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TRINITY THE MAGAZINE OF TRINITY UNIVERSITY | JANUARY 2012

All That Jazz

Celebrate with KRTU

The Many Faces of Knowledge

Coates keeps its cool

School of Rock

Pearl Jam comes to class

P R E S I D E N T ’ S

M E S S A G E

find myself facing the New Year with enthusiasm and optimism about Trinity University and its ability to meet the challenges of the coming years. We are keenly aware of the need to keep pace with a rapidly changing world and thus are vigilantly evaluating and re-evaluating the comprehensive experience we offer our students. Trinity Tomorrow, the strategic planning effort headed by Trustee Walter Huntley Jr., chemistry professor Nancy Mills, and Michael Fischer, vice president for Faculty and Student Affairs, is outlined in greater detail in this issue (see page 4). I am proud of the fact that this initiative, which includes a re-envisioning of the curriculum, is not a top down process but one that considers the needs, concerns, and aspirations of the entire Trinity community—faculty, students, alumni, staff, administrators, and Trustees. The Trinity Tomorrow initiative is already manifesting itself in several ways. There is an increased emphasis on global awareness and engagement throughout the curriculum as well as in international recruitment and academic partnerships. Last summer I spent three weeks in South Asia, meeting alumni and prospective students and forging partnerships with prestigious Asian institutions. This summer I will make a similar trip to Mexico and Latin America. The title vice president for Academic Affairs was changed to vice president for Faculty and Student Affairs, reflective of the stronger integration between experiences both in and outside the classroom, another Trinity Tomorrow objective. As we strive to create a curriculum that will define a 21st century liberal arts and sciences education, the new Center for the Sciences and Innovation will figure prominently in that initiative. The first classes will be held in the Center this semester, and we anticipate exciting scientific and entrepreneurial breakthroughs from the interdisciplinary collaborations that will occur within its walls. Although there is increased focus on the Trinity experience, the University is not inward looking. Trinity was invited to San Antonio in 1941 by the Chamber of Commerce to serve the city, and that is what we do every day with all the resources at our disposal. Trinity has a long tradition of engagement with the city, and growing and deepening that tradition remains integral to our mission in the years ahead. These are but a few of the many ways we serve the city: our education department is deeply committed to local school districts to promote and support excellence in teaching and school administration; individual professors regularly work with high school and younger students in city schools with programs designed to teach basic skills, ignite a spark of creativity, or encourage at risk students to continue their education; others works directly with the city on projects to revitalize declining neighborhoods or encourage economic growth; the cultural landscape of San Antonio is richly enhanced by the numerous lectures, plays, concerts, and other events open to the public free or at a minimal charge; jazz lovers everywhere—myself included—welcome the outstanding programming by KRTU; and many students, faculty, and staff contribute thousands of volunteer hours with local non profit organizations annually. While benefitting the community at large, such civic engagement provides Trinity students increased opportunities to gain real world experience and hone their leadership skills as they prepare for the future. It is my personal privilege to serve on Mayor Julian Castro’s SA2020 planning committee and other community initiatives such as Centro Partnership and the P16Plus Council, and Penelope is working with the local Healthy Futures initia-

President Ahlburg and Penelope Harley welcomed former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates to Trinity. Gates delivered the fall 2011 Distinguished Lecture.

tive. We can think of no more productive or rewarding way to engage with and serve this beautiful city. As the campus community moves forward with Trinity Tomorrow, I invite you to follow our progress at www. trinity.edu/trinitytomorrow and feel free to comment or drop me a line. We are confident that what will evolve is an interdisciplinary liberal arts and sciences education that will offer a rigorous, rich, diverse, and totally integrated experience second to none in the country. Finally, as Penelope, Benjamin, and I embark on our third year in San Antonio, we find we love it more and more every day. We often wonder why it took us so long to get here. Best wishes for a peaceful, prosperous, and happy New Year.

Dennis A. Ahlburg President

TRINITY THE MAGAZINE OF TRINITY UNIVERSITY | JANUARY 2012

FEATURES 16 All That Jazz 19 The Many Faces of Knowledge The Coates Library 23 School of Rock

KRTU Celebrates Year of Jazz, page 16

DEPAR TMENTS

Trinity Today

13 Faculty/Staff Focus 26 Profiles

The Coates Library, page 20

34 Advancement 40 Alumnews 49 Class Acts 56 Commentary

Davey Johnson, page 26

School of Rock page 23

Cover Illustration by Michelle Wilby Friesenhahn â&#x20AC;&#x2122;77

FROM THE EDITOR

TRINITY January 2012 executive editor

Sharon Jones Schweitzer ’75 editor

Mary Denny guest art director

Michelle Wilby Friesenhahn ’77 contributing writers

Mike Agresta, R. Douglas Brackenridge, Jenny Browne, Julie Catalano, Nancy CookMonroe, Andrea Davis ’12, Susie Gonzalez, Russell Guerrero ’83, Michael Hardy, James Hill ’76, Sarah Johnson, Andi Narvaez ’08 photographer

David Smith president

Dennis A. Ahlburg board of trustees

Sharon J. Bell, Phyllis Browning, Richard W. Calvert, Miles Cortez, James F. Dicke II, Douglas D. Hawthorne, George C. Hixon, Walter R. Huntley Jr., John R. Hurd, E. Carey Joullian IV, The Rev. Richard R. Kannwischer, Richard M. Kleberg III, Katherine W. Klinger, John C. Korbell, Oliver T. Lee, Gregory Love, Steven P. Mach, Robert S. McClane, Melody Boone Meyer, Forrest E. Miller, Marshall B. Miller Jr., Michael F. Neidorff, Barbara W. Pierce, Thomas R. Semmes, G. P. Singh, Paul H. Smith, L. Herbert Stumberg Jr., Charles T. Sunderland, Lissa Walls Vahldiek Trinity is published two times a year by the Office of University Communications and is sent to alumni, faculty, staff, graduate students, parents of undergraduates, and friends of the University.

hen biology and chemistry students return for the spring 2012 semester, they will be among the first students to study and do research in the stunning new Center for the Sciences and Innovation. Equipment and materials were still being moved in at press time, so look for exciting pictures later on the Trinity website and in the next magazine. Our features this time are campus oriented: they include a look at KRTU’s year-long, citywide celebration of the tenth anniversary of its jazz format; the highly wired Coates Library and the many resources and features that have kept it the heart of academic activity; and a new class in which a professor uses her favorite band, Pearl Jam, as an entry point to media literacy. Last summer English professor Jenny Browne travelled to Kenya to teach poetry. The trip, sponsored by the U.S. State Department and coordinated by the University of Iowa’s Writing Program, left searing impressions, and she shares them on page 12. The profiles feature an admitted computer geek whose genius lies in melding economic development and p-16 educational technology; a communications specialist for Petroleum Development Oman, based in Muscat; a medical school graduate who chose not to practice but to help other physicians dealing with boredom or burnout; and a well known baseball star turned manager. All of them exhibit the adaptability and confidence that a liberal arts curriculum provides to carve out successful career paths. Best wishes for a happy and peaceful New Year.

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Mary Denny

Phil Wetz ’73 Houston

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I was sad to read of the passing of my former teacher Dr. Ivan Fitzwater. Dr. Fitzwater was an inspiration to me, and because of him I got my M.Ed. I learned so much from his time management lectures and applied them to my teaching. He even came to the old Maverick Elementary School (SAISD) to give our school a talk. I was so proud and happy he took his precious time to speak to our students. Your magazine is excellent. Keep up the good work. Rebecca Ramirez-Shokrian ’71 San Antonio SPECIAL THANKS Just a quick note to thank you (and I hope you will pass on the gratitude to Doug Brackenridge) for the “Where Are They Now?” series of articles on former Trinity faculty members. As one walks the campus today and reads about the opportunities for students, it is easy to envision why Trinity would be a desirable place to teach. But those of us who have been alums for a while realize that there were a hardy group of pioneers who came and stayed largely based on the faith that this place could become a great university. They formed the original “Trinity Family” and instilled the caring spirit as well as laying the foundation for the current Trinity. As a dad whose oldest daughter graduated in May, I have had the pleasure of two different Trinity experiences but continue to give thanks for the early “pioneers” that you have had Doug Brackenridge write about. Keep up the great work!

TO THE EDITOR

Your comments and suggestions are

We sincerely appreciate the profile on George [Jageman ’57] in Trinity magazine and will treasure it forever! We have heard from several Trinity alumni since the magazine was shipped and they all thought the profile was wonderful!

always welcome and encouraged. Send them to Mary Denny, Editor, Trinity University, Office of University Communications,

Laura Jageman Dallas

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MAGAZINE KUDOS The Trinity magazine was gorgeous. Congratulations to the editor. The cover design was outstanding and the articles on the Arab Spring were fascinating. Vivian Harrington, M.A. ’94 San Antonio OFFENDED I am an old Trinity graduate and former Morgan Stanley stockbroker who is semiretired and enjoyed reading your article in the Trinity July 2011 magazine regarding the Student Managed Fund. I really appreciate receiving Trinity magazine. Jim David Barnard ’71 Dallas

This issue of Trinity magazine hit a home run for me! All the way from [the obituaries for] Louis Stumberg, a friend from church, to Ivan Fitzwater who was my mentor when, as a mature-mother-of-three, I returned to work on an M.Ed. Every page was interesting, even to the last page, “deja view,” with some football history written by R. Douglas Brackenridge. (He just doesn’t stop does he!) Thank you for publishing Trinity news that is pertinent to all grads! Charlotte Pappas Hains ’79 San Antonio

While I was interested in reading Charles Olmsted’s piece in Trinity magazine on the Trinity football teams of the 1950’s, I was disgusted to read the quote from Alvin Beal, who said about the Kerrville training camp, “It was like a concentration camp.” I understand that accuracy in reporting is important, but that quote should have been left out. Concentration camps were slaughterhouses where millions died during one of the worst periods in world history. I have no doubt the Kerrville camp was tough, but as was noted in the piece, “Eighty boys went to Kerrville, only 31 came back.” Leaving concentration camps was not an option. I am sure Mr. Beal meant no disrespect to the millions who died during Hitler’s reign of terror, but the comparison is offensive. I happen to be Jewish, but the quote is offensive to everybody. I enjoy getting the magazine and continue to contribute money to Trinity, but when mistakes are made they should be pointed out.

Great article in the Trinity magazine about the ’54 football team. I actually know the son of Freddie Copps, who is featured in the article. Bob King Director of Athletics Trinity University Correction: Michael McMahon ’67 was erroneously identified as president of Baylor All Saints and Baylor Southwest. His current position is president of the All Saints Health Foundation.

Andy Pollin ’81 Rockville, Maryland

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Planning strategy in place

Campus-wide Trinity Tomorrow initiative to define new liberal arts

mmediately following his arrival on campus in January 2010, President Dennis A. Ahlburg initiated a comprehensive strategic planning process to set the course for the future of Trinity University.

Titled Trinity Tomorrow, the initiative will enable the University to anticipate and respond to changes in the higher education landscape and the world as a whole. “Our aim,” says Ahlburg, “is to weave critical thinking, creativity, innovation, international awareness, and interdisciplinarity through a curriculum that engages students in bold, imaginative, and multi-dimensional ways.” The Trinity Tomorrow Committee, co-chaired by chemistry professor Nancy Mills, Michael Fischer, vice president for Faculty and Student Affairs, and Trustee chair Walter Huntley, has met regularly since the 2010-11 academic year. After in-depth research about current programs and practices, the Committee identified key growth opportunities and developed a vision to guide the planning process. Formal presentations were made to the campus and community, the Board of Visitors, the National Alumni Board, and the Board of Trustees, who approved the statement of mission, vision, and objectives at its May 2011 meeting.

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Based on the vision of defining “the new liberal arts experience,” four subcommittees are developing concrete plans and action steps to achieve four stated objectives: (1) create a leading edge liberal arts and sciences curriculum, integrating professional and pre-professional programs, striving for excellence in faculty research and teaching, and enabling productive “collisions” among the different disciplines; (2) integrate the student experience inside and outside the classroom; (3) build on existing efforts to create global engagement and awareness; and (4) maximize the unique urban and regional location of San Antonio to enhance the student experience. The subcommittees, comprised of faculty, staff, a current student, alumni, and trustees, are collaborating during the 2011-12 academic year, providing updates to the Trinity Tomorrow Committee, the Trustees, and the administration at regular intervals. The process of re-envisioning something as complex as a University’s general education curriculum will be long and involved. Nevertheless, according to Mills, “The opportunity to combine a comprehensive examination of the curriculum during strategic planning allows both to go forward without being constrained by the other. At this time in Trinity’s history, we are able to imagine an education from a position of strength, an opportunity available to few liberal arts institutions.” The Coordinating Committee for Curricular Review, comprised of 10 faculty, has led the effort, with their activities supported by a planning grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The process launched in September with a symposium featuring three innovative thinkers on liberal arts education. Their discussion

focused on the value of the liberal arts and sciences in the world today and how this preparation best enables future students to meet the challenges of 2022. One week later, the campus community attended an all-campus retreat on the subject. President Ahlburg canceled classes to enable campus wide participation. The event drew 355 participants - 70 students, nearly 80 percent of full-time faculty, and 80 staff members. To stress his desire for boldness and creativity, the president welcomed participants and urged what he called “blue sky thinking.” The day’s program included multiple interactive workshops where ideas were recorded to form the basis of future discussion. Building on this momentum, the Coordinating Committee hosted continued campus dialogues to develop shared understanding among faculty. In early 2012, these concepts will be further refined during a three-day facilitated workshop called an “Ideas Lab” designed to promote intense collaboration. From the Ideas Lab will emerge several curricular models that faculty will further refine and develop during the spring semester. Faculty will review proposed curricular models, and move toward a formal vote as soon as May 2012. With the curriculum in place, the Strategic Plan will be finalized and presented to the Board of Trustees for approval at a future meeting. Implementation will begin immediately thereafter. You may follow the committee’s progress at www.trinity.edu/trinitytomorrow.

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First Classes Held in January

Center for the Sciences and Innovation Reaches Construction Milestone

he construction of the Center for the Sciences and Innovation (CSI) hit a milestone in early January when Phase 2 of the multi-year project reached completion. The five-story wing attached to the Cowles Life Sciences building, the hub of the complex, includes chemistry and biology labs, general classroom space, chemical storage space, and a lecture hall. According to Steven Bachrach, Semmes Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and chair of the department, faculty are very excited about teaching in the modern labs and revising their curricula to reflect the direction the University is moving with the construction of the entire CSI project. Construction of Phase 3 will begin in February and includes the complete renovation of Cowles Life Science building, demolition

Biophysics scientist named to new endowed professorship K. Kelvin Cheng, a pioneer in the concept

of drawing from many academic disciplines to enrich scientific inquiry, has been named the Williams Endowed Professor in Interdisciplinary Physics. Cheng’s premier field is biophysics; however, his research appeals not only to physics majors but also to students pursuing studies in engineering science and computer science. Fortunately, the University’s new Center for the Sciences and Innovation has him “convinced that Trinity is the place to be.” Although Cheng holds a doctorate in physics with a specialty of biological physics from the University of Waterloo in Canada, he held post-doctoral positions studying pathology at the University of Virginia School of

of the Central Plant and Moody Engineering Building, followed by the construction of a new wing connected to the Phase 2 addition to Cowles. During Phase 3 construction, CSI occupants will enter through the west or back side of the building. CSI is the largest building project in

Medicine and conducted cancer research at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, N.Y. He said an adviser told him that the biomedical field is “where the action is.” About 23 years ago, Cheng created the biophysics program at Texas Tech University in Lubbock. More recently, he began applying his physics knowledge to the interaction of proteins with cell membranes in the advancement of Alzheimer’s disease. In July, he was joined by colleagues and students from Texas Tech in publishing a paper about three years of their research about Alzheimer’s disease in The Journal of Physical Chemistry. Currently, Cheng is completing supervisory work with a doctoral student at Texas Tech while teaching Introduction to Biophysics at Trinity. He also plans to develop a research program at Trinity. Cheng is the first professor to hold the Williams Professorship, which was established by a gift to Trinity from the estates of Otis M. Williams and Evelyn Freeman Williams. The donors wished to enrich Trinity’s undergraduate major in neuroscience.

Trinity’s history. Once finished, the integrated complex will contain about 280,000 square feet, and facilitate greater collaboration among the departments of biology, chemistry, physics, engineering science, mathematics, geosciences, computer science, psychology, and the neuroscience program.

K. Kelvin Cheng

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Biology professor assumes administrative role Mark R. Brodl, the George W. Bracken-

ridge Distinguished Professor of Biology and program director for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute grant at Trinity University, has been named associate vice president for Academic Affairs for Budget and Research. He assumed the position Jan. 2. Brodl recently completed a two-year term as a program director at the National Science Foundation (NSF) and this fall has held a leadership role developing a strategic plan for Trinity that would re-envision the Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s curriculum and possibly redefine the liberal arts. (See story page 4.) Additionally, Brodl was named a Fellow of the American Society of Plant Biologists, becoming one of the first Fellows to teach at a primarily undergraduate institution. He researches cell biology, molecular biology, and plant biology, including how cells turn off the expression of genes and how heat shock affects normal protein synthesis of barley cells. At Trinity, he was instrumental in developing and promoting neuroscience as a major, a field that has seen growing student interest. Additionally, he has played a key role in obtaining significant external funding to support research and teaching at Trinity, including major grants from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Keck Foundation. In his administrative position, Brodl will oversee capital improvement requests, capital equipment requests, start-up funds, costsharing funds, sponsored research, support for student research, and assessment. He also will coordinate the Stieren Arts Enrichment Series, the Distinguished Scientists Lecture Series, and the DeCoursey Lecture Series, among other oversight duties. Brodl replaces Diane Smith, who had held the position since 2004. Smith has returned to full-time teaching in the geosciences department.

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Hands-on field work unearths clues and answers

Students explore geology of China, investigate museum fraud Trinity senior Alexa Goers spent last sum-

mer collecting rocks on remote mountainsides in China to help discover why Southeast Asia shifted millions of years ago and the subsequent impact on the environment and climate. The geosciences major from Oshkosh, Wis., said none of her friends from back home have come even close to having an educational opportunity of that magnitude – conducting international undergraduate research with implications for tropical reef systems, global warming, and possibly an undiscovered oil basin. She also mapped an area about onethird the size of Texas. Still, it was not glamorous work. China is hot and humid in June and July, and the long days were filled with culture shock, physical exertion, and handling rocks baked by the sun. Goers and fellow Trinity senior Tanner Wood of Austin gathered nine boxes of rocks that are now housed in the Marrs McLean Science Center for further study, including her honors thesis. “The results are good,” said Dan Lehrmann, the Pyron Professor of Geosciences, who has spent 20 years studying the sedimentary evolution of south China and its bearing on environmental change and the evolution of ancient tropical reef systems. “We are seeing a picture emerge from our work.” The picture includes a tangible look at the rock record, the boundary between the Permian and Triassic geologic periods (250 million years ago) that gives student researchers a glimpse of fossils and specific rock types to decipher, Lehrmann explains. “We call it ‘Deep Times,’ and it is as if we are opening a window that no one has gone through. That’s why this is a fantastic experience for the students.” In addition to studying the evolution of sedimentary systems over the course of millions of years, the Trinity researchers encountered new ideas, such as how reef systems might be affected by global warming and regions with what Lehrmann called “oil potential.”

Alexa Goers ’12 gathers rock samples in China to learn more about geologic occurrences and their impact on the climate and environment.

