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Helen Witten Cole ’47, passed away on Friday, February 12 at Providence Hospital in Waco. She was 84. A 20-year resident of Alexandria, La., she was a school teacher and a Red Cross safety instructor, and she taught Sunday school. After returning to Waco in 1977, she was an active member of Seventh and James […]

BAA Welcomes New Baylor President On Monday, February 15, in communications emailed to faculty, staff, students, and alumni, Baylor University announced that Kenneth W. Starr has been named the institution’s fourteenth president. He will be introduced to the Baylor family at a press conference at 3 p.m., Tuesday, February 16, in the Bill Daniel Student

Congratulations to Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints! The BAA is proud to have ties to this year’s Super Bowl winners—Amy Hightower Brees ’79 (Drew’s stepmom) is on the 2010 BAA Board of Directors. Best wishes to Drew, Amy, and the entire Brees family. Sic ‘Em Saints! Check out Drew Breese and the 2010

For biographical stories on each recipient, see the Baylor Line story Honoring Achievement. Click here to see photos from the 2010 banquet and reception. On Friday, January 15, 2010, at 7 p.m., the Baylor Alumni Association bestowed the Distinguished Alumni Award upon four Baylor graduates — Dr. James Kroll, Dr. Rebekah Ann Naylor, Bob R.

The Winter 2010 issue of the Baylor Line is now available on the Baylor Alumni Association (BAA) website. With a cover story, What Am I Doing Here?, by 2008 graduate and Peace Corps volunteer Claire St. Amant, the issue is full of great stories about alumni who are changing the world. Also included are profiles

By Todd Copeland On June 1, 1979, the Baylor Alumni Association assumed responsibility for overseeing Baylor Nationwide, a program that Baylor had begun in 1977 to connect with alumni across the country by holding alumni gatherings in major cities and establishing program leaders in all fifty states (1979 logo shown). In describing the new arrangement,

By Julie Copenhaver The Baylor Alumni Association (BAA) presented two awards during a luncheon on Saturday, December 19, at the Hughes-Dillard Alumni Center. The Price Daniel Distinguished Public Service Award went to State Senator Kirk Watson ’81, and Melissa Rogers ’88 received the Abner V. McCall Religious Liberty Award. The Price Daniel Distinguished Public Service

By Meg Cullar Photograph by Robert Rogers/Baylor Photography The trophy case of Baylor’s legendary track and field coach Clyde Hart ’56 has been busting at the seams for quite some time, but now Hart has added an award that is the granddaddy of them all. Hart was named the World Coach of the Year by

By Meg Cullar Photograph by Danny Turner In fourteen years at the Baylor Line, I have to count the legendary Paul Baker (pictured in 2001) as one of the most interesting people I have ever interviewed. Of course, I was well aware of his history with the university and the controversy surrounding his departure when

By Claire Moncla My mother has a video of me at five years old telling her I wanted to be a writer. Fifteen years later, my goals haven’t changed much. And lately, I’ve had the privilege of getting valuable on-the-job training through working on the Phoenix, Baylor’s literary magazine, and the alumni association’s Baylor Line