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2010 Awards Honorees

Rick Moffit Continues the Tradition Started by his Father, Legendary Band Director Dr. Bill Moffit

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4 Tier One FAQAll you need to know about the university's efforts to attain Tier One status

6 CougarsBrewing in KatyA pair of UH Alumni open a new craft brewery in Katy

16 2011 Awards HonoreesUHAA announces 10 award winners to be honored at the annual Awards Gala

The Moffit LegacyA great band needs a great bandleader. UH had one in Dr. Bill Moffit, and now his son, Rick, has carried on in his father's musical footsteps.

15 Banner Year Winners

19 New Chair of the Board

UHAA recognizes its constituent groups with the annual Banner Year Awards.

New chair of the Board of Directors Reece Rondon

UHAQ Departments 3 AlUMline A note from our President + CEO Mike Pede ('89).

4 CAMpUs news All the University news that's fit to print.

5 By THe nUMBeRs A numerical breakdown of UH fun-facts.

14 leAvinG THeiR pRinT UH grads make their mark on the literary world.

19 COUGARCORneR Profiling Life Member Reece Rondon

20 AssOCiATiOn UpDATe See what's new with your Alumni Association.

22 ClAss nOTes Catching up with your graduating class.

26 COUGAR BUsiness COnneCTiOn You've got the hook up.

27 CAlenDAR Upcoming arts, sports, and social events in the UH universe.

28 pAws & ReMeMBeR Great Scott! We've taken you back to the year 2002!

On the cover: A close-up of a UH band tuba during the 2008 Homecoming football game against Tulane. UH has a well-earned reputation as having one of the best marching bands in the country. What is your favorite memory of seeing the Spirit of Houston perform?

Note: Photography by Thomas Campbell.

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"Band directors from across the country adopted his system because it worked." - pg.10

Rick Moffit Continues the Tradition Started by his Father, Legendary Band Director Dr. Bill Moffit

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ReCognizing Ten exCepTionAL CoUgARS

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2010 Awards Honorees

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The Cougars are on the move!

In the six months that I have been on the job here at UHAA, I have never felt the momentum from all around the UH campus more than I do today. Literally every day, another Cougar declares their readiness to join the pride and take up the task of getting UH to the Tier One level.

I hope, as the holidays approach and we start to give thanks for all the blessings that we have in our lives, you will take a moment to ask yourself where you would be without your University of Houston experience. Ask your-self, “How different would my life be if I didn’t have the opportunity at UH?” If you are like me, your world would be completely different, from spouses and friends to the memories you hold dear. The University of Houston is a special place and in this season for giving and giving thanks, I hope you will remember your university fondly and support our various efforts to get UH to the top tier status.

Chancellor Khator recently reminded me that even in this difficult economic climate, the University of Houston is firmly committed to the task of becoming a nationally recognized institution of higher learning. She continues to inspire all alumni to participate in the process of providing educational access and never to forget that we are trying to obtain Tier One status, not only because we owe that to our students and alumni, but we need to obtain it for the city of Houston and its five million residents. The UH Alumni Association is 100% committed to helping UH obtain that goal.

To that end, the number one question I get asked consistently is, “How can I really help get UH to where it deserves to be?” I answer, simply, “Participate.” Participate with the UHAA by becoming a Life Member today. Over 3,900 Cougars are Life Members right now; add your name to the list. If you are already a

Life Member, continue to participate by giv-ing a year-end gift in our Circle of Excellence campaign. Participate by becoming a student mentor or by getting involved in the college of your choice and helping spread the word of the great things that are happening on our sprawling campus. Participate by volunteering with one of our 35 constituent groups that has raised over $180,000 in scholarship money this year alone. So if you really want to help, simply participate.

We are making real progress. With over 18,000 active members, UHAA has been supporting the university for over 70 years and we have a real impact on the success of UH. Now’s the time to find those older Cougars who think that UH is the same place as it was when they were a student here. Bring those folks back on campus and watch as they have a “Wow!” moment at the campus today.

There’s an old saying that “Home is where your heart is.” As I travel the country, whether it be to Dallas, Atlanta, New York, Los Angeles or here in the Houston area, I always feel at home surrounded by great UH alumni, all with a story to tell. As they tell their stories, you can see eyes well up with pride and voices crack with memories of years gone by. That’s what it’s all about. We’re one big happy family, with 200,000 brothers and sisters. Follow your heart and come on home!

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Mike l. pede ('89)UHAA president + CeOlife Member

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What exactly is “Tier One”?There is not a single, standard defi-

nition. "Tier One,” “Top Tier” and “Na-tionally Competitive Research Univer-sity” are terms used interchangeably to refer to universities known for world-class research, academic excel-lence, an exceptional student body and the highest levels of innovation, creativity and scholarship. In Texas, there are two public universities with Tier One status – the University of Texas and Texas A&M – and one pri-vate institution, Rice University.

Why is Tier One status impor-tant?

Tier One universities are proven economic engines that contribute greatly to a state’s financial resources. They maintain a well educated work-force, attract additional business and investment, enhance the cultural en-vironment and provide solutions to complex problems. Although Texas is the second most populous state, it has only three Tier One universities while New York has seven and California nine. It is vital that Texas develop more Tier One universities. Texas is potentially losing nearly $4 billion an-nually in federal research dollars and venture capital because of our Tier One deficit. And more than 10,000 Texas high school graduates attend in-stitutions in other states each year because Texas doesn’t have enough

Tier One choices.

Who determines whether a uni-versity is Tier One?

Three organizations rank research universities:

• The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching:

• They classify universities with very high research activity as “top tier.”

• The Center for Measuring Uni-versity Performance (CMUP), which issues an annual report evaluating the Top American Research Universities (TARU): They classify the nation’s top 50 public universities as “top tier.”

• The Association of American Universities (AAU):

• All universities admitted to AAU are considered “top tier.”

Did the Texas Legislature recently pass legislation to support in-creased Tier One efforts in the state?

Yes, the Legislature passed two bills, and voters approved a statewide constitutional amendment, that pro-vide pathways for UH and six other Emerging Research Universities in Texas to become nationally competi-tive and place themselves in the top tier of public national research univer-sities.

How? For many years, significant sus-

tained funding has been made avail-able to UT-Austin and Texas A&M through the Permanent University Fund (PUF) that supports their “excel-lence mission.” Provisions of the short-term Texas Research Incentive Program (TRIP) and the longer-term National Research University Fund (NRUF) designate resources for simi-lar funding for UH and the other Emerging Research Universities that reach certain qualifying benchmarks.

What are these qualifying bench-marks?

To receive NRUF funds, an Emerg-ing Research University such as UH must have at least $45 million in re-stricted research expenditures for two consecutive years. In FY10, we had $87 million.

Additionally, an institution must meet four of these six standards:

• More than 200 Ph.D.s award-ed annually. We are awarding near that level.

• Have a Phi Beta Kappa chap-ter or membership in the Associa-tion of Research Libraries (ARL). We are an ARL member.

• An endowment that exceeds $400 million. We meet that quali-fication.

• A freshman class of high quality (criteria still being deter-mined)

• A faculty of high quality (cri-teria still being determined)

• Graduate programs of high quality (criteria still being deter-mined)

Please see NRUF summary chart (http://www.uh.edu/about/tier-one/national-research/index.php )

So, when UH meets these bench-marks, will it automatically be-come a Tier One university?

No. Meeting these benchmarks will reflect a level of performance ap-proaching that of a nationally com-petitive research university, but it is not a guarantee of Tier One status.

However, we will qualify for NRUF funding that will be used to recruit the best faculty and student talent and to attract one or two faculty clusters (10 to 20 researchers each) in energy and the health sciences for the next five years, generating even greater re-search awards. The NRUF funds also will allow us to enhance our already ranked programs and implement oth-er necessary improvements. The re-sults would be consistent with those of a Tier One university.

What are these other necessary improvements?

We need to increase our research expenditures to create new knowledge and make discoveries with practical applications that benefit society.

We need to improve the quality of our freshman class and guarantee its success, as measured by improved re-tention and graduation rates.

We need to increase annual fund-raising in support of priority academic programs.

