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When Lauren Stephens (’10) began cycling as a junior in 2009, she never knew what kind of journey those two wheels would take her on. Stephens now races professionally as a member of the USA Cycling road team — winning the U.S. National Professional Road Race Championship in 2021. Read more at northtexan.unt.edu/lauren-stephens. (Photo by

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the Hall of Fame of Phi Beta Mu, an 1952 CATHY GILLENTINE, Texas international bandmasters fraternity, City, is celebrating 50 years of writing at the 2021 Texas Bandmasters a newspaper column for the Galveston Association convention. Randy has County Daily News. The journalism been in music education since 1969 as graduate says, “At 92, having learned a high school band director and fne a lot from Professor C.E. Shuford and arts director. working on the Campus Chat, I am still going strong.”

Artful Living

1976 SPARKY KOERNER

Walter Eagleton (’81 M.M.) has gone on 1972 RICHARD J. ALLIE (M.Ed.), 40 years of working at the College of one adventure after another. Fort Worth, was honored by Crowley the Mainland in Texas City. He has

(M.M.Ed.), Texas City, is retiring after

After graduation, Eagleton sold sheet ISD, which named the Richard J. Allie served as chairman of the Fine Arts music to band directors and played clarMiddle School after him for his years Department for the past 20 years. inet and saxophone in professional gigs. of service. He was the principal at H.F. Sparky continues to live in the Texas He then pivoted careers, running the Stevens Middle School from 1984 to City area and perform with the various popular Eagleton Photography portrait 2004. He also was a member of the musical groups he has been involved studio in Denton. Now he and his wife, U.S. Air Force Reserve. During his time with for years, including Sparky’s Jazz Kimberly Anne Brown Eagleton, run as principal, he was called to active Express, Jazz Sunday, Trio du Jour and Artistic Gourmet Adventures. Clients duty for Operation Desert Storm and the Galveston Symphony Orchestra. see the sites of Europe on a tour guided served in the Persian Gulf War, then by Kim during the day and, in the evereturned to his school duties. His wife

1977

RALPH WININGHAM, ning, are treated to a three-course meal is Linda Allie (’72). He is the brother of San Antonio, has been recognized from Eagleton, who has been trained at Stephen Allie (’72 M.S.). by The Journal of the Texas Trophy Le Cordon Bleu, a prestigious culinary Hunters as a “Pioneer of Hunting.” school.

1972

DENNIS GAYLOR, Ralph has combined his talents as a He notes that his occupations have all Battlefeld, Missouri, has written the writer, hunter and chef into a career been an art form. book Growing a Student Movement: that includes his newest book Bustin’ “My parents always instilled in me that The Development of Chi Alpha Campus Clays & Cookin’ Game with Old Boots & I could do ‘anything’ I wanted in life, as Ministries, 1940-2020, about Chi Alpha Bacon Grease II. Ralph, who was a staf long as I loved it and was fulflled,” he Campus Ministries, the Assemblies of member and editor for the North Texas says. “I truly believe in the adage that ‘If God Christian student organization at Daily, is an award-winning writer and you love what you do, it’s not work. It’s state colleges and universities. Dennis photographer who retired in 2019. just an extension of who you are.’” served as national director for the — Jessica DeLeón organization from 1972 to 2013.

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MICHAEL J. TRUNCALE (M.B.A.), Beaumont, a U.S. district

1975

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RANDY BARTLETT (’80 judge, was appointed federal unt.edu/artful-living M.Ed.), Wylie, was inducted into judicial liaison to the Board of