Dateline: April 20, 2006

Spivey to deliver keynote address at CC reunion

By Roger Estlack, Clarendon Enterprise

Former Texas State Bar president Broadus A. Spivey will be the featured speaker this Saturday during the 68th annual Clarendon College Ex-Students Reunion.

A CC alumnus, Spivey was president of the State Bar in 2001-2002 was born in Hall County, and attended schools in Lakeview, Friendship, Memphis, and Goodnight before coming to Clarendon High to play football. He was president of his senior class and president of the student council at CHS in 1954.

He married the former Ruth Ann King after they completed two years at Clarendon College, and the couple moved to Austin to continue their education at the University of Texas.

He graduated from the UT School of Law in 1962. He practiced law in Lubbock for ten years and then returned to Austin where he has practiced law as a civil trial lawyer in all kinds of civil litigation. He has been with the firm Spivey & Ainsworth, P.C., since 1998.

Spivey has received several recognitions and was elected Dean of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers in 1999. That same year, Spivey was presented the President’s Award by the president of the State Bar of Texas when he and three other lawyers represented the State Bar in its attempt to disbar a prominent Houston attorney. Spivey put in about 1,500 hours on the case and only received $1 as compensation.

Spivey is the son of the late Claude C. and Mary E. Spivey, both of whom were longtime Clarendon residents. Spivey’s father-in-law, the late R.Y. King, was a lawyer in Donley County from 1913 to 1958 and was a tutor and moral inspiration for Broadus during law school and his early years of law practice.

The CC reunion is open to all current and former students, faculty, regents, and supporters of the college.  Classes being recognized this year are 1956, 1966, 1976, 1981, and 1986.

Registration will start at 10 a.m. in the Bairfield Activity Center. All Alumni are invited to enjoy brunch during the registration period.  Campus tours will be available.  If you would like to participate in the Silent Auction, bring your items with you when you register. A business meeting will be held at 11:30 a.m.

At 2:00 p.m. a matinee of “Kiss or Make Up,” will be performed in the Harned Sisters Fine Arts Center. A reception for all honor classes will be held at the Vera Dial Dickey Library at 5:00 p.m.

The Alumni Banquet and Silent Auction will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the BAC. Spivey will give the keynote at the banquet, and the Distinguished Alumnus Award winners will be announced at this time. CC’s outstanding current students will also be honored.

For more information, contact Darlene Spier at 874-3571, ext 102. The cost of banquet tickets is $15.