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WHAT DOES A GLOBALLY FOCUSED SOUTHWESTERN
SCIENCE EDUCATION LOOK LIKE?

southwestern university’s core purpose
Fostering a liberal arts community whose values and actions encourage contributions toward the well-being
of humanity.
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Cultivating academic excellence. Promoting lifelong learning and a passion for intellectual and personal
growth. Fostering diverse perspectives. Being true to oneself and others. Respecting the worth and dignity
of persons. Encouraging activism in the pursuit of justice and the common good.
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Martin Aleman Jr. ’68, Austin
L. James Bankston ’70, Houston
Lisa Barrentine, Allen
Douglas M. Benold ’44, Georgetown
W. Earl Bledsoe*, Plano
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John S. Curry ’70, Pampa
James E. Dorff*, San Antonio
Robert W. Dupuy ’69, Dallas
Thomas A. Forbes ’71, Austin
James W. Foster ’72, Houston
Jack Garey, Georgetown
Roberto L. Gómez ’69, McAllen
Sarah Gould-Stotts ’10, Charlottesville, Va.
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Laura A. Merrill ’84, Harlingen
Charles R. Millikan ’68, Pearland
Barbara Prats Neely ’77, Fort Worth
Ernesto Nieto ’64, Kyle
Steven A. Raben ’63*, Houston
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Jake B. Schrum ’68*, Georgetown
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spring2011
Alumni Awarded
The Association of Southwestern University Alumni
honored six outstanding alumni during Homecoming
& Reunion Weekend 2010. (See Page 28.)
In every issue
4 | President’s Message
14 | On Campus
26 | Engaging Find
34 | Alumni News
36 | Class Notes
42 | Last Word
Features
6 | The Next Breakthrough
Preparing for the next
generation of SU scientists.
12 | Strategic Spotlight:
Southwestern Visibility
Our Strategic Plan
2010–2020 goals.
18 | Southwestern Athletics:
For the Love of the Game
NCAA Division III coaches
encourage athletes to balance
academics and athletics.
22 | Academics In Focus:
At First Glance...
Perceptions vs. reality:
Kinesiology and Communication
Studies at Southwestern.
3SPRING2011 www.southwestern.edu
 Southwestern faculty—
like Bill O’Brien, associate
professor of physics—bring
a collaborative and personal
approach to the classroom
and laboratory.

“What drives science and technology
forward is the ability of scientists to see
the connections that are not so apparent,
not so linear. Innovation comes from
being able to think outside the norm.”
— Brittany Mason ’05,
postdoctoral researcher at UT
Southwestern Medical
Center, Dallas
Formorethanacentury,Southwestern’s
exceptional science faculty have been
thinking outside the norm and preparing
graduates—like Brittany Mason—to be
leaders in their respective fields.
Today, Southwestern’s strong science
tradition continues, helping to attract
new students each year. More than 40
percent of all Southwestern applicants
express interest in our science programs
and about one in five students majors
in one of the natural sciences. Once on
campus, these students have the oppor-
tunity to participate as full partners in
the research process. Every year, dozens
of Southwestern science students give
presentations on their original research
at regional and national conferences, and
regularly co-author articles for peer-
reviewed journals.
This is important, as more than 80
percent of today’s employers say they
want colleges to place more empha-
sis on science as an essential learning
outcome, and research demonstrates
that liberal arts and sciences colleges are
disproportionately successful in training
their students to be scientific leaders.
As evidence of Southwestern’s success
in educating these future leaders,
for the second year in a row, four
recent Southwestern graduates have
received prestigious National Science
Foundation grants. That’s more than
any institution in our competitive set
of national liberal arts colleges within
the Associated Colleges of the South.
These awards also put the University
in the company of such institutions
as Brown University, Pomona College,
Amherst College, Emory University and
Rice University.
However, having exceptional faculty,
students and alumni is not enough. An
institution of higher learning must keep
up with the times in terms of facilities
and equipment as well. The concern at
Southwestern is that our current science
facility—Fondren Jones Science Hall—
doesn’t match up with the quality of our
“human element.”
Today, the ability to think beyond a
narrow disciplinary framework is more
valuable than ever before. Many current
scientific careers were unknown a gener-
ation ago, and rapidly growing fields like
public health, environmental science and
information technology require a wide
range of competencies from disciplines
such as biology, mathematics, chemis-
try, economics, history, political science,
psychology and foreign languages.
With that in mind, our current highest
priority is for a facility that supports
science as it is practiced in the 21st
century. Science education is a point of
great distinction at Southwestern, but the
increasing focus on hands-on experien-
tial learning requires more. More labo-
ratories for teaching and student/faculty
collaborative research. More specialized
equipment supporting original scientific
inquiry. More spaces promoting multidis-
ciplinary and cooperative approaches to
learning and problem solving.
Our newly proposed science center
is a project being led by Ben Pierce,
professor of biology and holder of the
Lillian Nelson Pratt Chair. Built in 1954,
Fondren-Jones Science Hall is structurally
sound, but has not been updated in more
than a decade. A new wing was added
to the building in 1999, but the original
building no longer matches the aspira-
tions of our science programs. Today’s
strong student/faculty research program
requires additional and more sophisti-
cated laboratory spaces, along with
up-to-date science equipment. The new
science facility will include 38 laborato-
ries, including research labs, computing
labs and a nuclear magnetic resonance
(NMR) lab; classrooms; seminar rooms;
stock, instrument and lab prep rooms;
offices and a conference room.
As a step toward achieving this goal,
we have been invited to submit proposals
to several foundations … to the tune of
$8.5 million in potential funds. However,
even if all of these grant proposals are
funded, they still amount to about one-
third of the total $24 million cost of the
project. I invite you to contact me if you
are interested in this essential facility to
secure the long-term future of science
education at Southwestern.
Jake B. Schrum ’68
President, Southwestern University
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Sciences in the Liberal Arts
president’smessage

Southwestern Science Center
engaging minds. tr a nsfor ming li v es.
Southwestern’s highest priority is to create an exemplary undergraduate science
facility, which will foster an inclusive and cross-disciplinary community and will
enhance Southwestern’s tradition of excellence in science education.
Our plan is to create a new science center to house multiple teaching and research
laboratories, classrooms, offices and multidisciplinary gathering spaces.
To learn more about Southwestern’s planned new science facility, please visit
www.southwestern.edu/giving/sciences

 The new science center will foster collaboration across disciplines
and between students and faculty, preparing students for life after
Southwestern and, perhaps, leading to the next scientific breakthrough.
At left: Lauren Kjolhede ’11 and Emily Niemeyer, professor of chemistry.
what will it take for SOUTHWESTERN graduates to COMPETE IN A GLOBAL
ECONOMY WHERE LABOR OUTSOURCing continues, and THE UNITED STATES
turns out too few SKILLED TECHNOLOGY WORKERS to meet demand?
what will it take for southwestern to recruit and retain the best and
brightest science faculty and students? what will it take to facilitate
the next scientific breakthrough?
Breaking
Through
Photography by Shelley Dormont ’11
Go to www.southwestern.edu/giving/science.
Read Dr. Musser’s “Last Word” on page 42.
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Southwestern has long made it a priority to
graduate students who will become leaders in the
sciences. What that means for the University today
is a redesign of the facilities and the environment
in which the sciences are taught.
More than 40 percent of all applicants to
Southwestern express interest in our science
programs, and about one in five students goes
on to major in one of the natural sciences. Our
students are active partners in research, regularly
giving presentations on their original findings at
regional and national conferences and author-
ing articles for peer-reviewed journals. The rate
of admission to medical, dental and veterinary
school of Southwestern students is 68 percent
over the past 15 years. In the past decade, 16
Southwestern graduates have been awarded pres-
tigious National Science Foundation Graduate
Research Fellowships for advanced study—eight
of these in the past two years alone.
However, some perceive that the state, and
indeed the nation, is lacking in the number and
quality of professionals in the STEM fields of
science, technology, engineering and mathemat-
ics, and that more and more jobs and projects in
these fields are going offshore.
“Companies aren’t outsourcing only in order
to obtain cheap labor; they are also looking for
skilled technology workers that they increasingly
can’t find in the U.S.,” says Matthew Kazmierczak,
senior vice president and director of TechAmerica
Foundation.
How does Southwestern stay ahead of this
disturbing trend? Through a unique collaboration
with The Methodist Hospital Research Institute
(TMHRI), with which three Southwestern
students have begun summer 2011 internships.
Dr. Jim Musser, co-director and executive vice
president of TMHRI, suggests, “Students need
to make their own discoveries—as well as their
own mistakes. They need to work on their own
as well as side-by-side with other scientists as they
do at Southwestern. Because you provide your
students with these opportunities, our position
as the global leader in science research will be
maintained and our country will be stronger as
a consequence.”
The hope is that students at Southwestern and
around the country are motivated by the words of
President Barack Obama, who has said of recent
STEM initiatives, “The key to meeting these chal-
lenges—to improving our health and well-being,
 Proposed lobby space
of the new science
center will look out
toward and connect to
Mood-Bridwell Hall.
Image courtesy of Group
Two Architecture.

