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Now retired remind each student we’ve helped that the way to thank
with 70 years us is to help others in the future as they were helped,
of professional when they are in a place of financial ability. You’ll know
work between when and how to help. And you won’t have to look far,”
them, Dawn Dawn says.
and Marcus
enjoy After forty years in Lubbock with no family nearby,
philanthropy they are blessed to now have five family members in
and a vibrant town: Marcus’ brother Rahim and his wife Martha—and
social life. their daughter Crystal. Plus, Dawn’s nephew and niece
Together, are both recent
they have graduates of
established Texas Tech.
multiple Marcus became
scholarship a U.S. citizen in
endowments 1983. He loves
at Tech—in this country
engineering, where, in fifty
music, architecture, journalism, and other areas. They years, a poor
support BalletLubbock, the LSO, LHUCA, and other student who
non-profits in the city. They say: “Supporting arts and worked hard
culture in Lubbock makes us happy.” Additionally, not only got the
Dawn is active in the Lubbock Women’s Club and Texas girl, but he has
Women for the Arts. also gone from

In the last few years, they have taken two international pauper to patron.
graduate students under their wings and into their
hearts. Saleha Soadat of Afghanistan is earning a
master’s degree in journalism and graduates in August.
Hasti Safaei of Iran received her master’s degree in piano
performance in May. Dawn and
Marcus have enjoyed welcoming and
mentoring both women as they make
their way in the US, much as Marcus
was helped along by kind people in
his early days in this country.

Dawn says, “Working for 30 years
gave me the time and freedom to
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