Trinity Magazine - Winter 2015

THE MAGAZINE OF TRINITY UNIVERSITY WINTER 2015

Education by Design Rediscovered drawings show old plans for a new Trinity

GLOBAL HEALTH BECOMES MINOR CONCENTRATION MATH PROFESSORS PREDICT SPORTS VICTORIES TRINITY DESIGNATED AS AN ALL-STEINWAY CAMPUS

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Sharon Jones Schweitzer ’75 Editor Jeanna Goodrich Balreira ’08

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Scott Aleman, R. Douglas Brackenridge, Julie Catalano, Rick Dahms, Anh-Viet Dinh ’15, Ashley Festa, Susie Gonzalez,

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James Hill ’76, Josh Huskin, Aynav Leibowitz ’16, Joshua Moczygemba ’05, Justin Parker ’99, Alyson Rose-Wood ’03, David Smith Interim President Michael Fischer

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CONTENTS

Global Citizens Global Concern

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Prelude in D Major

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President’s Message 3 Editor’s Note 6 Trinity Today 12 #TigerPride 15 Trinity Press 16 Faculty & Staff Focus

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Where are They Now? 22 In Memoriam 46 Alumni Profiles 52 Class Notes 61 Chapter Activities 65 Déjà View

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Making the Cover “Education by Design” made the cover of the winter issue—but not without a little artistic planning. Watch a video of the magazine team making the cover in this new online feature: gotu.us/makingthecover.

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Interim President Michael Fischer announces candidates for degrees at Trinity’s Winter Commencement.

I am honored to serve as Trinity’s interim president. This is an exciting time at Trinity as we continue to expand the exceptional opportunities we offer our students.

We are launching three new Centers this spring, all of them developed to prepare our students for productive, meaningful lives in a rapidly changing world.

The Student Success Center strengthens our long-standing commitment at Trinity to educating the whole student. By bringing together a range of services, from academic advising to counseling, the Center will help students address the often intertwined emotional and academic challenges they sometimes face.

The Center for Experiential Learning and Career Success integrates academic work with learning that takes place outside the classroom and with career preparation.

This Center will support applied and experiential learning, including internships and undergraduate research, and will help students prepare for employment and life after Trinity.

The Center for International Citizenship joins study abroad, international student support, international alumni networking, and our outstanding interdisciplinary academic programs in international studies: Mexico, the Americas, and Spain (MAS), and East Asian Studies at Trinity (EAST). This Center embodies our commitment to readying students for an increasingly interdependent world.

Trinity’s new curriculum, for which the final design phases are well under way, reinforces these three new Centers. Growing out of extensive faculty discussions started in the fall of 2011, the new curriculum preserves our commitment to the liberal arts and sciences while creating additional opportunities for faculty members to develop new interdisciplinary courses and expand their teaching.

Topics being developed for our new First Year Experience, scheduled to begin fall 2015, include “Creative

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Genius” (What is a creative genius? How do we recognize and support creative genius when we see it?) and “Food Matters,” which examines the production and distribution of food and the origins and consequences of individual food preferences. Faculty members from various disciplines will teach these courses, demonstrating the value of studying complex subjects from multiple points of view.

By promoting “productive collisions” across disciplines, the new curriculum will help students express their ideas thoughtfully, analyze questions carefully, and collaborate with one another effectively.

Finally, please join me on February 20 and 21 for the grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony for our hub of these “productive collisions:” the Center for the Sciences and Innovation. Events will include an art and artists tour of the building, featuring student, faculty, and alumni artists’ installations, and hands-on laboratory demonstrations for high school students interested in science.

I welcome you back to campus for this event and many others, including our lecture series, music and theatre performances, athletic events, and campus-community activities. I also look forward to welcoming to campus President-elect Danny J. Anderson, his wife Kimberly, and their dog Willy as the Andersons join our Trinity community May 29.

Sincerely,

Michael Fischer

EDITOR’S NOTE

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR I have an issue with The WPA Guides to America Digital Library on page 10. The last sentence mentions “...each of the 49 states that existed at the time...” Those 1930’s were not the 1930’s I learned about in history.

- Leslie Jo Gatti ’70 Response from Trinity Press: The 49 is referring to Alaska that was a territory at the time, but we have taken liberties on that language for the sake of tightening marketing verbiage. Sharp eyes on that, reader!

I received the back issues that I had missed, as well as the recent July issue with our wedding picture in it. I don’t always read all of the class announcements in the magazine, usually only the ones near my class year. For some reason I read all of them in this issue, and I discovered that the new City Manager of Dallas, A.C. Gonzales, is a Trinity alum. I want to eventually become a city manager, so I contacted A.C., who was willing to meet with me for an hour when I was visiting Dallas. Dr. Butler tells me there are probably a good number of Texas city managers who graduated from Trinity’s urban studies program in the 70’s, so I’m going to spend some time in the alumni directory.

- Leigh (Byford) Wallace ’06

I was very impressed to read about the faculty-led course trip to Laredo and by the fact that Trinity students visited the border to see just what the Border Patrol actually does there. I am certain that this course opened many eyes to our current immigration problems.

- siouxbee

Change. A professor of mine once told me that it’s the only constant in life. Love it or hate it, change is inevitable... and here on campus, quite a trend these days! Yet at Trinity, change isn’t fleeting; it honors dedication and commitment to history, tradition, where we came from—our community’s Tiger pride.

Our cover story this winter, “Education by Design,” gives us a glimpse into the University’s architectural past, and reminds us of the history of a campus tied deeply to its place on Earth. Where O’Neil Ford’s plans formed a unique identity for the San Antonio campus, new buildings reveal cutting-edge technology and sustainability efforts while paying homage to historic design.

Across today’s campus, as the University prepares to welcome its 19th president (meet Danny J. Anderson, Ph.D., on page 12), change is in the air. From a new spirit logo (check it out on page 14) to a new academic curriculum (learn more from Interim President Michael Fischer on page 2) to a new take on Trinity magazine itself, the Trinity community is facing a myriad of changes with mixed reactions. In the

Every change is an opportunity to share a new story, start a new journey, and impact the world around you. true spirit of a liberal arts education, pop-up discussions bring multiple perspectives from just as many disciplines to all of these conversations.

And oh, is it refreshing! Educated opinions backed by research and experience fuel both fireside chatter and heated debates, where one theme shouts above the others: every change is an opportunity to share a new story, start a new journey, and impact the world around you.

Our beloved former editor, Mary Denny, has embraced these opportunities. After thirty-three years of service to the University and unwavering dedication to the success of Trinity magazine, Mary’s new journey takes her around the globe as she continues exploring new places, new cultures, and new ideas. Her impact on this magazine and the University will never be forgotten.

With excitement, gratitude, and a pinch of nervousness, I’m thrilled to begin my new journey with you. I encourage you, Trinity reader, to embrace the uncertainties of change. Spark a discussion; ignite an idea; get fired up! Change is a frustratingly productive thing!

Send comments, ideas, or suggestions to jgoodri1@trinity.edu or Jeanna Goodrich Balreira, One Trinity Place, San Antonio, Texas 78212.

Letters may be edited for style and space considerations.

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The Big Picture As incoming students climbed Murchison Tower for the annual tower climb this past August, a true Texas thunderstorm rumbled through San Antonio, cutting short and prompting a rescheduling of the day-before-classes tradition. photo by Anh-Viet Dinh

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Student entrepreneurs start Modern Snail to blend technology with the magic of letter writing

by Susie P. Gonzalez If everything truly does go in cycles, then it should be no

surprise that four Trinity student entrepreneurs have made a commitment to the old-school practice of writing and mailing personal cards and notes.

After a year and a half of brainstorming, diving headfirst into conceptualizing a business, and volunteering at San Antonio’s Café Commerce to help other start-ups, the students are on the brink of launching a business

“We thought sending cards is an easy thing to do, and people appreciate it,” Fiedler said.

“We thought, ‘Maybe there’s a business in it.’” named Modern Snail. The company’s goal is to recapture the magic of receiving a letter in the mail by using technology to easily send cards: “a modern form of snail mail.”

Modern Snail started as the brainchild of students living in Trinity’s first Entrepreneurial Hall and taking a course taught by Luis Martinez, director of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Martinez guided them through the program’s first “pitch night,” a process of sharing their ideas and competing for $5,000 in seed money to move the project from their heads to reality.

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The all-sophomore team includes Daniela Galarza of Quito, Ecuador, a marketing and management major; Benjamin Gomez of San Antonio, also a marketing and management major; Jack Fiedler of Cherry Hill, N.J., an accounting major; and Andrea Lee of Austin, a neuroscience major.

At first, they thought about a personalized online newsletter, but changed that concept after conducting market research. Gomez noted that too many people use Facebook, and even more people think Facebook is not personal.

“We thought sending cards is an easy thing to do, and people appreciate it,” Fiedler said. “We thought, ‘Maybe there’s a business in it.’”

Since the team values the environment, all cards will be made from 100 percent recycled materials, and because they value art, all cards will be designed by college students.

Next, they had to find legal help to write articles of incorporation to file with the Texas Secretary of State’s Office. To learn the ropes about starting a company, they jumped at the chance to intern last summer at Geekdom and Acción Texas. Among their mentors are Matt Egan, CEO of Image Freedom, and Peter French ’98, president of Café Commerce, a “one stop entrepreneurial hub” where the students feel as if they had 60 partners last summer. They also have met with another role model: Gary Schoeniger, co-founder and CEO of the Entrepreneurial Learning Initiative.

The team hired a web designer who embedded social media widgets in the site’s design. “It was a surprise, because we didn’t ask for that,” Galarza said. “But it shows that the site will be very customizable for visitors.” The group is still fine-tuning the website and working out the online payment system.

Lee, who said she took the course initially because she and Gomez were dating and didn’t have any other classes together, is grateful for the labor-intensive but valuable experience of launching a company as a student: “If I open up a practice, it will be good to have this business background.”

Fiedler said he’s wanted to start a business since he was a child. “The entrepreneurship program is what brought me to Trinity. What I’ve learned from this experience is that you have to double-check every detail so you don’t go around in circles.”

Send your friends a card or two at www.modernsnail.com.

School of Business Announces New Majors Four areas complement existing major in business administration Trinity University has approved changes to majors offered in the School of Business. The School will now offer majors in accounting, finance, and international business, areas which previously were concentrations within the business administration major. Trinity also approved a new major in business analytics and technology. Beginning with the Fall 2015 catalog, all four of these areas will have their own Bachelor of Science degree designations. The business administration major will continue in its present form, with concentrations available in management and marketing. All business majors will still be required to complete at least 60 semester hours outside of the School of Business, continuing the School’s commitment to the development of strong business students who are well-grounded in the liberal arts.

Trinity Library Receives Gift of Rare Bible University’s Special Collections to house hand-crafted work Trinity University’s Coates Library has received a limited edition Pennyroyal Caxton Bible. The rare, two-volume work is a King James Version designed and illustrated

by Barry Moser, the foremost American master of relief engravings. Four years in the making, the work is a marvel of craftsmanship featuring 232 relief engravings and exquisitely hand-crafted vellum bindings.

University Librarian Diane Graves, who has collected Moser’s books since the mid-1980s, says she is deeply honored to receive the gift, which she estimates is valued at $10,000.

One of only 400 produced, the Pennyroyal Caxton Bible is a gift from New York businessman and philanthropist Bruce Kovner and his wife, Suzie. The Kovners chose Coates Library as a repository for the rare work because of “the aesthetic and scholarly standards of the library and particularly the interests of Special Collections.”

Brandi Russell ’15, a human communication major from Houston working in Special Collections this year, has assembled an ex-

It is a marvel of craftsmanship featuring 232 relief engravings and exquisitely handcrafted vellum bindings. hibit of Moser’s work with the help of Special Collections librarian and archivist Megan Toups showcasing the Pennyroyal Caxton Bible and other classic Moser volumes from the library’s collection. The exhibit is expected to run until March 2015.

Trinity University Press Hosts Writer and Activist Rebecca Solnit speaks about engaging in difficult dialogues This November, Trinity University Press hosted an evening with internationally acclaimed writer and activist Rebecca Solnit, author of The Encyclopedia of Trouble and Spaciousness. Solnit spoke at the Holt Center about her “negative muses”: critics who have engaged her in difficult dialogue, pushing her

to write and speak more powerfully about social issues and change. From comments about who did Throreau’s laundry to her encounters with publicity and the importance of remaining open-minded, Solnit spoke highly of Trinity and the Press, saying, “It is wonderful having a place that will do this kind of publishing that really can be deeply idealistic and imaginative.”

Solnit’s works are available from Trinity University Press at www.tupress.org.

Inclusion Expert Speaks at Trinity Founder of Athlete Ally inspires Tiger student-athletes Hudson Taylor, a former collegiate wrestling All-American and current coach, spoke to a group of more than 350 student-athletes and others at Laurie Auditorium on October 6.

Taylor, founder of the nonprofit organization Athlete Ally, works to foster “allyship” in athletic environments, where he had often observed the use of homophobic language and humor.

“Sport is a microcosm of society,” said Jacob Tingle ’95, chair of Trinity’s sport management program. “Future sport professionals need to be prepared to engage and be on the forefront of promoting a diverse workforce. The research is clear that organizations with climates that embrace all people are more successful.”

Student-athletes who become Athlete Allies sign a pledge that urges inclusion in sports. Volleyball Assistant Coach Aly Lilley

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hopes “Trinity’s SAAC members will sign the pledge, and potentially create an Athlete Ally group on campus.”

science program was ranked No. 23 among the nation’s schools where the highest degree offered is a bachelor’s or master’s.

“No Solo es Ayotzinapa… es Todo México” Teach-in sheds light on violence against students in Mexico

Tigers Get Out the Vote Students register a record number of voters with “the Netflix of Voting”

“We must not allow the actions of the Mexican state to go unsanctioned, nor the brutality of the criminals to go unnoticed or ignored.” With these words, faculty associated with Trinity’s Mexico, the Americas, and Spain (MAS) program initiated a teach-in about the violence against Mexican citizens by military and police forces and criminals.

The teach-in, held on November 21, brought the Trinity community together to learn about the assassination of 43 students by criminals allegedly acting on behalf of Mexican officials and about the widespread protests sparked by the act. Participants included professors Rosana Blanco-Cano, Rob Huesca, Arturo Madrid, Aaron Navarro, and Katsuo Nishikawa. Trinity graduate Rosana Rojas also participated via Skype from Guadalajara, Mexico.

Still Number 1!

U.S. News & World Report gives Trinity high marks for value and commitment to teaching For the 23rd straight year, the U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges” guide awarded Trinity University 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. Trinity also received a No. 1 ranking in the publication’s best value category, “Great Schools, Great Prices,” and is listed in the top schools with a stellar program in undergraduate research and creative projects.

In addition, Trinity was ranked No. 2 as a school where faculty have an unusually strong commitment to undergraduate teaching, and the University’s engineering

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As the 2014 midterm elections went into high gear, Trinity University students used TurboVote, an online service meant to simplify the voting process, to register a record number of students, faculty, and staff to vote in November.

TurboVote compares itself to Netflix because it will send the paperwork needed for registration and absentee ballots in pre-addressed, stamped envelopes after it has been

“I understand the privilege it is to vote.” filled out online. While it does not offer a way to actually vote online, it will send reminders by texts and emails when an election deadline draws near.

Avantika Krishna, a senior double major in political science and human communi-

cation, helped partner the University with TurboVote. According to the TurboVote staff, Trinity had the highest percentage of new voters sign up–roughly 25 percent of the student population–than any other school using the online service.

One person was unable to take advantage of TurboVote: Krishna. Born in India, she is in the middle of her application for U.S. citizenship. “The irony is not lost on me,” she said. “It is exactly why I was pushing for this. I understand the privilege it is to vote.”

Fixing Politics with Character and Citizenship Columnist David Brooks speaks as part of Trinity’s Distinguished Lecture Series In the 30 years he has been covering politics, David Brooks, an op-ed columnist for The New York Times, said he has never seen the political system so broken. The solution, he believes, is a return to character and citizenship. Brooks spoke in Laurid Auditorium at Trinity as part of the University’s Distinguished Lecture Series this November.

“We haven’t passed a major piece of legislation in four or five years. The level of dysfunction in Washington is high and morale is low,” Brooks told the audience. Brooks said the problem needs a fundamental answer: a

Moore to Give Family fund provides scholarships for education students

by Ashley Festa Living a thousand miles away from Trinity

return to citizenship. “In order to be a good leader, you have to start with an inner core,” he said. For Brooks, virtues such as courage, honesty, and humility reside in the inner core. With character and citizenship, one can overcome tendencies toward selfishness and

“In order to be a good leader, you have to start with an inner core.” self-centeredness­—and an external life of service and community flows.

The Distinguished Lecture Series is made possible by an endowment gift from the Walter F. Brown Family of San Antonio.

Return on Investment Student Managed Fund portfolio increases by almost $2 million At the end of November, the Student Managed Fund (SMF) Portfolio had earned a total return of 15.99 percent for the year, leading the S&P 500 by two percentage points. This year’s performance is particularly impressive given last year’s return of 36.77 percent, which exceeded the S&P 500 return by more than four percentage points. The fund’s 2014 performance ranks in the top 3 percent of all Lipper Large-Cap funds and in the top 1.5 percent of all Lipper Multi-Cap funds.