to harnessing clean energy, to protecting our
security, and succeeding in the global economy—
will be reaffirming and strengthening America’s
role as the world’s engine of scientific discovery
and technological innovation.”
The good news for both the local and global
scientific community is that people in the U.S.
are choosing science careers because they are
profoundly curious and excited about the way
science and technology can improve human
existence. This curiosity and concern dovetails
with our institution’s core purpose to foster a
community whose values and actions encourage
contributions toward the well-being of human-
ity. It positions Southwestern as a catalyst for the
next breakthrough.
science from the beginning
Science education has long been a distinguish-
ing strength of Southwestern University. Consider
Southwestern’s fourth president, Robert S. Hyer,
“who, during the 1890s, had brought Southwestern
into the world of international research in physics.”
(Jones, William B., To Survive and Excel, p. 127).
While at Southwestern, Hyer discovered that he
could send and receive messages by wireless tele-
graph. He also assembled and used the first X-ray
machine in the state.
In the 100+ years since, numerous other
Southwestern faculty have walked in Hyer’s distin-
guished shoes, including John Godbey, professor
emeritus of chemistry, and Bob Brown, profes-
sor emeritus of physics. Bob Soulen, professor
emeritus of chemistry, was named the 1988
Texas Professor of the Year by the Council for the
Advancement and Support of Education (CASE),
and Vicente Villa, professor emeritus of biology,
was recognized in 1993 as the best undergraduate
teacher in the country and named U.S. Professor
of the Year by CASE. The ranks of our science
faculty have always been filled with dedicated
teachers, and in recent years, the proportion
of faculty with ambitious research agendas has
greatly increased. Professor of Chemistry Kerry
Bruns says, “The Southwestern science faculty
feel fortunate to work with quality students and
have the opportunity to do their own research
at the same time.”
While Southwestern’s science facilities have
come a long way since the days of Hyer’s labora-
tory, the fact is that today, they are dated and
 The new science
center will add 37,000
square feet of open and
accessible classrooms,
offices, seminar rooms
and laboratories for both
teaching and research.
Images courtesy of
Group Two Architecture.

stretched to capacity. The core of Fondren-Jones
Science Hall was built in 1954, with air-condi-
tioning added in the 1980s and additional space
constructed in 1999. These facilities are no longer
adequate to support today’s research-based curric-
ulum. In order to provide students with the best
educational experience, as well as maintain its
strength in the sciences and compete successfully
with peer institutions for top students and faculty,
Southwestern is in the process of designing and
creating a new science center on campus.
making it happen
Because science curricula increasingly reflect
our evolving understanding of how people learn
and retain new concepts, and (as Musser inferred)
the emphasis is on experiential and investigative
learning rather than lecture formats, the new facil-
ity will emphasize the exploratory and communal
aspects of learning. It will add 37,000 square feet
of open and accessible space—for both teach-
ing and research—to the completely redesigned
and renovated original building, creating a new
103,000 square foot science center.
Bruns says, “The plans show great potential
for students to feel at home in the new build-
ing through access to common areas—places to
gather, meet, study, present papers and more.
The new science center will, for the first time,
bring together all the scientific disciplines under
one roof, including mathematics and computer
science, kinesiology, chemistry, physics and
biology in order to help foster the growing
interdisciplinary focus of scientific inquiry. The
solutions to today’s complex problems will likely
be found not within the confines of traditional
disciplines, but in the areas where those disci-
plines intersect—areas such as bioinformatics,
which brings the resources of mathematics and
computer science to assist in the management and
interpretation of complex biological data.
At Southwestern, productive collaborations are
already underway between a number of science
disciplines. The new facility will promote this
sense of community, providing for both casual
and deliberate interactions and partnerships, as
all parts of the building will be accessible and easy
to reach. Most important will be increased and
reconfigured space for student/faculty research
that will allow for new projects spanning the
disciplinary divide.
Associate Professor of Biology Maria Todd, who,
along with colleagues and students, is currently
involved in cancer research (see Southwestern,
fall 2010, p. 30–32), says “Some say your research
is only as good as your instrumentation…” The
new science center will have the laboratory and
technological capacity to support even more
intensive interaction with the external scientific
community. Students trained in a laboratory-
“the meshing of a liberal arts education
with exposure to world class research is
a powerful combination...”

based experiential curriculum, who learn with
state-of-the-art equipment, will be prepared for
advanced research settings. They can think criti-
cally, communicate effectively and work indepen-
dently and in multidisciplinary teams.
In a broader sense, Southwestern’s location in
Georgetown and Williamson County positions
it well for participating in the rapid growth of
the health care and technological sectors in our
area. Students and faculty are already assisting in
research taking place at Georgetown’s Texas Life
Sciences Commercialization Center, an incubator
of technology start-ups. Southwestern has also
developed a partnership with TMHRI (Musser’s
organization). This is a breakthrough in taking
experiential learning at Southwestern to a new
level, providing opportunities for our students
to serve as interns and research assistants to
the world-class researchers based there. Part of
the largest medical center in the world—Texas
Medical Center located in Houston—TMHRI has
440,000 square feet of modern research space and
is currently conducting more than 700 on-going
clinical trials.
Many Southwestern alumni are active leaders
in research and the healing professions in Texas
and beyond, and echo Musser’s words. Dr. Ed
Sherwood ’81, the James F. Arens Professor of
Anesthesiology at The University of Texas Medical
Branch, encourages students to “Pursue research
opportunities both at Southwestern and at outside
institutions. The meshing of a liberal arts educa-
tion with exposure to world class research is a
powerful combination that will prepare you well
for a future in science.”
a leader among our peers
A key strategy in Shaping Our Future: The
Strategic Plan for Southwestern University
2010–2020 is to enhance the visibility and repu-
tation of Southwestern University as a top liberal
arts institution. Better facilities for research will
lead to outstanding research experiences that
will help students stand out in their applications
to graduate and professional schools, further
enhancing Southwestern’s national reputation
and standing.
Facilities are an important recruiting tool as
well. Academically gifted students from top public
and private high schools who visit Southwestern
during the college selection process often have a
sophisticated expectation of well-designed and
well-equipped classrooms and laboratories.
Bruns says, “The new science center will help
Southwestern attract and retain even more top
faculty prospects and highly qualified students,
which will increase their collective enthusiasm and
enhance their overall academic experience.”
a broader perspective
In January 2010, Alan Dove of The New York
Academy of Sciences wrote, “While debate about
whether the U.S. is adequately training the next
generation of professional scientists rages on, it’s
hard to disagree with those who argue that the
country needs to improve the scientific literacy
of its lay public.” In the article, Dove quoted Jim
Gates, professor of physics at the University of
Maryland in College Park, who said, “Having a
scientifically literate public is going to be criti-
cal as our nation wrestles with problems whose
solutions seem inherently to involve science and
technology.”
Southwestern, with our inclusive vision for the
sciences, is working toward that end. While not
all students will major in a scientific field, all can
leave Southwestern with a better understanding
of the principles and applications of the scientific
method. These members of the “lay public” will
be equipped to use research-based evidence in
making complex decisions and to participate as
informed citizens in our democracy.
Dr. David Clifford ’71, the Melba and Forest
Seay Professor of Clinical Neuropharmacology
in Neurology and Professor of Medicine at
Washington University School of Medicine, says
“The tools of science continue to evolve and
change, opening many new areas of investiga-
tion. It is critical that meaningful exposure to
these areas through modern facilities be avail-
able to the students at Southwestern. The vision
of a new science center will greatly enrich the
Southwestern community, and position the school
for continued success developing the careers of
talented students.”
Potentially all Southwestern students can
learn to appreciate the value and excitement of
scientific research and its potential for saving
and enhancing human life. Some students will
find their life’s vocation in the sciences. Led by
dedicated faculty, working alongside talented
peers, and supported by excellent facilities, these
students will gain the skills and understanding
that will enable them to serve as future leaders in
the scientific and medical communities. 

Shaping Our Future
The Strategic Plan for Southwestern University
2010–2020
Overarching Vision:
Over the next decade, Southwestern University will continue
to position itself as a top-tier, national liberal arts and sciences
college by building upon its greatest strength—providing a
transformational, residential, liberal arts and sciences educa-
tion that empowers an increasingly diverse range of students
to lead fulfilling lives in a global community.
Strategic Direction:
Focus on our academic mission—our commitment to providing
every student with an education that extends beyond the simple
transmission of knowledge and skills to a concept of learning
as a broad, integrated and transformational process.
Supporting Strategies:
Enhance Our Campus
Experience and Residence Life
Create a more vibrant, diverse and student-friendly campus
that will enhance the campus experience and the quality of
student life, and will contribute to attracting and retaining
students that are best able to benefit from Southwestern’s
academic mission.
Build Far-Reaching
Visibility and Recognition
Build far-reaching visibility and recognition for the University as
an exceptional national undergraduate liberal arts and sciences
institution known for engaging minds and transforming lives.
Ensure the Financial Vitality
and Overall Sustainability
of the Institution
Ensure the financial vitality and overall sustainability of the
institution by building an ever-stronger financial foundation that
will increase our ability to invest in our academic enterprise,
undergird our commitments and reach our aspirations.
 Unique to Southwestern, Pirate
Bikes provide a quick, eco-friendly
way for students, faculty and staff
to travel from one place to another
on campus.

