′Roo Notes 2019

Cathy Crawford Garrett ’69 and Elizabeth Sewell Teeters ’69 enjoyed some travel time “down under” in February 2018, taking a three-week land trip in Australia and a two-week cruise around New Zealand. Of course, the former Austin College roommates were […]

The name of longtime educator Linus Wright ’49 endures in the Dallas educational system. The Dallas ISD board of trustees unanimously approved a measure in June 2018 to rename its new headquarters at 9400 North Central Expressway as the Linus […]

Norman Dickey ’62 was honored by the Howe (Texas) ISD for 50 years of dedication to Howe athletics at its 2018 Community Pep Rally kicking off the fall athletics season. Community members and former coaches and players were on hand […]

Charles Schroeder ’67 received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American College Personnel Association (ACPA) in March 2018. The award recognizes extraordinary service to the field of student affairs, as well as significant scholarship productivity and exemplary leadership. For more […]

Bill Warren ’74 received the Community Hero Award at the Tech Titans technology industry awards gala in August 2018. Now executive chair and CEO of Reflect, a Dallas-based digital media and advertising company that designs digital signage networks, Bill has […]

Ron Kirk ’76 received the H. Neil Mallon Award from the Dallas/Fort Worth World Affairs Council in October 2018. “The importance of Ron Kirk’s contributions locally and nationally cannot be overstated,” said Marjorie Adams, board chair of the council. “His […]

Billy Core ’75 has made lots of new friends in the Larry Kramer Outback of Jerry E. Apple Stadium. He’s cooked up lots and lots of meat at the games pretty much since the Outback was opened—even before it was […]

Alumnae Han Pham Schmidly ’98, M.D., and Rija Siddiqui ’12, M.D., returned to campus in September 2018 to participate in a Women in Medicine Symposium hosted by the Austin College Posey Leadership Institute. Dr. Schmidly is the CEO of Wound […]

Cullen Chandler ’96, Ph.D., has been appointed the 2019 Donald Bullough Fellow in Mediaeval History by the University of St. Andrews in Scotland and is spending the 2019 spring semester abroad working in the St. Andrews Institute for Mediaeval Studies […]

John “Ross” Jackson ’02 completed a 14-year career with the United States Navy on August 31, 2014, having flown the FA-18 Super Hornet, F-16 Fighting Falcon, and F-5 Tiger II, accumulating nearly 2,000 flight hours and 350 arrested landings as […]

These alumni returned to campus in April 2018 for an Office of Admission event to discuss their Austin College experiences and current careers. Volunteers pictured, left to right, are Victor Piñeres ’17 of Dallas, analyst at Goldman Sachs; Kaitlin Elledge […]

Kirk Lipsitz ’18 knows his way around steel. Not only did he manufacture what some have called “the largest smoker in captivity” for the Kramer Outback, Kirk, who minored in art, has several steel sculptures on campus for the enjoyment […]

Dan West Causeway to a Bigger World (Mountain Arbor Press, 2018)Dan West ’62 published his memoir, Causeway to a Bigger World, through Mountain Arbor Press in September 2018. Austin College, and especially President John D. Moseley, are mentioned prominently, he […]

A Distinguished Legacy Jenna Jaska ’22 of Sherman, Texas, has an Austin College heritage that goes back to the late 1930s when her great grandparents- to-be, Joyce Wilson and Forrest Bryant, enrolled. They graduated in 1941, married one another, and […]

2006 Katie Deeds and Joseph William Holland III were married July 1, 2017, in a sunset ceremony on the beach in Maui, Hawaii. The couple lives in Denton, Texas, where Joseph owns and operates Denton Bicycle Center. Katie completed a […]

1994 Robert Tinajero and his wife, Chealsie Sanchez, announce the birth of their first child, Roberto Jose Tinajero III, on July 17, 2017. Robert was recently hired as a tenure-track assistant professor of English at the University of North Texas-Dallas. […]

Honoring talented alumni is a highlight of Homecoming, from the career and community success of the Distinguished Alumni and First Decade Awardee, to the continued commitment to Austin College of the Heywood C. Clemons Volunteer Service Award and the Cindy […]

The 2018 Legends honorees, pictured left to right, are Barrett Jenkins, Robin Potera, Greg Cason, Veronica Stephens, Gilbert Villarreal, Keith Johnston, Kola Alade, Polly Thomason, and Claude Webb, with President Steven O’Day. 2018 Athletic Hall of Honor inductees: Kola Alade […]

Alpha Delta Chi sorority observed its 85th anniversary at Homecoming with alumnae and current members enjoying events from tailgating in the Kramer Outback, to their traditional Root Beer and Pretzel party, to a reunion celebration. The weekend offered many memories […]