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From Various TJ Classes
updated 3/24/08
from Wikepedia Web Pages & Dallas News HS Game Time.
Dagmara Szyszczak, Volleyball
Class of '86
2007 TJ Athletic Hall of Fame Inductee
From www.dagvb.com
I was born in Europe in a large city by the name of Bydgoszcz in the country of Poland. As a child, I participated in many sports such as gymnastics, dance,
figure skating, speed skating, cross country, long jump, high jump, volleyball. Arriving in the United States of America
in 1983, I attended Thomas Jefferson High School in Dallas for 3 years. I learned English over my 1st summer break by
listening to children's books recorded on tape and by repeating the sounds I heard. It was my dad's idea and
a great one!!! I was able to take school courses upon my return from summer "vacation" and enquire about playing
volleyball. In spite of my high school coaches' encouragement to participate in other sports, I put forth
all my effort to volleyball . During junior club season, I played for 7-Eleven, coached by Arthur Stanfield. Being
heavily recruited by many universities and being new to the US of A, I relied on friends, family and the advice of my high
school coach, Brienda Lockett-Taylor to aid me in my selection. I chose to represent the University of Texas in
Austin as a student-athlete. While at UT, I completed BA in Psychology and a BS in Computer Sciences while capturing
the title of NCAA Div I National Champion. Upon college graduation, I played beach volleyball professionally for 3 years
(Mexico and US) and competed at the highest level of USAV competition finishing as a silver and gold medalist. I reside
in Philadelphia, PA now.
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 Robert Elliott Wilonsky, Journalist
and TV Personality
Class of '85?
A journalist and the host
of Higher Definition, an interview program on the cable television network HDNet. Born in Dallas 10-24-68 to Margaret
and Herschel Wilonsky. Graduated from TJ, where he was an avid swimmer and cheerleader, and from the University of Texas at Austin in 1990. During his senior year he was the managing editor of The Daily Texan.
After graduation, Wilonsky was hired by the Dallas Times-Herald, but moved to the Dallas Observer after the former ceased publication in 1991. He has worked for the Dallas Observer since, aside from a one-year
stint with the Los Angeles New Times. Wilonsky has served as feature writer, music editor, film critic, sports columnist,
and is currently pop culture editor for the Observer. In March 2006, he oversaw the launching of
the paper's weblog, Unfair Park, which he edits. He has also been
published in Salon and American Way, and has appeared as a guest critic on Ebert & Roeper. It has been confirmed by Yahoo News that he will be the official co-host of Richard Roeper on the show for the first
few months of fall 2007.
In 2003, Wilonsky was hired as the host of HDNet’s new talk show, Higher Definition. The half-hour program initially had him
engaging in recreational activities with the guests while interviewing them about the impact
of high-definition video on entertainment. However, the show has since adopted a conventional, sit-down format.
For
several years, Wilonsky has been a frequent guest on The Hardline, a popular afternoon show on KTCK, contributing pop culture analysis and commentary.
 Owen Wilson, Movie Star
Attended 1985?
Completed sophomore year at TJ in 1985? after being expelled from St. Marks. Wilson got his big break with the 2000 comedy action hit Shanghai Noon, starring opposite Hong Kong action star Jackie Chan. The film grossed nearly US$100 million worldwide. His fame continued
to rise after starring alongside Ben Stiller and Will Ferrell in the 2001 film Zoolander.
Gene Hackman took notice of Wilson's performance in Shanghai Noon and
recommended Wilson to play opposite himself in the 2001 action film Behind Enemy Lines, Wilson's last dramatic starring role to date. Also in 2001, Wilson and Anderson collaborated on their third film,
The Royal Tenenbaums, which was a financial and critical success. The comedy featured an all-star cast, including Hackman, Ben Stiller, Bill Murray, Anjelica Huston, Gwyneth Paltrow, Danny Glover, and brother Luke Wilson. Owen Wilson had a memorable supporting role in the film
as Eli Cash, a wigged-out, drug-addled bon vivant who becomes a literary celebrity. It earned the writing team an
Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay.
Wilson returned to the buddy comedy
genre in 2002 with the action comedy I Spy, co-starring Eddie Murphy. This big-screen remake of the television series flopped at the box
office. He then reunited with Chan to make Shanghai Knights (2003) and the movie remake of the television series Starsky & Hutch (2004), and partnered with Vince Vaughn in the 2005 Wedding Crashers which grossed over $200 million in the US alone. In 2006, Wilson provided the voice of Lightning McQueen in the Disney/Pixar
film Cars, starred in You, Me, and Dupree, appeared with Ben Stiller in Night at the Museum, and had a role in Kyle Gulutzan and Sean Casey's production of Roundabout, which will be released in December
2008.
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 Michael Carter, SMU and San Francisco 49ers &
1984 Olmpic Shot Put Silver Medalist
Class of '79
2006
TJ Athletic Hall of Fame Inductee
In addition to his football career, Michael Carter was one of the most accomplished
shot putters in Texas history. At Thomas Jefferson High School from 1977-79 he won three 4A state titles in the shot and one
in the discus. Carter broke the national shot record nine times his senior year and set the state and national prep record
(which still stand) with a throw of 81' 3 ½" at the Golden West Invitational meet in Sacramento, California.
From 1979-1983 he was a defensive lineman for SMU teams that won SWC titles in 1981 and 1982. In 1983 Carter was
an All-SWC selection. He was the SWC shot put champion three times and went on to win seven NCAA titles - four indoor (1980,
1981, 1983, 1984) and three outdoor (1980, 1981, 1983). His best collegiate mark in the shot was 71' 4 ½".
At the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles Carter won the Silver medal with a throw of 69 2 ½ meters. He continued his athletic
career in California , this time though, as a member of the San Francisco 49ers from 1984-1992. Carter was a three-time Pro
Bowl nosetackle for the 49ers and anchored a defense that helped San Francisco win three Super Bowls (1985, 1989 & 1990).
Carter's daughter Michelle followed in her father's footsteps by setting the girls' UIL state record in the shot
(53' 3 ¾") and discus (169' 3"). He was inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 2002.
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  Victor
Cager, Jazz Vocalist
Class of '78 www.victorcager.com
The Dallas Jazz Orchestra keeps this big band jazz tradition alive and the sound vibrant with inspired
musicians, working together in ensemble or standing out as soloists, joyously playing music they wan to play. And DJO Artistic
Director Curt Bradshaw, a fine player in his own right, wrote many of the charts, writing and coaxing the best from this wonderful
group of players. His talent especially shines through in his writing to showcase a fine natural singer with a deep, lush
voice — Victor Cager.
