August 1988
Dear Alumni and Friends of the Texas Tech Law SchooF
Summers are generally characterized by less activity, giving rise to images of vacations and
leisure time. This summer has not been a typical one for Texas Tech University and the School
of Law. There are two major developments to report: One is sad for us, but the other is good
news indeed. The unhappy development is President Lauro Cavazos' announcement that he
intends to step down at the end of next year. The happy development is the creation of an
outstanding student scholarship program at the Texas Tech School of Law.""
President Lauro Cavazos has been a loyal friend and supporter of the Texas Tech School of
Law and we will miss him. We will formally recognize President Cavazos' many contributions
to the University and the Law School at a later time. I am sure you join me in expressing our
gratitude for the magnificent job he has done.
I will be serving on the Presidential Search Committee and will keep you informed about the
search as it progresses.
The Texas Tech Law School has historically been forced to compete without an adequate
student scholarship program. The success of the Law School has attracted quality students and
our program has progressed. Nonetheless, we have always lost qualified students because they
were offered scholarship assistance at other law schools.
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The Legislature of the state of Texas authorized the Regents of Texas public universities to
raise tuitions in graduate programs where such tuition increases were appropriate. Texas
public law schools all had statutorily fixed tuitions which were low by comparison to private
law schools and even other public law schools. In December the University of Texas Law
School raised its tuition; in February the University of Houston Law School raised its tuition;
in March our Regents voted to raise our tuition.
No one is happy with the higher tuition; however, our tuition is still substantially less than
private schools and very competitive with other public schools. Further, our tuition increase at
the Texas Tech Law School was unique in two ways . First, we were the only law school to
exempt current students from tuition increases . Such a "grandfather" provision is designed to
preserve the reasonable expectations of cost for students in law school. Fairness demands such a
response. Second, all of our increased tuition income was dedicated to student scholarships.
This enables us to create a scholarship program which provides the equivalent of 50 full
tuition scholarships for an entering class of 200. Twenty scholarships will be used to attract
students with outstanding academic credentials. Fifteen scholarships will be utilized to increase
the number of minority students at our law school. The equivalent of 15 scholarships will
be dedicated to assisting students with true financial need. We will divide these financial need
scholarships and spread them among 45 students. A total of 85 students out of an entering class
of 200 should enter our school on scholarship. This year only seven students entered on
scholarship. We are excited about this new scholarship program and the impact it will have on
our law school in the future.
Sincerely,
W. Frank Newton
Dean
""As this issue of the Cornerstone goes to press, we are delighted to report that Dr. Lauro Cavazos has been sworn in as
Secretary of Education for the United States of America.
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LAW SCHOOL NEWS
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C. Johndroe III (left) of the Fort Worth firm of
Cantey & Hanger visits with Melody McDona ld ('88)
after lecture presented at the Law School. Johndroe is
a member of the Legal Aspects of the Arts Committee
of the State Bar of Texas . Professor Marilyn Phelan's
class in Museum Law invited Mr. Johndroe to speak
on "International Art Transactions."
Tech Students Fill
Judicial Clerkship Positions
Several students in this graduating class will
begin their legal careers with a unique experience
- clerking for a judge. Dean Newton observed, "It
is a mark of accomplishment of our students and
a measure of our success as a law school to have
so many judges hiring our students for this
important position of trust." Graduates are
heading to all levels of state and federal court.
Professor Viator, who chairs the Clerkship
Committee (which includes Professor Baker and
Assistant Dean Fletcher), explained, "The
Committee's role is to inform our students of the
opportunity to spend a year as a briefing attorney
or law clerk. We try to serve as a source of
encouragement and as a resource. The response of
the students and judges has been gratifying, and
we hope to build on this year's momentum."
Congratulations to the following students:
Walter Brocato
Mike Hrabal
Julie Kay
Scott M. Keeth
Frank J. Gonzalez
U.S. Magistrate Harry
McKee, Eastern District
of Texas
Justice Franklin Spears,
Texas Supreme Court
Dallas Court of Appeals
Dallas Court of Appeals
El Paso Court
of Appeals
Dallas Court of Appeals
Chief Justice Tom
Phillips, Texas Supreme
Court
Audrey Loyd
Judge Antonio Cantu,
4th Judicial District
Court of Appeals
Christopher McCaffrey Judge Pat McLung,
Dallas Court of Appeals
Charlie Morse
El Paso Court of
Appeals
Mike Northrup
Chief Justice Tom
Phillips, Texas Supreme
Court
Rhonda Rhodes
U.S. District Judge Sam
R . Cummings, Northern .
District of Texas
Dena Reecer
Judge Charles Schute, El
Paso Court of Apeals
Russell H. Roden
U .S. Circuit
Judge W. Eugene Davis,
Court of Appeals for the
Fifth Circuit
Tony Yeager
El Paso Court of
Appeals
Donna Winfield
Dallas Court of Appeals
This is the first endowment specifically for the
library at the 21-year-old law school. Serving a
350-mile radius, the facility ranked 22nd out of
174 law libraries in number of attorney requests
filled in 1986-87.