Back on campus, Goers is fingerprinting the mineral compositions of collected sandstone, matching it to sediment that remained after mountain ranges collided. Funding for Goers’ work was provided by an Earl C. Sams Foundation Fellowship. Additional funding came from the American Chemical Society, the Petroleum Research Fund, and Shell International Exploration

and Production for overseas work by Wood and work at Trinity by senior Lauren Copley, who is using her geo-chemistry background to analyze the samples. Their findings, which they hope to publish, will be presented at the American Association of Petroleum Geologists meeting in the spring of 2012 in Long Beach, Calif. This summer Lehrmann will lead a month-

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HEAR US

ROAR

Kiplinger’s Personal Finance rated Trinity as No. 27 on its list of the 200 Best Values in Private Colleges.

Madeline Corona ’12 uses an XRE device to help determine authenticity of a Roman sarcophagus acquired by the San Antonio Museum of Art.

long study trip back to China that is open to students majoring in geosciences, environmental studies, anthropology, and Chinese language and culture. Another Sams Fellow, junior Madeline Corona, a chemistry major with an interest in art preservation, collaborated last summer with Trinity professors from three departments and two San Antonio institutions–the Alamo and the San Antonio Museum of Art (SAMA)–to learn about ancient art and artifacts through their chemical properties. Using the chemistry department’s XRF, a portable device that uses X-ray fluorescence techniques to help art historians analyze elements of pigments, glazes, and other components of pottery and sculpture, Corona took readings to confirm or debunk a claim by a German scholar that an ornate marble Roman sarcophagus in SAMA’s collection is a fraud. Jessica Powers, curator of SAMA’s Art of the Ancient Mediterranean World, said the sarcophagus in question was acquired in 1990 but was described four years later as the work of a “skillful forger” by a German scholar who has since died and whose field notes are lost. Because Powers is writing a book about the gallery’s artifacts, she felt the objections

needed to be explored. The XRF work will not yield a final answer, but it launches the investigation and affords valuable field experience for Corona. At SAMA Corona also collaborated with Kate Ritson, professor of art and art history, and Nicolle Hirschfeld, associate professor of classical studies, to determine if potmarks on ancient vases were applied before or after the objects were fired, a detail that is important to the study of trade routes and exchanges in the Ancient Mediterranean. In addition to her SAMA work, Corona joined chemistry professor Michelle Bushey at the Alamo, where officials from the shrine found unusual pigments on the wall. The Trinity team climbed scaffolding to take readings to help the conservator determine whether the pigments contain mercury or lead--data that could signal the type of chemicals to use for preservation and to learn more about the history of the Alamo. “This is an amazing interdisciplinary collaboration,” says Bushey. “It’s not unusual for chemistry to partner with biology, for example. But for chemistry to collaborate with classical studies or art and art history, that’s distinctive.” Susie P. Gonzalez

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For the 20th straight year, U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges” guide has awarded Trinity a No.1 ranking in the category of institutions that offer a full range of undergraduate programs as well as select master’s programs in the Western part of the United States. They also ranked Trinity No. 1 in their best value category, “Great Schools, Great Prices.” The University’s engineering science program ranked No. 21 among the nation’s best schools whose highest degree is a bachelor’s or master’s. For the second year in a row, Trinity also received a No. 1 ranking among institutions that offer master’s programs in the Western part of the United State in a category that highlights “A Strong Commitment to Teaching.” The Fiske Guide to Colleges 2012 listed Trinity as a “Best Buy” institution, one of only 49 in the country to receive this designation. The Trinity University Press’s Maps of the Imagination by Peter Turchi, made The New York Times list of “The 100 Greatest Nonfiction Books” as well as The Atlantic magazine’s list of “7 Must-Read Books on Maps and Cartography.” Moral Ground by Kathleen Dean Moore won the Gold Prize as Best Anthology of the Year (2010), as well as the Bronze Prize for Best Environmental Book of the Year from the editors of ForeWord Reviews magazine. Nearly 2,000 Trinity students completed 24,479 hours of community service or academic service-learning for the year ending June 30, 2010, earning the University a place on the 2010 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll.

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How sweet it is

Chemistry professor and students advance diabetes research Four years ago, Christopher Morris ‘08,

then a pre-med major who also was a Type 2 diabetic using an insulin pump, approached chemistry professor Adam Urbach expressing an interest in diabetic research. He wanted to cure diseases, and in particular, he wanted to cure his own disease. After explaining that scientists, not doctors, cure diseases, Urbach recalled an insulin project he had shelved. With his interest rekindled, Urbach invited Morris to join his research group, and the insulin work began anew in the summer of 2007. Morris went on to pursue a doctorate instead of entering medical school and last summer was one of five Trinity University students listed with Urbach as authors of a ground-breaking scholarly article published in a June 2011 edition of the Journal of the American Chemical Society. Titled “Molecular Recognition of Insulin by a Synthetic Receptor,” the article presents a new technique for accessing desired proteins in a highly predictable manner. Urbach’s research group uses artificial receptors to bind to human insulin at a single, predetermined

location. “There is one position on every protein that acts as a sort of handle for us to grab onto. That is the chemical nature of this paper,” Urbach explains.

Trinity hosts international biomathematics conference Trinity University hosted the third interna- interdisciplinary nature of the sessions was tional Conference on Mathematical Modeling and Analysis of Populations in Biological Systems Oct. 7-9, 2011. The conference focused on ecology and evolution along with related challenges in fields such as environmental science and epidemiology. About 100 participants, including Trinity students majoring in multiple academic disciplines, presented their latest findings and results of current research projects in areas that included model derivation and analysis, data testing, and model simulations. According to Saber Elaydi, professor of mathematics and conference director, the

especially informative and appealing to Trinity students. “We are creating a new type of student – “new” scientists who will be comfortable with data and be able to predict outcomes in medicine, for example, because of cross-training in biology and mathematics,” he explained. The conference was supported by grants from Trinity University, the National Science Foundation, and the Journal of Biological Dynamics, which will publish proceedings of the gathering in future issues.

“This discovery is exciting because it suggests that the process can be generalized for other proteins, not only the insulin protein.” A simple blood test for insulin would be a very useful complement to blood sugar tests for managing diabetes, Urbach said. He is quick to point out that no blood is used in experiments in his lab and that he and his researchers are still far from developing a test that would work well with blood. However, the new advancement is a critical step toward the goal of “protein recognition” by which any protein could be found and measured. The project has moved Urbach’s researchers in an unexpected and exciting direction, and they plan to continue working on protein recognition and insulin-related science. Urbach is currently on academic leave at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena to learn proteomics and protein engineering techniques that will be incorporated into his ongoing research program at Trinity. Susie Gonzalez

Accounting students among nation’s tops Nearly 82 percent of Trinity accounting students taking the CPA exam pass the arduous test on the first try, placing them in the top five programs in the nation. Accounting program director Linda Specht reports 100 percent placement of Trinity students who complete the Master of Science in accounting with the vast majority having accepted job offers at the end of the senior year internships.

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Grow it forward

Students engage volunteers in community garden project T

rinity University students are accustomed to cultivating their minds. Now they are practicing a new form of cultivation: a community garden outside Storch Memorial Building in a sustainable eco-space on campus. Several semesters in the planning, the garden became a reality last fall thanks to the sponsorship of the environmental studies department. Tomato, basil, cucumber, and serrano and jalapeño pepper seeds were the first to be planted, but students hope to include fruits, flowers, and other herbs as time goes on. Senior Libby Day, one of the students who spearheaded the garden’s creation, acknowledged the challenge of a student-maintained garden. “Students are very eager to be involved,” she says, but scheduling watering duties and maintenance days around mid-

terms, finals, and holiday breaks is difficult. Still, she hopes students will make an “individual investment” in the garden that will

ensure its survival during busy weeks and semester breaks. Because most of the student gardeners are seniors, their primary objective is to engage underclassmen and develop a social community focused on the garden and its sustainability. They also hope to promote awareness of green sustainability and encourage involvement in other community gardens around San Antonio. Jennifer Lewis ‘13

THAT’S THE SPIRIT! Tiger volleyball player Catharine Found acknowledges the crowd prior to the start of the Sept. 2 home-opening match. Found, a senior, lost her mother to cancer and sister to a vehicle accident within a month’s time. The Trinity community–some 2,000 strong–attended her first game back wearing “Team Found” t-shirts to show support for Found and her family. The color purple represents awareness of and the fight against pancreatic cancer.

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Incoming international students enjoy a welcome reception hosted by President Dennis Ahlburg and Penelope Harley at their home. Trinity international students come from 71 countries and greatly enrich the campus environment.

Diverse, dedicated, and talented

A quick peek at the Class of 2015 On August 18, 2011, 650 new students and

20 transfers arrived on campus for orientation and Welcome Week. Nine percent came from a country outside of the U.S. or had attended an international secondary school. Thirty-seven percent came from out of state. Here is a small sampling of the incoming class members’ accolades and interests: • Robert Caine is the youngest American male swimmer to cross the English Channel. • Nicola Hill participated in nine MS 150 rides to raise money for Multiple Sclerosis research. • Patrick Malinowski organized a fundraiser that earned $20K for charity through the Council for International Affairs.

• Paige Roth, a published playwright, poet, and essayist, won three national writing awards including the 2010 writing award from the National Council of Teachers of English. • Lydia Jones broke four Saudi national records in swimming. • Travis Wentworth is an Eagle Scout whose CPR training enabled him to save his father’s life after a horrible fall. His skill and quick thinking earned him awards for “lifesaving actions” from the Boy Scouts of America and the Texas National Guard. Eleven students are the first in their families to attend a college or university. Two first-

generation scholarship recipients of the Class of 2015 hail from San Antonio: • Jonathan Hernandez, a Jefferson High School graduate, is passionate about and committed to his church’s youth ministry. As a youth pastor, he leads his church’s youth community in service-oriented activities, worship, and music. • Lu Liu, daughter of Chinese-born immigrants, is from Churchill High School. Lu recently competed in the State University Interscholastic League competition for social studies and literary criticism where her team took first place in Regionals. She volunteers with PALS, a charity that strives to enhance the quality of life for individuals through pet therapy. Sarah Johnson

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400,000 Questions: Teaching Poetry in Dadaab By Jenny Browne, Ph.D. Editor’s note: English professor Jenny Browne traveled to Kenya under the aegis of the U.S. State Department in conjunction with the University of Iowa’s International Writing Program. Here she recounts her experience.

Jenny Browne teaches poetry in Kenya.

Who hears me when I don’t speak? Where do you die when there is no ground? The Somali teenager read the questions from his paper carefully. I’d asked these secondary school students who live in Kenya’s Dadaab Refugee Camp to do a warm-up poetry exercise in the mode of Pablo Neruda’s Book of Questions, so generating paradoxical queries was the point. And I felt grateful that a direct response wasn’t expected as teaching poetry here left me holding exponentially more questions than answers. Established by the United Nations in 1991, Dadaab was initially designed to hold some 90,000 refugees who fled after the breakdown of the Somali government. Twenty years later, Somalia remains unstable, and despite official closure of the Kenyan border in January of 2007, some 200,000 more refugees

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crossed the 50 miles of bandit-ridden desert to Dadaab. Persistent drought and violence by Al Shabab militants have made residents of a troubled region desperate. In early 2010, Dadaab averaged 5000 new arrivals monthly. By the time of my visit in June––a U.S. State Department sponsored trip coordinated by the University of Iowa’s International Writing Program––that number had tripled. As of mid-July, 386,299 people officially live inside Dadaab, with another 60,000 squatting on the outskirts. How do some 400,000 people live in a space designed for 90,000? And what was I doing there, really, trying to teach a few of them to write poems? Neruda’s Book of Questions remains one I return to whenever I feel bewildered by the world, and my place in it. Lines like Will our life not be a tunnel between two vague clarities? or Where can you find a bell that will ring in your dreams? serve to remind me of the necessary and portable quality of imagination. And while the residents of Dadaab receive life-saving assistance, they remain trapped by decades of -isms: colonialism, fundamentalism, globalism, and racism. Still, the voice of one girl transcended our dusty classroom when she wrote: Why do you think me a drop of water when my heart is the endless sea? She had a few questions for me too. “Tell me about your dreams,” she said. “Why are you a poet, and what can you, and this poetry, do for us?” As I walked on the outskirts with Bettina, the UN information officer, we stepped over thorny acacia branches tangled with trash. Flattened vegetable oil tins stamped with the letters USA served as walls. Dozens of yellow jerry cans waited by a water tap that wasn’t working. The immense silver water tank of Ifo II gleamed on the horizon, but this newly constructed camp remained empty, as it had been for months. “Why can’t these people live there?” I asked. Bettina said that local Kenyans were upset about how nice the facilities were, saying they were too good

for the Somalis. But Billy, a Kenyan writer I met back in Nairobi, said politicians on both sides were waiting for a cut, that the camp wouldn’t open until somebody could make money off it. During our security briefing back at the UN Compound, the policeman suggested that everyone was effectively stuck, that Kenya honestly couldn’t handle any more refugees, but Al Shabab wouldn’t let international aid into Somalia. Stopping before a group of women stretching plastic grain sacks into makeshift shade from the sun that pounded above us like a jackhammer, Bettina said, “You have to remember that this is better than what they came from. What can they do but try and survive?” I’d told the girl that I wasn’t sure what I could do for them beside share what I loved, poetry, something that has always made me feel less alone in the world. I told them about reading Anna Akhmatova on a train across Russia. In her poem, “Requiem” a woman asks if Akhmatova can describe the terror of Stalin’s prisons. “And I answered - ‘I can.’ It was then that/something like a smile slid across what had previously/been just a face.” Everything in my being wanted to look away from the faces of Dadaab, and from all the obstacles facing the lively, smart and determined students I met, especially the girls, who were outnumbered in the schools dozens to one, but I told them I would describe what I’d seen, and that I would try to help others better imagine their plight, and their spirits. And that they could too. “Are you on Facebook?” one of the boys said toward the end of class, reminding me that these were also just teenagers, stuck in a dry and dangerous corner of the world, looking for a few new friends. One girl wearing a full head covering and long blue robe sat in the back with her head lowered for most of the class, but she grinned and flashed a thumbs-up as she left, saying, “I’ll see you in America.” I don’t know if she will, but I can see her now.

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Faculty | Staff Focus Art and Art Histor y Trish Simonite participated in three local group exhibitions during the FotoSeptiembre/SAFOTO month-long celebration of photography: “Wabi Sabi” at Northwest Vista Community College, “The View From Here,” at The Bismark Studios Contemporary Fine Art, and “A Photographic Survey & Selected Works From The Region,” in conjunction with the Society for Photographic Education South Central Regional Conference, University of Texas at San Antonio. She also was one of 10 featured artists invited to participate in the McNay Art Museum Contemporary Collectors Forum’s fundraiser “Art To The Power of 10.” Biology Sandra Miller received the Helen Heare McKinley award in September. Classical Studies Timothy O’Sullivan’s book, Walking In Roman Culture, was published by the Cambridge University Press. Economics Richard Butler received the 2011 Kenneth G. Elzinga Teaching Award from the Southern Economic Association.

English Peter Balbert’s essay-review of the Cambridge University Press edition of D. H. Lawrence’s Mornings in Mexico was published in English Literature in Transition. David Rando’s book, Modernist Fiction and News: Representing Experience in the Early Twentieth Century was published by Palgrave Macmillan Press. He also reviewed Transatlantic Print Culture, 1880-1940: Emerging Media, Emerging Modernism, edited by Ann Ardis and Patrick Collier, for Modernism/ modernity. Michael Soto was awarded the

Sarah Burke

Steven Gilliam

Lawrence Kimmel

NEW BEGINNINGS

Three long-time faculty leave to pursue other passions In December, three Trinity University professors took advantage of a one-time early retirement program announced last May by University President Dennis A. Ahlburg. Russian professor Sarah Burke retired after 38 years of service. While she plans to rekindle an earlier love for art, she said she will “miss the laughter, fun, and challenges of the classroom.” She will be remembered for developing Trinity’s Russian major program, the student trips she led to Russia, and her role in helping create the First Year Seminar program. She plans extensive travel and a return to her original passion, which is art. sburke@trinity.edu During a three-decade tenure at Trinity, Steven Gilliam designed 108 Trinity theater productions. Now the award-wining designer plans to focus on his professional design career. Emblematic of the transition, after teaching his last class at Trinity, he headed for the Majestic Theater, where, later the same evening, he opened the national tour of “Fiddler on the Roof.” Gilliam and his partner and wife, Sam Carter Gilliam, will return as resident designers to the St. Louis MUNY this summer for their 19th season in addition to design projects throughout the U.S. slgdesign@satx.rr.com or sgilliam@trinity.edu Philosophy professor Lawrence Kimmel, leaving after 44 years, notes, “As teachers we are most of all honored by what our students become.” Throughout his tenure, Kimmel published analytic and historical essays in philosophy as well as essays on politics, law, religion, art, and literature, and received numerous teaching awards. He will continue to write and publish from his home in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of Northern New Mexico, noting, “With a library full of books, I will not be short on things to think or read or write about.” lkimmel@trinity.edu.

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T R I N I T Y T O D AY Heroes for Children Award by the Texas Freedom Network for his work on the State Board of Education. Information Technology Services David Perales was elected to serve as president of the Datatel Users’ Group Governing Board. Mathematics Peter Olofsson and Ryan Daileda had their article “Budding yeast, branching processes, and generalized Fibonacci numbers” published in the June 2011 issue of Mathematics Magazine.

co-authored articles, “Brain-Based Instructional Strategies in Early Childhood Music,” was published in Perspectives, the journal of the Early Childhood Music and Movement Association. Psychology Carolyn Black Becker is a Residential Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University for the 2011-12 academic year.

Modern Languages and Literatures

Paula Hertel

Nina Ekstein

Nina Ekstein published “Performing Violence in Rotrou’s Theater” in Neophilologus.

Rosana Blanco-Cano

Rosana Blanco-Cano and Rita Urquijo-Ruiz are co-editors of Global Mexican Productions published by Palgrave Macmillan. Matthew D. Stroud’s translation of The Phantom Lady, by Pedro Calderón de la Barca, was staged by the X Repertory Theatre Company in Los Angeles. Music Diane Persellin’s co-authored chapter, “Applying Brain Research to Children’s Musical Experiences,” was published in Learning from Young Children: Research in Early Childhood Music (Rowan and Littlefield). Another of her

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Paula Hertel and Andrew Mathews of the University of California at Davis co-authored “Cognitive Bias Modification: Past Perspectives, Current Findings, and Future Applications,” a review article that appeared in Perspectives on Psychological Science (vol. 6). Religion R. Douglas Brackenridge’s (emeritus) article, “Persecuted Presbyterians and Hostile Mormons 1870-1900: A Reappraisal,” was published in the Summer 2011 issue of the Journal of Mormon History. C. Mackenzie Brown received the John G. Gammie Distinguished Scholar Award for 2010-2011 from the Southwest Commission on Religious Studies. His article “Vivekananda and the Scientific Legitimation of Advaita Vedānta,” was published in the Handbook on Religion and the Authority of Science. William O. Walker Jr.’s (emeritus) review of Image and Glory of God: 1 Corinthians 11:2-16 as a Case Study in Bible, Gender, and Hermeneutics by Michael Lakey appeared in Review of Biblical Literature. Student Affairs David M. Tuttle received the Robert D. Bradshaw Award from the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) Region III, a professional association for student administrators in higher education.

