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University
awards were presented at the annual Alumni Awards Dinner April
11. The event honors alumni and others who have provided service
and support to the university as well as alumni who have achieved
prominence in their fields. This year's honorees were:
Distinguished
Alumnus/Alumna Award
The
university's most prestigious award for alumni, given
to individuals who have achieved distinction in their professions
and made significant contributions to society, therefore
bringing credit to UNT
Charlie
Bond ('59)
of Dallas, president and CEO of Elliott's Hardware Inc.,
with stores in Dallas, Grapevine and Plano. Bond, who graduated
with a bachelor of business administration degree from North
Texas, expanded Elliott's Hardware during a time when many
of its counterparts failed due to competition from larger chains.
The stores are known for their dedication to customer service
and their wide selection of merchandise. Bond has been a member
of the Chief Executives Round Table sponsored by UNT's
Professional Development Institute and serves on the College
of Business Administration's advisory board. He was a charter
inductee into the college's Hall of Honor and the Kappa
Sigma Hall of Honor.
Michael
Faircloth ('83)
of Dallas, Texas fashion designer. Since his graduation from
the university with a bachelor of fine arts degree in fashion
design, Faircloth has operated his own shop at the Lily Dodson
boutique in the Highland Park Village of Dallas. Last year, he
unveiled a ready-to-wear collection in New York. Besides designing
for the upper echelons of Dallas society, Faircloth has created
numerous dresses for first lady Laura Bush, including the royal
red gown she wore to the presidential inauguration. He has served
on the advisory board for the UNT School of Visual Arts, and
his involvement in DIFFA, Design Industries Foundation Fighting
AIDS of Dallas, has been the cornerstone of his public service.
Since the group's foundation in 1984, it has contributed
more than $30 million to hundreds of AIDS service organizations.
Bill
R. Neale ('48,
'53 M.A.) of Dallas, automotive fine artist. Neale received his
bachelor's
and master's degrees in art from North Texas and began
working for one of the most prestigious advertising firms of
the Southwest, Tracy-Locke. Later, he became the CEO of a subsidiary
firm, Point Communications. His love of auto racing and art has
made him a very popular figure in both fields. Since 1953 he
has been a contributing illustrator for Automobile, Road
and Track, Car and Driver, Motor Trend and Cavallino magazines.
He now works as a contract painter, traveling to car-racing
events and copying the likenesses of the sport's icons in watercolors,
acrylics and oils. He is the founding member of the Automotive
Fine Arts Society, an international
organization that has shows throughout the United States.
Green
Glory Award
Presented
to individuals, not necessarily alumni, whose assistance
to the university has enabled it to have "a substantial
margin of excellence in its endeavors"
E.
Bruce ('91
honorary) and
Virginia Owens Street of
Graham. Bruce Street, a partner in Street Investment Co. and
co-founder and director of Breck Operating Corp., served the
UNT System as a member of the Board of Regents for almost 20
years and held key positions including vice chair, chair of the
facilities committee and member of the executive committee. He
also helped create the UNT Foundation, which supports the university
through the stewardship and acquisition of financial resources.
He holds the 1981 Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine Founders
Medal, and UNT awarded him an honorary doctor of educational
leadership in 1991. Virginia Street, along with her husband,
sponsors the Roger J. Williams Award in Preventive Nutrition,
named in honor of the late pioneer in nutrition research. The
award is given periodically by the UNT Health Science Center
at Fort Worth. In 2001, the Bruce Street Educational Fund was
established to create a deferred gift currently valued at $8
million. In 20 years, the total of the fund will be donated to
the UNT College of Education.
Joseph
E. Humphry of
Irving, chief executive officer of Travelweb.com. Humphry has
more than 35 years of experience in the travel industry and is
a sought-after consultant. His previous company, Humphry Service
Corp., serves clients such as American Airlines, Carlson Leisure
Network, Liberty Travel and others. He has now focused his talents
on the field of Internet travel. In 2001, he created Travelweb.com,
a travel web site that offers hotel rooms at up-to-the-minute
pricing through its direct connections to hotel reservation systems.
