garland, Danny Reible company offering training, coaching and through experience with someone books, including Across Continents & ing, earned a doctorate from California Robin R. Lindsey Jr. ’98, B.A.A.S. applied where he lives with his wife, Karon. consulting for women business owners. Lara (Nicklebur) Lee ’93, B.B.A. marketing, Cultures. He lives in Hamilton, N.Y., with Jim D. James ’66, B.B.A. marketing, is gen- Institute of Technology in 1982. He is an arts and sciences, is an agent for Farmers who can benefit from it? She was recently named a coaching partner lives in Port Neches with her husband, his wife, Rebekah Presson Mosby. In addi- eral manager for Tim’s Toyota in Prescott, endowed professor of chemical engineering Insurance and lives in Buckeye, Ariz. He for the International Virtual Women’s John. The Lamar University Office has a daughter, born in March 2000. tion to playing a lot of golf, he is currently Ariz. He served one year in Vietnam and and director of the Environmental Chamber of Commerce and lives in Little curating an exhibition on Alexandre- lives in Santa Fe Springs, Ariz., with his 70s Research Center at Louisiana State Blaine M. Goins ’94, B.A. political science, of Alumni Affairs is partnering Rock, Ark. Lisa J. Maddux ’98, B.S. sociology, received Gabriel Decamp for the French National wife, Oma Anne. They have been married University. He lives in Baton Rouge with received his law degree from the University Sheri (Barrett) Baden ’70, B.S. elementary an M.S. in social work from the University Museums. In 1974, after serving in the 41 years, have two children and three his wife, Susanne. Chia-Sheng James Hwang ’87, Eng. D. elec- of Houston. He is an attorney with Frazier with the LU Center for General education, is a kindergarten teacher at All of Houston. As part of her graduate course army and earning an M.A. at UCLA, grandchildren, and are thinking about retir- Saints Episcopal School in Beaumont. July trical engineering, worked as an engineer & Goins LLP in Orange and lives in Hector DeLaRosa ’78, B.B.A. mangement, work, she created, developed and imple- Studies to provide mentors for Mosby became the first African-American ing in a couple of years. for 15 years with NASA, where he Mauriceville with his wife, Melissa 12, she received the I Teach K National is a bankruptcy advisor for the Internal mented a three-day forum on racism. The to earn a doctorate in fine arts at Harvard Kindergarten Teacher Award. Staff designed robots for space applications. He (Matlock) ’95, B.S. chemistry and biology, students in the General Studies Claudia Ludwig ’66, B.S. geology, earned an Revenue Service for the United States event involved students and teachers from and was later the first black curator of is now senior pastor of Clear Lake Chinese who is controller for Modern M.S. in geological oceanography in 1971 Development for Educators (SDE) pres- Treasury Department. He lives in 10 school districts and 18 area schools and program. If you want to become European art at a major American museum Church in Houston after earning an M.S. Manufacturing in Beaumont. from Texas A&M. She lives in Houston ents the annual award to an individual who Beaumont with his wife, was facilitated by the Anti-Defamation (Detroit Institute of Art). The Cultural Yolanda (Lopez) from Dallas Theological Seminary. He lives involved in the life of a current and serves on the Lamar Geology demonstrates an outstanding ability to cre- ’76, A.D. nursing, ’90, B.A. liberal arts, ’94, B.S. criminal justice, is League and the Center for the Healing of Ministry of France named Mosby Knight in Houston with his wife, Berling. Glenn R. Tidwell Department Alumnae Advisory ate a child-centered kindergarten environ- ’99, B.S. nursing, who was graduated from administrator for Green Acres Racism. She was recently appointed execu- and then Officer of the Order of Arts and LU General Studies student and Committee. She has been a member of the ment that makes learning an adventure for the University of Texas Medical Branch at Jerry A. Jordan Jr. ’87, B.B.A. accounting, Development Center in Bridge City. He tive director for the Julie Rogers’ Gift of Letters. Other honors include serving as Houston Geological Society since 1974. In students. The candidate must show excep- Galveston in December 2003 with an M.S. is controller for Austin Industries in lives in Lumberton with his wife, Lisa, Life program in Beaumont. She lives in can share some of your time, your guest curator for major, traveling retrospec- 1994, she received the HGS Distinguished tional educational talent and promise, dis- in nursing. She was named to Who’s Who Houston and lives in Devers. who is a real estate assistant for Dana Houston. tive exhibitions of the work of Henry experiences and your expertise, Service Award and in 1989, the HGS tinguished achievement in innovative in American Colleges and Universities for Archibald Real Estate. Ossawa Tanner for the Philadelphia Kimberly (Puryear) Recio ’88, B.S. mass Erin E. Mason ’98, B.A. English, teaches for President’s Award. teaching methods, as well as a commitment the 2002 academic year and plans to work please contact the Office of Museum of Art and the Nelson-Atkins communication, ’95, M.Ed. special educa- ’95, B.S. home eco- Spring Branch school