Cager's voice is rich with an innate vibrato, yet he can sing in a whisper. He
shifts delivery and cadence seamlessly, singing emotionally without pathos. Listen to his definite and unforced time sense
on "Fly Me to the Moon", his relaxed rhythm on "Our Love Is Here to Stay". Cager shifts on "I Thought
About You" from haunting memory to rueful comment (the crack-track-back segment of Johnny Mercer's lyrics). Cager
lets the lyrical sense of each song's narrative lead him to an almost
conversational delivery that tells the story
in the song. It's great, honest singing, unpretentious and human — on every song he sings!
And then
there are the fine soloists sprinkled throughout Cager's vocal numbers like subtle seasoning: Evans's tastiness, Agster's
robustness, Carrol's fluid grace, Schloss's plaintiveness, and all too briefly, Baker's organic lines. The instrumental
cuts also feature fine solos: a whimsical call and response duet by Sato and Schloss on "Harvey", a haunting then
explosive searching by Carrol on his own "Sweet Audrey", another piercing solo by Schloss and great piano fills
by Jones on "Miss Jones". Echoic punctuations of the "Minor Adjustment" line by Burgess and Galleo and
Jones. Baker's organic swinging on" Emily" affects the entire band, and Spenser's solo work on "I Got
It Bad" reveals a great lead player who also plays good jazz.
It's all here: good players, a fine singer,
solid charts, wonderful solos, and always that tight and relaxed ensemble, that wall of sound that opens up now and then to
let a soloist or a singer tell a story. And it calls you forward, to listen, to dance, to enjoy.
Review by John Gunter
 David Meyer, Football
Class of
'78
Kicked winning field goal in 1977 win over
WT White.
1978-79 - Midwestern State University, Soccer, Lost to Clemson in Nationals 3-1.
1979 - Ranger Jr College,
Football 11-0 Season, National Champs, Ranked 4th Nationally Kicking, 5th Punting.
1980 - Ranger Jr Collge, Football
8-2 Season, All-American Place Kicker - Ranked 1st Nationally, Ranked 2nd Nationally Punting.
1981-83 - San Diego
State Univ., Football, Ranked 4th, Longest Field Goal 52 Yds.
1983 - Played pre-season with Dallas Cowboys
1983.
Tom Muir, City Manager of Haltom
City
Class of '77
City
Manager Thomas J. Muir holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Management
from Oral Roberts University. He is a member of the International City Managers Association and the Texas City Managers Association.
He has been with Haltom City since May 2002. Prior to joining Haltom City he was with the City of Killeen, Texas for 11 years,
most recently as the Director of General Services.
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Gerald Shields, Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer (CIO), Information
Technology, Aflac Insurance
Class of '76
Gerald
Shields is senior vice president and chief information officer for Aflac Incorporated. He oversees the strategic initiatives
and the day-to-day operations of Aflac’s U.S. Information Technology Division. Mr. Shields also is responsible for the
division’s project management and customer relationship management efforts. In his current position, Mr. Shields has
directed development of Aflac’s IT Strategic Plan. He has also strengthened the infrastructure and positioned the company
for future growth.
During his tenure, Computerworld and Information Week 500 have consistently
named Aflac as one of the Best Places to Work in IT. Mr. Shields was also selected as one of Computerworld’s 100
Premier CIOs for 2006.
Prior to joining Aflac, Mr. Shields served as the chief technology officer, director of
Information Services for LifeWay Christian Resources and held senior IT positions at Electronic Data Systems (EDS). At LifeWay,
he directed the corporation’s transition from mainframe based systems to Unix based client server packages. He implemented
web technologies for E*Publishing and E*Customer Service.
At EDS, Mr. Shields was the account manager for Saturn
Corporations Corporate Systems and Data Center operations. He was responsible for all data processing operations and development
supporting Saturn’s financial, personnel, payroll and benefits systems, end user computer training, PC/Desktop support,
PC repair and maintenance, Local Area Network (LAN) implementation and support, client server development, telecommunications
support, help desk and data center operations.
Also during his tenure at EDS, Mr. Shields was the systems engineering
manager responsible for all IT planning, analysis, design, construction and implementation of Saturn’s 30 financial
systems. Additional responsibilities included profit and loss budgeting and management, personnel management and technology
planning. He began his management career at Aflac in 2002 as vice president, Information
Technology Enterprise Services. He was promoted to senior vice president, deputy chief information officer in October 2004. Mr. Shields holds bachelors degrees from Baylor University in accounting and computer science. He also holds
a Fellow Life Management Institute (FLMI) certification from the Life Office Management Association (LOMA.)
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Andy Beene, Baseball
Class
of '75
Milwaukee Brewers pitcher (1983-84); also played at Baylor.
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Karen Katz, President & CEO Neiman Marcus
Class of '75
Confirmed
by Ms Katz's office 10-1-07
DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec.
2, 2002
The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc. announces the promotion of Karen Katz to President and Chief Executive
Officer of Neiman Marcus Stores.
Prior to this appointment, Ms. Katz served as President and Chief Executive Officer
of Neiman Marcus Direct. Ms. Katz has held various executive management positions during her 17 years with the Company, including
Executive Vice President of Neiman Marcus Stores.
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 University of
Houston Cougar Corner
 Imagine working with world famous designers
like Oscar de la Renta, Giorgio Armani and Valentino, or up-and-coming fashion creators like Zac Posen (a young clothing designer
from New York). Or being responsible for the success of one of America's premier luxury retail stores - like Neiman Marcus?
That job belongs to Karen Katz (University of Houston 1982), a graduate of the C.T. Bauer College of Business' MBA program.
She is President and CEO of Neiman Marcus Stores, a division of The Neiman Marcus Group. The stores account for 80 percent
of the corporation's revenues of more than $3.5 billion. Katz is in charge of 35 stores in the most affluent markets in
the United States. She oversees it all: strategic direction, merchandising, operations, creative services and expansion.
“I'm not sure if I recognized this when I was younger, but I do think I've been driven a lot longer than I was
aware of. As I reflect back, I realize that I received my undergraduate degree in political science in three years. Like many
students at the University of Houston, I worked during the day and went to school at night to get my MBA.”
Katz worked at Foley's in Houston as a department manager and later became a buyer. She spent seven years at Foley's
and joined Neiman Marcus as a merchandise manager.