Prior to Travelweb and his consulting career, Humphry worked
at American Airlines as senior director of leisure marketing
and managing director of sales development. Humphry is a member
of the Chief Executives Round Table of the UNT Professional Development
Institute and is on the board of governors of UNT's School
of Merchandising and Hospitality Management.
Nicholas
D. Ricco ('61)
of Dallas, president of Ricco Properties. Ricco, who graduated
from North Texas with a bachelor of business administration degree,
served in the U.S. Air Force and Navy in both active and reserve
status. He became the first non-pilot in the Navy and the first
naval reserve officer to be appointed as executive officer and
commanding officer of Naval flying squadrons. Returning to the
Dallas area from active duty, he began to accrue property and
casualty insurance agencies as well as commercial and residential
real estate. By 1987 he had amassed more than 40 insurance agencies,
which he sold to William Rigg Co. in 1991. He continues to own
and manage real estate investments in the Dallas area and actively
promotes Navy affairs. At UNT he has instructed and mentored
students through the Professional Leadership Program in the College
of Business Administration and serves on the college's
advisory board. He is also back on campus as a student himself,
working on a master's degree in journalism.
Honorary
Alumnus/Alumna Award
Awarded
to individuals who were never students at UNT, but whose
outstanding devotion to the university has been clearly
demonstrated
Barbara
B. Colegrove of
Addison, retired UNT journalism instructor and a former writer
for the now defunct Addison Reporter. Colegrove joined the North
Texas journalism faculty as a visiting lecturer in 1961. She
had previously worked for four years as a reporter and researcher
for Time magazine. She left the faculty in 1972 for Southern
Methodist University but returned to North Texas to teach from
1984 to 1986. The death of two of her former students — Margaret "Maggie" Brown
Kennedy ('63) and Stanley Houston ('65) — prompted
her and her husband, the late Don Colegrove, to create a journalism
scholarship endowment at UNT in 1998. After leaving the North
Texas journalism faculty for the second time, Colegrove served
as a lab assistant for reporting students at Brookhaven College
in Farmers Branch. She was also editor of Where magazine in Dallas
and a staff writer and columnist for the Addison Reporter. Her
columns were recently compiled into a book recounting the history
of Addison.
John
P. Fullingim of
Dallas, management consultant with Applied Behavioral Sciences
Marketing, formerly the Addison Marketing Group. Fullingim was
honored specifically because of his in-kind contributions in
the area of market research and consulting, which led to the
development of marketing strategies for the university. As president
of the Addison Marketing Group, a Dallas-based management-consulting
firm, he conducted research that guided the university's
development of graduate and undergraduate recruitment materials;
strategies for fundraising; and direction for increasing regional,
state and national news coverage in addition to improving UNT's
overall institutional identity in the North Texas region. After
the implementation of the new recruitment materials, UNT's
freshman enrollment increased 17 percent the first fall, reversing
a six-year enrollment decline.
Outstanding Alumnus/Alumna Service Award
Given
to alumni who have "rendered volunteerism of exemplary
nature" to the university
G.
Brint Ryan ('88, '88
M.S.) of Dallas, founder and managing principal of Ryan & Co.,
one of the largest state and local tax consulting firms in the
United States. After graduating with bachelor's and master's
degrees in accounting, Ryan built a firm with more than 100 professionals
serving numerous Fortune 500 companies. He is a regular speaker
for the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants and received
its Houston chapter's Salute to Excellence Award. He also
regularly addresses state and local tax topics for the Institute
of Professionals in Taxation, the National Business Institute
and the Tax Executives Institute. At UNT he has served as a member
and chair of the Department of Accounting's advisory board
and served on the search committee for a new department chair,
in addition to supporting the department's internship program.