Between December 2012 and November 2014, the fund has increased in value from $3.3 million to $5.2 million.

University, retired education professor John H. Moore III wouldn’t logically expect to see many of his former students. Never would he have guessed that two of his former students vacationing at Montezuma Castle National Park at Camp Verde, Arizona, where Moore volunteers, would happen to recognize his voice as he described the history of the cliff dwelling to other visitors.

Nor would he have imagined that graduates would come calling with their families.

He’s hiked the north and south rims of the Grand Canyon with a former student who now teaches in Plano, Texas.

Another former student phoned him recently to report that he implemented many of the techniques Moore used with his education classes for 33 years at Trinity.

These protégés embody Moore’s dedication to students, the reason he continues to support the endowment established under his family’s namesake nearly 100 years ago.

The family tree branches out

Way back in 1915, Dr. and Mrs. John Henry Moore started a little fund at Trinity in honor of their elder son, Maurice T. Moore.

The first contribution was probably only a couple hundred dollars (equivalent to a

past century–to nearly $1.5 million. In the past three years alone, the fund has provided more than $90,000 in scholarships for students.

“I wish my grandmother and grandfather could see what this fund has amounted to thanks to their foresight,” said Moore, the grandson of Dr. and Mrs. Moore.

Their younger son and Moore’s father, John Harold, graduated from Trinity in 1928 and went on to serve as president of the Alumni Association. He also earned recognition as the 1974 Distinguished Alumnus.

As a part of the third generation of Trinity supporters, Moore has continued the family legacy both in service and financial support. He never considered going anywhere else for his undergraduate degree.

Those years, plus his time as professor and education department chair, Moore spent 37 years–“a good chunk of my adult life!”– at Trinity.

He spent his career teaching middle school, high school, and college students, and he values the work of all educators.

That’s why the Moore scholarship fund assists graduate students pursuing education degrees in teaching, school counseling, or school leadership.

“My wife, Suzanne, and I are going to

In the past three years alone, the fund has provided more than $90,000 in scholarships for students. few thousand in 2014). Records from that time aren’t always complete, so there’s no way to know for sure. What is certain, however, is that the Moore Family Education Scholarship Fund has flourished during the

continue giving to that fund as long as we’re alive, and after that, we’ll leave money to the fund,” Moore said. “I learned that from my family: if you have a little bit of money, give a little bit of money away.”

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Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon Runs Through Trinity More than 20,000 runners experience campus at marathon’s 6-mile point ​ he Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon wound its way T through campus in December for the second year. Fast becoming an annual Trinity community tradition, many runners—including students, employees, parents, and alumni— have noted the Trinity leg of the race among their favorite aspects of the run.

The stand band, Tiger cheerleaders, fraternities and sororities, residential life, counseling services, and health services, among other campus groups, cheered on the runners as they climbed Trinity Hill. KRTU played jazz,

faculty took their places in regalia, LeeRoy the Tiger showed his #TigerPride, and alumni cheered on the runners on Ledge Lane.

More than 20,000 runners representing all 50 states and many countries enjoyed the spirit of Trinity at the 6-mile point of the marathon.

Trinity Press Acquires Maverick Publishing Book line deepens the catalog of titles with Southwest themes Trinity University Press is acquiring the San Antonio-based Maverick Publishing Company and bringing its founder, Lewis F. Fisher, on board as an editorial adviser.

In early 2015, Trinity will launch a new imprint, Maverick Books, which will include a backlist of the original Maverick line while building a collection of titles committed to the history and culture of Texas and the American Southwest.

Thomas Payton, associate director of Trinity University Press, arranged the acquisition. “Launching the Maverick Books imprint sends a strong message that we are determined to be a preeminent publisher of books about Texas and the American Southwest as a complement to our other areas of international focus,” Payton said.

From the Ground Up Entrepreneur-in-residence encourages idea incubation

by Jeanna Goodrich Balreira Ask Chris Warren ’78 how he defines “entrepreneur,” and he’ll note his two favorites: “Entrepreneurs are people who are too naive to see the obstacles that are obvious to others” and “Someone with the drive, persistence, and mindset to change the world by filling a need in the marketplace.” The University’s first entrepreneur-in-residence, Warren has joined director Luis Martinez in Trinity’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship for the 2014-2015 academic year.

Along with helping to raise funds for the Center, Warren teaches an introductory course and mentors 70 budding entrepreneurs—all in an effort to make entrepreneurship accessible to students of every major.

“Whether you’re a chemist, a business manager, or a janitor, drive and

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Harp and Harpsichord Harmony Trinity Friends of Music fund assists department in adding two new instruments Trinity’s Department of Music added a new harp and a harpsichord to their instrumental collection, available for use by students and faculty at the University. The harp, a purchase made possible by the Trinity Friends of Music fund, replaces the University’s existing instrument. The harp was used in the 2014 Christmas Concert, and will be again during the orchestra concert this spring.

The harpsichord purchase was made possible by a bequest from the estate of William Kare and the Trinity Friends of Music fund, and is dedicated to the memory of the late Gerald R. Benjamin, professor of music history at Trinity from 1968-2001.

Commissioned from local harpsichord builder Gerald Self, the harpsichord was modeled after an eighteenth-century French double-manual harpsichord built by Henri Hemsch. “We wanted to commission an instrument that will allow us to teach as vast a repotoire as possible, including Bach,” David Heller, music professor and chair of the music department, said.

energy to take advantage of opportunities can bring your ideas to life,” Warren says. “You can layer entrepreneurship skills on top of your career, or use them to develop a career of your own.”

And Warren is a prime example of a career entrepreneur: from IBM to Frito-Lay to his own startup ventures, Warren’s experiences include manufacturing, education, consulting, nonprofit leadership, and public service. Warren emphasizes the importance of seeking resources and support through research and networking.

One of Warren’s goals is to connect alumni entrepreneurs with current Trinity students. “People are identifying themselves as entrepreneurs more and more,” Warren says. “I’d like to bring these alumni entrepreneurs back to campus to offer advice, to mentor, or to speak in classes.”

Interested in networking or sharing your experiences? Contact Warren at cwarren2@trinity.edu to learn more about TUNE, the Trinity University Network of Entrepreneurs.

Trinity, Tomorrow.

University elects Danny J. Anderson, Ph.D., to serve as its 19th president

by Jeanna Goodrich Balreira

Excited: one word can be used to describe award-­winning

professor and Mexican literature scholar Danny J. Anderson, Ph.D., as he begins his transition into Trinity’s highest leadership role. Anderson has been unanimously elected by Trinity University’s Board of Trustees to serve as the University’s 19th president.

Anderson, currently dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Kansas, describes the liberal arts as “wonderful for the 21st century.” He is “especially excited by the student-­centric emphasis of the University combined with its intellectual excellence and ambition” and admires “the broad, traditional liberal arts blended with business, engineering, and pre­professional programs that prepare students to address the complex world that they will move into after they leave Trinity.”

While looking toward the future, Anderson also recognizes the challenges Trinity faces. “I am drawn to the challenge of helping to raise the national prominence for Trinity’s excellence to a higher level,” Anderson says.

“With the help of the Trinity Tomorrow strategic plan, I aim to build upon some of the unique strengths that have made Trinity what it is, showing the University is a leader in liberal arts and sciences education.”

Excited by the prospect of the University’s 150th anniversary in 2019, Anderson will be in office to “help plan events, recognitions, and celebrations to signify this remarkable accomplishment,” he says. “It is an honor to recognize the traditions of generations of the Trinity community.”

Getting to know this community, Anderson looks forward to visiting San Antonio several times before assuming the presidency on May 29, making connections with faculty, staff, students, and alumni. He sees those connections as playing a vital role in the University’s success. “I’m encouraged that Trinity is exploring new ways to connect with all generations of graduates,” Anderson says. “They are the individuals who tell the

story about how the Trinity experience creates a lifelong journey to discover, grow, and become representatives of the University.”

Not to mention, Anderson says, “They are the parents of the future, and hopefully their children will choose to become future Tigers!”

Showing his #TigerPride already, Anderson encourages Tigers young and old to use their Trinity educations to make an impact on others’ lives. “We are all called upon to lead in the world,” Anderson says. “A leader doesn’t mean a title—it means having the skills to work as

a team and influence those around you. The Trinity community fosters the ability to be effective and successful at influencing others. Trinity graduates set the agenda for the world that they want to create.”

As Anderson’s leadership guides Trinity, he is “excited about the opportunity to work together with those who make up this community.” Anderson notes that “this community is larger than the sum of its parts, and I look forward to meeting and listening to the many individuals who have their own unique, personal stories.”

“My goal,” he says, “is to help the Trinity community achieve even more than it presently imagines.”

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Double Vision Trinity’s Skinner and Mayer Win National Doubles Championship

by James Hill Trinity men’s tennis seniors Jordan Mayer and Aaron Skinner have

opposite personalities, both on and off the court.

Mayer is an extroverted individual, while Skinner tends toward the introspective. Mayer comes from a tennis family, while Skinner is the only member of his family who has played intercollegiate tennis.

The two Tiger players even have differing styles while representing Trinity during tennis matches.

Yet the old adage of “opposites attract” is true in this case, as the two Trinity standouts won the United States Tennis Association/Intercollegiate Tennis Association Division III Doubles Championship in October. The Tiger duo won a straight-sets championship match in Sumter, S.C., bringing home Trinity’s third ITA national crown in five years.

“I am very energetic, and sometimes get angry on the court,” says Mayer, of San Antonio, who will receive a bachelor’s degree in May in accounting and finance. “Skinner is always stable. We have counteracting attitudes on the court, which make for an even-keel balance.”

That balance proved crucial at the national event. The All-Americans began the tournament by winning a play-in match against Whitman College, which qualified them for the main draw. Mayer and Skinner took out the second-seeded team from Emory University in the quarterfinals, and then beat a duo from the University of Chicago in the semifinals. The Tiger tandem won the title with a victory over a pair from Pomona-Pitzer Colleges, dropping only one set in four matches of the Division III tournament.

“Jordan is really explosive with his shots, and I am more consistent,” said Skinner, from Columbia, Mo., who will earn a degree in environmental science and biology. “I like to make sure we have a shot. Our conduct is similar to our personalities.”

With the October titles under their belts, Trinity can claim 11 ITA men’s and women’s singles and doubles championships, dating back to 1997. Trinity men’s coach Russell McMindes ’02, a former Tiger standout, has mentored players to three of those championships. “It’s

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Head Coach Russell McMindes celebrates with seniors Jordan Mayer (left) and Aaron Skinner (right) after the duo captured the ITA Doubles National Championship.

something we are very proud of,” McMindes said. “They are guys who have talent, but also a strong desire to succeed. They find a way to get the most out of themselves when they are in those settings.”

Both Mayer and Skinner chose Trinity because of its outstanding relationship between academics and athletics, and because of the leadership style of McMindes. Team unity also developed over the years, which has played a large part in the Tigers’ success.

“We just have the depth a lot of teams don’t,” Mayer said. “Because of that, every time we go out to practice, it raises the bar. We are truly a team. Coach McMindes and Coach Newman focus on developing us as people, first. And that carries over to the tennis courts.”

Skinner continued with comments about the academic aspect of Trinity life. Both student-athletes excel in the classroom, as each has made Trinity’s Dean’s List several times. “It’s hard to turn down this caliber of academics,” said Skinner, when asked why he chose Trinity. “You can find it at a Division I school, but you won’t find the attention and accessibility of the faculty. Also, our team camaraderie is really good.”

Trinity Athletics Recap Cross Country

The Tiger men’s and women’s cross country teams both finished second at the SCAC Championships this season, led by Head Coach Emily (Loeffler) Daum ’09. Trinity also earned the Male and Female Freshmen of the Year awards with Michael Erickson and Melissa Whitman, respectively. A total of 11 runners (six women and five men) earned All-SCAC honors.

At the NCAA South/Southeast Regional Championships, the Trinity women’s team was sixth with three All-Region performers.

Nicola Hill was 10th individually to lead the team, while first-years Melissa Whitman and Emma Maceachern also earned regional honors. The men’s team finished 11th at the regional meet, led by three-time All-Region performer Taylor Piske.

Football

Under the direction of first-year Head Coach Jerheme Urban ’03, Trinity’s football team overcame a tough start to the season to finish with three wins in the final four games. The team wound up with a record of 4-6 overall, and a second-place finish in the SCAC. Linebacker Julian Turner was the SCAC Defensive Player of the Year, while fellow linebacker Connor Yorloff earned D3football. com All-Region accolades. A total of 16 AllSCAC awards went to Tiger football players.

Men’s Soccer

The Tigers tied a school record for wins in a season (24) in 2014, advancing to the NCAA

Quarterfinals for the second consecutive year. Trinity captured its third straight SCAC Championship this season, as well as the 17th overall title in 24 seasons under Head Coach Paul McGinlay. Johnny Lawson was named the SCAC Offensive Player of the Year, heading a group of 11 Tiger players to earn AllSCAC honors at the end of the regular season.

Lawson was also one of five Trinity soccer players to earn First Team All-Region honors, including Matt Cardone, Tom Carwile, Victor Araujo, and Simon Uribe. Cardone and Carwile were also honored as NSCAA All-Americans.

a group of 11 Trinity women’s players to earn All-SCAC recognition.

Falcone, Peddicord, Emily Jorgens, and Shelby Hopkins were all named to the NSCAA All-Region team, while Jorgens and Falcone went on to earn All-America honors as well.

Jorgens is now a four-time All-American, while Falcone has garnered All-America recognition each of the past two seasons.

The outstanding duo also earned Capital One Academic All-America honors from CoSIDA. Additionally, Jorgens repeated as the Capital One Academic All-American of the Year in women’s soccer, and is the first player in history to win the award in consecutive seasons.

Women’s Soccer

Trinity captured its sixth consecutive SCAC title under Head Coach Lance Key, as well as the ninth in 11 seasons under the direction of Coach Key. Fourth-year Assistant Coach Owen Collie was named the NSCAA West Region Assistant Coach of the Year for the second straight season, while Coach Key shared SCAC Coach of the Year honors. Kelsey Falcone and Kirby Peddicord were the SCAC Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year, highlighting

Volleyball

All-Americans Maggie Emodi and Erin Cusenbary led Trinity to the round of 16 in the NCAA Playoffs, under the leadership of 30-year Head Coach Julie Jenkins. The Tigers won their second consecutive title at the SCAC Tournament, sweeping Southwestern 3-0 in the finals.

Layne Hubbard and Erika Edrington also earned AVCA All-Region honors following

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the end of the regular season. Each of the four standouts was also named to the AllSCAC team. Cusenbary and Shannon Courtney garnered some off-the-court recognition as well, earning the Capital One Academic All-District award.

Men’s Basketball

After a rough start to the 2014-15 season, the Tiger men’s basketball team finished the 2014 calendar year with a win over SUNY Polytechnic to cap the Trinity Invitational tournament in San Antonio. Among Trinity’s highlights from the early part of the season was sophomore A.J. Pulliam earning SCAC Player of the Week honors as the team lost a pair of close games against two top-10 opponents in Emory and Washington-St. Louis at the Lopata Classic in St. Louis, Mo. Despite the tough opening to the year, the Tigers will still be looking to win their fourth consecutive SCAC title during the spring semester.

Women’s Basketball

Trinity began the 2014-15 season with the news that last season’s SCAC Player of the Year Anecia Richardson had been selected as a D3hoops.com Preseason All-American.

The Tigers then opened the year with a pair of road losses, but finished the 2014 calendar year with eight victories, including a sweep of McMurry and Wisconsin-Eau Claire at the Trinity Holiday Classic. Richardson and Hannah Coley won SCAC Player of the Week awards in the early part of the season. For the 2015 calendar year, the Tigers look to reclaim the SCAC title for the second time in three seasons under Head Coach Cameron Hill.

Swimming & Diving

Trinity’s swimming and diving teams enjoyed four meets during the fall portion of their seasons. Lydia Jones was named the SCAC Women’s Swimmer of the Week three times during the first part of the season, and the Tigers garnered a total of 10 such awards during the semester’s competition. Following a short winter break, the teams will be back in action for winter training, and then back to the stretch run of competition during the spring semester.

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In His Genes Tiger sets familiar sights on sportscasting

by James Hill Chris Garagiola ’16 has gained invaluable experience in the art of sportscasting at

Trinity University. Garagiola, a communication major, has become the most sought-after webcaster for a number of Trinity Tigers athletics teams. He is a talented play-by-play announcer for football, soccer, basketball, and baseball, while also serving as an anchor for “Newswave” on TigerTV. Seems fitting that Garagiola, a resident of Scottsdale, Ariz., wants to become a sportscaster after graduation. “I am a sports junkie,” Garagiola admitted. “I feel excited about not being on a script, watching a game, and illustrating it in my own way.”

Before coming to Trinity, Garagiola spent a year at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla. He played on a touring baseball team at the intense, multi-sport training center. Garagiola later became a member of Trinity’s baseball team, but discovered it was “more fun for him to talk about baseball.”