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Be Southwe
In the increasingly competitive recruitment
environment of higher education, strong and
widespread recognition is essential.
Implemented effectively, a visibility campaign
will impact our academic mission by gaining
broad-based recognition as an academically rigor-
ous and appropriately competitive residential
liberal arts and sciences college, and by affecting
the quality and diversity of future students and
the level of excellence of our future faculty.
For faculty, it will serve to increase professional
opportunities and potential for research and artis-
tic collaborations. For students, the greater the
recognition of the institution, the wider their
options become for jobs and acceptance into
prestigious graduate programs. Effective efforts
to increase visibility and recognition will allow
the University to grow, ensuring the high quality
of the student body.
While Southwestern has made headway in
enhancing awareness of its reputation, incidents
of mistaken identity still occur. Over the years,
alumni and others have expressed their frustration
when employers, high school and graduate school
counselors, or the media are either completely
unfamiliar with Southwestern or mistake it for
another institution.
After the Board of Trustees approved Shaping
Our Future: The Strategic Plan for Southwestern
University 2010-2020 and Southwestern began
planning for growth, the time was right to obtain
valid market research about the University’s name
and to use that research for strategic decision-
making.
In January 2011, the Southwestern Board of
Trustees reaffirmed its commitment to build far-
reaching visibility and recognition by conducting
and adequately funding a comprehensive visibility
campaign using the name Southwestern University.
In making its decision, the Board considered the
research findings, listened to specific comments
and concerns, and received recommendations
from the Research Task Force, Southwestern’s
Senior Staff and Board members.
Clearly there is work to be done to make
Southwestern a nationally known liberal arts
and sciences institution of the highest caliber.
But, while we may be small in size, we can make
a big impression on prospective students, the
community and beyond.
As a first step, alumni and friends have
been encouraged, “Wherever You Are, Be
Southwestern.”
 Share Your Experience: Tell others about it—
colleagues, employers, teachers and guidance
counselors, the bright college-bound student
next door—the possibilities are endless.
 Stay In Touch: Join a local association or
connection group, plan a trip to campus,
or fan our Facebook page. We want to hear
from you!
 Show Your Pirate Pride: On your head (hat) or
hand (class ring), over your heart (t-shirt), or on
the road (window decal), be loud and proud!
Arrr!
 Support Southwestern: Every gift matters! Have
you made yours?
Southwestern can also reaffirm its identity and
increase the number of people who know the
institution to be “a rigorous national undergradu-
ate liberal arts and sciences institution known for
engaging minds and transforming lives” by:
 Taking full advantage of the fact that the
National Institute for Technology in Liberal
Education (NITLE) is based at Southwestern,
making the campus more visible in the network
of national liberal arts colleges and provid-
ing the opportunity to convene conferences
and/or host “hot topic” discussion groups on
campus.
 Recognizing Southwestern as a college
that changes lives. As the late Loren Pope,
author of Colleges that Change Lives, wrote,
“Southwestern ... is one of the few jewels of
the Southwest whose mission is to prepare a
new generation to contribute to a changing
society, and to prosper in their jobs, whatever
and wherever in the world they may be.” 
Southwestern takes steps to embrace broad-based visibility and recognition campaign
For more information about how you can “Be Southwestern,”
visit www.southwestern.edu/pride
WANTMORE?

 2011 Shilling Lecturer,
Blake Mycoskie, spoke to a
full house on the importance
of giving back. Mycoskie is the
founder and chief shoe giver
of TOMS shoes.
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Go to In Focus at www.southwestern.edu/newsroomWANTMORE?
Shilling Speaker is Sole Brother
Number One
Blake Mycoskie, an entrepreneur with a socially
responsible business model, gave the 2011 Shilling
Lecture at Southwestern on March 8. The lecture
title, “The New Rules for Tomorrow’s Business:
A Student’s Guide to Making a Difference in
the World.”
Mycoskie’s company, TOMS Shoes, donates a
pair of shoes to a child in need for every pair
purchased. The goal of TOMS is not only to
give shoes, but to emphasize the importance of
wearing shoes to prevent disease. Podoconiosis,
or “mossy foot,” is a fungal disease transmitted
though soil that debilitates the lymphatic system
and threatens the health of up to 1 billion people
worldwide.
In 2008, TOMS started “One Day Without Shoes”
in which people are asked to go the day, part of
the day or even just a few minutes, barefoot, to
experience first-hand a life without shoes. More
than 250,000 people participated in the event last
year. This year’s event was held on April 5.
A non-profit subsidiary called Friends of TOMS
coordinates employee and volunteer-led shoe
drops around the world. The company has donated
more than 600,000 pairs of shoes to children in
the United States and abroad since 2006.
A native of Texas, Mycoskie attended high
school in Arlington and Austin and received his
undergraduate degree from Southern Methodist
University in Dallas. TOMS Shoes is based in Santa
Monica, Calif.
Prior to the lecture, Southwestern students
and faculty participated in a number of events,
including a “Style Your Sole Party,” sponsored by
Student Foundation, where students decorated
their TOMS shoes. Photographs of the shoes were
on display during the lecture. To view photos of
the uniquely styled shoes created by Southwestern
students, visit http://bit.ly/sutoms.
In addition, Professor of Political Science Tim
O’Neill facilitated a multidisciplinary, faculty-led
salon titled “Notions of Doing Good.” Joey King ’93,
entrepreneur, executive director of NITLE and
Southwestern’s vice president for innovation, advo-
cated for social entrepreneurship; Fred Sellers,
associate professor of business, advocated for free
markets with little to no government intervention;
and Christina Wisdom ’97, a political lobbyist,
advocated for government as a necessary entity
for regulating behavior and caring for our most
vulnerable populations. Southwestern students
Melissa Dison ’11 and Daniel Knoll ’11 advocated
for the role of civic engagement by every citizen
to anchor perspectives in larger philosophical
schools of thought.
oncampus
Photo by Kris Luck

 The 2010–2011
Southwestern Women’s
Swimming and Diving
team was named a College
Swimming Coaches
Association of America
(CSCAA) Scholar All-America
Team with a 3.15 team GPA.
Middle East Expert Friedman
to Headline Shilling 2012
The 2012 Shilling Lecture will feature Thomas
Friedman, foreign affairs columnist for The New
York Times. Friedman has won three Pulitzer
Prizes, and has been named one of “America’s
Best Leaders” by
U.S.News & World
Report. Friedman’s
most recent book,
Hot, Flat and
Crowded: Why
We Need a Green
Revolution — and
How It Can Renew
America, is a #1
New York Times
bestseller. His previ-
ous bestseller, The
World is Flat, has
sold more than four
million copies. His
book, From Beirut
to Jerusalem, won the National Book Award
and serves as a basic text on the Middle East in
colleges and universities nationwide. The 2012
Shilling Lecture will be held on Feb. 28 in the
Corbin J. Robertson Center.
Ayers Makes SU
Swimming History
In2011,SarahAyersbecamethefirstAll-American
swimmer in Southwestern history.
Winning the 100-yard backstroke and placing
second in the 100-yard butterfly at the Southern
Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) Swimming
and Diving Championships automatically
qualified Ayers for the 2011 NCAA Division III
Championships.
There, she swam the 50-yard freestyle, 100-yard
freestyle and the 100-yard backstroke, placing
fifth in the preliminary round with a time of 56.42
seconds and seventh in the finals with a time of
56.51 seconds.
A swimmer since she was four years old, Ayers
says of qualifying for the DIII Championships, “I
was just thrilled to go at all. My goal was to make
it to nationals, so I knew that whatever happened
would just be the icing on the cake.”
This season, Ayers had two-a-day practices three
times a week, with morning practices six days a
week. “Consistent determination is the biggest
challenge,” she says. “We practice longer than
most sports; our season starts in September and,
for me, continued through the end of March.”
Throughout the process of training for nation-
als, Ayers said she looked to her team and coaches
for support. “You think that swimming is an indi-
vidual sport because you place individually, but
it is really not,” she says. “I think I realized that
more when I was at nationals than I have at any
other time. Without having my team there to
support me and without anyone else to cheer
me on, I realized how important having a team
is for motivation.”
As a math and education double major, Ayers
keeps busy in and out of the pool, but says, “I feel
I have been given a talent by God, and every time
I get in the pool, I swim to glorify Him.”
Looking forward to next season, Ayers plans
on advancing even more, “A lot of different things
go into improving, but definitely coaches and the
team are the biggest part of that. I improve a lot
more when I am enjoying swimming and having
a good time with the team.”
 Thomas Friedman
PhotobyShelleyDormont’11

oncampus
Senio Blair Receives
Fulbright Award
Laura Senio Blair, associate professor of Spanish,
has received a Fulbright Award to study and teach
in Chile during the spring 2012 semester. She will
teach a course on Hispanic film at the Universidad
Católica Santísima Concepción in Concepción,
Chile.
Senio Blair says it was a trip to Chile in 1994
on a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship that led
to the topic for her dissertation: how sentiments
of dislocation born from exile experiences and
the return from exile are expressed in narrative,
drama and film.
In 2010, Senio Blair also received a grant from
the American-Scandinavian Foundation to conduct
archival work in Finland and Sweden on films
written and directed by Chilean artists who fled
into exile in the early 1970s. The Fulbright schol-
arship will enable her to continue her current
research on Chilean films.
A member of the Southwestern faculty since
2002, Senio Blair is chair of the Spanish Program
in the Department of Modern Languages and
Literature, and is the Latin American Studies
Program chair. She holds an undergraduate degree
in Spanish and philosophy from Whitman College,
a master’s degree in romance languages from
the University of Colorado-Boulder and a Ph.D.
in Latin American literature from the University
of Kansas.
Senio Blair says her firsthand experiences in
Chile have proven to be one of her greatest assets
as a professor. “My semester in Chile will contrib-
ute not only to my research, but also to my teach-
ing experiences and knowledge of international
student experiences, cultural building and inter-
disciplinary understanding,” she says.
The Fulbright Scholar Program was established
in 1946 to increase mutual understanding between
the people of the United States and other coun-
tries through the exchange of people, knowledge
and skills. Participants are selected on the basis
of academic or professional achievement and
because they have demonstrated extraordinary
leadership potential in their fields.
Shack-A-Thon Raises
Awareness, Dollars
Southwestern students committed to raising
$55,000 to build a Habitat house in Georgetown.
Construction will begin the week before the start
of the fall semester. The house should take about
12 weeks to build.
Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit, ecumeni-
cal Christian housing ministry that organizes the
building of affordable housing for low-income
families worldwide.
Students in the Southwestern Chapter are moti-
vated and excited about the opportunity of taking
on such a challenge for the betterment of the
Georgetown community. “It makes Georgetown
feel more like a home,” says chapter president
Austin Painchaud.
Students began their campaign by hosting a
Habitat Awareness Week. Fundraising efforts
included benefit nights at local restaurants, where
a percentage of a patron’s purchase was donated
to the project, and an invitation to faculty and staff
to donate. The fundraising campaign concluded
with a community-wide “Shack-a-Thon” in mid-
This year, Valentine’s Day at Southwestern was less about
chocolate and roses, and more about what it means to help
those who are less fortunate.
To show their love to the community, on Feb. 14, Southwestern
students, faculty and staff, donated the price of their lunchtime
meal to help feed the needy of Georgetown, including the families
of approximately 200 GISD students listed as homeless.
Head Men’s Soccer Coach Don Gregory’s Paideia®
cohort—organized around the theme of “Coping with Social
Responsibility”—worked with Southwestern’s food service
provider, Sodexo, to provide food to needy Georgetown residents.
The program they developed was named “One Swipe” because
students and others were asked to swipe their meal card at the
Commons and then go somewhere else to eat.
“The program was so simple, yet profoundly impacting,”
Gregory says. The impact was significant, with 356 swipes
totaling nearly $2,500, which was matched by Sodexo. The
meals were delivered to The Caring Place in late February by the
members of the cohort: Alex Barnes, Kayla Bogs, Briana Garcia,
Ellen Hoyer, Rachel Nowlain, Tony Pollreisz and Evan Schmitt.
Swipe Once for Love
 Associate Professor of
Spanish Laura Senio Blair