Katz is the first woman CEO of Neiman Marcus Stores.
 University
of Houston - Bauer College of Business
MBA
1982
Karen Katz is President
and Chief Executive Officer of Neiman Marcus Stores, a division of The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc. The Neiman Marcus Group is
the premier retailer of luxury and designer merchandise in the United States. The company is known worldwide for its more
than 95 year commitment to merchandising excellence and customer service.
Presently,
Karen oversees the strategic direction, merchandising, operations, creative services and expansion of the Neiman Marcus Stores,
including 35 Neiman Marcus stores in the most affluent markets in the United States, as well as 15 Last Call Clearance Centers.
Annual revenue for NMG's specialty retail store
segment in Fiscal 2003 was over $2.5 billion.
Karen
joined the company in 1985 as a merchandise manager of Neiman Marcus, Town & Country in Houston, Texas. In 1987, she became
vice president and divisional merchandise manager for Handbags and Designer Accessories. Karen returned to the stores in 1991
as the vice president and general manager of Neiman Marcus, NorthPark. In 1996, she became Senior Vice President, Director
of Stores and in 1998 was elevated to Executive Vice President of Stores. In 2000, Karen was appointed President and Chief
Executive Officer, Neiman Marcus Direct, the company’s catalogue and e-commerce direct marketing business, including
the Neiman Marcus, Horchow and Chef’s Catalog brands.
Prior
to her affiliation with The Neiman Marcus Group, she was employed by Foley’s Department Store as a buyer, department
manager and an assistant buyer.
Karen was educated
at the University of Texas and received a master of business administration from the University of Houston. She also attended
Executive Education Programs, with special emphasis in customer service, at Harvard University, Graduate School of Business.
Karen serves on the board of Fort Worth, Texas based
Pier One Imports.
Additionally, Karen
maintains a strong commitment over the years to charity and community service in her native city of Dallas, Texas. She has
served on the board of the Dallas Theater Center, Bryant’s House, Charter 100, and the Jewish Community Center of Dallas.
She is very active in raising funds for St. Mark’s School of Texas.
Karen and her
husband, Alan, reside in Dallas and have one son, Alex.
 April 28, 2006
Neiman Marcus CEO Discusses Success of Luxury and the Luxury
of Success
by Laura Griffin
In an industry where fashion styles change more often than the seasons, it’s imperative that retail stores
create a stable shopping experience for their customers.
“Fashion is an industry of change, and retailing is an
industry of consistency,” said Karen Katz, president and CEO of Neiman Marcus Stores. “Our customers want quality,
value and luxury, and we always provide them with it.”
Katz, who spoke April 20 as part of the VIP
Distinguished Speaker Series, currently oversees the strategic direction, merchandising, operations, creative services and
expansion of the 36 Neiman Marcus Stores and the 18 Last Call Clearance Centers located in the most affluent markets in the
United States.
Katz expressed excitement about the company’s plans for the near future. “We’re
beginning to open stores in emerging smaller markets like Austin,” she said. In addition, Neiman Marcus is preparing
to launch small and modern luxury boutiques designed for its younger affluent customers.
Working for an up-scale
brand, Katz explained, can be both exciting and challenging. “Our customer base is very small—only 2 percent of
the United States population—but it's a strong base,” she said. “Neiman Marcus has a history of success
and 100 years of steady business.”
Multi-channel communications with the customer is something that Neiman
Marcus values deeply, and Katz views the company’s in-house magazines, catalogs and its ever-expanding Web store as
key communication tools.
Customer service, however, is the most important channel of communication, she
said. According to Katz, each Neiman Marcus employee receives hundreds of hours of customer service training during their
first year working at the company, and there is an extensive rewards program for employees who have outstanding sales.
“Neiman Marcus spends a lot of time and resources on creating the perfect shopping experience for our customers,”
she said. “Our goal is to treat everyone who comes in the store with attentiveness, be polite, and most importantly
welcome them into our environment.” This includes everything from the merchandise the company carries, to the
music played in the store, to the decor. Katz noted that Neiman Marcus employs a full-time curator to choose the art hung
in the stores.
Katz studied political science as an undergraduate at The University of Texas at Austin,
and later received her MBA from the University of Houston. She has also attended graduate executive education classes at the
Harvard Business School.
After joining the Neiman Marcus company in 1985 as a merchandise manager in Houston, Texas,
she was steadily promoted to her current position. Prior to joining Neiman Marcus, she worked as a buyer for Foley’s
Department Store.
At the end of her presentation, Katz described the many places she had been able to visit
in the past couple of months, including dozens of shows during Fashion Week in New York City followed by more fashion shows
in Milan and Paris a week later. “Don’t I have the best job?” she asked.
On how products make it on the shelves:
“There are
lots of vendors that we buy from every season, but they present a new product to us four or five times a year. On any given
week, I get about five young entrepreneurs that have a product they think would sell at Neiman Marcus and we try to be very
open because you never know when what they are bringing you could be the next Gucci or the next Prada.”
On her management style:
“I tend to
be very open and approachable. I’ve been at Neiman Marcus for 21 years so everyone knows me by Karen and I prefer it
that way. But beyond that, you don’t get to these kinds of positions unless you have a clear position of what’s
in front you of, and I appreciate the team and what they do.”
On her life/work balance:
“The
best decision I’ve ever made was to stop traveling when my son was two years old and have a job that allowed me to stay
in town until he got older. That way I could find a good balance until he could understand why his mom traveled as much as
I did.”
On her favorite
brand:
“Target is by far my favorite brand. I think they do an amazing job with their merchandising, and
there’s nobody who markets their brand as well as Target does.”
 Ted Nowell II, Longtime Mesquite Poteet baseball coach (1986-2005)
Class of '74
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 Hal Mumme, New Mexico State University Head Football Coach
Class of '70
From
www.nmstatesports.com
Hal Mumme has established himself as a trailblazer.
After establishing winning programs at Kentucky, Southeastern Louisiana, Valdosta State and Iowa Wesleyan, Mumme looks
to take the New Mexico State Aggie football program to heights not seen since the early 1960’s.
The Texas native has concocted a brand a football that he gleaned from endless hours of film study of Levell Edward’s
record setting offensive system at BYU and has put his own stamp on it. He
first turned his magic loose at Copperas Cove High School as head coach in the mid-1980’s.
Then he took his brand of football and the team’s star quarterback, Dustin Dewald, to Iowa Wesleyan College.