district. She lives in to professional development. as a family nurse practitioner. Cristal (Dorman) Fertitta Museum of Art in Kansas City. The cata- Michael Mason ’67, B.S. sociology, ’77, tion, is coordinator of special education for nomics/nutrition, received her elementary Houston with her husband, Derek. Alumni Affairs at (409) 880-8921 ’70, Certif. logues for these exhibitions are among M.P.A. public administration, is now execu- Donna W. (Harrison) Hubbard Phyllis (Lovett) Petri ’78, B.S. music, earned New Braunfels school district. She lives in teaching certificate in 2000 and teaches Melinda A. Philen ’98, B.A. psychology, ’02, or (800) 298-4839. Mosby’s numerous publications on the tive director of Guide Dogs of Texas in San vocational nursing, earned an M.S. in nurs- a M.A. in music and has taught music edu- Canyon Lake with her husband, Jack ’75, second grade in the Lumberton school dis- M.Ed. counseling and development, lives work of 18th- and 19th-century French Antonio, after retiring from the Texas ing from the University of Mary Hardin- cation for 23 years. She is now the junior B.S. health/physical education, ’84, M.S. trict. She lives in Beaumont with her hus- Students may get a guess in Beaumont and is a counselor for Hardin artists and African-American artists who Department of Human Services in 1997. Baylor in Belton and is now an assistant high-middle school vocal chair for Texas kinesiology, who retires this year after 29 band, Frank, an engineer for Helena Labs. Chambers Center in Liberty. lived in France. He has lectured extensively He lives in Garden Ridge with his wife, professor there. Music Educators Association/University years in education as a teacher, coach and from friends and may not always Robert K. Otero ’95, B.S. kinesiology, teach- at art museums and universities across the Cristina. Interscholastic League Region 17. She lives principal. He is the publisher/editor of Leah (Adams) Sutherland ’98, B.S. commu- Eugene Washington ’70, B.S. physical edu- es physical education for Forney school dis- listen to parents, but they can United States. cation, is retired and lives in Galveston. in Missouri City, with her husband, Texas High School Baseball Magazine and nication, moved from Beaumont to Vicki B. (Davis) Sutton ’67, Certif. secretarial trict, where he also lives. Michael, who works for the Sugar Land will soon open New Braunfels Baseball Aberdeen, Scotland, with her husband, learn from mentors. Marylyn (Duhon) Munsterman ’63, B.S., ’72, science, is lead human resources specialist William J. Kampe ’71, B.S. electrical engi- Police Department. They have a daughter Academy. ’95, B.A.A.S. applied Kevin, and works in medical sales for M.S. speech, recently moved back to for the Internal Revenue Service in Austin. Vicki (O’Dell) Oubre neering, is engineering supervisor for who will graduate in 2005 from the arts and sciences, is assistant vice president Abbott Laboratories in London. He is an Beaumont after a two-year hiatus in She lives in Austin with her husband, Jane E. Richardson ’88, B.M. music educa- • develop a supportive, professional Bechtel Corp. in Houston. He lives in Katy Houston School of Performing/Visual Arts. of member services for Texaco Community engineer with Schlumberger. Houston. Clyde, who is the president of Sutton tion, ’94, M.M.Ed. music education, is a with his wife, Sylvia. Federal Credit Union in Port Arthur. She relationship with students and Roofing Co. Alan Webb ’78, B.S. marketing, is an music teacher at Bill Sybert Elementary in Randy W. Charrier ’99, B.M. music, ’03, Joe W. Scarborough Jr. ’64, B.A. political lives in Groves with her husband, Stephan. Judy A. Hammond ’72, B.S. mass communi- account representative for Halliburton El Paso, where she lives. B.S. biology, is a laboratory analyst for the assist them in exploring their science, retired as administration manager Demetrius F. Loukas Jr. ’68, B.S. biology, cation, ’82, M.S. speech, is a highway safe- Foundation Inc. in Burleson, where he also ’92, M.S. engineering sci- Sabine River Authority in Orange. for KBR. He lives in Houston with his received his medical degree in 1971 and is James C. Fults ’89, B.B.A. accounting, Montri Vichailak educational goals ty specialist for the U.S. Department of lives with his wife, Julie, who is the regional ence, ’95, Eng.D. chemical engineering, is wife, Patricia (Crabtree) ’65, B.A. history, the president and oncologist for Southwest recently moved from Kingswood to Brian C. Hurtado ’99, B.S. chemistry, is lab Transportation in Washington, Va., and training manager for Mohawk Industries. the process development specialist for ABB who received her master’s in library science Regional Cancer Center in Austin. He lives Nederland after accepting a new position coordinator for Huntsman Petrochemical. lives in Alexandria. Lummus Global in Houston, where he in 1991 and worked as a librarian for in Austin with his wife, Janis. Stanley A. Spooner ’79, B.S. industrial tech- as assistant controller with Brock In June 2001, he wed Randa (Tooke) ’97, • foster an exchange of ideas, lives. Pasadena school district before retiring. Bonnie J. Reeves ’72, B.S. secondary educa- nology, works for the unit rate contract Enterprises in Beaumont. He and his wife, B.S. interdisciplinary studies, ’02, M.Ed. Doug