How will we know when UH quali-fies for Tier One status?

We see our pursuit of Tier One as a train journey. We will reach the first station when we meet all the NRUF requirements set by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Our second station will be reached when the Carnegie Foundation places UH in its top-tier category. Our third station will be recognition by the CMUP/TARU as one of the nation’s top 50 public research universities. The jour-ney will end when we are admitted into AAU.

How long will that take? It is likely that UH can find its place

in the top tier of the Carnegie, CMUP/TARU and AAU organizations in five to seven years. New researchers or re-search clusters generally take four to five years to mature and function at full capacity. Similarly, improvements in graduation rates take five to six years to be fully shaped and realized.

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4“The Statue of Four Lies” is the newest ad-dition to the University of Houston Public Art Collection that was unveiled on Sep-tember 24, 2010. The new artwork was cre-ated by UH alumni, The Art Guys and is located near the new Cougar Village.

64,197Based on preliminary enrollment figures from 12th day class figures, the University of Houston System posted a new enroll-ment milestone with its four schools total-ing over 64,000 for the first time ever. UH surpassed 38,000 for the first time as each school saw enrollment increases ranging from one percent to 13.5 percent from last year.

1,132The number of freshmen who will occupy the 291,000 square foot Cougar Village residence hall which had its grand open-ing on August 16, 2010. The new residence hall offers students a chance to bond with peers who share similar academic inter-ests with wings of the building designat-ed for students according to academic disciplines.

25 The University of Houston’s Moores Opera House continues its 25th anniversary with another exciting season. Performances this season will include “La Vie Parisienne,”

“The Magic Flute,” “Albert Herring” and “Il Postino.”

102,000,000 The University of Houston received more than $102 million in private support from businesses, corporations, alumni and friends during the 2010 fiscal year. That amount surpassed a previous record of $87 million set in 2000. These donations support efforts across campus, including research activities, scholarships and aca-demic support.

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UH Athletics: Coaching Updates

todd WhittingHead Coach

Why is UH’s status as a Tier One university relevant to students?

A Tier One university provides a nationally competitive learning environment for its students. We know that even though our grad-uates work in the Houston re-gion, they compete in the global marketplace and, therefore, their skill set needs to be globally com-petitive. A Tier One university provides greater opportunities

for students to work with world-class faculty in nationally ranked programs and engage in the cut-ting-edge research and learning. Consequently, their degrees have a brand that is nationally recog-nized and globally respected.

Why is UH’s status as a Tier One University relevant to the community?

A public Tier One university will enhance Houston’s capacity

to attract talent and new indus-try, strengthen existing business-es and receive cutting-edge re-search that is locally tested and relevant. Graduates from a na-tionally competitive university will have a national brand and globally competitive skills. Final-ly, the university will attract more federal dollars, and data indicate that one federal dollar in research grants results in $18 worth of economic impact.

men's BAseBAllReturning to his alma mater, Todd Whitting has rejoined the University of Hous-ton baseball program as its head coach.

Whitting becomes the eighth coach in program history and brings a solid resume as a coach and as a recruiter, roles he held for seven seasons at TCU and as an assistant at Houston from 1995 to 2003.

During his career, he has been a part of programs that won 16 conference regular-season and tournament champion-ships, competed in 13 NCAA Regionals, five NCAA Super Regionals and one NCAA College World Series.

Whitting quickly developed a reputation as one of the nation's top recruiters at both TCU and Houston. He was instru-mental in bringing three signing classes to TCU that ranked among the nation's top 10 by Baseball America magazine, including the No. 3 class in 2010.

As a Cougar, he assembled Houston's 2000 signing class that was ranked No. 13 by Collegiate Baseball magazine."We are thrilled Todd is returning to the Cougar family," Rhoades said. "He is a program builder who played a key role

in all facets of the program at TCU and its run to the College World Series this year and its previous success. Todd likewise was a vital component of our baseball program's success in the early 2000s.

"When speaking with numerous baseball people across the great state of Texas, everyone spoke very highly about Coach Whitting the person and baseball coach. He is committed to the development of student-athletes both on and off the field and will work tirelessly to elevate Houston Baseball to the next level in all areas. We welcome home Coach Whit-ting."


Royo, his wife Jennifer and his parents all own equal share in No Label Brewing Co., a family-run venture located in Katy, Texas. The brewery is following in the footsteps of Saint Arnold Brewing Company, the second-oldest craft brewery in the state (after Spoetzl brewery in Shiner, Texas) and the first in Houston, located near downtown. The second craft brewery in the Houston area is Southern Star Brewing Company in nearby Conroe.

The Royos are starting their brewery in the midst of a craft-brewing boom in the state of Texas. Five years ago, there were just six craft breweries open in the state, including the Spoetzl Brewery which brews the popular Shiner beers. In addition, a number of new breweries are under development across the state, from the panhandle

to the Piney Woods of east TexasA true family business, Brian is in

charge of brewing at the fledgling brew-ery while Jennifer is handling the sales and marketing efforts. Brian’s father, Gilberto or “Hippie” as he is affection-ately referred to, is handling the legal and financial aspects of the business while his mother, Melanie, is in charge of safety, health, office management and financial operations.

“I brewed a little bit in college while I was at UH. Then, a few years ago, we went to a Saint Arnold brewery tour and I thought, ‘Hey, I need to try and get back in to it.’ So some friends of mine bought me a homebrew kit and I brewed my first batch. I loved it and after that I started adding more equipment throughout our house,” said Royo.

by Jeff Sutton

cougars brewing in katy

When Brian Royo brewed his first batch of beer as a student at the University of Houston, he had no idea he would eventually be open-ing just the third commercial craft brewery in the greater Houston area and the 13th in the state of Texas.


Getting things startedThe Royos took the first step of finding

a place to house their brewery since the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) stipulates that a brewery cannot be located at a person’s home. Wanting to find a place in Katy, they bought one of the old warehouses with iconic grain elevators that dot the Katy landscape.

“The first way the name came about, the way it got in our heads, is we were sitting out in the back yard and I’ve always had a habit of peeling labels off beer. We were trying to think of names and I pulled the label off and just thought ‘No Label Beer.’ We tossed it around a little bit but kept trying to think of something,” added Brian. “We wanted something that rep-resented us, that represented our family, because my mom and dad are part of this as well.”

He continued, “The name came back up again, No Label Brewing, representing a beer for everybody. We don’t discrimi-nate; we aren’t a certain type of people. We aren’t hopheads, we’re not malty people, we’re not nerds, we’re kind of all over the place. So, it came down to sign-ing the papers and we didn’t have a better name.”

Gaining the TABC license allowed No La-bel Brewing to brew beer and begin hold-ing open houses on Saturday afternoons at the brewery. The open houses were a way to allow people to get a taste of the different beers on a small scale; Royo is currently only able to brew 22 gallons of beer at a time. To put that in context, 22 gallons of beer does not even equal one barrel while the 15 barrel brewing equip-ment that is on order will yield over 21 times that amount.

With a name and the licenses in hand, the Royos just have to get the labels for all their products approved before they can begin selling.

Brian started his college career at Texas A&M but then transferred to the Univer-sity of Houston. Despite not considering himself the fraternity type, he was invited by a friend to the Tau Kappa Epsilon house and wound up joining. He also met Jennifer at UH when they were intro-duced through a mutual friend.

Those good times have continued since graduation as Brian has missed just one home football game over the last five years. Beginning last year, the Royos have also been bringing some No Label beers out to tailgates before games at Robert-son Stadium.

The other way the couple has worked to get the name out there is through Face-book along with holding the open houses at the brewery. No Label Brewing has over 1,300 friends on the social networking site which is being used as a way to get news and information out to anyone who wants to hear about the brewery. The Royos have already surpassed 100 people at open houses, which are open to any-one, including children and dogs.

Prospects are good for the brewery when you look at the two existing breweries in the area. Saint Arnold, in an effort to

keep up with demand for its beer, recently bought four new 240 barrel fermenting tanks to boost the yearly output abili-ties from 35,000 barrels a year to nearly 50,000 barrels. Southern Star, in just its third year, is going to reach 3,000 barrels of production.