oncampus
April, which encouraged organizations to sponsor
houses built of cardboard and duct tape.
Additional donations may be sent to 1001
E. University Ave., PO Box 6856, Georgetown,
TX 78626. Checks should be made payable to
Southwestern University, with a note that they
are for the SU Habitat House.
Bebel ’11 Recognized for
Outstanding Internship
As a senior this spring, D’Artagnan Bebel ’11
became the third Southwestern student to receive
the Academic Internship Student Achievement
Award from the Cooperative Education and
Internship Association in the past six years.
Bebel was selected to receive the award for
work he did as an intern in the Public Affairs
Division of the Port of Houston Authority. Bebel
interned with the Port Authority in summer 2009,
helping with media relations, government rela-
tions and event planning. He also launched the
Port’s first-ever social media campaign, and volun-
teered regularly as a classroom teacher through
the Junior Achievement, Inc. program.
Maria Kruger, Career Services internship coor-
dinator, says Bebel’s performance in the classroom
and in the community was a factor in his being
selected for the award. “D’Art is selfless, dedi-
cated and mature beyond his years. His ability to
earn the respect of his peers and of faculty and
staff illustrates his strong interpersonal skills and
genuine interest in making a positive impact in
his community.”
As the captain of the men’s tennis team for
three years, Bebel received numerous awards
including SCAC Academic Honor Roll. He also
helped promote the game of tennis through the
Georgetown Tennis Center’s Quickstart Program,
a program of the United States Tennis Association
designed to encourage and teach the game of
tennis to children ages 10 and under.
As a student, he was a member of the African-
American student organization, EBONY, a member
of Student Congress and was inducted into
Lambda Pi Eta National Communication Studies
Honor Society. 
Brain Culture
Neuroscience and
Popular Media
by Davi Johnson Thornton,
assistant professor of
communication studies
Bridges Of Reform:
Interracial Civil Rights
Activism in Twentieth-
Century Los Angeles
by Shana Bernstein,
associate professor of history
Decentering
International Relations
by Eric Selbin, professor of
political science, University
Scholar and Meghana Nayak ’97
Revolution, Rebellion,
Resistance: The Power
of Story
by Eric Selbin, professor
of political science,
University Scholar

LOVEOF THE
FOR THE
GAME
SSouthwestern Junior Lindsay Thompson has
played volleyball for nine years. A kinesiology
major, Thompson had offers from Division I
and II volleyball programs, but says she chose
Southwestern’s Division III (DIII) program because
she knew she would be challenged academically
as well as athletically. “Division III gives me the
opportunity to continue my volleyball career at
a competitive level, without having it consume
all of my time,” she says.
Thompson’s reasons for choosing Southwestern
are similar among most DIII athletes, who play
for the love of the game and for the opportunity
to earn a degree from a prestigious institution
at the same time. She regularly tells prospective
college athletes, “We are here because we want
to play, not because we are getting paid.”
Thompson explains that the philosophy at
Southwestern (and at many DIII schools) is that
the student-athlete is a student first, athlete
second. “Our academic success is just as impor-
tant to our coaches as our athletic success.”
One common misperception is that Division
III is just glorified intramurals. Thompson and
the rest of the student athletes who play for the
447 DIII schools across the nation (including
Southwestern) would adamantly disagree. So
would the NCAA itself.
These schools, the majority of which are located
on the East Coast and in the Midwest, have an
average enrollment of 2,248 per school and—per
NCAA rules—do not offer athletic scholarships.
But that doesn’t mean that their athletes don’t
take competing seriously.
According to www.collegestudentathletes.com,
“NCAA Division III is where the true student-
athlete studies and competes. DIII institutions
are largely regarded as leading academic institu-
tions and do not offer athletic scholarships. Still,
athletics in DIII is highly competitive. The biggest
myth about DIII athletics is that it is an extension
of high school. This is farthest from the truth.
Competition at the DIII level can rival many of
the other divisions in quality and competitiveness.
Division III allows an athlete to grow, mature and
gain confidence so that the athlete can reach his/
her potential.”
Southwestern’s Head Baseball Coach Jim
Shelton believes DIII schools—Southwestern in
particular—offer a good balance between athlet-
ics and academics and is the “appropriate model”
for college athletics. He encourages players to
pursue what’s best for their futures. “I tell my
players that their number one job is to figure out
what they want to do with their lives.”
Two of Shelton’s players—identical twins,
Alan ’11 and Chris Lowry ’11—did just that. While
the brothers have played baseball most of their
lives, beginning with T-ball at age five, both focus
on their academic lives and their futures first.
Alan, a business major with a computer science
minor, says, “I chose a DIII program because
I was concerned with my education first; I see
playing baseball as a luxury, one that I am
thankful for having.” Chris, a business major
with a mathematics minor, mimics his brother’s
philosophy, “Baseball is my reward for focusing
on my studies.” Chris plans to begin law school
this fall. Alan thinks he’ll be taking a more
entrepreneurial path.
INCREASED OPTIONS
Head Volleyball Coach Hannah Long, a former
Division I volleyball player at Portland State
University, says the benefit of a DIII program like
Southwestern’s is that athletes have many options.
In addition to playing on a successful team, Long
says, “Our players have the opportunity to study
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pirateathletics

The Division III philosophy puts the
emphasis on a future beyond athletics
 Division III provides
Lady Pirates (left to
right) Brianna Guevara,
Nancy Juarez and
Anna Fareed a holistic
experience, where
practice on the court is
not a means to an end,
but a foundation for
their future.
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abroad, participate in research and internships,
join a club—basically, to build a résumé with
more than just sports on it—and graduate in
four years.”
Beyond their time on the field, the Lowry
brothers, for example, were both involved in the
SU Marketing Group and were active in the Phi
Delta Theta fraternity, among other activities.
Thompson has time to coach a 16U club volley-
ball team in the Austin area as well compete for
Southwestern.
Athletes, regardless of division, agree that
juggling academics and athletics can be difficult
under the best of circumstances. However, an
advantage of a smaller school like Southwestern
is the ability to establish closer relationships with
professors. Thompson says, “All of my professors
have been more than willing to work with me
outside of class to catch me up on lessons that
I have missed (due to volleyball).”
Head Men’s Soccer Coach and Paideia®
Professor
Don Gregory, who was a double major (English
and French) and captained two sport teams
(tennis and soccer) at Kenyon College, a DIII
school in Gambier, Ohio, knows what it takes
to handle the demands. “What we tell recruits,”
he says, is that “22 hours-a-day in the academic/
social community far outweighs the two hours
you will spend with us on the soccer field. Figure
out what is important!”
SETTING PRIORITIES
So, what is important? For most Southwestern
athletes, it’s a combination of things, including
the opportunity to get a good education while
competing in their sport, making friends and
exploring other interests at the same time.
A communication studies major Nick Caputo ’11
hopes to coach college basketball. At SU, he was
happy with the opportunity to play competi-
tive basketball, participate in his fraternity (Phi
Delta Theta), work for Southwestern Intramural
& Recreational Activities (SIRA) and mentor
students at Annie Purl Elementary School in
Georgetown.
Caputo, who has played and loved the game of
basketball since he was four years old, says the
best thing about being an athlete at Southwestern
 When athletics is
seen as part of a greater
whole, the field of play is
limitless. Southwestern
prepares athletes like
Chris Churchwell ’11
(left) and Chris Lowry ’11
for a future outside
the baselines.
BEING A
LOVE
THE BEST
PLAYERS
ARE THE ONES WHO
STUDENT
AT SU

