2010

Harold Bailey is a man of excellence, education, and equality.  He has succeeded on the track, in the classroom and in African-American advocacy.  He was a three-time track and field letterman, a three-time University of New Mexico graduate, and he has more than three decades of public service to the State of New Mexico.

Bailey was a track letterman in 1965-66 and ‘68.  He placed third in the high hurdles at the 1968 Western Athletic Conference Championships and was also on the UNM team that held the fastest combined time in the United States in the 120-yard hurdle shuttle.

Upon graduating from UNM, Bailey began giving back to his community by coaching basketball and track at Albuquerque High while working on his master’s degree.  Bailey was nominated for the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society because of his 4.0 grade-point-average.  While raising his family and working full-time, he received his Ph.D. from UNM with the highest honors.  

Bailey’s achievements in academics extend far beyond his own education.  A teacher in the Albuquerque Public Schools for more than 20 years, Bailey has been an inspiration to a generation of students.  He has taught classes from D level behavioral disorder to gifted programs.

While working on his Ph.D., Bailey in American Studies, Bailey served as the assistant director of the UNM Afro-American Studies Program.  Upon receiving his doctorate, he became the program’s director. 

Bailey’s strong background in teaching and his passion for the African-American community made him the ideal candidate for Gov. Bill Richardson to appoint as director of the state’s Office of African-American Affairs.

Throughout his career, Bailey has served as president of the NAACP in Albuquerque, advisory member to the United States Commission on Civil Rights, chairman of the UNM Equal Opportunity Committee, state chairman of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Federal Holiday Commission, graduate school minority recruiter and national executive board member of the National Council for Black Studies.

For Andy Frederick, there is no such thing as “too hard.” When asked what the secret of his athletic success was, Andy replied, “I did what the coaches told me and I kept my mouth shut.”

Anyone who knows Andy, they know that he did not say this out of bitterness or resentment, but out of respect.

Following this motto, Andy was a member of two Super Bowl winning teams:  the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl XII in 1978 and the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XX in 1986.

Even with all this success, Andy remained humble. For a total of 13 seasons, the National Football League (NFL) was graced with Frederick’s presence.  Playing on three different teams and creating a name for himself, Frederick never forgot and always took pride in being a Lobo.

Frederick has done much more than play football. His commitment to his community and his commitment to his school are also present.

He is active in the Salvation Army, serving on its advisory board in Garland, Texas.  He is also a member of NFL Alumni Caring for Kids.  Here one can see the true character of the man. When working with kids, or even just when someone asks to see his Super Bowl rings, Andy not only shows them the rings, but tells them to put them on and asks the kids to, “pass them around” to make sure everyone can admire them on their own fingers.

This man of a big heart has worked continuously with the NFLPA Retired Players chapter in Dallas, and their contributions to the Annual Holiday House build for the last nine years.  He has also participated in the MS150 Bike Ride fundraiser for Multiple Sclerosis research.

After retiring from football, Andy did not slow down. He returned to his alma mater and received a degree in civil engineering, a field in which succeeded ably.  His success was recognized in 1994, when Andy became an associate member of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

There are few men in the world as successful, well loved and caring as Andy Frederick. Having coached him on two teams, Mike Ditka would know this to be true. Coach Ditka admired Andy for his ability to be, “dependable, reliable and accountable,” and found that Andy, “conducted himself the way a professional athlete should.”

Herb Hughes is a most honorable and widely known and respected gentleman of the highest ideals, aspirations, achievements and reputation. One hardly knows what prefix to use when addressing him:  Coach, Captain (United States Naval Reserve), Doctor (PhD), Professor, Honorable, “Pearly” (his athletic nickname) or just Herbie. He has held numerous respected positions and has served the University of New Mexico, the city of Albuquerque, the county of Bernalillo and the state of New Mexico as a government administrator, elected public official, corporate executive, university professor and educator and college athletic coach.

Hughes was recruited to UNM in 1948.  He played quarterback, halfback and safety in football and was on the All-Skyline Conference baseball team as a sure fielding outfielder with excellent speed.  During the middle of his junior year Hughes joined the Air Force and was called to serve in the Korean War as a flying officer.  He returned in 1955 for his senior year at UNM, playing football and batting .412 for the baseball team.

After graduating from UNM with a Bachelor of Science in education, Hughes pursued graduate degrees (a Master of Science in education and a Ph.D. in psychology) at Florida State.  It was in Tallahassee that he met his wife, Nancy, and began coaching with the Seminoles’ freshmen team.  Hughes’ claim to fame (other than being a distant relative to the famed Howard Hughes) is coaching movie star and TV legend Burt Reynolds and coaching alongside ESPN sports commentator Lee Corso.

Hughes returned to New Mexico and wore many hats. His public service and civic contributions are numerous. Hughes coordinated the statewide evaluation of the New Mexico Public School Finance Formula; was an elected member of the 1969 New Mexico Constitutional Convention (the first since statehood); served as the New Mexico budget-financial control chief; has been a successful businessman, banker, BDM corporate administrator; served as a New Mexico Commissioner of Banking; was a healthcare evaluator and administrator; has worked at UNM as a college researcher and professor; has been an avid booster of Lobo sports and is a lifetime member of the UNM Alumni Lettermen’s Association. Hughes served two terms as an Albuquerque City Councilor and was elected twice to serve as a New Mexico Public Regulation Commissioner.

Malcolm Lee “Squirt” Long was UNM’s most celebrated player in the 1920s.  He was selected to the all-time Lobo football team in 1930 by the UNM Alumnus and to the initial all-time Lobo team in 1946 by the UNM Alumni Association.

