Barbara Smith Conrad at University of Texas at Austin commencement, 2000. Photo via UT Austin.
Like the November|December 1998 issue of Alcalde wrote, alumna and...
Margaret Berry, BA ’37, Life Member, Distinguished Alumna, passed away just after midnight on Sunday morning, taking a piece of UT history with her. She was 101.
“I...
Attorney and Longhorn philanthropist Joe Jamail, BA ’50, JD ’53, Life Member, Distinguished Alumnus, died Wednesday at age 90.
One of the most successful trial...
When Vince DiNino arrived on the Forty Acres in 1955, the Longhorn Band was a ragtag group. Run entirely by students and led by a part-time hobbyist conductor,...
In a Hollywood career that spanned six decades, Eli Wallach played his share of villains—and he did it so well that even the Pope was a fan.
Four years ago,...
The Longhorns’ men’s basketball program has long produced prodigious talent. Stars like Kevin Durant, LaMarcus Aldridge, and T.J. Ford have cemented...
It’s sometimes said that a scholarship is an investment, not a gift. No one embodied that better than Howard Terry.
Terry, BBA ’38, Distinguished Alumnus,...
John Chase’s parents studied education in college. But when they applied to teaching jobs, they were always turned away because of their race. So Chase’s...
