Baylor's thirteenth president, Dr. John Lilley '61, BM '62, MM '64, took office on January 2 and has been meeting with faculty, staff, students, and alumni. "I enjoy and need their advice on lots of issues," he said. After these important discussions on campus, Lilley plans to launch a tour to meet alumni.

Baylor will hold an inauguration ceremony for Dr. Lilley on Friday, April 21, at 2 p.m. at the Ferrell Center on the Baylor campus. It is open to the public, and a reception will be held afterward in Burleson Quadrangle. Check your Baylor alumni publications for details on these events.

We like to believe that our national champion Lady Bears are perfect, and a new NCAA study confirms our assessment. In an NCAA ranking of teams based on graduation success rate (GSR) over six years, the Lady Bears earned a perfect score of 100. But they weren't the only perfect Baylor team. Women's golf, women's tennis, women's track and cross country, and women's volleyball also scored 100. Baylor's football (88) and baseball (85) teams led the Big 12 Conference in the GSR. All thirteen of Baylor's athletic programs scored at or above the Division I national average.

In late October, David M. Slover '86, MBA '89, was named the executive vice president of the Buckner Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Buckner Benevolences. Slover, who has served more than fifteen years in the professional development field, came to Buckner from Children's Medical Center in Dallas, where he was senior director of development. He and his wife, Carol Glass Slover '89, have two children, Seth and Sarah.

Real estate developer Patrick McCuan '65 of Maryland, and his wife, Jill, have donated a dormitory to St. Margaret's School, a college-preparatory boarding and day school in Tappahannock, Virginia. McCuan House, the first dormitory built in fifty years on the school's historic campus, is now home to twenty-four students and three faculty families. McCuan, who is CEO of MDG Companies in Columbia, Maryland, spoke at the dedication ceremony, saying that he and his wife were motivated to make their gift to the school because St. Margaret's had recognized and developed their daughter's potential.

Welcome to Briefly@Baylor, a new publication of the Baylor Alumni Association. Briefly@Baylor will arrive in your e-mail box twice a month and will bring you a quick look at campus and alumni news. It's designed to be easily readable in just a few minutes, so you can stay informed about all the great news from Baylor.

More than 200 guests gathered on January 20 to honor this year's recipients of the Baylor Distinguished Alumni Award. A psychiatrist, a federal appeals court judge, a real estate trailblazer, and a U.S. Army major general were honored at a black-tie banquet in the Cashion Academic Center. The panoramic view of campus from the fifth-floor banquet hall's windows provided the perfect backdrop and served as inspiration for the honored alumni as they reminisced about the impact Baylor had on them. This year's recipients of the award, the highest honor from the Baylor Alumni Association, were Dr. William T. McKinney Jr. '59; Judge Priscilla Richman Owen '76, JD '77; Gary Keller '79; and Maj. Gen. Gale Pollock, MHA '86.