If the name “Garagiola” is familiar to sports fans and television aficionados, it should be. Garagiola’s grandfather is Joe Garagiola, who had a nine-year career as a Major League baseball player and a 57year career as a broadcaster. In addition to broadcasting baseball games, Garagiola was

a panelist on “Today,” and even hosted game shows, including “He Said, She Said,” “Sale of the Century,” and “Strike it Rich.”

Joe Garagiola Jr., Chris’ dad, is a senior vice president of baseball operations for Major League Baseball; Steve Garagiola, Chris’ uncle, is a TV reporter and anchor in Detroit. Trinity’s member of the Garagiola family definitely has sports and broadcasting in his genes!

Garagiola told his grandfather he seriously wanted to pursue broadcasting as a career three years ago. “I think that is the most excit-

“I feel excited about ... watching a game and illustrating it in my own way.” ed he’s ever been,” the younger Garagiola said.

“When I saw his reaction, I knew he wanted to shepherd me into broadcasting. He told me about all the work it takes. The most important tip he gave me is that you have to read a lot about the teams you are going to cover.”

“The only way you can stay a top-tier broadcaster is by staying relevant,” he continued. “You need to organize the information you collect. That really weeds out the gifted from the average broadcaster.”

TRINITY PRESS

The Encyclopedia of Trouble and Spaciousness Rebecca Solnit

A Muse and a Maze: Writing as Puzzle, Mystery, Magic Peter Turchi

From women’s issues to Occupy Wall Street to the Arab spring, Rebecca Solnit is fast becoming an important voice for human rights, the degradation of the environment, and the socioeconomic and cultural boundaries that hold us back from hope. She’s been compared to Susan Sontag, Annie Dillard, and Joan Didion, and been called “one of our finest thinkers” by the Los Angeles Times. As the title of her latest book suggests, the territory of Solnit’s concerns is vast, and in her signature alchemical style she combines commentary on history, justice, war and peace, and explorations of place, art, and community.

In A Muse and a Maze, Peter Turchi draws out the similarities between writing and puzzle making and its flip side, puzzle solving. As he teases out how mystery lies at the heart of all storytelling, he uncovers the magic—the creation of credible illusion— that writers share with the likes of Houdini and other master magicians. Applying this rich backdrop to the requirements of writing, Turchi reveals as much about the human psyche as he does about the literary imagination and the creative process. This much-anticipated follow-up to Maps of the Imagination is a joy for readers (and writers!) of any genre, helping them navigate the fine line between the real and the perceived, between the everyday and the wondrous.

Nobody Home: Writing, Buddhism, and Living in Places Julia Martin and Gary Snyder

Writing Architecture: A Practical Guide to Clear Communication about the Built Environment Carter Wiseman

In this thoughtful, affectionate collection of interviews and letters spanning three decades, beloved poet Gary Snyder talks with South African writer and scholar Julia Martin. What begins in the early 1980s as an intellectual exchange between an earnest graduate student and a generous distinguished writer becomes a long-distance friendship and an exploration of spiritual practice. Through these letters and interviews, Snyder and Martin discuss everything from ecological and gender politics, to issues of community, bioregion, and place, to Snyder’s priorities for writing and core musings like suffering, old age, sickness, and death.

Writing Architecture considers the process, methods, and value of architecture writing based on Yale lecturer Carter Wiseman’s thirty years of personal experience writing, editing, and teaching young architects how to write. This book creatively tackles a problematic issue that Wiseman considers crucial to successful architecture writing: clarity of thinking and expression. Written as a primer for both practitioners and college-level students, Writing Architecture acknowledges and explores the boundaries between different techniques of architecture writing from myriad perspectives and purposes.

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Art and Art History Douglas Brine published his article, “Jan

van Eyck, Joris van der Paele, and the Art of Commemoration,” in the September issue of The Art Bulletin.

Michael Schreyach was awarded a Terra Foundation for American Art visiting professorship at the John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies at the Freie Universität Berlin for the fall of 2014. Schreyach also spoke at the Getty Symposium last May in Los Angeles. The symposium focused on Mural, an oil and casein on canvas painting created by Jackson Pollock in 1943, and provided interpretations of the piece.

Trish Simonite’s work was featured online in the Women in Photography International’s Charter Member Archive at the Beinecke Library at Yale University. Simonite also exhibited five photographs from her “Honky Tonk/Saturday Night and Sunday Morning Series” in a show called “Seeing Through The Century” at the Carlisle Photo Festival in Carlisle, England.

School of Business Accounting Mike Wilkins, Jesse H. Jones Professor

Workplace.” Tingle also received a research grant from NIRSA: Leaders in Collegiate Recreation, allowing him to conduct a twophase study exploring the impact of volunteerism on the professional development of campus recreation sports employees.

Finance and Decision Sciences Jorge Colazo published “Performance

implications of step-wise problem solving in software development” in the November issue of Decision Support Systems.

Campus & Community Involvement Edwin Blanton was elected president of the San Antonio Volunteer Administrators, a professional organization for volunteer administrators representing over 60 area nonprofits, many of which are organizations in which Trinity students serve.

Taylor Stakes was interviewed by Blackmag-

ic Design for the article “Trinity University Updates Video Production Systems,” featuring Stakes’ use of 4K resolution video equipment in a higher education environment.

Chemistry Bert Chandler and Chris Pursell, along with postdoc Johnny Saavedra and collaborators at the University of Houston, had their research article, “The critical role of water at the gold-titania interface in catalytic CO oxidation” published in the September 26th issue of Science magazine.

Business Administration

Communication

Mario Gonzalez-Fuentes published

Jennifer Henderson and Bill Christ had the lead article and an essay published in Journalism and Mass Communication Educator. Christ also had a co-authored article published in Assessment Update and a single-authored article published in the Journal of Media Education.

Jacob Tingle co-authored “The Experience of Former Women Officials and the Impact on the Sporting Community” which appears in a special issue of Sex Roles titled “Interpersonal Mistreatment of Women in the

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English Peter Balbert delivered a presentation

titled “The Dark Secret and the Coccygeal Continuum: From Oedipus to Debasement to Maturity in The Lost Girl,” at the 13th International D.H. Lawrence Conference in Gargnano, Italy.

David Rando’s review of European Joyce Studies 21: Joyce, Benjamin, and Magical Urbanism, edited by Maurizia Boscagli and Enda Duffy, appeared in the James Joyce Quarterly. Rando also published an article, “David Foster Wallace and Lovelessness,” in Twentieth-Century Literature and “The Music of Wish Images: Walter Benjamin, Filesharing, and Utopia” in the Journal of Popular Music Studies.

Center for Learning & Technology

of Business, published “An Investigation of Recent Changes in Going Concern Reporting Decisions among Big N and Non-Big N Auditors” in the July 2014 issue of the Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting.

“Decisiones de Tenencia de Vivienda y Aculturación de la Población Extranjera Residente en España” or “Homeownership Decisions and Acculturation of Foreign-born Populations Living in Spain” in El Trimestre Economico.

about her three decades of experience in collegiate conference planning.

Conferences & Special Programs Ann Knoebel was featured in the article “ANN-imated Character” in the Winter 2014 issue of Colleges & Universities Unique Venues Magazine. Knoebel was interviewed

Claudia Stokes au-

thored the book, The Altar at Home: Sentimental Literature and Nineteenth-Century American Religion, published by the University of Pennsylvania Press.

Stokes also published an article, “The Religious Novel,” in The Oxford History of the Novel in English.

Facilities Services David Rincon received the Helen McKinley

Employee Excellence Award for September 2014. Rincon has worked for Trinity University for over 33 years and currently serves as grounds maintenance supervisor.

Geosciences Dan Lerhmann published the article “Control of Mechanical Stratigraphy on Bed-Restricted Jointing and Normal Faulting: Eagle Ford Formation, South-Central Texas, U.S.A” in the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, and “Basin filling Patterns of Triassic Turbidites in the Nanpanjiang Basin of South China: Implications for Tec-

tonics and Impacts on Carbonate Platform Evolution” in Basin Research.

was recently published by Boydell & Brewer as part of their Anglo-Saxon Studies Series.

Health Care Administration

Modern Languages and Literatures

Amer Kaissi authored Flipping Health Care:

Nina Ekstein published “Dramatic Point of View. L’École des femmes and Le Misanthrope” in Papers on French Seventeenth-Century Literature.

Retail Clinics and Convenient Care Models, published by IGI Global.

History Kenneth Loiselle’s book, Brotherly Love— Freemasonary and Male Friendship in Enlightenment France has been published

by Cornell University Press.

Music Diane Persellin co-authored the book, A Concise Guide to Improving Student Learning: Six Evidence-Based Principles and How to Apply Them, published by Stylus Press.

Persellin has also been named to the editorial board of the journal College Teaching.

Nicole Marafioti’s

co-edited volume, Capital and Corporal Punishment in Anglo-Saxon England,

Philosophy Andrew Kania’s essay, “The Twisted

Femmes Fatales of Christopher Nolan,” was published in Aesthetics for Birds.

Physics & Astronomy Niescja Turner was awarded Rice University’s Outstanding Space Science Undergraduate Alumna award at the Rice Space Science 50th Anniversary celebration last Spring.

Political Science John Hermann published the article “Legis-

lator Judges: The Warren Court and Justices’ Use of State or International Policies in Criminal Procedure Cases” in Judicature.

Psychology Paula Hertel, along with co-authors Nilly Mor (Hebrew University in Jerusalem), Chiara Ferrari, Olivia Hunt ’13, and Nupur Agrawal ’14, published a report titled “Looking on the Dark Side: Rumination and Cognitive-Bias Modification” in Clinical Psychological Science.

Academic Partnership Forged in Taiwan Religion professor receives Fulbright Award, spending year at Tunghai University Randall Nadeau, Jennie Farris Railey King Professor of Religion, received a Fulbright Senior Scholar award to spend the academic year at Tunghai University in Taichung, Taiwan, where he is currently advising on curriculum for the new International College. Nadeau, who has been an East Asian scholar at Trinity since 1990, has conducted fieldwork in religion in Taiwan for 30 years.

Nadeau has chosen to work at Tunghai, which has entered into an academic partnership with Trinity, to develop a liberal arts curriculum for a cohort of 48 students who may want to transfer to Trinity for their final two years of college. He is creating a series of seminars

Nadeau has conducted fieldwork in religion in Taiwan for 30 years. in history, political science, arts, and the environment, and teaching a first-year seminar course in English called “Global Leadership: Personal Identity in Historical Perspective.”

Joining Nadeau at Tunghai is Elizabeth Whitney ’14, who graduated from Trinity in May with majors in Chinese and political science. As part of Nadeau’s “mentor program,” Whitney is assisting the initial student cohort with English and other course work.

Nadeau hopes to encourage Trinity students to attend Tunghai for an international educational experience, an opportunity which Nadeau says is “ideal for business majors at Trinity who want to learn Chinese and for study abroad programs.”

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Kimberley Phillips has been elected

president-elect of the American Society of Primatologists, the national, professional society for those engaged in scientific primatology.

Religion Douglas Brackenridge, Professor Emeritus, received the 2014 Leroy S. Axland Memorial Foundation Best Utah History Article Award from the Utah Division of State History for his article, “‘About the Worst Man in Utah’: William R. Campbell and the Crusade Against Brigham H. Roberts,” published in the Journal of Mormon History.

Mackenzie Brown and Nupur Agrawal ’14, as

part of a Mellon research project, published “The Rape that Woke Up India” in the Journal of Religion and Violence.

Ruben Dupertuis published “The Challenges of Latino/a Biblical Criticism,” in Latino/a Biblical Hermeneutics: Problematics, Objectives, Strategies and “Comic Book Bibles: Translation and the Politics of Interpretation,” in The Bible in the Public Square: Its Enduring Influence in American Life.

Sarah Pinnock published “Holocaust, Mysticism, and Liberation after the Death of God: The Significance of Dorothee Soelle,” in Resurrecting the Death of God: The Origins, Influence, and Return of Radical Theology with SUNY Press.

Angela Tarango published a book, Choosing

the Jesus Way: American Indian Pentecostals and the Fight for the Indigenous Principle, with the University of North Carolina Press.

Tarango also published an article, “The Land is Always Stalking Us: Pentecostalism, Race

Does Romance Change Us for Better or Worse?

Trinity University psychologist examines ways that relationships affect one’s sense of self How does romance affect your personality? Trinity

University psychologist Kevin McIntyre examined this question in detail by looking at the issue of “for better or worse” within couples.

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and Native Understandings of Sacred Land,” in Pneuma: The Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies.

William O. Walker, Jr., Professor Emeritus,

published an article, “Demythologizing and Christology,” in the Fall 2014 issue of the journal FORUM. Walker also wrote the article, “Maybe Paul Didn’t Hate Sex: A Response to Stephen Patterson,” which was included in the September-October 2014 issue of The Fourth R: An Advocate for Religious Literacy.

Sociology and Anthropology Alfred Montoya contributed to the article, “Sea Snake Harvest in the Gulf of Thailand,” in the journal Conservation Biology.

Amy L. Stone has been named as the in-

coming deputy editor of Gender & Society, a top-ranked gender studies journal.

His findings have been published in a paper called “When ‘we’ changes ‘me’: The two-dimensional model of relational self-change and relationship outcomes” in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships and featured on the journal’s podcast, “Relationship Matters.”

McIntyre and collaborators Brent Mattingly of Ursinus College and Gary Lewandowski of Monmouth University developed a new model to look at different ways people can change once they enter romantic relationships. “It’s not just ‘you’ any more, but you and your partner,” McIntyre said, explaining that people often take on positive or negative traits in response to their partner, but they also can lose positive or negative traits.

Dating couples might try new restaurants or take dancing lessons. “Having these experiences doesn’t just change how we think of our partner, but they also change how we think about ourselves,” McIntyre said.

McIntyre’s findings were based in part upon responses by 55 Trinity University faculty and staff members who responded in 2013 to a Tiger Talk list serve questionnaire, and the data was collected by two psychology students who recently graduated, Matthew Peebles ’14 and Lavinia Bendandi ’14.

Listen to McIntyre’s podcast at gotu.us/mcintyrepodcast

Tiger Card Office Jerry Ferguson received the Helen McKin-

ley Employee Excellence Award for December 2014. Hired in 2002 as the director of the Tiger Card Program, Ferguson currently serves as the director of business operations, overseeing all aspects of Trinity’s card access program.

Trinity University Police Department Pete Perez received the Helen McKinley Employee Excellence Award for June 2014.

Assistant Police Chief Perez has been at Trinity since 2003 and has become a respected leader and a driving force within the Trinity University Police Department.

University Communications Mary Denny received the Rhea Fern Mals-

bury Award, given to Trinity employees whose “positive and wide-ranging contributions enhance the quality of life throughout the University community.” For more than three decades, Mary oversaw the creation and production of all external University print publications. As editor of Trinity magazine, Mary propelled the publication into one of the top alumni magazines in the nation, where it has won numerous awards from peers in higher education.

The marketing communications team re-

ceived the UCDA Award of Excellence and a gold Summit Award for the Trinity University website redesign project.

Astronomy Professor is a Real Star David Hough receives national award for contributions to the field and for mentoring young scientists As a high school senior, physics professor David H. Hough was pres-

ident of his local Astronomical League club, sparking an interest in astronomy that has spanned more than four decades. Hough is a longtime mentor to the League’s National Young Astronomer program and has judged research papers and projects of high school students while also sharing a love for astronomy with amateurs.

In mid-July, Hough received the Astronomical League Award during a national convention held in San Antonio. The award is

Hough has “made worthwhile contributions to the science of astronomy.” presented to an amateur or professional who has “made worthwhile contributions to the science of astronomy on a national or international level.” He said the award recognizes his service to the field and outreach to other astronomers.

“Although professionals have been honored, the contributions of amateurs are extremely important since professionals cannot watch all the stars and star formations,” Hough said. “Observations by many amateurs have provided invaluable data to the field, and some amateurs have even invented new telescope designs.”

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Biologist Named CUR Mentor With deep focus and love for science, Michele Johnson guides student researchers as they explore their own passions

by Susie P. Gonzalez Michele Johnson, assistant professor of biology at Trinity University, has been named a 2014 recipient of a Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) Biology Outstanding Mentorship Award.

One of only three biology professors in the nation to be recognized for demonstrating superior mentorship of undergraduate students in research, Johnson was the

“Because I am right there in the trenches with them—crawling through bushes, troubleshooting, editing theses—we are able to learn together.” only recipient in the early stages of her academic career.

Because Johnson’s work studying the behavior of lizards touches upon many fields, she draws students with interests ranging from conservation and environmental science, to animal behavior and evolution, to biochemistry and neuroscience.

Not only does she recruit students for her laboratory with a smile, Johnson also helps them apply for grants, attend conferences, and submit manuscripts.

She makes herself available at almost any time, any

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place—from her lab to local restaurants to the rainforests of the Caribbean, where much of the fieldwork for her research takes place. Johnson also does not hesitate to discuss the less tangible aspects of being a scientist, such as the personal skills required to balance one’s social and professional life.

In May, one of Johnson’s students, Jordan Bush of Colorado Springs, Colo., graduated with two degrees: one in biology and the other in mathematics. Bush credited Johnson with the idea of combining the two fields for a thesis that enveloped her for two years. “She let me succeed when I could, while providing guidance and support when I couldn’t,” Bush wrote in a nomination letter for Johnson. Bush described working together with Johnson for weeks in humid forests gathering data. As her project neared completion, they spent hours at a time reviewing her thesis line by line.