Mark Greenberg
Christopher Griesel
The Law School is creating a Judicial Clerkship
Information Binder. All Texas Tech Law School
Alumni who have clerked for a state, federal or
appellate judge are requested to contact Assistant
Dean Kay Fletcher. A list of former judicial clerks
will be maintained in the placement office for use
by students who are interested in clerking.
The 1988 Alumni Directory has been
sent to the printer. A special word of
thanks goes to the Baker Company of
Lubbock, Texas which provided the
Law School with a laser printer.
Lubbock Attorney J.L. "Buddy" Curry
('76) negotiated with the Baker
Company for the printer.
An additional word of thanks to
Professor John Krahmer for his hours
of work on the Directory.
According to Jane Olm, director of Texas
Tech's law library, the program developed from
the school's "natural desire" to share its vast
resources with members of the legal profession.
Library Endowment -- (R to L) Jane Dim, Texas
Tech University Law School Library director;
Dorothy Nagy; and Lubbock attorney Joe Nagy look
over one of the various texts housed in the law
library . The book is one of a variety of resource
materials that will be made available to law
professionals around the country through a $10,000
endowment by Mr. and Mrs . Nagy. (Texas Tech
University Photo)
Nagy Endowment Funds
National Resource
Sharing Program
Mrs. Dorothy Nagy, wife of Joe H. Nagy,
immediate past president of the State Bar of
Texas, has extablished a $10,000 endowment for a
nationwide resource sharing program at the
Texas Tech University School of Law.*
Nagy's gift, formally announced at the State Bar
convention in June, will supplement the law
library's Special Resource Center. The center
provides legal documents, journal articles,
related-case information and even loans books
to law professionals around the United States.
"We are particularly excited that this
endowment provides a foundation for greater
cooperation between the Law School as an
academic institution and the practicing bar and
bench," Frank Newton, Dean of the law school,
said.
"'The endowment recognizes Nagy's service to the bar
and honors his commitment to legal excellence.
Aside from journals and books on hand,
information is provided by the library through
a nationwide computer network with weekly
court ruling and case status updates.
Attorneys who want to use the Special
Resources Center can call the Library,
(806) 742-3794, or make a request by letter. Calls
can be made from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm Monday Friday. "All an attorney has to do is state the
nature of the request and our staff will locate
the materials needed. Copies will be mailed
within 24 hours of the request, if possible.
Many requests can be honored on the same day
as the call. If the materials are not located in
our facility, the request will be entered on our
computer and we will have an answer the next
day. Once the materials are located, they are
mailed to Lubbock and we then forward the
copies to the attorney," said Ms. Olm.
All materials are forwarded by first-class mail
unless overnight service is requested. Materials
delivered overnight will be sent C.O.D .
An invoice will arrive with the materials for
postage, copies (at 30¢ per page) and a $5.00
handling charge.
Requests are received weekly for regs, cases,
Law Review articles and statistics (both for
Texas and out-of-state). The service is available
to all attorneys.
"We look at this as seed money and hope that
other people will see fit to add some more to it,"
said Nagy, an A&M University and University
of Texas Law School graduate.
Nagy is a Lubbock attorney and adjunct
professor at the Texas Tech Law School. His
son, Joe Jr., is a third-year student at the school.
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SPECIAL EVENTS
Also unique for this Hooding Ceremony were
the farewell remarks by class spokesman, Mr.
David Fisher. Fisher has achieved "fame" by
singing and playing at The Supreme Tort
Programs during his law school career. David
first spoke to the audience about some of the
law school experiences of the Class of '88. His
classmates cheered when David exited the stage
to return with his guitar.
Singing his original adaptation of "The Day
The Music Died" by Don Mc Lean, David
musically described "The Day My Gradepoint
Died."
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Herb Kelleher, Chief Executive Officer of Southwest
Airlines, presents the commencement address to the
Law School's 18th graduating class.
The Class of '88 joined in on the chorus and, at
the song 's conclusion, gave David a standing
ovation.
Three Texas Tech University law students
experienced courtroom pressure in August as
they came before the U.S. Supreme Court to
argue a host's liability in serving alcohol at a
residential party.
The case, however, was hypothetical as were the
seven court justices. But the conditions were no
less real to the local students and 19 other teams
vying for the top spot in the American Bar
Association's National Appellate Advocacy
Competition Aug. 5-7.
The team, organized in January, went to the
national meet in Toronto, Canada with a
vengeance to better a close second-place finish
by last year's team and regain the national title
won by Texas Tech's 1984 team.
May Hooding Is Unique
"I couldn't estimate the number of hours the
students have put into this," said team advisor
Don Hunt, noting the mandatory case research
and presentation rehearsals, "but the three of
them easily put in more than 90 to 100 hours of
work."
