March 8, 2013
Fort Worth, Texas
Interviewing finalists from Louisiana and Texas
Texas Wesleyan University School of Law
1515 Commerce Street
Rooms 216 and 207
Fort Worth, TX 76102
This panel will convene at 8:30 a.m.
For the past several years, the Truman Scholars Association (an organization of Truman Scholar alumni) has hosted pre-interview dinners in the interview cities the night prior to the finalist interviews. The dinners are informal, fun, optional events for the finalists and a few Truman alumni hosts (interview panelists do not attend). The dinner locations are chosen at relatively inexpensive restaurants close to the venue where the students will be interviewed, and each person attending the dinner covers his or her own meal and transportation expenses. All finalists will be contacted by their interview city’s Truman host shortly after the official finalist announcement on Friday, February 22nd; if you wish to attend the dinner, please plan to be available for dinner around 7 p.m. in your interview city the evening before your interview.
The Fort Worth dinner will be hosted by Kam Phillips. Please contact her at phillipskam@gmail.com for additional information.
Panel Members
Max Sherman, Chair -- Professor and Dean Emeritus, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas; former Texas State Senator; Vice-President, Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation
Cindy Castañeda -- Professor of Government, Eastfield College; 1991 Truman Scholar
David Griggs -- Attorney, Law Office of Wendel Withrow; 1979 Truman Scholar
Frederick Slabach -- President, Texas Wesleyan University; Treasurer, Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation Board of Trustees; 1977 Truman Scholar
Juanita Vasquez-Gardner -- Retired Judge, 399th Judicial District of Texas; Former Trustee, Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation
Andrew Rich, Secretary -- Executive Secretary, Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation; 1991 Truman Scholar