Mills named Fellow of American Chemical Society

ancy S. Mills, a Murchison Professor of chemistry, was named to the American Chemical Society’s 2011 class of Fellows. She is the only Trinity chemist to have received such distinction, which recognizes outstanding accomplishments in chemistry and important contributions to ACS, the world’s largest scientific society. Since joining Trinity in 1979, Mills has received many accolades. She was selected as a Fellow of the Council of Undergraduate Research in 2006, earned a Distinguished Achievement Award in Scholarship at Trinity in 2007, was appointed a Piper Professor in 1999, and received Trinity’s highest faculty award, the Z.T. Scott Faculty Fellowship for Teaching and Service, in 1992. She has received more than $2 million in external research grants to further her work and was principal investigator on grants that awarded Trinity another million dollars for instruments. The American Chemical Society, a nonprofit organization chartered by the U.S. Congress, is the world’s largest scientific society and a global leader in providing access to chemistry-related research through its multiple databases, peer-reviewed journals, and scientific conferences.

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William Breit

Paul Walthall

William Breit, the former E.M. Stevens

Paul Walthall ’48, professor emeritus of business administration, died in San Antonio on Saturday, Nov. 12, after a short illness. He was 87. A member of the Trinity community for more than 40 years, Walthall was a native San Antonian. He graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1941 and served in the U.S. Army from 1943 through 44. After leaving the Army, Walthall attended Trinity and graduated with a bachelor of science in business administration in May 1948. In September of the same year, he accepted a one-year appointment as an instructor at Trinity and remained at the University until he retired in 1988, following what he called “a glorious career at Trinity.” He earned a master’s in business administration from the University of Texas at Austin and became a certified public accountant. He was named a full professor in 1977. Active in the life of the University, Walthall served as the director of development as well as the dean of business and management studies. He was a member of several University committees including Scholarship and Student Aid, Board of Publications, Athletic Council, and Honors and Awards. He was also the faculty sponsor of the Bengal Lancers fraternity. After he retired, he served on the National Alumni Board and, with his wife, Doris Leary Walthall ’47, enjoyed traveling across the United States by car. She died in 1996. He was a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the state and San Antonio chapters of the Texas Society of CPAs, and the American Accounting Association. Walthall was also involved in the community as a board member of the Texas Military Institute, United Way, and the Visiting Nurses Association. Throughout his life, Walthall loved to cook and entertain family and friends. In the past few years, he provided homemade desserts to AIDS patients at a nearby hospital. Walthall is survived by two daughters, a son, four grandchildren, and a great grandson.

Distinguished Professor of Economics at Trinity, died in San Antonio on Aug. 25, 2011. He was 78. A great scholar and teacher, Breit established the University’s Nobel Economist Lecture Series, which brought the world’s leading economists to campus. He is remembered for combining his love of economics with his passion for mysteries in a series of whodunits. Born in New Orleans in 1933, he grew up in San Antonio. He attended the University of Texas at Austin where he received his bachelor’s degree in 1955 and a master’s in 1956. He received his doctorate from Michigan State University in 1961. Following a distinguished 18-year career at the University of Virginia, Breit joined the Trinity faculty and taught courses on the economics of antitrust, principles of microeconomics, and contemporary economic thinkers. With professor Roger Spencer, the Vernon F. Taylor Professor of Economics, he collected and edited the Nobel Economist lecture presentations, which were published as Lives of the Laureates: Thirteen Nobel Economists.’ Working with fellow economist at the University of Virginia and friend, Kenneth G. Elzinga, Breit created Henry Spearman, a Harvard University economics professor and amateur sleuth. Writing under the pen name Marshall Jevons (the combined names of two 19th century economic theorists), Breit and Elzinga produced a series of books, Murder at the Margin, The Fatal Equilibrium, and A Deadly Indifference, which featured Spearman (loosely modeled on Nobel economist Milton Friedman) using economic theories to solve murders. Breit’s numerous academic publications include Science and Ceremony (1976), The Antitrust Penalties: A study in Law and Economics (1976), Readings in Microeconomics (3rd edition, 1986), and The Antitrust Casebook (3rd edition, 1996). He retired from the University in 2002 and is survived by his brother, Alvin Breit, and a niece, Sondra Karlebach.

Eugene J. Carinci, former associate professor and director of bands in the music department, died at his home in Macon, Ga., on July 20, 2011. He was 59. An internationally known saxophone player, Carinci came to Trinity in 1982 and taught saxophone and supervised instrumental music education students. As director of bands, he guided the Trinity Wind Ensemble and the Jazz Ensemble. He is best remembered for energizing the Trinity Jazz Band. Under his leadership, the band made several local radio and television appearances, opened for jazz musicians Maynard Ferguson and Dizzy Gillespie, played concerts in the San Antonio community, and toured Houston, Santa Fe, and New Orleans. The Jazz Band, under Carinci, also recorded four well regarded albums: Trinity University Jazz Band 1984, In Orbit, Gershwin on the Menu, and Committed. Carinci left Trinity in 1995 to become artistic adviser and CEO of the Portland Chamber Players in Portland, Maine. Subsequently, he represented the Yamaha Corporation as a Yamaha Performing Artist, and was the CEO of the Macon Symphony Orchestra in Macon, Ga. He is survived by his father, two sisters, and nieces, nephews, and cousins.

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a jzz ALL THAT

KRTU CELEBRATES 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY WITH CITYWIDE COLLABORATION

By Nancy Cook-Monroe

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RTU-FM has grown from a 10watt radio station in the 1970s to one with a worldwide audience via live streaming. One of the most serious and professional college radio stations in the country, KRTU has student announcers who even pronounce “Thelonious” correctly and, back when it played classical music, “Rostropovich.” Well, most of the time. Regular listeners know KRTU’s devotion to jazz extends beyond spinning Miles Davis and John Coltrane records. It has become a mainstream jazz advocate and educator for South Texas, cultivating new and knowledgeable fans who experience the music as more than entertainment. Since its decision in 2002 to air 17 hours of jazz per day, KRTU has executed its educational mission in various ways, such as making sure young high school musicians have tickets to jazz concerts at Laurie Auditorium. KRTU reps are fixtures at local music festivals, talking to the crowd and signing up new members. Probably having the most impact, community volunteer announcers are chosen for their ability to discuss artists, styles, and albums, so tuning in can mean a tutorial. As it has reached out to the community, KRTU gradually has gained a credible role in San Antonio’s cultural life. With a new initiative celebrating the station’s 10th anniversary of airing jazz, its presence may become more of a permanent soundtrack. Ron Nirenberg ’99, associate general manager and a former editor of The Trinitonian, can take credit for taking KRTU’s community involvement to a higher level by devising a celebratory string of concerts called the “Year of Jazz.” He and other staff had mulled over how to acknowledge the station’s 10th anniversary of airing jazz in 2012. Maybe they’d have a couple of concerts and be done with it. But as Bill Christ, KRTU general manager and communications professor, recalls, “It was as though Nirenberg said, ‘Okay, I’ll take that and raise you 10.’” In fact, Nirenberg says, “I was driving home from a meeting for SA2020 (Mayor

Julián Castro’s citywide strategic planning process) and thinking about ways to involve KRTU in the city’s visioning process. Knowing that we wanted to do something both meaningful and public, I thought, ‘Why not use jazz as a language to celebrate San Antonio?’ San Antonio is a mix of so many cultures and heritages, and jazz is a perfect reflection of that mix.” KRTU membership coordinator Rebecca Villarreal and student managers Laura Hall and Rebecca That “mix” became a series of monthly concerts scheduled Reinhardt greet attendees along the “Cultural Corridor” during the Year of Jazz Kickoff. through October, 2012, and presented at or supported by educational community, KRTU is uniquely the amphitheater on blankets and folding a Who’s Who of 29 non-profit institutions positioned to provide a jazz platform. It’s a chairs, by Nirenberg and by Trinity president all over the city – including the City of San model for community collaboration.” Dennis Ahlburg. Mayor Castro took a seat Antonio itself. The concerts are designed The Year of Jazz kick-off event, called on stage with about 20 youngsters and read to spotlight musicians, all locally based, and “Sunday in Brackenridge Park: Jazz Family to them an illustrated children’s book, Charjazz styles reflecting the host organization’s Showcase,” was held Oct. 23, a warm day, but lie Parker Played Be-Bop. (It was obvious cultural bent. Although there was much ennot scorching hot. The sky was the intense from his engaging reading that he’s used to thusiasm in the community, it was unusual blue every Trinity graduate remembers. it: he and his wife, Erica, have a three-yearto knit so many non-profit organizations Lining a grassy area of the Sunken Gardens old daughter.) The kids went home with into a single undertaking. Theatre, booths offering children’s art activia copy of the book as part of an on-going “People tell us this kind of collaboraties were in full swing, presented by Year of emphasis on literacy by the City and San Antion and cooperation among non-profits is Jazz participants including the Southwest tonio Public Library Foundation. unprecedented in San Antonio,” says Christ. School of Art, Instituto Cultural de Mexico, Sean Elliott, the retired San Antonio Spurs “We’re tapping into everyone’s need for San Antonio Botanical Garden, SAY Sí and All-Star forward, came to the stage to read growth and collaborative activities. Everyothers. As children painted and pressed clay, the narrative portion of the “San Antonio one’s equally invested. We think it’s a winmusical groups performed on the main stage Jazz Suite,” describing–as does the music–the win for the non-profits and San Antonio.” and near the booths: the Youth Orchestras city’s history starting with native peoples “What is most exciting about this project,” of San Antonio, Take Note, the Latin Playerz at San Pedro Springs, through the Canary adds Nirenberg, “is seeing all these groups Trio and musical acts representing Year of Islanders, Battle of the Alamo, HemisFair participate together for a greater goal.” Jazz partners during the Cultural Showcase. ‘68, River Walk development, the rodeo, the “For us it’s about jazz,” says Nirenberg, “but A special part of the kickoff was a KRTUSpurs and on to dreams of the future. “Apfor all the different venues and all the differcommissioned work that told the story of plause, and lots of it, greeted Prado’s suite, ent audiences, it could be about something San Antonio through the language of jazz. as it told the history of San Antonio through else. It could be I’m a member of the Carver An hour before the “San Antonio Jazz Suite” music that ranged from poignant to jump(Community Cultural Center) and I get to received its world premiere, its composer, ing,” Jim Beal Jr. wrote the next day in the go see the Guadalupe (Cultural Arts Center) pianist Aaron Prado, stood in a handicap San Antonio Express-News. “The end of the for a concert; it could be there are families in parking spot and directed a car to its center. ‘San Antonio Suite’ was met with a standing town who want to be up close to Sean Elliott “How you feeling?” someone called to him. ovation.” (at the kick-off concert.) It could be politiHe gave the thumbs up. “Good! I’m The San Antonio Jazz All-Stars, a union cos coming to the Sunken Garden Theatre ready!” of the King William Jazz Collective and the to hear mayor Castro read Charlie Parker After months of anticipation, the crowd Mango Moon string quartet, performed Played Bebop. As a member of the media, was ready, too. The performance began with the suite with panache, making it sound as a member of the arts, as a member of the a welcome to the crowd, seated throughout like a jazz standard. Prado, on piano, often

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turned to look at the orchestra and audience as though he could hardly believe his first composition was being performed and enthusiastically received. For jazz fans who missed the performance, the San Antonio Jazz Suite will be reprised during the Year of Jazz finale in Ocotober. Prado was the natural choice to compose the “San Antonio Jazz Suite.” He’s become something of a celebrity in the jazz community for his expert riffs on jazz history when he worked as a KRTU announcer and eventual program director. In May 2011 he completed a master’s degree in jazz performance, including arranging and composing, at NYU. His local performances, usually with his dad, popular jazzer George Prado, on bass, enjoy a loyal, vocal following. Married and living between San Antonio and Austin, he is working on a Ph.D. from the Butler School of Music at the University of Texas at Austin. “We felt like Aaron is part of the family and is the person who really helped put us on the map in 2002,” Christ says. “To have Aaron be one of the first announcers, to be a performer, to be linked to the Prado family, really gave us a lot of credibility when we first got on. So we really came full circle, to have him do the piece.” “He was really the only person who came to mind,” Nirenberg continues. “He was born and raised in San Antonio. His middle name’s Ellington…and he plays a wicked piano.” Now that the planning – involving countless people from the staffs and boards of the collaborating organizations as well as KRTU and Trinity – has passed, Christ, Nirenberg, and Prado can relax and enjoy the year of concerts. But wait! Combining the success of the collaborative model and the Trinity admonition to students, “to whom much is given, much is expected,” KRTU’s leaders are considering a Year of Jazz Part II. “What we’re thinking about is giving back,” says Christ. Stay tuned.

Year of Jazz Kick-off Partners:

Year of Jazz Calendar of Upcoming Events January 14, 2012 | 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. | Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center Westside Horns live in concert February 11, 2012 | 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. | Carver Community Cultural Center Celebration of Black History Month with a 1950s Tribute to Miles Davis, featuring Jeff Lofton March 23, 2012 | 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. | San Antonio Botanical Garden Art in the Garden opening with John Magaldi and the Primetime Jazz Orchestra, with Richie Cole April 13, 2012 | 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. | Southwest School of Art A tribute to Parisian jazz, featuring Polly Harrison and her all-star hot sextet May 13, 2012 | 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. | Witte Museum Second Sunday Jazz at the Witte presents Mothers’ Day with the Three Divas – Bett Butler, Joan Carroll, and Katchie Cartwright June 3, 2012 | 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. | Artpace The Kris Kimura Quintet live in concert July 1, 2012 | 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. | San Antonio Museum of Art Family Day with the King William Jazz Collective August 26, 2012 | 12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. | McNay Art Museum Summer Jazz & Lunch at the McNay presents Joan Carroll and Footprints September 22-23, 2012 | 12 noon to 10 p.m. | JAZZ’SALIVE San Antonio’s annual jazz festival at Travis Park September 29, 2012 | 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. | Culinary Institute of America/Pearl Park The Culinary Institute of America – San Antonio presents Henry Brun live in concert October 7, 2012 | 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. | Laurie Auditorium/Trinity University San Antonio’s Year of Jazz Grand Finale, celebrating KRTU’s 10th Anniversary in Jazz

Trinity University’s KRTU-FM • Brackenridge Park Conservancy • San Antonio Symphony • San Antonio Parks Foundation • San Antonio Public Library Foundation • KLRN San Antonio • Youth Orchestras of San Antonio • San Antonio Convention and Visitors Bureau • City of San Antonio Department of Park and Recreation • Year of Jazz Community Partners • Artpace • Blue Star Contemporary Art Center • Carver Community Cultural Center • Culinary Institute of America – San Antonio • Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center • Instituto Cultural de Mexico en San Antonio • McNay Art Museum • San Antonio Botanical Garden • San Antonio Museum of Art • SAY Sí • Witte Museum

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The Many Faces of Knowledge Coates Keeps it Cool By Grayson Hamilton â&#x20AC;&#x2122;09

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The famed fourth century B.C. library at Alexandria, built under the patronage of the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt, was charged with collecting the world’s entire corpus of knowledge.

t is estimated to have contained as many as 700,000 papyrus scrolls containing the work of ancient philosophers, scientists, historians, and poets and was home to a host of international scholars. Although lost to fire, its legacy--the library as a culture’s most prominent repository of knowledge and scholarship—remains. Like all the great libraries around the world, Trinity’s Elizabeth Huth Coates Library is descended from this heritage. Of

Students kick back with coffee and conversation in Java City, located near the main entrance of Coates Library.

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course, instead of hand-copied manuscripts, it houses more than one million printed volumes and offers access to innumerable resources via modern technology. Keeping pace with rapidly changing technology and maintaining Coates as the keystone of academia and campus life is the responsibility of Diane Graves, University librarian. “When I arrived at Trinity 2001, one of my major goals with Coates was to create not just a comfortable study space, but also an academic social space that could offer something for anyone.” Toward that end, she replaced shelves of periodicals with Java City, an on-site coffee and snack bar, increased the number of computers from several to nearly 100, and tripled the amount of comfortable furniture. Changes like these opened up the floor space of the library, providing a much more inviting feel than ever before. “I’m told alumni are shocked when they see how different the library is from when they studied here. I keep hearing them say, ‘Why wasn’t it like this when I was here?’” On a typical day, Coates begins to show signs of life in the early morning as students begin making their way to class. On this particular morning, Shree Panda, a junior, sits quietly behind the circulation desk with a textbook cracked open. Currently in her second year of work/study at the library, Panda has found the earlier hours better suited for study on the job as requests for study room keys or laptop rentals are rare. Most of the hustle and bustle comes from across the lobby at Java City, where a line of students and professors await their daily caffeinated beverage. With the light melodies of classic jazz coursing through the air from the University’s KRTU, several people sit alongside the windows sipping their morning coffee, all of them visibly enjoying a few minutes of tranquility before rushing off to class. In the main study area on the third floor, a handful of students desperately trying to finish last night’s assignment occupy a few of the computers. For the most part, Coates remains relatively empty. But it doesn’t stay this way for long. As the sun peaks in the sky, the afternoon hours bring in a healthy surge of students. The computers fill up quickly, and Jessica Tamayo, a reference assistant, is busy at the help desk looking up call numbers for vari-

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The Magic Is Gone

Comfortable seating and good lighting create an ideal place to study.

ous books. Having worked at the library for two years, Tamayo is well versed in modern methods of library research. Gone are the days when one would have to comb through hundreds of books before finding the right one. Today, the majority of research done at the library is conducted through the virtual world. Not only does Coates house thousands of excellent physical resources, but it is one of a select group of libraries granted access to a vast network of peer-reviewed articles spanning countless topics. The new “Library One Search,” available on Coates’ website, allows instant searches through both the library’s physical and virtual resources simultaneously, returning dozens of avenues of scholarly research no matter how specific or arcane the subject. The evening hours bring about the most activity across the entire library. Plastic containers filled with pasta and sandwiches from Mabee dining hall sit beside notebooks and laptops. (Yes, food and drinks are allowed.) Down on the first floor, the Center for Learning and Technology laboratory is dotted with small groups of students, each of them transfixed to a single screen showing complex editing programs. With access to the most advanced audio, video, and website design software, students from any major have all the tools necessary to compile and create personal films, podcasts, websites, and news segments for any kind of project. With

these technologies at hand, Desiree Chapelle, a senior, is applying the finishing touches on her video interview with one of her professors; Nicolas Mesa, a junior, is editing his short film for his Visual Communication class; and Alex Coy, also a junior, is uploading his podcast on the current events in Libya to his website. Projects like these and many others continue late into the night. Normally, the library doors close at midnight, yet there are still a few hundred students unwilling to leave. It’s exam season, and to accommodate students’ intense studying, the library stays open into the early morning hours. The usual quiet chattering and soft jazz have vanished. The silence is broken only by the furious scribbling of notes and typing of keys. On every single floor, students hide themselves in some of the most obscure parts of Coates, deliberately avoiding any distraction. Despite the silence, the place teems with people poring through notes, research materials, and academic journals. On the fourth floor, students in need of a power nap to sustain their powers of concentration occupy the couches. On the second floor, a group of chemistry majors practice writing chemical reaction formulas on a white board in a study room. And on the third or main floor, at the heart of everything, Krystal Kohler, a senior taking a much-needed break from studying

In recent years, rumors circulated among the student body about a “magic” room within the library. Supposedly created by an architectural error, it was accessible only by crawling through a ventilation duct from a nearby study room. The truth, however, is less magical and more practical. On the second floor, there are four areas that contain hollow spaces to help with ventilation throughout the entire library. When it was discovered that a study room was located next to one of these empty spaces, maintenance crews installed a ventilation grate in between them to help keep the study room cooler. Apparently, some curious students wanted to see what lay beyond the grating. Eventually, the library staff was notified that portable furniture and lights were found inside the space, but no student would claim them. Due to health and safety concerns, campus maintenance crews sealed off the “magic” room for good.

for her final exam in History of Theater, sits in a chair and focuses on the famous mural. She is amazed by the size and breadth of the masterpiece. Measuring 15x80 feet, the mural that surrounds the central staircase is the largest photographic mural in the world. Created by James Sicner, it is a one-of-a-kind artistic embodiment of human experience. Depicting ancient writings to modern science, it feels as if almost all types of history and knowledge are represented among its many elements. In a sense, it is a perfect example of what Trinity University’s irreplaceable library has continued to be for generations of students. Coates library, however, is a place not only for students, but for faculty as well. The new Collaborative for Learning and Teaching Center opened in the library last fall with the goal of facilitating the exchange of

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Extensive electronic resources in Coates Library facilitate academic course work and are heavily utilized by students and faculty alike.

diverse ideas about teaching and learning. Programming is designed to offer pedagogical resources and support to Trinity faculty. “We know that good instructors are constantly working on their teaching: refining, improving, and trying something new,” says Diane Persellin, professor of music education at Trinity, who has been involved with the faculty-initiated Center since the beginning. “The mission of the Collaborative is to support faculty in discussing and exploring diverse teaching methods and strategies, including effective ways to use active learning and technology to facilitate learning,” she says. “Here, faculty can come to explore and converse about avenues of teaching such as service or experiential learning, active gaming strategies, reverse lectures, which use videos to help students prepare for class

The relaxed and comfortable library environment is an ideal place to work on group projects.

