John Fairey (1930-2020) was professor of design at Texas A&M University, and a gardener of international renown.  He founded Peckerwood Garden (now the John Fairey Garden) near Hempstead in 1971,…

Caroline Levander is the vice president for Global and Digital Strategy at Rice University, the Carlson Professor in the Humanities and Professor of English at Rice University. Her latest book…

Anne Olson is president of Buffalo Bayou Partnership. Over more than twenty years, Olson has developed and implemented a comprehensive bayou-enhancement program which includes land acquisition, trail and park development,…

W. Caleb McDaniel is professor of history at Rice University. He received his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 2006 and his B.A. from Texas A&M University in 2000. His…

Rex Koontz is a professor in the school of art at University of Houston, as well as its director. He is the author of Lightning Gods and Feathered Serpents: The Public Sculpture…

Scott McCready, ASLA, is a principal designer for SWA Group. He served as the lead designer for Buffalo Bayou Park. He has engaged in other Houston waterway projects, including Evelyn's…

Guy Hagstette, FAIA, is senior vice president of parks and civic projects at the Kinder Foundation. Hagstette was previously project director of Buffalo Bayou Park, overseeing the ambitious plan for…

Sally Anne Schmidt has managed, researched, and helped build the Nau Civil War Collection since 2005. She received her B.A. in history from Johns Hopkins University in 2000 and her…

Lynda Lasswell Crist was editor of The Papers of Jefferson Davis from 1979 until completion of the project in 2015. Crist has contributed to all the published volumes, and been…

For more than twenty years, Lynda Crist and Mary Dix were editors of The Papers of Jefferson Davis at Rice University.   Mary Seaton Dix retired in 1995 after twenty-six years with…