Fernando Piñón (’71 M.A.), Laredo, authored a new book during COVID-19 quarantine called A Man Named Fernando, a memoir about his life. Fernando taught at San Antonio College and the University of Texas at San Antonio, and published many academic articles and books in his academic career that covered Mexican American politics. He edited the Laredo Morning Times from 1970 to 1974, making him the first Mexican-American to edit a Texas daily newspaper. He also wrote for the San Antonio Express-News and owned and published El Visitante Dominical, a national Catholic newspaper. While at UNT, he was editor of The Campus Chat newspaper and a member of Sigma Delta Chi.