1963
Jan Bennett writes that approaching age 82, she is now living in the Pacific Northwest where her kids and their families live, after years in Latin America and in a cabin in Montana. She recalls hat while a student at Austin College, she and a roommate, Kay, were in a group of 18 women who lived in and managed Thompson House after the House ‘Mother’ became ill and retired.
Roger and Florence Spragins Quillin celebrated their 59th wedding anniversary. They met in their sophomore year while standing next to each other in Bruce Lunkley’s choir and graduated together. Roger was a Presbyterian minister for 43 years, and Florence was a school teacher and then a clinical social worker. They have two children (one is an alumna, Laura Olivo ’89), six grandchildren, and one great-grandchild so far.
1965
Paul Pearce was recognized by the Club Management Association of America for his 30 years of continuous membership in the organization. Pearce spent more than 40 years in the private club industry in various roles with three of the largest corporations in the business, ClubCorp, Kemper Sports Management, and postretirement, with Tennis Corporation of America. He held several senior management positions in clubs across seven states. He also served on the Midwest Board of Directors for the National Club Association. Since retiring, Pearce has served in CMAA’s Interim Management Program at clubs in Chicago, Peoria, and Woodstock, Illinois. He and his wife Susan live in Lake Barrington, Illinois, where he was on the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Insurance Commission of Lake Barrington Shores, a 1,300-home resort and club development 40 miles northwest of Chicago.
1966
Mike Nelson was inducted into the Arlington (Texas) Athletic Hall of Honor in May 2023 in recognition of his distinguished career as head coach for track and cross country and assistant football coach at Arlington Lamar High School. While at Austin College, Nelson lettered four years in basketball and served as captain his senior year. He also was a graduate assistant coach in football and basketball.
1967
In July 2023, Gary Parker’s quartet Dealer’s Choice celebrated its 50th anniversary and was named international champions at the Barbershop Harmony Society’s conventions in Louisville, Kentucky. They also won the championship in their first international contest in 1973, the last quartet to do so in a first attempt. They are credited with changing the direction and future of the barbershop sound, a story told in Parker’s book, One and Done – Dealer’s Choice Quartet Overnight Success Story.
1974
David Reed has been named CEO of Vedanta’s semiconductor division, where he is responsible for setting up a state-of the-art semiconductor fab unit and semiconductor assembling and testing nit. Reed was formerly with NXP Semiconductors, where he was Executive Vice President and General Manager of global operations. He moved to NXP as part of the merger with Freescale Semiconductor, where he had served as Senior Vice President for manufacturing operations.
1975
Darlene Hopkins (MA ’76) became an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. She is currently serving at Shepherd King Lutheran Church in Lubbock, Texas. After retiring from a long career in technology that included entrepreneurship, web development, application programing, and data analysis, Hopkins decided to pursue ordination and earned a Master of Divinity degree at Luther Seminary, launching her new career in the ministry.
Larry Tidwell joined the coaching staff of the women’s basketball team at Tarleton State University in April. He has a 47-year coaching resume, 28 spent in NCAA Division I level, including stints at Lamar University, UT Rio Grande Valley, Texas Christian University, Baylor, Texas Tech, and University of Louisiana–Monroe. He also has coached at the preparatory level. Tidwell is a three-time Austin College athletic alumni honoree: Hall of Famer (2004), Kedric Couch Coach of the Year (2010), and Coach Joe Spencer Service Awardee (2014); and inducted to five other Texas Halls of Fame.
1977
Martha Bace retired in March 2020 after 42 years as an academic librarian and archivist. She has since stayed busy with church activities and traveling, including trips to see family in North Carolina and Wisconsin, and an “incredible trip” to Egypt in October 2022.
1978
Dr. Paul Putman was recently elevated to Fellow of The American College of Psychiatrists. Putman received his M.D. from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and completed his internship and residency in General Psychiatry at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, where he was Chief Resident.
1980
Martha Stephens retired from teaching English and art in Sherman and moved to South Chatham, Massachusetts. She had spent many summers there, and has, over the years, pursued her love of painting both in the seaside community and in her hometown of Sherman. Her work appears periodically in local art shows.
1981
Sarah Gunderson was published in the spring 2023 issue of American Ancestors magazine. Her full-page article, “A Passion for Family History,” describes her journey into genealogy and involvement with the New England Historical Genealogical Society (NEHGS), the oldest genealogy society in the United States.
Terry Taylor retired from Shoreline Community College in Shoreline, Washington, after 26 years of teaching history and political science. The Faculty Senate promoted him to Faculty Emeritus and he has recently relocated to Salem, Oregon, to be closer to his granddaughter, Willa Joy.
