UT Southwestern Alumni Celebrate Milestone Anniversaries

Medical School graduates returned to Dallas for annual Alumni Reunion

Taking advantage of opportunities to reconnect with classmates across the nation and rediscover the growing campus of their alma mater, UT Southwestern Medical Center Medical School alumni gathered in Dallas on May 10 and 11 for Alumni Reunion. The annual event included opportunities to hear from leadership, tour campus, and celebrate the institution's vibrant alumni network.

The weekend celebration honored Medical School alumni from the Class of 1974, who were celebrating their 50th anniversary, as well as platinum alumni who graduated more than 50 years ago. Both groups were honored at a special lunch on Friday, featuring a panel of current and newly graduated students. Other invited alumni who graduated from the Medical School in 1984, 1994, and 1999 joined the group for a reception Saturday evening to cap off festivities.

A male student seated in a chair on a stage with five other people and wearing a lab coat speaks to a room full of people seated at round tables.
UT Southwestern second-year medical student Benjamin Popokh speaks to alumni as part of a panel of Medical School students during a lunch event in the T. Boone Pickens Biomedical Building at UT Southwestern on May 10, 2024. Joining him on stage, from left, are Chandler Werthman, Katherine E. Lake, Alexandra Colon, Haley Brown, and Dylan R. Beams, M.D. (Medicine ’24).
A group of 13 people standing in two rows in front of a banner that reads Alumni Reunion
UT Southwestern alumni from the Medical School Class of 1974, including, front row from left, Scott Moore, M.D., Hank Briggs, M.D., Jeffrey Johnson, M.D., Steve Montoya, M.D., Chuck Jones, M.D., Jon Stern, M.D., Fred Griffin, M.D., Larry Merrett, M.D., and, back row from left, Jim Conyers, M.D. (’75), Denny Harris, M.D., Gladys Young, M.D., Donald Floyd, M.D., and Frank Ling, M.D.
A female student wearing a lab coat and seated at a table listens to a woman speaking seated beside her.
UT Southwestern fourth-year medical student Haley Brown, second from left, listens to Gladys Young, M.D. (Medicine ’74) during a lunch event in the T. Boone Pickens Biomedical Building at UT Southwestern on May 10, 2024.
People seated on lounge furniture spread throughout the room talk in small groups
Medical School alumni and guests visit during a reception in the T. Boone Pickens Biomedical Building at UT Southwestern on May 11, 2024.
Small groups of people talk among themselves while standing and seated at tables
Alumni Reunion guests reconnect during a reception in the T. Boone Pickens Biomedical Building at UT Southwestern on May 11, 2024.
A man holding a cell phone takes a photo of two women
Scott Garrett, right, takes a photo of his wife, Nicole Corrigan-Garrett, M.D. (Resident ’11), and her aunt Francine Noel during a reception in the T. Boone Pickens Biomedical Building at UT Southwestern on May 11, 2024.
A man and a woman speak to each other while looking at an open book placed on a table.
Former UT Southwestern faculty member Barbara Waller, M.D., browses through archive materials on display with her husband, David Waller, M.D., during a reception in the T. Boone Pickens Biomedical Building at UT Southwestern on May 11, 2024.
A woman stands beside a man who is holding an ultrasound tranducer against a simulation mannequin laying on a table in front of them. They both look at a computer monitor displaying medical imaging.
UT Southwestern Manager of High Fidelity and Procedural Simulation Deborah Hogg, right, guides Len Cedars, M.D. (Medicine ’74), as he uses an ultrasound transducer on a simulation mannequin during a reception in the T. Boone Pickens Biomedical Building at UT Southwestern on May 11, 2024. Among the largest simulation facilities in the nation, UT Southwestern’s Simulation Center celebrated its fifth year of operations last fall.
A drummer seated and playing a drumset looks out across a room of people chatting while standing and seated.
Dallas musician and drummer for The William Foley Group Steve Barnes keeps time as guests enjoy a reception in the T. Boone Pickens Biomedical Building at UT Southwestern on May 11, 2024.

Next year’s Alumni Reunion is expected to be held in the spring. UT Southwestern plans to announce dates and reunion classes later this year.