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ahead of time, and clickers to determine their understanding of key concepts during lectures.” As Persellin explains, the Collaborative will be a rich multi-dimensional resource for faculty. “Learning is placed deliberately before Teaching in the title to emphasize our interest in deep-learning rather than just presenting material.” Students’ learning ability and tastes change quickly, and many faculty members are often placed in the position of trying to reconfigure assignments and teaching strategies that worked well five years ago but that are less effective today. “Much like the writing center for students,” says Graves, “we want the faculty to have a place where they can learn the best ways to communicate their lessons through modern methods.”

The Special Collections Room Decorated by late Trustee and library benefactor Elizabeth Huth Coates, the special collections room was built with the specific purpose of preserving several of her oldest and most delicate books and manuscripts. Amy Roberson, Coates’ archivist, is frequently busy with appointments as entire classes come in to learn about these ancient texts. One of her favorite books to display is a Church land registry from the town of Borre in Belgium. Dating back to the fourteenth century, many handwritten notes can still be read in the margins of the hide-cured pages. Some other notable examples are a world atlas from the 19th century, and a well-documented Sanborn map of San Antonio made in 1904. In order to properly care for the older pieces of work, the temperature and humidity must be carefully controlled at all times. During the warmer months, the temperature in the center sits at 68 degrees with a humidity hovering close to 40%. This is done to prevent any parchments from degrading or the humidity from fading the ink on some of the manuscripts.

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comes to class By Mike Agresta

ong before Kristine Weglarz became a media scholar, she was a music fan. During her first semester of college, in the autumn of 2000, she was more likely to be found in the audience of an arena rock concert than in the library. That year alone, Weglarz saw her favorite band, Pearl Jam, in concert in four different citiesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Toronto, Montreal, Albany, and Detroit. Also around that time, as the U.S. presidential election approached,

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laughter and applause in Toronto, but a much more mixed reaction in U.S. cities. Over the next few years, the split grew deeper. In the run-up to the invasion of Iraq, Pearl Jam began performing a divisive song called “Bushleaguer.” Performances some-

times involved the destruction of an effigy of the American president. Fans walked out of some concerts in protest, and the controversy reached national news outlets. Weglarz was rocked by the division in the community of Pearl Jam fans. “[The band] had been making jokes and comments about different people on the right for years, so I always thought that it was par for the course,” she says. “But given how the political climate changed so much in the States, it seemed to change the way that fans were either willing or unwilling to be receptive to what the band was saying. To see this split among what had been such a cohesive and dedicated group of fans was really illustrative.”

By then a budding political science major at the University of Toronto, Weglarz had found the perfect intersection of her twin passions for music and politics. The next year, she entered a doctorate program at the University of Minnesota that allowed her to frame a dissertation around politics in live rock music performance. Her first published article deconstructed the “Bushleaguer” controversy. Weglarz joined the Trinity faculty this fall as a Visiting Professor in the Department of Communication. She uses rock music as a pedagogical tool and a point of entry for students who might not be accustomed to thinking about media and politics from a rigorous critical perspective. “Music allows people to talk about issues in ways that are both nuanced and not,” she says. “There’s a sort of literacy that arises as issues are brought up by bands and discussed among fans, and that debate helps to foster the democratic process.” In class, Weglarz helps students move from Point A to Point B, from kitchen-table arguments among fans to more precise, better-informed discussions of problems that involve the world of popular music but extend far beyond it. One area of focus is media consolidation. “I ask students how they feel about ticket prices for concerts, and I get a range of opinions and a range of prices as to what they’re willing to pay,” Weglarz says. “It allows us to go further and ask, ‘Why do you think these prices are what they are?,’ beyond the simple answer that maybe the band is greedy. We can look at Ticketmaster’s monopoly over the means of distribution. Then we can look at Live Nation’s relation to Ticketmaster. We can ask ourselves if maybe this isn’t a case of artists being greedy, but rather a case of having few options to choose from.” Indeed, Pearl Jam has also made the economics of touring a signature issue. In 1994, at the height of the band’s popularity, it appealed to the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, complaining that

Ticketmaster had become a monopoly. Guitarist Stone Gossard and bassist Jeff Ament testified before Congress that, among other charges, the company had tried to intimidate the band’s tour manager and various venue managers when Pearl Jam attempted to experiment with lower-cost ticket distribution methods. The Department of Justice dismissed the case. The band then embarked on a multi-year boycott that severely limited

“Students seem to be at large very familiar with issues related to popular music. When they’ve already got that understanding, it becomes much easier both to promote a critical understanding of what’s going on and to improve their media literacy. their ability to reach live audiences in the United States. Finally, in 1998, Pearl Jam capitulated and began touring with Ticketmaster again. Since then, the live music industry has gone several steps further down the road to consolidation, with Ticketmaster, the dominant ticket distribution company in the country, recently merging with Live Nation, the dominant concert promotion company. In class, Weglarz moves from a discussion of Pearl Jam’s antitrust complaint to a widerranging critique of media consolidation. “It’s an entrance into that sort of discussion,” Weglarz says. “They seem to be at large very familiar with issues related to popular music. When they’ve already got that understanding, it becomes much easier both to promote a critical understanding of what’s going on and to improve their media literacy. I think that media literacy leads to good citizens and a more engaged public.” Pearl Jam makes for an ideal case study, in part because of the group’s public image as down-to-earth men of principle, personified

in Vedder’s hearty baritone. However, much of Weglarz’s scholarship—and her syllabus— questions constructions of authenticity in popular music. “We try to get students to problematize the idea of authenticity, to understand that what we label as ‘authentic’ or ‘inauthentic’ is not something natural to the music itself, that it changes over time,” she says. One trick is to ask students to compare the music of the Monkees and the Beatles without reference to the bands’ histories. “It allows them to be more critical of popular music as a whole, in terms of their role as consumers,” Weglarz says. At the same time, Pearl Jam has earned its reputation for idealism off-stage and outside of the studio. It’s precisely the group’s penchant for pushing the boundaries of a rock band’s traditional social role that makes them so rewarding for Weglarz to study. Analyzing the “Bushleaguer” controversy, Weglarz delved into the theoretical underpinnings of fandom—how a band and its followers collaborate to create meaning and community. In her article, “Lifting the curse: Pearl Jam’s ‘Alive’ and ‘Bushleaguer’ and the marketplace of meanings,” she concludes that the band overstepped its role in that democratic partnership, “presenting a problem for fans who are used to actively negotiating meanings and being encouraged by the band to do so.” It’s an insight applicable far beyond the realm of rock music, offering students a model for thinking about anything from the author/reader relationship in literature to the negotiations carried on between elites and rank-and-file within political parties and institutions. Despite her academic criticisms of Pearl Jam, Weglarz remains a devoted fan. Last fall, two days after defending her dissertation, she drove from Minneapolis to Toronto to see the band play live for the umpteenth time. “Neil Young came out as a surprise guest to play ‘Rockin’ In the Free World,’” she gushes. “It was the best show ever.” “I’m still that person who goes to the concert and actually takes notes,” she adds, to temper her enthusiasm. After all, she never knows when she might notice a detail to share with students in class, or where that conversation may lead them.

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DaveyJohnson’64 Baseball by the numbers

Photos courtesy of the Washington Nationals Baseball Club

aseball great Davey Johnson is known for many things: as starting second baseman with the Baltimore Orioles, winning four American League pennants and two World Series in the 60s and 70s; as a three-time Gold Glove winner; as a 2010 inductee into the New York Mets Hall of Fame; and as legendary manager of five Major League Baseball (MLB) teams, most recently the Washington Nationals for 2012. But what his fans might not know is that Johnson earned a mathematics degree from Trinity University – but it wasn’t easy. After graduating from Alamo Heights High School in San Antonio, Johnson chose Trinity for its “great home building department.” He had first attended Texas A&M to be a veterinarian, but signed professionally in 1962 and “never went back. I wanted to stay close to my family, so I picked Trinity. I said, ‘Well, I’ll become a homebuilder.’” By then Johnson was with the Baltimore Orioles and could attend classes only in the off-season, making it impossible to get enough credits for a home building degree. “Mathematics was very easy for me, and Trinity had a great department, so I switched to that.” The professor “set it up so I could take his class and he would give me work and test me. I got some courses that I couldn’t have gotten just in the wintertime. I think I ended up with about 160 hours to get my Bachelor of Science in mathematics.” After a brilliant ball-playing career with the Orioles, Atlanta Braves, Tokyo Giants, Philadelphia Phillies, and Chicago Cubs, Johnson began his managing career with the Miami

Amigos in 1979, going on to the Jackson Mets and the Tidewater Tides. By 1984 he was managing the New York Mets. As manager, Johnson’s claim to fame is bringing teams back practically from the dead, most notably the Mets (1984-1990) who won the 1986 World Series, and the Cincinnati Reds (1993-95) who won their first official National League Central title in 1995. He also managed the Orioles (1996-97) and Los Angeles Dodgers (1999-2000), his last manager position until now. Johnson’s appointment to the Washington Nationals really came as no surprise to any-

one. In 2011 he had stepped in when former manager Jim Riggleman resigned unexpectedly. By all accounts Johnson is a fan and player favorite, known as a “players’ manager” for his calm, approachable style that creates not only winners but also a positive working environment. “I think how you treat and use employees and players all starts from the top,” he says. “One of the things about managing is having an awareness of other people’s trials and tribulations and trying to ease that. Sometimes it’s things outside of baseball where you kind of mentor or ‘father’ the players to make it easier on them to perform at their highest levels.” Ballplayers, he adds, “haven’t changed

much over the years. They’re just richer.” Former Met and World Series MVP Ray Knight told MLB.com that he “enjoyed playing for [Johnson] more than any manager I’ve ever played for.” Not that Johnson hasn’t had bumps along the way, namely well-publicized dustups with Reds owner Marge Schott and Orioles owner Peter Angelos. Johnson insists he never looks back (“I don’t live in the past”). Father of three from a first marriage, Johnson met his present wife Susan at a charity event for her deaf-blind son Jake’s learning center in 1993. Wanting to “see if the [baseball] life was something she could deal with,” Johnson took Susan with him to Cincinnati when he managed the Reds. “She was fine.” Married since 1994, they live in Johnson’s hometown of Orlando, where Susan created Foundation for Success that provides scholarships for young girls. Incredibly, they both have suffered heartbreaking losses: Johnson’s daughter Andrea, 32, died in 2005; Susan’s son Jake passed away in 2011. “It was hard,” is all he will say. In a life and career overflowing with awards, accolades, and enough memories to fill a hundred ballparks, Johnson is hard pressed to find just one peak moment. Was it tying Roger Hornsby’s record for most home runs (42) by a second baseman in a single season? His 43 home runs during the 1973 season with the Braves? How about two grand slams as a pinch-hitter for the Phillies in 1978? We may never know. “I’ve had great moments where we won the World Series or I broke some sort of record or something,” he says quietly. Then he perks up, remembering. “I know it was a good day in my life when I finally got my math degree from Trinity after 160 credits.” Julie Catalano

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CliffZintgraff’85 Minding the future

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f San Antonian Cliff Zintgraff sounds a teensy bit geeky, it’s because, well, he is. “Absolutely,” he says, goofily pretending to look for a nonexistent pocket protector. “I was the kid spending two hours after school every day in the computer lab.” Maybe it’s the fond memory of those times at Lee High School after he saw his first computer – a Tandy TRS-80 brought to class by his chemistry teacher – or his decades-long interest in educational technology, or maybe it’s just his “propensity for starting things” that led him to be a driving force in shaping the local and regional educational development landscape. As CEO of DaVinci Minds (davinci-minds. com), Zintgraff is determined to help students acquire the skills they need to compete in a volatile global market. Founded in 2007, the company administers two primary products: WhyCareers, a virtual world program where middle school students use math and science to explore energy issues, including careers in renewable energy; and AIM (Analytical Integrated Math), created by the Waco ISD, that supplies educational robot kits from Vex Robotics to high school seniors in a math program that Zintgraff says is unique. “What makes AIM special is that students get core academic math credit for taking this class. We’re not aware of anybody else doing this.” Barely four years old, DaVinci Minds, which Zintgraff describes as “an intersection of workforce development, economic development, P-16 education and technology,” is attracting a lot of attention. The company was recently awarded a $250,000 EDUCAUSE Next Generation Learning Challenge grant partially funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the William and Laura Hewlett Foundation to expand the WhyCareers program. (“You see our humble abode here,” says Zintgraff. “You can imagine finding a $250,000 check in the mailbox.”) The goal of DaVinci Minds is to engage students in critical STEM subjects (science,

technology, engineering, and math) currently indispensable in a high-tech world. “Imagine a middle school to university pipeline where students understand why these topics are important to their future careers. And then in doing that we actually show them a pathway.” The exciting news is that “it’s working,” he says. “For AIM we have some initial indicators based on the students’ pre- and post-test scores that they are improving their math skills to the point that they’re more likely to avoid developmental math in college.” In the company’s modest barracks-type building off Loop 1604, Zintgraff walks past one of many–make that many–whiteboards (“I’m a whiteboard kind of guy”), that dot the walls of the outer office and line his own

one as vice president of services. Zintgraff eagerly cites his biggest influences at Trinity’s computer science department. “Maurice Eggen had a really clear way of explaining things. He was just a great teacher.” Gerald Pitts, Caruth Distinguished Professor, shared Zintgraff ’s approach of meshing theory with practice. “He understood fundamentally the need to integrate real world experience in the classroom. He had us build an operating system. We didn’t just study it, we actually did it.” Zintgraff also acknowledges economics professor Richard Butler as a mentor. “I owe a lot to him.” Zintgraff ’s appreciation for Trinity goes beyond academics. He met his wife, Debra Barringer ’85, now a senior systems analyst

inner sanctum littered with books, windup toys, and brightly-colored miniature rubber brains that Zintgraff deftly juggles. Executive assistant/customer support manager Leah Mendoza is nearby (with a small whiteboard of her own). After graduating from Trinity with a bachelor’s degree in computer science, Zintgraff later earned a master’s degree in science and technology commercialization from the IC2 Institute at the University of Texas at Austin (“essentially an MBA for start-ups,” he says). In 2002, he co-founded the Information Technology and Security Academy (ITSA) in San Antonio, a dual-credit program for high school juniors and seniors. Prior to DaVinci Minds, he was at IT security company SecureLogix for three and a half years, the last

at USAA, at Trinity. They married in 1987 and have three children: Jessica, 20, Stacey, 16, and Matthew, 13. Zintgraff relaxes with basketball and a new hobby picked up seven years ago at age 40: the drums. (Leah chimes in: “He’s awesome.”) With 70-hour workweeks and driving more than 25,000 miles a year to visit school district clients, however, there’s no band planned. If it’s true that the geeks shall inherit the earth, then Zintgraff wants to ensure that it’s one filled with those who found hightech, high-paying jobs as a result of DaVinci Minds. Ultimately, the most important outcome will be “how many students we helped get into the workforce and improved their quality of life.” Julie Catalano

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MichelleHtun-Kay’97 World class

Photos by Rohan Gautam

atching up with Michelle Htun-Kay isn’t easy. First, there’s the distance: Oman is a country that borders the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia with a ten-hour time difference from San Antonio. Skype-ing is illegal; Facebook just recently became allowed. Then there’s her schedule: As communications strategist for Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) in Muscat – the country’s main oil and gas operator, a joint venture between the Sultanate of Oman and Royal Dutch Shell – Htun-Kay starts every jam-packed weekday at six a.m. getting her children off to school and nursery before heading to work to manage a team of seven in a department of sixty. The Libyan-born daughter of a Burmese petroleum engineer father and Romanian airline executive mother – and the greatniece of former U.N. Secretary General U Thant – Htun-Kay became a traveler at an early age, calling it “an exciting way to grow up.” Both her parents became American citizens nine years after immigrating to the United States in 1980. The one-time aspiring dancer was schooled in Houston and set her sights on international diplomacy when she realized that “just traveling the world wasn’t what I wanted to do. I wanted to experience it.” That she has. Through e-mails, Htun-Kay relates glimpses of her life, rich with history, culture, intrigue, and the real nail-biter: raising a four-year-old Lady Gaga-wannabe and a baby boy who just started walking. On how travel has shaped her life: When I was 15, I got the role of [dance] soloist for the bicentennial Bastille celebrations in Bordeaux. My time in France was a turning point for me when I decided to look into a career in international diplomacy. I’ve traveled all over Asia, North Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and North America. What has been truly fascinating is how seemingly opposite places can share so many similarities in terms of language, attitudes, food, dress, and music.