Mark Brodl, associate vice president for Academic Affairs and the George W. Brackenridge Distinguished Professor of Biology at Trinity University, who was named a 2014 CUR Fellow in January, said Johnson displays “real joy” for science and has “truly infectious enthusiasm.” He noted that undergraduates are drawn to serious intellectual engagement with Johnson, who in turn celebrates the insights and deep thinking of her students.

“Many of our faculty have very strong mentoring records, but in watching Dr. Johnson in action and having conversations with her about working with students, we have become better mentors,” Brodl said.

Noting that undergraduate research can be a “risky undertaking,” Johnson said she gives students the opportunity to fail, a process that can help a young person mature while learning important lessons. “(Because) I am right there in the trenches with them—crawling through bushes chasing lizards, troubleshooting biochemical assays until they work, and editing theses into the wee hours of the morning—we are able to learn together,” Johnson said.

WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

Born, raised, and educated in Texas , Thurman

Thurman Adkins Student Life

by R. Douglas Brackenridge

Adkins earned his undergraduate degree in history and subsequently added two master’s degrees and a law degree before starting work on a Ph.D. He began his professional career teaching history at MacArthur High School and San Antonio College. While he retained a deep interest in history, Adkins didn’t relish the thought of sitting in libraries doing historical research. In 1966, when Trinity offered him an opportunity to mentor students as coordinator of student activities, Adkins accepted without hesitation.

When Adkins arrived on campus, students were seeking more freedom of expression by challenging traditional administrative policies and antiquated social regulations. They inaugurated a lecture series that brought nationally known speakers to Trinity such as the radical Episcopal Bishop James Pike and counterculture activist Allan Ginsberg. After listening to Adkins’ explanation of students’ rationale for inviting controversial speakers, President James W. Laurie responded, “It would make life easier for me if they didn’t come, but go ahead if the students want it.”

Tensions between students and administrators lessened over time, but never ceased. When controversies arose, Adkins facilitated lines of communication between students and administrators, offering student leaders advice and constructive criticism. While often enduring the brunt of disappointment or dissatisfaction from involved parties, Adkins accepted it as part of his administrative responsibilities. When Adkins retired in 1999, former student government leaders offered candid evaluations of his Trinity career. Collectively, they expressed appreciation for Adkins’s personal integrity, fair-minded leadership, and calm demeanor that encouraged reflection and defused tensions. They recalled in the Spring 1999 issue of Trinity magazine how he often invited them to meals on campus and in his home and sacrificed personal time to be on hand for events, meetings, and moral support.

Adkins and his late wife, Sue, have two children, both of whom are Trinity graduates: Julie ’82, an ordained minister, is presently completing a Ph.D. in anthropology and teaches at the University of Texas Arlington; John ’84 is a computer specialist in Austin. He and his wife Michele have three children, now teenagers.

During their first seven years of retirement, Adkins and Sue traveled throughout the United States and southern Canada in their motor home until Sue’s extended illness curtailed travel.

Sadly, Sue passed away in 2012. Despite his loss, Adkins leads an active life. Keeping in touch with children and grandchildren is a continuing joy. Occasional travel and sustained reading (history, biography, and mystery novels) occupy much of his time. Adkins continues his longtime relationship with University Presbyterian Church and its affiliate Sol Center, an educational organization that offers courses in a broad range of topics, including interfaith relationships. He attends monthly luncheon meetings of local retired faculty, the only non-faculty member to receive an invitation to the select group.

Adkins’s major hobby is wood carving, particularly stylized birds, fish, and religious symbols.

He has recently started collecting some antique cars, the latest being a 1948 Packard. At his vacation home on Lake Placid near Seguin, Adkins canoes, swims, and reflects. Perpetuating a lifelong mental attitude, he conducts these activities thoughtfully, and always in historical context.

Adkins invites readers to contact him by phone at 210-826-5407 or 210-602-0568, by email at siouxa@satx.rr.com, or by mail at 105 Zambrano Road, San Antonio, TX 78209.

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WALTER F. BROWN SR.

AARON KONSTAM

Trustee Emeritus Walter F. Brown Sr. died on July 18, 2014. An independent oil producer, Brown joined the Trinity Board of Trustees in 1980 and served as vice chair before being elected chair, a position he held from 1990 to May of 1994.

During his long association with Trinity, he was a generous supporter of numerous campus projects and initiatives, including Trinity’s Second Century Campaign in the early ’80s and the campaign to raise funds for the William H. Bell Athletic Center. He and his wife, Lenora, established the popular Trinity University Distinguished Lecture series in 1981 and the Trinity Distinguished Scientists Lecture series in 1982, which have brought numerous national and international leaders, statesmen, and scholars to the campus.

In 1994, in recognition of his devoted service and exceptional philanthropy to Trinity and the San Antonio community, the University presented Brown with the Distinguished Service Award, its highest honor. Brown retired from active Board membership in 2006 and was granted Emeritus status.

Brown and his wife were avid art collectors and were equally generous supporters of the arts. He was a Trustee Emeritus for the McNay Art Museum and Life Trustee of the San Antonio Museum of Art (SAMA). The Lenora and Walter F. Brown Asian Art Wing at SAMA, a 15,000-square-foot gallery, opened in 2005 and was heralded as “the most important Asian collection in the southern United States.”

His prolific career in the oil and gas industry included owning and serving as president and CEO of Delray Oil, Inc. and W.F. Brown Exploration Ltd. of Canada. Through these two companies and as a private investor, he operated and participated in over 1,000 wells drilled throughout the United States and Canada. He was elected to the executive committee of Central Louisiana Electric Company in 1972 and became chairman in 1977.

Additionally, he was a director and chair of the executive committee of Celeron Corporation until it merged with Goodyear Corporation in 1983.

Brown is survived by his wife, Lenora; daughter Janet L. Brown; son and Trinity Trustee Walter F. Brown Jr. and his wife, Katherine; and three grandchildren.

Aaron Konstam, Professor Emeritus of computer science, died January 20, 2015. He came to Trinity’s Department of Information and Computing Science in 1972, after teaching chemistry and mathematics at other universities and working at Monsanto Research Corp.

He was eager to reinvent himself after venturing into computing while managing the chemical firm’s fledgling computer facilities in the late 1960s. Prior to that, he served as director of the first computer center at the Technion-Isrel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel, while he was a post-doctoral researcher.

Konstam wanted to teach computer programming and related topics to undergraduates and arrived on campus as the Internet’s precursor–network programming–was being developed and the academic field of computer science was evolving. He lectured computer users on technology and applications, genetic algorithms, parallel programming languages, computer uses in education, and software physics, among other topics, and liked to share meals with students in the dining hall. Konstam was a member and president of the Trinity chapter of the American Association of University Professors, president of the Texas conference from 1986-88, and a member of the national council from 1990-93.

Off campus, he was a consultant to businesses and schools on software, hardware selection, and training.

An avid reader, Konstam maintained a robust home library and volunteered at the BookCellar operated by the San Antonio Public Library. He retired in 1999 and loyally attended the monthly gatherings of retired Trinity faculty.

A native of the Bronx, Konstam received a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn in 1957 and a doctorate in chemistry from Pennsylvania State University in 1961. He is survived by his wife Pat, son David, and brother Marvin.

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Editor’s Note: Prior to Konstam’s death, Douglas Brackenridge authored a “Where are They Now?” profile on Konstam for the Winter issue, which can be found online at gotu.us/konstam.

JEANNE CALLIHAN Jeanne Callihan, Professor Emerita of education, died on September 4, 2014. Callihan joined the Trinity faculty in 1972, where she was the early childhood specialist in the education department until her retirement in May 1990.

During her Trinity tenure, Callihan led a University-sponsored student tour to study language development and cultural components in early childhood education in Hawaii.

In 1978, she was one of only two U.S. delegates to the meeting and seminar of the World Council of Organisation Mondiale Pour l’Education Prescolaire (the World Organization for Early Childhood

Education) in Melbourne, Australia. She also spent time in Taiwan assisting with the teacher education program.

Prior to joining the Trinity faculty, she taught at the University of Houston and served as consultant to a number of educational organizations, including the Galveston ISD. Generous with her time and expertise, Callihan received a Certificate of Appreciation from the Institute of Texan Cultures in recognition of her services. She also received a letter of commendation from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio for a series of seminars she presented to pedodontist residents.

Callihan was an active member of numerous professional organizations, including the National Association for the Education of Young Children, the Texas Association of Childhood Education, the Southern Association on Children Under Six, and the Association for Childhood Education International, among others.

She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law.

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Tom Nixon, who retired from Trinity in July 2013 after 50 years of service in facilities services, died on February 20, 2014. Nixon began work with facilities services in 1963 and quickly became known for his unique ability to salvage old machine parts for reuse, a skill he developed during World War II in which he served as a staff sergeant and head mechanic of Marine Bombing Squadron 611.

In addition to a University-infamous repair of an electron microscope, Nixon handled refrigeration, air conditioning, and heating for homes and apartment buildings owned by Trinity, maintained kitchen equipment in Mabee Dining Hall and Coates University Center, and installed solar panels on top of Bell Athletic Center. He retired as a small appliances technician, repairing “all the equipment that requires constant attention,” according to Jim Baker, associate director of facilities services.

“Despite his age, Tom was always the first to clock in in the morning and the last to clock out in the afternoon,” Dee Dinscore, an inspections supervisor, said. “He was a great guy, and he was always willing to help anybody. We can all learn something from him.”

Reggie Lyro, who dedicated 17 years of service to the University as a telecommunications technician, died on August 30, 2014. Reggie retired from Trinity last December.

During his time at Trinity, Lyro was involved in two major upgrades of the campus telecommunications system. He also assisted with the installation of card-key access as well as the maintenance of the CATV system on campus. Lyro was well-known throughout campus for his clever sense of humor, ready laugh, and generous service—often, of course, while behind the wheel of his yellow golf cart.

Lyro graduated from Sam Houston High School and shortly afterwards began service in the United States Army. He was a longtime member of The American Legion, Post 539 in St. Hedwig, Texas. He is survived by his wife, son, daughter and son-in-law, step-daughter and son-in-law, step-son, and six grandchildren. He is also survived by a sister and two brothers.

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On the Cover Students caught a glimpse of Trinity’s past at the opening of “Education by Design: Drawings from the Collection of Ford, Powell & Carson, 1939-1970” in the Michael and Noemi Neidorff Art Gallery on September 18. photo by Anh-Viet Dinh

Education by Design Rediscovered drawings from Ford, Powell & Carson show old plans for a new Trinity

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written by Brantely Hightower photography by Anh-Viet Dinh illustrations courtesy of Ford, Powell & Carson

In the last week of May, a Trinity urban studies major found himself in a dark and musty basement. His search had so far been fruitless, but when he opened a drawer and found a series of presentation drawings of the original Northrup Hall, he knew his summer was going to be a memorable one.

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A Trinity student reflects on rediscovered drawings that illustrate plans for the Trinity University campus—some quite different from the way Trinity looks today.

rinity University’s iconic red brick buildings are woven together and into the landscape in a way that feels like the obvious solution to campus design—so it is a curious footnote of history that what exists today was not at all what was originally envisioned for the University. When Trinity moved its campus to San Antonio in 1942, the intent was to build a traditional campus with Georgian buildings and formal malls. This proved to be too expensive, and so the University turned to local San Antonio architect O’Neil Ford to develop an alternative approach.

The histories of Trinity and Ford have been intertwined ever since.

Ford became known for crafting buildings that made use of modern construction techniques while still incorporating traditional materials and details. This sensibility governed Ford’s approach to the early planning of Trinity’s campus in which he embraced the topography of the former quarry while deploying modern design principles.

“In the 1950s Trinity was a bold, adventurous architectural patron,” says art history professor Kathryn O’Rourke. “As the University reinvented itself at its new site, trustees and administrators, most notably President James Laurie, resisted trends and embraced O’Neil Ford’s architecture as a centerpiece of the institution’s identity.”

Ford’s early work at Trinity was influenced by his close relationship with Trinity Trustee Tom Slick. In addition to being a successful oilman and inventor (not to mention a noted adventurer and Yeti hunter), Slick had developed a cost-effective construction technique where a building’s upper floors and roof were first built on the ground and then lifted into place. When left exposed, these slab elements

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created the horizontal lines that became a recurring theme throughout Trinity’s campus.

For over three decades, Ford crafted some of Trinity’s most important buildings, including Murchison Tower and the adjacent Parker Chapel. Although his contribution to the campus helped etch Trinity’s place in San Antonio, the drawings that documented his early designs were assumed lost.

In the spring of 2014, Jason Azar ’16 enrolled in Studio Trinity, an interdisciplinary architectural design course offered through the art and art history and urban studies departments. The semester began with a series of field trips to local design firms, including the offices of Ford, Powell & Carson, the firm originally established by O’Neil Ford. Azar, an urban studies major and art minor from Austin, later leveraged that visit into a summer internship.

Although the task he was given that summer did not sound exciting–he was asked simply to clean out the basement–he took seriously his job of sorting through and identifying more than 1,000 drawings.

“As the University reinvented itself at its new site, trustees and administrators resisted trends and embraced O’Neil Ford’s architecture as a centerpiece of the institution’s identity.”

“I was actually really excited the first time I saw the basement,” Azar said. “After opening just a few drawers I realized how fantastic the drawings were. I looked forward to every day after that because it was like a treasure hunt.”

And treasure was indeed found.

As the summer progressed, Azar began to uncover many of the drawings that were feared lost, including sketches and design studies of many of Ford’s most enduring works at Trinity. Early renditions of the Murchison Tower, Parker Chapel, and Coates University Center depicted how Trinity’s campus could have looked—and how it grew and developed into the campus of today.

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previous spread Detailed illustrations of Murchison Tower highlight measurements and materials as well as cross sections at various elevations. current spread Original sketches show angles of the proposed music building for Trinity University.

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A collection of these drawings was exhibited at Trinity during the fall semester. “Education by Design: Drawings from the Collection of Ford, Powell & Carson, 1939-1970” showcased a series of projects related to education. Although the show illustrated buildings from Trinity’s past, it also demonstrated the power of architecture to propel a University forward.

According to O‘Rourke, who co-curated the exhibition, “Ford was a consummate teacher, and he believed that architecture and design should serve people and be forces for social progress. It is our hope

As the summer progressed, Jason began to uncover many of Ford’s early drawings that were feared lost.

both Ford and Trinity after seeing the original drawings and understanding how the campus developed,” Azar said.

Upon graduation from Trinity, Azar plans to study urban design in graduate school. The education he received from his professors will no doubt serve him well, but so to will the education he received from Trinity’s campus itself.

“The physical design of the campus is what originally drew me and many other students to Trinity,” Azar said. “Being on Trinity’s campus sparked my interest in how good design can make a place pleasant and desirable.”

Brantley Hightower is the founder of HiWorks, an architecture firm based in San Antonio. He has taught as an adjunct professor in the art and art history department of Trinity since 2007, and his upcoming book, The Courthouses of Central Texas, will be published by the University of Texas Press in 2015.

that the show helps people understand how architecture, education, and civic life can be profoundly connected, and that it will help them see in new ways.”

For Azar, his summer in the basement of Ford’s old office was profoundly transformative. “I certainly feel a stronger connection to

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Trinity professors’ original ranking method predicts Spurs championship win written by Aynav Leibowitz photography by Josh Huskin

After evaluating 70 potential outcomes of the 2014 National Basketball Association’s (NBA) Finals series, mathematics professors Eduardo Cabral Balreira and Brian Miceli predicted a 65.5 percent probability for the San Antonio Spurs to “beat the Miami Heat” for the NBA championship.

But how?

Developing the Method

In the fall of 2011, Balreira, with the help of former Trinity professor Thomas Tegtmeyer, applied a Markovian-based ranking method in which a pairwise comparison is used to mathematically quantify dominance. This particular method is commonly used in the sports world to determine a ranking of teams and the probability of one team winning over the other. But Balreira noticed a flaw in this system: an imbalanced emphasis on upsets.

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rank the bad team much higher,” said Balreira. “And if an undefeated team loses to a consistently losing team, the Markovian method would overemphasize the defeat.”

In order to create a more accurate ranking, Balreira developed an extra step to provide a new ranking method: the Oracle Method. “The Oracle is an attempt to find a customization within the Markovian ranking method,” Balreira said. “In addition to win and loss outcomes, it also considers the scores in each game.”

Because of the convenience of data collection with sports, Balreira decided to conduct a foresight prediction with his ranking method based on the National Football League’s (NFL) 1966-2013 seasons with the help of Miceli, a sports fanatic.

“I naturally keep up with the sports we are interested in: professional football, college football, and the NBA,” Miceli said.

“Miceli’s understanding of sports helped fill in the gaps and made sure everything we needed to consider with the NFL was accounted for,” Balreira added.

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No, they’re not just scribbles of symbols and numbers: Brian Miceli and E. Cabral Balreira show off the intricate mathematics behind the Oracle Method.

predicted 64.1 precent of the game outcomes. This method, based on correct prediction percentage, proved more accurate than other highly regarded ranking methods, such as ESPN Power Rankings, Massey, Colley, and PageRank.

