Ray Marvin Keck, III
Born February 20, 1948 San Antonio, Texas
Education:
Texas Military Institute 1965
Princeton University, AB, magna cum laude,
Romance Languages and Literatures 1969
Ph.D., Romance Languages and Literatures 1978
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de
México, summer program. 1966, 1967
Bryn Mawr College in Madrid, summer program 1968.
Harvard Divinity School,
Rockefeller Brothers Fund Fellow 1969-1970
Organ study:
Mary Krimmel, Westminster Choir College 1965-1978
Carl Weinrich, Princeton University 1966-1969
John Ferris, Harvard University 1969-1970
Employment:
The Hotchkiss School 1970-1978
Instructor in Spanish and Chair, Dept. Of Modern Languages.
Union National Bank of Laredo 1978-1979
International Banking Officer.
Laredo State University 1979-1983
Asst. Professor of Spanish; Asst. to the President
Charged with organizing first program in development.
Episcopal High School 1983-1987
Chair, Foreign Language Department; established summer
study abroad in Segovia, Spain.
Potomac School 1987-1989
Chair, Foreign Language Department, K-12; continued
program in Segovia.
Headed foreign language curricula in grades K-8 and
established foreign language program in grades
9-12.
St Anne’s Belfield School 1989-1993
Director, Upper School.
Charged with the recruitment, hiring, and evaluation of
a secondary school faculty of 50; responsible for all
aspects of preparatory academic program and
college placement.
Texas A&M International University Jan. 1994-
Professor of Spanish; Chair, Dept. of Language,
Literature, and Arts.
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs.
Publications:
“Alma Mater” for Texas A&M International University. 1995.
“Bach’s Legacy: A Musical Offering.” American Music Teacher, December/January,
1995-1996.
“Changing the Blood: Language, Literature, and Teaching.” Journal of Hispanic Higher
Education, Vol I, No. 1, January 2002.
“Cide Hamete, Melquíades, Alba Trueba: Marco narrativo y tema en Cervantes, García
Márquez y Allende.” Crítica Hispánica, Vol XVIII, Otoño, 1996.
“Foucault’s Panopticon and the Covert Self in La regenta.” In preparation..
“Gabriel Miró, Chaos, and the Libro de Sigüenza.” In preparation.
Love’s Dialectic: Mimesis and Allegory in the Romances of Lope de Vega. Romance Monographs. University: University of Mississippi, 1999.
“Playing for Apollo: The Technical and Aesthetic Legacy of Carl Weinrich.” The Diapason, February, 2000.
I have begun research and outlined a full-scale biography, in English, of Lope de Vega.
Professional Service:
Council of Chief Academic Officers of Public Universities of Texas
Council of Chief Academic Officers, Texas A&M University System
Chancellor’s Council on Distance Learning
Council of School Executives for Regents’ Initiative for Excellence in Education
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Committee for Field of Study
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Committee for Transfer—Colleges and
Universities
Advisory Council, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, Princeton University
Board of Directors and founding Chairman, Laredo Philharmonic Orchestra
Board of Directors, Texas Council for the Humanities
Director, International Institute, Madrid
Named to Governor’s Executive Development Program, fall 2000.
Member, Laredo Rotary Club
Professional accomplishments as Department Chair and Provost at Texas A&M International University:
Initiated and organized the university’s first program in fine arts.
Guided the design and installation of a new 21-rank pipe organ in Laredo, and played the
dedication recital in September, 1996. This is the third project completed to bring a new pipe organ to a parish in Laredo.
Elected commencement speaker, TAMIU, December, 1996.
Revised Spanish curriculum for Texas A&M International University, including
Master’s of Arts degree in Spanish. Proposal for joint doctorate in
Hispanic Studies in the A&M System is nearing completion.
Guided the preparation of proposals and presentation to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board of eight new degrees for this university.
Received Toro Award for Distinguished Service, Cigarroa High School, May, 1997.
Instituted research track for faculty at a university where teaching has been the faculty’s dominant responsibility.
Instituted procedures to ensure proper communication and mentorship by chairs of
faculty on probationary status.
Instituted, together with the Office of Institutional Advancement, the university’s first honors program.
Initiated the University’s first Office of Distance Learning.
Required all faculty to post online syllabi in each course by September, 2001.
First piloted myself, and then institutionalized a mentorship program for university faculty to guide the development and delivery of Advanced Placement curricula in Laredo schools. This program, the Faculty Fellows, was accepted for participation in a GEAR-UP collaboration involving Texas A&M University, Texas A&M International University, and the Texas Education Agency.
Presented our Faculty Fellows program to both state and national meetings of GEAR-UP.
Initiated a task force now working to finalize a plan for dual language curricula/biliteracy in all Laredo schools.
Addressed the State Teacher Forum: “Isaiah Berlin, Romanticism, and Teaching,” February, 2000, Dallas, Texas.
Invited to address conference sponsored by AASCU, February, 2000, on international education.
Graduation speaker, spring commencement, Cigarroa High School, May, 2000.
Keynote speaker, annual convention, Texas Foreign Language Association, March 30, 2001.
Assisted in preparation of legislative package and institutional presentation for 76th and 77th legislature.
Master of ceremonies or speaker for professional organizations and clubs in Laredo,
several times each month. Addresses have included a wide variety of topics in
literature, education, and the fine arts.
Musical experience:
Organ repertoire includes all the preludes and fugues for organ by J.S. Bach.
Principal organist, Holy Trinity Church, Georgetown 1985-89
Performed organ concertos by Handel, National Gallery Orchestra 1986
Soloist with Laredo Philharmonic Orchestra, to perform
Poulenc’s “Concerto for Organ and Strings.” 1987
Featured organ soloist, Virginia Consort, Charlottesville 1992-94
Invited to address the American Guild of Organists Centennial Convention,
special session devoted to organ pedagogy. July, 1996
Concertized widely in Connecticut, Virginia, and Texas, and the
District of Columbia. Works by J.S. Bach, Buxtehude,
Sweelinck, D’Aquin, Mendelssohn, Franck, Vierne,
Hindemith, Pepping.
Organist and Musical Director, Christ Church Episcopal, Laredo 1995-
Invited to serve as reviewer for new CD’s of the works of
J.S. Bach, The Diapason. 2000-
Personal:
Married Patricia González Cigarroa
BA, Rice University, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa 1976
School nurse for Milton Elementary School, Laredo.
Three daughters:
Teresa Cigarroa Keck Class of 2001, University of Texas, Austin,
majoring in Hebrew and Middle Eastern Studies.
Joyce Cigarroa Keck Class of 2002, Harvard University, majoring in Classics.
Lacey Cigarroa Keck Class of 2004, Princeton University.
References:
Dr. Kay Clayton
Mr. David Dougherty, Headmaster
The Hill School
717 East High Street
Pottsdown, PA 19464
Phone: 610-326-1000
ddougherty@thehill.org
Professor Alban K. Forcione
Ms Evelyn Hiatt
Senior Director of Advanced Academic Services
Texas Education Agency
1701 N. Congress Ave.
Austin, TX 78701
Phone: 512-463-9455
ehiatt@tea.state.tx.us
Mr. Radcliffe Killam
Killam Oil Company
Laredo, TX
956-724-7141
Mr. Drew Scheberle
Texas Business Education Coalition
400 West 15th Street, Suite 809
Austin, TX 78701
Phone: 512-480-8232
e-mail: drewTBEC@aol.com
Mr. Vidal Treviño, Director
Hachar Charitable Trust
Laredo National Bank
P.O. Box 59
Laredo, TX.
Phone: 956-723-1151