Mumme inherited a program that went 0-10 the previous season and had only three players returning from that squad.
In his first year IWC went 7-4 and advanced to the Steamboat Classic. He followed that with seasons of 8-4 and 10-2.
Then he headed south, being named the head coach at Valdosta State (GA) in 1992. In 1996, his final year at Valdosta
State, the Blazers averaged nearly 39 points and over 484 yards per game. That season the Blazers were ranked #1 in the country
and advanced to the NCAA Division II quarterfinals for the second time in three years. The Blazers had never advanced to the
NCAA playoffs before Mumme’s arrival. Mumme’s impact
on college football may have been below the radar to the casual college football observer, but not to University of Kentucky
Athletics Director and SEC basketball coaching legend C.M. Newton. Newton
was looking for a way to make Wildcat football successful and capitalize on the incredible success and following of UK basketball.
He found that way by hiring Mumme away from Valdosta State. Newton
wasn’t afraid to hire a coach from a smaller school.
Newton got the same chance himself when Bear Bryant, the legendary football coach and athletics director at the University
of Alabama, hired Newton from small Transylvania College in Kentucky to coach the Crimson Tide. Newton
went on to win over 200 games at Alabama, 129 more at Vanderbilt and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1990.
It was a good gamble for Bear Bryant and it proved to be a good gamble for Newton.
In his first season as head coach, the Wildcats improved from 109th in the nation in total offense to sixth and beat
Alabama for the first time in 75 years. For his efforts he was named the
American Football Coaches Association Region 2 Coach of the Year. UK’s five wins were the most for the school since
1993 and the Wildcats swept their non-conference opponents for the first time since 1989.
The next year he took UK to new heights. Mumme led the Wildcats to a victory over #21 LSU, the Wildcat’s first
road victory over a ranked team in 21 years. UK finished 7-5 with the season culminating with a trip to the Outback Bowl,
as Mumme became the first Wildcat coach to take the team to a New Year’s Day bowl game since Bear Bryant in 1951.
In 1999 the Wildcats went 6-6 and played in the Music City Bowl. He was named the South/Southwest Coach of the Year
by Football News. College Football Hall of Fame coaches Jerry Claiborne and Bryant are the only other coaches to have taken
the Wildcats to consecutive bowl games. During Mumme’s tenure at
Kentucky, Wildcat football players earned academic all-SEC honors 68 times with Jeff Zurcher earning Academic All-America
honors. In 1999, both ends of Commonwealth Stadium were enclosed, along with the construction
of 40 suites, 10 in each corner of the stadium. The total number of seats was increased from 57,800 to 67,606.
The year before Mumme arrived in Lexington, the Wildcats averaged 40,647 fans per game. The following year the team
averaged 59,110. In 1999, the Wildcats averaged 67,756, still a school record.
After his record setting stay at UK, Mumme undertook the most diverse challenge of his career, building a program from
scratch. Southeastern Louisiana had dropped football after the 1985 season.
Mumme was hired in June of 2002. The program had no equipment, no coaches and no players.
So Mumme went to work, building the Lion program from the ground up.
In two seasons on the field, SLU had remarkable results. a In his first year at
Southeastern the Lions posted a 5-7 record, the fourth best mark for a Division I-A or I-AA startup program since 1980. This
season the Lions went 7-4, including a 51-17 win over #6 McNeese State. That win propelled the second-year program into the
top 25 in the national I-AA rankings the next week. Southeastern ranked first among
NCAA Division I-AA teams in total offense per game (537.1 yards) and passing offense per game (408 yards).
During his two seasons at Southeastern, the Lions were 10-3 at home and in 2003, led all NCAA Division I-AA schools
in attendance per capacity at 126.55 percent. Strawberry Stadium seats 7,408 but expecting great fan support, portable-seating
was brought in to accommodate the surge in attendance. SLU sold out four of the six home games and averaged 9,396 per game.
Following the initial season, the university conducted an economic impact study and
found that college football at Southeastern had an $8.3 million impact on Hammond and the surrounding region.
Mumme was hired as head coach at New Mexico State December 30, 2004. The 53-year-old native of San Antonio, Texas,
also served as the offensive coordinator at UTEP (1982-85), the quarterbacks and wide receivers coach at West Texas State
(1980-81) and was the head coach at Arkansas Pass High School (1979) and Copperas Cove High School (1986-88) in Texas.
He began his coaching career as an assistant at Moody High School (1976-78) in Corpus Christi, Texas.
In his first season as the Aggies’ head coach in 2005, Mumme led the NMSU’s passing
attack into nation prominence, as the Aggies finished 24th in passing offense in nation with 266 passing yards a game. The
Aggies also broke the school records for passing attempts for a season (547), most completions in a season (310) and most
completions in game (40 vs San Jose State 11/19). Mumme assisted seniors
Paul Dombrowski and Jimmy Cottrell to school record breaking performances. Dombrowski broke the school record for most catches
in a season with 78, while Cottrell led the nation in tackles per game with 14.9 a contest, breaking the school recorded for
tackles in a season with 179. His
2006 campaign at NMSU saw the Aggies finish 4-8 overall. In 2007 Mumme once again showed that he is the master mind behind
the Air Raid offense as he led the Aggies to break several school records including most plays in a season (930), most net
yards gained (5,702), most touchdowns (50), most pass attempts in a game (73), most pass attempts in a season (606), most
pass completions in a game (50), most pass completions in a season (420), most passing yards gained in a season (4,792), most
touchdowns thrown in a season (34), longest pass completion for a touchdown (96), longest pass completion (96) and most points
scored in a season (374). He also earned his 100th career victory with a 42-20 win over Utah State (11/25). Nationally,
the Aggies ranked second in passing offense per game (399.3), third in total offense per game (475.2), third in opponent third-down
conversion percentage (28.1%), fifth in punt return yardage (15.33), sixth in net punting (38.3), 15th in scoring
offense per game (31.2) and 16th in passing efficiency (150.24). Mumme coached All-American wide receiver Chris Williams, who led the
nation in receiving yards per game (117.9) and catches per game (7.66). His 1,861 all-purpose yards also
ranked fourth in the nation. Coach Mumme guided quarterback Chase Holbrook to finish the year with 4,619 yards passing and
4,541 yards of total offense, both school records for a single-season. Holbrook ranked second in the nation in total offense
per game 378.4, while leading the Aggie offense to a number two ranking in the nation in passing offense per game with 399.3
yards, third in total offense with 475.1 yards per game, 12th in passing efficiency (155.06) and 15th
in the country in scoring offense with 31.1 points per game. Holbrook also broke two NCAA records for total offense and passing
yards by a sophomore quarterback. In
16 seasons as a head coach, Mumme has a record of 101-84-1 and has taken teams to the postseason seven times.
