Profiles

David Corkill stands in front of the PACC sign.

David Corkill: The Impresario Behind Waco’s New Performing Arts Center

For David Corkill, Waco was a metropolis. He grew up in La Grange, Texas, a town of 4,000 people roughly halfway between San Antonio and Houston. When it was time to go to college, many of his classmates went to the big cities. He chose Baylor and fell in love right away.  “I like to […]

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Dr. Dennis Myers: Gerontology’s Greatest on a Career that Aged Well

It was his grandmother–his protector and inspiration–who inspired Dr. Dennis Myers to pursue a calling to work in the field of social work and gerontology. Now, after 43 years of service to Baylor University, Dr. Myers is retiring, starting a new chapter in his life and leaving behind a legacy that future generations of students

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The Life and Times of ‘Fesser Courtney

In its long history, who was Baylor’s first senior professor? Dorothy Scarborough? A. J. Armstrong? Paul Baker? Daniel Sternberg? Glenn Capp? Cornelia Marschall Smith? It was Dr. Luther Weeks Courtney, who taught in the English department for nearly 40 years. In 1954, President W.R. White conferred the newly created title of “Distinguished Professor” on Courtney

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