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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
“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.”
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.
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.
"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."
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.
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.
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.
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?