The May 14 Hooding of the Class of 1988 varied
from past ceremonies in a couple of ways.
First, the class selected Mr. Herbert D. Kelleher,
an attorney who has taken a leave of absence
from his law firm to run an airline, to present
the commencement address . Past
commencement addresses have been presented
by practicing attorneys or legal educators. Mr.
Kelleher, chief executive officer of Southwest
Airlines, urged the graduating students to
adhere to the highest ideals of the profession
and to be prepared to work hard. " A legal
education, " said Kelleher, " is a goal of many
people and a realization of some people that is
to be treasured by all who call themselves
lawyers."
National Appellate Advocacy
Team Competes in Toronto
Dean Newton welcomes graduates and guests to the
Spring Hooding Ceremony .
The students' workload is doubled at the outset
because each team must be prepared to argue
either side of the hypothetical case involving an
injured drunken driver faulting his cordial host.
According to team member Ronnie Baugh, "It
really keeps you on your feet. You've got to be
able to converse on any area of this problem
with 20 minutes notice of what side (of the case)
you'll take in each round."
Versatility is a necessity, according to Baugh,
because a team could argue a case more than 10
times during one competition.
A prepared court brief, which Hunt describes as
"a small novel," constituted half of the team's
final judging.
Dean W. Frank Newton, commencement speaker
Herb Kelleher, and Board of Regents Member ].L.
Gully, Jr . at the May Hooding Ceremony.
JL . Gully, Jr. congratulates the May 1988 Law
School graduates on their achievements.
Hunt said organizing the document was one of
the more grueling aspects of the team 's
preparation. But, he added, an exceptional
briefing (the basis for a sound argument) could
win a round even if the team lost in its oral
presentation of the case.
The judges, who remain secret until the threeday competition begins, have traditionally
included a select panel of attorneys and judges,
including several supreme court justices,
according to Hunt, a Lubbock attorney and
adjunct professor at the School of Law since
1974.
Baugh, Tonda Curry and Ken Good earned the
national berth after advancing into the regional
finals last spring. That meet also gave Baugh an
award for best regional orator.
The other representative from the region was
South Texas College of Law in Houston which
edged Texas Tech out of the number one
regional spot by one point last spring.
The Legacy Begins at Tech
When classes begin this fall at the Law School,
one student will be the first son of an alumni to
attend Texas Tech Law School.
Lance Evans (,91), a recent graduate of Texas
Tech University, is now a student at his father's
legal alma mater. Proud father, Tim Evans
('69), of Evans, Gandy, Daniel & Moore, Fort
Worth, Texas, is pleased to see his son at the
Law School.
Evans, a criminal defense lawyer, is happy that
his family could begin a tradition that will,
hopefully, be repeated many times.
"I've always been proud of the legal education I
received at Texas Tech," said Evans. "I think
my son's legal education is in good hands."
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HONORS AND AWARDS
Legal Research Board
Members Earn Merits
First ((Ethics in Teaching
Award Presented
Five students received recognition for their
efforts on the Legal Research Board. Betsy
Brumbelow ('89) was named Outstanding
Editing Director; Patrick Schurr ('89) won the
Best Write-On Memo Award; Best Project
Memorandum honors went to Doreen Wheeler;
Byron Newby was named Outstanding Member
of the Legal Research Board, which was
directed by Ross Griffith ('88).
Law School Professor Charles Bubany received
the first annual Omega Lambda Phi "Ethics in
Teaching" Award, presented by students Gary
Harger ('89) and Mary Fullmer ('89) . The award
is voted on by the student body.
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Advocacy Team Captures
National Honors
The Law School's 1987 National Appellate
Advocacy Team placed second in the country
during the August 1987 Competition. The team
consisted of June Higgins (,87), Terry Hamilton
(,88), Kathy DiSorbo (,87), and Guy Kidd ('88).
Higgins achieved the additional distinction of
being named Best Advocate in the nation.
(L to R): Kenneth H. Burns, Robert Wagstaff, and
Philip Doepfner.
Martin Luther King Award
Charles Morse ('80) captured the Martin Luther
King Award for 1988. Lubbock Attorney
Thomas Garza presented Morse with a check for
$1,000.
(L to R): Ross Griffith, Betsy Brumbelow, Patrick
Schurr, Doreen Wheeler, and Byron Newby.
(L to R): Joseph Tombs and Susan Blackwell.
Awards jor Excellence in
Legal Writing and Taxation
The Naman, Howell, Smith and Lee Legal
Writing Award was presented to Betsy
Brumbelow ('89); Mary Elizabeth Doohan ('89)
was named winner of the David C. Cummins
Award, which is given to the second year
student who displays excellence and
achievement in the areas of taxation or
professional responsibility . The award is
presented by a law school alumnus in honor of
Professor Cummins.
(L to R): Terry Hamilton, Guy Kidd, and June
Higgins. (Not pictured: Kathy DiSorbo)
Delta Theta Phi
Scholarship Awarded
(L to R): Gary Harger, Mary Fullmer, and Professor
Char les Bubany.
