Immortal Flying Ace
UT Arlington, city, and military officials unveiled a Texas historical marker and statue honoring alumnus Neel E. Kearby in November at the George W. Hawkes Central Library in downtown Arlington. A graduate of North Texas Agricultural College (now UT Arlington) and a member of the University’s Military Science Hall of Honor, Col. Kearby was killed in action during World War II. He was a decorated […]
Hall of Honor adds distinguished cadets
Col. Joe B. Swift, top, Brig. Gen. Ricky D. Gibbs, center, and Maj. John Gallatin Kearby are the 2011 inductees into the Military Science Hall of Honor. Swift earned a B.B.A. degree in 1963 as a distinguished military graduate. He was selected to shoot with the All-Army team and was placed in charge of rifle and pistol training activities while stationed in Korea and Japan. […]
Unifying Force
Joseph Bohanon has a way of bringing people together. The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma tribe member formed the Native American Student Association (NASA) while a UT Arlington student in 1994. Later he established the Tribal Hands United to Network and Determine Educational Resolve (THUNDER), a coalition of Native American clubs at 12 North Texas colleges and universities. He also co-founded the American Indian Community Council […]
Elite Eight
Since 1965 UT Arlington has recognized its most outstanding alumni with the Distinguished Alumni Award. Honored at the 2010 Distinguished Alumni Gala in October were, from left, Clifford Hahne ’82, Robert Irish Jr. ’66, James Ditto ’48-’51, Jean McSweeney ’83, Ignacio Nuñez ’75, Nasser Ahmed Lozi ’79, Thomas Rourke ’74, ’78, and Greg Barron ’91. Ditto received the Distinguished Alumni Service Award, and Lozi received […]
We Are the World
The reach of UT Arlington alumni extends far beyond North Texas. With graduates finding success in 90 countries on six continents—from Mexico to Thailand to Australia—the University’s global reputation as a premier destination for higher education continues to soar. In some cases that reputation approaches royal status. Nasser Ahmed Lozi, who earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering in 1979, serves as chief of the Royal […]