Because of their increasingly successful results, Balreira has utilized the Oracle to predict outcomes from other sport organizations such as National Collegiate Athletic Association Football (NCAAF) and the National Texas Youth Football and Cheer Association (TYFA).

“Beat the Heat!”

In order to predict the results of the 2014 NBA Finals, Balreira and Miceli adjusted the Oracle by considering home-court advantage.

“Home advantage did not prove significant in the NFL,” Balreira said, “but for the NBA, one sees a much bigger difference.”

“In football, the ranking gets better as the season goes along,” Miceli added. “If the NFL season were two times as long, like the NBA season, [home advantage] would have a larger impact.”

Since Balreira and Miceli had to consider home-court advantage in order to determine a more accurate probability, the two professors simulated each team as two entities, “a home version and an away version,” Balreira said. “Instead of 30 teams, it’s 60. We then gave each version of the team a rating that can be used to compute the probability of winning a game.”

To determine who was going to win the Finals, Balreira and Miceli formulated the separate entities of a Spurs home team, Spurs away team, Heat home team, and Heat away team. They then formulated ratings based on wins and scores, as was done for the NFL.

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So, what did the Oracle predict? A 62.38 percent probability the Spurs home team would win a playoff game and 54.68 percent probability for the Spurs away team. The professors took these results, determined all 35 ways to win a Finals series, and ultimately concluded that the Spurs had a 65.5 percent probability to become NBA champions.

“Winning the championship felt great!” Balreira said. “It provided another validation that we were working on a good idea.”

The success of the Oracle not only established that the method worked, but also served as a lesson for the community to apply math to the world of sports entertainment. “The mathematical model does just as good or better than human experts when it comes to picking games,” Miceli said. “Our model predicts right around 68 percent.”

Their predictions gained a lot of recognition in a city so proud of their San Antonio Spurs, earning coverage from news outlets such as the San Antonio Express-News, NBC’s News 4 WOAI, and ABC’s KSAT 12.

“This is definitely not your average type of sports story,” Chris Henao, assistant news director at KSAT, said. “As students, we have all sat in those math classes thinking, ‘When are we ever going to use that?’ but here’s an actual story of how math can be useful and interesting.”

Not Just Sports

The Oracle isn’t just predicting outcomes on sports fields. As part of Trinity’s Integrated Research in Biomathematics (IRBM) program, biology professor Michele Johnson, along with Jordan Bush ’14 and

Mackenzie Quinn ’15, collaborated with Balreira in the research field to develop a model regarding how lizards establish dominance.

“At the end of the summer, we came up with a side project to see if we could use network theory to be able to understand the social relationships among lizards,” Johnson said.

This research entailed a lizard tournament, where two green Anole lizards perched on a stick to display dominance. “We put a stick in the middle of the cage and watched to see how the lizards decided who would sit on the perch,” Johnson said.

Johnson clarified that there were no physical altercations between any lizards, and if the “fight” seemed to turn into a physical interaction, the experiment was immediately stopped and assigned

“The mathematical model does just as good or better than human experts when it comes to picking games,” Miceli said. “Our model predicts right around 68 percent.” as a tie. “We determined rank depending on ‘wins’—which lizard jumped on the perch—and how long it took for one animal to win over the other,” Johnson said. “We used the Oracle Method to compare these results with the lizards’ body traits and behaviors.”

“From the Oracle rankings,” Balreira said, “we saw that head width was the most important together with behavior.”

Future Plans

Moving forward, Balreira would like to teach Trinity students how to utilize the Oracle Method for use with any ranking system they might find interesting.

“I want them to evaluate the quality of the predictions,” Balreira said. “It started as a project, but I want students to take it on further, to understand the mathematics.”

For students that wish to learn more about the Oracle Method, Balreira is offering two data-focused courses this spring: Introduction to Modern Mathematics and an upper division linear algebra course.

“I think one of the most valuable aspects of this ranking project that Dr. Balreira and I work on is that it shows how low-level theoretical mathematics can be useful in real-world applications,” Miceli said. “We hope that if this project gets some publicity in town, that it will get kids–elementary, junior high, high school–interested in learning mathematics.”

For more information on the Oracle Method and sports statistics, check out Balreira’s website, rank.balreira.com, where NFL, NBA and NCAA rankings are updated weekly.

Aynav Leibowitz is a junior communication and human communication double major from Bellaire, Texas. She is also pursuing minors in creative writing and sport management.

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Global Citizens Global Concern Public health perspectives shape new minor concentration written by Ashley Festa photography by Alyson Rose-Wood and Anh-Viet Dinh

American-born Alyson Rose-Wood ’03 nearly died of malaria in Morocco while volunteering with the Peace Corps.

She’d contracted the disease several times growing up in Africa as the daughter of U.S. diplomats. Malaria is easily treatable in many African countries, including Ethiopia where she picked up the strain in 2003. However, the disease was assumed not to exist in Morocco, so doctors couldn’t diagnose her illness. They tried unsuccessfully to treat her for 10 days while she suffered a fever of 106 degrees.

The malaria strain she contracted only takes hold when the patient has a weakened immune system. So when Rose-Wood caught

“It dawned on me that access to medicine isn’t equitable.” dysentery in 2004 after eating communal meals with a Moroccan host family, malaria also invaded her body.

“Other Peace Corps volunteers came to my village and found me unconscious,” Rose-Wood said. The workers drove her two hours to another city, where she was properly diagnosed. Adequate care, however, was still six hours away in Morocco’s capital, Rabat. “They took me to a hospital to get really good treatments, which saved me,” she said. “Only because I was a Peace Corps volunteer did I have access to medicine to be treated. It dawned on me that access to medicine isn’t equitable.”

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Maj. Gen. William K. Suter ’59, retired Clerk of the U.S. Supreme Court, gave a tour of the Court in July 2012 to a group of Trinity alumni, including five who held public health internships that summer in Washington, D.C. Pictured from left: Peter “Toby” Merkt ’12, intern; Monica Evans; Christina (Velasquez) Olson ’12, intern; Abby Loar ’12, intern; Shannon Baldwin ’12, intern; Peter Hubbard; two individuals on the tour; Alyson Rose-Wood; Ari Schoenholtz; and Allison Krause ’12, intern.

previous spread A health care worker in Dhaka, Bangladesh, taken during Rose-Wood’s trip in 2008. left Rose-Wood, pictured first on the far left, attends a meeting at The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2011. Fiocruz, a scientific institution for reserach and development in biomedical sciences, is considered one of the world’s main public health institutions. below Rose-Wood riverguides down the Omo River in Ethiopia in 2003—the genesis for her interest in public health.

Progress begins with awareness

As the world becomes a smaller place, nations on every continent become inevitably linked because of health concerns. Problem is, many Americans don’t realize the need to care about diseases in Africa and Asia.

Such was the case with Read Holman ’06, who earned a Bachelor of Science in biology but wasn’t interested in medical school. He enjoyed working with big healthcare systems and wanted to see the world. During his senior year, one of his English professors asked him if he had considered going into public health.

“I didn’t even know what public health was,” Holman said. “I Googled it, and it piqued my interest.”

He spent the next year in AmeriCorps, helping low-income children get health insurance and mentoring at-risk teens. “The experience helped me realize that the big problems weren’t in a doctor’s examining room,” he said. “The problems I was interested in addressing were–and still are–at the systems level.” Holman soon earned a Master of Public Health from Boston University and now works at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).

Like Holman, Rose-Wood stumbled upon the same passion as a Peace Corps volunteer. “I wanted to work in the international sphere, but I didn’t know public health existed,” she said. She went on to earn a master’s degree from Harvard University’s School of Public Health (which touts an extensive malaria research and training initiative) and now also works at DHHS, currently deployed to assist the U.S. Center for Disease Control in Haiti.

The two alumni met by chance at a friend’s wedding and ended up discussing how Trinity could add value to its students’ education by offering courses centered on public health. Timing was perfect: H1N1 was beginning to get media coverage, bringing attention to worldwide health issues. So they drafted a letter to Sheryl Tynes, associate vice

If you’re interested in global health, it’s important to have study abroad experience. president for Academic Affairs, urging administrators to incorporate global health into Trinity’s curriculum.

Building the foundation

The idea received strong support, especially from biology professor Robert Blystone, who enlisted Rose-Wood, Holman, and faculty members to determine how such a program might be structured. The interdisciplinary nature of public health prompted the creation of a global health concentration within the international studies minor, in

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an effort to encourage students of all disciplines to participate.

“If you’re interested in global health, it’s important to have study abroad experience, especially in an area that’s underserved in health programs,” Blystone said. “And those who speak the native tongue generally do better, so four college-level courses in another language are recommended.”

Additionally, another fundamental area of public health curriculum is epidemiology, the study of the prevalence, causes, and effects

Such questions highlight the social context for public health’s biological problems.

“Epidemics are intensely social,” sociology and anthropology professor Alfred Montoya said. “If you have no understanding of how people interact and pass viruses in social groups, you’re fighting with one arm tied behind your back.”

Montoya has been visiting Southeast Asia to study HIV and AIDS for the past decade. This virus, he said, is tied to political

No matter students’ academic interests, graduates from any discipline can find a place to use their skills in the field of global health. of disease in defined populations. Such coursework isn’t currently available at Trinity, so statistics–the core of epidemiology–was substituted to ensure students would be prepared for graduate studies.

“Epidemiology looks at factors that come into play concerning health,” Blystone said. “For example, if we wanted to study the role that culture, diet, and peer pressure have on obesity rates for kids in middle school, we would ask: What data do we need to collect, and how should we analyze it to show a relationship?”

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and social marginalization, rather than moral behavior alone.

“When we create situations in which some groups have little access to healthcare, we’re perpetuating illness in that system,” Montoya said.

Other widespread diseases spring from similar historical, cultural and economic factors, forcing healthcare personnel to learn how societies work in order to be effective.

“There’s no one-size-fits-all approach to dealing with diseases,”

left Aparna Gomes and biology professor Robert Blystone discuss health studies along the U.S.-Mexico border. right Gomes inspects microorganisms in Blystone’s laboratory.

Montoya said. “Students must explore the sociological intersection with biology to round out their training.”

All are welcome

Born in Sri Lanka, Aparna Gomes ’14 moved to Honduras as a girl and learned fluent Spanish. At only 8 years old, Gomes attended her mother’s doctor appointments as a translator, triggering her interest in cross-cultural health communication.

Though she graduated with a Bachelor of Science in biology, Gomes took time her last semester to study U.S. diplomatic history in Trinity’s history department. Already familiar with non-American viewpoints, the international student gained deeper insights into the U.S. perspective of world relationships. She believes the knowledge will prove essential as she moves into the job she recently accepted in DHHS’s El Paso office working with U.S.-Mexico border healthcare issues.

“I am integrating skill sets to approach existing tensions. Some misinterpret differences in treatment recommendations for particular subsets of the population as racist,” Gomes said. “My background in global health helps me explain hard science in lay terms. I can convey that much more than skin color is considered by healthcare professionals when deciding which treatments to offer a patient.”

As Trinity faculty realized, a biology degree isn’t necessary to be effective in public health-related jobs. Rose-Wood graduated from Trinity with English and political science majors. Political science major Toby Merkt ’12 brought his minors in communication and Spanish to the DHHS public affairs office. He uses his strong writing and critical-thinking skills to distribute accurate information with-

out inducing panic about serious diseases. He had never considered working in public health until his internship in Rose-Wood’s office introduced him to a wide range of experiences.

No matter students’ academic interests, graduates from any discipline can find a place to use their skills in the field of global health.

Supportive staff and healthcare workers on the front lines are equally important to the progress of the world’s public health crisis.

“There are so many treatable diseases out there that nobody should be dying of, but they’re still dying because they can’t afford medicine or there’s no hospital nearby,” Rose-Wood said. “I hope by my retirement I’ll help reduce deaths from preventable diseases.

Everybody should have an equal chance of living a long life.”

Ashley Festa is a higher education freelance writer. Visit her online at www.ashleyfesta.com.

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Prelude in D Major Generous gift garners designation for Trinity as an All-Steinway School written by Ashley Festa photography by Jeanna Goodrich Balreira and Anh-Viet Dinh

Kristina Cheng ’15 forced a smile as she walked onto the stage. Hundreds of Trinity faculty, donors, and San Antonio residents watched as she sat down at the piano and caressed the keys. The senior played a waltz: Chopin’s Grande Valse Brillante in E Flat Major. To combat her nerves, she reminded herself of the countless hours of practice she put into learning the piece by heart. Then, she tuned out everything except the sound of the piano.

“I concentrated on telling the story of two people dancing,” Cheng said. “When you understand the characters and ideas and what you want to express, you’re able to connect with the audience. When I’m making the piece come alive, that’s when I start having more fun.”

When she finished, she stood up, knowing she performed the piece exactly how she wanted it to sound. This time, Cheng’s smile was genuine.

The Sound of Music

Cheng, an accounting major, finds relief in music, which stimulates different parts of her brain than her rigidly structured business classes. She enjoys playing several instruments, but piano, which she has played since kindergarten, has become part of who she is.

A music minor, Cheng practices piano every single day for at least an hour and a half—and sometimes as long as three hours. “You can practice forever,” Cheng said. “There’s not really an end to it like with assignments and projects.”

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Cheng performs Chopin’s Grand Valse Brillante in E Flat Major, Op. 18 during the All-Steinway School dedication and inaugural concert on November 7.

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left Janet and Jim Dicke’s donation, including the maroon-inlayed Steinway D concert grand, made possible the University’s designation of “All-Steinway School.” right Jim Dicke signs the interior of the maroon-inlayed Steinway D concert grand piano during the All-Steinway School dedication and inaugural concert.

its aging pianos—all 33 of them—with brand new Steinways, thanks to a gift of nearly $1.5 million from Trinity Trustee James F. Dicke II ’68 and his wife, Janet ’68. The upgrade makes the University an official all-Steinway campus, with a total of 43 pianos. Fewer than 200 schools in the world have this prestigious designation.

To celebrate the designation and to honor the couple who made it possible, the music department held a special concert in November in Ruth Taylor Recital Hall to share the pianos’ beautiful sound and quality. At the dedication, many students and faculty displayed their talents, including Cheng, who performed the Chopin piece on Trinity’s brand new custom-colored Steinway D concert grand piano.

What’s in a name?

When Cheng arrived at Trinity and began her music studies, she played on a variety of brands—Baldwin, Young, and a few Steinways.

Many of them were showing the wear and tear of age. Each sounded different, making it difficult to adjust when performing concerts and recitals. They were not great instruments, just good enough.

“Trinity stands for quality—quality students, quality teaching, quality facilities,” said music professor Carolyn True. “We needed to match that quality with the instruments we use.”

The new Steinways fulfilled that quality. Already, the instruments have inspired students to explore their creativity and imagine new interpretations of music. Cheng enjoys playing the new pianos because of their consistent sound, quality tone, and perfect weight of the keys.

She loves that each note fills the whole practice room, spilling out into the hallways.

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“Each student wants to play more beautifully, more artistically, because they want to meet the expectations of the piano,” Cheng said.

“Students are more serious about practicing. The standards have risen for each musician.”

She said she feels privileged to use the new pianos, especially the Steinway D she played at the dedication concert. It’s the largest of Trinity’s new pianos, but it hadn’t originally been on the shopping

“Each student wants to play more beautifully, more artistically, because they want to meet the expectations of the piano.” list. The maroon and black concert grand turned out to be a $140,000 spur-of-the-moment purchase.

A Trip Full of Surprises

The music department began replacing its old pianos one by one in 2010 as the budget allowed. When the music faculty learned they would be able to replace all of Trinity’s old pianos at once, professor True, department chair David Heller, and academic office manager Amy Lazzell hopped on a plane headed to New York to make the selections at the

Steinway & Sons factory. They invited the Dickes to join them on the trip.

While True and Heller played each of the pianos in the selection room, Lazzell and the Dickes enjoyed a tour of the Steinway facility.

Near the end of the tour, Lazzell and the Dickes stumbled upon a tailor-made, special collection of Steinways. The piano they saw on the tour happened to be customized with beautiful, Trinity-maroon inlay.

A stunning, Trinity-colored piano would add delight to the stage during performances, so the Dickes surprised the music department with an offer to include a 33rd piano, a Steinway D concert grand, in their gift to the University.

right, top to bottom Heller, True, Lazzell, and Janet and Jim Dicke arrive at the Steinway & Sons factory in New York.

Heller presents the Dickes with an appreciation plaque during the All-Stein-

Raising the Bar

way School dedica-

The new Steinways have benefitted not only the pianists of the department, but everyone in the Trinity community who makes and appreciates music.

“Everyone across campus, every type of instrument and voice is affected by these pianos,” True said. “Every vocalist has a piano collaborator. Without a piano that sings, the poor singers are out there by themselves.”

In addition to the concert grand piano, professors Heller and True also chose the new smaller grands for the practice rooms and studios, where Trinity students have 24-hour access to perfect their craft.

“The all-Steinway designation says a lot to prospective students: that the University cares about music and music education,” Heller said.

Jim Dicke agrees. “These pianos set a place like Trinity University apart from other schools,” he said. “It demonstrates to the public what a special place Trinity is in a tangible way.”

tion and inaugural concert .