On why she chose Trinity: Because of one professor, John G. Stoessinger, who was teaching global diplomacy and world politics at the time. He did more than teach and inspire me. He challenged me. His classes were thought-provoking, confusing, and fun at the same time. He gave me good advice to diversify. The lead was international studies and learning as much as possible about different cultures, practices, thinking, and history,

coupled with business administration, with minors in political science and French. On life and work after graduation: In 1997-98 I won a Fulbright Fellowship to conduct research in Romania, which led to my first job as head of marketing for ABN AMRO, a Dutch commercial bank. At 22, I knew this was a rare career opportunity and a great way to kick start an international career. I then transferred at 26 to their London headquarters, where I headed marketing communications for all the global fixed income, foreign exchange and equities trading businesses. My next job was head of marketing for National Australia Bank in London, where I was until 2009. On life in Oman: Since arriving in the Middle East in September 2009, we’ve witnessed the Arab Spring, the downfall and execution of Gaddafi, the collapse of

dictatorships in Egypt and Tunisia, and political uprisings in Yemen and Syria (and others around us). I’ve had the unique opportunity to be in the right place at the right time (although our worried parents wouldn’t think so). On her family: I met my husband Tony Kay at an après-ski club in Romania in 2001. He is regional consular director for the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office. We got married in 2004. Maia Simone was born in London in 2007, and Luca Paul Gabriel was born here in Oman in 2010. Maia speaks some Arabic, loves dancing, art, and dressing up Luca as her favorite Disney princess characters, although he’s definitely more a rugby player given his frame and red hair. On a typical day: PDO is a national treasure and all of its assets are considered under the protection of His Majesty the Sultan, so getting into the office requires a number of check-points as well as taking several different routes to the office as diplomatic vehicles are terrorist targets. I could be dealing with a marketing campaign, traveling to the desert to check out a new field operation, donning coveralls and a hard hat to visit new construction, launching an eco museum, or fasting and wearing an abbaya as a sign of respect for my Omani colleagues during Ramadan. On social media: I’m a little old school in that I still love sending cards, letters and postcards. The iPhone and iTouch are ways to instantly keep our family up to date – and my 4, and 1½, year-olds are teaching me how to use it! Photos speak a thousand words. On her favorite hobbies: Is it too much to say that it’s traveling? It is. Any chance we get, we plan family trips. Our last long weekend was to Beirut, where we visited some amazing landmarks (fun), but were also followed by the Hezbollah (not so fun). Upcoming trips include London to baptize Luca, then to Abu Dhabi, to Dubai for another break, then off to Thailand and later to the U.S, with a side-trip thrown in to Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. And in July 2012, we are moving the family to Calgary for another adventure! Julie Catalano

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MichelleMudge-Riley’99 T h e D o c t o r ’s D o c t o r

Photos by Tom Coglin

funny thing happened to Michelle MudgeRiley, D.O., on her way to becoming a doctor. Then again, maybe not so funny. More like confused, lonely, angry, guilty, and scared – words that do not immediately come to mind when imagining a doctor’s life, and certainly not the charmed life that MudgeRiley had envisioned since childhood. After decades of dreams, studies, and hard work, the Colorado native, who at age nine told her delighted dad that she wanted to be a doctor and who used to read The Mayo Clinic Handbook for fun, discovered that the career she had spent her life pursuing wasn’t the one she wanted after all. The revelation came in her third year at Des Moines University Osteopathic Medical School. After doing required rotations in every specialty, she realized “there wasn’t an area where I could see myself for the next forty years.” It rattled the young student to her core, leaving her emotionally and professionally adrift. “I had wanted this, and then it wasn’t what it seemed like. Everybody else was happy, doing surgery or delivering babies, and I felt so alone. I didn’t know what to do. I felt like a huge failure.” After getting her medical degree in 2003, she ultimately settled on pathology (“I thought it would be different from the typical specialty”), moving to Richmond for her residency at Virginia Commonwealth University Hospital System, and eventually earning her masters in health administration from there as well. Thinking at one point that she might end up a barista at Starbucks, Mudge-Riley talked to fellow residents (“Some of them were also unhappy, and that made me feel a little better”). She began to accept that “at the end of the day, I knew I most likely wouldn’t be a practicing doctor. But I still didn’t want to up and quit. There had been too much of a personal, financial, and emotional investment.”

It was an article on doctor burnout in Physicians Practice magazine that gave her the first glimmer of hope. “I thought, wow, that sounds a lot like me. It was the same emotions and the same thoughts.” On a whim, Mudge-Riley contacted the editor, introduced herself, and asked if she could tell her story. The result was a six-month column called “The Ex-Doctor’s Diary,” and it struck a collective nerve. Slowly but surely other doctors

found their way to the kindred spirit, telling her intensely personal and gut-wrenching stories. “They would say, ‘I feel the same way that you do. Can you help me?’” She could and she did – working through her own long dark night by putting together solid, practical business development advice to doctors fighting burnout and boredom, helping them network on- and off-line, advising them on strategic planning, or in some cases, on getting out of clinical practice entirely. Her company, Physicians Helping Physicians (phphysicians.com) offers a wealth of informational resources, articles, tips, talks, and personal consulting services. After a

three-year stint from 2007-10 as director of wellness for a brokerage firm, Mudge-Riley is now in the full-time business of being “The Doctor’s Doctor,” a name given her in Physicians in Transition: Doctors Who Successfully Reinvented Themselves by Richard M. Fernandez, M.D. (Denver: Wise Media Group, 2010) and for which she wrote the Foreword. By her own count, she has worked with “hundreds of doctors in all specialties, walking them through all the things they don’t teach you in medical school.” It seems a long way from her chemistry degree from Trinity, but Mudge-Riley carries fond memories of her days here. “Trinity was beautiful, the landscape was beautiful. I ran cross-country for four years and that was such a supportive environment, a great group of people.” She still runs, placing fourth in the 2006 Richmond Marathon, and works out daily since giving birth to baby Luke in 2010. Married to husband Chet since 2005 (“my soul mate and an amazing man”), Mudge-Riley works long hours in her simple home office in Richmond with her ever-present MacBook Pro (“I try to answer everyone who writes me”), with running shoes and baby stroller nearby. Her medical and business school diplomas hang side by side on the wall. After a lifetime of dreams of becoming a doctor, Mudge-Riley did just that, even if not exactly in the way she planned. But every success story reassures her that she chose the right path after all. “I really help doctors,” she enthuses. “And that’s really where I am the happiest.” It’s a role she never takes for granted, because it’s the one that saved her too. By helping fellow doctors, this physician ultimately healed herself. Julie Catalano

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Chapman first among transformative Trinity families By Michael Hardy

Walk around the Trinity campus and you’ll

notice two names pop up again and again: Chapman and McFarlin. There’s the Chapman Center, which includes the recently reconfigured 178-seat Chapman Auditorium; the Chapman-Cowles Fountain; the Isabel McFarlin Residence Hall; and the Myrtle McFarlin Residence Hall. Many more buildings have plaques acknowledging the generosity of the James A. and Leta M. Chapman Trust. What you may not know is that the Chapmans and McFarlins are part of the same family, a family whose involvement with Trinity dates from the University’s origins in Tehuacana, Texas. They are to Trinity what the Kennedy family is to Harvard and the Bush family is to Yale. The history of the Chapman family, as documented in separate books–Trinity University: A Record of One Hundred Years by late history professor Donald Everett and Trinity University: A Tale of Three Cities by professor emeritus R. Douglas Brackenridge–is, in large part, entwined with the history of Trinity. The family’s patriarch, Texas rancher and oilman Phillip Chapman (married to Roxanna McFarlin), helped fund the school’s relocation from Tehuacana to Waxahachie in 1902. When Philip died in 1924, he left Trinity $100,000, the largest gift in its history. But it was the next generation of Chapmans who would leave the greatest mark on the University. One nephew, Oscar Chapman, a Waxahachie businessman, became an important Trustee and served as treasurer of the University for several decades. He was so powerful that in 1934 President Raymond Leach, who often clashed with Chapman, said in frustration that Trinity had been “practically the personal possession of one man [Oscar Chapman] for the past twenty years.” In 1962, another son, James Chapman, the co-founder, with his uncle Robert McFarlin, of the McMan oil company, agreed to fund the $1.5 million graduate

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center that now bears his name. Eighty-nine members of the Chapman family attended the dedication ceremony. James, the Texas-born rancher who made his fortune with McMan in the Oklahoma oil fields, was at one time rumored to be the wealthiest man west of the Mississippi. When he died in 1966, he left Trinity 25 percent of the income from his $120 million fortune. At the time, it was one of America’s largest educational trusts. (Most recent estimates value the various Chapman trusts around $1 billion.)

The family’s patriarch, Texas rancher and oilman Phillip Chapman, helped fund the school’s relocation from Tehuacana to Waxahachie in 1902. When Philip died in 1924, he left Trinity $100,000, the largest gift in its history. Devotion and service to Trinity continued well into the third Chapman generation. John Chapman Jr. ’49, a south Texas rancher and one of Phillip’s grandsons, served as president of the National Alumni Board, and later, 1966-1996, as a Trinity Trustee. In 1993, he was honored as the Distinguished Alum-

nus. John dedicated a good part of his life to recruiting students and making it possible for them to attend Trinity. Once, on a biographical questionnaire, he was asked how many relatives were alumni of Trinity. He simply wrote, “Thousands.” Although John died in 2008, his legacy remains strong. Literally. It seems he was drafted into posing for the bronze statue commissioned by his uncle Andrew Cowles that dominates the Chapman-Cowles fountain. Today, the two patriarchs of the Chapman family are brothers Fred, 83, and Bill Chapman, 76, of Ardmore, Oklahoma, nephews of James Chapman, sons of Fred Chapman Sr., Class of 1910, and grandsons of Phillip. Trinity magazine recently sat down with the brothers at their shared office in downtown Ardmore to discuss their family’s long involvement with Trinity. The two brothers sat around a conference table in a room decorated with large oilfield maps and Western-style paintings. Fred, the more voluble of the two, did most of the talking. As he spoke, he hooked his thumbs around his suspenders and leaned back in his chair, exposing a large silver belt buckle. A spotless straw cowboy hat rested on the table in front of him. “My father always loved Trinity,” Fred recollected. “He made so many friends during his college years, and when he lost a lot of money during the Depression, they helped him out.” Like their father, Fred and Bill both attended Trinity, although each would stay only two years before transferring to universities in Oklahoma, where Fred studied agriculture and Bill eventually earned a law degree. Both brothers have sent children to Trinity, and both look back fondly on their time in San Antonio. Fred, who is seven years older than his brother, entered Trinity in 1946, when classes were still being held on the defunct University of San Antonio’s Woodlawn campus in west San Antonio. Trinity was in the

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Chapman family members returned to Trinity for the May 2011 wedding of fourth generation Colin Chapman ’90 and Ruth Johnson ’90 (center middle) in Parker Chapel.

midst of a fundraising campaign, partly led by the Chapman family, to move to its present location. Post-war San Antonio was dominated by returning WWII veterans, many of whom enrolled at Trinity, either at Woodlawn or at the University’s separate night school in downtown San Antonio. Fred remembered taking city buses to class along with scores of uniformed soldiers. “They were just raking up anybody to come attend Trinity, because the school was totally unknown and they were trying to make a name for it,” Fred said. At the time, there was one women’s dormitory and one men’s dormitory. Fred lived in McFarlin Hall, which was named after one of his relatives from his grandmother’s side of the family. Meals were served family-style by the university cook, whom Fred remembered well. “Everyone loved her, and we loved that food,”

John Chapman Jr. ’49 servedaspresidentofthe National Alumni board and later as a Trinity Trustee. Once on a biographicalquestionnaire, he was asked how many relatives were Trinity alumni. He simply wrote, “Thousands.”

he said. “That’s what held everyone together.” For entertainment, Trinity students would head to San Antonio’s Peacock Military Academy to watch the mounted “Monkey” drill team perform horseback riding tricks, which, as Fred recalled, was “the most exciting sport there was going on.” Classes were held in a five-story building with a wooden staircase so creaky that Fred thought it would collapse each time he climbed it. Fortunately, he says, he never had any classes on the top floor. There were so few students living in the Trinity dorms that they all shared a single pay telephone, which was bolted to a massive steel desk—not that this stopped the mischievous students. “If somebody wanted to use the phone but didn’t have any money, they’d just holler real loud and everyone would come in and pick the desk up, turn the phone upside down, shake all the coins out of it, and then put it back down,” Fred said, laughing. “That desk

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must have weighed 500 pounds. And we did this for one call after another. They never made much money off that phone, but we had a lot of fun.” When Bill entered Trinity in 1953, the school was larger but still had only a regional reputation. Quieter and less colorful than his brother, Bill was characteristically modest about Trinity’s academic stature. “It was just a good school,” Bill said. “It wasn’t an outstanding academic institution like it is now—that came about in the ‘70s and ‘80s. It was just a nice little school at that point. I don’t know if I could have gotten in now.” In the 1950s, Trinity’s Presbyterian identity was more pronounced than it is today. Many of Bill’s classmates were either the children of ministers or would go on to become ministers themselves. All students were required to take one semester of Old Testament history and one semester of New Testament history. But Bill’s favorite teacher was political science professor Robert Hunter, who became Bill’s mentor, and continued to teach at Trinity until his death in 1968. “I have very fond memories of Trinity, and it gave me a great foundation so that I could handle a larger state school as a junior and senior,” Bill said. “It wasn’t as tough as it is now, but it was strong academically.”

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The two brothers also remembered Trinity’s quixotic attempts to build a football team that could challenge the Texas heavyweights. “They tried to have a football team, but they never made it up to the level of Rice or SMU or TCU,” Bill said. “They ended up playing the small teachers colleges like Stephen F. Austin or Sul Ross.” “They wanted to have a good football team so badly,” Fred agreed, laughing. Eventually realizing that it was too expensive for such a small school to compete in Division I football, Trinity decided to focus instead on fielding a world-class tennis program. With funding from yet another member of the ChapmanMcFarlin family, Trinity established one of the country’s top tennis teams, winning the NCAA national championship in 1972. Although neither brother ended up graduating from Trinity, they both remember their time at the school with great affection. There have certainly been plenty of opportunities to return to their old stomping grounds: Fred’s daughter Ruth Chapman Coffey graduated from Trinity in 1979, and Bill’s son Colin graduated in 1990. Coffey grew up hearing her father and grandfather talk about Trinity. “My granddad [Fred Chapman, Sr.] had attended Trinity, and it meant a lot to him, so he offered to pay my way there,” she said. “That was pretty much the thing that decided that for me. For one thing, I wanted to see another part of the country. So I took him up on it, and didn’t regret it.” Coffey, who received degrees in art history (’79) and elementary education (’80), remembered Trinity for the many close relationships she developed with students and professors. “It was a really great time to go to Trinity,” she said. “There were lots of great people, and it was a very friendly campus. Everyone would say hello to you. I loved all my professors, too. You could walk into any professor’s office at any time, and they would take the time to talk to you. ” It wasn’t all pencils and books, of course.

Coffey recalled that one of the boys in her dorm painted his walls with an enormous panorama based on the Warner Brothers “Roadrunner” cartoons. That student later went on to become the actor inside the Barney costume in the children’s television show. Then, there was the fraternity that made a giant papier-mâché brassiere and hung it outside one of the residence halls. Coffey said that although many of the fraternity members would later become important businessmen, they were “pretty wild back then.” Colin, who lives in Ardmore, Oklahoma, and manages his family’s real estate and ranches, was one of those frat boys. Active in Chi Delta Tau, Colin fondly recalls the chili cook-off: “My fraternity brothers and I would cook up a big batch of venison chili, which, as you can imagine, was pretty popular in south Texas.” He particularly enjoyed Trinity’s small size. “At Trinity, you know who everybody is, or at least recognize everybody. And that’s comforting for somebody from a small town.” At Trinity he discovered three cousins, whom he had never met: Phillip ’89 and David ’91 Kistler, great grandsons of James Chapman’s sister Vera, and David Owen ’90, nephew of John Chapman Jr. ’49. Phillip, CEO of Turtle Creek Management, a Dallas investment advisory firm, still hangs out with his Trinity classmates. “We have a good little group of guys who were all Delts,” he says and credits Trinity with providing the foundation of his business success. Like countless others, Kistler has benefited from Trinity’s strong alumni network. Four generations of Chapmans have now passed through the University, and when you listen to family members talk about their experience, you get the sense that the family’s relationship with Trinity will continue well into the future. “I loved Trinity,” Fred Chapman Jr. said, speaking for the whole clan. “I thought San Antonio was a wonderful city, and I love going down there even today. There’s nowhere I’d rather go.”

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New Staff to Increase Trinity’s Alumni, Parent Involvement  T

he Annual Giving Office appointed three new staff members last fall to help grow the Trinity Fund, the University’s annual giving program. The Major and Planned Gifts Office also hired a new assistant director for major gifts. According to Kathy McNeill, senior director for the Annual Giving Programs, “This deeper engagement will help Trinity achieve two goals: increasing the giving participation of our alumni from its current level of 13.1 percent and providing additional resources through increased leadership in annual giving to help the University expand its programs.” Patience Boudreaux, new director of Annual Giving Programs, works to strengthen alumni participation and increase the Trinity Fund. She is the former associate director of Annual Giving at Pomona College in Claremont, Calif., and holds a B.A. in psychology from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and an MBA from Peter F. Drucker Graduate School of Management at Claremont Graduate University in Claremont. Filling the new position of director of Parent Programs, Jennifer McElroy is creating a new Parent Council to engage leadership parent donors of $1,000 and more. She will work closely with Major Gifts and Student

Affairs. McElroy came to Trinity after being the director of Parent Leadership Giving at St. Lawrence University in Canton, N.Y. She received her B.A. in English from the University of Mississippi in Oxford, and a Juris Doctor from Cornell Law School in Ithaca, N.Y. As the director of the Alumni and Admissions Network, another new position, Jasmeen Waliany ‘06 works with a broad base of alumni volunteers to visit, contact, engage, or interview prospective students. She is also creating new opportunities for leadership donors. Waliany was previously with the Aga Khan Foundation as a Resource Mobilization director in Cairo and Aswan, Egypt. Greeley Myers, Major Gifts officer and assistant director of Major Gifts, fills the position vacated by Linda Campbell when she was promoted to director of Major and Planned Giving. He left McMurry University in Abilene as executive director of Alumni Development and Major Gifts. Greeley received his Doctor of Education from Walden University in Baltimore, his master’s in theological studies from Duke University in Durham, N.C., and his B.A. in sociology from McMurry University. Advancement Services also hired Kevin Kropp as the new development information

systems coordinator. He recently was the data coordinator for the graduate school at UTSA. He received his B.S. in Ag Leadership and Development from Texas A&M University and is pursuing a Master’s of Public Administration and Certificate in Nonprofit Administration and Leadership. The Annual Giving and Major and Planned Gifts offices are under the direction of Rick Roberts, assistant vice president for University Advancement, and the Office of Advancement Services is headed by Clint Shipp as senior director.

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Former Trinity President Honored for Fundraising Prowess The San Antonio chapter of the Association

of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) honored former Trinity president Ron Calgaard as the 2011 Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser. Trinity’s 16th president, Calgaard had a profound impact on the University. Under his leadership, a number of major building projects were completed, including the Coates Library, Bell Athletic Center, Mabee Hall, and several residence halls. Calgaard worked with the Board of Trustees to establish several lecture series, including the Trinity University Distinguished Lecture Series, one of the most prominent lecture series in the southwest. Widely considered one of the city’s the most successful fundraisers, Calgaard brought more than $500 million to the University’s endowment and infrastructure during his 20-year tenure. Although he retired in 1999 as the longestserving president in the University’s history,

Calgaard still contributes to the University, both personally and professionally, and numerous other organizations have benefited from his fundraising influence. Beneficiaries have included Saint Mary’s Hall, TMI-The Episcopal School of Texas, San Antonio Academy, the San Antonio Children’s Museum, The Carver Academy, Texas Biomedical Foundation, Cancer Therapy and Research Center, Air Force Villages Charitable Foundation, College for All Texans Foundation, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio Museum of Art, and the YMCA. Other colleges he supported included Our Lady of the Lake University, Texas Lutheran University, and Luther College, his alma mater. Additionally, he served as chairman of the United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County. Currently, he is chairman of the Ray Ellison Grandchildren Trust in San Antonio. Andrea Davis ’12

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Two refurbished tennis facilities were dedicated Oct. 26. The former Varsity Tennis Stadium was renamed the Al G. Hill Jr. Tennis Stadium. Delavan Tennis Stadium became the Butch Newman Tennis Center. All were made possible by a $1.1 million challenge grant issued by former tennis standout Al G. Hill Jr. ‘67. Newman ‘65 is Trinity’s director of tennis, a former All-American, a Trinity Athletic Hall of Fame member, and a longtime coach who guided the Tiger men and women to NCAA Division III Championships. Among those attending the dedication ceremony are front row, Al G. Hill Jr. ’67, Clarence Mabry, and Butch Newman ’65; back row Elisa Hill Summer and Heather Hill Washburne.

