The University of Texas at Austin
10/30/2025 | News release | Distributed by Public on 10/30/2025 15:24
Tower Memories
"I always knew I would go to The University of Texas. That's how I was raised. When I was in middle school in 1978, I made a clay replica of the Tower for my dad for Christmas. Texas was in the Cotton Bowl that year, and my dad was so proud of his gift that he displayed it in his law office in Fort Worth's Bank One Tower.
"When the March 2000 tornado tore through that building, tearing out 80% of the windows, the top of my little Tower was lopped off, but the pieces were found and my mother repaired it. When my father passed away, the 12-inch replica of the Tower was displayed at his memorial service. The Tower means family to me."
- Debra McKeown, Journalism '89
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