Philip Doepfner ('88) was the recipient of the
Delta Theta Phi Scholarship. The Scholarship
is given in honor of Kenneth H. Burns and
awarded annually to students who are members
of the national organization, in good academic
standing, and actively involved in the Victor H .
Lindsey Senate of Delta Theta Phi. Last year's
dean of the Senate was Robert Wagstaff ('89).
(L to R): Thomas Garza and Charles Morse .
Oil & Gas and John Krahmer
Award Winners Announced
The 1988 Oil and Gas Award was presented to
Joseph Tombs ('89), while Susan Blackwell
('89) won the John Krahmer Award.
(L to R): Betsy Brumbelow and
Mary Elizabeth Doohan.
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ALUMNI NEWS
Besides Texas T ech, other law schools selected
were: University of Chicago; University of
Colorado; Lewis and Clark; Rutgers University;
and Wake Forrest. Winners of SmithKline
Beckman Awards in Legal Education will teach
courses that focus primarily on the theory and
philosophy of the Constitution. Course
readings will be drawn heavily from original
source texts, including the writings of the
founders and the major political theorists who
influenced them.
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Professors Jim Viator and Tom Baker were selected
to receive the prestigious SmithKline Beckman Legal
Education Award. Texas Tech was one of only six
schools nationwide to be selected.
Professors Win National
Award
Professors Tom Baker and Jim Viator have been
selected to receive the prestigious SmithKline
Beckman Bicentennial Award in Legal
Education.
The Institute for Educational Affairs, a
nonprofit educational foundation based in
Washington, D.C., announced six winners
selected from proposals submitted by law
schools across the country. This nationwide
competition was organized to commemorate the
two hundredth anniversary of the U.S.
Constitution and to restore study of the
Constitution to a prominent position in the law
school classroom. The competition was
launched on September 17, 1987, the
Bicentennial of the ratification of the
Constitution by the Federal Convention.
Winning proposals were selected by a
committee of distinguished constitutional
scholars, judges, attorneys, and law professors
including Walter Berns, a constitutional scholar
at the American Enterprise Institute; Judge
Douglas Ginsburg of the U .S. Court of Appeals;
Rutgers University law professor John C.
Pittenger; and Washington attorneys Michael
Uhlmann of Pepper, Hamilton and Scheetz,
and John Daniel Reaves of Baker and Hostetler.
The Award funded course preparation
expenses this summer and some important
"extras." The budget includes a consultant, Dr.
Bradford P . Wilson, deputy director, Ashbrook
Center, Ashland College, an expert on the
political philosophy of the founding period.
Multilithed course materials, the original source
texts, will be furnished at no cost to the student.
Two prominent speakers will be brought to the
law school to deliver lectures to the class and
the student body. Noted historian and current
Circuit Judge John T. Noonan and University
of Chicago lecturer and Professor George
Anastopolo have been invited to speak,
respectively, on the issues of race at the
Constitutional Convention and the link
between the Declaration and the Constitution.
The budget also includes a sizeable stipend for
acquisitions to improve the law library'S
holdings on the founding period. II
crucial first step in restoring the Constitution to
the position it once enjoyed in the law school
curriculum," says William L. Grala, vice
president, Public Affairs, SmithKline Beckman
Corporation. " We expect hundreds of law
students to enroll in these courses in the next
few years, and we hope they will acquire a
deeper understanding and appreciation of the
work our nation 's founders completed in
Philadelphia more than 200 years ago."
lIEditors note: Judge Noonan will speak to
students, faculty and alumni on the religion
clauses of the First Amendment at 7:00 p .m . on
Nov. 10,1988 at the Law School. The meeting
is open to the public.
Professor Casto}s Article
Gains National Attention
Professor Casto's recently published article "The
Federal Courts' Protective Jurisdiction Over Torts
Committed in Violation of the Law of Nations"
has attracted nationwide attention. His article was
the subject of an editorial in the American
Journal of International Law and was quoted and
cited extensively by the Department of Justice in
the United States' Amicus brief for the Ferdinand
Marcos litigation. National Public Radio recently
aired an interview with Professor Casto on its
national evening radio show "All Things
Considered.' ,
Baker and Viator are very enthusiastic. Professor
Viator explains, "This is national recognition
for our School of Law. We hope to develop this
into a permanent course offering. " Professor
Baker adds, "Even though the course was
approved late, after registration, student interest
has been very strong. We both look forward to
learning and teaching about the intellectual
history of the Constitution."
The SmithKline Beckman Bicentennial Awards
in Legal Education is administered by the
Institute for Educational Affairs and funded by
SmithKline Beckman Foundation, a private
foundation financially supported by
SmithKline Beckman Corporation, a worldwide group of research-intensive businesses
committed to the advancement of life sciences
and health care. "We believe this will be the
C lass of 1987
APRIL SMITH completed a term as briefing
attorney for the El Paso Court of Appeals. She
is now associated with Boyd & L eake,
P .O . Box 850588, Mesquite, Texas 75185,
214/ 285-0331 .
