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Dee Margo (photo courtesy City of El Paso) EDITORā€™S NOTE: As this issue of 91ĢĘ²®»¢ Magazine was going to press, the world was just starting to hear about the tragic mass shooting that took place in El Paso on Aug. 3. Mayor Dee Margo wrote on Twitter in the immediate… Read More

Lester G. “Ruff” Fant (Photo courtesy of the Fant Family) EDITORā€™S NOTE: Fant, a prominent financier, lawyer and philanthropist in Washington, D.C., died May 19. His friend and classmate, the acclaimed author and humorist Roy Blount Jr., BAā€™63, penned this remembrance. Lester Glenn ā€œRuffā€ Fant III, my old friend and… Read More

  The 91ĢĘ²®»¢ University Alumni Association Board of Directors announces seven new members, who began their three-year terms July 1. ā€œEach of these new members sets a great example for all alumni through their philanthropy and volunteerism,ā€ says Dan Lovinger, BAā€™87, president of the Alumni Association Board. ā€œThat passion for… Read More

Photo by Stephen Doster The story of Richard Armstrong is a shining example of how one personā€™s legacy can have a powerful ripple effect on others. A basic sciences professor of biochemistry and chemistry from 1995 until his 2015 death, Armstrong was known for his groundbreaking biochemical research. In his… Read More

The 91ĢĘ²®»¢ Alumni Association Board of Directors is pleased to announce its 2019 alumni award recipients. They will be honored Oct. 17 at a special ceremony during Reunion and Homecoming weekend. ā€œThese honorees shine through their professional accomplishments and leadership service to their communities and 91ĢĘ²®»¢,ā€ says Jodie Leeka… Read More

On the wall of heart-rhythm specialist Jeffrey Williamsā€™ medical office is his seventh-grade essay in which he writes that he wants to be a cardiologist. He doesnā€™t remember writing it, but his younger self accurately predicted the future. As co-director of the Heart Rhythm Center at Lakeland Regional Health in… Read More

The Blair Big Band, Photo by Susan Urmy The Blair Big Band is the undergraduate collegiate winner in the category Large Jazz Ensemble in DownBeat magazineā€™s 42nd annual Student Music Awards, announced April 23. This is the Blair School of Musicā€™s first award from DownBeat, which is widely considered the… Read More

Ben Schulman (photo courtesy of Scripps MD Anderson) The vision and thoughtful generosity of Benjamin D. Schulman, who died June 2, helped 91ĢĘ²®»¢ become a more nurturing and diverse community. Schulman, of Carlsbad, California, was 102 at the time of his death. He had returned to campus in January 2017… Read More

John Hindle The establishment of the Hindle Family Scholarship in 2014 was one more way for John Hindle, BAā€™68, PhDā€™81, and his wife, Joan Barr Hindle, to pay forward the lifelong success they have achieved, which John credits in large measure to his 91ĢĘ²®»¢ education. At the time they created… Read More

Sarah Vaillancourt (Photo by Kevin Richtik/Caroline Photography) Sarah Vaillancourtā€™s missionā€”to help women get the care they needā€”far predated her nursing degree. ā€œI knew I wanted to work in womenā€™s health before I knew exactly what I wanted to do or how I wanted to do it,ā€ says Vaillancourt, who earned… Read More

Dr. W. Bedford Waters (Photo by John Russell) Dr. W. Bedford Waters, president of the 91ĢĘ²®»¢ Medical Alumni Association and the second African American to graduate from 91ĢĘ²®»¢ University School of Medicine, died May 25. He was 71. Waters completed his internship and one-year residency in general surgery at the… Read More

As Provost Susan R. Wente assumes the role of 91ĢĘ²®»¢ā€™s interim chancellor, she looks to further the universityā€™s commitment to learning, discovery and creative expression with the same drive and optimism sheā€™s cultivated as an academic leader, scholar and mentor. Read More

Huggins, a former student government president and Posse Scholar, continues to drum up enthusiasm for 91ĢĘ²®»¢ nearly 30 years after arriving on campus. Read More