was the camaraderie of his team. “It’s a special
connection that everyone on the team shares…
everyone is playing for the same reason—for the
love of the game.”
Thompson and the Lowrys echo Caputo’s
comments. Alan Lowry adds, “Academics and
athletics work together through discipline and
time management: the skills needed to succeed on
and off of the field overlap quite a bit—teamwork,
discipline, hard work, scheduling, dealing with
adversity, etc.”
Even with testimonials like these, DIII athletics
programs are still often misperceived. Gregory
says, “In Texas, most kids grow up wanting to
be Longhorns, Bears, Aggies, Red Raiders. Small
liberal arts colleges are foreign to a lot of Texans.
On the East Coast and in the Midwest, it is consid-
ered an honor to attend a DIII school.”
This misperception can be a challenge in the
recruitment process, but SU coaches agree that
the key is to find the athlete who is overall a
good fit for Southwestern. Long says the key to
creating a successful volleyball team has been
finding players who “fit” at Southwestern; where
this is their niche.
Gregory agrees, “Recruiting is so much easier
if we can identify the ‘right’ kids—good players
with great character, who can discipline them-
selves to handle our demanding academic envi-
ronment. The best players we develop are ones
who love being a student at SU, immersed in an
outstanding academic environment while travel-
ing and competing on a national level.”
SU ATHLETICS–A GOOD FIT
Head Basketball Coach Bill Raleigh adds that
it’s not just that Southwestern is a good fit for the
students, but that the athletics program as a whole
is a good fit for Southwestern. He says, “Athletics
is part of the whole package at Southwestern.
Our athletes represent the University well, but
they’re not pigeon-holed here.”
The give and take environment is evidenced
across Division III schools. Paul Moyer, athletics
director at Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pa.,
defines a DIII athlete as “…a student-athlete who
wants to play and makes the choice to attend
an institution that best fits his or her needs and
ability, (both) academically and athletically.”
Richard Leitch, associate professor of political
science and environmental studies at Gustavus
Adolphus College in Saint Peter, Minn., explains
that students who choose Division III schools
realize that “DIII participation will allow them
to have more opportunities at this point in their
life—athletics just one among many…and those
experiences will benefit them in immeasurable
ways throughout their life after college.”
At Southwestern, the messages players receive
across campus—through their classes and other
activities—shape where they place athletics in
their lives. They learn that no matter what they’re
doing, they have to show up and work hard.
As evidence of showing up and working hard,
the graduation rate and the average GPA among
Southwestern athletes are as good or better than
non-athletes. In fact, Glada Munt, associate vice
president and director of intercollegiate athletics,
says “The Southwestern athletics program contin-
ues to demonstrate its commitment to excellence
on the playing field and in the classroom, receiving
an NCSA Power Ranking of 59 out of 431 NCAA
Division III institutions.” The ranking combines
institutional academic rankings, graduation rates
and success in NCAA championships to generate
its top 100 institutions.
Perhaps these high averages can be attrib-
uted in part to Southwestern’s size. According
to Raleigh, the small size of the University can
be good (and not-so-good) for an athlete. “When
everyone knows everyone, your professor knows
when you’re not in class,” he says. “The good thing
is that a Southwestern student-athlete’s education
doesn’t stop at the classroom door.”
Shelton says he and other coaches invest a lot
of time in the players they recruit. “We want our
players to do as well as possible on and off the
field.” His personal philosophy? “I believe in the
Greek model that physical and intellectual devel-
opment are equally important,” he says. “Did you
know that Socrates & Plato were both Olympic
athletes?”
Ancient Greek philosopher athletes aside,
Southwestern student-athletes agree that Division
III athletics are about the love of the game. If
asked by a prospective college athlete, “Why
choose DIII?,” Caputo, for one, would answer,
“If you don’t see yourself playing basketball after
college, I would say DIII is the way to go; you still
get to have a life beyond your sport and still get
to play at a high level as well.”
Besides, as the recent NCAA ad campaign says,
“Most of us will go pro in something other than
our sport.” 

Communication Studies:
Cultural Communication
“Camping with Lady Gaga?” Communication
studies Capstone? What happened to “The Do’s
and Don’ts of Broadcast Media,” or “Public
Relations: It’s All in the Details?” That may be
what you’d find at some larger institutions,
but not necessarily at Southwestern. Here, not
all students become a comm studies major
to go into radio/tv/film. According to Lori
Warren ’11, author of “Camping with Gaga:
Resisting Hegemonic Constructions of Gender
and Sexuality,” the comm studies program
at Southwestern “delves deeper than a ‘tradi-
tional’ program. The messages we study are
relevant culturally and
globally.”
Specifically, Warren
looked at whether the
pop star highlights a
gender that’s socially
constructed rather than
inherent and found that
“Lady Gaga performs a
gender that matches
her sex category and
enforces the current
gender binary.”
On the surface,
Warren’s Capstone—a textual analysis of pop
star Lady Gaga—may not seem to have global
relevancy, but her research findings tell a differ-
ent story.
Her theory is that Lady Gaga’s performances
could be called “Camp.” Defined, camp is a critical
analysis and at the same time a big joke. Camp
takes “something” (typically a social norm),
analyzes what the “something” is, then takes
the “something” and presents it humorously. As
performance, camp is meant to be an allusion.
Initially, Warren wanted to look at the general
public’s fascination with celebrity culture, and
the seemingly particular fascination by the LGBT
community with Lady Gaga. What she found was
that Lady Gaga and other non-mainstream pop
culture icons have a direct correlation to gender
construction. “Performances like these,” she says,
“reflect how we see ourselves and others, and
show that how others see us helps shape how
we see ourselves.”
Warren says, “The selling point in pop culture
seems to be the attitude of ‘be who you are.’”
Examples include the hit television show Glee
with its anti-bullying message, and the Trevor
Project’s “It Gets Better” theme. “Our job as comm
scholars, however, is to delve into those messages
and explore whether they are truly messages of
tolerance and acceptance or reinforcers of domi-
nant ideas,” she explains.
Recipient of the
2011 Laura Kuykendall
CommunicationStudies
Student of the Year
Award, Warren knew
communication studies
at Southwestern wasn’t
going to be about mass
media, but didn’t
expect the strong theo-
retical focus.
At Southwestern,
comm studies majors
focus on the study of
culture, not on skills-based training. Warren says,
“I learned about cultural connections and social
justice, and their meanings.” Julia Johnson, asso-
ciate professor of communication studies, adds,
“Southwestern students graduate with the ability
to think differently about themselves and the
world.”
Another example of cultural communica-
tion studies is the Capstone, “Quienes Soymos?:
An Autoethnographic Account of the Mexican
American Borderland Identity,” by Alana
Buenrostro ’11.
Buenrostro says her Capstone was a combina-
tion of her experience growing up in Brownsville,
At First Glance...
Communication Studies and Kinesiology majors at
Southwestern share a common trait: misperception.
Photography by Lance Holt
“The important thing
is (regardless of the
field) that employers
perceive a higher level of
communication abilities
from our graduates...”
academics infocus

located in the border region of the Rio Grande
Valley, and an analysis of other border dwellers’
experiences as result of living in a transnational
border region.
At Southwestern, teaching and research in the
Communication Studies Department focuses on
communication’s relationship to culture and iden-
tity, and how communications are constructed and
influenced by both. Johnson says, “We do our best
to prepare students to be critical thinkers.”
While Buenrostro’s feeling of pride in her heri-
tage have not changed as a result of her project, it
did allow her to “truly understand where I come
from and the pivotal role both my American and
Mexican backgrounds play within my life.”
She feels that studying a topic such as she
did can lead to a better understanding of the
different identity labels that border dwellers
give themselves. “Whether we choose to iden-
tify ourselves as Mexican-American, Chicana,
Mexican or American, and our relationships
to bi-national and bi-cultural experiences are
uniquely shared, our personal identity labels may
differ tremendously.”
But, after the culturally fascinating classes
and after the internships, what’s next? What do
Southwestern grads do with a degree in commu-
nication studies? Students have a wide variety of
options, including graduate school, law school,
positions in public relations or the nonprofit
sector, and more. “The important thing is (regard-
less of field) that employers perceive a higher level
of communication abilities from our graduates,”
says Johnson.
Warren says, “I loved the comm studies curricu-
lum. I think it will allow me to be very successful
in the ‘real world.’ I see myself working in the
nonprofit sector.” Buenrostro is in the process of
interviewing for internships.
Not surprisingly, communication studies faculty
regularly publish books, including recently
published Brain Culture by Davi Johnson
Thornton. Look for Tribal Televisions by Dustin
Tahmahkera, and Making Space on the Side of
the Road: Towards a Cultural Study of Roadside
Car Crash Memorials by Bob Bednar ’89 to
be published soon. (See Page 17 for additional
faculty titles.)
KINESIOLOGY:
Revenge of the Kinerds
“We’re going into the lab today; want to
come along?”
“Yeah, it’s going to be cool—we’re using a
treadmill and GXT (Graded Exercise Testing)
headgear.”
“It’s like a Gatorade commercial…”
“…but we don’t sweat orange!”
Not what comes to mind when you think of
kinesiology? Why not? After all, the Merriam-
Webster Dictionary defines kinesiology as “the
study of the principles of mechanics and anatomy
in relation to human movement.”
academicsinfocus
 Media blitz: a second glance
reveals more of the cultural
references communications
studies major Lori Warren ’11
delved into for her Capstone
project “Camping with Gaga.”

Wikipedia further describes the science as “the
study of human and animal movement, perfor-
mance and function by applying the sciences of
biomechanics, anatomy, physiology, psychology
and neuroscience.”
Wait! Did you say science? Isn’t “kinesiology
major” a big way of saying “learning to be a coach
or PE teacher?” That’s
exactly what many
people assume. But,
while some do choose
the path of teaching/
coaching, many, if not
most, Southwestern
“kinese” majors go on
to physical therapy,
physician assistant,
chiropractic and other
graduate programs.
Courtney Eason ’11
says she came to Southwestern with a misper-
ception of her chosen major. “The kinesiology
program at Southwestern was very different that
I imagined. I thought it would be more sports
related.” What she discovered is that, “It’s much
more science-focused. We’re encouraged to take
our own interests in the different aspects of kine-
siology and find our own path.”
Associate Professor of Kinesiology Scott McLean
says, “The kinesiology stereotype is not bad, it’s
just not what we do at Southwestern.”
According to Professor of Kinesiology Jimmy
Smith, those Southwestern students who
choose the teaching/coaching path are best
served by declaring a major in Education, with
a minor in either Exercise and Sports Studies or
Kinesiology.
While kinesiology departments at large institu-
tions are often seen as a college within a college,
at Southwestern, there are only two professors
for the 30-40 students who major in the subject—
McLean and Smith. Smith, who joined the SU
faculty in 1991, focuses his teaching and research
on the physiology of exercise, while McLean, who
has been at Southwestern for 10 years, focuses on
biomechanics; or, how the laws of physics apply
to human movement. Both are widely respected
in their fields, and in the classroom.
Thomas Mock ’11 says of the program, “A lot
was expected of us, but we also had a lot of inter-
action with our professors. They were always
there to answer questions, help with Capstones
and encourage us along the way.”
Eason adds, “Jodie Wilson ’11 and I have
already been accepted to an accelerated doctor-
ate program…all because of Dr. Smith and
Dr. McLean.”
“In the beginning,” Smith says, “we tried to be
a mini version of a large university department,
but with our move a few years ago from social
to natural sciences,
we began focusing on
exercise science.” As an
example, Southwestern
kinesiology majors are
studying human physi-
ology, and how human
systems have evolved
over time to maintain a
constant internal envi-
ronment (temperature,
etc.), which gives us
the ability to run long
distances at slow speed, which other mammals
aren’t able to do. Smith explains that this is still
how some tribes hunt large game, chasing them
to exhaustion.
In the traditional liberal arts and sciences sense,
the kinesiology major at Southwestern is truly
interdisciplinary. Students get the natural science
perspective while at the same time discovering
different ways to look at problems—social, philo-
sophical and ethical.
Smith says, “Here, our majors have to like the
science aspect, and the whole body aspect of
kinesiology. We work at understanding things
from a system level, rather than a cellular level.
They learn not just theory, but application.”
Patrick Keenan ’11 says, “Unlike other natural
sciences, kinese majors do more that can be
applied to life outside of class. I call it ‘life science’
because we can apply it to our future careers
and real life.”
While McLean and Smith agree that they
couldn’t be happier with the direction the kinesiol-
ogy department is going, they also agree that there
are challenges to being a two-person department.
McLean says, “When I was at a large institution, I
probably read two or three undergraduate theses
a year. Last semester, we read 13.” However, they
say compared to larger institutions where under-
graduate research is rare, Southwestern excels.
“Our students can function independently in the
lab, and they show it through their Capstones
(undergraduate theses),” says Smith.
“...We work at
understanding things
from a system level,
rather than a
cellular level...”
academicsinfocus