JOHN P . LEVICK has become an associate
with Jones, Flygare, Galey, Moody & Brown,
P .O . Box 2426, Lubbock, Texas 79408-2426,
806/ 765-8851.
ERIC JON COLL is an associate with the firm
of Sanders, Bruin, CoIl & Worley, P .A. at 600
United Bank Plaza, 400 N. Pennsylvania Ave.,
Roswell, NM 88201, 505/ 622-5440.
ROGER FULLER is now practicing in the
bankruptcy division of Strasburger and Price,
4300 Interfirst Plaza, P .O. Box 5100,
Dallas, Texas 75250, 214/ 651 -4300.
GAR Y DON PEAK completed work with the
Eastland Court of Appeals and has become an
associate with the firm of Turpin, Smith , Dyer,
Saxe & MacDonald. His new address is 1100
First I"-;<ilional Bank Bldg., Midland, Texas
79701 , 915/ 682-2525.
GENE E. HACKLER, assistant to the city
manager, has a new address: P .O. Box 2499,
Pampa, Texas 79066-2499.
CHARLES HOEDEBECK is now associated
with the firm of Kern & Wooley, Central Tower
at Williams Square, 5215 N. O 'Connor Rd.,
Irving, Texas 75039, 214/ 869-3311.
THOMAS L. MURPHY has accepted a
position as director of forensics at Southern
Utah State College, which is recognized as one
of the top ten forensics programs in the country.
He can be reached at the Dept. of
Communication, Southern Utah State College,
Cedar City, Utah 84720.
FRANCES E . DIETER has moved to 1407
Vancouver Dr. , Arlington, Texas 76012.
Professor Thomas E. Baker (left) accepts
congratulations from William Elliott ('89). Professor
Baker was voted Outstanding Faculty Member by the
studen t body.
JEFF TATUM and his wife, Jill, are the proud
parents of a son, Andrew Atticus, born on
June 24 and weighing 81bs., 7 oz.
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CATHY SMITH JOHNSON and her husband,
Marc (' 85 ), are proud to announce the arrival of
a son, Patrick AI)drew, born on December 18,
1987, and weighing 6 Ibs., 7 oz. Marc continues
to practice with the firm of Gibson, Ochsner &
Adkins, while Cathy is taking some time off
before returning to work. The family's new
address is 1505 S. Parker, Amarillo, Texas
79102.
C lass of 1986
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DAVID G . HART joined the law offices of
Charles M. Noteboom, specializing in injury
cases. He was formerly with McMahon, Smart,
Surovik, Suttle, Buhrmann & Cobb in Abilene.
MICHELE GILMOUR recently joined the
TTU Office of General Counsel, Box 4641,
Lubbock, Texas 79409, 806/ 742-2155 .
AL WATKINS is associated with the law firm
of Baker Mills & Glast, 500 Trammell Crow
Center, 2001 Ross Ave., Dallas, Texas
DAVID A. WARD has a new address, 909
Kinney, Austin, Texas 78704.
AL COUTURE will be leaving his position
with the Court of Appeals to join the law firm
of Brin & Brin, P.e., effective September 1. His
new address is 1202 3rd St., Corpus Christi,
Texas 78401, 512/ 881 -9643.
MAVIS E. McCAMBLEY has become associated
with the law firm of Atkinson & Archie of
Philadelphia, specializing in medical
malpractice. Her address is 46 Township Lake
Rd., #14, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania 19117,
215/663-0194.
DEAN R. QUINN has joined the law firm of
Ryan, Shoss, Sudan & Rothfelder. His new
address is llOO Milam, Ste. 4700, Houston,
Texas 77002, 713/ 652-0500.
MARC JOHNSON and his wife Cathy (,87), are
proud to announce the arrival of a son, Patrick
Andrew, born on December 18, 1987 and
weighing 6 Ibs., 7 oz. Marc continues to practice
with the firm of Gibson, Ochsner & Adkins,
while Cathy is taking some time off before
returning to work. The family's new address is
1505 S. Parker, Amarillo, Texas 79102.
ALAN CAMPBELL and his wife, Becky, have a
new baby girl, Elizabeth Ann .
C lass of 1985
C lass of 1984
H.L. O'NEAL has become a partner in the firm
of Turner, Medina & O 'Neal, 2019 Broadway,
Box 10104, Lubbock, Texas 79408,
806/763 -3661 .
DA VID STARNES and Peggy Shelton were
married in March. David is with the firm of
Mehaffy, Weber, Keith & Gonsoulin, Interfirst
Tower, Beaumont, Texas 77704 409/835-5011.
CHER YL HUFF THOMPSON has joined the
firm of Parks, Huffman, McVay & Shephard in
Arlington . She was formerly associated with
Geary, Stahl & Spencer in Dallas. Her new
address is 820 Texas Commerce Tower,
Arlington, Texas 76010, 817/861-1000.