The Dickes stand in front of the new concert grand in Ruth Taylor Recital Hall.

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Ken Damon ’81 Hot Wheels

by Julie Catalano Ken Damon is always ready to talk about Trinity’s engineering department, and with good reason. He’s justifiably proud of the department’s track record of successful pass rate on the Professional Engineering License Exam (PE) even years after graduation—in his case, eleven years after he graduated from Trinity in 1981 with a bachelor’s degree in engineering science.

“It’ s nice to have P.E. after your name,” he says modestly. Much too modestly for someone who is helping to change another kind of track record—that of “miles per gallon” through his project manager work at Peterbilt Motors Engineering. Peterbilt is home to a longhaul truck demonstration model known as the Peterbilt-Cummins SuperTruck that’s generating major buzz in the trucking industry.

Coming from a family of engineers, Damon’s road was almost inevitable. Born and raised in Alton, Illinois, “it seemed we were all

engineering to Denton. There was a hiring boom “to replace the 75 percent of the engineering staff who didn’t want to move to Texas. So I said, ‘I’m going to go design trucks.’”

He did much more than that, and by 2009 Damon was appointed project manager for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)-sponsored SuperTruck program—a $39 million grant matched by Peterbilt and partners Cummins and Eaton Corporation—that focused on improving fuel economy of heavy duty trucks by 50 percent. “We greatly exceeded that,” Damon says, “demonstrating 76 percent improvement in fuel economy.” The SuperTruck “is a one-of-a-kind showcase of advanced aerodynamics, powertrain, lightweighting, and technologies that assist the driver. We’re now in the process of taking its best features and putting them into production to make them available to the general public.”

In February of 2013, the SuperTruck served as a backdrop for

The SuperTruck served as a backdrop for President Obama’s announcement on higher MPG standards. engineers,” he muses. His older brother Phil ’79 attended Trinity, as did his sister Gail ’84. Damon’s choice of Trinity was fueled by a love of Southern rock music and a fascination with a state that “seemed somewhat exotic. I wanted to see what this Texas place was all about.”

After graduation he held a field engineering position at Halliburton Services in Alice and Laredo—where, ironically, he learned to drive heavy-duty trucks—but his path took to the skies when he decided he “wanted to get into more of a design field. I wanted to design airplanes.” In 1985 he joined General Dynamics in Fort Worth as a structural engineer in the F-16 fighter jet program.

The next nine years were a whirlwind of stimulating projects, which included memorable trips to Israel in 1991 and Pakistan a year later. “We had stopped selling [planes] to Pakistan as punishment for their nuclear research, but they already had a bunch of F-16s,” he says. When one crash landed, “we told them to send it to our repair depot in Utah. They refused, afraid they wouldn’t get their airplane back.” So Damon, then 32, was part of a small assessment team that traveled to Pakistan. “In fact, I was the only engineer,” Damon says.

With the Cold War winding down, fast-paced excitement transitioned into massive layoffs (“5,000 in one day,” he recalls) and Damon learned that Peterbilt Motors was moving their California Bay Area

President Obama’s announcement on higher MPG standards. The next day it was in front of the DOE building with the energy secretary and assistant secretary sitting in the cab.

Now manager of the Vehicle Performance and Engineering Analysis team, Damon’s team constantly researches new ways to enhance efficiency “to help our customers get the most performance out of their trucks.”

Damon recalls a long-ago class with John E. Plapp, then-associate professor of engineering science at Trinity. “Every year for one of his classes, he would give an hour-long talk on waste, about how if you use energy wastefully or inefficiently you can never get more work out of that energy. That always stuck with me: energy that is no longer available for useful work,” Damon says. “That is exactly what the SuperTruck program is about. Right now engines are about 42 percent efficient. That means that 58 percent of the fuel goes out the tailpipe as heat. It doesn’t help drive your truck or your car. This program has a chance to increase that useful energy capability by a significant amount, and that makes me feel really good.”

See Ken Damon on Today’s Trucking test-driving the SuperTruck at www.todaystrucking.com

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Mitchell Hagney ’13 Farming Community

by Julie Catalano For someone practically fresh out of school, Mitch Hagney has cer-

tainly racked up an astonishing list of accomplishments, all connected to his passion for the environment. Just watching him tend to his hydroponic crops of Thai basil, Genovese basil, and mint—flourishing inside a glowing 40-foot shipping container in an east-side San Antonio warehouse—you quickly learn that Hagney is in this for the long haul.

There was nothing in the New Hampshire native’s childhood that foreshadowed a career in environmentalism, much less agriculture.

“I never gardened until I got to Trinity,” he says. A debater in high

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Hagney believes that climate change “is the largest environmental problem.

Solve the biggest problem, make the biggest difference.” school, Hagney was recruited by Trinity’s highly ranked debate team and given a sizable scholarship. He noticed that the running theme behind his federal policy debates focused primarily on environmental problems. “I was just talking, and talk is cheap. I realized that I wasn’t doing anything.”

He quit the debate team after freshman year and starting doing just about everything: co-founding Trinity’s first community garden, teaching English as a second language, volunteering at the Children’s Shelter, becoming president of Students Organized for Sustainability, and leading public outreach campaigns for Solar San Antonio, to name just a few. All of this before he graduated with a double major in international studies and human communications with a minor in geoscience.

Hagney became drawn to hydroponic farming, an outgrowth of his new-found enthusiasm for agriculture. He recalls an earth surfaces processes class by Herndon Distinguished Professor Thomas W. Gardner “that I didn’t even do very well in.” An avid hiker, Hagney stood on mountaintops surprised to find that the class “was shockingly useful. I understood why a mountain exists the way it does, how landscapes work. That was very cool.”

Hagney worked for solar companies for two years, went back to New Hampshire and worked at a hydroponic retail shop called Natural Roots, attended a University of Arizona seminar for commercial hydroponic production of greenhouse tomatoes, and planned to get a job after graduation, when Rackspace co-founder Pat Condon contacted him about a hydroponic farm partnership. In 2013, LocalSprout was born, and the company’s ultra-fresh products now turn up in menu items at San Antonio’s Humble House Foods, the Monterey, One Lucky Duck, the Tuk Tuk Taproom, and in cocktails at the Brooklynite.

The company’s website, LocalSprout.com, provides an informative, easy-to-read rundown of how and why hydroponic is better: 100 percent pesticide- and herbicide-free. The entire farm—an acre’s worth of crops—uses less than 300 gallons of water a week. Growing produce in the same city to which it is sold cuts more than 95 percent

of emissions associated with transportation. And on and on.

Although nothing external can affect the crops—not drought, floods, storms, hail, heat, or cold—an internal snafu can spell disaster.

“Most of this technology is beta phase,” Hagney explains. “Without electricity, these plants die. My water pumps fail, these plants die.”

Still, Hagney has successfully grown many thousands of crops: lettuce, arugula, spinach, sage, parsley, dill, Swiss chard, and more. He can even take special requests. “The system is set up to grow almost any salad green or herb,” he says. “Give us a call.”

Hagney also gives back, working with the nonprofit VentureLab to teach kids about agricultural entrepreneurship, serving as enthusiastic spokesperson for Trinity’s Center for the Sciences & Innovation and an alumni mentor for the Entrepreneurship Residence Hall, and contributing to the San Antonio Food Bank with produce donations and educational outreach.

Hagney’s freelance columns appear regularly online in “The Rivard Report” and “Seedstock.” In October 2014, Hagney spoke at TEDxSanAntonio on distributed urban agriculture. Not surprisingly, the final frontier holds tremendous appeal for the energetic Hagney.

“As soon as someone is willing to send me, I’d like to help colonize Mars.”

Meanwhile, back on Earth, Hagney believes that climate change “is the largest environmental problem. Solve the biggest problem, make the biggest difference.” Right now, scattered application of alternative energies “isn’t sufficient to solve that problem, so what is the next most important environmental problem? I think it’s agriculture, especially agriculture being affected by climate change.”

San Antonio, he says, is ripe for growing green, both ecologically and financially: “You feel like you’re building something here, and not just your own business.” Hagney envisions the growth of more communities eating happier, healthier, and more sustainably, with goodness and fresh produce for all.

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Sarah Davis ’04 Heart Song

by Julie Catalano Lyric soprano Sarah Joanne Davis remembers her first opera: “Rigoletto” at the famed Metropolitan Opera in New York City, part of a high school field trip. The bored high school sophomore couldn’t have cared less about the pageantry onstage. “I did not like it,” she says, laughing at the memory. “I spent most of the time playing with the language translation devices on the seat backs.”

Hard to believe that this is same person The New York Times called “a voice with considerable warmth” and the Boston Globe described as “elusive, delicate, silvery and persuasive.” Countless performances at concert halls, festivals, and iconic venues like Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and Tanglewood have elicited rave reviews—in a field she could have never imagined.

Davis found her voice in choirs and choral singing, where AllState Choirs (ASC) competitions piqued her competitive nature. A

torio (grand musical presentations with orchestra, choir and soloist); new music (music by living composers commissioned to create a specific work); and her true love: art song.

Laughing with delight at educating one more person on the treasures of art song, this “very underperformed” Romantic-era genre, Davis explains, “It’s music written for intimate, casual, less stuffy performance spaces,” sometimes in people’s homes. The salon-like song recitals with piano accompaniment portray brief musical vignettes centered around poems set to music. “You have about three minutes to paint this little picture, whether it’s about finding love, unfaithful love, or a lullaby.”

Davis and art song seem the perfect combo. She was awarded the 2014 American Prize in Voice in the professional art song/oratorio division. Davis recalls Trinity music history professor Carl Leafstedt encouraging her to “find a niche, to find what I love and do best in

“You have about three minutes to paint this little picture, whether it’s about finding love, unfaithful love, or a lullaby.” high school music teacher suitably impressed by the teenage talent encouraged Davis to study music in college.

At one fateful ASC conference in San Antonio, Davis spoke with Scott MacPherson, then-director of Choral Activities at Trinity, “who asked me to submit a recording.” After some heavy recruiting and a campus visit, Davis wholeheartedly chose Trinity. “It was the only school I applied to that actually showed personal interest.”

Before her first year, Davis was accepted into a life-changing, intensive summer program in Greve, in the Chianti region of Tuscany, Italy. “That’s where I learned what opera really was,” she says. She studied music, languages, history, and diction, and met professional singers from all over the world in what she calls “the summer of all summers.”

At Trinity, Davis enjoyed solo turns in the Trinity Choir repertory programs as she worked towards a bachelor’s degree in music. After graduating from Trinity in 2004, graduate school at the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins Institute was a true Cinderella story—she was cast as the lead in the operatic version of the popular fairy tale, along with roles in Verdi’s “Falstaff” and Strauss’s “Der Rosenkavalier.” She received her master’s degree in voice in 2006.

As much as Davis loves opera, she’s equally passionate about ora-

singing.” Given her recent prestigious award, art song seems to be a top contender, but Davis admits, “I love it all.”

She also credits MacPherson as a huge influence in her career and her life. “His dedication, his mentoring, his encouragement and his belief in me are all reasons I am the artist and person I am today.”

Davis’s career highlights are numerous and impressive, but she feels her most important credit so far was the premiere of Elliott Carter’s “What Are Years?” at Tanglewood. She worked with the venerable American composer when he was 102 and she was 29. Reviewer Keith Kibler wrote, “Art knows no age. Age is no limit to it.”

Aptly, Davis sees a future with no limits. At home in Seattle, she studies diligently, singing either in a practice room or—much to her cat Sebastian’s dismay—at home (“He doesn’t want to hear it,” she says). Like all artists, she is a work in progress, combining prodigious talent with a heart and soul made to be shared. “Somehow I am able to communicate strong emotion and a genuine love for the music,” she says. “When that happens and the audience can feel it, I know I’m supposed to be doing this.”

To hear excerpts from Sarah’s recordings, visit www.sarahjoannedavis.com.

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CLASS NOTES 1953

1969

1971

1973

Sharon Schofield Scholl has

Ron Piretti was the fight director

Gene Elder had his journals, which document gay rights issues and movements in the San Antonio community and in the nation from 1974 through the 1980s, added to the University of Texas at San Antonio library archives.

1954

Sarah Cullers McLinden was recognized by Sunshine Cottage School for Deaf Children in San Antonio for teaching students for 45 years. She is appreciated for her exceptional work and devotion to students and staff there.

Elaine Fairbanks Nail was hon-

1970

published three collections of poetry, including Timescape, available on Amazon.com. She is also continuing her career in church music.

ored by Angelo State University as the Golden Ex of the Year.

1959 William Kent Suter received

the Distinguished Kentuckian Award at the 2014 Henry Clay Distinguished Kentuckian Award and Scholarship Dinner for his service as General and Supreme Court Clerk.

1963 Pat Olfers and Sarah Herlin

Olfers celebrated their 50th

wedding anniversary in March 2014.

1964 Melissa Ash Brownell had her

portrait of President George W. Bush purchased by the Negley Family Trust to give as a gift to Laura Bush.

1966 William Lambert has moved to

San Antonio and is active with the community through the Tobin Center and Mission Road Ministries.

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on the Broadway musical The Last Ship. The musical, based on a book by John Logan, was directed by Joe Mantello and contained music and lyrics by Sting.

Harvey Finkelstein will serve as congregational president of Congregation Beth Shalom for the 2014-2015 term.

Austin King was elected as the

149th president of the Texas Medical Association. Dr. King is an otolaryngologist, an ear, nose, and throat specialist.

Laura Janosik Roberts has been

named chief lending officer

by University Federal Credit Union. She has been with the company since 2004 and was promoted from senior vice president of real estate and consumer lending.

Harvey Fishero accepted the

Mary Chester Newton, Diane Lozano, Carol Tagge Adams, Sandra (Sandy) Ragan, Linda Kramer Bye, Hazel Rosenbaum Allen, and Maureen Bocella Waldie celebrated their lifelong

Trinity friendships in Santa Fe.

1972 Robert L. Walker was honored as a distinguished alumnus at Garland High School. He is president and CEO of Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children.

role of board president of Plano Independent School District Education Foundation for the 2014-2015 school year. The board focuses on generating private support for Plano ISD projects that don’t have tax-dollar funding.

IN MEMORIAM Ruth Goodwyn ’35

Margaret Neumann

Robert Berry ’51

Albert U. Knaggs,

Richard Zachardy

Judith Emily McK-

August 6, 2014

’42

May 27, 2014

Jr. ’58

’67

issick Brown ’72

September 18, 2014

August 31, 2014

March 19, 2014

William McElhan-

Fanny Kern Brooks

Lonnie Curtis ’72

non ’58

’68

October 2, 2014

July 17, 2014

March 24, 2014

May 22, 2014 Dorothy Spence

Robert Dalgish ’51

Saunders ’35

Derelys Sweet ’42

January 10, 2014

March 8, 2013

September 24, 2014 Darrel Gooler ’51

Ern Mooney ’36

Betty Rylander

November 15, 2013

Zirkel ’42

Peggy Thompson

Rick McAlpine ’68

Culbertson ’72

June 23, 2014

Phillip Richey ’52

’59

September 29, 2014

August 15, 2014

July 27, 2014

October 5, 2014 Linda M. Gravatti

Cheryl Hardin ’73

James A. Varney ’52

Susan Broadhead

’69

May 13, 2014

June 4, 2014

Herlin ’61

April 13, 2014

John Harbin ’39 July 27, 2014

Ray Clapp ’43 July 22, 2014

Billie Mae Abbott ’40

Stewart “Chappy”

May 2, 2014

Chapman Middle-

Charles Robert ’53

ton ’43

May 12, 2014

Laverne Mc-

Steven Majka ’73

May 21, 2014

July 25, 2014

Cullough Turner ’40 April 24, 2014

Eugene “Gene”

April 28, 2014

Bobbie Rambo ’69 Willis Akin ’63

Richard Lorenz ’74

February 25, 2014 Mary Ann Colias ’70

Charles Anderson Howard Kelly ’47

Reese ’54

Lee Greenberg ’63

September 27, 2014

June 29, 2014

July 26, 2014

May 31, 2014

July 24, 2012 February 6, 2013

March 17, 2014 Megan McKinnis

Stella Wright ’40

Mary Hathaway

’76

April 29, 2014

October 18, 2014

John Millar ’47

Frank Chiampa ’55

Walton S. Olson ’63

Griggs ’70

October 11, 2014

November 7, 2014

July 31, 2014

June 10, 2014

Mandell ’41

Juanita Johnson ’48

William Christilles

Edwin “Ed” Hal

Gregory Molnar ’70

May 29, 2014

October 5, 2014

’56

Tucker ’64

April 5, 2011

July 30, 2014

April 25, 2014

Blanche McCary

Brian Breedlove ’77

Louise Freeman

Margaret C. Stapp

Shackelford ’41

’48

Nancy Pickett ’57

Katye Jo Duderstadt

May 6, 2014

September 10, 2014

August 6, 2014

’65

Baxter Gentry ’77 Louis Berger ’71

August 17, 2014 Mary Parker Martin

Peggy Diane Bow-

Thompson ’41

’49

man ’58

Elizabeth “Betty”

September 7, 2014

May 21, 2014

August 15, 2014

Morrow Bexten ’67 June 25, 2014

Myrtle Riley ’50

Bernard Levine ’58

September 18, 2014

September 26, 2014

May 20, 2014

December 31, 2013

Aug 17, 2014 J Perkoski ’77 Febe A. Ortega Her-

March 16, 2014

rera ’71

Roberta Mapes

Margaret Ballard ’42

August 11, 2014

Daniel Gilbreath ’67 October 8, 2014

August 25, 2014

Kimberly Yerly ’79 October 6, 2014

Craig Tallman Pennel ’71

Lawrence Waddy

June 27, 2014

’86 May 16, 2014

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CLASS NOTES 1974

1975

1977

1978

Ruth Cantrell wrote the new play Remnants of a Dream, which received a staged reading with the Lone Star Theatre Co. in New York. The play tells stories about the U.S.-Mexico border, would-be immigrants attempting to cross it, and others on both sides of the border.