“I think to be a quarter as successful as what Saint Arnold is would make me extremely happy. It’s hard to say where I’d like to be five years down the road, but I would like to be producing 5,000 barrels a year, maybe 7,500,” Brian added.

According to the Brewer’s Association, an organization of brewers, distributors, supplies and other individuals, national beer sales were down an estimated 2.7 percent by volume while craft beer sales were up nine percent. The craft beer in-dustry saw growth of 5.9 percent in 2008 and 7.2 percent in 2009.

As the Royos have gone through the process of starting their brewery, they’ve learned on the go and gotten tips from other established craft breweries.

“Brock [Wagner] from Saint Arnold has been very helpful. We’ve talked to him several times and, anything we’ve needed, he’s been willing to give us a lot of helpful information,” said Jennifer. “One thing we’ve noticed, dealing with some other breweries, Real Ale and Southern Star have both been helpful. There’s competi-tion, obviously, but at the same time, they feel like Houston is so big and there are enough tap handles for all three of us.”

Recently, Houston Beer Week (Oct. 11-17) gave the Houston-area craft brewer-ies, as well as those in Texas and beyond, a chance to showcase their brews in mul-tiple venues. No Label took part in a tast-ing meet-and-greet hosted by Rockwell Tavern & Grill one night and took part in the closing event of the week, Monsters of Beer Festival. No Label was one of nine Texas breweries at the sold-out charity event and consistently had one of the longest lines throughout the day.

The Royos hope to have No Label prod-ucts available in select bars in the Katy area as soon as December. In the coming months, be on the lookout for the beer brewed by fellow Cougars.

“It was a good experience and a good time.

I had a blast at UH.”

According to the Brewers Associa-tion, a craft brewer is small (less than 2 millions barrels per year), independent (less than 25% of the brewery is owned or controlled by an alcoholic beverage industry mem-ber who is not themselves a craft brewer) and traditional (has an all malt flagship product or has 50% of its volume in either all malt beers or in beers that use adjuncts to en-hance rather than lighten flavor).

What is a “craft brewery?”


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Who would have thought the Moffit family music dynasty was almost derailed because of rocks? If Rick Moffit had stayed on the physics and geol-ogy track after graduating from the University of Houston, he would have missed the opportunity to impact the lives of countless students, just as his father, Dr. William Moffit had. Called Bill by those who knew and loved him, the senior Moffit marched into history books while director of the University of Houston Marching Band and Cou-gar Brass, revolutionizing the marching band community. Tied together by a passion for music and dedication to teaching, Bill Moffit laid the foundation that Rick Moffit has been building on for years. Because that’s what a legacy looks like folks.

The Moffit Legacy

by HEATHER STAIBLE

PHOTOGRAPHY CONTRIBUTED by PATRICIA MIMS ('92)


When it comes right down to it, Rick was always going to be involved in music somehow. He grew up around it, listening to his father’s high school bands play as a small boy and of course, it was in his DNA.

“As a young kid, even before I started school, I would be attend-ing home and away football games. My father's rehearsals and concerts were part of my life. In elementary school I was watch-ing the bands while I attended Big Ten football and basketball games,” Moffit said.

Bill Moffit’s roots in music also started young. Born in Canton, Ohio, he joined the Coast Guard after high school, playing the Coast Guard Band. After World War II, he started his teaching career in Ohio and Michigan high schools. Like his father, Rick has also been an educator for the past 28 years and he remembers absorbing every moment of those Big Ten games, watching as his father directed the band at Michigan State University. The elder Moffit’s Cougar connection began in 1969, where he took over the Spirit of Houston reins.

It was on the UH campus that Dr. Moffit began making big changes in the marching band world. His Patterns in Motion style transformed bands across the country from a military-style of marching to a more fluid style, based on a series of changing ka-leidoscopic patterns on the field.

As the award-winning director of Reno, Nevada's McQueen High School Lancer Band, Rick Moffit knows first-hand how his father’s philosophies changed most marching bands forever.

“Dad was a leading figure in advancing the marching band me-dium. He changed the way musicians arranged music for the marching band and changed how they would create chords for outdoor performances. He also created a new system for teach-ing and learning drill,” Moffit says. “Band directors from across the country adopted his system because it worked.”

Chris Mims, president of the UH band alumni, played the clari-net in the Spirit of Houston from 1978 to 1980, and remembers well how exciting Dr. Moffit’s changes were.

“He took current music that was on the radio and arranged for the band. The kaleidoscope effect stretched the band across the

field, that’s where the Hundred Yards of Band comes from,” Mims says. “The color and sound was always changing during a perfor-mance.”

Rick Moffit recalled the revolutionary look when the Universi-ty of Houston played against Auburn in the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl in 1969. In addition to a sound 36-7 thumping of Auburn, the Cougars marched on the floor of the Astrodome to his fa-ther’s new style.

“Many students in the band grew up marching six to five and this new style of drill and music was foreign to them. This game allowed many of the band members to realize this new style could work for UH and themselves when they graduated and became band directors,” Moffit says.

Search the Web for Bill Moffit and the list of his accomplish-ments is lengthy. In addition to Patterns in Motion, he wrote Soundpower, a collection of more than 450 arrangements for marching band. One of the nearest and dearest to Cougar hearts is “Eat ‘Em Up,” a familiar song played during sporting events. Dr. Moffit wrote the song either while he was at UH or when he was the Associate Director of Bands at Michigan State University (this detail is a slight point of question) and its staying power speaks volumes about his musicality and ability to tap into the greater consciousness of fans in the stands. You will often hear the “Eat ‘Em Up” tune played outside of the UH campus by other bands.

Dr. Moffit also accrued other honors including a nomination for the presentation of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the role as Director of the Fanfare Trumpets at the 1984 Olympic Games and the Director of the Fanfare Trumpets at the Pan American Games in 1986. He was also named “Music Arranger Laureate of Indiana” in 1988.

It’s easy to quantify a man’s accomplishments when you see them on paper, but there are certainly other measurements a of a person’s character. Rick Moffit says his father’s true gift was the one he shared with students.

“He was always one of the best teachers I have ever seen,” Mof-fit says. “He had the great ability to break down difficult concepts

UH Band Night at the Astrodome, 1973. Current director David Bertman and Dr. Moffit on Band Alumni Day 2008.

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into smaller segments so students could understand both the component and the larger picture.”

There’s a great deal of “like father, like son” going on when it comes to the business of creating a legacy. Google Rick Moffit and not only will you find the long list of awards earned by his Lancer Band (Nevada State Champions 2002-2009, appearances in the 2009 Tournament of Roses Parade, 2007 Fiesta Bowl Parade and Field Show, 2005 Presidential Inaugural Parade and 2003 Holly-wood Christmas Parade. Oh, and 27 straight years of the Concert Band earning First Division Superior Ratings) and a Rick Moffit Facebook Fan Page, but there is clearly the same commitment to the students who find a home in the band room.

Moffit says his father always had time for students and was ready to listen, often getting them through more than just a half-time performance or competition. The same applies to Rick Mof-fit. His days often begin at 6:30 in the morning, his schedule is full of percussion classes, ensemble practice, AP music theory and that’s before marching band practice at 5:45 that doesn’t end un-til 9 p.m. Moffit is low-key about the time commitment because he’s doing what he truly loves. It would have been a different sto-ry had he stayed in the geology field.

“I started UH as a physics major, eventually receiving my de-gree in Geology. I apologize to the Geology department, as I was not your best student. My heart just wasn't in it,” Moffit says.

There had always been that soft voice in his head, nudging him toward a music career, but it wasn’t lost on Rick the pressure and comparisons that come with being Bill Moffit’s son.

“When your father is one of the most influential band directors in the entire country, I knew it would be difficult to follow in his footsteps. A son or daughter in the same profession has the prob-lem of measuring up to the father,” Moffit says. “So after receiv-ing my degree, I finally was honest with myself and figured out, I wanted to teach. And the subject that I was truly suited for was music and band.”

Before becoming band director in Reno, Moffit started as a high school assistant band director in Texas and moved up in the

Lone Star State. When his mother, who was living in Nevada, fell ill, he made the decision to move to be closer to her. He told School Band & Orchestra magazine that the only position re-motely close to her was at a small town junior high. He took the job, despite the lack of perks.