Remember the orange sweat? Turns out, Smith
says, that research on carbohydrate ingestion
indicates that unless you’re an elite athlete (mara-
thoner, long-distance cyclist, etc.), you don’t need
to chug a sports drink after your workout.
For most people who ride a stationary bike
or jog on a treadmill a few times a week, water
during and after a workout is enough. In fact,
Smith says, “Most folks who aren’t trained athletes
will burn somewhere between 210–300 Calories
during a 30-minute workout. If they consume a
typical 20 ounce sports drink during the workout,
they’ll take in about 125 Calories, making the net
caloric loss somewhere in the neighborhood of
85–175 Calories.”
Research indicates that those who participate
in high intensity exercise (marathon running, for
example) use their carbohydrate stores in their
bodies over the duration of the activity. Therefore,
for these athletes, ingesting replacement carbs
via sports drinks, energy bars or gels is benefi-
cial. However, the majority of us exercise at a
much lower intensity, and if we maintain that
moderate intensity for more than 30 minutes,
we begin burning our fat stores at progressively
higher rates, which can lead to weight loss, unless
we “re-fuel” with a high caloric sports drink or
energy bar.
The solution? One that has been researched by
Mock during his Capstone project, is to simply
“swish and spit out” an artificially sweetened
sports drink or a sports drink containing carbohy-
drate, which can significantly change one’s exer-
cise performance and endurance for the better.
Smith says the larger issue at hand, which
requires additional research, is the global obesity
epidemic. “As a society, we’re just taking in more
than we burn.” He adds that the expanding
suburbs have created a very real exercise paradox
in our country. “We know what we need to do
(exercise-wise), but we don’t do it…especially
those of use who live in suburban areas where
we can’t walk everywhere we want to go.”
“Ultimately,” Smith says, “weight loss all comes
down to a basic physics equation—to lose weight,
you have to burn more Calories than you take in.
It’s a simple equation, but what determines each
side of the equation is complicated.” 
academicsinfocus
 Geared up: another
look at kinesiology major
Thomas Mock ’11 shows
the equipment needed to
measure CO2 output for his
Capstone project researching
carbohydrate ingestion.

“There’s an app for that,” isn’t just an Apple catchphrase
anymore…it’s reality.
Smartphones, including the iPhone, outsold computers for the
first time during the last few months of 2010 and sales show
no signs of waning. This mobile revolution has exponentially
increased the number of mobile applications, also known as
“apps.” Users can download a variety of reference sources,
games and even advanced calculators on their iPhone, Droid
or Blackberry.
Become your own scientist using these smartphone apps, no
Ph.D. required…though we recommend it if you’re planning on
practicing legally.
 Andy-83 (Android, Free) – What would a scientist be without
a scientific calculator? This app turns your phone into the
sleek equivalent of a TI-83 graphing calculator (remember
those from high school?). Similar apps include Andy-85 and
Andy-86, mimicking the TI-85 and TI-86 respectively.
 Star Map (iPhone, $11.99) – Augment your astronomical
musings with this app. Simply hold the phone up in the direc-
tion you’re gazing, and it will display constellations, nebulae
and a host of other points of deep space interest. It’s a bit
pricey, but unparalleled in its image catalog.
 Weather Language Pocket Guide (Android, $1.19) – You,
too, can mis-predict the weather…or at least teach yourself
to talk like a meteorologist. This app offers a comprehensive
glossary and quiz to test your weather terminology skills.
Oooh, cumulonimbus.
 Frog Dissection (iPad, $3.99) – ‘Nuff said.
 Taber’s Medical Dictionary for Mobile and Web
(Blackberry, $49.99) – Don’t let the steep price fool you, this
medical reference dictionary is unparalleled in number of
terms and phrases defined. It even includes color photos and
an audio pronunciation guide. Users have access to mobile
and Web versions 24/7 upon payment.
 The Chemical Touch (iPhone, $0.99) – a robust app, The
Chemical Touch has a color-coded periodic table. It allows
users to explore the periodic table by amino acid, specific
heat or by atomic number. It even links to more information
about each element on Wikipedia.
Other apps to check out: Molecules (iPhone, Free), Physics
Reference (Android, $0.99), Vitamins and their Sources
(Blackberry, $1.99).
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110209/ap_on_re_us/
us_tec_techbit_smart_phone_sales
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Fingertips
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Congressman Peter Sessions ’78
Medal of Honor
Medal of Honor is awarded to alumni whose accom-
plishments are regarded as the highest form of “rare
and important” achievement.
First elected to the U.S. Congress in 1996,
representing the 32nd District of Texas, and most
recently re-elected in fall 2010, Congressman Peter
Sessions ’78 has remained connected to his roots,
most notably by returning to Texas to spend time
with his family nearly every weekend.
A faithful servant of Southwestern, Pete is on
the University’s Board of Trustees, has been a class
agent and a campaign volunteer, and was a charter
member of the Brown Society. He stays connected
to the University by hiring Southwestern students
E a c h y e a r , a committee of
Southwestern alumni collects
recommendations from the SU
community and selects a number
of their peers to receive annual
Alumni Awards. The Association of
Southwestern University Alumni
hosts an award presentation
during Homecoming & Reunion
Weekend. Colleagues, friends
and family members contribute
to the citations that are read to
the recipients during the award
presentation. These citations
follow below.
Peter Sessions ’78, U.S. Congressman, 32nd District of Texas
photography by Lance Holt
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as interns in his office, giving them first-hand
experience working in government.
Faithful to his family, country and ideals, Pete is
known for his compassion, patriotism and integ-
rity. A man who is grounded in reality, he embod-
ies Southwestern’s core values of “being true to
oneself and others,” and “encouraging activism in
the pursuit of justice and the common good.”
In the early 90s, Pete’s father, The Honorable
William S. Sessions, spoke on the Southwestern
campus and said that despite the ups and downs
of public service, America needs good people
who are willing to serve. Pete is one of those
people. He and the late Senator John Tower ’48
are the only Southwestern alumni to have served
in Congress.
Colleagues and friends alike know Pete to be
intense, focused and driven, as well as a good
sport with a good sense of humor. His fellow
alumni know that he loves Southwestern and
that he has never forgotten where he came from
or who his friends are. Describing him as honest
and engaging, friends says he is one of the great
Americans and a true Texan.
One of Pete’s biggest life influencers was his
grandfather, The Honorable William A. Sessions
Jr., who wrote the first God and Country hand-
book for the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). Pete
earned his Eagle Scout rank and has since been a
lifelong supporter of the BSA, encouraging both
of his sons, Alex and Bill (Southwestern Class
of 2012), to also earn the Eagle Scout rank. His
dedication to and support of the BSA earned him
the National Distinguished Eagle Scout Award.
As a Congressman, Pete has been one of the
biggest advocates and supporters of the Boy
Scouts, understanding that one’s character is best
developed through experiences that build self
esteem, challenge expectations of oneself, and
stimulate lifelong intellectual curiosity.
For his dedication to his family, community,
state and country; for his patriotism and integrity;
and for his compassion and willingness to lend a
helping hand, The Association of Southwestern
University Alumni proudly bestowed upon
Congressman Peter Sessions its Medal of Honor.
Russell Ramsey ’66
Distinguished Southwestern
Service Award
award for Distinguished Southwestern Service is
presented to alumni who demonstrate service to
Southwestern over a long period of time; service to the
community, state or nation; leadership in his or her
chosen profession; and creativity where applicable.
With nearly 45 years of service to Southwestern
University, it is said that the commitment of
Russell Ramsey ’66 to the University’s success
is unparalleled.
Co-president, with his wife, Ann Cater
Ramsey ’67, of the Houston Association of
Southwestern University Alumni, Russell has also
been a class agent, an Alumni Board member and
vice president, a member of the Name Research
Task Force, a Homecoming Chair, the perpetual
Reunion Chair for the Class of 1966, a leader for
Kappa Sigma fraternity and a charter member of
the Brown Society.
“Pete is intensely patriotic and
believes in the importance of
our generation leaving this
country better than we
found it.” – Steve Cotton ’77
Russell Ramsey ’66, Partner/Attorney, Ramsey & Murray, P.C.

