Southwestern Magazine | Spring 2019

Alumni Spotlight continued from page 44 To foster student success, he spent 1,500hours during six-day workweeks developing more rigorous lesson plans and books for teaching English. That work on the content and pedagogical approaches from2010 to 2013was followed by twomore years— and 2,000 more hours—pilot testing the Lemon Tree Way programin the center’s classrooms.Whilehe considers franchise offers for the language program, he continues to evaluate how well it and other programs provide the language skills students need for admission into highly competitive primary and secondary schools inHong Kong and abroad. “A few of our students each year are invited to attend boarding schools in the U.K., Australia, Canada, and even the U.S.,” he says. Brad and Jill Reynolds continue to vacation every three or so months to balance out their hecticwork lives, applying the same hard-driving approach to free time. “We joke around sometimes that it feels like we’re a Ferrari in a race,” he says. For instance, they rise early on vacation, nomatter what. “By evening, I’m exhausted,” Reynolds says, “but it’s easy to sleep because I’m satisfied that I’ve done my best with the day.” Reynolds’s numerous travel posts are available online at TripAdvisor under the handle @BradJill. We remember the lives of all members of the Southwestern University community who have passed. IN MEMORIAM Lurline Bartley Crowley ’43 , Charlottesville, VA Lewis M. Cartwright ’49 , Bartlesville, OK Nancy Medley Rowley ’51 , Fredericksburg, TX George T. Briggs Jr. ’53 , New Braunfels, TX William R. Engvall ’55 , Temple, TX Carmen Crozier Tulloch ’56 , Belton, TX Carl W. Gattis ’57 , Georgetown, TX Paula Foust Oliver ’57 , Georgetown, TX Margaret Meldrum Huffman ’58 , Austin, TX Joe B. Turner ’58 , Knoxville, TN Harold G. Sassman ’59 , Canyon Lake, TX Jonelle Wheatley Thornton ’61 , South Padre Island, TX Joe K. Bauscher ’62 , Houston, TX Diana Reed Mendenhall ’64 , Des Moines, IL Lynn H. Greer ’66 , Issue, MD Charlie Sue Garrett Guymon ’66 , Jacksonville, FL Marcus R. Wichman ’67 , Garland, TX William C. Rambo ’71 , Plantation, FL Claudette Jones Spillyards ’74 , Texarkana, TX Mark S. White ’75, Austin, TX Michael J. Quist ’93 , Austin, TX Clayton E. Sparks ’16 , Conroe, TX Curtis M. Gibbs , Georgetown, TX 45 SOUTHWESTERN