“Elko is four hours from the nearest mall. It had one McDon-alds and no Walmarts. Our nearest league football game was in Reno, 300 miles away. You can drive from New York City to Wash-ington, D.C. or Cleveland to Cincinnati and still not go as far as we had to for an away football game. Outside of Elko there are signs that say, ‘Next Gas, 105 miles.’ We were isolated,” he told the magazine.

Despite being out in the middle of nowhere, Moffit knew he had landed at the right place when, after talking to the high school band director, Walt Lovell, he learned that the junior high band was going to the Tournament of Roses Parade that year. During his time there, the band marched in two Tournament of Roses Parades, the Orange Bowl Parade and the Macy's Thanks-giving Day Parade.

Invitations to march in parades are hard-earned honors, but there are more than competitions and half-time shows that make being a part of band special. The time spent together, focusing on a common goal, bonds people and creates life-long memories.

Both Mims and Moffit have plenty of memories from their times at UH. Whether on the field, or in the bus, their band expe-riences have happily lingered for years. During the 1979 Cotton Bowl, the Cougars were playing against a Joe Montana-led Notre Dame team and Mims says the event is still one of the biggest in his life.

“We went to Dallas, in shorts and T-shirts, but by that after-noon we were in sweat suits. We practiced in four inches of solid ice and Notre Dame won on the last play,” he says. Despite the loss and freakish ice storm, the band stuck together, sleeping on the bus after being grounded by the cold.

Mims also recalled the ingenuity that comes from youth. Band members were hanging out on a Friday night in the band annex

Band director Bill Moffit congratulates his son Rick, drum major, after half time.

Band director Bill Moffit pre-pares for a performance.

The band tries to stay warm during the '79 Cotton Bowl.


and a huge storm rolled through campus, flooding streets and stranding students. Since very little stands in the way of a college student’s appetite, Mims and his fellow band members took ac-tion.

“We took leftover foam sheets and made rafts and floated our way through McDonald’s for hamburgers,” he says, still smiling mischievously at the thought.

Rick Moffit also has his share of football memories, like the game against the University of Texas in 1976. It just happened to be the first year UH was a member of the Southwest Conference and the Cougars blanked UT.

“For the team to win 30-0 was amazing and the band out did themselves that afternoon with a fabulous performance,” Moffit says. The 1977 Cotton Bowl against Mary-land is another favorite.

“The Cotton Bowl game against Maryland was another of those memories that will re-main with us forever. On a very cold Janu-ary day, the team was super and the band marched their tails off. It was a great day for Houston,” Moffit says.

On a campus that sometimes struggles with maintaining tradition, the Spirit of Houston band has been a constant source of enthusiasm over the years and previous band members tend to stay loyal, regardless of the scoreboard.

“We have one of the strongest alumni groups on campus and are all here for our kids,” Mims says, referring to the students in band. “We set a tone and tradition here.” Stories of the entire band playing non-stop during the fourth quarter of an important game inspire current band members and Mims says the band still sings The Alma Mater acappella after every rehearsal. The band welcomes fans and the football team to Robertson Stadium be-fore every game and current band director David Bertman under-stands the band’s role as a constant energy booster.

“UH has one of the best college bands and best directors in the country in David Bertman. Do not run to get a hot dog at half-time. Stay and enjoy the performance,” Moffit says.

He explained that before his father’s creation of Patterns of Motion, most bands outside of Texas did picture shows, but Pat-terns of Motion was the first system allowing continuous drill with the majority of instruments facing the audience.

“Dad had a goal of entertaining the people in the stands at foot-ball games. His drill style was one aspect of his entertainment concept,” Moffit says.

With just as much activity happening on the field during half-time as during the game, it’s easy to miss the special nuances of a marching band performance, but Rick Moffit has some tips to maximize the experience. Think three-ring circus.

“There is something for everyone. The music will be fun and exciting. The drum section will be dynamic with many visuals. A combination of the band’s drill and color guard (flags, rifles and sabers) will create visual musicality. You will be able to get a sense of the music just by watching the visual performance,” Moffit

says.He suggests watching the halftime show at home on a big

screen TV, with the music off. If a band is doing a good job, the viewer can get the idea of the emotional content just by watching, without sound. That, Moffit says, is excellent visual musicality.

Mims says the band’s job is to be a driving force during the game and at halftime, the band joins people in the stands togeth-er because “society revolves around music.”

Of course, after the stadium lights have been dimmed and the competition is over, education remains the number one reason so many students flock to marching band. Rick Moffit knows that between him and his father, many students have gone on to be-come band directors. That knowledge is fulfilling and a large rea-

son why he couldn’t imagine doing anything else.

“You need to have a job, but I was lucky enough to be able to follow a dream,” Moffit says. That same enthusiasm is shared by Mims and members of the UH Cougar Band Alumni, who want students to follow their passion. The alumni group raises money for band scholarships as well as supporting the band at large.

“Large portions of our band students go on to be band directors,” Mims says. “I call them ‘my kids’ because that’s how strongly I feel about them succeeding.”

Even though Dr. Moffit achieved great success at UH, he left the program in 1981 and took a job at Purdue University where he stayed until he retired in 1988. He passed away in March 2008 and to honor him, UH Band Alumni Association and the Moores

School of Music created the William C. Moffit Chair, an endowed professorship in his honor.

It’s another part of the legacy and one that will surely continue to influence scores of students who pass through UH. It’s the mu-sic, though, that’s at the heart of his father’s legacy. Surprisingly, it wasn’t just band music wafting through the Moffit house.

“We listened to all kinds of music growing up. We listened to classical and Lawrence Welk and other pop music,” Moffit says.

And what kind of music can be heard around the Rick Moffit home these days?

“Well, there are two types of music-good and bad,” he says. “I listen to country, but really, I listen to all kinds. Music is made to be fun and entertain, so if it does that, I will listen.” Proving that music is always on his mind, Rick Moffit was busy writing a song at the time of this interview. He also is passionate about UH foot-ball, recording games he misses because of his own high school marching band’s football duties.

Moffit has no regrets about his decision to carry on down the trail blazed by his father and knows that his father was proud of the choices he made.

“I think my father was pleased I came back to music, although he never told me. Just as many kids will grow up a son or daugh-ter of a coach and be an athlete in high school and college, I be-came a musician.”

Dr. Bill Moffit poses with Sasha after a UH Band Alumni performance, 2006.


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Speak Truth to Power: The Story of Charles Patrick, a Civil Rights Pioneer | In 1954 Birmingham, Charles Patrick, a black man, was cut off by a white woman as he drove into town who ordered him out of the way, as she was the wife of a city police officer. Patrick pulled away, remarking, "Ma'am, he doesn't own the streets of Birmingham.” The woman report-ed to her husband that a black man had sassed her, and Patrick was arrested and beaten. This book tells the story of Patrick's quest for justice in segregated Alabama on the eve of the civil rights movement and represents a telling in-stance of the growing determination of African Americans to be treated fairly, part of the broad-ening and deepening stream of resolve that led to the widespread activism of the civil rights movement.

How to Escape from a Leper Colony: A No-vella and Stories | In her debut short-story collection, Yanique, a native of the Virgin Is-lands, offers magical and mysterious tales about how people seek to or fail to penetrate the hard and soft differences between them-selves. Interwoven stories of a bridge between islands illustrate how casually lives cross, though few connections are made for a woman in a burka, a fisherman, and a beauty queen. Lovers of the form will appreciate this collec-tion.

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UHAA hosted its semi-annual Presidents’ Council meeting Thursday, september 30. At the meeting, retiring alumni group presidents were recognized and we awarded Banner Year awards for the 2009-10 academic year at this meeting. This year we set a record and more than doubled the number of gold banners awarded with 16.

