Monthly Archives: Dec. 1997

The law firm of Liddell, Sapp, Zivley, Hill & LaBoon, and the Kayser Foundation, both of Houston, have made gifts totaling $175,000 to The University of Texas at Law School Foundation toward the Trial Advocacy Center in the John B. Connally Center for the Administration of Justice. The trial center will be named in honor of John L. Hill Jr., chief justice of the Supreme Court of Texas from 1984-1987.

Mr. and Mrs. Hays R. Warden of Houston have established a permanent endowment at The University of Texas at Austin to assist students from high schools within the Aransas County Independent School District. The Opal A.Warden and Beatrice Shipman Memorial Endowed Scholarship honors the mothers of Hays R. Warden, a 1972 UT graduate, and his wife Sandra L. Warden.

Dr. Peter Flawn, UT Austin president ad interim, today announced the award of a $3 million technical assistance grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to UT. The grant will assist the Congress of Guatemala in a three-year program designed to strengthen the legislature and consolidate democracy in that war torn country.

Geologic studies of natural gas reservoirs in Texas conducted by The University of Texas at Austin's Bureau of Economic Geology between 1988 to 1995 have been singled out as an example of a "government-industry success story" by the White House. The designation was included in the final report submitted to President Clinton by the President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST).

The University of Texas at Austin has joined public schools and corporate sponsors in forming Texas PREP (Partners Responding to Educational Priorities), an educational partnership designed to support and enhance recently passed legislation, House Bill 588, which guarantees automatic admissions for the top 10 percent of Texas high school graduates. The bill was signed into law by Gov. George W. Bush on May 10, 1997.

The College of Communication at The University of Texas at Austin has announced that Ann Sutherland Chappell has been chosen as Outstanding Alumna of the year. She will be honored at a banquet in February 1998. Chappell graduated from the University with a bachelor of arts degree in speech and a master of arts degree in communication.

The University of Texas at Austin has joined public schools and corporate sponsors in forming Texas PREP (Partners Responding to Educational Priorities), an educational partnership designed to support and enhance recently passed legislation, House Bill 588, which guarantees automatic admissions for the top 10 percent of Texas high school graduates. The bill was signed into law by Gov. George W. Bush on May 10, 1997.

Texas State Sen. Judith Zaffirini will be the speaker for The University of Texas at Austin Graduate School Convocation on Saturday (Dec. 6) which is expected to be attended by about 3,000 students, faculty, administrators and guests of the University.