Alfred
('88) and Kimberly ('88) Winder of
Denton. Since earning a bachelor of business administration degree
in real estate from UNT, Alfred has become a controller
at Rhino Steel Building Systems in Denton. Kimberly received
her bachelor of science degree in recreation and leisure studies
from UNT. She is the regional alumni officer for Denton County
at UNT and is also a Tupperware consultant. The Winders are the
co-presidents of the Denton chapter of the North Texas Exes and
have planned numerous social events to help encourage new memberships
to the society. They recently organized and hosted a successful
fund raising event, with proceeds used to support UNT scholarships.
While in college, Alfred played on the North Texas football team
and has been a die-hard UNT sports fan ever since. The Winders
are season ticket holders for UNT football and men and women's
basketball and have played an active role in the Mean Green Club.
President's
Citation
Awarded
to individuals who have given extraordinary service and
support to UNT either in enhancing its reputation or in
helping the university accomplish its mission
Bob
Ray Sanders ('69)
of Fort Worth, associate editor and columnist for the Fort
Worth Star-Telegram. Sanders, who received his bachelor's degree
in journalism from North Texas, is a frequent guest lecturer
for UNT journalism classes and was inducted into the department's
Hall of Honor. He began his career with the Fort Worth Star-Telegram as a courthouse reporter and political writer in 1969. In 1972,
he left the newspaper to become a reporter at KERA-TV, Channel
13, Dallas' PBS affiliate. He produced and hosted the award-winning
program News Addition and served as vice president and station
manager before returning to the Star-Telegram in 1994. He was
promoted to associate editor in 1997 but continued his association
with KERA for several years as the host of Between the Lines,
a weekly news and public affairs program. During his career,
Sanders has received some of journalism's most prestigious
honors, including five Dallas Press Club KATIE awards, a National
Association of Black Journalists' award for television
sports reporting and a National Headliner Award for investigative
reporting
Ulys
Knight Spirit Award
Awarded
to a UNT alumnus, alumna or group that has made noteworthy
efforts to sustain spirit among the UNT family. Ulys Knight
('28) was on North Texas' championship basketball
team in the early 1920s and was named the most popular
student on campus. He was later known as "Mr. North
Texas" for his participation in alumni activities.
Brad
('73) and Vicki
Olson of
Frisco. Brad received his bachelor of business administration
degree in marketing from UNT. He has worked in outside sales
for Frisco Wholesale Lumber for almost 17 years. He is a board
member of the North Texas Exes and serves as chair of the Athletics
Committee, reporting on all athletic events and encouraging members
of the Exes to support athletic programs. Vicki, who attended
North Texas from 1968 to 1970, is the office manager for the
Trumpkard Team at Keller Williams Real Estate in Frisco. During
the past year, both Olsons initiated a North Texas Exes chapter
in Frisco, conducting social events in their home and organizing
events at other locations. The chapter, later renamed the Collin
County Chapter, has more than 100 members. In addition, the Olsons
are active members of the Mean Green Club.
Wings
of Eagles Citation
This
special award was presented to Alfred F. Hurley, Chancellor Emeritus
of the UNT System and President Emeritus of UNT, and his wife,
Joanna, recognizing the many years of service and dedication they
have given to the university. Hurley came to North Texas on Sept.
1, 1980, to serve as vice president for administrative affairs.
In February 1982, he became UNT's 12th president and the
second chancellor of the informal UNT System. Hurley became the
system's first full-time chancellor in October 2000, after
the Board of Regents voted to separate the offices of system chancellor
and university president. At the time he left the presidency for
duties exclusively as chancellor, he had served as UNT's
chief executive longer than any other president in university history.
He is currently preparing history and higher education courses
to teach during the 2003-04 year. Joanna is serving as president
of the Texas Committee for the National Museum of Women in the
Arts, a statewide organization promoting the recognition of women
artists, past and present.
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