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Renovated soccer facility named for long time coach The Trinity community observed a special moment in late September with the dedication of the newly renovated Paul McGinlay Soccer Field and the Timothy “Tito” Isom Memorial, before an enthusiastic crowd of alumni, students, soccer aficionados, and supporters. The competition field, which now seats 1,500 spectators, was named in honor of Trinity men’s soccer coach Paul McGinlay, now in his 21st season at the Tigers helm. The Isom Memorial, named in memory of the late Tiger soccer standout, is a 14-foot red brick structure used for announcing, scorekeeping, video recording, and live streaming of all Tiger soccer games. It also houses the team benches. The renovation was made possible by the Chapman Trust of Oklahoma. In addition, the Isom Memorial received significant donor support from the Chi Delta Tau Alumni Association Foundation; Trustee Steve Mach, a Chi Delt alumnus; David Sien, a friend of Trinity soccer; and Dr. and Mrs. Alan Altman, former Trinity soccer parents. President Dennis Ahlburg, an enthusiastic soccer fan, paid tribute to McGinlay, who holds the distinction of most team wins in NCAA Division III and who guided the Tigers to the NCAA championship in 2003. McGinlay also led the Tigers to the NCAA tournament nine consecutive times. He has been named SCAC Coach of the Year 12 times and the National Soccer Coaches Association of America Regional Coach of the Year seven times. Twenty-three of McGinlay’s players have earned All-America honors. Graciously acknowledging the accolades, McGinlay said, “I have been granted the privilege of living my life here at Trinity with players who have created countless moments of exhilaration, on and off the field. To glance over my shoulder and see my name alongside Timothy Isom is the greatest honor I could ever imagine.” Ahlburg also spoke highly of Isom, who played for the Tigers from 1994 to 1998. A member of the Chi Delta Tau fraternity, Isom died unexpectedly in 2000 at the age of 24.

Chi Delts past and present turned out to honor soccer Coach Paul McGinlay and the memory of fraternity brother Tito Isom, former soccer player.

Program participants at the soccer field and Isom Memorial dedication included (l to r) Paul McGinlay, Harold Isom, and President Dennis Ahlburg.

Former teammate and fraternity brother Scot Mury ’00 told the assembled crowd, “Tim’s passion for this game, his family, and life in general have become the embodiment of this [soccer] program.” Previously, the soccer team instituted the Tito Award, which honors players who excel on and off the field. Speaking on behalf of his family, Isom’s father, Harold Isom, said, “This tribute to our son, and our brother, means everything in the

world to us. His spirit is here with us tonight. He was, and is, a member of the Trinity University family.” To conclude the ceremony, the Rev. Raymond Judd ‘56, Trinity chaplain emeritus and a member of the Chi Delta Tau Foundation, blessed the facility. James Hill ‘76

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Dave Mansen ’76 to Head National Alumni Board D

ave Mansen ’76 graduated from Trinity with a degree in business. He has been an active member of Trinity’s Alumni Association for more than 20 years and was inaugurated as the new president of the National Alumni Board during Alumni Weekend 2011. Mansen’s experience collaborating with committee members, his vision to integrate long-range planning objectives across the Board’s functions, and his ability to lead by helping and influencing rather than simply directing, are assets that set him apart from his predecessors. Prior to his election, Mansen and his wife, Carol, served as co-presidents of the Dallas and Denver chapters. They joined the National Alumni board when they moved back to San Antonio in 2007. That year, Carol was elected as president and Dave served as secretary of the Board for one term and as chair on several committees including the Student Affairs and Long-Range Planning. As head of the Long-Range Planning committee, Mansen established the Trinity

Alumni Sponsor program, whereby a member of the Alumni Association is designated to each graduating class so that students can interface directly with their alumni sponsor and learn about life after Trinity. Mansen was the first-ever alumni sponsor for the class of 2012. As president, Mansen plans continue to build on the alumni sponsor initiative and foster new programs that encourage students and alumni to interact in more meaningful and beneficial ways. “We have 23 alumni chapters in the United States dedicated to creating great opportunities for future and current alumni to meet and build life-long relationships,” says Mansen. “I want to continue to build on this culture of engagement to give students more access to their alumni and also encourage more alumni to support students with their careers, help with admissions, and stay involved with Trinity.” Additionally, through his involvement with the Trinity Tomorrow initiative (see page 4), Mansen aspires to make the Alumni Asso-

ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME Trinity University inducted nine members into the Athletic Hall of Fame during halftime ceremonies at the Tigers Oct. 8 football game during Alumni Weekend. It marked the seventh class to be honored since 1999. At a reception in the Bell Center following the ceremony, honoree Jerry Grote held current Trinity athletes spellbound for half an hour spinning tales from his 16 seasons as a Major League standout. Pictured are, front (left to right): Terri Hailey ‘81 (Hall of Fame member accepting for the late Libby Johnson, coach and administrator, ‘72-’80); Tanya Zwick Rinebarger ‘96, women’s soccer; Stephanie Tolleson, women’s tennis (member of the team in ‘75 and ‘76). Back (left to right): Larry Jeffries ‘69 (Hall of Fame member accepting for basketball teammate Felix Thruston ‘71); Jerry Grote, baseball (member of the team in ‘62); Truman Franks ‘68, football ; John Newman ‘60, men’s tennis, and former women’s tennis coach; Butch Newman ‘65 (Hall of Fame member, Director of Tennis, and former men’s player and coach; accepting for tennis players Erick Iskersky, member of the team from ‘77-’80; and Bill Scanlon, member of the team in ‘75 and ‘76)

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ciation more involved with University-wide strategic planning in order to ensure that alumni interests and perspectives are a part of curriculum and program innovation. Andi Narvaez ’08

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Rackspace co-founder honored as Outstanding Young Alumnus Dirk Elmendorf ’97 graduated from Trin-

ity with a degree in economics. In 1999, he co-founded Rackspace Managed Hosting with two fellow Trinitonians. Until 2009, Elmendorf acted as chief technology evangelist, promoting the technology that makes Rackspace unique. Currently, Elmendorf is a partner and lead architect for r26D, a company specializing in cloud-based software for small businesses. Elmendorf has demonstrated expertise in starting, running, and growing a business, along with an extensive knowledge of the technology and innovation that fuel entrepreneurship both on- and off-line. Elmendorf often shares his expertise through his involvement with Trinity’s Alumni Association and student body. He is a member of Trinity University’s Career Network and the Admissions Network, and he has spoken at several Alumni and student professional networking events. Elmendorf is also involved in the San Antonio startup community as a mentor and judge at startup events. Elmendorf never thought he would have a career that involved computers. “When I was a student, the Web was just becoming accessible,” he remembers. “Web pages were just starting to add images, and there was no concept of e-mail or what a URL was.” After realizing that chemistry wasn’t his calling, Elmendorf took classes in economics and Russian but became fascinated with the “hacker” side of computer science. It was while pursuing this fascination that he stumbled upon the opportunity that would change his life. Upon his return from six months of study abroad in Russia, Elmendorf received a call from a friend asking if he wanted to take over a programming job. Elmendorf agreed and

Dirk Elmendorf ’97 is the tenth graduate to receive the Outstanding Young Alumnus Award. Pictured with Elmendorf are Cristal Glangchai, left, associate director of Trinity’s Entrepreneurship Center, and President Dennis Ahlburg.

one day walked over to his friend’s garage, and Rackspace was born. Rackspace provides entrepreneur-based hosting services to businesses of all sizes and kinds around the world and is currently the world’s largest hosting and cloud company with a market cap of more than $5 billion and more than 4,000 employees or “Rackers” around the world. “Trinity provided access to computing resources and to the people that helped me get started. I once went to IT Services and asked them to make some system changes that allowed me to build Web programs at Trinity before there were any of those around,” Elmendorf recalls. “I was also very close to the economics department. My education in the field provided a way of looking at the world and what things matter in terms of opportunity costs, which has informed everything I have done since college.” Elmendorf shares his entrepreneurial experiences with students and alumni at Alumni Weekend Entrepreneurs Breakfast,

San Antonio Making Connections, Trinity University Business Affiliates Reception, and TUNE (Trinity University Network of Entrepreneurs). He also serves as a mentor as part of TechStars Cloud in San Antonio and has been a mentor and judge for Trinity’s Three Day Startup events. “The liberal arts education I received at Trinity made me comfortable doing something I wasn’t familiar with at the start. There was no way to take a course in what we were trying to do at Rackspace, but I had great access to other disciplines, professors, and resources that helped prepare me,” says Elmendorf. “It’s great to know that Trinity is providing budding entrepreneurs with a support system and programs like Trinity Tomorrow and the Three Day Startup weekends so that they have more time to focus on their product, connect with the community and fellow entrepreneurs, and ensure their own success.” Andi Narvaez ’08

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Where Are They Now?

Shirley Rushing Poteet

Shirley Rushing Poteet hit the

ground running when she joined Trinity’s physical education staff in 1960 and she continues to do so today. During her professional career and in retirement, Rushing personifies the motto inscribed in the Bell Center entryway, “A Sound Mind in a Sound Body.” While the Poteet family TV room has a comfortable couch and

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chairs, most prominent are the exercise bike and treadmill, both of which show signs of frequent use. Rushing bikes twice a week, plays tennis once a week, and, with husband John, takes ballroom dance classes twice a week. A native of Iuka, Mississippi, Rushing earned the B.S. (1956) and M.A. degrees (1957) in health, recreation, and physi-

cal education from Mississippi Southern University. She taught three years at Baylor University before coming to Trinity in the fall of 1960. The only female on the physical education staff, Rushing shouldered a heavy workload on a campus that lacked an essential facility--a gymnasium. She arrived each day wearing a dress, hose, and heels (females were not permitted to wear shorts or slacks on upper campus) carrying a suitcase containing a swim suit, shorts, and leotards. Changing clothes in the women’s restroom, each week Poteet taught seven classes of aquatics, sports, and dance. In addition, she directed the women’s intramural program and supervised Trinity cheerleaders and majorettes. Her sports classes were held outside on the slab (now Pittman Tennis Courts) and physical education majors’ classes were taught in the Trinity Baptist Church gymnasium. Ballroom and modern dance classes took place on the third floor of the unfinished MarrsMcLean Science Building. Space issues improved when the Sams Center opened in 1964, but Poteet continued to maintain a busy teaching schedule. Additionally, she served as department chair (1985-1995), curriculum council representative, and president and social chair of the Faculty Club. A lesser known accomplishment was her role in organizing, mentoring, and securing financial support for the first women’s intercollegiate tennis teams.

Rushing’s 20 year marriage to Paul Rushing ended with his sudden death due to a heart attack in 1984. Ten years later, two weeks after she retired, she married John Poteet, a former colleague from her years at Baylor. She and John share many common interests including a penchant for physical fitness and enjoyment of social and educational activities. For five years, Rushing taught ballroom dance classes on various cruise lines with John as companion and helpmate. They continued cruising for pleasure and had land tours of Canada, Hawaii, Australia, New Zealand, Europe and South America. They also participate in the Road Scholars Programs (formerly Elderhostel Programs). So far they have attended 16 sessions in various parts of the country that included tours of national parks and other historical sites. At home in San Antonio, Rushing is active in the Trinity Women’s Club and the Castle Hills Women’s Club. She and her husband are members of Covenant Presbyterian Church and keep in touch with former colleagues and friends. They enjoy reading non-fiction works, especially biographies. Rushing can be contacted via email, Shirleypoteet@grandecom. net, telephone, 210-344-1441, or mail, 203 Squires Row, SA 78213. R. Douglas Brackenridge

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Ken Kramer

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ity (1959-1988), Ken Kramer served as professor and chair of the psychology department, dean of Division of Behavioral Sciences, and director of graduate studies in psychology. But Kramer was not an ivorytower academic insulated from the outside world. Rather, he concentrated on moving out into the community to effect social

change by applying psychological theory and research to contemporary problems. His résumé is a testament to a life of deep involvement in local, regional, and national programs directed toward humanitarian and educational concerns. A native of Buffalo, New York, Kramer spent his adolescent years in Philadelphia and served in the U.S. Navy 1948-1954,

seeing action as a decorated aviator in the Korean Conflict with Carrier Jet Fighter Squadron (VF-51). After a failed eye examination ended his military career, Kramer pursued an interest in psychology that derived from undergraduate courses at LaSalle College in Philadelphia. Subsequently he received a Ph.D. in child clinical psychology in 1959 from the University of Houston. While in graduate school, he married Margaret Lindsey and they had two children, Kathryn (Trinity class of 1979, Ph.D. Columbia University, New York), and Suzanne (Doctor of Law from St. Mary’s University, San Antonio). While Kramer was finishing his internship at the UT Medical Branch in Galveston, the chair of Trinity’s psychology department called about a new faculty position that led to Kramer’s appointment at Trinity. During his first two semesters on Trinity Hill, Kramer taught ten different courses, but as the department expanded in the 1960s under his leadership, he was able to concentrate on graduate studies. He developed a master’s degree program in psychology and implemented the first counseling center at Trinity. In 1968 he established an inter-institutional graduate program in clinical psychology jointly with the University of Texas Health Science Center, a relationship that continued until 1988. Among Kramer’s many community service positions were research consultant to the Good Samaritan Center, member of the

San Antonio Advisory Council on Mexican American Educational Affairs, and member of an advisory committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. In keeping with his academic career, Kramer’s “retirement” years have been filled with social activities and community service. Initially, he spent three and a half years in Hawaii, where he joined a yacht club and developed skills in sailing. Hawaii State Senator Mary-Jane McMurdo asked him to assist her in developing a bill to protect the ozone layer, the first such measure in the United States. Returning to Texas in the early 1990s, Kramer was a volunteer in Lloyd Doggett’s first campaign for Congress. Later (1994-1999) he served as a volunteer lobbyist for the AARP. For the next ten years he travelled throughout the country, visiting 47 of the 58 national parks, stopping along the way to explore local historical sites. Presently, Kramer lives in a retirement facility on the river walk in downtown San Antonio, where he enjoys proximity to many cultural and educational events and the opportunity to make new friends. For exercise, he walks three days a week on the river walk extension. In quieter moments, Kramer reads historical works and murder mysteries on his Kindle. E-mail, kckrmr51@Yahoo. com; Tel. 210-383-8865; mailing address Ken C. Kramer, 311 South St. Mary’s, Apt. #14F, San Antonio, Texas 78205. R. Douglas Brackenridge

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t’s a new climate for social interaction with the integration of social media into every turn we take. Properly used, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter (“The By Big Three”) can Allison be helpful tools to Collinger you, your business, ‘88 and your social life. Beware, however. These tools have the power to help you build and sustain key relationships, but it is easy to make a misstep. Here are a few simple rules and pointers to keep in mind when dealing with social media, whether it is for business or pleasure. • Beware of TMI (Too Much Information) Not to hurt your feelings, but I’m sure unless you’re trying a new local restaurant, nobody cares what you had for lunch. • Once it’s said, it cannot be taken back. Please, think twice before you post anything. It’s easy to be taken out of context. Had a rough day at the office? Why don’t you head to the gym instead of your lap top. This tip leads right into our next one. • Privacy settings are not always private. Though “privacy controls” may seem to be good tools, don’t say anything on-line that you wouldn’t say to your mother or sister in person. Frequent changes in list settings have made for some very awkward situations. • Use what you have to your advantage. Want to stay “top of mind”? Be sure to connect with

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those you know and meet on LinkedIn. Creating a simple profile of your background is an easy way to help those searching for you to get accurate information about your experience. Think of it as your “electronic rolodex.” A simple update on your LinkedIn profile will automatically update the contacts you have in your “electronic rolodex.” Likewise, I call Facebook my year-round holiday greeting card - I’ve reconnected with fellow Trinitonians living all over the world using Facebook. • Get more than “one bite from the apple.” Often our clients don’t think about how much content they have created and other ways it can be distributed. For example, your latest company newsletter article can be shared in print and/or in an E-newsletter and extended by sharing on your LinkedIn, Twitter, or Facebook profiles. Additionally, for those scratching their heads about what to say on the Internet, you might consider sharing an article you read. Now it is easy to do with the click of a button. • Know your target audience. If you are using social media to spread the word, know whose attention you are trying to get. Think about what your objective is. • Basic rules of communication are still relevant. Complete sentences, proper grammar, and correct spelling all go a long way, too. Your personal brand and that of your company are at stake when you post. • Keep in contact. If you use social media, there are a variety of ways to keep in contact with Trinity (and other organizations,

of course) between issues of the magazine. Join Trinity’s Alumni group on LinkedIn Groups, “Like” Trinity on Facebook, or follow the main University Communications Twitter account @Trinity_U -many departments and personalities at Trinity also have accounts, and it’s fun to stay connected in that way. • Don’t forget about e-mail, telephone calls, “snail” mail, etc. Social Media is just one channel of communication. There are other ways to keep in touch–it still takes 5-7 touch points before a person changes his or her behavior! Since everyone’s seemingly into social media, an e-mail may be more attention grabbing in some cases. Just make sure your message remains consistent and that you use all tools you have in a wellthought-out way. • Don’t forget the real world! Social networking is fun, but it’s easy to sit at your computer and realize that you’ve been sitting there for an hour or more! There is such a thing as too much social media. Make sure you keep the “social” in social media—besides, meeting up with a friend for coffee is more fun than sending an e-mail! Use social networking to keep in contact with friends and colleagues, but don’t forget the real world. Editor’s note: Allison Hawk Collinger ’88 formed AHC Consulting in 2007, which provides “strategic communications with a twist– simple ways to incorporate some of the new digital tools you hear about in a manageable way.”

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Chapter and Network Activities

Atlanta More than 30 alumni, parents, and guests enjoyed the opportunity to visit with Trinity President Dennis A. Ahlburg during a reception on September 14 at the Commerce Club and hear his vision for new initiatives and programs for the University. In October, alumni gathered for a trivia contest and brewery tour at Red Brick Brewery. Alumni represented Trinity well, winning second place!

of a loved one. The chapter took advantage of the wonderful Austin fall weather and held a happy hour on October 13 on the patio of The Dogwood in downtown Austin.

Bay Area Alumni met on September 24 for a fall foliage picnic at Tilden Park at the “Meadows” picnic site. Many appreciated this opportunity for a family-friendly event. Later, on October 22, alumni gathered for happy hour at Zeitgest, San Francisco’s version of Tycoon Flats.

A group of Chicago alumni were at Wrigley Field for the Cubs vs. Rangers game on Sept 17.

Colorado Breckenridge Brewery in downtown Denver was host to a Colorado Chapter brewery tour and beer tasting event on June 23. Alumni and guests toured the craft brewing facility and got a glimpse of how small batch beers are made. The event was so well attended that the group overwhelmed the small beer factory. After the tour, the group sampled various beers brewed on site paired with food specially selected to complement

the beverages. Prior to returning to campus, on August 4, six Trinity students discussed career paths over Mexican food with 26 Colorado alumni at the Denver Making Connections at the home of Eric ‘88 and Sarah Hilty. The Denver chapter held another great faculty lecture on October 20, where Richard Butler, chair of business administration, spoke about the skills gap and workforce shortages and his successful endeavors with the Alamo Area Academies.

Professor Richard Butler, chair of business administration, spoke to the Colorado chapter alumni on October 20 at the Denver Athletic Club.

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Austin chapter took the Sunset Cruise on July 29 on Lady Bird Lake as a service project to help the Big Hearts for Brave Hearts reach their 2011 fundraising goal. The proceeds will help send campers to Camp Brave Heart, a free, two-and-a-half-day camp experience designed to combine the fun of a recreational camp with grief support for children ages 6 through 17 who have experienced the death

A group of Chicago alumni took in the Cubs vs. Rangers game on a beautiful Chicago fall day on September 17. Despite several Houston alumni in attendance, the Cubs at the end of the day won the game. The Chapter held its annual Holiday Kick-off Lunch on November 12 at the Quartino in Chicago’s River North neighborhood.

