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Portrait of a UTA Family
The Taylor family's association with UTA and its preceding institutions began in 1911. It continues today through Lloyd Clark and his granddaughter, sophomore Alida Eggen.

Hart to Hart
Peggy Hart Lofland, her parents, several siblings, a couple of in-laws and now her daughter have all made UTA their university of choice.

Family Tradition
At least one member of the Latham family has taught at or attended UTA every decade since the 1940s.

Six degrees of education
The Saad siblings–three brothers and three sisters–have used their UTA diplomas to launch international business ventures.

Laughing with Liz

Liz Carpenter, a former aide to President Lyndon B. Johnson and press secretary to Lady Bird Johnson, spoke at an April luncheon sponsored by the UTA Women’s Studies Program. Among the bon mots from the 80-year-old Carpenter:

On leaving Washington, D.C.:
“I was yet another valuable relic taken from the White House without permission.”

Recollections of arriving in the nation’s capital in 1942:
“I was there before Strom Thurmond.”

On a long-winded speech by
Minnesota Sen. Hubert Humphrey:
“Senator, if your watch has
stopped, there’s a calendar
behind you.”