Southwestern Magazine | Spring 2019

Share your accomplishments, achievements, and life milestones with friends and classmates! Submit your class note for future issues of Southwestern . FALL ISSUE: Jan. 1–June 30 SPRING ISSUE: July 1–Dec. 31 To submit your class note, visit southwestern.edu/alumni, click "HowDo I," and choose "Submit My Class Note.” By submitting a class note, you are granting permission to Southwestern University to share this news in Southwestern , on the University’s website (including the Southwestern University Alumni Association page), and in social- media outlets for the University and the Association. Dr. Lawrence Stanberry , New York City, NY, after serving for 10 years as the chair and Reuben S. Carpentier Professor of the Department of Pediatrics at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University, stepped down and took on new roles as the associate dean for international programs and director of the Programs in Global Health at the medical school. Stanberry is also the codirector of the Program for Education in Global and Population Health. MARRIAGE: Robert Jackson to Jennifer Martin, Youngsville, NC. Rev. Dr. Keith Jenkins , Houston, TX, has published two works of religious fiction since retiring: God Explains It All and About Midday . James Ewbank , Spicewood, TX, was again selected by Reuters/ Texas Monthly as a Texas Super Lawyer in Business Litigation for 2018. After 38 years of practicing law, Ewbank and his wife, Hon. Orlinda Naranjo, have retired to spend more time with their grandkids in Austin and at their ranch in Chama, NM. He will remain of counsel to Cokinos Young law firm in their Austin office. Dr. Robert Messer , Georgetown, TX, is a retired physician. From 1957 to 1959, he was commissioned a captain in the U.S. Army Medical Corps and commanded the Dispensary, HDQ COMZ, Coligny Caserne, Orleans, France. Messer married Patricia Jean Kretzmeier in 1957. The couple are descen- dants of cattle ranchers and dairy farmers, and for decades, they have maintained their own cattle operation. Theirs has been the largest reputation herd of Austrian–German Simmental (Fleckvieh) in North America for the last 10 years. Karen Carter , Kingsville, TX, received her education from the New York School of Interior Design and was the owner of The Inside Story, a successful interior design commercial and residential design firm, in the 1980s. Later, she went to work for the State of Texas in the Health and Human Services Commission as an executive administrative assistant. Now fully retired, Carter loves the many options and freedoms she has. She fondly remembers her days as a Tri Delta active and friend to the Kappa Sigs. Angela Boswell , Arkadelphia, AR, coedited Women in Civil War Texas: Diversity and Dissidence in the Trans-Mississippi (2018, University of North Texas Press) with Deborah M. Liles. In this first book dedicated to the unique experiences of Texas women during the Civil War, the contributors explore Texas women’s support for secession and how they coped with their husbands’ wartime absences. They also analyze the effects of ethnicity, conflicts between refugees and established communities in East Texas, and the dangers of the Western frontier. Amy Wink , Austin, TX, began the certificate in ministry program at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary this fall. She also published an eBook titled Small Voices and Encounter Narratives: Notes from a Creating Life. Duana Welch , Eugene, OR, published her second book, Love Factually for Single Parents (and Those Dating Them) . It’s the second book in the Love Factually series. Although the new book is specifically geared toward helping not only readers but also their families find the right partner, all her work showcases how to find and keep the right partner—based on science rather than opinion. Mark Thompson , Dallas, TX, senior vice president of tourism for VisitDallas, has been named chair of the Americas region board of directors of the Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International (HSMAI) for 2018–2019. HSMAI is a member- ship organization comprising more than 5,000 members worldwide, with 40 chapters and 3,500+ members in the Americas region. Thompson has also been named one of the Top 25 Most Extraordinary Minds in Sales and Marketing by HSMAI. MARRIAGE: Todd Doze to Karen Hood , Dallas–Fort Worth, TX, in April 2018. Elizabeth Guillory Medina , Pflugerville, TX, has been appointed to the position of chief diver- sity officer for Concordia University Texas in addition to her role as associate vice president for student life. 1952 1968 1970 1973 1975 1977 1987 Class Notes 1991 1992 1997 38 SOUTHWESTERN