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New members elected to Humanities Texas
November 19, 2007
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AUSTIN—Ricardo Romo, president of the University of Texas at San Antonio; Catherine Robb, with Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, L.L.P.; Michael L. Klein, an independent oil and gas contractor and George Fleming, a lawyer with Fleming & Associates, L.L.P. will join the Humanities Texas board of directors.
The state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, Humanities Texas develops and supports diverse programs across the state, including lectures, oral history projects, teacher institutes, museum exhibitions and documentary films.
Romo, Robb, Klein and Fleming were elected to the nonprofit organization’s board by the current members of the statewide board of directors at its meeting on October 13.
Ricardo Romo became the fifth president of The University of Texas at San Antonio in May 1999. He attended The University of Texas at Austin and holds a master’s degree in history from Loyola Marymount University and a Ph.D. in history from UCLA. In 1980, he returned to The University of Texas at Austin to teach history before becoming a vice provost for undergraduate education. From 1987 to 1993, he directed the Texas office of the Tomás Rivera Center, housed at Trinity University, where he evaluated the impact of governmental policies on Latinos. A nationally respected urban historian, he is the author of East Los Angeles: History of a Barrio, now in its ninth printing.
Catherine L. Robb is an attorney with the firm of Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold L.L.P., representing clients in the broadcast industry. In 1998, she earned her J.D. with honors from The University of Texas at Austin School of Law. She received her B.A. in 1992 from the University of Virginia. She serves as a board member of KLRU, The Austin Film Society, The American Heart Association (Capital Area Division), the Austin Music Foundation and the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law. She chairs the LBJ Library’s Future Forum, which she founded, and is a director of the Austin Council of Foreign Affairs.
Michael L. Klein is engaged in independent oil and gas exploration and production in Midland. He graduated from The University of Texas in Austin with a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering in 1958 and an LL.B. in 1963. He serves on the development board for The University of Texas at Austin and The University of Texas Press Advisory Council. He also is a member of the Longhorn Foundation, the Site Santa Fe board of directors and the board of trustees of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C.
George Fleming is a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin where he received his B.B.A. and J.D. He is managing partner of Fleming & Associates, L.L.P., a firm that specializes in plaintiff litigation. Before entering private practice, he served as an officer in the United States Army and spent five years as a trial attorney in the Torts Branch of the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. He has been lead trial attorney in several landmark cases.
“These distinguished Texans will guide our efforts to create and support compelling programs about literature, history and other fields of the humanities,” said Dr. Michael L. Gillette, executive director of Humanities Texas. “Each board member brings valuable insights and experiences that will advance our work.”
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