Long was the starting quarterback from 1924-27, and an iron man for playing in every game in his four years.  He was highly regarded in the Southwest as a true triple threat – a runner, a punter and a passer.  He was also an outstanding receiver.  

Coach Roy Johnson said of Long and his unique nickname: “Long was a legend in his time, a master on the field. He weighed only 128 pounds and seemed to squirt out of the hands of tacklers.”

Long starred with the only unbeaten Lobo football team (1927) and piloted the Lobos to two Southwest championships in 1924 and 1927. Harold “Red” Grange, the legendary University of Illinois football great, presented both the trophies to Long. So impressed was Grange that he invited Long to play with the Chicago Bears. Unfortunately, Long declined as he developed tuberculosis during his senior year at UNM.

Long also lettered in basketball and was selected to play on two All-Southwest teams in 1925-26 and 1926-27. 

Long graduated from UNM in 1928.  After serving in World War II, he returned home where he owned Long’s Pharmacy and went into the real estate business. He spent most of his life working for the state and federal government and retired as director of the Motor Vehicle office in Albuquerque.

In the summer of 1943, junior Army officer Robert S. Scott and his men had their first taste of combat in some of the worst terrain of the Pacific campaign, in the jungle-like mountain hillsides in the central Solomon Islands. In the face of enemy rifle and machine-gun fire, Lt. Scott defended his untested men of the 172d Infantry Regiment by beating back a Japanese counterattack in the battle for an airstrip.

Despite being wounded twice, he managed to capture the Munda Point airstrip, which was needed as a base for Marine fighter planes to escort heavy bombers on their run to the Japanese stronghold of Rabaul. Behind a blasted-out tree stump, Scott hurled over 30 grenades at Japanese dugouts, forcing the enemy to withdraw.

“For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty…” Robert Sheldon Scott received the nation’s highest award for valor a solider can be bestowed, the Congressional Medal of Honor.

Born in Washington D. C., Scott moved to New Mexico because of his father’s job as New Mexico Public Health Director.  At 6’4” Scott lettered in basketball at UNM.  He earned a bachelor’s degree in English and a minor in French.  After graduating from UNM in 1937, he attended the School of Business Administration at the University of Kansas.  He entered the U.S. Army and attended Officer Candidate School at the start of World War II.  He was commissioned a second lieutenant in September of 1942. Scott was released from active duty in 1945 only to reenlist in 1947 eventually working his way up to the rank of Colonel.

During his military service Scott served as Plans and Training Commander and Advisor to Korea and as the Third Battalion Commander in the 7^th Infantry Division, among other leadership roles.  Stationed throughout the United States, the Philippines and several posts in Germany, Korea and Japan, Scott and his family saw a good portion of the world.  Scott finished out his military career in 1966 as a professor of military science, Army ROTC, at Centenary College in Shreveport, La.

Throughout his life he always returned to his beloved New Mexico, where he and his wife Anita would eventually retire in Santa Fe.  Robert Scott passed away in 1999.

Harrison E. Smith, better known as “H” at UNM, did not just love the Lobos, he loved being a Lobo.  Throughout his life he was a Lobo in almost every way possible. 

Smith was born in Gallup, N.M., in 1931.  His family moved to Albuquerque in 1946 where began running track at Albuquerque High for legendary coach Pete McDavid.  The state quickly found out that Smith could run like no one had before.  He won his first 880 as a sophomore, and never lost for almost three years.

Harrison enrolled at UNM and began running for his second legendary coach, Roy Johnson. But before he could start he served two years in the Army.  While he was stationed in Germany, Smith took leave to go to the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki. One of his greatest memories was meeting Coach Johnson there. On return, he finally got to compete for UNM. 

As a Lobo, Smith never lost in the 880 or the mile.  He set a UNM record in the mile and set many meet records.  During high school and college he had an incredible 30 wins out of 31 races in his specialties. Unfortunately he ruptured his Achilles tendon, and his time as a competitor was cut short.

Soon after graduating in 1957, Smith turned his attention to the business world.  He became very successful in the construction and real estate business.

Smith always supported UNM track and was the clerk of the course for coach Hugh Hackett’s great teams.  When Del Hessel became coach, they became good friends. Hessel asked Smith to help build a new track stadium. Harrison and his wife, Phyllis, were major contributors to the “Great Friends of UNM Track”, and Harrison helped with the fundraising. But he went even further and helped coach the cross country team for two years, and led them to a No. 14 national ranking.

Harrison was a past president and Lifetime Alumni Letterman and a Lobo Club member. He and Phyllis had football and basketball season tickets since college.

Smith had two famous sayings: “Think Blue” to win a blue ribbon, and “The World loves a Winner – Be One!”

• Owner of Baldridge Lumber Company, an Albuquerque family-run business that has supported the UNM ski team for many years

• Founding member (1968-70) of the UNM varsity ski team that became the Central Intercollegiate Alpine League team champs seven straight years

• Director of the board of the UNM Corporate Cup since 1985…the Corporate Cup has been instrumental in providing direct assistance to the Lobo ski team

• Has also held board positions in the UNM Alumni Lettermen’s Association and the UNM Lobo Club

Track & Field

• Former walk-on who became one of UNM’s most decorated runners

• Defended his NCAA indoor mile crown in 2010, becoming the first Lobo to win consecutive titles as UNM finished 8^th in the team standings

• Finished sixth in the 1500m at the NCAA Outdoor Championships

• MWC indoor athlete of the year, winning the 800m and the mile…also 1500m champ outdoors