Robert Morgan (’65 M.M.), Houston :: longtime jazz educator, was recognized in The New York Times and in a Houston Chronicle editorial in January. Morgan, the retired director of the jazz program at Houston’s High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, was in New York attending concerts by many of his former students in an event organized by pianist Jason Moran to celebrate Houston musicians. The Times notes of the “sophisticated and totally joyous concerts” that “because the common denominator was not just a city or a school but also one specific teacher, you sensed respect. … This wasn’t just another gig.” UNT alums Billy Harper (’65) and Tex Allen also performed.