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Remembering Distinguished Alumna and Soul Singer Barbara Smith Conrad

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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...

 
 
Remembering UT Distinguished Alumna Margaret Berry

Remembering UT Distinguished Alumna Margaret Berry

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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...

 
 

Joe Jamail Dies at 90

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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...

 
 

Goodbye, Mr. D: Longhorn Band Legend Vince DiNino Dies at 95

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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,...

 
 

Jack Harbin, Texas Exes’ Top Hand, Has Died

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Even as a child, John P. “Jack” Harbin, BBA ’39, Life Member, Distinguished Alumnus, had a shrewd mind for business. Born and raised in Waxahachie,...

 
 

Actor Eli Wallach, BA ’36, Dies at 98

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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,...

 
 

Basketball Hall of Famer—and Longhorn—Slater Martin Dies

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The Longhorns’ men’s basketball program has long produced prodigious talent. Stars like Kevin Durant, LaMarcus Aldridge, and T.J. Ford have cemented...

 
 

UT Loses a Leader: Howard Terry, Investor in Scholarships

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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,...

 
 

Texas Loses a Trailblazer: John Chase Dies

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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...

 
 
 
 
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