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50+ Society

[Image] Ann Truog Hardy '55
Thursday, June 26, 2008

Ann Truog Hardy, Colleyville, won third place at the National Exhibition of the Oil Painters of America, a prestigious and growing representational art organization which held its exhibition in Missoula, Mont. this year. She was asked to do an exhibition at this exhibition. She also took two awards at the International Salon of Contemporary Art at the Greenhouse Gallery.

[Image] Rilke on Death and Other Oddities
Monday, November 12, 2007

Opening with a brief account of the life and work of the early 20th Century German-language poet Rainer Maria Rilke, the book then has its first major set piece, a lengthy and provocative selection from his prose writings on death, for him the most important topic of all.

[Image] Frank Bass '49
Monday, November 21, 2005

University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) School of Management Professor Frank Bass gained special recognition Monday when The University of South Australia in Adelaide announced the creation of the Ehrenberg-Bass Institute for Marketing Science, named in honor of Dr. Bass and Andrew Ehrenberg of South Bank University in London.

[Image] It's A Jungle Out There: Mascot Tales from Texas High Schools
Tuesday, September 06, 2005

Texans may believe it is safe to walk the state's highways and byways. No recent Comanche raids have been reported and there hasn't been a stage holdup in years. "But be warned!" writes Rob Sledge.

[Image] Frances Gruenewald Alles '48
Tuesday, July 26, 2005

Frances Gruenewald Alles, the only child of Arthur and Edith Gruenewald, grew up in the small community of Castleberry on the outskirts of Fort Worth, where she graduated from North Side High School. Her father was the shop foreman of the Yellow Cab Co. of Fort Worth, and her mother was a stay-at-home mom until World War II erupted.

[Image] Joyce's 'Ulysses' For Everyone, Or How To Skip Reading It The First Time
Thursday, December 02, 2004

John Mood turns his unique attention to Ulysses in Joyce's Ulysses for Everyone, which he hopes to popularize as he has Rilke and astronomy.

[Image] Rilke on Love and Other Difficulties: Translations and Considerations
Thursday, December 02, 2004

John Mood, Ph.D. in literature and philosophy, taught at the university level for ten years. He published numerous scholarly articles (PMLA, Chicago Review. Philosophy Today) on existentialism (Nietzsche, Heidegger) and literature (Beckett, Swift, Frost, Sexton). He spoke at two international Joyce symposia (Trieste, 1971; Dublin, 1973). After leaving academia, Mood became a freelance writer. His book, Rilke on Love and Other Difficulties, has been in print with W. W. Norton continuously since 1975, making it the second largest selling book on Rilke in the entire English-speaking world.

[Image] Dr. Annanelle Hardt '48
Friday, October 15, 2004

She is an activist in the truest and most admirable sense-a life devoted to emphasizing vigorous and conscionable action in support of peace. As a member of the Religious Society of Friends, Dr. Annanelle Hardt, a 1948 graduate, champions the Quaker tradition of peacemaking.

[Image] Nettie Ruth Brucks Bratton '48
Thursday, September 16, 2004

“Southwestern is a place of stability; it’s a place that you can count on. It is open to new ideas while still keeping its sense of history. The people who are there are people that you can respect and love. Next to my family and church, it’s been really an important part of my life. It is an anchor.”

[Image] Frank Bass, Jr. '49
Monday, June 14, 2004

Members of the Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS) have voted a landmark paper describing a method to predict consumer product sales, written by Professor Frank Bass of The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), one of the top 10 most influential papers published in the 50-year history of the prestigious scholarly journal Management Science.

[Image] Frank Douglass '54
Thursday, November 20, 2003

With his ability to handle monumental amounts of work and love it, and a great allegiance to his roots, Frank Douglass '54 has become a leader in his profession and among alumni of Southwestern. In fact, he co-chaired the recently completed Leadership 2000 –The Southwestern Campaign, which surpassed its $75.5 million goal to raise nearly $92 million for faculty, scholarships, library, international programs, equipment and technology, current operations and facilities.

[Image] Sammye Munson '53
Monday, March 10, 2003

"I have always been interested in other cultures and their unique contributions to our society.  I've tried to reflect this in my writing, especially for children."

[Image] A Grand Gathering
Friday, February 14, 2003

A Grand Gathering celebrates the strong bonds between grandchild and grandparent. It is an anthology of memories that pays tribute to the bearers of family history and traditions.

[Image] Southwest Passage
Wednesday, November 06, 2002

Southwest's founding president and CEO (1970-78), Lamar Muse, offers a definitive account of the airline's scrappy beginning. The principles and practices that assured the company's success were, largely, Muse's own. Those same winning strategies continue to sustain the company through the ups and downs of the market.

[Image] Life Before Death
Friday, August 09, 2002

Lawrence Meredith '49 shows that he has enormous courage.

[Image] Sermons from Literature
Wednesday, July 24, 2002

William H. Moore '53 illustrates the close relationships that exist between the literary reading experience and the religious experience.

[Image] Genevieve Britt Caldwell '42
Friday, August 31, 2001

Although she's never officially joined Southwestern University's admissions staff, alumna Genevieve Britt Caldwell might be one of the most successful student recruiters in the history of the University. By her estimates, she has recruited more than 100 students for Southwestern, most of them from the Texas Panhandle where she has spent the majority of her life.

[Image] J. Roland Folse '54
Monday, July 31, 2000

Retirement isn't supposed to be this much work, is it? While he officially retired Mar. 1 of this year, Southwestern University alumnus Roland Folse '54 is still stationed in his Southern Illinois University office developing an entirely new curriculum for their School of Medicine. He's also teaching and doing administrative work. What gives?

[Image] Roland Folse '54
Sunday, July 09, 2000






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