‘Roo Notes

Sallie Sampsell Watson ’78, the General Presbyter for Mission Presbytery, was named a 2019 Distinguished Alumna of Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary “in grateful recognition for distinguished service to the Church.”…

Robert Burns ’86 was sworn in January 1, 2019, as Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals for the Fifth District of Texas at Dallas. Chief Justice Burns had previously…

Tim Kennedy ’98 has had two distinct career paths since his Austin College days. Upon graduation, he headed to Washington, D.C., for a 13-year career on Capitol Hill, at the…

Adam Groshans ’05 is President of Mercy Health—Springfield, Ohio, having moved into the position permanently after a brief interim role. He had been on staff as Chief Operating Officer for…

Henry Owen ’05/MAT ’06 is Executive Director of John Knox Ranch, a Presbyterian summer camp and retreat center near Wimberley, Texas. He grew up in the Presbyterian Church and continued…

Robert Lively ’68 has written a new book, On Earth as it is in Heaven … A New Take on Grace, released by Treaty Oak Publishing in Austin, Texas. Bob…

Rizwan Jagani ’15 released the album Endless Night of his viola instrumental performance, completed in the final semester of his 2019 master’s degree in Music at Carnegie Mellon University.  The…

Dilan Shah ’17 worked for a year after graduation and spent another year backpacking around the globe to enrich his sense of global citizenship. In fall 2019, he began his…