Ursuline students in front of Dallas City Hall.

The red plaid uniforms, the rigorous academics, the white graduation gowns. How does it all end after the young women leave for the real world? Flash forward to these alumnae. Ursuline Academy announced its 2018 Alumnae Award recipients. A celebration will be Sunday, Nov. 11, at the Park City Club during homecoming weekend. Here’s where to register for the weekend activities.

Here are the women, who will be honored, according to Ursuline.

  • Distinguished Alumna: Kathleen Flatley Hickman ’76 Throughout her 31-year career, Kathleen Flatley Hickman served as a United States Secret Service agent, leading security teams charged with protecting prime ministers, presidents, vice presidents and first ladies in the U.S. and around the globe. Hickman has conducted domestic and foreign advances in Russia, Australia, Egypt, and Nepal, and has traveled to remote and high-threat international locations to oversee logistics, intelligence, and security concerns. For the NATO 50th Anniversary Summit, she was Lead Federal Coordinator, managing the security of 150 heads of state. This prompted The New York Times to feature her in an article: “In Her Hands, Security at a Gathering of World Leaders.” She was also charged with protecting The Bush Family in Dallas as well as Pope John Paul II when he visited the United States.
  •  Serviam Alumna: Claudia Lewis Crocker ’71 At her eldest daughter’s confirmation in the mid-90’s, Crocker met Bishop John McCarthy of the Diocese of Austin, who insisted she serve at the Volunteer Legal Service Clinic, which provides pro-bono legal assistance to thousands of low-income citizens and refugees who do not understand the system. She continues the Serviam spirit by supplying new work boots to the homeless in Austin, Texas. She embraced this mission after seeing feet covered with duct tape. It’s not unusual to find Crocker under one of the I-35 bridges searching for individuals for whom she had promised new boots.
  • Young Alumna – Dr. Allison Mathews ’03 Mathews works as a postdoctoral researcher at UNC Chapel Hill in the Department of Social Medicine and the Institute for Global Health and Infectious Disease. As director of the 2BeatHIV project, she consults with colleagues in China and South Africa to ensure equitable and ethical practices in clinical research. She is also CEO and founder of Community Expert Solutions, a consulting company that uses crowdsourcing to develop community-based projects to solve health problems.
  • Sister Marie Staats Award – Myrna Lamping Tenholder ’54† During her 35+ years at Ursuline, Tenholder helped Ursuline students get accepted into college by writing countless letters of recommendation, educating herself on practically every school in the country, meeting with admissions representatives, and hosting numerous college nights at Ursuline and Jesuit. Tenholder died in 2014 from chronic lymphocytic leukemia.