Service With A Smile

Judith Banes ’69, ’78 retired as director of Dedman Center for Lifetime Sports in September, but she may be best known as Peruna’s unofficial godmother. Thanks to the creative blankets she has fashioned for him over the years, Peruna is, perhaps, one of the best-dressed mascots in the nation. Judith and her husband, Fred, met as first-year SMU students. She joined SMU in 1986 and served as Dedman Center director for 21 years. Fred, who also retired, returned to the Hilltop in 1997 and was a trades manager with the Office of Planning, Design and Construction. Their son, Corey, is a 1990 graduate.