DAVID E. ZIMMERMAN accepted a position
as staff attorney with the State Commission on
Judicial Conduct, P.O . Box 12265, Capitol
Station, Austin, Texas 78711 , 512/ 463 -5533 .
David's home address is 8405 Bent Tree Rd.,
#3421, Austin, Texas 78759.
CAREY J. DALTON joined the law firm
Melton, Melton & Whaley, P .e. and will
concentrate in the area of bankruptcy. Mail can
be addressed to her at 3860 W. Northwest
Hwy., Ste. 200, Dallas, Texas 75220,
214/ 357-9241.
DEBORAH L. REDDICK has accepted an
associate's position with Brockermeyer &
Associates, 1024 N. Main, Ft. Worth, Texas
76106.
ROBERT WILLIAM NORCROSS, JR. has
changed his address to ll003 River Run, San
Antonio, Texas 78230.
MARK D. MATSON is now associated with the
law offices of Tom Massey, P.O. Drawer 2809,
San Angelo, Texas 76902, 915/653-2448.
DEBORAH J. PENNER has formed a
partnership with Mitchell D. Hankins in the
firm of Hankins & Penner, located on the 1st
Floor, City Bank Bldg., Lubbock, Texas 79464,
806/793-0776.
H. DENNIS KELLY is associated with the
patent and trademark law firm of Kanz,
Scherback & Timmons, South Tower, Ste. 1030,
Plaza of the Americas, Dallas, Texas 75201,
214/ 969-7376.
MINNIE BUNKHARDT has been appointed to
serve on the Legal Foundation Committee of
the Texas Hospital Association Steering
Committee on AIDS. She serves as in-house
counsel for Texoma Health Care Systems, Inc.
located at 1000 Memorial Dr., Denison, Texas
75020,214/ 465 -2313.
J. MICHAEL CRISWELL has become an
associate with Evans and Rohde, Drawer L,
Tulia, Texas 79088, 806/ 995-3526.
ERIN Y. BAKER is marrying Dr. Lee Fitzgerald
on September 24, 1988. Erin is an associate with
the Dallas office of Baker & Botts. The couple
plans to live in Rockwall.
C lass of 1983
JOHN R. FUNK has accepted a position with
the firm of Winchester & Thomas, Ltd., 277 E.
Amador Ave., Ste. 300, Las Cruces,
New Mexico 88001, 505 / 524-3608.
JAMES M. HARRIS, JR. and Paul J. Holmes
have formed a new firm, Holmes & Harris, P .e.,
and recently moved their offices to the Petroleum
Bldg., Ste. 845, Beaumont, Texas 77701,
409/ 832-8382.
CHARLES W. KING has been named a
principal and shareholder of the law firm of
House, Allen & King, P.e., formerly known as
House & House. The firm specializes in
insurance defense.
DARRELL G. ADKERSON, formerly a
prosecutor with the Tarrant County D.A.'s Office,
is now an insurance defense litigation attorney
with Maxwell, Godwin & Carlton, 3300 First
RepublicBank Plaza, 901 Main St., Dallas, Texas
75202,214/ 742-4422.
C lass of 1982
JIM D. MCLEROY and Robert B. Ardis have
opened a law office, Ardis and McLeroy, at 468
Shannon Square, Ste. 5, Sulphur Springs, Texas
75482,214/885-6476.
MARK D. WHITE is now a partner at Culton,
Morgan, Britain & White in Amarillo. He and
his wife, Terry ('79), have a 19-month-old
daughter, Courtney. Terry is with the firm of
Perdue, Brandon & Fielder. Mark's mailing
address is P.O. Box 189, Amarillo, Texas 79105,
806/ 374-1671.
DAVID L. KITE recently joined Eikenburg &
Stiles in their corporate and banking section.
He can be reached at 1100 First City National
Bank Bldg., Houston, Texas 77002,
713 / 652-2144.
LISA L. WHEELER recently married and now
goes by the name of Lisa L. Peterson. She is the
county attorney elect for Nolan County.
TERRI J. MEADOR was elected to the board of
directors of the Dallas Trial Lawyers
Association. She also became a partner with the
firm of Weisbrod & Weisbrod.
PHILIP R. WEEMS is editor and co-author of a
new Matthew Bender publication entitled,
"Enforcement of Money Judgments Abroad."
Published in April, the piece is a survey of 44
countries' laws on enforcement of foreign
money judgments.
Class of 1981
DENETTE VAUGHN, formerly of the Civil and
Juvenile Division of the Lubbock County D.A's
Office, has opened her own law office at 6502
Slide Rd., Ste. 402, Lubbock, Texas 79424.
BRUCE A. MARTIN has received Board
Certification in Family Law. Recent Tech law
graduate Chuck Rowland ('87) has joined Bruce
in his new offices at 1007 llth, Wichita Falls,
Texas 76301, 8171322-7517.