Boone ’69, B.S. health education, friendship and expertise tion, is a junior high language teacher for administration for ExxonMobil in Robin, have three daughters. ’96, B.B.A. accounting, counseling and development, who teaches Katherine (Brandt) Tonato ’64, B.A. history, recently retired after 35 years of teaching in Tiffany S. Knobloch Catahoula School District in Louisiana. Beaumont. He lives in Beaumont with his lives in Houston, where she is an account- at Stephen F. Austin Elementary School is an English teacher at the University of Brazosport school district, where he Gary Squyres ’89, B.S. industrial technolo- She lives in Monterey with her husband, wife, Denise (Wallace) ’92, B.A. elementary ant for Reliant Entergy. and Middle School in Port Arthur. They The guidance and support Perugia in Italy, where she lives with her coached track and football and taught sci- gy, received his doctorate from the Herschel. education, who is Title 1 curriculum coor- live in Beaumont. husband, Maurizio, a doctor at Monteluce ence for 21 years until he became the University of Texas Dental Branch in dinator for Beaumont school district. Matthew G. Mayes ’96, B.S. computer and that a career professional can offer Hospital. school’s principal in 1995. He lives in Patricia (Galbraith) Kell ’73, B.A., ’72, M.A. Houston in 2004 and was also graduated information sciences, lives in League City Bryan E. McEachern ’99, B.A. French, Freeport with his wife, Joan. history, was a principal before she retired. Holland A. Young Jr. ’79, B.S. physics, lives from the Musicians’ Institute as a profes- and works for Lockheed Martin. received his law degree from Texas will help a student focus time and Harold N. Baker ’65, B.S. chemistry, is She lives in Baytown with her husband, Ed in Austin with his wife, Helen. sional guitarist, specializing in fusion. He Southern University and is an attorney for senior scientist for Luminex Corp. in Jan (Barry) Dollinger ’69, B.S. elementary energy in productive directions, ’61, B.S. electrical engineering, who is a lives in Houston with his wife, Sonya Laura E. Akins ’97, B.S. sociology, ’00, Judith Brokaw and Associates P.C. in Austin, where he lives. education, earned an M.A. in elementary M.Ed. counseling and development, is pro- retired maintenance supervisor. (Broussard) ’89, A.A.S. child care technolo- Houston. His wife, Jennifer (Carter) ’00, avoid pitfalls and make more edu- education from the University of Houston gram director for Georgia Mountains Madeline (Hill) Mowery ’65, B.S. kinesiolo- gy, who is a secretary at Langham Creek B.A. criminal justice, received her law in 1996. She is a child development con- Larry Norwood ’73, B.S. chemical engineer- 80s Community Services in Gainesville, Ga., cated decisions. And alumni gain gy, attended Texas Women’s University, ing, was recently promoted to vice presi- High School for Cypress-Fairbanks school degree in 2003 from the University of sultant and lives in Houston with her hus- Larry Haynes ’80, B.S. health education, is and lives in Alpharetta. where she received her master’s in 1966. dent of operations for Lubrizol in district. Houston, where she graduated summa the satisfaction of helping a soon- band, Jerry. head football coach for Eisenhower Senior She is a contract specialist for the U.S. Wickliffe, Ohio. He lives in Willoughby Shelley (Hudson) Friesz ’97, B.S. interdisci- cum laude. She is an attorney with High School in Houston’s Aldine school to-be fellow graduate – and Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments James A. Guest ’69, B.A. biology, attended with his wife, ’72, B.S. plinary studies, teaches for Nederland Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. in Houston. Cynthia (Smesny) district. He lives in Crosby with his wife, Command in Warren, Mich., and lives in medical school at the University of Texas school district, where she lives with her history. 90s Christy (Thrower) Mellen ’99, B.A. Spanish, strengthen their ties to the Lamar Peggy Sue. Southfield with her husband, Ralph, a Health Science Center in San Antonio, husband, Gordon ’97, B.S. political science. ’91, B.B.A. worked at the St. Elizabeth Health and retired chemist. graduating in 1973. He practiced for 25 John E. Nilsson ’74, B.S. mathematics, is Meredith (Weeks) Barnes University community. Chaichan Ariyapinyopas ’81, B.A. industrial accounting, is vice president and controller Wellness Center for seven years, the last years and retired in January 2003 to senior scientist for Computer Sciences David Stokely ’97, B.S. civil engineering, is Michael C. Waters ’65, B.S. sociology, has engineering, now lives in Bangkok, of ENGlobal Engineering Inc. in three years as their operations director. She become a Methodist minister. He lives in Corp. in El Segundo. He lives in a project engineer at Huntsman in Port been president of Hendrick Health System Thailand, after moving from Gadsden, Ala. Beaumont. She has worked for the compa- is now executive director for Girls’ Haven Amarillo with his wife, Karen, who works Galveston. Arthur. He lives in Lumberton. for 23 years and recently announced his ny for 15 years and lives in Orange with Inc. in Beaumont, where she lives with her for Blackbum Shaw Funeral Home. plans to retire in November 2004. The husband, Doug.

