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Reunion: Golden Reunion May 14-15, 2010
Marjorie McNeil played a piano recital at Chicago’s Symphony Hall after winning the Society of American Musicians-Allied Arts piano contest.
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James Hoggard has two new books: Triangles of Light: The Edward Hopper Poems (Wings Press, 2009) and Ashes in Love: Translations of Poems by Oscar Hahn (Host Publications, 2009).
W. Kelvin Wyrick Sr. was appointed by the Arkansas governor to serve as circuit judge from May 2009 to Dec. 31, 2010. A trial attorney with 46 years of law experience, he has been tapped five times to serve as a special justice to the Arkansas Supreme Court.
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Reunion: November 2010
Elizabeth Gamble Miller was named a Distinguished Alumnus for 2009 by Highland Park High School last April. She is internationally known for her translations of Spanish literature and poetry into English and for humanitarian work in Honduras. She taught for 40 years at SMU, serving as chair of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures. She and husband Fred Miller have three children. Steven C. Salch (J.D. ’68) was recognized as an Outstanding Texas Tax Lawyer by the Taxation Section of the State Bar of Texas.
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Eugenia Wiesley Francis, children’s math book author and owner of TeaCHildMath, was recently featured in The Wall Street Journal’s “Profiles in Later Life” series. Her innovative workbook, Teach Your Child the Multiplication Tables, available in both English and Spanish, is based on pattern recognition. Her method has been endorsed by top learning specialists. Previously, Francis was an English instructor at the University of California Irvine.
James M. Griffin wrote A Smart Energy Policy: An Economist’s Rx for Balancing Cheap, Clean, and Secure Energy (Yale University Press, July 2009), an examination of the three critical goals of energy policy and recommendations for our future energy needs and environmental problems. He teaches economics at Texas A&M University.
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Ruth Yvonne Lewis Dower owns and operates Prudential Texas Properties.
O. Albon Head Jr. (J.D. ’71) was voted to Best Lawyers in America 2010. He is managing partner of the Fort Worth office of Jackson Walker LLP.
David B. Howell is a retired CPA.