Hosting with the most
As digital production becomes central in hospitality, event planner Amy Shackelford ’00 says the job is the same — to provide great experiences.
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Carlos Gonzalez ’63 (MS) ’67 (Ph.D.)
1933-2015
Carlos “Chuck” Gonzalez ’63 (MS) ’67 (Ph.D.), a colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve in Vietnam, defended one of the first doctoral dissertations in chemistry at TCU. He died in January after battling lung cancer. The research chemist and professor was the son of Spanish immigrants. He grew up in Manhattan, near the edge of
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Howard Payne ’48
1925-2015
Donning a velvet purple suit and hat every December, Howard Payne was TCU’s Santa Claus, spreading cheer before finals, to a generation of Horned Frogs from the 1980s to 2010s. He died in June at the age of 90. Alongside wife Mildred Erby Payne, who portrayed Mrs. Claus, he made his annual entrance at the
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Allene Jones ’63
1933-2015
In September 1962, Allene Parks Jones was a registered nurse. She was working at the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital in south Fort Worth when she learned TCU planned to integrate. Dressed in a short-sleeved yellow dress and heels the color of straw, 29-year-old Jones was older than most students. While a few stole glances
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A man, the moon and a volcano
Hawaii teacher Justin Brown ’09 and his robotics program students are helping NASA test technology to repel lunar dust.
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How to teach the birds & the bees
Martha Roper is considered one of the nation’s foremost teachers of sex education.
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Window to the soul
Brite Divinity School anniversary stained glass window
Teaming up again
Buffalo Bills star Jerry Hughes ’10 made the first of what will be an annual $15,000 donation to support his former teammate Joseph Turner ’10, who recently took over head coaching duties at Fort Worth’s historic North Side High School.
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A man on a mission
Former chancellor Michael R. Ferrari oversaw Commission on The Future of TCU, helped author the university mission statement and got school ready for the 21st century.
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Towering Texan, legendary statesman
Former Speaker of the House Jim Wright was congressman for all the people.
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