Longhorn Family Explores the Last Frontier

BY Alan Cundy in Fan Mail on September 16, 2025

Four Longhorns at Glacier Landing on Ruth Glacier in Denali National Park.

Exploring Ruth Glacier at Alaska's Denali National Park is John Baker, BA '89, and Julia (Nemec) Baker, BSW '91, Life Members, along with their kids Samuel and Rachel Baker, BBA '24. John is now retired, while Julia is the vice president of operations at the Valero Alamo Bowl in San Antonio. Rachel is a marketing assistant at Emporium Presents in Nashville, and Sam is a UT liberal arts sophomore on track to graduate in 2028.