1982
James W. “Jim” Walker was elected to the Coppell City Council, Place 1, for a three-year term and was sworn into office in May 2023. He is an attorney at Cole Schotz P.C. in Dallas.
1984
Rodney Moore joined Winston & Strawn LLP as a partner in the firm’s Dallas office, as a member of the Transactions Department’s Private Equity Transactions Practice. The firm states that he represents private equity firms and public and private companies in merger and acquisition, joint venture, financing, and other commercial transactions across the energy spectrum, including renewables. He also advises clients on corporate governance matters, transactional and corporate matters in and out of court, and Chapter 11 restructurings.
1985
Doug Goldenberg-Hart was promoted in February 2023 to Associate Vice President for Content Strategy & Development at the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges AGB). AGB has more than 2,000 member systems and institutions representing more than 40,000 college and university trustees, including the Board of Trustees of Austin College.
Blyth Hazen was named to the Board of Trustees at Montserrat College of Art in Beverly, Massachusetts. She earned her B.A. in art and philosophy from Austin College prior to earning her M.F.A. from Massachusetts College of Art in Boston. Hazen is currently the Coordinator of the Animation + Interactive Media Program at Montserrat.
Dr. Bill Streilein recently took a position as Chief Technology Officer for the Chief Digital and AI Office within the United States Department of Defense. His new role will support the adoption of artificial intelligence across the U.S. Department of Defense. Prior to government service, Streilein spent 23 years at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory serving in multiple senior roles, including Principal Staff of Biotechnology and Human Systems Division and Leader of Cyber Analytics and Decision Systems Group.
1986
Janet Broadhead Imhoff and husband Dr. Mike Imhoff, Austin College Emeritus Professor, have seven grandchildren, including Cole Imhoff, a junior at Austin College. He is pictured here, top left, with his triplet brothers Ethan and Alex. Their parents are Josh Imhoff ’93 and Molly Carter Imhoff ’93. Pictured on the front row are grandsons Daniel and Bryce Imhoff; not pictured are Caroline and Nick who live in Denver, Colorado.
1987
Squire J. Booker was awarded the 2023 Percy L. Julian Award from the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers. His commitment and contributions to the STEM community have been recognized and celebrated throughout his career.
1990
Sandra Fambrough is the Operations Manager for the law firm of Chermol & Fishman LLC, which specializes in handling Social Security disability claims. She has worked in a number of positions for 30 years exclusively in the disability field and has served on the Board of Directors for the National Association of Disability Representatives.
Alexander J. Lazar, M.D., Ph.D. was announced as the winner of the prestigious Certificate in Risk Governance award by the DCRO Institute, the world’s leading source of risk governance training. Lazar wears many hats: he is a Professor of Pathology, Genomic Medicine, Translational Molecular Pathology, and Dermatology at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, where he practices diagnostic surgical and molecular pathology for rare cancers and heads a research lab focused on immunotherapy, genomic bioinformatics, and the microbiome. He is also a partner at Gothams, an emergency response and homeland security advisory firm, and he served as the Biosecurity Director for inaugural ceremonies for President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. He uses his expertise as a scientist advisor for several security organizations and also serves his community on nonprofit boards.
1991
Dr. Thomas W. Newsom, President of Southeastern Oklahoma State University, began his four-year term in September 2023 on the Division II Membership Committee of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Newsom is the lone college president on the committee and is one of two representatives from the Great American Conference.
1992
Vanessa Uriegas Johnson was elected Vice President of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Association of Realtors for 2023, and served on the Board of Governors and as State Director of the Oklahoma Association of Realtors for 2022 and 2023. She graduated with majors in Political Science and Social Work. After meeting her husband, NFL player Leon Johnson, she traveled with
him before they settled in the Oklahoma City area, where she has built a successful real estate business.
1993
Todd Canon retired in June 2023 as a family physician at South Austin Medical Clinic and moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico. He is looking forward to hiking, high altitude vegetable gardening, and refreshing his Spanish skills.
Colin Dunnigan moved to Nashville, Tennessee, in June 2023 to begin his tenure as Director of College Counseling at Montgomery Bell Academy.
John Jagou won a Sports Emmy Award in the Lone Star region for producing “Martín Pérez en su idioma,” a short feature film for Bally Sports Southwest. The award represents his fifth nomination and fourth win.
1994
Audra Morris is now a partner/principal in KAD Dental Staffing in Austin, Texas. After Austin College, she earned her MBA in Organizational Development at University of Texas–Dallas.
Nicole Aratingi Lehmann (MAT ’95) recently retired after a 29-year teaching career. She spent the first 27 years teaching all levels of Latin and, periodically, beginning French at Alamo Heights High School and Alamo Heights Junior School in San Antonio. She will continue to volunteer with the Texas Classical Association to assist Latin educators across Texas and with the League of Women
Voters to register and educate voters in Bexar County. She looks forward to spending more time with her family, traveling, and reading.
