Topic: Frogs We Will Miss

Sullivan had a passion for art history and always looked for new sources of knowledge.

The Medical City Dallas founder was a man of vision and analytical skills, both as a successful developer and a university board member.

The Rev. Claude Walker ’77 DMin, an honorary trustee of Brite Divinity School, built his life around faith and education.

The distinguished professor of English at TCU was the university’s first women’s basketball coach.

Nuclear physicist helped beef up TCU’s research efforts and graduate programs in the 1960s, and along the way, became a prolific fundraiser during 28 years of service.

Internationally renowned child development expert Dr. Karyn Sue Brand Purvis ’97 (MS ’01 PhD ’03) devoted her life and academic pursuits to helping “children from hard places,” a phrase she coined to describe youngsters affected by trauma, abuse and neglect. “There’s not a child she cannot heal,” psychology professor Dr. David Cross, her longtime mentor