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Paul J. Meredith ’99, M.B.A. marketing, is Services and lives in Dallas. Frances (Forsythe) Dean ’59, B.A. English, died June 1, 2004. Born in San Antonio, she taught in administrative assistant for Merrill Lynch the Orange school district for eight years before relocating to Bryan in 1966 to be assistant director Travis W. Poe ’02, M.S. theatre, earned a in La Jolla, Calif., and lives in San Diego. of Programa de Educacion de Interamericana at Texas A&M. She earned her a master’s degree in bachelor’s in theater from the University Oct. 19 Nov. 4 Nov. 12 Nov. 16 English in 1968 and received the second doctorate in English ever awarded from Texas A&M in Amy (Ellender) Moore ’99, B.S. chemical of Texas in 1985. He lives in Mont English linguistics in 1972. She taught at Rhode Island College from 1973 to 1978 before retiring Dinner and Twelve Red, White & YOU Baseball Coach Jim Gilligan Dinner and Twelve engineering, ’02, M.B.A., is a business Belvieu, where he is an 18-year theater to Alexandria, Va. Survivors include her life partner, Richard Perrotti; her children, Diana Paradise, analyst for Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. director at Barbers Hill High School. Elizabeth Dean, Caroline Thornburgh and Charles Dean; seven grandchildren; and two great- Strangers. President and Regional Club Reception inducted into Texas Baseball Strangers. LU Alumni in The Woodlands and lives in Houston ’02, B.A. history, grandchildren. with her husband, Michael, whom she Adrienne (King) Whitman Mrs. Jimmy Simmons host honoring Coach Hall of Fame. J.W. Marriott host dinner for students is a middle school history teacher in the wed in May 2004. Patricia Delay Hall ’82, B.B.A. accounting, died July 5, 2004. She graduated with honors and Beaumont school district. In June 2004, music majors for this din- Jim Gilligan. Houston, 5150 Westheimer. studying a particular major worked as area superintendent of accounting for DuPont Sabine River Works for 33 years. Sherry (Cooley) Mullin ’99, B.S., ’01, M.S. she wed Nathan ’03, B.S. geology, a lab Survivors include her husband, Miles; daughters, Katheryn Finch, Linda Bukom and Beck ner, one of a continuing J.W. Marriott–Galleria, Reception 6 p.m. Dinner 7 p.m. to meet professionals in family and consumer sciences, is an supervisor and geologist for Southwestern Rutledge; two sons, A.C. Barber III and Miles Hall III; and sixteen grandchildren and great- administrative associate for Lamar Labs. series sponsored by Alumni Houston. Tickets $50. Reservations that field. Information grandchildren. University and lives in Nederland with Michael J. Adix ’03, B.S. electrical engi- Affairs. Music majors may 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. (713) 408-1044 or [email protected] or her husband, Joe. Florence “Nezzie” (Tanner) McCollum ’42, A.A. secretarial science, died July 5, 2004. She was a neering, is an electrical engineer for ICS member of the Women’s Service League of Port Arthur and spent the majority of her life as a reserve seats by calling the [email protected] (409) 880-8921 Firestone in Orange. He lives in Orange homemaker, but worked for Provost-Umphrey Law Firm before retiring. Survivors include sons, with his wife, Marsha, an abstractor for Career Center, 880-8879 Mike and Kelly; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. 00s Security Abstract & Title in Orange. ’00, B.S. David G. Miller, 19, died June 30, 2004. A 2002 graduate of Nederland High School, he was Brittnie (Seaman) Coveney Heather (Ruff) McAdoo ’03, B.S. dance, is attending Lamar University. Survivors include his parents, David T. and Karen Lynn Miller, and his English, lives in Houston with her hus- a new member of the 2004-2005 brother, Joshua Caleb Miller. band, Alex ’99, B.B.A. marketing, who is Houston Texans cheerleading squad. She Jan. 18 Feb. 12 Feb. 19 Feb. 20 a manager for Enterprise Rent-A-Car. lives in League City with her husband, Margaret Wilson Mulenix ’66 died July 6, 2004. She earned a master of education degree from Dinner and Twelve Red, White & YOU Red, White & YOU Dinner and Twelve They wed in 2000 and have two sons. Justin. Lamar State College Technology and taught first grade in the Hamshire-Fannett school district for ’00, B.S. computer science, 21 years. Survivors include her husband, Bobby; daughter, Carroll Munson; two grandchildren; Richard L. Fox Sommer (Di Dio) Reynolds ’03, B.S. politi- Strangers. Host a dinner! Alumni Reception. Pre- Alumni Reception. Pre- Strangers seven great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren. is a software engineer for Dynacs cal science, works for Germer Gertz and Engineering in Houston and lives in If you would like to host a basketball game. Dallas basketball game. Austin lives in Vidor with her husband, Danny Preston H. Smith ’57, B.B.A. accounting, died June 7, 2004. He was executive vice president, chief League City. dinner for students in your Ray ’98, B.S. kinesiology, who is an assis- financial officer and the director of the Aviation Office of America. He served his country from Stacey (Robichau) White ’00, B.B.A. mar- tant principal for the Vidor school dis- 1954-1958 as senior training officer at Lackland AFB in San Antonio for the U.S. Air Force. career field—whether at keting, works for Life Share Blood Center trict. Survivors include his wife of 30 years, Lucia; three children; two grandchildren; and five great- and lives in Miami Lakes, Fla., with her grandchildren. your home or another Bobby N. Smith ’03, B.B.A. accounting, is husband, Ryan ’98, B.A. general studies, site—let us know. a staff accountant for EFG Companies in Wallace L. Weber Jr. ’76, B.B.A. general business, died June 28, 2004. A resident of Port Neches, who is a file clerk for Smith & Thorne Irving and lives in Dallas. he retired as head shop supervisor with Gulf Oil where he worked for 41 years. He served in the [email protected] or and director of community concerns for U.S. Army for two years and in the reserves for 30, before retiring in 1987 as command