Mumme’s goals for the Aggie program are clearly defined.
“Coaching is teaching and the number one reason a student-athlete comes to New Mexico State is to get a degree.
You have to motivate your students to use the tools provided by the university. When I talk to a mom or dad about coming to
New Mexico State, we want them to know that the most important thing is to graduate and become a productive member of society.”
“On the field our number one goal is to win the WAC. You play in a conference
to win it. The second goal is to get to a bowl game. When you play in a great league like the WAC, that’s the benchmark.”
Mumme’s offensive style and coaching acumen has resulted in gaudy numbers on
the field and has produced great players and coaches. Iowa
Wesleyan set numerous school and NAIA records. In one game against Harding in 1991, IWC threw 86 passes, completing an NAIA
record 61. His teams also set school records for most passing yards (538) in a game and most yards of total offense in a game
(672). In 1990, the Tigers led the NAIA in passing yards per game at nearly 338 yards per game. In his final season in 1991,
the Tigers set NAIA records for most total pass completions (468) and average completions per game (39).
At Valdosta State, Mumme’s top player was quarterback Chris Hatcher. Hatcher was a record-setting
signal caller for the Blazers during Mumme’s tenure and was named the NCAA Division II Player of the Year.
He later was an assistant to Mumme at Kentucky and last year as head coach, led Valdosta State to the NCAA Division
II national championship. At Kentucky, Mumme’s most prominent player was
none other than Tim Couch. Couch was the number one pick in the 1999 NFL draft after
an amazing career at UK. He was named the SEC Male Athlete of the Year in 1999 and was a finalist for the
Heisman Trophy. In his final collegiate season, Couch completed 400 of 553 passes (72.3 percent) for 4,275 yards and 36 touchdowns.
His pass completions total was the best in the nation while his yardage total, touchdowns and completion percentage each ranked
second in the country. The coach who was Mumme’s right hand man for ten
years at Iowa Wesleyan, Valdosta State and Kentucky was Mike Leach. Leach
has gone on to lead Texas Tech to a five-year record of 39 and 25 consecutive bowl appearance including an upset win over
fourth-ranked Cal in the 2004 Holiday Bowl. Mumme was the NAIA
district coach of the year in 1989 and 1991 at Iowa Wesleyan and led the Tigers to the postseason all three years, including
the NAIA playoffs in 1991. He was the Gulf South Conference and the AFCA Region
II, Division II Coach of the Year in 1996 while the head coach at Valdosta State and in 1997, his first season at Kentucky,
he was named the American Football Coaches Association Region 2 Coach of the Year.
Mumme’s credentials on the field are impressive, but so is his work in the community. Mumme has been involved
with several different organizations and charity projects such as the Wounded Warriors, an organization that supports soldiers
that were wounded while over seas. Mumme also took part in the John Michael Montgomery/ Hal Mumme Golf Tournament that raised
over $100K for cancer research. Mumme was born in
San Antonio, Texas, and graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in Dallas. He played football at New Mexico Military Institute
(1970-71) and Tarleton State University (1974-75). He received his bachelor’s degree from Tarleton in 1975. Hal
and his wife June have three grown children and one grandson.
The Mumme File
Personal Full Name:
Hal Clay Mumme Birthdate/Place: March 29, 1952, San Antonio, Texas Wife: June Children:
Matt, Karen, Leslie
Education • Thomas Jefferson
High School, Dallas, Texas • New Mexico Military Institute, Roswell, N.M. • University of Texas-Arlington • Tarleton
State University, Stephenville, Texas (B.A. in History, 1975)
Playing Career • Thomas Jefferson High School, wide receiver • New Mexico Military
Institute, wide receiver, letterman (1970-71) • University
of Texas-Arlington, red shirt 1972 • Tarleton State University, wide receiver,
letterman 1974-75
Coaching
Career •
Assistant Coach, Moody HS, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1976-78 • Head Coach, Arkansas
Pass HS, Arkansas Pass, Texas, 1979 • Assistant Coach (QB’s and Receivers), West Texas State, 1980-81 • Assistant
Coach (Offensive Coordinator), Texas-El Paso, 1982-85 •
Head Coach, Copperas Cove HS, Copperas Cove, Texas, 1986-88 • Head Coach, Iowa Wesleyan
College, 1989-91 • Head Coach, Valdosta State, 1992-96 • Head
Coach, Kentucky, 1997-2000 • Head Coach, Southeastern Louisiana University, 02-04 •
Head Coach, New Mexico State University, 2005-
Collegiate Coaching Honors • 1989
NAIA District Coach of the Year • 1991
NAIA District Coach of the Year • 1994
Georgia Coach of the Year (Georgia Sports Hall of Fame) • 1996 Gulf South Conference Coach of the Year • 1996 GTE Region II Coach of the Year
(American Football Coaches Association) • 1997
GTE Region II Coach of the Year (American
Football Coaches Association) • 1998
Nike Clinics Coach of the Year • 1999 South/Southwest Coach of the
Year
(Football News)
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 Burt Solomons, Representative, Texas State House of Representative
Class of '68 www.burtsolomons.comFIRST ELECTED TO THE TEXAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR DISTRICT 65 (DENTON COUNTY) IN NOVEMBER
OF 1994, REP. SOLOMONS WILL START HIS 5TH TERM IN OFFICE ON JANUARY 14, 2003. REPRESENTATIVE
SOLOMONS SERVES ON THE:
- HOUSE BUSINESS & INDUSTRY COMMITTEE (5 SESSIONS)
- CHAIR, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS COMMITTEE
- CHAIR,
SUNSET ADVISORY COMMISSION
IN 2002, REP. SOLOMONS TOOK OVER THE RESPONSIBILITY TO
COMPLETE
THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS INTERIM CHARGES WHEN CHAIRMAN REP. KIP AVERITT WAS ELECTED TO THE TEXAS SENATE, AND
ALSO APPOINTED AS THE BUSINESS & INDUSTRY SUBCOMMITTEE INTERIM CHAIR ON BINDING ARBITRATION ISSUES AFFECTING BUSINESS
AND CONSUMERS.