Some speculate that there hasn’t been a year
since graduating that Russell hasn’t volunteered
in some capacity. He and Ann generously estab-
lished the Cater-Ramsey Endowed Scholarship
at Southwestern to benefit students who are in
financial need.
Described as being scrupulously honest and
absolutely dependable, Russell is known to fero-
ciously pursue the course he believes to be right.
Ann says that if something should be done, Russell
will do it; that he would never take advantage of
anyone; and that his word is his guarantee.
To Russell, embracing Southwestern’s core
values comes naturally, especially those of “being
true to oneself and others” and “respecting the
worth and dignity of persons.” One of his law
partners says Russell has the gift of integrity and
is incapable of knowingly committing a dishon-
est act. He treats everyone with the same good
manners and respect.
Friends and family agree that Russell leads by
example, strives for excellence in all that he does,
and is fun to be around! He is known for being
honest, straightforward and unafraid to voice
his opinion.
Truly at home on the Southwestern campus,
Russell is happier here than anywhere in the world.
Russell’s daughter, Suzanne Ramsey Moran ’93,
credits her parents for her commitment to volun-
teerism, saying that they have been wonderful
role models. She is proud to say that in 44 years,
Russell has only missed Homecoming twice—only
because both she and her son, William, were born
over Homecoming weekends.
One of his fraternity brothers says that Russell’s
long history of service to Southwestern reflects
his appreciation for the gift of his education and
his commitment to making the same opportunity
available to today’s students.
It is for this commitment, and for his extraordi-
nary energy and forthrightness in all areas of his
life, as well as for his devotion and service to the
University, that The Association of Southwestern
University Alumni proudly presented Russell
Ramsey with the first-ever Distinguished
Southwestern Service Award.
Bob Dupuy ’69
Distinguished Professional
award for Distinguished Professional is presented to
Southwestern University alumni who have performed
exceptional civic and/or professional services in a given
geographic area or field of endeavor.
Named a “Super Lawyer” in Texas Monthly for
the past seven years, Bob Dupuy ’69 has been a
practicing attorney for 38 years, is a Trustee for
Southwestern University and former Chair of the
Board of Texas Methodist Foundation.
Bob is known for his intellect, integrity,
compassion and drive for excellence, and for
being a “heck of a nice guy.” President Jake B.
Schrum ’68 describes him as not only one of the
finest attorneys in Texas, but one of the finest
human beings he’s ever known.
His wife and two sons, along with numerous
friends and associates, agree that Bob embodies
the Southwestern core value of “respecting the
worth and dignity of persons,” and inspires his
law partners to act in the same manner.
Bob Dupuy ’69, Chair of the Firm, Brown McCarroll, L.L.P.

Colleagues describe him as a highly respected
and visionary member of his firm and of the
community, as an exemplary leader who exhib-
its only the highest standards of professional
integrity, and a professional who is able to turn
challenges into opportunities by fostering diverse
perspectives.
Known to be an extremely generous person
with the understanding of what it truly means to
give back, Bob goes out of his way to ensure that
those less fortunate receive the help and support
they deserve. Both he and his wife, Virginia Hyde
Dupuy ’71, have the gift of hospitality and the
ability to make everyone feel comfortable.
Continually working to better himself and
encouraging others to do the same, Bob has always
encouraged his sons, Will and Matt, to never give
up. Will says his dad is the hardest working,
most approachable man he’s ever known with
a passion for life and determination for success
that is unequaled; and adds that whether he met
a stranger or the President of the United States,
Bob would engage that person in conversation
and find out everything about him.
Admired for his compassion and determination,
Bob fosters the needs of others above his own,
leaving no job unfinished, no task incomplete
and no person unsatisfied. He continually reads
new books and researches new ideas. While his
family can’t image what will be next, they agree
that Bob will never truly retire.
For leading by example, and demonstrating that
integrity, perseverance and compassion contribute
to professional success, and for setting a standard
of excellence that reflects well on Southwestern,
The Association of Southwestern University
Alumni presented Bob Dupuy with its first-ever
Distinguished Professional Award.
Harland DeWitt ’92
Distinguished
Humanitarian Award
award for Distinguished Humanitarian is presented
to alumni who have made a global impact on the
human race by their actions, while exemplifying
Southwestern University’s Core Values.
The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines a
humanitarian as “a person promoting human
welfare and social reform.” At Southwestern, a
humanitarian is defined as someone who embod-
ies our core values. Harland DeWitt ’92 lives his
life according to two of those values in particular:
“respecting the worth and dignity of persons,” and
“encouraging activism in the pursuit of justice
and the common good.”
In February 2010, Harland learned through
news reports the plight of earthquake victims
in Haiti. As a new father, he felt the anguish of
Haitian parents as they struggled to find shelter
for their children, and, though he wanted to book
the next flight to Haiti, he yielded to his wife
Michele’s request that he remain home with her
and their then six-month-old son, Matthew.
In lieu of actually being there, Harland found
a way to stay in Texas and still make a positive
impact. As the founder of Texas Tents for Haiti,
he almost single-handedly organized a statewide
effort that ultimately provided shelter for more
than 1,000 Haitians.
Over the years, Harland has contributed time,
effort and finances to many charitable endeav-
ors—volunteering at Ground Zero in New York
Harland DeWitt ’92, Director, Carrick Bend Consulting;
Executive Director and Founder, Texas Tents for Haiti

City, and working with Habitat for Humanity, the
Red Cross and Meals on Wheels as well.
Friends describe Harland as an open-minded
free spirit disguised as an ornery, conservative,
old-school son of Texas. His brother James says
he is caring and wise beyond his years and can do
anything he sets his mind to without appearing
overconfident; adding that Harland is fair-minded
and sets a good example for others.
A Fulbright Scholar, Harland holds a Master
of Arts in International Relations, and has been
a marketer, manager, entrepreneur and an anti-
fraud investigator for the U.S. Department of State.
While “intellectual” is a good word to describe
Harland, he is also admired for being creative,
witty and a loyal friend.
Talented in many ways, Harland is fluent in
multiple languages and is a proficient musician.
Lyrically, friends say, his content lies somewhere
between Shakespeare and Weird Al Yankovic.
His wife agrees, saying that Harland is a boy at
heart. He treats everyone he meets with respect
and interest; never too busy to thank a soldier in
uniform or chat with an elderly person dining
alone at the next table.
For his love and devotion to his family, friends
and fellow humans that he will never know, and
for his obvious global impact on the lives of others
through his selfless humanitarian efforts, The
Association of Southwestern Alumni proudly
presented Harland DeWitt with its first-ever
Distinguished Humanitarian Award.
Lauren Niver Paver ’05
Distinguished Young Alumna
award for Distinguished Young Alumna/us is presented
to alumni who have graduated from Southwestern
within the past 10 years, in recognition of perseverance
and dedication to a given area.
As the Chief Operating Officer at United Way
Capitol Area in Austin, as well as a United Way
Global Resident Fellow, Lauren Niver Paver ’05
exemplifies Southwestern’s core values, especially
that of “promoting lifelong learning and a passion
for intellectual and personal growth.”
Friends and colleagues say Lauren thrives on
learning new things, thinking in new ways and
working to improve herself and the world around
her. Interested in continuous improvement of her
leadership skills, colleagues say she can often be
found reading—and sharing—books on building
on one’s personal strengths.
Admired as a strategic thinker, team builder and
dedicated leader, Lauren never brings a problem
to the table without recommending solutions as
well. She is known to be a strategist with a vision;
seeing beyond an idea in order to make it a reality.
She is also passionate about her community and
strives to find ways to strengthen it through educa-
tion, health and financial stability. Encouraging
activism in the pursuit of justice and the common
good is part of her daily life.
Lauren’s husband, Robbie Paver ’05, explains
that she is passionate about making the commu-
nity a better place by working to solve the root of
the problem at hand, not just by putting a band-aid
on it. He adds that Lauren is an excellent mother,
and that there is nothing she won’t drop for their
young son, Brendan.
Considered by many to be a great role model
for young women in the community and for all
recent Southwestern graduates, Lauren volunteers
Lauren Niver Paver ’05, Chief Operating Officer, United Way Capital Area

for Impact Austin to encourage women’s philan-
thropy, and shares her passion for children and
the importance of reading by volunteering for
BookSpring.
Friends and family describe Lauren as friendly,
honest and straightforward, and say she dedicates
much of her time to advancing the common good
for the betterment of her community.
For being a true advocate of Southwestern’s
core values, demonstrating them in her personal
and professional life because it is just who she
is; and for her perseverance in standing on the
front lines supporting activism, The Association of
Southwestern University Alumni presented Lauren
Niver Paver with one of two 2010 Distinguished
Young Alumna/us awards.
Taylor Garrett ’00
Distinguished Young Alumnus
award for Distinguished Young Alumna/us is presented
to alumni who have graduated from Southwestern
within the past 10 years, in recognition of perseverance
and dedication to a given area.
In only 10 short years since graduation,
Taylor Garrett ’00 has exemplified and upheld
Southwestern’s core values around the world—
from Ethiopia to the Sudan, Thailand to Zambia,
South Africa to Cambodia and back again.
As the Crisis Stabilization and Governance
Officer for the U.S. Agency for International
Development, Taylor trained in Washington,
D.C., to help provide emergency, crisis, transi-
tion, humanitarian assistance, food assistance,
and democracy and governance programs to
the people of Pretoria, South Africa, where he is
currently stationed.
In this capacity, and in the humanitarian roles
he has had over the past decade, Taylor is consid-
ered kind, compassionate, committed, coura-
geous and dedicated. Since childhood, Taylor has
embodied the core value of “respecting the worth
and dignity of persons.” While a student at the
University of Michigan Law School, he received
the Jane L. Mixer Memorial Award for the greatest
contribution to activities designed to advance the
cause of social justice.
His former boss in Ethiopia says he admires
Taylor’s commitment to the cause of refugees and
his capacity to remain optimistic amidst harsh
conditions, explaining that in the middle of a
semi-arid region, with bad food, terrible living
conditions and demanding refugees, Taylor called
on his Southwestern Experience to “promote lifelong
learning and a passion for intellectual and personal
growth” among his friends and colleagues.
A friend from law school explains that Taylor
stands out from the crowd because of his sincer-
ity and acute sense of justice and personal honor.
Taylor is also known to be a devoted family man
and a good friend. His family and friends say that
with the courage of his convictions, Taylor never
lets adversity keep him from completing the task
at hand. Many believe that the world is in great
need of more people like Taylor.
For his wisdom, common sense, loyalty and
commitment to what is legal and fair, and in
recognition of his perseverance and dedication to
bringing justice to those who live in places most
of us couldn’t find on a map, The Association of
Southwestern University Alumni presented Taylor
Garrett with one of two Distinguished Young
Alumna/us awards for 2010. 
Taylor Garrett ’00, Crisis Stabilization and Governance Officer,
U.S. Agency for International Development