sergeant Tiffany R. (Hidalgo) Ashcraft ’03, B.B.A. Catholic Charities. major with the 353rd Transportation Battalion. Survivors include his wife, Jo Ann; and daughters, marketing, earned a master’s in education (409) 880-8921 Melody Richard ’86, B.A. finance, and Laurie Flurry ’78, B.S. medical technology. Gary D. Calcote ’01, B.B.A. management in 2004. She and her husband, David, information systems, is technology spe- live in Austin. Bryan Parker Windham, 21, died June 2, 2004. A graduate of Excel Academy, he was attending cialist for Metlife Financial Services in Lamar University and NorthStar Academy in Bend, Ore. Survivors include his parents, Morris and Ronie George ’03, M.E.S. electrical engi- Houston and lives in Webster. Paige Windham; sisters, Keely and Jennifer, and brother, Christopher. Memorial contributions may neering, is a Ph.D. freshman in the Feb. 21-26 Feb. 25 Feb. 26 be made to the Parker Windham Memorial Scholarship Fund benefitting Lamar University Jeneishia D. Green ’01, B.B.A. business Optical Sciences Center at the University Theatre, P.O. Box 10011, Beaumont, Texas, 77710. Red, White & YOU Red, White & YOU Homecoming pre-law, works for M.D. Anderson of Arizona. He lives in Tucson. Cancer Center in Houston, where she Homecoming Week. Homecoming Celebration Honoring: College of lives with her husband, Cairo. Chanicka L. Griffith ’03, B.A. psychology, Get your red on! Beaumont Engineering alumni and is a C.P.S. specialist with child protective Faculty, Staff and Friends Tanya V. Soto ’01, B.S. communication, is services in Houston. Virginia K. Jardell, 71, died June 15, 2004. She emigrated from Krakow, Poland, in 1920 and spent assignment editor for KENS-TV in San Reunion events welcome class of 1955. most of her career as a legal secretary in Beaumont. She retired from the Mary and John Gray Antonio, where she lives. Angela K. Woodford ’03, B.S. family stud- Library in 1996. Survivors include her husband, Preston; five children; five grandsons; and two Lamar alumni back to All Alumni welcomed ies, is a children’s protective services spe- granddaughters. Phelicia (Colone) Williams ’01, B.B.A. cialist with the Texas Department of campus with special events back to campus! Events accounting, was an I Have a Dream grad- Family and Protective Services. Nancy (Jebbia) Lampson, 94, died June 6, 2004. She was active in the Beaumont community, provid- uate and is now senior auditor for Ernst planned for alumni of the all day long. Basketball: ing countless organizations with years of service. She received the Good Neighbor Award, a procla- & Young in Houston. She lives in Clyde B. Heslep III ’04, B.S. industrial mation from the city of Beaumont with the key to the city, as well as an Honoris Causa Diploma College of Engineering Cardinals vs. Sam Beaumont with her husband, Veryl, who technology, is activity coordinator for from Lamar University. Survived include her six children, Mary Jo Ford, U.S. Rep. Nick Lampson, works at DuPont. DuPont Dow Elastomers in Beaumont, Jimmy Lampson, Dr. Gene Lampson, Frances Breaux and J.J. Lampson; 23 grandchildren and 30 and the Class of 1955 Houston where he lives with his wife, Jenifer ’02, B.S. computer and great-grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to Lamar University Scholarship Fund, in David R. Green (Bates) ’02, B.S. nursing. She is a regis- Memory of Nancy Lampson, P.O. Box 10011, Beaumont, Texas 77710. information science, is a software devel- tered nurse for Gentiva Health Services in oper for Sage Automation Inc. in Beaumont. Clyde is pursuing a master’s Gloria Choate Sellers, 79, died June 14, 2004. She attended Lamar College and was married 49 Beaumont, where he lives with his wife, Mar. 22 Apr. 19 May 13 degree in industrial distribution at Texas years to her husband, Joseph, who attended Lamar from 1941 to 1943 and died in 1996. Sellers Jamie. A&M University. Dinner and Twelve Dinner and Twelve Distinguished Alumni completed the two-year secretarial program at Lamar and was secretary for the Department of ’02, B.S. Political Science from 1976 to 1986. Survivors include daughters Diane Blanks and Jo Anne O’Shaunna La’Shaun Griffin Deborah (Adams) Smith ’04, B.A. manage- Huber ’74, B.A., ’80, M.A. history, and two granddaughters. Memorial contributions may be Strangers Strangers Awards reception and health, is a health technician for ment/human resources, is an administra- made to the Joe Sellers Memorial Scholarship fund, Lamar University, P.O. Box 10011, Beaumont, Galveston County Health District in La tive assistant at MehaffyWeber in dinner. The LUAA’s Texas 77710. Marque. She lives in Webster and is pur- Beaumont, where she lives with her hus- suing a graduate degree at Prairie View most prestigious award band, David. Richard L. Shorkey, orthopedic surgeon and philanthropist, died June 20, 2004. He endowed the A&M University. to alumni. 7 p.m. Lois M. Shorkey Memorial Scholarship in Nursing in memory of his wife. He became the medical Dwight D. Jones ’02, M.S. deaf education, CORRECTION director of Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in 1985 and served there until 1992. Survivors include University Reception teaches special education at McNeil High Carl Coleman ’86 was incorrectly listed in four daughters, seven granddaughters and four great-grandchildren. School in Round Rock, where he lives. the obituaries in the June-Aug. 2004 issue Center. Reservations Walter A. Sutton, 70, died May 30, 2004. He taught history at Lamar University from 1963 to He married in July in Austin. of Cadence. He earned a B.S. in kinesiol- 2003, having earned a doctorate from UT Austin in 1964. Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth, ogy from Lamar and is head trainer for (409) 880-8921 and his son, Allen. Memorial contributions may be made to the Walter Allan Sutton Endowed Michael M. Lucia III ’02, B.B.A. finance, is Marble Falls High School. He and his Scholarship in History, Lamar University Foundation, P.O. Box 11500, Beaumont, Texas 77710. account executive for WebMD Practice family live in Dripping Springs.