EDUCATION:
- BACHELOR
OF ARTS FROM TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY
- MASTER OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION FROM SMU
- LAW DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TULSA
REP. SOLOMONS
HAS PRACTICED LAW IN DENTON COUNTY SINCE 1978, STARTING OUT AS AN ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY FOR THE CITY OF DENTON, AND SERVED
AS ACTING CITY ATTORNEY BEFORE GOING TO WORK AS GENERAL COUNSEL FOR LAWYERS TITLE OF DENTON AND ASSISTANT GENERAL COUNSEL
FOR HEXTER FAIR TITLE COMPANY IN DALLAS.
AFTER GOING INTO PRIVATE PRACTICE
IN 1986 WORKING PRIMARILY ON REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS LAW MATTERS, REP. SOLOMONS ALSO SERVED AS THE PRESIDING MUNICIPAL JUDGE
IN THE CITY OF CARROLLTON FROM 1987 TO 1993, ALTERNATE MUNICIPAL JUDGE FOR THE CITIES OF LEWISVILLE AND FLOWER MOUND (1993-1994),
AS PRESIDENT OF THE TEXAS MUNCIPAL COURT ASSOCIATION (1993-94), MEMBER OF THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT'S JUDICIAL EDUCATION
ADVISORY COMMITTEE (1993), DENTON COUNTY CITIZENS BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE (1993-94), CHARTER DIRECTOR OF THE BOYS &
GIRLS CLUB OF DENTON COUNTY, INC., SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE METROCREST DIVISION OF THE HOME &
APARTMENT BUILDERS ASSOCIATION (1989-92).
AS A MEMBER OF THE TEXAS HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, REP. SOLOMONS HAS AUTHORED AND PASSED A VARIETY OF BUSINESS, REAL ESTATE, TAX, JUDICIAL, AND CRIME LEGISLATION.
HE IS ALSO AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS AND THE TEXAS CONSERVATIVE COALITION.
IN THE 77TH LEGISLATURE (2001), REP. SOLOMONS WAS THE AUTHOR OF THE LEGISLATION CREATING THE TEXAS TELEMARKETING
"NO-CALL LIST" AND THE DENTON COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
www.house.state.tx.us/members/dist65/welcome.htm
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Marvin Lee Aday (Meat Loaf), Rock Star
Class of '65
An American rock singer and actor of stage and screen. He is noted for his albums Bat out of Hell, II, and III and several famous songs from movies. The Neverland Express is the name of the band he fronts, as its lead singer. In 2001, he changed his first name to Michael.
Meat Loaf has also appeared
in over 50 movies or television shows sometimes even as himself, or as characters resembling his onstage personality, such
as his memorable role as Eddie in The Rocky Horror Picture Show. He appeared in the acclaimed feature film Fight Club, as Robert "Bob" Paulson; he is credited for this role as "Meat Loaf Aday".
Played football
at TJ and can be noted in some of the Parkland hospital photos after the JFK assasination (no, he was not the second gunman).
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 Jan Hart, Dallas City Manager 1990-1993
Class
of '65
Jan Hart Black is currently President of the Greater Dallas Chamber, the
leading business organization for public policy and economic development in North Texas. Black was previously Managing Director
in Dallas with Bear Stearns & Co., a global investment banking firm, and City Manager of the City of Dallas. She was First
Assistant City Manager, Director of Budget and Research and City Controller in Dallas. Her passion has always been to make
a difference in critical policy and civic issues facing her community and country.
Black is active in state and local public and civic service. She received
the Distinguished Public Service Award of the LBJ School, and has received numerous other awards for her professional and
civic service. Under her leadership, Dallas was twice named the top city in the country by Financial World, and she
was named most valuable official in public management by City and State. She received the Linda Kiethley award for women in
public service, Women of Excellence Award, and has been recognized for her contributions to business.
Black is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the Association of Chamber of Commerce
Executives and International City Management Association. She has been a Municipal Securities Principal. In addition to her
Master of Public Affairs from the LBJ School, she holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California at Santa Barbara,
where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
Black is a lifelong resident
of Dallas and is married to neurologist Stuart Black.
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 Tom Hicks, Dallas Stars &
Texas Rangers Owner
TJ
Alum, sort of....
Although listed in the Dallas
News HS Game Time web page as a TJ Dallas graduate, Tom Hicks actually graduated from TJ in Port Arthur. But Tom Hicks did grow up in Dallas, went to Walnut Hill Elementary,
and would have attended TJ Dallas.
Thomas O. Hicks (born 1946 in Port Arthur, Tx), nicknamed Cheddar Tom, is a Dallas businessman. Hicks co-founded the investment firm, Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst, and is chairman of Hicks Inc, which owns and operates Southwest Sports Group, the company that owns the Texas Rangers, the Dallas Stars, Mesquite Championship Rodeo and also owns fifty percent of the English football team Liverpool FC.
The father of six children, Hicks and his wife Cinda reside in the Preston Hollow neighborhood of north Dallas.
By Kevin Sherrington, The Dallas Morning News.
Saturday, August 25, 2007
Last April, while rummaging through the mementos of his late father, a former Dallas
police captain, John Daniel, found an old team picture. In the black-and-white photo, Daniel's dad, also named John, kneels
in front of a dozen or so 10- and 11-year-old boys in baseball uniforms. The photo's caption from a 1957 edition of the
old Dallas Times Herald reveals the exploits of the Meyers and Rosser-sponsored "Pill Rollers" in the Civitan
Club's Midget League.
The longer Daniel looked at the boys, who were coached by his father, the more the
story came back to him. Most of his teammates went to Walnut Hill Elementary. A few would go on to play baseball at Thomas
Jefferson. But when he got to the kid on the back row, far right, Daniel drew a blank.
He sent the picture to
one of the other guys on the team, Larry Smith, who grew up to play point guard at Texas. Sure, Smith said, he knew the kid.
Turns out he was also a fraternity brother at UT. Guy by the name of Tom Hicks.
Daniel suddenly had an epiphany:
Maybe we ought to have a 50-year reunion! And that's how a dozen or so 60-plus-year-old men became guests of the Rangers
and Stars owner this weekend at the ballpark.
Daniel could be forgiven for not remembering Hicks, who came
off the bench in '57. Tommy, as he was known then, played third and pitched a little.
Hey, Tom: What kind of player
were you?
"Tall and skinny," he said.
Hicks played only one year for the Pill Rollers, who finished
the '57 season a robust 8-1. Two years later, the Hicks clan moved to Port Arthur, and the Pill Rollers lost contact with
their former teammate.