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WARREN L. CLARK recently moved his
practice from Beaumont back to Amarillo. The
new address is Amarillo National Bank Plaza
Two, 500 S. Taylor, Ste. 602, Office #116,
Amarillo, Texas 79101, 806/379-7655.
JEAN E. SHOTTS, JR. is now the city attorney
for the City of Big Spring. His address is 310 S.
Scurry, Big Spring, Texas 79720, 915/ 267-2591.
DAVID A. BRYAN has joined the firm of Porter
& Clements, RepublicBank Center, 700
Louisiana, Ste. 3500, Houston, Texas
77002-2730, 713/ 226-0626.
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GEORGE W. RODENBERG, JR. recently was
posted to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia as a politicomilitary officer and vice-consul. Mail can be
addressed to him at the U.S. Embassy, APO, NY
09038-0001.
Class oj 1980
ANDERSON CARTER, III has been made a
partner in the firm of Marek & Yarbro, P .A.,
P.O. Box 16199, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88004,
505/ 526-8682.
ROBERT E. BARNHILL, III received highest
individual and management honors from
Toastmasters International. Robert has relocated
his offices to 6502 Slide Rd., Ste. 400, Lubbock,
Texas 79424, 806/ 794-9884.
TERRY G. MCINTURFF is associated with the
firm of Radetsky & Shapiro, P.e. , 950 S. Cherry
St., Ste. 1000, Denver, Colorado 80222,
303/ 756-8810.
RONALD D. WELLS has joined Milner,
Goranson, Udashen & Wetts, to practice state and
federal criminal matters. His address is
Renaissance Place, Ste. 900, 714 Jackson, Dallas,
Texas 75202, 214/ 651-1121.
SHAREN WILSON has left the Tarrant County
D.A.'s office and become associated with the law
firm of Simon, Anisman, Doby, Wilson &
Skillern. The firm specializes in civil litigation
and criminal defense. Her new address is
303 W. 10th St., P.O. Box 17047, Ft. Worth,
Texas 76102-7071, 817/ 335-6133.
RANDY LEAVITT received certification from
the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in
Criminal Law; Randy is with the firm of
Minzon, Buvron, Foster, and Collins, P.e.
LARRY W. HICKS was named Outstanding
Young Lawyer for 1987-88 at the El Paso Bar
Association Law Day Banquet held on
April 29, 1988.
RICHARD W. DARNELL has relocated his
practice from Hobbs to Alamogordo, New
Mexico. His new address is 517 12th St.,
Alamogordo, New Mexico 88310, 505/ 434-6030.
Class oj 1978
C lass oj 1974
SUSAN STEDMAN JENNINGS is now vice
president and general counsel for Life of the
Southwest, P .O. Box 47421, Dallas, Texas 75247,
214/638-9301. She is the mother of two
daughters, Olivia, 4 and Caroline, 1l1.
DIRK MURCHISON resigned from the firm of
Carr, Evans, Fouts & Hunt to become a partner
with McCleskey, Harriger, Brazill & Graf. His
new address is P.O. Drawer 6170, Lubbock,
Texas 79423,806/796-7300.
ROBERT D. LYBRAND has changed his address
to 401 Expressway Tower, 6116 N. Central
Expressway, Dallas, Texas 75206.
C lass oj 1979
STEVEN e. WALLACE has been appointed to
chair the prosecution and adjudication sub
committee of the Tarrant 2000 Task Force. The
Task Force consists of citizens appointed by the
County Commissioners to recommend and assist
in county governmental policies through the year
2000. His new address is 111 N. Houston St., Ft.
Worth, Texas 76102,817/ 335-6060.
JANIS ALEXANDER CROSS accepted a
position as corporate counsel and head of the
legal department at the Pantex Plant of Mason &
Hanger - Silas Mason Co., Inc.,
P.O. Box 30020, Amarillo, Texas 79177,
806/ 381 -3003.
MATTHEW BLAIR has been appointed Master
in the 318th District Court of Midland County
and relocated his offices to 203 W. Wall, Ste. 400.
His mailing address is P.O. Box 10133, Midland,
Texas 79702, 915/ 686-0292.
SCOTT FRYAR, formerly with Texas
Instruments, has joined Ericsson North America,
Inc. Radio Systems Division as the manager of
contracts and purchasing, #3 Cottonwood PI.,
Parker, Texas 75069.
LAURA M. KEITH, with Geary, Stahl, and
KEVIN J. KEITH, of Bailey and Williams,
announced a change of address for their firms :
Geary, Stahl to the 63rd Floor and Bailey and
Williams to the 35th Floor, Interfirst Plaza,
Dallas, Texas 75201.
DAVID G. LEWIS, a judge for Moore County
Court of Appeals, was named to the West Texas
Region Criminal Justice Advisory Board. He has
been appointed to the Judicial Ethics Committee
and will serve a three year term.
Class oj 1977
KENT MCGUIRE is now in practice with his
wife, Constance Smith McGuire ('75) 109 S.