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for the 150th anniversary of the signing of he could find. The results were fabulous.” the Declaration of Independence. Ornelas The band has toured extensively and Dyess caught Brion’s attention during throughout the United States. All the tours the conductor’s travels to Southeast Texas, hold special memories. In Japan, Lamar which began almost two decades ago. He musicians toured the SONY recording stu- has returned in recent years to guest-con- dios in downtown Tokyo. After an outdoor duct Lamar bands for the Lamarissimo! concert, they visited with Lamar alumnus Concert Series. Neil Herndon, an Air Force musician sta- Ornelas and Dyess met Brion when he tioned there at the time. “The Japanese peo- conducted the Lamar University Band in ple were just incredible,” Dyess said. “They 1985. “I performed a cornet solo with the love band music.” band, and, during the intermission, he told In Iowa, the band rode on the back of me he was planning on forming an all-pro- a flat-bed trailer in the annual Music Man fessional band to re-enact the old John Parade. “They have a town square, a Music Philip Sousa band and programming,” Man Museum, and it is, indeed, quite the Ornelas recalls. “He asked me if I would be middle America you saw in the musical,” interested in joining his band. I quickly Dyess said. “We stayed in local community Wayne DYESS Raul ORNELAS accepted.” college dorms, and that was an experience. A few years would pass, however, Dorm food, community showers. Oh my! before he and Dyess donned their vintage But through it all, we laughed and had a The music of John Philip Sousa – America’s the United States, from east to west and ability to transmit the original style, spirit uniforms as Sousa bandsmen. great time.” march king – hits a high note as inspira- north to south,” Dyess says. “Usually, the and ensemble sound of Sousa’s Band, which Brion paid his second visit to The New Sousa Band has come a long tional Americana. Today, Sousa’s arrange- band will have a core of key musicians, and performed for four decades beginning in Beaumont in the early way and traveled thousands of ments and other beloved tunes of the era locals are added to make up the full band. I 1892. Musicians for the New Sousa Band 1990s as guest conductor of musical miles since the birth of are being kept alive under the baton of am proud to report that both Raul and I are are selected from major orchestras, military the Symphony of Southeast Brion’s dream. First simply a Keith Brion, with a little help from two in Keith’s elite roster of musicians. Quite a bands, university faculties and freelance Texas. concept, the band came into Lamar faculty members. feather in Lamar’s cap!” musicians. “When he conducted the Lamar being with its first recording, The Trombonist Wayne Dyess and cornetist Ornelas adds: “Since Wayne and I have Band members wear exact replicas of group, Raul had been the cornet soloist and Sousa Legacy, in 1983. Next came a Raul Ornelas have traveled far and wide been with the band from the beginning, the original Sousa Band uniforms of the obviously made a lasting impression with 1986 PBS television special, The New Sousa with Brion’s New Sousa Band, bringing Keith considers us core members; conse- 1920s; each navy-blue coat is fitted with a Keith,” Dyess said. “By his return visit, this Band on Stage at Wolf Trap. The band’s first such patriotic standards as The Stars and quently we always get first call on all the velvet collar and sleeves and sports 35 yards time with the symphony, I was asked to solo public appearance took place at the 1987 Stripes Forever and The Washington Post to engagements. of swirling black braid in the pattern Sousa on Blue Bells of Scotland.” Conference of the World Association of appreciative audiences, including a three- “Performing with the New Sousa Band used. Brion, a former director of bands at Shortly thereafter, in 1994, Brion asked Symphonic Bands and Ensembles before a week tour of Japan in 1996. has given me great musical experiences, Yale University, dresses the part of Sousa, Dyess to join the band for a week’s run at the crowd of 10,000 at Boston City Hall. From memorable all-star performances many opportunities to travel all over the complete with makeup and hair styling. Christi Lane Theatre in Branson, Mo., the “We are committed to the band, to the in venues of the Minnesota Orchestra, world and, most importantly, an opportuni- Brion chooses the band’s repertoire pri- group’s first theatrical engagement. In addi- memory of John Philip Sousa and to the Seattle Symphony and other prestigious ty to meet and make friends with many of marily from works programmed in Sousa’s tion to playing trombone, Dyess now serves hard-working conductor who makes it all ensembles to a celebration of late composer the band members.” lifetime. Each concert includes classical as the band’s archival recording engineer. happen: Keith Brion,” Dyess said. Meredith Willson’s birthday in Mason City, The New Sousa Band is a realization of selections, light music, virtuoso solos and Ornelas joined the band in 1995 for a For Brion, the feeling is mutual. Iowa, (Willson’s birthplace and town model director Brion’s novelties. Sousa’s marches are performed Gulf Coast tour that took the group from “There is a strong core of regular and very for The Music Man), the Lamar musicians dream to reincarnate only as encores – eight to 12 for each pro- Galveston to New Orleans to Pensacola. “I devoted professional players,” the conductor have created nostalgia and collected admir- the Sousa Band and gram, selected from the 55 marches in the knew at the time that it was going to be a says. “We have a way with Sousa’s marches ing fans. Destinations this year include a once again tour band’s repertoire. great idea,” Ornelas said. “I didn’t realize that many have never heard. Like Sousa’s March tour to the Chicago area, a weekend America’s towns and This year, the New Sousa Band is that it was going to become an incredible own band, for our players, every note is a resort stand in Lake Tahoe in July and, cities. Its musicians celebrating the 150th anniversary of Sousa’s experience, playing with all the wonderful labor of love . . . and folks say it shows.” come October, a trip to sunny Pensacola, Fla. are chosen – by invi- birth with performances of Sousa’s musicians from all over the country. Keith “Raul and I have performed all over tation only – for their Sesquicentennial March – written in 1926 has assembled some of the finest musicians Keith BRION

