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Alumnus Named to
Iota of Texas
Phi Beta Kappa Chapter
Musicologist Michael Broyles ’61 was selected as the alumnus inductee to the Iota
of Texas Phi Beta Kappa chapter at Austin College in April. He also was the speaker for
the evening. The Phi Beta Kappa Society allows chapters to induct alumni who have
graduated at least 10 years ago.
A visiting professor of musicology at Florida State University College of Music,
Broyles is particularly interested in placing American music in American history and
culture, and he previously held an appointment as Distinguished Professor of Music
and professor of American history at Penn State University.
A widely published expert on American music and music of the Classic era,
particularly Beethoven, Broyles is writing a book, Beethoven in America, on how the
legendary composer and pianist is viewed, interpreted, and used in American culture,
both in the scholarly world and in popular culture. He writes for many journals and
professional publications and is the author of six books, including Mavericks and Other
Traditions in American Music, 2004, and Music of the Highest Class: Elitism and
Populism in Antebellum Boston, 1992. Broyles and his wife and colleague, Denise Von
Glahn, wrote the biography Leo Ornstein: Modernist Dilemmas, Personal Choices,
2007, which received the Society for American Music 2009 Irving Lowens Memorial
Book Award.
Broyles earned a master’s degree in music theory and a Ph.D. in musicology from
the University of Texas at Austin. He has received numerous awards, including two
National Endowment for the Humanities fellowships. He is a member of the American
Musicological Society, the Organization of American Historians, and the Society for
American Music,
which he serves as
past-president.
Michael Broyles
and his wife,
Denise Von Glahn
COURTESY PHOTO
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Members of the Class of 1959 celebrated their 50-year reunion on campus during
Commencement ceremonies. (See the photo on page 42.)
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Emory Glover (11) is serving his community this year as president of the Willow Meadows
Civic Club in southwest Houston. A broker associate of Keller Williams Houston
Metropolitan Realty, he also teaches English in the Berlitz Language Center and is frequent
pulpit supply for the Thai Fellowship at First Presbyterian Church.
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Richard Hull is finishing his fourth year as executive director of the Text and Academic
Authors Association, a nationwide organization of academic and textbook authors.
Membership has increased from 642 to more than 1,900. The organization offers grants to
authors, teleconferences on a variety of topics, campus-based workshops on academic
and grant writing, mentoring of faculty engaged in writing projects, and campus-based
chapters of individuals interested in group support of academic writing
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Charla Aldous (2) earned a spot on D Magazine’s listing of the “Best Personal Lawyers in
Dallas 2009.” Founder of the Aldous Law Firm in Dallas, she was selected by her peers as
one of the best personal injury attorneys in the city. To compile the list, the magazine
editors solicited nominations from attorneys across the city, then a panel of attorneys and
magazine staff determined the final list, which honors 94 of Dallas’ top lawyers who devote
most of their practice to representing individuals. The complete list was featured in the May
edition of D Magazine. “Dallas is home to many of the finest attorneys in the country, and I
am honored that others view me among the best in the city,” Aldous said. She earned the
2008 “Trial Lawyer of the Year” award from the Texas chapters of the American Board of Trial
Advocates. In 2007, Texas Lawyer newspaper featured her as one of the top five personal
injury attorneys in Texas, and The National Law Journal profiled her in 2005 as one of 10
“winning” lawyers in the nation. ■ Lauren Brand Jordan is a certified sex therapist
through the America Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists and is
licensed in Texas for independent practice. She has written the book No Room For Sex:
How To Boost Your Low Libido. A licensed clinical social worker, she has been a
psychotherapist in private practice in Dallas since 1986.
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Jennifer McFarlane Ware (5) has been named CEO of YWCA of Metropolitan Dallas. She
has spent the past 20 years in Dallas non-profit organizations, most recently as the chief
development officer with the Girl Scouts.
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A son, Beckett Hollis, was born February 15 to Matthew and Julie Ell Lugar. He joins his
big brother, Ellis Mattheson, 3. The family lives in Redwood City, California.
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Jarrod Foerster was appointed in April as a senior vice president of Flagship Properties
Corporation in Houston, Texas. His responsibilities include development and execution of the
company’s investment strategy as well as service as a member of the investment committee.
Foerster previously served as vice president for investments with the company from 2003 to
2007 and re-joins the firm in this new position. ■ Chris Thompson was named one of
Texas Monthly magazine’s “Rising Stars.” The publication was released in April.
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