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Fortunate 500 Top Picks: Education
The Top Picks for the 2009 Fortunate 500 list of socially active area citizens were published in Glossy on Friday. In Out & About, we’ll mete out those Top Picks over the next few days. Then, beginning Tuesday, we’ll release the full lists and galleries.
Top Picks: Kathryn Anderson and Doug Dempster
If the Austin social event paired arts and education, Doug Dempster was there. The dean of the University of Texas College of Fine Arts is the among the most socially connected academics in Austin. He’s often accompanied at galas and openings by crack assistant dean Sondra Lomax, also sometimes by wife, poet Kathryn Anderson. (The couple has two daughters.) Formerly with the Eastman School of Music, Dempster’s educational background actually revolved around philosophy and political science. Able, accessible, soft-spoken and common-sensical, Dempster is making that all-important town-gown connection often missing from massive UT and even bigger Austin. How does he keep up with all the socializing? One possible secret: He’s also a dedicated long-distance runner.
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