Lawrence Waks, who practices media law for Jackson Walker, was selected for inclusion in the 2015 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.

Annell Suchecki Bay was ap-

Leslie Blaine Bogar is the new

Jake Henry received the 2014

Vision in Education Leadership Award from the Tulsa Community College Foundation.

He was honored at a dinner in September for his commitment to education.

Ronnie R. Kirkwood has been

named vice president and commercial lender of the new BancorpSouth banking office in Sugar Land, Texas.

Philip Knight-Sheen has been

elected to the San Antonio Symphony Board of Directors.

Rex Smith spoke at St. Lawrence University in September on the topic “Ethical Journalism in the Warp Speed Era.” Smith is currently the editor and vice president of the Albany Times Union.

Ida Louise Clement Steen was

appointed by Governor Perry to the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission.

Robert Vanderveer presented

the workshop, “Landscaping with Natives,” at Frontera Audubon in Weslaco, Texas, which discussed the basics of native plants and how to use them.

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1976 Sue Newman Goris was wel-

comed as a new member to the University of Mount Union’s board of trustees.

Robert Holleyman was sworn

in as the Deputy United States Trade Representative. Holleyman will hold the title of ambassador and will work with countries in South and Central Asia, including China.

pointed to the board of directors for Apache Corporation. She has 34 years of experience searching for oil and gas basins worldwide, and spent the past six years as vice president of global exploration at Marathon Oil Company.

Paul Dishman, chairman of the business marketing department at Utah Valley University’s Woodbury School of Business, has been named the 2014 Best of State College/University Teacher. These awards recognize outstanding individuals, organizations, and businesses in Utah.

Michael Johnston received two statewide recognitions. He was one of 15 to receive a Heroes for Children Award from the Texas State Board of Education. He was also named by Thomas Reuters as Texas Super Lawyer for the 10th consecutive year.

Morton “Dean” Rucker was

appointed by Governor Perry to a fifth term as presiding judge of the 7th Administrative Judicial Region.

Richard Summers enrolled in

a local art class in New York.

His first sketch was of Trinity’s memorable Murchison Tower and was framed for an art show.

director of dual enrollment at Colorado Christian University in Denver.

Mike Spurlock was announced as the new superintendent of University Method of Education Preparatory Academy. He has served as president and CEO of several companies.

1979 Laura Sanden Cabo has accepted a position with Walt Disney Imagineering as the leading architecture and interiors support for Walt Disney Company resorts worldwide.

Arnold Schaffer is the new managing director for Healthcare Industry Group in Los Angeles.

Schaffer has a background in advising on mergers and strategic alliances, network development for accountable care, and strategic organizational and cultural corporate integration.

Lee Watters is in his final year of the M.S. program in Clinical Mental Health counseling at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, Fla. He is serving his clinical internship as a counselor at the Jacksonville University Counseling Center.

1980

1984

Rob Bowling was assigned to the

Sam Ayers and The Knowledge

Lexington, Ky., Office of Disability Adjudication and Review as a social security administrative law judge.

Marianne Douglas Carruth was

appointed as the new executive director of the Tryon Fine Arts Center by the board of directors.

John Farber was elected to serve

as chair of the Board of Trustees of the Independent Schools Association of the Central States for two years.

John Lane was hired by First

Tennessee Bank as executive vice president and manager of energy lending.

1982 Elizabeth Nazario Jones has been named one of six finalists in the litigation category for the 2014 International Law Office Global Counsel Award. Jones is currently associate general counsel, head of litigation for Spectra Energy in Houston.

Elisa Massimino will be spending more time in Texas. Her organization, Human Rights First, just opened a new office in Houston.

1983 Carol Mansen and Dave Man-

sen ’76 have become alumni am-

bassadors for Trinity University.

They are traveling to major cities to share their experience as former National Alumni Board chairs and chapter presidents to update volunteers on the “Trinity Tomorrow” strategic plan.

Center were named bronze winners in the 35th annual Telly Awards for their piece, Under The Surface. The piece was created as a professional development resource for educators.

Frederic Goldstein presented at the 2014 Health Enhancement Research Organization Forum in San Deigo. He is the executive director of The Population Health Alliance. He participated as part of the wellness, social media/ technology, and compliance panel, and as part of the innovators workshops.

MARRIAGES

Melanie Jones Davidson ’06 and Mark Davidson ’06, July 21, 2012

Lisa Goodnow was appointed

assistant superintendent of academics for the Cedar Hills Independent School District.

Gregory Perry was named a

2014 Fulbright Scholar award recipient. He is researching the economic impact of streaming media services on piracy in Innsbruck, Austria, at the Management Center Innsbruck during the winter term and will teach courses in digital media economics.

Margaret Philbrick released a

new novel, A Minor—A Novel of Love, Music, and Memory in June. This is the first interactive book to be published by Koehler Books. The music is embedded into e-reader formats and on a website for printed books.

Jason Maloney ’11 and Alexa Harrison ’12, May 25, 2014 Paula Kothmann

Stacy Olds Smith

Martha King

Preston ’85 and

’04 and Michael

Cirulnick ’08 and

David Preston, June

Smith, March 1, 2014

Josh Cirulnick, February 1, 2014

7, 2014 Lauren Fretz Melinda “Mindy”

Thompson ’05 and

Maggie G.

Michele Hawes

Warren Thompson

Redmond ’11 and

’88 and David John

’05, May 24, 2014

Joel W. Lipperini, May

Christie, June 7, 2014

26, 2014

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CLASS NOTES 1985

1988

1990

1991

Janice Horak has been named

Vanessa Hammler Kenon was a panelist at the Microsoft TechEd 2014 Women in Technology conference luncheon in Houston.

She is UTSA’s assistant vice provost for information technology.

This luncheon was Microsoft’s premier and largest conference in North America and hosted more than 10,000 participants from around the world.

Paul “Sonny” Marks was recently promoted to assistant secretary of Amerisafe’s subsidiaries.

He was hired as deputy general counsel of Amerisafe, Inc.

Michelle Bogaard Flemons was

Steven Swoap was awarded

Lee Koch presented a paper

assistant vice president of development for Tarleton State University. She has previously served as director of The Langdon Center in Granbury, Texas, and assistant vice president of external relations with Tarleton State.

1986 Steve Darnall has started his tenth year as editor and publisher of Nostalgia Digest, a quarterly magazine which celebrated its 40th anniversary with its August issue. He has also started his sixth year as host and producer of Those Were the Days, a weekly radio show in its 45th year.

Andrew Lock was a panelist in

the discussion “The Quest for Cash” to help those launching a startup or expanding a business find funding.

William McDonald was selected

for the 2014 Distinguished Service Award by the New Jersey chapter of the American College of Healthcare Executives. William is the president and CEO of St. Joseph’s Healthcare System in Paterson, N.J.

Timothy Parrish was appointed

a professor in the Department of English at Virginia Tech’s College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences. His main research interest is American literature and culture. He is the author of three books.

Beth Pattillo recently had

her novel, Heavens To Betsy, premiere as a television movie.

“Heavenly Match” premiered in September as a UP original movie.

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two grants for his research. The National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Health awarded him funding to continue his research on skeletal muscle fatigue and on how caloric intake affects blood pressure.

Monte Ward was recently

appointed to the Huntington Regional Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. He is chief financial officer at Cabell Huntington Hospital.

David Rylander was promoted

to professor at Texas Woman’s University in Denton, Texas. He was also named Senior Experiential Learning Fellow and given the TWU Innovation in Academia Award.

Martha Imig Wilkins recently

returned from a nine-month deployment in Kabul, Afghanistan.

She served as the future plans officer and then as Deputy Commander of the Directorate of National Logistics. Back in San Antonio, she is in the Reserves as chief of staff for the Southern Division, 75th Training Command and works with Army North on disaster response preparedness.

1989 Danice Lange is the esthetician (skin-care therapist) at Alamo Plaza Spa inside the historic Menger Hotel. She welcomes all alumni to make appointments.

inducted into the Delta Sports Hall of Fame for tennis. Her high school honored her at the Banquet of Champions.

entitled “A Model of the Medical and Nursing Educator’s Role in e-Learning” at the annual congress of the German Association of Medical Educators in Hamburg, Germany.

Leigh Montes joined the

expanded bariatric program as co-director of Bariatric Surgery at Christ Hospital. She is a leading bariatric surgeon and helps provide the highest quality care in the region.

Catherine Ward-Crixell joined Port Townsend’s Public Library as a youth services librarian.

Mackey Smith and his wife April, and Dan Monson and his wife Anabel Monzo Monson ’93, partnered with a known local chef to open Pane e Vino Trattoria and Pizzeria, an Italian restaurant in Katy, Texas.

1992

1995

Christopher Gaffney lectured

at the Foreign Correspondents Association in São Paulo. He spoke regarding his research for the preparations and impacts of the World Cup in Brazil.

Tanvir Mangat is the new chief strategy officer with Sinai Health System. He is responsible for developing long-term strategic plans, leading business development efforts, and overseeing numerous departments.

Kristan Tucker Wheeler was

sworn in to serve as a relief judge for Arvada Municipal Court for the City of Arvada, Colo. She still maintains her criminal defense law practice with Malkinson Wheeler Law, LLP, in Boulder, Colo.

1993 Keith Corell has moved into a new role at BMC Software as director of the vendor management organization covering BMC IT.

1994 Julia Massimino is vice president for Global Public Policy, a campaign for fair treatment of legacy recording artists (music released before 1972).

1997

1998

Anthony Barrese rediscovered

Peter French was chosen by

Amleto, or Hamlet, an opera

by Franco Faccio, in the Casa Ricordi, Milan archives. Opera Southwest in Albuquerque presented the new premier of the opera with Anthony as the conductor.

Amy Bacon Clark spoke to the Kim MacInnis Munsinger, a

lawyer and writer in San Antonio, edited and contributed to Collaborative Law—Start to Finish from Texas Bar Books.

The book is a how-to guide that explains the collaborative process, a non-adversarial approach to family law.

William Razavi was appointed

artistic director of The Overtime Theater in June. He wrote the play The Professionals, which was performed in July and August. He also premiered Julie, a new adaption of August Strindberg’s Miss Julie.

1996 David Schultz has been named the new chief operating officer of Overlake Medical Center in Bellevue, Wash.

Brush Country Republican Women in September. She is the vice-chairman of the Republican Party of Texas and has actively served them in numerous roles for many years.

Jason Powell has been tenured and promoted to associate professor of English at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. He also received a summer stipend from the National Endowment for the Humanities for research toward his edition of Thomas Wyatt’s complete works. The first volume will be released by Oxford University Press in summer 2015.

Accion Texas to lead Café Commerce, San Antonio’s new small business development center.

His responsibilities include overseeing programing, community outreach, financial operations, and daily management of the new center.

Chris Godbold gave the talk

“Nineteenth Century China: Porcelain and Textiles from the Fort Bend County Museum Collection” at the Fort Bend County Museum, where he is the chief curator.

Jeffrey Osborne has joined Cowen and Company’s equity research department as managing director of the alternative energy sector.

1999 William Consuegra has served

with AmeriCorps for 20 years.

He spent time with the U.S. Embassy in Buenos Aires working on business development, led reviews with the Corporation for National and Community Service, and worked on economic development projects for New Mexico.

Jon Ruff has been promoted to

president of Spire Realty Group, L.P., in Dallas. He recently oversaw the redevelopment of City Place in Ft. Worth’s central business district.

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2003

2004

Chris Garcia was appointed an alternate to the zoning board of adjustments for the City of San Antonio. He is also serving as vice-chair and primary mechanical engineer for the city’s building-related and fire code appeals and advisory board.

Chris Giebink, assistant professor of electrical engineering at Penn State, has been awarded a three-year, $350,000 grant as part of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Research Program.

Dan Bowman was named ex-

Sharon Lyle was selected to serve as a director of the Texas Lyceum for 2014. The Texas Lyceum is a statewide leadership organization that concentrates on identifying the next generation of Texas leaders.

Alyson Rose-Wood received

the 2013 Health and Human Services Award for Excellence in Management. Lt. Rose-Wood was awarded for her performance of duties as program manager for the Presidential U.S.-Mexico Border Health Commission.

The American Prize in Vocal Performance winner. The judges commented, “She sings with an expressive flair and wonderful musical phrasing.”

2001 Shannon Lawrence Austin was

appointed to the Board of Directors of the nonprofit, Speak Your Silence. The organization seeks to conquer the stigma of child sexual assault.

2002 Rich Coffey was recently nominated for the 7th annual “Best CFO in Austin Award” in the Austin Business Journal.

2003 Joshua P. Searcy received

the Romina L. Mulloy Bossio Achievement Award by the Young Lawyers Committee of the Bankruptcy Law Section of the Texas State Bar. He was awarded for his contributions to community service, pro bono work, and efforts to support other young bankruptcy attorneys in their community.

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Abigail Ulrich has been

promoted to principal in the healthcare services practice for Korn Ferry’s Houston office. She focuses on C-level corporate membership, senior management, physician leadership, and functional leadership positions nationally and with the Texas Medical Center.

2005

ecutive director and CEO of the Allen Economic Development Corporation. The board focused on leadership qualities and management style in their selection.

Sarah Davis was honored as

Emily Thompson (11 months), youngest daughter of Jamie Ehlinger Thompson and Simon

Malisha Patel spoke at the

Women Mean Business meeting at Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital. She was praised for becoming a COO at a young age and for being a symbol for community giving.

Monica Shea Staples has become the first Clinical Nurse Specialist licensed in Massachusetts per a new title-protection regulation. She is on the White 10 General Medical Unit.

Alexander Webb was recognized

in the 2014 Houston Business Journal 40 Under 40 for his work on behalf of Harris County.

About a year after his change from working with a private appraisal firm, Webb negotiates with pipeline companies as a civil servant. Webb is proud to be a Trinity urban studies graduate.

Thompson, shows her #TigerPride in her Trinity gear.

Rachel Hanson accepted the

head softball position at Stanford University after resigning from the same position at Dartmouth.

Chase Tettleton was elected president of the Baton Rouge Chapter of the Federal Bar Association for 2014.

2006

BIRTHS Hannah Marie

Noah Elijah

Ian

to Aimee Michelle

to Kelly Jeppesen

to Heather Dether-

Ash ’93

’02 and Bryon Wilems

age Rutherford ’04

December 21, 2013

February 28, 2014

and Jeff Rutherford

Harlan Anthony

Seth Quentin

to Rachel Sabino ’96

to Kristen Phillips

Emily

and Andrew Talley

Townsend ’02 and

to Jamie Ehlinger

Lyla Dorothy

April 8, 2014

Matt Townsend

Thompson ’05

to Davidson Melanie

January 10, 2014

and Simon Thomp-

Jones Davidson ’06

Felicity Grey

son ’05

and Mark Davidson

to Gretchen Ladd

July 20, 2013

’06

February 24, 2014 Michelle Collette This picture

was taken when my family (Justin, my 2-year-old Mason, and my 18-moth-old Robin) met me at Trinity after the National Alumni Board meeting in September. My kids love being on campus and always find something new as they explore!

I have already begun teaching them that Trinity offers the best education and experience they could ask for!

Meagan Gardner will be

working at the White House as associate director of public engagement and intergovernmental affairs.

Barrientos ’97 and

August 30, 2014

Daniel Barrientos July 1, 2013 Eliana Adelheid to Jennifer Noyes Janes ’98 and Peter

Novalis Pax

Janes

to Adria Mooney ’03

August 27, 2014

and James DiPadua

Theodore (Ted) Patton

’02

to Matt Badders ’06

Catherine Jo

May 15, 2014

and Laura Badders

to Lauren Sicking

March 11, 2014

Reynolds ’06 and

Austin Alejo to Rachel Pineda ’00 and Josh Woodruff

Bennett

Chris Reynolds ’06

October 8, 2014

to Laura Aubree

July 3, 2014

Justin Kendrick was appointed

Lewis Shay ’03

chief operating officer of Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Hospital.

and Patrick Shay ’03

Claire

July 30, 2014

to Beth Collins ’07, ’09 and Cory Collins

Elliot Hawk

June 24, 2014

to Joy Hermansen McGaugh ’04 and Zach McGaugh ’05 Wesley Samuel

November 26, 2013

to Sara Farese Gilheart ’02 and Timothy Gilheart ’02 August 13, 2014

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2010

2013

Elizabeth Glaessner had her first solo exhibition open in P.P.O.W. art gallery in New York.

