62 Emory Glover enjoyed a five-week rail tour of Europe in May and June 2013 via 40 trains and visiting 23 friends in 10 countries, despite the challenge of not having a change of clothes for the first two weeks while the airline located his lost bag. One plus: his Texas hat made it easier… [Read More]

Don Grimes ’90 and his wife, Aaren, welcomed their first child, Mallory Brooke, in May 2013. They now live in Austin, Texas, where Don has been employed by Dell, Inc., since 2004. Fiona Murphy was born September 2, 2012, to Michelle and Patrick Morris ’95. They live in San Francisco where Patrick is a partner… [Read More]

A Word from the President Have you ever spotted Austin College alumni at a restaurant or other venue? Did your kids roll their eyes when you went over to speak with them? We cross that room to meet fellow ’Roos, confident in the welcome we will receive. Do you ever wish there were more opportunities… [Read More]

‘Roos in Colorado Springs Lori Domel ’79, Erin Bowen Moon ’80, and Rebecca Wood Wyatt ’80 were roommates on a 1978 Austin College JanTerm trip to London. In 2013, they enjoyed a mini-reunion in Colorado Spring to celebrate their years of continued friendship and life travels together. Erin and her husband, David, live in Colorado… [Read More]

Excellence in Organic Chemistry Squire Booker ’87 professor of chemistry, biochemistry, and molecular biology at Penn State University, has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Election as an AAAS fellow is an honor bestowed by peers to members of the world’s largest general scientific society. The election… [Read More]

Homecoming 2013 Alumni Awards Distinguished Alumni Awards Awardees 2013 are left to right, Richard Matkin ’74, superintendent of Plano (Texas) ISD; Butch Worley ’76, deputy director of athletics at University of Texas at Austin, supervising all men’s sports; Donald Lovering ’78, board-certified family physician, Austin, Texas; Richard Peeples ’70, attorney and social activist, Dallas, Texas;… [Read More]

Happy Anniversary—Members of the Class of 1964 gathered with President Marjorie Hass for a photo are, left to right, front row: Don Newsom, Jay Evans, Jane Brazell Sisolak, Libby Irwin Cahalan, Susan Qualtrough, Sharon Vande Vuss Foster, and Joanne Berglund Dickey; second row: Robert White, Dr. Hass, Carol Porter Powers, Sally Robinson Nation, Ruth Whiteside,… [Read More]

College Mourns Death of Senior Trustees The Austin College community was saddened in recent months by the deaths of two senior members of College’s Board of Trustees. David Charles Sprowl of Sherman died December 7, 2013. A 1962 graduate of Austin College, he served in the U.S. Air Force then began work at the Texas… [Read More]