Two Austin College graduates, Malcolm M. Feeley ’64 and Ronald Kirk ’76, were inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in September 2022. Feeley was elected in 2020 and Kirk in 2021, but due to COVID-related postponements, they were not inducted until 2022. The honorary society and policy organization, founded in 1870, elects… [Read More]

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… [Read More]

In perhaps a first in Austin College history, three Austin College alumni were key figures in a non-’Roos Athletics baseball game. Al Hockaday Jr. ’76 umpired the game where Harrison Baldwin ’19 and Wes Tarbox ’90 were coaching opposing teams. The trio represented 12 years of Austin College Baseball, spanning 46 years between them. Hockaday… [Read More]

Michelle Zhou ’18 and her sister Maxine Zhou ’14 moved to Oahu, Hawaii, in fall 2022 to begin their careers. Maxine works in psychiatry, and Michelle is a dentist. In addition to looking forward to enjoying the beach and hiking in their beautiful new home, the sisters also want to work in an underserved community… [Read More]

1958 Mike and Mary Thulemeyer Murray celebrated their 64th wedding anniversary on August 9, 2022, and are deeply grateful for the 59 or 60 years of “happy marriage” enjoyed. Mike said most people really can’t claim every day was “happy,” can they? He remains involved with the Leadership Academy for Poland, which seeks to bring… [Read More]

John Andersen ’66, M.D., retired in September 2021 after a pioneering career in the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas that lasted more than four decades and brought the UTSW program national recognition. Dr. Andersen was also a committed educator and was named Professor Emeritus upon his retirement. “When I… [Read More]

Dr. M. Francyne Huckaby ’89 received the 2022 Mary Anne Raywid Award from the Society of Professors of Education in recognition of outstanding contributions to the study of education. She is Texas Christian University’s Associate Provost of Faculty Affairs, former Associate Dean and Interim Dean of the School of Interdisciplinary Studies, and College of Education… [Read More]

Marvin Nash ’03 is one of 27 coaches included in the book Thirty Days with America’s High School Coaches written in 2021 by author and coach Martin Davis. Davis interviewed over 130 coaches for the book and has said Nash would be one he would most want to coach his own kids. At San Marcos… [Read More]

Ta’jin Perez ’12 is the Deputy Director for Western Native Voice, a nonprofit organization working to increase Native American participation in voting and self-determination. His work inspires Indigenous leadership across Montana, both in tribal nations on all seven Montana  reservations and urban areas where half of Montana’s native population lives. Ta’jin, who is Totonac (an… [Read More]