The summer BBQ at the home of Luke Peterson ’02 brought alumni together from four decades on August 27.

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alumnews ful film, the entire group was invited to Malai Thai Kitchen for the after party and to meet and greet the director. The festival is looking to partner with the Dallas chapter again next year! The Welcome to Dallas Happy Hour hosted by the Dallas chapter on July 21 brought together alumni classes from the early 1990s to the most recent 2011 Trinity graduates for beer and pizza. Dallas alumni participated in an afternoon of fun and service on July 23. They assisted Community Partners of Dallas, a local charity, with their Back to School

Houston Houston alumni gathered on June 30 for their annual summertime Welcome to Houston Happy Hour at the popular midtown bar Pub Fiction for an evening of networking, socializing and reminiscing about classic Trinity stories. The class of 2011 was very well represented and eager to meet their fellow alumni. Always one of the most widely attended events of the year, the event drew about 60 alumni to kick off their 4th of July weekend in style! Alumni and their families and friends

Alumni, current students and their families, and new firstyears enjoyed a warm summer day at the send-off party on August 6 at the home of Susie Davis ’83 in Greenwich, CT

Dallas It wasn’t “dinner and a movie” but the Trinity alumni of the Dallas chapter weren’t disappointed by the end of the evening on July 16. They wet their whistles at the Magnolia Bar before heading to the Asian Film Festival of Dallas.

Wedding Palace was the most well attended film of the festival. The Director, Christine Yoo, was in attendance and did a short Q&A after the movie. The film was a very funny slice of life from the angle of a family of Asian Americans. After the wonder-

The New England alumni enjoyed a fall foliage cruise on New Hampshire’s Lake Winnipesaukie on October 16. program while filling, checking, and sorting backpacks. Community Partners of Dallas provides support for abused children by providing direct resources to caseworkers.

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The Fort Worth chapter held a group tour of the special exhibit “Discover the Real George Washington: New Views from Mount Vernon” at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History on October 15. Associate Professor of History Carey Latimore gave a talk and led the tour. On November 10, Trinity Night Thursdays (TNT) offered alumni an opportunity to gather at Sherlock’s Baker St. Pub in Arlington to network.

gathered Sunday, July 17, at The Inn at the Ballpark before catching the Astros vs. the Pirates game, a nail biter that went 11 innings at Minute Maid Park. The chapter’s outing at Dewberry Farm on October 22 was fun and resulted in great Jack o’ Lanterns! The 2011 first annual Houston alumni golf outing was a blast! Seven teams enjoyed perfect weather on the Southwyck Golf Course. While this was not an official tournament, prizes were given for longest drive and closest to the pin. The chapter board plans to turn this golf outing into an official tournament next year and hopes to fill at least 15 groups. They anticipate great prizes, awards, and another fun gathering of Houston alumni, friends, and family!

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New York alumni attended Gotham Girls Roller Derby on September 10 to support alumna Megan Collum ’01 aka MegaHurtz.

the downtown D.C. home of Luke Peterson ‘02 and spouse, despite 65-mph gusts and horizontal precipitation. The alumni also met for appetizers and wine tasting on September 28 at Screwtop Wine Bar in Arlington, Virginia. A happy hour on Capitol Hill was held on October 20 at the Tortilla Coast, a fun neighborhood restaurant.

New England New England alumni enjoyed a lovely summer evening of picnic style potluck food/drink before they watched Shakespeare ComOn Nov. 5, alumni from five decades biked the gentle and scenic route from the renovated Pearl Brewery and Farmer’s Market along the expanded Riverwalk to the Blue Star Contemporary Arts Center for a tour. cious defense, and family-friendly atmosphere. The game between the San Antonio Silver Stars and the Connecticut Sun on August 11 was no exception. Trinity Night at the Sun provided great entertainment as well as conflict – do you support the local team or San Antonio? It was a mixed verdict as our group’s loyalties were clearly divided. When it was all over, the Silver Stars out-shot the Sun, 72 – 59. Alumni also enjoyed a fall foliage cruise on New Hampshire’s

Lake Winnipesaukie on October 16. The weather was wonderful and the colors gorgeous. Susie Davis ’83 has a posted video of the event at her Facebook page.

New York Alumni attended Gotham Girls Roller Derby on September 10 to support fellow alumna Megan Collum ’01 (aka MegaHurtz) and the Brooklyn Bombshells with a thrilling overtime win over Queens

Alumni in the Oklahoma City area enjoyed a fun night out at the Oklahoma City RedHawks game on July 28.

Greater Los Angeles The chapter held an alumni gathering on June 11 at the Griffith Park Observatory.

National Capital Area Alumni spanning four decades braved the wind and rain of Hurricane Irene to meet Saturday, August 27, for some Texas BBQ brisket and homemade margaritas. Cross-generational bonds were established and commonalities discovered in what turned out to be a lovely little get-together in

pany’s production of “All’s Well That Ends Well” on August 3 at the Boston Common. Thirteen people including alumni, current students and their families, and new firstyears enjoyed a warm summer day at the send-off party on August 6 for Trinity firstyears in Greenwich, Conn., hosted by the New England chapter. First-year Brandon Thompson and his family made the 6-hour trip from Maine to meet fellow Trinity students! WNBA basketball games are noted for their fast pace, coordinated team offense, tena-

Alumni from the San Antonio chapter enjoyed a relaxing day touring Spoetzl Brewery in Shiner, Texas, on September 10.

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alumnews flavors of Shiner brews. Following the tour, alumni packed up the bus and headed for a BBQ lunch at famous Smitty’s Market in Lockhart, Texas. Smitty’s was recently named among the Top 5 BBQ spots in Texas by Texas Monthly magazine. At the Making Connections event on September 15, Phyllis Browning of Phyllis Browning Real Estate Company and a University Trustee, gave a keynote address. Trinity Business Affiliates, alumni, and students interacted congenially with thoughtprovoking, informal questions

offered to host a “High English Tea” in spring 2012.

San Diego On Saturday, September 24, alumni met at Sprekels Park for lunch followed by a walking tour of Coronado Island. Some of the notable sites included Charlie Chaplin’s house, the Hotel Del Coronado--a famous resort destination for many presidents and actors, as well as the setting for the movie Some Like It Hot--and the Baby Del, a private residence

San Diego alumni met on September 24 at Sprekels Park for lunch followed by a walking tour around Coronado Island. of Pain! Alumni also gathered at Bowlmor Lanes, Union Square, on October 25 for bowling.

Oklahoma City The newly formed OKC chapter enjoyed a fun night out at the Oklahoma City Red Hawks game on July 28. Many alumni brought their families and enjoyed great seats right behind home plate!

San Antonio Young alumni learned to prepare a delicious meal with Chef Paolo at Maggiano’s while catching up with old friends and making new friends on June 14. The chapter board held its third annual kickoff happy hour on August 25 at Tycoon Flats on N. St. Mary’s Street. Almost fifty alumni toasted their alma mater, networked, visited their old stomping grounds, and reconnected with friends. Alumni toured the Spoetzl Brewery in Shiner, Texas, on September 10, where they learned the history of Shiner Bock beer and how it’s made before sampling the varied

The St. Louis chapter held its annual wine tasting event at the home of Brad ‘78 and Jill Winters on November 4.

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Trinity alumni, parents, students, guests, and President Ahlburg gathered at Busch Stadium on August 9 to cheer on the St. Louis Cardinals in the luxury suites courtesy of Trinity University Trustee Michael Neidorff ’65. and discussions. Alumni enjoyed an evening of family fun while watching the Trinity soccer teams beat Southwestern on October 14. On Nov. 5, alumni spanning five decades biked the gentle and scenic route from the renovated Pearl Brewery and Farmer’s Market along the expanded Riverwalk to the Blue Star Contemporary Arts Center for a tour. After a brief stopover to review the exhibits and have refreshments, the group continued their exploration of the Riverwalk’s Mission extension to Mission Concepcion. The chapter area-alumni received a special treat in November when Penelope Harley, wife of Trinity University President Dennis Ahlburg, hosted two luncheons on November 10 and November 15. The Trinitones’ performance at the end of lunch was a nice touch. Harley was so impressed and excited that she has already

modeled after the Hotel Del. On November 10, alumni gathered at In Cahoots for a boot scootin’ good time.

Seattle Alumni filled up the reserved section of Safeco Field on September 18 to watch the Seattle Mariners take on the Texas Rangers.

St. Louis President Dennis Ahlburg joined Trinity parents, students, and guests at Busch Stadium on August 9 to cheer on the St. Louis Cardinals from the comfort of a luxury suite generously provided by Trustee Michael ‘65 and Noemi Neidorff. The chapter held its annual wine tasting event at the home of Brad ‘78 and Jill Winters on November 4.

A note about photo submissions: Digital photos should be saved at a minimum size of 4” x 6” at a resolution of 300 dpi or 1200 x 1800 pixels. Save in jpg format and e-mail as attachments to alumni@trinity.edu. Prints should be mailed to: Office of Alumni Relations, Trinity University, One Trinity Place, San Antonio, Texas 78212-7200 There’s a chapter near you! If you would like to be involved in chapter activities or to serve on the Board, contact these respective chapter presidents. Or check out the chapter pages at https://alumni. trinity.edu The ones listed with * denote that they are not yet established chapters. They are in the formation stage. *Albuquerque: Scott Webster ‘85 scott.webster@pnm.com

Fort Worth Amy Chambers ‘89 amychambers@alumni.trinity.edu ftworth@alum.trinity.edu

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*Kansas City Travis Holt ‘06 tholt@alum.trinity.edu Los Angeles Matt Clark ‘92 Matt.Clark@alumni.trinity.edu LosAngeles@alumni.trinity.edu National Capital Area Genevieve Moreland ‘97 Genevieve.Moreland@alumni.trinity. edu NationalCapitalArea@alum.trinity. edu

Arizona Ray Fox ‘78 ray.fox@baml.com Arizona@alum.trinity.edu

New England (includes New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut) Jessica Patrick ‘02, stillchasingsummer@gmail.com NewEngland@alum.trinity.edu

Atlanta Beth Fenger ‘95 bethfenger@yahoo.com Atlanta@alum.trinity.edu

New York Nora Ziegenhagen ‘04, nziegenh@gmail.com NewYork@alum.trinity.edu

Austin Michelle Hardy ‘99, michellehardy@gmail.com Austin@alum.trinity.edu

Oklahoma City Jenny Richard ‘97 Jennyarichard@yahoo.com OklahomaCity@alum.trinity.edu

The Bay Area Daniel Galindo ‘09, danielhgalindo@gmail.com thebayarea@alum.trinity.edu

*Portland Jonathan Logan ‘84 loganjonathan@comcast.net

Chicago Erin Baker ‘99 erinmbaker@yahoo.com Chicago@alum.trinity.edu Colorado Lisa Breytspraak ’95 breytspraak@yahoo.com Colorado@alum.trinity.edu Dallas Kathleen Kerr Blanchard ’94, kathleenlkerr@hotmail.com Dallas@alum.trinity.edu *Florida Jody Tompson ’87 jtompson@ut.edu

Carol Markham Holland visited with her brother, Paul Markham ’39 and his wife in their home at Monte Vista Grove in Pasadena, Calif. Paul is 93 and ambulatory and would like to be remembered to his classmates.

1954 Delbert and Margaret Rowland celebrated his 80th birthday with a family dinner at Grey Moss Inn.

1956 Bobby Roth is the proud grandfather of Megan Soyars ’09. Megan spent the summer working on a dude ranch near Vail, Colo., and will return to New York in pursuit of a job with a publishing company.

1959 Lucia Dixon Street and four other women were named “The Jewels of Fort Bend.” They were honored “for being joyous, extraordinary women enriching lives.”

1964 Robert Carlson has retired as dean of the College of Natural Sciences, California State University, San Bernardino. He has been involved in higher education for more than 40 years. Capt. Toy E. Echols USAF, Ret., enjoys life in his lakeside

home in Crossroads, Texas. As a Navy pilot, he served in Viet Nam, Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and the Tonkin Gulf. He then served in the Texas Air National Guard and retired in 1999 with the rank of Captain with 39 years of total service. He is a true patriot working for reinstatement of ROTC and NROTC on college campuses. Davey Johnson has had a colorful and interesting career in professional baseball. Through the years he has been manager of the Mets, the Reds, the Orioles and the Dodgers. Now at age 68, he has been hired to manage the Washington Nationals. (See profile page 27.)

1965 Michael Neidorff has been named Variety’s 2012 Man of the Year. Variety, the Children’s Charity, was formerly known as Variety Club.

1969 Polly Jackson is an accomplished painter who describes her life in Santa Fe, N.M. as “rich with off-beat people, strange happenings, excitement on a day-to-day basis and a life most people can only dream about.”She has written a book titled PWALLY Mostly True Stories (Kindle Edition). Susan Masinter Riley has spent many years as a professional photographer, but for the past fourteen years she has also been teaching piano in her home in Alamo Heights. She enjoys teaching new talent as well as adults who wish to pick up “where they left off years ago.”

San Antonio James Sanders ‘98, james.sanders@mssb.com SanAntonio@alum.trinity.edu San Diego Sara Quarterman ‘04, sara.quarterman@gmail.com SanDiego@alum.trinity.edu Seattle Heather Richardson ‘06 heatherita@gmail.com Seattle@alum.trinity.edu St. Louis Rebecca Presson ‘01 rebeccafritzpresson@gmail.com StLouis@alum.trinity.edu *Tulsa Mike McBride ‘89 michael.mcbride@crowedunlevy.com

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Anniversaries Bill ’42 and Charlene McWhorter Pitts ‘42, 69th Wedding Anniversary

Births Gavin and Chandler to Stan and Erica Britt Dorsett ‘90 on October 28, 2010

Charter and first pledge class members attended the 50th anniversary of the chartering of Gamma Chi Delta held at Club Giraud in San Antonio. Special guest speaker was professor Coleen Grissom, an early sponsor of the group. Left to right: Donna Day Hubbard ‘64, Betty Maclin Lindsey ‘64, Sally Hilger McKelvey ‘64, Melissa Ash Brownell ‘64, Margie Van Valkenburgh Moody ‘64, Louise Galaznik Copper ‘64, Gretchen Seiberling Ricker ’64 and Meli Fry Moore ‘64.

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Carole “Dee” Rushing Lay and Steve Lay ’69 are living in Austin after having lived in Thailand for seven years where Steve was employed by Webster University. Nancy Bowen Saunders Wiggins has been appointed international marketing director for commercial real estate for Isabel de Mora, Finca Raiz Ltda., Bogota, Columbia. She provided professional seminars in Bogata in March 2011 on “U.S. and International Investors’ Interest in the Colombian Market” as well as a lecture in Bucaramanga.

Jasper ‘95 on June 7, 2011T Serafina Inez to Thomas and Amy Dunn Smith ‘95 on June 27, 2011 T Katherine Claire to Chad and Suzie Kerr Forsberg ‘96 on February 2, 2011 T Xavier Quainton to Capulet ’96 and Sarah Quainton Poehner ‘96 on July 26, 2011 T Lila Baran to Benjamin ’97 and Jennifer Robinson Atlee ‘97 on October 19, 2009 T Grace Elizabeth to Frank and Kathryn Davis ‘98 on August 3, 2011 T Savannah to Bill ‘01 and Angie Stahl Smith ‘99 on August 22, 2011 T Cannon Thomas to Thomas and Megan Gaiefsky Sherod ‘00 on July

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Christine Crawford Oppenheimer retired in January and is devoting time to genealogy, writing, reading, needlework, and her husband. They reside in Hyde Park, N.Y.

22, 2011 T Josiah Luke to Meredith and Joshua P. Searcy ‘03 on April 4,

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2011 T Zoe Marie to Dimitri ’02 and Jennifer Haley-Brown ‘04 on April 5, 2011 T Harper Ashley to Christopher ’02 and Sara Duncan Fredericks ‘04 on May 13, 2011T Cora Estelle to Zach ‘05 and Joy Hermansen McGaugh ‘04 on June 21, 2011 T Mason to Justin and Michelle Lippman Collette ‘06 on September 13, 2011T Parker Thomas to Cassie and Finny Mathew ‘06 on August 26, 2011 T Corinne Adelaide to Adrian ’07 and Cally Collins Chenault ‘07 on July 13, 2011 T

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Mark Bing was inducted into the Texas High School Football Hall of Fame and was also honored with a Resolution in the Texas Legislature in recognition of his nearly three decades as a team doctor for young athletes in Katy, Texas. Tom Masinter is currently an arranger for Wonder of Sound in addition to creating music for piano. He did the arrangements and performed the orchestrations for backup in the recent recording of Daniel Kobialka’s Sabor a Mi. The CD cover was shown on a very large screen in Times Square, New York City.

Medical. Currently he is chairman of the Board for IASIS Healthcare. David White has joined Anthelio as an independent director. The company is an independent provider of comprehensive healthcare information technology services and business process solutions.

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Bob McKinley is in his fifth year as an assistant coach at Texas A&M under head tennis coach Steve Denton who wrote, “Bob is a living legend in our sport and is respected by all who have come into contact with him. He is the only person who is already in the Tennis Hall of Fame as a player as well as a coach.” Belle S. Wheelan is the president of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges. At the June 2 National Conference for College Women Student Leaders, Wheelan was honored with the Women of Distinction Award.

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Joel Allison is president and CEO of the Baylor Health Care System. He was honored May 16 at a gala award dinner at the RitzCarlton Hotel in Chicago where he received the 2011 B’nai B’rith National Healthcare Award. Blanche Fowler Everett and her husband reside in Columbus, Texas. David R. White has been appointed to serve on the Strategic Advisory Board of Satori World

Don Sebastian has been appointed chief financial officer at Alamo Energy Corp. Rex Smith is editor and vice president of the Times Union, the dominant communication medium in New York’s Capital Region. He hosts the nationally syndicated weekly program, “The Media Project,” on Northeast Public Radio, is past president of the state press association and vice chair of the state Fair Trial/Free Press Conference. Through the American Society of News Editors, he is a national leader in efforts to encourage news literacy through schools and colleges.

1975 Richard E. Young has been named president and CEO of Texas Presbyterian Foundation. For the past six years the Rev. Young has served as regional representative for the Board of Pensions Presbyterian Church U.S.A. The Foundation has assets of more than $700 million..

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Chris Bozman was inducted into the College of Fellows at a ceremony at the Public Relations Society of America International Conference in Orlando, October 15. He has been in the public relations profession 32 years. Donald H. Wilkerson has been named the new chief executive officer at St. David’s Health Care. He will have oversight of the Medical Center, Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia, and Neuro Texas Institutes and a 64-bed rehabilitation facility, St. David’s Austin, and St. David’s Georgetown Hospital.

Macel Ray Coleman ‘40 on April 29, 2011 T Jean E. McDonald ‘41 on May 11, 2011 T Rev. George H. Walker ‘42 on June 21, 2011 T Bernice Kidd Robertson ‘43 on August 23, 2011 T Walter Starcke ‘43 on October 24, 2011 T Vivian Elaine Cowan Hayes ’44 on June 4, 2011 T Mary Monk Leathem ‘44 on June 12, 2011 T

1977 Daniel D. King was honored with two awards at the State Bar of Texas annual meeting in June. He was awarded a Presidential Citation for his commitment to all Texans, especially those who have served our country in the armed forces. The second award was the State Bar’s President’s Award in appreciation for outstanding contributions through distinguished service to the lawyers of Texas. Tom Poirier has self-published a historical novel, Anders ‘Andy’ Larsen, the story of a young Norwegian immigrant who settles in a small town in Minnesota. Richard Summers had an active part in the National Audio Theater Festival Workshop in June. He is known as Captain Radio online and posts weekly short independent audio drama reviews embedded in the RDR podcasts. He recently completed his first full independent audio production, Challenge of the Yukon. Listen to an episode on www.sonicsociety.org. Liz Maddox Young has been living in The Netherlands for eight and a half years. The family

Drusilla Johanson Miller ‘45 on June 21, 2011 T Mildred Ruth “Mickey”

Raul E. Hinojosa ‘78 attended the Coast Guard academy graduation and received the Coast Guard achievement medal from the Commandant of the Coast Guard.

