Michael Sawyers:  

CLASS OF 1978
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Nimitz High SchoolClass of 1978
Irving, TX

Michael's Story

Michael is from Dallas, Texas. His schools include Nimitz High School. He later attended The University of Texas at Austin. He works(ed) at University of St. Thomas - Houston, Anthony Design Group (Volume Creative), Prism Design Group. Michael's interests include Reading, Modern architecture, Documentaries, Dallas Cowboys, Dallas Mavericks, Texas Rangers. Music he likes includes House of Blues Dallas, Cosmic Bug Loaf, Classical. Books he likes include Biographies, Lean In, Charles and Ray Eames. Movies he likes include Religulous, Foreign films, The Godfather. TV shows he likes include NBC Sports Soccer, Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee, Bill Moyers Journal. One of Michael's favorite quotes is:""A narcissist is someone better looking than you are." - Gore Vidal "A day without laughter is a day wasted." - Charlie Chaplin "I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member." - Groucho Marx "Be polite to all, but intimate with few." - Thomas Jefferson "Freedom is from within." - Frank Lloyd Wright "A child miseducated is a child lost." - John F. Kennedy "I want to put a ding in the universe." - Steven Jobs "Ronald Reagan's Library just burn down. Both books were destroyed, but the real horror... he had not finished coloring the second." - Gore Vidal". More about Michael:"I was adopted at birth (my brother too, seven years earlier), and we consider ourselves fortunate to have had such great parents. They are both gone now, and we love and miss them dearly. : ) My original family surnames are BRYANT (English or Irish, maternal), KENT (English, paternal), and SNIDER (German, grandmaternal). Born Bryan Lee Wisneski, ...Expand for more
my name was changed at birth/adoption to Michael Anthony Sawyers. I was fortunate to meet my biological mother and family in 1994, and we stay in contact to this day. My biological father, Lowell Kent was a law student at Baylor University (supposedly he and his family were from Chicago... his father a Baptist minister)... interesting! Regarding my career... I was in Architecture for 10 years; and in Advertising/Design for 20+ years. I've been employed by Rice University, the University of St. Thomas, Architectural Firms, Ad Agencies... owned my own agency from 1995-2007. Professional Merits of Distinction/Awards: • American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) • Austin Graphic Arts Society (AGAS) • Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) • Dallas Society of Visual Communications (DSVC) • Mead National Top 60 Annual Report Show • National University Continuing Education Association • Texas Graphic Excellence Awards • University and College Designers Association (UCDA) • Quoted in UCDA’s Designer Magazine on diverse subjects as “Censorship in Design” and “Design Education”; and has been invited to jury an UCDA Regional Design Competition at Rice University. MOST IMPORTANTLY, I love my son William (Will) and look forward to his continued growth and happiness. Places lived: Waco, Honolulu, Seattle, Dallas, Lubbock, Austin, and Houston Places visited: Tokyo, Amsterdam, Munich, Innsbruck, Salzburg, Venice, Los Angeles, Portland, NYC, Washington DC, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Durango, South Hadley, Northampton, Chicago, Kansas City, Memphis, Nashville, New Orleans, San Antonio, Corpus Christi, and Galveston".
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michael, summer 2008
Will and the "weenie".
Theta Omega Phi with Carla, Fall 1977
Homecoming 1979, with Carla
February 2009
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