Had his family remained in Dallas, Tom would have gone to TJ, where he wouldn't
have been the only celebrity-in-waiting. After the Civitan league, Daniel played baseball at TJ and ultimately SMU. Another
Pill Roller, Sandy Kaufman, also would pitch at SMU. But the real star of the 1965 TJ baseball squad would prove
to be the team manager, M.L. Aday.
Back in the day, anyway, M.L. was short for Marvin Lee. Now it stands for Meat
Loaf. Moral for any kids reading this story: Be nice to all your teammates, from the team managers to the last kid
on the bench, because you never know which one you might ask for a loan.
The Pill Rollers did just fine, thank
you. One became a dentist. Another is a university professor, and a couple made college administrators. Smith is a pastor.
When he looks at that '57 team picture, Daniel, who's in advertising, takes due pride in the group's
accomplishments, then and now.
"That youth baseball team is worth a billion dollars," Daniel said,
"even if most of it came from only one guy."
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Rhys J. Best, Chairman and CEO, Lone Star Technologies
Class of '64
SEC Info - Lone Star Technologies Inc.
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Lone Star since June 2004. Chairman of the Board, President
and Chief Executive Officer of Lone Star from January 1999 to June 2004. President and Chief Executive Officer of Lone
Star from July 1998 to December 1998. President and Chief Operating Officer of Lone Star from 1997 to June 1998.
President and Chief Executive Officer of Lone Star Steel Company (“Steel”), a subsidiary of Lone Star,
from 1989 to 1997. Director of Crosstex Energy, L.P. and Trinity Industries, Inc. His current term as a Lone Star
director expires in 2009.
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Tracy
Hicks, Noted Artist
Class of '64
From www.tracyhicks.com
Tracy Hicks watches what we save and what
we do not. Preciousness is a premise that ripens over a human life span. Mr. Hicks’ fifty-nine years of accumulated
experience makes for a well-ripened sensibility.
His work investigates which objects we preserve in museums,
hang on the walls of public spaces, and live with in our homes – especially those treasures we privately stuff away
in drawers under our underwear and socks. In earlier years, his art is often incorporated canned fruit, vegetables, buttons,
rusted nails, shards of antique glass, and even an alcohol-soaked copperhead, floating in two pieces in a canning jar.
He spent the summer of 1998 in Guatemala collecting reptiles and amphibians with Joe Mendelson and Jonathan Campbell
for the University of Texas collection. There he experienced the amphibian decline firsthand. He returned to the studio and
started making casts of frogs.
Thousands of frogs later,
he maintains a large collection of live dendrobatid frogs and regularly casts specimens of extinct and near-extinct amphibian
species collected by some of the nation’s leading natural history museums. By bringing these creatures to life in a
wholly unexpected form, he encourages us to rediscover their preciousness.
While Tracy Hicks’ art is internationally
known and nationally shown, he is at heart a regionalist. He believes that only by staying honest to his roots can he interpret
the change that is going on everywhere. By staying connected to the change taking place where we are, we have some chance
of preserving more of our world and making the best of inevitable change.
Frogs are a symbol
of change most people can grasp -- and remember grasping as a child. We do not get warts from frogs or toads, but frogs and
toads can show us our precious human warts.
   Becky Sykes, Executive Director Dallas Women's Foundation
Class of '63
www.dallaswomensfoundation.org
Ms. Sykes is the executive director of The Dallas Women's Foundation,
a public foundation that promotes women's philanthropy and raises money to support community programs that help women
and girls realize their full potential. A life-long Dallas resident, she graduated from Austin College in Sherman with degrees
in French and government.
She has served on several community boards,
including Dallas City Plan Commission, Junior League of Dallas, YWCA, Dallas Summit, League of Women Voters, and Women's
Council of Dallas County.
Ms. Sykes has won the Maura Award ("Women
Helping Women"); The Susan B. Anthony Award, the Executive Director of the Year Award from the Women's Resource Center
of North Texas Legal Services, The League of Women Voters' Myrtle Bales Bulkley Award, and The Women of Excellence Award,
given by the YWCA and Women's Enterprise Magazine. Becky Sykes has been
named the DFW region's 2005 ATHENA Award recipient. The national award is presented locally each year by the Greater Dallas
Chamber.
In 1985 she co-founded the Dallas Women's Foundation and served as its first board chair. She
returned to the Dallas Women's Foundation in 1998 as executive director.
(confrimed by Becky Sykes 8-22-07)
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Eddie Dominguez, Owner/President Tupinamba Restaurants
Class of '62
Led TJ to state basketball championship in 1962. Then played basketball for Texas A&M.
Best Enchiladas in Dallas!
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   Bette Nesmith Graham - Liquid Paper
(1922-1980)
Born in 1924 in Dallas, Bette Graham dropped out of high school at the age
of seventeen and went to secretarial school. By 1951, she had worked her way up to the position of executive secretary for
W.W. Overton, the Chairman of the Board of the Texas Bank and Trust. It was at this time that Graham and her colleagues at
the bank began experiencing trouble with the new IBM electric typewriters. Tired of having to retype entire pages because
of one small error, Graham determined to find a more efficient alternative. Little did she know her frustration would
lead to her becoming one of the most famous women inventors of the 20th century.
The impetus for Graham’s
breakthrough came as she observed painters decorating the bank windows for the holidays. Rather than remove their mistakes
entirely, the painters simply covered any imperfections with an additional layer. The quick-thinking Graham mimicked their
technique by using a white, water-based tempera paint to cover her typing errors.
When the other secretaries realized
how well the invention worked, they flooded Graham with requests for their own supplies. The now-famous woman inventor sold
her first batch of “Mistake Out” in 1956, and soon she was working full-time to produce and bottle it from her
North Dallas home. Her son Michael – who would later achieve fame as a member of the pop group The Monkees
– and his friends helped to fill the growing number of orders for Mistake Out.
Graham continued experimenting
with the makeup of the substance until she achieved the perfect combination of paint and several other chemicals. The refined
product was renamed “Liquid Paper” in 1958 and, amid soaring demand, Graham applied for a patent and a trademark
that same year. She reportedly made some improvements with help from Michael's TJ Chemistry teacher.
Graham’s
Liquid Paper Company experienced tremendous growth over the next decade. By 1967, the company had its own corporate headquarters
and automated production plant, and sales were in excess of one million units per year. In 1975, Graham moved operations into
a 35,000-sq. ft. international Liquid Paper headquarters building in Dallas.