Red BAnneR WinneRs:

valenti school of Communication Alumni Association

pharmacy Alumni Association

san Antonio Alumni Club

GOld BAnneR WinneRs:

Architecture Alumni Association

Bauer Alumni Association

Black Alumni Association

Brenham Alumni Club*

Centerpoint energy Alumni Association*,**

education Alumni Association

engineering Alumni Association

Conrad n. Hilton Alumni Association

Ft. Bend Alumni Club

Graduate College of social work Alumni Association

Hispanic Alumni Association*

Katy Coogs Alumni Club*

natural sciences & Mathematics Alumni Association*,**

Technology Alumni Association*

UH Cougar Bands Alumni Association

UH Cougars Athletic Alliance

*First year recipient of the gold banner

**First year to submit

CRiTeRiAin order for UHAA constituent groups to receive a Banner year award, they must successfully complete a number of pre-determined priorities: programs and services; student Recruitment and/or Outreach; Communication; Advocacy; and University support. winners of the Red Banner Award must successfully complete four of the five priorities and Gold Banner Award winners must complete all five priorities.

2010BANNER YEAR

AWARDS

President's Council Representative Vonda Mays, Gene Hammond from the Brenham ALumni Club and President and CEO Mike Pede.

Vonda Mays, Ruben Jarrin, Carlos Machado, Cedric Spears, and Jason Chapman from Architecture Alumni with Mike Pede.

Vonda Mays, Jose Lopez and Amanda Heath from Technology Alumni with Mike Pede.


David Bertman (’98) plays a huge role at the University of Houston as Associate Professor of Music, Director of Bands, Cheer and Dance. He oversees more than 450 students making him a very prominent member of the Cougar family. In 2003, he received the Bill Yeoman Award and has received numerous Faculty awards. David is also the conductor of the Moores School of Music Wind Ensemble, Sym-phonic Band and teaches graduate and undergrad-uate conducting.

Cheryl Creuzot (’81, JD ’92), President and CEO of Wealth Develop-ment Strategies L.P., participates in numerous political, charitable and civic organizations. She is a former Chair of the UHAA Board of Direc-tors and has served on the board of the UH Law Alumni Association. Cheryl has also donated her time to various other groups ranging from being Vice Chair of the Houston Museum of African American Culture to being a former mem-ber of the board for the Menil Collection.

Leroy Hermes (’66) founded Hermes Archi-tects in 1969 and was inducted into the UH Col-lege of Architecture Hall of Fame in 1995 as one of the top 50 graduates in the first 50 years of the college. He was appointed by Governor Rick Perry to the UH System Board of Regents in 2001 and served through 2008, during which time he served as Chairman of the Board and Chairman of the Search Advi-sory Committee which selected Dr. Renu Khator as new Chancellor/Presi-dent of UH.

Beth Madison (’72) is President and co-founder of Madison Benefits Group, Inc., and in 35 years in the insurance field has earned CLU, CPCU and CEBS desig-nations. Beth currently serves on the boards of the Houston Grand Opera, the Houston Sym-phony, the Alley Theatre, Trees for Houston and the Baylor Teen Clinic. Beth remains an active supporter of the busi-ness, engineering and music schools as well as the athletic programs for UH.

Distinguished Alumni Award


Ken & Judy Baxter (’68) have been fans of Cougar Athletics for over forty years. The couple has devoted much of their time and energy to supporting UH, serving on numerous committees such as the Cougar Club, the Houston Athletics Foundation Board of Di-rectors and the UH Hall of Honor Gala Commit-tee among others. They have helped coordinate fundraiser golf tourna-ment with the university and the Alumni Asso-ciation for over 25 years. Ken was also recently named the UH Athletics Volunteer of the Decade.

Mike Holley (’90), Presi-dent and founding part-ner of HR&P Solutions, has been supporting this university since he played football for the Cougars during his time as a student. Since then, Mike has dedicated much of his time to continuing that support as Past President of the Houston Athletics Foundation, member of Cougar Pride Advisory Committee, a part of the Bauer College of Business mentor program and as a Life Member with UHAA.

John Hofmeister, upon retirement as President of Shell Oil Company, founded and currently heads Citizens for Afford-able Energy, a non-profit public policy education firm promoting energy security solutions for the U.S. As President of Shell, John launched an extensive outreach program, unprecedented in the energy industry, to discuss critical global energy challenges. John is also currently active in education serving on the Advisory Board for the University of Houston. He received an honorary doctorate of letters from UH in May 2010.

Joe Green (’80) has spent over twenty years in the office automa-tion industry and has dedicated much of his time outside of work to helping others. His ser-vice ranges from mem-bership in many different organizations including as a Life Member of the UH Alumni Association, the Technology Alumni Association, Cougar Pride and Cougar Cookers. Joe is a Lifetime Committee-man with Frontier Fiesta and has played a very ac-tive role with Operation School Supplies, partici-pating for the last eight years and serving as Box & Sort Chair for five.

Carlos de Aldecoa Bueno (’97), President of Maximus Coffee Group and Cadeco Industries, has made it his goal to make Houston a major coffee industry center in the United States. Caro-los succesfully completed the acquisition of Hous-ton’s historic Maxwell House coffee plant and also worked with commu-nity leaders in forming the Greater Houston Coffee Association. He also serves as a Board Member of the Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce as well as for the Economic Alliance Houston Port Region.

Distinguished service Award Chair's Award Outstanding volunteer Award Rising star Award

2011 Awards Gala Honorees Announced

The quality of a university, more than anything else, is measured by the quality of its graduates. now in its

57th year, the University of Houston Alumni Association's annual Awards Gala, slated for saturday, April 30, 2011

at the Omni Houston Hotel, honors men and women whose professional success, volunteerism, and generous

spirit have positively reflected on the University of Houston in such a way that it merits public recognition.

We are very proud to announce ten exceptional cougars as our 2011 honorees. Meet them for yourself.


starlet Agrella (’86, MBA '89)

Rick Bowen (’88, MBA '91)secretary

John Clarke (’82)

Cathy Coers Frank (’80)

Jason Fuller (’94)

Carl Glaw (’77)

Janet Hoover (former student)

durg Kumar (’82, MBA '83)Treasurer

F. Carl lewis (former student)

Judie lilie (’95)immeditate past Chair

Vonda mays (’98)president's Council Representative

shannon mcClendon (JD '92)

Gerald mcelvy (’79)

Ron Page (’80)

Joe Pogge (’79)

Ricky Raven (’83, JD '86)Chair elect

Reece Rondon (’92, JD '95)Chair

Thaddeus "Bo" smith (’67)

Trey Wilkinson (’92, MBA '02)

martha Wong (M.ed. '76, ed.D. '83)

President Renu Khatorex-Officio

mike Pede (’89)ex-Officio

The UH Alumni Association is governed by a Board of Directors who ensure UHAA is appropriate-ly serving and supporting the university and its alumni. On August 1, 2010, Reece Rondon took over as Chair of the Board, following immediate past Chair Judie lilie, with Ricky Raven becom-ing Chair-elect, Durg Kumar moved in to the role of Treasurer and Rick Bowen assumed the posi-tion of secretary. in addition, six new directors joined the Board (designated in ReD below).

UHAA Board of Directors


Judge Reece RondonChair, UHAA Board of Directors

UHAQ t Cougar Corner Life Member Profile

Reece Rondon ('92, JD '95) is a judge for the 234th district of Texas and began his term as chair of the University of Houston Alumni Association Board of Directors on September 1, 2010. Recently, he sat down for a short Q&A with a UHAA staff mem-ber.

UHAQ: Tell us about your experience at UH as a student.RR: I arrived in the fall of 1988. I was accepted in to the Honors program, now called the Honors College. As part of that, I received a scholarship each year for four years which didn’t pay for everything but it paid for a good chunk of stuff. In addition to that scholarship, I was given another one-time scholarship from a different entity that enabled me to move on campus for the first year. The deal with my parents was that I would live on campus my freshman year but then I would come back home after that. I fully intended to do that at the time, and maybe my parents thought I would, but after one year on campus I wasn’t going back. I lived on campus for four years, graduated from the business school and just had a really good experience. Part of that was living on campus, part of that was joining a fraternity, part of that was being part of the Honors program. That allowed me to have a smaller, closer group of students I went to a lot of classes with. I fell in love with the university. Even before I got here, I was already a fan of the university and once I got here it just affirmed everything I thought about it.UHAQ: What fraternity were you in?RR: Delta Upsilon.

