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at the Century level
– $100 per year. This
year the TTUAA
has unveiled the
1923 Society. (1923
is the year Texas
Technological College
was born.) The new
designation will offer
some special perks
for members, and the
exclusive society can
be had for the price
of “three Starbucks
a month” according
to Jim. In fact, he
put a pencil to it,
and discovered that
“$1000 divided by 52
weeks equals $19.23.
Who wouldn’t want
to give that small
amount, knowing
how much it would help” to their alma mater? Jim
smiles when he says, “1923/$19.23. I think it’s a God
thing.”

It might sound like Jim Douglass wouldn’t have
much time for a life outside of Texas Tech, but he
and his wife Patti are well-known as community
advocates. Jim serves on the UMC Foundation
Board and the Civic Lubbock, Inc. Board. He is
chairman of the Catholic Foundation of the South
Plains Board and active in SW Lubbock Rotary. In
addition to being active in his church, he is an ATO
advisor and involved in TTU’s Friends of Music.
Patti, a former member of The Goin’ Band, was head
of the Texas Tech Visitors Center but has recently
begun work on her PhD in the College of Media and
Communication. “She’s a lifelong learner,” Jim says
of his wife of 30 years. Between them, Jim and Patti
have a son, two daughters, two sons-in-law, and
three “perfect” grandchildren. Son Russ serves in the
US Air Force.

Texas Tech is fortunate to have someone like Jim
Douglass at the reins of Development for their vast
alumni network. In fact, it would be hard to imagine
anyone else in the role. The “professional Saddle
Tramp” has been promoting Tech for five of his
seven decades, and his enthusiasm for the university
continues to be as much an asset as Bangin’ Bertha.

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