Sims ‘45 on April 4, 2011 T John Lee Reagor ‘47 on May 9, 2011 T Pauline “Mackie” McKinzie Glispin ‘48 on July 10, 2011 T Charlotte Collier Grizzle ‘48 on September 2, 2011 T

will be repatriating to the U.S. to live in Houston. She is thrilled that their oldest son will be entering Trinity in the fall.

1978 Janet Peters Buckingham of Southwest Research Institute was named to the Board of the American Statistical Association. She will serve as the board representative for the Council of Sections. Lauren Groves was part of a medical team from the University United Methodist Church, San Antonio, who traveled to Senegal, West Africa, taking a quarter of a million dollars worth of donated medicines. The ten-member team went to villages and

treated more than a thousand children. Raul E. Hinojosa received the Coast Guard Achievement Medal from the Commandant of the Coast Guard at the Coast Guard Academy graduation in New London, Conn. May 18. Frank Oakes led two high school diploma programs to national recognition at the Gary Job Corps in San Marcos, Texas. He left there to become principal of the Austin Can Academy, one of 10 Texans Can charter schools.

Janie Obregon ‘48 on May 15, 2011 T John William Davis ‘49 on August 12, 2011 T Darvin H. Koehler ‘49 on July 31, 2011 T James Lee Heatley ‘51 on May 8, 2011 T Thomas E. “Tommy” Howell ‘56 on May 24, 2011 T Doug Carlson ‘57 on July 26, 2011 T Jacqui Von Honts ‘57 on August 19, 2011 T Sidney Bernadine Allison ‘60 on April 25, 2011 T James

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Vernon Berckmoes has been named to the position of assistant principal at Rockport-Fulton High School.

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Lauren Christensen Groves ’78 took a trip to Senegal, West Africa, sponsored by University United Methodist Church to offer medical aid to children in area villages.

David Keith is leaving California to be CEO and president for the McAlester Regional Health Center, McAlester, Okla. Matt Magee is a Houston resident artist whose paintings were featured at the Hiram Butler Gallery through November. Denise Barkis Richter is now a full professor in the communications department at Palo Alto College in San Antonio. She also writes a blog about San Antonio that features fun things to do and see in the Alamo City. Kreg Yingst, a painter and self-taught printmaker, was chosen to be the Featured Artist, Bayou City Art Festival 2011. After receiving his M.A. in art from Eastern Illinois University, he taught for thirteen years and has been a full time artist living in Pensacola, Fla., for the past ten years.

Peterson Voges ‘62 on October 21, 2011 T Patricia Louis Lambert ‘67 on May 24, 2011 T Tito Moreno ‘68 on January 11, 2011 T Martha Vieau Frietsch ‘70 on August 16, 2011 T Richard M. Jordan, Sr. ‘70 on June 25, 2011 T Patrick Thomas Finley ‘75 on June 3, 2011 T Sidelle Wayne ‘75 on September 25, 2011 T E. Lavonne “Bonnie” Hills ‘81 on May 6, 2011 T Charles Albidress ‘82 on August 11, 2011 T James Earle Howard III ‘84 on August 4, 2011 T Beate SakinsKing ‘85 on October 11, 2011 T Charles Andrew Walters ‘85 on October 17, 2011T

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Nancy Brasel was appointed to District Court judge in Minnesota’s Fourth Judicial District. She has been an assistant U.S. attorney serving in the fraud and public corruption section. Andrea Treiber Cutter is a civil litigator with extensive experience with mediation and arbitration. She has recently been named to the Tulsa firm of Heroux & Helton PLLC. David Girault has joined Tarkus Capital, LLC South-

Amye Benson Webster and Brian Webster ’93 with children and dog have relocated to Anacortes, Wash., in the beautiful San Juan Islands. Brian is certified as a reliability engineer by the American Society for Quality and has been promoted to reliability manager of the Shell Puget Sound Refinery.

William Razavi has published his most recent play, Sullivan’s Detours and debuted new short stories at the Five Things Austin event and for the Dallas Museum of Art’s Literary Death March. Todd Rogers has been named assistant dean of career development at the Colorado Law School. Tanya Spencer has moved to Dubai to serve as the chief of the political/ economic section of the U.S. Consulate. Her assignment is for three years.

Jennifer Marie Blair and Frank Shiels ‘80 1984 Leni McLaughlin Kirkman is serving as vice president of strategic communications and patient relations at University Health System, San Antonio. Her daughter is a first-year student at Trinity. Robert A. Snell is in global corporate banking for Citigroup and travels from one continent to another. After four years in Tokyo, he and his wife and son relocated to London. Frank Sutton has had a 40-year career in native health with the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium. He has said that the highlight of his career was being adopted by the Raven Coho clan and being given the name S’axt Hit S’aati (Boss of House of Medicine). He retired in August.

1985 Cliff Zintgraff and his company, DaVinci Minds, Inc., received the green education award from the San Antonio Business Journal. He has also received a grant from Educause, which is funded by the Gates Foundation. (See profile page 29.)

University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Neil received a Ph.D. in economics from the University of New Mexico and joined the faculty of UNLV in 1992. Bill Schoolfield had another summer of interesting travel visiting Scotland, Ireland, and San Francisco. Greg Wise has been named associate dean, New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, Arizona State University, Glendale.

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1996 Nancy Brasel ’91 was appointed to District Court Judge in Minnesota’s Fourth Judicial District

Sue Conley has been appointed CEO for Summit Medical Center in Van Buren, Ark.

1997 1990 Paul (Sonny) Marks is an associate with the Stockwel Sievert law firm in Lake Charles, La. In addition to his law practice, he has authored and published his first book, Five: The Night Dale Brown’s Bench Met the Best. Laverne Pitts is director of development at Texas Public Radio and enjoyed a successful wine auction, which netted nearly $20,000 for the San Antonio station.

1988 Eric Hilty has become chief legal officer for the Denver headquarters office of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Bryce Linsenmayer is a new partner in the firm Baker & McKenzie. He has twenty years experience in the area of securities law representing public and private companies in the energy, environmental, and technology industries. Helen R. Neil has been appointed associate dean of undergraduate education and assessment at Greenspun College of Urban Affairs,

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Central Region. He will be headquartered in McAllen, Texas. Brunson Green wrote an article for The Daily Beast describing his experiences as producer of the movie The Help.

1992 Sarah Burks works at the Cambridge Historical Commission as preservation planner at the city. She also volunteers at the Cyrus E. Dallin Art Museum in Arlington, Mass., and serves as co-chair of the Board of Trustees. Douglas D. Smith and his wife, Laurin, reside in Darien, Conn. with their three children. He has recently been named managing director within the corporate credit risk group at JPMorgan Chase in New York.

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Bill Schoolfield ’88 in Scotland in front of Edinburgh Castle.

Lisa Benjamin Goodgame and her husband are headed to Tashkent, Uzbekistan, where she will be the press attaché` (information officer) for the U.S. Embassy. One can follow their adventure at www. thepaulbenjamin.com/apps/blog Stephanie Morgan is a professional singer and voice actor. She also does adoption work.

Marsha Lyle-Gonga is an assistant professor of political science at Austin Peay State University. She was awarded a stipend by the university to design and lead a two-day seminar to increase the political efficacy of young women ages 18-24 through leadership development and civic engagement activities.

1998 Charlotte Kikel founded Eat in Peace Wellness Consulting following her graduation from Bauman College in Santa Cruz, Calif. in 2008. In June she presented The Pharmacology of Taste: Awakening Your Senses Vitality with Herbal Medicine at The Austin Centre in Austin.

1999 Will Consuegra and his wife have relocated to Silicon Valley. Will is the proposal manager for AREVA Solar, the Mountain View, Calif.- based renewable energy division of Paris-based AREVA. Jo Beth Jimerson received her doctorate in educational administration with a concentration in educational policy from The University of Texas Austin in May. She continues her career at Texas Christian

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2005 Megan Peet is the assistant director of the Rice Annual Fund.

2006 John Kain ’84, Jeanne McGee Culver ’82, Beth Dunn Plummer ’81 and John’s godson go tubing.

University, Fort Worth. Courtney Perry recently married and left her job at the Dallas Morning News . She has moved to Minneapolis.

2000 Liz Chiarello received a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of California, Irvine, and moved to Princeton to begin a twoyear post-doctoral fellow at the Center for Health and Wellbeing.

2003 Rebecca L. Avita was elected secretary of the New Mexico Hispanic Bar Association. She practices in the area of commercial litigation and health law. She resides in Albuquerque, where she is a member of the law firm Bannerman & Johnson. Matt Conner completed a psychiatry residency at Duke and has joined a private practice in Durham, N.C. Chris Helfrich has accepted the appointment as director of the Nothing but Nets campaign for the United

Nations Foundation. The campaign is a global, grassroots endeavor to save lives by preventing malaria. To date, Nothing But Nets has raised more than $35 million to distribute more than 4 million nets to families throughout Africa. Spencer Turner has been named the new president of Texas Presbyterian Hospital Flower Mound. Jeremy Woodson has joined Mortgage Dashboard as business development manager.

Allyson Weaver Bunker recently moved to Chicago where she has been promoted to director at the boutique management consulting firm, Net New Growth. She is pursuing a graduate degree in marketing at Northwestern University part-time. Justin Kendrick has been named chief operating officer at Texoma Medical Center, Denison, Texas. Stuart Wallace is moving to Izmir, Turkey, to teach fourth grade at the MEF International School. For the last five years, he has been teaching English as a second language in Japan, China, and Hong Kong. Nancy Wong received the MBA from NYU Stern in May and has gone to Nepal for a year to work as a nonprofit consultant for an anti-child

2001 Renee Chosed spent two years as a visiting assistant professor in the biology department at Trinity and has now started a new position as a tenure-track assistant professor in the biology department at Furman University in Greenville, S.C.

2002 Dimitri Brown is an emergency veterinarian at a veterinary specialty clinic in Tucson. Dylan Harrison is the head coach for women’s soccer at Sewanee enjoying victories over many challengers. Nicole Endres Hobbs hosted a bar-b-que party in her home and included Trinity friends Ashley Grounds ’03, Lindsay Dessem ’02, Emily Dessem ’06, and Cathy Phillips ’04. Ria Van Ryn successfully defended her dissertation at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and has accepted a tenure-track faculty position in the sociology department at Yeshiva University in New York.

Cassie Allen ’02 and friends on the Great Wall

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Quaternary outer fore-arc deformation and uplift inboard of the Panama Triple Junction, Burica Peninsula. Emily Riggert has worked with the Art Chicas project in Dallas that brings high school age students together for the purpose of having extraordinary art-making experiences. Her work explores the persistent forces of growth and decay in the natural world and has been seen at the Dallas Museum of Art, the San Antonio Art League, and the Michael and Noemi Neidorff Gallery at Trinity University.

2011

Nicole Endres Hobbs ‘02 hosted a BBQ at her home on June 25th. Several Trinity alumni were in attendance. From left to right standing: Ashley Grounds ‘03, Lindsay Dessem ‘02, Emily Dessem ‘06. From left to right seated: Nicole Endres Hobbs ‘02 and Cathy Phillips ‘04.

trafficking organization. She plans to “trek Everest before returning to corporate America.”

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Kyle Altman is the captain of the NSC Minnesota Stars professional soccer team. The Stars won the 2011 NASI Championship 2011 over the Ft. Lauderdale Strikers.

Daniel Davidson and Allison Teletzke were part of a group writing a paper published in the Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 116, BO5402 titled

Nicolette Good is director of publications at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio and also associate editor of Gold & Blue, the University’s magazine. By night, she is a singer/songwriter who has recorded her first CD and been chosen to perform on Troubadour Texas, a 22-episode series airing on stations across the country, primarily on Saturday evenings. John E. Phillips was named president of Methodist Mansfield Medical Center in August.

2008 Blake Barmore was pictured in the Pasadena Citizen with his father and uncle as he was pinned with a Rotary pin worn by his grandfather . He is the third generation to become an active member of the Pasadena, Texas, Rotary Club.

Jeremy Daum ’08 and Emily Loeffler ‘09

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Nell Glazener-Cooney is working for Southwest Airlines as a customer relations writing representative. David Couch is in the Master of Accounting program at the Neely School of Business at Texas Christian University. Stephanie Croatt, an intern with Texas Parks and Wildlife, is conducting tours and giving demonstrations at Enchanted Rock State Park. Hayley Emerick was a finalist for the 2011 NCAA Woman of the Year award, one of the NCAA’s most prestigious honors for female student-athletes. Kyle Felix has been named a Division III Baseball All-American. He was elected to the All-Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference first team for the fourth consecutive time.

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Emily Key Pickell Home: Fort Worth, Texas Education: B.A. in education ’83 and M.A. in education ’91 Activities/Hobbies: Avid reader, ring handbells, volunteer in various capacities with children/youth ministries at my church, ordained elder in the Presbyterian Church (USA), enjoy walking and hiking, traveling with my family, volunteer at my boys’ school. Family: Married to Stuart Pickell (William and Mary, ’82, Princeton Theological Seminary, ’87, UT Southwestern Medical School, ’96). Two sons, Jonathan (14) and Will (12). Career: Taught special education and coached girls’ basketball, volleyball, and track at Jackson Middle School in Northeast ISD, San Antonio, 1983-1994, heading the special education department 1984-1990; taught special education at Armstrong Elementary School in Highland Park ISD, Dallas, 1994-1996; taught special education at Northwest Rankin Middle School in Rankin County ISD, Brandon, Mississippi, 1996-1997. Currently teaching 3 6-year-olds at Montessori Children’s House in Fort Worth since 2003.

Legacy: Support for the Trinity Fund since 1985. Motivation to give: I grew up in a home where giving back was a way of life, and I learned from my parents’ example. I give to Trinity because my experience there was so meaningful to me. I want current students to have the same opportunities I had to learn from professors who are the top in their fields, yet who also take the time to interact with their students on a personal level. Outside the classroom, my gift helps to bring exciting speakers and programs to campus. I want to do my part to ensure that a Trinity education continues to be something extraordinary and highly prized.

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August 23, 2011

Dear Professor Smetzer: I read with great enjoyment and affection the article about you in today’s Trinity magazine. I was stunned to see that I was also mentioned in the article—at least I assume I was the student with the “ingrained fear and dread of math” to whom you referred. I was happy to read about your post Trinity success with family and projects and to see that you have changed a grand total of -0- since I took Calculus (I think) from you back in 1977. You were sporting a cap in the picture, but I assume you haven’t changed barbers either. I have long owed you a thank you, and the article with your address provided an opportunity to pay up. I really was that student with the ingrained fear and dread of math to whom you referred. I had flirted with failure in every math course I had ever taken before yours. More than fear, I suffered from an abject lack of confidence in my math skills and an associated lack of confidence in my ability to figure out anything involving or even resembling math or requiring logic or intellectual discipline. It is not an exaggeration to say that the “A” I earned in your course in 1977 (and earned is the word you told me to use when I thanked you for it) changed me. It wasn’t the grade. It was the excitement of knowing for truly the first time in my life that I could do this math stuff and probably other stuff too. My dad told me when I went off to college, insecure about my ability to compete, that the light comes on for everyone... just at different times. My switch was flipped by you and your patience and clarity and I am and will forever be grateful. You, Dave Burkett (who taught me to write), Claude Zetty, Raymond Judd, R.A. Bartels, and Richard Burke made my four years at Trinity the most important and transformative in my life. I owe you all more than I can ever repay. Today, I am a senior litigation partner in one of the biggest law firms in the world. I have served for seven years on the firms’ Finance Committee, where they did warn me there’d be math but I still took the job without trepidation. Three grown boys. No daughters-in-law yet. Working wife of 30 years. Zero complaints. Grateful for every day. So on behalf of all the other students who got over their ingrained fear and dread of math, please accept our sincere thanks and very best wishes for a long and enjoyable retirement. As I told Dave Burkett recently, I can only hope that the things I have done in my professional life will earn me an occasional random act of appreciation down the road. Yours most certainly have. Sorry it took me so long to deliver. With kindest personal regards, and many, many thanks, I am, Bradley A. Winters ’78 St. Louis

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Farewell to Moody Engineering Building I

n 1963, Trinity inaugurated a four-year engineering degree program, operating out of cramped quarters in the Marrs McLean Science Center. President James W. Laurie promised the entering engineering majors that they would have their own building before they graduated. Laurie persuaded the Board of Trustees to authorize groundbreaking for the new building even though the University had only enough money available to dig a hole and build the foundation. At the groundbreaking ceremony in May 1964, engineering dean Robert V. Andrews stood on board a DC-9 Caterpillar as the operator made several sweeps over the footprint turf. Later, during the excavation process, the Caterpillar uncovered a limestone cave that necessitated the addition of an unplanned basement. True to his promise, Laurie had a new building in place by the fall of 1965 and presided at its dedica-

tion in November 1966. Constructed with a million dollar grant from the Moody Foundation in Houston, the building was named the William L. Moody, Jr. Engineering Science Building in honor and memory of its primary benefactor. In his dedicatory prayer, Dean Bruce Thomas included these words: “Guide and direct those who will teach and those who will learn in this building, so that into this building will go more than brick and mortar, steel and glass, something of Thy sprit, the love of truth and pursuit of wisdom that is above mere knowledge. Amen.” The 36th building to be constructed on the Trinity University campus, Moody consisted of five levels and 64,000 square feet of space and initially housed classrooms, offices, laboratories, equipment for degree programs in engineering science, and additional office space and research facilities for the departments of mathematics,

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biology, physics, and chemistry. The fourth floor, designated for future expansion, was initially occupied by the University of Texas South Texas Medical School until their plant was completed. Long before multitasking became a household word, Moody provided temporary housing for numerous university offices and programs as new campus construction and remodeling projects were underway. Included were the departments of education, political science, and homebuilding; the Offices of Student Life, Business and Fiscal Affairs, Human Resources, Intramurals, Coates Center, TUVAC, and Student Senate. It also provided office space for retired faculty. Moody was the home of Trinity’s first computers. In 1967, the Trinitonian described Moody’s new IBM high speed computer as consisting of “five units, varying in size from a kitchen stove to a refrigerator,” and boasted of its ability to play Black Jack, analyze the brainwaves of cats, and manage the University’s payroll

files and mailing lists. Hailed as state of the art when it opened, Moody Engineering Science Building has served the University well for almost half a century. In recent years, however, it has been deteriorating and is now scheduled for demolition in 2012 to make way for the new Center for the Sciences and Innovation and a major renovation of Cowles Life Science. Nostalgia for Moody by present or past occupants is tempered by their excitement about the modern facilities that will take its place. As Engineering Science professor Kevin Nickels expressed it, “When Dean Robert Andrews planned Moody Engineering Building, he envisioned a bustling center of activity in chemical, mechanical, and electrical engineering. The new CSI complex takes this vision to the next level in a state of the art interdisciplinary building drawing in all the sciences.” R. Douglas Brackenridge Professor emeritus

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