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A Then development director Joanne Scarborough to meet,” Byron Balentine said. When he E presents program director Darrell Brogdon with retired in the late 1990s, Fox disappeared into ArtNotes a plaque from the Corporation for Public the sunset on a motorcycle, bound for Broadcasting recognizing KVLU with its 1981 California. Lamar’s literati are on the move again, this time to award for excellence in public awareness. The prestigious national and state book festivals. The resi- award honored KVLU for its 1981 live broadcast dent paeans of poetry and prose – English professors D of Spindletop! – a radio play celebrating the G David Harrington ’82 hosted the classics on 80th anniversary of the Lucas Gusher. The per- KVLU from 1986 until the mid-1990s, when he R.S. “Sam” Gwynn and Jim Sanderson – will join formance, before a Jefferson Theatre audience, joined KUAT-FM at the University of Arizona in the elite at the October sessions. Gwynn is one of 70 re-created DuPont’s 1951 Cavalcade of America Tucson, where he is now senior announcer. broadcast from Beaumont. authors – and one of just seven poets – invited to attend the National Book Festival, hosted Oct. 9 by the H Program director Byron Balentine, in 1980 B Library of Congress and First Lady Laura Bush. He’ll B The late Gary Hinson ’76 stars with Cecile music program Burandt in the vintage radio drama The be in the company of such authors as Barbara Taylor Producer Steve Holmes interviews Lynda called Off the Shadow, which aired live from the University I Bradford, Joyce Carol Oates, Robert G. Parker, Theatre during the Big Broadcast of 1994, a Bond Bristol, a native of England who was a Barn Wall when KVLU classical music host and now works for Lawrence Block and Nicholas Sparks. Meanwhile, the Snopes is in his 24th musical-variety show that was part of KVLU’s A KVLU went on 20th anniversary. Another Big Broadcast BBC. Others have included Sara Penny, Aviva Texas Book Festival has invited Sanderson to be a fea- year at the boards of Enoch and Susan Newton. the air. Station crossed the boards in 1996. Hinson was at tured author at the 2004 festival Oct. 30-31 at the state Saturday Night With F KVLU from 1977-79, as production director, Lamar’s public radio station manager George news director and jazz host. He was an Capitol in Austin. As a featured author, Sanderson will the Folks and “music went on the air the afternoon Beverley began announcer at KFDM-TV, Channel 6, until his J Station manager George Beverley, in 1976. read from his work, participate in a panel discussion we can all sing and of April 30, 1974, with All its classical music death in 2000. and sign copies of his books, including the recently C dance to.” Things Considered. Now – tradition. Genres K Music director Joe Elwell, on stage at The Big published Nevin’s History . . . Lamar Theatre has four “It’s grati- Broadcast of 1994. 30 years, 10,950 days, from jazz, folk and new C Dick Estelle – NPR’s The Radio Reader – lends new stars on its Wall of Fame, which spotlights individ- his famous voice as on-air pitchman for a 262,800 hours, fying to see uals for their contributions to Lamar University’s age to blues, “garage I KVLU membership campaign. Estelle assisted the station Byron Balentine ’79, program director and 15,768,000 minutes or band” and soul have with fund-raising in 1981 and 1991. L award-winning theatre program. The 2004 honorees continue to G assistant station manager, and from left, 9.4608 billion seconds seasoned the mix. George Beverley, station manager, pose in are Angela Phares, LU-llaby of Broadway chair in grow and later – KVLU contin- “We have such D “The first time I met Al Dugan,” Byron KVLU master control, joined by development 2003 and 2004; Fred Simon, a veteran of the LU- mature, to director Melanie Dishman ’88; membership ues to bring entertainment, diversity,” said program Balentine said, “he came in during the fund- llaby of Broadway cast and area musical performances; find there raiser with ice cream he had flown in from coordinator/webmaster Stacey Haynes; music enlightenment and information to director Byron director Joe Elwell ’97, and chief engineer Ken Doug Fierce, LU-llaby cast member and volunteer; is a place Philadelphia. I don’t know why he had it flown Southeast Texas. Balentine ’79. “I’m in, but it was delicious.” As a volunteer, Wilson. Beverley has been with the station and Frank Messina, longtime Lamar supporter, for his J for this since it went on the air in 1974. Balentine With support of members, corporate delighted that people Balentine says, Dugan “was just one of those contributions to the LU-llaby reception. Each honoree station, people who was always around. Eventually, joined the KVLU staff in 1978; Wilson, in 1984; sponsors, Lamar and other sources, KVLU have wanted to stay H Elwell, in 1986; Dishman, in 1994; and received a plaque – featuring a star and his or her name despite the we put him to work.” Dugan now hosts Dugan achieves milestones and enriches the com- with us and get to on Classics. Haynes, in 2000. – that will be permanently displayed in the lobby of odds,” said station manager George munity. KVLU earned a national award in know us.” Lamar’s Studio Theatre. Awards were presented at the Beverley. “In ’74 when we started, 1981 for its live re-enactment of the play Broadcasting The late Bonnie Goldstein epitomized the spirit 12th annual LU-llaby performance June 8. The event we probably had two E Spindletop!, celebrating the 80th anniversary legend Gordon Baxter of KVLU, beginning as a volunteer about 1980 raises funds for theatre scholarships, this year attracting listeners trying to find of the Lucas Gusher. On Jan. 10, 2001, a crackled the airwaves on Friday