‘Roo Notes

The idea for Claude “Spider” Webb ’77 (MA ’79) and friends to open The Gar Hole in 2020 was rooted in Webb’s freshman year at Austin College. In 2023, The…

 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…