UHAQ: Currently, you’re the Judge of the 234th District Court of Texas. What prompted you to seek office as a judge?RR: When I was in law school, it never occurred to me that the people I was at-tending classes with would be the same people who would one day become state representatives or railroad commissioners or appellate judges or district judges. In my mind, it seemed that God took some gray hair, some dust, some old law books and a black robe and kind of molded it together to create a judge and put that judge on the bench. It never occurred to me that anybody from my situation could ever become a judge. I guess I had a small world-view then, thinking “I’m just a student, how could I become a judge?” Later in my career, doors opened and closed in such a way that this became a real intriguing possibility for me. People approached me about it in April of 2002, independent of each other, suggesting I become a judge. My resume to that point was not the typical resume of a state judge in Texas; it was very different actually. A year and a half later, through the application process, the interviews and garnering support from various people, I was able to attain an ap-pointment from Governor Perry and the rest, as they say, is history.UHAQ: In addition to your duties as Judge, you’ve been teaching at the UH Law Center, correct?RR: I have been teaching as an adjunct faculty member one night a week for the past six semesters.UHAQ: What have you learned from your time as a professor? I’m sure it’s different from anything you’ve done before.RR: It is. One of the things I always thought I’d like doing, and this has kind of affirmed it, is teaching. I really do enjoy the process of imparting knowledge or in-struction. I’ve seen a lot of stuff in the courtroom that works and doesn’t work and the class I teach is Courtroom Skills, so I can tell the students about it. It really has been enjoyable and a lot of fun to do over the last six semesters. I’ve learned a little bit myself through the process, not just about teaching or that I enjoy it, but about the subject matter itself.UHAQ: Why is it important to you to serve on the UHAA Board and what does it mean to be able to serve as Chair of that board?RR: It’s important to me to serve on the board, in general, to make sure people understand what the alumni association is. I think it’s easy for people to lose sight of the fact that even though we operate under the University of Houston umbrella, whether it’s the business school, the law school or the Honors College or the ath-letic department, the football team, basketball team, soccer team, or the alumni association, we are indeed distinct entities. I think it’s easy to lose sight of that and people often get confused and say, “Well, I gave my contribution to the athletic de-partment. Why is the alumni association calling me?” or “I’m already a UH Alumni Association member, why is the annual fund calling me?” It was important for me to do it so I could explain to people I know that we are a different entity. We have a different mission statement. Hopefully we are all moving in the same direction, but it is a different organization than the others. Also, I had people say “Hey Reece, we want you to take more of a leadership role on this board,” and that was flatter-ing to me and made me feel good because this university is a great passion of mine. Whether it’s academic standing, accolades its alumni receive or on the football field or basketball court, I just want good things to happen for this university. It’s been a part of my life, for various reasons, as far back as I can remember. To serve it in this capacity, was just an honor I couldn’t pass up.UHAQ: Since you started school here, what’s been the most rewarding part of the close ties you have with your alma mater?RR: It’s rewarding to me whenever I see this place get accolades or good press. When I see that one of our alumni has become a leader in some great business endeavor or when I see alumni succeed in other areas, whether it’s the entertainment field or our athletes representing the university well on and off the football field. Positive things the university is doing in the community, whether it’s through some of the clinics we offer or programs in the community or just to see it get greater standing in the academic world gives me a great warm feeling.UHAQ: You’ve been a Life Member for 10 years, what made you take that step to become a Life Member?RR: The five or eight years, however long I had been paying my Century Club dues, I just felt like I could do more and give more so I upgraded to Life Member status.

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Cougars in lA!

The University of Houston football team traveled to Los Ange-les earlier in the season for a game against UCLA at the historic Rose Bowl and the UH Alumni Association went with them. Over 700 Cougar faithful were greeted by UH President Renu Khator at a UHAA tailgate party at Brookside Golf Club next to the stadium.

Those in attendance enjoyed a barbecue buffet, music and rev-elry with their fellow Cougar fans as they prepared to cheer on the Cougars. President Khator addressed the crowd along with Director of Athletics Mack Rhoades.

The UH Alumni Association launched a brand new website on September 3, 2010, giving alumni a new, more interactive place to get important information from UHAA.

Visitors to the new website will find new ways to stay connect-ed with fellow alumni, including through a new message board feature for members. Check out the new alumni events calen-dar, sign up or renew your membership or take advantage of our many affinity partnerships which offer you savings and provide funds to the UHAA for scholarships and alumni pro-grams!

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In September, a number of UH students placed their orders for the official UH class ring, we asked our alumni if they remem-bered getting their rings. Here are some of their replies.

Jeff Jones I was broke when I started at UH, and had $5 in my pocket the day I got my diploma in the mail... Unknown to me, my wife quietly saved up the cash and bought mine for me as a gift for my 40th birthday. Great Birthday!!

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Eric Bishop Sure do. Still wear it from time to time. First diamond I ever bought.


Chris Keown I wear mine everyday proudly. Go Coogs!


Adrian Suggs Copeland I wear mine all the time. Proud to be a Cougar! I remember at grad-uation when they told us to turn our rings so that the UH was facing out so that others could see we were Cougar Alumni. GO COOGS!


Shabab Dean Aslinia I have worn mine for 6 years straight! EVERYDAY! Go COOGS!


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David Jones I remember getting mine. What a deal that was! Too bad there was no ceremony back then in 1977. I still wear it.


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Stephen Bjune It was really exciting! My shiny new ring arrived FedEx the morning that I walked for graduation! How better could a day get than a Coog ring and a Coog diploma within hours of each other?


Over 240 players took part in the first UH Alumni Celebrity Golf Classic on October 18, 2010 at Quail Valley Golf Course. Beautiful weather welcomed participants to both the EL Dorado and La Quinta courses at Quail Valley for a successful day!

The winning team of George Hearne (‘72), Barry Hearne, Ernie Black-mon and Cody Blackmon punched a ticket to go to Pinehurst, NC to represent UH at the Acura College Alumni Team Championship at Pinehurst Resort. The tournament was held November 5-7, 2010. To find out how the team finished, check www.houstonalumni.com.

Thank you to tournament organizer Ken Baxter as well as honorary starters, Andre Ware and Billy Ray Brown and honorary chair, Joe Pogge. We would also like to thank all of our sponsors. We hope you’ll join us again next year!


Dave Keith ('57) was recently recognized by the American Advertising Federation-Houston as a Living Legend of Advertising. Active nationally and locally in a number of civic, cultural and industry organizations, he served as National Chair of AAF and was elected to the Southwest Advertising Hall of Fame in 2008. Keith was Vice-President of External Affairs for UH from 1993 to 1998.

Donn C. Fullenweider (‘57, J.D. ‘58) was named one of the 25 greatest lawyers of the last 25 years by Texas Lawyer Magazine in the June 28, 2010 issue. Fullenweider, a partner with Fullenweider Wilhite, was selected for his successes in dis-creetly representing high profile clients in complex high net worth law cases as well as his services to the legal profession. In more than 50 years as a family law attorney in Houston, he has guided a long list of wealthy and prominent clients through divorce or custody issues at the same time as leading the way in efforts to im-prove the education of the family law bar.

Charles (Chuck) B. Metcalf Jr (’59), became a registered professional engineer in Florida and started an engineer/sales business that is now 44 years old. During the last ten years he has been involved in starting a second company, Verax Technologies. Through their research & devel-opment efforts, eleven patents have been issued in the object-oriented sound fields. Their latest patent covers Music Therapy and is designed to treat returning war veterans with PTSD.

1960sScott Chase (’68, J.D. ’71) has been selected for inclusion in the 2011 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the categories of Health Care Law and Corporate Law. This marks his tenth year to be included in the publication.

1970s Jim Newsome (’74) was

awarded the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Johnson Space Center (JSC) Di-rector’s Commendation Award during an Honor Awards cer-

emony held at JSC in Houston, Texas. He was recognized for his exemplary achievement in systems engineering and management which directly enhanced the safety, reliability, and quality of the human spaceflight program.

Bill Quillen (’74, MEd ’86) received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Texas Bandmasters Association this summer.

