Robert F. Darden is the author of two dozen books, including Nothing But Love in God’s Water, Volumes I & Il and People Get Ready! A New History of Black Gospel Music. He is currently working on the definitive biography of gospel legend Andrae Crouch. He is the founder of Baylor’s Black Gospel Music Restoration […]
Dr. Leslie Appiah is an Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at The University of Colorado School of Medicine and Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology at Children’s Hospital Colorado. She serves as Division Chief of General Obstetrics and Gynecology in the department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Director of the Fertility Preservation and Reproductive Late Effects
As a NASA rocket scientist, Alexander was directly involved in the detailed planning anc controlling of Apollo 11, which landed the men on the moon and is still considered to be one of the top technical feats in history. His expertise was orbital rendezvous, the bringing together of space vehicles in space, and he was
After attending Baylor University for three years, Babs graduated from the University of Maryland with a Bachelor of Music Education in 1965. She owned and operated a travel agency from 1971 to 2008, specializing in group travel. Her first relative to become a graduate of Baylor University was Ralph Tharp, her maternal grandfather, in 1917.
Justice Molly Meredith Francis has been a T’exas judge for 29 years and license Texas attorney for 39 years. Justice Francis was first elected to a Dallas County misdemeanor court, then appointed by Governor George W. Bush to a felony court. After 11 years on the trial court, Governor Rick Perry appointed her as justice
Elizabeth Vardaman was a senior lecturer in business communications in the Hankame School of Business in the 1980s and early 1990s. She became assistant director of the Honors Program in 1993 and was appointed an associate dean in the College of Arts and Sciences in 1996. An exchange professor in China and assistant director on
The Johnson- Porter-Smith Luce family legacy at Baylor began with Jesse Breland Johnson, a Baylor graduate of the class of 1891. Dr. Jesse Breland Johnson married Jessie Clara Brown, whom he met at Baylor. Jessie Brown wrote dozens of letters to family and friends during her time at Baylor, most of which have been preserved
The Honorable Lyndon L. Olson, Jr., was appointed by President William J. Clinton as U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Sweden and served from 1997-2001. From 1979-87, Olson was Chairman and Member of the Texas State Board of Insurance. In 1982-83, he served as President of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. He is Vice
Rev. Dr. George A. Mason has been senior pastor at Wilshire Baptist Church since August 1989. His three decades as pastor follow the pattern of his predecessor, Bruce Mclver, who was pastor at Wilshire for 30 years. Mason is a nationally recognized faith leader, rooted in congregational life. He combines the prophetic and pastoral voices
trigger warning: this essay heavily discusses Jennifer’s relationship with her eating disorder and if that topic is upsetting for you, please, take care while you read. My eating disorder started whenever I was 13Growing up in the small, rural community of Shirley, Arkansas, I had little exposure to and education about mental health. My elementary
