Q&A with … O. Homer Erekson ’74
TCU offered courses in accounting, business administration, finance, insurance, secretarial sciences and transportation utilities as early as 1884, but it wasn’t until 1938 that the university boasted of a school of business. In August 2013, TCU’s Neeley School of Business will turn 75, but that hasn’t stopped dean O. Homer Erekson ’74 from touting the
Q&A with … Chancellor Victor J. Boschini
The chancellor discusses his appointment to the board of the American Council on Education and what it means for TCU.
First Person: Swim Coach Richard Sybesma
Completing his 30th year at TCU, swimming coach Richard Sybesma brings enthusiasm and a passion
to a program he’s built over the decades. But this year and this squad, might just be his best one yet.
Sports: Riff Ram | Topics: Athletics,Q&A
5 questions with Terry Hartle
Top Washington lobbyist for higher education says universities in for tough times with down economy, but TCU better than most.
First Person: author Dan Jenkins ’53
Our resident sports nut and historian Dan Jenkins ‘53 remembers 1938 better than last week’s fried chicken. That title year – and a lot more – is all in his new TCU Football Vault, which he essentially wrote for free.
Sports: Riff Ram | Topics: Q&A
5 Questions with … Turk Pipkin
When he came up short to questions his young daughters were asking about our world, actor/director/author Turk Pipkin turned to rocket scientist Sir Joseph Rotblat and eight other Nobel Laureates, then made a movie of their conversations.
Campus News: Alma Matters | Topics: Q&A
Books: Conversation with Alex Tamayo-Wolf ’94
Alex Tamayo-Wolf, ‘94, wrote Revolution as a tribute to his maternal grandfather Georg Wolf, who served as police chief in Zirndorf, Germany during Nazi tyranny and helped many Jewish families escape the Holocaust.
Campus News: Alma Matters | Topics: Alumni,Campus news,Q&A
5 questions for … Tamas Ungar
Thirty years ago, professor of piano Tamas Ungar joined the School of Music faculty. In three decades, he’s helped elevate piano education at TCU, started a renowned summer festival and further cemented Fort Worth as a major hub in the piano universe.
Campus News: Alma Matters | Topics: College of Fine Arts,Q&A
Meet Mrs. P.
She’s not a “first lady” or an armchair quarterback, and she doesn’t want to know which players are in the coach’s doghouse. What does Kelsey Patterson want? “To love ’em up,” as her husband puts it.
Sports: Riff Ram | Topics: Athletics,Q&A
Conversation with … Dave Kuhne ’97 PhD
Descant: Fifty Years from TCU Press celebrates a half-century of Horned Frog literature.
Campus News: Alma Matters | Topics: AddRan College of Liberal Arts,Q&A