In 1979 she sold Liquid Paper to the Gillette Corporation for USD $47.5 million. At the time, her company employed 200 people and made 25 million bottles of Liquid Paper per year. Michael
Nesmith inherited half her $50+ million estate upon her death in 1980, at age 56. The remainder financed the Council on Ideas, a think tank devoted to exploring world problems.
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George
Seay, Basketball - Football
Class of '59
2007 TJ Athletic Hall of Fame Inductee
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Ron Chapman, State District Judge (1992-2000), Criminal District Court Judge
Class of '58 General Jurisdiction Courts of Texas
(1999-present) Justice, Fifth Court of Appeals, Dallas (1991-1999) Presiding Judge, 1st Administrative Judicial Region (1984-1988) District Judge,
Criminal District Court, Dallas (1978-1991)
Consistently among the top-rated jurists in all judicial
polls, it is not surprising that Justice Chapman is one of the most well-known, and respected judges (both active and "on
assignment") throughout Texas.
Prior to his 25+ years of honorable service on the bench, Justice Chapman
garnered over 10 years trial experience as a County and District Attorney, in-house counsel, and litigator.
As a judge and attorney, Justice Chapman presents council and parties before him with experience in a variety of areas of
law, including personal injury, legal and medical malpractice, commercial disputes, family matters, toxic torts, employment,
and real estate.
Justice Chapman earned both his bachelor's degree and law degree at SMU in 1962 and 1965
respectively. (from mc2 Legal website)
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Ron Chapman Jr.
Son of Ron Chapman
Texas Monthly consistently names Mr.
Chapman one of the state’s “Super Lawyers,” and D Magazine has recognized him on its lists for
both “Best Lawyers Under 40” and “Best Lawyers in Dallas.” Mr. Chapman is the only employment
law defense attorney to have received all of these distinctions. He is the counsel of choice for many high profile companies.
Representative clients include Southwest Airlines, Hertz Corporation, Greyhound, FedEx Kinko’s, Occidental Chemical,
Children’s Medical Center, la Madeleine, D.R. Horton, and the Dallas Bar Association itself.
Various publications
have relied upon Mr. Chapman as a commentator on employment law issues, including the Dallas Morning News, Law
Office Administrator, Staffing Success, and the Journal of Corporate Recruiting Leadership. He
is a frequent speaker at employment law seminars, routinely receiving positive reviews for his ability to explain complex
issues in a straightforward manner.
Mr. Chapman received his B.A. in behavioral sciences and political science
from Rice University, graduating cum laude. He then attended SMU School of Law on a full merit scholarship, graduating
cum laude and as a member of the Order of the Coif. Mr. Chapman served as a judicial law clerk to Judge Robert Parker
on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. He is a past Chairman of the North Dallas Chamber of Commerce, where he oversaw
the most successful financial year in the 53-year history of the organization. Pursuant to appointments by the Dallas
City Council, Mr. Chapman served on the city's Civil Service Board, which considers personnel disputes, and currently
serves on the city’s Park and Recreation Board. His opinion pieces on community issues have appeared in the Dallas
Morning News and the Dallas Business Journal. (Ogletree Deakins Attorneys Website)
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  Brenda Vaccaro, Theater and Movie Star
Class of '58
Oscar-nominated and Golden Globe-winning
actress. Vaccaro's Broadway credits include Cactus Flower (1965), How Now, Dow Jones (1967), The Goodbye People (1968), the female version of The Odd Couple, (1985), and Jake's Women (1982). The husky-voiced actress has been nominated for the Tony Award three times, for Best Featured Actress in a Play (Cactus Flower), Best Actress in a
Musical (Dow Jones), and Best Actress in a Play (The Goodbye People).
Vaccaro
co-starred in the 1969 Dustin Hoffman/Jon Voight film Midnight Cowboy, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. For her performance in the 1975 film adaptation of Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough she garnered an Academy Award nomination and won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress. Additional screen credits include
Airport '77, Capricorn One, Supergirl, and The Mirror Has Two Faces.
Vaccaro's many television credits include a number of television movies and a regular role in the short-lived 1984 series Paper Dolls in addition to guest appearances on The Fugitive, The Defenders, Coronet Blue, The Name of the Game, Marcus Welby, M.D., McCloud, The Streets of San Francisco, The Love Boat, St. Elsewhere, Murder, She Wrote, The Golden Girls, Columbo, Touched by an Angel, Friends, The King of Queens, and Nip/Tuck. She has been nominated for an Emmy Award three times and won for Best Supporting Actress in Comedy-Variety, Variety or Music for The
Shape of Things in 1974.
Later she went onto supply the voice for Johnny Bravo's mother Bunny Bravo in the animated cartoon series.
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Other Notable TJ Alumni
??? Indicates from Wikepedia, not verifed - Andy
Cargile, '65 coached TJ basketball, Principal at Trinity High school in Euless, TX
- ???Elizabeth Dameron '71, Professor of English, Writer
- Linda Evans, '67 or '68, CEO, the Meadows Foundation, Dallas
- Bob Glover, '63 All-state center on 1962 state basketball champions, played collegiately at Texas Tech
- Burk
Goldthorn, '77 University of Texas catcher was MVP of 1981 SWC tournament and NCAA Central
Regional. Erroneously listed in Dallas News Game Time Website as Class of '78 .
- Jim
Haller, '63 Baylor men's basketball coach (1978-85)
- Tim Huffman, '77 younger brother of Dave, offensive
lineman football player, Notre Dame (1977-81), Green Bay Packers (1981-85)
- Jimmy Jones, '82 Major League baseball pitcher (1986-93) for Padres, Yankees, Astros
- Billy Jones, '79 brother of Jimmy
- David Meyercord, '65 Former Managing Partner, Strasburger and Price (not to be confused with David Meyer)
- Russell Powell,'73 has
spent the past 30 years in Europe as a very successful bass player having played with some of the biggest names in the business.
Examples: Michael Murphy in the 70's, Bee Gees in the late 70's and early 80's, Sheena Easton on her 1981 9 to
5 tour. (from Keith Byars '73)
- Glenn Robinson, '70 Colts defensive end/linebacker (1975-77) played
collegiately at Oklahoma State
- Lee Wunsch, President and CEO, Jewish Federation of Greater Houston
- Tim Wallace, Chairman and CEO, Trinity Industries
- Joni Patry, World Renowned Astrologer
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