Category Archives: alum news

Check out the first edition of Precious Ponies, a new showcase in SMU Magazine for your future Mustangs. Continue reading →

Philanthropic leader Jeanne Tower Cox ’78, former University Park Mayor James H. “Blackie” Holmes III ’57, ’59, and entrepreneur Paul B. Loyd, Jr. ’68 received 2012 Distinguished Alumni Awards October 25. In addition, medical physicist Alonso N. Gutiérrez ’03 received the University’s Emerging Leader Award. Continue reading →

Michael M. Boone ’63, ’67 received the Robert S. Folsom Leadership Award from the Methodist Health System Foundation October 30 for his accomplishments in making a lasting, positive change in the Dallas community and inspiring others to follow. Continue reading →

The Rev. James V. Lyles and four fellow students in Perkins School of Theology made history in 1955 as the first African Americans to graduate from SMU. The events leading up to the milestone were detailed in “Breaking the Color … Continue reading →

Fleetwood Hicks ’85, founder and owner of Villy Custom LLC, created limited-edition SMU Centennial Cruiser bicycles to celebrate the University’s second century. Continue reading →

Four entrepreneurial alumni talked about how their University education helped shape their futures during TEDxSMU Hilltop September 21. Continue reading →

S. M. Krishna ’59, India’s Minister of External Affairs, spoke at SMU October 3 as part of the Carrington Endowed Lecture series sponsored by Dedman School of Law. Continue reading →

Actor and author Stephen Tobolowsky ’73, visited campus recently to promote his book The Dangerous Animal Club at a program presented by Friends of the SMU Libraries. Continue reading →

John Phelan ’86, co-founder and co-managing partner of MSD Capital, L.P., offered his insights about Wall Street and the financial crisis at the first Gartner Honors Lecture of the academic year September 10. Continue reading →

SMU alumni, parents and friends gathered in Los Angeles October 11 to hear the latest campus news and a pre-election survey of the political landscape. Continue reading →