William Sidney Graves was born on March 27, 1865, in Mount Calm, 24 miles northeast of Waco on old Highway 31. Before his death on February 27, 1940, he would experience several lifetimes’ worth of adventures, be called a revolutionary and a counter-revolutionary, see much of the world, and become the central figure in one […]
The awards have expanded. The venues have moved. But the purpose remains consistent: to recognize members of the Baylor Family whose leadership, service, scholarship, and public impact reflect distinction. 1965 Dr. Gordon Teal and Earl C. Hankamer, Sr., are recognized as the University’s first Outstanding Alumni. Ex-Students Association Executive Director Dr. George Stokes presented the
Anticipation was running high in central Italy last summer as a Baylor-led research team prepared for its first peek into an ancient chamber tomb. With the aid of a camera inserted into the top corner of the front door, Dr. Jamie Aprile saw archaeological treasure: 2,600-year-old Etruscan pottery, and lots of it, seemingly whole and
In 2016, Baylor University and the Baylor Alumni Association reached an agreement of co-existence after years of arbitration. One of the agreement’s most consequential provisions expanded alumni influence in university governance by adding three alumni-elected members to the Board of Regents. “If it were not for that term, this lawsuit would not have been settled.
To say that Nellie and Miriam Buck were Baylor and Waco’s answer to Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan is to over-state the fact – but just barely. Few people of any era have overcome more and achieved more than the indomitable Buck sisters. Civil War veteran and lawyer Giddings Judson Buck and his with Mary
In his lifetime, Pompeo Coppini was recognized as a talented artist, both popular and successful,” according to Dr. Rick McCaslin, director of publications at the Texas State Historical Association, and former professor of history at the University of North Texas. “But I’ve seen several newspaper headlines that referred to him as a Confederate sculptor,” he
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“The building of a better environment will require in the long term a citizenry that is both deeply concerned and fully informed. Thus, I believe that our educational system at all levels has a critical role to play.” – President Richard M. Nixon At age 91, Dr. Owen Lind still vividly remembers the cacophony of
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In February 1973, the Rev. Jesse Jackson – not yet a household name, but a significant figure in the modern civil rights movement – undertook a speaking tour of Southern colleges. Jackson’s presence on that fateful Memphis hotel balcony the day his mentor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated had been the catalyst for
The Baylor Line Foundation’s motto is, “There’s a story for every Baylor grad” and I believe it. But some stories don’t have a happy ending. Some stories don’t have an ending at all. This is one of those stories. I stumbled across a one-paragraph notice mentioning Helen A. McCullough in the July 21, 1944, edition
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Great colleges have great art. In addition to the treasures at the Martin Museum of Art and in the Armstrong Browning Library, scattered throughout Baylor University’s campus are a handful of widely recognized classics. But what’s different about Baylor’s collection is that several of these paintings in particular have been hiding in plain sight–seen, yet