1995
Carlos Zeisel accepted the position of Senior Sociology Instructor at Scott Community College, Bettendorf, Iowa, beginning in fall of 2023.
1996
Stephanie Sanford, leasing executive with AE Industrial Partners, was named Senior Vice President to support the AE Industrial Partners Aerospace Opportunities Fund. The firm, in Boca Raton, Florida, is a private equity firm specializing in aerospace, defense and government services, space, power and utility services, and specialty industrial markets.
1997
Steven Barnes and his wife, Dency, moved to Monroe, Georgia, in March 2023, upon his appointment as Pastor and Head of Staff for Oconee Presbyterian Church in Watkinsville, Georgia. Prior to this, he served several years as an interim pastor for multiple congregations in Texas, North Carolina, and Georgia. Steven is joined on staff by another ’Roo, Kailey Stephens ’17, who serves as the Director of Children and Youth Ministries. Michael Rosas has been Owner/President of South Texas Auto Parts Company, with his wife, Mona, since 2017. They also own and operate wo NAPA Auto Parts franchises in the suburbs of San Antonio, Texas.
1998
Mark Kellogg was named West Virginia University’s women’s head basketball coach in April 2023. Kellogg had held the same position at Stephen F. Austin State University, where he led the Lady jacks to two conference tournament titles and two NCAA Tournament appearances. His career also included stints at West Texas A&M, Northwest Missouri State, and Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado.
Graham Painter has expanded his James Beard award-nominated restaurant, Street to Kitchen, to a location that will seat up to 100 guests—triple the space of the 10-table gas station where he originally opened. His wife, Benchawan Jabthong “G” Painter, won the 2023 James Beard Award for Best Chef: Texas Category. The couple opened their restaurant together in 2020 and it has since been known as one of the best restaurants in Houston.
Camille LeBron Powell earned her Doctor of Ministry in Church Leadership degree from Columbia Theological Seminary (Decatur, Georgia) in May 2023. She previously earned her Master of Divinity and Master of Arts in Christian Education degrees from Union Presbyterian Seminary (Richmond, Virginia) in 2002. She continues to serve as pastor of St. Andrews Presbyterian Church in Tucker, Georgia.
2000
Court LeMaistre is now serving as Chief Executive Officer of Methodist Children’s Hospital and Women’s Services in San Antonio. He earned a Master of Hospital Administration degree from Trinity University.
Rev. Dr. Josh Robinson received his Doctor of Ministry degree from Austin Presbyterian Seminary in 2019. He currently serves as Pastor at Hope Presbyterian Church in Austin, Texas.
2001
Dr. Sharon Beth Larson has been appointed as surgical director for heart transplantation, mechanical circulatory support, and the extracorporeal membrane oxygenation program at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. She practices adult cardiac surgery and specializes in the surgical treatment of advanced heart failure. In addition to her clinical and operative pursuits, Dr. Larson is active in research and her work has been published in the Annals of Thoracic Surgery, the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, and the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs Journal. She also serves as an invited speaker for the American Heart Association and reviewer for the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation. Dr. Larson has been elected as the Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery discipline chair of the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons.
Roby Nunn was appointed Principal of Sunset Valley Elementary, Keller, Texas. Nunn earned a master’s degree in educational leadership from Lamar University, and has 22 years of experience working in public education.
2002
Shannon Slate Matson relocated to the Washington, D.C., area and is now working for the Department of Defense.
2004
E.A. Hoppe was named Assistant City Manager for the City of Frisco, Texas. He has more than 18 years of experience in municipal government, and has held a variety of positions in city management around the state, most recently in Kerrville, where he served as a Deputy City Manager for nearly five years before being appointed as City Manager in 2021. He earned his Master of Public Administration degree from the University of North Texas.
Heidi Rushing earned a master’s degree in Strategic Communication from Texas Tech University in May 2022. In January 2023, she was named Chief Marketing and Communication Officer at Austin College, moving into this senior role after working in several other positions at the College. Among her duties, she oversees many signature events at the College, including TEDxAustinCollege and the Posey Leadership Award.
2005
Ana Guzmán received her Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor license and also became a Registered Play Therapy Supervisor. She is working on becoming an EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing) consultant. She currently works in private practice after many years in the nonprofit sector. Ana continues to provide trauma-informed care to the children and dults she sees in her Dallas office.
In July 2023, Josh Manck was named Executive Director of Communications and Special Assistant to Southeastern Oklahoma State University President Dr. Thomas W. Newsom ’91.