College, Waxahachie, Texas 75165, 214/ 937-2340.
BILL M. REIMER was recently elected to the
position of district attorney of Comal County.
DOUGLAS ROMAN HILL recently was
appointed to the Washoe County School District
board of trustees .
JOHN E. ECONOMIDY has changed his address
to Kelly Field Bank Tower, 6100 Bandera, Ste.
508, San Antonio, Texas 78238-1601,
512/ 521 -7843 .
KEN JOHNSON has been elected municipal
court judge in Lubbock. He is the presiding
judge for that court.
Class oj 1973
RICHARD e. ROBINS has authored a book
entitled Texas Special Issues Forms, published by
Butterworth Legal Publishers.
WILLIAM L. RIVERS opened a law office in
Amarillo. His mailing address is 3414 Olsen, Ste.
E, Amarillo, Texas 79109, 806/ 353-6855.
C lass oj 1972
Class oj 1976
BARKLEY T. MILLER and Paul E. Lokey have
begun a general practice partnership, 9533 Losa
Drive, 2nd Floor, Dallas, Texas 75218,
214/ 327-1141 or 327-9363.
PHIL GAMBLE is now acting as counsel to Kent
Hance and can be reached at The Texas Railroad
Commission, P .O . Drawer 12967, Austin, Texas
78711 ,512/463 -7144.
Class oj 1975
L.C. MEYER announces the formation of the
new law partnership of Canfield, Gordon &
Meyer. His mailing address is 600 Congress Ave.,
Ste. 1700, Austin, Texas 78701, 512/473-3699.
JOHN R . HENDERSON has been selected as a
Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation.
ELGIN E. CONNER, JR. has moved to the firm
of Thompson, Moreland, Goss & Conner, P .e.
He was formerly in private practice in Lubbock.
Elgin's new address is 3800 Arapahoe, Ste. 250,
Boulder, Colorado 80303, 303/ 444-1155.
C lass oj 1970
ALAN MURRAY has joined Phillips Colleges,
Inc. as their general counsel and director of real
estate. Mail should be addressed to him at One
Hancock Plaza, Ste. 1408, Gulfport, Michigan
39501,601/864-6096.
RALPH W. "GUS" GALLINI was elected to the
Board of Directors of the New Mexico Judges
Association.
LEOTA H. ALEXANDER has opened new
offices at 3626 N . Hall, Ste. 510, Dallas, Texas
75219,214/520-6242.
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((Lost" Alumni
The following Alumni cannot be located
through Bar or Alumni Records. Any
information that would help the law school
to get in touch with them would be greatly
appreciated. Please send any information
that you may know of to Assistant Dean Kay
Fletcher or Dean Frank Newton.
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December 1969 Graduate
Cornelius B. Marsh IV
December 1971 Graduate
Benny J . Lowe
December 1973 Graduates
Thomas M . Bowman
Gary Harrell
May 1974 Graduate
Judith Jeffers
December 1974 Graduate
Kenneth o. Larson
May 1975 Graduates
Robert A . Flynn
Paul E. Raschke
May 1977 Graduates
Robert W . Teuton
Michael G. Worden
Charles A. Wyman
May 1978 Graduates
Nancy L. Caywood
Chris A. Johansen
May 1979 Graduates
Katherine A. Campbell
D . Lyle Wood
December 1979 Graduates
Robert A. Horyza
Lenny L. Turnquist
May 1980 Graduates
Judy E. Speer
Karen A. Vandiver
May 1982 Graduates
Charles A. Bullock
Amanda E. Green
Kent W. Peterson
ArIon L. Stoker Jr.
May 1983 Graduates
Bonnie McClain
Paul M. Newell
Celeste E. Scalise
August 1983 Graduate
William D. Fry
December 1983 Graduates
Sarah Browning
James G . Worley
May 1984 Graduates
Philip E. Fletcher
W . Gary Sharp
Todd A. Shipman
Carol W. Smith
May 1986 Graduates
Su-Zan Hong
Gretchen Kay Lutz
Amber McLaughlin
Reunions Slated for
C lasses of ~73 and ~78
Plans are underway for the IS -year reunion for
the Class of '73 and the 10-year reunion for the
class of '78. Both reunions are scheduled for the
weekend of October 28-29, 1988 in Lubbock,
Texas (Tech - UT football game).
Details for each reunion will be mailed to the
respective class members.
Make plans now to attend.
Services for
Terry Lynn Hodges, 31,
were held June 30,1988, at the First
Baptist Church of Edmondson, Texas.
Terry was a 1982 graduate of Texas
Tech School of Law . At the time of his
death, Terry was a partner in the
Houston firm of Catlett and Hodges.
Survivors include his mother, Mrs.
Wanda Hodges of Plainview, Texas;
one brother, Randy Hodges of
Plainview; and one sister, Mrs. Alton
(Kathy) Painter of Edmondson, Texas.
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