Bruce C. Tough (’76 and JD ‘80), a principal of Tough Law Firm, PLLC, has been elected as Chairman of The Woodlands Township Board of Directors serving the 93,000 residents of

The Woodlands, Texas. Mr. Tough has been an elected Director on the Board since its inception in 2008 after the Woodlands residents voted to expand the Town Center Improvement District and unite the Woodlands Community Association and The Woodlands Association into one entity serving all residents of The Woodlands.

Elizabeth Warren (’70) was named by U.S. Pres-ident Barack Obama to serve as the Special As-sistant to the President and Special Advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury on the Consumer Fi-nancial Protection Bureau on September 17, 2010.

1980sChet Babin ('84), an engineer with Chevron in Kuwait, was pleasantly surprised to see a UH pennant inside the Ruby Tuesday in Abu Halifa, Kuwait (just south of Kuwait City). Go Coogs!

Judy A. Robbins (JD ‘82) has been appointed by Attorney General Eric Holder as U.S. Trustee for southern and western Texas (Region 7) and as-sumed her duties on September 27, 2010, the Exec-utive Office for U.S. Trustees announced September 16, 2010.

Alan York (’86, JD ’89) has been recognized for his exceptional legal work in the 2010 edition of Texas Super Lawyers. York was honored in the 2010 list for his Appellate work.

1990sBrig. Gen. Catherine Chilton (MS ’93) will re-ceive a 2010 Outstanding Alumni Award from her undergraduate alma mater, East Carolina University, on October 22.

Gina (Gardner) Covell (’92) was named Public Relations Di-rector for the Artisan Group, a North American network of natural stone and wood countertop fabricators. The company has

members across the US and Canada and is based in Austin.

Adalia Aborisade Davis ('97), a Social Studies teacher in Katy ISD, was one of 75 educators from across the country selected to spend six days this July at Bentley University in Waltham, Mass.

participating in an exclusive professional devel-opment event for Discovery Educator Network (DEN) members. The DEN is a global learning com-munity of more than 125,000 active educators who are passionate about using educational technology and digital media in the classroom to engage stu-dents in learning.

Russ Frank (MA ’98) was recognized as one of this year’s recipients of the Houston Jaycees Five Outstanding Young Housto-nians award. The keynote address at the recognition dinner was given

by former Texas Governor Mark White.

George Gore (‘92 and JD ‘00) and Jennifer Montgomery Gore (‘93) announced the birth of Hannah Grace and Trevor Allen on June 19, 2010. George has his own law practice, and Jennifer is senior legal counsel with Shell Oil Company and supports the trading business.

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Red denotes UHAA Life Members. E-mail your own class notes to [email protected].

david Jeffrey arnold (’92)dr. alma a. allen (ed ’92)Kimberly Kaase Bors (’85, mBa ’89)Judy l. Burk (’60)Bebe l. Burns (’74)ekaterina K. casey (mS ’95)Zachary B. cayce (’06)dr. robert n. chapman, Sr. (’67, od ’69)Katherine m. crain (med ’80)gabriel w. cuadra (’88, mBa ’95)deborah P. dayton (mBa ’91)Peter a. dayton (’91)John e. deal (’76)raymond c. ehmer (mBa ’84)thomas c. elich (’76)Jason B. frerking (’97)Jessica c. fung (’08, ’09)Joseph S. george (’99)william S. haddock, Jr. (’68)michael B. hainkel (’78, ’79)dr. darald J. hartfiel (mS ’66, Pd ’69)mary ann hatfield (’82)alan J. hymel (’08)cory allen Jackson (’99)Kristie a. Jackson (’98)Joel Jacob John (’05)Judy gray Johnson (’73)Suresh t. Karayil (mBa ’06)maribel g. Khayat (’99, mee ’02)dr. michael a. Khayat (’96, mS ’99, Pd ’03)dr. gaydelle marie lang (ed ’95)dr. margaret rose langford (Pd ’92)dr. Barbara a. linesPatrick d. lines (’88)John h. little (’72)angela a. lott (‘84)Paul lott (’84)michael w. lundberg (’00)Stacy l. lundberg (’96)richard harry martin (’76, Jd ’79)Jerry c. matthews (’74)wayne l. maxwell (’70)Kevin d. mcclosky (’05)James o. mcdonald, c.P.a. (’70)dorothy J. melanson (’65, med ’70)Brandon S. mitchell (‘02)Salvador navarro, Jr. (’90)william d. o'fiel (’65)dr. nwabugwu ochuwa (’99, Phd ’05)Julio h. oliva (’08)erin c. Packwood (’93)tomas Jose Paez (mBa ’05)dr. Paymon Pahlavan (’91, mee ’99)Kuan-chou Pan (mBa ’88)Jefferson Parker ('10)Jimmy d. Payne (’66)dr. Kathryn e. Peek (mS ’70)mark f. Peippo (’88)Janet S. Penner (’74, med ’77, ed

’99) vance l. Phillipsdr. Salimah moez Pirmohamed (od ’09)marian S. Plain (’86)Joseph m. Pogge (’79)michelle l. raffety (’90, mBa ’92)Patrick James raffety (’90)dr. John glenn S. ramon (Phd ’07)Susan g. reynolds (med ’07)Sandra michelle rich (’81)Kathleen mae rioux (med ’95)carlos rodriguez (’60)dayna J. Salter (med ’96)Billy Saqr (’07)amanda Jean Schaller (’09, ’10)linda f. Scurlock (’72, ma ’80)John t. Sedberry (’79)Samuel eugene Sells (‘63)Joan P. Shattuck (’76)william P. Skinner (’53)ford Smith, Jr. (’65)robert t. Sparkseric James Stotzer (mS ’95, Phd ’10)Susan w. Stotzerconnie Swing Surrency (med ’67)Sharyl m. tekell (’88)Stephen e. thompson (’65)Joe i. vann (’07)dr. holly l. verhasselt (’94, med ’98, Pd ’08)ronald Joe walla (’71, mS ’81)george t. watson (’71, ’83)richard K. westbrook (’99, mmh ’02, mBa ’02, mS ’07, mBa ‘02)laverne a. williams, a.i.a. (’71)Jon P. williams (’84)Joseph robert Zinecker (’82, ’85)

New Life MembersCongratulations and thanks to our newest Life Members! (July - Sep '10)Sean Powers ('93) and Maureen Powers ('93) are

happy to announce the adoption of their second son, Michael Alexei, on July 22, 2010 at the age of 10 months from Karaganda, Kazakhstan. Big brother James was adopted from Kazakhstan in 2007. Sean is currently employed as Sr. Electrical Engineer for ExxonMobil. Maureen is currently employed as a Clinical Pharmacist for Healix In-fusion Therapy, Inc.

2000s Cristina Cantu (‘04) is training

for her second Nike Women’s Half Marathon in San Francisco with the Leukemia & Lymphoma Soci-ety’s Team in Training. In the two years she has been part of the

team, she has raised over $6,800 for blood cancer research.

Regan Eubanks and Jamie Ochoa Eubanks (05) welcomed their first child, Lily Ann Eubanks, on September 30, 2010.

Tommie Garcia (’07) married UH-Downtown alumna Guadalupe Hernandez on May 1, 2010.

Sharon James ('06) married Ryan Drake on June 26, 2010 in Lake Jackson, Texas.

Bonnie Labdi (PhD ’02) accepted a position as Clinical Pharmacy manager for the Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas.

Alex Obregon (’09) began working for Harris County Pretrial after graduation and in January 2010 was appointed by newly elected Houston City Controller Ronald C. Green to join his executive team at city hall.

Vy Ngoc Phan (’08) joined the class of 2014 at the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine in Lewisburg, W.Va., on August 2, 2010.

Syed Raza (’09) recently opened an Allstate In-surance Agency.

Ronnie Sanders (M.M. ’03) made his Carnegie Hall conducting debut in June of 2005.

Tiphanie Yanique (MFA ’06) was one of six recip-ients of a 2010 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writer’s Award, given to women writers who demonstrate excellence and promise in the early stages of their careers, in New York City on September 23. Each of the recipients received an award of $25,000.