2006
Whitney Dove, Ph.D. has been named CEO of Ellipsis Education, a computer science curriculum provider. Dove was most recently Vice President of Product at Ellipsis. She has led Ellipsis Education’s product development and growth as the company strives to give educators the tools needed to teach computer science. In addition to her bachelor’s degree in psychology, she holds a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from Texas Tech University and a master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction from The University of Texas–Arlington.
2007
Jason Burton was named University of North Texas’ head women’s basketball coach. He is the ninth coach in the program’s history. Burton previously held the head coaching position at Texas A&M Commerce, where he was the all-time winningest coach in that program’s history.
2008
Bucky Brannen joined the Dallas office of Bracewell LLP as a partner in the firm’s tax practice. He previously had practiced law at Baker Botts. Brannen earned his law degree from Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law and a Master of Laws in Taxation from New York University School of Law.
2009
Matt Burton was named Durango (Colorado) High School’s football coach in April 2023. He previously had coached football and baseball at Lindale High School in East Texas; he coached in a number of other Texas school districts as well. He also has been teaching history and physical education. Burton’s wife and two daughters join him in the move to Colorado; the couple first met in the mountains of the Rocky Mountain state.
Dr. Lloyd Jones has joined CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic practice in Longview, Texas, part of the CHRISTUS Good Shepherd Health System. He brings extensive training in plastic and reconstructive surgery to the clinic. Jones attended medical school at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center- Shreveport School of Medicine, where he also completed his general surgery residency and then moved to Massachusetts for further training in plastic and reconstructive surgery at Lahey Hospital and Medical Center. Jones also has training in craniofacial and pediatric plastic surgery, completing a fellowship at Texas Children’s Hospital through Baylor College of Medicine.
Dr. Rathna Nuti was named in D Magazine’s directory for Best Doctors in Collin County 2023 (as well as in the four years prior). Nuti gained early acceptance to Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine and pursued a fellowship in Sports Medicine after graduating from Austin College. She is known for providing “innovative, compassionate care” to all er patients.
2012
Anne-Alise (Ali) Fritsche Hinckley was chosen for The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America 2024®. Hinckley was recognized for Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants. She has been included on The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® list since 2022. She practices law with Kessler Collins in Dallas and is a member of the firm’s litigation group, which represents clients in a variety of sophisticated commercial, business, securities, consumer, labor and employment, real estate, oil and gas, construction, and insurance disputes.
Chanel Rafie has started her own law firm in Dallas with law school colleagues from Texas A&M School of Law. The new firm is Titans Legal– Rafie.Douglas.Abney Law.
2014
Nathan Packard is completing a law degree at SMU Dedman School of Law. He and his wife, Sophie, have two children, Emma and Austin.
James Taylor was recently promoted to Senior Event Manager for American Airlines Center in Dallas. He works directly with the Mavericks basketball and Stars hockey teams for games and special events.
2016
Santos Botello uses his ’Roo student experiences to help guide the next generation at Rowlett High School in Texas. In addition to teaching U.S. and World History, Santos draws on the one-on-one mentorship model he received at Austin College to work individually with students and guide their success.
2017
Shannon McKelvie Glasscock has spent two years at globally recognized law firm Akin Gump, and temporarily departed in August 2023 for the special opportunity to spend a year as a law clerk for the District Court in the Northern District of Texas.
Magan Kubena was named 2023 Teacher of the Year at Travis Middle School, Calhoun County ISD in Port Lavaca, Texas.
Kailey Stephens is serving as Director of Children and Youth Ministries at Oconee Presbyterian Church in Watkinsville, Georgia. The pastor and head of staff at the church is fellow ’Roo Steven Barnes ’97.
2018
Former Aussie Asusena Coto helped found an HBCU-style majorette dance team, the Wizardettes, at the Houston school where she worked, coaching the new team to perform at pep rallies, sporting events, and local parades. She since has accepted a position at the University of Houston as an Associate Spanish Immersion Teacher in their Children’s Learning Center.
2019
Chad Head recently returned to Tarleton State as Recruiting Coordinator for the football program. After playing football and student assistant coaching at Austin College, he has held coaching and football operations roles at Tarleton and a coaching position at Midland High School.
2020
Madison Galvan is working as a Contract Developer V for the State of Texas, Comptroller of Public Accounts, Statewide Procurement. She also is head men’s soccer coach and college advisor at Pflugerville FC, a youth soccer development program in Pflugerville, Texas.
Phoebe Angaye was selected to Black Creatives Mentorship, a program to introduce aspiring Black authors to the intricacies of the publishing industry through one-on-one mentorship and programming with other industry professionals. Phoebe writes for the underrepresented, and is an alumna of Scholastic Arts & Writing, an alliance for young writers and artists. Additionally, she’s been published in multiple literary journals and won several writing competitions.