Lindsey Handley launched a Kickstarter to raise funding to develop a video game called CodeSpell, which will teach kids how to code. In the past two years she has helped found a San Diego business for teaching kids to code in afterschool programs and summer camps.

Madeline Corona has been accepted to the very competitive Winterthur Conservation Institute for their three-year graduate program. She has been working as a conservation technician at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.

Matt Heyn was selected as the new chief executive officer of Ransom Memorial Hospital in Ottawa, Kan. Matt previously worked as a hospital director at Larned Hospital.

Stacy Sutton has joined the staff

of Texas Physical Therapy Specialists at their West 38th Street clinic in Austin. She will focus on treating women’s and men’s health issues.

2008 Chad Campbell is the new chief

executive officer at McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center in Springfield, Ore. He now leads 800 employees at the 113-bed hospital, which recently announced an $80 million expansion.

2014 Jeff Jones has been hired as the

official sports fill-in for WOAI sports desk for San Antonio TV.

2011 Stephanie Sanders received the

Trinity Prize for Excellence in Teaching during the East Central Independent School District board meeting. She is a science and technology teacher at East Central High School.

Christian Muscarello signed to

play affiliated baseball with the St. Louis Cardinals as an undrafted free agent. He plays an infielder position.

CLASS NOTES SUBMISSIONS Send your class notes to alumni@trinity.edu or fill out the alumni update form at gotu.us/alumniupdates.

Photo Submissions Bigger is better! Digital photos should be saved at a minimum reso-

2012

lution of 300 dpi with dimensions at least 1800 x 1200 pixels. Save photos in .jpg format and email as attachments to alumni@trinity.edu.

Prints can be mailed to the Office of Alumni Relations, One Trinity Place, San Antonio, Texas 78212-7200.

Annie Rappeport was pro-

moted to Associate Director of International Enrollment and Programming with the Institute for Shipboard Education. She also co-presented at the NAFSA conference on an Impact Program where Semester at Sea works with the U.N. in Geneva to engage with university students.

2009 D’Ann Arthur finished 15th over-

all in the 21st Village Runner Fourth of July 5K in Redondo Beach, Calif. With a time of 16:43, she was the first woman to finish.

Reba Williams Long joined Sanford, Baumeister & Frazier, LLP, as a senior audit associate.

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SAVE THE DATE! Alumni Weekend 2015 is October 9-11. See you there!

Hannah Schweitzer and Catha-

rine Found, while hiking in Glacier National Park, stopped into Two Sisters restaurant outside of Babbs, Mont. There they met the owner, fellow alumnus John Cunningham ’73, and had their own Trinity Making Connections event!

CHAPTER ACTIVITIES right Chicago Chapter alumni braved the cold and raced for Hot Chocolate 5k/15k, running with Trinity friends and showing Chicago some #TigerPride! below Alumni in Nashville gathered at the Little Harpeth Brewing Backyard Jam.

ALBUQUERQUE

AUSTIN

On October 25, Albuquerque Chapter alumni created original pieces of art at the New Mexico Art League, instructed by professional artist John Meister.

On September 4, Austin Chapter alumni enjoyed live music by Robert Ellis and The Nightowls at Blues on the Green’s 24th annual free concert series at Zilker Park.

The same day, an alumni group participated in Thinkery21, the adult experience at the Austin Children’s Museum. Alumni gathered on November 19 to hear from professional speaker and leadership coach, John Oberg, for tips about managing goals.

ARIZONA On August 21, the Arizona Chapter held its “Liquidity” meeting at Arcadia Tavern. Alumni and their families enjoyed a picnic, train ride, and tour of the miniature train museum at the McCormick Railroad Park on October 19.

ATLANTA The Tiger women’s soccer team came to Atlanta on September 5 to take on the Emory Eagles, and the close-fought game was played to a double overtime tie. On the morning of September 20, Trinity alumni volunteered at the Special Pops Tennis 9th Annual Fall Classic, the nation’s largest adaptive tennis event for people with intellectual disabilities. On October 21, the young alumni group of the Atlanta Chapter hosted a happy hour at Barcelona Wine Bar.

CHICAGO Trinity alumni and friends attended the Chicago Cubs game at Wrigley Field on September 17.

On October 20, area alumni attended a viewing of “The Princess Bride” on the lawn of the Chicago History Museum.

COLORADO The Colorado Chapter hosted Trinity alumni, family, and friends on October 12 to cheer on the Trinity men’s soccer team at Colorado College, where the Tigers brought home a win. On October 30, the chapter held

a Halloween-themed brewery happy hour, part of a new annual tradition. On November 15, during a frigid afternoon in Colorado Springs, Trinity alumni gathered for tailgating, barbeque, and to take in an Air Force Falcon football game.

DALLAS The Dallas Chapter welcomed new Trinity alumni to the area at the “Welcome to Dallas” happy hour at Park Tavern on June 26.

On September 21, alumni gathered at the University of Dallas to cheer the Trinity women’s soccer team to victory. On October 24, alumni took a trolly ride through Uptown.

FORT WORTH The Fort Worth Chapter held an alumni gathering on October 9 at the Shipping and Receiving Bar where local music aficionados performed the “untold story of music” in Fort Worth and North Texas.

HOUSTON The Houston Chapter held its annual “Welcome to Houston” happy hour for new graduates in the area on June 26 at the Gaslamp Midtown. Alumni gathered on September 20 in the Biergarten at Karbach Brewery for an afternoon of tasting, touring, and socializing.

Houston-area alumni gathered on October 16 at the Corkscrew in the Houston Heights for a wine tasting event. On November 9, alumni and their families visited the Children’s Museum of Houston.

GREATER LOS ANGELES On June 8, alumni from the Greater Los Angeles Chapter gathered to cheer on the Spurs in the NBA Finals. On July 20, Los Angeles-area alumni took a tour and enjoyed drinks at Angel City Brewery in downtown Los Angeles.

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CHAPTER ACTIVITIES NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA

Fourteen adventurous alumni

More than a dozen Trinity alumni from the Washington, D.C. area turned out on June 12 to cheer on the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Finals. On August 8, Trinity alumni and entering students enjoyed Red, Hot, and Blue barbecue and beverages at the Alexandria, Va., home of Beatrice (Bebe) and Richard Hansen ’80.

On October 19, Trinity alumni and their families from the D.C. metro area volunteered their morning at the Washington Humane Society. Alumni reformed a dog play area, picked weeds, and cleaned up trash along the front of the shelter. They also collected donations for the Humane Society. On October 30, eight Capital-area alumni toured the diplomatic rooms of the U.S. Department of State. Fall colors were in full glory for area alumni as they rode bicycles on November 15 through a 10-mile stretch of Rock Creek National Park in Washington, D.C. and Maryland.

completed a 3-mile kayaking trip

NEW ENGLAND On July 19, New England Chapter alumni gathered at the home of Jessica Patrick ’02 for a summer send-off party for the area’s incoming first-year students.

NEW YORK The New York Chapter alumni enjoyed great camaraderie and Texas brisket at Hill Country Barbecue on November 6.

OKLAHOMA CITY The Oklahoma City Chapter held a wine tasting event on July 16 at Bin 73. On October 25, Oklahoma City alumni stomped and hollered to the tunes at the Rodeo Opry in the OKC Stockyards. (Someday soon the OKC alumni will try to top the event with another!)

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of the Mission Reach of the San Antonio River.

PORTLAND Oregonians came together on September 13 to cheer on the Trinity football team in their second game of the season against Willamette University, where the admissions office provided a Trinity Tailgate, and area alumni enjoyed a taste of Texas with a barbeque buffet.

SAN ANTONIO Comedian Josh Wolf ’93 headlined a comedy show at the Empire Theatre in San Antonio on August 1. Prior to the show, Wolf and fellow “Chelsea Lately” comedian Jiffy Wild met with San Antonio alumni at a reception held at the Barriba Cantina on the River Walk. On August 28, area alumni gathered at Tycoon Flats to enjoy happy hour drinks and appetizers and to chat with football Head Coach Jerheme Urban ’03. Area alumni took a tour of the new Tobin Center for the Performing Arts on September 8 during the opening week of San Antonio’s new state-of-theart performance center. More than 70 alumni and students came together on September 18 in the Skyline Bistro to enhance their professional networks at Making Connections 2014; keynote speaker Bobby Majumder ’90 shared with the audience his experiences of how nurturing simple contacts can pay huge dividends in the long run. On

October 18, fourteen alumni completed a 3-mile kayaking trip of the Mission Reach of the San Antonio River. Alumni had front row seats under Trinity’s new inflatable pavilion on October 26 to watch Tiger men’s and women’s soccer shut out the University of Dallas. Trinity alumni and their families gathered at San Antonio Pets Alive on November 1 to walk dogs and play with puppies. Opening night of Trinity Theater’s Our Country’s Good on November 14 was, as stated by an alumnus who was in attendance, “an insight into human behavior and the age-old question: are people born or bred bad? The acting was very well done and the actors were very much into their characters.”

SAN DIEGO Trinity University alumni in San Diego participated in the annual California Coastal Cleanup Day event on September 20, helping to find, collect, and sort trash at Sunset Cliffs Natural Park. On October 28, alumni gathered at Players Sports Bar to watch the San Antonio Spurs receive their 2014 championship rings and raise their championship banner.

ST. LOUIS St. Louis Chapter alumni and guests gathered at the Centene facility in Clayton on June 3.

Michael Neidorff ’65, Trinity

Trustee, hosted the group at the facility, and Michael Fischer, Vice President for Faculty and Student Affairs, presented a talk titled “In Praise of Compromise—and Liberal Arts Education.” The Chapter held their annual Trinity Day at the Cardinals on August 3, where alumni and current students from the area appreciated Neidorff’s hospitality in his suite at Busch Stadium.

TENNESSEE Alumni in Nashville gathered to enjoy the fall weather at the Little Harpeth Brewing Backyard Jam on October 24, where the new brewery offered a night under the stars with food trucks and live music.

WEST TEXAS Jed ’85 and Becky Crowe opened their beautiful home in Abilene on July 25 to Trinity’s incoming Class of 2018. On September 5, Lubbock-area alumni and guests gathered at the McPherson Cellars for a wine tasting before heading out on the trolleys to visit Lubbock’s art scene; Trinity’s Alumni Ambassadors, Dave ’76 and Carol ’83 Mansen, shared the latest news from campus and other chapters across the country. Trinity alumni in Midland gathered on September 6 at the home of Sara Crowe Burleson ’81 to visit with Trinity’s Alumni Ambassadors.

(clockwise from top left) As part of the fall service project, Atlanta Chapter alumni volunteered for the Special Pops Tennis Tournament. San Antonio alumni had front row seats under Trinity’s new inflatable pavilion to watch the Tiger men’s and women’s soccer teams shut out University of Dallas. Trinity’s Los Angeles Chapter-area alumni took a tour and grabbed drinks at Angel City Brewery in downtown Los Angeles. Oklahoma City alumni stomped and hollered to the tunes at the Rodeo Opry in the OKC. St. Louis-area alumni, current students, and their parents greatly appreciated Trustee Neidorff’s hospitality in his suite at Busch Stadium for Trinity Day at the Cardinals. San Diego alumni participated in the annual California Coastal Cleanup Day event. The National Capital Area Alumni Chapter held a “Trinity Cares” service project at the Washington Humane Society. Austin Chapter-area alumni gathered for Thinkery21, the adult experience at the Children’s Museum.

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Your Trinity Alumni Chapters 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.

Albuquerque

Dallas

New England (includes New

Seattle

Scott Webster ’85

Natalie Webb ’04

Hampshire, Vermont, Maine,

David Schlosser ’90

scott.webster@pnm.com

nataliewebb82@gmail.com

Massachusetts, Rhode Island

dbschlosser@analects-ink.

albuquerque@alum.trinity.edu

dallas@alum.trinity.edu

and Connecticut):

com

Laura Smeaton ’92

seattle@alum.trinity.edu

Arizona

*Florida: Vacant

laurasmeaton@mac.com

Mike Gadarian ’03

email alumni@trinity.edu if

newengland@alum.trinity.edu

mikegadarian@yahoo.com

interested

St. Louis Courtney Rawlins ’00

New York

courtneyrawlins@aol.com

Fort Worth

Adrian Mendoza ’06

stlouis@alum.trinity.edu

Atlanta

Bryan Cancel ’98

adrian.mendoz@gmail.com

Steve Blankenship ’95

bcancel@hotmail.com

newyork@alum.trinity.edu

steve.blankenship@gmail.com

ftworth@alum.trinity.edu

arizona@alum.trinity.edu

Leslie South ’04 Oklahoma City

atlanta@alum.trinity.edu

Tennessee south.leslie@gmail.com

Houston

Melissa Heuer ’01

Austin

Cesar Giralt ’09

melissa.k.heuer@gmail.com

*Tulsa

Rich Coffey ’02

cesar.e.giralt@gmail.com

oklahomacity@alum.trinity.

Hilary McKinney ’07

rcoffey30@hotmail.com

houston@alum.trinity.edu

edu

hilarymckinney@gmail.com

austin@alum.trinity.edu *Kansas City

Portland

West Texas

The Bay Area

Travis Holt ’06

Nicole Roth ’10

John Grace ’85

Brittney Elko ’08

tholt@alum.trinity.edu

nicole.marie.roth@gmail.com

johngracelaw@gmail.com

portland@alum.trinity.edu

westtexas@alum.trinity.edu

Brittney.Elko@gmail.com thebayarea@alum.trinity.edu

Greater Los Angeles Matt Clark ’92

San Antonio

* denotes chapters in the

Chicago

matt.clark@pimco.com

Stacy Smith ’04

formation stage

Meghan Vincent ’05

losangeles@alum.trinity.edu

stacy.olds@att.net sanantonio@alum.trinity.edu

meghanelisabeth@gmail.com chicago@alum.trinity.edu

National Capital Area Luke Peterson ’02

San Diego

Colorado

luke.peterson@gmail.com

Fritz Hesse ’87

Tyler Wilson ’07

nationalcapitalarea@alum.

fritz@hessenet.net

tylerwilson@catholichealth.

trinity.edu

sandiego@alum.trinity.edu

net colorado@alum.trinity.edu

DÉJÀ VIEW left Proud Tigers held Trinity’s banner and tiger balloon for Trinity’s first Battle of Flowers Parade entry in 2002. below Trinity University’s Fiesta medals: 2002-2014

Viva Fiesta

by R. Douglas Brackenridge Trinity’s participation in Fiesta began in 1946 when the celebration

resumed after a hiatus during the Second World War. After an initial burst of enthusiastic participation, students lost interest in entering a float in the annual parades. Administrators ended the traditional half-day Friday Fiesta holiday in the early 1980s.

By the mid-1990s, however, student organizations were expressing interest in resuming institutional participation in Fiesta. In the fall of 2000, President John Brazil appointed a task force on the quality of student life to study ways to enhance and enrich students’ Trinity experience. One task force recommendation advocated resumption of University sponsorship of a float in the Battle of Flowers Parade and the inclusion of other San Antonio events in the student handbook calendar.

Trinity’s first parade entry coincided with a celebration in 2002 of the University’s 60th anniversary in San Antonio. It featured a huge helium-filled balloon shaped like a Tiger. A diverse group of volunteers assumed the daunting task of stabilizing the balloon in swirling wind while others displayed a large Trinity banner. Dressed in brightly colored Trinity polo shirts, they paraded through downtown San Antonio accompanied by a roving LeeRoy, the Trinity Tiger mascot, who entertained attendees and posed for photographs. In subsequent years, the Alumni Association assumed sponsorship of the parade and the Tiger balloon became a permanent fixture.

Trinity also renewed its involvement in the annual Texas Cavaliers River Parade. The Alumni Office arranged for special seating

at the popular event where alumni could gather to watch the parade while enjoying food and fellowship. Recently, Trinity has sponsored a float in the river parade, reviving a tradition dating back to the 1940s.

Impetus for a new Trinity tradition, the Fiesta medal, came from President John Brazil’s administrative coordinator, Ivan Herman, and his spouse, Susan Hord Herman ’99, ’00. When Susan attended her first Fiesta, she became fascinated with the friendly exchange of Fiesta medals among participants. Her enthusiasm prompted Ivan to raise the possibility of creating a unique Trinity medal. President Brazil approved the idea and assigned Ivan the task of selecting a design for the medal. After considering a number of possibilities, Ivan chose the Trinity University seal for its elegance, simplicity, and historical connotation. Initially intended for distribution to trustees, community leaders, and Fiesta dignitaries, subsequent medals became widely popular collectors’ items. The University’s graphic designer, Vee Dubose, assumed responsibility for the medals and annually produces graphics featuring campus landmarks, historical items, and the ever-popular Trinity Tiger.

When Trinity came to San Antonio in 1942, President Monroe Everett wanted “to ensure that the university would not be a cloistered institution living apart from the current needs of the city.” Trinity’s involvement in Fiesta is one expression of the University being an engaged member of the San Antonio community.

See the back cover of the July 2014 issue of Trinity magazine for more on Trinity’s early participation in Fiesta.

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Parting Shot LeeRoy the Tiger sparkles with Trinity school spirit.

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