FriendsArnold Batiste represented the Alabama-Cous-hatta Indian Nation of Texas at The Sovereignty Symposium, held at the Skirvin Hotel in Oklahoma City on June 2-3, 2010. He represented the Al-abama-Coushatta Indian Nation of Texas as a del-egate to the Indian Law Section of the State Bar of Texas annual convention at the Ft. Worth Con-vention Center. The convention was held on June 10-11, 2010.

June Adair, Life Circle Member Passed away May3, 2010Houston NativeAdair Appraisal & Estate Sales; Her last appraisals were the John O’Quinn and Cullen family estates


R e m e m B e R i n G

Tom Lambert

Tom Lambert, former President of the UH Alumni Association, passed away on August 23, 2010.

Hollis Price, UHAA Life Member and former member of UHAA Board of Di-rectors, passed away on September 1, 2010.

Hollis Price

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the friends and families of these valued members of the UH community.

Larry Parker

Larry Parker, former Treasurer of the UHAA Board of Directors, passed away on October 12, 2010.

UHAQ t Class notes

1940s Hugh Blazek (’48) James Dunn, Jr. (’44) Robert Sorenson (’49) Benjamin Sorrell (’49)

1950s Duane Braun (’50) Guy R. Claybourn, Jr. (’51) Billy Coltharp (’56) Rosa Del Castillo (’54) Lawrence Froelich (’55) Robert J. Goehring, Jr. (57) Dolores Harris Irwin (’52) Robert Kolb (MS ’55, MS ’59) Maxon Kovar (’50) David Liles (’51) Herman Mack (’56) Jesse Martin (MED ’50) W.E. McAndrews, Jr. (JD ’56) Robert Wade Minor (’58) Lyman Emmett Mizell (’54) Hollis Price (’54, MBA ’55) John Raia (’52) Theresa Reeves (’50) Jackson B. Smith, Jr. (JD ’50) Hugh Wallis (’51) Les Wasserman (’58) Don Williamson (’56)

1960s John A. Atkinson, Jr. (’67, ’83) Donald M. Brown (JD ’68) Abraham Cano (’67) William Coulter (’62) Charles Cummings (’62) David Clarke Fenimore (PHD ’66) Mozell Funke (’62) John Loren Gaudette (’68, ’72) Robert Holley (’61) Jesse Lee Hopkins (’67) John H. Johnston (’65) John Knolle (’67) James R. Keeney, Jr. (JD ’60) James Truett Kennedy (’62) George Thomas Lambert (’69) Donald Landry (’63) John J. Liesenfeld, Jr. (’67) Paul Martin (’67, ’68) Louise Neuerburg (MED ’60) Mary Platt (MA ’67) Ronald Reper (JD ’68) Judith Ann Renker (’66) Allen Rice (’62) Lou Scoggins (’68, JD ’72) Helen Sherman (’67) Richard Shipp (’60) Jim Stracener (’68) Richard Williams (’62)

1970s John Allred (MBA ’78) Lois Balsam (’73) Robert Balsam (’73) Charles Cadenhead (’77) Nancy Chamberlain (’75, MA ’85) Christopher Cipriano (’77, ’79) Barbara Files (’75) Gregory Gebhardt (’76) Eugene Gladys (’79) Arturo Hidalgo, Jr. (’72) Calvin Hohle (’78) Eddie Little (PHD ’74) Harold London (JD ’70) Pati Marik (’73) Maebeth Buford Mollberg (’70) Mark Moore (PHD ’73) Troy Lynn O’Grady (’72) Larry Parker (’75) Dorothy Rizzo (’71) Robert Sherrod (’75) Roger Singleton (’72) Raymond Smith (’76, MBA ’80) Karen Anne Stevenson (’70) Connie Washington (’78) Glynn Arvin Whittemore (’75) Major Robert J. Wottlin, Jr. (’79)

1980s James D. Anderson (MBA ’85) Edith Moser Darden (’83) Joseph Ferrara (JD ’80) James Bradley Hansen (’88) James O’Rourke (MA ’82) Chemine Doty Peters (’85) Sylvia Anne Pierce (’88) Timothy John Puls (’86)

1990s Ben Harold Baker (’93) Stephen Paul Hess (’94) S. Diane Jackson (’91) Chad Likehart (’99) Fred V. Wedegartner, Jr. (’92)

2000s Melinda A. Eickhoff (’01) Bryan S. Lange (’02) Jose Tobar (’03)

friends Phillip Hansel Bernie James Jane Blaffer Owen R.F. “Dick” Pratt

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UHAA/University events 11.10 Cougar power Hour: The lot, 6:00 pm 11.11 Hilton College Alumni-student Mixer: Holiday inn (Medical Center), 6:00pm 11.15 Hilton College & University Alumni Mixer: Campo (new york), 5:30pm 11.18 Bauer Breakfast: Houston City Club, 7:00am 11.19 Fall Happy Hour – valenti school of Communication Alumni Association: Hans’ Bierhaus, 6:00pm 11.26-12.4 Holiday Markets on the Rhine and Main Rivers: Germany 12.8 Cougar power Hour: The lot, 6:00pm 12.8-12.9 Fall Ring Ceremony: Great Hall, 6:00pm 12.10 TKe Alumni network Christmas Casual: st. Arnold Brewery, 7:00pm 1.19 san Antonio scholarship Fundraiser & Awards Dinner; saltgrass steakhouse (s.A.), 6:30pm

For a full, updated listing of alumni association events, please view our web calendar at www.houstonalumni.com.

Athletic events 11.7 UH volleyball vs. Memphis; Athletics/Alumni Center, 1:00pm 11.12 UH Men’s Basketball vs. nicholls state: Hofheinz pavilion, 4:00pm 11.13 UH Football vs. Tulsa: Tulsa, 7:00pm 11.14 UH Men’s Basketball vs. Alcorn state; Hofheinz pavilion, 2:00pm 11.14 UH women’s Basketball vs. UT-Arlington; Hofheinz pavilion, 5:00pm 11.20 UH Football vs. southern Mississippi: Hattiesburg, Ms, 7:00pm 11.27 UH Football vs. Texas Tech: lubbock, Tx, 6:00pm 12.5 UH women’s Basketball vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi; Hofheinz pavilion, 2:00pm 12.6 UH Men’s Basketball vs. nevada; Hofheinz pavilion, 7:00pm 12.21 UH Men’s Basketball vs. sam Houston state; Hofheinz pavilion, 7:00pm 12.28 UH women’s Basketball vs. Georgetown; Hofheinz pavilion, 7:00pm 1.8 UH Men's Basketball vs. Central Florida; Hofheinz pavillion, 4:00pm 1.23 UH women's Basketball vs. Memphis; Hofheinz pavillion, 12:00pm

Game times are subject to change. For a full listing of athletic events visit www.uhcougars.com

Arts calendarBlaffer Gallery: 713.743.9530 – www.class.uh.edu/blaffer

12.3 Opening Reception for 2010 school of Art Annual student exhibition – see what the next generation of artists are doing as Blaffer Art Museum features a flurry of works from their talented students. exhibition is for the first two weeks of December.

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12.3-12.4 emerging Choreographers showcase – The creative energies of up-and-coming choreographers are showcased in this annual concert that has become a favorite among dance enthusiasts.

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1.27-30 The Magic Flute – A zoomy new version of the classic opera pits good against evil in a quest to save the daughter of the mysterious Queen of the night. secret societies and rituals, trials by fire, birdmen, adventure heroes, enchantment, dan-ger, romance, and some of Mozart’s most beloved music add up to an operatic blockbuster.

PICTURED:A golfer attempts a putt at the UH Alumni Celebrity Golf Classic held at Quail Valley Golf Course on October 18, 2010.

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“Paws and Remember” highlights photographs—some funny, some nostalgic—from a single year in Cougar history, to relive the dreams of students eager to make their mark on the world. Please enjoy these selec-tions from 2002.

1. A pair of University of Houston Ambassadors on a fall retreat where they engaged in team-building activities and learned what to do should any prospective students get out of line.

2. "Finish strong!" A pair of students wrap up their dance performance at Frontier Fiesta.

3. "You forgot to light those cigars, fellas." UH students ringing in the new year.

4. "What do you mean I can't pick up a 7-10 split?"

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