Connecting Ideas and
Individuals
Reflect on your first year after Southwestern—perhaps you were preparing
for graduate school or interviewing for jobs. Wouldn’t it have been helpful
to have had a network of individuals who would share ideas, advice and
information, or connect you with opportunities?
Did you move to a new city? Wouldn’t it have been advantageous to connect
with individuals who lived there and could share their insights?
One of the ways alumni can “BE SOUTHWESTERN” is to connect ideas
and individuals. Alumni can assist and be assisted by both students and
other alumni. Here are some ideas:
Link students and alumni to job opportunities through•
PirateLink (http://sualumni.net/CareerServices).
Ask questions or share your professional•
experience on LinkedIn (search for The Association
of Southwestern University Alumni).
Contact Career Services if you can offer an•
internship or job opportunity (512-863-1346).
Raise awareness of the quality of a Southwestern•
education among key influencers in your workplace.
Serve as a resource through your local association•
to alumni who move to your city.
Make connections at local association events.•
Offer to mentor a Southwestern•
alumna/us entering your field.
Tell colleagues who have college-bound•
children about Southwestern.
You may know of other ways to BE SOUTHWESTERN that will strengthen
our connections to one another, benefit alumni and raise awareness about
the quality of the Southwestern Experience. I invite you to share your ideas at
shareyourideas@southwestern.edu and visit www.southwestern.edu/pride
to explore other ways to engage in the Southwestern network.
Be Southwestern.
Steve Raben ’63
President, The Association of Southwestern University Alumni
Association
of Southwestern University Alumni
The Mission
To be a community that fosters a lifelong Southwestern
Experience by: spanning generations and geographies,
connecting ideas and individuals, inspiring learning and
service, inviting diverse perspectives and strengthening
loyalties so that the Association becomes vital in the
lives of alumni and their University.
Alumni Council
Steve Raben ’63
President
Blake Stanford ’81
President-Elect
Nisa Sharma ’92
Class Relations Chair
The Rev. Dr. Paul Barton ’83
Nominations and Awards Chair
Sarah Walthall Norris ’68
Homecoming and Reunions Chair
Maxie Duran Hardin ’73
Local Associations Chair
Katherine Merrill Andre ’99
Alumni Connection Groups Chair
The Rev. Milton Jordan ’62
Assembly Program Chair
Yesenia Garcia ’03
Assembly Program Chair-Elect
Lisa Dreishmire ’91
Alumni Communications Chair
Ken Holley ’71
Lifelong Learning Chair
John Dapper ’91
At-Large Member
Theodore Caryl ’76
At-Large Member
John Curry ’70
Trustee Representative
Zoe Martin ’12
Student Representative

WWay to “Be Southwestern”
Since January, alumni have been demonstrating
ways to “Be Southwestern,” as part of the begin-
ning of the University’s far-reaching visibility and
recognition campaign. Cindy Olson-Bourland ’89
shared her participation in the 2011 Career
Connections Barbecue on her law firm’s website.
Lee Silva Ferguson ’95 made a photo of her
Southwestern University window decal her profile
picture on Facebook. April Hampton Perez ’89
spotted John Dapper ’91 at a conference because
John was wearing his Southwestern ring. The
University’s number of prospective students
continues to grow thanks in part to alumni who
have submitted referrals. The Class of 2010 has
generated the highest giving participation among
the Graduates of the Last Decade (GOLD) classes.
Similarly, the Class of 1955 has shown the great-
est giving participation rate with 48 percent of
members contributing. Also, the Class of 2011
presented President Jake B. Schrum ’68 with the
largest class gift in University history. (See back
cover.) To learn ways you can “Be Southwestern”
visit www.southwestern.edu/pride.
Sigs, Phi Delts Celebrate 125
The Iota Chapter of Kappa Sigma and the Texas
Gamma Chapter of Phi Delta Theta will celebrate
their quasquicentennials during Homecoming
and Reunion Weekend, November 4–6, 2011. The
weekend will be full of activities for brothers
from each fraternity to participate, reconnect and
celebrate. Mark your calendar and plan to attend.
For more information visit www.sualumni.net/
KappaSigmaAnniversary/ and www.sualumni.net/
TexasGammaAnniversary/.
You Are the Fundamental Element
Planning is underway for Homecoming and
Reunion Weekend (Nov. 4–6, 2011) and YOU
are The Fundamental Element! Members of The
Association of Southwestern University Alumni
are working hard to ensure that the weekend
will be full of diverse and fun events. Be sure the
University has your correct contact information
so you do not miss Homecoming-related mailings
and notices. To update your information visit
www.sualumni.net/update.
The Legacy Continues
Southwestern welcomed 35 legacy students
among the 2010 first-year and transfer class. To
register your child or relative for the Legacy
Link Program contact the Admission Office at
800-252-3166. 
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The Original Social Network // The following Class Notes were submitted July 19, 2010 through January 7, 2011. Share your accom-
plishments, achievements and life milestones with friends and classmates! Submit your Class Note by visiting www.sualumni.net. Select
“Connect” from the main menu, then “Class Notes.” You may also e-mail your Class Note to alumni@southwestern.edu.
1931
Lola Haden McDaniel, posthumous class note,
was honored by the city of La Marque when the
mayor announced at a September 2010 city council
meeting that a resolution was approved to rename
the city library after her. Lola passed away in August
2010.
1952
Joseph Cavness, Sacramento, Calif., was a
competitor in the World Meet 2010 of the World
Association of Benchers and Deadlifters in Las Vegas,
Nev., where he won the World Championship in both
the bench press and the deadlift in his classification
(over 80 years old and under 165 pounds). He was
also named the Outstanding Lifter—Bench Press of
all lifters over the age of 80. During the competition,
he set new records for the State of California in both
the bench press and the deadlift.
1956
Dan Carper, Austin, helped complete a six year
fund raising project to preserve The Bartlett Tribune
newspapers, dating from 1903 through 1978. These
papers, containing a wealth of historical informa-
tion about the Blackland Prairie in north Williamson
County, were digitized and stored in the University
of North Texas’ “Portal to Texas History” Library,
preserving an important part of Texas history. Carper
says, “Having spent an important part of my child-
hood on the Blackland Prairie, I can’t adequately
express what this means to me.”
Ramm was also recently named Citizen of the Year
by the Groesbeck Chamber of Commerce.
1972
Larry Haynes, Coppell, announced his retirement
from Ernst & Young in June 2010. Serving as a
tax partner for more than 20 years, he held many
positions at Ernst & Young, including Southwest
Region Leader of Business Development, Southwest
Region Leader of Strategic Growth Markets and,
most recently, as Ernst & Young Americas Director
of the Entrepreneur of the Year program. He served
the firm for a total of 32 years.
1973
Emily Anne Matthews, Brookhaven, Miss., is
the priest-in-charge of the Episcopal Church of the
Redeemer, where her grandfather served as vicar
from 1926–1947.
1976
Mark Mayfield, Fairfax, Va., is serving a one-year
tour as Consul General with the United States Foreign
Service in Baghdad, Iraq.
MARRIAGE: Erma Smith Adams to William “Bill”
Glaze on Sept. 11, 2010, living in Corinth.
1960
Eve Porter Fariss, Georgetown, was featured in
the community newspaper of Sun City, City Week,
for her lifelong dedication to music education. The
article stated, “Ms. Fariss believes that the key to
a happy life is to love what you do. She hopes to be
remembered as someone who cared about others,
loved her family and hoped to have imparted a love
of music to all she taught.”
1969
Harold Ramm, Belton, is the Superintendent of
Groesbeck Independent School District. He was
named the 2010 Superintendent of the Year by the
Education Service Center Region 12. As a result of
this award, Ramm was a nominee for the annual
Superintendent of the Year award sponsored by the
Texas Association of School Boards. His nomination
recognizes his strong leadership skills, dedication to
improving educational quality, ability to build effec-
tive employee relations, student performance and
commitment to public involvement in education.
Reunion
Years
classnotes
Lionel Kattner ’51, posthumous class note. Kattner,
second from right, was recognized for his role as a
co-developer of the microchip at an event—organized
by the Chemical Heritage Foundation and held at the
Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif.—
commemorating the 50th anniversary of the microchip. In September 1960, Kattner
was one in a group of engineers and scientists at Fairchild Semiconductor in Silicon
Valley who succeeded in making the first working planar integrated circuit, the
first in the line of microchips that have been developed to this day. By continually
developing the basic silicon manufacturing technology developed at Fairchild in
the late 1950s, the global semiconductor industry has produced generations of
microchips that have gotten exponentially more powerful, while the cost for this
performance has fallen exponentially. With these silicon microchips, researchers
and engineers have built the digital world.
Kattner credited John Godbey, professor emeritus of chemistry, as his “greatest
inspiration at Southwestern.”

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