nights for six K and later as membership coordinator before 450 patrons and raising $24,000 . . . A poignant LU- us on the air. Now, her death in 2000. “She was our most dedi- hearty KVLU team braved the chill for a years with The Gordon Baxter Show, and his cated volunteer,” Byron Balentine said. “She llaby moment came with the presentation of the first we have letters from four-hour live broadcast of the centennial Gulf Coast Weekend commentaries aired on probably had the greatest love of public radio.” Lowell Scribner Award to freshman theatre major listeners who say Her daughter, Abby Goldstein ’87, hosted celebration and gusher re-enactment, includ- National Public Radio. Veteran broadcaster Chris Murray, a graduate of Beaumont Ozen High we’re the only thing KVLU jazz programs and is now program direc- ing commentary and dozens of interviews. Les Ledet served as station manager, devel- tor at public radio KERA in Dallas. School, “for outstanding achievement and dedication.” they listen to on the Since sign-on, the station has also opment director and jazz host, while John Scribner was a longtime LU-llaby cast member who radio dial, and that’s staged two Big Broadcasts, aired an array of Stevens, broadcaster and advertising/public “I’m Bob Fox, and this is All That Jazz.” For died in August 2003. “He was always there with a very heartening.” F musical and special events and completed relations executive first known to many as more than two decades, it was a Sunday smile, a huge laugh and singing his heart out,” said dozens of successful membership campaigns Black Bart on the Cowboy John (Garner) night ritual: Fox’s mellow voice brought enter- theatre director Adonia Placette. Scribner’s partner, L tainment, knowledge of the genre and the – now raising an average of $50,000 from Channel 4 kiddie show, continues to complete lowdown on all things jazz from Lake Joe Shamberger, established the award as a way to humble beginnings in the $3,000 range. Its enchant listeners with Make-Believe Ballroom. Charles to Houston. Its volunteer host was a “do something special for Lamar students,” Placette talented musician (saxophone, flute, key- musical library has grown from a few hun- Jazz saxophonist Ed Dix hosted the said, while perpetuating his memory. The award will boards) who in real life was an operator at dred to almost 20,000. popular Jazz Profiles and Jazz Matters, DuPont in Orange. “Bob knew jazz inside and be presented annually to an outstanding freshman. Bob Crockett hosted a nightly country- while your amiable host Corndodger out and was the standard everyone else tried

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As president of the Lamar Student plate. And, her active participation in Government Association, Diztorsha the Pre-Law Society, the Black Jefferson is ready to take on any chal- Students Association, the African lenges she may face, as well as those Students Association, the Friends of she has set for herself. She has already India and Phi Alpha Delta has added achieved one milestone. Her hard dimension to her leadership skills. work has earned her the distinction of As president, Jefferson plans to being the first black woman to improve campus life. “All students become SGA president. should be able to get the whole col- Jefferson is a senior English and lege experience,” she said. She plans political science major from Orange. to address that goal by scheduling a She chose to attend Lamar because of live performance from a prominent its closeness to home and the strength figure for Homecoming. of the political science program. Her “Students should not have to younger brother, Herman Jefferson, leave campus to have a good time,” also attends Lamar and is a sopho- Jefferson said. “Students at Lamar more biology major. should receive the same services and Her passion for politics fuels her accommodations as students from participation in student government. larger universities.” In the past three years, she has She would also like to attract Diztorsha Jefferson worked on behalf of her fellow local businesses closer to Lamar. With students as freshman class senator, that access, students could shop closer committee chair for the community to campus and avoid the need to school, then use it as a recruitment tool,” she said. outreach committee, senator of the make arrangements to get to stores Each former SGA president has left his or her mark in College of Arts and Sciences and across town. some way. For example, Alisa Hicklin started Big Red secretary/treasurer of SGA. Jefferson’s other goals for her Benefits, a program that allows Lamar students to receive Jefferson was scheduled to grad- term include expanding current pro- discounts at participating businesses. Josh Daspit focused uate in May 2004 after completing grams. “I want to continue the cam- on community outreach and formed relationships with city her degree in political science but paign that was started last year to officials. Immediate past president Brian Bean pushed for decided to postpone her graduation a strengthen the relationship between community service and started the mentor program with year. “Midway through my third year, Lamar and the city of Beaumont,” she BISD. Jefferson plans to be just as productive as her I decided running for SGA president said. She would like to see Lamar as predecessors and, in turn, leave a legacy of her own. was something I really wanted to do,” the center of Beaumont, much like “I take my position as SGA president very seriously,” she said. other college towns. she said. “I want to address all of the student concerns.” By holding the executive office of Jefferson hopes to expand the secretary-treasurer last year, Jefferson volunteer program with the was able to make major decisions Beaumont Independent with the president and vice president, School District in which see how the office is run and form Lamar students act as men- relationships with administration – all tors to elementary school stu- good things to have under your belt dents. “We want to move it when stepping up to the presidential up to junior high and high

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